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1| The words of Amos which came <i>to him</i> in Accarim out of Thecue, which he saw concerning Jerusalem, in the days of Ozias king of Juda, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joas king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
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2| And he said, The Lord has spoken out of Sion, and has uttered his voice out of Jerusalem; and the pastures of the shepherds have mourned, and the top of Carmel is dried up.
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3| And the Lord said, For three sins of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn away from it; because they sawed with iron saws the women with child of the Galaadites.
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4| And I will send a fire on the house of Azael, and it shall devour the foundations of the son of Ader.
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5| And I will break to pieces the bars of Damascus, and will destroy the inhabitants out of the plain of On, and will cut in pieces a tribe out of the men of Charrhan: and the famous people of Syria shall be led captive, saith the Lord.
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6| Thus saith the Lord; For three sins of Gaza, and for four, I will not turn away from them; because they took prisoners the captivity of Solomon, to shut <i>them</i> up into Idumea.
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7| And I will send forth a fire on the walls of Gaza, and it shall devour its foundations.
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8| And I will destroy the inhabitants out of Azotus, and a tribe shall be cut off from Ascalon, and I will stretch out my hand upon Accaron: and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish, saith the Lord.
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9| Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Tyre, and for four, I will not turn away from it; because they shut up the prisoners of Solomon into Idumea, and remembered not the covenant of brethren.
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10| And I will send forth a fire on the walls of Tyre, and it shall devour the foundations of it.
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11| Thus saith the Lord; For three sins of Idumea, and for four, I will not turn away from them; because they pursued their brother with the sword, and destroyed the mother upon the earth, and summoned up his anger for a testimony, and kept up his fury to the end.
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12| And I will send forth a fire upon Thaman, and it shall devour the foundations of her walls.
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13| Thus saith the Lord; For three sins of the children of Ammon, and for four, I will not turn away from him; because they ripped up the women with child of the Galaadites, that they might widen their coasts.
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14| And I will kindle a fire on the walls of Rabbath, and it shall devour her foundations with shouting in the day of war, and she shall be shaken in the days of her destruction:
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15| and her kings shall go into captivity, their priests and their rulers together, saith the Lord. Chapter 2
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1| Thus saith the Lord; For three sins of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away from it; because they burnt the bones of the king of Idumea to lime.
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2| But I will send forth a fire on Moab, and it shall devour the foundations of its cities: and Moab shall perish in weakness, with a shout, and with the sound of a trumpet.
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3| And I will destroy the judge out of her, and slay all her princes with him, saith the Lord.
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4| Thus saith the Lord; For three sins of the children of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away from him; because they have rejected the law of the Lord, and have not kept his ordinances, and their vain <i>idols</i> which they made, which their fathers followed, caused them to err.
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5| And I will send a fire on Juda, and it shall devour the foundations of Jerusalem.
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6| Thus saith the Lord; for three sins of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away from him; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for sandals,
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7| wherewith to tread on the dust of the earth, and they have smitten upon the heads of the poor, and have perverted the way of the lowly: and a son and his father have gone into the same maid, that they might profane the name of their God.
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8| And binding their clothes with cords they have made them curtains near the altar, and they have drunk wine gained by extortion in the house of their God.
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9| Nevertheless I cut off the Amorite from before them, whose height was as the height of a cedar, and he was strong as an oak; and I dried up his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.
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10| And I brought you up out of the land of Egypt, and led you about in the desert forty years, that ye should inherit the land of the Amorites.
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11| And I took of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for consecration. Are not these things so, ye sons of Israel? saith the Lord.
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12| But ye gave the consecrated ones wine to drink; and ye commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.
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13| Therefore, behold, I roll under you, as a waggon full of straw is rolled.
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14| And flight shall perish from the runner, and the strong shall not hold fast his strength, and the warrior shall not save his life:
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15| and the archer shall not withstand, and he that is swift of foot shall in no wise escape; and the horseman shall not save his life.
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16| And the strong shall find no confidence in power: the naked shall flee away in that day, saith the Lord. Chapter 3
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#3
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1| Hear ye this word, O house of Israel, which the Lord has spoken concerning you, and against the whole family whom I brought up out of the land of Egypt, saying,
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2| You especially have I known out of all the families of the earth: therefore will I take vengeance upon you for all your sins.
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3| Shall two walk together at all, if they do not know one another?
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4| Will a lion roar out of his thicket if he has no prey? will a <i>lion’s</i> whelp utter his voice at all out of his lair, if he have taken nothing?
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5| Will a bird fall on the earth without a fowler? will a snare be taken up from the earth without having taken anything?
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6| Shall the trumpet sound in the city, and the people not be alarmed? shall there be evil in a city which the Lord has not wrought?
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7| For the Lord God will do nothing, without revealing instruction to his servants the prophets.
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8| A lion shall roar, and who will not be alarmed? the Lord God has spoken, and who will not prophesy?
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9| Proclaim it to the regions among the Assyrians, and to the regions of Egypt, and say, Gather yourselves to the mountain of Samaria, and behold many wonderful things in the midst of it, and the oppression that is in it.
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10| And she knew not what things would come against her, saith the Lord, <i>even</i> those that store up wrong and misery in their countries.
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11| Therefore thus saith the Lord God; O Tyre, thy land shall be made desolate round about <i>thee</i>; and he shall bring down thy strength out of thee, and thy countries shall be spoiled.
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12| Thus saith the Lord; As when a shepherd rescues from the mouth of a lion two legs or a piece of an ear, so shall be drawn forth the children of Israel who dwell in Samaria in the presence of <i>a foreign</i> tribe, and in Damascus.
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13| Hear, O ye priests, and testify to the house of Jacob, saith the Lord God Almighty.
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14| For in the day wherein I shall take vengeance of the sins of Israel upon him, I will also take vengeance on the altars of Bethel: and the horns of the altar shall be broken down, and they shall fall upon the ground.
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15| I will crush and smite the turreted-house upon the summer-house; and the ivory-houses shall be destroyed, and many other houses also, saith the Lord. Chapter 4
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1| Hear ye this word, ye heifers of the land of Basan that are in the mountain of Samaria, that oppress the poor, and trample on the needy, which say to their masters, Give us that we may drink.
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2| The Lord swears by his holiness, that, behold, the days come upon you, when they shall take you with weapons, and fiery destroyers shall cast those with you into boiling caldrons.
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3| And ye shall be brought forth naked in the presence of each other; and ye shall be cast forth on the mountain Romman, saith the Lord.
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4| Ye went into Bethel, and sinned, and ye multiplied sin at Galgala; and ye brought your meat-offerings in the morning, <i>and</i> your tithes every third day.
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5| And they read the law without, and called for public professions: proclaim aloud that the children of Israel have loved these things, saith the Lord.
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6| And I will give you dulness of teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your places: yet ye returned not to me, saith the Lord.
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7| Also I withheld from you the rain three months before the harvest: and I will rain upon one city, and on another city I will not rain: one part shall be rained upon, and the part on which I shall not rain shall be dried up.
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8| And <i>the inhabitants of</i> two or three cities shall be gathered to one city to drink water, and they shall not be satisfied: yet ye have not returned to me, saith the Lord.
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9| I smote you with parching, and with blight: ye multiplied your gardens, your vineyards, and your fig-grounds, and the cankerworm devoured your olive-yards: yet not <i>even</i> thus did ye return to me, saith the Lord.
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10| I sent pestilence among you by the way of Egypt, and slew your young men with the sword, together with thy horses that were taken captive; and in my wrath against you I set fire to your camps: yet not even thus did ye return to me, saith the Lord.
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11| I overthrew you, as God overthrew Sodoma and Gomorrha, and ye became as a brand plucked out of the fire: yet not even thus did ye return to me, saith the Lord.
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12| Therefore thus will I do to thee, O Israel: nay because I will do thus to thee, prepare to call on thy God, O Israel.
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13| For, behold, I am he that strengthens the thunder, and creates the wind, and proclaims to men his Christ, forming the morning and the darkness, and mounting on the high places of the earth, The Lord God Almighty is his name. Chapter 5
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#5
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1| Hear ye this word of the Lord, even a lamentation, which I take up against you. The house of Israel is fallen; it shall no more rise.
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2| The virgin of Israel has fallen upon his land; there is none that shall raise her up.
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3| Therefore thus saith the Lord God; The city out of which there went forth a thousand, <i>in it</i> there shall be left a hundred, and <i>in that</i> out of which there went forth a hundred, there shall be left ten to the house of Israel.
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4| Wherefore thus saith the Lord to the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live.
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5| But seek not Bethel, and go not into Galgala, and cross not over to the Well of the Oath: for Galgala shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall be as that which is not.
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6| Seek ye the Lord, and ye shall live; lest the house of Joseph blaze as fire, and it devour him, and there shall be none to quench it for the house of Israel.
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7| <i>It is he</i> that executes judgment in the height <i>above</i>, and he has established justice on the earth:
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8| who makes all things, and changes <i>them</i>, and turns darkness into the morning, and darkens the day into night: who calls for the water of the sea, and pours it out on the face of the earth: the Lord is his name:
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9| who dispenses ruin to strength, and brings distress upon the fortress.
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10| They hated him that reproved in the gates, and abhorred holy speech.
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11| Therefore because they have smitten the poor with their fists, and ye have received of them choice gifts; ye have built polished houses, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted desirable vineyards, but ye shall not drink the wine of them.
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12| For I know your many transgressions, and your sins are great, trampling on the just, taking bribes, and turning aside <i>the judgment of</i> the poor in the gates.
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13| Therefore the prudent shall be silent at that time; for it is a time of evils.
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14| Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the Lord God Almighty shall be with you, as ye have said,
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15| We have hated evil, and loved good: and restore ye judgment in the gates; that the Lord God Almighty may have mercy on the remnant of Joseph.
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16| Therefore thus saith the Lord God Almighty; In all the streets <i>shall be</i> lamentations; and in all the ways shall it be said, Woe, woe! the husbandman shall be called to mourning and lamentation, and to them that are skilled in complaining.
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17| And <i>there shall be</i> lamentation in all the ways; because I will pass through the midst of thee, saith the Lord.
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18| Woe to you that desire the day of the Lord! what is this day of the Lord to you? whereas it is darkness, and not light.
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19| As if a man should flee from the face of a lion, and a bear should meet him; and he should spring into his house, and lean his hands upon the wall, and a serpent should bite him.
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20| Is not the day of the Lord darkness, and not light? and is not this <i>day</i> gloom without brightness?
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21| I hate, I reject your feasts, and I will not smell <i>your</i> meat-offerings in your general assemblies.
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22| Wherefore if ye should bring me your whole-burnt-sacrifices and meat-offerings, I will not accept <i>them</i>: neither will I have respect to your grand peace-offerings.
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23| Remove from me the sound of thy songs, and I will not hear the music of thine instruments.
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24| But let judgment roll down as water, and righteousness as an impassable torrent.
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25| Have ye offered to me victims and sacrifices, O house of Israel, forty years in the wilderness?
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26| Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Raephan, the images of them which ye made for yourselves.
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27| And I will carry you away beyond Damascus, saith the Lord, the Almighty God is his name. Chapter 6
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#6
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1| Woe to them that set at nought Sion, and that trust in the mountain of Samaria: they have gathered <i>the harvest of</i> the heads of the nations, and they have gone in themselves.
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2| O house of Israel, pass by all <i>of you</i>, and see; and pass by thence to Ematrabba; and thence descend to Geth of the Philistines, the chief of all these kingdoms, <i>see</i> if their coasts are greater than your coasts.
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3| Ye who are approaching the evil day, who are drawing near and adopting false sabbaths;
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4| who sleep upon beds of ivory, and live delicately on their couches, and eat kids out of the flocks, and sucking calves out of the midst of the stalls;
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5| who excel in the sound of musical instruments; they have regarded them as abiding, not as fleeting <i> pleasures</i>;
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6| who drink strained wine, and anoint themselves with the best ointment; and have suffered nothing on occasion of the calamity of Joseph.
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7| Therefore now shall they depart into captivity from the dominion of princes, and the neighing of horses shall be cut off from Ephraim.
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8| For the Lord has sworn by himself, <i> saying</i>, Because I abhor all the pride of Jacob, I do also hate his countries, and I will cut off <i>his</i> city with all who inhabit it.
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9| And it shall come to pass, if there be ten men left in one house, that they shall die.
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10| But a remnant shall be left behind, and their relations shall take them, and shall strenuously endeavor to carry forth their bones from the house: and one shall say to the heads of the house, Is there yet <i>any one</i> else with thee?
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11| And he shall say, No <i>one</i> else. And <i>the other</i> shall say, Be silent, that thou name not the name of the Lord.
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12| For, behold, the Lord commands, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with rents.
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13| Will horses run upon rocks? will they refrain from neighing at mares? for ye have turned judgment into poison, and the fruit of righteousness into bitterness:
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14| ye who rejoice at vanity, who say, Have we not possessed horns by our own strength?
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15| For behold, O house of Israel, I will raise up against you a nation, saith the Lord of hosts; and they shall afflict you so that ye shall not enter into Æmath, and as it were <i>from</i> the river of the wilderness. Chapter 7
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#7
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1| Thus has the Lord God shewed me; and, behold, a swarm of locusts coming from the east; and, behold, one caterpillar, king Gog.
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2| And it came to pass when he had finished devouring the grass of the land, that I said, Lord God, be merciful; who shall raise up Jacob? for he is small in number.
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3| Repent, O Lord, for this. And this shall not be, saith the Lord.
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4| Thus has the Lord shewed me; and, behold, the Lord called for judgment by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and devoured the Lord’s portion.
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5| Then I said, O Lord, cease, I pray thee: who shall raise up Jacob? for he is small in number. Repent, O Lord, for this.
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6| This also shall not be, saith the Lord.
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7| Thus the Lord shewed me; and behold, he stood upon a wall of adamant, and in his hand <i>was</i> an adamant.
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8| And the Lord said to me, What seest thou, Amos? And I said, An adamant. And the Lord said to me, Behold, I appoint an adamant in the midst of my people Israel: I will not pass by them any more.
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9| And the joyful altars shall be abolished, and the sacrifices of Israel shall be set aside; and I will rise up against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.
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10| Then Amasias the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos is forming conspiracies against thee in the midst of the house of Israel: the land will be utterly unable to bear all his words.
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11| For thus says Amos, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall be led away captive from his land.
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12| And Amasias said to Amos, Go, seer, remove thou into the land of Juda, and live there, and thou shalt prophesy there:
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13| but thou shalt no longer prophesy at Bethel: for it is the king’s sanctuary, and it is the royal house.
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14| And Amos answered, and said to Amasias, I was not a prophet, nor the son of a prophet; but I was a herdman, and a gatherer of sycamore fruits.
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15| And the Lord took me from the sheep, and the Lord said to me, Go, and prophesy to my people Israel.
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16| And now hear the word of the Lord: Thou sayest, Prophesy not to Israel, and raise not a tumult against the house of Jacob.
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17| Therefore thus saith the Lord; Thy wife shall be a harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy land shall be measured with the line; and thou shalt die in an unclean land; and Israel shall be led captive out of his land. Thus has the Lord God shewed me. Chapter 8
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#8
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1| And behold a fowler’s basket.
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2| And he said, What seest thou, Amos? And I said, A fowler’s basket. And the Lord said to me, The end is come upon my people Israel; I will not pass by them any more.
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3| And the ceilings of the temple shall howl in that day, saith the Lord God: <i>there shall be</i> many a fallen one in every place; I will bring silence upon <i>them</i>.
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4| Hear now this, ye that oppress the poor in the morning, and drive the needy ones by tyranny from the earth,
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5| saying, When will the month pass away, and we shall sell, and the sabbath, and we shall open the treasure, to make the measure small, and to enlarge the weight, and make the balance unfair?
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6| That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for shoes; and we will trade in every kind of fruit.
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7| The Lord swears against the pride of Jacob, None of your works shall ever be forgotten.
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8| And shall not the land be troubled for these things, and shall not every one who dwells in it mourn? whereas destruction shall come up as a river, and shall descend as the river of Egypt.
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9| And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord God, <i>that</i> the sun shall go down at noon, and the light shall be darkened on the earth by day:
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10| and I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth on all loins, and baldness on every head; and I will make them as the mourning of a beloved <i>friend</i>, and those with them as a day of grief.
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11| Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will send forth a famine on the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but a famine of hearing the word of the Lord.
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12| And the waters shall be troubled from sea to sea, and from the north to the east shall <i>men</i> run hither and thither, seeking the word of the Lord, and they shall not find <i>it</i>.
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13| In that day shall the fair virgins and the young men faint for thirst;
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14| they who swear by the propitiation of Samaria, and who say, Thy god, O Dan, lives; and, Thy god, O Bersabee, lives; and they shall fall, and shall no more rise again. Chapter 9
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#9
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1| I saw the Lord standing on the altar: and he said, Smite the mercy-seat, and the porch shall be shaken: and cut through into the heads of all; and I will slay the remnant of them with the sword: no one of them fleeing shall escape, and no one of them, striving to save himself shall be delivered.
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2| Though they hid themselves in hell, thence shall my hand drag them forth; and though they go up to heaven, thence will I bring them down.
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3| If they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, thence will I search <i>them</i> out and take them; and if they should go down from my presence into the depths of the sea, there will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them.
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4| And if they should go into captivity before the face of their enemies, there will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes against them for evil, and not for good.
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5| And the Lord, the Lord God Almighty, <i>is he</i> that takes hold of the land, and causes it to shake, and all that inhabit it shall mourn; and its destruction shall go up as a river, and shall descend as the river of Egypt.
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6| <i> It is he</i> that builds his ascent up to the sky, and establishes his promise on the earth; who calls the water of the sea, and pours it out on the face of the earth; the Lord Almighty is his name.
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7| Are not ye to me as the sons of the Ethiopians, O children of Israel? saith the Lord. Did I not bring Israel up out of the land of Egypt, and the Philistines from Cappadocia, and the Syrians out of the deep?
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8| Behold, the eyes of the Lord God are upon the kingdom of sinners, and I will cut it off from the face of the earth; only I will not utterly cut off the house of Jacob, saith the Lord.
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9| For I <i>will</i> give commandment, and sift the house of Israel among all the Gentiles, as <i>corn</i> is sifted in a sieve, and <i>yet</i> a fragment shall not in any wise fall upon the earth.
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10| All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, who say, Calamities shall certainly not draw near, nor come upon us.
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11| In that day I will raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and will rebuild the ruins of it, and will set up the parts thereof that have been broken down, and will build it up as in the ancient days:
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12| that the remnant of men, and all the Gentiles upon whom my name is called, may earnestly seek <i>me</i>, saith the Lord who does all these things.
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13| Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when the harvest shall overtake the vintage, and the grapes shall ripen at seedtime; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall be planted.
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14| And I will turn the captivity of my people Israel, and they shall rebuild the ruined cities, and shall inhabit <i>them</i>; and they shall plant vineyards, and shall drink the wine from them; and they shall form gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
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15| And I will plant them on their land, and they shall no more be plucked up from the land which I have given them, saith the Lord God Almighty.
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#1
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1| And these are the words of the book, which Baruch the son of Nerias, the son of Maasias, the son of Sedecias, the son of Asadias, the son of Chelcias, wrote in Babylon,
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2| In the fifth year, and in the seventh day of the month, what time as the Chaldeans took Jerusalem, and burnt it with fire.
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3| And Baruch did read the words of this book in the hearing of Jechonias the son of Joachim king of Juda, and in the ears of all the people that came to hear the book,
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4| And in the hearing of the nobles, and of the king’s sons, and in the hearing of the elders, and of all the people, from the lowest unto the highest, even of all them that dwelt at Babylon by the river Sud.
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5| Whereupon they wept, fasted, and prayed before the Lord.
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6| They made also a collection of money according to every man’s power:
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7| And they sent it to Jerusalem unto Joachim the high priest, the son of Chelcias, son of Salom, and to the priests, and to all the people which were found with him at Jerusalem,
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8| At the same time when he received the vessels of the house of the Lord, that were carried out of the temple, to return them into the land of Juda, the tenth day of the month Sivan, namely, silver vessels, which Sedecias the son of Josias king of Jada had made,
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9| After that Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon had carried away Jechonias, and the princes, and the captives, and the mighty men, and the people of the land, from Jerusalem, and brought them unto Babylon.
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10| And they said, Behold, we have sent you money to buy you burnt offerings, and sin offerings, and incense, and prepare ye manna, and offer upon the altar of the Lord our God;
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11| And pray for the life of Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon, and for the life of Balthasar his son, that their days may be upon earth as the days of heaven:
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12| And the Lord will give us strength, and lighten our eyes, and we shall live under the shadow of Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon, and under the shadow of Balthasar his son, and we shall serve them many days, and find favour in their sight.
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13| Pray for us also unto the Lord our God, for we have sinned against the Lord our God; and unto this day the fury of the Lord and his wrath is not turned from us.
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14| And ye shall read this book which we have sent unto you, to make confession in the house of the Lord, upon the feasts and solemn days.
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15| And ye shall say, To the Lord our God belongeth righteousness, but unto us the confusion of faces, as it is come to pass this day, unto them of Juda, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem,
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16| And to our kings, and to our princes, and to our priests, and to our prophets, and to our fathers:
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17| For we have sinned before the Lord,
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18| And disobeyed him, and have not hearkened unto the voice of the Lord our God, to walk in the commandments that he gave us openly:
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19| Since the day that the Lord brought our forefathers out of the land of Egypt, unto this present day, we have been disobedient unto the Lord our God, and we have been negligent in not hearing his voice.
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20| Wherefore the evils cleaved unto us, and the curse, which the Lord appointed by Moses his servant at the time that he brought our fathers out of the land of Egypt, to give us a land that floweth with milk and honey, like as it is to see this day.
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21| Nevertheless we have not hearkened unto the voice of the Lord our God, according unto all the words of the prophets, whom he sent unto us:
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22| But every man followed the imagination of his own wicked heart, to serve strange gods, and to do evil in the sight of the Lord our God.
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#2
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1| Therefore the Lord hath made good his word, which he pronounced against us, and against our judges that judged Israel, and against our kings, and against our princes, and against the men of Israel and Juda,
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2| To bring upon us great plagues, such as never happened under the whole heaven, as it came to pass in Jerusalem, according to the things that were written in the law of Moses;
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3| That a man should eat the flesh of his own son, and the flesh of his own daughter.
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4| Moreover he hath delivered them to be in subjection to all the kingdoms that are round about us, to be as a reproach and desolation among all the people round about, where the Lord hath scattered them.
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5| Thus we were cast down, and not exalted, because we have sinned against the Lord our God, and have not been obedient unto his voice.
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6| To the Lord our God appertaineth righteousness: but unto us and to our fathers open shame, as appeareth this day.
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7| For all these plagues are come upon us, which the Lord hath pronounced against us
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8| Yet have we not prayed before the Lord, that we might turn every one from the imaginations of his wicked heart.
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9| Wherefore the Lord watched over us for evil, and the Lord hath brought it upon us: for the Lord is righteous in all his works which he hath commanded us.
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10| Yet we have not hearkened unto his voice, to walk in the commandments of the Lord, that he hath set before us.
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11| And now, O Lord God of Israel, that hast brought thy people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and high arm, and with signs, and with wonders, and with great power, and hast gotten thyself a name, as appeareth this day:
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12| O Lord our God, we have sinned, we have done ungodly, we have dealt unrighteously in all thine ordinances.
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13| Let thy wrath turn from us: for we are but a few left among the heathen, where thou hast scattered us.
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14| Hear our prayers, O Lord, and our petitions, and deliver us for thine own sake, and give us favour in the sight of them which have led us away:
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15| That all the earth may know that thou art the Lord our God, because Israel and his posterity is called by thy name.
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16| O Lord, look down from thine holy house, and consider us: bow down thine ear, O Lord, to hear us.
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17| Open thine eyes, and behold; for the dead that are in the graves, whose souls are taken from their bodies, will give unto the Lord neither praise nor righteousness:
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18| But the soul that is greatly vexed, which goeth stooping and feeble, and the eyes that fail, and the hungry soul, will give thee praise and righteousness, O Lord.
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19| Therefore we do not make our humble supplication before thee, O Lord our God, for the righteousness of our fathers, and of our kings.
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20| For thou hast sent out thy wrath and indignation upon us, as thou hast spoken by thy servants the prophets, saying,
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21| Thus saith the Lord, Bow down your shoulders to serve the king of Babylon: so shall ye remain in the land that I gave unto your fathers.
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22| But if ye will not hear the voice of the Lord, to serve the king of Babylon,
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23| I will cause to cease out of the cites of Judah, and from without Jerusalem, the voice of mirth, and the voice of joy, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride: and the whole land shall be desolate of inhabitants.
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24| But we would not hearken unto thy voice, to serve the king of Babylon: therefore hast thou made good the words that thou spakest by thy servants the prophets, namely, that the bones of our kings, and the bones of our fathers, should be taken out of their place.
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25| And, lo, they are cast out to the heat of the day, and to the frost of the night, and they died in great miseries by famine, by sword, and by pestilence.
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26| And the house which is called by thy name hast thou laid waste, as it is to be seen this day, for the wickedness of the house of Israel and the house of Juda.
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27| O Lord our God, thou hast dealt with us after all thy goodness, and according to all that great mercy of thine,
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28| As thou spakest by thy servant Moses in the day when thou didst command him to write the law before the children of Israel, saying,
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29| If ye will not hear my voice, surely this very great multitude shall be turned into a small number among the nations, where I will scatter them.
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30| For I knew that they would not hear me, because it is a stiffnecked people: but in the land of their captivities they shall remember themselves.
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31| And shall know that I am the Lord their God: for I will give them an heart, and ears to hear:
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32| And they shall praise me in the land of their captivity, and think upon my name,
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33| And return from their stiff neck, and from their wicked deeds: for they shall remember the way of their fathers, which sinned before the Lord.
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34| And I will bring them again into the land which I promised with an oath unto their fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and they shall be lords of it: and I will increase them, and they shall not be diminished.
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35| And I will make an everlasting covenant with them to be their God, and they shall be my people: and I will no more drive my people of Israel out of the land that I have given them.
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#3
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1| O Lord Almighty, God of Israel, the soul in anguish the troubled spirit, crieth unto thee.
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2| Hear, O Lord, and have mercy; ar thou art merciful: and have pity upon us, because we have sinned before thee.
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3| For thou endurest for ever, and we perish utterly.
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4| O Lord Almighty, thou God of Israel, hear now the prayers of the dead Israelites, and of their children, which have sinned before thee, and not hearkened unto the voice of thee their God: for the which cause these plagues cleave unto us.
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5| Remember not the iniquities of our forefathers: but think upon thy power and thy name now at this time.
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6| For thou art the Lord our God, and thee, O Lord, will we praise.
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7| And for this cause thou hast put thy fear in our hearts, to the intent that we should call upon thy name, and praise thee in our captivity: for we have called to mind all the iniquity of our forefathers, that sinned before thee.
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8| Behold, we are yet this day in our captivity, where thou hast scattered us, for a reproach and a curse, and to be subject to payments, according to all the iniquities of our fathers, which departed from the Lord our God.
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9| Hear, Israel, the commandments of life: give ear to understand wisdom.
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10| How happeneth it Israel, that thou art in thine enemies’ land, that thou art waxen old in a strange country, that thou art defiled with the dead,
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11| That thou art counted with them that go down into the grave?
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12| Thou hast forsaken the fountain of wisdom.
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13| For if thou hadst walked in the way of God, thou shouldest have dwelled in peace for ever.
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14| Learn where is wisdom, where is strength, where is understanding; that thou mayest know also where is length of days, and life, where is the light of the eyes, and peace.
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15| Who hath found out her place? or who hath come into her treasures?
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16| Where are the princes of the heathen become, and such as ruled the beasts upon the earth;
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17| They that had their pastime with the fowls of the air, and they that hoarded up silver and gold, wherein men trust, and made no end of their getting?
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18| For they that wrought in silver, and were so careful, and whose works are unsearchable,
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19| They are vanished and gone down to the grave, and others are come up in their steads.
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20| Young men have seen light, and dwelt upon the earth: but the way of knowledge have they not known,
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21| Nor understood the paths thereof, nor laid hold of it: their children were far off from that way.
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22| It hath not been heard of in Chanaan, neither hath it been seen in Theman.
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23| The Agarenes that seek wisdom upon earth, the merchants of Meran and of Theman, the authors of fables, and searchers out of understanding; none of these have known the way of wisdom, or remember her paths.
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24| O Israel, how great is the house of God! and how large is the place of his possession!
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25| Great, and hath none end; high, and unmeasurable.
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26| There were the giants famous from the beginning, that were of so great stature, and so expert in war.
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27| Those did not the Lord choose, neither gave he the way of knowledge unto them:
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28| But they were destroyed, because they had no wisdom, and perished through their own foolishness.
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29| Who hath gone up into heaven, and taken her, and brought her down from the clouds?
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30| Who hath gone over the sea, and found her, and will bring her for pure gold?
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31| No man knoweth her way, nor thinketh of her path.
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32| But he that knoweth all things knoweth her, and hath found her out with his understanding: he that prepared the earth for evermore hath filled it with fourfooted beasts:
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33| He that sendeth forth light, and it goeth, calleth it again, and it obeyeth him with fear.
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34| The stars shined in their watches, and rejoiced:
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35| when he calleth them, they say, Here we be; and so with cheerfulness they shewed light unto him that made them.
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36| This is our God, and there shall none other be accounted of in comparison of him
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37| He hath found out all the way of knowledge, and hath given it unto Jacob his servant, and to Israel his beloved.
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38| Afterward did he shew himself upon earth, and conversed with men.
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#4
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1| This is the book of the commandments of God, and the law that endureth for ever: all they that keep it shall come to life; but such as leave it shall die.
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2| Turn thee, O Jacob, and take hold of it: walk in the presence of the light thereof, that thou mayest be illuminated.
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3| Give not thine honour to another, nor the things that are profitable unto thee to a strange nation.
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4| O Israel, happy are we: for things that are pleasing to God are made known unto us.
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5| Be of good cheer, my people, the memorial of Israel.
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6| Ye were sold to the nations, not for <i>your</i> destruction: but because ye moved God to wrath, ye were delivered unto the enemies.
|
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7| For ye provoked him that made you by sacrificing unto devils, and not to God.
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8| Ye have forgotten the everlasting God, that brought you up; and ye have grieved Jerusalem, that nursed you.
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9| For when she saw the wrath of God coming upon you, she said, Hearken, O ye that dwell about Sion: God hath brought upon me great mourning;
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10| For I saw the captivity of my sons and daughters, which the Everlasting brought upon them.
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11| With joy did I nourish them; but sent them away with weeping and mourning.
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12| Let no man rejoice over me, a widow, and forsaken of many, who for the sins of my children am left desolate; because they departed from the law of God.
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13| They knew not his statutes, nor walked in the ways of his commandments, nor trod in the paths of discipline in his righteousness.
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14| Let them that dwell about Sion come, and remember ye the captivity of my sons and daughters, which the Everlasting hath brought upon them.
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15| For he hath brought a nation upon them from far, a shameless nation, and of a strange language, who neither reverenced old man, nor pitied child.
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16| These have carried away the dear beloved children of the widow, and left her that was alone desolate without daughters.
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17| But what can I help you?
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18| For he that brought these plagues upon you will deliver you from the hands of your enemies.
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19| Go your way, O my children, go your way: for I am left desolate.
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20| I have put off the clothing of peace, and put upon me the sackcloth of my prayer: I will cry unto the Everlasting in my days.
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21| Be of good cheer, O my children, cry unto the Lord, and he will deliver you from the power and hand of the enemies.
|
||||
22| For my hope is in the Everlasting, that he will save you; and joy is come unto me from the Holy One, because of the mercy which shall soon come unto you from the Everlasting our Saviour.
|
||||
23| For I sent you out with mourning and weeping: but God will give you to me again with joy and gladness for ever.
|
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24| Like as now the neighbours of Sion have seen your captivity: so shall they see shortly your salvation from our God which shall come upon you with great glory, and brightness of the Everlasting.
|
||||
25| My children, suffer patiently the wrath that is come upon you from God: for thine enemy hath persecuted thee; but shortly thou shalt see his destruction, and shalt tread upon his neck.
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26| My delicate ones have gone rough ways, and were taken away as a flock caught of the enemies.
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||||
27| Be of good comfort, O my children, and cry unto God: for ye shall be remembered of him that brought these things upon you.
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||||
28| For as it was your mind to go astray from God: so, being returned, seek him ten times more.
|
||||
29| For he that hath brought these plagues upon you shall bring you everlasting joy with your salvation.
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30| Take a good heart, O Jerusalem: for he that gave thee that name will comfort thee.
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||||
31| Miserable are they that afflicted thee, and rejoiced at thy fall.
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32| Miserable are the cities which thy children served: miserable is she that received thy sons.
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||||
33| For as she rejoiced at thy ruin, and was glad of thy fall: so shall she be grieved for her own desolation.
|
||||
34| For I will take away the rejoicing of her great multitude, and her pride shall be turned into mourning.
|
||||
35| For fire shall come upon her from the Everlasting, long to endure; and she shall be inhabited of devils for a great time.
|
||||
36| O Jerusalem, look about thee toward the east, and behold the joy that cometh unto thee from God.
|
||||
37| Lo, thy sons come, whom thou sentest away, they come gathered together from the east to the west by the word of the Holy One, rejoicing in the glory of God.
|
||||
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||||
#5
|
||||
1| Put off, O Jerusalem, the garment of mourning and affliction, and put on the comeliness of the glory that cometh from God for ever.
|
||||
2| Cast about thee a double garment of the righteousness which cometh from God; and set a diadem on thine head of the glory of the Everlasting.
|
||||
3| For God will shew thy brightness unto every country under heaven.
|
||||
4| For thy name shall be called of God for ever The peace of righteousness, and The glory of God’s worship.
|
||||
5| Arise, O Jerusalem, and stand on high, and look about toward the east, and behold thy children gathered from the west unto the east by the word of the Holy One, rejoicing in the remembrance of God.
|
||||
6| For they departed from thee on foot, and were led away of their enemies: but God bringeth them unto thee exalted with glory, as children of the kingdom.
|
||||
7| For God hath appointed that every high hill, and banks of long continuance, should be cast down, and valleys filled up, to make even the ground, that Israel may go safely in the glory of God,
|
||||
8| Moreover even the woods and every sweet smelling tree shall overshadow Israel by the commandment of God.
|
||||
9| For God shall lead Israel with joy in the light of his glory with the mercy and righteousness that cometh from him.
|
||||
|
||||
#6
|
||||
1| A copy of an epistle, which Jeremy sent unto them which were to be led captives into Babylon by the king of the Babylonians, to certify them, as it was commanded him of God.
|
||||
2| Because of the sins which ye have committed before God, ye shall be led away captives into Babylon by Nabuchodonosor king of the Babylonians.
|
||||
3| So when ye be come unto Babylon, ye shall remain there many years, and for a long season, namely, seven generations: and after that I will bring you away peaceably from thence.
|
||||
4| Now shall ye see in Babylon gods of silver, and of gold, and of wood, borne upon shoulders, which cause the nations to fear.
|
||||
5| Beware therefore that ye in no wise be like to strangers, neither be ye and of them, when ye see the multitude before them and behind them, worshipping them.
|
||||
6| But say ye in your hearts, O Lord, we must worship thee.
|
||||
7| For mine angel is with you, and I myself caring for your souls.
|
||||
8| As for their tongue, it is polished by the workman, and they themselves are gilded and laid over with silver; yet are they but false, and cannot speak.
|
||||
9| And taking gold, as it were for a virgin that loveth to go gay, they make crowns for the heads of their gods.
|
||||
10| Sometimes also the priests convey from their gods gold and silver, and bestow it upon themselves.
|
||||
11| Yea, they will give thereof to the common harlots, and deck them as men with garments, <i>being</i> gods of silver, and gods of gold, and wood.
|
||||
12| Yet cannot these gods save themselves from rust and moth, though they be covered with purple raiment.
|
||||
13| They wipe their faces because of the dust of the temple, when there is much upon them.
|
||||
14| And he that cannot put to death one that offendeth him holdeth a scepter, as though he were a judge of the country.
|
||||
15| He hath also in his right hand a dagger and an axe: but cannot deliver himself from war and thieves.
|
||||
16| Whereby they are known not to be gods: therefore fear them not.
|
||||
17| For like as a vessel that a man useth is nothing worth when it is broken; even so it is with their gods: when they be set up in the temple, their eyes be full of dust through the feet of them that come in.
|
||||
18| And as the doors are made sure on every side upon him that offendeth the king, as being committed to suffer death: even so the priests make fast their temples with doors, with locks, and bars, lest their gods be spoiled with robbers.
|
||||
19| They light them candles, yea, more than for themselves, whereof they cannot see one.
|
||||
20| They are as one of the beams of the temple, yet they say their hearts are gnawed upon by things creeping out of the earth; and when they eat them and their clothes, they feel it not.
|
||||
21| Their faces are blacked through the smoke that cometh out of the temple.
|
||||
22| Upon their bodies and heads sit bats, swallows, and birds, and the cats also.
|
||||
23| By this ye may know that they are no gods: therefore fear them not.
|
||||
24| Notwithstanding the gold that is about them to make them beautiful, except they wipe off the rust, they will not shine: for neither when they were molten did they feel it.
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||||
25| The things wherein there is no breath are bought for a most high price.
|
||||
26| They are borne upon shoulders, having no feet whereby they declare unto men that they be nothing worth.
|
||||
27| They also that serve them are ashamed: for if they fall to the ground at any time, they cannot rise up again of themselves: neither, if one set them upright, can they move of themselves: neither, if they be bowed down, can they make themselves straight: but they set gifts before them as unto dead men.
|
||||
28| As for the things that are sacrificed unto them, their priests sell and abuse; in like manner their wives lay up part thereof in salt; but unto the poor and impotent they give nothing of it.
|
||||
29| Menstruous women and women in childbed eat their sacrifices: by these things ye may know that they are no gods: fear them not.
|
||||
30| For how can they be called gods? because women set meat before the gods of silver, gold, and wood.
|
||||
31| And the priests sit in their temples, having their clothes rent, and their heads and beards shaven, and nothing upon their heads.
|
||||
32| They roar and cry before their gods, as men do at the feast when one is dead.
|
||||
33| The priests also take off their garments, and clothe their wives and children.
|
||||
34| Whether it be evil that one doeth unto them, or good, they are not able to recompense it: they can neither set up a king, nor put him down.
|
||||
35| In like manner, they can neither give riches nor money: though a man make a vow unto them, and keep it not, they will not require it.
|
||||
36| They can save no man from death, neither deliver the weak from the mighty.
|
||||
37| They cannot restore a blind man to his sight, nor help any man in his distress.
|
||||
38| They can shew no mercy to the widow, nor do good to the fatherless.
|
||||
39| Their gods of wood, and which are overlaid with gold and silver, are like the stones that be hewn out of the mountain: they that worship them shall be confounded.
|
||||
40| How should a man then think and say that they are gods, when even the Chaldeans themselves dishonour them?
|
||||
41| Who if they shall see one dumb that cannot speak, they bring him, and intreat Bel that he may speak, as though he were able to understand.
|
||||
42| Yet they cannot understand this themselves, and leave them: for they have no knowledge.
|
||||
43| The women also with cords about them, sitting in the ways, burn bran for perfume: but if any of them, drawn by some that passeth by, lie with him, she reproacheth her fellow, that she was not thought as worthy as herself, nor her cord broken.
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||||
44| Whatsoever is done among them is false: how may it then be thought or said that they are gods?
|
||||
45| They are made of carpenters and goldsmiths: they can be nothing else than the workmen will have them to be.
|
||||
46| And they themselves that made them can never continue long; how should then the things that are made of them be gods?
|
||||
47| For they left lies and reproaches to them that come after.
|
||||
48| For when there cometh any war or plague upon them, the priests consult with themselves, where they may be hidden with them.
|
||||
49| How then cannot men perceive that they be no gods, which can neither save themselves from war, nor from plague?
|
||||
50| For seeing they be but of wood, and overlaid with silver and gold, it shall be known hereafter that they are false:
|
||||
51| And it shall manifestly appear to all nations and kings that they are no gods, but the works of men’s hands, and that there is no work of God in them.
|
||||
52| Who then may not know that they are no gods?
|
||||
53| For neither can they set up a king in the land, nor give rain unto men.
|
||||
54| Neither can they judge their own cause, nor redress a wrong, being unable: for they are as crows between heaven and earth.
|
||||
55| Whereupon when fire falleth upon the house of gods of wood, or laid over with gold or silver, their priests will flee away, and escape; but they themselves shall be burned asunder like beams.
|
||||
56| Moreover they cannot withstand any king or enemies: how can it then be thought or said that they be gods?
|
||||
57| Neither are those gods of wood, and laid over with silver or gold, able to escape either from thieves or robbers.
|
||||
58| Whose gold, and silver, and garments wherewith they are clothed, they that are strong take, and go away withal: neither are they able to help themselves.
|
||||
59| Therefore it is better to be a king that sheweth his power, or else a profitable vessel in an house, which the owner shall have use of, than such false gods; or to be a door in an house, to keep such things therein, than such false gods. or a pillar of wood in a palace, than such false gods.
|
||||
60| For sun, moon, and stars, being bright and sent to do their offices, are obedient.
|
||||
61| In like manner the lightning when it breaketh forth is easy to be seen; and after the same manner the wind bloweth in every country.
|
||||
62| And when God commandeth the clouds to go over the whole world, they do as they are bidden.
|
||||
63| And the fire sent from above to consume hills and woods doeth as it is commanded: but these are like unto them neither in shew nor power.
|
||||
64| Wherefore it is neither to be supposed nor said that they are gods, seeing, they are able neither to judge causes, nor to do good unto men.
|
||||
65| Knowing therefore that they are no gods, fear them not,
|
||||
66| For they can neither curse nor bless kings:
|
||||
67| Neither can they shew signs in the heavens among the heathen, nor shine as the sun, nor give light as the moon.
|
||||
68| The beasts are better than they: for they can get under a cover and help themselves.
|
||||
69| It is then by no means manifest unto us that they are gods: therefore fear them not.
|
||||
70| For as a scarecrow in a garden of cucumbers keepeth nothing: so are their gods of wood, and laid over with silver and gold.
|
||||
71| And likewise their gods of wood, and laid over with silver and gold, are like to a white thorn in an orchard, that every bird sitteth upon; as also to a dead body, that is east into the dark.
|
||||
72| And ye shall know them to be no gods by the bright purple that rotteth upon them: and they themselves afterward shall be eaten, and shall be a reproach in the country.
|
||||
|
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73| Better therefore is the just man that hath none idols: for he shall be far from reproach.
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#1
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1| In the third year of the reign of Joakim king of Juda, came Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon to Jerusalem, and besieged it.
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2| And the Lord gave into his hand Joakim king of Juda, and part of the vessels of the house of God: and he brought them into the land of Sennaar to the house of his god; and he brought the vessels into the treasure-house of his god.
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3| And the king told Asphanez his chief eunuch, to bring in some of the captive children of Israel, and of the seed of the kingdom, and of the princes;
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4| young men in whom was no blemish, and beautiful in appearance, and skilled in all wisdom, and possessing knowledge, and acquainted with prudence, and who had ability to stand in the house before the king, and the king gave commandment to teach them the learning and language of the Chaldeans.
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5| And the king appointed them a daily portion from the king’s table, and from the wine which he drank; and <i>gave orders</i> to nourish them three years, and <i>that</i> afterwards they should stand before the king.
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6| Now these were among them of the children of Juda, Daniel, and Ananias, and Azarias, and Misael.
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7| And the chief of the eunuchs gave them names: to Daniel, Baltasar; and to Ananias, Sedrach; and to Misael, Misach; and to Azarias, Abdenago.
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8| And Daniel purposed in his heart, that he would not defile himself with the king’s table, nor with the wine of his drink: and he intreated the chief of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.
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9| Now God <i>had</i> brought Daniel into favour and compassion with the chief of the eunuchs.
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10| And the chief of the eunuchs said to Daniel, I fear my lord the king, who has appointed your meat and your drink, lest he see your countenances gloomy in comparison of the young men your equals; also shall ye endanger my head to the king.
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11| And Daniel said to Amelsad, whom the chief of the eunuchs had appointed over Daniel, Ananias, Misael, <i>and</i> Azarias.
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12| Prove now thy servants ten days; and let them give us pulse, and let us eat, and let us drink water:
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13| And let our countenances be seen by thee, and the countenances of the children that eat <i>at</i> the king’s table; and deal with thy servants according as thou shalt see.
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14| And he hearkened to them, and proved them ten days.
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15| And at the end of the ten days their countenances appeared fairer and stouter in flesh, than the children that fed at the king’s table.
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16| So Amelsad took away their supper and the wine of their drink, and gave them pulse.
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17| And <i>as for</i> these four children, God gave them understanding and prudence in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.
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18| And at the end of the days, <i>after</i> which the king had given orders to bring them in, then the chief of the eunuchs brought them in before Nabuchodonosor.
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19| And the king spoke with them; and there were not found out of them all any like Daniel, and Ananias and Misael, and Azarias: and they stood before the king.
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20| And in every matter of wisdom and knowledge wherein the king questioned them, he found them ten times wiser than all the enchanters and sorcerers that were in all his kingdom.
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21| And Daniel continued till the first year of king Cyrus.
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#2
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1| In the second year of <i>his</i> reign Nabuchodonosor dreamed a dream, and his spirit was amazed, and his sleep departed from him.
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2| And the king gave orders to call the enchanters, and the magicians, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, to declare to the king his dreams. And they came and stood before the king.
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3| And the king said to them, I have dreamed, and my spirit was troubled to know the dream.
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4| And the Chaldeans spoke to the king in the Syrian language, <i>saying</i>, O king, live for ever: do thou tell the dream to thy servants, and we will declare the interpretation.
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5| The king answered the Chaldeans, The thing has departed from me: if ye do not make known to me the dream and the interpretation, ye shall be destroyed, and your houses shall be spoiled.
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6| But if ye make known to me the dream, and the interpretation thereof, ye shall receive of me gifts and presents and much honour: only tell me the dream, and the interpretation thereof.
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7| They answered the second time, and said, Let the king tell the dream to his servants, and we will declare the interpretation.
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8| And the king answered and said, I verily know that ye are trying to gain time, because ye see that the thing has gone from me.
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9| If then ye do not tell me the dream, I know that ye have concerted to utter before me a false and corrupt tale, until the time shall have past: tell me my dream, and I shall know that ye will also declare to me the interpretation thereof.
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10| The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is no man upon the earth, who shall be able to make known the king’s matter: forasmuch as no great king or ruler asks such a question of an enchanter, magician, or Chaldean.
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11| For the question which the king asks is difficult, and there is no one else who shall answer it before the king, but the gods, whose dwelling is not with any flesh.
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12| Then the king in rage and anger commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.
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13| So the decree went forth, and they began to slay the wise men; and they sought Daniel and his fellows to slay <i>them</i>.
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14| Then Daniel answered <i>with</i> counsel and prudence to Arioch the captain of the royal guard, who was gone forth to kill the wise men of Babylon; <i>saying</i>,
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15| Chief magistrate of the king, wherefore has the preemptory command proceeded from the king? So Arioch made known the matter to Daniel.
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16| And Daniel intreated the king to give him time, and that he might <i>thus</i> declare to the king the interpretation of it.
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17| So Daniel went into his house, and made known the matter to Ananias, and Misael, and Azarias, his friends.
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18| And they sought mercies from the God of heaven concerning this mystery; that Daniel and his friends might not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.
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19| Then the mystery was revealed to Daniel in a vision of the night; and Daniel blessed the God of heaven, and said,
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20| May the name of God be blessed from everlasting and to everlasting: for wisdom and understanding are his.
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21| And he changes times and seasons: he appoints kings, and removes <i>them</i>, giving wisdom to the wise, and prudence to them that have understanding:
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22| he reveals deep and secret <i>matters</i>; knowing what is in darkness, and the light is with him.
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23| I give thanks to thee, and praise <i>thee</i>, O God of my fathers, for thou has given me wisdom and power, and has made known to me the things which we asked of thee; and thou has made known to me the king’s vision.
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24| And Daniel came to Arioch, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon, and said to him; Destroy not the wise men of Babylon, but bring me in before the king, and I will declare the interpretation to the king.
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25| Then Arioch in haste brought in Daniel before the king, and said to him, I have found a man of the children of the captivity of Judea, who will declare the interpretation to the king.
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26| And the king answered and said to Daniel, whose name was Baltasar, Canst thou declare to me the dream which I saw, and the interpretation thereof?
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27| And Daniel answered before the king, and said, The mystery which the king asks <i>the explanation of</i> is not <i>in the power</i> of the wise men, magicians, enchanters, <i>or</i> soothsayers to declare to the king.
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28| But there is a God in heaven revealing mysteries, and he has made known to king Nabuchodonosor what things must come to pass in the last days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are as follows,
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29| O king: thy thoughts upon thy bed arose <i>as to</i> what must come to pass hereafter: and he that reveals mysteries has made known to thee what must come to pass.
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30| Moreover, this mystery has not been revealed to me by reason of wisdom which is in me beyond all <i>others</i> living, but for the sake of making known the interpretation to the king, that thou mightest know the thoughts of thine heart.
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31| Thou, O king, sawest, and behold an image: that image was great, and the appearance of it excellent, standing before thy face; and the form of it was terrible.
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32| <i>It was</i> an image, the head of which was of fine gold, its hands and breast and arms of silver, <i>its</i> belly and thighs of brass,
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33| its legs of iron, its feet, part of iron and part of earthenware.
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34| Thou sawest until a stone was cut out of a mountain without hands, and it smote the image upon its feet of iron and earthenware, and utterly reduced them to powder.
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35| Then once for all the earthenware, the iron, the brass, the silver, the gold, were ground to powder, and became as chaff from the summer threshingfloor; and the violence of the wind carried them away, and no place was found for them: and the stone which had smitten the image became a great mountain, and filled all the earth.
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36| This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof before the king.
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37| Thou, O king, art a king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given a powerful and strong and honourable kingdom,
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38| in every place where the children of men dwell: and he has given into thine hand the wild beasts of the field, and the birds of the sky and the fish of the sea, and he has made thee lord of all.
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39| Thou art the head of gold. And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, an a third kingdom which is the brass, which shall have dominion over all the earth;
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40| and a fourth kingdom, which shall be strong as iron: as iron beats to powder and subdues all things, so shall it beat to powder and subdue.
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41| And whereas thou sawest the feet and the toes, part of earthenware and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; yet there shall be in it of the strength of iron, as thou sawest the iron mixed with earthenware.
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42| And <i>whereas</i> the toes of the feet were part of iron and part of earthenware, part of the kingdom shall be strong, and <i>part</i> of it shall be broken.
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43| Whereas thou sawest the iron mixed with earthenware, they shall be mingled with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave together, as the iron does not mix itself with earthenware.
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44| And in the days of those kings the God of heaven shall set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed: and his kingdom shall not be left to another people, <i>but</i> it shall beat to pieces and grind to powder all <i>other</i> kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
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45| Whereas thou sawest that a stone was cut out of a mountain without hands, and it beat to pieces the earthenware, the iron, the brass, the silver, the gold; the great God has made known to the king what must happen hereafter: and the dream is true, and the interpretation thereof sure.
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46| Then king Nabuchodonosor fell upon his face, and worshipped Daniel, and gave orders to offer to him gifts and incense.
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47| And the king answered and said to Daniel, Of a truth your God is a God of gods, and Lord of kings, who reveals mysteries; for thou has been able to reveal this mystery.
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48| And the king promoted Daniel, and gave him great and abundant gifts, and set him over the whole province of Babylon, and <i>made him</i> chief satrap over all the wise men of Babylon.
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49| And Daniel asked of the king, and he appointed Sedrach, Misach, and Abdenago, over the affairs of the province of Babylon: but Daniel was in the king’s palace.
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#3
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1| In <i>his</i> eighteenth year Nabuchodonosor the king made a golden image, its height was sixty cubits, its breadth six cubits: and he set it up in the plain of Deira, in the province of Babylon.
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2| And he sent forth to gather the governors, and the captains, and the heads of provinces, chiefs, and princes, and those who were in authority, and all the rulers of districts, to come to the dedication of the image.
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3| So the heads of provinces, the governors, the captains, the chiefs, the great princes, those who were in authority, and all the rulers of districts, were gathered to the dedication of the image which king Nabuchodonosor had set up; and they stood before the image.
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4| Then a herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, ye peoples, tribes, <i>and</i> languages,
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5| at what hour ye shall hear the sound of the trumpet, and pipe, and harp, and sackbut, and psaltery, and every kind of music, ye shall fall down and worship the golden image which king Nabuchodonosor has set up.
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6| And whosoever shall not fall down and worship, in the same hour he shall be cast into the burning fiery furnace.
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7| And it came to pass when the nations heard the sound of the trumpet, and pipe, and harp, and sackbut, and psaltery, and all kinds of music, all the nations, tribes, <i>and</i> languages, fell down and worshipped the golden image which king Nabuchodonosor had set up.
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8| Then came near <i>certain</i> Chaldeans, and accused the Jews to the king, <i>saying</i>,
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9| O king, live for ever.
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10| Thou, O king, has made a decree that every man who shall hear the sound of the trumpet, and pipe, and harp, sackbut, and psaltery, and all kinds of music,
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11| and shall not fall down and worship the golden image, shall be cast into the burning fiery furnace.
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12| There are <i>certain</i> Jews whom thou has appointed over the affairs of the province of Babylon, Sedrach, Misach, <i>and</i> Abdenago, who have not obeyed thy decree, O king: they serve not thy gods, and worship not the golden image which thou hast set up.
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13| Then Nabuchodonosor in wrath and anger commanded to bring Sedrach, Misach, and Abdenago: and they were brought before the king.
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14| And Nabuchodonosor answered and said to them, Is it true, Sedrach, Misach, <i>and</i> Abdenago, that ye serve not my gods, and worship not the golden image which I have set up?
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15| Now then if ye be ready, whensoever ye shall hear the sound of the trumpet, and pipe, and harp, and sackbut, and psaltery, and harmony, and every kind of music, to fall down and worship the golden image which I have made; <i>well</i>: but if ye worship not, in the same hour ye shall be cast into the burning fiery furnace; and who is the God that shall deliver you out of my hand?
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16| Then answered Sedrach, Misach <i>and</i> Abdenago and said to king Nabuchodonosor, We have no need to answer thee concerning this matter.
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17| For our God whom we serve is in the heavens, able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will rescue us from thy hands, O king.
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18| But if not, be it known to thee, O king, that we <i>will</i> not serve thy gods, nor worship the image which thou hast set up.
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19| Then Nabuchodonosor was filled with wrath, and the form of his countenance was changed toward Sedrach, Misach, and Abdenago: and he gave orders to heat the furnace seven times <i>more than usual</i>, until it should burn to the uttermost.
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20| And he commanded mighty men to bind Sedrach, Misach, and Abdenago, and to cast <i>them</i> into the burning fiery furnace.
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21| Then those men were bound with their coats, and caps, and hose, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace,
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22| forasmuch as the king’s word prevailed; and the furnace was made exceeding hot.
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23| Then these three men, Sedrach, Misach, and Abdenago, fell bound into the midst of the burning furnace, and walked in the midst of the flame, singing praise to God, and blessing the Lord. <i>Song of the Three Children</i>
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1| Then Azarias stood up, and prayed on this manner; and opening his mouth in the midst of the fire said,
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2| Blessed art thou, O Lord God of our fathers: thy name is worthy to be praised and glorified for evermore:
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3| For thou art righteous in all the things that thou hast done to us: yea, true are all thy works, thy ways are right, and all thy judgments truth.
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4| In all the things that thou hast brought upon us, and upon the holy city of our fathers, even Jerusalem, thou hast executed true judgment: for according to truth and judgment didst thou bring all these things upon us because of our sins.
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5| For we have sinned and committed iniquity, departing from thee.
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6| In all things have we trespassed, and not obeyed thy commandments, nor kept them, neither done as thou hast commanded us, that it might go well with us.
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7| Wherefore all that thou hast brought upon us, and every thing that thou hast done to us, thou hast done in true judgment.
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8| And thou didst deliver us into the hands of lawless enemies, most hateful forsakers of God, and to an unjust king, and the most wicked in all the world.
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9| And now we cannot open our mouths, we are become a shame and reproach to thy servants; and to them that worship thee.
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10| Yet deliver us not up wholly, for thy name’s sake, neither disannul thou thy covenant:
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11| And cause not thy mercy to depart from us, for thy beloved Abraham’s sake, for thy servant Isaac’s sake, and for thy holy Israel’s sake;
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12| To whom thou hast spoken and promised, that thou wouldest multiply their seed as the stars of heaven, and as the sand that lieth upon the seashore.
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13| For we, O Lord, are become less than any nation, and be kept under this day in all the world because of our sins.
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14| Neither is there at this time prince, or prophet, or leader, or burnt offering, or sacrifice, or oblation, or incense, or place to sacrifice before thee, and to find mercy.
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15| Nevertheless in a contrite heart and an humble spirit let us be accepted.
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16| Like as in the burnt offerings of rams and bullocks, and like as in ten thousands of fat lambs: so let our sacrifice be in thy sight this day, and grant that we may wholly go after thee: for they shall not be confounded that put their trust in thee.
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17| And now we follow thee with all our heart, we fear thee, and seek thy face.
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18| Put us not to shame: but deal with us after thy lovingkindness, and according to the multitude of thy mercies.
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19| Deliver us also according to thy marvellous works, and give glory to thy name, O Lord: and let all them that do thy servants hurt be ashamed;
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20| And let them be confounded in all their power and might, and let their strength be broken;
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21| And let them know that thou art God, the only God, and glorious over the whole world.
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22| And the king’s servants, that put them in, ceased not to make the oven hot with rosin, pitch, tow, and small wood;
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23| So that the flame streamed forth above the furnace forty and nine cubits.
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24| And it passed through, and burned those Chaldeans it found about the furnace.
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25| But the angel of the Lord came down into the oven together with Azarias and his fellows, and smote the flame of the fire out of the oven;
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26| And made the midst of the furnace as it had been a moist whistling wind, so that the fire touched them not at all, neither hurt nor troubled them.
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27| Then the three, as out of one mouth, praised, glorified, and blessed, God in the furnace, saying,
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28| Blessed art thou, O Lord God of our fathers: and to be praised and exalted above all for ever.
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29| And blessed is thy glorious and holy name: and to be praised and exalted above all for ever.
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30| Blessed art thou in the temple of thine holy glory: and to be praised and glorified above all for ever.
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31| Blessed art thou that beholdest the depths, and sittest upon the cherubims: and to be praised and exalted above all for ever.
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32| Blessed art thou on the glorious throne of thy kingdom: and to be praised and glorified above all for ever.
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33| Blessed art thou in the firmament of heaven: and above all to be praised and glorified for ever.
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34| O all ye works of the Lord, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever,
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35| O ye heavens, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
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36| O ye angels of the Lord, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
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37| O all ye waters that be above the heaven, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
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38| O all ye powers of the Lord, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
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39| O ye sun and moon, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
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40| O ye stars of heaven, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
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41| O every shower and dew, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
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42| O all ye winds, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever,
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43| O ye fire and heat, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
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44| O ye winter and summer, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
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45| O ye dews and storms of snow, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
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46| O ye nights and days, bless ye the Lord: bless and exalt him above all for ever.
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47| O ye light and darkness, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
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48| O ye ice and cold, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
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49| O ye frost and snow, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
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50| O ye lightnings and clouds, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
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51| O let the earth bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
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52| O ye mountains and little hills, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
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53| O all ye things that grow in the earth, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
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54| O ye mountains, bless ye the Lord: Praise and exalt him above all for ever.
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55| O ye seas and rivers, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
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56| O ye whales, and all that move in the waters, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
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57| O all ye fowls of the air, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
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58| O all ye beasts and cattle, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
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59| O ye children of men, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
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60| O Israel, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
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61| O ye priests of the Lord, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
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62| O ye servants of the Lord, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
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63| O ye spirits and souls of the righteous, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
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64| O ye holy and humble men of heart, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
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65| O Ananias, Azarias, and Misael, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever: for he hath delivered us from hell, and saved us from the hand of death, and delivered us out of the midst of the furnace and burning flame: even out of the midst of the fire hath he delivered us.
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66| O give thanks unto the Lord, because he is gracious: for his mercy endureth for ever.
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67| O all ye that worship the Lord, bless the God of gods, praise him, and give him thanks: for his mercy endureth for ever.
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24| And Nabuchodonosor heard them singing praises; and he wondered, and rose up in haste, and said to his nobles, Did we not cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? and they said to the king, Yes, O king.
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25| And the king said, But I see four men loose, and walking in the midst of the fire, and there has no harm happened to them; and the appearance of the fourth is like the Son of God.
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26| Then Nabuchodonosor drew near to the door of the burning fiery furnace, and said, Sedrach, Misach, <i>and</i> Abdenago, ye servants of the most high God, proceed forth, and come hither. So Sedrach, Misach, <i>and</i> Abdenago, came forth out of the midst of the fire.
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27| Then were assembled the satraps, and captains, and heads of provinces, and the royal princes; and they saw the men, <i>and perceived</i> that the fire had not had power against their bodies, and the hair of their head was not burnt, and their coats were not scorched, nor was the smell of fire upon them.
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28| And king Nabuchodonosor answered and said, Blessed be the God of Sedrach, Misach, <i>and</i> Abdenago, who has sent his angel, and delivered his servants, because they trusted in him; and they have changed the king’s word, and delivered their bodies to be burnt, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.
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29| Wherefore I publish a decree: Every people, tribe, <i>or</i> language, that shall speak reproachfully against the God of Sedrach, Misach, <i>and</i> Abdenago shall be destroyed, and their houses shall be plundered: because there is no other God who shall be able to deliver thus.
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30| Then the king promoted Sedrach, Misach, <i>and</i> Abdenago, in the province of Babylon, and advanced them, and gave them authority to rule over all the Jews who were in his kingdom.
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31| King Nabuchodonosor to all nations, tribes, and tongues, who dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied to you.
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32| It seemed good to me to declare to you the signs and wonders which the most high God has wrought with me,
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33| how great and mighty <i>they are</i>: his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his power to all generations.
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#4
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1| I Nabuchodonosor was thriving in my house, and prospering.
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2| I saw a vision, and it terrified me, and I was troubled on my bed, and the visions of my head troubled me.
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3| And I made a decree to bring in before me all the wise men of Babylon, that they might make known to me the interpretation of the dream.
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4| So the enchanters, magicians, soothsayers, <i>and</i> Chaldeans came in: and I told the dream before them; but they did not make known to me the interpretation thereof;
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5| until Daniel came, whose name is Baltasar, according to the name of my God, who has within him the Holy Spirit of God; to whom I said,
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6| O Baltasar, chief of the enchanters, of whom I know that the Holy Spirit of God is in thee, and no mystery is too hard for thee, hear the vision of my dream which I had, and tell me the interpretation of it.
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7| I had a vision upon my bed; and behold a tree in the midst of the earth, and its height was great.
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8| The tree grew large and strong, and its height reached to the sky, and its extent to the extremity of the whole earth:
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9| its leaves were fair, and its fruit abundant, and in it was meat for all; and under it the wild beasts of the field took shelter, and the birds of the sky lodged in the branches of it, and all flesh was fed of it.
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10| I beheld in the night vision upon my bed, and, behold, a watcher and an holy one came down from heaven and cried aloud, and thus he said,
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11| Cut down the tree, and pluck off its branches, and shake off its leaves, and scatter its fruit: let the wild beasts be removed from under it, and the birds from its branches.
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12| Only leave the stump of its roots in the earth, and <i>bind it</i> with an iron and brass band; and it shall lie in the grass that is without and in the dew of heaven, and its portion <i>shall be</i> with the wild beasts in the grass of the field.
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13| His heart shall be changed from that of man, and the heart of a wild beast shall be given to him; and seven times shall pass over him.
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14| The matter is by the decree of the watcher, and the demand is a word of the holy ones; that the living may known that the Lord is most high <i>over</i> the kingdom of men, and he will give it to whomsoever he shall please, and will set up over it that which is set at nought of men.
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15| This is the vision which I king Nabuchodonosor saw: and do thou, Baltasar, declare the interpretation, for none of the wise men of my kingdom are able to shew me the interpretation of it: but thou, Daniel, art able; for the Holy Spirit of God is in thee.
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16| Then Daniel, whose name is Baltasar, was amazed about one hour, and his thoughts troubled him. And Baltasar answered and said, <i>My</i> lord, let the dream be to them that hate thee, and the interpretation of it to thine enemies.
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17| The tree which thou sawest, that grew large and strong, whose height reached to the sky and its extent to all the earth;
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18| and whose leaves were flourishing, and its fruit abundant, (and it was meat for all; under it the wild beasts lodged, and the birds of the sky took shelter in its branches:)
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19| is thyself, O king; for thou art grown great and powerful, and thy greatness has increased and reached to heaven, and thy dominion to the ends of the earth.
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20| And whereas the king saw a watcher and a holy one coming down from heaven, and he said, Strip the tree, and destroy it; only leave the stump of its roots in the ground, and <i>bind it</i> with a band of iron and brass; and it shall lie in the grass that is without, and in the dew of heaven, and its portion shall be with wild beasts, until seven times have passed over it;
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21| this is the interpretation of it, O king, and it is a decree of the Most High, which has come upon my lord the king.
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22| And they shall drive thee forth from men, and thy dwelling shall be with wild beasts, and they shall feed thee with grass as an ox, and thou shall have thy lodging under the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou known that the Most High is Lord of the kingdom of men, and will give it to whom he shall please.
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23| And whereas they said, Leave the stumps of the roots of the tree; thy kingdom abides <i>sure</i> to thee from the time that thou shalt know the power of the heavens.
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24| Therefore, O king, let my counsel please thee, and atone for thy sins by alms, and <i>thine</i> iniquities by compassion on the poor: it may be God will be long-suffering to thy trespasses.
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25| All these things came upon king Nabuchodonosor.
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26| After a twelvemonth, as he walked in his palace in Babylon,
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27| the king answered and said, Is not this great Babylon, which I have built for a royal residence, by the might of my power, for the honour of my glory?
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28| While the word was yet in the king’s mouth, there came a voice from heaven, <i>saying</i>, To thee, king Nabuchodonosor, they say, The kingdom has departed from thee.
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29| And they <i>shall</i> drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the wild beasts of the field, and they shall feed thee with grass as an ox: and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou know that the Most High is Lord of the kingdom of men, and he will give it to whomsoever he shall please.
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30| In the same hour the word was fulfilled upon Nabuchodonosor: and he was driven forth from men, and he ate grass as an ox, and his body was bathed with the dew of heaven, until his hairs were grown like lions’ <i>hairs</i>, and his nails as birds’ <i>claws</i>.
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31| And at the end of the time I Nabuchodonosor lifted up mine eyes to heaven, and my reason returned to me, and I blessed the Most High, and praised him that lives for ever, and gave <i>him</i> glory; for his dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom <i>lasts</i> to all generations:
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32| and all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he does according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and there is none who shall withstand his power, and say to him, What has thou done?
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33| At the same time my reason returned to me, and I came to the honour of my kingdom; and my <i>natural</i> form returned to me, and my princes, and my nobles, sought me, and I was established in my kingdom, and more abundant majesty was added to me.
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34| Now therefore I Nabuchodonosor praise and greatly exalt and glorify the King of heaven; for all his works are true, and his paths are judgment: and all that walk in pride he is able to abase.
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#5
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1| Baltasar the king made a great supper for his thousand nobles, and <i>there was</i> wine before the thousand.
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2| And Baltasar drinking gave orders as he tasted the wine that they should bring the gold and silver vessels, which Nabuchodonosor his father had brought forth from the temple in Jerusalem; that the king, and his nobles, and his mistresses, and his concubines, should drink out of them.
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3| So the gold and silver vessels were brought which <i>Nabuchodonosor</i> had taken out of the temple of God in Jerusalem; and the king, and his nobles, and his mistresses, and his concubines, drank out of them.
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4| They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, and of brass, and of iron, and of wood, and of stone.
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5| In the same hour came forth fingers of a man’s hand, and wrote in front of the lamp on the plaster of the wall of the king’s house: and the king saw the knuckles of the hand that wrote.
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6| Then the king’s countenance changed, and his thoughts troubled him, and the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one another.
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7| And the king cried aloud to bring in the magicians, Chaldeans, <i>and</i> soothsayers; and he said to the wise men of Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and make known to me the interpretation, shall be clothed with scarlet, and <i>there shall be</i> a golden chain upon his neck, and he shall be the third ruler in my kingdom.
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8| Then came in all the king’s wise men: but they could not read the writing, nor make known the interpretation to the king.
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9| And king Baltasar was troubled, and his countenance changed upon him, and his nobles were troubled with him.
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10| Then the queen came into the banquet house, and said, O king, live for ever: let not thy thoughts trouble thee, and let not thy countenance be changed.
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11| There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom is the Spirit of God; and in the days of thy father watchfulness and understanding were found in him; and king Nabuchodonosor thy father made him chief of the enchanters, magicians, Chaldeans, <i>and</i> soothsayers.
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12| For <i>there is</i> an excellent spirit in him, and sense and understanding in him, interpreting dreams <i>as he does</i>, and answering hard <i>questions</i>, and solving difficulties: <i>it is</i> Daniel, and the king gave him the name of Baltasar: now then let him be called, and he shall tell thee the interpretation of the writing.
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13| Then Daniel was brought in before the king: and the king said to Daniel, Art thou Daniel, of the children of the captivity of Judea, which the king my father brought?
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14| I have heard concerning thee, that the Spirit of God is in thee, and <i>that</i> watchfulness and understanding and excellent wisdom have been found in thee.
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15| And now, the wise men, magicians, <i>and</i> soothsayers, have come in before me, to read the writing, and make known to me the interpretation: but they could not tell it me.
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16| And I have heard concerning thee, that thou art able to make interpretations: now then if thou shalt be able to read the writing, and to make known to me the interpretation of it, thou shalt be clothed with purple, and there shall be a golden chain upon thy neck, and thou shalt be third ruler in my kingdom.
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17| And Daniel said, before the king, Let thy gifts be to thyself, and give the present of thine house to another; but I will read the writing, and will make known to thee the interpretation of it.
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18| O king, the most high God gave to thy father Nabuchodonosor a kingdom, and majesty, and honour, and glory:
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19| and by reason of the majesty which he gave to him, all nations, tribes, <i>and</i> languages trembled and feared before him: whom he would he slew; and whom he would he smote; and whom he would he exalted; and whom he would he abased.
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20| But when his heart was lifted up, and his spirit was emboldened to act proudly, he was deposed from his royal throne, and <i>his</i> honour was taken from him.
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21| And he was driven forth from men; and his heart was given him after the nature of wild beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses; and they fed him with grass as an ox, and his body was bathed with the dew of heaven; until he knew that the most high God is Lord of the kingdom of men, and will give it to whomsoever he shall please.
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22| And thou accordingly, his son, O Baltasar, has not humbled thine heart before God: knowest thou not all this?
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23| And thou has been exalted against the Lord God of heaven; and they have brought before thee the vessels of his house, and thou, and thy nobles, and thy mistresses, and thy concubines, have drunk wine out of them; and thou has praised the gods of gold, and silver, and brass, and iron, and wood, and stone, which see not, and which hear not, and know not: and the God in whose hand are thy breath, and all thy ways has thou not glorified.
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24| Therefore from his presence has been sent forth the knuckle of a hand; and he has ordered the writing.
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25| And this is the ordered writing, Mane, Thekel, Phares.
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26| This is the interpretation of the sentence: Mane; God has measured thy kingdom, and finished it.
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27| Thekel; it has been weighed in the balance, and found wanting.
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28| Phares; thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.
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29| Then Baltasar commanded, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, and put the golden chain about his neck, and proclaimed concerning him that he was the third ruler in the kingdom.
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30| In the same night was Baltasar the Chaldean king slain.
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31| And Darius the Mede succeeded to the kingdom, being sixty-two years <i>old</i>.
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#6
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1| And it pleased Darius, and he set over the kingdom a hundred and twenty satraps, to be in all his kingdom;
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2| and over them three governors, of whom one was, Daniel; for the satraps to give account to them, that the king should not be troubled.
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3| And Daniel was over them, for <i>there was</i> an excellent spirit in him; and the king set him over all his kingdom.
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4| Then the governors and satraps sought to find occasion against Daniel; but they found against him no occasion, nor trespass, nor error, because he was faithful.
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5| And the governors said, We shall not find occasion against Daniel, except in the ordinances of his God.
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6| Then the governors and satraps stood by the king, and said to him, King Darius, live for ever.
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7| All who preside over thy kingdom, captains and satraps, chiefs and local governors, have taken counsel together, to establish by a royal statue and to confirm a decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any god or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions.
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8| Now then, O king, establish the decree, and publish a writ, that the decree of the Persians and Medes be not changed.
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9| Then king Darius commanded the decree to be written.
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10| And when Daniel knew that the decree was ordered, he went into his house; and his windows were opened in his chambers toward Jerusalem, and three times in the day he knelt upon his knees, and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as he used to do before.
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11| Then these men watched, and found Daniel praying and supplicating to his God.
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12| And they came and said to the king, O king, has thou not made a decree, that whatsoever man shall ask a petition of any god or man for thirty days, but of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? And the king said, The word is true, and the decree of the Medes and Persians shall not pass.
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13| Then they answered and said before the king, Daniel of the children of the captivity of Judea, has not submitted to thy decree; and three times in the day he makes his requests of his God.
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14| Then the king, when he heard the saying, was much grieved for Daniel and he greatly exerted himself for Daniel to deliver him: and he exerted himself till evening to deliver him.
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15| Then those men said to the king, Know, O king, that the law of the Medes and Persians is that we must not change any decree of statue which the king shall make.
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16| Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. But the king said to Daniel, Thy God whom thou servest continually, he will deliver thee.
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17| And they brought a stone, and put it on the mouth of the den; and the king sealed <i>it</i> with his ring, and with the ring of his nobles; that the case might not be altered with regard to Daniel.
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18| And the king departed to his house, and lay down fasting, and they brought him no food; and his sleep departed from him. But God shut the mouths of the lions, and they not molest Daniel.
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19| Then the king arose very early in the morning, and came in hast to the den of lions.
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20| And when he drew near to the den, he cried with a loud voice, Daniel, servant of the living God, has thy God, whom thou servest continually, been able to deliver thee from the lion’s mouth?
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21| And Daniel said to the king, O king, live for ever.
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22| My God has sent his angel, and stopped the lions’ mouths, and they have not hurt me: for uprightness was found in me before him; and moreover before thee, O king, I have committed no trespass.
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23| Then the king was very glad for him, and he commanded to bring Daniel out of the den. So Daniel was brought out of the den, and there was found no hurt upon him, because he believed in his God.
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24| And the king commanded, and they brought the men that had accused Daniel, and they were cast into the den of lions, they, and their children, and their wives: and they reached not the bottom of the den before the lions had the mastery of them, and utterly broke to pieces all their bones.
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25| Then king Darius wrote to all nations, tribes, <i>and</i> languages, who dwell in all the earth, <i>saying</i>, Peace be multiplied to you.
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26| This decree has been set forth by me in every dominion of my kingdom, that <i>men</i> tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: for he is the living and eternal God, and his kingdom shall not be destroyed, and his dominion is for ever.
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27| He helps and delivers, and works signs and wonders in the heaven and on the earth, who has rescued Daniel from the power of the lions.
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28| And Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.
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#7
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1| In the first year of Baltasar, king of the Chaldeans Daniel had a dream, and visions of his head upon his bed: and he wrote his dream.
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2| I Daniel beheld, and, lo, the four winds of heaven blew violently upon the great sea.
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3| And there came up four great beasts out of the sea, differing from one another.
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4| The first <i>was</i> as a lioness, and her wings as an eagle’s; I beheld until her wings were plucked, ands she was lifted off from the earth, and she stood on human feet, and a man’s heart was given to her.
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5| And, behold, a second beast like a bear, and it supported itself on one side, and there were three ribs in its mouth, between its teeth: and thus they said to it, Arise, devour much flesh.
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6| After this one I looked, and behold another wild beast as a leopard, and it had four wings of a bird upon it: and the wild beast had four heads, and power was given to it.
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7| After this one I looked, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and exceedingly strong, and its teeth were of iron; devouring and crushing to atoms, and it trampled the remainder with its feet: and it was altogether different from the beasts that were before it; and it <i>had</i> ten hours.
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8| I noticed his horns, and behold, another little horn came up in the midst of them, and before it three of the former horns were rooted out: and, behold, <i>there were</i> eyes as the eyes of a man in this horn, and a mouth speaking great things.
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9| I beheld until the thrones were set, and the Ancient of days sat; and his raiment was white as snow, and the hair of his head, as pure wool: his throne was a flame of fire, <i>and</i> his wheels burning fire.
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||||
10| A stream of fire rushed forth before him: thousand thousands ministered to him, and ten thousands of myriads, attended upon him: the judgment sat, and the books were opened.
|
||||
11| I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which that horn spoke, until the wild beast was slain and destroyed, and his body given to be burnt with fire.
|
||||
12| And the dominion of the rest of the wild beasts was taken away; but a prolonging of life was given them for certain times.
|
||||
13| I beheld in the night vision, and, lo, <i>one</i> coming with the clouds of heaven as the Son of man, and he came on to the Ancient of days, and was brought near to him.
|
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14| And to him was given the dominion, and the honour, and the kingdom; and all nations, tribes, and languages, shall serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom shall not be destroyed.
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15| <i>As for</i> me Daniel, my spirit in my body trembled, and the visions of my head troubled me.
|
||||
16| And I drew near to one of them that stood by, and I sought to learn of him the truth of all these things: and he told me the truth, and made known to me the interpretation of the things.
|
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17| These four beasts are four kingdoms <i>that</i> shall rise up on the earth:
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18| which shall be taken away; and the saints of the Most High shall take the kingdom, and possess it for ever and ever.
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19| Then I enquired carefully concerning the fourth beast; for it differed from every <i>other</i> beast, exceeding dreadful: its teeth were of iron, and its claws of brass, devouring, and utterly breaking to pieces, and it trampled the remainder with its feet:
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20| and concerning it ten horns that were in its head, and the other that came up, and rooted up <i>some</i> of the former, which had eyes, and a mouth speaking great things, and his look was bolder than the rest.
|
||||
21| I beheld, and that horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them;
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||||
22| until the Ancient of days came, and he gave judgment to the saints of the Most High; and the time came on, and the saints possessed the kingdom.
|
||||
23| And he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom on the earth, which shall excel all <i>other</i> kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and trample and destroy it.
|
||||
24| And his ten horns are ten kings <i>that</i> shall arise: and after them shall arise another, who shall exceed all the former ones in wickedness and he shall subdue three kings.
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||||
25| And he shall speak words against the Most High, and shall wear out the saints of the Most High, and shall think to change times and law: and <i>power</i> shall be given into his hand for a time and times and half a time.
|
||||
26| And the judgment has sat, and they shall remove <i>his</i> dominion to abolish it, and to destroy it utterly.
|
||||
27| And the kingdom and the power and the greatness of the kings that are under the whole heaven were given to the saints of the Most High; and his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all powers shall serve and obey him.
|
||||
28| Hitherto is the end of the matter. As for me Daniel, my thoughts greatly troubled me, and my countenance was changed: but I kept the matter in my heart.
|
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#8
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1| In the third year of the reign of king Baltasar a vision appeared to me, <i>even</i> to me Daniel, after that which appeared to me at the first.
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2| And I was in Susa the palace, which is in the land of Ælam, and I was on the <i>bank of</i> Ubal.
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||||
3| And I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, a ram standing in front of the Ubal; and he had high horns; and one was higher than the other, and the high one came up last.
|
||||
4| And I saw the ram butting westward, and northward, and southward; and no beast could stand before him, and there was none that could deliver out of his hand; and he did according to his will, and became great.
|
||||
5| And I was considering, and, behold, a he-goat came from the south-west on the face of the whole earth, and touched not the earth: and the goat <i>had</i> a horn between his eyes.
|
||||
6| And he came to the ram that had the horns, which I had seen standing in front of the Ubal, and he ran at him with the violence of his strength.
|
||||
7| And I saw him coming up close to the ram, and he was furiously enraged against him, and he smote the ram, and broke both his horns: and there was no strength in the ram to stand before him, but he cast him on the ground, and trampled on him; and there was none that could deliver the ram out of his hand.
|
||||
8| And the he-goat grew exceedingly great: and when he was strong, his great horn was broken; and four other <i>horns</i> rose up in its place toward the four winds of heaven.
|
||||
9| And out of one of them came forth one strong horn, and it grew very great toward the south, and toward the host:
|
||||
10| and it magnified itself to the host of heaven; and there fell to the earth <i>some</i> of the host of heaven and of the stars, and they trampled on them.
|
||||
11| And <i>this shall be</i> until the chief captain shall have delivered the captivity: and by reason of him the sacrifice was disturbed, and he prospered; and the holy place shall be made desolate.
|
||||
12| And a sin-offering was given for the sacrifice, and righteousness was cast down to the ground; and it practised, and prospered.
|
||||
13| And I heard one saint speaking, and a saint said to a certain one speaking, How long shall the vision continue, <i>even</i> the removal of the sacrifice, and the bringing in of the sin of desolation; and <i>how long</i> shall the sanctuary and host be trampled?
|
||||
14| And he said to him, Evening and morning <i>there shall be</i> two thousand and four hundred days; and <i>then</i> the sanctuary shall be cleansed.
|
||||
15| And it came to pass, as I, <i>even</i> I Daniel, saw the vision, and sought to understand it, that, behold, there stood before me as the appearance of a man.
|
||||
16| And I heard the voice of a man between <i>the banks of</i> the Ubal; and he called, and said, Gabriel, cause that man to understand the vision.
|
||||
17| And he came and stood near where I stood: and when he came, I was struck with awe, and fell upon my face: but he said to me, Understand, son of man: for yet the vision is for an appointed time.
|
||||
18| And while he spoke with me, I fell upon my face to the earth: and he touched me, and set me on my feet.
|
||||
19| And he said, Behold, I make thee know the things that shall come to pass at the end of the wrath: for the vision <i>is</i> yet for an appointed time.
|
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20| The ram which thou sawest that had the horns is the king of the Medes and Persians.
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||||
21| The he-goat is the King of the Greeks: and the great horn which was between his eyes, he is the first king.
|
||||
22| And <i>as for</i> the one that was broken, in whose place there stood up four horns, four kings shall arise out of his nation, but not in their <i>own</i> strength.
|
||||
23| And at the latter time of their kingdom, when their sins are coming to the full, there shall arise a king bold in countenance, and understanding riddles.
|
||||
24| And his power <i>shall be</i> great, and he shall destroy wonderfully, and prosper, and practise, and shall destroy mighty men, and the holy people.
|
||||
25| And the yoke of his chain shall prosper: <i>there is</i> craft in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by craft shall destroy many, and he shall stand up for the destruction of many, and shall crush them as eggs in his hand.
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26| And the vision of the evening and morning that was mentioned is true: and do thou seal the vision; for <i>it is</i> for many days.
|
||||
27| And I Daniel fell asleep, and was sick: then I arose, and did the king’s business; and I wondered at the vision, and there was none that understood <i>it</i>.
|
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#9
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1| In the first year of Darius the son of Assuerus, of the seed of the Medes, who reigned over the kingdom of the Chaldeans,
|
||||
2| I Daniel understood by books the number of the years which was the word of the Lord to the prophet Jeremias, <i>even</i> seventy years for the accomplishment of the desolation of Jerusalem.
|
||||
3| And I set my face toward the Lord God, to seek <i>him</i> diligently by prayer and supplications, with fastings and sackcloth.
|
||||
4| And I prayed to the Lord my God, and confessed, and said, O Lord, the great and wonderful God, keeping thy covenant and thy mercy to them that love thee, and to them that keep thy commandments; we have sinned,
|
||||
5| we have done iniquity, we have transgressed, and we have departed and turned aside from thy commandments and from thy judgments:
|
||||
6| and we have not hearkened to thy servants the prophets, who spoke in thy name to our kings, and our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land.
|
||||
7| To thee, O Lord, <i>belongs</i> righteousness, an to us confusion of face, as at this day; to the men of Juda, and to the dwellers in Jerusalem, and to all Israel, to them that are near, and to them that are far off in all the earth, wherever thou has scattered them, for the sin which they committed.
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8| In thee, O Lord, is our righteousness, and to us <i>belongs</i> confusion of faced, and to our kings, and to our princes, and to our fathers, forasmuch as we have sinned.
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9| To thee, the Lord our God, <i>belong</i> compassions and forgivenesses, whereas we have departed <i>from thee</i>;
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10| neither have we hearkened to the voice of the Lord our God, to walk in his laws, which he set before us by the hands of his servants the prophets.
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11| Moreover all Israel have transgressed thy law, and have refused to hearken to thy voice; so the curse has come upon us, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against him.
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12| And he has confirmed his words, which he spoke against us, and against our judges who judged us, <i>by</i> bringing upon us great evils, such as have not happened under the whole heaven, according to what has happened in Jerusalem.
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13| As it is written in the law of Moses, all these evils have come upon us: yet we have not besought the Lord our God, that we might turn away from our iniquities, and have understanding in all thy truth.
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14| The Lord also has watched, and brought the evils upon us: for the Lord our God is righteous in all his work which he has executed, but we have not hearkened to his voice.
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15| And now, O Lord our God, who broughtest thy people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and madest to thyself a name, as <i>at</i> this day; we have sinned, we have transgressed.
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16| O Lord, thy mercy is over all: let, I pray thee, thy wrath turn away, and thine anger from thy city Jerusalem, <i>even</i> thy holy mountain: for we have sinned, and because of our iniquities, and those of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach among all that are round about us.
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17| And now, O lord our God, hearken to the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine on thy desolate sanctuary, for thine <i>own</i> sake, O Lord.
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18| Incline thine ear, O my God, and hear; open thine eyes and behold our desolation, and that of thy city on which thy name is called: for we do not bring our pitiful case before thee on <i>the ground of</i> our righteousness, but on <i>the ground of</i> thy manifold compassions, O Lord.
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19| Hearken, O Lord; be propitious, O Lord; attend, O Lord; delay not, O my God, for thine own sake: for thy name is called upon thy city and upon thy people.
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20| And while I was yet speaking, and praying, and confessing my sins and the sins of my people Israel, and bringing my pitiful case before the Lord my God concerning the holy mountain;
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21| yea, while I was yet speaking in prayer, behold the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, <i>came</i> flying, and he touched me about the hour of the evening sacrifice.
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22| And he instructed me, and spoke with me, and said, O Daniel, I am now come forth to impart to thee understanding.
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23| At the beginning of thy supplication the word came forth, and I am come to tell thee; for thou art a man much beloved: therefore consider the matter, understand the vision.
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24| Seventy weeks have been determined upon thy people, and upon the holy city, for sin to be ended, and to seal up transgressions, and to blot out the iniquities, and to make atonement for iniquities, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal the vision and the prophet, and to anoint the Most Holy.
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25| And thou shalt know and understand, that from the going forth of the command for the answer and for the building of Jerusalem until Christ the prince <i>there shall be</i> seven weeks, and sixty-two weeks; and then <i>the time</i> shall return, and the street shall be built, and the wall, and the times shall be exhausted.
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26| And after the sixty-two weeks, the anointed one shall be destroyed, and there is no judgment in him: and he shall destroy the city and the sanctuary with the prince that is coming: they shall be cut off with a flood, and to the end of the war which is rapidly completed he shall appoint <i>the city</i> to desolations.
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27| And one week shall establish the covenant with many: and in the midst of the week my sacrifice and drink-offering shall be taken away: and on the temple <i>shall be</i> the abomination of desolations; and at the end of time an end shall be put to the desolation.
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#10
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1| In the third year of Cyrus king of the Persians a thing was revealed to Daniel, whose name was called Baltasar; and the thing was true, and great power and understanding in the vision was given to him.
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2| In those days I Daniel was mourning three full weeks.
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3| I ate no pleasant bread, and no flesh or wine entered into my mouth, neither did I anoint myself with oil, until three whole weeks were accomplished.
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4| On the twenty-fourth day of the first month, I was near the great river, which is Tigris Eddekel.
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5| And I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a man clothed in linen, and his loins were girt with gold of Ophaz:
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6| and his body was as Tharsis, and his face was a the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his legs as the appearance of shining brass, and the voice of his words as the voice of a multitude.
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7| And I Daniel only saw the vision: and the men that were with me saw not the vision; but a great amazement fell upon them, and they fled in fear.
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8| So I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there was no strength left in me, and my glory was turned into corruption, and I retained no strength.
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9| Yet I heard the voice of his words: and when I heard him I was pricked <i>in the heart</i>, and <i>I fell with</i> my face to the earth.
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10| And, behold, a hand touched me, and it raised me on my knees.
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11| And he said to me, O Daniel, man greatly beloved, understand the words which I speak to thee, and stand upright: for I am now sent to thee. And when he had spoken to me this word, I stood trembling.
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12| And he said to me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to afflict thyself before the Lord thy God, they words were heard, and I am come because of thy words.
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13| But the prince of the kingdom of the Persians withstood me twenty-one days: and behold, Michael, one of the princes, came to help me; and I left him there with the chief of the kingdom of the Persians:
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14| and I have come to inform thee of all that shall befall thy people in the last days: for the vision is yet for <i>many</i> days.
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15| And when he had spoken with me according to these words, I turned my face to the ground, and was pricked <i>in the heart</i>.
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16| And, behold, as it were the likeness of a son of man touched my lips; and I opened my mouth, and spoke, and said to him that stood before me, O <i>my</i> lord, at the sight of thee my bowels were turned within me, and I had no strength.
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17| And how shall thy servant be able, O <i>my</i> lord, to speak with this my lord? and as for me, from henceforth strength will not remain in me, and there is no breath left in me.
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18| And there touched me again as it were the appearance of a man, and he strengthened me,
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19| and said to me, Fear not, man greatly beloved: peace be to thee, quit thyself like a man, and be strong. And when he had spoken with me, I received strength, and said, Let my lord speak; for thou hast strengthened me.
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20| And he said, Knowest thou, wherefore I am come to thee? and now I will return to fight with the prince of the Persians: and I was going in, and the prince of the Greeks came.
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21| But I will tell thee that which is ordained in the scripture of truth: and there is no one that holds with me in these matters but Michael your prince.
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#11
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1| And I in the first year of Cyrus stood to strengthen and confirm <i>him</i>.
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2| And now I will tell thee the truth. Behold, there shall yet rise up three kings in Persia: and the fourth shall be very far richer than all: and after that he is master of his wealth, he shall rise up against all the kingdoms of the Greeks.
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3| An there shall rise up a mighty king, and he shall be lord of a great empire, and shall do according to his will.
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4| And when his kingdom shall stand up, it shall be broken, and shall be divided to the four winds of heaven; but not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion which he ruled over: for his kingdom shall be plucked up, and <i>given</i> to others beside these.
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5| And the king of the south shall be strong; and one of their princes shall prevail against him, and shall obtain a great dominion.
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6| And after his years they shall associate; and the daughter of the king of the south shall come to the king of the north, to make agreements with him: but she shall not retain power of arm; neither shall his seed stand: and she shall be delivered up, and they that brought her, and the maiden, and he that strengthened her in these times.
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7| <i>But</i> out of the flower of her root there shall arise <i>one</i> <i>on</i> his place, and shall come against the host, and shall enter into the strongholds of the king of the north, and shall fight against them, and prevail.
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8| Yea, he shall carry with a body of captives into Egypt their gods with their molten <i>images, and</i> all their precious vessels of silver and gold; and he shall last longer than the king of the north.
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9| And he shall enter into the kingdom of the king of the south, and shall return to his own land.
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10| And his sons shall gather a multitude among many: and one shall certainly come, and overflow, and pass through, and he shall rest, and collect his strength.
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11| And the king of the south shall be greatly enraged, and shall come forth, and shall war with the king of the north: and he shall raise a great multitude; but the multitude shall be delivered into his hand.
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12| And he shall take the multitude, and his heart shall be exalted; and he shall cast down many thousands; but he shall not prevail.
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13| For the king of the north shall return, and bring a multitude greater than the former, and at the end of the times of years an invading army shall come with a great force, and with much substance.
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14| And in those times many shall rise up against the king of the south; and the children of the spoilers of thy people shall exalt themselves to establish the vision; and they shall fail.
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15| And the king of the north shall come in, and cast up a mound, and take strong cities: and the arms of the king of the south shall withstand, and his chosen ones shall rise up, but there shall be no strength to stand.
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16| And he that comes in against him shall do according to his will, and there is no one to stand before him: and he shall stand in the land of beauty, and it shall be consumed by his hand.
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17| And he shall set his face to come in with the force of his whole kingdom, and shall cause everything to prosper with him: and he shall give him the daughter of women to corrupt her: but she shall not continue, neither be on his side.
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18| And he shall turn his face to the islands, and shall take many, and cause princes to cease from their reproach: nevertheless his own reproach shall return to him.
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19| Then he shall turn back his face to the strength of his own land: but he shall become weak, and fall, and not be found.
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20| And there shall arise out of his root one that shall cause a plant of the kingdom to pass over his place, earning kingly glory: and yet in those days shall he be broken, yet not openly, nor in war.
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21| <i>One</i> shall stand on his place, <i>who</i> has been set a nought, and they have not put upon him the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in prosperously, and obtain the kingdom by deceitful ways.
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22| And the arms of him that overflows shall be washed away as with a flood from before him, and shall be broken, and <i>so shall be</i> the head of the covenant.
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23| And because of the leagues made with him he shall work deceit: and he shall come up, and overpower them with a small nation.
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24| And he shall enter with prosperity, and <i>that</i> into fertile districts; and he shall do what his fathers and his fathers’ fathers have not done; he shall scatter among them plunder, and spoils, and wealth; and he shall devise plans against Egypt, even for a time.
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25| And his strength and his heart shall be stirred up against the king of the south with a great force; and the king of the south shall engage in war with a great and very strong force; but <i>his forces</i> shall not stand, for they shall devise plans against him:
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26| and they shall eat his provisions, and shall crush him, and he shall carry away armies as with a flood, and many shall fall down slain.
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27| And <i>as for</i> both the kings, their hearts <i>are set</i> upon mischief, and they shall speak lies at one table; but it shall not prosper; for yet the end is for a <i>fixed</i> time.
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28| And he shall return to his land with much substance; and his heart <i>shall be</i> against the holy covenant; and he shall perform <i>great deeds</i>, and return to his own land.
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29| At the <i>set</i> time he shall return, and shall come into the south, but the last <i>expedition</i> shall <i>not</i> be as the first.
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30| For the Citians issuing forth shall come against him, and he shall be brought low, and shall return, and shall be incensed against the holy covenant: and he shall do <i>thus</i>, and shall return, and have intelligence with them that have forsaken the holy covenant.
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31| And seeds shall spring up out of him, and they shall profane the sanctuary of strength, and they shall remove the perpetual <i>sacrifice</i>, and make the abomination desolate.
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32| And the transgressors shall bring about a covenant by deceitful ways: but a people knowing their God shall prevail, and do <i>valiantly</i>.
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33| And the intelligent of the people shall understand much: yet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, and by captivity, and by spoil of <i>many</i> days.
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34| And when they are weak they shall be helped with a little help: but many shall attach themselves to them with treachery.
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35| And <i>some</i> of them that understand shall fall, to try them as with fire, and to test <i>them</i>, and that they may be manifested at the time of the end, for the matter <i>is</i> yet for a <i>set</i> time.
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36| And he shall do according to his will, and the king shall exalt and magnify himself against every god, and shall speak great swelling words, and shall prosper until the indignation shall be accomplished: for it is coming to an end.
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||||
37| And he shall not regard any gods of his fathers, nor the desire of women, neither shall he regard any deity: for he shall magnify himself above all.
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||||
38| And he shall honour the god of forces on his place: and a god whom his fathers knew not he shall honour with gold, and silver, and precious stones, and desirable things.
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||||
39| And he shall do <i>thus</i> in the strong places of refuge with a strange god, and shall increase his glory: and he shall subject many to them, and shall distribute the land in gifts.
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||||
40| And at the end of the time he shall conflict with the king of the south: and the king of the north shall come against him with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and they shall enter into the land: and he shall break in pieces, and pass on:
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||||
41| and he shall enter into the land of beauty, and many shall fail: but these shall escape out of his hand, Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.
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||||
42| And he shall stretch forth <i>his</i> hand over the land; and the land of Egypt shall not escape.
|
||||
43| And he shall have the mastery over the secret <i>treasures</i> of gold and silver, and over all the desirable <i>possessions</i> of Egypt, and of the Libyans and Ethiopians in their strongholds.
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||||
44| But rumors and anxieties out of the east and from the north shall trouble him; and he shall come with great wrath to destroy many.
|
||||
45| And he shall pitch the tabernacle of his palace between the seas in the holy mountain of beauty: <i>but</i> he shall come to his portion, and there is none to deliver him.
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||||
|
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#12
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||||
1| And at that time Michael the great prince shall stand up, that stands over the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of tribulation, such tribulation as has not been from the time that there was a nation on the earth until that time: at that time thy people shall be delivered, <i>even</i> every one that is written in the book.
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||||
2| And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to reproach and everlasting shame.
|
||||
3| And the wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament, and <i>some</i> of the many righteous as the stars for ever and ever.
|
||||
4| And thou, Daniel, close the words, and seal the book to the time of the end; until many are taught, and knowledge is increased.
|
||||
5| And I Daniel saw, and, behold, two others stood, on one side of the bank of the river, and the other on the other side of the bank of the river.
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||||
6| And <i>one</i> said to the man clothed in linen, who was over the water of the river, When <i>will be</i> the end of the wonders which thou has mentioned?
|
||||
7| And I heard the man clothed in linen, who was over the water of the river, and he lifted up his right hand and his left hand to heaven, and sware by him that lives for ever, that <i>it should be</i> for a time of times and half a time: when the dispersion is ended they shall know all these things.
|
||||
8| And I heard, but I understood not: and I said, O Lord, what <i>will be</i> the end of these things?
|
||||
9| And he said, Go, Daniel: for the words are closed and sealed up to the time of the end.
|
||||
10| Many must be tested, and thoroughly whitened, and tried with fire, and sanctified; but the transgressors shall transgress: and none of the transgressors shall understand; but the wise shall understand.
|
||||
11| And from the time of the removal of the perpetual sacrifice, when the abomination of desolation shall be set up, <i>there shall be</i> a thousand two hundred and ninety days.
|
||||
12| Blessed is he that waits, and comes to the thousand three hundred and thirty-five days.
|
||||
13| But go thou, and rest; for <i>there are</i> yet days and seasons to the fulfillment of the end; and thou shalt stand in thy lot at the end of the days.<i>History of Susanna</i>
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||||
|
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#13
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||||
1| There dwelt a man in Babylon, called Joacim:
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2| And he took a wife, whose name was Susanna, the daughter of Chelcias, a very fair woman, and one that feared the Lord.
|
||||
3| Her parents also were righteous, and taught their daughter according to the law of Moses.
|
||||
4| Now Joacim was a great rich man, and had a fair garden joining unto his house: and to him resorted the Jews; because he was more honourable than all others.
|
||||
5| The same year were appointed two of the ancients of the people to be judges, such as the Lord spake of, that wickedness came from Babylon from ancient judges, who seemed to govern the people.
|
||||
6| These kept much at Joacim’s house: and all that had any suits in law came unto them.
|
||||
7| Now when the people departed away at noon, Susanna went into her husband’s garden to walk.
|
||||
8| And the two elders saw her going in every day, and walking; so that their lust was inflamed toward her.
|
||||
9| And they perverted their own mind, and turned away their eyes, that they might not look unto heaven, nor remember just judgments.
|
||||
10| And albeit they both were wounded with her love, yet durst not one shew another his grief.
|
||||
11| For they were ashamed to declare their lust, that they desired to have to do with her.
|
||||
12| Yet they watched diligently from day to day to see her.
|
||||
13| And the one said to the other, Let us now go home: for it is dinner time.
|
||||
14| So when they were gone out, they parted the one from the other, and turning back again they came to the same place; and after that they had asked one another the cause, they acknowledged their lust: then appointed they a time both together, when they might find her alone.
|
||||
15| And it fell out, as they watched a fit time, she went in as before with two maids only, and she was desirous to wash herself in the garden: for it was hot.
|
||||
16| And there was no body there save the two elders, that had hid themselves, and watched her.
|
||||
17| Then she said to her maids, Bring me oil and washing balls, and shut the garden doors, that I may wash me.
|
||||
18| And they did as she bade them, and shut the garden doors, and went out themselves at privy doors to fetch the things that she had commanded them: but they saw not the elders, because they were hid.
|
||||
19| Now when the maids were gone forth, the two elders rose up, and ran unto her, saying,
|
||||
20| Behold, the garden doors are shut, that no man can see us, and we are in love with thee; therefore consent unto us, and lie with us.
|
||||
21| If thou wilt not, we will bear witness against thee, that a young man was with thee: and therefore thou didst send away thy maids from thee.
|
||||
22| Then Susanna sighed, and said, I am straitened on every side: for if I do this thing, it is death unto me: and if I do it not I cannot escape your hands.
|
||||
23| It is better for me to fall into your hands, and not do it, than to sin in the sight of the Lord.
|
||||
24| With that Susanna cried with a loud voice: and the two elders cried out against her.
|
||||
25| Then ran the one, and opened the garden door.
|
||||
26| So when the servants of the house heard the cry in the garden, they rushed in at the privy door, to see what was done unto her.
|
||||
27| But when the elders had declared their matter, the servants were greatly ashamed: for there was never such a report made of Susanna.
|
||||
28| And it came to pass the next day, when the people were assembled to her husband Joacim, the two elders came also full of mischievous imagination against Susanna to put her to death;
|
||||
29| And said before the people, Send for Susanna, the daughter of Chelcias, Joacim’s wife. And so they sent.
|
||||
30| So she came with her father and mother, her children, and all her kindred.
|
||||
31| Now Susanna was a very delicate woman, and beauteous to behold.
|
||||
32| And these wicked men commanded to uncover her face, (for she was covered) that they might be filled with her beauty.
|
||||
33| Therefore her friends and all that saw her wept.
|
||||
34| Then the two elders stood up in the midst of the people, and laid their hands upon her head.
|
||||
35| And she weeping looked up toward heaven: for her heart trusted in the Lord.
|
||||
36| And the elders said, As we walked in the garden alone, this woman came in with two maids, and shut the garden doors, and sent the maids away.
|
||||
37| Then a young man, who there was hid, came unto her, and lay with her.
|
||||
38| Then we that stood in a corner of the garden, seeing this wickedness, ran unto them.
|
||||
39| And when we saw them together, the man we could not hold: for he was stronger than we, and opened the door, and leaped out.
|
||||
40| But having taken this woman, we asked who the young man was, but she would not tell us: these things do we testify.
|
||||
41| Then the assembly believed them as those that were the elders and judges of the people: so they condemned her to death.
|
||||
42| Then Susanna cried out with a loud voice, and said, O everlasting God, that knowest the secrets, and knowest all things before they be:
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||||
43| Thou knowest that they have borne false witness against me, and, behold, I must die; whereas I never did such things as these men have maliciously invented against me.
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||||
44| And the Lord heard her voice.
|
||||
45| Therefore when she was led to be put to death, the Lord raised up the holy spirit of a young youth whose name was Daniel:
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||||
46| Who cried with a loud voice, I am clear from the blood of this woman.
|
||||
47| Then all the people turned them toward him, and said, What mean these words that thou hast spoken?
|
||||
48| So he standing in the midst of them said, Are ye such fools, ye sons of Israel, that without examination or knowledge of the truth ye have condemned a daughter of Israel?
|
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49| Return again to the place of judgment: for they have borne false witness against her.
|
||||
50| Wherefore all the people turned again in haste, and the elders said unto him, Come, sit down among us, and shew it us, seeing God hath given thee the honour of an elder.
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||||
51| Then said Daniel unto them, Put these two aside one far from another, and I will examine them.
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52| So when they were put asunder one from another, he called one of them, and said unto him, O thou that art waxen old in wickedness, now thy sins which thou hast committed aforetime are come to light.
|
||||
53| For thou hast pronounced false judgment and hast condemned the innocent and hast let the guilty go free; albeit the Lord saith, The innocent and righteous shalt thou not slay.
|
||||
54| Now then, if thou hast seen her, tell me, Under what tree sawest thou them companying together? Who answered, Under a mastick tree.
|
||||
55| And Daniel said, Very well; thou hast lied against thine own head; for even now the angel of God hath received the sentence of God to cut thee in two.
|
||||
56| So he put him aside, and commanded to bring the other, and said unto him, O thou seed of Chanaan, and not of Juda, beauty hath deceived thee, and lust hath perverted thine heart.
|
||||
57| Thus have ye dealt with the daughters of Israel, and they for fear companied with you: but the daughter of Juda would not abide your wickedness.
|
||||
58| Now therefore tell me, Under what tree didst thou take them companying together? Who answered, Under an holm tree.
|
||||
59| Then said Daniel unto him, Well; thou hast also lied against thine own head: for the angel of God waiteth with the sword to cut thee in two, that he may destroy you.
|
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60| With that all the assembly cried out with a loud voice, and praised God, who saveth them that trust in him.
|
||||
61| And they arose against the two elders, for Daniel had convicted them of false witness by their own mouth:
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62| And according to the law of Moses they did unto them in such sort as they maliciously intended to do to their neighbour: and they put them to death. Thus the innocent blood was saved the same day.
|
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63| Therefore Chelcias and his wife praised God for their daughter Susanna, with Joacim her husband, and all the kindred, because there was no dishonesty found in her.
|
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64| From that day forth was Daniel had in great reputation in the sight of the people.<i>Bel and the Dragon</i>
|
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#14
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1| And king Astyages was gathered to his fathers, and Cyrus of Persia received his kingdom.
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2| And Daniel conversed with the king, and was honoured above all his friends.
|
||||
3| Now the Babylonians had an idol, called Bel, and there were spent upon him every day twelve great measures of fine flour, and forty sheep, and six vessels of wine.
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4| And the king worshipped it and went daily to adore it: but Daniel worshipped his own God. And the king said unto him, Why dost not thou worship Bel?
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5| Who answered and said, Because I may not worship idols made with hands, but the living God, who hath created the heaven and the earth, and hath sovereignty over all flesh.
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6| Then said the king unto him, Thinkest thou not that Bel is a living God? seest thou not how much he eateth and drinketh every day?
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7| Then Daniel smiled, and said, O king, be not deceived: for this is but clay within, and brass without, and did never eat or drink any thing.
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8| So the king was wroth, and called for his priests, and said unto them, If ye tell me not who this is that devoureth these expenses, ye shall die.
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9| But if ye can certify me that Bel devoureth them, then Daniel shall die: for he hath spoken blasphemy against Bel. And Daniel said unto the king, Let it be according to thy word.
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10| Now the priests of Bel were threescore and ten, beside their wives and children. And the king went with Daniel into the temple of Bel.
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11| So Bel’s priests said, Lo, we go out: but thou, O king, set on the meat, and make ready the wine, and shut the door fast and seal it with thine own signet;
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12| And to morrow when thou comest in, if thou findest not that Bel hath eaten up all, we will suffer death: or else Daniel, that speaketh falsely against us.
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13| And they little regarded it: for under the table they had made a privy entrance, whereby they entered in continually, and consumed those things.
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14| So when they were gone forth, the king set meats before Bel. Now Daniel had commanded his servants to bring ashes, and those they strewed throughout all the temple in the presence of the king alone: then went they out, and shut the door, and sealed it with the king’s signet, and so departed.
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15| Now in the night came the priests with their wives and children, as they were wont to do, and did eat and drink up all.
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16| In the morning betime the king arose, and Daniel with him.
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17| And the king said, Daniel, are the seals whole? And he said, Yea, O king, they be whole.
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18| And as soon as he had opened the dour, the king looked upon the table, and cried with a loud voice, Great art thou, O Bel, and with thee is no deceit at all.
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19| Then laughed Daniel, and held the king that he should not go in, and said, Behold now the pavement, and mark well whose footsteps are these.
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20| And the king said, I see the footsteps of men, women, and children. And then the king was angry,
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21| And took the priests with their wives and children, who shewed him the privy doors, where they came in, and consumed such things as were upon the table.
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22| Therefore the king slew them, and delivered Bel into Daniel’s power, who destroyed him and his temple.
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23| And in that same place there was a great dragon, which they of Babylon worshipped.
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24| And the king said unto Daniel, Wilt thou also say that this is of brass? lo, he liveth, he eateth and drinketh; thou canst not say that he is no living god: therefore worship him.
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25| Then said Daniel unto the king, I will worship the Lord my God: for he is the living God.
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26| But give me leave, O king, and I shall slay this dragon without sword or staff. The king said, I give thee leave.
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27| Then Daniel took pitch, and fat, and hair, and did seethe them together, and made lumps thereof: this he put in the dragon’s mouth, and so the dragon burst in sunder: and Daniel said, Lo, these are the gods ye worship.
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28| When they of Babylon heard that, they took great indignation, and conspired against the king, saying, The king is become a Jew, and he hath destroyed Bel, he hath slain the dragon, and put the priests to death.
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29| So they came to the king, and said, Deliver us Daniel, or else we will destroy thee and thine house.
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30| Now when the king saw that they pressed him sore, being constrained, he delivered Daniel unto them:
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31| Who cast him into the lions’ den: where he was six days.
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32| And in the den there were seven lions, and they had given them every day two carcases, and two sheep: which then were not given to them, to the intent they might devour Daniel.
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33| Now there was in Jewry a prophet, called Habbacuc, who had made pottage, and had broken bread in a bowl, and was going into the field, for to bring it to the reapers.
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34| But the angel of the Lord said unto Habbacuc, Go, carry the dinner that thou hast into Babylon unto Daniel, who is in the lions’ den.
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35| And Habbacuc said, Lord, I never saw Babylon; neither do I know where the den is.
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36| Then the angel of the Lord took him by the crown, and bare him by the hair of his head, and through the vehemency of his spirit set him in Babylon over the den.
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37| And Habbacuc cried, saying, O Daniel, Daniel, take the dinner which God hath sent thee.
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38| And Daniel said, Thou hast remembered me, O God: neither hast thou forsaken them that seek thee and love thee.
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39| So Daniel arose, and did eat: and the angel of the Lord set Habbacuc in his own place again immediately.
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40| Upon the seventh day the king went to bewail Daniel: and when he came to the den, he looked in, and behold, Daniel was sitting.
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41| Then cried the king with a loud voice, saying, Great art Lord God of Daniel, and there is none other beside thee.
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42| And he drew him out, and cast those that were the cause of his destruction into the den: and they were devoured in a moment before his face.
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#1
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1| The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king of Israel in Jerusalem.
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2| Vanity of vanities, said the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
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3| What advantage <i>is there</i> to a man in all his labour that he takes under the sun?
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4| A generation goes, and a generation comes: but the earth stands for ever.
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5| And the sun arises, and the sun goes down and draws toward its place;
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6| arising there it proceeds southward, and goes round toward the north. The wind goes round and round, and the wind returns to its circuits.
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7| All the rivers run into the sea; and yet the sea is not filled: to the place whence the rivers come, thither they return again.
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8| All things are full of labour; a man will not be able to speak <i>of them</i>: neither shall the eye be satisfied with seeing, neither shall the ear be filled with hearing.
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9| What is that which has been? the very thing which shall be: and what is that which has been done? the very thing which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.
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10| <i>Who is he</i> that shall speak and say, Behold, this is new? it has already been in the ages that have passed before us.
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11| There is no memorial to the first things; neither to the things that have been last shall their memorial be with them that shall at the last <i>time</i>.
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12| I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
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13| And I applied my heart to seek out and examine by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven, for God has given to the sons of men an evil trouble to be troubled therewith.
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14| I beheld all the works that were wrought under the sun; and, beheld, all were vanity and waywardness of spirit.
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15| That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and deficiency cannot be numbered.
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16| I spoke in my heart, saying, Behold, I am increased, and have acquired wisdom beyond all who were before me in Jerusalem: also I applied my heart to know wisdom and knowledge.
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17| And my heart knew much—wisdom, and knowledge, parables and understanding: I perceived that this also is waywardness of spirit.
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18| For in the abundance of wisdom is abundance of knowledge; and he that increases knowledge will increase sorrow.
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#2
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1| I said in my heart, Come now, I will prove thee with mirth, and behold thou good: and, behold, this is also vanity.
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2| I said to laughter, Madness: and to mirth, Why doest thou this:
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3| And I examined whether my heart would excite my flesh as <i>with</i> wine, (though my heart guided <i>me</i> in wisdom,) and <i>I desired</i> to lay hold of mirth, until I should see of what kind is the good to the sons of men, which they should do under the sun all the days of their life.
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4| I enlarged my work; I built me houses; I planted me vineyards.
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5| I made me gardens and orchards, and planted in them every kind of fruit-tree.
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6| I made me pools of water, to water from them the timber-bearing wood.
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7| I got servants and maidens, and servants were born to me in the house: also I had abundant possession of flocks and herds, beyond all who were before me in Jerusalem.
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8| Moreover I collected for myself both silver and gold also, and the peculiar treasures of kings and provinces: I procured me singing men and singing women, and delights of the sons of men, a butler and female cupbearers.
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9| So I became great, and advanced beyond all that were before in Jerusalem: also my wisdom was established to me.
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10| And whatever mine eyes desired, I withheld not from them, I withheld not my heart from all my mirth: for my heart rejoiced in all my labour; and this was my portion of all my labour.
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11| And I looked on all my works which my hands had wrought, and on my labour which I laboured to perform: and behold, all was vanity and waywardness of spirit, and there is no advantage under the sun.
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12| Then I looked on to see wisdom, and madness, and folly: for who is the man who will follow after counsel, in all things where in he employs it?
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13| And I saw that wisdom excels folly, as much as light excels darkness.
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14| The wise man’s eyes are in his head; but the fool walks in darkness: and I perceived, even I, that one event shall happen to them all.
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15| And I said in my heart, As the event of the fool is, so shall it be to me, even to me: and to what purpose have I gained wisdom? I said moreover in my heart, This is also vanity, because the fool speaks of his abundance.
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16| For there is no remembrance of the wise man with the fool for ever; forasmuch as now <i>in</i> the coming days all things are forgotten: and how shall the wise man die with the fool?
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17| So I hated life; because the work that was wrought under the sun was evil before me: for all is vanity and waywardness of spirit.
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18| And I hated the whole of my labour which I took under the sun; because I must leave it to the man who will come after me.
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19| And who knows whether he will be a wise <i>man</i> or a fool? and whether he will have power over all my labour in which I laboured, and wherein I grew wise under the sun? this is also vanity.
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20| so I went about to dismiss from my heart all my labour wherein I had laboured under the sun.
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21| For there is <i>such</i> a man that his labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in fortitude; <i>yet</i> this man shall give his portion to one who has not laboured therein. This is also vanity and great evil.
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22| For it happens to a man in all his labour, and in the purpose of his heart wherein he labours under the sun.
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23| For all his days <i>are days</i> of sorrows, and vexation of spirit is his; in the night also his heart rests not. This is also vanity.
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24| A man has nothing <i>really</i> good to eat, and to drink, and to shew his soul <i>as</i> good in his trouble. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.
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25| For who shall eat, or who shall drink, without him?
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26| For <i>God</i> has given to the man who is good in his sight, wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but he has given to the sinner trouble, to add and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God; for this is also vanity and waywardness of spirit.
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#3
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1| To all things there is a time, and a season for every matter under heaven.
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2| A time of birth, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what has been planted;
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3| a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to pull down, and a time to build up;
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4| a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to lament, and a time to dance;
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5| a time to throw stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to abstain from embracing;
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6| a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
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7| a time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to be silent, and a time to speak;
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8| a time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
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9| What advantage <i>has</i> he that works in those things wherein he labours?
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10| I have seen all the trouble, which God has given to the sons of men to be troubled with.
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11| All the things which he has made are beautiful in his time: he has also set the whole world in their heart, that man might not find out the work which God has wrought from the beginning even to the end.
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12| I know that there is no good in them, except <i>for a man</i> to rejoice, and to do good in his life.
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13| Also <i>in the case of</i> every man who shall eat and drink, and see good in all his labour, <i>this</i> is a gift of God.
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14| I know that whatsoever things God has done, they shall be for ever: it is impossible to add to it, and it is impossible to take away from it: and God has done <i>it</i>, that <i>men</i> may fear before him.
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15| That which has been is now; and whatever things <i>are appointed</i> to be have already been; and God will seek out that which is past.
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16| And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, there was the ungodly one; and the place of righteousness, there was the godly one.
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17| And I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous and the ungodly: for there is a time there for every action and for every work.
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18| I said in my heart, concerning the speech of the sons of man, God will judge them, and that to shew that they are breasts.
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19| Also to them is the event of the sons of man, and the event of the brute; one event befalls them: as is the death of the one, so also the death of the other; and there is one breath to all: and what has the man more than the brute? nothing; for all is vanity.
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20| All <i>go</i> to one place; all were formed of the dust, and all will return to dust.
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21| And who has seen the spirit of the sons of man, whether it goes upward? and the spirit of the beast, whether it goes downward to the earth?
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22| And I saw that there was no good, but that wherein a man shall rejoice in his works, for it is his portion, for who shall bring him to see any thing of that which shall be after him?
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#4
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1| So I returned, and saw all the oppressions that were done under the sun: and behold the tear of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of them that oppressed them was power; but they had no comforter:
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2| and I praised all the dead that had already died more than the living, as many as are alive until now.
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3| Better also than both these is he who has not yet been, who has not seen all the evil work that is done under the sun.
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4| And I saw all labour, and all the diligent work, that this is a man’s envy from his neighbour. This is also vanity and waywardness of spirit.
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5| The fool folds his hands together, and eats his own flesh.
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6| Better is a handful of rest than two handfuls of trouble and waywardness of spirit.
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7| So I returned, and saw vanity under the sun.
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8| There is one <i>alone</i>, and there is not a second; yea, he has neither son nor brother: yet there is no end to all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with wealth; and for whom do I labour, and deprive my soul of good? this is also vanity, and an evil trouble.
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9| Two <i>are</i> better than one, <i>seeing</i> they have a good reward for their labour.
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10| For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falls, and there is not a second to lift him up.
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11| Also if two should lie together, they also get heat: but how shall one be warmed <i>alone?</i>
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12| And if one should prevail against <i>him</i>, the two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord shall not be quickly broken.
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13| Better is a poor and wise child than an old and foolish king, who knows not how to take heed any longer.
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14| For he shall come forth out of the house of the prisoners to reign, because <i>he</i> also that was in his kingdom has become poor.
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15| I beheld all the living who were walking under the sun, with the second youth who shall stand up in each one’s place.
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16| There is no end to all the people, to all who were before them: and the last shall not rejoice in him: for this also is vanity and waywardness of spirit.
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17| Keep thy foot, whensoever thou goest to the house of God; and <i>when thou art</i> near to hear, let thy sacrifice <i>be</i> better than the gift of fools: for they know not that they are doing evil.
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#5
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1| Be not hasty with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be swift to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven above, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.
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2| For through the multitude of trial a dream comes; and a fool’s voice is with a multitude of words.
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3| Whenever thou shalt vow a vow to God, defer not to pay it; for <i>he has</i> no pleasure in fools: pay thou therefore whatsoever thou shalt have vowed.
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4| <i>It is</i> better that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.
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5| Suffer not thy mouth to lead thy flesh to sin; and say not in the presence of God, It was an error: lest God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the works of thy hands.
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6| For <i>there is evil</i> in a multitude of dreams and vanities and many words: but fear thou God.
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7| If thou shouldest see the oppression of the poor, and the wresting of judgment and of justice in the land, wonder not at the matter: for <i>there is</i> a high one to watch over him that is high, and high ones over them.
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8| Also the abundance of the earth is for every one: the king <i>is dependent on</i> the tilled field.
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9| He that loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver: and who has loved gain, in the abundance thereof? this is also vanity.
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10| In the multitude of good they are increased that eat it: and what virtue has the owner, but the right of beholding <i>it</i> with his eyes?
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11| The sleep of a servant is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but to one who is satiated with wealth, there is none that suffers him to sleep.
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12| There is an infirmity which I have seen under the sun, <i>namely</i>, wealth kept for its owner to his hurt.
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13| And that wealth shall perish in an evil trouble: and <i>the man</i> begets a son, and there is nothing in his hand.
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14| As he came forth naked from his mother’s womb, he shall return back as he came, and he shall receive nothing for his labour, that it should go <i>with him</i> in his hand.
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15| And this is also an evil infirmity: for as he came, so also shall he return: and what is his gain, for which he vainly labours?
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16| Yea, all his days are in darkness, and in mourning, and much sorrow, and infirmity, and wrath.
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17| Behold, I have seen good, that it is a fine thing <i>for a man</i> to eat and to drink, and to see good in all his labour in which he may labour under the sun, <i>all</i> the number of the days of his life which God has given to him: for it is his portion.
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18| Yea, and <i>as for</i> every man to whom God has given wealth and possessions, and has given him power to eat thereof, and to receive his portion, and to rejoice in his labour; this is the gift of God.
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19| For he shall not much remember the days of his life; for God troubles him in the mirth of his heart.
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#6
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1| There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is abundant with man:
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2| a man to whom God shall give wealth, and substance, and honour, and he wants nothing for his soul of all things that he shall desire, yet God shall not give him power to eat of it, for a stranger shall devour it: this is vanity, and an evil infirmity.
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3| If a man beget a hundred <i>children</i>, and live many years, yea, however abundant the days of his years shall be, yet <i>if</i> his soul shall not be satisfied with good, and also he have no burial; I said, An untimely birth is better than he.
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4| For he came in vanity, and departs in darkness, and his name shall be covered in darkness.
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5| Moreover he has not seen the sun, nor known rest: there is <i>no more rest</i> to this one than another.
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6| Though he has lived to the return of a thousand years, yet he has seen no good: do not all go to one place?
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7| All the labour of a man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite shall not be satisfied.
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8| For <i>what</i> advantage has the wise man over the fool, since <i>even</i> the poor knows how to walk in the direction of life?
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9| The sight of the eyes is better than that which wanders in soul: this is also vanity, and waywardness of spirit.
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10| If anything has been, its name has already been called: and it is known what man is; neither can he contend with him who is stronger than he.
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11| For there are many things which increase vanity.
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#7
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1| What advantage has a man? for who knows <i>what is</i> good for a man in his life, <i>during</i> the number of the life of the days of his vanity? and he has spent them as a shadow; for who shall tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?
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2| A good name is better than good oil; and the day of death than the day of birth.
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3| <i>It is</i> better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the banquet house: since this is the end of every man; and the living man will apply good <i>warning</i> to his heart.
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4| Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart will be made better.
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5| The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
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6| <i>It is</i> better to hear a reproof of a wise man, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
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7| As the sound of thorns under a caldron, so is the laughter of fools: this is also vanity.
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8| for oppression makes a wise man mad, and destroys his noble heart.
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9| The end of a matter is better than the beginning thereof: the patient is better than the high-minded.
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10| Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger will rest in the bosom of fools.
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11| Say not, What has happened, that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire in wisdom concerning this.
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12| Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and <i>there is</i> an advantage <i>by it</i> to them that see the sun.
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13| For wisdom in its shadow is as the shadow of silver: and the excellence of the knowledge of wisdom will give life to him that has it.
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14| Behold the works of God: for who shall be able to straighten him whom God has made crooked?
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15| In the day of prosperity live joyfully, and consider in the day of adversity: consider, <i>I say</i>, God also has caused the one to agree with the other for <i>this</i> reason, that man should find nothing after him.
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16| I have seen all things in the days of my vanity: there is a just man perishing in his justice, and there is an ungodly man remaining in his wickedness.
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17| Be not very just; neither be very wise: lest thou be confounded.
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18| Be not very wicked; and be not stubborn: lest thou shouldest die before thy time.
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19| It is well for thee to hold fast by this; also by this defile not thine hand: for to them that fear God all things shall come forth <i>well</i>.
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20| Wisdom will help the wise man more than ten mighty men which are in the city.
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21| For there is not a righteous man in the earth, who will do good, and not sin
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22| Also take no heed to all the words which ungodly men shall speak; lest thou hear thy servant cursing thee.
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23| For many times he shall trespass against thee, and repeatedly shall he afflict thine heart; for thus also hast thou cursed others.
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24| All these things have I proved in wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.
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25| <i>That which is</i> far beyond what was, and a great depth, who shall find it out?
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26| I and my heart went round about to know, and to examine, and to seek wisdom, and the account <i>of things</i>, and to know the folly and trouble and madness of the ungodly man.
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27| And I find her <i>to be</i>, and I will pronounce <i>to be</i> more bitter than death the woman which is a snare, and her heart nets, <i>who has</i> a band in her hands: <i>he that is</i> good in the sight of God shall be delivered from her; but the sinner shall be caught by her.
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28| Behold, this have I found, said the Preacher, <i>seeking</i> by one at a time to find out the account,
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29| which my soul sought after, but I found not: for I have found one man of a thousand; but a woman in all these I have not found.
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30| But, behold, this have I found, that God made man upright; but they have sought out many devices.
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#8
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1| Who knows the wise? and who knows the interpretation of a saying? A man’s wisdom will lighten his countenance; but a man of shameless countenance will be hated.
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2| Observe the commandment of the king, and <i>that</i> because of the word of the oath of God.
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3| Be not hasty; thou shalt go forth out of his presence: stand not in an evil matter; for he will do whatsoever he shall please,
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4| even as a king having power: and who will say to him, What doest thou?
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5| He that keeps the commandment shall not know an evil thing: and the heart of the wise knows the time of judgment.
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6| For to every thing there is time and judgment; for the knowledge of a man is great to him.
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7| For there is no one that knows what is going to be: for who shall tell him how it shall be?
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8| There is no man that has power over the spirit to retain the spirit; and there is no power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in the day of the battle; neither shall ungodliness save her votary.
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9| So I saw all this, and I applied my heart to every work that has been done under the sun; all the things wherein man has power over man to afflict him.
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10| And then I saw the ungodly carried into the tombs, and <i>that</i> out of the holy place: and they departed, and were praised in the city, because they had done thus: this also is vanity.
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11| Because there is no contradiction made on the part of those who do evil quickly, therefore the heart of the children of men is fully determined in them to do evil.
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12| He that has sinned has done evil from that time, and long from beforehand: nevertheless I know, that it is well with them that fear God, that they may fear before him:
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13| but it shall not be well with the ungodly, and he shall not prolong his days, <i>which are</i> as a shadow; forasmuch as he fears not before God.
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14| There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there are righteous persons to whom it happens according to the doing of the ungodly; and there are ungodly men, to whom it happens according to the doing of the just: I said, This is also vanity.
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15| Then I praised mirth, because there is no good for a man under the sun, but to eat, and drink, and be merry: and this shall attend him in his labour all the days of his life, which God has given him under the sun.
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16| Whereupon I set my heart to know wisdom, and to perceive the trouble that was wrought upon the earth: for there is that neither by day nor night sees sleep with his eyes.
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17| And I beheld all the works of God, that a man shall not be able to discover the work which is wrought under the sun; whatsoever things a man shall endeavour to seek, however a man may labour to seek it, yet he shall not find it; yea, how much soever a wise man may speak of knowing it, he shall not be able to find it: for I applied all this to my heart, and my heart has seen all this.
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#9
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1| <i>I saw</i> that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: yea, there is no man that knows either love or hatred, <i>though</i> all are before their face.
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2| Vanity is in all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good, and to the bad; both to the pure, and to the impure; both to him that sacrifices, and to him that sacrifice not: as is the good, so is the sinner: as is the swearer, even so is he that fears an oath.
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3| There is this evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one event to all: yea, the heart of the sons of men is filled with evil, and madness is in their heart during their life, and after that <i>they go</i> to the dead.
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4| for who is he that has fellowship with all the living? there is hope <i>of him</i>: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
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5| For the living will know that they shall die: but the dead know nothing, and there is no longer any reward to them; for their memory is lost.
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6| also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, have now perished; yea, there is no portion for them any more for ever in all that is done under the sun.
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7| Go, eat thy bread with mirth, and drink thy wine with a joyful heart; for now God has favourably accepted thy works.
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8| Let thy garments be always white; and let not oil be wanting on thine head.
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9| And see life with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which are given thee under the sun: for that is thy portion in thy life, and in thy labour wherein thou labourest under the sun.
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10| Whatsoever thine hand shall find to do, do with all thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Hades wither thou goest.
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11| I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor yet bread to the wise, nor yet wealth to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of knowledge; for time and chance will happen to them all.
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12| For surely man also knows not his time: as fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as birds that are caught in a snare; even thus the sons of men are snared at an evil time, when it falls suddenly upon them.
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13| This I also saw <i>to be</i> wisdom under the sun, and it is great before me:
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14| <i>suppose there were</i> a little city, and few men in it; and there should come against it a great king, and surround it, and build great mounds against it;
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15| and should find in it a poor wise man, and he should save the city through his wisdom: yet no man would remember that poor man.
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16| And I said Wisdom is better than power: yet the wisdom of the poor man is set at nought, and his words not listened to.
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17| The words of the wise are heard in quiet more than the cry of them that rule in folly.
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18| Wisdom is better than weapons of war: and one sinner will destroy much good.
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#10
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1| Pestilent flies will corrupt a preparation of sweet ointment: <i>and</i> a little wisdom is more precious than great glory of folly.
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2| A wise man’s heart is at his right hand; but a fool’s heart at his left.
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3| Yea, and whenever a fool walks by the way, his heart will fail him, and all that he thinks of is folly.
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4| If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for soothing will put an end to great offences.
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5| There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, wherein an error has proceeded from the ruler.
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6| The fool has been set in very high places, while rich men would sit in a low one.
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7| I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants on the earth.
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8| He that digs a pit shall fall into it; and him that breaks down a hedge a serpent shall bite.
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9| He that removes stones shall be troubled thereby; he that cleaves wood shall be endangered thereby.
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10| If the axe-head should fall off, then the man troubles his countenance, and he must put forth more strength: and <i>in that case</i> skill is of no advantage to a man.
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11| If a serpent bite when there is no <i>charmer’s</i> whisper, then there is no advantage to the charmer.
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12| The words of a wise mouth are gracious: but the lips of a fool will swallow him up.
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13| The beginning of the words of his mouth is folly: and the end of his talk mischievous madness.
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14| A fool moreover multiplies words: man knows not what has been, nor what will be: who shall tell him what will come after him?
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15| The labour of fools will afflict them, <i>as that of one</i> who knows not to go to the city.
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16| Woe to thee, O city, whose king is young, and thy princes eat in the morning!
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17| Blessed art thou, O land, whose king is a son of nobles, and whose princes shall eat seasonably, for strength, and shall not be ashamed.
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18| By slothful neglect a building will be brought low: and by idleness of the hands the house will fall to pieces.
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19| Men prepare bread for laughter, and wine and oil that the living should rejoice: but to money all things will humbly yield obedience.
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20| Even in thy conscience, curse not the king; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry thy voice, and that which has wings shall report thy speech.
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#11
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1| Send forth thy bread upon the face of the water: for thou shalt find it after many days.
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2| Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil there shall be upon the earth.
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3| If the clouds be filled with rain, they pour <i>it</i> out upon the earth: and if a tree fall southward, or if it fall northward, in the place where the tree shall fall, there it shall be.
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4| He that observes the wind sows not; and he that looks at the clouds will not reap.
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5| Among whom none knows what is the way of the wind: as the bones <i>are hid</i> in the womb of a pregnant <i>woman</i>, so thou shalt not know the works of God, <i>even</i> all things whatsoever he shall do.
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6| In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening let not thine hand be slack: for thou knowest not what sort shall prosper, whether this or that, or whether both shall be good alike.
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7| Moreover the light is sweet, and it is good for the eyes to see the sun.
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8| For even if a man should live many years, <i>and</i> rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that comes is vanity.
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9| Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thy heart blameless, but not in the sight of thine eyes: yet know that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
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10| Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for youth and folly are vanity.
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#12
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1| And remember thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the days of evil come, and the years overtake <i>thee</i> in which thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them.
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2| While the sun and light are not darkened, nor the moon and the stars; nor the clouds return after the rain:
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3| in the day wherein the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the mighty men shall become bent, and the grinding <i>women</i> cease because they have become few, and the <i>women</i> looking out at the windows be dark;
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4| and they shall shut the doors in the market-place, because of the weakness of the voice of her that grinds <i>at the mill</i>; and he shall rise up at the voice of the sparrow, and all the daughters of song shall be brought low;
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5| and they shall look up, and fears <i>shall be</i> in the way, and the almond tree shall blossom, and the locust shall increase, and the caper shall be scattered: because man has gone to his eternal home, and the mourners have gone about the market:
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6| before the silver cord be <i>let go</i>, or the choice gold be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel run down to the cistern;
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7| <i>before</i> the dust also return to the earth as it was, and the spirit return to God who gave it.
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8| Vanity of vanities, said the Preacher; all is vanity.
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9| And because the Preacher was wise above <i>others, so it was</i> that he taught man excellent knowledge, and the ear will trace out the parables.
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10| The Preacher sought diligently to find out acceptable words, and a correct writing, <i>even</i> words of truth.
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11| The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails firmly fastened, which have been given from one shepherd by agreement.
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12| AAnd moreover, my son, guard thyself by means of them: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.
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13| Hear the end of the matter, the sun: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole man.
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14| For God will bring every work into judgment, with everything that has been overlooked, whether <i>it be</i> good, or whether <i>it be</i> evil.
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#1
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1| And it came to pass after these things in the days of Artaxerxes, —(this Artaxerxes ruled over a hundred and twenty-seven provinces from India)—
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2| in those days, when king Artaxerxes was on the throne in the city of Susa,
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3| in the third year of his reign, he made a feast to his friends, and the other nations, and to the nobles of the Persians and Medes, and the chief of the satraps.
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4| And after this, after he had shewn to them the wealth of his kingdom, and the abundant glory of his wealth during a hundred and eighty days,
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5| when, <i>I say</i>, the days of the marriage feast were completed, the king made a banquet to the nations who were present in the city six days, in the court of the king’s house,
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6| <i>which was</i> adorned with <i>hangings</i> of fine linen and flax on cords of fine linen and purple, fastened to golden and silver studs, on pillars of Parian marble and stone: <i>there were</i> golden and silver couches on a pavement of emerald stone, and of pearl, and of Parian stone, and open-worked coverings variously flowered, <i>having</i> roses worked round about;
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7| gold and silver cups, and a small cup of carbuncle set out of the value of thirty thousand talents, abundant and sweet wine, which the king himself drank.
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8| And this banquet was not according to the appointed law; but so the king would have it: and he charged the stewards to perform his will and that of the company.
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9| Also Astin the queen made a banquet for the women in the palace where king Artaxerxes <i>dwelt</i>.
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10| Now on the seventh day the king, being merry, told Aman, and Bazan, and Tharrha, and Barazi, and Zatholtha, and Abataza, and Tharaba, the seven chamberlains, servants of king Artaxerxes,
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11| to bring in the queen to him, to enthrone her, and crown her with the diadem, and to shew her to the princes, and her beauty to the nations: for she was beautiful.
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12| But queen Astin hearkened not to him to come with the chamberlains: so the king was grieved and angered.
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13| And he said to his friends, Thus hast Astin spoken: pronounce therefore upon this <i>case</i> law and judgment.
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14| So Arkesaeus, and Sarsathaeus, and Malisear, the princes of the Persians and Medes, who were near the king, who sat chief <i>in rank</i> by the king, drew near to him,
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15| and reported to him according to the laws how it was proper to do to queen Astin, because she had not done the things commanded of the king by the chamberlains.
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16| And Muchaeus said to the king and to the princes, Queen Astin has not wronged the king only, but also all the king’s rulers and princes:
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17| for he has told them the words of the queen, and how she disobeyed the king. As then, <i>said he</i>, she refused <i>to obey</i> king Artaxerxes,
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18| so this day shall the other ladies of the chiefs of the Persians and Medes, having heard what she said to the king, dare in the same way to dishonour their husbands.
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19| If then it seem good to the king, let him make a royal decree, and let it be written according to the laws of the Medes and Persians, and let him not alter <i>it</i>: and let not the queen come in to him any more; and let the king give her royalty to a woman better than she.
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20| And let the law of the king which he shall have made, be widely proclaimed, in his kingdom: and so shall all the women give honour to their husbands, from the poor even to the rich.
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21| And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did as Muchaeus had said,
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22| and sent into all his kingdom through the several provinces, according to their language, in order that men might be feared in their own houses.
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#2
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1| And after this the king’s anger was pacified, and he no more mentioned Astin, bearing in mind what she had said, and how he had condemned her.
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2| Then the servants of the king said, Let there be sought for the king chaste <i>and</i> beautiful young virgins.
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3| And let the king appoint local governors in all the provinces of his kingdom, and let them select fair <i>and</i> chaste young damsels <i>and bring them</i> to the city Susa, into the women’s apartment, and let them be consigned to the king’s chamberlain, the keeper of the women; and let things for purification and other attendance be given <i>to them</i>.
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4| And let the woman who shall please the king be queen instead of Astin. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.
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5| Now there was a Jew in the city Susa, and his name was Mardochaeus, the <i>son</i> of Jairus, <i>the son</i> of Semeias, <i>the son</i> of Cisaeus, of the tribe of Benjamin;
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6| who had been brought a prisoner from Jerusalem, which Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon had carried into captivity.
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7| And he had a foster child, daughter of Aminadab his father’s brother, and her name <i>was</i> Esther; and when her parents were dead, he brought her up for a wife for himself: and the damsel was beautiful.
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8| And because the king’s ordinance was published, many damsels were gathered to the city Susa under the hand of Gai; and Esther was brought to Gai the keeper of the women.
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9| And the damsel pleased him, and she found favour in his sight; and he hasted to give her the things for purification, and her portion, and the seven maidens appointed her out of the palace: and he treated her and her maidens well in the women’s apartment.
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10| But Esther discovered not her family nor her kindred: for Mardochaeus had charged her not to tell.
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11| But Mardochaeus used to walk every day by the women’s court, to see what would become of Esther.
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12| Now this was the time for a virgin to go into the king, when she should have fulfilled twelve months; for so are the days of purification fulfilled, six months while they are anointing themselves with oil of myrrh, and six months with spices and women’s purifications.
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13| And then <i>the damsel</i> goes in to the king; and <i>the officer</i> to whomsoever he shall give the command, will bring her to come in with him from the women’s apartment to the king’s chamber.
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14| She enters in the evening, and in the morning she departs to the second women’s apartment, where Gai the king’s chamberlain <i>is</i> keeper of the women: and she goes not in to the king again, unless she should be called by name.
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15| And when the time. was fulfilled for Esther the daughter of Aminadab the brother of Mardochaeus’ father to go in to the king, she neglected nothing which the chamberlain, the women’s keeper, commanded; for Esther found grace in the sight of all that looked upon her.
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16| So Esther went in to king Artaxerxes in the twelfth month, which is Adar, in the seventh year of his reign.
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17| And the king loved Esther, and she found favour beyond all the <i>other</i> virgins: and he put on her the queen’s crown.
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18| And the king made a banquet for all his friends and great men for seven days, and he highly celebrated the marriage of Esther; and he made a release to those who were under his dominion.
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19| But Mardochaeus served in the palace.
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20| Now Esther had not discovered her kindred; for so Mardochaeus commanded her, to fear God, and perform his commandments, as when she was with him: and Esther changed not her manner of life.
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21| And two chamberlains of the king, the chiefs of the body-guard, were grieved, because Mardochaeus was promoted; and they sought to kill king Artaxerxes.
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22| And the matter was discovered to Mardochaeus, and he made it known to Esther, and she declared to the king the matter of the conspiracy.
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23| And the king examined the two chamberlains, and hanged them: and the king gave orders to make a note for a memorial in the royal records of the good offices of Mardochaeus, as a commendation.
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#3
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1| And after this king Artaxerxes highly honoured Aman <i>son</i> of Amadathes, the Bugaean, and exalted him, and set his seat above all his friends.
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2| And all in the palace did him obeisance, for so the king had given orders to do: but Mardochaeus did not do him obeisance.
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3| And they in the king’s palace said to Mardochaeus, Mardochaeus, why dost thou transgress the commands of the king?
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4| <i>Thus</i> they spoke daily to him, but he hearkened not unto them; so they represented to Aman that Mardochaeus resisted the commands of the king: and Mardochaeus had shewn to them that he was a Jew.
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5| And when Aman understood that Mardochaeus did not obeisance to him, he was greatly enraged,
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6| and took counsel to destroy utterly all the Jews who were under the rule of Artaxerxes.
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7| And he made a decree in the twelfth year of the reign of Artaxerxes, and cast lots daily and monthly, to slay in one day the race of Mardochaeus: and the lot fell on the fourteenth <i>day</i> of the month which is Adar.
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8| And he spoke to king Artaxerxes, saying, There is a nation scattered among the nations in all thy kingdom, and their laws differ from <i>those of</i> all the <i>other</i> nations; and they disobey the laws of the king; and it is not expedient for the king to let them alone.
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9| If it seem good to the king, let him make a decree to destroy them: and I will remit into the king’s treasury ten thousand talents of silver.
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10| And the king took off his ring, and gave it into the hands of Aman, to seal the decrees against the Jews.
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11| And the king said to Aman, Keep the silver, and treat the nation as thou wilt.
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12| So the king’s recorders were called in the first month, on the thirteenth <i>day</i>, and they wrote as Aman commanded to the captains and governors in every province, from India even to Ethiopia, to a hundred and twenty-seven provinces; and to the rulers of the nations according to their <i>several</i> languages, in the name of king Artaxerxes.
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13| And <i>the message</i> was sent by posts throughout the kingdom of Artaxerxes, to destroy utterly the race of the Jews on the first day of the twelfth month, which is Adar, and to plunder their goods. And the following is the copy of the letter; The great king Artaxerxes writes thus to the rulers and inferior governors of a hundred and twenty-seven provinces, from India even to Ethiopia, who hold authority under <i>him</i>. Ruling over many nations and having obtained dominion over the whole world, I was minded (not elated by the confidence of power, but ever conducting <i>myself</i> with great moderation and gentleness) to make the lives of <i>my</i> subjects continually tranquil, desiring both to maintain the kingdom quiet and orderly to <i>its</i> utmost limits, and to restore the peace desired by all men. But when I had enquired of my counsellors how this should be brought to pass. Aman, who excels in soundness of judgment among us, and has been manifestly well inclined without wavering and with unshaken fidelity, and had obtained the second post in the kingdom, informed us that a certain ill-disposed people is mixed up with all the tribes throughout the world, opposed in their law to every <i>other</i> nation, and continually neglecting the commands of the king, so that the united government blamelessly administered by us is not quietly established. Having then conceived that this nation <i>alone of all others</i> is continually set in opposition to every man, introducing as a change a foreign code of laws, and injuriously plotting to accomplish the worst of evils against our interests, and against the happy establishment of the monarchy; we signified to you in the letter written by Aman, who is set over <i>the public</i> affairs and is our second governor, to destroy them all utterly with their wives and children by the swords of the enemies, without pitying or sparing any, on the fourteenth day of the twelfth month Adar, of the present year; that the people aforetime and now ill-disposed <i>to us</i> having been violently consigned to death in one day, may hereafter secure to us continually a well constituted and quiet <i>state of affairs.</i>
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14| And the copies of the letters were published in every province; and an order was given to all the nations to be ready against that day.
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15| And the business was hastened, and <i>that</i> at Susa: and the king and Aman began to drink; but the city was troubled.
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#4
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1| But Mardochaeus having perceived what was done, rent his garments, and put on sackcloth, and sprinkled dust upon himself; and having rushed forth through the open street of the city, he cried with a loud voice, A nation that has done no wrong is going to be destroyed.
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2| And he came to the king’s gate, and stood; for it was not lawful for him to enter into the palace, wearing sackcloth and ashes.
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3| And in every province where the letters were published, <i>there was</i> crying and lamentation and great mourning on the part of the Jews: they spread for themselves sackcloth and ashes.
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4| And the queen’s maids and chamberlains went in and told her: and when she had heard what was done, she was disturbed; and she sent to clothe Mardochaeus, and take away his sackcloth; but he consented not.
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5| So Esther called for her chamberlain Achrathaeus, who waited upon her; and she sent to learn the truth from Mardochaeus.
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6 7| And Mardochaeus shewed him what was done, and the promise which Aman had made the king of ten thousand talents <i>to be paid</i> into the treasury, that he might destroy the Jews.
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8| And he gave him the copy <i>of the writing</i> that was published in Susa concerning their destruction, to shew to Esther; and told him to charge her to go in and intreat the king, and to beg him for the people, remembering, <i>said he</i>, the days of thy low estate, how thou wert nursed by my hand: because Aman who holds the next place to the king has spoken against us for death. Do thou call upon the Lord, and speak to the king concerning us, to deliver us from death.
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9| So Achrathaeus went in and told her all these words.
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10| And Esther said to Achrathaeus, Go to Mardochaeus, and say,
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11| All the nations of the empire know, that whoever, man or woman, shall go in to the king into the inner court uncalled, that person cannot live: only to whomsoever the king shall stretch out <i>his</i> golden sceptre, he shall live: and I have not been called to go into the king, for these thirty days.
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12| And Achrathaeus reported to Mardochaeus all the words of Esther.
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13| Then Mardochaeus said to Achrathaeus, Go, and say to her, Esther, say not to thyself that thou alone wilt escape in the kingdom, more than all the <i>other</i> Jews.
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14| For if thou shalt refuse to hearken on this occasion, help and protection will be to the Jews from another quarter; but thou and thy father’s house will perish: and who knows, if thou hast been made queen for this <i>very</i> occasion?
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15| And Esther sent the <i>man</i> that came to her to Mardochaeus, saying,
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16| Go and assemble the Jews that are in Susa, and fast ye for me, and eat not and drink not for three days, night and day: and I also and my maidens will fast; and then I will go in to the king contrary to the law, even if I must die.
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17| So Mardochaeus went and did all that Esther commanded him.[And he besought the Lord, making mention of all the works of the Lord; and he said, Lord God, king ruling over all, for all things are in thy power, and there is no one that shall oppose thee, in thy purpose to save Israel. - For thou hast made the heaven and the earth and every wonderful thing in the <i>world</i> under heaven. And thou art Lord of all, and there is no one who shall resist thee Lord. Thou knowest all things: thou knowest, Lord, that it is not in insolence, nor haughtiness, nor love of glory, that I have done this, to refuse obeisance to the haughty Aman. For I would gladly have kissed the soles of his feet for the safety of Israel. But I have done this, that I might not set the glory of man above the glory of God: and I will not worship any one except thee, my Lord, and I will not do these things in haughtiness. And now, O Lord God, the King, the God of Abraam, spare thy people, for <i>our enemies</i> are looking upon us to <i>our</i> destruction, and they have desired to destroy thine ancient inheritance. Do not overlook thy peculiar people, whom thou hast redeemed for thyself out of the land of Egypt. Hearken to my prayer, and be propitious to thine inheritance, and turn our mourning into gladness, that we may live and sing praise to thy name, O Lord; and do not utterly destroy the mouth of them that praise thee, O Lord.And all Israel cried with <i>all</i> their might, for death <i>was</i> before their eyes. And queen Esther betook herself for refuge to the Lord, being taken <i>as it were</i> in the agony of death. And having taken off her glorious apparel, she put on garments of distress and mourning; and instead of grand perfumes she filled her head with ashes and dung, and she greatly brought down her body, and she filled every place of her glad adorning with the <i>torn</i> curls of her hair.And she besought the Lord God of Israel, and said, O my Lord, thou alone art our king: help me <i>who am</i> destitute, and have no helper but thee, for my danger <i>is</i> near at hand. I have heard from my birth, in the tribe of my kindred that thou, Lord, tookest Israel out of all the nations, and our fathers out of all their kindred for a perpetual inheritance, and hast wrought for them all that thou hast said. And now we have sinned before thee, and thou hast delivered us into the hands of our enemies, because we honoured their gods: thou art righteous, O Lord. But now they have not been contented with the bitterness of our slavery, but have laid their hands on the hands of their idols, <i>in order</i> to abolish the decree of thy mouth, and utterly to destroy thine inheritances, and to stop the mouth of them that praise thee, and to extinguish the glory of thine house and thine alter, and to open the mouth of the Gentiles to <i>speak</i> the praises of vanities, and <i>in order</i> that a mortal king should be admired for ever.O Lord, do not resign thy scepter to them that are not, and let them not laugh at our fall, but turn their counsel, against themselves, and make an example of him who has begun <i>to injure</i> us. Remember <i>us</i>, O Lord, manifest thyself in the time of our affliction, and encourage me, O King of gods, and ruler of all dominion. Put harmonious speech into my mouth before the lion, and turn his heart to hate him that fights against us, to the utter destruction of him that consent with him. But deliver us by thine hand, and help me <i>who am</i> destitute, and have none but the, O Lord. Thou knowest all things, and knowest that I hate the glory of transgressors, and that I abhor the couch of the uncircumcised, and of every stranger. Thou knowest my necessity, for I abhor the symbol of my proud station, which is upon my head in the days of my splendour: I abhor it as a menstruous cloth, and I wear it not in the days of my tranquility. And thy handmaid has not eaten <i>at</i> the table of Aman, and I have not honoured the banquet of the king, neither have I drunk wine of libations. Neither has thy handmaid rejoiced since the day of my promotion until now, except in thee, O Lord God of Abraam. O god, who has power over all, hearken to the voice of the desperate, and deliver us from the hand of them that devise mischief; and deliver me from my fear.
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#5
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1| And it came to pass on the third day, when she had ceased praying, that she put off her mean dress, and put on her glorious apparel. And being splendidly arrayed, <i>and</i> having called upon God the Overseer and Preserver of all things, she took her two maids, and she leaned upon one, as a delicate female, and the other followed bearing her train. And she <i>was</i> blooming in the perfection of her beauty; and her face <i>was</i> cheerful, and <i>it were</i> benevolent, but her heart <i>was</i> straitened for fear. And having passed through all the doors, she stood before the king: and he was sitting upon his royal throne, and he had put on all his glorious apparel, <i>covered</i> all over with gold and precious stones, and was very terrible. And having raised his face resplendent with glory, he looked with intense anger: and the queen fell, and changed her colour as she fainted; and she bowed herself upon the head of the maid that went before <i>her</i>. But God changed the spirit of the king gentleness, and in intense feeling he sprang from off his throne, and took her into his arms, until she recovered: and he comforted her with peaceable words, and said to her, What is <i>the matter</i>, Esther? I <i>am</i> thy brother; be of good cheer, thou shalt not die, for our command is openly declared <i>to thee</i>, Draw nigh.
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2| And having raised the golden sceptre he laid it upon her neck, and embraced her, and said, Speak to me. And she said to him, I saw thee, <i>my</i> lord, as an angel of God, and my heart was troubled for fear of thy glory; for thou, <i>my</i> lord, art to be wondered at, and thy face <i>is</i> full of grace. And while she was speaking, she fainted and fell. Then the king was troubled, and all his servants comforted her.
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3| And the king said, What wilt thou, Esther? and what is thy request? <i>ask</i> even to the half of my kingdom, and it shall be thine.
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4| And Esther said, To-day is my great day: if then it seem good to the king, let both him and Aman come to the feast which I will prepare this day.
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5| And the king said, Hasten Aman hither, that we may perform the word of Esther. So they both come to the feast of which Esther had spoken.
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6| And at the banquet the king said to Esther, What is <i>thy request</i>, queen Esther? <i>speak</i>, and thou shalt have all that thou requirest.
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7| And she said, My request and my petition <i>are</i>:
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8| if I have found favour in the sight of the king, let the king and Aman come again to-morrow to the feast which I shall prepare for them, and to-morrow I will do the same.
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9| So Aman went out from the king very glad <i>and</i> merry: but when Aman saw Mardochaeus the Jew in the court, he was greatly enraged.
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10| And having gone into his own house, he called his friends, and his wife Zosara.
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11| And he shewed them his wealth, and the glory with which the king had invested him, and how he had caused him to take precedence and bear chief rule in the kingdom.
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12| And Aman said, The queen has called no one to the feast with the king but me, and I am invited to-morrow.
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13| But these things please me not, while I see Mardochaeus the Jew in the court.
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14| And Zosara his wife and his friends said to him, Let there be a gallows made for thee of fifty cubits, and in the morning do thou speak to the king, and let Mardochaeus be hanged on the gallows: but do thou go in to the feast with the king, and be merry. And the saying pleased Aman, and the gallows was prepared.
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#6
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1| But the Lord removed sleep from the king that night: and he told his servant to bring in the books, the registers of daily events, to read to him.
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2| And he found the records written concerning Mardochaeus, how he had told the king concerning the two chamberlains of the king, when they were keeping guard, and sought to lay hands on Artaxerxes.
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3| And the king said, What honour or favour have we done to Mardochaeus? And the king’s servants said, Thou hast not done anything to him.
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4| And while the king was enquiring about the kindness of Mardochaeus, behold, Aman <i>was</i> in the court. And the king said, Who <i>is</i> in the court? Now Aman was come in to speak to the king, that he should hang Mardochaeus on the gallows, which he had prepared.
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5| And the king’s servants said, Behold, Aman stands in the court. And the king said, Call him.
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6| And the king said to Aman, What shall I do to the man whom I wish to honour? And Aman said within himself, Whom would the king honour but myself?
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7| and he said to the king, As for the man whom the king wishes to honour,
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8| let the king’s servants bring the robe of fine linen which the king puts on, and the horse on which the king rides,
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9| and let him give <i>it</i> to one of the king’s noble friends, and let him array the man whom the king loves; and let him mount him on the horse, and proclaim through the street of the city, saying, Thus shall it be <i>done</i> to every man whom the king honours.
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10| Then the king said to Aman, Thou hast well said: so do to Mardochaeus the Jew, who waits in the palace, and let not a word of what thou hast spoken be neglected.
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11| So Aman took the robe and the horse, and arrayed Mardochaeus, and mounted him on the horse, and went through the street of the city, and proclaimed, saying, Thus shall it be to every man whom the king wishes to honour.
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12| And Mardochaeus returned to the palace: but Aman went home mourning, and having his head covered.
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13| And Aman related the events that had befallen him to Zosara his wife, and to <i>his</i> friends: and his friends and his wife said to him, If Mardochaeus <i>be</i> of the race of the Jews, <i>and</i> thou hast begun to be humbled before him, thou wilt assuredly fall, and thou wilt not be able to withstand him, for the living God <i>is</i> with him.
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14| While they were yet speaking, the chamberlains arrived, to hasten Aman to the banquet which Esther had prepared.
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#7
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1| So the king and Aman went in to drink with the queen.
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2| And the king said to Esther at the banquet on the second day, What is it, queen Esther? and what <i>is</i> thy request, and what <i>is</i> thy petition? and it shall be <i>done</i> for thee, to the half of my kingdom.
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3| And she answered and said, If I have found favour in the sight of the king, let <i>my</i> life be granted to my petition, and my people to my request.
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4| For both I and my people are sold for destruction, and pillage, and slavery; <i>both</i> we and our children for bondmen and bondwomen: and I consented not to it, for the slanderer <i>is</i> not worthy of the king’s palace.
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5| And the king said, Who <i>is</i> this that has dared to do this thing?
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6| And Esther said, the adversary <i>is</i> Aman, this wicked man. Then Aman was troubled before the king and the queen.
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7| And the king rose up from the banquet to go into the garden: and Aman began to intreat the queen; for he saw that he was in an evil case.
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8| And the king returned from the garden; and Aman had fallen upon the bed, intreating the queen. And the king said, Wilt thou even force <i>my</i> wife in my house? And when Aman heard it, he changed countenance.
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9| And Bugathan, one of the chamberlains, said to the king, Behold, Aman has also prepared a gallows for Mardochaeus, who spoke concerning the king, and a gallows of fifty cubits high has been set up in the premises of Aman. And the king said, Let him be hanged thereon.
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10| So Aman was hanged on the gallows that had been prepared for Mardochaeus: and then the king’s wrath was appeased.
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#8
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1| And in that day king Artaxerxes gave to Esther all that belonged to Aman the slanderer: and Mardochaeus was called by the king; for Esther had shewn that he was related to her.
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2| And the king took the ring which he had taken away from Aman, and gave it to Mardochaeus: and Esther appointed Mardochaeus over all that had been Aman’s.
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3| And she spoke yet again to the king, and fell at his feet, and besought <i>him</i> to do away the mischief of Aman, and all that he had done against the Jews.
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4| Then the king stretched out to Esther the golden sceptre: and Esther arose to stand near the king.
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5| And Esther said, If it seem good to thee, and I have found favour <i>in thy sight</i>, let an order be sent that the letters sent by Aman may be reversed, that were written for the destruction of the Jews, who are in thy kingdom.
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6| For how shall I be able to look upon the affliction of my people, and how shall I be able to survive the destruction of my kindred?
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7| And the king said to Esther, If I have given and freely granted thee all that was Aman’s, and hanged him on a gallows, because he laid his hands upon the Jews, what dost thou yet further seek?
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8| Write ye also in my name, as it seems good to you, and seal <i>it</i> with my ring: for whatever <i>orders</i> are written at the command of the king, and sealed with my ring, it is not lawful to gainsay them.
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9| So the scribes were called in the first-month, which is Nisan, on the three and twentieth day of the same year; and <i>orders</i> were written to the Jews, whatever <i>the king had</i> commanded to the local governors and chiefs of the satraps, from India even to Ethiopia, a hundred and twenty-seven satraps, according to the several provinces, according to their dialects.
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10| And they were written by order of the king, and sealed with his ring, and they sent the letters by the posts:
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11| wherein he charged them to use their <i>own</i> laws in every city, and to help each other, and to treat their adversaries, and those who attacked them, as they pleased,
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12| on one day in all the kingdom of Artaxerxes, on the thirteenth <i>day</i> of the twelfth month, which is Adar.
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13| And let the copies be posted in conspicuous places throughout the kingdom, and let all the Jews be ready against this day, to fight against their enemies. And the following is the copy of the letter of the orders.The great king Artaxerxes sends greetings to the rulers of provinces <i>in</i> a hundred and twenty-seven satrapies, from India to Ethiopia, even to those who are faithful to our interests. Many who have been frequently honored by the most abundant kindness of their benefactors have conceived ambitious designs, and not only endeavour to hurt our subjects, but moreover, not being able to bear prosperity, they also endeavour to plot against their own benefactors. And they not only would utterly abolish gratitude from among men, but also, elated by the boastings of men who are strangers to all that is good, they supposed that they shall escape the sin-hating vengeance of the ever-seeing God. And oftentimes <i>evil</i> exhortation has made partakers of the guilt of shedding innocent blood, and has involved in irremediable calamities, many of those who had been appointed to offices of authority, who had been entrusted with the management of their friends' affairs; while <i>men</i>, by the false sophistry of an evil disposition, have deceived the simple candour of the ruling powers. And it is possible to see <i>this</i>, not so much from more ancient traditionary accounts, as it is immediately in your power <i>to see it</i> by examining what things have been wickedly perpetrated by the baseness of men unworthily holding power. And <i>it is right</i> to take heed with regard to the future, that we may maintain the government in undistributed peace for all men, adopting <i>needful</i> changes, and ever judging those cases which come under our notices, with truly equitable decision.For whereas Aman, a Macedonian, the son of Amadathes, in reality an alien from the blood of the Persians, and differing widely from our mild course of government, having been hospitable entertained by us, obtained so large a share of our universal kindness, as to be called our father, and to continue the person next to the royal throne, reverenced of all; <i>he however</i>, overcome by the pride <i>of his station</i>, endeavored to deprive us of our dominion, and our life: having by various and subtle artifices demanded for destruction both Mardochaeus our deliverer and perpetual benefactor, and Esther the blameless consort of <i>our</i> kingdom, with their whole nation. For by these methods he thought, having surprised us in a defenceless state, to transfer the dominion of the Persians to the Macedonians. But we find that the Jews, who have been consigned to destruction by the most abominable of men, are not malefactors, but living according to the justest laws, and being the sons of the living God, the most high and mighty, who maintains the kingdom. to us as well as to our forefathers, in the most excellent order.Ye will therefore do well in refusing to obey the letter sent by Aman the son of Amadathes, because he that has done these things, has been hanged with his whole family at the gates of Susa, Almighty God having swiftly returned to him a worthy recompence, <i>We enjoin you</i> then, having openly published a copy of this letter in every place, to give the Jews permission to use their own lawful customs, and to strengthen them, that on the thirteenth of the twelfth month Adar, on the self-same day, they may defend themselves against those who attack them in a time of affliction. For in the place of the destruction of the chosen race, Almighty God has granted them this <i>time of</i> gladness.Do ye therefore also, among your <i>notable</i> feasts, keep a distinct day with all festivity, that both now and hereafter it may be a day of deliverance to us and who are well disposed toward the Persians, but to those that plotted against us a memorial of destruction. And every city and province collectively, which shall not do accordingly, shall be consumed with vengeance by spear and fire: it shall be made not only inaccessible to men, but most hateful to wild beasts and birds for ever.] And let the copies be posted in conspicuous places throughout the kingdom and let all the Jews be ready against this day, to fight against their enemies.
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14| So the horsemen went forth with haste to perform the king’s commands; and the ordinance was also published in Susa.
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15| And Mardochaeus went forth robed in the royal apparel, and wearing a golden crown, and a diadem of fine purple linen: and the people in Susa saw <i>it</i> and rejoiced.
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16| And the Jews had light and gladness,
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17| in every city and province wherever the ordinance was published: wherever the proclamation took place, the Jews had joy and gladness, feasting and mirth: and many of the Gentiles were circumcised, and became Jews, for fear of the Jews.
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#9
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1| For in the twelfth month, on the thirteenth day of the month which is Adar, the letters written by the king arrived.
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2| In that day the adversaries of the Jews perished: for no one resisted, through fear of them.
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3| For the chiefs of the satraps, and the princes and the royal scribes, honoured the Jews; for the fear of Mardochaeus lay upon them.
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4| For the order of the king was in force, that he should be celebrated in all the kingdom.
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5 6| And in the city Susa the Jews slew five hundred men:
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7| both Pharsannes, and Delphon and Phasga,
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8| and Pharadatha, and Barea, and Sarbaca,
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9| and Marmasima, and Ruphaeus, and Arsaeus, and Zabuthaeus,
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10| the ten sons of Aman the son of Amadathes the Bugaean, the enemy of the Jews, and they plundered <i>their property</i> on the same day:
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11| and the number of them that perished in Susa was rendered to the king.
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12| And the king said to Esther, The Jews have slain five hundred men in the city Susa; and how, thinkest thou, have they used them in the rest of the country? What then dost thou yet ask, that it may be <i>done</i> for thee?
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13| And Esther said to the king, let it be granted to the Jews so to treat them tomorrow as to hand the ten sons of Aman.
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14| And he permitted it to be so done; and he gave up to the Jews of the city the bodies of the sons of Aman to hang.
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15| And the Jews assembled in Susa on the fourteenth <i>day</i> of Adar, and slew three hundred men, but plundered no property.
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16| And the rest of the Jews who were in the kingdom assembled, and helped one another, and obtained rest from their enemies: for they destroyed fifteen thousand of them on the thirteenth <i>day</i> of Adar, but took no spoil.
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17| And they rested on the fourteenth of the same month, and kept it as a day of rest with joy and gladness.
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18| And the Jews in the city Susa assembled also on the fourteenth <i>day</i> and rested; and they kept also the fifteenth with joy and gladness.
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19| On this account then <i>it is that</i> the Jews dispersed in every foreign land keep the fourteenth of Adar <i>as</i> a holy day with joy, sending portions each to his neighbour.
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20| And Mardochaeus wrote these things in a book, and sent them to the Jews, as many as were in the kingdom of Artaxerxes, both them that were near and them that were afar off,
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21| to establish these <i>as</i> joyful days, and to keep the fourteenth and fifteenth of Adar;
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22| for on these days the Jews obtained rest from their enemies; and <i>as to</i> the month, which was Adar, in which a change was made for them, from mourning to joy, and from sorrow to a good day, to spend the whole of it <i>in</i> good days of feasting and gladness, sending portions to their friends, and to the poor.
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23| And the Jews consented <i>to this</i> accordingly as Mardochaeus wrote to them,
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24| <i>shewing</i> how Aman the son of Amadathes the Macedonian fought against them, how he made a decree and cast lots to destroy them utterly;
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25| also how he went in to the king, telling <i>him</i> to hang Mardochaeus: but all the calamities he tried to bring upon the Jews came upon himself, and he was hanged, and his children.
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26| Therefore these days were called Phrurae, because of the lots; (for in their language they are called Phrurae;)because of the words of this letter, and <i>because of</i> all they suffered on this account, and all that happened to them.
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27| And <i>Mardochaeus</i> established it, and the Jews took upon themselves, and upon their seed, and upon those that were joined to them <i>to observe it</i>, neither would they on any account behave differently: but these days <i>were to be</i> a memorial kept in every generation, and city, and family, and province.
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28| And these days of the Phrurae, <i>said they,</i>shall be kept for ever, and their memorial shall not fail in any generation.
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29| And queen Esther, the daughter of Aminadab, and Mardochaeus the Jew, wrote all that they had done, and the confirmation of the letter of Phrurae.
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30 31| And Mardochaeus and Esther the queen appointed <i>a fast</i> for themselves privately, even at that time also having formed their plan against their own health.
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32| And Esther established it by a command for ever, and it was written for a memorial.
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#10
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1| And the king levied <i>a tax</i> upon <i>his</i> kingdom both by land and sea.
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2| And <i>as for</i> his strength and valour, and the wealth and glory of his kingdom, behold, they are written in the book of the Persians and Medes, for a memorial.
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3| And Mardochaeus was viceroy to king Artaxerxes, and was a great man in the kingdom, and honoured by the Jews, and passed his life beloved of all his nation. And Mardocheus said, These things have been done of God. For I remember the dream which I had concerning these matters: for not one particular of them has failed. <i>There was</i> the little fountain which became a river, and there was light, and the sun and much water. The river is Esther, whom the king married, and made queen. And the two serpents are I and Aman. And the nations are those <i>nations</i> that combined to destroy the name of the Jews. But <i>as for</i> my nation, this is Israel, <i>even</i> they that cried to God and were delivered: for the Lord delivered his people. And the Lord rescued us out of all these calamities; and God wrought such signs and great wonders as have not been done among the nations. Therefore did he ordain two lots. One for the people of God, and one for all the other <i>nations</i>. And these two lots came for an appointed season, and for a day of judgment, before God, and for all the nations. And God remembered his people, and vindicated his inheritance. And they shall observe these days in the month Adar, on the fourteenth and on the fifteenth <i>day</i> of the month, with an assembly, and joy and gladness before God, throughout the generations for ever among his people Israel. In the fourth year of the reign of Ptolemeus and Cleopatra, Dositheus, who said he was a priest and Levite, and Ptolemeus his son, brought this epistle of Phurim, which they said was the same, and that Lysimachus the son of Ptolemeus, that was in Jerusalem, had interpreted it.
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#1
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1| The burden which the prophet Ambacum saw.
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2| How long, O Lord, shall I cry out, and thou wilt not hearken? <i>how long</i> shall I cry out to thee being injured, and thou wilt not save?
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3| Wherefore hast thou shown me troubles and griefs to look upon, misery and ungodliness? judgment is before me, and the judge receives a reward.
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4| Therefore the law is frustrated, and judgment proceeds not effectually, for the ungodly <i>man</i> prevails over the just; therefore perverse judgment will proceed.
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5| Behold, ye despisers, and look, and wonder marvelously, and vanish: for I work a work in your days, which ye will in no wise believe, though a man declare <i>it to you</i>.
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6| Wherefore, behold, I stir up the Chaldeans, the bitter and hasty nation, that walks upon the breadth of the earth, to inherit tabernacles not his own.
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7| He is terrible and famous; his judgment shall proceed of himself, and his dignity shall come out of himself.
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8| And his horses shall bound <i>more swiftly</i> than leopards, and <i>they are</i> fiercer than the wolves of Arabia: and his horsemen shall ride forth, and shall rush from far; and they shall fly as an eagle hasting to eat.
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9| Destruction shall come upon ungodly men, resisting with their adverse front, and he shall gather the captivity as the sand.
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10| And he shall be at his ease with kings, and princes are his toys, and he shall mock at every strong-hold, and shall cast a mound, and take possession of it.
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11| Then shall he change his spirit, and he shall pass through, and make an atonement, <i>saying</i>, This strength <i>belongs</i> to my god.
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12| <i>Art</i> not thou from the beginning, O Lord God, my Holy One? and surely we shall not die. O Lord, thou hast established it for judgment, and he has formed me to chasten <i>with</i> his correction.
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13| <i>His</i> eye is too pure to behold evil <i>doings</i>, and to look upon grievous afflictions: wherefore dost thou look upon despisers? wilt thou be silent when the ungodly swallows up the just?
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14| And wilt thou make men as the fishes of the sea, and as the reptiles which have no guide?
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15| He has brought up destruction with a hook, and drawn one with a casting net, and caught another in his drags: therefore shall his heart rejoice and be glad.
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16| Therefore will he sacrifice to his drag, and burn incense to his casting-net, because by them he has made his portion fat, and his meats choice.
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17| Therefore will he cast his net, and will not spare to slay the nations continually. Chapter 2
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#2
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1| I will stand upon my watch, and mount upon the rock, and watch to see what he will say by me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.
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2| And the Lord answered me and said, Write the vision, and <i>that</i> plainly on a tablet, that he that reads it may run.
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3| For the vision <i>is</i> yet for a time, and it shall shoot forth at the end, and not in vain: though he should tarry, wait for him; for he will surely come, and will not tarry.
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4| If he should draw back, my soul has no pleasure in him: but the just shall live by my faith.
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5| But the arrogant man and the scorner, the boastful man, shall not finish anything; who has enlarged his desire as the grave, and like death he is never satisfied, and he will gather to himself all the nations, and will receive to himself all the peoples.
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6| Shall not all these take up a parable against him? and a proverb to tell against him? and they shall say, Woe to him that multiplies to himself the possessions which are not his! how long? and who heavily loads his yoke.
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7| For suddenly there shall arise up those that bite him, and they that plot against thee shall awake, and thou shalt be a plunder to them.
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8| Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the nations that are left shall spoil <i>thee</i>, because of the blood of men, and the sins of the land and city, and of all that dwell in it.
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9| Woe to him that covets an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evils.
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10| Thou hast devised shame to thy house, thou hast utterly destroyed many nations, and thy soul has sinned.
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11| For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beetle out of the timber shall speak.
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12| Woe to him that builds a city with blood, and establishes a city by unrighteousness.
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13| Are not these things of the Lord Almighty? surely many people have been exhausted in the fire, and many nations have fainted.
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14| For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord; it shall cover them as water.
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15| Woe to him that gives his neighbour to drink the thick lees <i>of wine</i>, and intoxicates <i>him</i>, that he may look upon their secret parts.
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16| Drink thou also <i>thy</i> fill of disgrace instead of glory: shake, O heart, and quake, the cup of the right hand of the Lord has come round upon thee, and dishonour has gathered upon thy glory.
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17| For the ungodliness of Libanus shall cover thee, and distress because of wild beasts shall dismay thee, because of the blood of men, and the sins of the land and city, and of all that dwell in it.
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18| What profit it the graven image, that they have graven it? <i>one</i> has made it a molten work, a false image; for the maker has trusted in his work, to make dumb idols.
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19| Woe to him that says to the wood, Awake, arise; and to the stone, Be thou exalted! whereas it is an image, and this is a casting of gold and silver, and there is no breath in it.
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20| But the Lord is in his holy temple: let all the earth fear before him. Chapter 3
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#3
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1| A PRAYER OF THE PROPHET AMBACUM, WITH A SONG.
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2| O Lord, I have heard thy report, and was afraid: I considered thy works, and was amazed: thou shalt be known between the two living creatures, thou shalt be acknowledged when the years draw nigh; thou shalt be manifested when the time is come; when my soul is troubled, thou wilt in wrath remember mercy.
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3| God shall come from Thaeman, and the Holy One from the dark shady mount Pharan. Pause.
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4| His excellence covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise. And his brightness shall be as light; <i>there were</i> horns in his hands, and he caused a mighty love of his strength.
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5| Before his face shall go a report, and it shall go forth into the plains,
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6| the earth stood at his feet and trembled: he beheld, and the nations melted away: the mountains were violently burst through, the everlasting hills melted at his everlasting going forth.
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7| Because of troubles I looked upon the tents of the Ethiopians: the tabernacles also of the land of Madiam shall be dismayed.
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8| Wast thou angry, O Lord, with the rivers? or <i>was</i> thy wrath against the rivers, or thine anger against the sea? for thou wilt mount on thine horses, and thy chariots are salvation.
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9| Surely thou didst bend they bow at scepters, saith the Lord. Pause. The land of rivers shall be torn asunder.
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10| The nations shall see thee and be in pain, <i>as thou dost</i> divide the moving waters: the deep uttered her voice, and raised her form on high.
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11| The sun was exalted, and the moon stood still in her course: thy darts shall go forth at the light, at the brightness of the gleaming of thine arms.
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12| Thou wilt bring low the land with threatening, and in wrath thou wilt break down the nations.
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13| Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, to save thine anointed: thou shalt bring death on the heads of transgressors; thou has brought bands upon <i>their</i> neck. Pause.
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14| Thou didst cut asunder the heads of princes with amazement, they shall tremble in it; they shall burst their bridles, <i>they shall be</i> as a poor man devouring in secret.
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15| And thou dost cause thine horses to enter the sea, disturbing much water.
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16| I watched, and my belly trembled at the sound of the prayer of my lips, and trembling entered into my bones, and my frame was troubled within me; I will rest in the day of affliction, from going up to the people of my sojourning.
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17| For <i>though</i> the fig-tree shall bear no fruit, and there shall be no produce on the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall produce no food: the sheep have failed from the pasture, and there are no oxen at the cribs;
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18| yet I will exult in the Lord, I will joy in God my Saviour.
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19| The Lord God is my strength, and he will perfectly strengthen my feet; he mounts me upon high places, that I may conquer by his song.
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#1
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1| In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, on the firs <i>day</i> of the month, the word of the Lord came by the hand of the prophet Aggaeus, saying, Speak to Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, of the tribe of Juda, and to Jesus the son of Josedec, the high priest, saying,
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2| Thus saith the Lord Almighty, saying, This people say, The time is not come to build the house of the Lord.
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3| And the word of the Lord came by the hand of the prophet Aggaeus, saying,
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4| Is it time for you to dwell in your ceiled houses, whereas our house is desolate?
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5| And now thus saith the Lord Almighty; Consider your ways, I pray you.
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6| Ye have sown much, but brought in little; ye have eaten, and are not satisfied; ye have drunk, and are not satisfied with drink, ye have clothed yourselves, and have not become warm thereby: and he that earns wages has gathered <i>them</i> into a bag full of holes.
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7| Thus saith the Lord Almighty; Consider your ways.
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8| Go up to the mountain, and cut timber; build the house, and I will take pleasure in it, and be glorified, saith the Lord.
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9| Ye looked for much, and there came little; and it was brought into the house, and I blew it away. Therefore thus saith the Lord Almighty, Because my house is desolate, and ye run everyone into his own house;
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10| therefore shall the sky withhold dew, and the earth shall keep back her produce.
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11| And I will bring a sword upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the wine, and upon the oil, and all that the earth produces, and upon the men, and upon the cattle, and upon all the labours of their hands.
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12| And Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, of the tribe of Juda, and Jesus the son of Josedec, the high priest, and all the remnant of the people, hearkened to the voice of the Lord their God, and the words of the prophet Aggaeus, according as the Lord their God had sent him to them, and the people feared before the Lord.
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13| And Aggaeus the Lord’s messenger spoke among the messengers of the Lord to the people, <i>saying</i>, I am with you, saith the Lord.
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14| And the Lord stirred up the spirit of Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, of the tribe of Juda, and the spirit of Jesus the son of Josedec, the high priest, and the spirit of the remnant of all the people; and they went in, and wrought in the house of the Lord Almighty their God,
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15| on the four and twentieth <i> day</i> of the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king. Chapter 2
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#2
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1 2| In the seventh month, on the twenty-first <i>day</i> of the month, the Lord spoke by Aggaeus the prophet, saying,
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3| Speak now to Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, of the tribe of Juda, and to Jesus the son of Josedec, the high priest, and to all the remnant of the people, saying,
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4| Who <i>is there</i> of you that saw this house in her former glory? and how do ye now look upon it, as it were nothing before your eyes?
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5| Yet now be strong, O Zorobabel, saith the Lord; and strengthen thyself, O Jesus the high priest, the son of Josedec; and let all the people of the land strengthen themselves, saith the Lord, and work, for I am with you, saith the Lord Almighty;
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6| and my Spirit remains in the midst of you; be of good courage.
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||||
7| For thus saith the Lord Almighty; Yet once I will shake the heaven, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry <i>land</i>;
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8| and I will shake all nations, and the choice <i>portions</i> of all the nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the Lord Almighty.
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||||
9| Mine is the silver, and mine the gold, saith the Lord Almighty.
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10| For the glory of this house shall be great, the latter more than the former, saith the Lord Almighty: and in this place will I give peace, saith the Lord Almighty, even peace of soul for a possession to every one that builds, to raise up this temple.
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11| On the four and twentieth <i>day</i> of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came to Aggaeus the prophet, saying,
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12| Thus saith the Lord Almighty; Inquire now of the priest <i>concerning</i> the law, saying,
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13| If a man should take holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, and the skirt of his garment should touch bread, or pottage, or wine, or oil, or any meat, shall it be holy? And the priests answered and said, No.
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14| And Aggaeus said, If a defiled person who is unclean by reason of a dead body, touch any of these, shall it be defiled? And the priests answered and said, It shall be defiled.
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15| And Aggaeus answered and said, So is this people, and so is this nation before me, saith the Lord; and so are all the works of their hands: and whosoever shall approach them, shall be defiled [because of their early burdens: they shall be pained because of their toils; and ye have hated him that reproved in the gates].
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16| And now consider, I pray you, from this day and beforetime, before they laid a stone on a stone in the temple of the Lord, what manner of men ye were.
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17| When ye cast into the corn-bin twenty measures of barley, and there were <i>only</i> ten measures of barley: and ye went to the vat to draw out fifty measures, and there were <i>but</i> twenty.
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18| I smote you with barrenness, and with blasting, and all the works of your hands with hail; yet ye returned not to me, saith the Lord.
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19| Set your hearts now <i>to think</i> from this day and upward, from the four and twentieth <i>day</i> of the ninth month, even from the day when the foundation of the temple of the Lord was laid;
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20| consider in your hearts, whether <i>this</i> shall be known on the corn-floor, and whether yet the vine, and the fig-tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive-trees that bear no fruit <i>are with you</i>: from this day will I bless <i>you</i>.
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21| And the word of the Lord came the second time to Aggaeus the prophet, on the four and twentieth <i>day</i> of the month, saying,
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22| Speak to Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, of the tribe of Juda, saying, I shake the heaven, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry <i> land</i>;
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||||
23| and I will overthrow the thrones of kings, and I will destroy the power of the kings of the nations; and I will overthrow chariots and riders; and the horses and their riders shall come down, every one by the sword striving against his brother.
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24| In that day, saith the Lord Almighty, I will take thee, O Zorobabel, the son of Salathiel, my servant, saith the Lord, and will make thee as a seal: for I have chosen thee, saith the Lord Almighty.
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#1
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1| The word of the Lord which came to Osee the son of Beeri, in the days of Ozias, and Joatham, and Achaz, and Ezekias, kings of Juda, and in the days of Jeroboam son of Joas, king of Israel.
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2| The beginning of the word of the Lord by Osee. And the Lord said to Osee, Go, take to thyself a wife of fornication, and children of fornication: for the land will surely go a-whoring in departing from the Lord.
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3| So he went and took Gomer, daughter of Debelaim; and she conceived, and bore him a son.
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||||
4| And the Lord said to him, Call his name Jezrael; for yet a little <i>while</i>, and I will avenge the blood of Jezrael on the house of Juda, and will make to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel.
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||||
5| And it shall be, in that day, <i>that</i> I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezrael.
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||||
6| And she conceived again, and bore a daughter. And he said to him, Call her name, Unpitied: for I will no more have mercy on the house of Israel, but will surely set myself in array against them.
|
||||
7| But I will have mercy on the house of Juda, and will save them by the Lord their God, and will not save them with bow, nor with sword, nor by war, nor by horses, nor by horsemen.
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||||
8| And she weaned Unpitied; and she conceived again, and bore a son.
|
||||
9| And he said, Call his name, Not my people: for ye are not my people, and I am not your <i>God</i>.
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||||
10| Yet the number of the children of Israel was as the sand of the sea, which shall not be measured nor numbered: and it shall come to pass, <i>that</i> in the place where it was said to them, Ye are not my people, even they shall be called the sons of the living God.
|
||||
11| And the children of Juda shall be gathered, and the children of Israel together, and shall appoint themselves one head, and shall come up out of the land: for great <i>shall be</i> the day of Jezrael.
|
||||
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#2
|
||||
1| Say to your brother, My people, and to your sister, Pitied.
|
||||
2| Plead with your mother, plead: for she is not my wife, and I am not her husband: and I will remove her fornication out of my presence, and her adultery from between her breasts:
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||||
3| that I may strip her naked, and make her again as she was at the day of her birth: and I will make her desolate, and make her as a dry land, and will kill her with thirst.
|
||||
4| And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they are children of fornication.
|
||||
5| And their mother went a-whoring: she that bore them disgraced <i>them</i>: for she said, I will go after my lovers, that give me my bread and my water, and my garments, and my linen clothes, my oil and my necessaries.
|
||||
6| Therefore, behold, I hedge up her way with thorns, and I will stop the ways, and she shall not find her path.
|
||||
7| And she shall follow after her lovers, and shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find them: and she shall say, I will go, and return to my former husband; for it was better with me than now.
|
||||
8| And she knew not that I gave her her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied silver to her: but she made silver and gold <i>images</i> for Baal.
|
||||
9| Therefore I will return, and take away my corn in its season, and my wine in its time; and I will take away my raiment and my linen clothes, so that she shall not cover her nakedness.
|
||||
10| And now I will expose her uncleanness before her lovers, and no one shall by any means deliver her out of my hand.
|
||||
11| And I will take away all her gladness, her feasts, and her festivals at the new moon, and her sabbaths, and all her solemn assemblies.
|
||||
12| And I will utterly destroy her vines, and her fig-trees, all things of which she said, These are my hire which my lovers have given me: and I will make them a testimony, and the wild beasts of the field, and the birds of the sky, and the reptiles of the earth shall devour them.
|
||||
13| And I will recompense on her the days of Baalim, wherein she sacrificed to them, and put on her ear-rings, and her necklaces, and went after her lovers, and forgot me, saith the Lord.
|
||||
14| Therefore, behold, I <i>will</i> cause her to err, and will make her as desolate, and will speak comfortably to her.
|
||||
15| And I will giver her possessions from thence, and the valley of Achor to open her understanding: and she shall be afflicted there according to the days of her infancy, and according to the days of her coming up out of the land of Egypt.
|
||||
16| And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord, <i>that</i> she shall call me, My husband, and shall no longer call me Baalim.
|
||||
17| And I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and their names shall be remembered no more at all.
|
||||
18| And I will make for them in that day a covenant with the wild beasts of the field, and with the birds of the sky, and with the reptiles of the earth: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle from off the earth, and will cause thee to dwell safely.
|
||||
19| And I will betroth thee to myself for ever; yea, I will betroth thee to myself in righteousness, and in judgment, and in mercy, and in tender compassions;
|
||||
20| and I will betroth thee to myself in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the Lord.
|
||||
21| And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord, I will hearken to the heaven, and it shall hearken to the earth;
|
||||
22| and the earth shall hearken to the corn, and the wine, and the oil; and they shall hearken to Jezrael.
|
||||
23| And I will sow her to me on the earth; and will love her that was not loved, and will say to that which was not my people, Thou art my people; and they shall say, Thou art the Lord my God.
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#3
|
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1| And the Lord said to me, Go yet, and love a woman that loves evil things, an adulteress, even as the Lord loves the children of Israel, and they have respect to strange gods, and love cakes of dried grapes.
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2| So I hired <i>her</i> to myself for fifteen <i>pieces</i> of silver, and a homer of barley, and a flagon of wine.
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||||
3| And I said unto her, Thou shalt wait for me many days; and thou shalt not commit fornication, neither shalt thou be for <i>another</i> man; and I <i>will be</i> for thee.
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4| For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an altar, and without a priesthood, and without manifestations.
|
||||
5| And afterward shall the children of Israel return, and shall seek the Lord their God, and David their king; and shall be amazed at the Lord and at his goodness in the latter days.
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||||
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#4
|
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1| Hear the word of the Lord, ye children of Israel: for the Lord <i>has</i> a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
|
||||
2| Cursing, and lying, and murder, and theft, and adultery abound in the land, and they mingle blood with blood.
|
||||
3| Therefore shall the land mourn, and shall be diminished with all that dwell in it, with the wild beasts of the field, and the reptiles of the earth, and with the birds of the sky, and the fish of the sea shall fail:
|
||||
4| that neither any one may plead, nor any one reprove <i>another</i>; but my people are as a priest spoken against.
|
||||
5| Therefore they shall fall by day, and the prophet with thee shall fall: I have compared thy mother unto night.
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6| My people are like as if they had no knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt not minister as priest to me: and <i>as</i> thou has forgotten the law of thy God, I also will forget thy children.
|
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7| According to their multitude, so they sinned against me: I will turn their glory into shame.
|
||||
8| They will devour the sins of my people, and will set their hearts on their iniquities.
|
||||
9| And the priest shall be as the people: and I will avenge on them their ways, and I will recompense to them their counsels.
|
||||
10| And they shall eat, and shall not be satisfied: they have gone a-whoring, and shall by no means prosper: because they have left off to take heed to the Lord.
|
||||
11| The heart of my people has gladly engaged in fornication and wine and strong drink.
|
||||
12| They asked counsel by <i>means of</i> signs, and they reported answer to them by their staves: they have gone astray in a spirit of whoredom, and gone grievously a-whoring from their God.
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13| They have sacrificed on the tops of the mountains, and on the hills they have sacrificed under the oak and poplar, and under the shady tree, because the shade was good: therefore your daughters shall go a-whoring, and your daughters-in-law shall commit adultery.
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14| And I will not visit upon your daughters when they shall commit fornication, nor your daughters-in-law when they shall commit adultery: for they themselves mingled themselves with harlots, and sacrificed with polluted ones, and the people that understood not entangled itself with a harlot.
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15| But thou, O Israel, be not ignorant, and go ye not, <i>men of</i> Juda, to Galgala; and go not up to the house of On, and swear not by the living Lord.
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16| For Israel was maddened like a mad heifer: now the Lord will feed them as a lamb in a wide place.
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17| Ephraim, joined with idols, has laid stumbling-blocks in his own way.
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18| He has chosen the Chananites: they have grievously gone a-whoring: they have loved dishonour through her insolence.
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19| Thou art a blast of wind in her wings, and they shall be ashamed because of their altars.
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#5
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1| Hear these things, ye priests; and attend, O house of Israel; and hearken, O house of the king; for the controversy is with you, because ye have been a snare in Scopia, and as a net spread on Itabyrium,
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2| which they that hunt the prey have fixed: but I will correct you.
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||||
3| I know Ephraim, and Israel is not far from me: for now Ephraim has gone grievously a-whoring, Israel is defiled.
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4| They have not framed their counsels to return to their God, for the spirit of fornication is in them, and they have not known the Lord.
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5| And the pride of Israel shall be brought low before his face; and Israel and Ephraim shall fall in their iniquities; and Judas also shall fall with them.
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6| They shall go with sheep and calves diligently to seek the Lord; but they shall not find him, for he has withdrawn himself from them.
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7| For they have forsaken the Lord; for strange children have been born to them: now shall the cankerworm devour them and their heritages.
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8| Blow ye the trumpet on the hills, sound aloud on the heights: proclaim in the house of On, Benjamin is amazed.
|
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9| Ephraim has come to nought in the days of reproof: in the tribes of Israel I have shown faithful <i>dealings</i>.
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10| The princes of Juda became as they that removed the bounds: I will pour out upon them my fury as water.
|
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11| Ephraim altogether prevailed against his adversary, he trod judgment under foot, for he began to go after vanities.
|
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12| Therefore I <i>will be</i> as consternation to Ephraim, and as a goad to the house of Juda.
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13| And Ephraim saw his disease, and Judas his pain; then Ephraim went to the Assyrians, and sent ambassadors to king Jarim: but he could not heal you, and your pain shall in nowise cease from you.
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14| Wherefore I am as a panther to Ephraim, and as a lion to the house of Juda: and I will tear, and go away; and I will take, and there shall be none to deliver.
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15| I will go and return to my place, until they are brought to nought, and <i>then</i> shall they seek my face.
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#6
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1| In their affliction they will seek me early, saying, Let us go, and return to the Lord our God; for he has torn, and will heal us;
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2| he will smite, and bind us up.
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3| After two days he will heal us: in the third day we shall arise, and live before him, and shall know <i>him</i>:
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4| let us follow on to know the Lord: we shall find him ready as the morning, and he will come to us as the early and latter rain to the earth.
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5| What shall I do unto thee, Ephraim? What shall I do to thee, Juda? whereas your mercy is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew that goes away.
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6| Therefore have I mown down your prophets; I have slain them with the word of my mouth: and my judgment shall go forth as the light.
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7| For I will <i>have</i> mercy rather than sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than whole-burnt-offerings.
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8| But they are as a man transgressing a covenant:
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9| there the city Galaad despised me, working vanity, troubling water.
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10| And thy strength <i>is that</i> of a robber: the priests have hid the way, they have murdered <i>the people of</i> Sicima; for they have wrought iniquity in the house of Israel.
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11| I have seen horrible <i>things</i> there, <i>even</i> the fornication of Ephraim: Israel and Juda are defiled;
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12| begin together grapes for thyself, when I turn the captivity of my people.
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#7
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1| When I have healed Israel, then shall the iniquity of Ephraim be revealed, and the wickedness of Samaria; for they have wrought falsehood: and a thief shall come in to him, <i>even</i> a robber spoiling in his way;
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2| that they may concert together as <i>men</i> singing in their heart: I remember all their wickedness: now have their own counsels compassed them about; they came before my face.
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3| They gladdened kings with their wickedness, and princes with their lies.
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4| They are all adulterers, as an oven glowing with flame for hot-baking, on account of the kneading of the dough, until it is leavened.
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5| <i>In</i> the days of our kings, the princes began to be inflamed with wine: he stretched out his hand with pestilent fellows.
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6| Wherefore their hearts are inflamed as an oven, while they rage all the night: Ephraim is satisfied with sleep; the morning is come; he is burnt up as a flame of fire.
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7| They are all heated like an oven, and have devoured their judges: all their kings are fallen; there was not among them one that called on me.
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8| Ephraim is mixed among his people; Ephraim became a cake not turned.
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9| Strangers devoured his strength, and he knew <i>it</i> not; and grey hairs came upon him, and he knew <i>it</i> not.
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10| And the pride of Israel shall be brought down before his face: yet they have not returned to the Lord their God, neither have they diligently sought him for all this.
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11| And Ephraim was as a silly dove, not having a heart: he called to Egypt, and they went to the Assyrians.
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12| Whenever they shall go, I will cast my net upon them; I will bring them down as the birds of the sky, I will chasten them with the rumor of their <i>coming</i> affliction.
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13| Woe to them! for they have started aside from me: they are cowards; for they have sinned against me: yet I redeemed them, but they spoke falsehoods against me.
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14| And their hearts did not cry to me, but they howled on their beds: they pined for oil and wine.
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15| They were instructed by me, and I strengthened their arms; and they devised evils against me.
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16| They turned aside to that which is not, they became as a bent bow: their princes shall fall by the sword, by reason of the unbridled state of their tongue: this is their setting at nought in the land of Egypt.
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#8
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1| <i>He shall come</i> into their midst as the land, as an eagle against the house of the Lord, because they have transgressed my covenant, and have sinned against my law.
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2| They shall soon cry out to me, <i>saying</i>, O God, we know thee.
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3| For Israel has turned away from good things; they have pursued an enemy.
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4| They have made kings for themselves, but not by me: they have ruled, but they did not make it known to me: <i>of</i> their silver and their gold they have made images to themselves, that they might be destroyed.
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5| Cast off thy calf, O Samaria; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will they be unable to purge themselves in Israel?
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6| Whereas the workman made it, and it is not God; wherefore thy calf, Samaria, was a deceiver:
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7| for they sowed blighted <i>seed</i>, and their destruction shall await them, a sheaf of corn that avails not to make meal; and even if it should produce it, strangers shall devour it.
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8| Israel is swallowed up: now is he become among the nations as a worthless vessel.
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9| For they have gone up to the Assyrians: Ephraim has been strengthened against himself; they loved gifts.
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10| Therefore shall they be delivered to the nations: now I will receive them, and they shall cease a little to anoint a king and princes.
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11| Because Ephraim has multiplied altars, <i>his</i> beloved altars are become sins to him.
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12| I will write down a multitude <i>of commands</i> for him; but his statutes are accounted strange things, <i>even</i> the beloved altars.
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13| For if they should offer a sacrifice, and eat flesh, the lord will not accept them: now will he remember their iniquities, and will take vengeance on their sins: they have returned to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things among the Assyrians.
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14| And Israel has forgotten him that made him, and they have built fanes, and Juda has multiplied walled cities: but I will send fire on his cities, and it shall devour their foundations.
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#9
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1| Rejoice not, O Israel, neither make merry, as <i>other</i> nations: for thou hast gone a-whoring from thy God; thou hast loved gifts upon every threshing-floor.
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2| The threshing-floor and wine-press knew them not, and the wine disappointed them.
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3| They dwelt not in the Lord’s land: Ephraim dwelt in Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things among the Assyrians.
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4| They have not offered wine to the Lord, neither have their sacrifices been sweet to him, <i>but</i> as the bread of mourning to them; all that eat them shall be defiled; for their bread for their soul shall not enter into the house of the Lord.
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5| What will ye do in the day of the general assembly, and in the day of the feast of the Lord?
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6| Therefore, behold, they go forth from the trouble of Egypt, and Memphis shall receive them, and Machmas shall bury them: <i>as for</i> their silver, destruction shall inherit it; thorns <i>shall be</i> in their tents.
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7| The days of vengeance are come, the days of thy recompense are come; and Israel shall be afflicted as the prophet that is mad, as a man deranged: by reason of the multitude of thine iniquities thy madness has abounded.
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8| The watchman of Ephraim <i>was</i> with God: the prophet is a crooked snare in all his ways: they have established madness in the house of God.
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9| They have corrupted themselves according to the days of the hill: he will remember their iniquities, he will take vengeance on their sins.
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10| I found Israel as grapes in the wilderness, and I saw their fathers as an early watchman in a fig-tree: they went in to Beel-phegor, and were shamefully estranged, and the abominable became as the beloved.
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11| Ephraim has flown away as a bird; their glories from the birth, and the travail, and the conception.
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12| For even if they should rear their children, yet shall they be utterly bereaved: wherefore also there is woe to them, <i>though</i> my flesh is of them.
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13| Ephraim, <i>even</i> as I saw, gave their children for a prey; yea, Ephraim <i>was ready</i> to bring out his children to slaughter.
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14| Give them, O Lord: what wilt thou give them? a miscarrying womb, and dry breasts.
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15| All their wickedness is in Galgal: for there I hated them: because of the wickedness of their practices, I will cast them out of my house, I will not love them any more: all their princes are disobedient.
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16| Ephraim is sick, he is dried up at his roots, he shall in no wise any more bear fruit: wherefore even if they should beget <i>children</i>, I will kill the desired <i>fruit</i> of their womb.
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17| God shall reject them, because they have not hearkened to him: and they shall be wanderers among the nations.
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#10
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1| Israel is a vine with goodly branches, her fruit is abundant: according to the multitude of her fruits she has multiplied <i>her</i> altars; according to the wealth of his land, he has set up pillars.
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2| They have divided their hearts; now shall they be utterly destroyed: he shall dig down their altars, their pillars shall mourn.
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3| Because now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not the Lord:
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4| and what should a king do for us, speaking false professions <i>as his</i> words? he will make a covenant: judgment shall spring up as a weed on the soil of the field.
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5| The inhabitants of Samaria shall dwell near the calf of the house of On; for the people of it mourned for it: and as they provoked him, they shall rejoice at his glory, because he has departed from them.
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6| And having bound it for the Assyrians, they carried it away as presents to king Jarim: Ephraim shall receive a gift, and Israel shall be ashamed of his counsel.
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7| Samaria has cast off her king as a twig on the surface of the water.
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8| And the altars of On, the sins of Israel, shall be taken away: thorns and thistles shall come up on their altars; and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall on us.
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9| From the time the hills <i>existed</i> Israel has sinned: there they stood: war <i>waged</i> against the children of iniquity
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10| to chastise them shall not overtake them on the hill, the nations shall be gathered against them, when they are chastened for their two sins,
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11| Ephraim is a heifer taught to love victory, but I will come upon the fairest part of her neck: I will mount Ephraim; I will pass over Juda in silence; Jacob shall prevail against him.
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12| Sow to yourselves for righteousness, gather in for the fruit of life: light ye for yourselves the light of knowledge; seek the Lord till the fruits of righteousness come upon you.
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13| Wherefore have ye passed over ungodliness in silence, and reaped the sins of it? ye have eaten false fruit; for thou has trusted in thy sins, in the abundance of thy power.
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14| Therefore shall destruction rise up among thy people, and all thy strong places shall be ruined: as a prince Solomon <i>departed</i> out of the house of Jeroboam, in the days of battle they dashed the mother to the ground upon the children,
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15| thus will I do to you, O house of Israel, because of the unrighteousness of your sins.
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#11
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1| Early in the morning were they cast off, the king of Israel has been cast off: for Israel is a child, and I loved him, and out of Egypt have I called his children.
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2| As I called them, so they departed from my presence: they sacrificed to Baalim, and burnt incense to graven images.
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3| Yet I bound the feet of Ephraim, I took him on my arm; but they knew not that I healed them.
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4| When men were destroyed, I drew them with the bands of my love: and I will be to them as a man smiting <i>another</i> on his cheek: and I will have respect to him, I will prevail with him.
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5| Ephraim dwelt in Egypt; and <i>as for</i> the Assyrian, he was his king, because he would not return.
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6| And in his cities he prevailed not with the sword, and he ceased <i>to war</i> with his hands: and they shall eat <i>of the fruit</i> of their own devices:
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7| and his people <i>shall</i> cleave fondly to their habitation; but God shall be angry with his precious things, and shall not at all exalt him.
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8| How shall I deal with thee, Ephraim? <i>how</i> shall I protect thee, Israel? what shall I do with thee? I will make thee as Adama, and as Seboim; my heart is turned at once, my repentance is powerfully excited.
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9| I will not act according to the fury of my wrath, I will not abandon Ephraim to be utterly destroyed: for I am God, and not man; the Holy One within thee: and I will not enter into the city.
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10| I will go after the Lord: he shall utter <i>his voice</i> as a lion: for he shall roar, and the children of the waters shall be amazed.
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11| They shall be amazed <i>and fly</i> as a bird out of Egypt, and as a dove out of the land of the Assyrians: and I will restore them to their houses, saith the Lord.
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12| Ephraim has compassed me with falsehood, and the house of Israel and Juda with ungodliness: <i>but</i> now God knows them, and they shall be called God’s holy people.
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#12
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1| But Ephraim is an evil spirit, he has chased the east wind all the day: he has multiplied empty and vain things, and made a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil has gone in the way of traffic into Egypt.
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2| And the Lord <i>has</i> a controversy with Juda, in order to punish Jacob: according to his ways and according to his practices will he recompense him.
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3| He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and in his labours he had power with God.
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4| And he prevailed with the angel and was strong: they wept, and intreated me: they found me in the house of On, and there <i>a word</i> was spoken to them.
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5| But the Lord God Almighty shall be his memorial.
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6| Thou therefore shalt return to thy God: keep thou mercy and judgment, and draw nigh to thy God continually.
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7| <i>As for</i> Chanaan, in his hand is a balance of unrighteousness: he has loved to tyrannize.
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8| And Ephraim said, Nevertheless I am rich, I have found refreshment to myself. None of his labours shall be found <i>available</i> to him, by reason of the sins which he has committed.
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9| But I the Lord thy God brought thee up out of the land of Egypt: I will yet cause thee to dwell in tabernacles, according to the days of the feast.
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10| And I will speak to the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and by the means of the prophets I was represented.
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11| If Galaad exists not, then the chiefs in Galaad when they sacrificed were false, and their altars were as heaps on the ground of the field.
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12| And Jacob retreated into the plain of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and waited for a wife.
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13| And the Lord brought Israel out of the land of Egypt by a prophet, and by a prophet was he preserve.
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14| Ephraim was angry and excited, therefore his blood shall be poured out upon him, and the Lord shall recompense to him his reproach.
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#13
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1| According to the word of Ephraim he adopted ordinances for himself in Israel; and he established them for Baal, and died.
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2| And now they have sinned increasingly, and have made for themselves a molten image of their silver, according to the fashion of idols, the work of artificers accomplished for them: they say, Sacrifice men, for the calves have come to an end.
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3| Therefore shall they be as a morning cloud, and as the early dew that passes away, as chaff blown away from the threshing-floor, and as a vapor from tears.
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4| But I am the Lord thy God that establishes the heaven, and creates the earth, whose hands have framed the whole host of heaven: but I shewed them not to thee that thou shouldest go after them: and I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and thou shalt know no God but me; and there is no Saviour beside me.
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5| I tended thee as a shepherd in the wilderness, in an uninhabited land.
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6| According to their pastures, so they were completely filled; and their hearts were exalted; therefore they forgot me.
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7| And I will be to them as a panther, and as a leopard.
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8| I will meet them by the way of the Assyrians, as a she-bear excited, and I will rend the caul of their heart, and the lions’ whelps of the thicket shall devour them there; the wild beasts of the field shall rend them in pieces.
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9| O Israel, who will aid <i>thee</i> in thy destruction?
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10| Where is this thy king? let him even save thee in all thy cities: let him judge thee, of whom thou saidst, Give me a king and a prince.
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11| And I gave thee a king in mine anger, and kept <i>him</i> back in my wrath.
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12| Ephraim <i>has framed</i> a conspiracy of unrighteousness, his sin is hidden.
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13| Pains as of a woman in travail shall come upon him: he is thy wise son, because he shall not stay in the destruction of <i>thy</i> children.
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14| I will deliver <i>them</i> out of the power of Hades, and will redeem them from death: where is thy penalty, O death? O Hades, where is thy sting? comfort is hidden from mine eyes.
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15| Forasmuch as he will cause a division among <i>his</i> brethren, the Lord shall bring upon him an east wind from the desert, and shall dry up his veins <i>and</i> quite drain his fountains: he shall dry up his land, and <i>spoil</i> all his precious vessels.
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#14
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1| Samaria shall be utterly destroyed: for she has resisted her God; they shall fall by the sword, and their sucklings shall be dashed against the ground, and their women with child ripped up.
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2| Return, O Israel, to the Lord thy God; for the people have fallen through thine iniquities.
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||||
3| Take with you words, and turn to the Lord your God: speak to him, that ye may not receive <i>the reward of</i> unrighteousness, but that ye may receive good things: and we will render in return the fruit of our lips.
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4| Assur shall never save us; we will not mount on horseback; we will no longer say to the works of our hands, Our gods. He who is in thee shall pity the orphan.
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5| I will restore their dwellings, I will love them truly: for he has turned away my wrath from him.
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6| I will be as dew to Israel: he shall bloom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Libanus.
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7| His branches shall spread, and he shall be as a fruitful olive, and his smell shall be as <i>the smell</i> of Libanus.
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8| They shall return, and dwell under his shadow: they shall live and be satisfied with corn, and he shall flower as a vine: his memorial shall be to Ephraim as the wine of Libanus.
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9| What <i>has</i> he to do any more with idols? I have afflicted him, and I will strengthen him: I am as a leafy juniper tree. From me is thy fruit found.
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10| Who is wise, and will understand these things? or prudent, and will know them? for the ways of the Lord are straight, and the righteous shall walk in them: but the ungodly shall fall therein.
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#1
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1| And king David <i>was</i> old and advanced in days, and they covered him with clothes, and he was not warmed.
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2| And his servants said, Let them seek for the king a young virgin, and she shall wait on the king, and cherish him, and lie with him, and my lord the king shall be warmed.
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||||
3| So they sought for a fair damsel out of all the coasts of Israel; and they found Abisag the Somanite, and they brought her to the king.
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4| And the damsel was extremely beautiful, and she cherished the king, and ministered to him, but the king knew her not.
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||||
5| And Adonias the son of Aggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king; and he prepared for himself chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him.
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||||
6| And his father never at any time checked him, saying, Why hast thou done <i>thus</i>? and he was also very handsome in appearance, and his mother bore him after Abessalom.
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7| And he conferred with Joab the son of Saruia, and with Abiathar the priest, and they followed after Adonias.
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||||
8| But Sadoc the priest, and Banaeas the son of Jodae, and Nathan the prophet, and Semei, and Resi, and the mighty men of David, did not follow Adonias.
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9| And Adonias sacrificed sheep and calves and lambs by the stone of Zoelethi, which was near Rogel: and he called all his brethren, and all the adult <i>men</i> of Juda, servants of the king.
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||||
10| But Nathan the prophet, and Banaeas, and the mighty <i>men</i>, and Solomon his brother, he did not call.
|
||||
11| And Nathan spoke to Bersabee the mother of Solomon, saying, Hast thou not heard that Adonias the son of Aggith reigns, and our lord David knows it not?
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12| And now come, let me, I pray, give thee counsel, and thou shalt rescue thy life, and the life of thy son Solomon.
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13| Haste, and go in to king David, and thou shalt speak to him, saying, Hast not thou, my lord, O king, sworn to thine handmaid, saying, Thy son Solomon shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? why then does Adonias reign?
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14| And behold, while thou art still speaking there with the king, I also will come in after thee, and will confirm thy words.
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15| So Bersabee went in to the king into the chamber: and the king was very old, and Abisag the Somanite was ministering to the king.
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16| And Bersabee bowed, and did obeisance to the king; and the king said, What is thy request?
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17| And she said, My lord, thou didst swear by the Lord thy God to thine handmaid, saying, Thy son Solomon shall reign after me, and shall sit upon my throne.
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18| And now, behold, Adonias reigns, and thou, my lord, O king, knowest <i>it</i> not.
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19| And he has sacrificed calves and lambs and sheep in abundance, and has called all the king’s sons, and Abiathar the priest and Joab the commander-in-chief of the host; but Solomon thy servant he has not called.
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20| And thou, my lord, O king, —the eyes of all Israel <i>are</i> upon thee, to tell them who shall sit upon the throne of my lord the king after him.
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21| And it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and Solomon my son shall be offenders.
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22| And behold, while she was yet talking with the king, Nathan the prophet came. And it was reported to the king,
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23| Behold, Nathan the prophet <i>is here</i>: and he came in to the king’s presence, and did obeisance to the king with his face to the ground.
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24| And Nathan said, My lord, O king, didst thou say, Adonias shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne?
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25| For he has gone down to-day, and has sacrificed calves and lambs and sheep in abundance, and has called all the king’s sons, and the chiefs of the army, and Abiathar the priest; and, behold, they are eating and drinking before him, and they said, <i>Long</i> live king Adonias.
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26| But he has not invited me thy servant, and Sadoc the priest, and Banaeas the son of Jodae, and Solomon thy servant.
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27| Has this matter happened by the authority of my lord the king, and hast thou not made known to thy servant who shall sit upon the throne of my lord the king after him?
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28| And king David answered and said, Call me Bersabee: and she came in before the king, and stood before him.
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29| And the king swore, and said, <i>As</i> the Lord lives who redeemed my soul out of all affliction,
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30| as I swore to thee by the Lord God of Israel, saying, Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead, so will I do this day.
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31| And Bersabee bowed with her face to the ground, and did obeisance to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live for ever.
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32| And king David said, Call me Sadoc the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Banaeas the son of Jodae: and they came in before the king.
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33| And the king said to them, Take the servants of your lord with you, and mount my son Solomon upon my own mule, and bring him down to Gion.
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34| And there let Sadoc the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him to be king over Israel, and do ye sound the trumpet, and ye shall say, Let king Solomon live.
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35| And he shall sit upon my throne, and reign in my stead: and I have given charge that he should be for a prince over Israel and Juda.
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36| And Banaeas the son of Jodae answered the king and said, So let it be: may the Lord God of my lord the king confirm <i>it</i>.
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37| As the Lord was with my lord the king, so let him be with Solomon, and let him exalt his throne beyond the throne of my lord king David.
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38| And Sadoc the priest went down, and Nathan the prophet, and Banaeas son of Jodae, and the Cherethite, and the Phelethite, and they mounted Solomon upon the mule of king David, and led him away to Gion.
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39| And Sadoc the priest took the horn of oil out of the tabernacle, and anointed Solomon, and blew the trumpet; and all the people said, Let king Solomon live.
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40| And all the people went up after him, and they danced in choirs, and rejoiced with great joy, and the earth quaked with their voice.
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41| And Adonias and all his guests heard, and they had <i>just</i> left off eating: and Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, and said, What <i>means</i> the voice of the city in tumult?
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42| While he was yet speaking, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came in: and Adonias said, Come in, for thou art a mighty man, and <i>thou comest</i> to bring glad tidings.
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43| And Jonathan answered and said, Verily our lord king David has made Solomon king:
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44| and the king has sent with him Sadoc the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Banaeas the son of Jodae, and the Cherethite, and the Phelethite, and they have mounted him on the king’s mule;
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45| and Sadoc the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him in Gion, and have gone up thence rejoicing, and the city resounded: this <i>is</i> the sound which ye have heard.
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46| And Solomon is seated upon the throne of the kingdom.
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47| And the servants of the king have gone in to bless our lord king David, saying, God make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and make his throne greater than thy throne; and the king worshipped upon his bed.
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48| Moreover thus said the king, Blessed <i>be</i> the Lord God of Israel, who has this day appointed one of my seed sitting on my throne, and my eyes see it.
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49| And all the guests of Adonias were dismayed, and every man went his way.
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50| And Adonias feared because of Solomon, and arose, and departed, and laid hold on the horns of the altar.
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51| And it was reported to Solomon, saying, Behold, Adonias fears king Solomon, and holds the horns of the altar, saying, Let Solomon swear to me this day, that he will not slay his servant with the sword.
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52| And Solomon said, If he should be a valiant man, there shall not a hair of his fall to the ground; but if evil be found in him, he shall die.
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53| And king Solomon sent, and they brought him away from the altar; and he went in and did obeisance to king Solomon: and Solomon said to him, Go to thy house.
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#2
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1| And the days of David drew near that he should die: and he addressed his son Solomon, saying, I go the way of all the earth:
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2| but be thou strong, and shew thyself a man;
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3| and keep the charge of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep the commandments and the ordinances and the judgments which are written in the law of Moses; that thou mayest understand what thou shalt do in all things that I command thee:
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4| that the Lord may confirm his word which he spoke, saying, If thy children shall take heed to their way to walk before me in truth with all their heart, <i>I promise thee</i>, saying, there shall not fail thee a man on the throne of Israel.
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5| Moreover thou knowest all that Joab the son of Saruia did to me, what he did to the two captains of the forces of Israel, to Abenner the son of Ner, and to Amessai the son of Jether, that he slew them, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put innocent blood on his girdle that was about his loins, and on his sandal that was on his foot.
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6| Therefore thou shalt deal <i>with him</i> according to thy wisdom, and thou shalt not bring down his grey hairs in peace to the grave.
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7| But thou shalt deal kindly with the sons of Berzelli the Galaadite, and they shall be among those that eat at thy table; for thus they drew nigh to me when I fled from the face of thy brother Abessalom.
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8| And, behold, <i>there is</i> with thee Semei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Baurim: and he cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went into the camp; and he came down to Jordan to meet me, and I swore to him by the Lord, saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword.
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9| But thou shalt by no means hold him guiltless, for thou art a wise man, and wilt know what thou shalt do to him, and shalt bring down his grey hairs with blood to the grave.
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10| And David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.
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11| And the days which David reigned over Israel <i>were</i> forty years; he reigned seven years in Chebron, and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.
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12| And Solomon sat on the throne of his father David, and his kingdom was established greatly.
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13| And Adonias the son of Aggith came in to Bersabee the mother of Solomon, and did obeisance to her: and she said, Dost thou enter peaceably? and he said, Peaceably:
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14| I have business with thee. And she said to him, Say on.
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15| And he said to her, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and all Israel turned their face toward me for a king; but the kingdom was turned <i>from me</i> and became my brother’s: for it was <i>appointed</i> to him from the Lord.
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16| And now I make one request of thee, do not turn away thy face. And Bersabee said to him, Speak <i>on</i>.
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17| And he said to her, Speak, I pray thee, to king Solomon, for he will not turn away his face from thee, and let him give me Abisag the Somanite for a wife.
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18| And Bersabee said, Well; I will speak for thee to the king.
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19| And Bersabee went in to king Solomon to speak to him concerning Adonias; and the king rose up to meet her, and kissed her, and sat on the throne, and a throne was set for the mother of the king, and she sat on his right hand.
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20| And she said to him, I ask of thee one little request; turn not away my face from thee. And the king said to her, Ask, my mother, and I will not reject thee.
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21| And she said, Let, I pray thee, Abisag the Somanite be given to Adonias thy brother to wife.
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22| And king Solomon answered and said to his mother, And why hast thou asked Abisag for Adonias? ask for him the kingdom also; for he <i>is</i> my elder brother, and he has for his companion Abiathar the priest, and Joab the son of Saruia the commander-in-chief.
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23| And king Solomon swore by the Lord, saying, God do so to me, and more also, <i>if it be not</i> that Adonias has spoken this word against his own life.
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24| And now <i>as</i> the Lord lives who has established me, and set me on the throne of my father David, and he has made me a house, as the Lord spoke, this day shall Adonias be put to death.
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25| So king Solomon sent by the hand of Banaeas the son of Jodae, and he slew him, and Adonias died in that day.
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26| And the king said to Abiathar the priest, Depart thou quickly to Anathoth to thy farm, for thou art worthy of death this day; but I will not slay thee, because thou hast borne the ark of the covenant of the Lord before my father, and because thou was afflicted in all things wherein my father was afflicted.
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27| And Solomon removed Abiathar from being a priest of the Lord, that the word of the Lord might be fulfilled, which he spoke concerning the house of Heli in Selom.
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28| And the report came to Joab son of Saruia; for Joab had turned after Adonias, and he went not after Solomon: and Joab fled to the tabernacle of the Lord, and caught hold of the horns of the altar.
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29| And it was told Solomon, saying, Joab has fled to the tabernacle of the Lord, and lo! he has hold of the horns of the altar. And king Solomon sent to Joab, saying, What ails thee, that thou hast fled to the altar? and Joab said, Because I was afraid of thee, and fled for refuge to the Lord. And Solomon sent Banaeas son of Jodae, saying, Go and slay him, and bury him.
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30| And Banaeas son of Jodae came to Joab to the tabernacle of the Lord, and said to him, Thus says the king, Come forth. And Joab said, I will not come forth, for I will die here. And Banaeas son of Jodae returned and spoke to the king, saying, Thus has Joab spoken, and thus has he answered me.
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31| And the king said to him, Go, and do to him as he has spoken, and kill him: and thou shalt bury him, and thou shalt remove this day the blood which he shed without cause, from me and from the house of my father.
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32| And the Lord has returned upon his own head the blood of his unrighteousness, inasmuch as he attacked two men more righteous and better than himself, and slew them with the sword, and my father David knew not of their blood, <i>even</i> Abenner the son of Ner the commander-in-chief of Israel, and Amessa the son of Jether the commander-in-chief of Juda.
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33| And their blood is returned upon his head, and upon the head of his seed for ever: but to David, and his seed, and his house, and his throne, may there be peace for ever from the Lord.
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34| So Banaeas son of Jodae went up, and attacked him, and slew him, and buried him in his house in the wilderness.
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35| And the king appointed Banaeas son of Jodae in his place over the host; and the kingdom was established in Jerusalem; and <i>as for</i> Sadoc the priest, the king appointed him to be high priest in the room of Abiathar. And Solomon son of David reigned over Israel and Juda in Jerusalem: and the Lord gave understanding to Solomon, and very much wisdom, and largeness of heart, as the sand by the sea-shore. And the wisdom of Solomon abounded exceedingly beyond the wisdom of all the ancients, and beyond all the wise men of Egypt: and he took the daughter of Pharao, and brought her into the city of David, until he had finished building his own house, and the house of the Lord first, and the wall of Jerusalem round about. In seven years he made and finished <i>them</i>.And Solomon had seventy thousand bearers of burdens, and eight thousand hewers of stone in the mountain: and Solomon made the sea, and the bases, and the great lavers, and the pillars, and the fountain of the court, and the brazen sea-and he built the citadel as a defence above it, he made a breach in the wall of the city of David: thus the daughter of Pharao went up out of the city of David to her house which he built for her. Then he built the citadel: and Solomon offered up three whole-burnt-offerings in the year, and peace-offerings on the altar which he built to the Lord, and he burnt incense before the Lord, and finished the house. And these are the chief persons who presided over the works of Solomon; three thousand and six hundred masters of the people that wrought the works. And he burit Assur, and Magdo, and Gazer, and upper Baethoron, and Ballath: only after he had built the house of the Lord, and the wall of Jerusalem round about, afterwards he built these cities.And when David was yet living, he charged Solomon, saying, Behold, there is with thee Semei the son of Gera, of the seed of Benjamin out of Chebron: he cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went into the camp; and he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I swore to him by the Lord, saying, He shall not be slain with the sword. But now do not thou hold him guiltless, for thou art a man of understanding, and thou wilt know what thou shalt do to him, and thou shalt bring down his grey hairs with blood to the grave.
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36| And the king called Semei, and said to him, Build thee a house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and thou shalt not go out thence any whither.
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37| And it shall come to pass in the day that thou shalt go forth and cross over the brook Kedron, know assuredly that thou shalt certainly die: thy blood shall be upon thine head. And the king caused him to swear in that day.
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38| And Semei said to the king, Good <i>is</i> the word that thou hast spoken, my lord O king: thus will thy servant do. And Semei dwelt in Jerusalem three years.
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39| And it came to pass after the three years, that two servants of Semei ran away to Anchus son of Maacha king of Geth: and it was told Semei, saying, Behold, thy servants <i>are</i> in Geth.
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40| And Semei rose up, and saddled his ass, and went to Geth to Anchus to seek out his servants: and Semei went, and brought his servants out of Geth.
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41| And it was told Solomon, saying, Semei is gone out of Jerusalem to Geth, and has brought back his servants.
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42| And the king sent and called Semei, and said to him, Did I not adjure thee by the Lord, and testify to thee, saying, In whatsoever day thou shalt go out of Jerusalem, and go to the right or left, know certainly that thou shalt assuredly die?
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43| And why hast thou not kept the oath of the Lord, and the commandment which I commanded thee?
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44| And the king said to Semei, Thou knowest all thy mischief which thy heart knows, which thou didst to David my father: and the Lord has recompensed thy mischief on thine <i>own</i> head.
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45| And king Solomon <i>is</i> blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the Lord for ever.
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46| And Solomon commanded Banaeas the son of Jodae, and he went forth and slew him. And king Solomon was very prudent and wise: and Juda and Israel <i>were</i> very many, as the sand which is by the sea for multitude, eating, and drinking, and rejoicing: and Solomon was chief in all the kingdoms, and they brought gifts, and served Solomon all the days of his life. And Solomon began to open the domains of Libanus, and he built Thermae in the wilderness. And this was the daily provision of Solomon, thirty measures of fine flour, and sixty measures of ground meal, ten choice calves, and twenty oxen from the pastures, and a hundred sheep, besides stags, and does, and choice fed birds. For he ruled in all the country on this side the river, from Raphi unto Gaza, over all the kings on this side the river: and he was at peace on all sides round about; and Juda and Israel dwelt safely, every one under his vine and under his fig tree, eating and drinand feasting, from Dan even to Bersabee, all the days of Solomon. And these <i>were</i> the princes of Solomon; Azariu son of Sadoc the priest, and Orniu son of Nathan chief of the officers, and he went to his house; and Suba the scribe, and Basa son of Achithalam recorder, and Abi son of Joab commander-in-chief, and Achire son of Edrai <i>was</i> over the levies, and Banaeas son of Jodae over the household and over the brickwork, and Cachur the son of Nathan <i>was</i> counsellor. And Solomon had forty thousand brood mares for his chariots, and twelve thousand horses. And he reigned over all the kings from the river and to the land of the Philistines, and to the borders of Egypt: so Solomon the son of David reigned over Israel and Juda in Jerusalem.
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#3
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1 2| Nevertheless the people burnt incense on the high places, because a house had not yet been built to the Lord.
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3| And Solomon loved the Lord, <i>so as</i> to walk in the ordinances of David his father; only he sacrificed and burnt incense on the high places.
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4| And he arose and went to Gabaon to sacrifice there, for that <i>was</i> the highest place, and great: Solomon offered a whole-burnt-offering of a thousand <i>victims</i> on the altar in Gabaon.
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5| And the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream by night, and the Lord said to Solomon, Ask some petition for thyself.
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6| And Solomon said, Thou hast dealt very mercifully with thy servant David my father according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee, and thou hast kept for him this great mercy, to set his son upon his throne, as <i>it is</i> this day.
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7| And now, O Lord my God, thou hast appointed thy servant in the room of David my father; and I am a little child, and know not my going out an my coming in.
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8| But thy servant <i>is</i> in the midst of thy people, whom thou hast chosen, a great people, which cannot be numbered.
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9| Thou shalt give therefore to thy servant a heart to hear and to judge thy people justly, and to discern between good and evil: for who will be able to judge this thy great people?
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10| And it was pleasing before the Lord, that Solomon asked this thing.
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11| And the Lord said to him, Because thou hast asked this thing of me, and hast not asked for thyself long life, and hast not asked wealth, nor hast asked the lives of thine enemies, but hast asked for thyself understanding to hear judgment;
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12| behold, I have done according to thy word: behold, I have given thee an understanding and wise heart: there has not been <i>any one</i> like thee before thee, and after thee there shall not arise one like thee.
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13| And I have given thee what thou hast not asked, wealth and glory, so that there has not been any one like thee among kings.
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14| And if thou wilt walk in my way, to keep my commandments and my ordinances, as David thy father walked, then will I multiply thy days.
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15| And Solomon awoke, and, behold, <i>it was</i> a dream: and he arose and came to Jerusalem, and stood before the altar that was in front of the ark of the covenant of the Lord in Sion: and he offered whole-burnt-offerings, and sacrificed peace-offerings, and made a great banquet for himself and all his servants.
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16| Then there appeared two harlots before the king, and they stood before him.
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17| And the one woman said, Hear me, <i>my</i> lord; I and this woman dwelt in one house, and we were delivered in the house.
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18| And it came to pass on the third day after I was delivered, this woman also was delivered: and we <i>were</i> together; and there was no one with us besides our two selves in the house.
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19| And this woman’s child died in the night; because she overlaid it.
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20| and she arose in the middle of the night, and took my son from my arms, and laid him in her bosom, and laid her dead son in my bosom.
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21| and I arose in the morning to suckle my son, and he was dead: and, behold, I considered him in the morning, and, behold, it was not my son whom I bore.
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22| And the other woman said, No, but the living <i>is</i> my son, and the dead <i>is</i> thy son. So they spoke before the king.
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23| and the king said to them, Thou sayest, This <i>is</i> my son, <i>even</i> the living <i>one</i>, and this woman’s son <i>is</i> the dead one: and thou sayest, No, but the living <i>is</i> my son, and the dead <i>is</i> thy son.
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24| And the king said, Fetch a sword. And they brought a sword before the king.
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25| And the king said, Divide the live child, the suckling, in two; and give half of it to one, and half of it to the other.
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26| And the woman whose the living child was, answered and said to the king, (for her bowels yearned over her son) and she said, I pray thee, <i>my</i> lord, give her the child, and in nowise slay it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor hers; divide <i>it</i>.
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27| Then the king answered and said, Give the child to her that said, ‘Give it to her, and by no means slay it:’ she <i>is</i> its mother.
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28| and all Israel heard this judgment which the king judged, and they feared before the king; because they saw that the wisdom of God <i>was</i> in him, to execute judgment.
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#4
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1| And king Solomon reigned over Israel.
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2| And these <i>are</i> the princes which he had; Azarias son of Sadoc.
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3| Eliaph, and Achia son of Seba, scribes; and Josaphat son of Achilud, recorder.
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4| And Banaeas son of Jodae over the host; and Sadoc and Abiathar <i>were</i> priests.
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5| And Ornia the son of Nathan <i>was</i> over the officers; and Zabuth son of Nathan <i>was</i> the king’s friend.
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6| And Achisar was steward, and Eliac the <i>chief</i> steward; and Eliab the son of Saph <i>was</i> over the family: and Adoniram the son of Audon over the tribute.
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7| And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, to provide for the king and his household; each one’s turn came to supply for a month in the year.
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8| And these <i>were</i> their names: Been the son of Or in the mount of Ephraim, one.
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9| The son of Dacar, in Makes, and in Salabin, and Baethsamys, and Elon as far as Bethanan, one.
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10| The son of Esdi in Araboth; his <i>was</i> Socho, and all the land of Opher.
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11| All Nephthador <i>belonged to</i> the son of Aminadab, Tephath daughter of Solomon was his wife, one.
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12| Bana son of Achiluth <i>had</i> Ithaanach, and Mageddo, and <i>his was</i> the whole house of San which was by Sesathan below Esrae, and from Bethsan as far as Sabelmaula, as far as Maeber Lucam, one.
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13| The son of Naber in Raboth Galaad, to him <i>fell</i> the lot of Ergab in Basan, sixty great cities with walls, and brazen bars, one.
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14| Achinadab son of Saddo, <i>had</i> Maanaim.
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15| Achimaas <i>was</i> in Nephthalim, and he took Basemmath daughter of Solomon to wife, one.
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16| Baana son of Chusi, in Aser and in Baaloth, one,
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17| Josaphat son of Phuasud <i>was</i> in Issachar.
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18| Semei son of Ela, in Benjamin.
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19| Gaber son of Adai in the land of Gad, <i>the land</i> of Seon king of Esebon, and of Og king of Basan, and one officer in the land of Juda.
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20 21 22| And these <i>were</i> the requisite supplies for Solomon: in one day thirty measures of fine flour, and sixty measures of fine pounded meal,
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23| and ten choice calves, and twenty pastured oxen, and a hundred sheep, besides stags, and choice fatted does.
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24| For he had dominion on this side the river, and he was at peace on all sides round about.
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25 26 27| And thus the officers provided king Solomon: and <i>they execute</i> every one in his month all the orders for the table of the king, they omit nothing.
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28| And they carried the barley and the straw for the horses and the chariots to the place where the king might be, each according to his charge.
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29| And the Lord gave understanding to Solomon, and very much wisdom, and enlargement of heart, as the sand on the seashore.
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30| And Solomon abounded greatly beyond the wisdom of all the ancients, and beyond all the wise men of Egypt.
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31| And he was wiser than all <i>other</i> men: and he was wiser than Gaethan the Zarite, and <i>than</i> Ænan, and <i>than</i> Chalcad and Darala the son of Mal.
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32| And Solomon spoke three thousand proverbs, and his songs were five thousand.
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33| And he spoke of trees, from the cedar in Libanus even to the hyssop which comes out through the wall: he spoke also of cattle, and of birds, and of reptiles, and of fishes.
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34| And all the nations came to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and <i>ambassadors</i> from all the kings of the earth, as many as heard of his wisdom.And Solomon took to himself the daughter of Pharao to wife, and brought her into the city of David until he had finished the house of the Lord, and his own house, and the wall of Jerusalem. Then went up Pharao the king of Egypt, and took Gazer, and burnt it and the Chananite dwelling in Mergab; and Pharao gave them as a dowry to his daughter the wife of Solomon: and Solomon rebuilt Gazer.
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#5
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1| And Chiram king of Tyre sent his servants to anoint Solomon in the room of David his father, because Chiram always loved David.
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2| And Solomon sent to Chiram, saying,
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3| Thou knewest my father David, that he could not build a house to the name of the Lord my God because of the wars that compassed him about, until the Lord put them under the soles of his feet.
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4| And now the Lord my God has given me rest round about; there is no one plotting against <i>me</i>, and there is no evil trespass <i>against me</i>.
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5| And, behold, I intend to build a house to the name of the Lord my God, as the Lord God spoke to my father David, saying, Thy son whom I will set on thy throne in thy place, he shall build a house to my name.
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6| And now command, and let <i>men</i> cut wood for me out of Libanus: and, behold, my servants <i>shall be</i> with thy servants, and I will give thee the wages of thy service, according to all that thou shalt say, because thou knowest that we have no one skilled in cutting timber like the Sidonians.
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7| And it came to pass, as soon as Chiram heard the words of Solomon, that he rejoiced greatly, and said, Blessed <i>be</i> God to-day, who has given to David a wise son over this numerous people.
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8| And he sent to Solomon, saying, I have listened concerning all that thou hast sent to me for: I will do all thy will: <i>as for</i> timber of cedar and fir,
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9| my servants shall bring them down from Libanus to the sea: I will form them <i>into</i> rafts, <i>and bring them</i> to the place which thou shalt send to me <i>about</i>; and I will land them there, and thou shalt take <i>them</i> up: and thou shalt do my will, in giving bread to my household.
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10| So Chiram gave to Solomon cedars, and fir trees, and all his desire.
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11| And Solomon gave to Chiram twenty thousand measures of wheat as food for his house, and twenty thousand baths of beaten oil thus Solomon gave to Chiram yearly.
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12| And the Lord gave wisdom to Solomon as he promised him; and there was peace between Chiram and Solomon, and they made a covenant between them.
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13| And the king raised a levy out of all Israel, and the levy was thirty thousand men.
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14| And he sent them to Libanus, ten thousand taking turn every month: they were a month in Libanus and two months at home: and Adoniram <i>was</i> over the levy.
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15| And Solomon had seventy thousand bearers of burdens, and eighty thousand hewers of stone in the mountain;
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16| besides the rulers that were appointed over the works of Solomon, <i>there were</i> three thousand six hundred masters who wrought in the works.
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17 18| And they prepared the stones and the timber <i>during</i> three years.
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6:0| And it came to pass in the four hundred and fortieth year after the departure of the children of Israel out of Egypt, in the fourth year and second month of the reign of king Solomon over Israel,
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17| that the king commanded that they should take great <i>and</i> costly stones for the foundation of the house, and hewn stones.
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18| And the men of Solomon, and the men of Chiram hewed <i>the stones</i>, and laid them <i>for a foundation</i>.
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1| In the fourth year he laid the foundation of the house of the Lord, in the month Ziu, even in the second month.
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38| In the eleventh year, in the month Baal, this <i>is</i> the eighth month, the house was completed according to all its plan, and according to all its arrangement.
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2| And the house which the king built to the Lord <i>was</i> forty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and its height five and twenty cubits.
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3| And the porch in front of the temple—twenty cubits <i>was</i> its length according to the breadth of the house in front of the house: and he built the house, and finished it.
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4| And he made to the house secret windows inclining inward.
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5| And against the wall of the house he set chambers round about the temple and the ark.
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6| The under side <i>was</i> five cubits broad, and the middle <i>part</i> six, and the third <i>was</i> seven cubits broad; for he formed an interval to the house round about without the house, that they might not touch the walls of the house.
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7| And the house was built in the construction of it with rough hewn stones: and there was not heard in the house in the building of it hammer or axe, or any iron tool.
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8| And the porch of the under side <i>was</i> below the right wing of the house, and <i>there was</i> a winding ascent into the middle <i>chamber</i>, and from the middle to the third story.
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9| So he built the house and finished it; and he made the ceiling of the house with cedars.
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10| And he made the partitions through all the house, each five cubits high, and enclosed each partition with cedar boards.
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11 12 13 14 15| And he framed the walls of the house within with cedar boards, from the floor of the house and on to the inner walls and to the beams: he lined the parts enclosed with boards within, and compassed the inward parts of the house with planks of fir.
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16| And he built the twenty cubits from the top of the wall, one side from the floor to the beams, and he made it from the oracle to the most holy place.
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17| And the temple was forty cubits <i>in extent</i>,
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18 19| in front of the oracle in the midst of the house within, <i>in order</i> to put there the ark of the covenant of the Lord.
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20| The length <i>was</i> twenty cubits, and the breadth <i>was</i> twenty cubits, and the height of it was twenty cubits. And he covered it with perfect gold, and he made an altar in front of the oracle, and covered it with gold.
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21 22| And he covered the whole house with gold, till he had finished <i>gilding</i> the whole house.
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23| And he made in the oracle two cherubs of ten cubits measured size.
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24| And the wing of one cherub was five cubits, and his other wing was five cubits; ten cubits from the tip of one wing to the tip of the other wing.
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25| Thus it was with the other cherub, both were alike finished with one measure.
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26| And the height of the one cherub <i>was</i> ten cubits, and so <i>was it</i> with the second cherub.
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27| And both the cherubs <i>were</i> in the midst of the innermost part of the house; and they spread out their wings, and one wing touched the wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; and their wings in the midst of the house touched each other.
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28| And he covered the cherubs with gold.
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29| He graved all the walls of the house round about with the graving of cherubs, and <i>he sculptured</i> palm trees within and without <i>the house</i>.
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30| And he covered the floor of the house within and without with gold.
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31| And for the door-way of the oracle he made doors of juniper wood, <i>there were</i> porches in a four-fold way.
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32 33 34| In both the doors <i>were</i> planks of fir; the one door had two leaves and their hinges, and the other door had two leaves and turned <i>on hinges</i>,
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35| being carved with cherubs, and <i>there were</i> palm-trees and open flower-leaves, and it <i>was</i> overlaid with gold gilt upon the engraving.
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36| And he built the inner court, three rows of hewn stones, and a row of wrought cedar round about, and he made the curtain of the court of the porch of the house that was in front of the temple.
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37 38|
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13| And king Solomon sent, and took Chiram out of Tyre,
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14| the son of a widow woman; and he <i>was</i> of the tribe of Nephthalim, and his father <i>was</i> a Tyrian; a worker in brass, and accomplished in art and skill and knowledge to work every work in brass: and he was brought in to king Solomon, and he wrought all the works.
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15| And he cast the two pillars for the porch of the house: eighteen cubits <i>was</i> the height of <i>each</i> pillar, and a circumference of fourteen cubits encompassed it, even the thickness of the pillar: the flutings <i>were</i> four fingers <i>wide</i>, and thus <i>was</i> the other pillar <i>formed</i>.
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16| And he made two molten chapiters to put on the heads of the pillars: five cubits <i>was</i> the height of one chapiter, and five cubits <i>was</i> the height of the other chapiter.
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17| And he made two ornaments of net-work to cover the chapiters of the pillars; even a net for one chapiter, and a net for the other chapiter.
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18| And hanging work, two rows of brazen pomegranates, formed with net-work, hanging work, row upon row: and thus he framed <i>the ornaments</i> for the second chapiter.
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19| And on the heads of the pillars he made lily-work against the porch, of four cubits,
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20| and a chamber over both the pillars, and above the sides an addition <i>equal to</i> the chamber in width.
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21| And he set up the pillars of the porch of the temple: and he set up the one pillar, and called its name Jachum: and he set up the second pillar, and called its name Boloz.
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22 23| And he made the sea, ten cubits from one rim to the other, the same was completely circular round about: its height <i>was</i> five cubits, and its circumference thirty-three cubits.
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24| And stays underneath its rim round about compassed it ten cubits round;
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25| And <i>there were</i> twelve oxen under the sea: three looking to the north, and three looking to the west, and three looking to the south, and three looking to the east: and all their hinder parts <i>were</i> inward, and the sea <i>was</i> above upon them.
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26| and its rim <i>was</i> as the work of the rim of a cup, a lily-flower, and the thickness of it <i>was</i> a span.
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27| And he made ten brazen bases: five cubits <i>was</i> the length of one base, and four cubits the breadth of it, and its height <i>was</i> six cubits.
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28| And this work of the bases <i>was</i> formed with a border the them, and <i>there was</i> a border between the ledges.
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29| And upon their borders between the projection <i>were</i> lions, and oxen, and cherubs: and on the projections, even so above, and also below <i>were</i> the places of lions and oxen, hanging work.
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30| And <i>there were</i> four brazen wheels to one base; and <i>there were</i> brazen bases, and their four sides <i>answering to them</i>, side pieces under the bases.
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31| And <i>there were</i> axles in the wheels under the base.
|
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32| And the height of one wheel <i>was</i> a cubit and a half.
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33| And the work of the wheels <i>was</i> as the work of chariot wheels: their axles, and their felloes, and <i>the rest of</i> their work, <i>were</i> all molten.
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34| The four side pieces were at the four corners of each base; its shoulders <i>were formed</i> of the base.
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35| And on the top of the base half a cubit <i>was</i> the size of it, <i>there was</i> a circle on the top of the base, and <i>there was</i> the top of its spaces and its borders: and it was open at the top of its spaces.
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36| And its borders <i>were</i> cherubs, and lions, and palm-trees, upright, each <i>was</i> joined in front <i>and</i> within and round about.
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37| According to the same form he made all the ten bases, <i>even</i> one order and one measure to all.
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38| And he made ten brazen lavers, each laver containing forty baths, <i>and</i> measuring four cubits, each laver <i>placed</i> on a several base throughout the ten bases.
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39| And he put five bases on the right side of the house, and five on the left side of the house: and the sea was placed on the right side of the house eastward in the direction of the south.
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40| And Chiram made the caldrons, and the pans, and the bowls; and Chiram finished making all the works that he wrought for king Solomon in the house of the Lord:
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41| two pillars and the wreathen works of the pillars on the heads of the two pillars; and the two net-works to cover both the wreathen works of the flutings that were upon the pillars.
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42| The four hundred pomegranates for both the net-works, two rows of pomegranates for one net-work, to cover both the wreathen works of the bases belonging to both pillars.
|
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43| And the ten bases, and the ten lavers upon the bases.
|
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44| And one sea, and the twelve oxen under the sea.
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45| And the caldrons, and pans, and bowls, and all the furniture, which Chiram made for king Solomon for the house of the Lord: and <i>there were</i> eight and forty pillars of the house of the king and of the house of the Lord: all the works of the king which Chiram made were entirely of brass.
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46| In the country round about Jordan did he cast them, in the clay land between Socchoth and Sira.
|
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47| There was no reckoning of the brass of which he made all these works, from the very great abundance, there was no end of the weight of the brass.
|
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48| And king Solomon took the furniture which <i>Chiram</i> made for the house of the Lord, the golden altar, and the golden table of shewbread.
|
||||
49| And <i>he put</i> the five candlesticks on the left, and five on the right in front of the oracle, <i>being</i> of pure gold, and the lamp-stands, and the lamps, and the snuffers of gold.
|
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50| And <i>there were made</i> the porches, and the nails, and the bowls, and the spoons, and the golden censers, of pure gold: and the panels of the doors of the innermost part of the house, <i>even</i> the holy of holies, and the golden doors of the temple.
|
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51| So the work of the house of the Lord which Solomon wrought was finished; and Solomon brought in the holy things of David his father, and all the holy things of Solomon; he put the silver, and the gold, and the furniture, into the treasures of the house of the Lord.
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#7
|
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1| And Solomon built a house for himself in thirteen years.
|
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2| And he built the house with the wood of Libanus; its length <i>was</i> a hundred cubits, and its breadth <i>was</i> fifty cubits, and its height <i>was</i> of thirty cubits, and <i>it was made</i> with three rows of cedar pillars, and the pillars had side-pieces of cedar.
|
||||
3| And he formed the house with chambers above on the sides of the pillars, and the number of the pillars <i>was each</i> row forty and five,
|
||||
4| and <i>there were</i> three chambers, and space against space in three rows.
|
||||
5| And all the doors and spaces formed like chambers <i>were</i> square, and from door to door <i>was a correspondence</i> in three rows.
|
||||
6| And <i>he made</i> the porch of the pillars, <i>they were</i> fifty <i>cubits</i> long and fifty broad, the porch joining them in front; and the <i>other</i> pillars and the thick beam <i>were</i> in front of the house by the porches.
|
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7| And <i>there was</i> the Porch of seats where he would judge, the porch of judgment.
|
||||
8| And their house where he would dwell, <i>had</i> one court communicating with these according to this work; and <i>he built</i> the house for the daughter of Pharao whom Solomon had taken, according to this porch.
|
||||
9| All these <i>were</i> of costly stones, sculptured at intervals within even from the foundation even to the top, and outward to the great court,
|
||||
10| founded with large costly stones, stones of ten cubits and eight cubits <i>long</i>.
|
||||
11| And above with costly stones, according to the measure of hewn stones, and with cedars.
|
||||
12| <i>There were</i> three rows of hewn <i>stones</i> round about the great hall, and a row of sculptured cedar: and Solomon finished all his house.
|
||||
|
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#8
|
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1| And it came to pass when Solomon had finished building the house of the Lord and his own house after twenty years, then king Solomon assembled all the elders of Israel in Sion, to bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the city of David, this is Sion,
|
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2| in the month of Athanin.
|
||||
3| And the priests took up the ark,
|
||||
4| and the tabernacle of testimony, and the holy furniture that was in the tabernacle of testimony.
|
||||
5| And the king and all Israel <i>were occupied</i> before the ark, sacrificing sheep <i>and</i> oxen, without number.
|
||||
6| And the priests bring in the ark into its place, into the oracle of the house, even into the holy of holies, under the wings of the cherubs.
|
||||
7| For the cherubs spread out their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubs covered the ark and its holy things above.
|
||||
8| And the holy staves projected, and the ends of the holy staves appeared out of the holy places in front of the oracle, and were not seen without.
|
||||
9| There was nothing in the ark except the two tables of stone, the tables of the covenant which Moses put <i>there</i> in Choreb, which <i>tables</i> the Lord made <i>as a covenant</i> with the children of Israel in their going forth from the land of Egypt.
|
||||
10| And it came to pass when the priests departed out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house.
|
||||
11| And the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud, because the glory of the Lord filled the house.
|
||||
12 13 14| And the king turned his face, and the king blessed all Israel, (and the whole assembly of Israel stood:)
|
||||
15| and he said, Blessed <i>be</i> the Lord God of Israel to-day, who spoke by his mouth concerning David my father, and has fulfilled it with his hands, saying,
|
||||
16| From the day that I brought out my people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city in <i>any</i> one tribe of Israel to build a house, so that my name should be there: but I chose Jerusalem that my name should be there, and I chose David to be over my people Israel.
|
||||
17| And it was in the heart of my father to build a house to the name of the Lord God of Israel.
|
||||
18| And the Lord said to David my father, Forasmuch as it came into thine heart to build a house to my name, thou didst well that it came upon thine heart.
|
||||
19| Nevertheless thou shalt not build the house, but thy son that has proceeded out of thy bowels, he shall build the house to my name.
|
||||
20| And the Lord has confirmed the word that he spoke, and I am risen up in the place of my father David, and I have sat down on the throne of Israel, as the Lord spoke, and I have built the house to the name of the Lord God of Israel.
|
||||
21| And I have set there a place for the ark, in which is the covenant of the Lord, which the Lord made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.
|
||||
22| And Solomon stood up in front of the altar before all the congregation of Israel; and he spread out his hands toward heaven:
|
||||
23| and he said, Lord God of Israel, there is no God like thee in heaven above and on the earth beneath, keeping covenant and mercy with thy servant who walks before thee with all his heart;
|
||||
24| which thou hast kept toward thy servant David my father: for thou hast spoken by thy mouth and thou hast fulfilled it with thine hands, as <i>at</i> this day.
|
||||
25| And now, O Lord God of Israel, keep for thy servant David my father, <i>the promises</i> which thou hast spoken to him, saying, There shall not be taken from thee a man sitting before me on the throne of Israel, provided only thy children shall take heed to their ways, to walk before me as thou hast walked before me.
|
||||
26| And now, O Lord God of Israel, let, I pray thee, thy word to David my father be confirmed.
|
||||
27| But will God indeed dwell with men upon the earth? if the heaven and heaven of heavens will not suffice thee, how much less even this house which I have built to thy name?
|
||||
28| Yet, O Lord God of Israel, thou shalt look upon my petition, to hear the prayer which thy servant prays to thee in thy presence this day,
|
||||
29| that thine eyes may be open toward this house day and night, even toward the place which thou saidst, My name shall be there, to hear the prayer which thy servant prays at this place day and night.
|
||||
30| And thou shalt hearken to the prayer of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, which they shall pray toward this place; and thou shalt hear in thy dwelling-place in heaven, and thou shalt do and be gracious.
|
||||
31| Whatsoever trespasses any <i>one</i> shall commit against his neighbor,—and if he shall take upon him an oath so that he should swear, and he shall come and make confession before thine altar in this house,
|
||||
32| then shalt thou hear from heaven, and do, and thou shalt judge thy people Israel, that the wicked should be condemned, to recompense his way upon his head; and to justify the righteous, to give to him according to his righteousness.
|
||||
33| When thy people Israel falls before enemies, because they shall sin against thee, and they shall return and confess to thy name, and they shall pray and supplicate in this house,
|
||||
34| then shalt thou hear from heaven, and be gracious to the sins of thy people Israel, and thou shalt restore them to the land which thou gavest to their fathers.
|
||||
35| When the heaven is restrained, and there is no rain, because they shall sin against thee, and the shall pray toward this place, and they shall make confession to thy name, and shall turn from their sins when thou shalt have humbled them,
|
||||
36| then thou shalt hear from heaven, and be merciful to the sins of thy servant and of thy people Israel; for thou shalt shew them the good way to walk in it, and thou shalt give rain upon the earth which thou hast given to thy people for an inheritance.
|
||||
37| If there should be famine, if there should be death, because there should be blasting, locust, or if there be mildew, and if their enemy oppress them in <i>any</i> one of their cities, <i>with regard to</i> every calamity, every trouble,
|
||||
38| every prayer, every supplication whatever shall be made by any man, as they shall know each the plague of his heart, and shall spread abroad his hands to this house,
|
||||
39| then shalt thou hearken from heaven, out of thine established dwelling-place, and shalt be merciful, and shalt do, and recompense to <i>every</i> man according to his ways, as thou shalt know his heart, for thou alone knowest the heart of all the children of men:
|
||||
40| that they may fear thee all the days that they live upon the land, which thou hast given to our fathers.
|
||||
41| And for the stranger who is not of thy people,
|
||||
42| when they shall come and pray toward this place,
|
||||
43| then shalt thou hear <i>them</i> from heaven, out of thine established dwelling-place, and thou shalt do according to all that the stranger shall call upon thee for, that all the nations may know thy name, and fear thee, as <i>do</i> thy people Israel, and may know that thy name has been called on this house which I have builded.
|
||||
44| <i>If it be</i> that thy people shall go forth to war against their enemies in the way by which thou shalt turn them, and pray in the name of the Lord toward the city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built to thy name,
|
||||
45| then shalt thou hear from heaven their supplication and their prayer, and shalt execute judgment for them.
|
||||
46| <i>If it be</i> that they shall sin against thee, (for there is not a man who will not sin,) and thou shalt bring them and deliver them up before their enemies, and they that take <i>them</i> captive shall carry <i>them</i> to a land far or near,
|
||||
47| and they shall turn their hearts in the land whither they have been carried captives, and turn in the land of their sojourning, and supplicate thee, saying, We have sinned, we have done unjustly, we have transgressed,
|
||||
48| and they shall turn to thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their enemies whither thou hast carried them captives, and shall pray to thee toward their land which thou hast given to their fathers, and the city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built to thy name:
|
||||
49| then shalt thou hear from heaven thine established dwelling-place,
|
||||
50| and thou shalt be merciful to their unrighteousness wherein they have trespassed against thee, and according to all their transgressions wherewith they have transgressed against thee, and thou shalt cause them to be pitied before them that carried them captives, and they shall have compassion on them:
|
||||
51| for <i>they are</i> thy people and thine inheritance, whom thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, out of the midst of the furnace of iron.
|
||||
52| And let thine eyes and thine ears be opened to the supplication of thy servant, and to the supplication of thy people Israel, to hearken to them in all things for which they shall call upon thee.
|
||||
53| Because thou hast set them apart for an inheritance to thyself out of all the nations of the earth, as thou spokest by the hand of thy servant Moses, when thou broughtest our fathers out of the land of Egypt, O Lord God.—Then spoke Solomon concerning the house, when he had finished building it—He manifested the sun in the heaven: the Lord said he would dwell in darkness: build thou my house, a beautiful house for thyself to dwell in anew. Behold, is not this written in the book of the song?
|
||||
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|
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54| And it came to pass when Solomon had finished praying to the Lord all this prayer and supplication, that he rose up from before the altar of the Lord, <i>after</i> having knelt upon his knees, and his hands <i>were</i> spread out towards heaven.
|
||||
55| And he stood, and blessed all the congregation of Israel with a loud voice, saying,
|
||||
56| Blessed <i>be</i> the Lord this day, who has given rest to his people Israel, according to all that he said: there has not failed one word among all his good words which he spoke by the hand of his servant Moses.
|
||||
57| May the Lord our God be with us, as he was with our fathers; let him not desert us nor turn from us,
|
||||
58| that he may turn our hearts toward him to walk in all his ways, and to keep all his commandments, and his ordinances which he commanded our fathers.
|
||||
59| And let these words, which I have prayed before the Lord our God, <i>be</i> near to the Lord our God day and night, to maintain the cause of thy servant, and the cause of thy people Israel for ever.
|
||||
60| that all the nations of the earth may know that the Lord God, he <i>is</i> God, and there is none beside.
|
||||
61| And let our hearts be perfect toward the Lord our God, to walk also holily in his ordinances, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.
|
||||
62| And the king and all the children of Israel offered sacrifice before the Lord.
|
||||
63| And king Solomon offered for the sacrifices of peace-offering which he sacrificed to the Lord, two and twenty thousand oxen, and hundred and twenty thousand sheep: and the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of the Lord.
|
||||
64| In that day the king consecrated the middle of the court in the front of the house of the Lord; for there he offered the whole-burnt-offering, and the sacrifices, and the fat of the peace-offerings, because the brazen altar which was before the Lord <i>was too</i> little to bear the whole-burnt-offering and the sacrifices of peace-offerings.
|
||||
65| And Solomon kept the feast in that day, and all Israel with him, even a great assembly from the entering in of Hemath to the river of Egypt, before the Lord our God in the house which he built, eating and drinking, and rejoicing before the Lord our God seven days.
|
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66| And on the eighth day he sent away the people: and they blessed the king, and each departed to his tabernacle rejoicing, and <i>their</i> heart <i>was</i> glad because of the good things which the Lord had done to his servant David, and to Israel his people.
|
||||
|
||||
#9
|
||||
1| And it came to pass when Solomon had finished building the house of the Lord, and the king’s house, and all the work of Solomon, whatever he wished to perform,
|
||||
2| that the Lord appeared to Solomon a second time, as he appeared in Gabaon.
|
||||
3| And the Lord said to him, I have heard the voice of thy prayer, and thy supplication which thou madest before me: I have done for thee according to all thy prayer: I have hallowed this house which thou hast built to put my name there for ever, and mine eyes and my heart shall be there always.
|
||||
4| And if thou wilt walk before me as David thy father walked, in holiness of heart and uprightness, and so as to do according to all that I commanded him, and shalt keep my ordinances and my commandments:
|
||||
5| then will I establish the throne of thy kingdom in Israel for ever, as I spoke to David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man to rule in Israel.
|
||||
6| But if ye or your children do in any wise revolt from me, and do not keep my commandments and my ordinances, which Moses set before you, and ye go and serve other gods, and worship them:
|
||||
7| then will I cut off Israel from the land which I have given them, and this house which I have consecrated to my name I will cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a desolation and a by-word to all nations.
|
||||
8| And this house, which is high, shall be <i>so that</i> every one that passes by it shall be amazed, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Wherefore has the Lord done thus to this land, and to this house?
|
||||
9| And <i>men</i> shall say, Because they forsook the Lord their God, who brought out their fathers from Egypt, out of the house of bondage, and they attached themselves to strange gods, and worshipped them, and served them: therefore the Lord has brought this evil upon them.
|
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| Then Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharao out of the city of David into his house which he built for himself in those days.
|
||||
10| <i>During</i> twenty years in which Solomon was building the two houses, the house of the Lord, and the house of the king,
|
||||
11| Chiram king of Tyre helped Solomon with cedar wood, and fir wood, and with gold, and all that he wished for: then the king gave Chiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.
|
||||
12| So Chiram departed from Tyre, and went into Galilee to see the cities which Solomon gave to him; and they pleased him not. And he said,
|
||||
13| What <i>are</i> these cities which thou hast given me, brother? And he called them Boundary until this day.
|
||||
14| And Chiram brought to Solomon a hundred and twenty talents of gold,
|
||||
25 26| even that for which king Solomon built a ship in Gasion Gaber near Ælath on the shore of the extremity of the sea in the land of Edom.
|
||||
27| And Chiram sent in the ship together with the servants of Solomon servants of his own, mariners to row, men acquainted with the sea.
|
||||
28| And they came to Sophira, and took thence a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and brought them to king Solomon.
|
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|
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#10
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1| And the queen of Saba heard of the name of Solomon, and the name of the Lord, and she came to try him with riddles.
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2| And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train; and <i>there came</i> camels bearing spices, and very much gold, and precious stones: and she came in to Solomon, and told him all that was in her heart.
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3| And Solomon answered all her questions: and there was not a question overlooked by the king which he did not answer her.
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4| And the queen of Saba saw all the wisdom of Solomon, and the house which he built,
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5| and the provision of Solomon and the sitting of his attendants, and the standing of his servants, and his raiment, and his cup-bearers, and his whole-burnt-offering which he offered in the house of the Lord, and she was utterly amazed.
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6| And she said to king Solomon, <i>It was</i> a true report which I heard in my land of thy words and thy wisdom.
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7| But I believed not them that told me, until I came and my eyes saw: and, behold, the words as they reported to me are not the half: thou hast exceeded in goodness all the report which I heard in my land.
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8| Blessed <i>are</i> thy wives, blessed <i>are</i> these thy servants who stand before thee continually, who hear all thy wisdom.
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9| Blessed be the Lord thy God, who has taken pleasure in thee, to set thee upon the throne of Israel, because the Lord loved Israel to establish <i>him</i> for ever; and he has made thee king over them, to execute judgment with justice, and in their causes.
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10| And she gave to Solomon a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and very many spices, and precious stones: there had not come any other spices so abundant as those which the queen of Saba gave to king Solomon.
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11| And the ship of Chiram which brought the gold from Suphir, brought very much hewn timber and precious stones.
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12| And the king made the hewn timber <i>into</i> buttresses of the house of the Lord and the king’s house, and lyres and harps for singers: such hewn timber had not come upon the earth, nor have been seen anywhere until this day.
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13| And king Solomon gave to the queen of Saba all that she desired, whatsoever she asked, besides all that he had given her by the hand of king Solomon: and she returned, and came into her own land, she and her servants.
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14| And the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and sixty-six talents of gold.
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15| Besides the tributes of them that were subjects, both merchants and all the kings of the <i>country</i> beyond <i>the river</i>, and of the princess of the land.
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16| And Solomon made three hundred spears of beaten gold: three hundred shekels of gold were upon one spear.
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17| And three hundred shields of beaten gold: and three pounds of gold were in one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
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18| And the king made a great ivory throne, and gilded it with pure gold.
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19| The throne <i>had</i> six steps, and calves in bold relief to the throne behind it, and side-pieces on either hand of the place of the seat, and two lions standing by the side-pieces,
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20| and twelve lions standing there on the six steps on either side: it was not so done in any <i>other</i> kingdom.
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21| And all the vessels made by Solomon <i>were</i> of gold, and the lavers <i>were</i> golden, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold; there was no silver, for it was not accounted of in the days of Solomon.
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22| For Solomon had a ship of Tharsis in the sea with the ships of Chiram: one ship came to the king every three years out of Tharsis, <i>laden with</i> gold and silver, and wrought stones, and hewn stones. This was the arrangement of the provision which king Solomon fetched to build the house of the Lord, and the house of the king, and the wall of Jerusalem, and the citadel; to fortify the city of David, and Assur, and Magdal, and Gazer, and Baethoron the upper, and Jethermath, and all the cities of the chariots, and all the cities of the horsemen, and the fortification of Solomon which he purposed to build in Jerusalem and in all the land, so that none of the people should rule over him that was left of the Chettite and the Amorite, and the Pherezite, and the Chananite, and the Evite, and the Jebusite, and the Gergesite, who were not of the children of Israel, their descendants who had been left with him in the land, whom the children of Israel could not utterly destroy; and Solomon made them tributaries until this day. But of the children of Israel Solomon made nothing; for they were the warriors, and his servants and rulers, and captains of the third order, and the captains of his chariots, and his horsemen.
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23| And Solomon increased beyond all the kings of the earth in wealth and wisdom.
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24| And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom which the Lord <i>had</i> put into his heart.
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25| And they brought every one their gifts, vessels of gold, and raiment, and stacte, and spices, and horses, and mules, a rate year by year.
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26| And Solomon had four thousand mares for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen: and he put them in the cities of his chariots, and with the king in Jerusalem: and he ruled over all the kings from the river to the land of the Philistines, and to the borders of Egypt.
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27| And the king made gold and silver in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedars as the sycamores in the plain for multitude.
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28| And the goings forth of Solomon’s horsemen <i>was</i> also out of Egypt, and the king’s merchants <i>were</i> of Thecue; and they received them out of Thecue at a price.
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29| And that which proceeded out of Egypt went up <i>thus, even</i> a chariot for a hundred <i>shekels</i> of silver, and a horse for fifty <i>shekels</i> of silver: and thus for all the kings of the Chettians, and the kings of Syria, they came out by sea.
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11:0| And king Solomon was a lover of women.
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3| And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines.
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1| And he took strange women, as well as the daughter of Pharao, Moabitish, Ammanitish women, Syrians and Idumeans, Chettites, and Amorites;
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2| of the nations concerning whom the Lord forbade the children of Israel, <i>saying</i>, Ye shall not go in to them, and they shall not come in to you, lest they turn away your hearts after their idols: Solomon clave to these in love.
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4| And it came to pass in the time of the old age of Solomon, that his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as <i>was</i> the heart of David his father.
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5| and to Astarte the abomination of the Sidonians.
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7| Then Solomon built a high place to Chamos the idol of Moab, and to their king the idol of the children of Ammon,
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8| And thus he acted towards all his strange wives, who burnt incense and sacrificed to their idols.
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6| And Solomon did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord: he went not after the Lord, as David his father. And the strange women turned away his heart after their gods.
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9| And the Lord was angry with Solomon, because he turned away his heart from the Lord God of Israel, who had appeared twice to him,
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10| and charged him concerning this matter, by no means to go after other gods, but to take heed to do what the Lord God commanded him; neither was his heart perfect with the Lord, according to the heart of David his father.
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11| And the Lord said to Solomon, Because it has been thus with thee, and thou hast not kept my commandments and my ordinances which I commanded thee, I will surely rend thy kingdom out of thy hand, and give it to thy servant.
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12| Only in thy days I will not do it for David thy father’s sake: <i>but</i> I will take it out of the hand of thy son.
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13| Only I will not take away the whole kingdom: I will give one tribe to thy son for David my servant’s sake, and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen.
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14| And the Lord raised up and enemy to Solomon, Ader the Idumaean, and Esrom son of Eliadae who <i>dwelt</i> in Raama, <i>and</i> Adadezer king of Suba his master; (and men gathered to him, and he was head of the conspiracy, and he seized on Damasec,)and they were adversaries to Israel all the days of Solomon: and Ader the Idumaean <i>was</i> of the seed royal in Idumaea.
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15| And it happened, that while David was utterly destroying Edom, while Joab captain of the host was going to bury the dead, when they slew every male in Idumaea;
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16| (for Joab and all Israel abode there six months in Idumaea, until he utterly destroyed every male in Idumaea;)
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17| that Ader ran away, he and all the Idumaeans of the servants of his father with him; and they went into Egypt; and Ader <i>was then</i> a little child.
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18| And there rise up men out of the city of Madiam, and they come to Pharan, and take men with them, and come to Pharao king of Egypt: and Ader went in to Pharao, and he gave him a house, and appointed him provision.
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19| And Ader found great favour in the sight of Pharao, and he gave him his wife’s sister in marriage, the elder sister of Thekemina.
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20| And the sister of Thekemina bore to him, <i>even</i> to Ader, Ganebath her son; and Thekemina brought him up in the midst of the sons of Pharao, and Ganebath was in the midst of the sons of Pharao.
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21| And Ader heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers, and that Joab the captain of the host was dead; and Ader said to Pharao, Let me go, and I will return to my country.
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22| And Pharao said to Ader, What lackest thou with me? that lo! thou seekest to depart to thy country? and Ader said to him, By all means let me go.
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23| So Ader returned to his country; this <i>is</i> the mischief which Ader did, and he was a bitter enemy of Israel, and he reigned in the land of Edom.
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26| And Jeroboam the son of Nabat, the Ephrathite of Sarira, the son of a widow, <i>was</i> servant of Solomon.
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27| And this <i>was</i> the occasion of his lifting up <i>his</i> hands against king Solomon: now king Solomon built the citadel, he completed the fortification of the city of David his father.
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28| And the man Jeroboam was very strong; and Solomon saw the young man that he was active, and he set him over the levies of the house of Joseph.
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29| And it came to pass at that time, that Jeroboam went forth from Jerusalem, and Achia the Selonite the prophet found him in the way, and caused him to turn aside out of the way: and Achia was clad with a new garment, and they two <i>were</i> alone in the field.
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30| And Achia laid hold of his new garment that was upon him, and tore it <i>into</i> twelve pieces:
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31| and he said to Jeroboam, Take to thyself ten pieces, for thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Behold, I rend the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give thee ten tribes.
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32| Yet he shall have two tribes, for my servant David’s sake, and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel.
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33| Because he forsook me, and sacrificed to Astarte the abomination of the Sidonians, and to Chamos, and to the idols of Moab, and to their king the abomination of the children of Ammon, and he walked not in my ways, to do that which was right before me, as David his father <i>did</i>.
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34| Howbeit I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand, (for I will certainly resist him all the days of his life,) for David my servant’s sake, whom I have chosen.
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35| But I will take the kingdom out of the hand of his son, and give thee ten tribes.
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36| But to his son I will give the two <i>remaining</i> tribes, that my servant David may have an establishment continually before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen for myself to put my name there.
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37| And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign as thy soul desires, and thou shalt be king over Israel.
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38| And it shall come to pass, if thou wilt keep all the commandments that I shall give thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do that which is right before me, to keep my ordinances and my commandments, as David my servant did, that I will be with thee, and will build thee a sure house, as I built to David.
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39 40| And Solomon sought to slay Jeroboam: but he arose and fled into Egypt, to Susakim king of Egypt, and he was in Egypt until Solomon died.
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41| And the rest of the history of Solomon, and all that he did, and all his wisdom, behold are not these things written in the book of the life of Solomon?
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42| And the days <i>during</i> which Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel <i>were</i> forty years.
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43| And Solomon slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David his father. And it came to pass when Jeroboam son of Nabat heard <i>of it</i>, even while he was yet in Egypt as he fled from the face of Solomon and dwelt in Egypt, he straightway comes into his own city, into the land of Sarira in the mount of Ephraim. And king Solomon slept with his fathers, and Roboam his son reigned in his stead.
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#12
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1| And king Roboam goes to Sikima; for all Israel were coming to Sikima to make him king.
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2 3| And the people spoke to king Roboam, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy;
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4| but do thou now lighten somewhat of the hard service of thy father, and of his heavy yoke which he put upon us, and we will serve thee.
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5| And he said to them, Depart for three days, and return to me. And they departed.
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6| And the king referred <i>the matter</i> to the elders, who stood before Solomon his father while he was yet living, saying, How do ye advise that I should answer this people?
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7| And they spoke to him, saying, If thou wilt this day be a servant to this people, and wilt serve them, and wilt speak to them good words, then will they be thy servants continually.
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8| But he forsook the counsel of the old men which they gave him, and consulted with the young men who were brought up with him, who stood in his presence.
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9| And he said to them, What counsel do ye give? And what shall I answer to this people who speak to me, saying, Lighten somewhat of the yoke which thy father has put upon us?
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10| And the young men who had been brought up with him, who stood before his face, spoke to him, saying, Thus shalt thou say to this people who have spoken to thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, and do thou now lighten it from off us: thus shalt say to them, My little <i>finger shall be</i> thicker than my father’s loins.
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11| And whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I also will add to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
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12| And all Israel came to king Roboam on the third day, as the king spoke to them, saying, Return to me on the third day.
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13| And the king answered the people harshly; and Roboam forsook the counsel of the old men which they counselled him.
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14| And he spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
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15| And the king hearkened not to the people, because the change was from the Lord, that he might establish his word which he spoke by Achia the Selonite concerning Jeroboam the son of Nabat.
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16| And all Israel saw that the king did not hearken to them: and the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? neither have we any inheritance in the son of Jessae. Depart, O Israel, to thy tents: now feed thine own house, David. So Israel departed to his tents.
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17 18| And the king sent Adoniram who was over the tribute; and they stoned him with stones, and he died: and king Roboam made haste to rise to flee to Jerusalem.
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19| So Israel rebelled against the house of David until this day.
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20| And it came to pass when all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned out of Egypt, that they sent and called him to the assembly, and they made him king over Israel: and none followed the house of David except the tribe of Juda and Benjamin only.
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21| And Roboam went into Jerusalem, and he assembled the congregation of Juda, and the tribe of Benjamin, a hundred and twenty thousand young men, warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, to recover the kingdom to Roboam the son of Solomon.
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22| And the word of the Lord came to Samaia the man of God, saying,
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23| Speak to Roboam the son of Solomon, king of Juda, and to all the house of Juda and Benjamin, and to the remnant of the people, saying,
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24| Thus saith the Lord, Ye shall not go up, neither shall ye fight with your brethren the sons of Israel: return each man to his own home; for this thing is from me; and they hearkened to the word of the Lord, and they ceased from going up, according to the word of the Lord. So king Solomon sleeps with his fathers, and is buried with his fathers in the city of David; and Roboam his son reigned in his stead in Jerusalem, being sixteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twelve years I Jerusalem: and his mother’s name <i>was</i> Naanan, daughter of Ana son of Naas king of the children of Ammon. And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, and walked not in the way of David his father.And there was a man of mount Ephraim, a servant to Solomon, and his name was Jeroboam: and the name of his mother was Sarira, a harlot: and Solomon made him head of the levies of the house of Joseph: and he built for Solomon Sarira in mount Ephraim; and he had three hundred chariots of horses: he built the citadel with the levies of the house of Ephraim; he fortified the city of David, and aspired to the kingdom, And Solomon sought to kill him; and he was afraid, and escaped to Susakim king of Egypt, and was with him until Solomon died. And Jeroboam heard in Egypt that Solomon was dead: and he spoke in the ears of Susakim king of Egypt, saying, Let me go, and I will depart into my land: and Susakim said to him, Ask and request, and I will grant it thee. And Susakim gave to Jeroboam Ano the eldest sister of Thekemina his wife: she was great among the daughters of the king, and she bore to Jerobaom Abia his son: and Jeroboam said to Susakim, Let me indeed go, and I will depart. And Jeroboam departed out of Egypt, and came into the land of Saria that was in mount Ephraim, and thither the whole in mount Ephraim, and thither the whole tribe of Ephraim assembles, and Jeroboam built a fortress there.And his young child was sick with a very severe sickness; and Jeroboam went to enquire concerning the child: and he said to Ano his wife, Arise, go, enquire of God concerning the child, whether he shall recover from his sickness. Now there was a man in Selom, an his name <i>was</i> Achia: and he was sixty years old, and the word of the Lord was with him. And Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise, and take in thine hand loaves for the man of God, and cakes for his children, and grapes, and a pot of honey. And the woman arose, and took in her hand bread, and two cakes, and grapes, and a pot of honey, for Achia: and the man <i>was</i> old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see. And she arose, up from Sarira and went; and it came to pass when she had come into the city to Achia the Selonite, that Achia said to his servant, Go out now to meet Ano the wife of Jeroboam, and thou shalt say to her, Come in, and stand not <i>still</i>: for thus saith the Lord, I send grievous tidings to thee. And Ano went in to the man of God; and Achia said to her, Why hast thou brought me bread and grapes, and cakes, and a pot of honey? Thus saith the Lord, Behold, thou shalt depart from me, and it shall come to pass when thou hast entered into the city, <i>even</i> into Sarira, that thy maidens shall come out to meet thee, and shall say to thee, The child is dead: for thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will destroy every male of Jeroboam, and there shall be the dead of Jeroboam in the city, <i>them</i> the dogs shall eat, and him that eat, and he shall lament for the child, saying, <i>Woe is me</i>, Lord! For there has been found in him some good thing touching the Lord.And the woman departed, when she heard this: and it came to pass as she entered into Sarira, that the child died; and there came forth a wailing to meet <i>her</i>. And Jeroboam went to Sikima in mount Ephraim, and assembled there the tribes of Israel; and Roboam the son of Solomon went up thither. And the word of the Lord came to Samaias son of Enlami, saying, Take to thyself a new garment which has not gone into the water, and rend it into twelve piees; and thou shalt five some to Jeroboam, and shalt say to him, thus saith the Lord, Take to thyself ten pieces to cover thee: and Jeroboam took <i>them</i>: and Samaias said, Thus saith the Lord concerning the ten tribes of Israel.And the people said to Roboam the son of Solomon, Thy father make his yoke heavy upon us, and made the meat of his table heavy; and now thou shalt lighten them upon us, and we will serve thee. And Roboam said to the people, Wait three days, and I will return you an answer: and Roboam said, Bring in to me the elders, and I will take counsel with them what I shall answer to the people on the third day, So Roboam spoke in their ears, as the people sent to him to <i>say</i>: and the elders of the people said, Thus the people have spoken to thee.And Roboam rejected their counsel, and it pleased him not: and he sent and brought in thouse who had been brought up with him; and he said to them, Thus and Line truncated
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25| And Jeroboam built Sikima in mount Ephraim and dwelt in it, and went forth thence and built Phanuel.
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26| And Jeroboam said in his heart, Behold, now the kingdom will return to the house of David.
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27| If this people shall go up to offer sacrifice in the house of the Lord at Jerusalem, then the heart of the people will return to the Lord, and to their master, to Roboam king of Juda, and they will slay me.
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28| And the king took counsel, and went, and made two golden heifers, and said to the people, Let it suffice you to have gone <i>hitherto</i> to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
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29| And he put one in Bethel, and he put the other in Dan.
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30| And this thing became a sin; and the people went before one as far as Dan, and left the house of the Lord.
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31| And he made houses on the high places, and made priests of any part of the people, who were not of the sons of Levi.
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32| And Jeroboam appointed a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, according to the feast in the land of Juda;
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33| and went up to the altar which he made in Baethel to sacrifice to the heifers which he made, and he placed in Baethel the priests of the high places which he had made. And he went up to the altar which he had made, on the fifteenth day in the eighth month, at the feast which he devised out of his own heart; and he made a feast to the children of Israel, and went up to the altar to sacrifice.
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#13
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1| And behold, there came a man of God out of Juda by the word of the Lord to Baethel, and Jeroboam stood at the altar to sacrifice.
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2| And he cried against the altar by the word of the Lord, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the Lord, Behold, a son is <i>to be</i> born to the house of David, Josias by name; and he shall offer upon thee the priests of the high places, <i>even</i> of them that sacrifice upon thee, and <i>he</i> shall burn men’s bones upon thee.
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3| And in that day one shall give a sign, saying, This <i>is</i> the word which the Lord has spoken, saying, Behold, the altar is rent, and the fatness upon it shall be poured out.
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4| And it came to pass when king Jeroboam heard the words of the man of God who called on the altar that was in Baethel, that the king stretched forth his hand from the altar, saying, Take hold of him. And, behold, his hand, which he stretched forth against him, withered, and he could not draw it back to himself.
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5| And the altar was rent, and the fatness was poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God gave by the word of the Lord.
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6| And king Jeroboam said to the man of God, Intreat the Lord thy God, and let my hand be restored to me. And the man of God intreated the Lord, and he restored the king’s hand to him, and it became as before.
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7| And the king said to the man of God, Enter with me into the house, and dine, and I will give thee a gift.
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8| And the man of God said to the king, If thou shouldest give me the half of thine house, I would not go in with thee, neither will I eat bread, neither will I drink water in this place; for thus the Lord charged me by <i>his</i> word, saying,
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9| Eat no bread, and drink no water, and return not by the way by which thou camest.
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10| So he departed by another way, and returned not by the way by which he came to Baethel.
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11| And there dwelt an old prophet in Baethel; and his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God did on that day in Baethel, and the words which he spoke to the king: and they turned the face of their father.
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12| And their father spoke to them, saying, Which way went he? and his sons shew him the way by which the man of God who came out of Juda went up.
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13| And he said to his sons, Saddle me the ass: and they saddled him the ass, and he mounted it,
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14| and went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak: and he said to him, Art thou the man of God that came out of Juda? And he said to him, I <i>am</i>.
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15| And he said to him, Come with me, and eat bread.
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16| And he said, I shall not by any means be able to return with thee, neither will I eat bread, neither will I drink water in this place.
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17| For thus the Lord commanded me by word, saying, Eat not bread there, and drink not water, and return not thither by the way by which thou camest.
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18| And he said to him, I also am a prophet as thou <i>art</i>; and an angel spoke to me by the word of the Lord, saying, Bring him back to thee into thy house, and let him eat bread and drink water: but he lied to him.
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19| And he brought him back, and he ate bread and drank water in his house.
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20| And it came to pass while they were sitting at the table, that the word of the Lord came to the prophet that brought him back;
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21| and he spoke to the man of God that came out of Juda, saying, Thus saith the Lord, Because thou hast resisted the word of the Lord, and hast not kept the commandment which the Lord thy God commanded thee,
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22| but hast returned, and eaten bread and drunk water in the place of which he spoke to thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat bread, and shalt not drink water; <i>therefore</i> thy body shall in nowise enter into the sepulchre of thy fathers.
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23| And it came to pass after he had eaten bread and drunk water, that he saddled the ass for him, and he turned and departed.
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24| And a lion found him in the way, and slew him; and his body was cast out in the way, and the ass was standing by it, and the lion <i>also</i> was standing by the body.
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25| And, behold, men <i>were</i> passing by, and saw the carcase cast in the way, and the lion was standing near the carcase: and they went in and spoke <i>of it</i> in the city where the old prophet dwelt.
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26| And <i>the prophet</i> that turned him back out of the way heard, and said, This is the man of God who rebelled against the word of the Lord.
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27 28| And he went and found the body cast in the way, and the ass and the lion were standing by the body: and the lion had not devoured the body of the man of God, and had not torn the ass.
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29| And the prophet took up the body of the man of God, and laid it on his ass; and the prophet brought him back to his city, to bury him in his own tomb,
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30| and they bewailed him, <i>saying</i>, Alas, brother.
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31| And it came to pass after he had lamented him, that he spoke to his sons, saying, Whenever I die, bury me in this tomb wherein the man of God is buried; lay me by his bones, that my bones may be preserved with his bones.
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32| For the word will surely come to pass which he spoke by the word of the Lord against the altar in Baethel, and against the high houses in Samaria.
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33| And after this Jeroboam turned not from his sin, but he turned and made of part of the people priests of the <i>high places</i>: whoever would, he consecrated him, and he became a priest for the high places.
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34| And this thing became sin to the house of Jeroboam, even to its destruction and its removal from the face of the earth.
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#14
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1| And Roboam son of Solomon ruled over Juda. Roboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in the city Jerusalem, which the Lord chose to put his name there out of all the tribes of Israel: and his mother’s name <i>was</i> Naama the Ammonitess.
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22| And Roboam did evil in the sight of the Lord; and he provoked him in all the things which their fathers did in their sins which they sinned.
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23| And they built for themselves high places, and pillars, and <i>planted</i> groves on every high hill, and under every shady tree.
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24| And there was a conspiracy in the land, and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the Lord removed from before the children of Israel.
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25| And it came to pass in the fifth year of the reign of Roboam, Susakim king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem;
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26| and took all the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king’s house, and the golden spears which David took out of the hand of the sons of Adrazaar king of Suba, and brought them into Jerusalem, even all that he took, <i>and</i> the golden shields which Solomon had made, [and carried them away into Egypt.]
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27| And king Roboam made brazen shields instead of them; and the chiefs of the body guard, who kept the gate of the house of the king, were placed in charge over them.
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28| And it came to pass when the king went into the house of the Lord, that the body guard took them up, and fixed them in the chamber of the body guard.
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29| And the rest of the history of Roboam, and all that he did, behold, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Juda?
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30| And there was war between Roboam and Jeroboam continually.
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31| And Roboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Abiu his son reigned in his stead.
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#15
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1| And in the eighteenth year of the reign of Jeroboam son of Nabat, Abiu son of Roboam reigns over Juda.
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2| And he reigned three years over Jerusalem: and his mother’s name <i>was</i> Maacha, daughter of Abessalom.
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3| And he walked in the sins of his father which he wrought in his presence, and his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as <i>was</i> the heart of his father <i>David</i>.
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4| Howbeit for David’s sake the Lord gave him a remnant, that he might establish his children after him, and might establish Jerusalem.
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5| Forasmuch as David did that which was right in the sight of the Lord: he turned not from any thing that he commanded him all the days of his life.
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6 7| And the rest of the history of Abiu, and all that he did, behold, are not these written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Juda? And there was war between Abiu and Jeroboam.
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8| And Abiu slept with his fathers in the twenty-fourth year of Jeroboam; and he is buried with his fathers in the city of David: And Asa his son reigns in his stead.
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9| In the four and twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Asa begins to reign over Juda.
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10| And he reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name <i>was</i> Ana, daughter of Abessalom.
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11| And Asa did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, as David his father.
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12| And he removed the sodomites out of the land, and abolished all the practices which his fathers had kept up.
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13| And he removed Ana his mother from being queen, forasmuch as she gathered a meeting in her grove: and Asa cut down her retreats, and burnt them with fire in the brook of Kedron.
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14| But he removed not the high places; nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect with the Lord all his days.
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15| And he brought in the pillars of his father, he even brought in his gold and silver pillars into the house of the Lord, and <i>his</i> vessels.
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16| And there was war between Asa and Baasa king of Israel all their days.
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17| And Baasa king of Israel went up against Juda, and built Rama, so that no one should go out or come in for Asa king of Juda.
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18| And Asa took all the silver and the gold that was found in the treasures of the house of the Lord, and in the treasures of the king’s house, and gave them into the hands of his servants; and king Asa sent them out to the son of Ader, the son of Taberema son of Azin king of Syria, who dwelt in Damascus, saying,
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19| Make a covenant between me and thee, and between my father and thy father: lo! I have sent forth to thee gold and silver <i>for</i> gifts: come, break thy league with Baasa king of Israel, that he may go up from me.
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20| And the son of Ader hearkened to king Asa, and sent the chiefs of his forces to the cities of Israel; and they smote Ain, Dan, and Abel of the house of Maacha, and all Chennereth, as far as the whole land of Nephthali.
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21| And it came to pass when Baasa heard it, that he left off building Rama, and returned to Thersa.
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22| And king Asa charged all Juda without exception: and they take up the stones of Rama and its timbers <i>with</i> which Baasa was building; and king Asa built with them upon the whole hill of Benjamin, and the watch-tower.
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23| And the rest of the history of Asa, and all his mighty deeds which he wrought, and the cities which he built, behold, are not these written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Juda? Nevertheless in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet.
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24| And Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Josaphat his son reigns in his stead.
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25| And Nabat son of Jeroboam reigns over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Juda, and he reigned two years in Israel.
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26| And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the way of his father, and in his sins wherein he caused Israel to sin.
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27| And Baasa son of Achia, <i>who was</i> over the house of Belaan son of Achia, conspired against him, and smote him in Gabathon of the Philistines; for Nabat and all Israel were besieging Gabathon.
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28| And Baasa slew him in the third year of Asa son of Asa king of Juda; and reigned in his stead.
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29| And it came to pass when he reigned, that he smote the whole house of Jeroboam, and left none that breathed of Jeroboam, until he has destroyed him utterly, according to the word of the Lord which he spoke by his servant Achia the Selonite,
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30| for the sins of Jeroboam, who led Israel into sin, even by his provocation wherewith he provoked the Lord God of Israel.
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31| And the rest of the history of Nabat, and all that he did, behold, are not these written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
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32 33| And in the third year of Asa king of Juda, Baasa the son of Achia begins to reign over Israel in Thersa, twenty and four years.
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34| And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, and in his sins, as he caused Israel to sin.
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#16
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1| And the word of the Lord came by the hand of Ju son of Anani to Baasa, <i>saying</i>,
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2| Forasmuch as I lifted thee up from the earth, and made thee ruler over my people Israel; and thou hast walked in the way of Jeroboam, and hast caused my people Israel to sin, to provoke me with their vanities;
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3| Behold, I raise up <i>enemies</i> after Baasa, and after his house; and I will make thy house as the house of Jeroboam son of Nabat.
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4| Him the dies of Baasa in the city the dogs shall devour, and him that dies of his in the field the birds of the sky shall devour.
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5| Now the rest of the history of Baasa, and all that he did, and his mighty acts, behold, are not these written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
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6| And Baasa slept with his fathers, and they bury him in Thersa; and Ela his son reigns in his stead.
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7| And the Lord spoke by Ju the son of Anani against Baasa, and against his house, <i>even</i> all the evil which he wrought before the Lord to provoke him to anger by the works of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam; and because he smote him.
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8| And Ela son of Baasa reigned over Israel two years in Thersa.
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9| And Zambri, captain of half his cavalry, conspired against him, while he was in Thersa, drinking himself drunk in the house of Osa the steward at Thersa.
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10| And Zambri went in and smote him and slew him, and reigned in his stead.
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11| And it came to pass when he reigned, when he sat upon his throne,
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12| that he smote all the house of Baasa, according to the word which the Lord spoke against the house of Baasa, and to Ju the prophet,
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13| for all the sins of Baasa and Ela his son, as he led Israel astray to sin, to provoke the Lord God of Israel with their vanities.
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14| And the rest of the deeds of Ela which he did, behold, are not these written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
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15| And Zambri reigned in Thersa seven days: and the army of Israel <i>was</i> encamped against Gabathon of the Philistines.
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16| And the people heard in the army, saying, Zambri has conspired and smitten the king: and the people of Israel made Ambri the captain of the host king in that day in the camp over Israel.
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17| And Ambri went up, and all Israel with him, out of Gabathon; and they besieged Thersa.
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18| And it came to pass when Zambri saw that his city was taken, that he goes into the inner chamber of the house of the king, and burnt the king’s house over him, and died.
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19| Because of his sins which he committed, doing that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, so as to walk in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, and in his sins wherein he caused Israel to sin.
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20| And the rest of the history of Zambri, and his conspiracies wherein he conspired, behold, are not these written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
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21| Then the people of Israel divides; half the people goes after Thamni the son of Gonath to make him king; and half the people goes after Ambri.
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22| The people that followed Ambri overpowered the people that followed Thamni son of Gonath; and Thamni died and Joram his brother at that time, and Ambri reigned after Thamni.
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23| In the thirty-first year of king Asa, Ambri begins to reign over Israel twelve years: he reigns six years in Thersa.
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24| And Ambri bought the mount Semeron of Semer the lord of the mountain for two talents of silver; and he built <i>upon</i> the mountain, and they called the name of the mountain <i>on</i> which he built, after the name of Semer the lord of the mount, Semeron.
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25| And Ambri did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, and wrought wickedly beyond all that were before him.
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26| And he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, and in his sins wherewith he caused Israel to sin, to provoke the Lord God of Israel by their vanities.
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27| And the rest of the acts of Ambri, and all that he did, and all his might, behold, <i>are</i> not these things written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
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28| And Ambri slept with his fathers, and is buried in Samaria; and Achaab his son reigns in his stead. And in the eleventh year of Ambri Josaphat the son of Asa reigns, <i>being</i> thirty-five years old in the beginning of his reign, and he reigned twenty-five years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name <i>was</i> Gazuba, daughter of Seli. And he walked in the way of Asa his father, and turned not from it, <i>even</i> from doing right in the eyes of the Lord: only they removed not <i>any</i> of the high places; they sacrificed and burnt incense on the high places. Now the engagements which Josaphat made with the king of Israel, and all his mighty deeds which he performed, and the enemies whom he fought against, behold, <i>are</i> not these written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Juda? and the remains of the prostitution which they practiced in the days of Asa his father, he removed out of the land: and there was no king in Syria, <i>but</i> a deputy. And king Josaphat made a ship at Tharsis to go to Sophir for gold: but it went not, for the ship was broken at Gasion Gaber. Then the king of Israel said to Josaphat, I will send forth thy servants and my servants in the ship: but Josaphat would not. And Josaphat slept with his fathers, and is buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Joram his son reigned in his stead.
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29| In the second year of Josaphat king of Juda, Achaab son of Ambri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty-two years.
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30| And Achaab did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, and did more wickedly than all that were before him.
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31| And it was not enough for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, but he took to wife, Jezabel the daughter of Jethebaal king of the Sidonians; and he went and served Baal, and worshiped him.
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32| And he set up an alter to Baal, in the house of his abominations, which he built in Samaria.
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33| And Achaab made a grove; and Achaab did yet more abominably, to provoke the Lord God of Israel, and <i>to sin against</i> his own life so that he should be destroyed: he did evil above all the kings of Israel that were before him.
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34| And in his days Achiel the Baethelite built Jericho: he laid the foundation of it in Abiron his first-born, and he set up the doors of it in Segub his younger son, according to the word of the Lord which he spoke by Joshua the son of Naue.
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#17
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1| And Eliu the prophet, the Thesbite of Thesbae of Galaad, said to Achaab, As the Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be these years dew nor rain, except by the word of my mouth.
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2| And the word of the Lord came to Eliu, <i>saying</i>,
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3| Depart hence eastward, and hide thee by the brook of Chorrath, that is before Jordan.
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4| And it shall be <i>that</i> thou shalt drink water of the brook, and I will charge the ravens to feed thee there.
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5| And Eliu did according to the word of the Lord, and he sat by the brook of Chorrath before Jordan.
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6| And the ravens brought him loaves in the morning, and flesh in the evening and he drank water of the brook.
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7| And it came to pass after some time, that the brook was dried up, because there had been no rain upon the earth.
|
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8| And the word of the Lord came to Eliu, <i>saying</i>,
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9| Arise, and go to Sarepta of the Sidonian <i>land</i>: behold, I have there commanded a widow-woman to maintain thee.
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10| And he arose and went to Sarepta, and came to the gate of the city: and, behold, a widow-woman was there gathering sticks; and Eliu cried after her, and said to her, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.
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11| And she went to fetch it; and Eliu cried after her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of the bread that is in thy hand.
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12| And the woman said, <i>As</i> the Lord thy God lives, I have not a cake, but only a handful of meal in the pitcher, and a little oil in a cruse, and, behold, I am going to gather two sticks, and I shall go in and dress it for myself and my children, and we shall eat it and die.
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13| And Eliu said to her, Be of good courage, go in and do according to thy word: but make me thereof a little cake, and thou shalt bring <i>it</i> out to me first, and thou shalt make <i>some</i> for thyself and thy children last.
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14| For thus saith the Lord, The pitcher of meal shall not fail, and the cruse of oil shall not diminish, until the day that the Lord gives rain upon the earth.
|
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15| And the woman went and did <i>so</i>, and did eat, she, and he, and her children.
|
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16| And the pitcher of meal failed not, and the cruse of oil was not diminished, according to the word of the Lord which he spoke by the hand of Eliu.
|
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17| And it came to pass afterward, that the son of the woman the mistress of the house was sick; and his sickness was very severe, until there was no breath left in him.
|
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18| And she said to Eliu, What have I to do with thee, O man of God? hast thou come in to me to bring my sins to remembrance, and to slay my son?
|
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19| And Eliu said to the woman, Give me thy son. And he took him out of her bosom, and took him up to the chamber in which he himself lodged, and laid him on the bed.
|
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20| And Eliu cried aloud, and said, Alas, O Lord, the witness of the widow with whom I sojourn, thou hast wrought evil <i>for her</i> in slaying her son.
|
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21| And he breathed on the child thrice, and called on the Lord, and said, O Lord my God, let, I pray thee, the soul of this child return to him.
|
||||
22| And it was so, and the child cried out,
|
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23| and he brought him down from the upper chamber into the house, and gave him to his mother; and Eliu said, See, thy son lives.
|
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24| And the woman said to Eliu, Behold, I know that thou <i>art</i> a man of God, and the word of the Lord in thy mouth <i>is</i> true.
|
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#18
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1| And it came to pass after many days, that the word of the Lord came to Eliu in the third year, saying, Go, and appear before Achaab, and I will bring rain upon the face of the earth.
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2| And Eliu went to appear before Achaab: and the famine <i>was</i> severe in Samaria.
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3| And Achaab called Abdiu the steward. Now Abdiu feared the Lord greatly.
|
||||
4| And it came to pass when Jezabel smote the prophets of the Lord, that Abdiu took a hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.
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5| And Achaab said to Abdiu, Come, and let us go through the land, and to the fountains of water, and to the brooks, if by any means we may find grass, and may save the horses and mules, and so they will not perish from the tents.
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6| And they made a division of the way between them to pass through it: Achaab went one way, and Abdiu went by another way alone.
|
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7| And Abdiu was alone in the way; and Eliu came alone to meet him: and Abdiu hasted, and fell upon his face, and said, My lord Eliu, art thou <i>indeed</i> he?
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8| And Eliu said to him, I <i>am</i>: go say to thy master, Behold, Eliu <i>is here</i>.
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9| And Abdiu said, What sin have I committed, that thou givest thy servant into the hand of Achaab to slay me?
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10| <i>As</i> the Lord thy God lives, there is not a nation or kingdom, whither my lord has not sent to seek thee; and if they said, He is not <i>here</i>, then has he set fire to the kingdom and its territories, because he has not found thee.
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11| And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Eliu <i>is here</i>.
|
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12| And it shall come to pass when I shall have departed from thee, that the Spirit of the Lord shall carry thee to a land which I know not, and I shall go in to tell the matter to Achaab, and he will not find thee and will slay me: yet thy servant fears the Lord from his youth.
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13| Has it not been told to thee my lord, what I did when Jezabel slew the prophets of the Lord, that I hid a hundred men of the prophets of the Lord, by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?
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14| And now thou sayest to me, Go, say to thy master, Behold, Eliu <i>is here</i>: and he shall slay me.
|
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15| And Eliu said, <i>As</i> the Lord of Hosts before whom I stand lives, to-day I will appear before him.
|
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16| And Abdiu went to meet Achaab, and told him: and Achaab hasted forth, and went to meet Eliu.
|
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17| And it came to pass when Achaab saw Eliu, that Achaab said to Eliu, Art thou he that perverts Israel?
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18| And Eliu said, I do not pervert Israel; but it is thou and thy father’s house, in that ye forsake the Lord your God, and thou hast gone after Baalim.
|
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19| And now send, gather to me all Israel to mount Carmel, and the prophets of shame four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves four hundred, that eat <i>at</i> Jezabel’s table.
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20| And Achaab sent to all Israel, and gathered all the prophets to mount Carmel.
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21| And Eliu drew near to them all: and Eliu said to them, How long wilt ye halt on both feet? if the Lord be God, follow him; but if Baal, follow him. And the people answered not a word.
|
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22| And Eliu said to the people, I am left, the only one prophet of the Lord; and the prophets of Baal <i>are</i> four hundred and fifty men, and the prophets of the groves four hundred.
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23| Let them give us two oxen, and let them choose one for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on the wood, and put no fire <i>on</i> the wood: and I will dress the other bullock, and put on no fire.
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24| And do ye call loudly on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the Lord my God, and it shall come to pass that the God who shall answer by fire, he <i>is</i> God. And all the people answered and said, The word which thou hast spoken <i>is</i> good.
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25| And Eliu said to the prophets of shame, Choose to yourselves one calf, and dress it first, for ye <i>are</i> many; and call ye on the name of your god; but apply no fire.
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26| And they took the calf and drest it, and called on the name of Baal from morning till noon, and said, hear us, O Baal, hear us. And there was no voice, neither was there hearing, and they ran up and down on the alter which they <i>had</i> made.
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27| And it was noon, and Eliu the Thesbite mocked them, and said, Call with a loud voice, for he is a god; for he is meditating, or else perhaps he is engaged in business, or perhaps he is asleep, and is to be awaked.
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28| And they cried with a loud voice, and cut themselves according to their custom with knives and lancets until the blood gushed out upon them.
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29| And they prophesied until the evening came; and it came to pass as it was the time of the offering of the sacrifice, that Eliu the Thesbite spoke to the prophets of the abominations, saying, Stand by for the present, and I will offer my sacrifice. And they stood aside and departed.
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30| And Eliu said to the people, Come near to me. And all the people came near to him.
|
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31| And Eliu took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of Israel, as the Lord spoke to him, saying, Israel shall be thy name.
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32| And he built up the stones in the name of the Lord, and repaired the altar that had been broken down; and he made a trench that would hold two measures of seed round about the altar.
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33| And he piled the cleft wood on the altar which he <i>had</i> made, and divided the whole-burnt-offering, and laid <i>it</i> on the wood, and laid <i>it</i> in order on the altar, and said, Fetch me four pitchers of water, and pour <i>it</i> on the whole-burnt-offering, and on the wood. And they did so.
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34| And he said, Do it the second time. And they did it the second time. And he said, Do it the third time. And they did it the third time.
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35| And the water ran round about the altar, and they filled the trench with water.
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36| And Eliu cried aloud to the heaven, and said, Lord God of Abraam, and Isaac, and Israel, answer me, O Lord, answer me this day by fire, and let all this people know that thou art the Lord, the God of Israel, and I <i>am</i> thy servant, and for thy sake I have wrought these works.
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37| Hear me, O Lord, hear me, and let this people know that thou art the Lord God, and thou hast turned back the heart of this people.
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38| Then fire fell from the Lord out of heaven, and devoured the whole-burnt-offerings, and the wood and the water that was in the trench, and the fire licked up the stones and the earth.
|
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39| And all the people fell upon their faces, and said, Truly the Lord <i>is</i> God; he <i>is</i> God.
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40| And Eliu said to the people, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them; and Eliu brings them down to the brook Kisson, and he slew them there.
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41| And Eliu said to Achaab, Go up, and eat and drink, for <i>there is</i> a sound of the coming of rain.
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42| And Achaab went up to eat and to drink; and Eliu went up to Carmel, and stooped to the ground, and put his face between his knees,
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43| and said to his servant, Go up, and look toward the sea. And the servant looked, and said, There is nothing: and Eliu said, Do thou then go again seven times.
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44| And the servant went again seven times: and it came to pass at the seventh time, that, behold, a little cloud like the sole of a man’s foot brought water; and he said, Go up, and say to Achaab, make ready thy chariot, and go down, lest the rain overtake thee.
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45| And it came to pass in the meanwhile, that the heaven grew black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Achaab wept, and went to Jezrael.
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46| And the hand of the Lord <i>was</i> upon Eliu, and he girt up his loins, and ran before Achaab to Jezrael.
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#19
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1| And Achaab told Jezabel his wife all that Eliu <i>had</i> done, and how he <i>had</i> slain the prophets with the sword.
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2| And Jezabel sent to Eliu, and said, If thou art Eliu and I am Jezabel, God do so to me, and more also, if I do not make thy life by this time to-morrow as the life of one of them.
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3| And Eliu feared, and rose, and departed for his life: and he comes to Bersabee <i>to</i> the land of Juda, and he left his servant there.
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4| And he himself went a day’s journey in the wilderness, and came and sat under a juniper tree; and asked concerning his life that he might die, and said, Let it be enough now, O Lord, take, I pray thee, my life from me; for I am no better than my fathers.
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5| And he lay down and slept there under a tree; and behold, some one touched him, and said to him, Arise and eat.
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6| And Eliu looked, and, behold, at his head there was a cake of meal and a cruse of water; and he arose, and ate and drank, and returned and lay down.
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7| And the angel of the Lord returned again, and touched him, and said to him, Arise, and eat, for the journey <i>is</i> far from thee.
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8| And he arose, and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights to mount Choreb.
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9| And he entered there into a cave, and rested there; and, behold, the word of the Lord <i>came</i> to him, and he said, What <i>doest</i> thou here, Eliu?
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10| And Eliu said, I have been very jealous for the Lord Almighty, because the children of Israel have forsaken thee: they have digged down thine altars, and have slain thy prophets with the sword; and I only am left alone, and they seek my life to take it.
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11| And he said, Thou shalt go forth to-morrow, and shalt stand before the Lord in the mount; behold, the Lord will pass by. And, behold, a great <i>and</i> strong wind rending the mountains, and crushing the rocks before the Lord; <i>but</i> the Lord <i>was</i> not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake; <i>but</i> the Lord <i>was</i> not in the earthquake:
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12| and after the earthquake a fire; <i>but</i> the Lord <i>was</i> not in the fire: and after the fire the voice of a gentle breeze.
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13| And it came to pass when Eliu heard, that he wrapt his face in his mantle, and went forth and stood in the cave: and, behold, a voice <i>came</i> to him and said, What <i>doest</i> thou here, Eliu?
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14| And Eliu said, I have been very jealous for the Lord Almighty; for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, and they have overthrown thine altars, and have slain thy prophets with the sword! and I am left entirely alone, and they seek my life to take it.
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15| And the Lord said to him, Go, return, and thou shalt come into the way of the wilderness of Damascus: and thou shalt go and anoint Azael to be king over Syria.
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16| And Ju the son of Namessi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel; and Elisaie the son of Saphat shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy room.
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17| And it shall come to pass, that him that escapes from the sword of Azael, Ju shall slay; and him that escapes from the sword of Ju, Elisaie shall slay.
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18| And thou shalt leave in Israel seven thousand men, all the knees which had not bowed themselves to Baal, and every mouth which had not worshipped him.
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19| And he departed thence, and finds Elisaie the son of Saphat, and he was ploughing with oxen; <i>there were</i> twelve yoke before him, and he with the twelve, and he passed by to him, and cast his mantle upon him.
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20| And Elisaie left the cattle, and ran after Eliu and said, I will kiss my father, and follow after thee. And Eliu said, Return, for I have done <i>a work</i> for thee.
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21| And he returned from following him, and took a yoke of oxen, and slew them, and boiled them with the instruments of the oxen, and gave to the people, and they ate: and he arose, and went after Eliu, and ministered to him.
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#20
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1| And Nabuthai the Jezraelite had a vineyard, near the threshingfloor of Achaab king of Samaria.
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2| And Achaab spoke to Nabuthai, saying, Give me thy vineyard, and I will have it for a garden of herbs, for it <i>is</i> near my house: and I will give thee another vineyard better than it; or if it please thee, I will give thee money, the price of this thy vineyard, and I will have it for a garden of herbs.
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3| And Nabuthai said to Achaab, My God forbid me that I should give thee the inheritance of my fathers.
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4| And the spirit of Achaab was troubled, and he lay down upon his bed, and covered his face, and ate no bread.
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5| And Jezabel his wife went in to him, and spoke to him, <i>saying</i>, Why <i>is</i> thy spirit troubled, and <i>why</i> dost thou eat no bread?
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6| And he said to her, Because I spoke to Nabuthai the Jezraelite, saying, Give me thy vineyard for money; or if thou wilt, I will give thee another vineyard for it: and he said, I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers.
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7| And Jezabel his wife said to him, Dost thou now thus act the king over Israel? arise, and eat bread, and be thine own <i>master</i>, and I will give thee the vineyard of Nabuthai the Jezraelite.
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8| And she wrote a letter in the name of Achaab, and sealed it with his seal, and sent the letter to the elders, and to the freemen who dwelt with Nabuthai.
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9| And it was written in the letters, saying, Keep a fast, and set Naboth in a chief place among the people.
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10| And set two men, sons of transgressors, before him, and let them testify against him, saying, He blessed God and the king: and let them lead him forth, and stone him, and let them die.
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11| And the men of his city, the elders, and the nobles who dwelt in his city, did as Jezabel sent to them, and as it had been written in the letters which she sent to them.
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12| And they proclaimed a fast, and set Nebuthai in a chief place among the people.
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13| And two men, sons of transgressors, came in, and sat opposite him, and bore witness against him, saying, Thou hast blessed God and the king. And they led him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, and he died.
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14| And they sent to Jezabel, saying, Nabuthai is stoned, and is dead.
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15| And it came to pass, when Jezabel heard <i>it</i>, that she said to Achaab, Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Nabuthai the Jezraelite, who would not sell it to thee: for Nebuthai is not alive, for he is dead.
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16| And it came to pass, when Achaab heard that Nabuthai the Jezraelite was dead, that he rent his garments, and put on sackcloth. And it came to pass afterward, that Achaab arose and went down to the vineyard of Nabuthai the Jezraelite, to take possession of it.
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17| And the Lord spoke to Eliu the Thesbite, saying,
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18| Arise, and go down to meet Achaab king of Israel, who is in Samaria, for he <i>is</i> in the vineyard of Nabuthai, for he has gone down thither to take possession of it.
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19| And thou shalt speak to him, saying, Thus saith the Lord, Forasmuch as thou hast slain and taken possession, therefore thus saith the Lord, In every place where the swine and the dogs have licked the blood of Nabuthai, there shall the dogs lick thy blood; and the harlots shall wash themselves in thy blood.
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20| And Achaab said to Eliu, Hast thou found me, mine enemy? and he said, I have found <i>thee</i>: because thou hast wickedly sold thyself to work evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger;
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21| behold, I bring evil upon thee: and I will kindle a fire after thee, and I will utterly destroy every male of Achaab, and him that is shut up and him that is left in Israel.
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22| And I will make thy house as the house of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, and as the house of Baasa son of Achia, because of the provocations wherewith thou hast provoked <i>me</i>, and caused Israel to sin.
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23| And the Lord spoke of Jezabel, saying, The dogs shall devour her within the fortification of Jezrael.
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24| Him that is dead of Achaab in the city shall the dogs eat, and him that is dead of him in the field shall the birds of the sky eat.
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25| But Achaab <i>did</i> wickedly, in that he sold himself to do that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, as his wife Jezabel led him astray.
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26| And he did very abominably in following after the abominations, according to all that the Amorite did, whom the Lord utterly destroyed from before the children of Israel.
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27| And because of the word, Achaab was pierced with sorrow before the Lord, and he both went weeping, and rent his garment, and girt sackcloth upon his body, and fasted; he put on sackcloth also in the day that he smote Nabuthai the Jezraelite, and went his way.
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28| And the word of the Lord came by the hand of his servant Eliu concerning Achaab, and the Lord said,
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29| Hast thou seen how Achaab has been pricked <i>to the heart</i> before me? I will not bring on the evil in his days, but in his son’s days will I bring on the evil.
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#21
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1| And the son of Ader gathered all his forces, and went up and besieged Samaria, <i>he</i> and thirty-two kings with him, and all <i>his</i> horse and chariots: and they went up and besieged Samaria, and fought against it.
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2| And he sent into the city to Achaab king of Israel, and said to him, Thus says the son of Ader,
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3| Thy silver and thy gold are mine, and thy wives and thy children are mine.
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4| And the king of Israel answered and said, As thou hast said, my lord, O king, I am thine, and all mine <i>also</i>.
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5| And the messengers came again, and said, Thus says the son of Ader, I sent to thee, saying, Thou shalt give me thy silver and thy gold, and thy wives and thy children.
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6| For at this time to-morrow I will send my servants to thee, and they shall search thy house, and the houses of thy servants, and it shall be that all the desirable objects of their eyes on which they shall lay their hands, they shall even take <i>them</i>.
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7| And the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said, Take notice now and consider, that this man seeks mischief: for he has sent to me concerning my wives, and concerning my sons, an concerning my daughters: I have not kept back from him my silver and my gold.
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8| And the elders and all the people said to him, Hearken not, and consent not.
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9| And he said to the messengers of the son of Ader, Say to your master, All things that thou hast sent to thy servant about at first I will do; but this thing I shall not be able to do. And the men departed, and carried back the answer to him.
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10| And the son of Ader sent to him, saying, So do God to me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for foxes to all the people, even my infantry.
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11| And the king of Israel answered and said, Let it be sufficient; let not the humpbacked boast as he that is upright.
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12| And it came to pass when he returned him this answer, he and all the kings with him were drinking in tents: and he said to his servants, Form a trench. And they made a trench against the city.
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13| And, behold, a prophet came to Achaab king of Israel, and said, Thus saith the Lord, Hast thou seen this great multitude? behold, I give it this day into thine hands; and thou shalt know that I <i>am</i> the Lord.
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14| And Achaab said, Whereby? And he said, Thus saith the Lord, by the young men of the heads of the districts. And Achaab said, Who shall begin the battle? and he said, Thou.
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15| And Achaab numbered the young men the heads of the districts, and they were two hundred and thirty: and afterwards he numbered the people, <i>even</i> every man fit for war, seven thousand.
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16| And he went forth at noon, an the son of Ader was drinking <i>and</i> getting drunk in Socchoth, he and the kings, <i>even</i> thirty and two kings, his allies.
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17| And the young men the heads of the districts went forth first; and they send and report to the king of Syria, saying, There are men come forth out of Samaria.
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18| And he said to them, If they come forth peaceably, take them alive; and if they come forth to war, take them alive:
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19| and let not the young men the heads of the districts go forth of the city. And the force that was behind them
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20| smote each one the man next to him; and each one a second time smote the man next to him: and Syria fled, and Israel pursued them; and the son of Ader, <i>even</i> the king of Syria, escapes on the horse of a horseman.
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21| And the king of Israel went forth, and took all the horses and the chariots, and smote <i>the enemy</i> with a great slaughter in Syria.
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22| And the prophet came to the king of Israel, and said, Strengthen thyself, and observe, and see what thou shalt do; for at the return of the year the son of Ader king of Syria comes up against thee.
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23| And the servants of the king of Syria, even they said, The God of Israel <i>is</i> a God of mountains, and not a God of valleys; therefore has he prevailed against us: but if we should fight against them in the plain, verily we shall prevail against them.
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24| And do thou this thing: Send away the kings, each one to his place, and set princes in their stead.
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25| And we will give thee <i>another</i> army according to the army that was destroyed, and cavalry according to the cavalry, and chariots according to the chariots, and we will fight against them in the plain, and we shall prevail against them. And he hearkened to their voice, and did so.
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26| And it came to pass at the return of the year, that the son of Ader reviewed Syria, and went up to Apheca to war against Israel.
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27| And the children of Israel were numbered, and came to meet them: and Israel encamped before them as two little flocks of goats, but Syria filled the land.
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28| And there came the man of God, and said to the king of Israel, Thus saith the Lord, Because Syria has said, The Lord God of Israel <i>is</i> a God of the hills, and he <i>is</i> not a God of the valleys, therefore will I give this great army into thy hand, and thou shalt know that I <i>am</i> the Lord.
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29| And they encamp one over against the other before them seven days. And it came to pass on the seventh day that the battle drew on, and Israel smote Syria, <i>even</i> a hundred thousand footmen in one day.
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30| And the rest fled to Apheca, into the city; and the wall fell upon twenty-seven thousand men that were left: and the son of Ader fled, and entered into an inner chamber, into a closet.
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31| And he said to his servants, I know that the kings of Israel are merciful kings: let us now put sackcloth upon our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and let us go forth to the king of Israel, if by any means he will save our souls alive.
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32| So they girt sackcloth upon their loins, and put ropes upon their heads, and said to the king of Israel, Thy servant the son of Ader says, Let our souls live, I pray thee. And he said, Does he yet live? He is my brother.
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33| And the men divined, and offered drink-offerings; and they caught the word out of his mouth, and said, Thy brother the son of Ader. And he said, Go ye in and fetch him. And the son of Ader went out to him, and they cause him to go up to him into the chariot.
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34| And he said to him, The cities which my father took from thy father I will restore to thee; and thou shalt make streets for thyself in Damascus, as my father made streets in Samaria; and I will let thee go with a covenant. And he made a covenant with him, and let him go.
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35| And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said to his neighbour by the word of the Lord, Smite me, I pray, And the man would not smite him.
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36| And he said to him, Because thou hast not hearkened to the voice of the Lord, therefore, behold, as thou departest from me, a lion shall smite thee: and he departed from him, and a lion found him, and smote him.
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37| And he finds another man, and says, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man smote him, and in smiting wounded <i>him</i>.
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38| And the prophet went and stood before the king of Israel by the way, and bound his eyes with a bandage.
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39| And it came to pass as the king passed by, that he cried aloud to the king, and said, Thy servant went out to war, and, behold, a man brought <i>another</i> man to me, and said to me, Keep his man; and if he should by any means escape, then thy life shall go for his life, or thou shalt pay a talent of silver.
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40| And it came to pass, that thy servant looked round this way and that way, and the man was gone. And the king of Israel said to him, Behold, thou hast also destroyed snares <i>set</i> for me.
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41| And he hasted, and took away the bandage from his eyes; and the king of Israel recognized him, that he was one of the prophets.
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42| And he said to him, Thus saith the Lord, Because thou hast suffered to escape out of thine hand a man appointed to destruction, therefore thy life shall go for his life, and thy people for his people.
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43| And the king of Israel departed confounded and discouraged, and came to Samaria.
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#22
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1| And he rested three years, and there was no war between Syria and Israel.
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2| And it came to pass in the third year, that Josaphat king of Juda went down to the king of Israel.
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3| And the king of Israel said to his servants, Know ye that Remmath Galaad <i>is</i> ours, and we are slow to take it out of the hand of the king of Syria?
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4| And the king of Israel said to Josaphat, Wilt thou go up with us to Remmath Galaad to battle?
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5| And Josaphat said, As I <i>am</i>, so <i>art</i> thou also; as my people, <i>so is</i> thy people; as my horses, <i>so are</i> thy horses. And Josaphat king of Juda said to the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray thee, of the Lord to-day.
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6| And the king of Israel gathered all the prophets together, about four hundred men; and the king said to them, Shall I go up to Remmath Galaad to battle, or shall I forbear? and they said, Go up, and the Lord will surely give <i>it</i> into the hands of the king.
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7| And Josaphat said to the king of Israel, Is there not here a prophet of the Lord, that we may enquire of the Lord by him?
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8| And the king of Israel said to Josaphat, There is one man here <i>for us</i> to enquire of the Lord by; but I hate him, for he does not speak good of me, but only evil; Michaias son of Jemblaa. And Josaphat king of Juda said, Let not the king say so.
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9| And the king of Israel called a eunuch and said, <i>Bring hither</i> quickly Michaias son of Jemblaa.
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10| And the king of Israel and Josaphat king of Juda sat, each on his throne, armed in the gates of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them.
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11| And Sedekias son of Chanaan made for himself iron horns, and said, Thus saith the Lord, With these thou shalt push Syria, until it be consumed.
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12| And all the prophets prophesied in like manner, saying, Go up to Remmath Galaad, and <i>the thing</i> shall prosper, and the Lord shall deliver it and the king of Syria into thine hands.
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13| And the messenger that went to call Michaias spoke to him, saying, Behold now, all the prophets speak with one mouth good concerning the king, let now thy words be like the words of one of them, and speak good things.
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14| And Michaias said, <i>As</i> the Lord lives, whatsoever the Lord shall say to me, that will I speak.
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15| And he came to the king: and the king said to him, Michaias, shall I go up to Remmath Galaad to battle, or shall I forbear? and he said, Go up, and the Lord shall deliver it into the hand of the king.
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16| And the king said to him, How often shall I adjure thee, that thou speak to me truth in the name of the Lord?
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17| And he said, Not so. I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains as a flock without a shepherd: and the Lord said, <i>Is</i> not God lord of these? let each one return to his home in peace.
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18| And the king of Israel said to Josaphat king of Juda, Did I not say to thee that this man does not prophesy good to me, for <i>he speaks</i> nothing but evil?
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19| And Michaias said, Not so, <i>it is</i> not I: hear the word of the Lord; <i>it is</i> not so. I saw the God of Israel sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven stood about him on his right hand and on his left.
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20| And the Lord said, Who will deceive Achaab king of Israel, that he may go up and fall in Remmath Galaad? and one spoke one way, and another another way.
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21| And there came forth a spirit and stood before the Lord, and said, I will deceive him.
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22| And the Lord said to him, Whereby? And he said, I will go forth, and will be a false spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt deceive him, yea, and shalt prevail: go forth, and do so.
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23| And now, behold, the Lord has put a false spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets, and the Lord has spoken evil against thee.
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24| And Sedekias the son of Chanaan came near and smote Michaias on the cheek, and said, What sort of a spirit of the Lord <i>has</i> spoken in thee?
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25| And Michaias said, Behold, thou shalt see in that day, when thou shalt go into an innermost chamber to hide thyself there.
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26| And the king of Israel said, Take Michaias, and convey him away to Semer the keeper of the city;
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27| and tell Joas the king’s son to put this <i>fellow</i> in prison, and to feed him with bread of affliction and water of affliction until I return in peace.
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28| And Michaias said, If thou return at all in peace, the Lord has not spoken by me.
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29| So the king of Israel went up, and Josaphat king of Juda with him to Remmath Galaad.
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30| And the king of Israel said to Josaphat king of Juda, I will disguise myself, and enter into the battle, and do thou put on my raiment. So the king of Israel disguised himself, and went into the battle.
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31| And the king of Syria had charged the thirty-two captains of his chariots, saying, Fight not <i>against</i> small or great, but against the king of Israel only.
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32| And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Josaphat king of Juda, that they said, this seems <i>to be</i> the king of Israel. And they compassed him about to fight <i>against</i> him; and Josaphat cried out.
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33| And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw that this was not the king of Israel, that they returned from him.
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34| And one drew a bow with a good aim, and smote the king of Israel between the lungs and the breast-plate: and he said to his charioteer, Turn thine hands, and carry me away out of the battle, for I am wounded.
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35| And the war was turned in that day, and the king was standing on the chariot, against Syria from morning till evening; and he shed the blood out of his wound, into the bottom of the chariot, and died at even, and the blood ran out of the wound into the bottom of the chariot.
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36| And the herald of the army stood at sunset, saying, Let every man go to his own city and his own land,
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37| for the king is dead. And they came to Samaria, and buried the king in Samaria.
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38| And they washed the chariot at the fountain of Samaria; and the swine and the dogs licked up the blood, and the harlots washed themselves in the blood, according to the word of the Lord which he spoke.
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39| And the rest of the acts of Achaab, and all that he did, and the ivory house which he built, and all the cities which he built, behold, <i>are</i> not these things written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
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40| And Achaab slept with his fathers, and Ochozias his son reigned in his stead.
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41| And Josaphat the son of Asa reigned over Juda: in the fourth year of Achaab king of Israel began Josaphat to reign.
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42| Thirty and five years old <i>was he</i> when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name <i>was</i> Azuba daughter of Salai.
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43| And he walked in all the way of Asa his father: he turned not from it, even from doing that which was right in the eyes of the Lord.
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44| Only he took not away <i>any</i> of the high places: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense on the high places.
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45| And Josaphat was at peace with the king of Israel.
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46| And the rest of the acts of Josaphat, and his mighty deeds, whatever he did, behold, <i>are</i> not these things written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Juda?
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46 47 48 49 50 51| And Josaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried by his fathers in the city of David his father, and Joram his son reigned in his stead.
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52| And Ochozias son of Achaab reigned over Israel in Samaria: in the seventeenth year of Josaphat king of Juda, Ochozias son of Achaab reigned over Israel in Samaria two years.
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53| And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the way of Achaab his father, and in the way of Jezabel his mother, and in the sins of the house of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, who caused Israel to sin.
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54| And he served Baalim, and worshipped them, and provoked the Lord God of Israel, according to all that had been done before him.
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#1
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1| Now Philopater, on learning from those who came back that Antiochus had made himself master of the places which belonged to himself, sent orders to all his footmen and horsemen, took with him his sister Arsinoe, and marched out as far as the parts of Raphia, where Antiochus and his forces encamped.
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2| And one Theodotus, intending to carry out his design, took with him the bravest of the armed men who had been before committed to his trust by Ptolemy, and got through at night to the tent of Ptolemy, to kill him on his own responsibility, and so to end the war.
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3| But Dositheus, called the son of Drimulus, by birth a Jew, afterward a renegade from the laws and observances of his country, conveyed Ptolemy away, and made an obscure person lie down in his stead in the tent. It befell this man to receive the fate which was meant for the other.
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4| A fierce battle then took place; and the men of Antiochus prevailing, Arsinoe continually went up and down the ranks, and with dishevelled hair, with tears and entreaties, begged the soldiers to fight manfully for themselves, their children, and wives; and promised that if they proved conquerors, she would give them two minae of gold apiece.
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5| It thus fell out that their enemies were defeated in hand-to-hand encounter, and that many of them were taken prisoners.
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6| Having vanquished this attempt, the king then decided to proceed to the neighbouring cities, and encourage them.
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7| By doing this, and by making donations to their temples, he inspired his subjects with confidence.
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8| The Jews sent some of their council and of their elders to him. The greetings, guest- gifts, and congratulations of the past, bestowed by them, filled him with the greater eagerness to visit their city.
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9| Having arrived at Jerusalem, sacrificed, and offered thank-offerings to the Greatest God, and done whatever else was suitable to the sanctity of the place, and entered the inner court,
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10| he was so struck with the magnificence of the place, and so wondered at the orderly arrangements of the temple, that he considered entering the sanctuary itself.
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11| And when they told him that this was not permissible, none of the nation, no, nor even the priests in general, but only the supreme high priest of all, and he only once in a year, being allowed to go in, he would by no means give way.
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12| Then they read the law to him; but he persisted in obtruding himself, exclaiming, that he ought to be allowed: and saying Be it that they were deprived of this honour, I ought not to be.
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13| And he put the question, Why, when he entered all the temples, none of the priests who were present forbad him?
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14| He was thoroughly answered by some one, That he did wrong to boast of this.
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15| Well; since I have done this, said he, be the cause what it may, shall I not enter with or without your consent?
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16| And when the priests fell down in their sacred vestments imploring the Greatest God to come and help in time of need, and to avert the violence of the fierce aggressor, and when they filled the temple with lamentations and tears,
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17| then those who had been left behind in the city were scared, and rushed forth, uncertain of the event.
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18| Virgins, who had been shut up within their chambers, came out with their mothers, scattering dust and ashes on their heads, and filling the streets with outcries.
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19| Women, but recently separated off, left their bridal chambers, left the reserve that befitted them, and ran about the city in a disorderly manner.
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20| New-born babes were deserted by the mothers or nurses who waited upon them; some here, some there, in houses, or in fields; these now, with an ardour which could not be checked, swarmed into the Most High temple.
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21| Various were the prayers offered up by those who assembled in this place, on account of the unholy attempt of the king.
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22| Along with these there were some of the citizens who took courage, and would not submit to his obstinacy, and his intention of carrying out his purpose. 23 Calling out to arms, and to die bravely in defence of the law of their fathers, they created a great uproar in the place, and were with difficulty brought back by the aged and the elders to the station of prayer which they had occupied before.
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24| During this time the multitude kept on praying.
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25| The elders who surrounded the king strove in many ways to divert his haughty mind from the design which he had formed.
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26| He, in his hardened mood, insensible to all persuasion, was going onwards with the view of carrying out this design.
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27| Yet even his own officers, when they saw this, joined the Jews in an appeal to Him who has all power, to aid in the present crisis, and not wink at such overweening lawlessness.
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28| Such was the frequency and the vehemence of the cry of the assembled crowd, that an indescribable noise ensued.
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29| Not the men only, but the very walls and floor seemed to sound forth; all things preferring dissolution rather than to see the place defiled.
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#2
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1| Now was it that the high priest Simon bowed his knees over against the holy place, and spread out his hands in reverent form, and uttered the following supplication:
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2| O Lord, Lord, King of the heavens, and Ruler of the whole creation, Holy among the holy, sole Governor, Almighty, give ear to us who are oppressed by a wicked and profane one, who exulteth in his confidence and strength.
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3| It is thou, the Creator of all, the Lord of the universe, who art a righteous Governor, and judgest all who act with pride and insolence.
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4| It was thou who didst destroy the former workers of unrighteousness, among whom were the giants, who trusted in their strength and hardihood, by covering them with a measureless flood.
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5| It was thou who didst make the Sodomites, those workers of exceeding iniquity, men notorious for their vices, an example to after generations, when thou didst cover them with fire and brimstone.
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6| Thou didst make known thy power when thou causedst the bold Pharaoh, the enslaver of thy people, to pass through the ordeal of many and diverse inflictions.
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7| And thou rolledst the depths of the sea over him, when he made pursuit with chariots, and with a multitude of followers, and gavest a safe passage to those who put their trust in thee, the Lord of the whole creation.
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8| These saw and felt the works of thine hands, and praised thee the Almighty.
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9| Thou, O King, when thou createdst the illimitable and measureless earth, didst choose out this city: thou didst make this place sacred to thy name, albeit thou needest nothing: thou didst glorify it with thine illustrious presence, after constructing it to the glory of thy great and honourable name.
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10| And thou didst promise, out of love to the people of Israel, that should we fall away from thee, and become afflicted, and then come to this house and pray, thou wouldest hear our prayer.
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11| Verily thou art faithful and true.
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12| And when thou didst often aid our fathers when hard pressed, and in low estate, and deliveredst them out of gret dangers,
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13| see now, holy King, how through our many and great sins we are borne down, and made subject to our enemies, and are become weak and powerless.
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14| We being in this low condition, this bold and profane man seeks to dishonour this thine holy place, consecrated out of the earth to the name of thy Majesty.
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15| Thy dwelling place, the heaven of heavens, is indeed unapproachable to men.
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16| But since it seemed good to thee to exhibit thy glory among thy people Israel, thou didst sanctify this place.
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17| Punish us not by means of the uncleanness of their men, nor chastise us by means of their profanity; lest the lawless ones should boast in their rage, and exult in exuberant pride of speech, and say,
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18| We have trampled upon the holy house, as idolatrous houses are trampled upon.
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19| Blot out our iniquities, and do away with our errors, and shew forth thy compassion in this hour.
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20| Let thy mercies quickly go before us. Grant us peace, that the cast down and broken hearted may praise thee with their mouth.
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21| At that time God, who seeth all things, who is beyond all Holy among the holy, heard that prayer, so suitable; and scourged the man greatly uplifted with scorn and insolence.
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22| Shaking him to and fro as a reed is shaken with the wind, he cast him upon the pavement, powerless, with limbs paralyzed; by a righteous judgment deprived of the faculty of speech.
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23| His friends and bodyguards, beholding the swift recompense which had suddenly overtaken him, struck with exceeding terror, and fearing that he would die, speedily removed him.
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24| When in course of time he had come to himself, this severe check caused no repentance within him, but he departed with bitter threatenings.
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25| He proceeded to Egypt, grew worse in wickedness through his beforementioned companions in wine, who were lost to all goodness;
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26| and not satisfied with countless acts of impiety, his audacity so increased that he raised evil reports there, and many of his friends, watching his purpose attentively, joined in furthering his will.
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27| His purpose was to indict a public stigma upon our race; wherefore he erected a pillar at the tower-porch, and caused the following inscription to be engraved upon it:
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28| That entrance to their own temple was to be refused to all those who would not sacrifice; that all the Jews were to be registered among the common people; that those who resisted were to be forcibly seized and put to death;
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29| that those who were thus registered, were to be marked on their persons by the ivy-leaf symbol of Dionysus, and to be set apart with these limited rights.
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30| To do away with the appearance of hating them all, he had it written underneath, that if any of them should elect to enter the community of those initiated in the rites, these should have equal rights with the Alexandrians.
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31| Some of those who were over the city, therefore, abhorring any approach to the city of piety, unhesitatingly gave in to the king, and expected to derive some great honour from a future connection with him.
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32| A nobler spirit, however, prompted the majority to cling to their religious observances, and by paying money that they might live unmolested, these sought to escape the registration:
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33| cheerfully looking forward to future aid, they abhorred their own apostates, considering them to be national foes, and debarring them from the common usages of social intercourse.
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#3
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1| On discovering this, so incensed was the wicked king, that he no longer confined his rage to the Jews in Alexandria. Laying his hand more heavily upon those who lived in the country, he gave orders that they should be quickly collected into one place, and most cruelly deprived of their lives.
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2| While this was going on, an invidious rumour was uttered abroad by men who had banded together to injure the Jewish race. The purport of their charge was, that the Jews kept them away from the ordinances of the law.
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3| Now, while the Jews always maintained a feeling of un-swerving loyalty towards the kings, yet, as they worshipped God, and observed his law, they made certain distinctions, and avoided certain things. Hence some persons held them in odium; although, as they adorned their conversation with works of righteousness, they had established themselves in the good opinion of the world.
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6| What all the rest of mankind said, was, however, made of no account by the foreigners;
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7| who said much of the exclusiveness of the Jews with regard to their worship and meats; they alleged that they were men unsociable, hostile to the king's interests, refusing to associate with him or his troops. By this way of speaking, they brought much odium upon them.
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8| Nor was this unexpected uproar and sudden conflux of people unobserved by the Greeks who lived in the city, concerning men who had never harmed them: yet to aid them was not in their power, since all was oppression around; but they encouraged them in their troubles, and expected a favourable turn of affairs:
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9| He who knoweth all things, will not, [said they,] disregard so great a people.
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10| Some of the neighbors, friends, and fellow dealers of the Jews, even called them secretly to an interview, pledged them their assistance, and promised to do their very utmost for them.
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11| Now the king, elated with his prosperous fortune, and not regarding the superior power of God, but thinking to persevere in his present purpose, wrote the following letter to the prejudice of the Jews.
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12| King Ptolemy Philopater, to the commanders and soldiers in Egypt, and in all places, health and happiness!
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13| I am right well; and so, too, are my affairs.
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14| Since our Asiatic campaign, the particulars of which ye know, and which by the aid of the gods, not lightly given, and by our own vigour, has been brought to a successful issue according to our expectation,
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15| we resolved, not with strength of spear, but with gentleness and much humanity, as it were to nurse the inhabitants of Coele-Syria and Phoenicia, and to be their willing benefactors.
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16| So, having bestowed considerable sums of money upon the temples of the several cities, we proceeded even as far as Jerusalem; and went up to honour the temple of these wretched beings who never cease from their folly.
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17| To outward appearance they received us willingly; but belied that appearance by their deeds. When we were eager to enter their temple, and to honour it with the most beautiful and exquisite gifts,
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18| they were so carried away by their old arrogance, as to forbid us the entrance; while we, out of our forbearance toward all men, refrained from exercising our power upon them.
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19| And thus, exhibiting their enmity against us, they alone among the nations lift up their heads against kings and benefactors, as men unwilling to submit to any thing reasonable.
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20| We then, having endeavoured to make allowance for the madness of these persons, and on our victorious return treating all people in Egypt courteously, acted in a manner which was befitting.
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21| Accordingly, bearing no ill-will against their kinsmen [at Jerusalem,] but rather remembering our connection with them, and the numerous matters with sincere heart from a remote period entrusted to them, we wished to venture a total alteration of their state, by bestowing upon them the rights of citizens of Alexandria, and to admit them to the everlasting rites of our solemnities.
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22| All this, however, they have taken in a very different spirit. With their innate malignity, they have spurned the fair offer; and constantly inclining to evil,
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23| have rejected the inestimable rights. Not only so, but by using speech, and by refraining from speech, they abhor the few among them who are heartily disposed towards us; ever deeming that their ignoble course of procedure will force us to do away with our reform.
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24| Having then, received certain proofs that these [Jews] bear us every sort of ill-will, we must look forward to the possibility of some sudden tumult among ourselves, when these impious men may turn traitors and barbarous enemies.
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25| As soon, therefore, as the contents of this letter become known to you, in that same hour we order those [Jews] who dwell among you, with wives and children, to be sent to us, vilified and abused, in chains of iron, to undergo a death, cruel and ignominious, suitable to men disaffected.
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26| For by the punishment of them in one body we perceive that we have found the only means of establishing our affairs for the future on a firm and satisfactory basis.
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||||
27| Whosoever shall shield a Jew, whether it be old man, child, or suckling, shall with his whole house be tortured to death.
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||||
28| Whoever shall inform against the [Jews,] besides receiving the property of the person charged, shall be presented with two thousand drachmae from the royal treasury, shall be made free, and shall be crowned.
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29| Whatever place shall shelter a Jew, shall, when he is hunted forth, be put under the ban of fire, and be for ever rendered useless to every living being for all time to come.
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30| Such was the purport of the king's letter.
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||||
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#4
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1| Wherever this decree was received, the people kept up a revelry of joy and shouting; as if their long-pent-up, hardened hatred, were now to shew itself openly.
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||||
2| The Jews suffered great throes of sorrow, and wept much; while their hearts, all things around being lamentable, were set on fire as they bewailed the sudden destruction which was decreed against them.
|
||||
3| What home, or city, or place at all inhabited, or what streets were there, which their condition did not fill with wailing and lamentation?
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||||
4| They were sent out unanimously by the generals in the several cities, with such stern and pitiless feeling, that the exceptional nature of the infliction moved even some of their enemies. These, influenced by sentiments of common humanity, and reflecting upon the uncertain issue of life, shed tears at this their miserable expulsion.
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||||
5| A multitude of aged hoary-haired old men, were driven along with halting bending feet, urged onward by the impulse of a violent, shameless force to quick speed.
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||||
6| Girls who had entered the bridal chamber quite lately, to enjoy the partnership of marriage, exchanged pleasure for misery; and with dust scattered upon their myrrh-anointed heads, were hurried along unveiled; and, in the midst of outlandish insults, set up with one accord a lamentable cry in lieu of the marriage hymn.
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||||
7| Bound, and exposed to public gaze, they were hurried violently on board ship.
|
||||
8| The husbands of these, in the prime of their youthful vigour, instead of crowns wore halters round their necks; instead of feasting and youthful jollity, spent the rest of their nuptial days in wailings, and saw only the grave at hand.
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9| They were dragged along by unyielding chains, like wild beasts: of these, some had their necks thrust into the benches of the rowers; while the feet of others were enclosed in hard fetters.
|
||||
10| The planks of the deck above them barred out the light, and shut out the day on every side, so that they might be treated like traitors during the whole voyage.
|
||||
11| They were conveyed accordingly in this vessel, and at the end of it arrived at Schedia. The king had ordered them to be cast into the vast hippodrome, which was built in front of the city. This place was well adapted by its situation to expose them to the gaze of all comers into the city, and of those who went from the city into the country. Thus they could hold no communication with his forces; nay, were deemed unworthy of any civilized accommodation.
|
||||
12| When this was done, the king, hearing that their brethren in the city often went out and lamented the melancholy distress of these victims,
|
||||
13| was full of rage, and commanded that they should be carefully subjected to the same (and not one whit milder) treatment.
|
||||
14| The whole nation was now to be registered. Every individual was to be specified by name; not for that hard servitude of labour which we have a little before mentioned, but that he might expose them to the before-mentioned tortures; and finally, in the short space of a day, might extirpate them by his cruelties
|
||||
15| The registering of these men was carried on cruelly, zealously, assiduously, from the rising of the sun to its going down, and was not brought to an end in forty days.
|
||||
16| The king was filled with great and constant joy, and celebrated banquets before the temple idols. His erring heart, far from the truth, and his profane mouth, gave glory to idols, deaf and incapable of speaking or aiding, and uttered unworthy speech against the Greatest God.
|
||||
17| At the end of the above-mentioned interval of time, the registrars brought word to the king that the multitude of the Jews was too great for registration,
|
||||
18| inasmuch as there were many still left in the land, of whom some were in inhabited houses, and others were scattered about in various places; so that all the commanders in Egypt were insufficient for the work.
|
||||
19| The king threatened them, and charged them with taking bribes, in order to contrive the escape of the Jews: but was clearly convinced of the truth of what had been said.
|
||||
20| They said, and proved, that paper and pens had failed them for the carrying out of their purpose.
|
||||
21| Now this was an active interference of the unconquerable Providence which assisted the Jews from heaven.
|
||||
|
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#5
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1| Then he called Hermon, who had charge of the elephants. Full of rage, altogether fixed in his furious design,
|
||||
2| he commanded him, with a quantity of unmixed wine and handfuls of incense [infused] to drug the elephants early on the following day. These five hundred elephants were, when infuriated by the copious draughts of frankincense, to be led up to the execution of death upon the Jews.
|
||||
3| The king, after issuing these orders, went to his feasting, and gathered together all those of his friends and of the army who hated the Jews the most.
|
||||
4| The master of the elephants, Hermon, fulfilled his commission punctually.
|
||||
5| The underlings appointed for the purpose went out about eventide and bound the hands of the miserable victims, and took other precautions for their security at night, thinking that the whole race would perish together.
|
||||
6| The heathen believed the Jews to be destitute of all protection; for chains fettered them about.
|
||||
7| they invoked the Almighty Lord, and ceaselessly besought with tears their merciful God and Father, Ruler of all, Lord of every power,
|
||||
8| to overthrow the evil purpose which was gone out against them, and to deliver them by extraordinary manifestation from that death which was in store for them.
|
||||
9| Their litany so earnest went up to heaven.
|
||||
10| Then Hermon, who had filled his merciless elephants with copious draughts of mingled wine and frankincense, came early to the palace to certify the kind thereof.
|
||||
11| He, however, who has sent his good creature sleep from all time by night or by day thus gratifying whom he wills, diffused a portion thereof now upon the king.
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||||
12| By this sweet and profound influence of the Lord he was held fast, and thus his unjust purpose was quite frustrated, and his unflinching resolve greatly falsified.
|
||||
13| But the Jews, having escaped the hour which had been fixed, praised their holy God, and again prayed him who is easily reconciled to display the power of his powerful hand to the overweening Gentiles.
|
||||
14| The middle of the tenth hour had well nigh arrived, when the master- bidder, seeing the guests who were bidden collected, came and shook the king.
|
||||
15| He gained his attention with difficulty, and hinting that the mealtime was getting past, talked the matter over with him.
|
||||
16| The kind listened to this, and then turning aside to his potations, commanded the guests to sit down before him.
|
||||
17| This done, he asked them to enjoy themselves, and to indulge in mirth at this somewhat late hour of the banquet.
|
||||
18| Conversation grew on, and the king sent for Hermon, and enquired of him, with fierce denunciations, why the Jews had been allowed to outlive that day.
|
||||
19| Hermon explained that he had done his bidding over night; and in this he was confirmed by his friends.
|
||||
20| The king, then, with a barbarity exceeding that of Phalaris, said, That they might thank his sleep of that day. Lose no time, and get ready the elephants against tomorrow, as you did before, for the destruction of these accursed Jews.
|
||||
21| When the king said this, the company present were glad, and approved; and then each man went to his own home.
|
||||
22| Nor did they employ the night in sleep, so much as in contriving cruel mockeries for those deemed miserable.
|
||||
23| The morning cock had just crowed, and Hermon, having harnessed the brutes, was stimulating them in the great colonnade.
|
||||
24| The city crowds were collected together to see the hideous spectacle, and waited impatiently for the dawn.
|
||||
25| The Jews, breathless with momentary suspense, stretched forth their hands, and prayed the Greatest God, in mournful strains, again to help them speedily.
|
||||
26| The sun's rays were not yet shed abroad, and the king was waiting for his friends, when Hermon came to him, calling him out, and saying, That his desires could now be realized.
|
||||
27| The king, receiving him, was astonished at his unwonted exit; and, overwhelmed with a spirit of oblivion about everything, enquired the object of this earnest preparation.
|
||||
28| But this was the wroking of that Almighty God who had made him forget all his purpose.
|
||||
29| Hermon, and all his friends, pointed out the preparation of the animals. they are ready, O king, according to your own strict injunction.
|
||||
30| The king was filled with fierce anger at these words; for, by the Providence of God regarding these things, his mind had become entirely confused. He looked hard at Hermon, and threatened him as follows:
|
||||
31| Your parents, or your children, were they here, to these wild beasts a large repast they should have furnished; not these innocent Jews, who me and my forefathers loyally have served.
|
||||
32| Had it not been for familar friendship, and the claims of your office, your life should have gone for theirs.
|
||||
33| Hermon, being threatened in this unexpected and alarming manner, was troubled in visage, and depressed in countenance.
|
||||
34| The friends, too, stole out one by one, and dismissed the assembled multitudes to their respective occupations.
|
||||
35| The Jews, having heard of these events, praised the glorious God and King of kings, because they had obtained this help, too, from him.
|
||||
36| Now the king arranged another banquet after the same manner, and proclaimed an invitation to mirth.
|
||||
27| And he summoned Hermon to his presence, and said, with threats, How often, O wretch, must I repeat my orders to thee about these same persons?
|
||||
28| Once more, arm the elephants against the morrow for the extermination of the Jews.
|
||||
39| His kinsmen, who were reclining with him, wondered at his instability, and thus expressed themselves:
|
||||
40| O king, how long dost thou make trial of us, as of men bereft of reason? This is the third time that thou hast ordered their destruction. When the thing is to be done, thou changest thy mind, and recallest thy instructions.
|
||||
41| For this cause the feeling of expectation causes tumult in the city: it swarms with factions; and is continually on the point of being plundered.
|
||||
42| The king, just like another Phalaris, a prey to thoughtlessness, made no account of the changes which his own mind had undergone, issuing in the deliverance of the Jews. He swore a fruitless oath, and determined forthwith to send them to hades, crushed by the knees and feet of the elephants.
|
||||
43| He would also invade Judea, and level its towns with fire and the sword; and destroy that temple which the heathen might not enter, and prevent sacrifices ever after being offered up there.
|
||||
44| Joyfully his friends broke up, together with his kinsmen; and, trusting in his determination, arranged their forces in guard at the most convenient places of the city.
|
||||
45| And the master of the elephants urged the beasts into an almost maniacal state, drenched them with incense and wine, and decked them with frightful instruments.
|
||||
46| About early morning, when the city was now filled with an immense number of people at the hippodrome, he entered the palace, and called the king to the business in hand.
|
||||
47| The king's heart teemed with impious rage; and he rushed forth with the mass, along with the elephants. With feelings unsoftened, and eyes pitiless, he longed to gaze at the hard and wretched doom of the abovementioned [<i>Jews</i>].
|
||||
48| But the [<i>Jews</i>,] when the elephants went out at the gate, followed by the armed force; and when they saw the dust raised by the throng, and heard the loud cries of the crowd,
|
||||
49| thought that they had come to the last moment of their lives, to the end of what they had tremblingly expected. They gave way, therefore, to lamentations and moans: they kissed each other: those nearest of kin to each other hung about one another's necks: fathers about their sons, mother their daughters: other women held their infants to their breasts, which drew what seemed their last milk.
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50| Nevertheless, when they reflected upon the succour before granted them from heaven, they prostrated themselves with one accord; removed even the sucking children from the breasts, and 51 sent up an exceeding great cry entreating the Lord of all power to reveal himself, and have mercy upon those who now lay at the gates of hades.
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#6
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1| And Eleazar, an illustrious priest of the country, who had attained to length of day, and whose life had been adorned with virtue, caused the presbyters who were about him to cease to cry out to the holy God, and prayed thus:
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2| O king, mighty in power, most high, Almighty God, who regulates the whole creation with thy tender mercy,
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3| look upon the seed of Abraham, upon the children of the sanctified Jacob, thy sanctified inheritance, O Father, now being wrongfully destroyed as strangers in a strange land.
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4| Thou destroyedst Pharaoh, with his hosts of chariots, when that lord of this same Egypt was uplifted with lawless hardihood and loud-sounding tongue. Shedding the beams of thy mercy upon the race of Israel, thou didst overwhelm him with his proud army.
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5| When Sennacherim, the grievous king of the Assyrians, glorying in his countless hosts, had subdued the whole land with his spear, and was lifting himself against thine holy city, with boastings grievous to be endured, thou, O Lord, didst demolish him and didst shew forth thy might to many nations.
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6| When the three friends in the land of Babylon of their own will exposed their lives to the fire rather than serve vain things, thou didst send a dewy coolness through the fiery furnace, and bring the fire upon all their adversaries.
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7| It was thou who, when Daniel was hurled, through slander and envy, as a prey to lions down below, didst bring him back against unhurt to light.
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8| When Jonah was pining away in the belly of the sea-bred monster, thou didst look upon him, O Father, and recover him to the sight of his own.
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9| And now, thou who hatest insolence; thou who dost abound in mercy; thou who art the protector of all things; appear quickly to those of the race of Israel, who are insulted by abhorred, lawless gentiles.
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10| If our life has during our exile been stained with iniquity, deliver us from the hand of the enemy, and destroy us, O Lord, by the death which thou preferrest.
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11| Let not the vain-minded congratulate vain idols at the destruction of thy beloved, saying, Neither did their god deliver them.
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12| Thou, who art All-powerful and Almighty, O Eternal One, behold! have mercy upon us who are being withdrawn from life, like traitors, by the unreasoning insolence of lawless men.
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13| Let the heathen cower before thine invincible might today, O glorious One, who hast all power to save the race of Jacob.
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14| The whole band of infants and their parents with tears beseech thee.
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15| Let it be shewn to all the nations that thou art with us, O Lord, and hast not turned thy face away from us; but as thou saidst that thou wouldst not forget them even in the land of their enemies, so do thou fulfil this saying, O Lord.
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16| Now, at the time that Eleazar had ended his prayer, the king came along to the hippodrome, with the wild beasts, and with his tumultuous power.
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17| When the Jews saw this, they uttered a loud cry to heaven, so that the adjacent valleys resounded, and caused an irrepressible lamentation throughout the army.
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18| Then the all-glorious, all-powerful, and true God, displayed his holy countenance, and opened the gates of heaven, from which two angels, dreadful of form, came down and were visible to all but the Jews.
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19| And they stood opposite, and filled the enemies' host with confusion and cowardice; and bound them with immoveable fetters.
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20| And a cold shudder came over the person of the king, and oblivion paralysed the vehemence of his spirit.
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21| They turned back the animals upon the armed forces which followed them; and the animals trod them down, and destroyed them.
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22| The king's wrath was converted into compassion; and he wept at his own machinations. 23 For when he heard the cry, and saw them all on the verge of destruction, with tears he angrily threatened his friends, saying,
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24| Ye have governed badly; and have exceeded tyrants in cruelty; and me your benefactor ye have laboured to deprive at once of my dominion and my life, by secretly devising measures injurious to the kingdom.
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25| Who has gathered here, unreasonably removing each from his home, those who, in fidelity to us, had held the fortresses of the country?
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26| Who has thus consigned to unmerited punishments those who in good will towards us from the beginning have in all things surpassed all nations, and who often have engaged in the most dangerous undertakings?
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27| Loose, loose the unjust bonds; send them to their homes in peace, and deprecate what has been done.
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28| Release the sons of the almighty living God of heaven, who from our ancestors' times until now has granted a glorious and uninterrupted prosperity to our affairs.
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29| These things he said; and they, released the same moment, having now escaped death, praised God their holy Saviour.
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30| The king then departed to the city, and called his financier to him, and bade him provide a seven days' quantity of wine and other materials for feasting for the Jews. He decided that they should keep a gladsome festival of deliverance in the very place in which they expected to meet with their destruction.
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31| Then they who were before despised and nigh unto hades, yea, rather advanced into it, partook of the cup of salvation, instead of a grievous and lamentable death. Full of exultation, they parted out the place intended for their fall and burial into banqueting booths.
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32| Ceasing their miserable strain of woe, they took up the subject of their fatherland, hymning in praise God their wonder-working Saviour. All groans, all wailing, were laid aside: they formed dances in token of serene joy.
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33| So, also, the king collected a number of guests for the occasion, and returned unceasing thanks with much magnificence for the unexpected deliverance afforded him.
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34| Those who had marked them out as for death and for carrion, and had registered them with joy, howled aloud, and were clothed with shame, and had the fire of their rage ingloriously put out.
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35| But the Jews, as we just said, instituted a dance, and then gave themselves up to feasting, glad thanksgivings, and psalms.
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36| They made a public ordinance to commemorate these things for generations to come, as long as they should be sojourners. They thus established these days as days of mirth, not for the purpose of drinking or luxury, but because God had saved them.
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37| They requested the king to send them back to their homes.
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38| They were being enrolled from the twenty-fifth of Pachon to the fourth of Epiphi, a period of forty days: the measures taken for their destruction lasted from the fifth of Epiphi till the seventh, that is, three days.
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39| The Ruler over all did during this time manifest forth his mercy gloriously, and did deliver them all together unharmed.
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40| They feasted upon the king's provision up to the fourteenth day, and then asked to be sent away.
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41| The king commended them, and wrote the subjoined letter, of magnanimous import for them, to the commanders of every city.
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#7
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1| King Ptolemy Philopator to the commanders throughout Egypt, and to all who are set over affairs, joy and strength.
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2| We, too, and our children are well; and God has directed our affairs as we wish.
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||||
3| Certain of our friends did of malice vehemently urge us to punish the Jews of our realm in a body, with the infliction of a monstrous punishment.
|
||||
4| They pretended that our affairs would never be in a good state till this took place. Such, they said, was the hatred borne by the Jews to all other people.
|
||||
5| They brought them fettered in grievous chains as slaves, nay, as traitors. Without enquiry or examination they endeavoured to annihilate them. They buckled themselves with a savage cruelty, worse than Scythian custom.
|
||||
6| For this cause we severely threatened them; yet, with the clemency which we are wont to extend to all men, we at length permitted them to live. Finding that the God of heaven cast a shield of protection over the Jews so as to preserve them, and that he fought for them as a father always fights for his sons;
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7| and taking into consideration their constancy and fidelity towards us and towards our ancestors, we have, as we ought, acquitted them of every sort of charge.
|
||||
8| And we have dismissed them to their several homes; bidding all men everywhere to do them no wrong, or unrighteously revile them about the past.
|
||||
9| For know ye, that should we conceive any evil design, or in any way aggrieve them, we shall ever have as our opposite, not man, but the highest God, the ruler of all might. From Him there will be no escape, as the avenger of such deeds. Fare ye well.
|
||||
10| When they had received this letter, they were not forward to depart immediately. They petitioned the king to be allowed to inflict fitting punishment upon those of their race who had willingly transgressed the holy god, and the law of God.
|
||||
11| They alleged that men who had for their bellies' sake transgressed the ordinances of God, would never be faithful to the interests of the king.
|
||||
12| The king admitted the truth of this reasoning, and commended them. Full power was given them, without warrant or special commission, to destroy those who had transgressed the law of God boldly in every part of the king's dominions.
|
||||
13| Their priests, then, as it was meet, saluted him with good wishes, and all the people echoed with the Hallelujah. They then joyfully departed.
|
||||
14| Then they punished and destryed with ignominy every polluted Jew that fell in their way;
|
||||
15| slaying thus, in that day, above three hundred men, and esteeming this destruction of the wicked a season of joy.
|
||||
16| They themselves having held fast their God unto death, and having enjoyed a full deliverance, departed from the city garlanded with sweet-flowered wreaths of every kind. Uttering exclamations of joy, with songs of praise, and melodious hymns they thanked the God of their fathers, the eternal Saviour of Israel.
|
||||
17| Having arrived at Ptolemais, called from the specialty of that district Rose-bearing, where the fleet, in accordance with the general wish, waited for them seven days,
|
||||
18| they partook of a banquet of deliverance, for the king generously granted them severally the means of securing a return home.
|
||||
19| They were accordingly brought back in peace, while they gave utterance to becoming thanks; and they determined to keep these days during their sojourn as days of joyfulness.
|
||||
20| These they registered as sacred upon a pillar, when they had dedicated the place of their festivity to be one of prayer. They departed unharmed, free, abundant in joy, preserved by the king's command, by land, by sea, and by river, each to his own home.
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||||
21| They had more weight than before among their enemies; and were honoured and feared, and no one in any way robbed them of their goods.
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||||
22| Every man received back his own, according to inventory; those who had obtained their goods, giving them up with the greatest terror. For the greatest God wrought with perfectness wonders for their salvation.
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||||
23| Blessed be the Redeemer of Israel unto everlasting. Amen.
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#1
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1| And Josias held the feast of the passover in Jerusalem unto his Lord, and offered the passover the fourteenth day of the first month;
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2| Having set the priests according to their daily courses, being arrayed in long garments, in the temple of the Lord.
|
||||
3| And he spake unto the Levites, the holy ministers of Israel, that they should hallow themselves unto the Lord, to set the holy ark of the Lord in the house that king Solomon the son of David had built:
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||||
4| And said, Ye shall no more bear the ark upon your shoulders: now therefore serve the Lord your God, and minister unto his people Israel, and prepare you after your families and kindreds,
|
||||
5| According as David the king of Israel prescribed, and according to the magnificence of Solomon his son: and standing in the temple according to the several dignity of the families of you the Levites, who minister in the presence of your brethren the children of Israel,
|
||||
6| Offer the passover in order, and make ready the sacrifices for your brethren, and keep the passover according to the commandment of the Lord, which was given unto Moses.
|
||||
7| And unto the people that was found there Josias gave thirty thousand lambs and kids, and three thousand calves: these things were given of the king’s allowance, according as he promised, to the people, to the priests, and to the Levites.
|
||||
8| And Helkias, Zacharias, and Syelus, the governors of the temple, gave to the priests for the passover two thousand and six hundred sheep, and three hundred calves.
|
||||
9| And Jeconias, and Samaias, and Nathanael his brother, and Assabias, and Ochiel, and Joram, captains over thousands, gave to the Levites for the passover five thousand sheep, and seven hundred calves.
|
||||
10| And when these things were done, the priests and Levites, having the unleavened bread, stood in very comely order according to the kindreds,
|
||||
11| And according to the several dignities of the fathers, before the people, to offer to the Lord, as it is written in the book of Moses: and thus did they in the morning.
|
||||
12| And they roasted the passover with fire, as appertaineth: as for the sacrifices, they sod them in brass pots and pans with a good savour,
|
||||
13| And set them before all the people: and afterward they prepared for themselves, and for the priests their brethren, the sons of Aaron.
|
||||
14| For the priests offered the fat until night: and the Levites prepared for themselves, and the priests their brethren, the sons of Aaron.
|
||||
15| The holy singers also, the sons of Asaph, were in their order, according to the appointment of David, to wit, Asaph, Zacharias, and Jeduthun, who was of the king’s retinue.
|
||||
16| Moreover the porters were at every gate; it was not lawful for any to go from his ordinary service: for their brethren the Levites prepared for them.
|
||||
17| Thus were the things that belonged to the sacrifices of the Lord accomplished in that day, that they might hold the passover,
|
||||
18| And offer sacrifices upon the altar of the Lord, according to the commandment of king Josias.
|
||||
19| So the children of Israel which were present held the passover at that time, and the feast of sweet bread seven days.
|
||||
20| And such a passover was not kept in Israel since the time of the prophet Samuel.
|
||||
21| Yea, all the kings of Israel held not such a passover as Josias, and the priests, and the Levites, and the Jews, held with all Israel that were found dwelling at Jerusalem.
|
||||
22| In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josias was this passover kept.
|
||||
23| And the works or Josias were upright before his Lord with an heart full of godliness.
|
||||
24| As for the things that came to pass in his time, they were written in former times, concerning those that sinned, and did wickedly against the Lord above all people and kingdoms, and how they grieved him exceedingly, so that the words of the Lord rose up against Israel.
|
||||
25| Now after all these acts of Josias it came to pass, that Pharaoh the king of Egypt came to raise war at Carchamis upon Euphrates: and Josias went out against him.
|
||||
26| But the king of Egypt sent to him, saying, What have I to do with thee, O king of Judea?
|
||||
27| I am not sent out from the Lord God against thee; for my war is upon Euphrates: and now the Lord is with me, yea, the Lord is with me hasting me forward: depart from me, and be not against the Lord.
|
||||
28| Howbeit Josias did not turn back his chariot from him, but undertook to fight with him, not regarding the words of the prophet Jeremy spoken by the mouth of the Lord:
|
||||
29| But joined battle with him in the plain of Magiddo, and the princes came against king Josias.
|
||||
30| Then said the king unto his servants, Carry me away out of the battle; for I am very weak. And immediately his servants took him away out of the battle.
|
||||
31| Then gat he up upon his second chariot; and being brought back to Jerusalem died, and was buried in his father’s sepulchre.
|
||||
32| And in all Jewry they mourned for Josias, yea, Jeremy the prophet lamented for Josias, and the chief men with the women made lamentation for him unto this day: and this was given out for an ordinance to be done continually in all the nation of Israel.
|
||||
33| These things are written in the book of the stories of the kings of Judah, and every one of the acts that Josias did, and his glory, and his understanding in the law of the Lord, and the things that he had done before, and the things now recited, are reported in the book of the kings of Israel and Judea.
|
||||
34| And the people took Joachaz the son of Josias, and made him king instead of Josias his father, when he was twenty and three years old.
|
||||
35| And he reigned in Judea and in Jerusalem three months: and then the king of Egypt deposed him from reigning in Jerusalem.
|
||||
36| And he set a tax upon the land of an hundred talents of silver and one talent of gold.
|
||||
37| The king of Egypt also made king Joacim his brother king of Judea and Jerusalem.
|
||||
38| And he bound Joacim and the nobles: but Zaraces his brother he apprehended, and brought him out of Egypt.
|
||||
39| Five and twenty years old was Joacim when he was made king in the land of Judea and Jerusalem; and he did evil before the Lord.
|
||||
40| Wherefore against him Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon came up, and bound him with a chain of brass, and carried him into Babylon.
|
||||
41| Nabuchodonosor also took of the holy vessels of the Lord, and carried them away, and set them in his own temple at Babylon.
|
||||
42| But those things that are recorded of him, and of his uncleanness and impiety, are written in the chronicles of the kings.
|
||||
43| And Joacim his son reigned in his stead: he was made king being eighteen years old;
|
||||
44| And reigned but three months and ten days in Jerusalem; and did evil before the Lord.
|
||||
45| So after a year Nabuchodonosor sent and caused him to be brought into Babylon with the holy vessels of the Lord;
|
||||
46| And made Zedechias king of Judea and Jerusalem, when he was one and twenty years old; and he reigned eleven years:
|
||||
47| And he did evil also in the sight of the Lord, and cared not for the words that were spoken unto him by the prophet Jeremy from the mouth of the Lord.
|
||||
48| And after that king Nabuchodonosor had made him to swear by the name of the Lord, he forswore himself, and rebelled; and hardening his neck, his heart, he transgressed the laws of the Lord God of Israel.
|
||||
49| The governors also of the people and of the priests did many things against the laws, and passed all the pollutions of all nations, and defiled the temple of the Lord, which was sanctified in Jerusalem.
|
||||
50| Nevertheless the God of their fathers sent by his messenger to call them back, because he spared them and his tabernacle also.
|
||||
51| But they had his messengers in derision; and, look, when the Lord spake unto them, they made a sport of his prophets:
|
||||
52| So far forth, that he, being wroth with his people for their great ungodliness, commanded the kings of the Chaldees to come up against them;
|
||||
53| Who slew their young men with the sword, yea, even within the compass of their holy temple, and spared neither young man nor maid, old man nor child, among them; for he delivered all into their hands.
|
||||
54| And they took all the holy vessels of the Lord, both great and small, with the vessels of the ark of God, and the king’s treasures, and carried them away into Babylon.
|
||||
55| As for the house of the Lord, they burnt it, and brake down the walls of Jerusalem, and set fire upon her towers:
|
||||
56| And as for her glorious things, they never ceased till they had consumed and brought them all to nought: and the people that were not slain with the sword he carried unto Babylon:
|
||||
57| Who became servants to him and his children, till the Persians reigned, to fulfil the word of the Lord spoken by the mouth of Jeremy:
|
||||
58| Until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths, the whole time of her desolation shall she rest, until the full term of seventy years.
|
||||
|
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#2
|
||||
1| In the first year of Cyrus king of the Persians, that the word of the Lord might be accomplished, that he had promised by the mouth of Jeremy;
|
||||
2| The Lord raised up the spirit of Cyrus the king of the Persians, and he made proclamation through all his kingdom, and also by writing,
|
||||
3| Saying, Thus saith Cyrus king of the Persians; The Lord of Israel, the most high Lord, hath made me king of the whole world,
|
||||
4| And commanded me to build him an house at Jerusalem in Jewry.
|
||||
5| If therefore there be any of you that are of his people, let the Lord, even his Lord, be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem that is in Judea, and build the house of the Lord of Israel: for he is the Lord that dwelleth in Jerusalem.
|
||||
6| Whosoever then dwell in the places about, let them help him, those, I say, that are his neighbours, with gold, and with silver,
|
||||
7| With gifts, with horses, and with cattle, and other things, which have been set forth by vow, for the temple of the Lord at Jerusalem.
|
||||
8| Then the chief of the families of Judea and of the tribe of Benjamin stood up; the priests also, and the Levites, and all they whose mind the Lord had moved to go up, and to build an house for the Lord at Jerusalem,
|
||||
9| And they that dwelt round about them, and helped them in all things with silver and gold, with horses and cattle, and with very many free gifts of a great number whose minds were stirred up thereto.
|
||||
10| King Cyrus also brought forth the holy vessels, which Nabuchodonosor had carried away from Jerusalem, and had set up in his temple of idols.
|
||||
11| Now when Cyrus king of the Persians had brought them forth, he delivered them to Mithridates his treasurer:
|
||||
12| And by him they were delivered to Sanabassar the governor of Judea.
|
||||
13| And this was the number of them; A thousand golden cups, and a thousand of silver, censers of silver twenty nine, vials of gold thirty, and of silver two thousand four hundred and ten, and a thousand other vessels.
|
||||
14| So all the vessels of gold and of silver, which were carried away, were five thousand four hundred threescore and nine.
|
||||
15| These were brought back by Sanabassar, together with them of the captivity, from Babylon to Jerusalem.
|
||||
16| But in the time of Artaxerxes king of the Persians Belemus, and Mithridates, and Tabellius, and Rathumus, and Beeltethmus, and Semellius the secretary, with others that were in commission with them, dwelling in Samaria and other places, wrote unto him against them that dwelt in Judea and Jerusalem these letters following;
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17| To king Artaxerxes our lord, Thy servants, Rathumus the storywriter, and Semellius the scribe, and the rest of their council, and the judges that are in Celosyria and Phenice.
|
||||
18| Be it now known to the lord king, that the Jews that are up from you to us, being come into Jerusalem, that rebellious and wicked city, do build the marketplaces, and repair the walls of it and do lay the foundation of the temple.
|
||||
19| Now if this city and the walls thereof be made up again, they will not only refuse to give tribute, but also rebel against kings.
|
||||
20| And forasmuch as the things pertaining to the temple are now in hand, we think it meet not to neglect such a matter,
|
||||
21| But to speak unto our lord the king, to the intent that, if it be thy pleasure it may be sought out in the books of thy fathers:
|
||||
22| And thou shalt find in the chronicles what is written concerning these things, and shalt understand that that city was rebellious, troubling both kings and cities:
|
||||
23| And that the Jews were rebellious, and raised always wars therein; for the which cause even this city was made desolate.
|
||||
24| Wherefore now we do declare unto thee, O lord the king, that if this city be built again, and the walls thereof set up anew, thou shalt from henceforth have no passage into Celosyria and Phenice.
|
||||
25| Then the king wrote back again to Rathumus the storywriter, to Beeltethmus, to Semellius the scribe, and to the rest that were in commission, and dwellers in Samaria and Syria and Phenice, after this manner;
|
||||
26| I have read the epistle which ye have sent unto me: therefore I commanded to make diligent search, and it hath been found that that city was from the beginning practising against kings;
|
||||
27| And the men therein were given to rebellion and war: and that mighty kings and fierce were in Jerusalem, who reigned and exacted tributes in Celosyria and Phenice.
|
||||
28| Now therefore I have commanded to hinder those men from building the city, and heed to be taken that there be no more done in it;
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||||
29| And that those wicked workers proceed no further to the annoyance of kings,
|
||||
30| Then king Artaxerxes his letters being read, Rathumus, and Semellius the scribe, and the rest that were in commission with them, removing in haste toward Jerusalem with a troop of horsemen and a multitude of people in battle array, began to hinder the builders; and the building of the temple in Jerusalem ceased until the second year of the reign of Darius king of the Persians.
|
||||
|
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#3
|
||||
1| Now when Darius reigned, he made a great feast unto all his subjects, and unto all his household, and unto all the princes of Media and Persia,
|
||||
2| And to all the governors and captains and lieutenants that were under him, from India unto Ethiopia, of an hundred twenty and seven provinces.
|
||||
3| And when they had eaten and drunken, and being satisfied were gone home, then Darius the king went into his bedchamber, and slept, and soon after awaked.
|
||||
4| Then three young men, that were of the guard that kept the king’s body, spake one to another;
|
||||
5| Let every one of us speak a sentence: he that shall overcome, and whose sentence shall seem wiser than the others, unto him shall the king Darius give great gifts, and great things in token of victory:
|
||||
6| As, to be clothed in purple, to drink in gold, and to sleep upon gold, and a chariot with bridles of gold, and an headtire of fine linen, and a chain about his neck:
|
||||
7| And he shall sit next to Darius because of his wisdom, and shall be called Darius his cousin.
|
||||
8| And then every one wrote his sentence, sealed it, and laid it under king Darius his pillow;
|
||||
9| And said that, when the king is risen, some will give him the writings; and of whose side the king and the three princes of Persia shall judge that his sentence is the wisest, to him shall the victory be given, as was appointed.
|
||||
10| The first wrote, Wine is the strongest.
|
||||
11| The second wrote, The king is strongest.
|
||||
12| The third wrote, Women are strongest: but above all things Truth beareth away the victory.
|
||||
13| Now when the king was risen up, they took their writings, and delivered them unto him, and so he read them:
|
||||
14| And sending forth he called all the princes of Persia and Media, and the governors, and the captains, and the lieutenants, and the chief officers;
|
||||
15| And sat him down in the royal seat of judgment; and the writings were read before them.
|
||||
16| And he said, Call the young men, and they shall declare their own sentences. So they were called, and came in.
|
||||
17| And he said unto them, Declare unto us your mind concerning the writings. Then began the first, who had spoken of the strength of wine;
|
||||
18| And he said thus, O ye men, how exceeding strong is wine! it causeth all men to err that drink it:
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19| It maketh the mind of the king and of the fatherless child to be all one; of the bondman and of the freeman, of the poor man and of the rich:
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20| It turneth also every thought into jollity and mirth, so that a man remembereth neither sorrow nor debt:
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21| And it maketh every heart rich, so that a man remembereth neither king nor governor; and it maketh to speak all things by talents:
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22| And when they are in their cups, they forget their love both to friends and brethren, and a little after draw out swords:
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23| But when they are from the wine, they remember not what they have done.
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24| O ye men, is not wine the strongest, that enforceth to do thus? And when he had so spoken, he held his peace.
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#4
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1| Then the second, that had spoken of the strength of the king, began to say,
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2| O ye men, do not men excel in strength that bear rule over sea and land and all things in them?
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3| But yet the king is more mighty: for he is lord of all these things, and hath dominion over them; and whatsoever he commandeth them they do.
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4| If he bid them make war the one against the other, they do it: if he send them out against the enemies, they go, and break down mountains walls and towers.
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5| They slay and are slain, and transgress not the kings commandment: if they get the victory, they bring all to the king, as well the spoil, as all things else.
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6| Likewise for those that are no soldiers, and have not to do with wars, but use husbandry, when they have reaped again that which they had sown, they bring it to the king, and compel one another to pay tribute unto the king.
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7| And yet he is but one man: if he command to kill, they kill; if he command to spare, they spare;
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8| If he command to smite, they smite; if he command to make desolate, they make desolate; if he command to build, they build;
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9| If he command to cut down, they cut down; if he command to plant, they plant.
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10| So all his people and his armies obey him: furthermore he lieth down, he eateth and drinketh, and taketh his rest:
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11| And these keep watch round about him, neither may any one depart, and do his own business, neither disobey they him in any thing.
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12| O ye men, how should not the king be mightiest, when in such sort he is obeyed? And he held his tongue.
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13| Then the third, who had spoken of women, and of the truth, (this was Zorobabel) began to speak.
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14| O ye men, it is not the great king, nor the multitude of men, neither is it wine, that excelleth; who is it then that ruleth them, or hath the lordship over them? are they not women?
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15| Women have borne the king and all the people that bear rule by sea and land.
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16| Even of them came they: and they nourished them up that planted the vineyards, from whence the wine cometh.
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17| These also make garments for men; these bring glory unto men; and without women cannot men be.
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18| Yea, and if men have gathered together gold and silver, or any other goodly thing, do they not love a woman which is comely in favour and beauty?
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19| And letting all those things go, do they not gape, and even with open mouth fix their eyes fast on her; and have not all men more desire unto her than unto silver or gold, or any goodly thing whatsoever?
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20| A man leaveth his own father that brought him up, and his own country, and cleaveth unto his wife.
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21| He sticketh not to spend his life with his wife. and remembereth neither father, nor mother, nor country.
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22| By this also ye must know that women have dominion over you: do ye not labour and toil, and give and bring all to the woman?
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23| Yea, a man taketh his sword, and goeth his way to rob and to steal, to sail upon the sea and upon rivers;
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24| And looketh upon a lion, and goeth in the darkness; and when he hath stolen, spoiled, and robbed, he bringeth it to his love.
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25| Wherefore a man loveth his wife better than father or mother.
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26| Yea, many there be that have run out of their wits for women, and become servants for their sakes.
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27| Many also have perished, have erred, and sinned, for women.
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28| And now do ye not believe me? is not the king great in his power? do not all regions fear to touch him?
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29| Yet did I see him and Apame the king’s concubine, the daughter of the admirable Bartacus, sitting at the right hand of the king,
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30| And taking the crown from the king’s head, and setting it upon her own head; she also struck the king with her left hand.
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31| And yet for all this the king gaped and gazed upon her with open mouth: if she laughed upon him, he laughed also: but if she took any displeasure at him, the king was fain to flatter, that she might be reconciled to him again.
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32| O ye men, how can it be but women should be strong, seeing they do thus?
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33| Then the king and the princes looked one upon another: so he began to speak of the truth.
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34| O ye men, are not women strong? great is the earth, high is the heaven, swift is the sun in his course, for he compasseth the heavens round about, and fetcheth his course again to his own place in one day.
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35| Is he not great that maketh these things? therefore great is the truth, and stronger than all things.
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36| All the earth crieth upon the truth, and the heaven blesseth it: all works shake and tremble at it, and with it is no unrighteous thing.
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37| Wine is wicked, the king is wicked, women are wicked, all the children of men are wicked, and such are all their wicked works; and there is no truth in them; in their unrighteousness also they shall perish.
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38| As for the truth, it endureth, and is Always strong; it liveth and conquereth for evermore.
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39| With her there is no accepting of persons or rewards; but she doeth the things that are just, and refraineth from all unjust and wicked things; and all men do well like of her works.
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40| Neither in her judgment is any unrighteousness; and she is the strength, kingdom, power, and majesty, of all ages. Blessed be the God of truth.
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41| And with that he held his peace. And all the people then shouted, and said, Great is Truth, and mighty above all things.
|
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42| Then said the king unto him, Ask what thou wilt more than is appointed in the writing, and we will give it thee, because thou art found wisest; and thou shalt sit next me, and shalt be called my cousin.
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43| Then said he unto the king, Remember thy vow, which thou hast vowed to build Jerusalem, in the day when thou camest to thy kingdom,
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44| And to send away all the vessels that were taken away out of Jerusalem, which Cyrus set apart, when he vowed to destroy Babylon, and to send them again thither.
|
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45| Thou also hast vowed to build up the temple, which the Edomites burned when Judea was made desolate by the Chaldees.
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46| And now, O lord the king, this is that which I require, and which I desire of thee, and this is the princely liberality proceeding from thyself: I desire therefore that thou make good the vow, the performance whereof with thine own mouth thou hast vowed to the King of heaven.
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47| Then Darius the king stood up, and kissed him, and wrote letters for him unto all the treasurers and lieutenants and captains and governors, that they should safely convey on their way both him, and all those that go up with him to build Jerusalem.
|
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48| He wrote letters also unto the lieutenants that were in Celosyria and Phenice, and unto them in Libanus, that they should bring cedar wood from Libanus unto Jerusalem, and that they should build the city with him.
|
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49| Moreover he wrote for all the Jews that went out of his realm up into Jewry, concerning their freedom, that no officer, no ruler, no lieutenant, nor treasurer, should forcibly enter into their doors;
|
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50| And that all the country which they hold should be free without tribute; and that the Edomites should give over the villages of the Jews which then they held:
|
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51| Yea, that there should be yearly given twenty talents to the building of the temple, until the time that it were built;
|
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52| And other ten talents yearly, to maintain the burnt offerings upon the altar every day, as they had a commandment to offer seventeen:
|
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53| And that all they that went from Babylon to build the city should have free liberty, as well they as their posterity, and all the priests that went away.
|
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54| He wrote also concerning. the charges, and the priests’ vestments wherein they minister;
|
||||
55| And likewise for the charges of the Levites, to be given them until the day that the house were finished, and Jerusalem builded up.
|
||||
56| And he commanded to give to all that kept the city pensions and wages.
|
||||
57| He sent away also all the vessels from Babylon, that Cyrus had set apart; and all that Cyrus had given in commandment, the same charged he also to be done, and sent unto Jerusalem.
|
||||
58| Now when this young man was gone forth, he lifted up his face to heaven toward Jerusalem, and praised the King of heaven,
|
||||
59| And said, From thee cometh victory, from thee cometh wisdom, and thine is the glory, and I am thy servant.
|
||||
60| Blessed art thou, who hast given me wisdom: for to thee I give thanks, O Lord of our fathers.
|
||||
61| And so he took the letters, and went out, and came unto Babylon, and told it all his brethren.
|
||||
62| And they praised the God of their fathers, because he had given them freedom and liberty
|
||||
63| To go up, and to build Jerusalem, and the temple which is called by his name: and they feasted with instruments of musick and gladness seven days.
|
||||
|
||||
#5
|
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1| After this were the principal men of the families chosen according to their tribes, to go up with their wives and sons and daughters, with their menservants and maidservants, and their cattle.
|
||||
2| And Darius sent with them a thousand horsemen, till they had brought them back to Jerusalem safely, and with musical <i>instruments</i> tabrets and flutes.
|
||||
3| And all their brethren played, and he made them go up together with them.
|
||||
4| And these are the names of the men which went up, according to their families among their tribes, after their several heads.
|
||||
5| The priests, the sons of Phinees the son of Aaron: Jesus the son of Josedec, the son of Saraias, and Joacim the son of Zorobabel, the son of Salathiel, of the house of David, out of the kindred of Phares, of the tribe of Judah;
|
||||
6| Who spake wise sentences before Darius the king of Persia in the second year of his reign, in the month Nisan, which is the first month.
|
||||
7| And these are they of Jewry that came up from the captivity, where they dwelt as strangers, whom Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon had carried away unto Babylon.
|
||||
8| And they returned unto Jerusalem, and to the other parts of Jewry, every man to his own city, who came with Zorobabel, with Jesus, Nehemias, and Zacharias, and Reesaias, Enenius, Mardocheus, Beelsarus, Aspharasus, Reelius, Roimus, and Baana, their guides.
|
||||
9| The number of them of the nation, and their governors, sons of Phoros, two thousand an hundred seventy and two; the sons of Saphat, four hundred seventy and two:
|
||||
10| The sons of Ares, seven hundred fifty and six:
|
||||
11| The sons of Phaath Moab, two thousand eight hundred and twelve:
|
||||
12| The sons of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four: the sons of Zathui, nine hundred forty and five: the sons of Corbe, seven hundred and five: the sons of Bani, six hundred forty and eight:
|
||||
13| The sons of Bebai, six hundred twenty and three: the sons of Sadas, three thousand two hundred twenty and two:
|
||||
14| The sons of Adonikam, six hundred sixty and seven: the sons of Bagoi, two thousand sixty and six: the sons of Adin, four hundred fifty and four:
|
||||
15| The sons of Aterezias, ninety and two: the sons of Ceilan and Azetas threescore and seven: the sons of Azuran, four hundred thirty and two:
|
||||
16| The sons of Ananias, an hundred and one: the sons of Arom, thirty two: and the sons of Bassa, three hundred twenty and three: the sons of Azephurith, an hundred and two:
|
||||
17| The sons of Meterus, three thousand and five: the sons of Bethlomon, an hundred twenty and three:
|
||||
18| They of Netophah, fifty and five: they of Anathoth, an hundred fifty and eight: they of Bethsamos, forty and two:
|
||||
19| They of Kiriathiarius, twenty and five: they of Caphira and Beroth, seven hundred forty and three: they of Pira, seven hundred:
|
||||
20| They of Chadias and Ammidoi, four hundred twenty and two: they of Cirama and Gabdes, six hundred twenty and one:
|
||||
21| They of Macalon, an hundred twenty and two: they of Betolius, fifty and two: the sons of Nephis, an hundred fifty and six:
|
||||
22| The sons of Calamolalus and Onus, seven hundred twenty and five: the sons of Jerechus, two hundred forty and five:
|
||||
23| The sons of Annas, three thousand three hundred and thirty.
|
||||
24| The priests: the sons of Jeddu, the son of Jesus among the sons of Sanasib, nine hundred seventy and two: the sons of Meruth, a thousand fifty and two:
|
||||
25| The sons of Phassaron, a thousand forty and seven: the sons of Carme, a thousand and seventeen.
|
||||
26| The Levites: the sons of Jessue, and Cadmiel, and Banuas, and Sudias, seventy and four.
|
||||
27| The holy singers: the sons of Asaph, an hundred twenty and eight.
|
||||
28| The porters: the sons of Salum, the sons of Jatal, the sons of Talmon, the sons of Dacobi, the sons of Teta, the sons of Sami, in all an hundred thirty and nine.
|
||||
29| The servants of the temple: the sons of Esau, the sons of Asipha, the sons of Tabaoth, the sons of Ceras, the sons of Sud, the sons of Phaleas, the sons of Labana, the sons of Graba,
|
||||
30| The sons of Acua, the sons of Uta, the sons of Cetab, the sons of Agaba, the sons of Subai, the sons of Anan, the sons of Cathua, the sons of Geddur,
|
||||
31| The sons of Airus, the sons of Daisan, the sons of Noeba, the sons of Chaseba, the sons of Gazera, the sons of Azia, the sons of Phinees, the sons of Azara, the sons of Bastai, the sons of Asana, the sons of Meani, the sons of Naphisi, the sons of Acub, the sons of Acipha, the sons of Assur, the sons of Pharacim, the sons of Basaloth,
|
||||
32| The sons of Meeda, the sons of Coutha, the sons of Charea, the sons of Charcus, the sons of Aserer, the sons of Thomoi, the sons of Nasith, the sons of Atipha.
|
||||
33| The sons of the servants of Solomon: the sons of Azaphion, the sons of Pharira, the sons of Jeeli, the sons of Lozon, the sons of Israel, the sons of Sapheth,
|
||||
34| The sons of Hagia, the sons of Pharacareth, the sons of Sabi, the sons of Sarothie, the sons of Masias, the sons of Gar, the sons of Addus, the sons of Suba, the sons of Apherra, the sons of Barodis, the sons of Sabat, the sons of Allom.
|
||||
35| All the ministers of the temple, and the sons of the servants of Solomon, were three hundred seventy and two.
|
||||
36| These came up from Thermeleth and Thelersas, Charaathalar leading them, and Aalar;
|
||||
37| Neither could they shew their families, nor their stock, how they were of Israel: the sons of Ladan, the son of Ban, the sons of Necodan, six hundred fifty and two.
|
||||
38| And of the priests that usurped the office of the priesthood, and were not found: the sons of Obdia, the sons of Accoz, the sons of Addus, who married Augia one of the daughters of Barzelus, and was named after his name.
|
||||
39| And when the description of the kindred of these men was sought in the register, and was not found, they were removed from executing the office of the priesthood:
|
||||
40| For unto them said Nehemias and Atharias, that they should not be partakers of the holy things, till there arose up an high priest clothed with doctrine and truth.
|
||||
41| So of Israel, from them of twelve years old and upward, they were all in number forty thousand, beside menservants and womenservants two thousand three hundred and sixty.
|
||||
42| Their menservants and handmaids were seven thousand three hundred forty and seven: the singing men and singing women, two hundred forty and five:
|
||||
43| Four hundred thirty and five camels, seven thousand thirty and six horses, two hundred forty and five mules, five thousand five hundred twenty and five beasts used to the yoke.
|
||||
44| And certain of the chief of their families, when they came to the temple of God that is in Jerusalem, vowed to set up the house again in his own place according to their ability,
|
||||
45| And to give into the holy treasury of the works a thousand pounds of gold, five thousand of silver, and an hundred priestly vestments.
|
||||
46| And so dwelt the priests and the Levites and the people in Jerusalem, and in the country, the singers also and the porters; and all Israel in their villages.
|
||||
47| But when the seventh month was at hand, and when the children of Israel were every man in his own place, they came all together with one consent into the open place of the first gate which is toward the east.
|
||||
48| Then stood up Jesus the son of Josedec, and his brethren the priests and Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, and his brethren, and made ready the altar of the God of Israel,
|
||||
49| To offer burnt sacrifices upon it, according as it is expressly commanded in the book of Moses the man of God.
|
||||
50| And there were gathered unto them out of the other nations of the land, and they erected the altar upon his own place, because all the nations of the land were at enmity with them, and oppressed them; and they offered sacrifices according to the time, and burnt offerings to the Lord both morning and evening.
|
||||
51| Also they held the feast of tabernacles, as it is commanded in the law, and offered sacrifices daily, as was meet:
|
||||
52| And after that, the continual oblations, and the sacrifice of the sabbaths, and of the new moons, and of all holy feasts.
|
||||
53| And all they that had made any vow to God began to offer sacrifices to God from the first day of the seventh month, although the temple of the Lord was not yet built.
|
||||
54| And they gave unto the masons and carpenters money, meat, and drink, with cheerfulness.
|
||||
55| Unto them of Zidon also and Tyre they gave carrs, that they should bring cedar trees from Libanus, which should be brought by floats to the haven of Joppa, according as it was commanded them by Cyrus king of the Persians.
|
||||
56| And in the second year and second month after his coming to the temple of God at Jerusalem began Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, and Jesus the son of Josedec, and their brethren, and the priests, and the Levites, and all they that were come unto Jerusalem out of the captivity:
|
||||
57| And they laid the foundation of the house of God in the first day of the second month, in the second year after they were come to Jewry and Jerusalem.
|
||||
58| And they appointed the Levites from twenty years old over the works of the Lord. Then stood up Jesus, and his sons and brethren, and Cadmiel his brother, and the sons of Madiabun, with the sons of Joda the son of Eliadun, with their sons and brethren, all Levites, with one accord setters forward of the business, labouring to advance the works in the house of God. So the workmen built the temple of the Lord.
|
||||
59| And the priests stood arrayed in their vestments with musical instruments and trumpets; and the Levites the sons of Asaph had cymbals,
|
||||
60| Singing songs of thanksgiving, and praising the Lord, according as David the king of Israel had ordained.
|
||||
61| And they sung with loud voices songs to the praise of the Lord, because his mercy and glory is for ever in all Israel.
|
||||
62| And all the people sounded trumpets, and shouted with a loud voice, singing songs of thanksgiving unto the Lord for the rearing up of the house of the Lord.
|
||||
63| Also of the priests and Levites, and of the chief of their families, the ancients who had seen the former house came to the building of this with weeping and great crying.
|
||||
64| But many with trumpets and joy shouted with loud voice,
|
||||
65| Insomuch that the trumpets might not be heard for the weeping of the people: yet the multitude sounded marvellously, so that it was heard afar off.
|
||||
66| Wherefore when the enemies of the tribe of Judah and Benjamin heard it, they came to know what that noise of trumpets should mean.
|
||||
67| And they perceived that they that were of the captivity did build the temple unto the Lord God of Israel.
|
||||
68| So they went to Zorobabel and Jesus, and to the chief of the families, and said unto them, We will build together with you.
|
||||
69| For we likewise, as ye, do obey your Lord, and do sacrifice unto him from the days of Azbazareth the king of the Assyrians, who brought us hither.
|
||||
70| Then Zorobabel and Jesus and the chief of the families of Israel said unto them, It is not for us and you to build together an house unto the Lord our God.
|
||||
71| We ourselves alone will build unto the Lord of Israel, according as Cyrus the king of the Persians hath commanded us.
|
||||
72| But the heathen of the land lying heavy upon the inhabitants of Judea, and holding them strait, hindered their building;
|
||||
73| And by their secret plots, and popular persuasions and commotions, they hindered the finishing of the building all the time that king Cyrus lived: so they were hindered from building for the space of two years, until the reign of Darius.
|
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|
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#6
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||||
1| Now in the second year of the reign of Darius Aggeus and Zacharias the son of Addo, the prophets, prophesied unto the Jews in Jewry and Jerusalem in the name of the Lord God of Israel, which was upon them.
|
||||
2| Then stood up Zorobabel the son of Salatiel, and Jesus the son of Josedec, and began to build the house of the Lord at Jerusalem, the prophets of the Lord being with them, and helping them.
|
||||
3| At the same time came unto them Sisinnes the governor of Syria and Phenice, with Sathrabuzanes and his companions, and said unto them,
|
||||
4| By whose appointment do ye build this house and this roof, and perform all the other things? and who are the workmen that perform these things?
|
||||
5| Nevertheless the elders of the Jews obtained favour, because the Lord had visited the captivity;
|
||||
6| And they were not hindered from building, until such time as signification was given unto Darius concerning them, and an answer received.
|
||||
7| The copy of the letters which Sisinnes, governor of Syria and Phenice, and Sathrabuzanes, with their companions, rulers in Syria and Phenice, wrote and sent unto Darius; To king Darius, greeting:
|
||||
8| Let all things be known unto our lord the king, that being come into the country of Judea, and entered into the city of Jerusalem we found in the city of Jerusalem the ancients of the Jews that were of the captivity
|
||||
9| Building an house unto the Lord, great and new, of hewn and costly stones, and the timber already laid upon the walls.
|
||||
10| And those works are done with great speed, and the work goeth on prosperously in their hands, and with all glory and diligence is it made.
|
||||
11| Then asked we these elders, saying, By whose commandment build ye this house, and lay the foundations of these works?
|
||||
12| Therefore to the intent that we might give knowledge unto thee by writing, we demanded of them who were the chief doers, and we required of them the names in writing of their principal men.
|
||||
13| So they gave us this answer, We are the servants of the Lord which made heaven and earth.
|
||||
14| And as for this house, it was builded many years ago by a king of Israel great and strong, and was finished.
|
||||
15| But when our fathers provoked God unto wrath, and sinned against the Lord of Israel which is in heaven, he gave them over into the power of Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon, of the Chaldees;
|
||||
16| Who pulled down the house, and burned it, and carried away the people captives unto Babylon.
|
||||
17| But in the first year that king Cyrus reigned over the country of Babylon Cyrus the king wrote to build up this house.
|
||||
18| And the holy vessels of gold and of silver, that Nabuchodonosor had carried away out of the house at Jerusalem, and had set them in his own temple those Cyrus the king brought forth again out of the temple at Babylon, and they were delivered to Zorobabel and to Sanabassarus the ruler,
|
||||
19| With commandment that he should carry away the same vessels, and put them in the temple at Jerusalem; and that the temple of the Lord should be built in his place.
|
||||
20| Then the same Sanabassarus, being come hither, laid the foundations of the house of the Lord at Jerusalem; and from that time to this being still a building, it is not yet fully ended.
|
||||
21| Now therefore, if it seem good unto the king, let search be made among the records of king Cyrus:
|
||||
22| And if it be found that the building of the house of the Lord at Jerusalem hath been done with the consent of king Cyrus, and if our lord the king be so minded, let him signify unto us thereof.
|
||||
23| Then commanded king Darius to seek among the records at Babylon: and so at Ecbatana the palace, which is in the country of Media, there was found a roll wherein these things were recorded.
|
||||
24| In the first year of the reign of Cyrus king Cyrus commanded that the house of the Lord at Jerusalem should be built again, where they do sacrifice with continual fire:
|
||||
25| Whose height shall be sixty cubits and the breadth sixty cubits, with three rows of hewn stones, and one row of new wood of that country; and the expenses thereof to be given out of the house of king Cyrus:
|
||||
26| And that the holy vessels of the house of the Lord, both of gold and silver, that Nabuchodonosor took out of the house at Jerusalem, and brought to Babylon, should be restored to the house at Jerusalem, and be set in the place where they were before.
|
||||
27| And also he commanded that Sisinnes the governor of Syria and Phenice, and Sathrabuzanes, and their companions, and those which were appointed rulers in Syria and Phenice, should be careful not to meddle with the place, but suffer Zorobabel, the servant of the Lord, and governor of Judea, and the elders of the Jews, to build the house of the Lord in that place.
|
||||
28| I have commanded also to have it built up whole again; and that they look diligently to help those that be of the captivity of the Jews, till the house of the Lord be finished:
|
||||
29| And out of the tribute of Celosyria and Phenice a portion carefully to be given these men for the sacrifices of the Lord, that is, to Zorobabel the governor, for bullocks, and rams, and lambs;
|
||||
30| And also corn, salt, wine, and oil, and that continually every year without further question, according as the priests that be in Jerusalem shall signify to be daily spent:
|
||||
31| That offerings may be made to the most high God for the king and for his children, and that they may pray for their lives.
|
||||
32| And he commanded that whosoever should transgress, yea, or make light of any thing afore spoken or written, out of his own house should a tree be taken, and he thereon be hanged, and all his goods seized for the king.
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33| The Lord therefore, whose name is there called upon, utterly destroy every king and nation, that stretcheth out his hand to hinder or endamage that house of the Lord in Jerusalem.
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34| I Darius the king have ordained that according unto these things it be done with diligence.
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#7
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1| Then Sisinnes the governor of Celosyria and Phenice, and Sathrabuzanes, with their companions following the commandments of king Darius,
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2| Did very carefully oversee the holy works, assisting the ancients of the Jews and governors of the temple.
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3| And so the holy works prospered, when Aggeus and Zacharias the prophets prophesied.
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4| And they finished these things by the commandment of the Lord God of Israel, and with the consent of Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes, kings of Persia.
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5| And thus was the holy house finished in the three and twentieth day of the month Adar, in the sixth year of Darius king of the Persians
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6| And the children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and others that were of the captivity, that were added unto them, did according to the things written in the book of Moses.
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7| And to the dedication of the temple of the Lord they offered an hundred bullocks two hundred rams, four hundred lambs;
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8| And twelve goats for the sin of all Israel, according to the number of the chief of the tribes of Israel.
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9| The priests also and the Levites stood arrayed in their vestments, according to their kindreds, in the service of the Lord God of Israel, according to the book of Moses: and the porters at every gate.
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10| And the children of Israel that were of the captivity held the passover the fourteenth day of the first month, after that the priests and the Levites were sanctified.
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11| They that were of the captivity were not all sanctified together: but the Levites were all sanctified together.
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12| And so they offered the passover for all them of the captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves.
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13| And the children of Israel that came out of the captivity did eat, even all they that had separated themselves from the abominations of the people of the land, and sought the Lord.
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14| And they kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days, making merry before the Lord,
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15| For that he had turned the counsel of the king of Assyria toward them, to strengthen their hands in the works of the Lord God of Israel.
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#8
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1| And after these things, when Artaxerxes the king of the Persians reigned came Esdras the son of Saraias, the son of Ezerias, the son of Helchiah, the son of Salum,
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2| The son of Sadduc, the son of Achitob, the son of Amarias, the son of Ezias, the son of Meremoth, the son of Zaraias, the son of Savias, the son of Boccas, the son of Abisum, the son of Phinees, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest.
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3| This Esdras went up from Babylon, as a scribe, being very ready in the law of Moses, that was given by the God of Israel.
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4| And the king did him honour: for he found grace in his sight in all his requests.
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5| There went up with him also certain of the children of Israel, of the priest of the Levites, of the holy singers, porters, and ministers of the temple, unto Jerusalem,
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6| In the seventh year of the reign of Artaxerxes, in the fifth month, this was the king’s seventh year; for they went from Babylon in the first day of the first month, and came to Jerusalem, according to the prosperous journey which the Lord gave them.
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7| For Esdras had very great skill, so that he omitted nothing of the law and commandments of the Lord, but taught all Israel the ordinances and judgments.
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8| Now the copy of the commission, which was written from Artaxerxes the king, and came to Esdras the priest and reader of the law of the Lord, is this that followeth;
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9| King Artaxerxes unto Esdras the priest and reader of the law of the Lord sendeth greeting:
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10| Having determined to deal graciously, I have given order, that such of the nation of the Jews, and of the priests and Levites being within our realm, as are willing and desirous should go with thee unto Jerusalem.
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11| As many therefore as have a mind thereunto, let them depart with thee, as it hath seemed good both to me and my seven friends the counsellors;
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12| That they may look unto the affairs of Judea and Jerusalem, agreeably to that which is in the law of the Lord;
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13| And carry the gifts unto the Lord of Israel to Jerusalem, which I and my friends have vowed, and all the gold and silver that in the country of Babylon can be found, to the Lord in Jerusalem,
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14| With that also which is given of the people for the temple of the Lord their God at Jerusalem: and that silver and gold may be collected for bullocks, rams, and lambs, and things thereunto appertaining;
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15| To the end that they may offer sacrifices unto the Lord upon the altar of the Lord their God, which is in Jerusalem.
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16| And whatsoever thou and thy brethren will do with the silver and gold, that do, according to the will of thy God.
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17| And the holy vessels of the Lord, which are given thee for the use of the temple of thy God, which is in Jerusalem, thou shalt set before thy God in Jerusalem.
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18| And whatsoever thing else thou shalt remember for the use of the temple of thy God, thou shalt give it out of the king’s treasury.
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19| And I king Artaxerxes have also commanded the keepers of the treasures in Syria and Phenice, that whatsoever Esdras the priest and the reader of the law of the most high God shall send for, they should give it him with speed,
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20| To the sum of an hundred talents of silver, likewise also of wheat even to an hundred cors, and an hundred pieces of wine, and other things in abundance.
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21| Let all things be performed after the law of God diligently unto the most high God, that wrath come not upon the kingdom of the king and his sons.
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22| I command you also, that ye require no tax, nor any other imposition, of any of the priests, or Levites, or holy singers, or porters, or ministers of the temple, or of any that have doings in this temple, and that no man have authority to impose any thing upon them.
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23| And thou, Esdras, according to the wisdom of God ordain judges and justices, that they may judge in all Syria and Phenice all those that know the law of thy God; and those that know it not thou shalt teach.
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24| And whosoever shall transgress the law of thy God, and of the king, shall be punished diligently, whether it be by death, or other punishment, by penalty of money, or by imprisonment.
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25| Then said Esdras the scribe, Blessed be the only Lord God of my fathers, who hath put these things into the heart of the king, to glorify his house that is in Jerusalem:
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26| And hath honoured me in the sight of the king, and his counsellors, and all his friends and nobles.
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27| Therefore was I encouraged by the help of the Lord my God, and gathered together men of Israel to go up with me.
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28| And these are the chief according to their families and several dignities, that went up with me from Babylon in the reign of king Artaxerxes:
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29| Of the sons of Phinees, Gerson: of the sons of Ithamar, Gamael: of the sons of David, Lettus the son of Sechenias:
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30| Of the sons of Pharez, Zacharias; and with him were counted an hundred and fifty men:
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31| Of the sons of Pahath Moab, Eliaonias, the son of Zaraias, and with him two hundred men:
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32| Of the sons of Zathoe, Sechenias the son of Jezelus, and with him three hundred men: of the sons of Adin, Obeth the son of Jonathan, and with him two hundred and fifty men:
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33| Of the sons of Elam, Josias son of Gotholias, and with him seventy men:
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34| Of the sons of Saphatias, Zaraias son of Michael, and with him threescore and ten men:
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35| Of the sons of Joab, Abadias son of Jezelus, and with him two hundred and twelve men:
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36| Of the sons of Banid, Assalimoth son of Josaphias, and with him an hundred and threescore men:
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37| Of the sons of Babi, Zacharias son of Bebai, and with him twenty and eight men:
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38| Of the sons of Astath, Johannes son of Acatan, and with him an hundred and ten men:
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39| Of the sons of Adonikam the last, and these are the names of them, Eliphalet, Jewel, and Samaias, and with them seventy men:
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40| Of the sons of Bago, Uthi the son of Istalcurus, and with him seventy men.
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41| And these I gathered together to the river called Theras, where we pitched our tents three days: and then I surveyed them.
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42| But when I had found there none of the priests and Levites,
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43| Then sent I unto Eleazar, and Iduel, and Masman,
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44| And Alnathan, and Mamaias, and Joribas, and Nathan, Eunatan, Zacharias, and Mosollamon, principal men and learned.
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45| And I bade them that they should go unto Saddeus the captain, who was in the place of the treasury:
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46| And commanded them that they should speak unto Daddeus, and to his brethren, and to the treasurers in that place, to send us such men as might execute the priests’ office in the house of the Lord.
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47| And by the mighty hand of our Lord they brought unto us skilful men of the sons of Moli the son of Levi, the son of Israel, Asebebia, and his sons, and his brethren, who were eighteen.
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48| And Asebia, and Annuus, and Osaias his brother, of the sons of Channuneus, and their sons, were twenty men.
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49| And of the servants of the temple whom David had ordained, and the principal men for the service of the Levites to wit, the servants of the temple two hundred and twenty, the catalogue of whose names were shewed.
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50| And there I vowed a fast unto the young men before our Lord, to desire of him a prosperous journey both for us and them that were with us, for our children, and for the cattle:
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51| For I was ashamed to ask the king footmen, and horsemen, and conduct for safeguard against our adversaries.
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52| For we had said unto the king, that the power of the Lord our God should be with them that seek him, to support them in all ways.
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53| And again we besought our Lord as touching these things, and found him favourable unto us.
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54| Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Esebrias, and Assanias, and ten men of their brethren with them:
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55| And I weighed them the gold, and the silver, and the holy vessels of the house of our Lord, which the king, and his council, and the princes, and all Israel, had given.
|
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56| And when I had weighed it, I delivered unto them six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels of an hundred talents, and an hundred talents of gold,
|
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57| And twenty golden vessels, and twelve vessels of brass, even of fine brass, glittering like gold.
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58| And I said unto them, Both ye are holy unto the Lord, and the vessels are holy, and the gold and the silver is a vow unto the Lord, the Lord of our fathers.
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59| Watch ye, and keep them till ye deliver them to the chief of the priests and Levites, and to the principal men of the families of Israel, in Jerusalem, into the chambers of the house of our God.
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60| So the priests and the Levites, who had received the silver and the gold and the vessels, brought them unto Jerusalem, into the temple of the Lord.
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61| And from the river Theras we departed the twelfth day of the first month, and came to Jerusalem by the mighty hand of our Lord, which was with us: and from the beginning of our journey the Lord delivered us from every enemy, and so we came to Jerusalem.
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62| And when we had been there three days, the gold and silver that was weighed was delivered in the house of our Lord on the fourth day unto Marmoth the priest the son of Iri.
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63| And with him was Eleazar the son of Phinees, and with them were Josabad the son of Jesu and Moeth the son of Sabban, Levites: all was delivered them by number and weight.
|
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64| And all the weight of them was written up the same hour.
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65| Moreover they that were come out of the captivity offered sacrifice unto the Lord God of Israel, even twelve bullocks for all Israel, fourscore and sixteen rams,
|
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66| Threescore and twelve lambs, goats for a peace offering, twelve; all of them a sacrifice to the Lord.
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67| And they delivered the king’s commandments unto the king’s stewards’ and to the governors of Celosyria and Phenice; and they honoured the people and the temple of God.
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68| Now when these things were done, the rulers came unto me, and said,
|
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69| The nation of Israel, the princes, the priests and Levites, have not put away from them the strange people of the land, nor the pollutions of the Gentiles to wit, of the Canaanites, Hittites, Pheresites, Jebusites, and the Moabites, Egyptians, and Edomites.
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70| For both they and their sons have married with their daughters, and the holy seed is mixed with the strange people of the land; and from the beginning of this matter the rulers and the great men have been partakers of this iniquity.
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71| And as soon as I had heard these things, I rent my clothes, and the holy garment, and pulled off the hair from off my head and beard, and sat me down sad and very heavy.
|
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72| So all they that were then moved at the word of the Lord God of Israel assembled unto me, whilst I mourned for the iniquity: but I sat still full of heaviness until the evening sacrifice.
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73| Then rising up from the fast with my clothes and the holy garment rent, and bowing my knees, and stretching forth my hands unto the Lord,
|
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74| I said, O Lord, I am confounded and ashamed before thy face;
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75| For our sins are multiplied above our heads, and our ignorances have reached up unto heaven.
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76| For ever since the time of our fathers we have been and are in great sin, even unto this day.
|
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77| And for our sins and our fathers’ we with our brethren and our kings and our priests were given up unto the kings of the earth, to the sword, and to captivity, and for a prey with shame, unto this day.
|
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78| And now in some measure hath mercy been shewed unto us from thee, O Lord, that there should be left us a root and a name in the place of thy sanctuary;
|
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79| And to discover unto us a light in the house of the Lord our God, and to give us food in the time of our servitude.
|
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80| Yea, when we were in bondage, we were not forsaken of our Lord; but he made us gracious before the kings of Persia, so that they gave us food;
|
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81| Yea, and honoured the temple of our Lord, and raised up the desolate Sion, that they have given us a sure abiding in Jewry and Jerusalem.
|
||||
82| And now, O Lord, what shall we say, having these things? for we have transgressed thy commandments, which thou gavest by the hand of thy servants the prophets, saying,
|
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83| That the land, which ye enter into to possess as an heritage, is a land polluted with the pollutions of the strangers of the land, and they have filled it with their uncleanness.
|
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84| Therefore now shall ye not join your daughters unto their sons, neither shall ye take their daughters unto your sons.
|
||||
85| Moreover ye shall never seek to have peace with them, that ye may be strong, and eat the good things of the land, and that ye may leave the inheritance of the land unto your children for evermore.
|
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86| And all that is befallen is done unto us for our wicked works and great sins; for thou, O Lord, didst make our sins light,
|
||||
87| And didst give unto us such a root: but we have turned back again to transgress thy law, and to mingle ourselves with the uncleanness of the nations of the land.
|
||||
88| Mightest not thou be angry with us to destroy us, till thou hadst left us neither root, seed, nor name?
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||||
89| O Lord of Israel, thou art true: for we are left a root this day.
|
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90| Behold, now are we before thee in our iniquities, for we cannot stand any longer by reason of these things before thee.
|
||||
91| And as Esdras in his prayer made his confession, weeping, and lying flat upon the ground before the temple, there gathered unto him from Jerusalem a very great multitude of men and women and children: for there was great weeping among the multitude.
|
||||
92| Then Jechonias the son of Jeelus, one of the sons of Israel, called out, and said, O Esdras, we have sinned against the Lord God, we have married strange women of the nations of the land, and now is all Israel aloft.
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93| Let us make an oath to the Lord, that we will put away all our wives, which we have taken of the heathen, with their children,
|
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94| Like as thou hast decreed, and as many as do obey the law of the Lord.
|
||||
95| Arise and put in execution: for to thee doth this matter appertain, and we will be with thee: do valiantly.
|
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96| So Esdras arose, and took an oath of the chief of the priests and Levites of all Israel to do after these things; and so they sware.
|
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|
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#9
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1| Then Esdras rising from the court of the temple went to the chamber of Joanan the son of Eliasib,
|
||||
2| And remained there, and did eat no meat nor drink water, mourning for the great iniquities of the multitude.
|
||||
3| And there was a proclamation in all Jewry and Jerusalem to all them that were of the captivity, that they should be gathered together at Jerusalem:
|
||||
4| And that whosoever met not there within two or three days according as the elders that bare rule appointed, their cattle should be seized to the use of the temple, and himself cast out from them that were of the captivity.
|
||||
5| And in three days were all they of the tribe of Judah and Benjamin gathered together at Jerusalem the twentieth day of the ninth month.
|
||||
6| And all the multitude sat trembling in the broad court of the temple because of the present foul weather.
|
||||
7| So Esdras arose up, and said unto them, Ye have transgressed the law in marrying strange wives, thereby to increase the sins of Israel.
|
||||
8| And now by confessing give glory unto the Lord God of our fathers,
|
||||
9| And do his will, and separate yourselves from the heathen of the land, and from the strange women.
|
||||
10| Then cried the whole multitude, and said with a loud voice, Like as thou hast spoken, so will we do.
|
||||
11| But forasmuch as the people are many, and it is foul weather, so that we cannot stand without, and this is not a work of a day or two, seeing our sin in these things is spread far:
|
||||
12| Therefore let the rulers of the multitude stay, and let all them of our habitations that have strange wives come at the time appointed,
|
||||
13| And with them the rulers and judges of every place, till we turn away the wrath of the Lord from us for this matter.
|
||||
14| Then Jonathan the son of Azael and Ezechias the son of Theocanus accordingly took this matter upon them: and Mosollam and Levis and Sabbatheus helped them.
|
||||
15| And they that were of the captivity did according to all these things.
|
||||
16| And Esdras the priest chose unto him the principal men of their families, all by name: and in the first day of the tenth month they sat together to examine the matter.
|
||||
17| So their cause that held strange wives was brought to an end in the first day of the first month.
|
||||
18| And of the priests that were come together, and had strange wives, there were found:
|
||||
19| Of the sons of Jesus the son of Josedec, and his brethren; Matthelas and Eleazar, and Joribus and Joadanus.
|
||||
20| And they gave their hands to put away their wives and to offer rams to make reconcilement for their errors.
|
||||
21| And of the sons of Emmer; Ananias, and Zabdeus, and Eanes, and Sameius, and Hiereel, and Azarias.
|
||||
22| And of the sons of Phaisur; Elionas, Massias Israel, and Nathanael, and Ocidelus and Talsas.
|
||||
23| And of the Levites; Jozabad, and Semis, and Colius, who was called Calitas, and Patheus, and Judas, and Jonas.
|
||||
24| Of the holy singers; Eleazurus, Bacchurus.
|
||||
25| Of the porters; Sallumus, and Tolbanes.
|
||||
26| Of them of Israel, of the sons of Phoros; Hiermas, and Eddias, and Melchias, and Maelus, and Eleazar, and Asibias, and Baanias.
|
||||
27| Of the sons of Ela; Matthanias, Zacharias, and Hierielus, and Hieremoth, and Aedias.
|
||||
28| And of the sons of Zamoth; Eliadas, Elisimus, Othonias, Jarimoth, and Sabatus, and Sardeus.
|
||||
29| Of the sons of Babai; Johannes, and Ananias and Josabad, and Amatheis.
|
||||
30| Of the sons of Mani; Olamus, Mamuchus, Jedeus, Jasubus, Jasael, and Hieremoth.
|
||||
31| And of the sons of Addi; Naathus, and Moosias, Lacunus, and Naidus, and Mathanias, and Sesthel, Balnuus, and Manasseas.
|
||||
32| And of the sons of Annas; Elionas and Aseas, and Melchias, and Sabbeus, and Simon Chosameus.
|
||||
33| And of the sons of Asom; Altaneus, and Matthias, and Baanaia, Eliphalet, and Manasses, and Semei.
|
||||
34| And of the sons of Maani; Jeremias, Momdis, Omaerus, Juel, Mabdai, and Pelias, and Anos, Carabasion, and Enasibus, and Mamnitanaimus, Eliasis, Bannus, Eliali, Samis, Selemias, Nathanias: and of the sons of Ozora; Sesis, Esril, Azaelus, Samatus, Zambis, Josephus.
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35| And of the sons of Ethma; Mazitias, Zabadaias, Edes, Juel, Banaias.
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36| All these had taken strange wives, and they put them away with their children.
|
||||
37| And the priests and Levites, and they that were of Israel, dwelt in Jerusalem, and in the country, in the first day of the seventh month: so the children of Israel were in their habitations.
|
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38| And the whole multitude came together with one accord into the broad place of the holy porch toward the east:
|
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39| And they spake unto Esdras the priest and reader, that he would bring the law of Moses, that was given of the Lord God of Israel.
|
||||
40| So Esdras the chief priest brought the law unto the whole multitude from man to woman, and to all the priests, to hear law in the first day of the seventh month.
|
||||
41| And he read in the broad court before the holy porch from morning unto midday, before both men and women; and the multitude gave heed unto the law.
|
||||
42| And Esdras the priest and reader of the law stood up upon a pulpit of wood, which was made for that purpose.
|
||||
43| And there stood up by him Mattathias, Sammus, Ananias, Azarias, Urias, Ezecias, Balasamus, upon the right hand:
|
||||
44| And upon his left hand stood Phaldaius, Misael, Melchias, Lothasubus, and Nabarias.
|
||||
45| Then took Esdras the book of the law before the multitude: for he sat honourably in the first place in the sight of them all.
|
||||
46| And when he opened the law, they stood all straight up. So Esdras blessed the Lord God most High, the God of hosts, Almighty.
|
||||
47| And all the people answered, Amen; and lifting up their hands they fell to the ground, and worshipped the Lord.
|
||||
48| Also Jesus, Anus, Sarabias, Adinus, Jacubus, Sabateas, Auteas, Maianeas, and Calitas, Azarias, and Joazabdus, and Ananias, Biatas, the Levites, taught the law of the Lord, making them withal to understand it.
|
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49| Then spake Attharates unto Esdras the chief priest. and reader, and to the Levites that taught the multitude, even to all, saying,
|
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50| This day is holy unto the Lord; (for they all wept when they heard the law:)
|
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51| Go then, and eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send part to them that have nothing;
|
||||
52| For this day is holy unto the Lord: and be not sorrowful; for the Lord will bring you to honour.
|
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53| So the Levites published all things to the people, saying, This day is holy to the Lord; be not sorrowful.
|
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54| Then went they their way, every one to eat and drink, and make merry, and to give part to them that had nothing, and to make great cheer;
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55| Because they understood the words wherein they were instructed, and for the which they had been assembled.
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#1
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1| And it came to pass after Saul was dead, that David returned from smiting Amalec, and David abode two days in Sekelac.
|
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2| And it came to pass on the third day, that, behold, a man came from the camp, from the people of Saul, and his garments were rent, and earth <i>was</i> upon his head: and it came to pass when he went in to David, that he fell upon the earth, and did obeisance to him.
|
||||
3| And David said to him, Whence comest thou? and he said to him, I have escaped out of the camp of Israel.
|
||||
4| And David said to him, What <i>is</i> the matter? tell me. And he said, The people fled out of the battle, and many of the people have fallen and are dead, and Saul and Jonathan his son are dead.
|
||||
5| And David said to the young man who brought him the tidings, How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son are dead?
|
||||
6| And the young man that brought the tidings, said to him, I happened accidentally to be upon mount Gelbue; and, behold, Saul was leaning upon his spear, and, behold, the chariots and captains of horse pressed hard upon him.
|
||||
7| And he looked behind him, and saw me, and called me; and I said, Behold, <i>here am</i> I.
|
||||
8| And he said to me, Who art thou? and I said, I am an Amalekite.
|
||||
9| And he said to me, Stand, I pray thee, over me, and slay me, for a dreadful darkness has come upon me, for all my life <i>is</i> in me.
|
||||
10| So I stood over him and slew him, because I knew he would not live after he was fallen; and I took the crown that was upon his head, and the bracelet that was upon his arm, and I have brought them hither to my lord.
|
||||
11| And David laid hold of his garments, and rent them; and all the men who were with him rent their garments.
|
||||
12| And they lamented, and wept, and fasted till evening, for Saul and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of Juda, and for the house of Israel, because they were smitten with the sword.
|
||||
13| And David said to the young man who brought the tidings to him, Whence art thou? and he said, I am the son of an Amalekite sojourner.
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14| And David said to him, How was it thou wast not afraid to lift thy hand to destroy the anointed of the Lord?
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15| And David called one of his young men, and said, Go and fall upon him: and he smote him, and he died.
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16| And David said to him, Thy blood <i>be</i> upon thine own head; for thy mouth has testified against thee, saying, I have slain the anointed of the Lord.
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17| And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son.
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18| And he gave orders to teach it the sons of Juda: behold, it is written in the book of Right.
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19| Set up a pillar, O Israel, for the slain that died upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen!
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20| Tell it not in Geth, and tell it not as glad tidings in the streets of Ascalon, lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.
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21| Ye mountains of Gelbue, let not dew no rain descend upon you, nor fields of first-fruits <i>be upon you</i>, for there the shield of the mighty ones has been grievously assailed; the shield of Saul was not anointed with oil.
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22| From the blood of the slain, and from the fat of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan returned not empty; and the sword of Saul turned not back empty.
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23| Saul and Jonathan, the beloved and the beautiful, were not divided: comely <i>were they</i> in their life, and in their death they were not divided: <i>they were</i> swifter than eagles, and they were stronger than lions.
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24| Daughters of Israel, weep for Saul, who clothed you with scarlet together with your adorning, who added golden ornaments to your apparel.
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25| How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! O Jonathan, even the slain ones upon thy high places!
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26| I am grieved for thee, my brother Jonathan; thou wast very lovely to me; thy love to me was wonderful beyond the love of women.
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27| How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished!
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#2
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1| And it came to pass after this that David enquired of the Lord, saying, Shall I go up into one of the cities of Juda? and the Lord said to him, Go up. And David said, Whither shall I go up? and he said, To Chebron.
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2| And David went up thither to Chebron, <i>he</i> and both his wives, Achinaam the Jezraelitess, and Abigaia the wife of Nabal the Carmelite,
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3| and the men that were with him, every one and his family; and they dwelt in the cities of Chebron.
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4| And the men of Judea come, and anoint David there to reign over the house of Juda; and they reported to David, saying, The men of Jabis of the country of Galaad have buried Saul.
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5| And David sent messengers to the rulers of Jabis of the country of Galaad, and David said to them, Blessed be ye of the Lord, because ye have wrought this mercy toward your lord, even toward Saul the anointed of the Lord, and ye have buried him and Jonathan his son.
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6| And now may the Lord deal in mercy and truth towards you: and I also will requite towards you this good deed, because ye have done this.
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7| And now let your hands be made strong, and be valiant; for your master Saul is dead, and moreover the house of Juda have anointed me to be king over them.
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8| But Abenner, the son of Ner, the commander-in-chief of Saul’s army, took Jebosthe son of Saul, and brought him up from the camp to Manaem
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9| and made him king over the land of Galaad, and over Thasiri, and over Jezrael, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.
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10| Jebosthe, Saul’s son <i>was</i> forty years old, when he reigned over Israel; and he reigned two years, but not over the house of Juda, who followed David.
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11| And the days which David reigned in Chebron over the house of Juda were seven years and six months.
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12| And Abenner the son of Ner went forth, and the servants of Jebosthe the son of Saul, from Manaem to Gabaon.
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13| And Joab the son of Saruia, and the servants of David, went forth from Chebron, and met them at the fountain of Gabaon, at the same place: and these sat down by the fountain on this side, and those by the fountain on that side.
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14| And Abenner said to Joab, Let now the young men arise, and play before us. And Joab said, Let them arise.
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15| And there arose and passed over by number twelve of the children of Benjamin, belonging to Jebosthe the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David.
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16| And they seized every one the head of his neighbour with his hand, and his sword <i>was thrust</i> into the side of his neighbour, and they fall down together: and the name of that place was called The portion of the treacherous ones, which is in Gabaon.
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17| And the battle was very severe on that day; and Abenner and the men of Israel were worsted before the servants of David.
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18| And there were there the three sons of Saruia, Joab, and Abessa, and Asael: and Asael was swift in his feet as a roe in the field.
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19| And Asael followed after Abenner, and turned not to go to the right hand or to the left from following Abenner.
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20| And Abenner looked behind him, and said, Art thou Asael himself? and he said, I am.
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21| And Abenner said to him, Turn thou to the right hand or to the left, and lay hold for thyself on one of the young men, and take to thyself his armour: but Asel would not turn back from following him.
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22| And Abenner said yet again to Asael, Stand aloof from me, lest I smite thee to the ground? and how should I lift up my face to Joab?
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23| And what does this mean? return to Joab thy brother? But he would not stand aloof; and Abenner smites him with the hinder end of the spear on the loins, and the spear went out behind him, and he falls there and dies on the spot: and it came to pass that every one that came to the place where Asael fell and died, stood still.
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24| And Joab and Abessa pursued after Abenner, and the sun went down: and they went as far as the hill of Amman, which is in the front of Gai, by the desert way of Gabaon.
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25| And the children of Benjamin who followed Abenner gather themselves together, and they formed themselves into one body, and stood on the top of a hill.
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26| And Abenner called Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour perpetually? knowest thou not that it will be bitter at last? How long then wilt thou refuse to tell the people to turn from following our brethren?
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27| And Joab said, As the Lord lives, if thou hadst not spoken, even from the morning the people had gone up every one from following his brother.
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28| And Joab sounded the trumpet, and all the people departed, and did not pursue after Israel, and did not fight any longer.
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29| And Abenner and his men departed at evening, <i>and went</i> all that night, and crossed over Jordan, and went along the whole adjacent <i>country</i>, and they come to the camp.
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30| And Joab returned from following Abenner, and he assembled all the people, and there were missing of the people of David, nineteen men, and Asael.
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31| And the servants of David smote of the children of Benjamin, of the men of Abenner, three hundred and sixty men belonging to him.
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32| And they take up Asael, and bury him in the tomb of his father in Bethleem. And Joab and the men with him went all the night, and the morning rose upon them in Chebron.
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#3
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1| And there was war for a long time between the house of Saul and the house of David; and the house of David grew continually stronger; but the house of Saul grew continually weaker.
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2| And sons were born to David in Chebron: and his first-born was Ammon the son of Achinoom the Jezraelitess.
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3| And his second son <i>was</i> Daluia, the son of Abigaia the Carmelitess; and the third, Abessalom the son of Maacha the daughter of Tholmi the king of Gessir.
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4| And the fourth <i>was</i> Ornia, the son of Aggith, and the fifth <i>was</i> Saphatia, the son of Abital.
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5| And the sixth <i>was</i> Jetheraam, the son of Ægal the wife of David. These were born to David in Chebron.
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6| And it came to pass while there was war between the house of Saul and the house of David, that Abenner was governing the house of Saul.
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7| And Saul had a concubine, Respha, the daughter of Jol; and Jebosthe the son of Saul said to Abenner, Why hast thou gone in to my father’s concubine?
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8| And Abenner was very angry with Jebosthe for this saying; and Abenner said to him, Am I a dog’s head? I have this day wrought kindness with the house of Saul thy father, and with his brethren and friends, and have not gone over to the house of David, and dost thou this day seek a charge against me concerning injury to a woman?
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9| God do thus and more also to Abenner, if as the Lord swore to David, so do I not to him this day;
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10| to take away the kingdom from the house of Saul, and to raise up the throne of David over Israel and over Juda from Dan to Bersabee.
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11| And Jebosthe could not any longer answer Abenner a word, because he feared him.
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12| And Abenner sent messengers to David to Thaelam where he was, immediately, saying, Make thy covenant with me, and, behold, my hand <i>is</i> with thee to bring back to thee all the house of Israel.
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13| And David said, With a good will I will make with thee a covenant: only I demand one condition of thee, saying, Thou shalt not see my face, unless thou bring Melchol the daughter of Saul, when thou comest to see my face.
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14| And David sent messengers to Jebosthe the son of Saul, saying, Restore me my wife Melchol, whom I took for a hundred foreskins of the Philistines.
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15| And Jebosthe sent, and took her from her husband, <i>even</i> from Phaltiel the son of Selle.
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16| And her husband went with her weeping behind her as far as Barakim. And Abenner said to him, Go, return; and he returned.
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17| And Abenner spoke to the elders of Israel, saying, In former days ye sought David to reign over you;
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18| and now perform <i>it</i>: for the Lord has spoken concerning David, saying, By the hand of my servant David I will save Israel out of the hand of all their enemies.
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19| And Abenner spoke in the ears of Benjamin: and Abenner went to speak in the ears of David at Chebron, all that seemed good in the eyes of Israel and in the eyes of the house of Benjamin.
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20| And Abenner came to David to Chebron, and with him twenty men: and David made for Abenner and his men with him a banquet of wine.
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21| And Abenner said to David, I will arise now, and go, and gather to my lord the king all Israel; and I will make with him a covenant, and thou shalt reign over all whom thy soul desires. And David sent away Abenner, and he departed in peace.
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22| And, behold, the servants of David and Joab arrived from their expedition, and they brought much spoil with them: and Abenner was not with David in Chebron, because he had sent him away, and he had departed in peace.
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23| And Joab and all his army came, and it was reported to Joab, saying, Abenner the son of Ner is come to David, and David has let him go, and he has departed in peace.
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24| And Joab went in to the king, and said, What <i>is</i> this <i>that</i> thou hast done? behold, Abenner came to thee; and why hast thou let him go, and he has departed in peace?
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25| Knowest thou not the mischief of Abenner the son of Ner, that he came to deceive thee, and to know thy going out and thy coming in, and to know all things that thou doest?
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26| And Joab returned from David, and sent messengers to Abenner after <i>him</i>; and they bring him back from the well of Seiram: but David knew <i>it</i> not.
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27| And he brought back Abenner to Chebron, and Joab caused him to turn aside from the gate to speak to him, laying wait for him: and he smote him there in the loins, and he died for the blood of Asael the brother of Joab.
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28| And David heard <i>of it</i> afterwards, and said, I and my kingdom are guiltless before the Lord even for ever of the blood of Abenner the son of Ner.
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29| Let it fall upon the head of Joab, and upon all the house of his father; and let there not be wanting of the house of Joab one that has an issue, or a leper, or that leans on a staff, or that falls by the sword, or that wants bread.
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30| For Joab and Abessa his brother laid wait continually for Abenner, because he slew Asael their brother at Gabaon in the battle.
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31| And David said to Joab and to all the people with him, Rend your garments, and gird yourselves with sackcloth, and lament before Abenner. And king David followed the bier.
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32| And they bury Abenner in Chebron: and the king lifted up his voice, and wept at his tomb, and all the people wept for Abenner.
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33| And the king mourned over Abenner, and said, Shall Abenner die according to the death of Nabal?
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34| Thy hands were not bound, and thy feet <i>were</i> not <i>put</i> in fetters: <i>one</i> brought <i>thee</i> not near as Nabal; thou didst fall before children of iniquity.
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35| And all the people assembled to weep for him. And all the people came to cause David to eat bread while it was yet day: and David swore, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if I eat bread or any thing else before the sun goes down.
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36| And all the people took notice, and all things that the king did before the people were pleasing in their sight.
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37| So all the people and all Israel perceived in that day, that it was not of the king to slay Abenner the son of Ner.
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38| And the king said to his servants, Know ye not that a great prince is this day fallen in Israel?
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39| And that I am this day a <i>mere</i> kinsman <i>of his</i>, and <i>as it were</i> a subject; but these men the sons of Saruia are too hard for me: the Lord reward the evil-doer according to his wickedness.
|
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|
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#4
|
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1| And Jebosthe the son of Saul heard that Abenner the son of Ner had died in Chebron; and his hands were paralyzed, and all the men of Israel grew faint.
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||||
2| And Jebosthe the son of Saul had two men that were captains of bands: the name of the one <i>was</i> Baana, and the name of the other Rechab, sons of Remmon the Berothite of the children of Benjamin; for Beroth was reckoned to the children of Benjamin.
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3| And the Berothites ran away to Gethaim, and were sojourners there until this day.
|
||||
4| And Jonathan Saul’s son <i>had</i> a son lame of his feet, five years old, and he was <i>in the way</i> when the news of Saul and Jonathan his son came from Jezrael, and his nurse took him up, and fled; and it came to pass as he hasted and retreated, that he fell, and was lamed. And his name <i>was</i> Memphibosthe.
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||||
5| And Rechab and Baana the sons of Remmon the Berothite went, and they came in the heat of the day into the house of Jebosthe; and he was sleeping on a bed at noon.
|
||||
6| And, behold, the porter of the house winnowed wheat, and he slumbered and slept: and the brothers Rechab and Baana went privily into the house:
|
||||
7| And Jebosthe was sleeping on his bed in his chamber: and they smite him, and slay him, and take off his head: and they took his head, and went all the night by the western road.
|
||||
8| And they brought the head of Jebosthe to David to Chebron, and they said to the king, Behold the head of Jebosthe the son of Saul thy enemy, who sought thy life; and the Lord has executed for my lord the king vengeance on his enemies, as <i>it is</i> this day: even on Saul thy enemy, and on his seed.
|
||||
9| And David answered and Rechab and Baana his brother, the sons of Remmon the Berothite, and said to them, <i>As</i> the Lord lives, who has redeemed my soul out of all affliction;
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||||
10| he that reported to me that Saul was dead, even he was as one bringing glad tidings before me: but I seized him and slew him in Sekelac, to whom I ought, <i>as he thought</i>, to have given a reward for his tidings.
|
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11| And now evil men have slain a righteous men in his house on his bed: now then I will require his blood of your hand, and I will destroy you from off the earth.
|
||||
12| And David commanded his young men, and they slay them, and cut off their hands and their feet; and they hung them up at the fountain in Chebron: and they buried the head of Jebosthe in the tomb of Abenezer the son of Ner.
|
||||
|
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#5
|
||||
1| And all the tribes of Israel come to David to Chebron, and they said to him, Behold, we <i>are</i> thy bone and thy flesh.
|
||||
2| And heretofore Saul being king over us, thou was he that didst lead out and bring in Israel: and the Lord said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be for a leader to my people Israel.
|
||||
3| And all the elders of Israel come to the king to Chebron; and king David made a covenant with them in Chebron before the Lord; and they anoint David king over all Israel.
|
||||
4| David <i>was</i> thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.
|
||||
5| Seven years and six months he reigned in Chebron over Juda, and thirty-three years he reigned over all Israel and Juda in Jerusalem.
|
||||
6| And David and his men, departed to Jerusalem, to the Jebusite that inhabited the land: and it was said to David, Thou shalt not come in hither: for the blind and the lame withstood him, saying, David shall not come in hither.
|
||||
7| And David took first the hold of Sion: this <i>is</i> the city of David.
|
||||
8| And David said on that day, Every one that smites the Jebusite, let him attack with the dagger both the lame and the blind, and those that hate the soul of David. Therefore they say, The lame and the blind shall not enter into the house of the Lord.
|
||||
9| And David dwelt in the hold, and it was called the city of David, and he built the city itself round about from the citadel, and <i>he built</i> his own house.
|
||||
10| And David advanced and became great, and the Lord Almighty <i>was</i> with him.
|
||||
11| And Chiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar wood, and carpenters, and stone-masons: and they built a house for David.
|
||||
12| And David knew that the Lord had prepared him to be king over Israel, and that his kingdom was exalted for the sake of his people Israel.
|
||||
13| And David took again wives and concubines out of Jerusalem, after he came from Chebron: and David had still more sons and daughters born to him.
|
||||
14| And these <i>are</i> the names of those that were born to him in Jerusalem; Sammus, and Sobab, and Nathan, and Solomon.
|
||||
15| And Ebear, and Elisue, and Naphec, and Jephies.
|
||||
|
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16| And Elisama, and Elidae, and Eliphalath, (#5
|
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16A) Samae, Jessibath, Nathan, Galamaan, Jebaar, Theesus, Eliphalat, Naged, Naphec, Janathan, Leasamys, Baalimath, Eliphaath.
|
||||
17| And the Philistines heard that David was anointed king over Israel; and all the Philistines went up to seek David; and David heard of it, and went down to the strong hold.
|
||||
18| And the Philistines came, and assembled in the valley of the giants.
|
||||
19| And David enquired of the Lord, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? and wilt thou deliver them into my hands? and the Lord said to David, Go up, for I will surely deliver the Philistines into thine hands.
|
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20| And David came from Upper Breaches, and smote the Philistines there: and David said, The Lord has destroyed the hostile Philistines before me, as water is dispersed; therefore the name of that place was called Over Breaches.
|
||||
21| And they leave there their gods, and David and his men with him took them.
|
||||
22| And the Philistines came up yet again, and assembled in the valley of Giants.
|
||||
23| And David enquired of the Lord: and the Lord said, Thou shalt not go up to meet them: turn from them, and thou shalt meet them near the place of weeping.
|
||||
24| And it shall come to pass when thou hearest the sound of a clashing together from the grove of weeping, then thou shalt go down to them, for then the Lord shall go forth before thee to make havoc in the battle with the Philistines.
|
||||
25| And David did as the Lord commanded him, and smote the Philistines from Gabaon as far as the land of Gazera.
|
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|
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#6
|
||||
1| And David again gathered all the young men of Israel, about seventy thousand.
|
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2| And David arose, and went, he and all the people that were with him, and some of the rulers of Juda, on an expedition <i>to a distant place</i>, to bring back thence the ark of God, on which the name of the Lord of Host who dwells between the cherubs upon it is called.
|
||||
3| And they put the ark of the Lord on a new waggon, and took it out of the house of Aminadab who lived on the hill, and Oza and his brethren the sons of Aminadab drove the waggon with the ark.
|
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4| And his brethren went before the ark.
|
||||
5| And David and the children of Israel <i>were</i> playing before the Lord on well-tuned instruments mightily, and with songs, and with harps, and with lutes, and with drums, and with cymbals, and with pipes.
|
||||
6| And they come as far as the threshing floor of Nachor: and Oza reached forth his hand to the ark of God to keep it steady, and took hold of it; for the ox shook it out of its place.
|
||||
7| And the Lord was very angry with Oza; and God smote him there: and he died there by the ark of the Lord before God.
|
||||
8| And David was dispirited because the Lord made a breach upon Oza; and that place was called the breach of Oza until this day.
|
||||
9| And David feared the Lord in that day, saying, How shall the ark of the Lord come in to me?
|
||||
10| And David would not bring in the ark of the covenant of the Lord to himself into the city of David: and David turned it aside into the house of Abeddara the Gethite.
|
||||
11| And the ark of the Lord lodged in the house of Abeddara the Gethite three months, and the Lord blessed all the house of Abeddara, and all his possessions.
|
||||
12| And it was reported to king David, saying, The Lord has blessed the house of Abeddara, and all that he has, because of the ark of the Lord. And David went, and brought up the Ark of the Lord from the house of Abeddara to the city of David with gladness.
|
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13| And there were with him bearing the ark seven bands, and for a sacrifice a calf and lambs.
|
||||
14| And David sounded with well-tuned instruments before the Lord, and David <i>was</i> clothed with a fine long robe.
|
||||
15| And David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the Lord with shouting, and with the sound of a trumpet.
|
||||
16| And it came to pass as the ark arrived at the city of David, that Melchol the daughter of Saul looked through the window, and saw king David dancing and playing before the Lord; and she despised him in her heart.
|
||||
17| And they bring the ark of the Lord, and set it in its place in the midst of the tabernacle which David pitched for it: and David offered whole-burnt-offerings before the Lord, <i>and</i> peace-offerings.
|
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18| And David made an end of offering the whole-burnt-offerings and peace-offerings, and blessed the people in the name of the Lord of Hosts.
|
||||
19| And he distributed to all the people, even to all the host of Israel from Dan to Bersabee, both men and women, to every one a cake of bread, and a joint of meat, and a cake from the frying-pan: and all the people departed every one to his home.
|
||||
20| And David returned to bless his house. And Melchol the daughter of Saul came out to meet David and saluted him, and said, How was the king of Israel glorified to-day, who was to-day uncovered in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the dancers wantonly uncovers himself!
|
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21| And David said to Melchol, I will dance before the Lord. Blessed <i>be</i> the Lord who chose me before thy father, and before all his house, to make me head over his people, even over Israel: therefore I will play, and dance before the Lord.
|
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22| And I will again uncover myself thus, and I will be vile in thine eyes, and with the maid-servants by whom thou saidst that I was not had in honour.
|
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23| And Melchol the daughter of Saul had no child till the day of her death.
|
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|
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#7
|
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1| And it came to pass when the king sat in his house, and the Lord had given him an inheritance on every side <i>free</i> from all his enemies round about him;
|
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2| that the king said to Nathan the prophet, Behold now, I live in a house of cedar, and the ark of the Lord dwells in the midst of a tent.
|
||||
3| And Nathan said to the king, Go and do all that <i>is</i> in thine heart, for the Lord <i>is</i> with thee.
|
||||
4| And it came to pass in that night, that the word of the Lord came to Nathan, saying,
|
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5| Go, and say to my servant David, Thus says the Lord, Thou shalt not build me a house for me to dwell in.
|
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6| For I have not dwelt in a house from the day that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt to this day, but I have been walking in a lodge and in a tent,
|
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7| wheresoever I went with all Israel. Have I ever spoken to any of the tribes of Israel, which I commanded to tend my people Israel, saying, Why have ye not built me a house of Cedar?
|
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8| And now thus shalt thou say to my servant David, Thus says the Lord Almighty, I took thee from the sheep-cote, that thou shouldest be a prince over my people, over Israel.
|
||||
9| And I was with thee wheresoever thou wentest, and I destroyed all thine enemies before thee, and I made thee renowned according to the renown of the great ones on the earth.
|
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10| And I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, and they shall dwell by themselves, and shall be no more distressed; and the son of iniquity shall no more afflict them, as he <i>has done</i> from the beginning,
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11| from the days when I appointed judges over my people Israel: and I will give thee rest from all thine enemies, and the Lord will tell thee that thou shalt build a house to him.
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12| And it shall come to pass when thy days shall have been fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed after thee, even thine own issue, and I will establish his kingdom.
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13| He shall build for me a house to my name, and I will set up his throne even for ever.
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14| I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son. And when he happens to transgress, then will I chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the sons of men.
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15| But my mercy I will not take from him, as I took it from those whom I removed from my presence.
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16| And his house shall be made sure, and his kingdom for ever before me, and his throne shall be set up for ever.
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17| According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so Nathan spoke to David.
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18| And king David came in, and sat before the Lord, and said, Who am I, O Lord, my Lord, and what <i>is</i> my house, that thou hast loved me hitherto?
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19| Whereas I was very little before thee, O Lord, my Lord, yet thou spokest concerning the house of thy servant for a long time to <i>to come</i>. And <i>is</i> this the law of man, O Lord, my Lord?
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20| And what shall David yet say to thee? and now thou knowest thy servant, O Lord, my Lord.
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21| And thou hast wrought for thy servant’s sake, and according to thy heart thou hast wrought all this greatness, to make it known to thy servant,
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22| that he may magnify thee, O my Lord; for there is no one like thee, and there is no God, but thou among all of whom we have heard with our ears.
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23| And what other nation in the earth <i>is</i> as thy people Israel? whereas God was his guide, to redeem for himself a people to make thee a name, to do mightily and nobly, so that thou shouldest cast out nations an <i>their</i> tabernacles from the presence of thy people, whom thou didst redeem for thyself out of Egypt?
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24| And thou has prepared for thyself thy people Israel to be a people for ever, and thou, Lord, art become their God.
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25| And now, O my Lord, the Almighty Lord God of Israel, confirm the word for ever which thou hast spoken concerning thy servant and his house: and now as thou hast said,
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26| Let thy name be magnified for ever.
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27| Almighty Lord God of Israel, thou hast uncovered the ear of thy servant, saying, I will build thee a house: therefore thy servant has found <i>in</i> his heart to pray this prayer to thee.
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28| And now, O Lord my Lord, thou art God; and thy words will be true, and thou hast spoken these good things concerning thy servant.
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29| And now begin and bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee; for thou, O Lord, my Lord, hast spoken, and the house of thy servant shall be blessed with thy blessing so as to continue for ever.
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#8
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1| And it came to pass after this, that David smote the Philistines, and put them to flight, and David took the tribute from out of the hand of the Philistines.
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2| And David smote Moab, and measured them out with lines, having laid them down on the ground: and there were two lines for slaying, and two lines he kept alive: and Moab became servants to David, yielding tribute.
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3| And David smote Adraazar the son of Raab king of Suba, as he went to extend his power to the river Euphrates.
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4| And David took a thousand of his chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David houghed all his chariot <i>horses</i>, and he reserved to himself a hundred chariots.
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5| And Syria of Damascus comes to help Adraazar king of Suba, and David smote twenty-two thousand men belonging to the Syrian.
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6| And David placed a garrison in Syria near Damascus, and the Syrians became servants and tributaries to David: and the Lord preserved David whithersoever he went.
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7| And David took the golden bracelets which were on the servants of Adraazar king of Suba, and brought them to Jerusalem. And Susakim king of Egypt took them, when he went up to Jerusalem in the days of Roboam son of Solomon.
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8| And king David took from Metebac, and from the choice cities of Adraazar, very much brass: with that Solomon made the brazen sea, and the pillars, and the lavers, and all the furniture.
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9| And Thou the king of Hemath heard that David had smitten all the host of Adraazar.
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10| And Thou sent Jedduram his son to king David, to ask him of his welfare, and to congratulate him on his fighting against Adraazar and smiting him, for he was an enemy to Adraazar: and in his hands were vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of brass.
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11| And these king David consecrated to the Lord, with the silver and with the gold which he consecrated out of all the cities which he conquered,
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12| out of Idumea, and out of Moab, and from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from Amalec, and from the spoils of Adraazar son of Raab king of Suba.
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13| And David made <i>himself</i> a name: and when he returned he smote Idumea in Gebelem to <i>the number of</i> eighteen thousand.
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14| And he set garrisons in Idumea, even in all Idumea: and all the Idumeans were servants to the king. And the Lord preserved David wherever he went.
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15| And David reigned over all Israel: and David wrought judgment and justice over all his people.
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16| And Joab the son of Saruia <i>was</i> over the host; and Josaphat the son of Achilud <i>was keeper</i> of the records.
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17| And Sadoc the son of Achitob, and Achimelech son of Abiathar, <i>were</i> priests; and Sasa <i>was</i> the scribe,
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18| and Banaeas son of Jodae <i>was</i> councillor, and the Chelethite and the Phelethite, and the sons of David, were princes of the court.
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#9
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1| And David said, Is there yet any one left in the house of Saul, that I may deal kindly with him for Jonathan’s sake?
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2| And there was a servant of the house of Saul, and his name was Siba: and they call him to David; and the king said to him, Art thou Siba? and he said, I <i>am</i> thy servant.
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3| And the king said, Is there yet a man left of the house of Saul, that I may act towards him with the mercy of God? and Siba said to the king, There is yet a son of Jonathan, lame <i>of</i> his feet.
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4| And the king said, Where <i>is</i> he? and Siba said to the king, Behold, <i>he is</i> in the house of Machir the son of Amiel of Lodabar.
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5| And king David went, and took him out of the house of Machir the son Amiel of Lodabar.
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6| And Memphibosthe the son of Jonathan the son of Saul comes to the king David, and he fell upon his face and did obeisance to him: and David said to him, Memphibosthe: and he said, Behold thy servant.
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7| And David said to him, Fear not, for I will surely deal mercifully with thee for the sake of Jonathan thy father, and I will restore to thee all the land of Saul the father of thy father; and thou shalt eat bread at my table continually.
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8| And Memphibosthe did obeisance, and said, Who am I thy servant, that thou hast looked upon a dead dog like me?
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9| And the king called Siba the servant of Saul, and said to him, All that belonged to Saul and to all his house have I given to the son of thy lord.
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10| And thou, and thy sons, and thy servants, shall till the land for him; and thou shalt bring in bread to the son of thy lord, and he shall eat bread: and Memphibosthe the son of thy lord shall eat bread continually at my table. Now Siba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.
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11| And Siba said to the king, According to all that my lord the king has commanded his servant, so will thy servant do. And Memphibosthe did eat at the table of David, as one of the sons of the king.
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12| And Memphibosthe had a little son, and his name <i>was</i> Micha: and all the household of Siba <i>were</i> servants to Memphibosthe.
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13| And Memphibosthe dwelt in Jerusalem, for he continually ate at the table of the king; and he was lame in both his feet.
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#10
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1| And it came to pass after this that the king of the children of Ammon died, and Annon his son reigned in his stead.
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2| And David said, I will shew mercy to Annon the son of Naas, as his father dealt mercifully with me. And David sent to comfort him concerning his father by the hand of his servants; and the servants of David came into the land of the children of Ammon.
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3| And the princes of the children of Ammon said to Annon their lord, <i>Is it</i> to honour thy father before thee that David has sent comforters to thee? Has not David rather sent his servants to thee that they should search the city, and spy it out and examine it?
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4| And Annon took the servants of David, and shaved their beards, and cut off their garments in the midst as far as their haunches, and sent them away.
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5| And they brought David word concerning the men; and he sent to meet them, for the men were greatly dishonoured: and the king said, Remain in Jericho till your beards have grown, and <i>then</i> ye shall return.
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6| And the children of Ammon saw that the people of David were ashamed; and the children of Ammon sent, and hired the Syrians of Baethraam, and the Syrians of Suba, and Roob, twenty thousand footmen, and the king of Amalec with a thousand men, and Istob with twelve thousand men.
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7| And David heard, and sent Joab and all his host, <i>even</i> the mighty men.
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8| And the children of Ammon went forth, and set the battle in array by the door of the gate: <i>those</i> of Syria, Suba, and Roob, and Istob, and Amalec, being by themselves in the field.
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9| And Joab saw that the front of the battle was against him from that which was opposed in front and from behind, and he chose out <i>some</i> of all the young men of Israel, and they set themselves in array against Syria.
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10| And the rest of the people he gave into the hand of Abessa his brother, and they set the battle in array opposite to the children of Ammon.
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11| And he said, If Syria be too strong for me, then shall ye help me: and if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then will we be ready to help thee.
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12| Be thou courageous, and let us be strong for our people, and for the sake of the cities of our God, and the Lord shall do that which is good in his eyes.
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13| And Joab and his people with him advanced to battle against Syria, and they fled from before him.
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14| And the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, and they fled from before Abessa, and entered into the city: and Joab returned from the children of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem.
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15| And the Syrians saw that they were worsted before Israel, and they gathered themselves together.
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16| And Adraazar sent and gathered the Syrians from the other side of the river Chalamak, and they came to Ælam; and Sobac the captain of the host of Adraazar <i>was</i> at their head.
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17| And it was reported to David, and he gathered all Israel, and went over Jordan, and came to Ælam: and the Syrians set the battle in array against David, and fought with him.
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18| And Syria fled from before Israel, and David destroyed of Syria seven hundred chariots, and forty thousand horsemen, and he smote Sobac the captain of his host, and he died there.
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19| And all the kings the servants of Adraazar saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, and they went over to Israel, and served them: and Syria was afraid to help the children of Ammon any more.
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#11
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1| And it came to pass when the time o the year for kings going out <i>to battle</i> had come round, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbath: but David remained at Jerusalem.
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2| And it came to pass toward evening, that David arose off his couch, and walked on the roof of the king’s house, and saw from the roof a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.
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3| And David sent and enquired about the woman: and <i>one</i> said, <i>Is</i> not this Bersabee the daughter of Eliab, the wife of Urias the Chettite?
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4| And David sent messengers, and took her, and went in to her, and he lay with her: and she was purified from her uncleanness, and returned to her house.
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5| And the woman conceived; and she sent and told David, and said, I am with child.
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6| And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Urias the Chettite; and Joab sent Urias to David.
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7| And Urias arrived and went in to him, and David asked him how Joab was, and how the people were, and how the war went on.
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8| And David said to Urias, Go to thy house, and wash thy feet: and Urias departed from the house of the king, and a portion <i>of meat</i> from the king followed him.
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9| And Urias slept at the door of the king with the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house.
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10| And they brought David word, saying, Urias has not gone down to his house. And David said to Urias, Art thou not come from a journey? why hast thou not gone down to thy house?
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11| And Urias said to David, The ark, and Israel, and Juda dwell in tents; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open fields; and shall I go into my house to eat and drink, and lie with my wife? how <i>should I do this? as</i> thy soul lives, I will not do this thing.
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12| And David said to Urias, Remain here to-day also, and to-morrow I will let thee go. So Urias remained in Jerusalem that day and the day following.
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13| And David called him, and he ate before him and drank, and he made him drunk: and he went out in the evening to lie upon his bed with the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house.
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14| And the morning came, and David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Urias.
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15| And he wrote in the letter, saying, Station Urias in front of the severe <i>part</i> of the fight, and retreat from behind him, so shall he be wounded and die.
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16| And it came to pass while Joab was watching against the city, that he set Urias in a place where he knew that valiant men were.
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17| And the men of the city went out, and fought with Joab: and some of the people of the servants of David fell, and Urias the Chettite died also.
|
||||
18| And Joab sent, and reported to David all the events of the war, so as to tell them to the king.
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||||
19| And he charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast finished reporting all the events of the war to the king,
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20| then it shall come to pass if the anger of the king shall arise, and he shall say to thee, Why did ye draw nigh to the city to fight? knew ye not that they would shoot from off the wall?
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21| Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerobaal son of Ner? did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him from above the wall, and he died in Thamasi? why did ye draw near to the wall? then thou shalt say, Thy servant Urias the Chettite is also dead.
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22| And the messenger of Joab went to the king to Jerusalem, and he came and reported to David all that Joab told him, all the affairs of the war. And David was very angry with Joab, and said to the messenger, Why did ye draw nigh to the wall to fight? knew ye not that ye would be wounded from off the wall? Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerobaal? did not a woman cast upon him a piece of millstone from the wall, and he died in Thamasi? why did ye draw near to the wall?
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23| And the messenger said to David, The men prevailed against us, and they came out against us into the field, and we came upon them even to the door of the gate.
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||||
24| And the archers shot at thy servants from off the wall, and some of the king’s servants died, and thy servant Urias the Chettite is dead also.
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||||
25| And David said to the messenger, Thus shalt thou say to Joab, Let not the matter be grievous in thine eyes, for the sword devours one way at one time and another way at another: strengthen thine array against the city, and destroy it, and strengthen him.
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26| And the wife of Urias heard that Urias her husband was dead, and she mourned for her husband.
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||||
27| And the time of mourning expired, and David sent and took her into his house, and she became his wife, and bore him a son: but the thing which David did was evil in the eyes of the Lord.
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||||
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#12
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1| And the Lord sent Nathan the prophet to David; and he went in to him, and said to him, There were two men in one city, one rich and the other poor.
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||||
2| And the rich <i>man</i> had very many flocks and herds.
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||||
3| But the poor <i>man had</i> only one little ewe lamb, which he had purchased, and preserved, and reared; an it grew up with himself and his children in common; it ate of his bread and drank of his cup, and slept in his bosom, and was to him as a daughter.
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4| And a traveller came to the rich man, and he spared to take of his flocks and of his herds, to dress for the traveller that came to him; and he took the poor man’s lamb, and dressed it for the man that came to him.
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||||
5| And David was greatly moved with anger against the man; and David said to Nathan, <i>As</i> the Lord lives, the man that did this thing shall surely die.
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||||
6| And he shall restore the lamb seven-fold, because he has not spared.
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||||
7| And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man that has done this. Thus says the Lord God of Israel, I anointed thee to be king over Israel, and I rescued thee out the hand of Saul;
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||||
8| and I gave thee the house of thy lord, and the wives of thy lord into thy bosom, and I gave to thee the house of Israel and Juda; and if that had been little, I would have given thee yet more.
|
||||
9| Why hast thou set at nought the word of the Lord, to do that which is evil in his eyes? thou hast slain Urias the Chettite with the sword, and thou hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and thou hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.
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||||
10| Now therefore the sword shall not depart from thy house for ever, because thou has set me at nought, and thou hast taken the wife of Urias the Chettite, to be thy wife.
|
||||
11| Thus says the Lord, Behold, I will raise up against thee evil out of thy house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and will give them to thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun.
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||||
12| For thou didst it secretly, but I will do this thing in the sight of all Israel, and before the sun.
|
||||
13| And David said to Nathan, I have sinned against the Lord. And Nathan said to David, And the Lord has put away thy sin; thou shalt not die.
|
||||
14| Only because thou hast given great occasion of provocation to the enemies of the Lord by this thing, thy son also that is born to thee shall surely die.
|
||||
15| And Nathan departed to his house. And the Lord smote the child, which the wife of Urias the Chettite bore to David, and it was ill.
|
||||
16| And David enquired of God concerning the child, and David fasted, and went in and lay all night upon the ground.
|
||||
17| And the elders of his house arose <i>and went</i> to him to raise him up from the ground, but he would not <i>rise</i>, nor did he eat bread with them.
|
||||
18| And it came to pass on the seventh day that the child died: and the servants of David were afraid to tell him that the child was dead; for they said, Behold, while the child was yet alive we spoke to him, and he hearkened not to our voice; and thou should we tell him that the child is dead?—so would he do <i>himself</i> harm.
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19| And David understood that his servants were whispering, and David perceived that the child was dead: and David said to his servants, Is the child dead? and they said, He is dead.
|
||||
20| Then David rose up from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself, and changed his raiment, and went into the house of God, and worshipped him; and went into his own house, and called for bread to eat, and they set bread before him and he ate.
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21| And his servants said to him, What <i>is</i> this thing that thou hast done concerning the child? while it was yet living thou didst fast, and weep, and watch: and when the child was dead thou didst rise up, and didst eat bread, and drink.
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22| And David said, While the child yet lived, I fasted and wept; for I said, Who knows if the Lord will pity me, and the child live?
|
||||
23| But now it is dead, why should I fast thus? shall I be able to bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.
|
||||
24| And David comforted Bersabee his wife, and he went in to her, and lay with her; and she conceived and bore a son, and he called his named Solomon, and the Lord loved him.
|
||||
25| And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet, and called his name Jeddedi, for the Lord’s sake.
|
||||
26| And Joab fought against Rabbath of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city.
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||||
27| And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbath, and taken the city of waters.
|
||||
28| And now gather the rest of the people, and encamp against the city, an take it beforehand; lest I take the city first, and my name be called upon it.
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||||
29| And David gathered all the people, and went to Rabbath, and fought against it, and took it.
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||||
30| And he took the crown of Molchom their king from off his head, and the weight of it was a talent of gold, with precious stones, and it was upon the head of David; and he carried forth very much spoil of the city.
|
||||
31| And he brought forth the people that were in it, and put them under the saw, and under iron harrows, and axes of iron, and made them pass through the brick-kiln: and thus he did to all the cities of the children of Ammon. And David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.
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|
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#13
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1| And it happened after this that Abessalom the son of David had a very beautiful sister, and her name <i>was</i> Themar; and Amnon the son of David loved her.
|
||||
2| And Amnon was distressed even to sickness, because of Themar his sister; for she was a virgin, and it seemed very difficult for Amnon to do anything to her.
|
||||
3| And Amnon had a friend, and his name <i>was</i> Jonadab, the son of Samaa the brother of David: and Jonadab <i>was</i> a very cunning man.
|
||||
4| And he said to him, What ails thee that thou art thus weak? O son of the king, morning by morning? wilt thou not tell me? and Ammon said, I love Themar the sister of my brother Abessalom.
|
||||
5| And Jonadab said to him, Lie upon thy bed, and make thyself sick, and thy father shall come in to see thee; and thou shalt say to him, Let, I pray thee, Themar my sister come, and feed me with morsels, and let her prepare food before my eyes, that I may see and eat at her hands.
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||||
6| So Ammon lay down, and made himself sick; and the king came in to see him: and Amnon said to the king, Let, I pray thee, my sister Themar come to me, and make a couple of cakes in my sight, and I will eat them at her hand.
|
||||
7| And David sent to Themar to the house, saying, Go now to thy brother’s house, and dress him food.
|
||||
8| And Themar went to the house of her brother Amnon, and he <i>was</i> lying down: and she took the dough and kneaded it, and made cakes in his sight, and baked the cakes.
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||||
9| And she took the frying pan and poured them out before him, but he would not eat. And Amnon said, Send out every man from about me. And they removed every man from about him.
|
||||
10| And Amnon said to Themar, Bring in the food into the closet, and I will eat of thy hand. And Themar took the cakes which she had made, and brought them to her brother Amnon into the chamber.
|
||||
11| And she brought <i>them</i> to him to eat, and he caught hold of her, and said to her, Come, lie with me, my sister.
|
||||
12| And she said to him, Nay, my brother, do not humble me, for it ought not to be so done in Israel; do not this folly.
|
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13| And I, whither shall I remove my reproach? and thou shalt be as one of the fools in Israel. And now, speak, I pray thee, to the king, for surely he will not keep me from thee.
|
||||
14| But Amnon would not hearken to her voice; and he prevailed against her, and humbled her, and lay with her.
|
||||
15| Then Amnon hated her with very great hatred; for the hatred with which he hated her was greater than the love with which he had loved her, for the last wickedness was greater than the first: and Amnon said to her, Rise, and be gone.
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16| And Themar spoke to him concerning this great mischief, greater, <i>said she</i>, than the other that thou didst me, to send me away: but Amnon would not hearken to her voice.
|
||||
17| And he called his servant who had charge of the house, and said to him, Put now this <i>woman</i> out from me, and shut the door after her.
|
||||
18| And she had on her a variegated robe, for so were the king’s daughters that were virgins attired in their apparel: and his servant led her forth, and shut the door after her.
|
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19| And Themar took ashes, and put them on her head; and she rent the variegated garment that was upon her: and she laid her hands on her head, and went crying continually.
|
||||
20| And Abessalom her brother said to her, Has thy brother Amnon been with thee? now then, my sister, be silent, for he is thy brother: be not careful to mention this matter. So Themar dwelt as a widow in the house of her brother Abessalom.
|
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21| And king David heard of all these things, and was very angry; but he did not grieve the spirit of his son Amnon, because be loved him, for he was his first-born.
|
||||
22| And Abessalom spoke not to Amnon, good or bad, because Abessalom hated Amnon, on account of his humbling his sister Themar.
|
||||
23| And it came to pass at the end of two whole years, that they were shearing <i>sheep</i> for Abessalom in Belasor near Ephraim: and Abessalom invited all the king’s sons.
|
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24| And Abessalom came to the king, and said, Behold, thy servant has a sheep-shearing; let now the king and his servants go with thy servant.
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25| And the king said to Abessalom, Nay, my son, let us not all go, and let us not be burdensome to thee. And he pressed him; but he would not go, but blessed him.
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26| And Abessalom said to him, And if not, let I pray thee, my brother Amnon go with us. And the king said to him, Why should he go with thee?
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27| And Abessalom pressed him, and he sent with him Amnon and all the king’s sons; and Abessalom made a banquet like the banquet of the king.
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28| And Abessalom charged his servants, saying, Mark when the heart of Amnon shall be merry with wine, and I shall say to you, Smite Amnon, and slay him: fear not; for is it not I that command you? Be courageous, and be valiant.
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29| And the servants of Abessalom did to Amnon as Abessalom commanded them: and all the sons of the king rose up, and they mounted every man his mule, and fled.
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30| And it came to pass, when they were in the way, that a report came to David, saying, Abessalom has slain all the king’s sons, and there is not one of them left.
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31| Then the king arose, and rent his garments, and lay upon the ground: and all his servants that were standing round him rent their garments.
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32| And Jonadab the son of Samaa brother of David, answered and said, Let not my Lord the king say that he has slain all the young men the sons of the king, for Amnon only of them all is dead; for he was appointed <i>to death</i> by the mouth of Abessalom from the day that he humbled his sister Themar.
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33| And now let not my lord the king take the matter to heart, saying, All the king’s sons are dead: for Amnon only of them is dead.
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34| And Abessalom escaped: and the young man the watchman, lifted up his eyes, and looked; and, behold, much people went in the way behind him from the side of the mountain in the descent: and the watchman came and told the king, and said, I have seen men by the way of Oronen, by the side of the mountain.
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35| And Jonadab said to the king, Behold, the king’s sons are present: according to the word of thy servant, so has it happened.
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36| And it came to pass when he had finished speaking, that, behold, the king’s sons came, and lifted up their voices and wept: and the king also and all his servants wept with a very great weeping.
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37| But Abessalom fled, and went to Tholmi son of Emiud the king of Gedsur to the land of Chamaachad: and king David mourned for his son continually.
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38| So Abessalom fled, and departed to Gedsur, and was there three years.
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39| And king David ceased to go out after Abessalom, for he was comforted concerning Amnon, touching his death.
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#14
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1| And Joab the son of Saruia knew that the heart of the king was toward Abessalom.
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2| And Joab sent to Thecoe, and took thence a cunning woman, and said to her, Mourn, I pray thee, and put on mourning apparel, and anoint thee not with oil, and thou shalt be as a woman mourning for one that is dead thus for many days.
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3| And thou shalt go to the king, and speak to him according to this word. And Joab put the words in her mouth.
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4| So the woman of Thecoe went in to the king and fell upon her face to the earth, and did him obeisance, and said, Help, O king, help.
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5| And the king said to her, What is the matter with thee? And she said, I am indeed a widow woman, and my husband is dead.
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6| And moreover thy handmaid had two sons, and they fought together in the field, and there was no one to part them; and the one smote the other his brother, and slew him.
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7| And behold the whole family rose up against thine handmaid, and they said, Give up the one that smote his brother, and we will put him to death for the life of his brother, whom he slew, and we will take away even your heir: so they will quench my coal that is left, so as not to leave my husband remnant or name on the face of the earth.
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8| And the king said to the woman, Go in peace to thy house, and I will give commandment concerning thee.
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9| And the woman of Thecoe said to the king, On me, my lord, O king, and on my father’s house <i>be</i> the iniquity, and the king and his throne <i>be</i> guiltless.
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10| And the king said, Who was it that spoke to thee? thou shalt even bring him to me, and <i>one</i> shall not touch him any more.
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11| And she said, Let now the king remember concerning his Lord God in that the avenger of blood is multiplied to destroy, and let them not take away my son. And he said, <i>As</i> the lord lives, not a hair of thy son shall fall to the ground.
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12| And the woman said, Let now thy servant speak a word to my lord the king. And he said, Say on.
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13| And the woman said, Why hast thou devised this thing against the people of God? or <i>is</i> this word out of the king’s mouth as a transgression, so that the king should not bring back his banished?
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14| For we shall surely die, and be as water poured upon the earth, which shall not be gathered up, and God shall take the life, even as he devises to thrust forth from him his outcast.
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15| And now whereas I came to speak this word to my lord the king, <i>the reason is</i> that the people will see me, and thy handmaid will say, Let one now speak to my lord the king, if peradventure the king will perform the request of his handmaid;
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16| for the king will hear. Let him rescue his handmaid out of the hand of the man that seeks to cast out me and my son from the inheritance of God.
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17| And the woman said, If now the word of my lord the king be gracious, —<i>well</i>: for as an angel of God, so <i>is</i> my lord the king, to hear good and evil: and the Lord thy God shall be with thee.
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18| And the king answered, and said to the woman, Hide not from me, I pray thee, the matter which I ask thee. And the woman said, Let my lord the king by all means speak.
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19| And the king said, <i>Is</i> not the hand of Joab in all this matter with thee? and the woman said to the king, <i>As</i> thy soul lives, my lord, O king, there is no turning to the right hand or to the left from all that my lord the king has spoken; for thy servant Joab himself charged me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thine handmaid.
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20| In order that this form of speech might come about <i>it was</i> that thy servant Joab has framed this matter: and my lord is wise as <i>is</i> the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that are in the earth.
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21| And the king said to Joab, Behold now, I have done to thee according to this thy word: go, bring back the young man Abessalom.
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22| And Joab fell on his face to the ground, and did obeisance, and blessed the king: and Joab said, To-day thy servant knows that I have found grace in thy sight, my lord, O king, for my lord the king has performed the request of his servant.
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23| And Joab arose, and went to Gedsur, and brought Abessalom to Jerusalem.
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24| And the king said, Let him return to his house, and not see my face. And Abessalom returned to his house, and saw not the king’s face.
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25| And there was not a man in Israel so very comely as Abessalom: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.
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26| And when he polled his head, (and it was at the beginning of every year that he polled it, because it grew, heavy upon him,) even when he polled it, he weighed the hair of his head, two hundred shekels according to the royal shekel.
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27| And there were born to Abessalom three sons and one daughter, and her name was Themar: she was a very beautiful woman, and she becomes the wife of Roboam son of Solomon, and she bears to him Abia.
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28| And Abessalom remained in Jerusalem two full years, and he saw not the king’s face.
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29| And Abessalom sent to Joab to bring him in to the king, and he would not come to him: and he sent to him the second time, and he would not come.
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30| And Abessalom said to his servants, Behold, Joab’s portion in the field <i>is</i> next to mine, and he has in it barley; go and set it on fire. And the servants of Abessalom set the field on fire: and the servants of Joab come to him with their clothes rent, and they said to him, The servants of Abessalom have set the field on fire.
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31| And Joab arose, and came to Abessalom into the house, and said to him, Why have thy servants set my field on fire?
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32| And Abessalom said to Joab, Behold, I sent to thee, saying, Come hither, and I will send thee to the king, saying, Why did I come out of Gedsur? it would have been better for me to have remained there: and now, behold, I have not seen the face of the king; but if there is iniquity in me, then put me to death.
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33| And Joab went in to the king, and brought him word: and he called Abessalom, and he went in to the king, and did him obeisance, and fell upon his face to the ground, even in the presence of the king; and the king kissed Abessalom.
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#15
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1| And it came to pass after this that Abessalom prepared for himself chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him.
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2| And Abessalom rose early, and stood by the side of the way of the gate: and it came to pass that every man who had a cause, came to the king for judgment, and Abessalom cried to him, and said to him, Of what city art thou? And he said, Thy servant <i>is</i> of one of the tribes of Israel.
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3| And Abessalom said to him, See, thy affairs <i>are</i> right and clear, yet thou hast no one <i>appointed</i> of the king to hear thee.
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4| And Abessalom said, O that one would make me a judge in the land; then every man who had a dispute or a cause would come to me, and I would judge him!
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5| And it came to pass when a man came near to do him obeisance, that he stretched out his hand, and took hold of him, and kissed him.
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6| And Abessalom did after this manner to all Israel that came to the king for judgment; and Abessalom gained the hearts of the men of Israel.
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7| And it came to pass after forty years, that Abessalom said to his father, I will go now, and pay my vows, which I vowed to the Lord in Chebron.
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8| For thy servant vowed a vow when I dwelt at Gedsur in Syria, saying, If the Lord should indeed restore me to Jerusalem, then will I serve the Lord.
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9| And the king said to him, Go in peace. And he arose and went to Chebron.
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10| And Abessalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, When ye hear the sound of the trumpet, then shall ye say, Abessalom is become king in Chebron.
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11| And there went with Abessalom two hundred chosen men from Jerusalem; and they went in their simplicity, and knew not anything.
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12| And Abessalom sent to Achitophel the Theconite, the counsellor of David, from his city, from Gola, where he was sacrificing: and there was a strong conspiracy; and the people with Abessalom were increasingly numerous.
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13| And there came a messenger to David, saying, the heart of the men of Israel is gone after Abessalom.
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14| And David said to all his servants who were with him in Jerusalem, Rise, and let us flee, for we have no refuge from Abessalom: make haste and go, lest he overtake us speedily, and bring evil upon us, and smite the city with the edge of the sword.
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15| And the king’s servants said to the king, In all things which our lord the king chooses, behold <i>we are</i> thy servants.
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16| And the king and all his house went out on foot: and the king left ten women of his concubines to keep the house.
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17| And the king and all his servants went out on foot; and abode in a distant house.
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18| And all his servants passed on by his side, and every Chelethite, and every Phelethite, and they stood by the olive tree in the wilderness: and all the people marched near him, and all his court, and all the men of might, and all the men of war, six hundred: and they were present at his side: and every Chelethite, and every Phelethite, and all the six hundred Gittites that came on foot out of Geth, and they went on before the king.
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19| And the king said to Ethi, the Gittite, Why dost thou also go with us? return, and dwell with the king, for thou art a stranger, and thou has come forth as a sojourner out of thy place.
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20| Whereas thou camest yesterday, shall I to-day cause thee to travel with us, and shalt thou <i>thus</i> change thy place? thou didst come forth yesterday, and to-day shall I set thee in motion to go along with us? I indeed will go whithersoever I may go: return then, and cause thy brethren to return with thee, and may the Lord deal mercifully and truly with thee.
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21| And Ethi answered the king and said, <i>As</i> the Lord lives and as my lord the king lives, in the place wheresoever my lord shall be, whether it be for death or life, there shall thy servant be.
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22| And the king said to Ethi, Come and pass over with me. So Ethi the Gittite and the king passed over, and all his servants, and all the multitude with him.
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23| And all the country wept with a loud voice. And all the people passed by over the brook of Kedron; and the king crossed the brook Kedron: and all the people and the king passed on toward the way of the wilderness.
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24| And behold also Sadoc, and all the Levites were with him, bearing the ark of the covenant of the Lord from Baethar: and they set down the ark of God; and Abiathar went up, until all the people had passed out of the city.
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25| And the king said to Sadoc, Carry back the ark of God into the city: if I should find favour in the eyes of the Lord, then will he bring me back, and he will shew me it and its beauty.
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26| But if he should say thus, I have no pleasure in thee; behold, <i>here</i> I am, let him do to me according to that which is good in his eyes.
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27| And the king said to Sadoc the priest, Behold, thou shalt return to the city in peace, and Achimaas thy son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar, your two sons with you.
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28| Behold, I continue in arms in Araboth of the desert, until there come tidings from you to report to me.
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29| So Sadoc and Abiathar brought back the ark of the Lord to Jerusalem, and it continued there.
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30| And David went up by the ascent of <i>the mount of</i> Olives, ascending and weeping, and had his head covered, and went barefooted: and all the people that were with him covered <i>every</i> man his head; and they went up, ascending and weeping.
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31| And it was reported to David, saying, Achitophel also <i>is</i> among the conspirators with Abessalom. And David said, O Lord my God, disconcert, I pray thee, the counsel of Achitophel.
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32| And David came as far as Ros, where he worshipped God: and behold, Chusi the chief friend of David came out to meet him, having rent his garment, and earth <i>was</i> upon his head.
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||||
33| And David said to him, If thou shouldest go over with me, then wilt thou be a burden to me;
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34| but if thou shall return to the city, and shalt say to Abessalom, Thy brethren are passed over, and the king thy father is passed over after me: and now I am thy servant, O king, suffer me to live: at one time even of late I was the servant of thy father, and now I <i>am</i> thy humble servant—so shalt thou disconcert for me, the counsel of Achitophel.
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35| And, behold, <i>there are</i> there with thee Sadoc and Abiathar the priests; and it shall be that every word that thou shalt hear of the house of the king, thou shalt report it to Sadoc and Abiathar the priests.
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36| Behold, <i>there are</i> there with them their two sons, Achimaas the son of Sadoc, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar; and by them ye shall report to me every word which ye shall hear.
|
||||
37| So Chusi the friend of David went into the city, and Abessalom was lately gone into Jerusalem.
|
||||
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#16
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1| And David passed on a little way from Ros; and, behold, Siba the servant of Memphibosthe <i>came</i> to meet him; and he had a couple of asses laden, and upon them two hundred loaves, and a hundred <i>bunches of</i> raisins, and a hundred <i>cakes of</i> dates, and bottle of wine.
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||||
2| And the king said to Siba, What meanest thou by these? and Siba, said, The asses <i>are</i> for the household of the king to sit upon, and the loaves and the dates <i>are</i> for the young men to eat, and the wine <i>is</i> for them that are faint in the wilderness to drink.
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||||
3| And the king said, And where <i>is</i> the son of thy master? and Siba said to the king, Behold, he remains in Jerusalem; for he said, To-day shall the house of Israel restore to me the kingdom of my father.
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||||
4| And the king said to Siba, Behold, all Memphibosthe’s property <i>is</i> thine. And Siba did obeisance and said, My lord, O king, let me find grace in thine eyes.
|
||||
5| And king David came to Baurim; and, behold, there came out from thence a man of the family of the house of Saul, and his name <i>was</i> Semei the son of Gera. He came forth and cursed as he went,
|
||||
6| and cast stones at David, and at all the servants of king David: and all the people and all the mighty men were on the right and left hand of the king.
|
||||
7| And thus Semei said when he cursed him, Go out, go out, thou bloody man, and man of sin.
|
||||
8| The Lord has returned upon thee all the blood of the house of Saul, because thou hast reigned in his stead; and the Lord has given the kingdom into the hand of Abessalom thy son: and, behold, thou <i>art taken</i> in thy mischief, because thou <i>art</i> a bloody man.
|
||||
9| And Abessa the son of Saruia said to the king, Why does this dead dog curse my lord the king? let me go over now and take off his head.
|
||||
10| And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Saruia? even let him alone, and so let him curse, for the Lord has told him to curse David: and who shall say, Why hast thou done thus?
|
||||
11| And David said to Abessa and to all his servants, Behold, my son who came forth out of my bowels seeks my life; still more now may the son of Benjamin: let him curse, because the Lord has told him.
|
||||
12| If by any means the Lord may look on my affliction, thus shall he return me good for his cursing this day.
|
||||
13| And David and all the men with him went on the way: and Semei went by the side of the hill next to him, cursing as he went, and casting stones at him, and sprinkling him with dirt.
|
||||
14| And the king, and all the people with him, came away and refreshed themselves there.
|
||||
15| And Abessalom and all the men of Israel went into Jerusalem, and Achitophel with him.
|
||||
16| And it came to pass when Chusi the chief friend of David came to Abessalom, that Chusi said to Abessalom, Let the king live.
|
||||
17| And Abessalom said to Chusi, <i>Is</i> this thy kindness to thy friend? why wentest thou not forth with thy friend?
|
||||
18| And Chusi said to Abessalom, Nay, but following whom the Lord, and this people, and all Israel have chosen, —his will I be, and with him I will dwell.
|
||||
19| And again, whom shall I serve? should I not in the presence of his son? As I served in the sight of thy father, so will I be in thy presence.
|
||||
20| And Abessalom said to Achitophel, Deliberate among yourselves concerning what we should do.
|
||||
21| And Achitophel said to Abessalom, Go in to thy father’s concubines, whom he left to keep his house; and all Israel shall hear that thou hast dishonoured thy father; and the hands of all that are with thee shall be strengthened.
|
||||
22| And they pitched a tent for Abessalom on the roof, and Abessalom went in to his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.
|
||||
23| And the counsel of Achitophel, which he counselled in former days, <i>was</i> as if one should enquire of the word of God: so <i>was</i> all the counsel of Achitophel both to David and also to Abessalom.
|
||||
|
||||
#17
|
||||
1| And Achitophel said to Abessalom, Let me now choose out for myself twelve thousand men, and I will arise and follow after David this night:
|
||||
2| and I will come upon him when he <i>is</i> weary and weak-handed, and I will strike him with terror; and all the people with him shall flee, and I will smite the king only of all.
|
||||
3| And I will bring back all the people to thee, as a bride returns to her husband: only thou seekest the life of one man, and all the people shall have peace.
|
||||
4| And the saying <i>was</i> right in the eyes of Abessalom, and in the eyes of all the elders of Israel.
|
||||
5| And Abessalom said, Call now also Chusi the Arachite, and let us hear what <i>is</i> in his mouth, even in his also.
|
||||
6| And Chusi went in to Abessalom, and Abessalom spoke to him, saying, After this manner spoke Achitophel: shall we do according to his word? but if not, do thou speak.
|
||||
7| And Chusi said to Abessalom, This counsel which Achitophel has counselled this one time <i>is</i> not good.
|
||||
8| And Chusi said, Thou knowest thy father and his men, that they are very mighty, and bitter in their spirit, as a bereaved bear in the field, [[and as a wild boar in the plain]]: and thy father <i>is</i> a man of war, and will not give the people rest.
|
||||
9| For, behold, he is now hidden in one of the hills or in some <i>other</i> place: and it shall come to pass when he falls upon them at the beginning, that <i>some one</i> will certainly hear, and say, There has been a slaughter among the people that follow after Abessalom.
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||||
10| Then even he <i>that is</i> strong, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, —it shall utterly melt: for all Israel knows that thy father <i>is</i> mighty, and they that are with him <i>are</i> mighty men.
|
||||
11| For thus I have surely given counsel, that all Israel be generally gathered to thee from Dan even to Bersabee, as the sand that is upon the sea-shore for multitude: and that thy presence go in the midst of them.
|
||||
12| And we will come upon him in one of the places where we shall find him, and we will encamp against him, as the dew falls upon the earth; and we will not leave of him and of his men so much as one.
|
||||
13| And if he shall have taken refuge with his army in a city, then shall all Israel take ropes to that city, and we will draw it even into the river, that there may not be left there even a stone.
|
||||
14| And Abessalom, and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Chusi the Arachite <i>is</i> better than the counsel of Achitophel. For the Lord ordained to disconcert the good counsel of Achitophel, that the Lord might bring all evil upon Abessalom.
|
||||
15| And Chusi the Arachite said to Sadoc and Abiathar the priests, Thus and thus Achitophel counselled Abessalom and the elders of Israel; and thus and thus have I counselled.
|
||||
16| And now send quickly and report to David, saying, Lodge not this night in Araboth of the wilderness: even go and make haste, lest <i>one</i> swallow up the king, and all the people with him.
|
||||
17| And Jonathan and Achimaas stood by the well of Rogel, and a maid-servant went and reported to them, and they go and tell king David; for they might not be seen to enter into the city.
|
||||
18| But a young man saw them and told Abessalom: and the two went quickly, and entered into the house of a man in Baurim; and he had a well in his court, and they went down into it.
|
||||
19| And a woman took a covering, and spread it over the mouth of the well, and spread out ground corn upon it to dry, and the thing was not known.
|
||||
20| And the servants of Abessalom came to the woman into the house, and said, Where <i>are</i> Achimaas and Jonathan? and the woman said to them, They are gone a little way beyond the water. And they sought and found them not, and returned to Jerusalem.
|
||||
21| And it came to pass after they were gone, that they came up out of the pit, and went on their way; and reported to king David, and said to David, Arise ye and go quickly over the water, for thus has Achitophel counselled concerning you.
|
||||
22| And David rose up and all the people with him, and they passed over Jordan till the morning light; there was not one missing who did not pass over Jordan.
|
||||
23| And Achitophel saw that his counsel was not followed, and he saddled his ass, and rose and departed to his house into his city; and he gave orders to his household, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.
|
||||
24| And David passed over to Manaim: and Abessalom crossed over Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.
|
||||
25| And Abessalom appointed Amessai in the room of Joab over the host. And Amessai was the son of a man whose name was Jether of Jezrael: he went in to Abigaia the daughter of Naas, the sister of Saruia the mother of Joab.
|
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26| And all Israel and Abessalom encamped in the land of Galaad.
|
||||
27| And it came to pass when David came to Manaim, that Uesbi the son of Naas of Rabbath of the sons of Ammon, and Machir son of Amiel of Lodabar, and Berzelli the Galaadite of Rogellim,
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28| brought ten embroidered beds, (with double coverings,)and ten caldrons, and earthenware, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and meal, and beans, and pulse,
|
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29| and honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheeses of kine: and they brought them to David and to his people with him to eat; for <i>one</i> said, The people <i>is</i> faint and hungry and thirsty in the wilderness.
|
||||
|
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#18
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||||
1| And David numbered the people with him, and set over them captains of thousands and captains of hundreds.
|
||||
2| And David sent away the people, the third part under the hand of Joab, and the third part under the hand of Abessa the son of Saruia, the brother of Joab, and the third part under the hand of Ethi the Gittite. And David said to the people, I also will surely go out with you.
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3| And they said, Thou shalt not go out: for if we should indeed flee, they will not care for us; and if half of us should die, they will not mind us; for thou <i>art</i> as ten thousand of us: and now <i>it is</i> well that thou shalt be to us an aid to help us in the city.
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4| And the king said to them, Whatsoever shall seem good in your eyes I will do. And the king stood by the side of the gate, and all the people went out by hundreds and by thousands.
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5| And the king commanded Joab and Abessa and Ethi, saying, Spare for my sake the young man Abessalom. And all the people heard the king charging all the commanders concerning Abessalom.
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6| And all the people went out into the wood against Israel; and the battle was in the wood of Ephraim.
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7| And the people of Israel fell down there before the servants of David, and there was a great slaughter in that day, <i>even</i> twenty thousand men.
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8| And the battle there was scattered over the face of all the land: and the wood consumed more of the people than the sword consumed among the people in that day.
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9| And Abessalom went to meet the servants of David: and Abessalom was mounted on his mule, and the mule came under the thick boughs of a great oak; and his head was entangled in the oak, and he was suspended between heaven and earth; and the mule passed on from under him.
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10| And a man saw it, and reported to Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Abessalom hanging in an oak.
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11| And Joab said to the man who reported it to him, And, behold, thou didst see him: why didst thou not smite him there to the ground? and I would have given thee ten <i>pieces</i> of silver, and a girdle.
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12| And the man said to Joab, Were I even to receive a thousand shekels of silver, I would not lift my hand against the king’s son; for in our ears the king charged thee and Abessa and Ethi, saying, Take care of the young man Abessalom for me,
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13| so as to do no harm to his life: and nothing of the matter will be concealed from the king, and thou wilt set thyself against me.
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14| And Joab said, I will begin this; I will not thus remain with thee. And Joab took three darts in his hand, and thrust them into the heart of Abessalom, while he was yet alive in the heart of the oak.
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15| And ten young men that bore Joab’s armour compassed Abessalom, and smote him and slew him.
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16| And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing Israel, for Joab spared the people.
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17| And he took Abessalom, and cast him into a great cavern in the wood, into a deep pit, and set up over him a very great heap of stones: and all Israel fled every man to his tent.
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18| Now Abessalom while yet alive had taken and set up for himself the pillar near which he was taken, and set it up so as to have the pillar in the king’s dale; for he said he had no son to keep his name in remembrance: and he called the pillar, Abessalom’s hand, until this day.
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19| And Achimaas the son of Sadoc said, Let me run now and carry glad tidings to the king, for the Lord has delivered him from the hand of his enemies.
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20| And Joab said to him, Thou <i>shalt</i> not <i>be</i> a messenger of glad tidings this day; thou shalt bear them another day; but on this day thou shalt bear no tidings, because the king’s son is dead.
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21| And Joab said to Chusi, Go, report to the king all that thou hast seen. And Chusi did obeisance to Joab, and went out.
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22| And Achimaas the son of Sadoc said again to Joab, Nay, let me also run after Chusi. And Joab said, Why wouldest thou thus run, my son? attend, thou hast no tidings for profit if thou go.
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23| And he said, Why should I not run? and Joab said to him, Run. And Achimaas ran along the way of Kechar, and outran Chusi.
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24| And David was sitting between the two gates: and the watchman went up on the top of the gate of the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold a man running alone before him.
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25| And the watchman cried out, and reported to the king. And the king said, If he be alone, <i>there are</i> good tidings in his mouth. And the man came and drew near.
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26| And the watchman saw another man running: and the watchman cried at the gate, and said, And look, another man running alone. And the king said, He also brings glad tidings.
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27| And the watchman said, I see the running of the first as the running of Achimaas the son of Sadoc. And the king said, He <i>is</i> a good man, and will come to <i>report</i> glad tidings.
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28| And Achimaas cried out and said to the king, Peace. And he did obeisance to the king with his face to the ground, and said, Blessed <i>be</i> the Lord thy God, who has delivered up the men that lifted up their hands against my lord the king.
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29| And the king said, <i>Is</i> the young man Abessalom safe? and Achimaas said, I saw a great multitude <i>at the time</i> of Joab’s sending the king’s servant and thy servant, and I knew not what was there.
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30| And the king said, Turn aside, stand still here. And he turned aside, and stood.
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31| And, behold, Chusi came up, and said to the king, Let my lord the king hear glad tidings, for the Lord has avenged thee this day upon all them that rose up against thee.
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32| And the king said to Chusi, Is it well with the young man Abessalom? and Chusi said, Let the enemies of my lord the king, and all whosoever have risen up against him for evil, be as that young man.
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33| And the king was troubled, and went to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and thus he said as he went, My son Abessalom, my son, my son Abessalom; would God I had died for thee, <i>even</i> I <i>had died</i> for thee, Abessalom, my son, my son!9
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#19
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1| And they brought Joab word, saying, Behold, the king weeps and mourns for Abessalom.
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2| And the victory was turned that day into mourning to all the people, for the people heard say that day, The king grieves after his son.
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3| And the people stole away that day to go into the city, as people steal away when they are ashamed as they flee in the battle.
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4| And the king hid his face: and the king cried with a loud voice, My son Abessalom! Abessalom my son!
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5| And Joab went in to the king, into the house, and said, Thou hast this day shamed the faces of all thy servants that have delivered thee this day, and <i>have saved</i> the lives of thy sons and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy wives, and of thy concubines,
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6| forasmuch as thou lovest them that hate thee, and hatest them that love thee; and thou hast this day declared, that thy princes and thy servants are nothing <i>in thy sight</i>: for I know this day, that if Abessalom were alive, <i>and</i> all of us dead to-day, then it would have been right in thy sight.
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7| And now arise, and go forth, and speak comfortably to thy servants; for I have sworn by the Lord, that unless thou wilt go forth to-day, there shall not a man remain with thee this night: and know for thyself, this thing <i>will</i> indeed <i>be</i> evil to thee beyond all the evil that has come upon thee from thy youth until now.
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8| Then the king arose, and sat in the gate: and all the people reported, saying, Behold, the king sits in the gate. And all the people went in before the king to the gate; for Israel had fled every man to his tent.
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9| And all the people disputed among all the tribes of Israel, saying, King David delivered us from all our enemies, and he rescued us from the hand of the Philistines: and now he has fled from the land, and from his kingdom, and from Abessalom.
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10| And Abessalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle: and now why are ye silent about bringing back the king? And the word of all Israel came to the king.
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11| And king David sent to Sadoc and Abiathar the priests, saying, Speak to the elders of Israel, saying, Why are ye the last to bring back the king to his house? whereas the word of all Israel is come to the king to his house.
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12| Ye <i>are</i> my brethren, ye <i>are</i> my bones and my flesh: why are ye the last to bring back the king to his house?
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13| And ye shall say to Amessai, <i>Art</i> thou not my bone and my flesh? and now God do so to me, and more also, if thou shalt not be commander of the host before me continually in the room of Joab.
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14| And he bowed the heart of all the men of Juda as that of one man; and they sent to the king, saying, Return thou, and all thy servants.
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15| And the king returned, and came as far s Jordan. And the men of Juda came to Galgala on their way to meet the king, to cause the king to pass over Jordan.
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16| And Semei the son of Gera, the Benjamite, of Baurim, hasted and went down with the men of Juda to meet king David.
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17| And a thousand men of Benjamin <i>were</i> with him, and Siba the servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons with him, and his twenty servants with him: and they went directly down to Jordan before the king,
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18| and they performed the service of bringing the king over; and there went over a ferry-boat to remove the household of the king, and to do that which was right in his eyes. And Semei the son of Gera fell on his face before the king, as he went over Jordan;
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19| and said to the king, Let not my lord now impute iniquity, and remember not all the iniquity of thy servant in the day in which my lord went out from Jerusalem, so that the king should mind it.
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20| For thy servant knows that I have sinned: and, behold, I am come to-day before all Israel and the house of Joseph, to go down and meet my lord the king.
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21| And Abessai the son of Saruia answered and said, Shall not Semei therefore be put to death, because he cursed the Lord’s anointed?
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22| And David said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Saruia, that ye as it were lie in wait against me this day? to-day no man in Israel shall be put to death, for I know not if I this day reign over Israel.
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23| And the king said to Semei, Thou shalt not die: and the king swore to him.
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24| And Memphibosthe the son of Saul’s son went down to meet the king, and had not dressed his feet, nor pared his nails, nor shaved himself, neither had he washed his garments, from the day that the king departed, until the day when he arrived in peace.
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25| And it came to pass when he went into Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said to him, Why didst thou not go with me, Memphibosthe?
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26| And Memphibosthe said to him, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me; for thy servant said to him, Saddle me the ass, and I will ride upon it, and go with the king; for thy servant <i>is</i> lame.
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27| And he has dealt deceitfully with thy servant to my lord the king: but my lord the king <i>is</i> as an angel of God, and do thou that which is good in thine eyes.
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28| For all the house of my father were but as dead men before my lord the king; yet thou hast set thy servant among them that eat at thy table: and what right have I any longer even to cry to the king?
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29| And the king said to him, Why speakest thou any longer of thy matters? I have said, Thou and Siba shall divide the land.
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30| And Memphibosthe said to the king, Yea, let him take all, since my lord the king has come in peace to his house.
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31| And Berzelli the Galaadite came down from Rogellim, and crossed over Jordan with the king, that he might conduct the king over Jordan.
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32| And Berzelli was a very old man, eighty years old; and he had maintained the king when he dwelt in Manaim; for he was a very great man.
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33| And the king said to Berzelli, Thou shalt go over with me, and I will nourish thine old age with me in Jerusalem.
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34| And Berzelli said to the king, How many <i>are</i> the days of the years of my life, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?
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35| I am this day eighty years old: can I then distinguish between good and evil? Can thy servant taste any longer what I eat or drink? can I any longer hear the voice of singing men or singing women? and wherefore shall thy servant any longer be a burden to my lord the king?
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36| Thy servant will go a little way over Jordan with the king: and why does the king return me this recompense?
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37| Let, I pray thee, thy servant remain, and I will die in my city, by the tomb of my father and of my mother. And, behold, thy servant Chamaam shall go over with my lord the king; and do thou to him as it seems good in thine eyes.
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38| And the king said, Let Chamaam go over with me, and I will do to him what is good in my sight; and whatsoever thou shalt choose at my hand, I will do for thee.
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39| And all the people went over Jordan, and the king went over; and the king kissed Berzelli, and blessed him; and he returned to his place.
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40| And the king went over to Galgala, and Chamaam went over with him: and all the men of Juda went over with the king, and also half the people of Israel.
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41| And behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said to the king, Why have our brethren the men of Juda stolen thee away, and caused the king and all his house to pass over Jordan, and all the men of David with him?
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42| And all the men of Juda answered the men of Israel, and said, Because the king is near of kin to us: and why were you thus angry concerning this matter? have we indeed eaten of the king’s food? or has he given us a gift, or has he sent us a portion?
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43| And the men of Israel answered the men of Juda, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we are older than you, we have also an interest in David above you: and why have ye thus insulted us, and why was not our advice taken before that of Juda, to bring back our king? And the speech of the men of Juda was sharper than the speech of the men of Israel.
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#20
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1| And there was a transgressor <i>so</i> called there, and his name was Sabee, a Benjamite, the son of Bochori: and he blew the trumpet, and said, We have no portion in David, neither have we <i>any</i> inheritance in the son of Jessae: to thy tents, O Israel, every one.
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2| And all the men of Israel went up from following David after Sabee the son of Bochori: but the men of Juda adhered to their king, from Jordan even to Jerusalem.
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3| And David went into his house at Jerusalem: and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and he put them in a place of custody, and maintained them, and went not in to them; and they were kept living as widows, till the day of their death.
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4| And the king said to Amessai, Call to me the men of Juda for three days, and do thou be present here.
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5| And Amessai went to call Juda, and delayed beyond the time which David appointed him.
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6| And David said to Amessai, Now shall Sabee the son of Bochori do us more harm than Abessalom: now then take thou with thee the servants of thy lord, and follow after him, lest he find for himself strong cities, so will he blind our eyes.
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7| And there went out after him Amessai and the men of Joab, and the Cherethites, and the Phelethites, and all the mighty men: and they went out from Jerusalem to pursue after Sabee the son of Bochori.
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8| And they <i>were</i> by the great stone that is in Gabaon: and Amessai went in before them: and Joab had upon him a military cloak over his apparel, and over it he was girded with a dagger fastened upon his loins in its scabbard: and the dagger came out, it even came out and fell.
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9| And Joab said to Amessai, Art thou in health, <i>my</i> brother? and the right hand of Joab took hold of the beard of Amessai to kiss him.
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10| And Amessai observed not the dagger that was in the hand of Joab: and Joab smote him with it on the loins, and his bowels were shed out upon the ground, and he did not repeat the blow, and he died: and Joab and Abessai his brother pursued after Sabee the son of Bochori.
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11| And there stood over him one of the servants of Joab, and said, Who <i>is</i> he that is for Joab, and who <i>is</i> on the side of David following Joab?
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12| And Amessai <i>was</i> weltering in blood in the midst of the way. And a man saw that all the people stood still; and he removed Amessai out of the path into a field, and he cast a garment upon him, because he saw every one that came to him standing still.
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13| And when he was quickly removed from the road, every man of Israel passed after Joab to pursue after Sabee the son of Bochori.
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14| And he went through all the tribes of Israel to Abel, and to Bethmacha; and all in Charri too were assembled, and followed after him.
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15| And they came and besieged him in Abel and Phermacha: and they raised a mound against the city and it stood close to the wall; and all the people with Joab proposed to throw down the wall.
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16| And a wise woman cried from the wall, and said, Hear, hear; say, I pray ye, to Joab, Draw near hither, and I will speak to him.
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||||
17| And he drew nigh to her, and the woman said to him, Art thou Joab? and he said, I <i>am</i>. And she said to him, Hear the words of thy handmaid; and Joab said, I do hear.
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18| And she spoke, saying, Of old time they said thus, Surely one was asked in Abel, and Dan, whether the faithful in Israel failed in what they purposed; they will surely ask in Abel, even in like manner, whether they have failed.
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19| I am a peaceable one of the strong ones in Israel; but thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother city in Israel: why dost thou seek to ruin the inheritance of the Lord?
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20| And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should ruin or destroy.
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21| Is not the case thus, that a man of mount Ephraim, Sabee, son of Bochori by name, has even lifted up his hand against king David? Give him only to me, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said to Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall.
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22| And the woman went in to all the people, and she spoke to all the city in her wisdom; and they took off the head of Sabee the son of Bochori; and took it away and threw it to Joab: and he blew the trumpet, and the people separated from the city away from him, every man to his tent: and Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king.
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23| And Joab <i>was</i> over all the forces of Israel: and Banaias the son of Jodae <i>was</i> over the Cherethites and over the Phelethites.
|
||||
24| And Adoniram <i>was</i> over the tribute: and Josaphath the son of Achiluth <i>was</i> recorder.
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25| And Susa <i>was</i> scribe: and Sadoc and Abiathar <i>were</i> priests.
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26| Moreover Iras the <i>son of</i> Iarin was priest to David.
|
||||
|
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#21
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1| And there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David sought the face of the Lord. And the Lord said, <i>There is</i> guilt upon Saul and his house because of his bloody murder, whereby he slew the Gabaonites.
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2| And King David called the Gabaonites, and said to them; —(now the Gabaonites are not the children of Israel, but <i>are</i> of the remnant of the Amorite, and the children of Israel had sworn to them: but Saul sought to smite them in his zeal for the children of Israel and Juda.)
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3| And David said to the Gabaonites, What shall I do to you? and wherewithal shall I make atonement, that ye may bless the inheritance of the Lord?
|
||||
4| And the Gabaonites said to him, We have no <i>question about</i> silver or gold with Saul and with his house; and there is no man for us to put to death in Israel.
|
||||
5| And he said, What say ye? speak, and I will do it for you. And they said to the king, The man who would have made an end of us, and persecuted us, who plotted against us to destroy us, let us utterly destroy him, so that he shall have no standing in all the coasts of Israel.
|
||||
6| Let one give us seven men of his sons, and let us hang them up in the sun to the Lord in Gabaon of Saul, as chosen out for the Lord. And the king said, I will give <i>them</i>.
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||||
7| But the king spared Memphibosthe son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the oath of the Lord that was between them, even between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.
|
||||
8| And the king took the two sons of Respha the daughter of Aia, whom she bore to Saul, Hermonoi and Memphibosthe, and the five sons of Michol daughter of Saul, whom she bore to Esdriel son of Berzelli the Moulathite.
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9| And he gave them into the hand of the Gabaonites, and they hanged them up to the sun in the mountain before the lord: and they fell, even the seven together: moreover they were put to death in the days of harvest at the commencement, in the beginning of barley-harvest.
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10| And Respha the daughter of Aia took sackcloth, and fixed it for herself on the rock in the beginning of barley harvest, until water dropped upon them out of heaven: and she did not suffer the birds of the air to rest upon them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.
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11| And it was told David what Respha the daughter of Aia the concubine of Saul had done, [and they were faint, and Dan, the son of Joa of the offspring of the giants overtook them.]
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12| And David went and took the bones of Saul, and the bones of Jonathan his son, from the men of the sons of Jabis Galaad, who stole them from the street of Baethsan; for the Philistines set them there in the day in which the Philistines smote Saul in Gelbue.
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13| And he carried up thence the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son, and gathered the bones of them that had been hanged.
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14| And they buried the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son, and the bones of them that had been hanged, in the land of Benjamin in the hill, in the sepulchre of Cis his father; and they did all things that the king commanded: and after this God hearkened to <i>the prayers of</i> the land.
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15| And there was yet war between the Philistines and Israel: and David went down and his servants with him, and they fought with the Philistines, and David went.
|
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16| And Jesbi, who was of the progeny of Rapha, and the head of whose spear <i>was</i> three hundred shekels of brass in weight, who also was girt with a club, even he thought to smite David.
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17| And Abessa the son of Saruia helped him and smote the Philistine, and slew him. Then the men of David swore, saying, Thou shalt not any longer go out with us to battle, and thou shalt not quench the lamp of Israel.
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18| And after this there was a battle again with the Philistines in Geth: then Sebocha the Astatothite slew Seph of the progeny of Rapha.
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19| And there was a battle in Rom with the Philistines; and Eleanan son of Ariorgim the Bethleemite slew Goliath the Gittite; and the staff of his spear <i>was</i> as a weaver’s beam.
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20| And there was yet a battle in Geth: and there was a man of stature, and the fingers of his hands and the toes of his feet <i>were</i> six on each, four and twenty in number: and he also was born to Rapha.
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21| And he defied Israel, and Jonathan son of Semei brother of David, smote him.
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||||
22| These four were born descendants of the giants in Geth, the family of Rapha; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.
|
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#22
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1| And David spoke to the Lord the words of this song, in the day in which the Lord rescued him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul.
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||||
2| And the song was thus: O Lord, my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer,
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3| my God; he shall be to me my guard, I will trust in him: <i>he is</i> my protector, and the horn of my salvation, my helper, and my sure refuge; thou shalt save me from the unjust man.
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4| I will call upon the Lord who is worthy to be praised, and I shall be saved from my enemies.
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5| For the troubles of death compassed me, the floods of iniquity amazed me:
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6| the pangs of death surrounded me, the agonies of death prevented me.
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||||
7| When I am afflicted I will call upon the Lord, and will cry to my God, and he shall hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry shalt come into his ears.
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8| And the earth was troubled and quaked, and the foundations of heaven were confounded and torn asunder, because the Lord was wroth with them.
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||||
9| There went up a smoke in his wrath, and fire out of his mouth devours: coals were kindled at it.
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||||
10| And he bowed the heavens, and came down, and <i>there was</i> darkness under his feet.
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||||
11| And he rode upon the cherubs and did fly, and was seen upon the wings of the wind.
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||||
12| And he made darkness his hiding-place; his tabernacle round about him was the darkness of waters, he condensed it with the clouds of the air.
|
||||
13| At the brightness before him coals of fire were kindled.
|
||||
14| The Lord thundered out of heaven, and the Most High uttered his voice.
|
||||
15| And he sent forth arrows, and scattered them, and he flashed lightning, and dismayed them.
|
||||
16| And the channels of the sea were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered, at the rebuke of the Lord, at the blast of the breath of his anger.
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17| He sent from above and took me; he drew me out of many waters.
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||||
18| He delivered me from my strong enemies, from them that hated me, for they were stronger than I.
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19| The days of my affliction prevented me; but the Lord was my stay.
|
||||
20| And he brought me into a wide place, and rescued me, because he delighted in me.
|
||||
21| And the Lord recompensed me according to my righteousness; even according to the purity of my hands did he recompense me.
|
||||
22| Because, I kept the ways of the Lord, and did not wickedly depart from my God.
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||||
23| For all his judgments and his ordinances <i>were</i> before me: I departed not from them.
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24| And I shall be blameless before him, and will keep myself from my iniquity.
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25| And the Lord will recompense me according to my righteousness, and according to the purity of my hands in his eye-sight.
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26| With the holy thou wilt be holy, and with the perfect man thou will be perfect,
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27| and with the excellent thou wilt be excellent, and with the froward thou will be froward.
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28| And thou wilt save the poor people, and wilt bring down the eyes of the haughty.
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29| For thou, Lord, <i>art</i> my lamp, and the Lord shall shine forth to me in my darkness.
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30| For by thee shall I run <i>as</i> a girded man, and by my God shall I leap over a wall.
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31| As for the Mighty One, his way <i>is</i> blameless: the word of the Lord <i>is</i> strong <i>and</i> tried in the fire: he is a protector to all that put their trust in him.
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32| Who <i>is</i> strong, but the Lord? and who will be a Creator except our God?
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33| <i>It is</i> the Mighty One who strengthens me with might, and has prepared my way without fault.
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34| He makes my feet like hart’s feet, and sets me upon the high places.
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35| He teaches my hands to war, and has broken a brazen bow by my arm.
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36| And thou hast given me the shield of my salvation, and thy propitious dealing has increased me,
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37| so as to make room under me for my going, and my legs did not totter.
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38| I will pursue my enemies, and will utterly destroy them; and I will not turn again till I have consumed them.
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39| And I will crush them, and they shall not rise; and they shall fall under my feet.
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40| And thou shalt strengthen me with power for the war; thou shalt cause them that rise up against me to bow down under me.
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41| And thou hast caused mine enemies to flee before me, even them that hated me, and thou hast slain them.
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42| They shall cry, and there shall be no helper; to the Lord, but he hearkens not to them.
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43| And I ground them as the dust of the earth, I beat them small as the mire of the streets.
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44| And thou shalt deliver me from the striving of the peoples, thou shalt keep me <i>to be</i> the head of the Gentiles: a people which I knew not served me.
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45| The strange children feigned <i>obedience</i> to me; they hearkened to me as soon as they heard.
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46| The strange children shall be cast away, and shall be overthrown out of their hiding places.
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47| The Lord lives, and blessed <i>be</i> my guardian, and my God, my strong keeper, shall be exalted.
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48| The Lord who avenges me <i>is</i> strong, chastening the nations under me,
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49| and bringing me out from my enemies: and thou shalt set me on high from among those that rise up against me: thou shalt deliver me from the violent man.
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50| Therefore will I confess to thee, O Lord, among the Gentiles, and sing to thy name.
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51| He magnifies the salvation of his king, and works mercy for his anointed, even for David and for his seed for ever.
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#23
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1| And these <i>are</i> the last words of David. Faithful <i>is</i> David the son of Jessae, and faithful the man whom the Lord raised up to be the anointed of the God of Jacob, and beautiful <i>are</i> the psalms of Israel.
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2| The Spirit of the Lord spoke by me, and his word <i>was</i> upon my tongue.
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3| The God of Israel says, A watchman out of Israel spoke to me a parable: I said among men, How will ye strengthen the fear of the anointed?
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4| And in the morning light of God, let the sun arise in the morning, from the light of which the Lord passed on, and as it were from the rain of the tender grass upon the earth.
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5| For my house <i>is</i> not so with the Mighty One: for he has made an everlasting covenant with me, ready, guarded at every time; for all my salvation and all my desire <i>is</i>, that the wicked should not flourish.
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6| All these <i>are</i> as a thorn thrust forth, for they shall not be taken with the hand,
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7| and a man shall not labour among them; and <i>one shall have</i> that which is fully armed with iron, and the staff of a spear, an he shall burn them with fire, and they shall be burnt in their shame.
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8| These <i>are</i> the names of the mighty men of David: Jebosthe the Chananite is a captain of the third <i>part</i>: Adinon the Asonite, he drew his sword against eight hundred soldiers at once.
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9| And after him Eleanan the son of his uncle, son of Dudi who was among the three mighty men with David; and when he defied the Philistines they were gathered there to war, and the men of Israel went up.
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10| He arose an smote the Philistines, until his hand was weary, and his hand clave to the sword: and the Lord wrought a great salvation in that day, and the people rested behind him only to strip <i>the slain</i>.
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11| And after him Samaia the son of Asa the Arachite: and the Philistines were gathered to Theria; and there was there a portion of ground full of lentiles; and the people fled before the Philistines.
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12| And he stood firm in the midst of the portion, and rescued it, and smote the Philistines; and the Lord wrought a great deliverance.
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13| And three out of the thirty went down, and came to Cason to David, to the cave of Odollam; and <i>there was</i> an army of the Philistines, and they encamped in the valley of Raphain.
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14| And David <i>was</i> then in the strong hold, and the garrison of the Philistines <i>was</i> then in Bethleem.
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15| And David longed, and said, Who will give me water to drink out of the well that is in Bethleem by the gate? now the band of the Philistines <i>was</i> then in Bethleem.
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16| And the three mighty men broke through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well that was in Bethleem in the gate: and they took it, and brought it to David, and he would not drink it, but poured it out before the Lord.
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17| And he said, O Lord, forbid that I should do this, that I should drink of the blood of the men who went at <i>the risk of</i> their lives: and he would not drink it. These things did these three mighty men.
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18| And Abessa the brother of Joab the son of Saruia, he <i>was</i> chief among the three, and he lifted up his spear against three hundred whom he slew; and he had a name among three.
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19| Of those three <i>he was</i> most honourable, and he became a chief over them, but he reached not to the <i>first</i> three.
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20| And Banaeas the son of Jodae, he was abundant in <i>mighty</i> deeds, from Cabeseel, and he smote the two sons of Ariel of Moab: and he went down and smote a lion in the midst of a pit on a snowy day.
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21| He smote an Egyptian, a wonderful man, and in the hand of the Egyptian <i>was</i> a spear as the side of a ladder; and he went down to him with a staff, and snatched the spear from the Egyptian’s hand, and slew him with his own spear.
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22| These things did Banaeas the son of Jodae, and he had a name among the three mighty men.
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23| He was honourable among the <i>second</i> three, but he reached not to the <i>first</i> three: and David made him his reporter. And these <i>are</i> the names of King David’s mighty men.
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24| Asael Joab’s brother; he <i>was</i> among the thirty. Eleanan son of Dudi his uncle in Bethleem.
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25| Saema the Rudaean.
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26| Selles the Kelothite: Iras the son of Isca the Thecoite.
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27| Abiezer the Anothite, of the sons of the Anothite.
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28| Ellon the Aoite; Noere the Netophatite.
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29| Esthai the son of Riba of Gabaeth, son of Benjamin the Ephrathite; Asmoth the Bardiamite; Emasu the Salabonite:
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30| Adroi of the brooks.
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31| Gadabiel son of the Arabothaeite.
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32| the sons of Asan, Jonathan;
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33| Samnan the Arodite; Amnan the son of Arai the Saraurite.
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34| Aliphaleth the son of Asbites, the son of the Machachachite; Eliab the son of Achitophel the Gelonite.
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35| Asarai the Carmelite the son of Uraeoerchi.
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36| Gaal the son of Nathana. The son of much valour, <i>the son</i> of Galaaddi. Elie the Ammanite.
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37| Gelore the Bethorite, armour-bearer to Joab, son of Saruia.
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38| Iras the Ethirite. Gerab the Ethenite.
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39| Urias the Chettite: thirty-seven in all.
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#24
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1| And the Lord caused his anger to burn forth again in Israel, and <i>Satan</i> stirred up David against them, saying, Go, number Israel and Juda.
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2| And the king said to Joab commander of the host, who was with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel and Juda, from Dan even to Bersabee, and number the people, and I will know the number of the people.
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3| And Joab said to the king, Now may the Lord add to the people a hundred-fold as many as they are, and <i>may</i> the eyes of my lord the king see it: but why does my lord the king desire this thing?
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4| Nevertheless the word of the king prevailed against Joab an the captains of the host: And Joab and the captains of the host went out before the king to number the people of Israel.
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5| And they went over Jordan, and encamped in Aroer, on the right of the city which is in the midst of the valley of Gad and Eliezer.
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6| And they came to Galaad, and into the land of Thabason, which is Adasai, and they came to Danidan and Udan, and compassed Sidon.
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7| And they came to Mapsar of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Evite and the Chananite: and they came by the South of Juda to Bersabee.
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8| And they compassed the whole land; and they arrived at Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.
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9| And Joab gave in the number of the census of the people to the king: and Israel consisted of eight hundred thousand men of might that drew sword; and the men of Juda, five hundred thousand fighting men.
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10| And the heart of David smote him after he had numbered the people; and David said to the Lord, I have sinned grievously, O Lord, <i>in</i> what I have now done: remove, I pray thee, the iniquity of thy servant, for I have been exceedingly foolish.
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11| And David rose early in the morning, and the word of the Lord came to the prophet Gad, the seer, saying, Go, and speak to David, saying,
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12| Thus saith the Lord, I bring <i>one of</i> three things upon thee: now choose thee one of them, and I will do <i>it</i> to thee.
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13| And Gad went in to David, and told him, and said to him, Choose <i>one of these things</i> to befall thee, whether there shall come upon thee <i>for</i> three years famine in thy land; or that thou shouldest flee three months before thine enemies, and they should pursue thee; or that there should be <i>for</i> three days mortality in thy land. Now then decide, and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me.
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14| And David said to Gad, On every side I am much straitened: let me fall now into the hands of the Lord, for his compassions <i>are</i> very many; and let me not fall into the hands of man.
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15| So David chose for himself the mortality: and <i>they were</i> the days of wheat-harvest; and the Lord sent a pestilence upon Israel from morning till noon, and the plague began among the people; and there died of the people from Dan even to Bersabee seventy thousand men.
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16| And the angel of the Lord stretched out his hand against Jerusalem to destroy it, and the Lord repented of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, <i>It is</i> enough now, withhold thine hand. And the angel of the Lord was by the threshing-floor of Orna the Jebusite.
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17| And David spoke to the Lord when he saw the angel smiting the people, and he said, Behold, it is I that have done wrong, but these sheep what have they done? Let thy hand, I pray thee, be upon me, and upon my father’s house.
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18| And Gad came to David in that day, and said to him, Go up, and set up to the Lord and altar in the threshing-floor of Orna the Jebusite.
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||||
19| And David went up according to the word of Gad, as the Lord commanded him.
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||||
20| And Orna looked out, and saw the king and his servants coming on before him: and Orna went forth, and did obeisance to the king with his face to the earth.
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||||
21| And Orna said, Why has my lord the king come to his servant? and David said, To buy of thee the threshing-floor, in order to build an altar to the Lord that the plague may be restrained from off the people.
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||||
22| And Orna said to David, Let my lord the king take and offer to the Lord that which is good in his eyes: behold, <i>here are</i> oxen for a whole-burnt-offering, and the wheels and furniture of the oxen for wood.
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23| Orna gave all to the king: and Orna said to the king, The Lord thy God bless thee.
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||||
24| And the king said to Orna, Nay, but I will surely buy it of thee at a fair price, and I will not offer to the Lord my God a whole-burnt-offering for nothing. So David purchased the threshing-floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
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||||
|
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25| And David built there an altar to the Lord, and offered up whole-burnt-offerings and peace-offerings: and Solomon made an addition to the altar afterwards, for it was little at first. And the Lord hearkened to the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel.
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#1
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1| The brethren, the Jews that be at Jerusalem and in the land of Judea, wish unto the brethren, the Jews that are throughout Egypt health and peace:
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||||
2| God be gracious unto you, and remember his covenant that he made with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, his faithful servants;
|
||||
3| And give you all an heart to serve him, and to do his will, with a good courage and a willing mind;
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||||
4| And open your hearts in his law and commandments, and send you peace,
|
||||
5| And hear your prayers, and be at one with you, and never forsake you in time of trouble.
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||||
6| And now we be here praying for you.
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||||
7| What time as Demetrius reigned, in the hundred threescore and ninth year, we the Jews wrote unto you in the extremity of trouble that came upon us in those years, from the time that Jason and his company revolted from the holy land and kingdom,
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||||
8| And burned the porch, and shed innocent blood: then we prayed unto the Lord, and were heard; we offered also sacrifices and fine flour, and lighted the lamps, and set forth the loaves.
|
||||
9| And now see that ye keep the feast of tabernacles in the month Casleu.
|
||||
10| In the hundred fourscore and eighth year, the people that were at Jerusalem and in Judea, and the council, and Judas, sent greeting and health unto Aristobulus, king Ptolemeus’ master, who was of the stock of the anointed priests, and to the Jews that were in Egypt:
|
||||
11| Insomuch as God hath delivered us from great perils, we thank him highly, as having been in battle against a king.
|
||||
12| For he cast them out that fought within the holy city.
|
||||
13| For when the leader was come into Persia, and the army with him that seemed invincible, they were slain in the temple of Nanea by the deceit of Nanea’s priests.
|
||||
14| For Antiochus, as though he would marry her, came into the place, and his friends that were with him, to receive money in name of a dowry.
|
||||
15| Which when the priests of Nanea had set forth, and he was entered with a small company into the compass of the temple, they shut the temple as soon as Antiochus was come in:
|
||||
16| And opening a privy door of the roof, they threw stones like thunderbolts, and struck down the captain, hewed them in pieces, smote off their heads and cast them to those that were without.
|
||||
17| Blessed be our God in all things, who hath delivered up the ungodly.
|
||||
18| Therefore whereas we are now purposed to keep the purification of the temple upon the five and twentieth day of the month Casleu, we thought it necessary to certify you thereof, that ye also might keep it, as the feast of the tabernacles, and of the fire, which was given us when Neemias offered sacrifice, after that he had builded the temple and the altar.
|
||||
19| For when our fathers were led into Persia, the priests that were then devout took the fire of the altar privily, and hid it in an hollow place of a pit without water, where they kept it sure, so that the place was unknown to all men.
|
||||
20| Now after many years, when it pleased God, Neemias, being sent from the king of Persia, did send of the posterity of those priests that had hid it to the fire: but when they told us they found no fire, but thick water;
|
||||
21| Then commanded he them to draw it up, and to bring it; and when the sacrifices were laid on, Neemias commanded the priests to sprinkle the wood and the things laid thereupon with the water.
|
||||
22| When this was done, and the time came that the sun shone, which afore was hid in the cloud, there was a great fire kindled, so that every man marvelled.
|
||||
23| And the priests made a prayer whilst the sacrifice was consuming, I say, both the priests, and all the rest, Jonathan beginning, and the rest answering thereunto, as Neemias did.
|
||||
24| And the prayer was after this manner; O Lord, Lord God, Creator of all things, who art fearful and strong, and righteous, and merciful, and the only and gracious King,
|
||||
25| The only giver of all things, the only just, almighty, and everlasting, thou that deliverest Israel from all trouble, and didst choose the fathers, and sanctify them:
|
||||
26| Receive the sacrifice for thy whole people Israel, and preserve thine own portion, and sanctify it.
|
||||
27| Gather those together that are scattered from us, deliver them that serve among the heathen, look upon them that are despised and abhorred, and let the heathen know that thou art our God.
|
||||
28| Punish them that oppress us, and with pride do us wrong.
|
||||
29| Plant thy people again in thy holy place, as Moses hath spoken.
|
||||
30| And the priests sung psalms of thanksgiving.
|
||||
31| Now when the sacrifice was consumed, Neemias commanded the water that was left to be poured on the great stones.
|
||||
32| When this was done, there was kindled a flame: but it was consumed by the light that shined from the altar.
|
||||
33| So when this matter was known, it was told the king of Persia, that in the place, where the priests that were led away had hid the fire, there appeared water, and that Neemias had purified the sacrifices therewith.
|
||||
34| Then the king, inclosing the place, made it holy, after he had tried the matter.
|
||||
35| And the king took many gifts, and bestowed thereof on those whom he would gratify.
|
||||
36| And Neemias called this thing Naphthar, which is as much as to say, a cleansing: but many men call it Nephi.
|
||||
|
||||
#2
|
||||
1| It is also found in the records, that Jeremy the prophet commanded them that were carried away to take of the fire, as it hath been signified:
|
||||
2| And how that the prophet, having given them the law, charged them not to forget the commandments of the Lord, and that they should not err in their minds, when they see images of silver and gold, with their ornaments.
|
||||
3| And with other such speeches exhorted he them, that the law should not depart from their hearts.
|
||||
4| It was also contained in the same writing, that the prophet, being warned of God, commanded the tabernacle and the ark to go with him, as he went forth into the mountain, where Moses climbed up, and saw the heritage of God.
|
||||
5| And when Jeremy came thither, he found an hollow cave, wherein he laid the tabernacle, and the ark, and the altar of incense, and so stopped the door.
|
||||
6| And some of those that followed him came to mark the way, but they could not find it.
|
||||
7| Which when Jeremy perceived, he blamed them, saying, As for that place, it shall be unknown until the time that God gather his people again together, and receive them unto mercy.
|
||||
8| Then shall the Lord shew them these things, and the glory of the Lord shall appear, and the cloud also, as it was shewed under Moses, and as when Solomon desired that the place might be honourably sanctified.
|
||||
9| It was also declared, that he being wise offered the sacrifice of dedication, and of the finishing of the temple.
|
||||
10| And as when Moses prayed unto the Lord, the fire came down from heaven, and consumed the sacrifices: even so prayed Solomon also, and the fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt offerings.
|
||||
11| And Moses said, Because the sin offering was not to be eaten, it was consumed.
|
||||
12| So Solomon kept those eight days.
|
||||
13| The same things also were reported in the writings and commentaries of Neemias; and how he founding a library gathered together the acts of the kings, and the prophets, and of David, and the epistles of the kings concerning the holy gifts.
|
||||
14| In like manner also Judas gathered together all those things that were lost by reason of the war we had, and they remain with us,
|
||||
15| Wherefore if ye have need thereof, send some to fetch them unto you.
|
||||
16| Whereas we then are about to celebrate the purification, we have written unto you, and ye shall do well, if ye keep the same days.
|
||||
17| We hope also, that the God, that delivered all his people, and gave them all an heritage, and the kingdom, and the priesthood, and the sanctuary,
|
||||
18| As he promised in the law, will shortly have mercy upon us, and gather us together out of every land under heaven into the holy place: for he hath delivered us out of great troubles, and hath purified the place.
|
||||
19| Now as concerning Judas Maccabeus, and his brethren, and the purification of the great temple, and the dedication of the altar,
|
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20| And the wars against Antiochus Epiphanes, and Eupator his son,
|
||||
21| And the manifest signs that came from heaven unto those that behaved themselves manfully to their honour for Judaism: so that, being but a few, they overcame the whole country, and chased barbarous multitudes,
|
||||
22| And recovered again the temple renowned all the world over, and freed the city, and upheld the laws which were going down, the Lord being gracious unto them with all favour:
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23| All these things, I say, being declared by Jason of Cyrene in five books, we will assay to abridge in one volume.
|
||||
24| For considering the infinite number, and the difficulty which they find that desire to look into the narrations of the story, for the variety of the matter,
|
||||
25| We have been careful, that they that will read may have delight, and that they that are desirous to commit to memory might have ease, and that all into whose hands it comes might have profit.
|
||||
26| Therefore to us, that have taken upon us this painful labour of abridging, it was not easy, but a matter of sweat and watching;
|
||||
27| Even as it is no ease unto him that prepareth a banquet, and seeketh the benefit of others: yet for the pleasuring of many we will undertake gladly this great pains;
|
||||
28| Leaving to the author the exact handling of every particular, and labouring to follow the rules of an abridgement.
|
||||
29| For as the master builder of a new house must care for the whole building; but he that undertaketh to set it out, and paint it, must seek out fit things for the adorning thereof: even so I think it is with us.
|
||||
30| To stand upon every point, and go over things at large, and to be curious in particulars, belongeth to the first author of the story:
|
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31| But to use brevity, and avoid much labouring of the work, is to be granted to him that will make an abridgment.
|
||||
32| Here then will we begin the story: only adding thus much to that which hath been said, that it is a foolish thing to make a long prologue, and to be short in the story itself.
|
||||
|
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#3
|
||||
1| Now when the holy city was inhabited with all peace, and the laws were kept very well, because of the godliness of Onias the high priest, and his hatred of wickedness,
|
||||
2| It came to pass that even the kings themselves did honour the place, and magnify the temple with their best gifts;
|
||||
3| Insomuch that Seleucus of Asia of his own revenues bare all the costs belonging to the service of the sacrifices.
|
||||
4| But one Simon of the tribe of Benjamin, who was made governor of the temple, fell out with the high priest about disorder in the city.
|
||||
5| And when he could not overcome Onias, he gat him to Apollonius the son of Thraseas, who then was governor of Celosyria and Phenice,
|
||||
6| And told him that the treasury in Jerusalem was full of infinite sums of money, so that the multitude of their riches, which did not pertain to the account of the sacrifices, was innumerable, and that it was possible to bring all into the king’s hand.
|
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7| Now when Apollonius came to the king, and had shewed him of the money whereof he was told, the king chose out Heliodorus his treasurer, and sent him with a commandment to bring him the foresaid money.
|
||||
8| So forthwith Heliodorus took his journey; under a colour of visiting the cities of Celosyria and Phenice, but indeed to fulfil the king’s purpose.
|
||||
9| And when he was come to Jerusalem, and had been courteously received of the high priest of the city, he told him what intelligence was given of the money, and declared wherefore he came, and asked if these things were so indeed.
|
||||
10| Then the high priest told him that there was such money laid up for the relief of widows and fatherless children:
|
||||
11| And that some of it belonged to Hircanus son of Tobias, a man of great dignity, and not as that wicked Simon had misinformed: the sum whereof in all was four hundred talents of silver, and two hundred of gold:
|
||||
12| And that it was altogether impossible that such wrongs should be done unto them, that had committed it to the holiness of the place, and to the majesty and inviolable sanctity of the temple, honoured over all the world.
|
||||
13| But Heliodorus, because of the king’s commandment given him, said, That in any wise it must be brought into the king’s treasury.
|
||||
14| So at the day which he appointed he entered in to order this matter: wherefore there was no small agony throughout the whole city.
|
||||
15| But the priests, prostrating themselves before the altar in their priests’ vestments, called unto heaven upon him that made a law concerning things given to he kept, that they should safely be preserved for such as had committed them to be kept.
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16| Then whoso had looked the high priest in the face, it would have wounded his heart: for his countenance and the changing of his colour declared the inward agony of his mind.
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17| For the man was so compassed with fear and horror of the body, that it was manifest to them that looked upon him, what sorrow he had now in his heart.
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18| Others ran flocking out of their houses to the general supplication, because the place was like to come into contempt.
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19| And the women, girt with sackcloth under their breasts, abounded in the streets, and the virgins that were kept in ran, some to the gates, and some to the walls, and others looked out of the windows.
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20| And all, holding their hands toward heaven, made supplication.
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21| Then it would have pitied a man to see the falling down of the multitude of all sorts, and the fear of the high priest being in such an agony.
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22| They then called upon the Almighty Lord to keep the things committed of trust safe and sure for those that had committed them.
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23| Nevertheless Heliodorus executed that which was decreed.
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24| Now as he was there present himself with his guard about the treasury, the Lord of spirits, and the Prince of all power, caused a great apparition, so that all that presumed to come in with him were astonished at the power of God, and fainted, and were sore afraid.
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25| For there appeared unto them an horse with a terrible rider upon him, and adorned with a very fair covering, and he ran fiercely, and smote at Heliodorus with his forefeet, and it seemed that he that sat upon the horse had complete harness of gold.
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26| Moreover two other young men appeared before him, notable in strength, excellent in beauty, and comely in apparel, who stood by him on either side; and scourged him continually, and gave him many sore stripes.
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27| And Heliodorus fell suddenly unto the ground, and was compassed with great darkness: but they that were with him took him up, and put him into a litter.
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28| Thus him, that lately came with a great train and with all his guard into the said treasury, they carried out, being unable to help himself with his weapons: and manifestly they acknowledged the power of God.
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29| For he by the hand of God was cast down, and lay speechless without all hope of life.
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30| But they praised the Lord, that had miraculously honoured his own place: for the temple; which a little afore was full of fear and trouble, when the Almighty Lord appeared, was filled with joy and gladness.
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31| Then straightways certain of Heliodorus’ friends prayed Onias, that he would call upon the most High to grant him his life, who lay ready to give up the ghost.
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32| So the high priest, suspecting lest the king should misconceive that some treachery had been done to Heliodorus by the Jews, offered a sacrifice for the health of the man.
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33| Now as the high priest was making an atonement, the same young men in the same clothing appeared and stood beside Heliodorus, saying, Give Onias the high priest great thanks, insomuch as for his sake the Lord hath granted thee life:
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34| And seeing that thou hast been scourged from heaven, declare unto all men the mighty power of God. And when they had spoken these words, they appeared no more.
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35| So Heliodorus, after he had offered sacrifice unto the Lord, and made great vows unto him that had saved his life, and saluted Onias, returned with his host to the king.
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36| Then testified he to all men the works of the great God, which he had seen with his eyes.
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37| And when the king Heliodorus, who might be a fit man to be sent yet once again to Jerusalem, he said,
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38| If thou hast any enemy or traitor, send him thither, and thou shalt receive him well scourged, if he escape with his life: for in that place, no doubt; there is an especial power of God.
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39| For he that dwelleth in heaven hath his eye on that place, and defendeth it; and he beateth and destroyeth them that come to hurt it.
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40| And the things concerning Heliodorus, and the keeping of the treasury, fell out on this sort.
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#4
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1| This Simon now, of whom we spake afore, having been a betrayer of the money, and of his country, slandered Onias, as if he ha terrified Heliodorus, and been the worker of these evils.
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2| Thus was he bold to call him a traitor, that had deserved well of the city, and tendered his own nation, and was so zealous of the laws.
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3| But when their hatred went so far, that by one of Simon’s faction murders were committed,
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4| Onias seeing the danger of this contention, and that Apollonius, as being the governor of Celosyria and Phenice, did rage, and increase Simon’s malice,
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5| He went to the king, not to be an accuser of his countrymen, but seeking the good of all, both publick and private:
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6| For he saw that it was impossible that the state should continue quiet, and Simon leave his folly, unless the king did look thereunto.
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7| But after the death of Seleucus, when Antiochus, called Epiphanes, took the kingdom, Jason the brother of Onias laboured underhand to be high priest,
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8| Promising unto the king by intercession three hundred and threescore talents of silver, and of another revenue eighty talents:
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9| Beside this, he promised to assign an hundred and fifty more, if he might have licence to set him up a place for exercise, and for the training up of youth in the fashions of the heathen, and to write them of Jerusalem by the name of Antiochians.
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10| Which when the king had granted, and he had gotten into his hand the rule he forthwith brought his own nation to Greekish fashion.
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11| And the royal privileges granted of special favour to the Jews by the means of John the father of Eupolemus, who went ambassador to Rome for amity and aid, he took away; and putting down the governments which were according to the law, he brought up new customs against the law:
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12| For he built gladly a place of exercise under the tower itself, and brought the chief young men under his subjection, and made them wear a hat.
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13| Now such was the height of Greek fashions, and increase of heathenish manners, through the exceeding profaneness of Jason, that ungodly wretch, and no high priest;
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14| That the priests had no courage to serve any more at the altar, but despising the temple, and neglecting the sacrifices, hastened to be partakers of the unlawful allowance in the place of exercise, after the game of Discus called them forth;
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15| Not setting by the honours of their fathers, but liking the glory of the Grecians best of all.
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16| By reason whereof sore calamity came upon them: for they had them to be their enemies and avengers, whose custom they followed so earnestly, and unto whom they desired to be like in all things.
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17| For it is not a light thing to do wickedly against the laws of God: but the time following shall declare these things.
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18| Now when the game that was used every faith year was kept at Tyrus, the king being present,
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19| This ungracious Jason sent special messengers from Jerusalem, who were Antiochians, to carry three hundred drachms of silver to the sacrifice of Hercules, which even the bearers thereof thought fit not to bestow upon the sacrifice, because it was not convenient, but to be reserved for other charges.
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20| This money then, in regard of the sender, was appointed to Hercules’ sacrifice; but because of the bearers thereof, it was employed to the making of gallies.
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21| Now when Apollonius the son of Menestheus was sent into Egypt for the coronation of king Ptolemeus Philometor, Antiochus, understanding him not to be well affected to his affairs, provided for his own safety: whereupon he came to Joppa, and from thence to Jerusalem:
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22| Where he was honourably received of Jason, and of the city, and was brought in with torch alight, and with great shoutings: and so afterward went with his host unto Phenice.
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23| Three years afterward Jason sent Menelaus, the aforesaid Simon’s brother, to bear the money unto the king, and to put him in mind of certain necessary matters.
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24| But he being brought to the presence of the king, when he had magnified him for the glorious appearance of his power, got the priesthood to himself, offering more than Jason by three hundred talents of silver.
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25| So he came with the king’s mandate, bringing nothing worthy the high priesthood, but having the fury of a cruel tyrant, and the rage of a savage beast.
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26| Then Jason, who had undermined his own brother, being undermined by another, was compelled to flee into the country of the Ammonites.
|
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27| So Menelaus got the principality: but as for the money that he had promised unto the king, he took no good order for it, albeit Sostratis the ruler of the castle required it:
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28| For unto him appertained the gathering of the customs. Wherefore they were both called before the king.
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29| Now Menelaus left his brother Lysimachus in his stead in the priesthood; and Sostratus left Crates, who was governor of the Cyprians.
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30| While those things were in doing, they of Tarsus and Mallos made insurrection, because they were given to the king’s concubine, called Antiochus.
|
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31| Then came the king in all haste to appease matters, leaving Andronicus, a man in authority, for his deputy.
|
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32| Now Menelaus, supposing that he had gotten a convenient time, stole certain vessels of gold out of the temple, and gave some of them to Andronicus, and some he sold into Tyrus and the cities round about.
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33| Which when Onias knew of a surety, he reproved him, and withdrew himself into a sanctuary at Daphne, that lieth by Antiochia.
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34| Wherefore Menelaus, taking Andronicus apart, prayed, him to get Onias into his hands; who being persuaded thereunto, and coming to Onias in deceit, gave him his right hand with oaths; and though he were suspected by him, yet persuaded he him to come forth of the sanctuary: whom forthwith he shut up without regard of justice.
|
||||
35| For the which cause not only the Jews, but many also of other nations, took great indignation, and were much grieved for the unjust murder of the man.
|
||||
36| And when the king was come again from the places about Cilicia, the Jews that were in the city, and certain of the Greeks that abhorred the fact also, complained because Onias was slain without cause.
|
||||
37| Therefore Antiochus was heartily sorry, and moved to pity, and wept, because of the sober and modest behaviour of him that was dead.
|
||||
38| And being kindled with anger, forthwith he took away Andronicus his purple, and rent off his clothes, and leading him through the whole city unto that very place, where he had committed impiety against Onias, there slew he the cursed murderer. Thus the Lord rewarded him his punishment, as he had deserved.
|
||||
39| Now when many sacrileges had been committed in the city by Lysimachus with the consent of Menelaus, and the fruit thereof was spread abroad, the multitude gathered themselves together against Lysimachus, many vessels of gold being already carried away.
|
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40| Whereupon the common people rising, and being filled with rage, Lysimachus armed about three thousand men, and began first to offer violence; one Auranus being the leader, a man far gone in years, and no less in folly.
|
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41| They then seeing the attempt of Lysimachus, some of them caught stones, some clubs, others taking handfuls of dust, that was next at hand, cast them all together upon Lysimachus, and those that set upon them.
|
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42| Thus many of them they wounded, and some they struck to the ground, and all of them they forced to flee: but as for the churchrobber himself, him they killed beside the treasury.
|
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43| Of these matters therefore there was an accusation laid against Menelaus.
|
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44| Now when the king came to Tyrus, three men that were sent from the senate pleaded the cause before him:
|
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45| But Menelaus, being now convicted, promised Ptolemee the son of Dorymenes to give him much money, if he would pacify the king toward him.
|
||||
46| Whereupon Ptolemee taking the king aside into a certain gallery, as it were to take the air, brought him to be of another mind:
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47| Insomuch that he discharged Menelaus from the accusations, who notwithstanding was cause of all the mischief: and those poor men, who, if they had told their cause, yea, before the Scythians, should have been judged innocent, them he condemned to death.
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48| Thus they that followed the matter for the city, and for the people, and for the holy vessels, did soon suffer unjust punishment.
|
||||
49| Wherefore even they of Tyrus, moved with hatred of that wicked deed, caused them to be honourably buried.
|
||||
50| And so through the covetousness of them that were of power Menelaus remained still in authority, increasing in malice, and being a great traitor to the citizens.
|
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|
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#5
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1| About the same time Antiochus prepared his second voyage into Egypt:
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2| And then it happened, that through all the city, for the space almost of forty days, there were seen horsemen running in the air, in cloth of gold, and armed with lances, like a band of soldiers,
|
||||
3| And troops of horsemen in array, encountering and running one against another, with shaking of shields, and multitude of pikes, and drawing of swords, and casting of darts, and glittering of golden ornaments, and harness of all sorts.
|
||||
4| Wherefore every man prayed that that apparition might turn to good.
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||||
5| Now when there was gone forth a false rumour, as though Antiochus had been dead, Jason took at the least a thousand men, and suddenly made an assault upon the city; and they that were upon the walls being put back, and the city at length taken, Menelaus fled into the castle:
|
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6| But Jason slew his own citizens without mercy, not considering that to get the day of them of his own nation would be a most unhappy day for him; but thinking they had been his enemies, and not his countrymen, whom he conquered.
|
||||
7| Howbeit for all this he obtained not the principality, but at the last received shame for the reward of his treason, and fled again into the country of the Ammonites.
|
||||
8| In the end therefore he had an unhappy return, being accused before Aretas the king of the Arabians, fleeing from city to city, pursued of all men, hated as a forsaker of the laws, and being had in abomination as an open enemy of his country and countrymen, he was cast out into Egypt.
|
||||
9| Thus he that had driven many out of their country perished in a strange land, retiring to the Lacedemonians, and thinking there to find succour by reason of his kindred:
|
||||
10| And he that had cast out many unburied had none to mourn for him, nor any solemn funerals at all, nor sepulchre with his fathers.
|
||||
11| Now when this that was done came to the king’s ear, he thought that Judea had revolted: whereupon removing out of Egypt in a furious mind, he took the city by force of arms,
|
||||
12| And commanded his men of war not to spare such as they met, and to slay such as went up upon the houses.
|
||||
13| Thus there was killing of young and old, making away of men, women, and children, slaying of virgins and infants.
|
||||
14| And there were destroyed within the space of three whole days fourscore thousand, whereof forty thousand were slain in the conflict; and no fewer sold than slain.
|
||||
15| Yet was he not content with this, but presumed to go into the most holy temple of all the world; Menelaus, that traitor to the laws, and to his own country, being his guide:
|
||||
16| And taking the holy vessels with polluted hands, and with profane hands pulling down the things that were dedicated by other kings to the augmentation and glory and honour of the place, he gave them away.
|
||||
17| And so haughty was Antiochus in mind, that he considered not that the Lord was angry for a while for the sins of them that dwelt in the city, and therefore his eye was not upon the place.
|
||||
18| For had they not been formerly wrapped in many sins, this man, as soon as he had come, had forthwith been scourged, and put back from his presumption, as Heliodorus was, whom Seleucus the king sent to view the treasury.
|
||||
19| Nevertheless God did not choose the people for the place’s sake, but the place for the people’s sake.
|
||||
20| And therefore the place itself, that was partaker with them of the adversity that happened to the nation, did afterward communicate in the benefits sent from the Lord: and as it was forsaken in the wrath of the Almighty, so again, the great Lord being reconciled, it was set up with all glory.
|
||||
21| So when Antiochus had carried out of the temple a thousand and eight hundred talents, he departed in all haste unto Antiochia, weening in his pride to make the land navigable, and the sea passable by foot: such was the haughtiness of his mind.
|
||||
22| And he left governors to vex the nation: at Jerusalem, Philip, for his country a Phrygian, and for manners more barbarous than he that set him there;
|
||||
23| And at Garizim, Andronicus; and besides, Menelaus, who worse than all the rest bare an heavy hand over the citizens, having a malicious mind against his countrymen the Jews.
|
||||
24| He sent also that detestable ringleader Apollonius with an army of two and twenty thousand, commanding him to slay all those that were in their best age, and to sell the women and the younger sort:
|
||||
25| Who coming to Jerusalem, and pretending peace, did forbear till the holy day of the sabbath, when taking the Jews keeping holy day, he commanded his men to arm themselves.
|
||||
26| And so he slew all them that were gone to the celebrating of the sabbath, and running through the city with weapons slew great multitudes.
|
||||
27| But Judas Maccabeus with nine others, or thereabout, withdrew himself into the wilderness, and lived in the mountains after the manner of beasts, with his company, who fed on herbs continually, lest they should be partakers of the pollution.
|
||||
|
||||
#6
|
||||
1| Not long after this the king sent an old man of Athens to compel the Jews to depart from the laws of their fathers, and not to live after the laws of God:
|
||||
2| And to pollute also the temple in Jerusalem, and to call it the temple of Jupiter Olympius; and that in Garizim, of Jupiter the Defender of strangers, as they did desire that dwelt in the place.
|
||||
3| The coming in of this mischief was sore and grievous to the people:
|
||||
4| For the temple was filled with riot and revelling by the Gentiles, who dallied with harlots, and had to do with women within the circuit of the holy places, and besides that brought in things that were not lawful.
|
||||
5| The altar also was filled with profane things, which the law forbiddeth.
|
||||
6| Neither was it lawful for a man to keep sabbath days or ancient fasts, or to profess himself at all to be a Jew.
|
||||
7| And in the day of the king’s birth every month they were brought by bitter constraint to eat of the sacrifices; and when the fast of Bacchus was kept, the Jews were compelled to go in procession to Bacchus, carrying ivy.
|
||||
8| Moreover there went out a decree to the neighbour cities of the heathen, by the suggestion of Ptolemee, against the Jews, that they should observe the same fashions, and be partakers of their sacrifices:
|
||||
9| And whoso would not conform themselves to the manners of the Gentiles should be put to death. Then might a man have seen the present misery.
|
||||
10| For there were two women brought, who had circumcised their children; whom when they had openly led round about the city, the babes handing at their breasts, they cast them down headlong from the wall.
|
||||
11| And others, that had run together into caves near by, to keep the sabbath day secretly, being discovered by Philip, were all burnt together, because they made a conscience to help themselves for the honour of the most sacred day.
|
||||
12| Now I beseech those that read this book, that they be not discouraged for these calamities, but that they judge those punishments not to be for destruction, but for a chastening of our nation.
|
||||
13| For it is a token of his great goodness, when wicked doers are not suffered any long time, but forthwith punished.
|
||||
14| For not as with other nations, whom the Lord patiently forbeareth to punish, till they be come to the fulness of their sins, so dealeth he with us,
|
||||
15| Lest that, being come to the height of sin, afterwards he should take vengeance of us.
|
||||
16| And therefore he never withdraweth his mercy from us: and though he punish with adversity, yet doth he never forsake his people.
|
||||
17| But let this that we at spoken be for a warning unto us. And now will we come to the declaring of the matter in a few words.
|
||||
18| Eleazar, one of the principal scribes, an aged man, and of a well favoured countenance, was constrained to open his mouth, and to eat swine’s flesh.
|
||||
19| But he, choosing rather to die gloriously, than to live stained with such an abomination, spit it forth, and came of his own accord to the torment,
|
||||
20| As it behoved them to come, that are resolute to stand out against such things, as are not lawful for love of life to be tasted.
|
||||
21| But they that had the charge of that wicked feast, for the old acquaintance they had with the man, taking him aside, besought him to bring flesh of his own provision, such as was lawful for him to use, and make as if he did eat of the flesh taken from the sacrifice commanded by the king;
|
||||
22| That in so doing he might be delivered from death, and for the old friendship with them find favour.
|
||||
23| But he began to consider discreetly, and as became his age, and the excellency of his ancient years, and the honour of his gray head, whereon was come, and his most honest education from a child, or rather the holy law made and given by God: therefore he answered accordingly, and willed them straightways to send him to the grave.
|
||||
24| For it becometh not our age, said he, in any wise to dissemble, whereby many young persons might think that Eleazar, being fourscore years old and ten, were now gone to a strange religion;
|
||||
25| And so they through mine hypocrisy, and desire to live a little time and a moment longer, should be deceived by me, and I get a stain to mine old age, and make it abominable.
|
||||
26| For though for the present time I should be delivered from the punishment of men: yet should I not escape the hand of the Almighty, neither alive, nor dead.
|
||||
27| Wherefore now, manfully changing this life, I will shew myself such an one as mine age requireth,
|
||||
28| And leave a notable example to such as be young to die willingly and courageously for the honourable and holy laws. And when he had said these words, immediately he went to the torment:
|
||||
29| They that led him changing the good will they bare him a little before into hatred, because the foresaid speeches proceeded, as they thought, from a desperate mind.
|
||||
30| But when he was ready to die with stripes, he groaned, and said, It is manifest unto the Lord, that hath the holy knowledge, that whereas I might have been delivered from death, I now endure sore pains in body by being beaten: but in soul am well content to suffer these things, because I fear him.
|
||||
31| And thus this man died, leaving his death for an example of a noble courage, and a memorial of virtue, not only unto young men, but unto all his nation.
|
||||
|
||||
#7
|
||||
1| It came to pass also, that seven brethren with their mother were taken, and compelled by the king against the law to taste swine’s flesh, and were tormented with scourges and whips.
|
||||
2| But one of them that spake first said thus, What wouldest thou ask or learn of us? we are ready to die, rather than to transgress the laws of our fathers.
|
||||
3| Then the king, being in a rage, commanded pans and caldrons to be made hot:
|
||||
4| Which forthwith being heated, he commanded to cut out the tongue of him that spake first, and to cut off the utmost parts of his body, the rest of his brethren and his mother looking on.
|
||||
5| Now when he was thus maimed in all his members, he commanded him being yet alive to be brought to the fire, and to be fried in the pan: and as the vapour of the pan was for a good space dispersed, they exhorted one another with the mother to die manfully, saying thus,
|
||||
6| The Lord God looketh upon us, and in truth hath comfort in us, as Moses in his song, which witnessed to their faces, declared, saying, And he shall be comforted in his servants.
|
||||
7| So when the first was dead after this number, they brought the second to make him a mocking stock: and when they had pulled off the skin of his head with the hair, they asked him, Wilt thou eat, before thou be punished throughout every member of thy body?
|
||||
8| But he answered in his own language, and said, No. Wherefore he also received the next torment in order, as the former did.
|
||||
9| And when he was at the last gasp, he said, Thou like a fury takest us out of this present life, but the King of the world shall raise us up, who have died for his laws, unto everlasting life.
|
||||
10| After him was the third made a mocking stock: and when he was required, he put out his tongue, and that right soon, holding forth his hands manfully.
|
||||
11| And said courageously, These I had from heaven; and for his laws I despise them; and from him I hope to receive them again.
|
||||
12| Insomuch that the king, and they that were with him, marvelled at the young man’s courage, for that he nothing regarded the pains.
|
||||
13| Now when this man was dead also, they tormented and mangled the fourth in like manner.
|
||||
14| So when he was ready to die he said thus, It is good, being put to death by men, to look for hope from God to be raised up again by him: as for thee, thou shalt have no resurrection to life.
|
||||
15| Afterward they brought the fifth also, and mangled him.
|
||||
16| Then looked he unto the king, and said, Thou hast power over men, thou art corruptible, thou doest what thou wilt; yet think not that our nation is forsaken of God;
|
||||
17| But abide a while, and behold his great power, how he will torment thee and thy seed.
|
||||
18| After him also they brought the sixth, who being ready to die said, Be not deceived without cause: for we suffer these things for ourselves, having sinned against our God: therefore marvellous things are done unto us.
|
||||
19| But think not thou, that takest in hand to strive against God, that thou shalt escape unpunished.
|
||||
20| But the mother was marvellous above all, and worthy of honourable memory: for when she saw her seven sons slain within the space of one day, she bare it with a good courage, because of the hope that she had in the Lord.
|
||||
21| Yea, she exhorted every one of them in her own language, filled with courageous spirits; and stirring up her womanish thoughts with a manly stomach, she said unto them,
|
||||
22| I cannot tell how ye came into my womb: for I neither gave you breath nor life, neither was it I that formed the members of every one of you;
|
||||
23| But doubtless the Creator of the world, who formed the generation of man, and found out the beginning of all things, will also of his own mercy give you breath and life again, as ye now regard not your own selves for his laws’ sake.
|
||||
24| Now Antiochus, thinking himself despised, and suspecting it to be a reproachful speech, whilst the youngest was yet alive, did not only exhort him by words, but also assured him with oaths, that he would make him both a rich and a happy man, if he would turn from the laws of his fathers; and that also he would take him for his friend, and trust him with affairs.
|
||||
25| But when the young man would in no case hearken unto him, the king called his mother, and exhorted her that she would counsel the young man to save his life.
|
||||
26| And when he had exhorted her with many words, she promised him that she would counsel her son.
|
||||
27| But she bowing herself toward him, laughing the cruel tyrant to scorn, spake in her country language on this manner; O my son, have pity upon me that bare thee nine months in my womb, and gave thee such three years, and nourished thee, and brought thee up unto this age, and endured the troubles of education.
|
||||
28| I beseech thee, my son, look upon the heaven and the earth, and all that is therein, and consider that God made them of things that were not; and so was mankind made likewise.
|
||||
29| Fear not this tormentor, but, being worthy of thy brethren, take thy death that I may receive thee again in mercy with thy brethren.
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30| Whiles she was yet speaking these words, the young man said, Whom wait ye for? I will not obey the king’s commandment: but I will obey the commandment of the law that was given unto our fathers by Moses.
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31| And thou, that hast been the author of all mischief against the Hebrews, shalt not escape the hands of God.
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32| For we suffer because of our sins.
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33| And though the living Lord be angry with us a little while for our chastening and correction, yet shall he be at one again with his servants.
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34| But thou, O godless man, and of all other most wicked, be not lifted up without a cause, nor puffed up with uncertain hopes, lifting up thy hand against the servants of God:
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35| For thou hast not yet escaped the judgment of Almighty God, who seeth all things.
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36| For our brethren, who now have suffered a short pain, are dead under God’s covenant of everlasting life: but thou, through the judgment of God, shalt receive just punishment for thy pride.
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37| But I, as my brethren, offer up my body and life for the laws of our fathers, beseeching God that he would speedily be merciful unto our nation; and that thou by torments and plagues mayest confess, that he alone is God;
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38| And that in me and my brethren the wrath of the Almighty, which is justly brought upon our nation, may cease.
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39| Than the king’ being in a rage, handed him worse than all the rest, and took it grievously that he was mocked.
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40| So this man died undefiled, and put his whole trust in the Lord.
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41| Last of all after the sons the mother died.
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42| Let this be enough now to have spoken concerning the idolatrous feasts, and the extreme tortures.
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#8
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1| Then Judas Maccabeus, and they that were with him, went privily into the towns, and called their kinsfolks together, and took unto them all such as continued in the Jews’ religion, and assembled about six thousand men.
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2| And they called upon the Lord, that he would look upon the people that was trodden down of all; and also pity the temple profaned of ungodly men;
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3| And that he would have compassion upon the city, sore defaced, and ready to be made even with the ground; and hear the blood that cried unto him,
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4| And remember the wicked slaughter of harmless infants, and the blasphemies committed against his name; and that he would shew his hatred against the wicked.
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5| Now when Maccabeus had his company about him, he could not be withstood by the heathen: for the wrath of the Lord was turned into mercy.
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6| Therefore he came at unawares, and burnt up towns and cities, and got into his hands the most commodious places, and overcame and put to flight no small number of his enemies.
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7| But specially took he advantage of the night for such privy attempts, insomuch that the fruit of his holiness was spread every where.
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8| So when Philip saw that this man increased by little and little, and that things prospered with him still more and more, he wrote unto Ptolemeus, the governor of Celosyria and Phenice, to yield more aid to the king’s affairs.
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9| Then forthwith choosing Nicanor the son of Patroclus, one of his special friends, he sent him with no fewer than twenty thousand of all nations under him, to root out the whole generation of the Jews; and with him he joined also Gorgias a captain, who in matters of war had great experience.
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10| So Nicanor undertook to make so much money of the captive Jews, as should defray the tribute of two thousand talents, which the king was to pay to the Romans.
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11| Wherefore immediately he sent to the cities upon the sea coast, proclaiming a sale of the captive Jews, and promising that they should have fourscore and ten bodies for one talent, not expecting the vengeance that was to follow upon him from the Almighty God.
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12| Now when word was brought unto Judas of Nicanor’s coming, and he had imparted unto those that were with him that the army was at hand,
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13| They that were fearful, and distrusted the justice of God, fled, and conveyed themselves away.
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14| Others sold all that they had left, and withal besought the Lord to deliver them, sold by the wicked Nicanor before they met together:
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15| And if not for their own sakes, yet for the covenants he had made with their fathers, and for his holy and glorious name’s sake, by which they were called.
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16| So Maccabeus called his men together unto the number of six thousand, and exhorted them not to be stricken with terror of the enemy, nor to fear the great multitude of the heathen, who came wrongly against them; but to fight manfully,
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17| And to set before their eyes the injury that they had unjustly done to the holy place, and the cruel handling of the city, whereof they made a mockery, and also the taking away of the government of their forefathers:
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18| For they, said he, trust in their weapons and boldness; but our confidence is in the Almighty who at a beck can cast down both them that come against us, and also all the world.
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19| Moreover, he recounted unto them what helps their forefathers had found, and how they were delivered, when under Sennacherib an hundred fourscore and five thousand perished.
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20| And he told them of the battle that they had in Babylon with the Galatians, how they came but eight thousand in all to the business, with four thousand Macedonians, and that the Macedonians being perplexed, the eight thousand destroyed an hundred and twenty thousand because of the help that they had from heaven, and so received a great booty.
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21| Thus when he had made them bold with these words, and ready to die for the law and the country, he divided his army into four parts;
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22| And joined with himself his own brethren, leaders of each band, to wit Simon, and Joseph, and Jonathan, giving each one fifteen hundred men.
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23| Also he appointed Eleazar to read the holy book: and when he had given them this watchword, The help of God; himself leading the first band,
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24| And by the help of the Almighty they slew above nine thousand of their enemies, and wounded and maimed the most part of Nicanor’s host, and so put all to flight;
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25| And took their money that came to buy them, and pursued them far: but lacking time they returned:
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26| For it was the day before the sabbath, and therefore they would no longer pursue them.
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27| So when they had gathered their armour together, and spoiled their enemies, they occupied themselves about the sabbath, yielding exceeding praise and thanks to the Lord, who had preserved them unto that day, which was the beginning of mercy distilling upon them.
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28| And after the sabbath, when they had given part of the spoils to the maimed, and the widows, and orphans, the residue they divided among themselves and their servants.
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29| When this was done, and they had made a common supplication, they besought the merciful Lord to be reconciled with his servants for ever.
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30| Moreover of those that were with Timotheus and Bacchides, who fought against them, they slew above twenty thousand, and very easily got high and strong holds, and divided among themselves many spoils more, and made the maimed, orphans, widows, yea, and the aged also, equal in spoils with themselves.
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31| And when they had gathered their armour together, they laid them up all carefully in convenient places, and the remnant of the spoils they brought to Jerusalem.
|
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32| They slew also Philarches, that wicked person, who was with Timotheus, and had annoyed the Jews many ways.
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33| Furthermore at such time as they kept the feast for the victory in their country they burnt Callisthenes, that had set fire upon the holy gates, who had fled into a little house; and so he received a reward meet for his wickedness.
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34| As for that most ungracious Nicanor, who had brought a thousand merchants to buy the Jews,
|
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35| He was through the help of the Lord brought down by them, of whom he made least account; and putting off his glorious apparel, and discharging his company, he came like a fugitive servant through the midland unto Antioch having very great dishonour, for that his host was destroyed.
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36| Thus he, that took upon him to make good to the Romans their tribute by means of captives in Jerusalem, told abroad, that the Jews had God to fight for them, and therefore they could not be hurt, because they followed the laws that he gave them.
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|
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#9
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1| About that time came Antiochus with dishonour out of the country of Persia
|
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2| For he had entered the city called Persepolis, and went about to rob the temple, and to hold the city; whereupon the multitude running to defend themselves with their weapons put them to flight; and so it happened, that Antiochus being put to flight of the inhabitants returned with shame.
|
||||
3| Now when he came to Ecbatane, news was brought him what had happened unto Nicanor and Timotheus.
|
||||
4| Then swelling with anger. he thought to avenge upon the Jews the disgrace done unto him by those that made him flee. Therefore commanded he his chariotman to drive without ceasing, and to dispatch the journey, the judgment of God now following him. For he had spoken proudly in this sort, That he would come to Jerusalem and make it a common burying place of the Jews.
|
||||
5| But the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, smote him with an incurable and invisible plague: or as soon as he had spoken these words, a pain of the bowels that was remediless came upon him, and sore torments of the inner parts;
|
||||
6| And that most justly: for he had tormented other men’s bowels with many and strange torments.
|
||||
7| Howbeit he nothing at all ceased from his bragging, but still was filled with pride, breathing out fire in his rage against the Jews, and commanding to haste the journey: but it came to pass that he fell down from his chariot, carried violently; so that having a sore fall, all the members of his body were much pained.
|
||||
8| And thus he that a little afore thought he might command the waves of the sea, (so proud was he beyond the condition of man) and weigh the high mountains in a balance, was now cast on the ground, and carried in an horselitter, shewing forth unto all the manifest power of God.
|
||||
9| So that the worms rose up out of the body of this wicked man, and whiles he lived in sorrow and pain, his flesh fell away, and the filthiness of his smell was noisome to all his army.
|
||||
10| And the man, that thought a little afore he could reach to the stars of heaven, no man could endure to carry for his intolerable stink.
|
||||
11| Here therefore, being plagued, he began to leave off his great pride, and to come to the knowledge of himself by the scourge of God, his pain increasing every moment.
|
||||
12| And when he himself could not abide his own smell, he said these words, It is meet to be subject unto God, and that a man that is mortal should not proudly think of himself if he were God.
|
||||
13| This wicked person vowed also unto the Lord, who now no more would have mercy upon him, saying thus,
|
||||
14| That the holy city (to the which he was going in haste to lay it even with the ground, and to make it a common buryingplace,) he would set at liberty:
|
||||
15| And as touching the Jews, whom he had judged not worthy so much as to be buried, but to be cast out with their children to be devoured of the fowls and wild beasts, he would make them all equals to the citizens of Athens:
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||||
16| And the holy temple, which before he had spoiled, he would garnish with goodly gifts, and restore all the holy vessels with many more, and out of his own revenue defray the charges belonging to the sacrifices:
|
||||
17| Yea, and that also he would become a Jew himself, and go through all the world that was inhabited, and declare the power of God.
|
||||
18| But for all this his pains would not cease: for the just judgment of God was come upon him: therefore despairing of his health, he wrote unto the Jews the letter underwritten, containing the form of a supplication, after this manner:
|
||||
19| Antiochus, king and governor, to the good Jews his citizens wisheth much joy, health, and prosperity:
|
||||
20| If ye and your children fare well, and your affairs be to your contentment, I give very great thanks to God, having my hope in heaven.
|
||||
21| As for me, I was weak, or else I would have remembered kindly your honour and good will returning out of Persia, and being taken with a grievous disease, I thought it necessary to care for the common safety of all:
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||||
22| Not distrusting mine health, but having great hope to escape this sickness.
|
||||
23| But considering that even my father, at what time he led an army into the high countries. appointed a successor,
|
||||
24| To the end that, if any thing fell out contrary to expectation, or if any tidings were brought that were grievous, they of the land, knowing to whom the state was left, might not be troubled:
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||||
25| Again, considering how that the princes that are borderers and neighbours unto my kingdom wait for opportunities, and expect what shall be the event. I have appointed my son Antiochus king, whom I often committed and commended unto many of you, when I went up into the high provinces; to whom I have written as followeth:
|
||||
26| Therefore I pray and request you to remember the benefits that I have done unto you generally, and in special, and that every man will be still faithful to me and my son.
|
||||
27| For I am persuaded that he understanding my mind will favourably and graciously yield to your desires.
|
||||
28| Thus the murderer and blasphemer having suffered most grievously, as he entreated other men, so died he a miserable death in a strange country in the mountains.
|
||||
29| And Philip, that was brought up with him, carried away his body, who also fearing the son of Antiochus went into Egypt to Ptolemeus Philometor. 0
|
||||
|
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#10
|
||||
1| Now Maccabeus and his company, the Lord guiding them, recovered the temple and the city:
|
||||
2| But the altars which the heathen had built in the open street, and also the chapels, they pulled down.
|
||||
3| And having cleansed the temple they made another altar, and striking stones they took fire out of them, and offered a sacrifice after two years, and set forth incense, and lights, and shewbread.
|
||||
4| When that was done, they fell flat down, and besought the Lord that they might come no more into such troubles; but if they sinned any more against him, that he himself would chasten them with mercy, and that they might not be delivered unto the blasphemous and barbarous nations.
|
||||
5| Now upon the same day that the strangers profaned the temple, on the very same day it was cleansed again, even the five and twentieth day of the same month, which is Casleu.
|
||||
6| And they kept the eight days with gladness, as in the feast of the tabernacles, remembering that not long afore they had held the feast of the tabernacles, when as they wandered in the mountains and dens like beasts.
|
||||
7| Therefore they bare branches, and fair boughs, and palms also, and sang psalms unto him that had given them good success in cleansing his place.
|
||||
8| They ordained also by a common statute and decree, That every year those days should be kept of the whole nation of the Jews.
|
||||
9| And this was the end of Antiochus, called Epiphanes.
|
||||
10| Now will we declare the acts of Antiochus Eupator, who was the son of this wicked man, gathering briefly the calamities of the wars.
|
||||
11| So when he was come to the crown, he set one Lysias over the affairs of his realm, and appointed him his chief governor of Celosyria and Phenice.
|
||||
12| For Ptolemeus, that was called Macron, choosing rather to do justice unto the Jews for the wrong that had been done unto them, endeavoured to continue peace with them.
|
||||
13| Whereupon being accused of the king’s friends before Eupator, and called traitor at every word because he had left Cyprus, that Philometor had committed unto him, and departed to Antiochus Epiphanes, and seeing that he was in no honourable place, he was so discouraged, that he poisoned himself and died.
|
||||
14| But when Gorgias was governor of the holds, he hired soldiers, and nourished war continually with the Jews:
|
||||
15| And therewithal the Idumeans, having gotten into their hands the most commodious holds, kept the Jews occupied, and receiving those that were banished from Jerusalem, they went about to nourish war.
|
||||
16| Then they that were with Maccabeus made supplication, and besought God that he would be their helper; and so they ran with violence upon the strong holds of the Idumeans,
|
||||
17| And assaulting them strongly, they won the holds, and kept off all that fought upon the wall, and slew all that fell into their hands, and killed no fewer than twenty thousand.
|
||||
18| And because certain, who were no less than nine thousand, were fled together into two very strong castles, having all manner of things convenient to sustain the siege,
|
||||
19| Maccabeus left Simon and Joseph, and Zaccheus also, and them that were with him, who were enough to besiege them, and departed himself unto those places which more needed his help.
|
||||
20| Now they that were with Simon, being led with covetousness, were persuaded for money through certain of those that were in the castle, and took seventy thousand drachms, and let some of them escape.
|
||||
21| But when it was told Maccabeus what was done, he called the governors of the people together, and accused those men, that they had sold their brethren for money, and set their enemies free to fight against them.
|
||||
22| So he slew those that were found traitors, and immediately took the two castles.
|
||||
23| And having good success with his weapons in all things he took in hand, he slew in the two holds more than twenty thousand.
|
||||
24| Now Timotheus, whom the Jews had overcome before, when he had gathered a great multitude of foreign forces, and horses out of Asia not a few, came as though he would take Jewry by force of arms.
|
||||
25| But when he drew near, they that were with Maccabeus turned themselves to pray unto God, and sprinkled earth upon their heads, and girded their loins with sackcloth,
|
||||
26| And fell down at the foot of the altar, and besought him to be merciful to them, and to be an enemy to their enemies, and an adversary to their adversaries, as the law declareth.
|
||||
27| So after the prayer they took their weapons, and went on further from the city: and when they drew near to their enemies, they kept by themselves.
|
||||
28| Now the sun being newly risen, they joined both together; the one part having together with their virtue their refuge also unto the Lord for a pledge of their success and victory: the other side making their rage leader of their battle
|
||||
29| But when the battle waxed strong, there appeared unto the enemies from heaven five comely men upon horses, with bridles of gold, and two of them led the Jews,
|
||||
30| And took Maccabeus betwixt them, and covered him on every side weapons, and kept him safe, but shot arrows and lightnings against the enemies: so that being confounded with blindness, and full of trouble, they were killed.
|
||||
31| And there were slain of footmen twenty thousand and five hundred, and six hundred horsemen.
|
||||
32| As for Timotheus himself, he fled into a very strong hold, called Gazara, where Chereas was governor.
|
||||
33| But they that were with Maccabeus laid siege against the fortress courageously four days.
|
||||
34| And they that were within, trusting to the strength of the place, blasphemed exceedingly, and uttered wicked words.
|
||||
35| Nevertheless upon the fifth day early twenty young men of Maccabeus’ company, inflamed with anger because of the blasphemies, assaulted the wall manly, and with a fierce courage killed all that they met withal.
|
||||
36| Others likewise ascending after them, whiles they were busied with them that were within, burnt the towers, and kindling fires burnt the blasphemers alive; and others broke open the gates, and, having received in the rest of the army, took the city,
|
||||
37| And killed Timotheus, that was hid in a certain pit, and Chereas his brother, with Apollophanes.
|
||||
38| When this was done, they praised the Lord with psalms and thanksgiving, who had done so great things for Israel, and given them the victory. 1
|
||||
|
||||
#11
|
||||
1| Not long after the, Lysias the king’s protector and cousin, who also managed the affairs, took sore displeasure for the things that were done.
|
||||
2| And when he had gathered about fourscore thousand with all the horsemen, he came against the Jews, thinking to make the city an habitation of the Gentiles,
|
||||
3| And to make a gain of the temple, as of the other chapels of the heathen, and to set the high priesthood to sale every year:
|
||||
4| Not at all considering the power of God but puffed up with his ten thousands of footmen, and his thousands of horsemen, and his fourscore elephants.
|
||||
5| So he came to Judea, and drew near to Bethsura, which was a strong town, but distant from Jerusalem about five furlongs, and he laid sore siege unto it.
|
||||
6| Now when they that were with Maccabeus heard that he besieged the holds, they and all the people with lamentation and tears besought the Lord that he would send a good angel to deliver Israel.
|
||||
7| Then Maccabeus himself first of all took weapons, exhorting the other that they would jeopard themselves together with him to help their brethren: so they went forth together with a willing mind.
|
||||
8| And as they were at Jerusalem, there appeared before them on horseback one in white clothing, shaking his armour of gold.
|
||||
9| Then they praised the merciful God all together, and took heart, insomuch that they were ready not only to fight with men, but with most cruel beasts, and to pierce through walls of iron.
|
||||
10| Thus they marched forward in their armour, having an helper from heaven: for the Lord was merciful unto them
|
||||
11| And giving a charge upon their enemies like lions, they slew eleven thousand footmen, and sixteen hundred horsemen, and put all the other to flight.
|
||||
12| Many of them also being wounded escaped naked; and Lysias himself fled away shamefully, and so escaped.
|
||||
13| Who, as he was a man of understanding, casting with himself what loss he had had, and considering that the Hebrews could not be overcome, because the Almighty God helped them, he sent unto them,
|
||||
14| And persuaded them to agree to all reasonable conditions, and promised that he would persuade the king that he must needs be a friend unto them.
|
||||
15| Then Maccabeus consented to all that Lysias desired, being careful of the common good; and whatsoever Maccabeus wrote unto Lysias concerning the Jews, the king granted it.
|
||||
16| For there were letters written unto the Jews from Lysias to this effect: Lysias unto the people of the Jews sendeth greeting:
|
||||
17| John and Absalon, who were sent from you, delivered me the petition subscribed, and made request for the performance of the contents thereof.
|
||||
18| Therefore what things soever were meet to be reported to the king, I have declared them, and he hath granted as much as might be.
|
||||
19| And if then ye will keep yourselves loyal to the state, hereafter also will I endeavour to be a means of your good.
|
||||
20| But of the particulars I have given order both to these and the other that came from me, to commune with you.
|
||||
21| Fare ye well. The hundred and eight and fortieth year, the four and twentieth day of the month Dioscorinthius.
|
||||
22| Now the king’s letter contained these words: King Antiochus unto his brother Lysias sendeth greeting:
|
||||
23| Since our father is translated unto the gods, our will is, that they that are in our realm live quietly, that every one may attend upon his own affairs.
|
||||
24| We understand also that the Jews would not consent to our father, for to be brought unto the custom of the Gentiles, but had rather keep their own manner of living: for the which cause they require of us, that we should suffer them to live after their own laws.
|
||||
25| Wherefore our mind is, that this nation shall be in rest, and we have determined to restore them their temple, that they may live according to the customs of their forefathers.
|
||||
26| Thou shalt do well therefore to send unto them, and grant them peace, that when they are certified of our mind, they may be of good comfort, and ever go cheerfully about their own affairs.
|
||||
27| And the letter of the king unto the nation of the Jews was after this manner: King Antiochus sendeth greeting unto the council, and the rest of the Jews:
|
||||
28| If ye fare well, we have our desire; we are also in good health.
|
||||
29| Menelaus declared unto us, that your desire was to return home, and to follow your own business:
|
||||
30| Wherefore they that will depart shall have safe conduct till the thirtieth day of Xanthicus with security.
|
||||
31| And the Jews shall use their own kind of meats and laws, as before; and none of them any manner of ways shall be molested for things ignorantly done.
|
||||
32| I have sent also Menelaus, that he may comfort you.
|
||||
33| Fare ye well. In the hundred forty and eighth year, and the fifteenth day of the month Xanthicus.
|
||||
34| The Romans also sent unto them a letter containing these words: Quintus Memmius and Titus Manlius, ambassadors of the Romans, send greeting unto the people of the Jews.
|
||||
35| Whatsoever Lysias the king’s cousin hath granted, therewith we also are well pleased.
|
||||
36| But touching such things as he judged to be referred to the king, after ye have advised thereof, send one forthwith, that we may declare as it is convenient for you: for we are now going to Antioch.
|
||||
37| Therefore send some with speed, that we may know what is your mind.
|
||||
38| Farewell. This hundred and eight and fortieth year, the fifteenth day of the month Xanthicus. 2
|
||||
|
||||
#12
|
||||
1| When these covenants were made, Lysias went unto the king, and the Jews were about their husbandry.
|
||||
2| But of the governors of several places, Timotheus, and Apollonius the son of Genneus, also Hieronymus, and Demophon, and beside them Nicanor the governor of Cyprus, would not suffer them to be quiet and live in peace.
|
||||
3| The men of Joppa also did such an ungodly deed: they prayed the Jews that dwelt among them to go with their wives and children into the boats which they had prepared, as though they had meant them no hurt.
|
||||
4| Who accepted of it according to the common decree of the city, as being desirous to live in peace, and suspecting nothing: but when they were gone forth into the deep, they drowned no less than two hundred of them.
|
||||
5| When Judas heard of this cruelty done unto his countrymen, he commanded those that were with him to make them ready.
|
||||
6| And calling upon God the righteous Judge, he came against those murderers of his brethren, and burnt the haven by night, and set the boats on fire, and those that fled thither he slew.
|
||||
7| And when the town was shut up, he went backward, as if he would return to root out all them of the city of Joppa.
|
||||
8| But when he heard that the Jamnites were minded to do in like manner unto the Jews that dwelt among them,
|
||||
9| He came upon the Jamnites also by night, and set fire on the haven and the navy, so that the light of the fire was seen at Jerusalem two hundred and forty furlongs off.
|
||||
10| Now when they were gone from thence nine furlongs in their journey toward Timotheus, no fewer than five thousand men on foot and five hundred horsemen of the Arabians set upon him.
|
||||
11| Whereupon there was a very sore battle; but Judas’ side by the help of God got the victory; so that the Nomades of Arabia, being overcome, besought Judas for peace, promising both to give him cattle, and to pleasure him otherwise.
|
||||
12| Then Judas, thinking indeed that they would be profitable in many things, granted them peace: whereupon they shook hands, and so they departed to their tents.
|
||||
13| He went also about to make a bridge to a certain strong city, which was fenced about with walls, and inhabited by people of divers countries; and the name of it was Caspis.
|
||||
14| But they that were within it put such trust in the strength of the walls and provision of victuals, that they behaved themselves rudely toward them that were with Judas, railing and blaspheming, and uttering such words as were not to be spoken.
|
||||
15| Wherefore Judas with his company, calling upon the great Lord of the world, who without rams or engines of war did cast down Jericho in the time of Joshua, gave a fierce assault against the walls,
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16| And took the city by the will of God, and made unspeakable slaughters, insomuch that a lake two furlongs broad near adjoining thereunto, being filled full, was seen running with blood.
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17| Then departed they from thence seven hundred and fifty furlongs, and came to Characa unto the Jews that are called Tubieni.
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18| But as for Timotheus, they found him not in the places: for before he had dispatched any thing, he departed from thence, having left a very strong garrison in a certain hold.
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19| Howbeit Dositheus and Sosipater, who were of Maccabeus’ captains, went forth, and slew those that Timotheus had left in the fortress, above ten thousand men.
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20| And Maccabeus ranged his army by bands, and set them over the bands, and went against Timotheus, who had about him an hundred and twenty thousand men of foot, and two thousand and five hundred horsemen.
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21| Now when Timotheus had knowledge of Judas’ coming, he sent the women and children and the other baggage unto a fortress called Carnion: for the town was hard to besiege, and uneasy to come unto, by reason of the straitness of all the places.
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22| But when Judas his first band came in sight, the enemies, being smitten with fear and terror through the appearing of him who seeth all things, fled amain, one running into this way, another that way, so as that they were often hurt of their own men, and wounded with the points of their own swords.
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23| Judas also was very earnest in pursuing them, killing those wicked wretches, of whom he slew about thirty thousand men.
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24| Moreover Timotheus himself fell into the hands of Dositheus and Sosipater, whom he besought with much craft to let him go with his life, because he had many of the Jews’ parents, and the brethren of some of them, who, if they put him to death, should not be regarded.
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25| So when he had assured them with many words that he would restore them without hurt, according to the agreement, they let him go for the saving of their brethren.
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26| Then Maccabeus marched forth to Carnion, and to the temple of Atargatis, and there he slew five and twenty thousand persons.
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27| And after he had put to flight and destroyed them, Judas removed the host toward Ephron, a strong city, wherein Lysias abode, and a great multitude of divers nations, and the strong young men kept the walls, and defended them mightily: wherein also was great provision of engines and darts.
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28| But when Judas and his company had called upon Almighty God, who with his power breaketh the strength of his enemies, they won the city, and slew twenty and five thousand of them that were within,
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29| From thence they departed to Scythopolis, which lieth six hundred furlongs from Jerusalem,
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30| But when the Jews that dwelt there had testified that the Scythopolitans dealt lovingly with them, and entreated them kindly in the time of their adversity;
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31| They gave them thanks, desiring them to be friendly still unto them: and so they came to Jerusalem, the feast of the weeks approaching.
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32| And after the feast, called Pentecost, they went forth against Gorgias the governor of Idumea,
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33| Who came out with three thousand men of foot and four hundred horsemen.
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34| And it happened that in their fighting together a few of the Jews were slain.
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35| At which time Dositheus, one of Bacenor’s company, who was on horseback, and a strong man, was still upon Gorgias, and taking hold of his coat drew him by force; and when he would have taken that cursed man alive, a horseman of Thracia coming upon him smote off his shoulder, so that Gorgias fled unto Marisa.
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36| Now when they that were with Gorgias had fought long, and were weary, Judas called upon the Lord, that he would shew himself to be their helper and leader of the battle.
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37| And with that he began in his own language, and sung psalms with a loud voice, and rushing unawares upon Gorgias’ men, he put them to flight.
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38| So Judas gathered his host, and came into the city of Odollam, And when the seventh day came, they purified themselves, as the custom was, and kept the sabbath in the same place.
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39| And upon the day following, as the use had been, Judas and his company came to take up the bodies of them that were slain, and to bury them with their kinsmen in their fathers’ graves.
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40| Now under the coats of every one that was slain they found things consecrated to the idols of the Jamnites, which is forbidden the Jews by the law. Then every man saw that this was the cause wherefore they were slain.
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41| All men therefore praising the Lord, the righteous Judge, who had opened the things that were hid,
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42| Betook themselves unto prayer, and besought him that the sin committed might wholly be put out of remembrance. Besides, that noble Judas exhorted the people to keep themselves from sin, forsomuch as they saw before their eyes the things that came to pass for the sins of those that were slain.
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43| And when he had made a gathering throughout the company to the sum of two thousand drachms of silver, he sent it to Jerusalem to offer a sin offering, doing therein very well and honestly, in that he was mindful of the resurrection:
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44| For if he had not hoped that they that were slain should have risen again, it had been superfluous and vain to pray for the dead.
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45| And also in that he perceived that there was great favour laid up for those that died godly, it was an holy and good thought. Whereupon he made a reconciliation for the dead, that they might be delivered from sin. 3
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#13
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1| In the hundred forty and ninth year it was told Judas, that Antiochus Eupator was coming with a great power into Judea,
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2| And with him Lysias his protector, and ruler of his affairs, having either of them a Grecian power of footmen, an hundred and ten thousand, and horsemen five thousand and three hundred, and elephants two and twenty, and three hundred chariots armed with hooks.
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3| Menelaus also joined himself with them, and with great dissimulation encouraged Antiochus, not for the safeguard of the country, but because he thought to have been made governor.
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4| But the King of kings moved Antiochus’ mind against this wicked wretch, and Lysias informed the king that this man was the cause of all mischief, so that the king commanded to bring him unto Berea, and to put him to death, as the manner is in that place.
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5| Now there was in that place a tower of fifty cubits high, full of ashes, and it had a round instrument which on every side hanged down into the ashes.
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6| And whosoever was condemned of sacrilege, or had committed any other grievous crime, there did all men thrust him unto death.
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7| Such a death it happened that wicked man to die, not having so much as burial in the earth; and that most justly:
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8| For inasmuch as he had committed many sins about the altar, whose fire and ashes were holy, he received his death in ashes.
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9| Now the king came with a barbarous and haughty mind to do far worse to the Jews, than had been done in his father’s time.
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10| Which things when Judas perceived, he commanded the multitude to call upon the Lord night and day, that if ever at any other time, he would now also help them, being at the point to be put from their law, from their country, and from the holy temple:
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11| And that he would not suffer the people, that had even now been but a little refreshed, to be in subjection to the blasphemous nations.
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12| So when they had all done this together, and besought the merciful Lord with weeping and fasting, and lying flat upon the ground three days long, Judas, having exhorted them, commanded they should be in a readiness.
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13| And Judas, being apart with the elders, determined, before the king’s host should enter into Judea, and get the city, to go forth and try the matter in fight by the help of the Lord.
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14| So when he had committed all to the Creator of the world, and exhorted his soldiers to fight manfully, even unto death, for the laws, the temple, the city, the country, and the commonwealth, he camped by Modin:
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15| And having given the watchword to them that were about him, Victory is of God; with the most valiant and choice young men he went in into the king’s tent by night, and slew in the camp about four thousand men, and the chiefest of the elephants, with all that were upon him.
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16| And at last they filled the camp with fear and tumult, and departed with good success.
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17| This was done in the break of the day, because the protection of the Lord did help him.
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18| Now when the king had taken a taste of the manliness of the Jews, he went about to take the holds by policy,
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19| And marched toward Bethsura, which was a strong hold of the Jews: but he was put to flight, failed, and lost of his men:
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20| For Judas had conveyed unto them that were in it such things as were necessary.
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21| But Rhodocus, who was in the Jews’ host, disclosed the secrets to the enemies; therefore he was sought out, and when they had gotten him, they put him in prison.
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22| The king treated with them in Bethsura the second time, gave his hand, took their’s, departed, fought with Judas, was overcome;
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23| Heard that Philip, who was left over the affairs in Antioch, was desperately bent, confounded, intreated the Jews, submitted himself, and sware to all equal conditions, agreed with them, and offered sacrifice, honoured the temple, and dealt kindly with the place,
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24| And accepted well of Maccabeus, made him principal governor from Ptolemais unto the Gerrhenians;
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25| Came to Ptolemais: the people there were grieved for the covenants; for they stormed, because they would make their covenants void:
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26| Lysias went up to the judgment seat, said as much as could be in defence of the cause, persuaded, pacified, made them well affected, returned to Antioch. Thus it went touching the king’s coming and departing. 4
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#14
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1| After three years was Judas informed, that Demetrius the son of Seleucus, having entered by the haven of Tripolis with a great power and navy,
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2| Had taken the country, and killed Antiochus, and Lysias his protector.
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3| Now one Alcimus, who had been high priest, and had defiled himself wilfully in the times of their mingling with the Gentiles, seeing that by no means he could save himself, nor have any more access to the holy altar,
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4| Came to king Demetrius in the hundred and one and fiftieth year, presenting unto him a crown of gold, and a palm, and also of the boughs which were used solemnly in the temple: and so that day he held his peace.
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5| Howbeit having gotten opportunity to further his foolish enterprise, and being called into counsel by Demetrius, and asked how the Jews stood affected, and what they intended, he answered thereunto:
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6| Those of the Jews that he called Assideans, whose captain is Judas Maccabeus, nourish war and are seditious, and will not let the rest be in peace.
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7| Therefore I, being deprived of mine ancestors’ honour, I mean the high priesthood, am now come hither:
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8| First, verily for the unfeigned care I have of things pertaining to the king; and secondly, even for that I intend the good of mine own countrymen: for all our nation is in no small misery through the unadvised dealing of them aforesaid.
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9| Wherefore, O king, seeing knowest all these things, be careful for the country, and our nation, which is pressed on every side, according to the clemency that thou readily shewest unto all.
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10| For as long as Judas liveth, it is not possible that the state should be quiet.
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11| This was no sooner spoken of him, but others of the king’s friends, being maliciously set against Judas, did more incense Demetrius.
|
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12| And forthwith calling Nicanor, who had been master of the elephants, and making him governor over Judea, he sent him forth,
|
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13| Commanding him to slay Judas, and to scatter them that were with him, and to make Alcimus high priest of the great temple.
|
||||
14| Then the heathen, that had fled out of Judea from Judas, came to Nicanor by flocks, thinking the harm and calamities of the Jews to be their welfare.
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15| Now when the Jews heard of Nicanor’s coming, and that the heathen were up against them, they cast earth upon their heads, and made supplication to him that had established his people for ever, and who always helpeth his portion with manifestation of his presence.
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16| So at the commandment of the captain they removed straightways from thence, and came near unto them at the town of Dessau.
|
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17| Now Simon, Judas’ brother, had joined battle with Nicanor, but was somewhat discomfited through the sudden silence of his enemies.
|
||||
18| Nevertheless Nicanor, hearing of the manliness of them that were with Judas, and the courageousness that they had to fight for their country, durst not try the matter by the sword.
|
||||
19| Wherefore he sent Posidonius, and Theodotus, and Mattathias, to make peace.
|
||||
20| So when they had taken long advisement thereupon, and the captain had made the multitude acquainted therewith, and it appeared that they were all of one mind, they consented to the covenants,
|
||||
21| And appointed a day to meet in together by themselves: and when the day came, and stools were set for either of them,
|
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22| Judas placed armed men ready in convenient places, lest some treachery should be suddenly practised by the enemies: so they made a peaceable conference.
|
||||
23| Now Nicanor abode in Jerusalem, and did no hurt, but sent away the people that came flocking unto him.
|
||||
24| And he would not willingly have Judas out of his sight: for he love the man from his heart
|
||||
25| He prayed him also to take a wife, and to beget children: so he married, was quiet, and took part of this life.
|
||||
26| But Alcimus, perceiving the love that was betwixt them, and considering the covenants that were made, came to Demetrius, and told him that Nicanor was not well affected toward the state; for that he had ordained Judas, a traitor to his realm, to be the king’s successor.
|
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27| Then the king being in a rage, and provoked with the accusations of the most wicked man, wrote to Nicanor, signifying that he was much displeased with the covenants, and commanding him that he should send Maccabeus prisoner in all haste unto Antioch.
|
||||
28| When this came to Nicanor’s hearing, he was much confounded in himself, and took it grievously that he should make void the articles which were agreed upon, the man being in no fault.
|
||||
29| But because there was no dealing against the king, he watched his time to accomplish this thing by policy.
|
||||
30| Notwithstanding, when Maccabeus saw that Nicanor began to be churlish unto him, and that he entreated him more roughly than he was wont, perceiving that such sour behaviour came not of good, he gathered together not a few of his men, and withdrew himself from Nicanor.
|
||||
31| But the other, knowing that he was notably prevented by Judas’ policy, came into the great and holy temple, and commanded the priests, that were offering their usual sacrifices, to deliver him the man.
|
||||
32| And when they sware that they could not tell where the man was whom he sought,
|
||||
33| He stretched out his right hand toward the temple, and made an oath in this manner: If ye will not deliver me Judas as a prisoner, I will lay this temple of God even with the ground, and I will break down the altar, and erect a notable temple unto Bacchus.
|
||||
34| After these words he departed. Then the priests lifted up their hands toward heaven, and besought him that was ever a defender of their nation, saying in this manner;
|
||||
35| Thou, O Lord of all things, who hast need of nothing, wast pleased that the temple of thine habitation should be among us:
|
||||
36| Therefore now, O holy Lord of all holiness, keep this house ever undefiled, which lately was cleansed, and stop every unrighteous mouth.
|
||||
37| Now was there accused unto Nicanor one Razis, one of the elders of Jerusalem, a lover of his countrymen, and a man of very good report, who for his kindness was called a father of the Jews.
|
||||
38| For in the former times, when they mingled not themselves with the Gentiles, he had been accused of Judaism, and did boldly jeopard his body and life with all vehemency for the religion of the Jews.
|
||||
39| So Nicanor, willing to declare the hate that he bare unto the Jews, sent above five hundred men of war to take him:
|
||||
40| For he thought by taking him to do the Jews much hurt.
|
||||
41| Now when the multitude would have taken the tower, and violently broken into the outer door, and bade that fire should be brought to burn it, he being ready to be taken on every side fell upon his sword;
|
||||
42| Choosing rather to die manfully, than to come into the hands of the wicked, to be abused otherwise than beseemed his noble birth:
|
||||
43| But missing his stroke through haste, the multitude also rushing within the doors, he ran boldly up to the wall, and cast himself down manfully among the thickest of them.
|
||||
44| But they quickly giving back, and a space being made, he fell down into the midst of the void place.
|
||||
45| Nevertheless, while there was yet breath within him, being inflamed with anger, he rose up; and though his blood gushed out like spouts of water, and his wounds were grievous, yet he ran through the midst of the throng; and standing upon a steep rock,
|
||||
46| When as his blood was now quite gone, he plucked out his bowels, and taking them in both his hands, he cast them upon the throng, and calling upon the Lord of life and spirit to restore him those again, he thus died. 5
|
||||
|
||||
#15
|
||||
1| But Nicanor, hearing that Judas and his company were in the strong places about Samaria, resolved without any danger to set upon them on the sabbath day.
|
||||
2| Nevertheless the Jews that were compelled to go with him said, O destroy not so cruelly and barbarously, but give honour to that day, which he, that seeth all things, hath honoured with holiness above all other days.
|
||||
3| Then the most ungracious wretch demanded, if there were a Mighty one in heaven, that had commanded the sabbath day to be kept.
|
||||
4| And when they said, There is in heaven a living Lord, and mighty, who commanded the seventh day to be kept:
|
||||
5| Then said the other, And I also am mighty upon earth, and I command to take arms, and to do the king’s business. Yet he obtained not to have his wicked will done.
|
||||
6| So Nicanor in exceeding pride and haughtiness determined to set up a publick monument of his victory over Judas and them that were with him.
|
||||
7| But Maccabeus had ever sure confidence that the Lord would help him:
|
||||
8| Wherefore he exhorted his people not to fear the coming of the heathen against them, but to remember the help which in former times they had received from heaven, and now to expect the victory and aid, which should come unto them from the Almighty.
|
||||
9| And so comforting them out of the law and the prophets, and withal putting them in mind of the battles that they won afore, he made them more cheerful.
|
||||
10| And when he had stirred up their minds, he gave them their charge, shewing them therewithal the falsehood of the heathen, and the breach of oaths.
|
||||
11| Thus he armed every one of them, not so much with defence of shields and spears, as with comfortable and good words: and beside that, he told them a dream worthy to be believed, as if it had been so indeed, which did not a little rejoice them.
|
||||
12| And this was his vision: That Onias, who had been high priest, a virtuous and a good man, reverend in conversation, gentle in condition, well spoken also, and exercised from a child in all points of virtue, holding up his hands prayed for the whole body of the Jews.
|
||||
13| This done, in like manner there appeared a man with gray hairs, and exceeding glorious, who was of a wonderful and excellent majesty.
|
||||
14| Then Onias answered, saying, This is a lover of the brethren, who prayeth much for the people, and for the holy city, to wit, Jeremias the prophet of God.
|
||||
15| Whereupon Jeremias holding forth his right hand gave to Judas a sword of gold, and in giving it spake thus,
|
||||
16| Take this holy sword, a gift from God, with the which thou shalt wound the adversaries.
|
||||
17| Thus being well comforted by the words of Judas, which were very good, and able to stir them up to valour, and to encourage the hearts of the young men, they determined not to pitch camp, but courageously to set upon them, and manfully to try the matter by conflict, because the city and the sanctuary and the temple were in danger.
|
||||
18| For the care that they took for their wives, and their children, their brethren, and folks, was in least account with them: but the greatest and principal fear was for the holy temple.
|
||||
19| Also they that were in the city took not the least care, being troubled for the conflict abroad.
|
||||
20| And now, when as all looked what should be the trial, and the enemies were already come near, and the army was set in array, and the beasts conveniently placed, and the horsemen set in wings,
|
||||
21| Maccabeus seeing the coming of the multitude, and the divers preparations of armour, and the fierceness of the beasts, stretched out his hands toward heaven, and called upon the Lord that worketh wonders, knowing that victory cometh not by arms, but even as it seemeth good to him, he giveth it to such as are worthy:
|
||||
22| Therefore in his prayer he said after this manner; O Lord, thou didst send thine angel in the time of Ezekias king of Judea, and didst slay in the host of Sennacherib an hundred fourscore and five thousand:
|
||||
23| Wherefore now also, O Lord of heaven, send a good angel before us for a fear and dread unto them;
|
||||
24| And through the might of thine arm let those be stricken with terror, that come against thy holy people to blaspheme. And he ended thus.
|
||||
25| Then Nicanor and they that were with him came forward with trumpets and songs.
|
||||
26| But Judas and his company encountered the enemies with invocation and prayer.
|
||||
27| So that fighting with their hands, and praying unto God with their hearts, they slew no less than thirty and five thousand men: for through the appearance of God they were greatly cheered.
|
||||
28| Now when the battle was done, returning again with joy, they knew that Nicanor lay dead in his harness.
|
||||
29| Then they made a great shout and a noise, praising the Almighty in their own language.
|
||||
30| And Judas, who was ever the chief defender of the citizens both in body and mind, and who continued his love toward his countrymen all his life, commanded to strike off Nicanor’s head, and his hand with his shoulder, and bring them to Jerusalem.
|
||||
31| So when he was there, and called them of his nation together, and set the priests before the altar, he sent for them that were of the tower,
|
||||
32| And shewed them vile Nicanor’s head, and the hand of that blasphemer, which with proud brags he had stretched out against the holy temple of the Almighty.
|
||||
33| And when he had cut out the tongue of that ungodly Nicanor, he commanded that they should give it by pieces unto the fowls, and hang up the reward of his madness before the temple.
|
||||
34| So every man praised toward the heaven the glorious Lord, saying, Blessed be he that hath kept his own place undefiled.
|
||||
35| He hanged also Nicanor’s head upon the tower, an evident and manifest sign unto all of the help of the Lord.
|
||||
36| And they ordained all with a common decree in no case to let that day pass without solemnity, but to celebrate the thirtieth day of the twelfth month, which in the Syrian tongue is called Adar, the day before Mardocheus’ day.
|
||||
37| Thus went it with Nicanor: and from that time forth the Hebrews had the city in their power. And here will I make an end.
|
||||
38| And if I have done well, and as is fitting the story, it is that which I desired: but if slenderly and meanly, it is that which I could attain unto.
|
||||
|
||||
39| For as it is hurtful to drink wine or water alone; and as wine mingled with water is pleasant, and delighteth the taste: even so speech finely framed delighteth the ears of them that read the story. And here shall be an end.
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#1
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1| And Solomon the son of David was established over his kingdom, and the Lord his God was with him, and increased him exceedingly.
|
||||
2| And Solomon spoke to all Israel, to the captains of thousands, and to the captains of hundreds, and to the judges, and to all the rulers over Israel, even the heads of the families;
|
||||
3| and Solomon and all the congregation went to the high place that was in Gabaon, where was God’s tabernacle of witness, which Moses the servant of the Lord made in the wilderness.
|
||||
4| But David had brought up the ark of God out of the city of Cariathiarim; for David had prepared a place for it, for he had pitched a tabernacle for it in Jerusalem.
|
||||
5| And the brazen altar which Beseleel the son of Urias, the son of Or, had made, was there before the tabernacle of the Lord: and Solomon and the congregation enquired at it.
|
||||
6| And Solomon brought <i>victims</i> thither to the brazen altar that was before the Lord in the tabernacle, and offered upon it a thousand whole-burnt-offerings.
|
||||
7| In that night God appeared to Solomon, and said to him, Ask what I shall give thee.
|
||||
8| And Solomon said to God, Thou hast dealt very mercifully with my father David, and hast made me king in his stead.
|
||||
9| And now, O Lord God, let, I pray thee, thy name be established upon David my father; for thou hast made me king over a people numerous as the dust of the earth.
|
||||
10| Now give me wisdom and understanding, that I may go out and come in before this people: for who shall judge this thy great people?
|
||||
11| And God said to Solomon, Because this was in thy heart, and thou hast not asked great wealth, nor glory, nor the life of thine enemies, and thou hast not asked long life; but hast asked for thyself wisdom and understanding, that thou mightest judge my people, over whom I have made thee king:
|
||||
12| I give thee this wisdom and understanding; and I will give thee wealth, and riches, and glory, so that there shall not have been <i>any</i> like thee among the kings before thee, neither shall there be such after thee.
|
||||
13| And Solomon came from the high place that was in Gabaon to Jerusalem, <i>from</i> before the tabernacle of witness, and reigned over Israel.
|
||||
14| And Solomon collected chariots and horsemen: and he had fourteen hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen: and he set them in the cities of chariots, and the people <i>were</i> with the king in Jerusalem.
|
||||
15| And the king made silver and gold in Jerusalem <i>to be</i> as stones, and cedars in Judea as sycamores in the plain for multitude.
|
||||
16| And Solomon imported horses from Egypt, and the charge of the king’s merchants for going <i>was as follows</i>, and they traded,
|
||||
17| and went and brought out of Egypt a chariot for six hundred <i>pieces</i> of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty <i>pieces</i> of silver: and so they brought for all the kings of the Chettites, and for the kings of Syria by their means.
|
||||
|
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#2
|
||||
1| And Solomon said that he would build a house to the name of the Lord, and a house for his kingdom.
|
||||
2| And Solomon gathered seventy thousand men that bore burdens, and eighty thousand hewers of stone in the mountain, and <i>there were</i> three thousand six hundred superintendents over them.
|
||||
3| And Solomon sent to Chiram king of Tyre, saying, Whereas thou didst deal <i>favourably</i> with David my father, and didst send him cedars to build for himself a house to dwell in,
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4| behold, I also his son am building a house to the name of the Lord my God, to consecrate it to him, to burn incense before him, and <i>to offer</i> shewbread continually, and to offer up whole-burnt-offerings continually morning and evening, and on the sabbaths, and at the new moons, and at the feasts of the Lord our God: this <i>is</i> a perpetual <i>statute</i> for Israel.
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5| And the house which I am building <i>is to be</i> great: for the Lord our God <i>is</i> great beyond all gods.
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6| And who will be able to build him a house? for the heaven and heaven of heavens do not bear his glory: and who am I, that I should build him a house, save only to burn incense before him?
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7| And now send me a man wise and skilled to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and in scarlet, and in blue, and one that knows how to grave together with the craftsmen who are with me in Juda and in Jerusalem, which materials my father David prepared.
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8| And send me from Libanus cedar wood, and wood of juniper, and pine; for I know that thy servants are skilled in cutting timber in Libanus: and, behold, thy servants shall go with my servants,
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9| to prepare timber for me in abundance: for the house which I am building <i>must be</i> great and glorious.
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10| And, behold, I have given freely to thy servants that work and cut the wood, corn for food, <i>even</i> twenty thousand measures of wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand measures of wine, and twenty thousand measures of oil.
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11| And Chiram king of Tyre answered in writing, and sent to Solomon, saying, Because the Lord loved his people, he made thee king over them.
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12| And Chiram said, Blessed <i>be</i> the Lord God of Israel, who made heaven and earth, who has given to king David a wise son, and one endowed with knowledge and understanding, who shall build a house for the Lord, and a house for his kingdom.
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13| And now I have sent thee a wise and understanding man <i>who belonged</i> to Chiram my father
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14| (his mother <i>was</i> of the daughters of Dan, and his father <i>was</i> a Tyrian), skilled to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in stones and wood; and to weave with purple, and blue, and fine linen, and scarlet; and to engrave, and to understand every device, whatsoever thou shalt give him <i>to do</i> with thy craftsmen, and the craftsmen of my lord David thy father.
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15| And now, the wheat, and the barley, and the oil, and the wine which my lord mentioned, let him send to his servants.
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16| And we will cut timber out of Libanus according to all thy need, and we will bring it on rafts to the sea of Joppa, and thou shalt bring it to Jerusalem.
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17| And Solomon gathered all the foreigners that were in the land of Israel, after the numbering with which David his father numbered them; and there were found a hundred and fifty-three thousand six hundred.
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18| And he made of them seventy thousand burden-bearers, and eighty thousand hewers of stone, and three thousand six hundred taskmasters over the people.
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#3
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1| And Solomon began to build the house of the Lord in Jerusalem in the mount of Amoria, where the Lord appeared to his father David, in the place which David had prepared in the threshing-floor of Orna the Jebusite.
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2| And he began to build in the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.
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3| And thus Solomon began to build the house of God: the length in cubits—even the first measurement from end to end, was sixty cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.
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4| And the portico in front of the house, its length in front of the breadth of the house <i>was</i> twenty cubits, and its height a hundred and twenty cubits: and he gilded it within with pure gold.
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5| And he lined the great house with cedar wood, and gilded it with pure gold, and carved upon it palm-trees and chains.
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6| And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty; and he gilded it with gold of the gold from Pharuim.
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7| And he gilded the house, and its <i>inner</i> walls, and the door-posts, and the roofs, and the doors with gold; and he carved cherubs on the walls.
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8| And he built the holy of holies, its length was according to the front <i>of the other house</i>, the breadth of the house <i>was</i> twenty cubits, and the length twenty cubits: and he gilded <i>it</i> with pure gold for cherubs, to <i>the amount of</i> six hundred talents.
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9| And the weight of the nails, <i>even</i> the weight of each was fifty shekels of gold: and he gilded the upper chamber with gold.
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10| And he made two cherubs in the most holy house, wood-work, and he gilded them with gold.
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11| And the wings of the cherubs were twenty cubits in length: and one wing of five cubits touched the wall of the house: and the other wing of five cubits touched the wing of the other cherub.
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12 13| And the wings of these cherubs expanded were of the length of twenty cubits: and they stood upon their feet, and their faces were toward the house.
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14| And he made the vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and wove cherubs in it.
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15| Also he made in front of the house two pillars, in height thirty-five cubits, and their chapters of five cubits.
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16| And he made chains, <i>as</i> in the oracle, and put <i>them</i> on the heads of the pillars; and he made a hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains.
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17| And he set up the pillars in front of the temple, one on the right hand and the other on the left: and he called the name of the one on the right hand ‘Stability,’ and the name of the one on the left ‘Strength.’
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#4
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1| And he made a brazen altar, the length of it twenty cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits, and the height ten cubits.
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2| And he made the molten sea, in diameter ten cubits, entirely round, and the height of it five cubits, and the circumference thirty cubits.
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3| And beneath it the likeness of calves, they compass it round about: ten cubits compass the laver round about, they cast the calves two rows in their casting,
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4| wherein they made them twelve calves, —three looking northwards, and three westwards, and three southwards, and three eastwards: and the sea was upon them above, <i>and</i> their hinder parts were inward.
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5| And its thickness was a hand-breadth, and its brim as the brim of a cup, graven with flowers of lilies, holding three thousand measures: and he finished <i>it</i>.
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6| And he made ten lavers, and set five on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in them the instruments of the whole-burnt-offerings, and to rinse <i>the vessels</i> in them; and the sea <i>was</i> for the priests to wash in.
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7| And he made the ten golden candlesticks according to their pattern, and he put them in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left.
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8| And he made ten tables, and put them in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left: and he made a hundred golden bowls.
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9| Also he made the priests’ court, and the great court, and doors to the court, and their panels <i>were</i> overlaid with brass.
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10| And he set the sea at the corner of the house on the right, as it were fronting the east.
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11| And Chiram made the fleshhooks, and the fire-pans, and the grate of the altar, and all its instruments: and Chiram finished doing all the work which he wrought for king Solomon in the house of God:
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12| two pillars, and upon them an embossed work for the chapiters on the heads of the two pillars, and two nets to cover the heads of the chapiters which are on the heads of the pillars;
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13| and four hundred golden bells for the two nets, and two rows of pomegranates in each net, to cover the two embossed rims of the chapiters which are upon the pillars.
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14| And he made the ten bases, and he made the lavers upon the bases;
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15| and the one sea, and the twelve calves under it;
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16| and the foot-baths, and the buckets, and the caldrons, and the flesh-hooks, and all their furniture (which Chiram made, and brought to king Solomon in the house of the Lord) of pure brass.
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17| In the country round about Jordan the king cast them, in the clay ground in the house of Socchoth, and between <i>that and</i> Saredatha.
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18| So Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance, for the quantity of brass failed not.
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19| And Solomon made all the vessels of the house of the Lord, and the golden altar, and the tables, and upon them <i>were to be</i> the loaves of shewbread;
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20| also the candlesticks, and the lamps to give light according to the pattern, and in front of the oracle, of pure gold.
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21| And their snuffers, and their lamps <i>were made</i>, and <i>he made</i> the bowls, and the censers, and the fire-pans, of pure gold.
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22| And <i>there was</i> the inner door of the house <i>opening</i> into the holy of holies, and <i>he made</i> the inner doors of the temple of gold. So all the work which Solomon wrought for the house of the Lord was finished.
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#5
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1| And Solomon brought in the holy things of his father David, the silver, and the gold, and the <i>other</i> vessels, and put them in the treasury of the house of the Lord.
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2| Then Solomon assembled all the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, <i>even</i> the leaders of the families of the children of Israel, to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the city of David, —this <i>is</i> Sion.
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3| And all Israel were assembled <i>unto</i> the king in the feast, this <i>is</i> the seventh month.
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4| And all the elders of Israel came; and all the Levites took up the ark,
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5| and the tabernacle of witness, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle; and the priests and the Levites brought it up.
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6| And king Solomon, and all the elders of Israel, and the religious of them, and they of them that were gathered before the ark, <i>were</i> sacrificing calves and sheep, which could not be numbered or reckoned for multitude.
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7| And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the Lord into its place, into the oracle of the house, <i>even</i> into the holy of holies, under the wings of the cherubs.
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8| And the cherubs stretched out their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubs covered the ark, and its staves above.
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9| And the staves projected, and the heads of the staves were seen from the holy place in front of the oracle, they were not seen without: and there they were to this day.
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10| There was nothing in the ark except the two tables which Moses placed <i>there</i> in Choreb, which God gave in covenant with the children of Israel, when they went out of the land of Egypt.
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11| And it came to pass, when the priests when out of the holy place, (for all the priests that were found were sanctified, they were not <i>then</i> arranged according to their daily course,)
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12| that all the singing Levites <i>assigned</i> to the sons of Asaph, to Æman, to Idithun, and to his sons, and to his brethren, of them that were clothed in linen garments, with cymbals and lutes and harps, <i>were</i> standing before the altar, and with them a hundred and twenty priests, blowing trumpets.
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13| And there was one voice in the trumpeting and in the psalm-singing, and in the loud utterance with one voice to give thanks and praise the Lord; and when they raised their voice together with trumpets and cymbals, and instruments of music, and said, Give thanks to the Lord, for <i>it is</i> good, for his mercy <i>endures</i> for ever:—then the house was filled with the cloud of the glory of the Lord.
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14| And the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for the glory of the Lord filled the house of God.
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#6
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1| Then said Solomon, The Lord said that he would dwell in thick darkness.
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2| But I have built a house to thy name, holy to thee, and prepared <i>for thee</i> to dwell in for ever.
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3| And the king turned his face, and blessed all the congregation of Israel: and all the congregation of Israel stood by.
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4| And he said, Blessed <i>be</i> the Lord God of Israel: he has even fulfilled with his hands as he spoke with his mouth to my father David, saying,
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5| From the day when I brought up my people out of the land of Egypt, I chose no city of all the tribes of Israel, to build a house that my name should be there; neither did I choose a man to be a leader over my people Israel.
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6| But I chose Jerusalem that my name should be there; and I chose David to be over my people Israel.
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7| And it came into the heart of David my father, to build a house for the name of the Lord God of Israel.
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8| But the Lord said to my father David, Whereas it came into thy heart to build a house for my name, thou didst well that it came into thy heart.
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9| Nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; for thy son who shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house for my name.
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10| And the Lord has confirmed this word, which he spoke; and I am raised up in the room of my father David, and I sit upon the throne of Israel as the Lord said, and I have built the house for the name of the Lord God of Israel:
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11| and I have set there the ark in which <i>is</i> the covenant of the Lord, which he made with Israel.
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12| And he stood before the altar of the Lord in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread out his hands.
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13| For Solomon <i>had</i> made a brazen scaffold, and set it in the midst of the court of the sanctuary; the length of it <i>was</i> five cubits, and the breadth of it five cubits, and the height of it three cubits: and he stood upon it, and fell upon his knees before the whole congregation of Israel, and spread abroad his hands to heaven,
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14| and said, Lord God of Israel, there is no God like thee in heaven, or on the earth; keeping covenant and mercy with thy servants that walk before thee with <i>their</i> whole heart.
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15| Even as thou hast kept <i>them</i> with thy servant David my father, as thou hast spoken to him in words:—thou hast both spoken with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled <i>it</i> with thy hands, as it is this day.
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16| and now, Lord God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father the things which thou spokest to him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man before me sitting on the throne of Israel, if only thy sons will take heed to their way to walk in my law, as thou didst walk before me.
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17| And now, Lord God of Israel, let, I pray thee, thy word be confirmed, which thou hast spoken to thy servant David.
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18| For will God indeed dwell with men upon the earth? if the heaven and the heaven of heavens will not suffice thee, what then is this house which I have built?
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19| Yet thou shalt have respect to the prayer of thy servant, and to my petition, O Lord God, so as to hearken to the petition and the prayer which thy servant prays before thee this day:
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20| so that thine eyes should be open over this house by day and by night, towards this place, whereon thou saidst thy name should be called, so as to hear the prayer which thy servant prays towards this house.
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21| And thou shalt hear the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, whatsoever prayers they shall make towards this place: and thou shalt hearken in thy dwelling-place out of heaven, yea thou shalt hear, and be merciful.
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22| If a man sin against his neighbour, and he bring an oath upon him so as to make him swear, and he come and swear before the altar in this house;
|
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23| then shalt thou hearken out of heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, to recompense the transgressor, and to return his ways upon his head: and to justify the righteous, to recompense him according to his righteousness.
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||||
24| And if thy people Israel should be put to the worse before the enemy, if they should sin against thee, and <i>then</i> turn and confess to thy name, and pray and make supplication before thee in this house;
|
||||
25| then shalt thou hearken out of heaven and shalt be merciful to the sins of thy people Israel, and thou shalt restore them to the land which thou gavest to them and to their fathers.
|
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26| When heaven is restrained, and there is no rain, because they shall have sinned against thee, and <i>when</i> they shall pray towards this place, and praise thy name, and shall turn from their sins, because thou shalt afflict them;
|
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27| then shalt thou hearken from heaven, and thou shalt be merciful to the sins of thy servants, and of thy people Israel; for thou shalt shew them the good way in which they shall walk; and thou shalt send rain upon thy land, which thou gavest to thy people for an inheritance.
|
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28| If there should be famine upon the land, if there should be death, a pestilent wind an blight; if there should be locust and caterpiller, and if the enemy should harass them before their cities: in whatever plague and whatever distress <i>they may be</i>;
|
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29| Then whatever prayer and whatever supplication shall be made by any man and all thy people Israel, if a man should know his own plague and his own sickness, and should spread forth his hands toward this house;
|
||||
30| then shalt thou hear from heaven, out of thy prepared dwelling-place, and shalt be merciful, and shalt recompense to the man according to his ways, as thou shalt know his heart <i>to be</i>; for thou alone knowest the heart of the children of men:
|
||||
31| that they may reverence all thy ways all the days which they live upon the face of the land, which thou gavest to our fathers.
|
||||
32| And every stranger who is not himself of thy people Israel, and who shall have come from a distant land because of thy great name, and thy mighty hand, and thy high arm; when they shall come and worship toward this place; —
|
||||
33| then shalt thou hearken out of heaven, out of thy prepared dwelling-place, and shalt do according to all that the stranger shall call upon thee for; that all the nations of the earth may know thy name, and that they may fear thee, as thy people Israel <i>do</i>, and that they may know that thy name is called upon this house which I have built.
|
||||
34| And if thy people shall go forth to war against their enemies by the way by which thou shalt send them, and shall pray to thee toward this city which thou hast chosen, and <i>toward</i> the house which I have built to thy name;
|
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35| then shalt thou hear out of heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
|
||||
36| Whereas if they shall sin against thee, (for there is no man who will not sin,) and thou shalt smite them, and deliver them up before their enemies, and they that take them captive shall carry them away into a land of enemies, to a land far off or near;
|
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37| and <i>if</i> they shall repent in their land whither they were carried captive, and shall also turn and make supplication to thee in their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have transgressed, we have wrought unrighteously;
|
||||
38| and <i>if</i> they shall turn to thee with all their heart and all their soul in the land of them that carried them captives, whither they carried them captives, and shall pray toward their land which thou gavest to their fathers, and the city which thou didst choose, and the house which I built to thy name:—
|
||||
39| then shalt thou hear out of heaven, out of thy prepared dwelling-place, their prayer and their supplication, and thou shalt execute justice, and shalt be merciful to thy people that sin against thee.
|
||||
40| And now, Lord, let, I pray thee, thine eyes be opened, and thine ears be attentive to the petition <i>made in</i> this place.
|
||||
41| And now, O Lord God, arise into thy resting-place, thou, and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O Lord God, clothe themselves with salvation, and thy sons rejoice in prosperity.
|
||||
42| O Lord God, turn not away the face of thine anointed: remember the mercies of thy servant David.
|
||||
|
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#7
|
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1| And when Solomon had finished praying, then the fire came down from heaven, and devoured the whole-burnt-offerings and the sacrifices; and the glory of the Lord filled the house.
|
||||
2| And the priests could not enter into the house of the Lord at that time, for the glory of the Lord filled the house.
|
||||
3| And all the children of Israel saw the fire descending, and the glory of the Lord was upon the house: and they fell upon their face to the ground on the pavement, and worshipped, and praised the Lord; for <i>it is</i> good <i>to do so</i>, because his mercy <i>endures</i> for ever.
|
||||
4| And the king and all the people <i>were</i> offering sacrifices before the Lord.
|
||||
5| And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of calves twenty and two thousand, of sheep a hundred and twenty thousand: so the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.
|
||||
6| And the priests were standing at their watches, and the Levites with instruments of music of the Lord, belonging to king David, to give thanks before the Lord, for his mercy <i>endures</i> for ever, with the hymns of David, by their ministry: and the priests were blowing the trumpets before them, and all Israel standing.
|
||||
7| And Solomon consecrated the middle of the court that was in the house of the Lord: for he offered there the whole-burnt-offerings and the fat of the peace-offerings, for the brazen altar which Solomon had made was not sufficient to receive the whole-burnt-offerings, and the meat-offerings, and the fat.
|
||||
8| And Solomon kept the feast at that time seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great assembly, from the entering in of Æmath, and as far as the river of Egypt.
|
||||
9| And on the eighth day he kept a solemn assembly: for he kept a feast of seven days as the dedication of the altar.
|
||||
10| And on the twenty-third day of the seventh month he dismissed the people to their tents, rejoicing, and with a glad heart because of the good deeds which the Lord had done to David, and to Solomon, and to Israel his people.
|
||||
11| So Solomon finished the house of the Lord, and the king’s house: and in whatever Solomon wished in his heart to do in the house of the Lord and in his own house, he prospered.
|
||||
12| And the Lord appeared to Solomon by night, and said to him, I have heard thy prayer, and I have chosen this place to myself for a house of sacrifice.
|
||||
13| If I should restrain the heaven and there should be no rain, and if I should command the locust to devour the trees, and if I should send pestilence upon my people;
|
||||
14| then if my people, on whom my name is called, should repent, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their evil ways, I also will hear from heaven, and I will be merciful to their sins, and I will heal their land.
|
||||
15| And now my eyes shall be open, and my ears attentive to the prayer of this place.
|
||||
16| And now I have chosen and sanctified this house, that my name should be there for ever: and my eyes and my heart shall be there always.
|
||||
17| And if thou wilt walk before me as David thy father <i>did</i>, and wilt do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my ordinances and my judgments;
|
||||
18| then will I establish the throne of thy kingdom, as I covenanted with David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man ruling in Israel.
|
||||
19| But if ye should turn away, and forsake my ordinances and my commandments, which I have set before you, and go and serve other gods, and worship them;
|
||||
20| then will I remove you from the land which I gave them; and this house which I have consecrated to my name I will remove out of my sight, and I will make it a proverb and a by-word among all nations.
|
||||
21| And <i>as for</i> this lofty house, every one that passes by it shall be amazed, and shall say, Wherefore has the Lord done <i>thus</i> to this land, and to this house?
|
||||
22| And <i>men</i> shall say, Because they forsook the Lord God of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and they attached themselves to other gods, and worshipped them, and served them: and therefore he has brought upon them all this evil.
|
||||
|
||||
#8
|
||||
1| And it came to pass after twenty years, in which Solomon built the house of the Lord, and his own house,
|
||||
2| that Solomon rebuilt the cities which Chiram had given to Solomon, and caused the children of Israel to dwell in them.
|
||||
3| And Solomon came to Baesoba, and fortified it.
|
||||
4| And he built Thoedmor in the wilderness, and all the strong cities which he built in Emath.
|
||||
5| And he built Baethoron the upper, and Baethoron the lower, strong cities, —they had walls, gates, and bars;
|
||||
6| and Balaath, and all the strong cities which Solomon had, and all his chariot cities, and cities of horsemen, and all things that Solomon desired according to his desire of building, in Jerusalem, and in Libanus, and in all his kingdom.
|
||||
7| <i>As for</i> all the people that was left of the Chettites, and the Amorites, and the Pherezites, and the Evites, and the Jebusites, who are not of Israel,
|
||||
8| but were of the children of them whom the children Israel destroyed not, that were left after them in the land, even them did Solomon make tributaries to this day.
|
||||
9| But Solomon did not make any of the children of Israel servants in his kingdom; for, behold, <i>they were</i> warriors and rulers, and mighty <i>men</i>, and captains of chariots and horsemen.
|
||||
10| And these are the chiefs of the officers of king Solomon, two hundred and fifty overseeing the work among the people.
|
||||
11| And Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharao from the city of David to the house which he had built for her: for he said, My wife shall not dwell in the city of David, the king of Israel, for <i>the place</i> is holy into which the ark of the Lord has entered.
|
||||
12| Then Solomon offered up to the Lord whole-burnt-offerings on the altar which he had built to the Lord before the temple,
|
||||
13| according to the daily rate, to offer up <i>sacrifices</i> according to the commandments of Moses, on the sabbaths, and at the new moons, and at the feasts, three times in the year, at the feast of unleavened bread, and at the feast of weeks, and at the feast of tabernacles.
|
||||
14| And he established, according to the order of his father David, the courses of the priests, and <i>that</i> according to their public ministrations: and the Levites <i>were appointed</i> over their charges, to praise and minister before the priests according to the daily order: and the porters were appointed according to their courses to the different gates: for thus <i>were</i> the commandments of David the man of God.
|
||||
15| They transgressed not the commandments of the king concerning the priests and the Levites with regard to everything else, and with regard to the treasures.
|
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16| Now all the work had been prepared from the day when the foundation was laid, until Solomon finished the house of the Lord.
|
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17| Then Solomon went to Gasion Gaber, and to Ælath near the sea in the land of Idumea.
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18| And Chiram sent by the hand of his servants ships, and servants skilled in naval affairs; and they went with the servants of Solomon to Sophira, and brought thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and they came to king Solomon.
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#9
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1| And the queen of Saba heard <i>of</i> the name of Solomon, and she came to Jerusalem with a very large force, to prove Solomon with hard questions, and <i>she had</i> camels bearing spices in abundance, and gold, and precious stones: and she came to Solomon, and told him all that was in her mind.
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2| And Solomon told her all her words; and there passed not a word from Solomon which he told her not.
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3| And the queen of Saba saw the wisdom of Solomon, and the house which he had built,
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4| and the meat of the tables, and the sitting of his servants, and the standing of his ministers, and their raiment; and his cupbearers, and their apparel; and the whole-burnt-offerings which he offered up in the house of the Lord; then she was in ecstasy.
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5| And she said to the king, <i>It was</i> a true report which I heard in my land concerning thy words, and concerning thy wisdom.
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6| Yet I believed not the reports until I came, and my eyes saw: and, behold, the half of the abundance of thy wisdom was not told me: thou hast exceeded the report which I heard.
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7| Blessed <i>are</i> thy men, blessed <i>are</i> these thy servants, who stand before thee continually, and hear thy wisdom.
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8| Blessed be the Lord thy God, who took pleasure in thee, to set thee upon his throne for a king, to the Lord thy God: forasmuch as the Lord thy God loved Israel to establish them for ever, therefore he has set thee over them for a king to execute judgment and justice.
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9| And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and spices in very great abundance, and precious stones: and there were not <i>any where else</i> such spices as those which the queen of Saba gave king Solomon.
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10| And the servants of Solomon and the servants of Chiram brought gold to Solomon out of Suphir, and pine timber, and precious stones.
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11| And the king made of the pine timber steps to the house of the Lord, and to the king’s house, and harps and lutes for the singers: and such were not seen before in the land of Juda.
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12| And king Solomon gave to the queen of Saba all that she requested, besides all that she brought to king Solomon: and she returned to her <i>own</i> land.
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13| And the weight of the gold that was brought to Solomon in one year was six hundred and sixty-six talents of gold,
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14| besides what the men who were regularly appointed and the merchants brought, and all the kings of Arabia and princes of the land: all brought gold and silver to king Solomon.
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15| And king Solomon made two hundred shields of beaten gold: there were six hundred <i>shekels</i> of pure gold to one shield.
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16| And three hundred buckles of beaten gold: <i>the weight</i> of three hundred gold shekels went to one buckler: and the king placed them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
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17| And the king made a great throne of ivory, and he gilded it with pure gold.
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18| And <i>there were</i> six steps to the throne, riveted with gold, and elbows on either side of the seat of the throne, and two lions standing by the elbows:
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19| and twelve lions standing there on the six steps on each side. There was not the like in any <i>other</i> kingdom.
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20| And all king Solomon’s vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were covered with gold: silver was not thought anything of in the days of Solomon.
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21| For a ship went for the king to Tharsis with the servants of Chiram: once every three years came vessels from Tharsis to the king, laden with gold, and silver, and ivory, and apes.
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22| And Solomon exceeded all <i>other</i> kings both in riches and wisdom.
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23| And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
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24| And they brought every one his gifts, silver vessels and golden vessels, and raiment, myrrh and spices, horses and mules, a rate every year.
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25| And Solomon had four thousand mares for chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen; and he put them in the chariot cities, and with the king in Jerusalem.
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26| And he rules over all the kings from the river even to the land of the Philistines, and to the borders of Egypt.
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27| And the king made gold and silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars as the sycamore trees in the plain for abundance.
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28| And Solomon imported horses from Egypt, and from every <i>other</i> country.
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29| And the rest of the acts of Solomon, the first and the last, behold, these are written in the words of Nathan the prophet, and in the words of Achia the Selonite, and in the visions of Joel the seer concerning Jeroboam the son of Nabat.
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30| And Solomon reigned over all Israel forty years.
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31| And Solomon fell asleep, and they buried him in the city of David his father: and Roboam his son reigned in his stead.
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#10
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1| And Roboam came to Sychem: for all Israel came to Sychem to make him king.
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2| And it came to pass when Jeroboam the son of Nabat heard <i>it</i>, (now he was in Egypt, forasmuch as he had fled thither from the face of king Solomon, and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt,)that Jeroboam returned out of Egypt.
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3| And they sent and called him: and Jeroboam and all the congregation came to Roboam, saying,
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4| Thy father made our yoke grievous: now then abate <i>somewhat</i> of thy father’s grievous rule, and of his heavy yoke which he put upon us, and we will serve thee.
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5| And he said to them, Go away for three days, and <i>then</i> come to me. So the people departed.
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6| And king Roboam assembled the elders that stood before his father Solomon in his life-time, saying, How do ye counsel <i>me</i> to return an answer to this people?
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7| And they spoke to him, saying, If thou wouldest this day befriend this people, and be kind to them, and speak to them good words, then will they be thy servants for ever.
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8| But he forsook the advice of the old men, who took counsel with him, and he took counsel with the young men who had been brought up with him, who stood before him.
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9| And he said to them, What do ye advise that I should answer this people, who spoke to me, saying, Ease <i>somewhat</i> of the yoke which thy father laid upon us?
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10| And the young men that had been brought up with him spoke to him, saying, Thus shalt thou speak to the people that spoke to thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, and do thou lighten <i>somewhat of it</i> from us; thus shalt thou say, My little finger <i>shall be</i> thicker than my father’s loins.
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11| And whereas my father chastised you with a heavy yoke, I will also add to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, and I will chastise you with scorpions.
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12| And Jeroboam and all the people came to Roboam on the third day, as the king had spoken, saying, Return to me on the third day.
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13| And the king answered harshly; and king Roboam forsook the counsel of the old men,
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14| and spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to it: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
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15| And the king hearkened not to the people, for there was a change <i>of their minds</i> from God, saying, The Lord has confirmed his word, which he spoke by the hand of Achia the Selonite concerning Jeroboam the son of Nabat, and <i>concerning</i> all Israel;
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16| for the king did not hearken to them. And the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David, or inheritance in the son of Jessae? to thy tents, O Israel: now see to thine own house, David. So all Israel went to their tents.
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17| But the men of Israel, even those who dwelt in the cities of Juda, <i>remained</i> and made Roboam king over them.
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18| And king Roboam sent to them Adoniram that was over the tribute; and the children of Israel stoned him with stones, and he died. And king Roboam hasted to mount <i>his</i> chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.
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19| So Israel rebelled against the house of David until this day.
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#11
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1| And Roboam came to Jerusalem; and he assembled Juda and Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand young men fit for war, and he waged war with Israel to recover the kingdom to Roboam.
|
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2| And the Word of the Lord came to Samaias the man of God, saying,
|
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3| Speak to Roboam the <i>son</i> of Solomon, and to all Juda and Benjamin, saying,
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4| Thus saith the Lord, Ye shall not go up, and ye shall not war against your brethren: return every one to his home; for this thing is of me. And they hearkened to the word of the Lord, and returned from going against Jeroboam.
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5| And Roboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and he built walled cities in Judea.
|
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6| And he built Bethleem, and Ætan and Thecoe,
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7| and Baethsura, and Sochoth, and Odollam,
|
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8| and Geth, and Marisa, and Ziph,
|
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9| and Adorai, and Lachis, and Azeca,
|
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10| and Saraa, and Ælom, and Chebron, which belong to Juda and Benjamin, walled cities.
|
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11| And he fortified them with walls, and placed in them captains, and stores of provisions, oil and wine,
|
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12| shields and spears in every several city, and he fortified them very strongly, and he had on his side Juda and Benjamin.
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13| And the priests and the Levites who were in all Israel were gathered to him out of all the coasts.
|
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14| For the Levites left the tents of their possession, and went to Juda to Jerusalem, because Jeroboam and his sons had ejected them so that they should not minister to the Lord.
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15| And he made for himself priests of the high places, and for the idols, and for the vanities, and for the calves which Jeroboam made.
|
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16| And he cast out from the tribes of Israel those who set their heart to seek the Lord God of Israel: and they came to Jerusalem, to sacrifice to the Lord God of their fathers.
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17| And they strengthened the kingdom of Juda; and <i>Juda</i> strengthened Roboam the <i>son</i> of Solomon for three years, for he walked three years in the ways of David and Solomon.
|
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18| And Roboam took to himself for a wife, Moolath daughter of Jerimuth the son of David, and Abigaia daughter of Heliab the son of Jessae.
|
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19| And she bore him sons; Jeus, and Samoria, and Zaam.
|
||||
20| And afterwards he took to himself Maacha the daughter of Abessalom; and she bore him Abia, and Jetthi, and Zeza, and Salemoth.
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21| And Roboam loved Maacha the daughter of Abessalom more than all his wives and all his concubines: for he had eighteen wives and sixty concubines; and he begot twenty-eight sons, and sixty daughters.
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22| And he made Abia the son of Maacha chief, <i>even</i> a leader among his brethren, for he intended to make him king.
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23| And he was exalted beyond all his <i>other</i> sons in all the coasts of Juda and Benjamin, and in the strong cities; and he gave them provisions in great abundance: and he desired many wives.
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|
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#12
|
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1| And it came to pass when the kingdom of Roboam was established, and when he had grown strong, <i>that</i> he forsook the commandments of the Lord, and all Israel with him.
|
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2| And it came to pass in the fifth year of the reign of Roboam, Susakim king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had sinned against the Lord,
|
||||
3| with twelve hundred chariots, and sixty thousand horses: and there was no number of the multitude that came with him from Egypt; Libyans, Trogodytes, and Ethiopians.
|
||||
4| And they obtained possession of the strong cities, which were in Juda, and came to Jerusalem.
|
||||
5| And Samaias the prophet came to Roboam, and to the princes of Juda that were gathered to Jerusalem for fear of Susakim, and said to them, Thus said the Lord, Ye have left me, and I will leave you in the hand of Susakim.
|
||||
6| And the elders of Israel and the king were ashamed, and said, The Lord <i>is</i> righteous.
|
||||
7| And when the Lord saw that they repented, then came the word of the Lord to Samaias, saying, They have repented; I will not destroy them, but I will set them in safety for a little while, and my wrath shall not be poured out on Jerusalem.
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||||
8| Nevertheless they shall be servants, and know my service, and the service of the kings of the earth.
|
||||
9| So Susakim king of Egypt went up against Jerusalem, and took the treasures that were in the house of the Lord, and the treasures that were in the king’s house: he took all; and he took the golden shields which Solomon had made.
|
||||
10| And king Roboam made brazen shields instead of them. And Susakim set over him captains of footmen, as keepers of the gate of the king.
|
||||
11| And it came to pass, when the king went into the house of the Lord, the guards and the footmen went in, and they that returned to meet the footmen.
|
||||
12| And when he repented, the anger of the Lord turned from him, and did not destroy him utterly; for there were good things in Juda.
|
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13| So king Roboam strengthened <i>himself</i> in Jerusalem, and reigned: and Roboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, in the city which the Lord chose out of all the tribes of the children of Israel to call his name there: and his mother’s name was Noomma the Ammanitess.
|
||||
14| And he did evil, for he directed not his heart to seek the Lord.
|
||||
15| And the acts of Roboam, the first and the last, behold, are they not written in the book of Samaia the prophet, and Addo the seer, with his achievements.
|
||||
16| And Roboam made war with Jeroboam all <i>his</i> days. And Roboam died with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Abia his son reigned in his stead.
|
||||
|
||||
#13
|
||||
1| In the eighteenth year of the reign of Jeroboam Abia began to reign over Juda.
|
||||
2| He reigned three years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name <i>was</i> Maacha, daughter of Uriel of Gabaon. And there was war between Abia and Jeroboam.
|
||||
3| And Abia set the battle in array with an army, with mighty men of war, <i>even</i> four hundred thousand mighty men: and Jeroboam set the battle in array against him with eight hundred thousand, <i>they were</i> mighty warriors of the host.
|
||||
4| And Abia rose up from the mount Somoron, which is in mount Ephraim, and said, Hear ye, Jeroboam, and all Israel:
|
||||
5| <i>Is it</i> not for you to know that the Lord God of Israel has given a king over Israel for ever to David, and to his sons, by a covenant of salt?
|
||||
6| But Jeroboam the <i>son</i> of Nabat, the servant of Solomon <i>the son</i> of David, is risen up, and has revolted from his master:
|
||||
7| and there are gathered to him pestilent men, transgressors, and he has risen up against Roboam the <i>son</i> of Solomon, while Roboam was young and fearful in heart, and he withstood him not.
|
||||
8| And now ye profess to resist the kingdom of the Lord in the hand of the sons of David; and ye <i>are</i> a great multitude, and with you are golden calves, which Jeroboam made you for gods.
|
||||
9| Did ye not cast out the priests of the Lord, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and make to yourselves priests of the people of any <i>other</i> land? whoever came to consecrate himself with a calf of the heard and seven rams, he forthwith became a priest to that which is no god.
|
||||
10| But we have not forsaken the Lord our God, and his priests, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, minister to the Lord; and in their daily courses
|
||||
11| they sacrifice to the Lord whole-burnt-offering, morning and evening, and compound incense, and <i>set</i> the shewbread on the pure table; and <i>there is</i> the golden candlestick, and the lamps for burning, to light in the evening: for we keep the charge of the Lord God of our fathers; but ye have forsaken him.
|
||||
12| And, behold, the Lord and his priests are with us at our head, and the signal trumpets to sound an alarm over us. Children of Israel, fight not against the Lord God of our fathers; for ye shall not prosper.
|
||||
13| Now Jeroboam had caused an ambush to come round upon him from behind: and he <i>himself</i> was before Juda, and the ambush behind.
|
||||
14| And Juda looked back, and, behold, the battle <i>was</i> against them before and behind: and they cried to the Lord, and the priests sounded with the trumpets.
|
||||
15| And the men of Juda shouted: and it came to pass, when the men of Juda shouted, that the Lord smote Jeroboam and Israel before Abia and Juda.
|
||||
16| And the children of Israel fled from before Juda; and the Lord delivered them into their hands.
|
||||
17| And Abia and his people smote them with a great slaughter: and there fell slain of Israel five hundred thousand mighty men.
|
||||
18| So the children of Israel were brought low in that day, and the children of Juda prevailed, because they trusted on the Lord God of their fathers.
|
||||
19| And Abia pursued after Jeroboam, and he took from him the cities, Baethel and her towns, and Jesyna and her towns, and Ephron and her towns.
|
||||
20| And Jeroboam did not recover strength again all the days of Abia: and the Lord smote him, and he died.
|
||||
21| But Abia strengthened himself, and took to himself fourteen wives, and he begot twenty-two sons, and sixteen daughters.
|
||||
22| And the rest of the acts of Abia, and his deeds, and his sayings, are written in the book of the prophet Addo.
|
||||
|
||||
#14
|
||||
1| And Abia died with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David; and Asa his son reigned in his stead. In the days of Asa the land of Juda had rest ten years.
|
||||
2| And he did that which was good and right in the sight of the Lord his God.
|
||||
3| And he removed the altars of the strange <i>gods</i>, and the high places, and broke the pillars in pieces, and cut down the groves:
|
||||
4| and he told Juda to seek earnestly the Lord God of their fathers, and to perform the law and commandments.
|
||||
5| And he removed from all the cities of Juda the altars and the idols, and established in quietness
|
||||
6| fortified cities in the land of Juda; for the land was quiet, and he had no war in these years; for the Lord gave him rest.
|
||||
7| And he said to Juda, Let us fortify these cities, and make walls, and towers, and gates, and bars: we shall prevail over the land, for as we have sought out the Lord our God, he has sought out us, and has given us rest round about, and prospered us.
|
||||
8| And Asa had a force of armed men bearing shields and spears in the land of Juda, <i>even</i> three hundred thousand, and in the land of Benjamin two hundred and eighty thousand targeteers and archers: all these were mighty warriors.
|
||||
9| And Zare the Ethiopian went out against them, with a force of a million, and three hundred chariots; and came to Maresa.
|
||||
10| And Asa went out to meet him, and set the battle in array in the valley north of Maresa.
|
||||
11| And Asa cried to the Lord his God, and said, O Lord, it is not impossible with thee to save by many or by few: strengthen us, O Lord our God; for we trust in thee, and in thy name have we come against this great multitude. O Lord our God, let not man prevail against thee.
|
||||
12| And the Lord smote the Ethiopians before Juda; and the Ethiopians fled.
|
||||
13| And Asa and his people pursued them to Gedor; and the Ethiopians fell, so that they could not recover themselves; for they were crushed before the Lord, and before his host; and they took many spoils.
|
||||
14| And they destroyed their towns roundabout Gedor; for a terror of the Lord was upon them: and they spoiled all their cities, for they had much spoil.
|
||||
15| Also they destroyed the tents of cattle, and the Alimazons, and took many sheep and camels, and returned to Jerusalem.
|
||||
|
||||
#15
|
||||
1| And Azarias the son of Oded—upon him came the Spirit of the Lord,
|
||||
2| and he went out to meet Asa, and all Juda and Benjamin, and said, Hear me, Asa, and all Juda and Benjamin. The Lord <i>is</i> with you, while ye are with him; and if ye seek him out, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.
|
||||
3| And Israel <i>has been</i> a long time without the true God, and without a priest to expound <i>the truth</i>, and without the law.
|
||||
4| But he shall turn them to the Lord God of Israel, and he will be found of them.
|
||||
5| And in that time there is no peace to one going out, or to one coming in, for the terror of the Lord is upon all that inhabit the lands.
|
||||
6| And nation shall fight against nation, and city against city; for God has confounded them with every <i>kind of</i> affliction.
|
||||
7| But be ye strong, and let not your hands be weakened: for there is a reward for your work.
|
||||
8| And when <i>Asa</i> heard these words, and the prophesy of Adad the prophet, then he strengthened himself, and cast out the abominations from all the land of Juda and Benjamin, and from the cities which Jeroboam possessed, in mount Ephraim, and he renewed the altar of the Lord, which was before the temple of the Lord.
|
||||
9| And he assembled Juda and Benjamin, and the strangers that dwelt with him, of Ephraim, and of Manasse, and of Symeon: for many of Israel were joined to him, when they saw that the Lord his God was with him.
|
||||
10| And they assembled at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.
|
||||
11| And he sacrificed to the Lord in that day of the spoils which they brought, seven hundred calves and seven thousand sheep.
|
||||
12| And he entered into a covenant that they should seek the Lord God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul.
|
||||
13| And that whoever should not seek the Lord God of Israel, should die, whether young or old, whether man or woman.
|
||||
14| And they swore to the Lord with a loud voice, and with trumpets, and with cornets.
|
||||
15| And all Juda rejoiced concerning the oath: for they swore with all their heart, and they sought him with all their desires; and he was found of them: and the Lord gave them rest round about.
|
||||
16| And he removed Maacha his mother from being priestess to Astarte; and he cut down the idol, and burnt it in the brook of Kedron.
|
||||
17| Nevertheless they removed not the high places: they still existed in Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.
|
||||
18| And he brought in the holy things of David his father, and the holy things of the house of God, silver, and gold, and vessels.
|
||||
19| And there was no war <i>waged</i> with him until the thirty-fifth year of the reign of Asa.
|
||||
|
||||
#16
|
||||
1| And in the thirty-eighth year of the reign of Asa, the king of Israel went up against Juda, and built Rama, so as not to allow egress or ingress to Asa king of Juda.
|
||||
2| And Asa took silver and gold out of the treasures of the house of the Lord, and of the king’s house, and sent <i>them</i> to the son of Ader king of Syria, which dwelt in Damascus, saying,
|
||||
3| Make a covenant between me and thee, and between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent thee gold and silver: come, and turn away from me Baasa king of Israel, and let him depart from me.
|
||||
4| And the son of Ader hearkened to king Asa, and sent the captains of his host against the cities of Israel; and smote Æon, and Dan, and Abelmain, and all the country round Nephthali.
|
||||
5| And it came to pass when Baasa heard <i>it</i> he left off building Rama, and put a stop to his work:
|
||||
6| then king Asa took all Juda, and took the stones of Rama, and its timber, <i>with</i> which Baasa <i>had</i> built; and he built with them Gabae and Maspha.
|
||||
7| And at that time came Anani the prophet to Asa king of Juda, and said to him, Because thou didst trust on the king of Syria, and didst not trust on the Lord thy God, therefore the army of Syria is escaped out of thy hand.
|
||||
8| Were not the Ethiopians and Libyans a great force, in courage, in horsemen, in great numbers? and did not He deliver them into thy hands, because thou trustedst in the Lord?
|
||||
9| For the eyes of the Lord look upon all the earth, to strengthen every heart that is perfect toward him. In this thou hast done foolishly; henceforth there shall be war with thee.
|
||||
10| And Asa was angry with the prophet, and put him in prison, for he was angry at this: and Asa vexed some of the people at that time.
|
||||
11| And, behold, the acts of Asa, the first and the last, <i>are</i> written in the book of the kings of Juda and Israel.
|
||||
12| And Asa was diseased <i>in</i> his feet in the thirty-ninth year of his reign, until he was very ill: but in his disease he sought not to the Lord, but to the physicians.
|
||||
13| And Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the fortieth year of his reign.
|
||||
14| And they buried him in the sepulchre which he had dug for himself in the city of David, and they laid him on a bed, and filled <i>it</i> with spices and <i>all</i> kinds of perfumes of the apothecaries; and they made for him a very great funeral.
|
||||
|
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#17
|
||||
1| And Josaphat his son reigned in his stead, Josaphat strengthened himself against Israel.
|
||||
2| And he put garrisons in all the strong cities of Juda, and appointed captains in all the cities of Juda, and in the cities of Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken.
|
||||
3| And the Lord was with Josaphat, for he walked in the first ways of his father, and did not seek to idols;
|
||||
4| but he sought to the Lord God of his father, and walked in the commandments of his father, and not according to the works of Israel.
|
||||
5| And the Lord prospered the kingdom in his hand; and all Juda gave gifts to Josaphat; and he had great wealth and glory.
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6| And his heart was exalted in the way of the Lord; and he removed the high places and the groves from the land of Juda.
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7| And in the third year of his reign, he sent his chief men, and his mighty men, Abdias and Zacharias, and Nathanael, and Michaias, to teach in the cities of Juda.
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8| And with them <i>were</i> the Levites, Samaias, and Nathanias, and Zabdias, and Asiel, and Semiramoth, and Jonathan, and Adonias, and Tobias, and Tobadonias, Levites, and with them Elisama and Joram, the priests.
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9| And they taught in Juda, and <i>there was</i> with them the book of the law of the Lord, and they passed through the cities of Juda, and taught the people.
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10| And a terror of the Lord was upon all the kingdoms of the land round about Juda, and they made no war against Josaphat.
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11| And <i>some</i> of the Philistines brought to Josaphat gifts, and silver, and presents; and the Arabians brought him seven thousand seven hundred rams.
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12| And Josaphat increased in greatness exceedingly, and built in Judea places of abode, and strong cities.
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13| And he had many works in Judea: and the mighty men of war, <i>the men</i> of strength, <i>were</i> in Jerusalem.
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14| And this <i>is</i> their number according to the houses of their fathers; even the captains of thousands in Juda <i>were</i>, Ednas the chief, and with him mighty men of strength three hundred thousand.
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15| And after him, Joanan the captain, and with him two hundred eighty thousand.
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16| And after him Amasias the <i>son</i> of Zari, who was zealous for the Lord; and with him two hundred thousand mighty men of strength.
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17| And out of Benjamin <i>there was</i> a mighty man of strength, even Eliada, and with him two hundred thousand archers and targeteers.
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18| And after him Jozabad, and with him a hundred and eighty thousand mighty men of war.
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19| These were the king’s servants besides those whom the king put in the strong cities in all Judea.
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#18
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1| And Josaphat had yet great wealth and glory, and he connected himself by marriage with the house of Achaab.
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2| And he went down after a term of years to Achaab to Samaria: and Achaab slew for him sheep and calves, in abundance, and for the people with him, and he much desired him to go up with him to Ramoth of the country of Galaad.
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3| And Achaab king of Israel said to Josaphat king of Juda, Wilt thou go with me to Ramoth of the country of Galaad? And he said to him, As I <i>am</i>, so also <i>art</i> thou, as thy people, <i>so</i> also <i>is</i> my people with thee for the war.
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4| And Josaphat said to the king of Israel, Seek, I pray thee, the Lord to-day.
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5| And the king of Israel gathered the prophets, four hundred men, and said to them, Shall I go to Ramoth Galaad to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up, and God shall deliver <i>it</i> into the hands of the king.
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6| And Josaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the Lord besides, that we may enquire of him?
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7| And the king of Israel said to Josaphat, There is yet one man by whom to enquire of the Lord; but I hate him, for he does not prophesy concerning me for good, for all his days <i>are</i> for evil: this <i>is</i> Michaias the son of Jembla. And Josaphat said, Let not the king say so.
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8| And the king called an eunuch, and said, <i>Fetch</i> quickly Michaias the son of Jembla.
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9| And the king of Israel and Josaphat king of Juda were sitting each on his throne, and clothed in their robes, sitting in the open space at the entrance of the gate of Samaria: and all the prophets were prophesying before them.
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10| And Sedekias son of Chanaan made for himself iron horns, and said, Thus saith the Lord, With these thou shalt thrust Syria until it be consumed.
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11| And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramoth Galaad, and thou shalt prosper; and the Lord shall deliver it into the hands of the king.
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12| And the messenger that went to call Michaias spoke to him, saying, Behold, the prophets have spoken favourably concerning the king with one mouth; let now, I pray thee, thy words be as <i>the words</i> of one of them, and do thou speak good things.
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13| And Michaias said, <i>As</i> the Lord lives, whatever God shall say to me, that will I speak.
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14| And he came to the king, and the king said to him, Michaias, shall I go up to Ramoth Galaad to battle, or shall I forbear? And he said, Go up, and thou shalt prosper, and they shall be given into your hands.
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15| And the king said to him, How often shall I solemnly charge thee that thou speak to me nothing but truth in the name of the Lord?
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16| And he said, I saw Israel scattered on the mountains, as sheep without a shepherd: and the Lord said, These have no commander; let each return to his home in peace.
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17| And the king of Israel said to Josaphat, Said I not to thee, that he would not prophesy concerning me good, but evil?
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18| But he said, Not so. Hear ye the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven stood by on his right hand and on his left.
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19| And the Lord said, Who will deceive Achaab king of Israel, that he may go up, and fall in Ramoth Galaad? And one spoke this way, and another spoke that way.
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20| And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the Lord, and said, I will deceive him. And the Lord said, Whereby?
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21| And he said, I will go forth, and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And <i>the Lord</i> said, Thou shalt deceive <i>him</i>, and shalt prevail: go forth, and do so.
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22| And now, behold, the Lord has put a false spirit in the mouth of these thy prophets, and the Lord has spoken evil against thee.
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23| Then Sedekias the son of Chanaan drew near, and smote Michaias on the cheek, and said to him, By what way passed the Spirit of the Lord from me to speak to thee?
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24| And Michaias said, Behold, thou shalt see in that day, when thou shalt go from chamber to chamber to hide thyself.
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25| And the king of Israel said, Take Michaias, and carry him back to Emer the governor of the city, and to Joas the captain, the king’s son;
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26| and ye shall say, Thus said the king, Put this fellow into the prison house, and let him eat the bread of affliction, and <i>drink</i> the water of affliction, until I return in peace.
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27| And Michaias said, If thou do at all return in peace, the Lord has not spoken by me. And he said, Hear, all ye people.
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28| So the king of Israel, and Josaphat king of Juda, went up to Ramoth Galaad.
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29| And the king of Israel said to Josaphat, Disguise me, and I will enter into the battle: and do thou put on my raiment. so the king of Israel disguised himself, and entered into the battle.
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30| Now the king of Syria had commanded the captains of the chariots that were with him, saying, Fight neither against small nor great, but only against the king of Israel.
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31| And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Josaphat, that they said, It is the king of Israel: and they compassed him about to fight against him: and Josaphat cried out, and the Lord delivered him; and God turned them away from him.
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32| And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned away from him.
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33| And a man drew a bow with a good aim, and smote the king of Israel between the lungs and the breast-plate: and he said to the charioteer, Turn thine hand, drive me out of the battle, for I am wounded.
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34| And the battle turned in that day; and the king of Israel remained on the chariot against Syria until evening, and died at sunset.
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#19
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1| And Josaphat king of Juda returned to his house at Jerusalem.
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2| And there went out to meet him Jeu the prophet the son of Anani, and said to him, King Josaphat, doest thou help a sinner, or act friendly towards one hated of the Lord? Therefore has wrath come upon thee from the Lord.
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3| Nevertheless <i>some</i> good things have been found in thee, forasmuch as thou didst remove the groves from the land of Juda, and didst direct thine heart to seek after the Lord.
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4| And Josaphat dwelt in Jerusalem: and he again went out among the people from Bersabee to the mount of Ephraim, and turned them back to the Lord God of their fathers.
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5| And he appointed judges in all the strong cities of Juda, city by city.
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6| And he said to the judges, Take good heed what ye do: for ye judge not for man, but for the Lord, and with you are matters of judgment.
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7| And now let the fear of the Lord be upon you, and be wary, and do <i>your duty</i>: for there is no unrighteousness with the Lord our God, neither <i>is it for him</i> to respect persons, nor take bribes.
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8| Moreover Josaphat appointed in Jerusalem some of the priests, and Levites, and heads of houses of Israel, for the judgment of the Lord, and to judge the dwellers in Jerusalem.
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9| And he charged them, saying, Thus shall ye do in the fear of the Lord, in truth and with a perfect heart.
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10| Whatsoever man of your brethren that dwell in their cities <i>shall bring</i> the cause that comes before you, between blood <i>and</i> blood, and between precept and commandment, and ordinances and judgments, ye shall even decide for them; so they shall not sin against the Lord, and there shall not be wrath upon you, and upon your brethren: thus ye shall do, and ye shall not sin.
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11| And, behold, Amarias the priest is head over you in every matter of the Lord; and Zabdias the son of Ismael is head over the house of Juda in every matter of the king; and the scribes and Levites are before you: be strong and active, and the Lord shall be with the good.
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#20
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1| And after this came the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them <i>some</i> of the Minaeans, against Josaphat to battle.
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2| And they came and told Josaphat, saying, There is come against thee a great multitude from Syria, from beyond the sea; and, behold, they are in Asasan Thamar, this is Engadi.
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3| And Josaphat was alarmed, and set his face to seek the Lord earnestly, and he proclaimed a fast in all Juda.
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4| And Juda gathered themselves together to seek after the Lord: even from all the cities of Juda they came to seek the Lord.
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5| And Josaphat stood up in the assembly of Juda in Jerusalem, in the house of the Lord, in front of the new court.
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6| And he said, O Lord God of my fathers, art not thou God in heaven above, and art not thou Lord of all the kingdoms of the nations? and <i>is there</i> not in thy hand the might of dominion, and there is no one who can resist thee?
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7| Art not thou the Lord that didst destroy the inhabitants of this land before the face of thy people Israel, and didst give it to thy beloved seed of Abraham for ever?
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8| And they dwelt in it, and built in it a sanctuary to thy name, saying,
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9| If there should come upon us evils, sword, judgment, pestilence, famine, we will stand before this house, and before thee, (for thy name <i>is</i> upon this house,)and we will cry to thee because of the affliction, and thou shalt hear, and deliver.
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10| And now, behold, the children of Ammon, and Moab, and mount Seir, with regard to whom thou didst not permit Israel to pass through their border, when they had come out of the land of Egypt, (for they turned away from them, and did not destroy them;)—
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11| yet now, behold, they make attempts against us, to come forth to cast us out from our inheritance which thou gavest us.
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12| O Lord our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no strength to resist this great multitude that is come against us; and we know not what we shall do to them: but our eyes are toward thee.
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13| And all Juda was standing before the Lord, and their children, and their wives.
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14| And Oziel the <i>son</i> of Zacharias, of the children of Banaias, of the sons of Eleiel, the sons of Matthanias the Levite, of the sons of Asaph, —upon him came the Spirit of the Lord in the assembly:
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15| and he said, Hear ye, all Juda, and the dwellers in Jerusalem, and king Josaphat: Thus saith the Lord to you, even you, Fear not, neither be alarmed, before all this great multitude; for the battle is not years, but God’s.
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16| To-morrow go ye down against them: behold, they come up by the ascent of Assis, and ye shall find them at the extremity of the river of the wilderness of Jeriel.
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17| It is not for you to fight: understand these things, and see the deliverance of the Lord with you, Juda and Jerusalem: fear not, neither be afraid to go forth to-morrow to meet them; and the Lord shall be with you.
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18| And Josaphat bowed with his face <i>to the ground</i> with all Juda and the dwellers in Jerusalem, <i>and</i> they fell before the Lord to worship the Lord.
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19| And the Levites of the children of Caath, and <i>they</i> of the sons of Core, rose up to praise the Lord God of Israel with a loud voice on high.
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20| And they rose early in the morning and went out to the wilderness of Thecoe: and as they went out, Josaphat stood and cried, and said, Hear me, Juda, and the dwellers in Jerusalem; put your trust in the Lord God, and your trust shall be honored; trust in his prophet, and ye shall prosper.
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21| And he took counsel with the people, and set appointed men to sing psalms and praises, to give thanks, and sing the holy songs of praise in going forth before the host: and they said, Give thanks to the Lord, for his mercy <i>endures</i> for ever.
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22| And when they began the praise and thanksgiving, the Lord caused the children of Ammon to fight against Moab, and <i>the inhabitants of</i> mount Seir that came out against Juda; and they were routed.
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23| Then the children of Ammon and Moab rose up against the dwellers in mount Seir, to destroy and consume them; and when they had made an end of <i>destroying</i> the inhabitants of Seir, they rose up against one another so that they were utterly destroyed.
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24| And Juda came to the watch-tower of the wilderness, and looked, and saw the multitude, and, behold, <i>they were</i> all fallen dead upon the earth, not one escaped.
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25| And Josaphat and his people went out to spoil them, and they found much cattle, and furniture, and spoils, and precious things: and they spoiled them, and they were three days gathering the spoil, for it was abundant.
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26| And it came to pass on the fourth day they were gathered to the Valley of Blessing; for there they blessed the Lord: therefore they called the name of the place the Valley of Blessing, until this day.
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27| And all the men of Juda returned to Jerusalem, and Josaphat led them with great joy; for the Lord gave them joy over their enemies.
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28| And they entered into Jerusalem with lutes and harps and trumpets, <i>going</i> into the house of the lord.
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29| And there was a terror of the Lord upon all the kingdoms of the land, when they heard that the Lord fought against the enemies of Israel.
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30| And the kingdom of Josaphat was at peace; and his God gave him rest round about.
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31| And Josaphat reigned over Juda, being thirty-five years <i>old</i> when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-five years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Azuba, daughter of Sali.
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32| And he walked in the ways of his father Asa, and turned not aside from doing that which was right in the sight of the Lord.
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33| nevertheless the high places yet remained; and as yet the people did not direct their heart to the Lord God of their fathers.
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34| And the rest of the acts of Josaphat, the first and the last, behold, they are written in the history of Jeu <i>the son</i> of Anani, who wrote the book of the kings of Israel.
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35| And afterwards Josaphat king of Juda entered into an alliance with Ochozias king of Israel, (now this was an unrighteous man,)
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36| by acting <i>with</i> and going to him, to build ships to go to Tharsis: and he built ships in Gasion Gaber.
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37| And Eliezer thee <i>son</i> of Dodia of Marisa prophesied against Josaphat, saying, Forasmuch as thou hast allied thyself with Ochozias, the Lord has broken thy work, and thy vessels have been wrecked. And they could not go to Tharsis.
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#21
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1| And Josaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Joran his son reigned in his stead.
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2| And he had brothers, the six sons of Josaphat, Azarias, and Jeiel, and Zacharias, and Azarias, and Michael, and Zaphatias: all these <i>were</i> the sons of Josaphat king of Juda.
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3| And their father gave them many gifts, silver, and gold, and arms, together with fortified cities in Juda: but he gave the kingdom to Joram, for he <i>was</i> the first-born.
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4| And Joram entered upon his kingdom, and strengthened himself, and slew all his brothers with the sword, and <i>some</i> of the princes of Israel.
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5| When he was thirty and two years old, Joram succeeded to his kingdom, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
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6| And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Achaab; for a daughter of Achaab was his wife: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord:
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7| nevertheless the Lord would not utterly destroy the house of David, because of the covenant which he made with David, and as he said to him that he would give a light to him and his sons for ever.
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8| In those days Edom revolted from Juda, and they made a king over themselves.
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9| And Joram went with the princes, and all the cavalry with him: and it came to pass that he arose by night, and smote Edom that compassed him about, and the captains of the chariots, and the people fled to their tents.
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10| And Edom revolted from Juda until this day. Then Lomna at that time revolted from <i>under</i> his hand, because he forsook the Lord God of his fathers.
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11| For he built high places in the cities of Juda, and caused the dwellers in Jerusalem to go a-whoring, and led Juda astray.
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12| And there came to him <i>a message</i> in writing from Eliu the prophet, saying, Thus saith the Lord God of thy father David, Because thou hast not walked in the way of thy father Josaphat, nor in the ways of Asa king of Juda,
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13| but hast walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and hast caused Juda and the dwellers in Jerusalem to go a-whoring, as the house of Achaab caused <i>Israel</i> to go a-whoring, and thou hast slain thy brethren, the sons of thy father, who were better than thyself;
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14| behold, the Lord shall smite thee with a great plague among thy people, and thy sons, and thy wives, and all thy store:
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15| and thou <i>shalt be afflicted</i> with a grievous disease, with a disease of the bowels, until thy bowels shall fall out day by day with the sickness.
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16| So the Lord stirred up the Philistines against Joram, and the Arabians, and those who bordered on the Æthiopians:
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17| and they went up against Juda, and prevailed against them, and took away all the store which they found in the house of the king, and his sons, and his daughters; and there was no son left to him but Ochozias the youngest of his sons.
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18| And after all these things the Lord smote him in the bowels with an incurable disease.
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19| And it continued from day to day: and when the time of the days came <i>to</i> two years, his bowels fell out with the disease, and he died by a grievous distemper: and his people performed no funeral, like the funeral of his fathers.
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20| He was thirty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. And he departed without honour, and was buried in the city of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.
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#22
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1| And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ochozias his youngest son king in his stead: for the band of robbers that came against them, even the Arabians and the Alimazonians, had slain all the elder ones. So Ochozias son of Joram king of Juda reigned.
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2| Ochozias began to reign when he was twenty years old, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Gotholia, the daughter of Ambri.
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3| And he walked in the way of the house of Achaab; for his mother was his counsellor to do evil.
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4| And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord as the house of Achaab <i>had done</i>: for they were his counselors after the death of his father to his destruction.
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5| And he walked in their counsels, and he went with Joram son of Achaab king of Israel to war against Azael king of Syria to Ramoth Galaad: and the archers smote Joram.
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6| And Joram returned to Jezrael to be healed of the wounds wherewith the Syrians smote him in Ramoth, when he fought against Azael king of Syria. And Ochozias son of Joram, king of Juda, went down to see Joram the son of Achaab at Jezrael because he was sick.
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7| And destruction from God came upon Ochozias in <i>his</i> coming to Joram; for when he had come, Joram went out with him against Jeu the son of Namessei, the anointed of the Lord against the house of Achaab.
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8| And it came to pass, when Jeu was taking vengeance on the house of Achaab, that he found the princes of Juda and the brethren of Ochozias ministering to Ochozias, and he slew them.
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9| And he gave orders to seek Ochozias: and they took him while he was healing his wounds in Samaria, and they brought him to Jeu, and he slew him; and they buried him, for they said, He is the son of Josaphat, who sought the Lord with all his heart. So there was none in the house of Ochozias to secure their power in the kingdom.
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10| And Gotholia the mother of Ochozias saw that her son was dead, and she arose and destroyed all the seed royal in the house of Juda.
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11| But Josabeeth, the daughter of the king, took Joas the son of Ochozias and rescued him secretly out of the midst of the sons of the king that were put to death, and she placed him and his nurse in a bedchamber. So Josabeeth daughter of king Joram, sister of Ochozias, wife of Jodae the priest, hid him, and she <i>even</i> hid him from Gotholia, and she did not slay him.
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12| And he was with him hid in the house of God six years; and Gotholia reigned over the land.
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#23
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1| And in the eighth year Jodae strengthened <i>himself</i>, and took the captains of hundreds, Azarias the son of Joram, and Ismael the son of Joanan, and Azarias the son of Obed, and Maasaeas the son of Adia, and Elisaphan the son of Zacharias, with him unto the house of the Lord.
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2| And they went round about Juda, and gathered the Levites out of all the cities of Juda, and heads of the families of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem.
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3| and all the congregation of Juda made a covenant with the king in the house of God. And he shewed them the king’s son, and said to them, Lo, let the king’s son reign, as the Lord said concerning the house of David.
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4| Now this <i>is</i> the thing which ye shall do. Let a third part of you, <i>even</i> of the priests and of the Levites, enter in on the sabbath, even into the gates of the entrances;
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5| and let a third part be in the house of the king; and another third at the middle gate: and all the people in the courts of the Lord’s house.
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6| And let not <i>any one</i> enter into the house of the Lord, except the priests and the Levites, and the servants of the Levites; they shall enter in, because they are holy: and let all the people keep the watch of the Lord.
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7| And the Levites shall compass the king round about, every man’s weapon in his hand; and whoever <i>else</i> goes into the house shall die: but they shall be with the king when he goes out, and when he comes in.
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8| And the Levites and all Juda did according to all that the priest Jodae commanded them, and they took each his men from the beginning of the sabbath to the end of the sabbath, for Jodae the priest did not dismiss the courses.
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9| And Jodae gave to the men the swords, and the shields, and the arms, which <i>had</i> belonged to King David, in the house of God.
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10| And he set the whole people, every man with his arms, from the right side of the house to the left side of the altar and the house, over against the king round about.
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11| And he brought out the king’s son, and put on him the crown and the testimony, and Jodae the priest and his sons proclaimed him king, and anointed him, and said, Long live the king!
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12| And Gotholia heard the sound of the people running, and acknowledging and praising the king: and she went in to the king into the house of the Lord.
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13| And she looked, and, behold, the king <i>stood</i> in his place, and the princes and trumpets were at the entrance, and the princes were round the king: and all the people of the land rejoiced, and sounded the trumpets, and there were the singers singing with instruments, and singing hymns of praise. and Gotholia rent her robe, and cried, ye surely are plotting against <i>me</i>.
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14| And Jodae the priest went forth, and Jodae the priest charged the captains of hundreds, even the captains of the host, and said to them, Thrust her forth outside the house, and follow her, and let her be slain with the sword. For the priest said, Let her not be slain in the house of the Lord.
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15| So they let her go <i>out</i>; and she went through the horsemen’s gate of the house of the king, and they slew her there.
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16| And Jodae made a covenant between himself, and the people, and the king, that the people should be the Lord’s.
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17| And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and tore down it and its altars, and they ground his images to powder, and they slew Matthan the priest of Baal before his altars.
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18| And Jodae the priest committed the works of the house of the Lord into the and of the priests and Levites, and he re-established the courses of the priests and Levites which David appointed over the house of the Lord, and <i>he appointed them</i> to offer whole-burnt-offerings to the Lord, as it is written in the law of Moses, with gladness, and with songs by the hand of David.
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19| And the porters stood at the gates of the house of the Lord, that no one unclean in any respect should enter in.
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20| And he took the heads of families, and the mighty men, and the chiefs of the people, and all the people of the land, and they conducted the king into the house of the Lord; and he went through the inner gate into the king’s house, and they seated the king on the throne of the kingdom.
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21| And all the people of the land rejoiced; and the city was quiet: and they slew Gotholia.
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#24
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1| Joas was seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Sabia of Bersabee.
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2| And Joas did that which right in the sight of the Lord all the days of Jodae the priest.
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3| And Jodae took to himself two wives, and they bore sons and daughters.
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4| And it came to pass afterward that it came into the heart of Joas to repair the house of the Lord.
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5| And he gathered the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out into the cities of Juda, and collect money of all Israel to repair the house of the Lord from year to year, and make haste to speak <i>of it</i>. But the Levites hasted not.
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6| And king Joas called Jodae the chief, and said to him, Why hast thou not looked after the Levites, so that they should bring from Juda and Jerusalem that which was prescribed by Moses the man of God, when he assembled Israel at the tabernacle of witness?
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7| For Gotholia was a transgressor, and her sons tore down the house of God; for they offered the holy things of the house of the Lord to Baalim.
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8| And the king said, Let a box be made, and let it be put at the gate of the house of the Lord without.
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9| And let <i>men</i> proclaim in Juda an in Jerusalem, that <i>the people</i> should bring to the Lord, as Moses the servant of God spoke concerning Israel in the wilderness.
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10| And all the princes and all the people gave, and brought in, and cast into the box until it was filled.
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11| And it came to pass, when they brought in the box to the officers of the king by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that the money was more than sufficient, then came the king’s scribe, and the officer of the high priest, and emptied the box, and restored it to its place. Thus they did day by day, and collected much money.
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12| And the king and Jodae the priest gave it to the workmen employed in the service of the house of the Lord, and they hired masons and carpenters to repair the house of the Lord, also smiths and braziers to repair the house of the Lord.
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13| And the workmen wrought, and the works prospered in their hands, and they established the house of the Lord on its foundation, and strengthened <i>it</i>.
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14| And when they had finished <i>it</i>, they brought to the king and to Jodae the remainder of the money, and they made vessels for the house of the Lord, vessels of service for whole-burnt-offerings, and gold and silver <i>censers</i>: and they offered up whole-burnt-offerings in the house of the Lord continually all the days of Jodae.
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15| And Jodae grew old, being full of days, and he died, being a hundred and thirty years old at his death.
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16| And they buried him with the kings in the city of David, because he had dealt well with Israel, and with God and his house.
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17| And it came to pass after the death of Jodae, <i>that</i> the princes of Juda went in, and did obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened to them.
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18| And they forsook the house of the Lord God of their fathers, and served the Astartes and idols: and there was wrath upon Juda and Jerusalem in that day.
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19| yet he sent prophets to them, to turn them to the Lord; but they hearkened not: and he testified to them, but they obeyed not.
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20| And the Spirit of God came upon Azarias the son of Jodae the priest, and he stood up above the people, and said, Thus saith the Lord, Why do ye transgress the commandments of the Lord? so shall ye not prosper; for ye have forsaken the Lord, and he will forsake you.
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21| And they conspired against him, and stone him by command of king Joas in the court of the Lord’s house.
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22| So Joas remembered not the kindness which his father Jodae had exercised towards him, but slew his son. And as he died, he said, The Lord look upon <i>it</i>, and judge.
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23| And it came to pass after the end of the year, <i>that</i> the host of Syria went up against him, and came against Juda and Jerusalem: and they slew all the chiefs of the people among the people, and all their spoils they sent to the king of Damascus.
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24| For the army of Syria came with few men, yet God gave into their hands a very large army, because they had forsaken the God of their fathers; and he brought judgments on Joas.
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25| And after they had departed from him, when they had left him in sore diseases, then his servants conspired against him because of the blood of the son of Jodae the priest, and slew him on his bed, and he died, and they buried him in the city of David, but they buried him not in the sepulchre of the kings.
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26| And they that conspired against him were Zabed the son of Samaath the Ammanite, and Jozabed the son of Samareth the Moabite.
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27| And all his sons, and the five came to him: and the other <i>matters</i>, behold, they are written in the book of the kings. And Amasias his son reigned in his stead.
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#25
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1| Amasias began to reign when he was twenty and five years old, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name <i>was</i> Joadaen of Jerusalem.
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2| And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, but not with a perfect heart.
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3| And it came to pass, when the kingdom was established in his hand, that he slew his servants who had slain the king his father.
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4| But he slew not their sons, according to the covenant of the law of the Lord, as it is written, <i>and</i> as the Lord commanded, saying, The fathers shall not die for the children, and the sons shall not die for the fathers, but they shall die each for his own sin.
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5| And Amasias assembled the house of Juda, and appointed them according to the houses of their families for captains of thousands and captains of hundreds in all Juda and Jerusalem: and he numbered them from twenty years old and upwards, and found them three hundred thousand able to go out to war, holding spear and shield.
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6| Also he hired of Israel a hundred thousand mighty <i>men for</i> a hundred talents of silver.
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7| And there came a man of God to him, saying, O king, let not the host of Israel go with thee; for the Lord is not with Israel, <i>even</i> all the sons of Ephraim.
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8| For if thou shalt undertake to strengthen <i>thyself</i> with these, then the lord shall put thee to flight before the enemies: for it is of the Lord both to strengthen and to put to flight.
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9| And Amasias said to the man of God, But what shall I do <i>for</i> the hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel? And the man of God said, The Lord can give thee much more than these.
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10| And Amasias separated from the army that came to him from Ephraim, that they might go away to their place; and they were very angry with Juda, and they returned to their place with great wrath.
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11| And Amasias strengthened <i>himself</i>, and took his people, and went to the valley of salt, and smote there the children of Seir ten thousand.
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12| And the children of Juda took ten thousand prisoners, and they carried them to the top of the precipice, and cast them headlong from the top of the precipice, and they were all dashed to pieces.
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13| And the men of the host whom Amasias sent back so that they should not go with him to battle, <i>went</i> and attacked the cities of Juda, from Samaria to Baethoron; and they smote three thousand among them, and took much spoil.
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14| And it came to pass, after Amasias had returned from smiting Idumea, that he brought home the gods of the children of Seir, and set them up for himself as gods, and bowed down before them, and he sacrificed to them.
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15| And the anger of the Lord came upon Amasias, and he sent him a prophet, and he said to him, Why hast thou sought the gods of the people, which have not rescued their own people out of thine hand?
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16| And it came to pass when the prophet was speaking to him, that he said to him, have I made thee king’s counsellor? take heed lest thou be scourged: and the prophet forebore, and said, I know that <i>God</i> is disposed against thee to destroy thee, because thou hast done this thing, and hast not hearkened to my counsel.
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17| And Amasias king of Juda took counsel, and sent to Joas, son of Joachaz, son of Jeu, king of Israel, saying, Come, and let us look one another in the face.
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18| And Joas king of Israel sent to Amasias king of Juda, saying, The thistle that was in Libanus sent to the cedar that was in Libanus, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife; but, behold, thy wild beasts of the field that are in Libanus shall come: and the wild beasts did come, and trod down the thistle.
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19| Thou hast said, Behold, I have smitten Idumea, and thy stout heart exalts thee: now stay at home; for why dost thou implicate thyself in mischief, that thou shouldest fall, and Juda with thee.
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20| Nevertheless Amasias hearkened not, for it was of the Lord to deliver him into <i>the enemy’s</i> hands, because he sought after the gods of the Idumeans.
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21| So Joas king of Israel went up; and they saw one another, he and Amasias king of Juda, in Baethsamys, which is of Juda.
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22| And Juda was put to flight before Israel, and they fled every man to his tent.
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23| And Joas king of Israel took prisoner Amasias king of Juda, <i>son</i> of Joas, son of Joachaz, in Baethsamys, and brought him to Jerusalem; and he pulled down <i>part</i> of the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits.
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24| And <i>he took</i> all the gold and the silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of the Lord and with Abdedom, and the treasures of the king’s house, and the hostages, and he returned to Samaria.
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25| And Amasias the <i>son</i> of Joas king of Juda lived after the death of Joas the <i>son</i> of Joachaz king of Israel fifteen years.
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26| And the rest of the acts of Amasias, the first and the last, Lo! are they not written in the book of the kings of Juda and Israel?
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27| And at the time when Amasias departed from the Lord, then they formed a conspiracy against him; and he fled from Jerusalem to Lachis: and they sent after him to Lachis, and slew him there.
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28| And they took him up on horses, and buried him with his fathers in the city of David.
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#26
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1| Then all the people of the land took Ozias, and he was sixteen years old, and they made him king in the room of his father Amasias.
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2| He built Ælath, he recovered it to Juda, after the king slept with his fathers.
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3| Ozias began to reign at the age of sixteen years, and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Jechelia of Jerusalem.
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4| And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that Amasias his father did.
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5| And he sought the Lord in the days of Zacharias, who understood the fear of the Lord; and in his days he sought the Lord, and the Lord prospered him.
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6| And he went out and fought against the Philistines, and pulled down the walls of Geth, and the walls of Jabner, and the walls of Azotus, and he built cities <i>near</i> Azotus, and among the Philistines.
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7| And the Lord strengthened him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians that dwelt on the rock, and against the Minaeans.
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8| And the Minaeans gave gifts to Ozias; and his fame spread as far as the entering in of Egypt, for he strengthened <i>himself</i> exceedingly.
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9| And Ozias built towers in Jerusalem, both at the gate of the corners, and at the valley gate, and at the corners and he fortified them.
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10| And he built towers in the wilderness, and dug many wells, for he had many cattle in the low country and in the plain; and vinedressers in the mountain country and in Carmel: for he was a husbandman.
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11| And Ozias had a host of warriors, and that went out orderly to war, and returned orderly in number; and their number was <i>made</i> by the hand of Jeiel the scribe, and Maasias the judge, by the hand of Ananias the king’s deputy.
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12| The whole number of the chiefs of families of the mighty men of war <i>was</i> two thousand six hundred;
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13| and with them was a warrior force, three hundred thousand and seven thousand and five hundred: these waged war mightily to help the king against <i>his</i> enemies.
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14| And Ozias prepared for them, <i>even</i> for all the host, shields, and spears, and helmets, and breastplates, and bows, and slings for stones.
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15| And he made in Jerusalem machines invented by a wise contriver, to be upon the towers and upon the corners, to cast darts and great stones: and <i>the fame</i> of their preparation was heard at a distance; for he was wonderfully helped, till he was strong.
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16| And when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction; and he transgressed against the Lord his God, and went into the temple of the Lord to turn incense on the altar of incense.
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17| And there went in after him Azarias the priest, and with him eighty priests of the Lord, mighty men.
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18| And they withstood Ozias the king, and said to him, <i>It is</i> not for thee, Ozias, to burn incense to the Lord, but only for the priests the sons of Aaron, who are consecrated to sacrifice: go forth of the sanctuary, for thou hast departed from the Lord; and this shall not be for glory to thee from the Lord god.
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19| And Ozias was angry, and in his hand <i>was</i> the censer to burn incense in the temple: and when he was angry with the priests, then the leprosy rose up in his forehead before the priests in the house of the Lord, over the altar of incense.
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20| And Azarias the chief priest, and the <i>other</i> priests, turned <i>to look</i> at him, and, behold, he <i>was</i> leprous in his forehead; and they got him hastily out thence, for he also hasted to go out, because the Lord had rebuked him.
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21| And Ozias the king was a leper to the day of his death, and he dwelt <i>as</i> a leper in a separate house; for he was cut off from the house of the Lord: and Joathan his son <i>was set</i> over his kingdom, judging the people of the land.
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22| And the rest of the acts of Ozias, the first and the last, <i>are</i> written by Jessias the prophet.
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23| And Ozias slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the field of the burial <i>place</i> of the kings, for they said, He is a leper; and Joatham his son reigned in his stead.
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#27
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1| Joatham <i>was</i> twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name <i>was</i> Jerusa, daughter of Sadoc.
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2| And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father Ozias did: but he went not into the temple of the Lord. And still the people corrupted themselves.
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3| He built the high gate of the house of the Lord, and he built much in the wall of Opel.
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4| In the mountain of Juda, and in the woods, <i>he built</i> both dwelling-places and towers.
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5| He fought against the king of the children of Ammon, and prevailed against him: and the children of Ammon gave him even annually a hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. These the king of the children of Ammon brought to him annually in the first and second and third years.
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6| Joatham grew strong, because he prepared his ways before the Lord his God.
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7| And the rest of the acts of Joatham, and his war, and his deeds, behold, <i>they are</i> written in the book of the kings of Juda and Israel.
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8 9| And Joatham slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Achaz his son reigned in his stead.
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#28
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1| Achaz was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: and he did not that which was right in the sight of the Lord, as David his father.
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2| But he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, for he made graven images.
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3| And <i>he sacrificed</i> to their idols in the valley of Benennom, and passed his children through the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen, whom the Lord cast out from before the children of Israel.
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4| And he burnt incense upon the high places, and upon the roofs, and under every shady tree.
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5| And the Lord his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria; and he smote him, and took captive of them a great band of prisoners, and carried him to Damascus. Also <i>God</i> delivered him into the hands of the king of Israel, who smote him with a great slaughter.
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6| And Phakee the son of Romelias king of Israel, slew in Juda in one day a hundred and twenty thousand mighty men; because they had forsaken the Lord God of their fathers.
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7| And Zechri, a mighty man of Ephraim, slew Maasias the king’s son, and Ezrican the chief of his house, and Elcana the king’s deputy.
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8| And the children of Israel took captive of their brethren three hundred thousand, women, and sons, and daughters, and they spoiled them of much property, and brought the spoils to Samaria.
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9| And there was there a prophet of the Lord, his name <i>was</i> Oded: and he went out to meet the host that were coming to Samaria, and said to them, Behold, the wrath of the Lord God of your fathers <i>is</i> upon Juda, and he has delivered them into your hands, and ye have slain them in wrath, and it has reached even to heaven.
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10| And now ye talk of keeping the children of Juda and Jerusalem for servants and handmaidens. Lo, am I not with you to testify for the Lord your God?
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11| And now hearken to me, and restore the prisoners of your brethren whom ye have taken: for the fierce anger of the Lord <i>is</i> upon you.
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12| And the chiefs of the sons of Ephraim rose up, Udias the son of Joanas, and Barachias the son of Mosolamoth, and Ezekias the son of Sellem, and Amasias the son of Eldai, against those that came from the war,
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13| and said to them, Ye shall not bring in hither the prisoners to us, for whereas sin against the Lord <i>is</i> upon us, ye mean to add to our sins, and to our trespass: for our sin <i>is</i> great, and the fierce anger of the Lord <i>is</i> upon Israel.
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14| So the warriors left the prisoners and the spoils before the princes and all the congregation.
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15| And the men who were called by name rose up, and took hold of the prisoners, and clothed all the naked from the spoils, and gave them garments and shoes, and gave them <i>food</i> to eat, and <i>oil</i> to anoint themselves <i>with</i>, and they helped also every one that was weak with asses, and placed them in Jericho, the city of palm-trees, with their brethren; and they returned to Samaria.
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16| At that time king Achaz sent to the king of Assyria to help him, and on this occasion,
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17| because the Idumeans had attacked <i>him</i>, and smitten Juda, and taken a number of prisoners.
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18| Also the Philistines had made an attack on the cities of the plain country, and the cities of the south of Juda, and taken Baethsamys, and [[the things in the house of the Lord, and the things in the house of the king, and of the princes: and they gave to the king]] Ælon, and Galero, and Socho and her villages, and Thamna and her villages, and Gamzo and her villages: and they dwelt there.
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19| For the Lord humbled Juda because of Achaz king of Juda, because he grievously departed from the Lord.
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20| And there came against him Thalgaphellasar king of Assyria, and he afflicted him.
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21| And Achaz took the things <i>that were</i> in the house of the Lord, and the things in the house of the king, and of the princes, and gave them to the king of Assyria: but he was no help to him,
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22| but only <i>troubled him</i> in his affliction: and he departed yet more from the Lord, and king Achaz said,
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23| I will seek after the gods of Damascus that smite me. And he said, Forasmuch as the gods of the king of Syria themselves strengthen them, therefore will I sacrifice to them, and they will help me. But they became a stumbling-block to him, and to all Israel.
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24| And Achaz removed the vessels of the house of the Lord, and cut them in pieces, and shut the doors of the house of the Lord, and made to himself altars in every corner in Jerusalem:
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25| and in each several city in Juda he made high places to burn incense to strange gods: and they provoked the Lord God of their fathers.
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26| And the rest of his acts, and his deeds, the first and the last, behold, <i>they are</i> written in the book of the kings of Juda and Israel.
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27| And Achaz slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David; for they did not bring him into the sepulchres of the kings of Israel: and Ezekias his son reigned in his stead.
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#29
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1| And Ezekias began to reign at the age of twenty-five years, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Abia, daughter of Zacharias.
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2| And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father David had done.
|
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3| And it came to pass, when he was established over his kingdom, in the first month, he opened the doors of the house of the Lord, and repaired them.
|
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4| And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and put them on the east side,
|
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5| and said to them, Hear, ye Levites: now sanctify yourselves, and sanctify the house of the Lord God of your fathers, and cast out the impurity from the holy places.
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6| For our fathers have revolted, and done that which was evil before the Lord our God, and have forsaken him, and have turned away their face from the tabernacle of the Lord, and have turned <i>their</i> back.
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7| And they have shut up the doors of the temple, and put out the lamps, and have not burnt incense, and have not offered whole-burnt-offerings in the holy <i>place</i> to the God of Israel.
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8| And the Lord was very angry with Juda and Jerusalem, and made them an astonishment, and a desolation, and a hissing, as ye see with your eyes.
|
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9| And, behold, your fathers have been smitten with the sword, and your sons and your daughters and your wives are in captivity in a land not their own, as it is even now.
|
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10| Therefore it is now in my heart to make a covenant, a covenant with the Lord God of Israel, that he may turn away his fierce wrath from us.
|
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11| And now be not wanting <i>to your duty</i>, for the Lord has chosen you to stand before him to minister, and to be ministers and burners of incense to him.
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12| Then the Levites rose up, Maath the son of Amasi, and Joel the son of Azarias, of the sons of Caath: and of the sons of Merari, Kis the son of Abdi, and Azarias the son of Haelel: and of the sons of Gedsoni, Jodaad the son of Zemmath, and Joadam: these <i>were</i> the sons of Joacha.
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13| And of the sons of Elisaphan; Zambri, and Jeiel: and of the sons of Asaph; Zacharias, and Matthanias:
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14| and of the sons of Æman; Jeiel, and Semei: and of the sons of Idithun; Samaisa, and Oziel.
|
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15| And they gathered their brethren, and they purified themselves according to the king’s command by the order of the Lord, to purify the house of the Lord.
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16| And the priests entered into the house of the Lord, to purify <i>it</i>, and they cast out all the uncleanness that was found in the house of the Lord, even into the court of the house of the Lord: and the Levites received <i>it</i> to cast into the brook of Kedron without.
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17| And <i>Ezekias</i> began on the first day, <i>even</i> on the new moon of the first month, to purify, and on the eighth day of the month they entered into the temple of the Lord: and they purified the house of the Lord in eight days; and on the thirteenth day of the first month they finished <i>the work</i>.
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18| And they went in to king Ezekias, and said, We have purified all the things in the house of the Lord, the altar of whole-burnt-offering, and its vessels, and the table of shew-bread, and its vessels;
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19| and all the vessels which king Achaz polluted in his reign, in his apostasy, we have prepared and purified: behold, they are before the altar of the Lord.
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20| And king Ezekias rose early in the morning, and gathered the chief men of the city, and went up to the house of the Lord.
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21| And he brought seven calves, seven rams, seven lambs, seven kids of goats for a sin-offering, for the kingdom, and for the holy things, and for Israel: and he told the priests the sons of Aaron to go up to the altar of the Lord.
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22| And they slew the calves, and the priests received the blood, and poured it on the altar: and they slew the rams, and poured the blood upon the altar: also they slew the lambs, and poured the blood round the altar.
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23| And they brought the goats for a sin-offering before the king and the congregation; and laid their hands upon them.
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24| And the priests slew them, and offered their blood as a propitiation on the altar; and they made atonement for all Israel: for the king said, The whole-burnt-offering, and the sin-offering <i>are</i> for all Israel.
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25| And he stationed the Levites in the house of the Lord with cymbals, and lutes, and harps, according to the commandment of king David, and of Gad the king’s seer, and Nathan the prophet: for by the commandment of the Lord the order <i>was</i> in the hand of the prophets.
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26| And the Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.
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27| And Ezekias told <i>them</i> to offer up the whole-burnt-offering on the altar: and when they began to offer the whole-burnt-offering, they began to sing to the Lord, and the trumpets <i>accompanied</i> the instruments of David king of Israel.
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28| And all the congregation worshipped, and the psalm-singers <i>were</i> singing, and the trumpets sounding, until the whole-burnt-sacrifice had been completely offered.
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29| And when they had done offering <i>it</i>, the king and all that were present bowed, and worshipped.
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30| And king Ezekias and the princes told the Levites to sing hymns to the Lord in the words of David, and of Asaph the prophet: and they sang hymns with gladness, and fell down and worshipped.
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31| Then Ezekias answered and said, Now ye have consecrated yourselves to the Lord, bring near and offer sacrifices of praise in the house of the Lord. And the congregation brought sacrifices and thank-offerings into the house of the Lord; and every one who was ready in his heart <i>brought</i> whole-burnt-offerings.
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32| And the number of the whole-burnt-offerings which the congregation brought, was seventy calves, a hundred rams, two hundred lambs: all these <i>were</i> for a whole-burnt-offering to the Lord.
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33| And the consecrated calves were six hundred, <i>and</i> the sheep three thousand.
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34| But the priests were few, and could not flay the whole-burnt-offering, so their brethren the Levites helped them, until the work was finished, and until the priests had purified themselves: for the Levites <i>more</i> zealously purified <i>themselves</i> than the priests.
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35| And the whole-burnt-offering <i>was</i> abundant, with the fat of the complete peace-offering, and the drink-offerings of the whole-burnt-sacrifice. So the service was established in the house of the Lord.
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36| And Ezekias and all the people rejoiced, because God has prepared the people: for the thing was done suddenly.
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#30
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1| And Ezekias sent to all Israel and Juda, and wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasse, that they should come into the house of the Lord to Jerusalem, to keep the passover to the Lord God of Israel.
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2| For the king, and the princes, and all the congregation in Jerusalem, designed to keep the passover in the second month.
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3| For they could not keep it at that time, because a sufficient number of priest had not purified themselves, and the people was not gathered to Jerusalem.
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4| And the proposal pleased the king and the congregation.
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5| And they established a decree that a proclamation should go through all Israel, from Bersabee to Dan, that they should come and keep the passover to the Lord God of Israel at Jerusalem: for the multitude had not done it lately according to the scripture.
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6| And the posts went with the letters from the king and the princes to all Israel and Juda, according to the command of the king, saying, Children of Israel, return to the Lord God of Abraam, and Isaac, and Israel, and bring back them that have escaped <i>even</i> those that were left of the hand of the king of Assyria.
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7| And be not as your fathers, and your brethren, who revolted from the Lord God of their fathers, and he gave them up to desolation, as ye see.
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8| And now harden not your hearts, as your fathers <i>did</i>: give glory to the Lord God, and enter into his sanctuary, which he has sanctified for ever: and serve the Lord your God, and he shall turn away <i>his</i> fierce anger from you.
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9| For when ye turn to the Lord, your brethren and your children shall be pitied before all that have carried them captives, and he will restore <i>you</i> to this land: for the Lord our God is merciful and pitiful, and will not turn away his face from you, if we return to him.
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10| So the posts went through from city to city in mount Ephraim, and Manasse, and as far as Zabulon: and they as it were laughed them to scorn, and mocked them.
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11| But the men of Aser, and <i>some</i> of Manasses and of Zabulon, were ashamed, and came to Jerusalem and Juda.
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12| And the hand of the Lord was <i>present</i> to give them one heart to come, to do according to the commands of the king and of the princes, by the word of the Lord.
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13| And a great multitude were gathered to Jerusalem to keep the feast of unleavened bread in the second month, a very great congregation.
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14| And they arose, and took away the altars that were in Jerusalem, and all on which they burnt incense to false <i>gods</i> they tore down and cast into the brook Kedron.
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15| Then they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the second month: and the priests and the Levites repented, and purified <i>themselves</i>, and brought whole-burnt-offerings into the house of the Lord.
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16| And they stood at their post, according to their ordinance, according to the commandment of Moses the man of God: and the priests received the blood from the hand of the Levites.
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17| For a great part of the congregation was not sanctified; and the Levites were <i>ready</i> to kill the passover for every one who could not sanctify himself to the Lord.
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18| For the greatest part of the people of Ephraim, and Manasse, and Issachar, and Zabulon, had not purified <i>themselves</i>, but ate the passover contrary to the scripture. On this account also Ezekias prayed concerning them, saying,
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19| The good Lord be merciful with regard to every heart that sincerely seeks the Lord God of their fathers, and <i>is</i> not <i>purified</i> according to the purification of the sanctuary.
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20| And the Lord hearkened to Ezekias, and healed the people.
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21| And the children of Israel who were present in Jerusalem kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with great joy; and they continued to sing hymns to the Lord daily, and the priests and the Levites <i>played</i> on instruments to the Lord.
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22| And Ezekias encouraged all the Levites, and those that had good understanding of the Lord: and they completely kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days, offering peace-offerings, and confessing to the Lord God of their fathers.
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23| And the congregation purposed together to keep other seven days: and they kept seven days with gladness.
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24| For Ezekias set apart for Juda, <i>even</i> for the congregation, a thousand calves and seven thousand sheep; and the princes set apart for the people a thousand calves and ten thousand sheep: and the holy things of the priests abundantly.
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25| And all the congregation, the priests and the Levites, rejoiced, and all the congregation of Juda, and they that were present of Jerusalem, and the strangers that came from the land of Israel, and the dwellers in Juda.
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26| And there was great joy in Jerusalem: from the days of Solomon the son of David king of Israel there was not such a feast in Jerusalem.
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27| Then the priests the Levites rose up and blessed the people: and their voice was heard, and their prayer came into his holy dwelling-place, <i>even</i> into heaven.
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#31
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1| And when all these things were finished, all Israel that were found in the cities of Juda went out, and broke in pieces the pillars, and cut down the groves, and tore down the high places and the altars out of all Judea and Benjamin, also of Ephraim and Manasse, till they made an end: and all Israel returned, every one to his inheritance, and to their cities.
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2| And Ezekias appointed the courses of the priests and the Levites, and the courses of each one according to his ministry, to the priests and to the Levites, for the whole-burnt-offering, and for the peace-offering, and to praise, and to give thanks, and to minister in the gates, <i>and</i> in the courts of the house of the Lord.
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3| And the king’s proportion out of his substance <i>was appointed</i> for the whole-burnt-offerings, the morning and the evening one, and the whole-burnt-offerings for the sabbaths, and for the new moons, and for the feasts that were ordered in the law of the Lord.
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4| And they told the people who dwelt in Jerusalem, to give the portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might be strong in the ministry of the house of the Lord.
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5| And as he gave the command, Israel brought abundantly first-fruits of corn, and wine, and oil, and honey, and every fruit of the field: and the children of Israel and Juda brought tithes of everything abundantly.
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6| And they that dwelt in the cities of Juda themselves also brought tithes of calves and sheep, and tithes of goats, and consecrated them to the Lord their God, and they brought them and laid them in heaps.
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7| In the third month the heaps began to be piled, and in the seventh month they were finished.
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8| And Ezekias and the princes came and saw the heaps, and blessed the Lord, and his people Israel.
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9| Then Ezekias enquired of the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps.
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10| And Azarias the priest, the chief over the house of Sadoc, spoke to him, and said, From the time that the first-fruits began to be brought into the house of the Lord, we have eaten and drunk, and left even abundantly; for the Lord has blessed his people, and we have left to this amount.
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11| And Ezekias told them yet farther to prepare chambers for the house of the Lord; and they prepared <i>them</i>,
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12| and they brought thither the first-fruits and the tithes faithfully: and Chonenias the Levite was superintendent over them, and Semei his brother was next.
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13| and Jeiel, and Ozias, and Naeth, and Asael, and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Samachia, and Maath, and Banaias, and his sons, were appointed by Chonenias and Semei his brother, as Ezekias the king, and Azarias who was over the house of the Lord commanded.
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14| And Core, the <i>son</i> of Jemna the Levite, the porter eastward, <i>was</i> over the gifts, to distribute the first-fruits of the Lord, and the most holy things,
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15| by the hand of Odom, and Benjamin, and Jesus, and Semei, and Amarias, and Sechonias, by the hand of the priests faithfully, to give to their brethren according to the courses, as well to great as small;
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16| besides the increase of males from three years old and upward, to every one entering into the house of the Lord, <i>a portion</i> according to a daily rate, for service in the daily courses of their order.
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17| This <i>is</i> the distribution of the priests according to the houses of their families; and the Levites in their daily courses from twenty years old and upward <i>were</i> in <i>their</i> order,
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18| to assign stations for all the increase of their sons and their daughters, for the whole number: for they faithfully sanctified the holy place.
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19| As for the sons of Aaron that executed the priests’ office, —even those from their cities the men in each several city who were named expressly, —<i>were appointed</i> to give a portion to every male among the priests, and to every one reckoned among the Levites.
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20| And Ezekias did so through all Juda, and did that which was good and right before the Lord his God.
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21| And in every work which he began in service in the house of the Lord, and in the law, and in the ordinances, he sought his God with all his soul, and wrought, and prospered.
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#32
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1| And after these things and this faithful dealing, came Sennacherim king of the Assyrians, and he came to Juda, and encamped against the fortified cities, and intended to take them for himself.
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2| And Ezekias saw that Sennacherim was come, and <i>that</i> his face <i>was set</i> to fight against Jerusalem.
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3| And he took counsel with his elders and his mighty <i>men</i> to stop the wells of water which were without the city: and they helped him.
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4| And he collected many people, and stopped the wells of water, and the river that flowed through the city, saying, Lest the king of Assyria come, and find much water, and strengthen <i>himself</i>.
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5| And Ezekias strengthened <i>himself</i>, and built all the wall that had been pulled down, and the towers, and another wall in front without, and fortified the strong place of the city of David, and prepared arms in abundance.
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6| And he appointed captains of war over the people, and they were gathered to <i>meet</i> him to the open place of the gate of the valley, and he encouraged them, saying,
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7| Be strong and courageous, and fear not, neither be dismayed before the King of Assyria, and before all the nation that <i>is</i> with him: for <i>there are</i> more with us than with him.
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8| With him <i>are</i> arms of flesh; but with us <i>is</i> the Lord our God to save <i>us</i>, and to fight our battle. And the people were encouraged at the words of Ezekias king of Juda.
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9| And afterward Sennacherim king of the Assyrians sent his servants to Jerusalem; and <i>he went</i> himself against Lachis, and all his army with him, and sent to Ezekias king of Juda, and to all Juda that <i>was</i> in Jerusalem, saying,
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10| Thus says Sennacherim king of the Assyrians, On what do ye trust, that ye will remain in the siege in Jerusalem?
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11| Does not Ezekias deceive you, to deliver you to death and famine and thirst, saying, The Lord our God will deliver us out of the hand of the king of Assyria?
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12| Is not this Ezekias who has taken down his altars and his high places and has spoken to Juda and the dwellers in Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall worship before this altar and burn incense upon it?
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13| Know ye not what I and my fathers have done to all the nations of the countries? Could the gods of the nations of all the earth at all rescue their people out of my hand?
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14| Who is there among all the gods of those nations whom my fathers utterly destroyed, <i>worthy of trust</i>? Could they deliver their people out of my hand, that your God should deliver you out of my hand?
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15| Now then, let not Ezekias deceive you, and let him not make you thus confident, and believe him not: for no god of any kingdom or nation is at all able to deliver his people out of my hand, or the hand of my fathers: therefore your God shall not deliver you out of my hand.
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16| And his servants continued to speak against the Lord God, and against his servant Ezekias.
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17| And he wrote a letter to reproach the Lord God of Israel, and spoke concerning him, saying, As the gods of the nations of the earth have not delivered their people out of my hand, so the God of Ezekias shall by no means deliver his people out of my hand.
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18| And he cried with a loud voice in the Jews’ language to the people of Jerusalem on the wall, <i>calling them</i> to assist them, and pull down <i>the walls</i>, that they might take the city.
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19| And he spoke against the God of Jerusalem, even as against the gods of the nations of the earth, the works of the hands of men.
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20| And king Ezekias and Esaias the prophet the son of Amos prayed concerning these things, and they cried to heaven.
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21| And the Lord sent an angel, and he destroyed every mighty man and warrior, and leader and captain in the camp of the king of Assyria: and he returned with shame of face to his own land and came into the house of his god: and <i>some</i> of them that came out of his bowels slew him with the sword.
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22| So the Lord delivered Ezekias and the dwellers in Jerusalem out of the hand of Sennacherim King of Assyria, and out of the hand of all <i>his enemies</i>, and gave them rest round about.
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23| And many brought gifts to the Lord to Jerusalem, and presents to Ezekias king of Juda; and he was exalted in the eyes of all the nations after these things.
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24| In those days Ezekias was sick even to death, and prayed to the Lord: and he hearkened to him, and gave him a sign.
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25| But Ezekias did not recompense the Lord according to the return which he made him, but his heart was lifted up: and wrath came upon him, and upon Juda and Jerusalem.
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26| And Ezekias humbled himself after the exaltation of his heart, he and the dwellers in Jerusalem; and the wrath of the Lord did not come upon them in the days of Ezekias.
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27| And Ezekias had wealth and very great glory: and he made for himself treasuries of gold, and silver, and precious stones, also for spices, and stores for arms, and for precious vessels;
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28| and cities for the produce of corn, and wine, and oil; and stalls and mangers for every <i>kind of</i> cattle, and folds for flocks;
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29| and cities which he built for himself, and store of sheep and oxen in abundance, for the Lord gave him a very great store.
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30| The same Ezekias stopped up the course of the water of Gion above, and brought the water down straight south of the city of David. And Ezekias prospered in all his works.
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31| Notwithstanding, in regard to the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who were sent to him to enquire of him <i>concerning</i> the prodigy which came upon the land, the Lord left him, to try him, to know what was in his heart.
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32| And the rest of the acts of Ezekias, and his kindness, behold, they are written in the prophecy of Esaias the son of Amos the prophet, and in the book of the kings of Juda and Israel.
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33| And Ezekias slept with his fathers, and they buried him in a high place among the sepulchres of the sons of David: and all Juda and the dwellers in Jerusalem gave him glory and honour at his death. And Manasses his son reigned in his stead.
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#33
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1| Manasses was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem.
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2| And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all the abominations of the heathen, whom the Lord destroyed from before the face of the children of Israel.
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3| And he returned and built the high places, which his father Ezekias had pulled down, and set up images to Baalim, and made groves, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.
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4| And he built altars in the house of the Lord, concerning which the Lord said, In Jerusalem shall be my name for ever.
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5| And he built altars to all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the Lord.
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6| He also passed his children through the fire in the valley of Benennom; and he divined, and used auspices, and sorceries, and appointed those who had divining spirits, and enchanters, and wrought abundant wickedness before the Lord, to provoke him.
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7| And he set the graven <i>image</i>, the molten <i>statue</i>, the idol which he made, in the house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put my name for ever;
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8| and I will not again remove the foot of Israel from the land which I gave to their fathers, if only they will take heed to do all things which I have commanded them, according to all the law and the ordinances and the judgments <i>given</i> by the hand of Moses.
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9| So Manasses led astray Juda and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to do evil beyond all the nations which the Lord cast out from before the children of Israel.
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10| And the Lord spoke to Manasses, and to his people: but they hearkened not.
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11| And the Lord brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, and they took Manasses in bonds, and bound him in fetters, and brought him to Babylon.
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12| And when he was afflicted, he sought the face of the Lord his God, and was greatly humbled before the face of the God of his fathers;
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13| and he prayed to him: and he hearkened to him, and listened to his cry, and brought him back to Jerusalem to his kingdom: and Manasses knew that the Lord he is God.
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14| And afterward he built a wall without the city of David, from the southwest southward in the valleys and at the entrance through the fish-gate, as men go out by the gate round about, even as far as Opel: and he raised it much, and set captains of the host in all the fortified cities in Juda.
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15| And he removed the strange gods, and the graven <i>image</i> out of the house of the Lord, and all the altars which he had built in the mount of the house of the Lord, and in Jerusalem, and without the city.
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16| And he repaired the altar of the Lord, and offered upon it a sacrifice of peace-offering and thank-offering, and he told Juda to serve the Lord God of Israel.
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17| Nevertheless the people still sacrificed on the high places, only to the Lord their God.
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18| And the rest of the acts of Manasses, and his prayer to God, and the words of the seers that spoke to him in the name of the God of Israel,
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19| behold, <i>they are</i> in the account of his prayer; and <i>God</i> hearkened to him. And all his sins, and his backslidings, and the spots on which he built the high places, and set there groves and graven images, before he repented, behold, they are written in the books of the seers.
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20| And Manasses slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the garden of his house: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.
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21| Amon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem.
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22| And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, as his father Manasses did: and Amon sacrificed to all the idols which his father Manasses had made, and served them.
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23| And he was not humbled before the Lord as his father Manasses was humbled; for his son Amon abounded in transgression.
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24| And his servants conspired against him, and slew him in his house.
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25| And the people of the land slew the men who had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josias his son king in his stead.
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#34
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1| Josias was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem.
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2| And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the ways of his father David, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left.
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3| And in the eighth year of his reign, and he <i>being</i> yet a youth, he began to seek the Lord God of his father David: and in the twelfth year of his reign he began to purge Juda and Jerusalem from the high places, and the groves, and the ornaments for the altars, and the molten images.
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4| And he pulled down the altars of Baalim that were before his face, and the high places that were above them; and he cut down the groves, and the graven images, and broke in pieces the molten images, and reduced them to powder, and cast <i>it</i> upon the surface of the tombs of those who <i>had</i> sacrificed to them.
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5| And he burnt the bones of the priests upon the altars, and purged Juda and Jerusalem.
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6| And <i>he did so</i> in the cities of Manasse, and Ephraim, and Symeon, and Nephthali, and the places round about them.
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7| And he pulled down the altars and the groves, and he cut the idols in small pieces, and cut off all the high places from all the land of Israel, and returned to Jerusalem.
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8| And in the eighteenth year of his reign, after having cleansed the land, and the house, he sent Saphan the son of Ezelias, and Maasa prefect of the city, and Juach son of Joachaz his recorder, to repair the house of the Lord his God.
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9| And they came to Chelcias the high priest, and gave the money that was brought into the house of God, which the Levites who kept the gate collected of the hand of Manasse and Ephraim, and of the princes, and of every one that was left in Israel, and of the children of Juda and Benjamin, and of the dwellers in Jerusalem.
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10| And they gave it into the hand of the workmen, who were appointed in the house of the Lord, and they gave it to the workmen who wrought in the house of the Lord, to repair and strengthen the house.
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11| They gave <i>it</i> also to the carpenters and builders, to buy squared stones, and timber for beams to cover the houses which the kings of Juda had destroyed.
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12| And the men <i>were</i> faithfully <i>engaged</i> in the works: and over them were superintendents, Jeth and Abdias, Levites of the sons of Merari, and Zacharias and Mosollam, of the sons of Caath, <i>appointed</i> to oversee; and every Levite, and every one that understood <i>how</i> to play on musical instruments.
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13| And <i>overseers were</i> over the burden-bearers, and over all the workmen in the respective works; and of the Levites <i>were appointed</i> scribes, and judges, and porters.
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14| And when they brought forth the money that had been brought into the house of the Lord, Chelcias the priest found a book of the law of the Lord <i>given</i> by the hand of Moses.
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15| And Chelcias answered and said to Saphan the scribe, I have found a book of the law in the house of the Lord. And Chelcias gave the book to Saphan.
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16| And Saphan brought in the book to the king, and moreover gave an account to the king, <i>saying, This is</i> all the money given into the hand of thy servants that work.
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17| And they have collected the money that was found in the house of the Lord, and given it into the hand of the overseers, and into the hand of them that do the work.
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18| And Saphan the scribe brought word to the king, saying, Chelcias the priest has given me a book. And Saphan read it before the king.
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19| And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the law, that he rent his garments.
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20| And the king commanded Chelcias, and Achicam the son of Saphan, and Abdom the son of Michaias, and Saphan the scribe, and Asia the servant of the king, saying,
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21| Go, enquire of the Lord for me, and for every one that is left in Israel and Juda, concerning the words of the book that is found: for great is the wrath of the Lord <i>which</i> has been kindled amongst us, because our fathers have not hearkened to the words of the Lord, to do according to all the things written in this book.
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22| And Chelcias went, and <i>the others</i> whom the king told, to Olda the prophetess, the wife of Sellem son of Thecoe, son of Aras, who kept the commandments; and she dwelt in Jerusalem in the second <i>quarter</i>: and they spoke to her accordingly.
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23| And she said to them, Thus has the Lord God of Israel said, Tell the man who sent you to me,
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24| Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I bring evil upon this place, <i>even</i> all the words that are written in the book that was read before the king of Juda:
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25| because they have forsaken me, and burnt incense to strange gods, that they might provoke me by all the works of their hands; and my wrath is kindled against this place, and it shall not be quenched.
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26| And concerning the king of Juda, who sent you to seek the Lord, —thus shall ye say to him, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, <i>As for</i> the words which thou has heard,
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27| forasmuch as thy heart was ashamed, and thou was humbled before me when thou heardest my words against this place, and against the inhabitants of it, and thou wast humbled before me, and didst rend thy garments, and didst weep before me; I also have heard, saith the Lord.
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28| Behold, I <i>will</i> gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace, and thine eyes shall not look upon all the evils which I am bringing upon this place, and upon the inhabitants of it. And they brought back word to the king.
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29| And the king sent and gathered the elders of Juda and Jerusalem.
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30| And the king went up to the house of the Lord, <i>he</i> and all Juda, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests, and the Levites, and all the people great and small: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant that were found in the house of the Lord.
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31| And the king stood at a pillar, and made a covenant before the Lord, to walk before the Lord, to keep his commandments and testimonies, and his ordinances, with all <i>his</i> heart and with all <i>his</i> soul, so as to perform the words of the covenant that were written in this book.
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32| And he caused all that were found in Jerusalem and Benjamin to stand; and the inhabitants of Jerusalem made a covenant in the house of the Lord God of their fathers.
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33| And Josias removed all the abominations out of the whole land which belonged to the children of Israel, and caused all that were found in Jerusalem and in Israel, to serve the Lord their God all his days: he departed not from following the Lord God of his fathers.
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#35
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1| And Josias kept a passover to the Lord his God; and sacrificed the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.
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2| And he appointed the priests at their charges, and encouraged them for the services of the house of the Lord.
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3| And he told the Levites that were able <i>to act</i> in all Israel, that they should consecrate themselves to the Lord: and they put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel built: and the king said, Ye must not carry anything on your shoulders: now then minister to the Lord your God, and to his people Israel.
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4| And prepare yourselves according to the houses of your families, and according to your daily courses, according to the writing of David king of Israel, and <i>the order</i> by the hand of his son Solomon.
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5| And stand ye in the house according to the divisions of the houses of your families for your brethren the sons of the people; <i>so</i> also let there be for the Levites a division of the house of their family.
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6| And kill ye the passover, and prepare <i>it</i> for your brethren, to do according to the word of the Lord, by the hand of Moses.
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7| And Josias gave as an offering to the children of the people, sheep, and lambs, and kids of the young of the goats, all for the passover, <i>even for</i> all that were found, in number <i>amounting to</i> thirty thousand, and three thousand calves, these <i>were</i> of the substance of the king.
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8| And his princes gave an offering to the people, and to the priests, and to the Levites: and Chelcias and Zacharias and Jeiel the chief men gave to the priests of the house of God, they even gave for the passover sheep, and lambs, and kids, two thousand six hundred, and three hundred calves.
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9| And Chonenias, and Banaeas, and Samaeas, and Nathanael his brother, and Asabias, and Jeiel, and Jozabad, heads of the Levites, gave an offering to the Levites for the passover, of five thousand sheep and five hundred calves.
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10| And the service was duly ordered, and the priests stood in their place, and the Levites in their divisions, according to the command of the king.
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11| And they slew the passover, and the priests sprinkled the blood from their hand, and the Levites flayed <i>the victims</i>.
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12| And they prepared the whole-burnt-offering to give to them, according to the division by the houses of families, <i>even</i> to the sons of the people, to offer to the Lord, as it is written in the book of Moses.
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13| And thus <i>they did</i> till the morning. And they roasted the passover with fire according to the ordinance; and boiled the holy <i>pieces</i> in copper vessels and caldrons, and <i>the feast</i> went on well, and they quickly served all the children of the people.
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14| And after they had prepared for themselves and for the priests, for the priests <i>were engaged</i> in offering the whole-burnt-offerings and the fat until night, then the Levites prepared for themselves, and for their brethren the sons of Aaron.
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15| And the sons of Asaph the psalm-singers <i>were</i> at their post according to the commands of David, and Asaph, and Æman, and Idithom, the prophets of the king: also, the chiefs and the porters of the several gates; —it was not for them to stir from the service of the holy things, for their brethren the Levites prepared for them.
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16| So all the service of the Lord was duly ordered and prepared in that day, for keeping the passover, and offering the whole-burnt-sacrifices on the altar of the Lord, according to the command of king Josias.
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17| And the children of Israel that were present kept the passover at that time, and the feast of unleavened bread seven days.
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18| And there was no passover like it in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet, or any king of Israel: they kept not such a passover as Josias, and the priests, and the Levites, and all Juda and Israel that were present, and the dwellers in Jerusalem, kept to the Lord.
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19| In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josias this passover was kept, after all these things that Josias did in the house. And king Josias burnt those who had in them a divining spirit, and the wizards, and the images, and the idols, and the sodomites which were in the land of Juda and in Jerusalem, that he might confirm the words of the law that were written in the book which Chelcias the priest found in the house of the Lord. There was no <i>king</i> like him before him, who turned to the Lord with all his heart, and all his soul, and all his strength, according to all the law of Moses, and after him there rose up none like him. Nevertheless the Lord turned not from the anger of his fierce wrath, wherewith the Lord was greatly angry against Juda, for all the provocations wherewith Manasses provoked him: and the Lord said, I will even remove Juda also from my presence, as I have removed Israel, and I have rejected the city which I chose, <i>even</i> Jerusalem, and thehouse of which I said, My name shall be there.
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20| And Pharao Nechao king of Egypt went up against the king of the Assyrians to the river Euphrates, and king Josias went to meet him.
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21| And he sent messengers to him, saying, What have I to do with thee, O king of Juda? I am not come to-day to war against thee; and God has told me to hasten: beware of the God that is with me, lest he destroy thee.
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22| However, Josias turned not his face from him, but strengthened himself to fight against him, and hearkened not to the words of Nechao by the mouth of God, and he came to fight in the plain of Mageddo.
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23| And the archers shot at king Josias; and the king said to his servants, Take me away, for I am severely wounded.
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24| And his servants lifted him out of the chariot, and put him in the second chariot which he had, and brought him to Jerusalem; and he died, and was buried with his fathers: and all Juda and Jerusalem lamented over Josias.
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25| And Jeremias mourned over Josias, and all the chief men and chief women uttered a lamentation over Josias until this day: and they made it an ordinance for Israel, and, behold, it is written in the lamentations.
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26| And the rest of the acts of Josias, and his hope, are written in the law of the Lord.
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27| And his acts, the first and the last, behold, <i>they are</i> written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.
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#36
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1| And the people of the land took Joachaz the son of Josias, and anointed him, and made him king over Jerusalem in the room of his father.
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2| Joachaz <i>was</i> twenty-three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Amital, daughter of Jeremias of Lobna. And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his fathers had done. And Pharao Nechao bound him in Deblatha in the land of Æmath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem.
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3| And the king brought him over to Egypt; and imposed a tribute on the land, a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
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4| And Pharao Nechao made Eliakim the son of Josias king over Juda in the room of his father Josias, and changed his name <i>to</i> Joakim. And Pharao Nechao took his brother Joachaz and brought him into Egypt, and he died there: but <i>he</i> had given the silver and gold to Pharao. At that time the land began to be taxed to give the money at the command of Pharao; and every one as he could borrowed the silver and the gold of the people of the land, to give to Pharao Nechao.
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5| Joachim was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name <i>was</i> Zechora, daughter of Nerias of Rama. And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his fathers did. In his days came Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon into the land, and he served him three years, and <i>then</i> revolted from him. And the Lord sent against them the Chaldeans, and plundering parties of Syrians, and plundering parties of the Moabites, and of the children of Ammon, and of Samaria; but after this they departed, according to the word of the Lord by the hand of his servants the prophets. Nevertheless the wrath of the Lord was upon Juda, so that they should be removed from his presence, because of the sins of Manasses in all that he did, and for the innocent blood which Joakim shed, for he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; yet the Lord would not utterly destroy them.
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6| And Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon came up against him, and bound him with brazen fetters, and carried him away to Babylon.
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7| And he carried away a part of the vessels of the house of the Lord to Babylon, and put them in his temple in Babylon.
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8| And the rest of the acts of Joakim, and all that he did, behold, <i>are</i> not these things written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Juda? And Joakim slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in Ganozae: and Jechonias his son reigned in his stead.
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9| Jechonias <i>was</i> eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem, and did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord.
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10| And at the turn of the year, king Nabuchodonosor sent, and brought him to Babylon, with the precious vessels of the house of the Lord, and made Sedekias his father’s brother king over Juda and Jerusalem.
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11| Sedekias <i>was</i> twenty-one years old when he began to reign, and be reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.
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12| And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord his God: he was not ashamed before the prophet Jeremias, nor because of the word of the Lord;
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13| in that he rebelled against king Nabuchodonosor, which he adjured him by God <i>not to do</i>: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart, so as not to return to the Lord God of Israel.
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14| And all the great men of Juda, and the priests, and the people of the land transgressed abundantly in the abominations of the heathen, and polluted the house of the Lord which <i>was</i> in Jerusalem.
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15| And the Lord God of their fathers sent by the hand of his prophets; rising early and sending his messengers, for he spared his people, and his sanctuary.
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16| Nevertheless they sneered at his messengers, and set at nought his words, and mocked his prophets, until the wrath of the Lord rose up against his people, till there was no remedy.
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17| And he brought against them the king of the Chaldeans, and slew their young men with the sword in the house of his sanctuary, and did not spare Sedekias, and had no mercy upon their virgins, and they led away their old men: he delivered all things into their hands.
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18| And all the vessels of the house of God, the great and the small, and the treasures of the house of the Lord, and all the treasures of the king and the great men; he brought all to Babylon.
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19| And he burnt the house of the Lord, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt its palaces with fire, and <i>utterly destroyed</i> every beautiful vessel.
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20| And he carried away the remnant to Babylon; and they were servants to him and to his sons until <i>the establishment of</i> the kingdom of the Medes.
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21| That the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremias might be fulfilled, until the land should enjoy its sabbaths in resting <i>and</i> sabbath keeping all the days of its desolation, till the accomplishment of seventy years.
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22| In the first year of Cyrus king of the Persians, after the fulfillment of the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremias, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of the Persians, and told him to make proclamation in writing throughout all his kingdom, saying,
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23| Thus says Cyrus king of the Persians to all the kingdoms of the earth, The Lord God of heaven has given me <i>power</i>, and he has commanded me to build a house to him in Jerusalem, in Judea. Who <i>is there</i> of you of all his people? His God shall be with him, and let him go up.
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24| Prayer of Manasses: (1) O Lord, Almighty God of our fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and of their righteous seed; (2) who hast made heaven and earth, with all the ornament thereof; (3) who hast bound the sea by the word of thy commandment; who hast shut up the deep, and sealed it by thy terrible and glorious name; (4) whom all men fear, and tremble before thy power; (5) for the majesty of thy glory cannot be borne, and thine angry threatening toward sinners is importable: (6) but thy merciful promise is unmeasurable and unsearchable; (7) for thou art the most high Lord, of great compassion, longsuffering, very merciful, and repentest of the evils of men. Thou, O Lord, according to thy great goodness hast promised repentance and forgiveness to them that have sinned against thee: and of thine infinite mercies hast appointed repentance unto sinners, that they may be saved. (8) Thou therefore, O Lord, that art the God of the just, hast not appointed repentance to the just, as to Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, which have not sinned against thee; but thou hast appointed repentance unto me that am a sinner: (9) for I have sinned above the number of the sands of the sea. My transgressions, O Lord, are multiplied: my transgressions are multiplied, and I am not worthy to behold and see the height of heaven for the multitude of mine iniquities. (10) I am bowed down with many iron bands, that I cannot lift up mine head, neither have any release: for I have provoked thy wrath, and done evil before thee: I did not thy will, neither kept I thy commandments: I have set up abominations, and have multiplied offences. (11) Now therefore I bow the knee of mine heart, beseeching thee of grace. (12) I have sinned, O Lord, I have sinned, and I acknowledge mine iniquities: (13) wherefore, I humbly beseech thee, forgive me, O Lord, forgive me, and destroy me not with mine iniquities. Be not angry with me for ever, by reserving evil for me; neither condemn me to the lower parts of the earth. For thou art the God, even the God of them that repent; (14) and in me thou wilt shew all thy goodness: for thou wilt save me, that am unworthy, according to thy great mercy. (15) Therefore I will praise thee for ever all the days of my life: for all the powers of the heavens do praise thee, and thine is the glory for ever and ever. Amen.
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#1
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1| And Moab repelled against Israel after the death of Achaab.
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2| And
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| Ochozias fell through the lattice that was in his upper chamber in Samaria and was sick; and he sent messengers, and said to them, Go and enquire of Baal fly, the god of Accaron, whether I shall recover of this my sickness. And they went to enquire of him.
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3| And an angel of the Lord called Eliu the Thesbite, saying, Arise, and go to meet the messengers of Ochozias king of Samaria, and thou shalt say to them, <i>Is it</i> because there is no God in Israel, <i>that</i> ye go to enquire of Baal fly, the God of Accaron? but <i>it shall</i> not <i>be</i> so.
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4| For thus saith the Lord, The bed on which thou art gone up, thou shalt not come down from it, for thou shalt surely die. And Eliu went, and said <i>so</i> to them.
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5| And the messengers returned to him, and he said to them, Why have ye returned?
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6| And they said to him, A man came up to meet us, and said to us, Go, return to the king that sent you, and say to him, Thus saith the Lord, <i>Is it</i> because there is no God in Israel, <i>that</i> thou goest to enquire of Baal fly, the God of Accaron? <i>it shall</i> not <i>be</i> so: the bed on which thou art gone up, thou shalt not come down from it, for thou shalt surely die.
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7| So they returned and reported to the king as Eliu said: and he said to them, What <i>was</i> the manner of the man who went up to mid you, and spoke to you these words?
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8| And they said to him, <i>He was</i> a hairy man, and girt with a leathern girdle about his loins. And he said, This is Eliu the Thesbite.
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9| And he sent to him a captain of fifty and his fifty; and he went up to him: and, behold, Eliu sat on the top of a mountain. And the captain of fifty spoke to him, and said, O man of God, the king has called thee, come down.
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10| And Eliu answered and said to the captain of fifty, And if I <i>am</i> a man of God, fire shall come down out of heaven, and devour thee and thy fifty. And fire came down out of heaven, and devoured him and his fifty.
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11| And the king sent a second time to him another captain of fifty, and his fifty. And the captain of fifty spoke to him, and said, O man of God, thus says the king, Come down quickly.
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12| And Eliu answered and spoke to him, and said, If I <i>am</i> a man of God, fire shall come down out of heaven, and devour thee and thy fifty. And fire came down out of heaven, and devoured him and his fifty.
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13| And the king sent yet again a captain and his fifty. And the third captain of fifty came, and knelt on his knees before Eliu, and entreated him, and spoke to him and said, O man of God, let my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be precious in thine eyes.
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14| Behold, fire came down from heaven, and devoured the two first captains of fifty: and now, I pray, let my life be precious in thine eyes.
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15| And the angel of the Lord spoke to Eliu, and said, Go down with him, be not afraid of them. And Eliu rose up, and went down with him to the king.
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16| And Eliu spoke to him, and said, Thus saith the Lord, Why hast thou sent messengers to enquire of Baal fly, the god of Accaron? <i>it shall</i> not <i>be</i> so: the bed on which thou art gone up, thou shalt not come down from it, for thou shalt surely die.
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17| So he died according to the word of the Lord which Eliu has spoken.
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18| And the rest of the acts of Ochozias which he did, behold, <i>are</i> they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? and Joram son of Achaab reigns over Israel in Samaria twelve years <i>beginning</i> in the eighteenth year of Josaphat king of Juda: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, only not as his brethren, nor as his mother: and he removed the pillars of Baal which his father made, and broke them in pieces: only he was joined to the sins of the house of Jeroboam, who led Israel to sin; he departed not from them. And the Lord was very angry with the house of Achaab.
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#2
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1| And it came to pass, when the Lord was going to take Eliu with a whirlwind as it were into heaven, that Eliu and Elisaie went out of Galgala.
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2| And Eliu said to Elisaie, Stay here, I pray thee; for God has sent me to Baethel. And Elisaie said, <i>As</i> the Lord lives and thy soul lives, I will not leave thee; so they came to Baethel.
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3| And the sons of the prophets who were in Baethel came to Elisaie, and said to him, Dost thou know, that the Lord this day is going to take thy lord away from thy head? And he said, Yea, I know <i>it</i>; be silent.
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4| And Eliu said to Elisaie, Stay here, I pray thee; for the Lord has sent me to Jericho. And he said, <i>As</i> the Lord lives and thy soul lives, I will not leave thee. And they came to Jericho.
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5| And the sons of the prophets who were in Jericho drew near to Elisaie, and said to him, Dost thou know that the Lord is about to take away thy master to-day from thy head? And he said, Yea, I know <i>it</i>; hold your peace.
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6| And Eliu said to him, Stay here, I pray thee, for the Lord has sent me to Jordan. And Elisaie said, <i>As</i> the Lord lives and thy soul lives, I will not leave thee: and they both went on.
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7| And fifty men of the sons of the prophets <i>went also</i>, and they stood opposite afar off: and both stood on <i>the bank</i> of Jordan.
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8| And Eliu took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and smote the water: and the water was divided on this side and on that side, and they both went over on dry ground.
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9| And it came to pass while they were crossing over, that Eliu said to Elisaie, Ask what I shall do for thee before I am taken up from thee. And Elisaie said, Let there be, I pray thee, a double <i>portion</i> of thy spirit upon me.
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10| And Eliu said, Thou hast asked a hard thing: if thou shalt see me when I am taken up from thee, then shall it be so to thee; and if not, it shall not be <i>so</i>.
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11| And it came to pass as they were going, they went on talking; and, behold, a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and it separated between them both; and Eliu was taken up in a whirlwind as it were into heaven.
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12| And Elisaie saw, and cried, Father, father, the chariot of Israel, and the horseman thereof! And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his garments, and rent them into two pieces.
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13| And Elisaie took up the mantle of Eliu, which fell from off him upon Elisaie; and Elisaie returned, and stood upon the brink of Jordan;
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14| and he took the mantle of Eliu, which fell from off him, and smote the water, and said, Where is the Lord God of Eliu? and he smote the waters, and they were divided hither and thither; and Elisaie went over.
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15| And the sons of the prophets who were in Jericho on the opposite side saw him, and said, The spirit of Eliu has rested upon Elisaie. And they came to meet him, and did obeisance to him to the ground.
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16| And they said to him, Behold now, <i>there are</i> with thy servants fifty men of strength: let them go now, and seek thy lord: peradventure the Spirit of the Lord has taken him up, and cast him into Jordan, or on one of the mountains, or on one of the hills. And Elisaie said, Ye shall not send.
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17| And they pressed him until he was ashamed; and he said, Send. And they sent fifty men, and sought three days, and found him not.
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18| And they returned to him, for he dwelt in Jericho: and Elisaie said, Did I not say to you, Go not?
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19| And the men of the city said to Elisaie, Behold, the situation of the city <i>is</i> good, as <i>our</i> lord sees; but the waters <i>are</i> bad, and the ground barren.
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20| And Elisaie said, Bring me a new pitcher, and put salt in it. And they took <i>one</i>, and brought <i>it</i> to him.
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21| And Elisaie went out to the spring of the waters, and cast salt therein, and says, Thus saith the Lord, I have healed these waters; there shall not be any longer death thence or barren <i>land</i>.
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22| And the waters were healed until this day, according to the word of Elisaie which he spoke.
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23| And he went up thence to Baethel: and as he was going up by the way there came up also little children from the city, and mocked him, and said to him, Go up, bald-head, go up.
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24| And he turned after them, and saw them, and cursed them in the name of the Lord. And, behold, there came out two bears out of the wood, and they tore forty and two children of them.
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25| And he went thence to mount Carmel, and returned thence to Samaria.
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#3
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1| And Joram the son of Achaab began to reign in Israel in the eighteenth year of Josaphat king of Juda, and he reigned twelve years.
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2| And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, only not as his father, nor as his mother: and he removed the pillars of Baal which his father had made.
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3| Only he adhered to the sin of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, who made Israel to sin; he departed not from it.
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4| And Mosa king of Moab was a sheep-master, and he rendered to the king of Israel in the beginning <i>of the year</i>, a hundred thousand lambs, and a hundred thousand rams, with the wool.
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5| And it came to pass, after the death of Achaab, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.
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6| And king Joram went forth in that day out of Samaria, and numbered Israel.
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7| And he went and sent to Josaphat king of Juda, saying, The king of Moab has rebelled against me: wilt thou go with me against Moab to war? And he said, I will go up: thou art as I, I am as thou; as my people, so <i>is</i> thy people, as my horses, so <i>are</i> thy horses.
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8| And he said, What way shall I go up? and he said, The way of the wilderness of Edom.
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9| And the king of Israel went, and the king of Juda, and the king of Edom: and they fetched a compass of seven days’ journey; and there was no water for the army, and for the cattle that went with them.
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10| And the king of Israel said, Alas! that the Lord should have called the three kings on their way, to give them into the hand of Moab.
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11| And Josaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the Lord, that we may enquire of the Lord by him? And one of the servants of the king of Israel answered and said, <i>There is</i> here Elisaie son of Saphat, who poured water on the hands of Eliu.
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12| And Josaphat said, He has the word of the Lord. And the king of Israel, and Josaphat king of Juda, and the king of Edom, went down to him.
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13| And Elisaie said to the king of Israel, What have I to do with thee? go to the prophets of thy father, and the prophets of thy mother. And the king of Israel said to him, Has the Lord called the three kings to deliver them into the hands of Moab?
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14| And Elisaie said, <i>As</i> the Lord of hosts before whom I stand lives, unless I regarded the presence of Josaphat the king of Juda, I would not have looked on thee, nor seen thee.
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15| And now fetch me a harper. And it came to pass, as the harper harped, that the hand of the Lord came upon him.
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16| And he said, Thus saith the Lord, Make this valley full of trenches.
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17| For thus saith the Lord, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see rain, yet this valley shall be filled with water, and ye, and your flocks, and your cattle shall drink.
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18| And this <i>is</i> a light <i>thing</i> in the eyes of the Lord: I will also deliver Moab into your hand.
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19| And ye shall smite every strong city, and ye shall cut down every good tree, and ye shall stop all wells of water, and spoil every good piece <i>of land</i> with stones.
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20| And it came to pass in the morning, when the sacrifice was offered, that, behold! waters came from the way of Edom, and the land was filled with water.
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21| And all Moab heard that the three kings were come up to fight against them; and they cried out on every <i>side, even</i> all that were girt with a girdle, and they said, Ho! and stood upon the border.
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22| And they rose early in the morning, and the sun rose upon the waters, and Moab saw the waters on the opposite side red as blood.
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23| And they said, This <i>is</i> the blood of the sword; and the kings have fought, and each man has smitten his neighbour; now then to the spoils, Moab.
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24| And they entered into the camp of Israel; and Israel arose and smote Moab, and they fled from before them; and they went on and smote Moab as they went.
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25| And they razed the cities, and cast every man his stone on every good piece <i>of land</i> and filled it; and they stopped every well, and cut down every good tree, until they left <i>only</i> the stones of the wall cast down; and the slingers compassed <i>the land</i>, and smote it.
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26| And the king of Moab saw that the battle prevailed against him; and he took with him seven hundred men that drew sword, to cut through to the king of Edom: and they could not.
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27| And he took his eldest son whom he had designed to reign in his stead, and offered him up for a whole-burnt-offering on the walls. And there was a great indignation against Israel; and they departed from him, and returned to their land.
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#4
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1| And one of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried to Elisaie, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant feared the Lord: and the creditor is come to take my two sons to be his servants.
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2| And Elisaie said, What shall I do for thee? tell me what thou hast in the house. And she said, Thy servant has nothing in the house, except oil wherewith I anoint myself.
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3| And he said to her, Go, borrow for thyself vessels without of all thy neighbours, <i>even</i> empty vessels; borrow not a few.
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4| And thou shalt go in and shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and thou shalt pour forth into these vessels, and remove that which is filled.
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5| And she departed from him, and shut the door upon herself and upon her sons: they brought the vessels near to her, and she poured in until the vessels were filled.
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6| And she said to her sons, Bring me yet a vessel. And they said to her, There is not a vessel more. And the oil stayed.
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7| And she came and told the man of God: and Elisaie said, Go, and sell the oil, and thou shalt pay thy debts, and thou and thy sons shall live of the remaining oil.
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8| And a day came, when Elisaie passed over to Soman, and <i>there was</i> a great lady there, and she constrained him to eat bread: and it came to pass as often as he went into <i>the city, that</i> he turned aside to eat there.
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9| And the woman said to her husband, See now, I know that this <i>is</i> a holy man of God who comes over continually to us.
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10| Let us now make for him an upper chamber, a small place; and let us put there for him a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick: and it shall come to pass that when he comes in to us, he shall turn in thither.
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11| And a day came, and he went in thither, and turned aside into the upper chamber, and lay there.
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12| And he said to Giezi his servant, Call me this Somanite. and he called her, and she stood before him.
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13| And he said to him, Say now to her, Behold, thou hast taken all this trouble for us; what should I do for thee? Hast thou any request <i>to make</i> to the king, or to the captain of the host? And she said, I dwell in the midst of my people.
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14| And he said to Giezi, What must we do for her? and Giezi his servant said, Indeed she has no son, and her husband <i>is</i> old.
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15| And he called her, and she stood by the door.
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16| And Elisaie said to her, At this time <i>next year</i>, as the season <i>is</i>, thou <i>shalt be</i> alive, and embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, do not lie to thy servant.
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17| And the woman conceived, and bore a son at the very time, as the season was, being alive, as Elisaie said to her.
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18| And the child grew: and it came to pass when he went out to his father to the reapers,
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19| that he said to his father, My head, my head. and <i>his father</i> said to a servant, carry him to his mother.
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20| And he carried him to his mother, and he lay upon her knees till noon, and died.
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21| And she carried him up and laid him on the bed of the man of god; and she shut the door upon him, and went out.
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22| And she called her husband, and said, Send now for me one of the young men, and one of the asses, and I will ride quickly to the man of God, and return.
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23| And he said, Why art thou going to him to-day? It is neither new moon, nor the Sabbath. And she said, <i>It is</i> well.
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24| And she saddled the ass, and said to her servant, Be quick, proceed: spare not on my account to ride, unless I shall tell thee. Go, and thou shalt proceed, and come to the man of God to mount Carmel.
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25| And she rode and came to the man of God to the mountain: and it came to pass when Elisaie saw her coming, that he said to Giezi his servant, See now, that Somanite comes.
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26| Now run to meet her, and thou shalt say, <i>Is it</i> well with thee? <i>is it</i> well with thy husband? <i>is it</i> well with the child? and she said, <i>It is</i> well.
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27| And she came to Elisaie to the mountain, and laid hold of his feet; and Giezi drew near to thrust her away. And Elisaie said, Let her alone, for her soul <i>is</i> much grieved in her, and the Lord has hidden <i>it</i> from me, and has not told <i>it</i> me.
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28| And she said, Did I ask a son of my lord? For did I not say, Do not deal deceitfully with me?
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29| And Elisaie said to Giezi, Gird up thy loins, and take my staff in thy hand, and go: if thou meet any man, thou shalt not salute him, and if a man salute thee thou shalt not answer him: and thou shalt lay my staff on the child’s face.
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30| And the mother of the child said, <i>As</i> the Lord lives and <i>as</i> thy soul lives, I will not leave thee. And Elisaie arose, and went after her.
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31| And Giezi went on before her, and laid his staff on the child’s face: but there was neither voice nor any hearing. So he returned to meet him, and told him, saying, The child is not awaked.
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32| And Elisaie went into the house, and, behold, the dead child was laid upon his bed.
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33| And Elisaie went into the house, and shut the door upon themselves, the two, and prayed to the Lord.
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34| And he went up, and lay upon the child, and put his mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands; and bowed himself upon him, and the flesh of the child grew warm.
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35| And he returned, and walked up and down in the house: and he went up, and bowed himself on the child seven times; and the child opened his eyes.
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36| And Elisaie cried out to Giezi, and said, Call this Somanite. So he called her, and she came in to him: and Elisaie said, Take thy son.
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37| And the woman went in, and fell at his feet, and did obeisance <i>bowing</i> to the ground; and she took her son, and went out.
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38| And Elisaie returned to Galgala: and a famine <i>was</i> in the land; and the sons of the prophets sat before him: and Elisaie said to his servant, Set on the great pot, and boil pottage for the sons of the prophets.
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39| And he went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a vine in the field, and gathered of it wild gourds, his garment full; and he cast it into the caldron of pottage, for they knew <i>them</i> not.
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40| And he poured it out for the men to eat: and it came to pass, when they were eating of the pottage, that lo! they cried out, and said, <i>There is</i> death in the pot, O man of God. And they could not eat.
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41| And he said, Take meal, and cast it into the pot. And Elisaie said to his servant Giezi, Pour out for the people, and let them eat. And there was no longer there any hurtful thing in the pot.
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42| And there came a man over from Baetharisa, and brought to the man of God twenty barley loaves and cakes of figs, of the first-fruits. And he said, Give to the people, and let them eat.
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43| And his servant said, Why should I set this before a hundred men? and he said, Give to the people, and let them eat; for thus saith the Lord, They shall eat and leave.
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44| And they ate and left, according to the word of the Lord.
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#5
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1| Now Naiman, the captain of the host of Syria, was a great man before his master, and highly respected, because by him the Lord had given deliverance to Syria, and the man was mighty in strength, <i>but</i> a leper.
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2| And the Syrians went forth in small bands, and took captive out of the land of Israel a little maid: and she waited on Naiman’s wife.
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3| And she said to her mistress, O that my lord were before the prophet of God in Samaria; then he would recover him from his leprosy.
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4| And she went in and told her lord, and said, Thus and thus spoke the maid from the land of Israel.
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5| And the king of Syria said to Naiman, Go to, go, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel. And he went, and took in his hand ten talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of raiment.
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6| And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying, Now then, as soon as this letter shall reach thee, behold, I have sent to thee my servant Naiman, and thou shalt recover him from his leprosy.
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7| And it came to pass, when the king of Israel read the letter, <i>that</i> he rent his garments, and said, <i>Am</i> I God, to kill and to make alive, that this <i>man</i> sends to me to recover a man of his leprosy? consider, however, I pray you, and see that this <i>man</i> seeks an occasion against me.
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8| And it came to pass, when Elisaie heard that the king of Israel had rent his garments, that he sent to the king of Israel, saying, Wherefore hast thou rent thy garments? Let Naiman, I pray thee, come to me, and let him know that there is a prophet in Israel.
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9| So Naiman came with horse and chariot, and stood at the door of the house of Elisaie.
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10| And Elisaie sent a messenger to him, saying, Go and wash seven times in Jordan, and thy flesh shall return to thee, and thou shalt be cleansed.
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11| And Naiman was angry, and departed, and said, Behold, I said, He will by all means come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of his God, and lay his hand upon the place, and recover the leper.
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12| <i>Are</i> not the Abana and Pharphar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not go and wash in them, and be cleansed? and he turned and went away in a rage.
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13| And his servants came near and said to him, <i>Suppose</i> the prophet had spoken a great thing to thee, wouldest thou not perform it? yet he has but said to thee, Wash, and be cleansed.
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14| So Naiman went down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the word of Elisaie: and his flesh returned to him as the flesh of a little child, and he was cleansed.
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15| And he and all his company returned to Elisaie, and he came and stood before him, and said, Behold, I know that there is no God in all the earth, save only in Israel: and now receive a blessing of thy servant.
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16| And Elisaie said, <i>As</i> the Lord lives, before whom I stand, I will not take <i>one</i>. And he pressed him to take <i>one</i>: but he would not.
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17| And Naiman said, Well then, if not, let there be given to thy servant, I pray thee, the load <i>of a</i> yoke of mules; and thou shalt give me of the red earth: for henceforth thy servant will not offer whole-burnt-offering or sacrifice to other gods, but only to the Lord by <i>reason of</i> this thing.
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18| And l let the Lord be propitious to thy servant when my master goes into the house of Remman to worship there, and he shall lean on my hand, and I shall bow down in the house of Remman when he bows down in the house of Remman; even let the Lord, I pray, be merciful to thy servant in this matter.
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19| And Elisaie said to Naiman, Go in peace. And he departed from him a little way.
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20| And Giezi the servant of Elisaie said, Behold, my Lord has spared this Syrian Naiman, so as not to take of his hand what he has brought: as the Lord lives, I will surely run after him, and take somewhat of him.
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21| So Giezi followed after Naiman: and Naiman saw him running after him, and turned back from his chariot to meet him.
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22| And <i>Giezi</i> said, All is well: my master has sent me, saying, Behold, now are there come to me two young men of the sons of the prophets from mount Ephraim; give them, I pray thee, a talent of silver, and two changes of raiment.
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23| And <i>Naiman</i> said, Take two talents of silver. And he took two talents of silver in two bags, and two changes of raiment, and put them upon two of his servants, and they bore them before him.
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24| And he came to a secret place, and took them from their hands, and laid them up in the house, and dismissed the men.
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25| And he went in himself and stood before his master; and Elisaie said to him,
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26| Whence <i>comest thou</i>, Giezi? and Giezi said, Thy servant has not been hither or thither. And Elisaie said to him, Went not my heart with thee, when the man returned from his chariot to meet thee? and now thou hast received silver, and now thou hast received raiment, and olive yards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants.
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27| The leprosy also of Naiman shall cleave to thee, and to thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence leprous, like snow.
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#6
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1| And the sons of the prophets said to Elisaie, Behold now, the place wherein we dwell before thee is too narrow for us.
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2| Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan, and take thence every man a beam, and make for ourselves a habitation there.
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3| And he said, Go. And one of them said gently, Come with thy servants. And he said, I will go.
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||||
4| And he went with them, and they came to Jordan, and began to cut down wood.
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||||
5| And behold, one was cutting down a beam, and the axe head fell into the water: and he cried out, Alas! master: and it was hidden.
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||||
6| And the man of God said, Where did it fall? and he shewed him the place: and he broke off a stick, and threw it in there, and the iron came to the surface.
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7| And he said, Take it up to thyself. And he stretched out his hand, and took it.
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||||
8| And the king of Syria was at war with Israel: and he consulted with his servants, saying, I will encamp in such a place.
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9| And Elisaie sent to the king of Israel, saying, Take heed that thou pass not by that place, for the Syrians are hidden there.
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||||
10| And the king of Israel sent to the place which Elisaie mentioned to him, and saved himself thence not once or twice.
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||||
11| And the mind of the king of Syria was very much disturbed concerning this thing; and he called his servants, and said to them, Will ye not tell me who betrays me to the king of Israel?
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||||
12| And one of his servants said, Nay, my Lord, O king, for Elisaie the prophet that is in Israel reports to the king of Israel all the words whatsoever thou mayest say in thy bedchamber.
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13| And he said, Go, see where this man <i>is</i>, and I will send and take him. And they sent word to him, saying, Behold, <i>he is</i> in Dothaim.
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14| And he sent thither horses, and chariots, and a mighty host: and they came by night, and compassed about the city.
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15| And the servant of Elisaie rose up early and went out; and, behold, a host compassed the city, and horses and chariots: and the servant said to him, O master, what shall we do?
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16| And Elisaie said, Fear not, for they who are with us <i>are</i> more than they that are with them.
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17| And Elisaie prayed, and said, Lord, open, I pray thee, the eyes of the servant, and let him see. And the Lord opened his eyes, and he saw: and, behold, the mountain <i>was</i> full of horses, and there were chariots of fire round about Elisaie.
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18| And they came down to him; and he prayed to the Lord, and said, Smite, I pray thee, this people with blindness. And he smote them with blindness, according to the word of Elisaie.
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19| And Elisaie said to them, This <i>is</i> not the city, and this <i>is</i> not the way: follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom ye seek. And he led them away to Samaria.
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20| And it came to pass when they entered into Samaria, that Elisaie said, Open, I pray thee, O Lord, their eyes, and let them see. And the Lord opened their eyes, and they saw; and, behold, they were in the midst of Samaria.
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21| And the king of Israel said to Elisaie, when he saw them, Shall I <i>not</i> verily smite them, <i>my</i> father?
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||||
22| And he said, Thou shalt not smite them, unless thou wouldest smite those whom thou hast taken captive with thy sword and with thy bow: set bread and water before them, and let them eat and drink, and depart to their master.
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23| And he set before them a great feast, and they ate and drank: and he dismissed them and they departed to their master. And the bands of Syria came no longer into the land of Israel.
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24| And it came to pass after this, that the son of Ader king of Syria gathered all his army, and went up, and besieged Samaria.
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25| And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass’s head was <i>valued</i> at fifty pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove’s dung at five pieces of silver.
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26| And the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, and a woman cried to him, saying, Help, my lord, O king.
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27| And he said to her, Unless the Lord help thee, whence shall I help thee? from the corn-floor, or from the wine-press?
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28| And the king said to her, What is <i>the matter</i> with thee? And the woman said to him, This <i>woman</i> said to me, Give thy son, and we will eat him to-day, and we will eat my son to-morrow.
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29| So we boiled my son, and ate him; and I said to her on the second day, Give thy son, and let us eat him: and she has hidden her son.
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30| And it came to pass, when the king of Israel heard the words of the woman, <i>that</i> he rent his garments; and he passed by on the wall, and the people saw sackcloth within upon his flesh.
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31| And he said, God do so to me and more also, if the head of Elisaie shall stand upon him this day.
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32| And Elisaie was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him; and <i>the king</i> sent a man before him: before the messenger came to him, he also said to the elders, Do ye see that this son of a murderer has sent to take away my head? See, as soon as the messenger shall have come, shut the door, and forcibly detain him at the door: <i>is</i> not the sound of his master’s feet behind him?
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33| While he was yet speaking with them, behold, a messenger came to him: and he said, Behold, this evil <i>is</i> of the Lord; why should I wait for the Lord any longer?
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#7
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1| And Elisaie said, Hear thou the word of the Lord; Thus saith the Lord, As at this time, to-morrow a measure of fine flour <i>shall be sold</i> for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gates of Samaria.
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2| And the officer on whose hand the king rested, answered Elisaie, and said, Behold, <i>if</i> the Lord shall make flood-gates in heaven, might this thing be? and Elisaie said, Behold, thou shalt see with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.
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3| And there were four leprous men by the gate of the city: and one said to his neighbour, Why sit we here until we die?
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4| If we should say, Let us go into the city, then <i>there is</i> famine in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit here, then we shall die. Now then come, and let us fall upon the camp of the Syrians: if they should take us alive, then we shall live; and if they should put us to death, then we shall <i>only</i> die.
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5| And they rose up while it was yet night, to go into the camp of Syria; and they came into a part of the camp of Syria, and behold, there <i>was</i> no man there.
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6| For the Lord had made the army of Syria to hear a sound of chariots, and a sound of horses, <i>even</i> the sound of a great host: and <i>each</i> man said to his fellow, Now has the king of Israel hired against us the kings of the Chettites, and the kings of Egypt, to come against us.
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7| And they arose and fled while it was yet dark, and left their tents, and their horses, and their asses in the camp, as they were, and fled for their lives.
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8| And these lepers entered a little way into the camp, and went into one tent, and ate and drank, and took thence silver, and gold, and raiment; and they went and returned thence, and entered into another tent, and took thence, and went and hid <i>the spoil</i>.
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9| And <i>one</i> man said to his neighbour, We are not doing <i>well</i> thus: this day is a day of glad tidings, and we hold our peace, and are waiting till the morning light, and shall find mischief: now them come, and let us go into <i>the city</i>, and report to the house of the king.
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10| So they went and cried toward the gate of the city, and reported to them, saying, We went into the camp of Syria, and, behold, there is not there a man, nor voice of man, only horses tied and asses, and their tents as they were.
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11| And the porters cried aloud, and reported to the house of the king within.
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||||
12| And the king rose up by night, and said to his servants, I will now tell you what the Syrians have done to us. They knew that we are hungry; and they have gone forth from the camp and hidden themselves in the field, saying, They will come out of the city, and we shall catch them alive, and go into the city.
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13| And one of his servants answered and said, Let them now take five of the horses that were left, which were left here; behold, they are the number left to all the multitude of Israel; and we will send thither and see.
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14| So they took two horsemen; and the king of Israel sent after the king of Syria, saying, Go, and see.
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15| And they went after them even to Jordan: and, behold, all the way was full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their panic. and the messengers returned, and brought word to the king.
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16| And the people went out, and plundered the camp of Syria: and a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, according to the word of the Lord, and two measures of barley for a shekel.
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17| And the king appointed the officer on whose hand the king leaned <i>to have charge</i> over the gate: and the people trampled on him in the gate, and he died, as the man of God <i>had</i> said, who spoke when the messenger came down to him.
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18| So it came to pass as Elisaie had spoken to the king, saying, Two measures of barley <i>shall be sold</i> for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a shekel; and it shall be as at this time to-morrow in the gate of Samaria.
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19| And the officer answered Elisaie, and said, Behold, <i>if</i> the Lord makes flood-gates in heaven, shall this thing be? and Elisaie said, Behold, thou shalt see <i>it</i> with thine eyes, but thou shalt not eat thereof.
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20| And it was so: for the people trampled on him in the gate, and he died.
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#8
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1| And Elisaie spoke to the woman, whose son he <i>had</i> restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thy house, and sojourn wherever thou mayest sojourn: for the Lord has called for a famine upon the land; indeed it is come upon the land <i>for</i> seven years.
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2| And the woman arose, and did according to the word of Elisaie, both she and her house; and they sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years.
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3| And it came to pass after the expiration of the seven years, that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines to the city; and came to cry to the king for her house and for her lands.
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4| And the king spoke to Giezi the servant of Elisaie the man of God, saying, Tell me, I pray thee, all the great things which Elisaie has done.
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5| And it came to pass, as he was telling the king how he had restored to life the dead son, behold, the woman whose son Elisaie restored to life <i>came</i> crying to the king for her house and for her lands. And Giezi said, My lord, O king, this <i>is</i> the woman, and this <i>is</i> her son, whom Elisaie restored to life.
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6| And the king asked the woman, and she told him: and the king appointed her a eunuch, saying, Restore all that was hers, and all the fruits of the field from the day that she left the land until now.
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7| And Elisaie came to Damascus; and the king of Syria the son of Ader was ill, and they brought him word, saying, The man of God is come hither.
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8| And the king said to Azael, Take in thine hand a present, and go to meet the man of God, and enquire of the Lord by him, saying, Shall I recover of this my disease?
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9| And Azael went to meet him, and he took a present in his hand, and all the good things of Damascus, forty camels’ load, and came and stood before him, and said to Elisaie, Thy son the son of Ader, the king of Syria, has sent me to thee to enquire, saying, Shall I recover of this my disease?
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10| And Elisaie said, Go, say, Thou shalt certainly live; yet the Lord has shewed me that thou shalt surely die.
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11| And he stood before him, and fixed <i>his countenance</i> till he was ashamed: and the man of God wept.
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12| And Azael said, Why does my lord weep? And he said, Because I know all the evil that thou wilt do to the children of Israel: thou wilt utterly destroy their strong holds with fire, and thou wilt slay their choice men with the sword, and thou wilt dash their infants <i>against the ground</i>, and their women with child thou wilt rip up.
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13| And Azael said, Who is thy servant? a dead dog, that he should do this thing? And Elisaie said, The Lord has shewn me thee ruling over Syria.
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14| And he departed from Elisaie, and went in to his lord; and he said to him, What said Elisaie to thee? and he said, He said to me, Thou shalt surely live.
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15| And it came to pass on the next day that he took a thick cloth, and dipped it in water, and put it on his face, and he died: and Azael reigned in his stead.
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16| In the fifth year of Joram son of Achaab king of Israel, and while Josaphat was king of Juda, Joram the son of Josaphat king of Juda began to reign.
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17| Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
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18| And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Achaab; for the daughter of Achaab was his wife: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord.
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19| But the Lord would not destroy Juda for David his servant’s sake, as he said he would give a light to him and to his sons continually.
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20| In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Juda, and they made a king over themselves.
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21| And Joram went up to Sior, and all the chariots that were with him: and it came to pass after he had arisen, that he smote Edom who compassed him about, and the captains of the chariots; and the people fled to their tents.
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22| Yet Edom revolted from under the hand of Juda till this day. Then Lobna revolted at that time.
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23| And the rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, behold, are not these written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Juda?
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24| So Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of his father David: and Ochozias his son reigned in his stead.
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25| In the twelfth year of Joram son of Achaab king of Israel, Ochozias son of Joram began to reign.
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26| Twenty and two years old <i>was</i> Ochozias when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem: and the name of his mother <i>was</i> Gotholia, daughter of Ambri king of Israel.
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27| And he walked in the way of the house of Achaab, and did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, as did the house of Achaab.
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28| And he went with Joram the son of Achaab to war against Azael king of the Syrians in Remmoth Galaad; and the Syrians wounded Joram.
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29| And king Joram returned to be healed in Jezrael of the wounds with which they wounded him in Remmoth, when he fought with Azael king of Syria. And Ochozias son of Joram went down to see Joram the son of Achaab in Jezrael, because he was sick.
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#9
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1| And Elisaie the prophet called one of the sons of the prophets, and said to him, Gird up thy loins, and take this cruse of oil in thy hand, and go to Remmoth Galaad.
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2| And thou shalt enter there, and shalt see there Ju the son of Josaphat son of Namessi, and shalt go in and make him rise up from among his brethren, and shalt bring him into a secret chamber.
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3| And thou shalt take the cruse of oil, and pour <i>it</i> on his head, and say thou, Thus saith the Lord, I have anointed thee king over Israel: and thou shalt open the door, and flee, and not tarry.
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4| And the young man the prophet went to Remmoth Galaad.
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5| And he went in, and, behold, the captains of the host were sitting; and he said, I have a message to thee, O captain. And Ju said, To which of all us? And he said, To thee, O captain.
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6| And he arose, and went into the house: and he poured the oil upon his head, and said to him, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, I have anointed thee to be king over the people of the Lord, even over Israel.
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7| And thou shalt utterly destroy the house of Achaab thy master from before me, and shalt avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the Lord, at the hand of Jezabel,
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8| and at the hand of the whole house of Achaab: and thou shalt utterly cut off from the house of Achaab every male, and him that is shut up and left in Israel.
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9| And I will make the house of Achaab like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, and as the house of Baasa the son of Achia.
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10| And the dogs shall eat Jezabel in the portion of Jezreel, and there shall be none to bury her. And he opened the door, and fled.
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11| And Ju went forth to the servants of his lord, and they said to him, <i>Is</i> all well? Why came this mad fellow in to thee? And he said to them, Ye know the man, and his communication.
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12| And they said, <i>It is</i> wrong: tell us now. And Ju said to them, Thus and thus spoke he to me, saying, —and he said, Thus saith the Lord, I have anointed thee to be king over Israel.
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13| And when they heard it, they hasted, and took every man his garment, and put it under him on the top of the stairs, and blew with the trumpet, and said, Ju is king.
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14| So Ju the son of Josaphat the son of Namessi conspired against Joram, and Joram was defending Remmoth Galaad, he and all Israel, because of Azael king of Syria.
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15| And king Joram had returned to be healed in Jezrael of the wounds which the Syrians had given him, in his war with Azael king of Syria. And Ju said, If your heart is with me, let there not go forth out of the city one fugitive to go and report to Jezrael.
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16| And Ju rode and advanced, and came down to Jezrael; for Joram king of Israel was getting healed in Jezrael of the arrow-wounds wherewith the Syrians <i>had</i> wounded him in Rammath in the war with Azael king of Syria; for he <i>was</i> strong and a mighty man: and Ochozias king of Juda was come down to see Joram.
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17| And there went up a watchman upon the tower of Jezrael, and saw the dust <i>made by</i> Ju as he approached; and he said, I see dust. And Joram said, Take a horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, Peace.
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18| And there went a horseman to meet them, and said, Thus says the king, Peace. And Ju said, What hast thou to do with peace? turn behind me. And the watchman reported, saying, The messenger came up to them, and has not returned.
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19| And he sent another horseman, and he came to him, and said, Thus says the king, Peace. And Ju said, What hast thou to do with peace? turn behind me.
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20| And the watchman reported, saying, He came up to them, and has not returned: and the driver drives Ju the son of Namessi, for it is with furious <i>haste</i>.
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21| And Joram said, Make ready. And one made ready the chariot: and Joram the king of Israel went forth, and Ochozias king of Juda, each in his chariot, and they went to meet Ju, and found him in the portion of Nabuthai the Jezraelite.
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22| And it came to pass when Joram saw Ju, that he said, <i>Is it</i> peace, Ju? And Ju said, How <i>can it be</i> peace? as yet <i>there are</i> the whoredoms of thy mother Jezabel, and her abundant witchcrafts.
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23| And Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ochozias, Treachery, Ochozias.
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24| And Ju bent his bow with his full strength, and smote Joram between his arms, and his arrow went out at his heart, and he bowed upon his knees.
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25| And <i>Ju</i> said to Badecar his chief officer, Cast him into the portion of ground of Nabuthai the Jezraelite, for I and thou remember, riding <i>as we were</i> on chariots after Achaab his father, that the Lord took up this burden against him, <i>saying</i>,
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26| Surely, I have seen yesterday the blood of Nabuthai, and the blood of his sons, saith the Lord; and I will recompense him in this portion, saith the Lord. Now then, I pray thee, take him up and cast him into the portion, according to the word of the Lord.
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27| And Ochozias king of Juda saw <i>it</i>, and fled by the way of Baethgan. And Ju pursued after him, and said, <i>Slay</i> him also. And one smote him in the chariot at the going up of Gai, which is Jeblaam: and he fled to Mageddo, and died there.
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28| And his servants put him on a chariot, and brought him to Jerusalem, and they buried him in his sepulchre in the city of David.
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29| And in the eleventh year of Joram king of Israel, Ochozias began to reign over Juda.
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30| And Ju came to Jezrael; and Jezabel heard <i>of it</i>, and coloured her eyes, and adorned her head, and looked through the window.
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31| And Ju entered into the city; and she said, Had Zambri, the murderer of his master, peace?
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32| And he lifted up his face toward the window, and saw her, and said, Who art thou? Come down with me. And two eunuchs looked down towards him.
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33| And he said, Throw her <i>down</i>. And they threw her <i>down</i>; and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses: and they trampled on her.
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34| And <i>Ju</i> went in and ate and drank, and said, Look now, after this cursed woman, and bury her, for she is a king’s daughter.
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35| And they went to bury her; but they found nothing of her but the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands.
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36| And they returned and told him. And he said, <i>It is</i> the word of the Lord, which he spoke by the hand of Eliu the Thesbite, saying, In the portion of Jezrael shall the dogs eat the flesh of Jezabel.
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37| And the carcass of Jezabel shall be as dung on the face of the field in the portion of Jezrael, so that they shall not say, <i>This is</i> Jezabel.
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#10
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1| And Achaab <i>had</i> seventy sons in Samaria. And Ju wrote a letter, and sent it into Samaria to the rulers of Samaria, and to the elders, and to the guardians of <i>the children of</i> Achaab, saying.
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2| Now then, as soon as this letter shall have reached you, whereas <i>there are</i> with you the sons of your master, and with you chariots and horses, and strong cities, and arms,
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3| do ye accordingly look out the best and fittest among your master’s sons, and set him on the throne of his father, and fight for the house of your master.
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4| And they feared greatly, and said, Behold, two kings stood not before him: and how shall we stand?
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5| So they that were over the house, and they that were over the city, and the elders and the guardians, sent to Ju, saying, We also <i>are</i> thy servants, and whatsoever thou shalt say to us we will do; we will not make <i>any</i> man king: we will do that which is right in thine eyes.
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6| And Ju wrote them a second letter, saying, If ye <i>are</i> for me, and hearken to my voice, take the heads of the men your master’s sons, and bring <i>them</i> to me at this time to-morrow in Jezrael. Now the sons of the king were seventy men; these great men of the city brought them up.
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7| And it came to pass, when the letter came to them, that they took the king’s sons, and slew them, <i>even</i> seventy men, and put their heads in baskets, and sent them to him at Jezrael.
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8| And a messenger came and told <i>him</i>, saying, They have brought the heads of the king’s sons. And he said, Lay them <i>in</i> two heaps by the door of the gate until the morning.
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9| And the morning came, and he went forth, and stood, and said to all the people, Ye are righteous: behold, I conspired against my master, and slew him: but who slew all these?
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10| See now that there shall not fall to the ground anything of the word of the Lord which the Lord spoke against the house of Achaab: for the Lord has performed all that he spoke of by the hand of his servant Eliu.
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11| And Ju smote all that were left of the house of Achaab in Jezrael, and all his great men, and his acquaintance, and his priests, so as not to leave him <i>any</i> remnant.
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12| And he arose and went to Samaria, <i>and</i> he <i>was</i> in the house of sheep-shearing in the way.
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13| And Ju found the brethren of Ochozias king of Juda, and said, Who <i>are</i> ye? And they said, We <i>are</i> the brethren of Ochozias, and we have come down to salute the sons of the king, and the sons of the queen.
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14| And he said, Take them alive. And they slew them at the shearing-house, forty and two men: he left not a man of them.
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15| And he went thence and found Jonadab the son of Rechab <i>coming</i> to meet him; and he saluted him, and Ju said to him, Is thy heart right with my heart, as my heart <i>is</i> with thy heart? And Jonadab said, It is. And Ju said, If it is then, give me thy hand. And he gave him his hand, and he took him up to him into the chariot.
|
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16| And he said to him, Come with me, and see me zealous for the Lord. And he caused him to sit in his chariot.
|
||||
17| And he entered into Samaria, and smote all that were left of Achaab in Samaria, until he had utterly destroyed him, according to the word of the Lord, which he spoke to Eliu.
|
||||
18| And Ju gathered all the people, and said to them, Achaab served Baal a little; Ju shall serve him much.
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||||
19| Now then do all <i>ye</i> the prophets of Baal call all his servants and his priests to me; let not a man be wanting: for I have a great sacrifice <i>to offer</i> to Baal; every one who shall be missing shall die. But Ju did it in subtilty, that he might destroy the servants of Baal.
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20| And Ju said, Sanctify a solemn festival to Baal, and they made a proclamation.
|
||||
21| And Ju sent throughout all Israel, saying, Now then let all <i>Baal’s</i> servants, and all his priests, and all his prophets <i>come</i>, let none be lacking: for I am going to offer a great sacrifice; whosoever shall be missing, shall not live. So all the servants of Baal came, and all his priests, and all his prophets: there was not one left who came not. And they entered into the house of Baal; and the house of Baal was filled from one end to the other.
|
||||
22| And he said to the man who was over the house of the wardrobe, Bring forth a robe for all the servants of Baal. And the keeper of the robes brought forth to them.
|
||||
23| And Ju and Jonadab the son of Rechab entered into the house of Baal, and said to the servants of Baal, Search, and see whether there is among you any of the servants of the Lord, or only the servants of Baal, by themselves.
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24| And he went in to offer sacrifices and whole-burnt-offerings; and Ju set for himself eighty men without, and said, Every man who shall escape of the men whom I bring into your hand, the life of him <i>that spares him</i> shall go for his life.
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25| And it came to pass, when he had finished offering the whole-burnt-offering, that Ju said to the footmen and to the officers, Go ye in and slay them; let not a man of them escape. So they smote them with the edge of the sword, and the footmen and the officers cast <i>the bodies</i> forth, and went to the city of the house of Baal.
|
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26| And they brought out the pillar of Baal, and burnt it.
|
||||
27| And they tore down the pillars of Baal, and made his house a draught-house until this day.
|
||||
28| So Ju abolished Baal out of Israel.
|
||||
29| Nevertheless Ju departed not from following the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, who led Israel to sin: <i>these were</i> the golden heifers in Baethel and in Dan.
|
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30| And the Lord said to Ju, Because of all thy deeds wherein thou hast acted well in doing that which was right in my eyes, according to all things which thou hast done to the house of Achaab <i>as they were</i> in my heart, thy sons to the fourth generation shall sit upon the throne of Israel.
|
||||
31| But Ju took no heed to walk in the law of the Lord God of Israel with all his heart: he departed not from following the sins of Jeroboam, who made Israel to sin.
|
||||
32| In those days the Lord began to cut Israel short; and Azael smote them in every coast of Israel;
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||||
33| from Jordan eastward all the land of Galaad belonging to the Gadites, of Gaddi and that of Ruben, and of Manasses, from Aroer, which is on the brink of the brook of Arnon, and Galaad and Basan.
|
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34| And the rest of the acts of Ju, and all that he did, and all his might, and the wars wherein he engaged, <i>are</i> not these things written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
|
||||
35| And Ju slept with his fathers; and they buried him in Samaria: and Joachaz his son reigned in his stead.
|
||||
36| And the days which Ju reigned over Israel <i>were</i> twenty-eight years in Samaria.
|
||||
|
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#11
|
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1| And Gotholia the mother of Ochozias saw that her son was dead, and she destroyed all the seed royal.
|
||||
2| And Josabee daughter of king Joram, sister of Ochozias, took Joas the son of her brother, and stole him from among the king’s sons that were put to death, <i>secreting</i> him and his nurse in the bedchamber, and hid him from the face of Gotholia, and he was not slain.
|
||||
3| And he remained with her hid in the house of the Lord six years: and Gotholia reigned over the land.
|
||||
4| And in the seventh year Jodae sent and took the captains of hundreds of the Chorri and of the Rhasim, and brought them to him into the house of the Lord, and made a covenant of the Lord with them, and adjured them, and Jodae shewed them the king’s son.
|
||||
5| And charged them, saying, This <i>is</i> the thing which ye shall do.
|
||||
6| Let a third part of you go in <i>on</i> the sabbath-day, and keep ye the watch of the king’s house in the porch; and another third in the gate of the high way, and a third at the gate behind the footmen; and keep ye the guard of the house.
|
||||
7| And there <i>shall be</i> two parties among you, even every one that goes out on the Sabbath, and they shall keep the guard of the Lord’s house before the king.
|
||||
8| And do ye compass the king about every man with his weapon in his hand, and he that goes into the ranges shall die: and they shall be with the king in his going out and in his coming in.
|
||||
9| And the captains of hundreds did all things that the wise Jodae commanded; and they took each his men, both those that went in on the sabbath-day, and those that went out on the sabbath-day, and went in to Jodae the priest.
|
||||
10| And the priest gave to the captains of hundreds the swords and spears of king David that were in the house of the Lord.
|
||||
11| And the footmen stood each with his weapon in his hand from the right corner of the house to the left corner of the house, <i>by</i> the altar and the house round about the king.
|
||||
12| And he brought forth the king’s son, and put upon him the crown and <i>gave him</i> the testimony; and he made him king, and anointed him: and they clapped <i>their</i> hands, and said, Long live the king.
|
||||
13| And Gotholia heard the sound of the people running, and she went in to the people to the house of the Lord.
|
||||
14| And she looked, and, behold, the king stood near a pillar according to the manner; and the singers and the trumpeters were before the king and all the people of the land <i>even</i> rejoicing and sounding with trumpets: and Gotholia rent her garments, and cried, A conspiracy, a conspiracy.
|
||||
15| And Jodae the priest commanded the captains of hundreds who were over the host, and said to them, Bring her forth without the ranges, <i>and</i> he that goes in after her shall certainly die by the sword. For the priest said, Let her not however be slain in the house of the Lord.
|
||||
16| And they laid hands upon her, and went in by the way of the horses’ entrance into the house of the Lord, and she was slain there.
|
||||
17| And Jodae made a covenant between the Lord and the king and the people, that they should be the Lord’s people; also between the king and the people.
|
||||
18| And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and tore it down, and completely broke in pieces his altars and his images, and they slew Mathan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed overseers over the house of the Lord.
|
||||
19| And he took the captains of the hundreds, and the Chorri, and the Rhasim, and all the people of the land, and brought down the king out of the house of the Lord; and they went in by the way of the gate of the footmen of the king’s house, and seated him there on the throne of the kings.
|
||||
20| And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was at rest: and they slew Gotholia with the sword in the house of the king.
|
||||
21| Joas <i>was</i> seven years old when he began to reign.
|
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|
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#12
|
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1| Joas began to reign in the seventh year of Ju, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name <i>was</i> Sabia of Bersabee.
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2| And Joas did that which was right in the sight of the Lord all the days that Jodae the priest instructed him.
|
||||
3| Only there were not <i>any</i> of the high places removed, and the people still sacrificed there, and burned incense on the high places.
|
||||
4| And Joas said to the priests, <i>As for</i> all the money of the holy things that is brought into the house of the Lord, the money of valuation, <i>as</i> each man brings the money of valuation, all the money which any man may feel disposed to bring into the house of the Lord,
|
||||
5| let the priests take it to themselves, every man from <i>the proceeds of</i> his sale: and they shall repair the breaches of the house in all <i>places</i> wheresoever a breach shall be found.
|
||||
6| And it came to pass in the twenty-third year of king Joas the priests <i>had</i> not repaired the breaches of the house.
|
||||
7| And king Joas called Jodae the priest, and the <i>other</i> priests, and said to them, Why have ye not repaired the breaches of the house? now then receive no <i>more</i> money from your sales, for ye shall give it to <i>repair the</i> breaches of the house.
|
||||
8| And the priests consented to receive no more money of the people, and not to repair the breaches of the house.
|
||||
9| And Jodae the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid of it, and set it by the altar in the house of a man <i>belonging to</i> the house of the Lord, and the priests that kept the door put <i>therein</i> all the money that was found in the house of the Lord.
|
||||
10| And it came to pass, when they saw that <i>there was</i> much money in the chest, that the king’s scribe and the high priest went up, and they tied up and counted the money that was found in the house of the Lord.
|
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11| And they gave the money that had been collected into the hands of them that wrought the works, the overseers of the house of the Lord; and they gave it out to the carpenters and to the builders that wrought in the house of the Lord.
|
||||
12| And to the masons, and to the hewers of stone, to purchase timber and hewn stone to repair the breaches of the house of the Lord, for all that was spent on the house of the Lord to repair <i>it</i>.
|
||||
13| Only there were not to be made for the house of the Lord silver plates, studs, bowls, or trumpets, any vessel of gold or vessel of silver, of the money that was brought into the house of the Lord:
|
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14| for they were to give it to the workmen, and they repaired therewith the house of the Lord.
|
||||
15| Also they took no account of the men into whose hands they gave the money to give to the workmen, for they acted faithfully.
|
||||
16| Money for a sin-offering, and money for a trespass-offering, whatever happened to be brought into the house of the Lord, went to the priests.
|
||||
17| Then went up Azael king of Syria, and fought against Geth, and took it: and Azael set his face to go against Jerusalem.
|
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18| And Joas king of Juda took all the holy things which Josaphat, and Joram, Ochozias, his fathers, and kings of Juda <i>had</i> consecrated, and what he had himself dedicated, and all the gold that was found in the treasures of the Lord’s house and the king’s house, and he sent <i>them</i> to Azael king of Syria; and he went up from Jerusalem.
|
||||
19| And the rest of the acts of Joas, and all that he did, behold, <i>are</i> not these things written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Juda?
|
||||
20| And his servants rose up and made a conspiracy, and smote Joas in the house of Mallo that is in Sela.
|
||||
21| And Jezirchar the son of Jemuath, and Jezabuth Somer’s son, his servants, smote him, and he died; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Amessias his son reigned in his stead.
|
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|
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#13
|
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1| In the twenty-third year of Joas son of Ochozias king of Juda began Joachaz the son of Ju to reign in Samaria, <i>and he reigned</i> seventeen years.
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2| And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, and walked after the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, who led Israel to sin; he departed not from them.
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3| And the Lord was very angry with Israel, and delivered them into the hand of Azael king of Syria, and into the hand of the son of Ader son of Azael, all their days.
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4| And Joachaz besought the Lord, and the Lord hearkened to him, for he saw the affliction of Israel, because the king of Syria afflicted them.
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5| And the Lord gave deliverance to Israel, and they escaped from under the hand of Syria: and the children of Israel dwelt in their tents as heretofore.
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6| Only they departed not from the sins of the house of Jeroboam, who led Israel to sin: they walked in them—moreover the grove also remained in Samaria.
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7| Whereas there was not left any army to Joachaz, except fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand infantry: for the king of Syria had destroyed them, and they made them as dust for trampling.
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8| And the rest of the acts of Joachaz, and all that he did, and his mighty acts <i>are</i> not these things written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
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9| And Joachaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in Samaria: and Joas his son reigned in his stead.
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10| In the thirty-seventh year of Joas king of Juda, Joas the son of Joachaz began to reign over Israel in Samaria sixteen years.
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11| And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord; he departed not from all the sin of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, who led Israel to sin: he walked in it.
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12| And the rest of the acts of Joas, and all that he did, and his mighty acts which he performed together with Amessias king of Juda, <i>are</i> not these written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
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13| And Joas slept with his fathers, and Jeroboam sat upon his throne, and he was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.
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14| Now Elisaie was sick of his sickness, whereof he died: and Joas king of Israel went down to him, and wept over his face, and said, <i>My</i> father, <i>my</i> father, the chariot of Israel, and the horseman thereof!
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15| And Elisaie said to him, Take bow and arrows. And he took to himself a bow and arrows.
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16| And he said to the king, Put thy hand on the bow. And Joas put his hand upon <i>it</i>: and Elisaie put his hands upon the king’s hands.
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17| And he said, Open the window eastward. And he opened it. And Elisaie said, Shoot. And he shot. And <i>Elisaie</i> said, The arrow of the Lord’s deliverance, and the arrow of deliverance from Syria; and thou shalt smite the Syrians in Aphec until thou have consumed them.
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18| And Elisaie said to him, Take bow and arrows. And he took them. And <i>he</i> said to the king of Israel, Smite upon the ground. And the king smote three times, and stayed.
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19| And the man of God was grieved at him, and said, If thou hadst smitten five or six times, then thou shouldest have smitten Syria till thou hadst consumed them; but now thou shalt smite Syria <i>only</i> thrice.
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20| And Elisaie died, and they buried him. And the bands of the Moabites came into the land, at the beginning of the year.
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21| And it came to pass as they were burying a man, that behold, they saw a band <i>of men</i>, and they cast the man into the grave of Elisaie: and as soon as he touched the bones of Elisaie, he revived and stood up on his feet.
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22| And Azael greatly afflicted Israel all the days of Joachaz.
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23| And the Lord had mercy and compassion upon them, and had respect to them because of his covenant with Abraam, and Isaac, and Jacob; and the Lord would not destroy them, and did not cast them out from his presence.
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24| And Azael king of Syria died, and the son of Ader his son reigned in his stead.
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25| And Joas the son of Joachaz returned, and took the cities out of the hand of the son of Ader the son of Azael, which he had taken out of the hand of Joachaz his father in the war: thrice did Joas smite him, and he recovered the cities of Israel.
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#14
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1| In the second year of Joas the son of Joachaz king of Israel, did Amessias also the son of Joas the king of Juda begin to reign.
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2| Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name <i>was</i> Joadim of Jerusalem.
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3| And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, but not as David his father: he did according to all things that his father Joas did.
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4| Only he removed not the high places: as yet the people sacrificed and burnt incense on the high places.
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5| And it came to pass when the kingdom was established in his hand, that he slew his servants that had slain the king his father.
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6| But he slew not the sons of those that had slain him; according as it is written in the book of the laws of Moses, as the Lord gave commandment, saying, The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, and the children shall not be put to death for the fathers; but every one shall die for his own sins.
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7| He smote of Edom ten thousand in the valley of salt, and took the Rock in the war, and called its name Jethoel until this day.
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8| Then Amessias sent messengers to Joas son of Joachaz son of Ju king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in the face.
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9| And Joas the king of Israel sent to Amessias king of Juda, saying, The thistle that was in Libanus sent to the cedar that was in Libanus, saying, Give my daughter to thy son to wife: and the wild beasts of the field that were in Libanus passed by and trod down the thistle.
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10| Thou hast smitten and wounded Edom, and thy heart has lifted thee up: stay at home and glorify thyself; for wherefore art thou quarrelsome to thy hurt? So <i>both</i> thou wilt fall and Juda with thee.
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11| Nevertheless Amessias hearkened not: so Joas king of Israel went up, and he and Amessias king of Juda looked one another in the face in Baethsamys of Juda.
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12| And Juda was overthrown before Israel, and <i>every</i> man fled to his tent.
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13| And Joas king of Israel took Amessias the son of Joas the son of Ochozias, in Baethsamys; and he came to Jerusalem, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem, <i>beginning</i> at the gate of Ephraim as far as the gate of the corner, four hundred cubits.
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14| And he took the gold, and the silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of the Lord, and in the treasures of the king’s house, and the hostages, and returned to Samaria.
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15| And the rest of the acts of Joas, <i>even</i> all that he did in his might, how he warred with Amessias king of Juda, are not these things written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
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16| And Joas slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam his son reigned in his stead.
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17| And Amessias the son of Joas king of Juda lived after the death of Joas son of Joachaz king of Israel fifteen years.
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18| And the rest of the acts of Amessias, and all that he did, <i>are</i> not these written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Juda?
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19| And they formed a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachis: and they sent after him to Lachis, and slew him there.
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20| And they brought him upon horses; and he was buried in Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David.
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21| And all the people of Juda took Azarias, and he was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amessias.
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22| He built Æloth, and restored it to Juda, after the king slept with his fathers.
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23| In the fifteenth year of Amessias son of Joas king of Juda began Jeroboam son of Joas to reign over Israel in Samaria forty and one years.
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24| And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord: he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, who led Israel to sin.
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25| He recovered the coast of Israel from the entering in of Æmath to the sea of Araba, according to the word of the Lord God of Israel, which he spoke by his servant Jonas the son of Amathi, the prophet of Gethchopher.
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26| For the Lord saw <i>that</i> the affliction of Israel <i>was</i> very bitter, and that they were few in number, straitened and in want, and destitute, and Israel had no helper.
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27| And the Lord said that he would not blot out the seed of Israel from under heaven; so he delivered them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joas.
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28| And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam and all that he did, and his mighty deeds, which he achieved in war, and how he recovered Damascus and Æmath to Juda in Israel, <i>are</i> not these things written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
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29| And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, even with the kings of Israel; and Zacharias his son reigned in his stead.
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#15
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1| In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel Azarias the son of Amessias king of Juda began to reign.
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2| Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Jechelia of Jerusalem.
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3| And he did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord, according to all things that Amessias his father did.
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4| Only he took not away <i>any</i> of the high places: as yet the people sacrificed and burnt incense on the high places.
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5| And the Lord plagued the king, and he was leprous till the day of his death; and he reigned in a separate house. And Joatham the king’s son <i>was</i> over the household, judging the people of the land.
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6| And the rest of the acts of Azarias, and all that he did, <i>are</i> not these written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Juda?
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7| And Azarias slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Joatham his son reigned in his stead.
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8| In the thirty and eighth year of Azarias king of Juda Zacharias the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in Samaria six months.
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9| And he did that which was evil in the eyes of the Lord, as his fathers had done: he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, who made Israel to sin.
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10| And Sellum the son of Jabis <i>and others</i> conspired against him, and they smote him <i>in</i> Keblaam, and slew him, and he reigned in his stead.
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11| And the rest of the acts of Zacharias, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
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12| <i>This was</i> the word of the Lord which he spoke to Ju, saying, Thy sons of the fourth generation shall sit upon the throne of Israel: and it was so.
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13| And Sellum the son of Jabis reigned: and in the thirty and ninth year of Azarias king of Juda began Sellum to reign a full month in Samaria.
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14| And Manaem the son of Gaddi went up out of Tharsila, and came to Samaria, and smote Sellum the son of Jabis in Samaria, and slew him.
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15| And the rest of the acts of Sellum, and his conspiracy wherein he was engaged, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
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16| Then Manaem smote both Thersa and all that was in it, and its borders extending beyond Thersa, because they opened not to him: and he smote it, and ripped up the women with child.
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17| In the thirty and ninth year of Azarias king of Juda began Manaem the son of Gaddi to reign over Israel in Samaria ten years.
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18| And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord: he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, who led Israel to sin.
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19| In his days went up Phua king of the Assyrians against the land: and Manaem gave to Phua a thousand talents of silver to aid him with his power.
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20| And Manaem raised the silver <i>by a tax</i> upon Israel, even on every mighty man in wealth, to give to the king of the Assyrians, fifty shekels <i>levied</i> on each man; and the king of the Assyrians departed, and remained not there in the land.
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21| And the rest of the acts of Manaem, and all that he did, behold, are not these written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
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22| And Manaem slept with his fathers; and Phakesias his son reigned in his stead.
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23| In the fiftieth year of Azarias king of Juda, began Phakesias the son of Manaem to reign over Israel in Samaria two years.
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24| And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, who made Israel to sin.
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25| And Phakee the son of Romelias, his officer, conspired against him, and smote him in Samaria in the front of the king’s house, with Argob and Aria, and with him <i>there were</i> fifty men of the four hundred: and he slew him, and reigned in his stead.
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26| And the rest of the acts of Phakesias, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
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27| In the fifty-second year of Azarias king of Juda began Phakee the son of Romelias to reign over Israel in Samaria twenty years.
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28| And he did that which was evil in the eyes of the Lord: he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, who led Israel to sin.
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29| In the days of Phakee king of Israel came Thalgath-phellasar king of the Assyrians, and took Ain, and Abel, and Thamaacha, and Anioch, and Kenez, and Asor, and Galaa, and Galilee, <i>even</i> all the land of Nephthali, and carried them away to the Assyrians.
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30| And Osee son of Ela formed a conspiracy against Phakee the son of Romelias, and smote him, and slew him, and reigned in his stead, in the twentieth year of Joatham the son of Azarias.
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31| And the rest of the acts of Phakee, and all that he did, behold, these <i>are</i> written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
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32| In the second year of Phakee son of Romelias king of Israel began Joatham the son of Azarias king of Juda to reign.
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33| Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name <i>was</i> Jerusa daughter of Sadoc.
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34| And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all things that his father Azarias did.
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35| Nevertheless he took not away the high places: as yet the people sacrificed and burnt incense on the high places. He built the upper gate of the Lord’s house.
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36| And the rest of the acts of Joatham, and all that he did, <i>are</i> not these written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Juda?
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37| In those days the Lord began to send forth against Juda Raasson king of Syria, and Phakee son of Romelias.
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38| And Joatham slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Achaz his son reigned in his stead.
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#16
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1| In the seventeenth year of Phakee son of Romelias began Achaz the son of Joatham king of Juda to reign.
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2| Twenty years old was Achaz when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem; and he did not that which was right in the eyes of the Lord his God faithfully, as David his father <i>had done</i>.
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3| And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, he made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen whom the Lord cast out from before the children of Israel.
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4| And he sacrificed and burnt incense on the high places, and upon the hills, and under every shady tree.
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5| Then went up Raasson king of Syria and Phakee son of Romelias king of Israel against Jerusalem to war, and besieged Achaz, but could not prevail <i>against him</i>.
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6| At that time Raasson king of Syria recovered Ælath to Syria, and drove out the Jews from Ælath, and the Idumeans came to Ælath, and dwelt there until this day.
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7| And Achaz sent messengers to Thalgath-phellasar king of the Assyrians, saying, I am thy servant and thy son: come up, deliver me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, who are rising up against me.
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8| And Achaz took the silver and the gold that was found in the treasures of the house of the Lord, and of the king’s house, and sent gifts to the king.
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9| And the king of the Assyrians hearkened to him: and the king of the Assyrians went up to Damascus and took it, and removed the inhabitants, and slew king Raasson.
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10| And king Achaz went to Damascus to meet Thalgath-phellasar king of the Assyrians at Damascus; and he saw an altar at Damascus. And king Achaz sent to Urias the priest the pattern of the altar, and its proportions, and all its workmanship.
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11| And Urias the priest built the altar, according to all <i>the directions</i> which king Achaz sent from Damascus.
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12| And the king saw the altar, and went up to it,
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13| and offered his whole-burnt-offering, and his meat-offering, and his drink-offering, and poured out the blood of his peace-offerings on the brazen altar that was before the Lord.
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14| And he brought forward <i>the one</i> before the house of the Lord from between the altar and the house of the Lord, and he set it openly by the side of the altar northwards.
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15| And king Achaz charged Urias the priest, saying, Offer upon the great altar the whole-burnt-offering in the morning and the meat-offering in the evening, and the whole-burnt-offering of the king, and his meat-offering, and the whole-burnt-offering of all the people, and their meat-offering, and their drink-offering; and thou shalt pour all the blood of the whole-burnt-offering, and all the blood of <i>any other</i> sacrifice upon it: and the brazen altar shall be for me in the morning.
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16| And Urias the priest did according to all that king Achaz commanded him.
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17| And king Achaz cut off the borders of the bases, and removed the laver from off them, and took down the sea from the brazen oxen that were under it, and set it upon a base of stone.
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18| And he made a base for the throne in the house of the Lord, and he turned the king’s entrance without in the house of the Lord because of the king of the Assyrians.
|
||||
19| And the rest of the acts of Achaz, even all that he did, <i>are</i> not these written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Juda?
|
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20| And Achaz slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Ezekias his son reigned in his stead.
|
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#17
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1| In the twelfth year of Achaz king of Juda began Osee the son of Ela to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years.
|
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2| And he did evil in the eyes of the Lord, only not as the kings of Israel that were before him.
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3| Against him came up Salamanassar king of the Assyrians; and Osee became his servant, and rendered him tribute.
|
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4| And the king of the Assyrians found iniquity in Osee, in that he sent messengers to Segor king of Egypt, and brought not a tribute to the king of the Assyrians in that year: and the king of the Assyrians besieged him, and bound him in the prison-house.
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5| And the king of the Assyrians went up against all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it <i>for</i> three years.
|
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6| In the ninth year of Osee the king of the Assyrians took Samaria, and carried Israel away to the Assyrians, and settled them in Alae, and in Abor, <i>near</i> the rivers of Gozan, and <i>in</i> the mountains of the Medes.
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7| For it came to pass that the children of Israel <i>had</i> transgressed against the Lord their God, who had brought them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharao king of Egypt, and they feared other gods,
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8| and walked in the statutes of the nations which the Lord cast out before the face of the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel as many as did <i>such things</i>,
|
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9| and <i>in those</i> of the children of Israel as many as secretly practised customs, not as <i>they should have done</i>, against the Lord their God:
|
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10| and they built for themselves high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city. And they made for themselves pillars and groves on every high hill, and under every shady tree.
|
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11| And burned incense there on all high places, as the nations <i>did</i> whom the Lord removed from before them, and dealt with familiar spirits, and they carved <i>images</i> to provoke the Lord to anger.
|
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12| And they served the idols, of which the Lord said to them, Ye shall not do this thing <i>against</i> the Lord.
|
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13| And the Lord testified against Israel and against Juda, even by the hand of all his prophets, <i>and</i> of every seer, saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep my commandments and my ordinances, and all the law which I commanded your fathers, <i>and</i> all that I sent to them by the hand of my servants the prophets.
|
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14| But they hearkened not, and made their neck harder than the neck of their fathers.
|
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15| And they kept not any of his testimonies which he charged them; and they walked after vanities, and became vain, and after the nations round about them, concerning which the Lord had charged them not to do accordingly.
|
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16| They forsook the commandments of the Lord their God, and made themselves graven images, <i>even</i> two heifers, and they made groves, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.
|
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17| And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divinations and auspices, and sold themselves to work wickedness in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him.
|
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18| And the Lord was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight; and there was only left the tribe of Juda quite alone.
|
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19| Nay even Juda kept not the commandments of the Lord their God, but they walked according to the customs of Israel which they practised, and rejected the Lord.
|
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20| And the Lord was angry with the whole seed of Israel, and troubled them, and gave them into the hand of them that spoiled them, until he cast them out of his presence.
|
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21| Forasmuch as Israel revolted from the house of David, and they made Jeroboam the son of Nabat king: and Jeroboam drew off Israel from following the Lord, and led them to sin a great sin.
|
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22| And the children of Israel walked in all the sin of Jeroboam which he committed; they departed not from it,
|
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23| until the Lord removed Israel from his presence, as the Lord spoke by all his servants the prophets; and Israel was removed from off their land to the Assyrians until this day.
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24| And the king of Assyria brought from Babylon the men of Chutha, <i>and men</i> from Aia, and from Æmath, and Seppharvaim, and they were settled in the cities of Samaria in the place of the children of Israel: and they inherited Samaria, and were settled in its cities.
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25| And it was so at the beginning of their establishment there <i>that</i> they feared not the Lord, and the Lord sent lions among them, and they slew some of them.
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26| And they spoke to the king of the Assyrians, saying, The nations whom thou hast removed and substituted in the cities of Samaria <i>for the Israelites</i>, know not the manner of the God of the land: and he has sent the lions against them, and, behold, they are slaying them, because they know not the manner of the God of the land.
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27| And the king of the Assyrians commanded, saying, Bring some <i>Israelites</i> thence, and let them go and dwell there, and they shall teach them the manner of the God of the land.
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28| And they brought one of the priests whom they had removed from Samaria, and he settled in Baethel, and taught them how they should fear the Lord.
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29| But the nations made each their own gods, and put them in the house of the high places which the Samaritans <i>had</i> made, each nation in the cities in which they dwelt.
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30| And the men of Babylon made Socchoth Benith, and the men of Chuth made Ergel, and the men of Haemath made Asimath.
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31| And the Evites made Eblazer and Tharthac, and the <i>inhabitant</i> of Seppharvaim <i>did evil</i> when they burnt their sons in the fire to Adramelech and Anemelech, the gods of Seppharvaim.
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32| And they feared the Lord, yet they established their abominations in the houses of the high places which they made in Samaria, each nation in the city in which they dwelt: and they feared the Lord, and they made for themselves priests of the high places, and sacrificed for themselves in the house of the high places.
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33| And they feared the Lord, and served their gods according to the manner of the nations, whence <i>their lords</i> brought them.
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34| Until this day they did according to their manner: they fear <i>the Lord</i>, and they do according to their customs, and according to their manner, and according to the law, and according to the commandment which the Lord commanded the sons of Jacob, whose name he made Israel.
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35| And the Lord made a covenant with them, and charged them, saying, Ye shall not fear other gods, neither shall ye worship them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them:
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36| but only to the Lord, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great strength and with a high arm: him shall ye fear, and him shall ye worship; to him shall ye sacrifice.
|
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37| Ye shall observe continually the ordinances, and the judgments, and the law, and the commandments which he wrote for you to do; and ye shall not fear other gods.
|
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38| Neither shall ye forget the covenant which he made with you: and ye shall not fear other gods.
|
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39| But ye shall fear the Lord your God, and he shall deliver you from all your enemies.
|
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40| Neither shall ye comply with their practice, which they follow.
|
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41| So these nations feared the Lord, and served their graven images: yea, their sons and their son’s sons do until this day even as their fathers did.
|
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#18
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1| And it came to pass in the third year of Osee son of Ela king of Israel <i>that</i> Ezekias son of Achaz king of Juda began to reign.
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2| Five and twenty years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name <i>was</i> Abu, daughter of Zacharias.
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3| And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father David did.
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4| He removed the high places, and broke in pieces the pillars, and utterly destroyed the groves, and the brazen serpent which Moses made: because until those days the children of Israel burnt incense to it: and he called it Neesthan.
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5| He trusted in the Lord God of Israel; and after him there was not any like him among the kings of Juda, nor among those that were before him.
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6| And he clave to the Lord, he departed not from following him; and he kept his commandments, as many as he commanded Moses.
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7| And the Lord was with him; and he was wise in all that he undertook: and he revolted from the king of the Assyrians, and served him not.
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8| He smote the Philistines <i>even</i> to Gaza, and to the border of it, from the tower of the watchmen even to the strong city.
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9| And it came to pass in the fourth year of King Ezekias (this is the seventh year of Osee son of Ela king of Israel,)<i>that</i> Salamanassar king of the Assyrians came up against Samaria, and besieged it.
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10| And he took it at the end of three years, in the sixth year of Ezekias, (this <i>is</i> the ninth year of Osee king of Israel, when Samaria was taken.)
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11| And the king of the Assyrians carried away the Samaritans to Assyria, and put them in Alae and in Abor, <i>by</i> the river Gozan, and <i>in</i> the mountains of the Medes;
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12| because they hearkened not to the voice of the Lord their God, and transgressed his covenant, <i>even</i> in all things that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded, and hearkened not <i>to them</i>, nor did <i>them</i>.
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13| And in the fourteenth year of king Ezekias came up Sennacherim king of the Assyrians against the strong cities of Juda, and took them.
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14| And Ezekias king of Juda sent messengers to the king of the Assyrians to Lachis, saying, I have offended; depart from me: whatsoever thou shalt lay upon me, I will bear. And the king of Assyria laid upon Ezekias king of Juda <i>a tribute of</i> three hundred talents of silver, and thirty talents of gold.
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15| And Ezekias gave all the silver that was found in the house of the Lord, and in the treasures of the king’s house.
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16| At that time Ezekias cut off <i>the gold from</i> the doors of the temple, and <i>from</i> the pillars which Ezekias king of Juda <i>had</i> overlaid with gold, and gave it to the king of the Assyrians.
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17| And the king of the Assyrians sent Tharthan and Raphis and Rapsakes from Lachis to king Ezekias with a strong force against Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem, and stood by the aqueduct of the upper pool, which is by the way of the fuller’s field.
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18| And they cried to Ezekias: and there came to him Heliakim the son of Chelcias the steward, and Somnas the scribe, and Joas the son of Saphat the recorder.
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19| And Rapsakes said to them, Say now to Ezekias, Thus says the king, the great king of the Assyrians, What <i>is</i> this confidence wherein thou trustest?
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20| Thou hast said, (but <i>they are</i> mere words,)<i>I have</i> counsel and strength for war. Now then in whom dost thou trust, that thou hast revolted from me?
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21| See now, art thou trusting for thyself on this broken staff of reed, <i>even</i> upon Egypt? whosoever shall stay himself upon it, it shall even go into his hand, and pierce it: so <i>is</i> Pharao king of Egypt to all that trust on him.
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22| And whereas thou hast said to me, We trust on the Lord God: <i>is</i> not this he, whose high places and altars Ezekias has removed, and has said to Juda and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem?
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23| And now, I pray you, make and agreement with my lord the king of the Assyrians, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou shalt be able on thy part to set riders upon them.
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24| How then wilt thou turn away the face of one petty governor, from among the least of my lord’s servants? whereas thou trustest for thyself on Egypt for chariots and horsemen.
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25| And now have we come up without the Lord against this place to destroy it? The Lord said to me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.
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26| And Heliakim the son of Chelkias, and Somnas, and Joas, said to Rapsakes, Speak now to thy servants in the Syrian language, for we understand it; and speak not with us in the Jewish language: and why dost thou speak in the ears of the people that are on the wall?
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27| And Rapsakes said to them, Has my master sent me to thy master, and to thee, to speak these words? <i>has he</i> not <i>sent me</i> to the men who sit on the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own water together with you.
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28| And Rapsakes stood, and cried with a loud voice in the Jewish language, and spoke, and said, Hear the words of the great king of the Assyrians:
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29| thus says the king, Let not Ezekias encourage you with words: for he shall not be able to deliver you out of his hand.
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30| And let not Ezekias cause you to trust on the Lord, saying, The Lord will certainly deliver us; this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of the Assyrians: hearken not to Ezekias:
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31| for thus says the king of the Assyrians, Gain my favour, and come forth to me, and every man shall drink <i>of the wine</i> of his own vine, and every man shall eat of his own fig-tree, and shall drink water out of his own cistern;
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32| until I come and remove you to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, and bread and vineyards, a land of olive oil, and honey, and ye shall live and not die: and do not ye hearken to Ezekias, for he deceives you, saying, The Lord shall deliver you.
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33| Have the Gods of the nations at all delivered each their own land out of the hand of the king of the Assyrians?
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34| Where is the god of Haemath, and of Arphad? where is the god of Seppharvaim, Ana, and Aba? for have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?
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35| Who <i>is there</i> among all the gods of the countries, who have delivered their countries out of my hand, that the Lord should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?
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36| But <i>the men</i> were silent, and answered him not a word: for <i>there was</i> a commandment of the king, saying, Ye shall not answer him.
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37| And Heliakim the son of Chelcias, the steward, and Somnas the scribe, and Joas the son of Saphat the recorder came in to Ezekias, having rent their garments; and they reported to him the words of Rapsakes.
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#19
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1| And it came to pass when king Ezekias heard it, that he rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth, an went into the house of the Lord.
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2| And he sent Heliakim the steward, and Somnas the scribe, and the elders of the priests, clothed with sackcloth, to Esaias the prophet the son of Amos.
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3| And they said to him, Thus says Ezekias, This day <i>is</i> a day of tribulation, and rebuke, and provocation: for the children are come to the travail-<i>pangs</i>, but the mother has no strength.
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4| Peradventure the Lord thy God will hear all the words of Rapsakes, whom the king of Assyria his master has sent to reproach the living God and to revile him with the words which the Lord thy God has heard: and thou shalt offer <i>thy</i> prayer for the remnant that is found.
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5| So the servants of king Ezekias came to Esaias.
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6| And Esaias said to them, Thus shall ye say to your master, Thus saith the Lord, Be not afraid of the words which thou hast heard, wherewith the servants of the king of the Assyrians have blasphemed.
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7| Behold, I send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a report, and shall return to his own land; and I will overthrow him with the sword in his own land.
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8| So Rapsakes returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Lobna: for he heard that he <i>had</i> departed from Lachis.
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9| And he heard concerning Tharaca king of the Ethiopians, saying, Behold, he is come forth to fight with thee: and he returned, and sent messengers to Ezekias, saying,
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10| Let not thy God on whom thou trustest encourage thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hands of the king of the Assyrians.
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11| Behold, thou hast heard all that the kings of the Assyrians have done in all the lands, to waste them utterly: and shalt thou be delivered?
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12| Have the gods of the nations at all delivered them, whom my fathers destroyed; both Gozan, and Charran, and Raphis, and the sons of Edem who were in Thaesthen?
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13| Where is the king of Haemath, and the king of Arphad? and where is the king of the city of Seppharvaim, of Ana, and Aba?
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14| And Ezekias took the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it: and he went up to the house of the Lord, an Ezekias spread it before the Lord,
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15| and said, O Lord God of Israel that dwellest over the cherubs, thou art the only god in all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth.
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16| Incline thine ear, O Lord, and hear: open, Lord, thine eyes, and see: and hear the words of Sennacherim, which he has sent to reproach the living God.
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17| For truly, Lord, the kings of Assyria have wasted the nations,
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18| and have cast their gods into the fire: because they are no gods, but the works of men’s hands, wood and stone; and they have destroyed them.
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19| And now, O Lord our God, deliver us out of his hand, and all the kingdoms of the earth shall know that thou alone <i>art</i> the Lord God.
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20| And Esaias the son of Amos sent to Ezekias, saying, Thus saith the Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, I have heard thy prayer to me concerning Sennacherim king of the Assyrians.
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21| This <i>is</i> the word which the Lord has spoken against him; The virgin daughter of Sion has made light of thee, and mocked thee; the daughter of Jerusalem has shaken her head at thee.
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22| Whom hast thou reproached, and whom hast thou reviled? and against whom hast thou lifted up thy voice, and raised thine eyes on high? <i>Is it</i> against the Holy One of Israel?
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23| By thy messengers thou has reproached the Lord, and hast said, I will go up with the multitude of my chariots, to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Libanus, and I have cut down the height of his cedar, <i>and</i> his choice cypresses; and I have come into the midst of the forest and of Carmel.
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24| I have refreshed <i>myself</i>, and have drunk strange waters, and I have dried up with the sole of my foot all the rivers of fortified places.
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25| I have brought about <i>the matter</i>, I have brought it to a conclusion; and it is come to the destruction of the bands of warlike prisoners, <i>even of</i> strong cities.
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26| And they that dwelt in them were weak in hand, they quaked and were confounded, they became <i>as</i> grass of the field, or <i>as</i> the green herb, the grass <i>growing on</i> houses, and that which is trodden down by him that stands <i>upon it</i>.
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27| But I know thy down-sitting, and thy going forth, and thy rage against me.
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28| Because thou was angry against me, and thy fierceness is come up into my ears, therefore will I put my hooks in thy nostrils, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.
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29| And this shall be a sign to thee; eat this year the things that grow of themselves, and in the second year the things which spring up: and in the third year <i>let there be</i> sowing, and reaping, and planting of vineyards, and eat ye the fruit of them.
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30| And he shall increase him that has escaped of the house of Juda: and the remnant <i>shall strike</i> root beneath, and it shall produce fruit above.
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31| For from Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and he that escapes from the mountain of Sion: the zeal of the Lord of host shall do this.
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32| <i>Is it</i> not so? Thus saith the Lord concerning the king of the Assyrians, He shall not enter into this city, and he shall not shoot an arrow there, neither shall a shield come against it, neither shall he heap a mound against it.
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33| By the way by which he comes, by it shall he return, and he shall not enter into this city, saith the Lord.
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34| And I will defend this city as with a shield, for my own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.
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35| And it came to pass at night that the angel of the Lord went forth, an smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and eighty-five thousand: and they rose early in the morning, and, behold, <i>these were</i> all dead corpses.
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36| And Sennacherim king of the Assyrians departed, and went and returned, and dwelt in Nineve.
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37| And it came to pass, while he was worshipping in the house of Meserach his god, that Adramelech and Sarasar his sons smote him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Ararath; and Asordan his son reigned in his stead.
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#20
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1| In those days was Ezekias sick <i>even</i> to death. And the prophet Esaias the son of Amos came in to him, and said to him, Thus saith the Lord, Give charge to thy household; <i>for</i> thou shalt die, and not live.
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2| And Ezekias turned to the wall, and prayed to the Lord, saying,
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3| Lord, remember, I pray thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thine eyes. And Ezekias wept with a great weeping.
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4| And Esaias was in the middle court, and the word of the Lord came to him, saying,
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5| Turn back, and thou shalt say to Ezekias the ruler of my people, Thus saith the Lord God of thy father David, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up to the house of the Lord.
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6| And I will add to thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of the Assyrians, and I will defend this city for my own sake, and for my servant’s David sake.
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7| And he said, Let them take a cake of figs, and lay it upon the ulcer, and he shall be well.
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8| And Ezekias said to Esaias, What <i>is</i> the sign that the Lord will heal me, and I shall go up to the house of the Lord on the third day?
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9| And Esaias said, This <i>is</i> the sign from the Lord, that the Lord will perform the word which he has spoken, the shadow <i>of the dial</i> shall advance ten degrees: <i>or</i> if it should go back ten degrees <i>this would also be the sign</i>.
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10| And Ezekias said, <i>It is</i> a light thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow return ten degrees backward on the dial.
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11| And Esaias the prophet cried to the Lord: and the shadow returned back ten degrees on the dial.
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12| At that time Marodach Baladan, son of Baladan king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Ezekias, because he had heard that Ezekias was sick.
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13| And Ezekias rejoiced at them, and shewed all the house of his spices, the silver and the gold, the spices, and the fine oil, and the armory, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing which Ezekias did not shew them in his house, and in all his dominion.
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14| And Esaias the prophet went in to king Ezekias, and said to him, What said these men? and whence came they to thee? And Ezekias said, they came to me from a distant land, <i>even</i> from Babylon.
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15| And he said, What saw they in thy house? And he said, They saw all things that <i>are</i> in my house: there was nothing in my house which I shewed not to them; yea, all that was in my treasures also.
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16| And Esaias said to Ezekias, Hear the word of the Lord:
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17| Behold, the days come, that all things that are in thy house shall be taken, and all that thy fathers have treasured up until this day, to Babylon; and there shall not fail a word, which the Lord has spoken.
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18| And as for thy sons which shall come forth of thee, which thou shalt beget, <i>the enemy</i> shall take them, and they shall be eunuchs in the house of the king of Babylon.
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19| And Ezekias said to Esaias, Good <i>is</i> the word of the Lord which he has spoken: <i>only</i> let there be peace in my days.
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20| And the rest of the acts of Ezekias, and all his might, and all that he made, the fountain and the aqueduct, and <i>how</i> he brought water into the city, <i>are</i> not these things written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Juda?
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21| And Ezekias slept with his fathers: and Manasses his son reigned in his stead.
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#21
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1| Manasses <i>was</i> twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name <i>was</i> Apsiba.
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2| And he did that which was evil in the eyes of the Lord, according to the abominations of the nations which the Lord cast out from before the children of Israel.
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3| And he built again the high places, which Ezekias his father <i>had</i> demolished; and set up an altar to Baal, and made groves as Achaab king of Israel <i>made them</i>; and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.
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4| And he built an altar in the house of the Lord, whereas he had said, In Jerusalem I will place my name.
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5| And he built an altar to all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the Lord.
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6| And he caused his sons to pass through the fire, and used divination and auspices, and made groves, and multiplied wizards, so as to do that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger.
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7| And he set up the graven image of the grove in the house of which the Lord said to David, and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will I even place my name for ever.
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8| And I will not again remove the foot of Israel from the land which I gave to their fathers, <i>even of those</i> who shall keep all that I commanded, according to all the commandments which my servant Moses commanded them.
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9| But they hearkened not; and Manasses led them astray to do evil in the sight of the Lord, beyond the nations whom the Lord utterly destroyed from before the children of Israel.
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10| And the Lord spoke by his servants the prophets, saying,
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11| Forasmuch as Manasses the king of Juda has wrought all these evil abominations, beyond all that the Amorite did, who lived before <i>him</i>, and has led Juda also into sin by their idols,
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12| <i>it shall</i> not <i>be</i> so. Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Behold, I bring calamities upon Jerusalem and Juda, so that both the ears of every one that hears shall tingle.
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13| And I will stretch out over Jerusalem the measure of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Achaab: and I will wipe Jerusalem as a jar is wiped, and turned upside down in the wiping.
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14| And I will reject the remnant of my inheritance, and will deliver them into the hands of their enemies; and they shall be for a plunder and for a spoil to all their enemies:
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15| forasmuch as they have done wickedly in my sight, and have provoked me from the day that I brought out their fathers out of Egypt, even until this day.
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16| Moreover Manasses shed very much innocent blood, until he filled Jerusalem <i>with it</i> from one end to the other, beside his sins with which he caused Juda to sin, in doing evil in the eyes of the Lord.
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17| And the rest of the acts of Manasses, and all that he did, and his sin which he sinned, <i>are</i> not these things written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Juda?
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18| And Manasses slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his house, <i>even</i> in the garden of Oza: and Amos his son reigned in his stead.
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19| Twenty and two years old <i>was</i> Amos when he began to reign, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name <i>was</i> Mesollam, daughter of Arus of Jeteba.
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20| And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, as Manasses his father did.
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21| And he walked in all the way in which his father walked, and served the idols which his father served, and worshipped them.
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22| And he forsook the Lord God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of the Lord.
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23| And the servants of Amos conspired against him, and slew the king in his house.
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24| And the people of the land slew all that had conspired against king Amos; and the people of the land made Josias king in his room.
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25| And the rest of the acts of Amos, <i>even</i> all that he did, behold, <i>are</i> not these written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Juda?
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26| And they buried him in his tomb in the garden of Oza: and Josias his son reigned in his stead.
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#22
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1| Josias <i>was</i> eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name <i>was</i> Jedia, daughter of Edeia of Basuroth.
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2| And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, and walked in all the way of David his father; he turned not aside to the right hand or to the left.
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3| And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king Josias, in the eighth month, the king sent Sapphan the son of Ezelias the son of Mesollam, the scribe of the house of the Lord, saying,
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4| Go up to Chelcias the high priest, and take account of the money that is brought into the house of the Lord, which they that keep the door have collected of the people.
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5| And let them give it into the hand of the workmen that are appointed in the house of the Lord. And he gave it to the workmen in the house of the Lord, to repair the breaches of the house,
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6| <i>even</i> to the carpenters, and builders, and masons, <i>and</i> also to purchase timber and hewn stones, to repair the breaches of the house.
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7| Only they did not call them to account for the money that was given to them, because they dealt faithfully.
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8| And Chelcias the high priest said to Saphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the Lord. And Chelcias gave the book to Sapphan, and he read it.
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9| And he went into the house of the Lord to the king, and reported the matter to the king, and said, Thy servants have collected the money that was found in the house of the Lord, and have given it into the hand of the workmen that are appointed in the house of the Lord.
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10| And Sapphan the scribe spoke to the king, saying, Chelcias the priest has given me a book. And Sapphan read it before the king.
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11| And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the book of the law, that he rent his garments.
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12| And the king commanded Chelcias the priest, and Achikam the son of Sapphan, and Achobor the son of Michaias, and Sapphan the scribe, and Asaias the king’s servant, saying,
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13| Go, enquire of the Lord for me, and for all the people, and for all Juda, and concerning the words of this book that has been found: for the wrath of the Lord that has been kindled against us <i>is</i> great, because our fathers hearkened not to the words of this book, to do according to all the things written concerning us.
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14| So Chelcias the priest went, and Achicam, and Achobor, and Sapphan, and Asaias, to Olda the prophetess, the mother of Sellem the son of Thecuan son of Aras, keeper of the robes; and she dwelt in Jerusalem in Masena; and they spoke to her.
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15| And she said to them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Say to the man that sent you to me,
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16| Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I bring evil upon this place, and upon them that dwell in it, <i>even</i> all the words of the book which the king of Juda has read:
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17| because they have forsaken me, and burnt incense to other gods, that they might provoke me with the works of their hands: therefore my wrath shall burn forth against this place, and shall not be quenched.
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18| And to the king of Juda that sent you to enquire of the Lord, —thus shall ye say to him, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, <i>As for</i> the words which thou hast heard;
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19| because thy heart was softened, and thou was humbled before <i>me</i>, when thou heardest all that I spoke against this place, and against the inhabitants of it, that it should be utterly destroyed and accursed, and thou didst rend thy garments, and weep before me; I also have heard, saith the Lord.
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20| It shall not be so <i>therefore</i>: behold, I <i>will</i> add thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy tomb in peace, and thine eyes shall not see <i>any</i> among all the evils which I bring upon this place.
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#23
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1| So they reported the word to the king: and the king sent and gathered all the elders of Juda and Jerusalem to himself.
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2| And the king went up to the house of the Lord, and every man of Juda and all who dwelt in Jerusalem with him, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people small and great; and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in the house of the Lord.
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3| And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the Lord, to walk after the Lord, to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his ordinances with all the heart and with all the soul, to confirm the words of this covenant; <i>even</i> the things written in this book. And all the people stood to the covenant.
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4| And the king commanded Chelcias the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and them that kept the door, to bring out of the temple of the Lord all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the grove, and all the host of heaven, and he burned them without Jerusalem in the fields of Kedron, and took the ashes of them to Baethel.
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5| And he burned the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Juda <i>had</i> appointed, (and they burned incense in the high places and in the cities of Juda, and the places around about Jerusalem); and them that burned incense to Baal, and to the sun, and to the moon, and to Mazuroth, and to all the host of heaven.
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6| And he carried out the grove from the house of the Lord to the brook Kedron, and burned it at the brook Kedron, and reduced it to powder, and cast its powder on the sepulchres of the sons of the people.
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7| And he pulled down the house of the sodomites that were by the house of the Lord, where the women wove tents for the grove.
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8| And he brought up all the priest from the cities of Juda, and defiled the high places where the priests burned incense, from Gaebal even to Bersabee; and he pulled down the house of the gates that was by the door of the gate of Joshua the ruler of the city, on a man’s left hand at the gate of the city.
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9| Only the priests of the high places went not up to the altar of the Lord in Jerusalem, for they only ate leavened bread in the midst of their brethren.
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10| And he defiled Tapheth which is in the valley of the son of Ennom, <i>constructed</i> for a man to cause his son or his daughter to pass through fire to Moloch.
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11| And he burned the horses which the king of Juda had given to the sun in the entrance of the house of the Lord, by the treasury of Nathan the king’s eunuch, in the suburbs; and he burned the chariot of the sun with fire.
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12| And the altars that were on the roof of the upper chamber of Achaz, which the kings of Juda had made, and the altars which Manasses had made in the two courts of the house of the Lord, did the king pull down and forcibly remove from thence, and cast their dust into the brook of Kedron.
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13| And the king defiled the house that was before Jerusalem, on the right hand of the mount of Mosthath, which Solomon king of Israel built to Astarte the abomination of the Sidonians, and to Chamos the abomination of Moab, and to Moloch the abomination of the children of Ammon.
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14| And he broke in pieces the pillars, and utterly destroyed the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men.
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15| Also the high altar in Baethel, which Jeroboam the son of Nabat, who made Israel to sin, had made, even that high altar he tore down, and broke in pieces the stones of it, and reduced it to powder, and burnt the grove.
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16| And Josias turned aside, and saw the tombs that were there in the city, and sent, and took the bones out of the tombs, and burnt them on the altar, and defiled it, according to the word of the Lord which the man of God spoke, when Jeroboam stood by the altar at the feast: and he turned and raised his eyes to the tomb of the man of God that spoke these words.
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17| And he said, What <i>is</i> that mound which I see? And the men of the city said to him, <i>It is the grave of</i> the man of God that came out of Juda, and uttered these imprecations which he imprecated upon the altar of Baethel.
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18| And he said, Let him alone; let no one disturb his bones. So his bones were spared, together with the bones of the prophet that came out of Samaria.
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19| Moreover Josias removed all the houses of the high places that were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel made to provoke the Lord, and did to them all that he did in Baethel.
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20| And he sacrificed all the priests of the high places that were there on the altars, and burnt the bones of men upon them, and returned to Jerusalem.
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21| And the king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the passover to the Lord your God, as it is written in the book of this covenant.
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22| For a passover <i>such as</i> this had not been kept from the days of the judges who judged Israel, even all the days of the kings of Israel, and of the kings of Juda.
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23| But in the eighteenth year of king Josias, was the passover kept to the Lord in Jerusalem.
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24| Moreover Josias removed the sorcerers, and the wizards, and the theraphin, and the idols, and all the abominations that had been set up in the land of Juda and in Jerusalem, that he might keep the words of the law that were written in the book, which Chelcias the priest found in the house of the Lord.
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25| There was no king like him before him, who turned to the Lord with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his strength, according to all the law of Moses; and after him there rose not one like him.
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26| Nevertheless the Lord turned not from the fierceness of his great anger, wherewith he was wroth in his anger against Juda, because of the provocations, wherewith Manasses provoked him.
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27| And the Lord said, I will also remove Juda from my presence, as I removed Israel, and will reject this city which I have chosen <i>even</i> Jerusalem, and the house <i>of</i> which I said, My name shall be there.
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28| And the rest of the acts of Josias, and all that he did, <i>are</i> not these things written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Juda?
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29| And in his days went up Pharao Nechao king of Egypt against the king of the Assyrians to the river Euphrates: and Josias went out to meet him: and Nechao slew him in Mageddo when he saw him.
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30| And his servants carried him dead from Mageddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his sepulchre: and the people of the land took Joachaz the son of Josias, and anointed him, and made him king in the room of his father.
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31| Twenty and three years old was Joachaz when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name <i>was</i> Amital, daughter of Jeremias of Lobna.
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32| And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his fathers did.
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33| And Pharao Nechao removed him to Rablaam in the land of Emath, so that he should not reign in Jerusalem; and imposed a tribute on the land, a hundred talents of silver, and a hundred talents of gold.
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34| And Pharao Nechao made Eliakim son of Josias king of Juda king over them in the place of his father Josias, and he changed his name <i>to</i> Joakim, and he took Joachaz and brought him to Egypt, and he died there.
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35| And Joakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharao; but he assessed the land to give the money at the command of Pharao: they gave the silver and the gold <i>each</i> man according to his assessment together with the people of the land to give to Pharao Nechao.
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36| Twenty-five years old <i>was</i> Joakim when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name <i>was</i> Jeldaph, daughter of Phadail of Ruma.
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37| And he did that which was evil in the eyes of the lord, according to all that his fathers had done.
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#24
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1| In his days went up Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon, and Joakim became his servant three years; and <i>then</i> he turned and revolted from him.
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2| And the lord sent against him the bands of the Chaldeans, and the bands of Syria, and the bans of Moab, and the bands of the children of Ammon, and sent them into the land of Juda to prevail <i>against it</i>, according to the word of the Lord, which he spoke by his servants the prophets.
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3| Moreover it was the purpose of the Lord concerning Juda, to remove them from his presence, because of the sins of Manasses, according to all that he did.
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4| Moreover he shed innocent blood, and filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the Lord would not pardon <i>it</i>.
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5| And the rest of the acts of Joakim, and all that he did, behold, <i>are</i> not these written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Juda?
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6| And Joakim slept with his fathers: and Joachim his son reigned in his stead.
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7| And the king of Egypt came no more out of his land: for the king of Babylon took away all that belonged to the king of Egypt from the river of Egypt as far as the river Euphrates.
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8| Eighteen years old <i>was</i> Joachim when he began to reign, an he reigned three months in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name <i>was</i> Nestha, daughter of Ellanastham, of Jerusalem.
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9| And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father did.
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10| At that time went up Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon to Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.
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11| And Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon came against the city, and his servants besieged it.
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12| And Joachim king of Juda came forth to the king of Babylon, he and his servants, and his mother, and his princes, and his eunuchs; and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign.
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13| And he brought forth thence all the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king’s house, and he cut up all the golden vessels which Solomon the king of Israel <i>had</i> made in the temple of the Lord, according to the word of the Lord.
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14| And he carried away <i>the inhabitants of</i> Jerusalem, and all the captains, and the mighty men, taking captive ten thousand prisoners, and every artificer and smith: and only the poor of the land were left.
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15| And he carried Joachim away to Babylon, and the king’s mother, and the king’s wives, and his eunuchs: and he carried away the mighty men of the land into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.
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16| And all the men of might, even seven thousand, and one thousand artificers and smiths: all <i>were</i> mighty <i>men</i> fit for war; and the king of Babylon carried them captive to Babylon.
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17| And the king of Babylon made Batthanias his son king in his stead, and called his name Sedekias.
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18| Twenty and one years old <i>was</i> Sedekias when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name <i>was</i> Amital daughter of Jeremias.
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19| And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that Joachim did.
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20| For it was according to the Lord’s anger against Jerusalem and on Juda, until he cast them out of his presence, that Sedekias revolted against the king of Babylon.
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#25
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1| And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, <i>that</i> Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon came, and all his host, against Jerusalem; and he encamped against it, and built a mound against it.
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2| And the city was besieged until the eleventh year of king Sedekias on the ninth day of the month.
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3| And the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.
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4| And the city was broken up, and all the men of war went forth by night, by the way of the gate between the walls, this is <i>the gate</i> of the king’s garden: and the Chaldeans <i>were set</i> against the city round about: and <i>the king</i> went by the way of the plain.
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5| And the force of the Chaldeans pursued the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho: and all his army was dispersed from about him.
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6| And they took the king, and brought him to the king of Babylon to Reblatha; and he gave judgment upon him.
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7| And he slew the sons of Sedekias before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Sedekias, and bound him in fetters, and brought him to Babylon.
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8| And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month (this <i>is</i> the nineteenth year of Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon), came Nabuzardan, captain of the guard, who stood before the king of Babylon, to Jerusalem.
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9| And he burnt the house of the Lord, and the king’s house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, even every house did the captain of the guard burn.
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10| And the force of the Chaldeans pulled down the wall of Jerusalem round about.
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11| And Nabuzardan the captain of the guard removed the rest of the people that were left in the city, and the men who had deserted to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the multitude.
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12| But the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land to be vine-dressers and husbandmen.
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13| And the Chaldeans broke to pieces the brazen pillars that were in the house of the Lord, and the bases, and the brazen sea that was in the house of the Lord, and carried their brass to Babylon.
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14| And the caldrons, and the shovels, and the bowls, and the censers, and all the brazen vessels with which they minister, he took.
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15| And the captain of the guard took the fire-pans, and the gold and silver bowls.
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16| Two pillars, and one sea, and the bases which Solomon made for the house of the Lord: there was no weight of the brass of all the vessels.
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17| The height of one pillar <i>was</i> eighteen cubits, and the chapiter upon it was of brass: and the height of the chapiter was three cubits: the border, and the pomegranates on the chapiter round about were all of brass: and so it was with the second pillar with its border.
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18| And the captain of the guard took Saraias the high-priest, and Sophonias the second in order, and the three doorkeepers.
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19| And they took out of the city one eunuch who was commander of the men of war, and five men that saw the face of the king, that were found in the city, and the secretary of the commander-in-chief, who took account of the people of the land, and sixty men of the people of the land that were found in the city.
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20| And Nabuzardan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Reblatha.
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21| And the king of Babylon smote them and slew them at Reblatha in the land of Æmath. So Juda was carried away from his land.
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22| And <i>as for</i> the people that were left in the land of Juda, whom Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon left, even over them he set Godolias son of Achicam son of Saphan.
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23| And all the captains of the host, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had <i>thus</i> appointed Godolias, and they came to Godolias to Massephath, both Ismael the son of Nathanias, and Jona son of Careth, and Saraias, son of Thanamath the Netophathite, and Jezonias son of a Machathite, they and their men.
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24| And Godolias swore to them and their men, and said to them, Fear not the incursion of the Chaldeans; dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.
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25| And it came to pass in the seventh month <i>that</i> Ismael son of Nathanias son of Helisama, of the seed royal, came, and ten men with him, and he smote Godolias, that he died, <i>him</i> and the Jews and the Chaldeans that were with him in Massepha.
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26| And all the people, great and small rose up, <i>they</i> and the captains of the forces, and went into Egypt; because they were afraid of the Chaldeans.
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27| And it came to pass in the thirty-seventh year of the carrying away of Joachim king of Juda, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, <i>that</i> Evialmarodec king of Babylon in the <i>first</i> year of his reign lifted up the head of Joachim king of Juda, and brought him out of his prison-house.
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28| And he spoke kindly to him, and set his throne above the thrones of the kings that were with him in Babylon;
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29| And changed his prison garments: and he ate bread continually before him all the days of his life.
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30| And his portion, a continual portion, was given him out of the house of the king, a daily rate for every day all the days of his life.
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#1
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1| As I am going to demonstrate a most philosophical proposition, namely, that religious reasoning is absolute master of the passions, I would willingly advise you to give the utmost heed to philosophy.
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2| For reason is necessary to every one as a step to science: and more especially does it embrace the praise of prudence, the highest virtue.
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3| If, then, reasoning appears to hold the mastery over the passions which stand in the way of temperance, such as gluttony and lust,
|
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4| it surely also and manifestly has the rule over the affections which are contrary to justice, such as malice; and of those which are hindrances to manliness, as wrath, and pain, and fear.
|
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5| How, then, is it, perhaps some may say, that reasoning, if it rule the affections, is not also master of forgetfulness and ignorance? They attempt a ridiculous argument.
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6| For reasoning does not rule over its own affections, but over such as are contrary to justice, and manliness and temperance, and prudence; and yet over these, so as to withstand, without destroying them.
|
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7| I might prove to you, from may other considerations, that religious reasoning is sole master of the passions;
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||||
8| but I shall prove it with the greatest force from the fortitude of Eleazar, and seven brethren, and their mother, who suffered death in defence of virtue.
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||||
9| For all these, contemning pains even unto death, by this contempt, demonstrated that reasoning has command over the passions.
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10| For their virtues, then, it is right that I should commend those men who died with their mother at this time in behalf of rectitude; and for their honours, I may count them happy.
|
||||
11| For they, winning admiration not only from men in general, but even from the persecutors, for their manliness and endurance, became the means of the destruction of the tyranny against their nation, having conquered the tyrant by their endurance, so that by them their country was purified.
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12| But we may now at once enter upon the question, having commenced, as is our wont, with laying down the doctrine, and so proceed to the account of these persons, giving glory to the all wise God.
|
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13| The question, therefore, is, whether reasoning be absolute master of the passions.
|
||||
14| Let us determine, then, What is reasoning? and what passion? and how many forms of the passions? and whether reasoning bears sway over all of these?
|
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15| Reasoning is, then, intellect accompanied by a life of rectitude, putting foremost the consideration of wisdom.
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16| And wisdom is a knowledge of divine and human things, and of their causes.
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||||
17| And this is contained in the education of the law; by means of which we learn divine things reverently, and human things profitably.
|
||||
18| And the forms of wisdom are prudence, and justice, and manliness, and temperance.
|
||||
19| The leading one of these is prudence; by whose means, indeed, it is that reasoning bears rule over the passions.
|
||||
20| Of the passions, pleasure and pain are the two most comprehensive; and they also by nature refer to the soul.
|
||||
21| And there are many attendant affections surrounding pleasure and pain. 22 Before pleasure is lust; and after pleasure, joy.
|
||||
23| And before pain is fear; and after pain is sorrow.
|
||||
24| Wrath is an affection, common to pleasure and to pain, if any one will pay attention when it comes upon him.
|
||||
25| And there exists in pleasure a malicious disposition, which is the most multiform of all the affections.
|
||||
26| In the soul it is arrogance, and love of money, and vaingloriousness, and contention, and faithlessness, and the evil eye.
|
||||
27| In the body it is greediness and gormandizing, and solitary gluttony.
|
||||
28| As pleasure and pain are, therefore, two growth of the body and the soul, so there are many offshoots of these passions.
|
||||
29| And reasoning, the universal husbandman, purging, and pruning these severally, and binding round, and watering, and transplanting, in every way improves the materials of the morals and affections.
|
||||
30| For reasoning is the leader of the virtues, but it is the sole ruler of the passions. Observe then first, through the very things which stand in the way of temperance, that reasoning is absolute ruler of the passions.
|
||||
31| Now temperance consists of a command over the lusts.
|
||||
32| But of the lusts, some belong to the soul, others to the body: and over each of these classes the reasoning appears to bear sway.
|
||||
33| For whence is it, otherwise, that when urged on to forbidden meats, we reject the gratification which would ensue from them? Is it not because reasoning is able to command the appetites? I believe so.
|
||||
34| Hence it is, then, that when lusting after water-animals and birds, and fourfooted beasts, and all kinds of food which are forbidden us by the law, we withhold ourselves through the mastery of reasoning.
|
||||
35| For the affections of our appetites are resisted by the temperate understanding, and bent back again, and all the impulses of the body are reined in by reasoning.
|
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|
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#2
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1| And what wonder? if the lusts of the soul, after participation with what is beautiful, are frustrated,
|
||||
2| on this ground, therefore, the temperate Joseph is praised in that by reasoning, he subdued, on reflection, the indulgence of sense.
|
||||
3| For, although young, and ripe for sexual intercourse, he abrogated by reasoning the stimulus of his passions.
|
||||
4| And it is not merely the stimulus of sensual indulgence, but that of every desire, that reasoning is able to master.
|
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|
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5| For instance, the law says, Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor anything that belongs to thy neighbour.
|
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6| Now, then, since it is the law which has forbidden us to desire, I shall much the more easily persuade you, that reasoning is able to govern our lusts, just as it does the affections which are impediments to justice.
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||||
7| Since in what way is a solitary eater, and a glutton, and a drunkard reclaimed, unless it be clear that reasoning is lord of the passions?
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8| A man, therefore, who regulates his course by the law, even if he be a lover of money, straightway puts force upon his own disposition; lending to the needy without interest, and cancelling the debt of the incoming sabbath.
|
||||
9| And should a man be parsimonious, he is ruled by the law acting through reasoning; so that he does not glean his harvest crops, nor vintage: and in reference to other points we may perceive that it is reasoning that conquers his passions.
|
||||
10| For the law conquers even affection toward parents, not surrendering virtue on their account.
|
||||
11| And it prevails over marriage love, condemning it when transgressing law.
|
||||
12| And it lords it over the love of parents toward their children, for they punish them for vice; and it domineers over the intimacy of friends, reproving them when wicked.
|
||||
13| And think it not a strange assertion that reasoning can in behalf of the law conquer even enmity.
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||||
14| It alloweth not to cut down the cultivated herbage of an enemy, but preserveth it from the destroyers, and collecteth their fallen ruins.
|
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15| And reason appears to be master of the more violent passions, as love of empire and empty boasting, and slander.
|
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16| For the temperate understanding repels all these malignant passions, as it does wrath: for it masters even this.
|
||||
17| Thus Moses, when angered against Dathan and Abiram, did nothing to them in wrath, but regulated his anger by reasoning.
|
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18| For the temperate mind is able, as I said, to be superior to the passions, and to transfer some, and destroy others.
|
||||
19| For why, else, does our most wise father Jacob blame Simeon and Levi for having irrationally slain the whole race of the Shechemites, saying, Cursed be their anger.
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20| For if reasoning did not possess the power of subduing angry affections, he would not have spoken thus.
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21| For at the time when God created man, He implanted within him his passions and moral nature.
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22| And at that time He enthroned above all the holy leader mind, through the medium of the senses.
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23| And He gave a law to this mind, by living according to which it will maintain a temperate, and just, and good, and manly reign.
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24| How, then, a man may say, if reasoning be master of the passions, has it no control over forgetfulness and ignorance?
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#3
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1| The argument is exceedingly ridiculous: for reasoning does not appear to bear sway over its own affections, but over those of the body,
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2| in such a way as that any one of you may not be able to root out desire, but reasoning will enable you to avoid being enslaved to it.
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3| One may not be able to root out anger from the soul, but it is possible to withstand anger.
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4| Any one of you may not be able to eradicate malice, but reasoning has force to work with you to prevent you yielding to malice.
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5| For reasoning is not an eradicator, but an antagonist of the passions.
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6| And this may be more clearly comprehended from the thirst of king David.
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7| For after David had been attacking the Philistines the whole day, he with the soldiers of his nation slew many of them;
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8| then when evening came, sweating and very weary, he came to the royal tent, about which the entire host of our ancestors was encamped.
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9| Now all the rest of them were at supper;
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10| but the king, being very much athirst, although he had numerous springs, could not by their means quench his thirst;
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11| but a certain irrational longing for the water in the enemy's camp grew stronger and fiercer upon him, and consumed him with languish.
|
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12| Wherefore his body-guards being troubled at this longing of the king, two valiant young soldiers, reverencing the desire of the king, put on their panoplies, and taking a pitcher, got over the ramparts of the enemies:
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13| and unperceived by the guardians of the gate, they went throughout the whole camp of the enemy in quest.
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14| And having boldly discovered the fountain, they filled out of it the draught for the king.
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15| But he, though parched with thirst, reasoned that a draught reputed of equal value to blood, would be terribly dangerous to his soul.
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16| Wherefore, setting up reasoning in opposition to his desire, he poured out the draught to God.
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17| For the temperate mind has power to conquer the pressure of the passions, and to quench the fires of excitement,
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18| and to wrestle down the pains of the body, however excessive; and, through the excellency of reasoning, to abominate all the assaults of the passions.
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19| But the occasion now invites us to give an illustration of temperate reasoning from history.
|
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20| For at a time when our fathers were in possession of undisturbed peace through obedience to the law, and were prosperous, so that Seleucus Nicanor, the king of Asia, both assigned them money for divine service, and accepted their form of government,
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21| then certain persons, bringing in new things contrary to the general unanimity, in various ways fell into calamities.
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#4
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1| For a certain man named Simon, who was in opposition to Onias, who once held the high priesthood for life, and was an honourable and good man, after that by slandering him in every way, he could not injure him with the people, went away as an exile, with the intention of betraying his country.
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2| Whence coming to Apollonius, the military governor of Syria, and Phoenicia, and Cilicia, he said,
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3| Having good will to the king's affairs, I am come to inform thee that infinite private wealth is laid up in the treasuries of Jerusalem which do not belong to the temple, but pertain to king Seleucus.
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4| Apollonius, acquainting himself with the particulars of this, praised Simon for his care of the king's interests, and going up to Seleucus informed him of the treasure;
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5| and getting authority about it, and quickly advancing into our country with the accursed Simon and a very heavy force,
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6| he said that he came with the commands of the king that he should take the private money of the treasure.
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7| And the nation, indignant at this proclamation, and replying to the effect that it was extremely unfair that those who had committed deposits to the sacred treasury should be deprived of them, resisted as well as they could.
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8| But Appolonius went away with threats into the temple.
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9| And the priests, with the women and children, having supplicated God to throw his shield over the holy, despised place,
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10| and Appolonius going up with his armed force to the seizure of the treasure,--there appeared from heaven angels riding on horseback, all radiant in armour, filling them with much fear and trembling.
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11| And Apollonius fell half dead upon the court which is open to all nations, and extended his hands to heaven, and implored the Hebrews, with tears, to pray for him, and propitiate the heavenly host.
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12| For he said that he had sinned, so as to be consequently worthy of death; and that if he were saved, he would celebrate to all men the blessedness of the holy place.
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13| Onias the high priest, induced by these words, although for other reasons anxious that king Seleucus should not suppose that Apollonius was slain by human device and not by Divine punishment, prayed for him;
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14| and he being thus unexpectedly saved, departed to manifest to the king what had happened to him.
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15| But on the death of Seleucus the king, his son Antiochus Epiphanes succeeds to the kingdom: a man of haughty pride and terrible.
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16| Who having deposed Onias from the high priesthood, appointed his brother Jason to be high priest:
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17| who had made a covenant, if he would give him this authority, to pay yearly three thousand six hundred and sixty talents.
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18| And he committed to him the high priesthood and rulership over the nation.
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19| And he both changed the manner of living of the people, and perverted their civil customs into all lawlessness.
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20| So that he not only erected a gymnasium on the very citadel of our country, [but neglected] the guardianship of the temple.
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21| At which Divine vengeance being grieved, instigated Antiochus himself against them.
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22| For being at war with Ptolemy in Egypt, he heard that on a report of his death being spread abroad, the inhabitants of Jerusalem had exceedingly rejoiced, and he quickly marched against them.
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23| And having subdued them, he established a decree that if any of them lived according to the laws of his country he should die.
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24| And when he could by no means destroy by his decrees the obedience to the law of the nation, but saw all his threats and punishments without effect,
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25| for even women, because they continued to circumcise their children, were flung down a precipice along with them, knowing beforehand of the punishment.
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26| When, therefore, his decrees were disregarded by the people, he himself compelled by means of tortures every one of this race, by tasting forbidden meats, to abjure the Jewish religion.
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#1
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1| The tyrant Antiochus, therefore, sitting in public state with his assessors upon a certain lofty place, with his armed troops standing in a circle around him, commanded his spearbearers to seize every one of the Hebrews, and to compel them to taste swine's flesh, and things offered to idols.
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2, 3| And should any of them be unwilling to eat the accursed food, they were to be tortured on the wheel, and so killed.
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4| And when many had been seized, a foremost man of the assembly, a Hebrew, by name Eleazar, a priest by family, by profession a lawyer, and advanced in years, and for this reason known to many of the king's followers, was brought near to him.
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5| And Antiochus seeing him, said,
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6| I would counsel thee, old man, before thy tortures begin, to tasted the swine's flesh, and save your life; for I feel respect for your age and hoary head, which since you have had so long, you appear to me to be no philosopher in retaining the superstition of the Jews.
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7| For wherefore, since nature has conferred upon you the most excellent flesh of this animal, do you loathe it?
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8| It seems senseless not to enjoy what is pleasant, yet not disgraceful; and from notions of sinfulness, to reject the boons of nature.
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9| And you will be acting, I think, still more senselessly, if you follow vain conceits about the truth.
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10| And you will, moreover, be despising me to your own punishment.
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11| Will you not awake from your trifling philosophy? and give up the folly of your notions; and, regaining understanding worthy of your age, search into the truth of an expedient course?
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12| and, reverencing my kindly admonition, have pity upon your own years?
|
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13| For, bear in mind, that if there be any power which watches over this religion of yours, it will pardon you for all transgressions of the law which you commit through compulsion.
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14| While the tyrant incited him in this manner to the unlawful eating of flesh, Eleazar begged permission to speak.
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15| And having received power to speak, he began thus to deliver himself:
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16| We, O Antiochus, who are persuaded that we live under a divine law, consider no compulsion to be so forcible as obedience to that law;
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17| wherefore we consider that we ought not in any point to transgress the law.
|
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18| And indeed, were our law (as you suppose) not truly divine, and if we wrongly think it divine, we should have no right even in that case to destroy our sense of religion.
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19| think not eating the unclean, then, a trifling offense.
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20| For transgression of the law, whether in small or great matters, is of equal moment;
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21| for in either case the law is equally slighted.
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22| But thou deridest our philosophy, as though we lived irrationally in it.
|
||||
23| Yet it instructs us in temperance, so that we are superior to all pleasures and lusts; and it exercises us in manliness, so that we cheerfully undergo every grievance.
|
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24| And it instructs us in justice, so that in all our dealoings we render what is due; and it teaches us piety, so that we worship the one only God becomingly.
|
||||
25| Wherefore it is that we eat not the unclean; for believing that the law was established by God, we are convinced that the Creator of the world, in giving his laws, sympathises with our nature.
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26| Those things which are convenient to our souls, he has directed us to eat; but those which are repugnant to them, he has interdicted.
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27| But, tyrant-like, thou not only forcest us to break the law, but also to eat, that thou mayest ridicule us as we thus profanely eat:
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28| but thou shalt not have this cause of laughter against me;
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29| nor will I transgress the sacred oaths of my forefathers to keep the law.
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||||
30| No, not if you pluck out my eyes, and consume my entrails.
|
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31| I am not so old, and void of manliness, but that my rational powers are youthful in defence of my religion.
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32| Now then; prepare your wheels, and kindle a fiercer flame.
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33| I will not so compassionate my old age, as on my account to break the law of my country.
|
||||
34| I will not belie thee, O law, my instructor! or forsake thee, O beloved self-control!
|
||||
35| I will not put thee to shame, O philosopher Reason; or deny thee, O honoured priesthood, and science of the law.
|
||||
36| Mouth! thou shalt not pollute my old age, nor the full stature of a perfect life.
|
||||
37| My fathers shall receive me pure, not having quailed before your compulsion, though unto death.
|
||||
38| For over the ungodly thou shalt tyrannize; but thou shalt not lord it over my thoughts about religion, either by thine arguments, or through deeds.
|
||||
|
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#6
|
||||
1| When Eleazar had in this manner answered the exhortations of the tyrant, the spearbearers came up, and rudely haled Eleazar to the instruments of torture.
|
||||
2| And first, they stripped the old man, adorned as he was with the comeliness of piety.
|
||||
3| Then tying back his arms and hands, they disdainfully used him with stripes;
|
||||
4| a herald opposite crying out, Obey the commands of the king.
|
||||
5| But Eleazar, the high-minded and truly noble, as one tortured in a dream, regarded it not all.
|
||||
|
||||
6| But raising his eyes on high to heaven, the old man's flesh was stripped off by the scourges, and his blood streamed down, and his sides were pierced through.
|
||||
7| And falling upon the ground, from his body having no power to support the pains, he yet kept his reasoning upright and unbending.
|
||||
8| then one of the harsh spearbearers leaped upon his belly as he was falling, to force him upright.
|
||||
9| But he endured the pains, and despised the cruelty, and persevered through the indignities;
|
||||
10| and like a noble athlete, the old man, when struck, vanquished his torturers.
|
||||
11| His countenance sweating, and he panting for breath, he was admired by the very torturers for his courage.
|
||||
12| Wherefore, partly in pity for his old age,
|
||||
13| partly from the sympathy of acquaintance, and partly in admiration of his endurance, some of the attendants of the king said, Why do you unreasonably destroy yourself, O Eleazar, with these miseries?
|
||||
|
||||
15| We will bring you some meat cooked by yourself, and do you save yourself by pretending that you have eaten swine's flesh.
|
||||
16| And Eleazar, as though the advice more painfully tortured him, cried out,
|
||||
17| Let not us who are children of Abraham be so evil advised as by giving way to make use of an unbecoming pretence;
|
||||
18| for it were irrational, if having lived up to old age in all truth, and having scrupulously guarded our character for it, we should now turn back,
|
||||
19| and ourselves should become a pattern of impiety to the young, as being an example of pollution eating.
|
||||
20| It would be disgraceful if we should live on some short time, and that scorned by all men for cowardice,
|
||||
21| and be condemned by the tyrant for unmanliness, by not contending to the death for our divine law.
|
||||
22| Wherefore do you, O children of Abraham, die nobly for your religion.
|
||||
23| Ye spearbearers of the tyrant, why do ye linger?
|
||||
24| Beholding him so high-minded against misery, and not changing at their pity, they led him to the fire:
|
||||
25| then with their wickedly-contrived instruments they burnt him on the fire, and poured stinking fluids down into his nostrils.
|
||||
26| And he being at length burnt down to the bones, and about to expire, raised his eyes Godward, and said,
|
||||
27| Thou knowest, O God, that when I might have been saved, I am slain for the sake of the law by tortures of fire.
|
||||
28| Be merciful to thy people, and be satisfied with the punishment of me on their account.
|
||||
29| Let my blood be a purification for them, and take my life in recompense for theirs.
|
||||
30| Thus speaking, the holy man departed, noble in his torments, and even to the agonies of death resisted in his reasoning for the sake of the law.
|
||||
31| Confessedly, therefore, religious reasoning is master of the passions.
|
||||
32| For had the passions been superior to reasoning, I would have given them the witness of this mastery.
|
||||
33| But now, since reasoning conquered the passions, we befittingly awared it the authority of first place.
|
||||
34| And it is but fair that we should allow, that the power belongs to reasoning, since it masters external miseries.
|
||||
35| Ridiculous would it be were it not so; and I prove that reasoning has not only mastered pains, but that it is also superior to the pleasures, and withstands them.
|
||||
|
||||
#7
|
||||
1| The reasoning of our father Eleazar, like a first-rate pilot, steering the vessel of piety in the sea of passions,
|
||||
2| and flouted by the threats of the tyrant, and overwhelmed with the breakers of torture,
|
||||
3| in no way shifted the rudder of piety till it sailed into the harbour of victory over death.
|
||||
4| Not so has ever a city, when besieged, held out against many and various machines, as did that holy man, when his pious soul was tried with the fiery trial of tortures and rackings, move his besiegers through the religious reasoning that shielded him.
|
||||
5| For father Eleazar, projecting his disposition, broke the raging wabves of the passions as with a jutting promontory.
|
||||
6| O priest worthy of the priesthood! thou didst not pollute thy sacred teeth; nor make thine appetite, which had always embraced the clean and lawful, a partaker of profanity.
|
||||
7| O harmonizer with the law, and sage devoted to a divine life!
|
||||
8| Of such a character ought those to be who perform the duties of the law at the risk of their own blood, and defend it with generous sweat by sufferings even unto death.
|
||||
9| Thou, father, hast gloriously established our right government by thy endurance; and making of much account our service past, prevented its destruction, and, by thy deeds, hast made credible the words of philosophy.
|
||||
10| O aged man of more power than tortures, elder more vigorous than fire, greatest king over the passions, Eleazar!
|
||||
11| For as father Aaron, armed with a censer, hastening through the consuming fire, vanquished the flame-bearing angel,
|
||||
12| so, Eleazar, the descendant of Aaron, wasted away by the fire, did not give up his reasoning.
|
||||
13| And, what is most wonderful, though an old man, though the labours of his body were now spent, and his fibres were relaxed, and his sinews worn out, he recovered youth.
|
||||
14| By the spirit of reasoning, and the reasoning of Isaac, he rendered powerless the many-headed instrument.
|
||||
15| O blessed old age, and reverend hoar head, and life obedient to the law, which the faithful seal of death perfected.
|
||||
16| O If, then, an old man, through religion, despised tortures even unto death, confessedly religious reasoning is ruler of the passions.
|
||||
17| But perhaps some might say, It is not all who conquer passions, as all do not possess wise reasoning.
|
||||
18| But they who have meditated upon religion with their whole heart, these alone can master the passions of the flesh;
|
||||
19| they who believe that to God they die not; for, as our forefathers, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, they live to God.
|
||||
20| This circumstance, then, is by no means an objection, that some who have weak reasoning, are governed by their passions:
|
||||
21| since what person, walking religiously by the whole rule of philosophy, and believing in God,
|
||||
22| and knowing that it is a blessed thing to endure all kinds of hardships for virture, would not, for the sake of religion, master his passion?
|
||||
23| For the wise and brave man only is lord over his passions.
|
||||
24| Whence it is, that even boys, imbued with the philosophy of religious reasoning, have conquered still more bitter tortures:
|
||||
25| for when the tyrant was manifestly vanquished in his first attempt, in being unable to force the old man to eat the unclean thing,-
|
||||
|
||||
#8
|
||||
1| Then, indeed, vehemently swayed with passion, he commanded to bring others of the adult Hebrews, and if they would eat of the unclean thing, to let them go when they had eaten; but if they objected, to torment them more grievously.
|
||||
2| The tyrant having given this charge, seven brethren were brought into his presence, along with their aged mother, handsome, and modest, and well-born, and altogether comely.
|
||||
3| Whom, when the tyrant beheld, encircling their mother as in a dance, he was pleased at them; and being struck with their becoming and ingenuous mien, smiled upon them, and calling them near, said:
|
||||
4| O youths, with favourable feelings, I admire the beauty of each of you; and greatly honouring so numerous a band of brethren, I not only counsel you not to share the madness of the old man who has been tortured before,
|
||||
5| but I do beg you to yield, and to enjoy my friendship; for I possess the power, not only of punishing those who disobey my commands, but of doing good to those who obey them.
|
||||
6| Put confidence in me, then, and you shall receive places of authority in my government, if you forsake your national ordinance,
|
||||
|
||||
7| and, conforming to the Greek mode of life, alter your rule, and revel in youth's delights.
|
||||
8| For if you provoke me by your disobedience, you will compel me to destroy you, every one, with terrible punishments by tortures.
|
||||
9| Have mercy, then, upon your own selves, whom I, although an enemy, compassionate for your age and comeliness.
|
||||
10| Will you not reason upon this--that if you disobey, there will be nothing left for you but to die in tortures?
|
||||
11| Thus speaking, he ordered the instruments of torture to be brought forward, that very fear might prevail upon them to eat unclean meat.
|
||||
12| And when the spearman brought forward the wheels, and the racks, and the hooks, and catapeltae, and caldrons, pans, and finger-racks, and iron hands and wedges, and bellows, the tyrant continue:
|
||||
13| Fear, young men, and the righteousness which ye worship will be merciful to you if you err from compulsion.
|
||||
14| Now they having listened to these words of persuasion, and seeing the fearful instruments, not only were not afraid, but even answered the arguments of the tyrant, and through their good reasoning destroyed his power.
|
||||
15| Now let us consider the matter: had any of them been weak-spirited and cowardly among them, what reasonings would they have employed but these?
|
||||
16| O wretched that we are, and exceeding senseless! when the king exhorts us, and calls us to his bounty, should we not obey him?
|
||||
17| Why do we cheer ourselves with vain counsels, and venture upon a disobedience bringing death?
|
||||
18| Shall we not fear, O brethren, the instruments of torture and weigh the threatenings of torment and shun this vain-glory and destructive pride?
|
||||
19| Let us have compassion upon our age and relent over the years of our mother.
|
||||
20| And let us bear in mind that we shall be dying as rebels. 21 And Divine Justice will pardon us if we fear the king through necessity.
|
||||
22| Why withdraw ourselves from a most sweet life, and deprive ourselves of this pleasant world?
|
||||
23| Let us not oppose necessity, nor seek vain-glory by our own excruciation.
|
||||
24| The law itself is not forward to put us to death, if we dread torture.
|
||||
25| Whence has such angry zeal taken root in us, and such fatal obstinacy approved itself to us, when we might live unmolested by the king?
|
||||
26| But nothing of this kind did the young men say or think when about to be tortured.
|
||||
27| For they were well aware of the sufferings, and masters of the pains. So that as soon as the tyrant had ceased counseling them to eat the unclean, they altogether with one voice, as from the same heart said:
|
||||
|
||||
#9
|
||||
1| Why delayest thou, O tyrant? for we are readier to die than to transgress the injunctions of our fathers.
|
||||
2| And we should be disgracing our fathers if we did not obey the law, and take knowledge for our guide.
|
||||
3| O tyrant, counsellor of law-breaking, do not, hating us as thou dost, pity us more than we pity ourselves.
|
||||
4| For we account escape to be worse than death.
|
||||
5| And you think to scare us, by threatening us with death by tortures, as though thou hadst learned nothing by the death of Eleazar.
|
||||
6| But if aged men of the Hebrews have died in the cause of religion after enduring torture, more rightly should we younger men die, scorning your cruel tortures, which our aged instructor overcame.
|
||||
7| Make the attempt, then, O tyrant; and if thou puttest us to death for our religion, think not that thou harmest us by torturing us.
|
||||
8| For we through this ill-treatment and endurance shall bear off the rewards of virtue.
|
||||
9| But thou, for the wicked and despotic slaughter of us, shalt, from the Divine vengeance, endure eternal torture by fire.
|
||||
10| When they had thus spoken, the tyrant was not only exasperated against them as being refractory, but enraged with them as being ungrateful.
|
||||
11| So that, at his bidding, the torturers brought forth the eldest of them, and tearing through his tunic, bound his hands and arms on each side with thongs.
|
||||
12| And when they had laboured hard without effect in scourging him, they hurled him upon the wheel.
|
||||
13| And the noble youth, extended upon this, became dislocated. 14 And with every member disjointed, he exclaimed in expostulation,
|
||||
| 15 O most accursed tyrant, and enemy of heavenly justice, and cruel-hearted, I am no murderer, nor sacrilegious man, whom thou thus ill-usest; but a defender of the Divine law.
|
||||
16| And when the spearmen said, Consent to eat, that you may be releasted from your tortures,--
|
||||
17| he answered, Not so powerful, O accursed ministers, is your wheel, as to stifle my reasoning; cut my limbs, and burn my flesh, and twist my joints.
|
||||
18| For through all my torments I will convince you that the children of the Hebrews are alone unconquered in behalf of virtue.
|
||||
19| While he was saying this, they heaped up fuel, and setting fire to it, strained him upon the wheel still more.
|
||||
20| And the wheel was defiled all over with blood, and the hot ashes were quenched by the droppings of gore, and pieces of flesh were scattered about the axles of the machine.
|
||||
21| And although the framework of his bones was now destroyed the high-minded and Abrahamic youth did not groan.
|
||||
22| But, as though transformed by fire into immortality, he nobly endured the rackings, saying
|
||||
23| Imitate me, O brethren, nor ever desert your station, nor abjure my brotherhood in courage: fight the holy and honourable fight of religion;
|
||||
24| by which means our just and paternal Providence, becoming merciful to the nation, will punish the pestilent tyrant.
|
||||
25| And saying this, the revered youth abruptly closed his life.
|
||||
26| And when all admired his courageous soul, the spearmen brought forward him who was second in point of age, and having put on iron hands, bound him with pointed hooks to the catapelt.
|
||||
27| And when, on enquiring whether he would eat before he was tortured, they heard his noble sentiment,
|
||||
28| after they with the iron hands had violently dragged all the flesh from the neck to the chin, the panther-like beasts tore off the very skin of his head: but he, bearing with firmness this misery, said,
|
||||
29| How sweet is every form of death for the religion of our fathers! and he said to the tyrant,
|
||||
30| Thinkest thou not, most cruel of all tyrants, that thou art now tortured more than I, finding thine overweening conception of tyranny conquered by our patience in behalf of our religion?
|
||||
31| For I lighten my suffering by the pleasures which are connected with virtue.
|
||||
32| But thou art tortured with threatenings for impiety; and thou shalt not escape, most corrupt tyrant, the vengeance of Divine wrath.
|
||||
|
||||
#10
|
||||
1| Now this one, having endured this praiseworthy death, the third was brought along, and exhorted by many to taste and save his life.
|
||||
2| But he cried out and said, Know ye not, that the father of those who are dead, begat me also; and that the same mother bare me; and that I was brought up in the same tenets?
|
||||
3| I abjure not the noble relationship of my brethren.
|
||||
4| Now then, whatever instrument of vengeance ye have, apply it to my body, for ye are not able to touch, even if ye wish it, my soul.
|
||||
5| But they, highly incensed at his boldness of speech, dislocated his hands and feet with racking engines, and wrenching them from their sockets, dismembered him.
|
||||
6| And they dragged round his fingers, and his arms, and his legs, and his ankles.
|
||||
7| And not being able by any means to strangle him, they tore off his skin, together with the extreme tips of his fingers, flayed him, and then haled him to the wheel;
|
||||
8| around which his vertebral joints were loosened, and he saw his own flesh torn to shreds, and streams of blood flowing from his entrails.
|
||||
9| And when about to die, he said,
|
||||
10| We, O accursed tyrant, suffer this for the sake of Divine education and virtue.
|
||||
11| But thou, for thine impiety and blood-shedding, shalt endure indissoluble torments.
|
||||
12| And thus having died worthily of his brethren, they dragged forward the fourth, saying,
|
||||
13| Do not thou share the madness of thy brethren: but give regard to the king, and save thyself.
|
||||
14| But he said to them, You have not a fire so scorching as to make me play the coward.
|
||||
15| By the blessed death of my brethren, and the eternal punishment of the tyrant, and the glorious life of the pious, I will not repudiate the noble brotherhood.
|
||||
16| Invent, O tyrant, tortures; that you may learn, even through them, that I am the brother of those tormented before.
|
||||
17| When he had said this, the blood-thirsty, and murderous, and unhallowed Antiochus ordered his tongue to be cut out.
|
||||
18| But he said, Even if you take away the organ of speech, yet God hears the silent.
|
||||
19| Behold, my tongue is extended, cut it off; for not for that halt thou extirpate our reasoning.
|
||||
20| Gladly do we lose our limbs in behalf of God.
|
||||
21| But God shall speedly find you, since you cut off the tongue, the instrument of divine melody.
|
||||
|
||||
#11
|
||||
1| And when he had died, disfigured in his torments, the fifth leaped forward, and said,
|
||||
| 2 I intend not, O tyrant, to get excused from the torment which is in behalf of virtue.
|
||||
3| But I have come of mine own accord, that by the death of me, you may owe heavenly vengeance a punishment for more crimes.
|
||||
4| O thou hater of virtue and of men, what have we done that thou thus revellest in our blood?
|
||||
5| Does it seem evil to thee that we worship the Founder of all things, and live according to his surpassing law?
|
||||
6| But this is worthy of honours, not torments;
|
||||
7| hadst thou been capable of the higher feelings of men, and possessed the hope of salvation from God.
|
||||
8| Behold now, being alien from God, thou makest war against those who are religious toward God.
|
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9| As he said this, the spearbearers bound him, and drew him to the catapelt:
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10| to which binding him at his knees, and fastening them with iron fetters, they bent down his loins upon the wedge of the wheel; and his body was then dismembered, scorpion-fashion.
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11| With his breath thus confined, and his body strangled, he said,
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12| A great favour thou bestowest upon us, O tyrant, by enabling us to manifest our adherence to the law by means of nobler sufferings.
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13| He also being dead, the sixth, quite a youth, was brought out; and on the tyrant asking him whether he would eat and be delivered, he said,
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14| I am indeed younger than my brothers, but in understanding I am am as old;
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15| for having been born and reared unto the same end, we are bound to die also in behalf of the same cause.
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16| So that if ye think proper to torment us for not eating the unclean;--torment!
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17| As he said this, they brought him to the wheel.
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18| Extended upon which, with limbs racked and dislocated, he was gradually roasted from beneath.
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19| And having heated sharp spits, they approached them to his back; and having transfixed his sides, they burned away his entrails.
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20| And he, while tormented, said, O period good and holy, in which, for the sake of religion, we brethren have been called to the contest of pain, and have not been conquered.
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21| For religious understanding, O tyrant, is unconquered.
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22| Armed with upright virtue, I also shall depart with my brethren.
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23| I, too, bearing with me a great avenger, O deviser of tortures, and enemy of the truly pious.
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24| We six youths have destroyed thy tyranny.
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25| For is not your inability to overrule our reasoning, and to compel us to eat the unclean, thy destruction?
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26| Your fire is cold to us, your catapelts are painless, and your violence harmless.
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27| For the guards not of a tyrant but of a divine law are our defenders: through this we keep our reasoning unconquered.
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#12
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1| When he, too, had undergone blessed martyrdom, and died in the caldron into which he had been thrown, the seventh, the youngest of all, came forward:
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2| whom the tyrant pitying, though he had been dreadfully reproached by his brethren,
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3| seeing him already encompassed with chains, had him brought nearer, and endeavoured to counsel him, saying,
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| 4 Thou seest the end of the madness of thy brethren: for they have died to torture through disobedience; and you, if disobedient, having been miserably tormented, will yourself perish prematurely.
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5| But if you obey, you shall be my friend, and have a charge over the affairs of the kingdom.
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6| And having thus exhorted him, he sent for the mother of the boy; that, by condoling with her for the loss of so many sons, he might incline her, through the hope of safety, to render the survivor obedient.
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7| And he, after his mother had urged him on in the Hebrew tongue, (as we shall soon relate) saith,
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8| Release me that I may speak to the king and all his friends.
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9| And they, rejoicing exceedingly at the promise of the youth, quickly let him go.
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10| And he, running up to the pans, said, 11 Impious tyrant, and most blasphemous man, wert thou not ashamed, having received prosperity and a kingdom from God, to slay His servants, and to rack the doers of godliness?
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12| Wherefore the divine vengeance is reserving thee for eternal fire and torments, which shall cling to thee for all time.
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13| Wert thou not ashamed, man as thou art, yet most savage, to cut out the tongues of men of like feeling and origin, and having thus abused to torture them?
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14| But they, bravely dying, fulfilled their religion towards God.
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15| But thou shalt groan according to thy deserts for having slain without cause the champions of virtue.
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16| Wherefore, he continued, I myself, being about to die,
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17| will not forsake my brethren.
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18| And I call upon the God of my fathers to be merciful to my race.
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19| But thee, both living and dead, he will punish.
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20| Thus having prayed, he hurled himself into the pans; and so expired.
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#13
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1| If then, the seven brethren despised troubles even unto death, it is confessed on all sides that righteous reasoning is absolute master over the passions.
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2| For just as if, had they as slaves to the passions, eaten of the unholy, we should have said that they had been conquered by the;
|
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3| now it is not so: but by means of the reasoning which is praised by God, they mastered their passions.
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4| And it is impossible to overlook the leadership of reflection: for it gained the victory over both passions and troubles.
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5| How, then, can we avoid according to these men mastery of passion through right reasoning, since they drew not back from the pains of fire?
|
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6| For just as by means of towers projecting in front of harbours men break the threatening waves, and thus assure a still course to vessels entering port,
|
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7| so that seven-towered right-reasoning of the young men, securing the harbour of religion, conquered the intermperance of passions.
|
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8| For having arranged a holy choir of piety, they encouraged one another, saying,
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9| Brothers, may we die brotherly for the law. Let us imitate the three young men in Assyria who despised the equally afflicting furnace.
|
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10| Let us not be cowards in the manifestation of piety.
|
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11| And one said, Courage, brother; and another, Nobly endure.
|
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12| And another, Remember of what stock ye are; and by the hand of our father Isaac endured to be slain for the sake of piety.
|
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13| And one and all, looking on each other serene and confident, said, Let us sacrifice with all our heart our souls to God who gave them, and employ our bodies for the keeping of the law.
|
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14| Let us not fear him who thinketh he killeth;
|
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15| for great is the trial of soul and danger of eternal torment laid up for those who transgress the commandment of God.
|
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16| Let us arm ourselves, therefore, in the abnegation of the divine reasoning.
|
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17| If we suffer thus, Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob will receive us, and all the fathers will commend us.
|
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18| And as each one of the brethren was haled away, the rest exclaimed, Disgrace us not, O brother, nor falsify those who died before you.
|
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|
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19| Now you are not ignorant of the charm of brotherhood, which the Divine and all wise Providence hath imparted through fathers to children, and hath engendered through the mother's womb.
|
||||
20| In which these brothers having remained an equal time, and having been formed for the same period, and been increased by the same blood, and having been perfected through the same principle of life,
|
||||
21| and having been brought forth at equal intervals, and having sucked milk from the same fountains, hence their brotherly souls are reared up lovingly together;
|
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22| and increase the more powerfully by reason of this simultaneous rearing, and by daily intercourse, and by other education, and exercise in the law of God.
|
||||
23| Brotherly love being thus sympathetically constituted, the seven brethren had a more sympathetic mutual harmony.
|
||||
24| For being educated in the same law, and practising the same virtues, and reared up in a just course of life, they increased this harmony with each other.
|
||||
25| For a like ardour for what is right and honourable increased their fellow-feeling towards each other.
|
||||
26| For it acting along with religion, made their brotherly feeling more desirable to them.
|
||||
27| And yet, although nature and intercourse and virtuous morals increased their brotherly love those who were left endured to behold their brethren, who were illused for their religion, tortured even unto death.
|
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|
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#14
|
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1| And more that this, they even urged them on to this ill-treatment; so that they not only despised pains themselves, but they even got the better of their affections of brotherly love.
|
||||
2| O reasonings more royal than a king, and freer than freemen!
|
||||
3| Sacred and harmonius concert of the seven brethern as concerning piety!
|
||||
4| None of the seven youths turned cowardly, or shrank back from death.
|
||||
5| But all of them, as though running the road to immortality, hastened on to death through tortures.
|
||||
|
||||
6| For just as hands and feet are moved sympathetically with the directions of the soul, so those holy youths agreed unto death for religion's sake, as through the immortal soul of religion.
|
||||
7| O holy seven of harmonious brethren! for as the seven days of creation, about religion,
|
||||
8| so the youths, circling around the number seven, annulled the fear of torments.
|
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9| We now shudder at the recital of the affliction of those young men; but they not only beheld, and not only heard the immediate execution of the threat, but undergoing it, persevered; and that through the pains of fire.
|
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10| And what could be more painful? for the power of fire, being sharp and quick, speedily dissolved their bodies.
|
||||
|
||||
11| And think it not wonderful that reasoning bore rule over those men in their torments, when even a woman's mind despised more manifold pains.
|
||||
12| For the mother of those seven youths endured the rackings of each of her children.
|
||||
13| And consider how comprehensive is the love of offspring, which draws every one to sympathy of affection,
|
||||
14| where irrational animals possess a similar sympathy and love for their offspring with men.
|
||||
15| The tame birds frequenting the roofs of our houses, defend their fledglings.
|
||||
16| Others build their nests, and hatch their young, in the tops of mountains and in the precipices of valleys, and the holes and tops of trees, and keep off the intruder.
|
||||
17| And if not able to do this, they fly circling round them in agony of affection, calling out in their own note, and save their offspring in whatever manner they are able.
|
||||
18| But why should we point attention to the sympathy toward children shewn by irrational animals?
|
||||
19| The very bees, at the season of honey-making, attack all who approach; and pierce with their sting, as with a sword, those who draw near their hive, and repel them even unto death.
|
||||
20| But sympathy with her children did not turn aside the mother of the young men, who had a spirit kindred with that of Abraham.
|
||||
|
||||
#15
|
||||
1| O reasoning of the sons, lord over the passions, and religion more desirable to a mother than progeny!
|
||||
2| The mother, when two things were set before here, religion and the safety of her seven sons for a time, on the conditional promise of a tyrant,
|
||||
3| rather elected the religion which according to God preserves to eternal life.
|
||||
4| O in what way can I describe ethically the affections of parents toward their children, the resemblance of soul and of form engrafted into the small type of a child in a wonderful manner, especially through the greater sympathy of mothers with the feelings of those born of them!
|
||||
5| for by how much mothers are by nature weak in disposition and prolific in offspring, by so much the fonder they are of children.
|
||||
6| And of all mothers the mother of the seven was the fondest of children, who in seven childbirths had deeply engendered love toward them;
|
||||
7| and through her many pains undergone in connection with each one, was compelled to feel sympathy with them;
|
||||
8| yet, through fear of God, who neglected the temporary salvation of her children.
|
||||
9| Not but that, on account of the excellent disposition to the law, her maternal affection toward them was increased.
|
||||
10| For they were both just and temperate, and manly, and high-minded, and fond of their brethren, and so fond of their mother that even unto death they obeyed her by observing the law.
|
||||
11| And yet, though there were so many circumstances connected with love of children to draw on a mother to sympathy, in the case of none of them were the various tortures able to pervert her principle.
|
||||
12| But she inclined each one separately and all together to death for religion.
|
||||
13| O holy nature and parental feeling, and reward of bringing up children, and unconquerable maternal affection!
|
||||
14| At the racking and roasting of each one of them, the observant mother was prevented by religion from changing.
|
||||
|
||||
15| She beheld her children's flesh dissolving around the fire; and their extremities quivering on the ground, and the flesh of their heads dropped forwards down to their beards, like masks.
|
||||
16| O thou mother, who wast tried at this time with bitterer pangs than those of parturition!
|
||||
17| O thou only woman who hast brought forth perfect holiness!
|
||||
18| Thy first-born, expiring, turned thee not; nor the second, looking miserable in his torments; nor the third, breathing out his soul.
|
||||
19| Nor when thou didst behold the eyes of each of them looking sternly upon their tortures, and their nostrils foreboding death, didst thou weep!
|
||||
|
||||
20| When thou didst see children's flesh heaped upon children's flesh that had been torn off, heads decapitated upon heads, dead falling upon the dead, and a choir of children turned through torture into a burying ground, thou lamentedst not.
|
||||
21| Not so do siren melodies, or songs of swans, attract the hearers to listening, O voices of children calling upon your mother in the midst of torments!
|
||||
22| With what and what manner of torments was the mother herself tortured, as her sons were undergoing the wheel and the fires!
|
||||
23| But religious reasoning, having strengthened her courage in the midst of sufferings, enabled her to forego, for the time, parental love.
|
||||
24| Although beholding the destruction of seven children, the noble mother, after one embrace, stripped off [her feelings] through faith in God.
|
||||
25| For just as in a council-room, beholding in her own soul vehement counsellors, nature and parentage and love of her children, and the racking of her children,
|
||||
26| she holding two votes, one for the death, the other for the preservation of her children,
|
||||
27| did not lean to that which would have saved her children for the safety of a brief space.
|
||||
28| But this daughter of Abraham remembered his holy fortitude.
|
||||
29| O holy mother of a nation avenger of the law, and defender of religion, and prime bearer in the battle of the affections!
|
||||
30| O thou nobler in endurance than males, and more manly than men in patience!
|
||||
31| For as the ark of Noah, bearing the world in the world-filling flood, bore up against the waves,
|
||||
32| so thou, the guardian of the law, when surrounded on every side by the flood of passions, and straitened by violent storms which were the torments of they children, didst bear up nobly against the storms against religion.
|
||||
|
||||
#16
|
||||
1| If, then, even a woman, and that an aged one, and the mother of seven children, endured to see her children's torments even unto death, confessedly religious reasoning is master even of the passions.
|
||||
2| I have proved, then, that not only men have obtained the mastery of their passions, but also that a woman despised the greatest torments.
|
||||
3| And not so fierce were the lions round Daniel, nor the furnace of Misael burning with most vehement fires as that natural love of children burned within her, when she beheld her seven sons tortured.
|
||||
4| But with the reasoning of religion the mother quenched passions so great and powerful.
|
||||
5| For we must consider also this: that, had the woman been faint hearted, as being their other, she would have lamented over them; and perhaps might have spoken thus:
|
||||
6| Ah! wretched I, and many times miserable; who having born seven sons, have become the mother of none.
|
||||
7| O seven useless childbirths, and seven profitless periods of labour, and fruitless givings of suck, and miserable nursings at the breast.
|
||||
8| Vainly, for your sakes, O sons, have I endured many pangs, and the more difficult anxieties of rearing.
|
||||
9| Alas, of my children, some of you unmarried, and some who have married to no profit, I shall not see your children, nor be felicitated as a grandmother.
|
||||
10| Ah, that I who had many and fair children, should be a lone widow full of sorrows!
|
||||
11| Nor, should I die, shall I have a son to bury me. But with such a lament is this the holy and God-fearing mother bewailed none of them.
|
||||
12| Nor did she divert any of them from death, nor grieve for them as for the dead.
|
||||
13| But as one possessed with an adamantine mind, and as one bringing forth again her full number of sons to immortality, she rather with supplication exhorted them to death in behalf of religion.
|
||||
14| O woman, soldier of God for religion, thou, aged and a female, hast conquered through endurance even a tyrant; and though but weak, hast been found more powerful in deeds and words.
|
||||
15| For when thou wast seized along with thy children, thou stoodest looking upon Eleazar in torments, and saidst to thy sons in the Hebrew tongue,
|
||||
16| O sons, noble is the contest; to which you being called as a witness for the nation, strive zealously for the laws of your country.
|
||||
17| For it were disgraceful that this old man should endure pains for the sake of righteousness, and that you who are younger should be afraid of the tortures.
|
||||
18| Remember that through God ye obtained existence, and have enjoyed it.
|
||||
19| And on this second account ye ought to bear every affliction because of God.
|
||||
20| For whom also our father Abraham was forward to sacrifice Isaac our progenitor, and shuddered not at the sight of his own paternal hand descending down with the sword upon him.
|
||||
21| And the righteous Daniel was cast unto the lions; and Ananias, and Azarias, and Misael, were slung out into a furnace of fire; yet they endured through God.
|
||||
22| You, then, having the same faith towards God, be not troubled.
|
||||
23| For it is unreasonable that they who know religion should not stand up against troubles.
|
||||
24| With these arguments, the mother of seven, exhorting each of her sons, over-persuaded them from transgressing the commandment of God.
|
||||
25| And they saw this, too, that they who die for God, live to God; as Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the patriarchs.
|
||||
|
||||
#17
|
||||
1| And some of the spearbearers said, that when she herself was about to be seized for the purpose of being put to death, she threw herself upon the pile, rather than they should touch her person.
|
||||
2| O thou mother, who together with seven children didst destroy the violence of the tyrant, and render void his wicked intentions, and exhibit the nobleness of faith!
|
||||
3| For thou, as an house bravely built upon the pillar of thy children, didst bear without swaying, the shock of tortures.
|
||||
4| Be of good cheer, therefore, O holy-minded mother! holding the firm [substance of the] hope of your steadfastness with God.
|
||||
5| Not so gracious does the moon appear with the stars in heaven, as thou art established honourable before God, and fixed in the firmament with thy sons who thou didst illuminate with religion to the stars.
|
||||
6| For thy bearing of children was after the fashion of a child of Abraham.
|
||||
7| And, were it lawful for us to paint as on a tablet the religion of thy story, the spectators would not shudder at beholding the mother of seven children enduring for the sake of religion various tortures even unto death.
|
||||
8| And it had been a worth thing to have inscribed upon the tomb itself these words as a memorial to those of the nation,
|
||||
9| Here an aged priest, and an aged woman, and seven sons, are buried through the violence of a tyrant, who wished to destroy the polity of the Hebrews.
|
||||
10| These also avenged their nation, looking unto God, and enduring torments unto death.
|
||||
11| For it was truly a divine contest which was carried through by them.
|
||||
12| For at that time virtue presided over the contest, approving the victory through endurance, namely, immortality, eternal life.
|
||||
13| Eleazar was the first to contend: and the mother of the seven children entered the contest; and the brethren contended.
|
||||
14| The tyrant was the opposite; and the world and living men were the spectators.
|
||||
15| And reverence for God conquered, and crowned her own athletes.
|
||||
16| Who did not admire those champions of true legislation? who were not astonied?
|
||||
17| The tyrant himself, and all their council, admired their endurance;
|
||||
18| through which, also, they now stand beside the divine throne, and live a blessed life.
|
||||
19| For Moses saith, And all the saints are under thine hands.
|
||||
20| These, therefore, having been sanctified through God, have been honoured not only with this honour, but that also by their means the enemy did not overcome our nation;
|
||||
21| and that the tyrant was punished, and their country purified.
|
||||
22| For they became the atnipoised to the sin of the nation; and the Divine Providence saved Israel, aforetime afflicted, by the blood of those pious ones, and the propitiatory death.
|
||||
23| For the tyrant Antiochus, looking to their manly virtue, and to their endurance in torture, proclaimed that endurance as an example to his soldiers.
|
||||
24| And they proved to be to him noble and brave for land battles and for sieges; and he conquered and stormed the towns of all his enemies.
|
||||
|
||||
#18
|
||||
1| O Israelitish children, descendants of the seed of Abraham, obey this law, and in every way be religious.
|
||||
2| Knowing that religious reasoning is lord of the passions, and those not only inward but outward.
|
||||
3| When those persons giving up their bodies to pains for the sake of religion, were not only admired by men, but were deemed worthy of a divine portion.
|
||||
4| And the nation through them obtained peace, and having renewed the observance of the law in their country, drove the enemy out of the land.
|
||||
5| And the tyrant Antiochus was both punished upon earth, and is punished now he is dead; for when he was quite unable to compel the Israelites to adopt foreign customs, and to desert the manner of life of their fathers,
|
||||
6| then, departing from Jerusalem, he made war against the Persians.
|
||||
|
||||
7| And the righteous mother of the seven children spake also as follows to her offspring: I was a pure virgin, and went not beyond my father's house; but I took care of the built-up rib.
|
||||
8| No destroyer of the desert, <i>or</i> ravisher of the plain, injured me; nor did the destructive, deceitful snake, make spoil of my chaste virginity; and I remained with my husband during the period of my prime.
|
||||
9| And these my children, having arrive at maturity, their father died: blessed was he! for having sought out a life of fertility in children, he was not grieved with a period of loss of children.
|
||||
10| And he used to teach you, when yet with you, the law and the prophets.
|
||||
11| He used to read to you the slaying of Abel by Cain, and the offering up of Isaac, and the imprisonment of Joseph.
|
||||
12| And he used to tell you of the zealous Phinehas; and informed you of Ananias and Azarias, and Misael in the fire.
|
||||
13| And he used to glorify Daniel, who was in the den of lions, and pronounce him blessed.
|
||||
14| And he used to put you in mind of the scripture of Esaias, which saith, Even if thou pass through the fire, it shall not burn thee.
|
||||
15| He chanted to you David, the hymn-writer, who saith, Many are the afflictions of the just.
|
||||
16| He declared the proverbs of Solomon, who saith, He is a tree of life to all those who do His will.
|
||||
17| He used to verify Ezekiel, who said, Shall these dry bones live?
|
||||
18| For he did not forget the song which Moses taught, proclaiming, I will kill, and I will make to live.
|
||||
19| This is our life, and the length of our days.
|
||||
20| O that bitter, and yet not bitter, day when the bitter tyrant of the Greeks, quenching fire with fire in his cruel caldrons, brought with boiling rage the seven sons of the daughter of Abraham to the catapelt, and to all his torments!
|
||||
21| He pierced the balls of their eyes, and cut out their tongues, and put them to death with varied tortures.
|
||||
22| Wherefore divine retribution pursued and will pursue the pestilent wretch.
|
||||
23| But the children of Abraham, with their victorious mother, are assembled together to the choir of their fathers; having received pure and immortal souls from God.
|
||||
|
||||
24| To whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
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#1
|
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1| Now in the first year of Cyrus king of the Persians, that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremias might be fulfilled, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of the Persians, and he issued a proclamation through all his kingdom, and that in writing, saying,
|
||||
2| Thus said Cyrus king of the Persians, The Lord God of heaven has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, and he has given me a charge to build him a house in Jerusalem that is in Judea.
|
||||
3| Who <i>is</i> there among you of all his people? for his God shall be with him, and he shall go up to Jerusalem that is in Judea, and let him build the house of the God of Israel: he <i>is</i> the God that is in Jerusalem.
|
||||
4| And <i>let</i> every <i>Jew</i> that is left <i>go</i> from every place where he sojourns, and the men of his place shall help him with silver, and gold, and goods, and cattle, together with the voluntary offering for the house of God that is in Jerusalem.
|
||||
5| Then the chiefs of the families of Juda and Benjamin arose, and the priests, and the Levites, all whose spirit the Lord stirred up to go up to build the house of the Lord that <i>is</i> in Jerusalem.
|
||||
6| And all that were round about strengthened their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with cattle, and with presents, besides the voluntary offerings.
|
||||
7| And king Cyrus brought out the vessels of the house of the Lord, which Nabuchodonosor had brought from Jerusalem, and put in the house of his god.
|
||||
8| And Cyrus king of the Persians brought them out by the hand of Mithradates the treasurer, and he numbered them to Sasabasar, the chief man of Juda.
|
||||
9| And this <i>is</i> their number: thirty gold basons, and a thousand silver basons, nine and twenty changes, thirty golden goblets,
|
||||
10| and four hundred <i>and</i> ten double silver <i>vessels</i>, and a thousand other vessels.
|
||||
11| All the gold and silver vessels were five thousand four hundred, <i>even</i> all that went up with Sasabasar from the <i>place of</i> transportation, from Babylon to Jerusalem.
|
||||
|
||||
#2
|
||||
1| And these <i>are</i> the people of the land that went up, of the number of prisoners who were removed, whom Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon carried away to Babylon, and they returned to Juda and Jerusalem, every man to his city;
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2| who came with Zorobabel: Jesus, Neemias, Saraias, Reelias, Mardochaeus, Balasan, Masphar, Baguai, Reum, Baana. The number of the people of Israel:
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3| the children of Phares, two thousand one hundred and seventy-two.
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4| The children of Saphatia, three hundred and seventy-two.
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5| The children of Ares, seven hundred and seventy-five.
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6| The children of Phaath Moab, belonging to the sons of Jesue <i>and</i> Joab, two thousand eight hundred and twelve.
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7| The children of Ælam, a thousand two hundred and fifty-four.
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8| The children of Zatthua, nine hundred and forty-five.
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9| The children of Zacchu, seven hundred and sixty.
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10| The children of Banui, six hundred and forty-two.
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11| The children of Babai, six hundred and twenty-three.
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12| The children of Asgad, a thousand two hundred and twenty-two.
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13| The children of Adonicam, six hundred and sixty-six.
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14| The children of Bague, two thousand and fifty-six.
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15| The children of Addin, four hundred and fifty-four.
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16| The children of Ater <i>the son</i> of Ezekias, ninety eight.
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17| The children of Bassu, three hundred and twenty-three.
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18| The children of Jora, a hundred and twelve.
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19| The children of Asum, two hundred and twenty-three.
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20| The children of Gaber, ninety-five.
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21| The children of Bethlaem, a hundred and twenty-three.
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22| The children of Netopha, fifty-six.
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23| The children of Anathoth, a hundred and twenty-eight.
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24| The children of Azmoth, forty-three.
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25| The children of Cariathiarim, Chaphira, and Beroth, seven hundred and forty-three.
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26| The children of Rama and Gabaa, six hundred and twenty-one.
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27| The men of Machmas, a hundred and twenty-two.
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28| The men of Baethel and Aia, four hundred and twenty-three.
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29| The children of Nabu, fifty-two.
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30| The children of Magebis, a hundred and fifty-six.
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31| The children of Elamar, a thousand two hundred and fifty-four.
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32| The children of Elam, three hundred and twenty.
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33| The children of Lodadi and Ono, seven hundred and twenty-five.
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34| The children of Jericho, three hundred and forty-five.
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35| The children of Senaa, three thousand six hundred and thirty.
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36| And the priests, the sons of Jedua, <i>belonging to</i> the house of Jesus, <i>were</i> nine hundred and seventy-three.
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37| The children of Emmer, a thousand <i>and</i> fifty-two.
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38| The children of Phassur, a thousand two hundred <i>and</i> forty-seven.
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39| The children of Erem, a thousand <i>and</i> seven.
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40| And the Levites, the sons of Jesus and Cadmiel, belonging to the sons of Oduia, seventy-four.
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41| The sons of Asaph, singers, a hundred <i>and</i> twenty-eight.
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42| The children of the porters, the children of Sellum, the children of Ater, the children of Telmon, the children of Acub, the children of Atita, the children of Sobai, <i>in</i> all a hundred <i>and</i> thirty-nine.
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43| The Nathinim: the children of Suthia, the children of Asupha, the children of Tabaoth,
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44| the sons of Cades, the children of Siaa, the children of Phadon,
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45| the children of Labano, the children of Agaba, the sons of Acub,
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46| the children of Agab, the children of Selami, the children of Anan,
|
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47| the children of Geddel, the children of Gaar, the children of Raia,
|
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48| the children of Rason, the children of Necoda, the children of Gazem,
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49| the children of Azo, the children of Phase, the children of Basi,
|
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50| the children of Asena, the children of Mounim, the children of Nephusim,
|
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51| the children of Bacbuc, the children of Acupha, the children of Arur,
|
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52| the children of Basaloth, the children of Mauda, the children of Arsa,
|
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53| the children of Barcos, the children of Sisara, the children of Thema,
|
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54| the children of Nasthie, the children of Atupha.
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55| The children of the servants of Solomon: the children of Sotai, the children of Sephera, the children of Phadura,
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56| the children of Jeela, the children of Darcon, the children of Gedel,
|
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57| the children of Saphatia, the children of Atil, the children of Phacherath, the children of Aseboim, the children of Emei.
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58| All the Nathanim, and the sons of Abdeselma <i>were</i> three hundred and ninety-two.
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59| And these <i>are</i> they that went up from Thelmelech, Thelaresa, Cherub, Hedan, Emmer: and they were not able to tell the house of their fathers, and their seed, whether they were of Israel:
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60| the children of Dalaea, the children of Bua, the children of Tobias, the children of Necoda, six hundred <i>and</i> fifty-two.
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61| And of the children of the priests, the children of Labeia, the children of Akkus, the children of Berzellai, who took a wife of the daughter of Berzellai the Galaadite, and was called by their name.
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62| These sought their genealogy <i>as though</i> they had been reckoned, but they were not found; and they were removed, <i>as polluted</i>, from the priesthood.
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63| And the Athersastha told them that they should not eat of the most holy things, until a priest should arise with Lights and Perfections.
|
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64| And all the congregation together <i>were</i> about forty-two thousand three hundred and sixty;
|
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65| besides their men-servants and maid-servants, <i>and</i> these were seven thousand three hundred <i>and</i> thirty-seven: and <i>among</i> these were two hundred singing men and singing women.
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66| Their horses <i>were</i> seven hundred <i>and</i> thirty-six, their mules, two hundred <i>and</i> forty-five.
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67| Their camels, four hundred <i>and</i> thirty-five; their asses, six thousand seven hundred <i>and</i> twenty.
|
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68| And <i>some</i> of the chiefs of families, when they went into the house of the Lord that was in Jerusalem, offered willingly for the house of God, to establish it on its prepared place.
|
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69| According to their power they gave into the treasury of the work pure gold sixty-one thousand pieces, and five thousand pounds of silver, and one hundred priests’ garments.
|
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70| So the priests, and the Levites, and some of the people, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nathinim, dwelt in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.
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#3
|
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1| And the seventh month came on, and the children of Israel <i>were</i> in their cities, and the people assembled as one man at Jerusalem.
|
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2| Then stood up Jesus the <i>son</i> of Josedec, and his brethren the priests, and Zorobabel the <i>son</i> of Salathiel, and his brethren, and they built the altar of the God of Israel, to offer upon it whole-burnt-offerings, according to the things that were written in the law of Moses the man of God.
|
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3| And they set up the altar on its place, for there was a terror upon them because of the people of the lands: and the whole-burnt-offerings was offered up upon it to the Lord morning and evening.
|
||||
4| And they kept the feast of tabernacles, according to that which was written, and <i>offered</i> whole-burnt-offerings daily in number according to the ordinance, the exact daily rate.
|
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5| And after this the perpetual whole-burnt-offering, and <i>offering</i> for the season of new moon, and for all the hallowed feasts to the Lord, and for every one that offered a free-will-offering to the Lord.
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6| On the first day of the seventh month they began to offer whole-burnt-offerings to the Lord: but the foundation of the house of the Lord was not laid.
|
||||
7| And they gave money to the stone-hewers and carpenters, and meat and drink, and oil, to the Sidonians, and Tyrians, to bring cedar trees from Libanus to the sea of Joppa, according to the grant of Cyrus king of the Persians to them.
|
||||
8| And in the second year of their coming to the house of God in Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zorobabel the <i>son</i> of Salathiel, and Jesus the <i>son</i> of Josedec, and the rest of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all who came from the captivity to Jerusalem, and they appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, over the workmen in the house of the Lord.
|
||||
9| And Jesus and his sons and his brethren stood, Cadmiel and his sons the sons of Juda, over them that wrought the works in the house of God: the sons of Enadad, their sons and their brethren the Levites.
|
||||
10| And they laid a foundation for building the house of the Lord: and the priests in their robes stood with trumpets and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise the Lord, according to the order of David king of Israel.
|
||||
11| And they answered <i>each other</i> with praise and thanksgiving to the Lord, <i>saying</i>, For <i>it is</i> good, for his mercy to Israel <i>endures</i> for ever. And all the people shouted with a loud voice to praise the Lord at the laying the foundation of the house of the Lord.
|
||||
12| But many of the priests and the Levites, and the elder men, heads of families, who had seen the former house on its foundation, and <i>who saw</i> this house with their eyes, wept with a loud voice: but the multitude shouted with joy to raise a song.
|
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13| And the people did not distinguish the voice of the glad shout from the voice of the weeping of the people: for the people shouted with a loud voice, and the voice was heard even from afar off.
|
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|
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#4
|
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1| And they that afflicted Juda and Benjamin heard, that the children of the captivity were building a house to the Lord God of Israel.
|
||||
2| And they drew near to Zorobabel, and to the heads of families, and said to them, We will build with you; for as ye <i>do</i>, we seek <i>to serve</i> our God, and we do sacrifice to him from the days of Asaradan king of Assur, who brought us hither.
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3| then Zorobabel, and Jesus and the rest of the heads of the families of Israel said to them, <i>It is</i> not for us and you to build a house to our God, for we ourselves will build together to the Lord our God, as Cyrus the king of the Persians commanded us.
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||||
4| And the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Juda, and hindered them in building,
|
||||
5| and <i>continued</i> hiring <i>persons</i> against them, plotting to frustrate their counsel, all the days of Cyrus king of the Persians, and until the reign of Darius king of the Persians.
|
||||
6| And in the reign of Assuerus, even in the beginning of his reign, they wrote a letter against the inhabitants of Juda and Jerusalem.
|
||||
7| And in the days of Arthasastha, Tabeel wrote peaceably to Mithradates and to the rest of his fellow-servants: the tribute-gatherer wrote to Arthasastha king of the Persians a writing in the Syrian tongue, and <i>the same</i> interpreted.
|
||||
8| Reum the chancellor, and Sampsa the scribe wrote an epistle against Jerusalem to King Arthasastha, <i>saying,</i>
|
||||
9| Thus has judged Reum the chancellor, and Sampsa the scribe, and the rest of our fellow-servants, the Dinaeans, the Apharsathachaeans, the Tarphalaeans, the Apharsaeans, the Archyaeans, the Babylonians, the Susanachaeans, Davaeans,
|
||||
10| and the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Assenaphar removed, and settled them in the cities of Somoron, and the rest <i>of them</i> beyond the river.
|
||||
11| This <i>is</i> the purport of the letter, which they sent to him: Thy servants the men beyond the river to king Arthasastha.
|
||||
12| Be it known to the king, that the Jews who came up from thee to us have come to Jerusalem the rebellious and wicked city, which they are building, and its walls are set in order, and they have established the foundations of it.
|
||||
13| Now then be it known to the king, that if that city be built up, and its walls completed, thou shalt have no tribute, neither will they pay <i>anything</i>, and this injures kings.
|
||||
14| And it is not lawful for us to see the dishonour of the king: therefore have we sent and made known <i>the matter</i> to the king;
|
||||
15| That examination may be made in thy fathers’ book of record; and thou shalt find, and thou shalt know that city <i>is</i> rebellious, and does harm to kings and countries, and there are in the midst of it from very old time refuges for <i>runaway</i> slaves: therefore this city has been made desolate.
|
||||
16| We therefore declare to the king, that, if that city be built, and its walls be set up, thou shalt not have peace.
|
||||
17| Then the king sent to Reum the chancellor, and Sampsa the scribe, and the rest of their fellow-servants who dwelt in Samaria, and the rest beyond the river, <i>saying,</i>Peace; and he says,
|
||||
18| The tribute-gatherer whom ye sent to us, has been called before me.
|
||||
19| And a decree has been made by me, and we have examined, and found that city of old time exalts itself against kings, and that rebellions and desertions take place within it.
|
||||
20| And there were powerful kings in Jerusalem, and they ruled over all the <i>country</i> beyond the river, and abundant revenues and tribute were given to them.
|
||||
21| Now therefore make a decree to stop the work of those men, and that city shall no more be built.
|
||||
22| <i>See</i> that ye be careful of the decree, <i>not</i> to be remiss concerning this matter, lest at any time destruction should abound to the harm of kings.
|
||||
23| Then the tribute-gatherer of king Arthasastha read <i>the letter</i> before Reum the chancellor, and Sampsa the scribe, and his fellow-servants: and they went in haste to Jerusalem and through Juda, and caused them to cease with horses and an <i>armed</i> force.
|
||||
24| Then ceased the work of the house of God in Jerusalem, and it was at a stand until the second year of the reign of Darius king of the Persians.
|
||||
|
||||
#5
|
||||
1| And Aggaeus the prophet, and Zacharias the <i>son</i> of Addo, prophesied a prophesy to the Jews in Juda and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel, <i>even</i> to them.
|
||||
2| Then rose up Zorobabel the <i>son</i> of Salathiel, and Jesus the son of Josedec, and began to build the house of God that was in Jerusalem: and with them <i>were</i> the prophets of God assisting them.
|
||||
3| At the same time came there upon them Thanthanai, the governor on this side the river, and Satharbuzanai, and their fellow-servants, and spoke thus to them, Who has ordained a decree for you to build this house, and to <i>provide</i> this preparation?
|
||||
4| Then they spoke thus to them, What are the names of the men that build this city?
|
||||
5| But the eyes of God were upon the captivity of Juda, and they did not cause them to cease till the decree was brought to Darius; and then was sent by the tribute-gatherer concerning this
|
||||
6| the copy of a letter, which Thanthanai, the governor of the part on this side the river, and Satharbuzanai, and their fellow-servants the Apharsachaeans who were on this side of the river, sent to king Darius.
|
||||
7| They sent an account to him, and thus it was written in it: All peace to king Darius.
|
||||
8| Be it known to the king, that we went into the land of Judea, to the house of the great God; and it is building with choice stones, and they are laying timbers in the walls, and that work is prospering, and goes on favorably in their hands.
|
||||
9| Then we asked those elders, and thus we said to them, Who gave you the order to build this house, and to <i>provide</i> this preparation?
|
||||
10| And we asked them their names, <i>in order</i> to declare <i>them</i> to thee, so as to write to thee the names of their leading men.
|
||||
11| And they answered us thus, saying, We <i>are</i> the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we <i>are</i> building the house which had been built many years before this, and a great king of Israel built it, and established it for them.
|
||||
12| But after that our fathers provoked the God of heaven, he gave them into the hands of Nabuchodonosor the Chaldean, king of Babylon, and he destroyed this house, and carried the people captive to Babylon.
|
||||
13| And in the first year of king Cyrus, Cyrus the king made a decree that this house of God should be built.
|
||||
14| And the gold and silver vessels of the house of God, which Nabuchodonosor brought out from the house that was in Jerusalem, and carried them into the temple of the king, them did king Cyrus bring out from the temple of the king, and gave them to Sabanasar the treasurer, who was over the treasurer;
|
||||
15| and said to him, Take all the vessels, and go, put them in the house that is in Jerusalem in their place.
|
||||
16| Then that Sabanazar came, and laid the foundations of the house of God in Jerusalem: and from that time even until now it has been building, and has not been finished.
|
||||
17| And now, if it <i>seem</i> good to the king, lest search be made in the treasure-house of the king at Babylon, that thou mayest know <i>if it be</i> that a decree was made by king Cyrus to build that house of God that was in Jerusalem, and let the king send to us when he has learnt concerning this <i>matter</i>.
|
||||
|
||||
#6
|
||||
1| Then Darius the king made a decree, and caused a search to be made in the record-offices, where the treasure is stored in Babylon.
|
||||
2| And there was found in the city, in the palace, a volume, and this was the record written in it.
|
||||
3| In the first year of king Cyrus, Cyrus the king made a decree concerning the holy house of God that was in Jerusalem, <i>saying,</i>Let the house be built, and the place where they sacrifice the sacrifices. (Also he appointed its elevation, in height sixty cubits; its breadth <i>was</i> of sixty cubits.)
|
||||
4| And <i>let there be</i> three strong layers of stone, and one layer of timber; and the expense shall be paid out of the house of the king.
|
||||
5| And the silver and the gold vessels of the house of God, which Nabuchodonosor carried off from the house that was in Jerusalem, and carried to Babylon, let them even be given, and be carried to the temple that is in Jerusalem, and put in the place where they were set in the house of God.
|
||||
6| Now, ye rulers beyond the river, Satharbuzanai, and their fellow-servants the Apharsachaeans, who <i>are</i> on the other side of the river, give <i>these things</i>, keeping far from that place.
|
||||
7| Now let alone the work of the house of God: let the rulers of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build that house of God on its place.
|
||||
8| Also a decree has been made by me, if haply ye may do somewhat in concert with the elders of the Jews for the building of that house of God: to wit, out of the king’s property, <i>even</i> the tributes beyond the river, let there be money to defray the expenses carefully granted to those men, so that they be not hindered.
|
||||
9| And whatever need <i>there may be</i>, ye shall give both the young of bulls and rams, and lambs for whole-burnt-offerings to the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, oil:—let it be given them according to the word of the priests that are in Jerusalem, day by day whatsoever they shall ask;
|
||||
10| that they may offer sweet savours to the God of heaven, and that they may pray for the life of the king and his sons.
|
||||
11| And a decree has been made by me, that every man who shall alter this word, timber shall be pulled down from his house, and let him be lifted up and slain upon it, and his house shall be confiscated.
|
||||
12| And may the God whose name dwells there, overthrow every king and people who shall stretch out his hand to alter or destroy the house of God which is in Jerusalem. I Darius have made a decree; let it be diligently <i>attended to</i>.
|
||||
13| Then Thanthanai the governor on this side beyond the river, Satharbuzanai, and his fellow-servants, according to that which king Darius sent, so they did diligently.
|
||||
14| And the elders of the Jews and the Levites built, at the prophecy of Aggaeus the prophet, and Zacharias the son of Addo: and they built up, and finished <i>it</i>, by the decree of the God of Israel, and by the decree of Cyrus, and Darius, and Arthasastha, kings of the Persians.
|
||||
15| And they finished this house by the third day of the month Adar, which is the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.
|
||||
16| And the children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of the house of God with gladness.
|
||||
17| And they offered for the dedication of the house of God a hundred calves, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs, twelve kids of the goats for a sin-offering for all Israel, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.
|
||||
18| And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their separate orders, for the services of God in Jerusalem, according to the writing of the book of Moses.
|
||||
19| And the children of the captivity kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.
|
||||
20| For the priests and Levites were purified, all were clean to a man, and they slew the passover for all the children of the captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves.
|
||||
21| And the children of Israel ate the passover, <i>even</i> they that were of the captivity, and every one who separated himself to them from the uncleanness of the nations of the land, to seek the Lord God of Israel.
|
||||
22| and they kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with gladness, because the Lord made them glad, and he turned the heart of the king of Assyria to them, to strengthen their hands in the works of the house of the God of Israel.
|
||||
|
||||
#7
|
||||
1| Now after these things, in the reign of Arthasastha king of the Persians, came up Esdras the son of Saraias, the son of Azarias, the son of Chelcias,
|
||||
2| the son of Selum, the son of Sadduc, the son of Achitob,
|
||||
3| the son of Samarias, the son of Esria, the son of Mareoth,
|
||||
4| the son of Zaraia, the son of Ozias, the son of Bokki,
|
||||
5| the son of Abisue, the son of Phinees, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the first priest.
|
||||
6| This Esdras went up out of Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the Lord God of Israel gave: and the king gave him <i>leave</i>, for the hand of the Lord his God was upon him in all things which he sought.
|
||||
7| And <i>some</i> of the children of Israel went up, and <i>some</i> of the priests, and of the Levites, and the singers, and the door-keepers, and the Nathinim, to Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Arthasastha the king.
|
||||
8| And they came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, this <i>was</i> the seventh year of the king.
|
||||
9| For in the first <i>day</i> of the first month he began the going up from Babylon, and in the first day of the fifth month, they came to Jerusalem, for the good hand of his God was upon him.
|
||||
10| For Esdras had determined in his heart to seek the law, and to do and teach the ordinances and judgments in Israel.
|
||||
11| And this <i>is</i> the copy of the order which Arthasastha gave to Esdras the priest, the scribe of the book of the words of the commandments of the Lord, and of his ordinances to Israel.
|
||||
12| Arthasastha, king of kings, to Esdras, the scribe of the law of the Lord God of heaven, Let the order and the answer be accomplished.
|
||||
13| A decree is made by me, that every one who is willing in my kingdom of the people of Israel, and of the priests and Levites, to go to Jerusalem, <i>be permitted</i> to go with thee.
|
||||
14| <i>One</i> has been sent from the king and the seven councillors, to visit Judea and Jerusalem, according to the law of their God that is in thine hand.
|
||||
15| And for the house of the Lord <i>there have been sent</i> silver and gold, which the king and the councillors have freely given to the God of Israel, who dwells in Jerusalem.
|
||||
16| And all the silver and gold, whatsoever thou shalt find in all the land of Babylon, with the freewill-offering of the people, and the priests that offer freely for the house of God which is in Jerusalem.
|
||||
17| And as for every one that arrives <i>there</i>, speedily order him by this letter <i>to bring</i> calves, rams, lambs, and their meat-offerings, and their drink-offerings; and thou shalt offer them on the altar of the house of your God which is in Jerusalem.
|
||||
18| And whatever it shall seem good to thee and to thy brethren to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, do as it is pleasing to your God.
|
||||
19| And deliver the vessels that are given thee for the service of the house of God, before God in Jerusalem.
|
||||
20| And as to the rest of the need of the house of thy God, thou shalt give from the king’s treasure-houses,
|
||||
21| and from me, whatever it shall seem <i>good</i> to thee to give. I king Arthasastha have made a decree for all the treasuries that are in the <i>country</i> beyond the river, that whatever Esdras the priest and scribe of the God of heaven may ask you, it shall be done speedily,
|
||||
22| to <i>the amount of</i> a hundred talents of silver, and a hundred measures of wheat, and a hundred baths of wine, and a hundred baths of oil, and salt without reckoning.
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23| Let whatever is in the decree of the God of heaven, be done: take heed lest any one make an attack on the house of the God of heaven, lest at any time there shall be wrath against the realm of the king and his sons.
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24| Also this has been declared to you, with respect to all the priests, and Levites, the singers, porters, Nathinim and ministers of the house of God, let no tribute be <i>paid</i> to thee; thou shalt not have power to oppress them.
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25| And thou, Esdras, as the wisdom of God <i>is</i> in thy hand, appoint scribes and judges, that they may judge for all the people beyond the river, all that know the law of the Lord thy God; and ye shall make it known to him that knows not.
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26| And whosoever shall not do the law of God, and the law of the king readily, judgment shall be taken upon him, whether for death or for chastisement, or for a fine of his property, or casting into prison.
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27| Blessed <i>be</i> the Lord God of our fathers, who has put it thus into the heart of the king, to glorify the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem;
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28| and has given me favour in the eyes of the king, and of his councillors, and all the rulers of the king, the exalted ones. And I was strengthened according to the good hand of God upon me, and I gathered chief men of Israel to go up with me.
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#8
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1| And these <i>are</i> the heads of their families, the leaders that went up with me in the reign of Arthasastha the king of Babylon.
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2| Of the sons of Phinees; Gerson: of the sons of Ithamar; Daniel: of the sons of David; Attus.
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3| Of the sons of Sachania, and the sons of Phoros; Zacharias: and with him a company <i>of</i> a hundred and fifty.
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4| Of the sons of Phaath-Moab; Eliana the son of Saraia, and with him two hundred that were males.
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5| And of the sons of Zathoes; Sechenias the son of Aziel, and with him three hundred males.
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6| And of the sons of Adin; Obeth the son of Jonathan, and with him fifty males.
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7| And of the sons of Elam; Isaeas the son of Athelia, and with him seventy males.
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8| And of the sons of Saphatia; Zabadias the son of Michael, and with him eighty males.
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9| And of the sons of Joab; Abadia the son of Jeiel, and with him two hundred and eighteen males.
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10| And of the sons of Baani; Selimuth the son of Josephia, and with him a hundred and sixty males.
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11| And of the sons of Babi; Zacharias the son of Babi, and with him twenty-eight males.
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12| And of the sons of Asgad; Joanan the son of Accatan, and with him a hundred and ten males.
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13| And of the sons of Adonicam <i>were the</i> last, and these <i>were</i> their names, Eliphalat, Jeel, and Samaea, and with them sixty males.
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14| And of the sons of Baguae, Uthai, and Zabud, and with him seventy males.
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15| And I gathered them to the river that comes to Evi, and we encamped there three days: and I reviewed the people and the priests, and found none of the sons of Levi there.
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16| And I sent men of understanding to Eleazar, to Ariel, to Semeias, and to Alonam, and to Jarib, and to Elnatham, and to Nathan, and to Zacharias, and to Mesollam, and to Joarim, and to Elnathan.
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17| And I forwarded them to the rulers with the money of the place, and I put words in their mouth to speak to their brethren the Athinim with the money of the place, that they should bring us singers for the house of our God.
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18| And they came to us, as the good hand of our God was upon us, even a man of understanding of the sons of Mooli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel, and at the commencement came his sons and his brethren, eighteen.
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19| And Asebia, and Isaia of the sons of Merari, his brethren and his sons, twenty.
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20| And of the Nathinim; whom David and the princes had appointed for the service of the Levites <i>there were</i> two hundred and twenty Nathinim; all were gathered by <i>their</i> names.
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21| And I proclaimed there a fast, at the river Aue, that <i>we</i> should humble ourselves before our God, to seek of him a straight way for us, and for our children, and for all our property.
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22| For I was ashamed to ask of the king a guard and horsemen to save us from the enemy in the way: for we had spoken to the king, saying, The hand of our God <i>is</i> upon all that seek him, for good; but his power and his wrath <i>are</i> upon all that forsake him.
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23| So we fasted, and asked of our God concerning this; and he hearkened to us.
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24| And I gave charge to twelve of the chiefs of the priests, to Saraia, to Asabia, and ten of their brethren with them.
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25| And I weighed to them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of the first-fruits of the house of our God, which the king, and his councillors, and his princes, and all Israel that were found, had dedicated.
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26| I even weighed into their hands six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and a hundred silver vessels, and a hundred talents of gold;
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27| and twenty golden bowls, <i>weighing</i> about a thousand drachms, and superior vessels of fine shining brass, <i>precious</i> as gold.
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28| And I said to them, Ye <i>are</i> holy to the Lord; and the vessels <i>are</i> holy; and the silver and the gold are freewill-offerings to the Lord God of our fathers.
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29| Be watchful and keep them, until ye weigh <i>them</i> before the chief priests and the Levites, and the chiefs of families in Jerusalem, at the chambers of the house of the Lord.
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30| So the priests and the Levites took the weight of the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, to bring to Jerusalem into the house of our God.
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31| And we departed from the river of Aue on the twelfth day of the first month, to come to Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was upon us, and delivered us from the hand of the enemy and adversary in the way.
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32| And we came to Jerusalem, and abode there three days.
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33| And it came to pass on the fourth day that we weighed the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, in the house of our God, into the hand of Merimoth the son of Uria the priest; and with him <i>was</i> Eleazar the son of Phinees, and with them Jozabad the son of Jesus, and Noadia the son of Banaia, the Levites.
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34| All things <i>were reckoned</i> by number and weight, and the whole weight was written <i>down</i>.
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35| At that time the children of the banishment that came from the captivity offered whole-burnt-offerings to the God of Israel, twelve calves for all Israel, ninety-six rams, seventy-seven lambs, twelve goats for a sin-offering; all whole-burnt-offerings to the Lord.
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36| And they gave the king’s mandate to the king’s lieutenants, and the governors beyond the river: and they honoured the people and the house of God.
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#9
|
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1| And when these things were finished, the princes drew near to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the people of the lands in their abominations, <i>even</i> the Chananite, the Ethite, the Pherezite, the Jebusite, the Ammonite, the Moabite, and the Moserite and the Amorite.
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2| For they have taken of their daughters for themselves and their sons; and the holy seed has passed among the nations of the lands, and the hand of the rulers <i>has been</i> first in this transgression.
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3| And when I heard this thing, I rent my garments, and trembled, and plucked <i>some</i> of the hairs of my head and of my beard, and sat down mourning.
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4| Then there assembled to me all that followed the word of the God of Israel, on account of the transgression of the captivity; and I remained mourning until the evening sacrifice.
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5| And at the evening sacrifice I rose up from my humiliation; and when I had rent my garments, then I trembled, and I bow myself on my knees, and spread out my hands to the Lord God,
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6| and I said, O Lord, I am ashamed and confounded, O my God, to lift up my face to thee: for our transgressions have abounded over our head, and our trespasses have increased even to heaven.
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7| From the days of our fathers we have been in a great trespass until this day: and because of our iniquities we, and our kings, and our children, have been delivered into the hand of the kings of the Gentiles by the sword, and by captivity, and by spoil, and with shame of our face, as at this day.
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8| And now our God has dealt mercifully with us, so as to leave us to escape, and to give us an establishment in the place of his sanctuary, to enlighten our eyes, and to give a little quickening in our servitude.
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9| For we are slaves, yet in our servitude the Lord our God has not deserted us; and he has extended favour to us in the sight of the kings of the Persians, to give us a quickening, that they should raise up the house of our God, and restore the desolate places of it, and to give us a fence in Juda and Jerusalem.
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10| What shall we say, our God, after this? for we have forsaken thy commandments,
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11| which thou hast given us by the hand of thy servants the prophets, saying, The land, into which ye go to inherit it, is a land subject to disturbance by the removal of the people of the nations for their abominations, wherewith they have filled it from one end to the other by their uncleanness.
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12| And now give not your daughters to their sons, and take not of their daughters for your sons, neither shall ye seek their peace or their good for ever: that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and transmit it as an inheritance to your children for ever.
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13| And after all that is come upon us because of our evil deeds, and our great trespass, <i>it is clear</i> that there is none such as our God, for thou has lightly visited our iniquities, and given us deliverance;
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14| whereas we have repeatedly broken thy commandments, and intermarried with the people of the lands: be not very angry with us to <i>our</i> utter destruction, so that there should be no remnant or escaping one.
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15| O Lord God of Israel, thou <i>art</i> righteous; for we remain <i>yet</i> escaped, as at this day: behold, we <i>are</i> before thee in our trespasses: for we cannot stand before thee on this account.
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#10
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1| So when Esdras <i>had</i> prayed, and when he <i>had</i> confessed, weeping and praying before the house of God, a very great assembly of Israel came together to him, men and women and youths; for the people wept, and wept aloud.
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2| And Sechenias the son of Jeel, of the sons of Elam, answered and said to Esdras, We have broken covenant with our God, and have taken strange wives of the nations of the land: yet now there is patience <i>of hope</i> to Israel concerning this thing.
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3| Now then let us make a covenant with our God, to put away all the wives, and their offspring, as thou shalt advise:
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4| arise, and alarm them with the commands of our God; and let <i>it</i> be done according to the law. Rise up, for the matter <i>is</i> upon thee; and we <i>are</i> with thee: be strong and do.
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5| Then Esdras arose, and caused the rulers, the priests, and Levites, and all Israel, to swear that they would do according to this word: and they swore.
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6| And Esdras rose up from before the house of God, and went to the treasury of Joanan the son of Elisub; he even went thither: he ate no bread, and drank no water; for he mourned over the unfaithfulness <i>of them</i> of the captivity.
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7| And they made proclamation throughout Juda and Jerusalem to all the children of the captivity, that they should assemble at Jerusalem, <i>saying</i>,
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8| Every one who shall not arrive within three days, as <i>is</i> the counsel of the rulers and the elders, all his substance shall be forfeited, and he shall be separated from the congregation of the captivity.
|
||||
9| So all the men of Juda and Benjamin assembled at Jerusalem within the three days. This <i>was</i> the ninth month: on the twentieth day of the month all the people sat down in the street of the house of the Lord, because of their alarm concerning the word, and because of the storm.
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10| And Esdras the priest arose, and said to them, Ye have broken covenant, and have taken strange wives, to add to the trespass of Israel.
|
||||
11| Now therefore give praise to the Lord God of our fathers, and do that which is pleasing in his sight: and separate yourselves from the peoples of the land, and from the strange wives.
|
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12| Then all the congregation answered and said, This thy word <i>is</i> powerful upon us to do it.
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13| But the people <i>is</i> numerous, and the season <i>is</i> stormy, and there is no power to stand without, and the work is more than enough for one day or for two; for we have greatly sinned in this matter.
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14| Let now our rulers stand, and for all those in our cities who have taken strange wives, let them come at appointed times, and with them elders from every several city, and judges, to turn away the fierce wrath of our God from us concerning this matter.
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15| Only Jonathan the son of Asael, and Jazias the son of Thecoe <i>were</i> with me concerning this; and Mesollam, and Sabbathai the Levite helped them.
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16| And the children of the captivity did thus: and Esdras the priest, and heads of families according to <i>their</i> house were separated, and all by their names, for they returned in the first day of the tenth month to search out the matter.
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17| And they made an end with all the men who had taken strange wives by the first day of the first month.
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18| And there were found <i>some</i> of the sons of the priests who had taken strange wives: of the sons of Jesus the son of Josedec, and his brethren; Maasia, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gadalia.
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19| And they pledged themselves to put away their wives, and <i>offered</i> a ram of the flock for a trespass-offering because of their trespass.
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||||
20| And of the sons of Emmer; Anani, and Zabdia.
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||||
21| And of the sons of Eram; Masael, and Elia, and Samaia, and Jeel, and Ozia.
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||||
22| And of the sons of Phasur; Elionai, Maasia, and Ismael, and Nathanael, and Jozabad, and Elasa.
|
||||
23| And of the Levites; Jozabad, and Samu, and Colia (he <i>is</i> Colitas,)and Phetheia, and Judas, and Eliezer.
|
||||
24| And of the singers; Elisab: and of the porters; Solmen, and Telmen, and Oduth.
|
||||
25| Also of Israel: of the sons of Phoros; Ramia, and Azia, and Melchia, and Meamin, and Eleazar, and Asabia, and Banaia.
|
||||
26| And of the sons of Helam; Matthania, and Zacharia, and Jaiel, and Abdia, and Jarimoth, and Elia.
|
||||
27| And of the sons of Zathua; Elionai, Elisub, Matthanai, and Armoth, and Zabad, and Oziza.
|
||||
28| And of the sons of Babei; Joanan, Anania, and Zabu, and Thali.
|
||||
29| And of the sons of Banui; Mosollam, Maluch, Adaias, Jasub, and Saluia, and Remoth.
|
||||
30| And of the sons of Phaath Moab; Edne, and Chalel, and Banaia, Maasia, Matthania, Beseleel, and Banui, and Manasse.
|
||||
31| And of the sons of Eram; Eliezer, Jesia, Melchia, Samaias, Semeon,
|
||||
32| Benjamin, Baluch, Samaria.
|
||||
33| And of the sons of Asem; Metthania, Matthatha, Zadab, Eliphalet, Jerami, Manasse, Semei.
|
||||
34| And of the sons of Bani; Moodia, Amram, Uel,
|
||||
35| Banaia, Badaia, Chelkia,
|
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36| Uvania, Marimoth, Eliasiph,
|
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37| Matthania, Matthanai:
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38| and <i>so</i> did the children of Banui, and the children of Semei,
|
||||
39| and Selemia, and Nathan, and Adaia,
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||||
40| Machadnabu, Sesei, Sariu,
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41| Ezriel, and Selemia, and Samaria,
|
||||
42| and Sellum, Amaria, Joseph.
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||||
43| Of the sons of Nabu; Jael, Matthanias, Zabad, Zebennas, Jadai, and Joel, and Banaia.
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44| All these had taken strange wives, and had begotten sons of them.
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#1
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1| There was a man of Armathaim Sipha, of mount Ephraim, and his name <i>was</i> Helkana, a son of Jeremeel the son of Elias the son of Thoke, in Nasib Ephraim.
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2| And he <i>had</i> two wives; the name of the one <i>was</i> Anna, and the name of the second Phennana. And Phennana had children, but Anna had no child.
|
||||
3| And the man went up from year to year from his city, from Armathaim, to worship and sacrifice to the Lord God of Sabaoth at Selom: and <i>there were</i> Heli and his two sons Ophni and Phinees, the priests of the Lord.
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||||
4| And the day came, and Helkana sacrificed, and gave portions to his wife Phennana and her children.
|
||||
5| And to Anna he gave a prime portion, because she had no child, only Helkana loved Anna more than the other; but the Lord <i>had</i> closed her womb.
|
||||
6| For the Lord gave her no child in her affliction, and according to the despondency of her affliction; and she was dispirited on this account, that the Lord shut up her womb so as not to give her a child.
|
||||
7| So she did year by year, in going up to the house of the Lord; and she was dispirited, and wept, and did not eat.
|
||||
8| And Helkana her husband said to her, Anna: and she said to him, Here <i>am</i> I, my lord: and he said to her, What ails thee that thou weepest? and why dost thou not eat? and why does thy heart smite thee? <i>am</i> I not better to thee than ten children?
|
||||
9| And Anna rose up after they had eaten in Selom, and stood before the Lord: and Heli the priest <i>was</i> on a seat by the threshold of the temple of the Lord.
|
||||
10| And she <i>was</i> very much grieved in spirit, and prayed to the Lord, and wept abundantly.
|
||||
11| And she vowed a vow to the Lord, saying, O Lord God of Sabaoth, if thou welt indeed look upon the humiliation of thine handmaid, and remember me, and give to thine handmaid a man-child, then will I indeed dedicate him to thee till the day of his death; and he shall drink no wine nor strong drink, and no razor shall come upon his head.
|
||||
12| And it came to pass, while she was long praying before the Lord, that Heli the priest marked her mouth.
|
||||
13| And she was speaking in her heart, and her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: and Heli accounted her a drunken woman.
|
||||
14| And the servant of Heli said to her, How long wilt thou be drunken? take away thy wine from thee, and go out from the presence of the Lord.
|
||||
15| And Anna answered and said, Nay, my lord, <i>I live</i> in a hard day, and I have not drunk wine or strong drink, and I pour out my soul before the Lord.
|
||||
16| Count not thy handmaid for a pestilent woman, for by reason of the abundance of my importunity I have continued <i>my prayer</i> until now.
|
||||
17| And Heli answered and said to her, Go in peace: the God of Israel give thee all thy petition, which thou hast asked of him.
|
||||
18| And she said, Thine handmaid has found favour in thine eyes: and the woman went her way, and entered into her lodging, and ate and drank with her husband, and her countenance was no more sad.
|
||||
19| And they rise early in the morning, and worship the Lord, and they go their way: and Helkana went into his house at Armathaim, and knew his wife Anna; and the Lord remembered her, and she conceived.
|
||||
20| And it came to pass when the time was come, that she brought forth a son, and called his name Samuel, and said, Because I asked him of the Lord God of Sabaoth.
|
||||
21| And the man Helkana and all his house went up to offer in Selom the yearly sacrifice, and his vows, and all the tithes of his land.
|
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22| But Anna did not go up with him, for she said to her husband, <i>I will not go up</i> until the child goes up, when I have weaned him, and he shall be presented before the Lord, and he shall abide there continually.
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23| And Helkana her husband said to her, Do that which is good in thine eyes, abide still until thou shalt have weaned him; but may the Lord establish that which comes out of thy mouth: and the woman tarried, and suckled her son until she had weaned him.
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24| And she went up with him to Selom with a calf of three years old, and loaves, and an ephah of fine flour, and a bottle of wine: and she entered into the house of the Lord in Selom, and the child with them.
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25| And they brought him before the Lord; and his father slew his offering which he offered from year to year to the Lord; and he brought near the child, and slew the calf; and Anna the mother of the child brought him to Heli.
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26| And she said, I pray thee, my lord, as thy soul liveth, I <i>am</i> the woman that stood in thy presence with thee while praying to the Lord.
|
||||
27| For this child I prayed; and the Lord has given me my request that I asked of him.
|
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28| And I lend him to the Lord all his days that he lives, a loan to the Lord: and she said,
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#2
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1| My heart is established in the Lord, my horn is exalted in my God; my mouth is enlarged over my enemies, I have rejoiced in thy salvation.
|
||||
2| For there is none holy as the Lord, and there is none righteous as our God; there is none holy besides thee.
|
||||
3| Boast not, and utter not high things; let not high-sounding words come out of your mouth, for the Lord <i>is</i> a God of knowledge, and God prepares his own designs.
|
||||
4| The bow of the mighty has waxed feeble, and the weak have girded themselves with strength.
|
||||
5| They that were full of bread are brought low; and the hungry have forsaken the land; for the barren has born seven, and she that abounded in children has waxed feeble.
|
||||
6| The Lord kills and makes alive; he brings down to the grave, and brings up.
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||||
7| The Lord makes poor, and makes rich; he brings low, and lifts up.
|
||||
8| He lifts up the poor from the earth, and raises the needy from the dunghill; to seat him with the princes of the people, and causing them to inherit the throne of glory:
|
||||
9| granting his petition to him that prays; and he blesses the years of the righteous, for by strength cannot man prevail.
|
||||
10| The Lord will weaken his adversary; the Lord <i>is</i> holy. Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor let the mighty man boast in his strength, and let not the rich man boast in his wealth; but let him that boasts boast in this, to understand and know the Lord, and to execute judgment and justice in the midst of the earth. The Lord has gone up to the heavens, and has thundered: he will judge the extremities of the earth, and he gives strength to our kings, and will exalt the horn of his Christ. And she left him there before the Lord,
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11| and departed to Armathaim: and the child ministered in the presence of the Lord before Heli the priest.
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12| And the sons of Heli the priest <i>were</i> evil sons, not knowing the Lord.
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13| And the priest’s claim from every one of the people that sacrificed <i>was this:</i> the servant of the priest came when the flesh was in seething, and a flesh-hook of three teeth <i>was</i> in his hand.
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14| And he struck it into the great caldron, or into the brazen vessel, or into the pot, and whatever came up with the flesh-hook, the priest took for himself: so they did to all Israel that came to sacrifice to the Lord in Selom.
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15| And before the fat was burnt for a sweet savour, the servant of the priest would come, and say to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest, and I will by no means take of thee sodden flesh out of the caldron.
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16| And <i>if</i> the man that sacrificed said, First let the fat be burned, as it is fit, and take for thyself of all things which thy soul desires: then he would say, Nay, for thou shalt give it me now; and if not I will take it by force.
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17| So the sin of the young men was very great before the Lord, for they set at nought the offering of the Lord.
|
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18| And Samuel ministered before the Lord, a child girt with a linen ephod.
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19| And his mother made him a little doublet, and brought it to him from year to year, in her going up in company with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.
|
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20| And Heli blessed Helcana and his wife, saying The Lord recompense to thee seed of this woman, in return for the loan which thou hast lent to the Lord: and the man returned to his place.
|
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21| And the Lord visited Anna, and she bore yet three sons, and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the Lord.
|
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22| And Heli <i>was</i> very old, and he heard what his sons did to the children of Israel.
|
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23| And he said to them, Why do ye according to this thing, which I hear from the mouth of all the people of the Lord?
|
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24| Nay <i>my</i> sons, for the report which I hear <i>is</i> not good; do not so, for the reports which I hear <i>are</i> not good, so that the people do not serve God.
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25| If a man should at all sin against another, then shall they pray for him to the Lord; but if a man sin against the Lord, who shall intreat for him? But they hearkened not to the voice of their father, because the Lord would by all means destroy them.
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26| And the child Samuel advanced, and was in favour with God and with men.
|
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27| And a man of God came to Heli, and said, Thus says the Lord, I plainly revealed myself to the house of thy father, when they were servants in Egypt to the house of Pharao.
|
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28| And I chose the house of thy father out of all the tribes of Israel to minister to me in the priest’s office, to go up to my altar, and to burn incense, and to wear an ephod. And I gave to the house of thy father all the offerings by fire of the children of Israel for food.
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29| And wherefore hast thou looked upon my incense-offering and my meat-offering with a shameless eye, and hast honoured thy sons above me, so that they should bless themselves with the first-fruits of every sacrifice of Israel before me?
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30| Therefore thus says the Lord God of Israel, I said, Thy house and the house of thy father shall pass before me for ever: but now the Lord says, That be far from me; for I will only honour them that honour me, and he that sets me at nought shall be despised.
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31| Behold, the days come when I will destroy thy seed and the seed of thy father’s house.
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32| And thou shalt not have an old man in my house for ever.
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33| And <i>if</i> I do not destroy a man of thine from my altar, <i>it shall be</i> that his eyes may fail and his soul may perish; and every one that remains in thy house shall fall by the sword of men.
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34| And this which shall come upon thy two sons Ophni and Phinees shall be a sign to thee; in one day they shall both die.
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35| And I will raise up to myself a faithful priest, who shall do all that is in my heart and in my soul; and I will build him a sure house, and he shall walk before my Christ for ever.
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36| And it shall come to pass that he that survives in thy house, shall come to do obeisance before him for a little piece of silver, saying, Put me into one of thy priest’s offices to eat bread.
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#3
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1| And the child Samuel ministered to the Lord before Heli the priest: and the word of the Lord was precious in those days, there was no distinct vision.
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2| And it came to pass at that time that Heli was sleeping in his place; and his eyes began to fail, and could not see.
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3| And the lamp of God <i>was burning</i> before it was trimmed, and Samuel slept in the temple, where <i>was</i> the ark of God.
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4| And the Lord called, Samuel, Samuel; and he said, Behold, <i>here am</i> I.
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5| And he ran to Heli, and said, <i>Here am</i> I, for thou didst call me: and he said, I did not call thee; return, go to sleep; and he returned and went to sleep.
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6| And the Lord called again, Samuel, Samuel: and he went to Heli the second time, and said, Behold <i>here am</i> I, for thou didst call me: and he said, I called thee not; return, go to sleep.
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7| And <i>it was</i> before Samuel knew the Lord, and <i>before</i> the word of the Lord was revealed to him.
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8| And the Lord called Samuel again for the third time: and he arose and went to Heli, and said, Behold, I <i>am here</i>, for thou didst call me: and Heli perceived that the Lord <i>had</i> called the child.
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9| And he said, Return, child, go to sleep; and it shall come to pass if he shall call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak for thy servant hears: and Samuel went and lay down in his place.
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10| And the Lord came, and stood, and called him as before: and Samuel said, Speak, for thy servant hears.
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11| And the Lord said to Samuel, Behold, I execute my words in Israel; whoever hears them, both his ears shall tingle.
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12| In that day I will raise up against Heli all things that I have said against his house; I will begin, and I will make an end.
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13| And I have told him that I will be avenged on his house perpetually for the iniquities of his sons, because his sons spoke evil against God, and he did not admonish them.
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14| And <i>it shall</i> not <i>go on</i> so; I have sworn to the house of Eli, the iniquity of the house of Eli shall not be atoned for with incense or sacrifices for ever.
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15| And Samuel slept till morning, and rose early in the morning, and opened the doors of the house of the Lord; and Samuel feared to tell <i>Heli</i> the vision.
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16| And Heli said to Samuel, Samuel, <i>my</i> son; and he said, Behold, <i>here am</i> I.
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17| And he said, What <i>was</i> the word that was spoken to thee? I pray thee hide it not from me: may God do these things to thee, and more also, if thou hide from me any thing of all the words that were spoken to thee in thine ears.
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18| And Samuel reported all the words, and hid them not from him. And Heli said, He <i>is</i> the Lord, he shall do that which is good in his sight.
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19| And Samuel grew, and the Lord was with him, and there did not fall one of his words to the ground.
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20| And all Israel knew from Dan even to Bersabee, that Samuel <i>was</i> faithful as a prophet to the Lord.
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21| And the Lord manifested himself again in Selom, for the Lord revealed himself to Samuel; and Samuel was accredited to all Israel as a prophet to the Lord from one end of the land to the other: and Heli <i>was</i> very old, and his sons kept advancing <i>in wickedness</i>, and their way <i>was</i> evil before the Lord.
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#4
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1| And it came to pass in those days that the Philistines gathered themselves together against Israel to war; and Israel went out to meet them and encamped at Abenezer, and the Philistines encamped in Aphec.
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2| And the Philistines prepare to fight with Israel, and the battle was turned against them; and the men of Israel fell before the Philistines, and there were smitten in the battle in the field four thousand men.
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3| And the people came to the camp, and the elders of Israel said, Why has the Lord caused us to fall this day before the Philistines? let us take the ark of our God out of Selom, and let it proceed from the midst of us, and it shall save us from the hand of our enemies.
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4| And the people sent to Selom, and they take thence the ark of the Lord who dwells between the cherubs: and both the sons of Heli, Ophni and Phinees, <i>were</i> with the ark.
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5| And it came to pass when the ark of the Lord entered into the camp, that all Israel cried out with a loud voice, and the earth resounded.
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6| And the Philistines heard the cry, and the Philistines said, What <i>is</i> this great cry in the camp of the Hebrews: and they understood that the ark of the Lord was come into the camp.
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7| And the Philistines feared, and said, These are the Gods that are come to them into the camp.
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8| Woe to us, O Lord, deliver us to-day for such a thing has not happened aforetime: woe to us, who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty Gods? these <i>are</i> the Gods that smote Egypt with every plague, and in the wilderness.
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9| Strengthen yourselves and behave yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye may not serve the Hebrews as they have served us, but be ye men and fight with them.
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10| And they fought with them; and the men of Israel fall, and they fled every man to his ten; and there was a very great slaughter; and there fell of Israel thirty thousand fighting men.
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11| And the ark of God was taken, and both the sons of Heli, Ophni, and Phinees, died.
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12| And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the battle, and he came to Selom on that day: and his clothes <i>were</i> rent, and earth <i>was</i> upon his head.
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13| And he came, an behold, Heli was upon the seat by the gate looking along the way, for his heart was greatly alarmed for the ark of God: and the man entered into the city to bring tidings; and the city cried out.
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14| And Heli heard the sound of the cry, and said, What <i>is</i> the voice of this cry? and the men hasted and went in, and reported to Heli.
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15| Now Heli <i>was</i> ninety years old, and his eyes were fixed, and he saw not.
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16| And Heli said to them that stood round about him, What <i>is</i> the voice of this sound? And the man hasted and advanced to Heli, and said to him, I am he that is come out of the camp, and I have fled from the battle to-day: and Heli said, What <i>is</i> the even, <i>my</i> son?
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17| And they young man answered and said, The men of Israel fled from the face of the Philistines, and there was a great slaughter among the people, and both thy sons are dead, and the ark of God is taken.
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18| And it came to pass, when he mentioned the ark of God, that he fell from the seat backward near the gate, and his back was broken, and he died, for <i>he was</i> an old man and heavy: and he judged Israel twenty years.
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19| And his daughter-in-law the wife of Phinees <i>was</i> with child, <i>about</i> to bring forth; and she heard the tidings, that the ark of God was taken, and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead; and she wept and was delivered, for her pains came upon her.
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20| And in her time she was at the point of death; and the women that stood by her, said to her, Fear not, for thou hast born a son: but she answered not, and her heart did not regard it.
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21| And she called the child Uaebarchaboth, because of the ark of God, and because of her father-in-law, and because of her husband.
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22| And they said, The glory of Israel is departed, forasmuch as the ark of the Lord is taken.
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#5
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1| And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Abenezer to Azotus.
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2| And the Philistines took the ark of the Lord, and brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.
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3| And the people of Azotus rose early, and entered into the house of Dagon; and looked, and behold, Dagon had fallen on his face before the ark of the Lord: and they lifted up Dagon, and set him in his place. And the hand of the Lord was heavy upon the Azotians, and he plagued them, and he smote them in their secret parts, Azotus and her coasts.
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4| And it came to pass when they rose early in the morning, behold, Dagon had fallen on his face before the ark of the covenant of the Lord; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands <i>were</i> cut off each before the threshold, and both the wrists of his hands had fallen on the floor of the porch; only the stump of Dagon was left.
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5| Therefore the priests of Dagon, and every one that enters into the house of Dagon, do not tread upon the threshold of the house of Dagon in Azotus until this day, for they step over.
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6| And the hand of the Lord was heavy upon Azotus, and he brought evil upon them, and it burst out upon them into the ships, and mice sprang up in the midst of their country, and there was a great and indiscriminate mortality in the city.
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7| And the men of Azotus saw that <i>it was</i> so, and they said, The ark of the God of Israel shall not abide with us, for his hand <i>is</i> heavy upon us and upon Dagon our god.
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8| And they send and gather the lords of the Philistines to them, and say, What shall we do to the ark of the God of Israel? and the Gittites say, Let the ark of God come over to us; and the ark of the God of Israel came to Geth.
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9| And it came to pass after it went about to Geth, that the hand of the Lord comes upon the city, a very great confusion; and he smote the men of the city small and great, and smote them in their secret parts: and the Gittites made to themselves images of emerods.
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10| And they send away the ark of God to Ascalon; and it came to pass when the ark of God went into Ascalon, that the men of Ascalon cried out, saying, Why have ye brought back the ark of the God of Israel to us, to kill us and our people?
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11| And they send and gather the lords of the Philistines, and they said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it lodge in its place; and let it not slay us and our people.
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12| For there was a very great confusion in all the city, when the ark of the God of Israel entered there; and those, who lived and died not were smitten with emerods; and the cry of the city went up to heaven.
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#6
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1| And the ark was seven months in the country of the Philistines, and their land brought forth swarms of mice.
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2| And the Philistines call their priests, and their prophets, and their enchanters, saying, What shall we do to the ark of the Lord? teach us wherewith we shall send it away to its place.
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3| And they said, If ye send away the ark of the covenant of the Lord God of Israel, do not on any account send it away empty, but by all means render to it an offering for the plague; and then shall ye be healed, and an atonement shall be made for you: should not his hand be <i>thus</i> stayed from off you?
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4| And they say, What <i>is</i> the offering for the plague <i>which</i> we shall return to it? and they said,
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5| According to the number of the lords of the Philistines, five golden emerods, for the plague was on you, and on your rulers, and on the people; and golden mice, the likeness of the mice that destroy your land: and ye shall give glory to the Lord, that he may lighten his hand from off you, and from off your gods, and from off your land.
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6| And why do ye harden your hearts, as Egypt and Pharao hardened their hearts? <i>was it</i> not <i>so</i> when he mocked them, <i>that</i> they let the people go, and they departed?
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7| And now take wood and make a new wagon, and take two cows, that have calved for the first time, without their calves; and do ye yoke the cows to the wagon, and lead away the calves from behind them home.
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8| And ye shall take the ark and put it on the wagon; and ye shall restore to it the golden articles for the trespass-offering in a coffer by the side of it: and ye shall let it go, and sent it away, and ye shall depart.
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9| And ye shall see, if it shall go the way of its coasts along by Baethsamys, he has brought upon us this great affliction; and if not, then shall we know that his hand has not touched us, but this <i>is a</i> chance <i>which</i> has happened to us.
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10| And the Philistines did so; and they took two cows that had calved for the first time, and yoked them to the waggon, and shut up their calves at home.
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11| And they set the ark of the Lord, and the coffer, and the golden mice, on the waggon.
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12| And the cows went straight on the way to the way of Baethsamys, they went along one track; and laboured, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left, and the lords of the Philistines went after it as far as the coasts of Baethsamys.
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13| And the men of Baethsamys were reaping the wheat harvest in the valley; and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark of the Lord, and rejoiced to meet it.
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||||
14| And the waggon entered into the field of Osee, which was in Baethsamys, and they set there by it a great stone; and they split the wood of the waggon, and offered up the cows for a whole-burnt-offering to the Lord.
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15| And the Levites brought up the ark of the Lord, and the coffer with it, and the golden articles upon it, and placed them on the great stone, and the men of Baethsamys offered whole-burnt-offerings and meat offerings on that day to the Lord.
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16| And the five lords of the Philistines saw, and returned to Ascalon in that day.
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||||
17| And these <i>are</i> the golden emerods which the lords of the Philistines gave as a trespass-offering to the Lord; for Azotus one, for Gaza one, for Ascalon one, for Geth one, for Accaron one.
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||||
18| And the golden mice according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines, belonging to the five lords, from the fenced city to the village of the Pherezite, and to the great stone, on which they placed the ark of the covenant of the Lord, that was in the field of Osee the Baethsamysite.
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19| And the sons of Jechonias were not pleased with the men of Baethsamys, because they saw the ark of the Lord; and <i>the Lord</i> smote among them seventy men, and fifty thousand men: and the people mourned, because the Lord had inflicted on the people, a very great plague.
|
||||
20| And the men of Baethsamys said, Who shall be able to pass before this holy Lord God? and to whom shall the ark of the Lord go up from us?
|
||||
21| And they send messengers to the inhabitants of Cariathiarim, saying, The Philistines have brought back the ark of the Lord, go down and take it home to yourselves.
|
||||
|
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#7
|
||||
1| And the men of Cariathiarim come, and bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord: and they bring it into the house of Aminadab in the hill; and they sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the covenant of the Lord.
|
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2| And it came to pass from the time that the ark was in Cariathiarim, the days were multiplied, and <i>the time</i> was twenty years; and all the house of Israel looked after the Lord.
|
||||
3| And Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do with all your heart return to the Lord, take away the strange gods from the midst of you, and the groves, and prepare your hearts to <i>serve</i> the Lord, and serve him only; and he shall deliver you from the hand of the Philistines.
|
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4| And the children of Israel took away Baalim and the groves of Astaroth, and served the Lord only.
|
||||
5| And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Massephath, and I will pray for you to the Lord.
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||||
6| And they were gathered together to Massephath, and they drew water, and poured it out upon the earth before the Lord. And they fasted on that day, and said, We have sinned before the Lord. And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Massephath.
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7| And the Philistines heard that all the children of Israel were gathered together to Massephath: and the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel: and the children of Israel heard, and they feared before the Philistines.
|
||||
8| And the children of Israel said to Samuel, Cease not to cry to the Lord thy God for us, and he shall save us out of the hand of the Philistines.
|
||||
9| And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it up as a whole-burnt-offering with all the people to the Lord: and Samuel cried to the Lord for Israel, and the Lord heard him.
|
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10| And Samuel was offering the whole-burnt-offering; and the Philistines drew near to war against Israel; and the Lord thundered with a mighty sound in that day upon the Philistines, and they were confounded and overthrown before Israel.
|
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11| And the men of Israel went forth out of Massephath, and pursued the Philistines, and smote them to the parts under Baethchor.
|
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12| And Samuel took a stone, and set it up between Massephath and the old <i>city</i>; and he called the name of it Abenezer, stone of the helper; and he said, Hitherto has the Lord helped us.
|
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13| So the Lord humbled the Philistines, and they did not anymore come into the border of Israel; and the hand of the Lord was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.
|
||||
14| And the cities which the Philistines took from the children of Israel were restored; and they restored them to Israel from Ascalon to Azob: and they took the coast of Israel out of the hand of the Philistines; and there was peace between Israel and the Amorite.
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15| And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.
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||||
16| And he went year by year, and went round Baethel, and Galgala, and Massephath; and he judged Israel in all these consecrated places.
|
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17| And his return was to Armathaim, because there was his house; and there he judged Israel, and built there an altar to the Lord.
|
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|
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#8
|
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1| And it came to pass when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.
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||||
2| And these <i>are</i> the names of his sons; Joel the first-born, and the name of the second Abia, judges in Bersabee.
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3| And his sons did not walk in his way; and they turned aside after gain, and took gifts, and perverted judgments.
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||||
4| And the men of Israel gather themselves together, and come to Armathaim to Samuel,
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5| and they said to him, Behold, thou art grown old, and thy sons walk not in thy way; and now set over us a king to judge us, as also the other nations <i>have</i>.
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6| And the thing <i>was</i> evil in the eyes of Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us: and Samuel prayed to the Lord.
|
||||
7| And the Lord said to Samuel, Hear the voice of the people, in whatever they shall say to thee; for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me from reigning over them.
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||||
8| According to all their doings which they have done to me, from the day that I brought them out of Egypt until this day, even <i>as</i> they have deserted me, and served other gods, so they do also to thee.
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||||
9| And now hearken to their voice; only thou shalt solemnly testify to them, and thou shalt describe to them the manner of the king who shall reign over them.
|
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10| And Samuel spoke every word of the Lord to the people who asked of him a king.
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11| And he said, This shall be the manner of the king that shall rule over you: he shall take your sons, and put them in his chariots, and among his horsemen, and running before his chariots,
|
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12| and <i>his manner shall be</i> to make them to himself captains of hundreds and captains of thousands; and to reap his harvest, and gather his vintage, and prepare his instruments of war, and the implements of his chariots.
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13| And he will take your daughters to be perfumers, and cooks, and bakers.
|
||||
14| And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your good oliveyards, and give them to his servants.
|
||||
15| And he will take the tithe of your seeds and your vineyards, and give <i>it</i> to his eunuchs, and to his servants.
|
||||
16| And he will take your servants, and your handmaids, and your good herds and your asses, and will take the tenth of them for his works.
|
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17| And he will tithe your flocks; and ye shall be his servants.
|
||||
18| And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king whom ye have chosen to yourselves, and the Lord shall not hear you in those days, because ye have chosen to yourselves a king.
|
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19| But the people would not hearken to Samuel; and they said to him, Nay, but there shall be a king over us.
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20| An we also will be like all the nations; and our king shall judge us, and shall go out before us, and fight our battles.
|
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21| And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and spoke them in the ears of the Lord.
|
||||
22| And the Lord said to Samuel, Hearken to their voice, and appoint them a king. And Samuel said to the men of Israel, Let each man depart to his city.
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#9
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1| And <i>there was</i> a man of the sons of Benjamin, and his name <i>was</i> Kis, the son of Abiel, the son of Jared, the son of Bachir, the son of Aphec, the son of a Benjamite, a man of might.
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2| And this man <i>had</i> a son, and his name was Saul, of great stature, a goodly man; and there was not among the sons of Israel a goodlier than he, high above all the people from his shoulders and upward.
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3| And the asses of Kis the father of Saul were lost; and Kis said to Saul his son, Take with thee one of the young men, and arise ye, and go seek the asses.
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4| And they went through mount Ephraim, and they went through the land of Selcha, and found them not: and they passed through the land of Segalim, and they were not there: and they passed through the land of Jamin, and found them not.
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5| And when they came to Siph, then Saul said to his young man that was with him, Come and let us return, lest my father leave the asses, and take care for us.
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6| And the young man said to him, Behold now, <i>there is</i> a man of God in this city, and the man <i>is</i> of high repute; all that he shall speak will surely come to pass: now then let us go, that he may tell us our way on which we have set out.
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7| And Saul said to his young man that was with him, Lo, then, we will go; but what shall we bring the man of God? for the loaves are spent out of our vessels, and we have nothing more with us that belongs to us to bring to the man of God.
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8| And the young man answered Saul again, and said, Behold, there is found in my hand a fourth part of a shekel of silver; and thou shalt give it to the man of God, and he shall tell us our way.
|
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9| Now before time in Israel every one in going to enquire of God said, Come and let us go to the seer; for the people beforetime called the prophet, the seer.
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10| And Saul said to his servant, Well said, come and let us go: and they went to the city where the man of God was.
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11| As they went up the ascent to the city, they find damsels come out to draw water, and they say to them, Is the seer here?
|
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12| And the virgins answered them, and they say to them, He is: behold, <i>he is</i> before you: now he is coming to the city, because of the day, for to-day <i>there is</i> a sacrifice for the people in Bama.
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13| As soon as ye shall enter into the city, so shall ye find him in the city, before he goes up to Bama to eat; for the people will not eat until he comes in, for he blesses the sacrifice, and afterwards the guests eat; now then go up, for ye shall find him because of the holiday.
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14| And they go up to the city; and as they were entering into the midst of the city, behold, Samuel came out to meet them, to go up to Bama.
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15| And the Lord uncovered the ear of Samuel one day before Saul came to him, saying,
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16| At this time to-morrow I will send to thee a man out of the land of Benjamin, and thou shalt anoint him to be ruler over my people Israel, and he shall save my people out of the hand of the Philistines; for I have looked upon the humiliation of my people, for their cry is come unto me.
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17| And Samuel looked upon Saul, and the Lord answered him, Behold the man of whom I spoke to thee, this one shall rule over my people.
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18| And Saul drew near to Samuel into the midst of the city, and said, Tell me now which <i>is</i> the house of the seer?
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19| And Samuel answered Saul, and said, I am he: go up before me to Bama, and eat with me to-day, and I will send thee away in the morning, and I will tell thee all that is in thine heart.
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20| And concerning thine asses that have been lost now these three days, care not for them, for they are found. And to whom does the excellency of Israel belong? does it not to thee and to thy father’s house?
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21| And Saul answered and said, Am not I the son of a Benjamite, the least tribe of the people of Israel? and of the least family of the whole tribe of Benjamin? and why hast thou spoken to me according to this word?
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22| And Samuel took Saul and his servant, and brought them to the inn, and set them there a place among the chief of those that were called, about seventy men.
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23| And Samuel said to the cook, Give me the portion which I gave thee, which I told thee to set by thee.
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24| Now the cook <i>had</i> boiled the shoulder, and he set it before Saul; and Samuel said to Saul, Behold that which is left: set before thee, an eat; for it is set thee for a testimony in preference to the others; take <i>of it</i>: and Saul ate with Samuel on that day.
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25| And he went down from Bama into the city; and they prepared a lodging for Saul on the roof, and he lay down.
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26| An it came to pass when the morning dawned, that Samuel called Saul on the roof, saying, Rise up, and I will dismiss thee. And Saul arose, and he and Samuel went out.
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27| As they went down to a part of the city, Samuel said to Saul, Speak to the young man, and let him pass on before us; and do thou stand as to-day, and hearken to the word of God.
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#10
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1| And Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured <i>it</i> on his head, and kissed him, and said to him, Has not the Lord anointed thee for a ruler over his people, over Israel? and thou shalt rule among the people of the Lord, and thou shalt save them out of the hand of their enemies; and this <i>shall be</i> the sign to thee that the Lord has anointed thee for a ruler over his inheritance.
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2| <i>As soon</i> as thou shalt have departed this day from me, thou shalt find two men by the burial-place of Rachel on the mount of Benjamin, exulting greatly; and they shall say to thee, The asses are found which ye went to seek; and, behold, thy father has given up the matter of the asses, and he is anxious for you, saying, What shall I do for my son?
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3| And thou shalt depart thence, and shalt go beyond that as far as the oak of Thabor, and thou shalt find there three men going up to God to Baethel, one bearing three kids, and another bearing three vessels of bread, and another bearing a bottle of wine.
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4| And they shall ask thee how thou doest, and shall give thee two presents of bread, and thou shall receive them of their hand.
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5| And afterward thou shalt go to the hill of God, where is the encampment of the Philistines; there <i>is</i> Nasib the Philistine: an it shall come to pass when ye shall have entered into the city, that thou shalt meet a band of prophets coming down from the Bama; and before them will be lutes, and a drum, and a pipe, and a harp, and they shall prophesy.
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6| And the Spirit of the Lord shall come upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy with them, and shalt be turned into another man.
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7| And it shall come to pass when these signs shall come upon thee, —<i>then</i> do thou whatsoever thy hand shall find, because God <i>is</i> with thee.
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8| And thou shalt go down in front of Galgal, and behold, I come down to thee to offer a whole-burnt-offering and peace-offerings: seven days shalt thou wait until I shall come to thee, and I will make known to thee what thou shalt do.
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9| And it came to pass when he turned his back to depart from Samuel, God gave him another heart; and all these signs came to pass in that day.
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10| And he comes thence to the hill, and behold a band of prophets opposite to him; and the Spirit of God came upon him, and he prophesied in the midst of them.
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11| And all that had known him before came, and saw, and behold, he <i>was</i> in the midst of the prophets: and the people said every one to his neighbour, What <i>is</i> this that has happened to the son of Kis? <i>is</i> Saul also among the prophets?
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12| And one of them answered and said, And who <i>is</i> his father? and therefore it became a proverb, <i>Is</i> Saul also among the prophets?
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13| And he ceased prophesying, and comes to the hill.
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14| And his kinsman said to him and to his servant, Whither went ye? and they said, To seek the asses; and we saw that they were lost, and we went in to Samuel.
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15| And his kinsman said to Saul, Tell me, I pray thee, What did Samuel say to thee?
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16| And Saul said to his kinsman, he verily told me that the asses were found. But the matter of the kingdom he told him not.
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17| And Samuel summoned all the people before the Lord to Massephath.
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18| And he said to the children of Israel, Thus has the Lord God of Israel spoken, saying, I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, and I rescued you out of the hand of Pharao king of Egypt, and out of all the kingdoms that afflicted you.
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19| And ye have this day rejected God, who is himself your Deliverer out of all your evils and afflictions; and ye said, Nay, but thou shalt set a king over us: and now stand before the Lord according to your tribes, and according to your families.
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20| And Samuel brought nigh all the tribes of Israel, and the tribe of Benjamin is taken by lot.
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21| And he brings near the tribe of Benjamin by families, and the family of Mattari is taken by lot: and they bring near the family of Mattari, man by man, and Saul the son of Kis is taken; and he sought him, but he was not found.
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22| And Samuel asked yet again of the Lord, Will the man come hither? and the Lord said, Behold, he is hid among the stuff.
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23| And he ran and took him thence, and he set him in the midst of the people; and he was higher than all the people by his shoulders and upwards.
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24| And Samuel said to all the people, Have ye seen whom the Lord has chosen to himself, that there is none like to him among you all? And all the people took notice, and said, Let the king live!
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25| And Samuel told the people the manner of the king, and wrote it in a book, and set it before the Lord: and Samuel sent away all the people, and each went to his place.
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26| And Saul departed to his house to Gabaa; and there went with Saul mighty men whose hearts God had touched.
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27| But evil men said, Who <i>is</i> this man <i>that</i> shall save us? and they despised him, and brought him no gifts.
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#11
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1| And it came to pass about a month after this, that Naas the Ammanite went up, and encamped against Jabis Galaad: and all the men of Jabis said to Naas the Ammanite, Make a covenant with us, and we will serve thee.
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2| Naas the Ammanite said to them, On these terms will I make a covenant with you, that I should put out all your right eyes, and I will lay a reproach upon Israel.
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3| And the men of Jabis say to him, Allow us seven days, and we will send messengers into all the coasts of Israel: if there should be no one to deliver us, we will come out to you.
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4| And the messengers came to Gabaa to Saul, and they speak the words into the ears of the people; and all the people lifted up their voice, and wept.
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5| And, behold, Saul came after the early morning out of the field: and Saul said, Why does the people week? and they tell him the words of the men of Jabis.
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6| And the Spirit of the Lord came upon Saul when he heard these words, and his anger was greatly kindled against them.
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7| And he took two cows, and cut them in pieces, and sent them into all the coasts of Israel by the hand of messengers, saying, Whoso comes not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall they do to his oxen: and a transport from the Lord came upon the people of Israel, and they came out to battle as one man.
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8| And he reviews them at Bezec in Bama, every man of Israel six hundred thousand, and the men of Juda seventy thousand.
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9| And he said to the messengers that came, Thus shall ye say to the men of Jabis, To-morrow ye shall have deliverance when the sun is hot; and the messengers came to the city, and told the men of Jabis, and they rejoiced.
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10| And the men of Jabis said to Naas the Ammanite, To-morrow we will come forth to you, and ye shall do to us what seems good in your sight.
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11| And it came to pass on the morrow, that Saul divided the people into three companies, and they go into the midst of the camp in the morning watch, and they smote the children of Ammon until the day was hot; at it came to pass that those who were left were scattered, and there were not left among them two together.
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12| And the people said to Samuel, Who has said that Saul shall not reign over us? Give up the men, and we will put them to death.
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13| And Saul said, No man shall die this day, for to-day the Lord has wrought deliverance in Israel.
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14| And Samuel spoke to the people, saying, Let us go to Galgala, and there renew the kingdom.
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15| And all the people went to Galgala, and Samuel anointed Saul there to be king before the Lord in Galgala, and there he offered meat-offerings and peace-offerings before the Lord: and Samuel and all Israel rejoiced exceedingly.
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#12
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1| And Samuel said to all Israel, Behold, I have hearkened to your voice in all things that ye have said to me, and I have set a king over you.
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2| And now, behold, the king goes before you; and I am grown old and shall rest; and, behold, my sons <i>are</i> among you; and, behold, I have gone about before you from my youth to this day.
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3| Behold, <i>here am</i> I, answer against me before the Lord and before his anointed: whose calf have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom of you have I oppressed? or from whose hand have I taken a bribe, even <i>to</i> a sandal? bear witness against me, and I will make restitution to you.
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4| And they said to Samuel, Thou hast not injured us, and thou hast not oppressed us; and thou hast not afflicted us, and thou hast not taken anything from any one’s hand.
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5| And Samuel said to the people, The Lord <i>is</i> witness among you, and his anointed <i>is</i> witness this day, that ye have not found anything in my hand: and they said, <i>He is</i> witness.
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6| And Samuel spoke to the people, saying, The Lord who appointed Moses and Aaron <i>is</i> witness, who brought our fathers up out of Egypt.
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7| And now stand still, and I will judge you before the Lord; and I will relate to you all the righteousness of the Lord, the things which he has wrought among you and your fathers.
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8| When Jacob and his sons went into Egypt, and Egypt humbled them, then our fathers cried to the Lord, and the Lord sent Moses and Aaron; and they brought our fathers out of Egypt, and he made them to dwell in this place.
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9| And they forgot the Lord their God, and he sold them into the hands of Sisara captain of the host of Jabis king of Asor, and into the hands of the Philistines, and into the hands of the king of Moab; and he fought with them.
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10| And they cried to the Lord, and said, We have sinned, for we have forsaken the Lord, and have served Baalim and the groves: and now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve thee.
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11| And he sent Jerobaal, and Barac, and Jephthae, and Samuel, and rescued us out of the hand of our enemies round about, and ye dwelt in security.
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12| And ye saw that Naas king of the children of Ammon came against you, and ye said, Nay, none but a king shall reign over us; whereas the Lord our God <i>is</i> our king.
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13| And now behold the king whom ye have chosen; and behold, the Lord has set a king over you.
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14| If ye should fear the Lord, and serve him, and hearken to his voice, and not resist the mouth of the Lord, and ye and your king that reigns over you should follow the Lord, <i>well</i>.
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15| But if ye should not hearken to the voice of the Lord, and ye should resist the mouth of the Lord, then shall the hand of the Lord be upon you and upon your king.
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16| And now stand still, and see this great thing, which the Lord will do before your eyes.
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17| <i>Is it</i> not wheat-harvest to-day? I will call upon the Lord, and he shall send thunder and rain; and know ye and see, that your wickedness <i>is</i> great which ye have wrought before the Lord, having asked for yourselves a king.
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18| And Samuel called upon the Lord, and the Lord sent thunders and rain in that day; and all the people feared greatly the Lord and Samuel.
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19| And all the people said to Samuel, Pray for thy servants to the Lord thy God, and let us not die; for we have added to all our sins this iniquity, in asking for us a king.
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20| And Samuel said to the people, Fear not: ye have <i>indeed</i> wrought all this iniquity; only turn not from following the Lord, and serve the Lord with all your heart.
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21| And turn not aside after the <i>gods</i> that are nothing, who will do nothing, and will not deliver <i>you</i>, because they are nothing.
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22| For the Lord will not cast off his people for his great name’s sake, because the Lord graciously took you to himself for a people.
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23| And far be it from me to sin against the Lord in ceasing to pray for you: but I will serve the Lord, and shew you the good and the right way.
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24| Only fear the Lord, and serve him in truth and with all your heart, for ye see what great things he has wrought with you.
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25| But if ye continue to do evil, then shall ye and your king be consumed.
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#13
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1 2| And Saul chooses for himself three thousand men of the men of Israel: and there were with Saul two thousand who were in Machmas, and in mount Baethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gabaa of Benjamin: and he sent the rest of the people every man to his tent.
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3| And Jonathan smote Nasib the Philistine that dwelt in the hill; and the Philistines hear of it, and Saul sounds the trumpet through all the land, saying, The servants have despised <i>us</i>.
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4| And all Israel heard say, Saul has smitten Nasib the Philistine; now Israel had been put to shame before the Philistines; and the children of Israel went up after Saul in Galgala.
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5| And the Philistines gather together to war with Israel; and then come up against Israel thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand by the seashore for multitude: and they come up, and encamp in Machmas, opposite Baethoron southward.
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6| And the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait so that they could not draw nigh, and the people hid themselves in caves, and sheepfolds, and rocks, and ditches, and pits.
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7| And they that went over went over Jordan to the land of Gad and Galaad: and Saul was yet in Galgala, and all the people followed after him in amazement.
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||||
8| And he continued seven days for the appointed testimony, as Samuel told him, and Samuel came not to Galgala, and his people were dispersed from him.
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9| And Saul said, Bring hither <i>victims</i>, that I may offer whole-burnt-offerings and peace-offerings: and he offered the whole-burnt-offering.
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||||
10| And it came to pass when he had finished offering the whole-burnt-offering, that Samuel arrived, and Saul went out to meet him, <i>and</i> to bless him.
|
||||
11| And Samuel said, What hast thou done? and Saul said, Because I saw how the people were scattered from me, and thou was not present as thou purposedst according to the set time of the days, and the Philistines were gathered to Machmas.
|
||||
12| Then I said, Now will the Philistines come down to me to Galgala, and I have not sought the face of the Lord: so I forced myself and offered the whole-burnt-offering.
|
||||
13| And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly; for thou hast not kept my command, which the Lord commanded thee, as now the Lord would have confirmed thy kingdom over Israel for ever.
|
||||
14| But now thy kingdom shall not stand to thee, and the Lord shall seek for himself a man after his own heart; and the Lord shall appoint him to be a ruler over his people, because thou hast not kept all that the Lord commanded thee.
|
||||
15| And Samuel arose, and departed from Galgala, and the remnant of the people went after Saul to meet <i>him</i> after the men of war, when they had come out of Galgala to Gabaa of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people that were found with him, about six hundred men.
|
||||
16| And Saul and Jonathan his son, and the people that were found with them, halted in Gabaa, of Benjamin; and they wept: and the Philistines had encamped in Machmas.
|
||||
17| And men came forth to destroy out of the land of the Philistines in three companies; one company turning by the way of Gophera toward the land of Sogal,
|
||||
18| and another company turning the way of Baethoron, and another company turning by the way of Gabae that turns aside to Gai of Sabim.
|
||||
19| And there was not found a smith in all the land of Israel, for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make themselves sword or spear.
|
||||
20| And all Israel went down to the Land of the Philistines to forge every one his reaping-hook and his tool, and every one his axe and his sickle.
|
||||
21| And it was near the time of vintage: and their tools were <i>valued at</i> three shekels for a plough-share, and there was the same rate for the axe and the sickle.
|
||||
22| And it came to pass in the days of the war of Machmas, that there was not a sword or spear found in the hand of all the people, that were with Saul and Jonathan; but with Saul and Jonathan his son was there found.
|
||||
23| And there went out some from the camp of the Philistines to the place beyond Machmas.
|
||||
|
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#14
|
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1| And when a certain day arrived, Jonathan the son of Saul said to the young man that bore his armour, Come, and let us go over to Messab of the Philistines that is on the other side yonder; but he told not his father.
|
||||
2| And Saul sat on the top of the hill under the pomegranate tree that is in Magdon, and there were with him about six hundred men.
|
||||
3| And Achia son of Achitob, the brother of Jochabed the son of Phinees, the son of Heli, <i>was</i> the priest of God in Selom wearing an ephod: and the people knew not that Jonathan was gone.
|
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4| And in the midst of the passage whereby Jonathan sought to pass over to the encampment of the Philistines, there was both a sharp rock on this side, and a sharp rock on the other side: the name of the one <i>was</i> Bases, and the name of the other Senna.
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||||
5| The one way <i>was</i> northward to one coming to Machmas, and the other way <i>was</i> southward to one coming to Gabae.
|
||||
6| And Jonathan said to the young man that bore his armour, Come, let us go over to Messab of these uncircumcised, if <i>peradventure</i> the Lord may do something for us; for the Lord is not straitened to save by many or by few.
|
||||
7| And his armour-bearer said to him, Do all that thine heart inclines toward: behold, I <i>am</i> with thee, my heart <i>is</i> as thy heart.
|
||||
8| And Jonathan said, Behold, we will go over to the men, and will come down suddenly upon them.
|
||||
9| If they should say thus to us, Stand aloof there until we shall send you word; then we will stand still by ourselves, and will not go up against them.
|
||||
10| <i>But</i> if they should say thus to us, Come up to us; then will we go up, for the Lord has delivered them into our hands; this <i>shall be</i> a sign to us.
|
||||
11| And they both went in to Messab of the Philistines; and the Philistines said, Behold, the Hebrews come forth out of their Caves, where they had hidden themselves.
|
||||
12| And the men of Messab answered Jonathan and his armour-bearer, and said, Come up to us, and we will shew you a thing: and Jonathan said to his armour-bearer, Come up after me, for the Lord has delivered them into the hands of Israel.
|
||||
13| And Jonathan went up on his hands and feet, and his armour-bearer with him; and they looked on the face of Jonathan, and he smote them, and his armour-bearer did smite <i>them</i> after him.
|
||||
14| And the first slaughter which Jonathan and his armour-bearer effected was twenty men, with darts and slings, and pebbles of the field.
|
||||
15| And there was dismay in the camp, and in the field; and all the people in Messab, and the spoilers were amazed; and they would not act, and the land was terror-struck, and there was dismay from the lord.
|
||||
16| And the watchmen of Saul beheld in Gabaa of Benjamin, and, behold, the army was thrown into confusion on every side.
|
||||
17| And Saul said to the people with him, Number yourselves now, and see who has gone out from you: and they numbered themselves, and behold, Jonathan and his armour-bearer were not found.
|
||||
18| And Saul said to Achia, Bring the ephod; for he wore the ephod in that day before Israel.
|
||||
19| And it came to pass while Saul was speaking to the priest, that the sound in the camp of the Philistines continued to increase greatly; and Saul said to the priest, Withdraw thy hands.
|
||||
20| And Saul went up and all the people that were with him, and they come to the battle: and, behold, <i>every</i> man’s sword was against his neighbour, a very great confusion.
|
||||
21| And the servants who had been before with the Philistines, who had gone up to the army, turned themselves also to be with the Israelites who were with Saul and Jonathan.
|
||||
22| And all the Israelites who were hidden in mount Ephraim heard also that the Philistines fled; and they also gather themselves after them to battle: and the Lord saved Israel in that day; and the war passed through Bamoth; and all the people with Saul were about ten thousand men.
|
||||
23| And the battle extended itself to every city in the mount Ephraim.
|
||||
24| And Saul committed a great trespass of ignorance in that day, and he lays a curse on the people, saying, Cursed <i>is</i> the man who shall eat bread before the evening; so I will avenge myself on my enemy: and none of the people tasted bread, though all the land was dining.
|
||||
25| And Jaal was a wood abounding in swarms of bees on the face of the ground.
|
||||
26| And the people went into the place of the bees, and, behold, they continued speaking; and, behold, there was none that put his hand to his mouth, for the people feared the oath of the Lord.
|
||||
27| And Jonathan had not heard when his father adjured the people; and he reached forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, an dipped it into the honeycomb, and returned his hand to his mouth, and his eyes recovered their sight.
|
||||
28| And one of the people answered and said, Thy father solemnly adjured the people, saying, Cursed <i>is</i> the man who shall eat bread to-day. And the people were very faint,
|
||||
29| and Jonathan knew it, and said, My father has destroyed the land: see how my eyes have received sight <i>now</i> that I have tasted a little of this honey.
|
||||
30| Surely if the people had this day eaten freely of the spoils of their enemies which they found, the slaughter among the Philistines would have been greater.
|
||||
31| And on that day he smote some of the Philistines in Machmas; and the people were very weary.
|
||||
32| And the people turned to the spoil; and the people took flocks, and herds, and calves, and slew them on the ground, and the people ate with the blood.
|
||||
33| And it was reported to Saul, saying, The people have sinned against the Lord, eating with the blood: and Saul said, Out of Getthaim roll a great stone to me hither.
|
||||
34| And Saul said, Disperse yourselves among the people, and tell them to bring hither every one his calf, and every one his sheep: and let them slay it on this <i>stone</i> and sin not against the Lord in eating with the blood: and the people brought each one that which was in his hand, and they slew <i>them</i> there.
|
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35| And Saul built an altar there to the Lord: this was the first altar that Saul built to the Lord.
|
||||
36| And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines this night, and let us plunder among them till the day break, and let us not leave a man among them. And they said, Do all that is good in thy sight: and the priest said, let us draw nigh hither to God.
|
||||
37| And Saul enquired of God, If I go down after the Philistines, wilt thou deliver them into the hands of Israel? And he answered him not in that day.
|
||||
38| And Saul said, Bring hither all the chiefs of Israel, and know and see by whom this sin has been committed this day.
|
||||
39| For as the Lord lives who has saved Israel, if answer should be against my son Jonathan, he shall surely die. And there was no one that answered out of all the people.
|
||||
40| And he said to all the men of Israel, Ye shall be under subjection, and I an Jonathan my son will be under subjection: and the people said to Saul, Do that which is good in thy sight.
|
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41| And Saul said, O Lord God of Israel, why hast thou not answered thy servant this day? <i>is</i> the iniquity in me, or in Jonathan my son? Lord God of Israel, give clear <i>manifestations</i>; and if <i>the lot</i> should declare this, give, I pray thee, to thy people of Israel, give, I pray, holiness. And Jonathan and Saul are taken, and the people escaped.
|
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42| And Saul said, Cast <i>lots</i> between me and my son Jonathan: whomsoever the Lord shall cause to be taken by lot, let him die: and the people said to Saul, This thing is not <i>to be done</i>: and Saul prevailed against the people, and they cast <i>lots</i> between him and Jonathan his son, and Jonathan is taken by lot.
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43| And Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me what thou hast done: and Jonathan told him, and said, I did indeed taste a little honey, with the end of my staff that was in my hand, and, lo! I <i>am to</i> die.
|
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44| And Saul said to him, God do so to me, and more also, thou shalt surely die to-day.
|
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45| And the people said to Saul, Shall he that has wrought this great salvation in Israel be put to death this day? <i>As</i> the Lord lives, there shall not fall to the ground one of the hairs of his head; for the people of God have wrought successfully this day. And the people prayed for Jonathan in that day, and he died not.
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46| And Saul went up from following the Philistines; and the Philistines departed to their place.
|
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47| And Saul received the kingdom, by lot he inherits the office <i>of ruling</i> over Israel: and he fought against all his enemies round about, against Moab, and against the children of Ammon, and against the children of Edom, and against Baethaeor, and against the king of Suba, and against the Philistines: whithersoever he turned, he was victorious.
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48| And he wrought valiantly, and smote Amalec, and rescued Israel out of the hand of them that trampled on him.
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49| And the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and Jessiu, and Melchisa: and <i>these were</i> the names of his two daughters, the name of the first-born Merob, and the name of the second Melchol.
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50| And the name of his wife was Achinoom, the daughter of Achimaa: and the name of his captain of the host was Abenner, the son of Ner, son of a kinsman of Saul.
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51| And Kis <i>was</i> the father of Saul, and Ner, the father of Abenezer, <i>was</i> son of Jamin, son of Abiel.
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52| And the war was vehement against the Philistines all the days of Saul; and when Saul saw any mighty man, and any valiant man, then he took them to himself.
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#15
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1| And Samuel said to Saul, The Lord sent me to anoint thee king over Israel: and now hear the voice of the Lord.
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2| Thus said the Lord of hosts, Now will I take vengeance for what Amalec did to Israel, when he met him in the way as he came up out of Egypt.
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3| And now go, and thou shalt smite Amalec and Hierim and all that belongs to him, and thou shalt not save anything of him alive, but thou shalt utterly destroy him: and thou shalt devote him and all his to <i>destruction</i>, and thou shalt spare nothing belonging to him; and thou shalt slay both man and woman, and infant and suckling, and calf and sheep, and camel and ass.
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4| And Saul summoned the people, and he numbered them in Galgala, four hundred thousand regular troops, and Juda thirty thousand regular troops.
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5| And Saul came to the cities of Amalec, and laid wait in the valley.
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6| And Saul said to the Kinite, Go, and depart out of the midst of the Amalekites, lest I put thee with them; for thou dealedst mercifully with the children of Israel when they went up out of Egypt. So the Kinite departed from the midst of Amalec.
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7| And Saul smote Amalec from Evilat to Sur fronting Egypt.
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8| And he took Agag the king of Amalec alive, and he slew all the people and Hierim with the edge of the sword.
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9| And Saul and all the people saved Agag alive, and the best of the flocks, and of the herds, and of the fruits, of the vineyards, and of all the good things; and they would not destroy them: but every worthless and refuse thing they destroyed.
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10| And the word of the Lord came to Samuel, saying,
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11| I have repented that I have made Saul to be king: for he has turned back from following me, and has not kept my word. And Samuel was grieved, and cried to the Lord all night.
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12| And Samuel rose early and went to meet Israel in the morning, and it was told Saul, saying, Samuel has come to Carmel, and he has raised up help for himself: and he turned his chariot, and came down to Galgala to Saul; and, behold, he was offering up a whole-burnt-offering to the Lord, the chief of the spoils which he brought out of Amalec.
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13| And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said to him, Blessed <i>art</i> thou of the Lord: I have performed all that the Lord said.
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14| And Samuel said, What then <i>is</i> the bleating of this flock in my ears, and the sound of the oxen which I hear?
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15| And Saul said, I have brought them out of Amalec, that which the people preserved, even the best of the sheep, and of the cattle, that it might be sacrificed to the Lord thy God, and the rest have I utterly destroyed.
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16| And Samuel said to Saul, Stay, and I will tell thee what the Lord has said to me this night: and he said to him, Say on.
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17| And Samuel said to Saul, Art thou not little in his eyes, <i>though</i> a leader of one of the tribes of Israel? and <i>yet</i> the Lord anointed thee to be king over Israel.
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18| And the Lord sent thee on a journey, and said to thee, Go, and utterly destroy: thou shalt slay the sinners against me, <i>even</i> the Amalekites; and thou shalt war against them until thou have consumed them.
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19| And why didst not thou hearken to the voice of the Lord, but didst haste to fasten upon the spoils, and didst that which was evil in the sight of the Lord?
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20| And Saul said to Samuel, Because I listened to the voice of the people: yet I went the way by which the Lord sent me, and I brought Agag the king of Amalec, and I destroyed Amalec.
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21| But the people took of the spoils the best flocks and herds <i>out</i> of that which was destroyed, to sacrifice before the Lord our God in Galgal.
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22| And Samuel said, Does the Lord take pleasure in whole-burnt-offerings and sacrifices, as in hearing the words of the Lord? behold, obedience <i>is</i> better than a good sacrifice, and hearkening than the fat of rams.
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23| For sin is <i>as</i> divination; idols bring on pain and grief. Because thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, the Lord also shall reject thee from being king over Israel.
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24| And Saul said to Samuel, I have sinned, in that I have transgressed the word of the Lord and thy direction; for I feared the people, and I hearkened to their voice.
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25| And now remove, I pray thee, my sin, and turn back with me, and I will worship the Lord thy God.
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26| And Samuel said to Saul, I will not turn back with thee, for thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, and the Lord will reject thee from being king over Israel.
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27| And Samuel turned his face to depart, and Saul caught hold of the skirt of his garment, and tore it.
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28| And Samuel said to him, The Lord has rent thy kingdom from Israel out of thy hand this day, and will give it to thy neighbour who is better than thou.
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29| And Israel shall be divided to two: and <i>God</i> will not turn nor repent, for he is not as a man to repent.
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30| And Saul said, I have sinned; yet honour me, I pray thee, before the elders of Israel, and before my people; and turn back with me, and I will worship the Lord thy God.
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31| So Samuel turned back after Saul, and he worshipped the Lord.
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32| And Samuel said, Bring me Agag the king of Amalec: and Agag came to him trembling; and Agag said Is death thus bitter?
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33| And Samuel said to Agag, As thy sword has bereaved women of their children, so shall thy mother be made childless among women: and Samuel slew Agag before the Lord in Galgal.
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34| And Samuel departed to Armathaim, and Saul went up to his house at Gabaa.
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35| And Samuel did not see Saul again till the day of his death, for Samuel mourned after Saul, and the Lord repented that he had made Saul king over Israel.
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#16
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1| And the Lord said to Samuel, How long dost thou mourn for Saul, whereas I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? Fill thy horn with oil, and come, I will send thee to Jessae, to Bethleem; for I have seen among his sons a king for me.
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2| And Samuel said, How can I go? whereas Saul will hear of it, and slay me: and the Lord said, Take a heifer in thine hand and thou shall say, I am come to sacrifice to the Lord.
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3| And thou shalt call Jessae to the sacrifice, and I will make known to thee what thou shalt do; and thou shalt anoint him whom I shall mention to thee.
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4| And Samuel did all that the Lord told him; and he came to Bethleem: and the elders of the city were amazed at meeting him, and said, Dost thou come peaceably, thou Seer?
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5| And he said, Peaceably: I am come to sacrifice to the Lord. Sanctify yourselves, and rejoice with me this day: and he sanctified Jessae and his sons, and he called them to the sacrifice.
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6| And it came to pass when they came in, that he saw Eliab, and said, Surely the Lord’s anointed <i>is</i> before him.
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7| But the Lord said to Samuel, Look not on his appearance, nor on his stature, for I have rejected him; for God sees not as man looks; for man looks at the outward appearance, but God looks at the heart.
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8| And Jessae called Aminadab, and he passed before Samuel: and he said, Neither has God chosen this one.
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9| And Jessae caused Sama to pass by: and he said, Neither has God chosen this one.
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10| And Jessae caused his seven sons to pass before Samuel: and Samuel said, the Lord has not chosen these.
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11| And Samuel said to Jessae, Hast thou no more sons? And Jessae said, <i>There is</i> yet a little one; behold, he tends the flock. And Samuel said to Jessae, Send and fetch him for we may not sit down till he comes.
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12| And he sent and fetched him: and he was ruddy, with beauty of eyes, and very goodly to behold. And the Lord said to Samuel, Arise, and anoint David, for he is good.
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13| And Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the Lord came upon David from that day forward: and Samuel arose, and departed to Armathaim.
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14| And the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the Lord tormented him.
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15| And Saul’s servants said to him, Behold now, and evil spirit from the Lord torments thee.
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16| Let now thy servants speak before thee, and let them seek for our lord a man skilled to play on the harp; and it shall come to pass when an evil spirit comes upon thee and he shall play on his harp, that thou shalt be well, and he shall refresh thee.
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17| And Saul said to his servants, Look now out for me a skillful player, and bring him to me.
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18| And one of his servants answered and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jessae the Bethleemite, and he understands playing <i>on the harp</i>, and the man <i>is</i> prudent, and a warrior, and wise in speech, and the man <i>is</i> handsome, and the Lord <i>is</i> with him.
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19| And Saul sent messengers to Jessae, saying, Send to me thy son David who is with thy flock.
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20| And Jessae took a homer of bread, and a bottle of wine, and one kid of the goats, and sent them by the hand of his son David to Saul.
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21| And David went in to Saul, and stood before him; and he loved him greatly; and he became his armour-bearer.
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22| And Saul sent to Jessae, saying, Let David, I pray thee, stand before me, for he has found grace in my eyes.
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23| And it came to pass when the evil spirit was upon Saul, that David took his harp, and played with his hand: and Saul was refreshed, and <i>it was</i> well with him, and the evil spirit departed from him.
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#17
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1| And the Philistines gather their armies to battle, and gather themselves to Socchoth of Judaea, and encamp between Socchoth and Azeca Ephermen.
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2| And Saul and the men of Israel gather together, and they encamp in the valley, and set the battle in array against the Philistines.
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3| And the Philistines stand on the mountain on one side, and Israel stands on the mountain on the other side, and the valley was between them.
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4| And there went forth a mighty man out of the army of the Philistines, Goliath, by name, out of Geth, his height <i>was</i> four cubits and a span.
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5| And <i>he had</i> a helmet upon his head, and he wore a breastplate of chain armour; and the weight of his breastplate <i>was</i> five thousand shekels of brass and iron.
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6| And greaves of grass <i>were</i> upon his legs, and a brazen target <i>was</i> between his shoulders.
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7| And the staff of his spear <i>was</i> like a weaver’s beam, and the spear’s head <i>was formed</i> of six hundred shekels of iron; and his armour-bearer went before him.
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8| And he stood and cried to the army of Israel, and said to them, Why are ye come forth to set yourselves in battle array against us? Am not I a Philistine, and ye He brews of Saul? Choose for yourselves a man, and let him come down to me.
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9| And if he shall be able to fight against me, and shall smite me, then will we be your servants: but if I should prevail and smite him, ye shall be our servants, and serve us.
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10| And the Philistine said, Behold, I have defied the armies of Israel this very day: give me a man, and we will both of us fight in single combat.
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11| And Saul and all Israel heard these words of the Philistine, and they were dismayed, and greatly terrified.
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32| And David said to Saul, Let not, I pray thee, the heart of my lord be dejected within him: thy servant will go, and fight with this Philistine.
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33| And Saul said to David, Thou wilt not in anywise be able to go against this Philistine to fight with him, for thou art a mere youth, and he a man of war from his youth.
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34| And David said to Saul, Thy servant was tending the flock for his father; and when a lion came and a she-bear, and took a sheep out of the flock,
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35| then I went forth after him, and smote him, and drew <i>the spoil</i> out of his mouth: and as he rose up against me, then I caught hold of his throat, and smote him, and slew him.
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36| Thy servant smote both the lion and the bear, and the uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them: shall I not go and smite him, and remove this day a reproach from Israel? For who <i>is</i> this uncircumcised one, who has defied the army of the living God?
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37| The Lord who delivered me out of the paw of the lion and out the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this uncircumcised Philistine. And Saul said to David, Go, and the Lord shall be with thee.
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38| And Saul clothed David with a military coat, and <i>put</i> his brazen helmet on his head.
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39| And he girt David with his sword over his coat: and he made trial walking <i>with them</i> once and again: and David said to Saul, I shall not be able to go with these, for I have not proved <i>them</i>: so they remove them from him.
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40| And he took his staff in his hand, and he chose for himself five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in the shepherd’s scrip which he had for his store, and his sling was in his hand; and he approached the Philistine.
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41|
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42| And Goliath saw David, and despised him; for he was a lad, and ruddy, with a fair countenance.
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43| And the Philistine said to David, Am I as a dog, that thou comest against me with a staff and stones? [and David said, Nay, but worse than a dog.] And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
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44| And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give thy flesh to the birds of the air, and to the beasts of the earth.
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45| And David said to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with sword, and with spear, and with shield; but I come to thee in the name of the Lord God of hosts of the army of Israel, which thou hast defied
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46| this day. And the Lord shall deliver thee this day into my hand; and I will slay thee, and take away thy head from off thee, and will give thy limbs and the limbs of the army of the Philistines this day to the birds of the sky, and to the wild beasts of the earth; and all the earth shall know that there is a God in Israel.
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47| And all this assembly shall know that the Lord delivers not by sword or spear, for the battle <i>is</i> the Lord’s, and the Lord will deliver you into our hands.
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48| And the Philistine arose and went to meet David.
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49| And David stretched out his hand to his scrip, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine on his forehead, and the stone penetrated through the helmet into his forehead, and he fell upon his face to the ground.
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50 51| And David ran, and stood upon him, and took his sword, and slew him, and cut off his head: and the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, and they fled.
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52| And the men of Israel and Juda arose, and shouted and pursued them as far as the entrance to Geth, and as far as the gate of Ascalon: and the slain men of the Philistines fell in the way of the gates, both to Geth, and to Accaron.
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53| And the men of Israel returned from pursuing after the Philistines, and they destroyed their camp.
|
||||
54| And David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem; but he put his armour in his tent.
|
||||
|
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#18
|
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1| And there came out women in dances to meet David out of all the cities of Israel, with timbrels, and with rejoicing, and with cymbals.
|
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7| And the women began <i>the strain</i>, and said, Saul has smitten his thousands, and David his ten thousands.
|
||||
8| And it seemed evil in the eyes of Saul concerning this matter, and he said, To David they have given ten thousands, and to me they have given thousands.
|
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9 10 11|
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12| And Saul was alarmed on account of David.
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||||
13| And he removed him from him, and made him a captain of a thousand for himself; and he went out and came in before the people.
|
||||
14| And David was prudent in all his ways, and the Lord was with him.
|
||||
15| And Saul saw that he was very wise, and he was afraid of him.
|
||||
16| And all Israel and Juda loved David, because he came in and went out before the people.
|
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17 18 19|
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20| And Melchol the daughter of Saul loved David; and it was told Saul, and the thing was pleasing in his eyes.
|
||||
21| And Saul said, I will give her to him, and she shall be a stumbling-block to him. Now the hand of the Philistines was against Saul.
|
||||
22| And Saul charged his servants, saying, Speak ye privately to David, saying, Behold, the king delights in thee, and all his servants love thee, and do thou becomes the king’s son-in-law.
|
||||
23| And the servants of Saul spoke these words in the ears of David; and David said, <i>Is it</i> a light thing in your eyes to become son-in-law to the king? Whereas I <i>am</i> an humble man, an not honourable?
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24| And the servants of Saul reported to him according to these words, which David spoke.
|
||||
25| And Saul said, Thus shall ye speak to David, The king wants no gift but a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to avenge himself on the kings enemies. Now Saul thought to cast him into the hands of the Philistines.
|
||||
26| And the servants of Saul report these words to David, and David was well pleased to become the son-in-law to the king.
|
||||
27| And David arose, and went, he and his men, and smote among the Philistines a hundred men: and he brought their foreskins, and he becomes the king’s son-in-law, and <i>Saul</i> gives him Melchol his daughter to wife.
|
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28| And Saul saw that the Lord <i>was</i> with David, and <i>that</i> all Israel loved him.
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29| And he was yet more afraid of David. 9
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#19
|
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1| And Saul spoke to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, to slay David.
|
||||
2| And Jonathan, Saul’s son, loved David much: and Jonathan told David, saying, Saul seeks to kill thee: take heed to thyself therefore to-morrow morning, and hide thyself, and dwell in secret.
|
||||
3| And I will go forth, and stand near my father in the field where thou shalt be, and I will speak concerning thee to my father; and I will see what his answer may be, and I will tell thee.
|
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4| And Jonathan spoke favorably concerning David to Saul his father, and said to him, Let not the king sin against thy servant David, for he has not sinned against thee, and his deeds <i>are</i> very good.
|
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5| And he put his life in his hand, and smote the Philistine, and the Lord wrought a great deliverance; and all Israel saw, and rejoined: why then dost thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause?
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6| And Saul hearkened to the voice of Jonathan; and Saul swore, saying, <i>As</i> the Lord lives, he shall not die.
|
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7| And Jonathan called David, and told him all these words; and Jonathan brought David in to Saul, and he was before him as in former times.
|
||||
8| And there was again war against Saul; and David did valiantly, and fought against the Philistines, and smote them with a very great slaughter, and they fled from before him.
|
||||
9| And an evil spirit from God was upon Saul, and he was resting in his house, and a spear <i>was</i> in his hand, and David was playing on the harp with his hands.
|
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10| And Saul sought to smite David with the spear; and David withdrew <i>suddenly</i> from the presence of Saul; and he drove the spear into the wall; and David retreated and escaped.
|
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11| And it came to pass in that night, that Saul sent messengers to the house of David to watch him, in order to slay him in the morning; and Melchol David’s wife told him, saying, Unless thou save thy life this night, to-morrow thou shalt be slain.
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12| So Melchol lets David down by the window, and he departed, and fled, and escaped.
|
||||
13| And Melchol took images, and laid them on the bed, and she put the liver of a goat by his head, and covered them with clothes.
|
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14| And Saul sent messengers to take David; and they say that he is sick.
|
||||
15| And he sends to David, saying, Bring him to me on the bed, that I may slay him.
|
||||
16| And the messengers come, and, behold, the images <i>were</i> on the bed, and the goat’s liver at his head.
|
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17| And Saul said to Melchol, Why hast thou thus deceived me, and suffered my enemy to depart, and he has escaped? and Melchol said to Saul, He said, let me go, and if not, I will slay thee.
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18| So David fled, and escaped, and comes to Samuel to Armathaim, and tells him all that Saul had done to him: and Samuel and David went, and dwelt in Navath in Rama.
|
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19| And it was told Saul, saying, Behold, David <i>is</i> in Navath in Rama.
|
||||
20| And Saul sent messengers to take David, and they saw the assembly of the prophets, and Samuel stood <i>as</i> appointed over them; and the Spirit of God came upon the messengers of Saul, and they prophesy.
|
||||
21| And it was told Saul, and he sent other messengers, and they also prophesied: and Saul sent again a third set of messengers, and they also prophesied.
|
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22| And Saul was very angry, and went himself also to Armathaim, and he comes as far as the well of the threshing floor that is in Sephi; and he asked and said, Where <i>are</i> Samuel and David? And they said, Behold, in Navath in Rama.
|
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23| And he went thence to Navath in Rama: and there came the Spirit of God upon him also, and he went on prophesying till he came to Navath in Rama.
|
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24| And he took off his clothes, and prophesied before them; and lay down naked all that day and all that night: therefore they said, <i>Is</i> Saul also among the prophets?0
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|
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#20
|
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1| And David fled from Navath in Rama, and comes into the presence of Jonathan; and he said, What have I done, and what <i>is</i> my fault, and wherein have I sinned before thy father, that he seeks my life?
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2| And Jonathan said to him, Far be it from thee: thou shalt not die: behold, my father will not do any thing great or small without discovering it to me; and why should my father hide this matter from me? This thing is not <i>so</i>.
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3| And David answered Jonathan, and said, Thy father knows surely that I have found grace in thy sight, and he said, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he refuse his consent: but <i>as</i> the Lord lives and thy soul lives, as I said, <i>the space</i> is filled up between me and death.
|
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4| And Jonathan said to David, What does thy soul desire, and what shall I do for thee.
|
||||
5| And David said to Jonathan, Behold, to-morrow <i>is</i> the new moon, and I shall not on any account sit down to eat, but thou shalt let me go, and I will hide in the plain till the evening.
|
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6| And if thy father do in anywise enquire for me, then shalt thou say, David earnestly asked leave of me to run to Bethleem his city, for <i>there is</i> there, a yearly sacrifice for all the family.
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7| If he shall say thus, Well, —<i>all is</i> safe for thy servant: but if he shall answer harshly to thee, know that evil is determined by him.
|
||||
8| And thou shalt deal mercifully with thy servant; for thou hast brought thy servant into a covenant of the Lord with thyself: and if there is iniquity in thy servant, slay me thyself; but why dost thou thus bring me to thy father?
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9| And Jonathan said, That be far from thee: for if I surely know that evil is determined by my father to come upon thee, although it should not be against thy cities, I will tell thee.
|
||||
10| And David said to Jonathan, Who can tell me if thy father should answer roughly?
|
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11| And Jonathan said to David, Go, and abide in the field. And they went out both into the field.
|
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12| And Jonathan said to David, the Lord God of Israel knows that I will sound my father as I have an opportunity, three several times, and, behold, <i>if good</i> should be determined concerning David, and I do not send to thee to the field,
|
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13| God do so to Jonathan and more also: as I shall <i>also</i> report the evil to thee, and make it known to thee, and I will let thee go; and thou shalt depart in peace, and the Lord shall be with thee, as he was with my father.
|
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14| And if indeed I continue to live, then shalt thou deal mercifully with me; and if I indeed die,
|
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15 16| thou shalt not withdraw thy mercy from my house for ever: and if thou doest not, when the Lord cuts off the enemies of David each from the face of the earth, <i>should it happen</i> that the name of Jonathan be discovered by the house of David, then let the Lord seek out the enemies of David.
|
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17| And Jonathan swore yet again to David, because he loved the soul of him that loved him.
|
||||
18| And Jonathan said, To-morrow <i>is</i> the new moon, and thou wilt be enquired for, because thy seat will be observed as vacant.
|
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19| And thou shalt stay three days, and watch an opportunity, and shalt come to thy place where thou mayest hide thyself in the day of thy business, and thou shalt wait by that ergab.
|
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20| And I will shoot three arrows, aiming them at a mark.
|
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21| And behold, I <i>will</i> send a lad, saying, Go find me the arrow.
|
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22| If I should expressly say to the lad, The arrow <i>is</i> here, and on this side of thee, take it; <i>then</i> come, for it is well with thee, and there is no reason <i>for fear, as</i> the Lord lives: <i>but</i> if I should say thus to the young man, The arrow <i>is</i> on that side of thee, and beyond; go, for the Lord hath sent thee away.
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23| And as for the word which thou and I have spoken, behold, the Lord <i>is</i> witness between me and thee for ever.
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24| So David hides himself in the field, and the <i>new</i> month arrives, and the king comes to the table to eat.
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25| And he sat upon his seat as in former times, even on his seat by the wall, and he went before Jonathan; and Abenner sat on one side of Saul, and the place of David was empty.
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26| And Saul said nothing on that day, for he said, It seems to have fallen out that he is not clean, because he has not purified himself.
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27| And it came to pass on the morrow, on the second day of the month, that the place of David was empty; and Saul said to Jonathan his son, Why has not the son of Jessae attended both yesterday and today at the table?
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28| And Jonathan answered Saul, and said to him, David asked leave of me to go as far as Bethleem his city;
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29| and he said, Let me go, I pray thee, for we have a family sacrifice in the city, and my brethren have sent for me; and now, if I have found grace in thine eyes, I will even go over and see my brethren: therefore he is not present at the table of the king.
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30| And Saul was exceedingly angry with Jonathan, and said to him, Thou son of traitorous damsels! for do I not know that thou art an accomplice with the son of Jessae to thy same, and to the shame of thy mother’s nakedness?
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31| For so long as the son of Jessae lives upon the earth, thy kingdom shall not be established: now then send and take the young man, for he shall surely die.
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32| And Jonathan answered Saul, Why is he to die? What has he done?
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33| And Saul lifted up his spear against Jonathan to slay him: so Jonathan knew that this evil was determined on by his father to slay David.
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34| And Jonathan sprang up from the table in great anger, and did not eat bread on the second <i>day</i> of the month, for he grieved bitterly for David, because his father determined <i>on mischief</i> against him.
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35| And morning came, and Jonathan went out to the field, as he appointed <i>to do</i> for a signal to David, and a little boy <i>was</i> with him.
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36| And he said to the boy, Run, find me the arrows which I shoot: and the boy ran, and <i>Jonathan</i> shot an arrow, and sent it beyond <i>him</i>.
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37| And the boy came to the place where the arrow was which Jonathan shot; and Jonathan cried out after the lad, and said, The arrow <i>is</i> on that side of thee and beyond thee.
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38| And Jonathan cried out after his boy, saying, Make all speed, and stay not. And Jonathan’s boy gathered up the arrows, and brought the arrows to his master.
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39| And the boy knew nothing, only Jonathan and David <i>knew</i>.
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40| And Jonathan gave his weapons to his boy, and said to his boy, Go, enter into the city.
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41| And when the lad went in, then David arose from the argab, and fell upon his face, and did obeisance to him three times, and they kissed each other, and wept for each other, for a great while.
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42| And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, and as we have both sworn in the name of the Lord, saying, The Lord shall be witness between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed for ever—<i>even so let it be</i>. And David arose and departed, and Jonathan went into the city.
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#21
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1| And David comes to Nomba to Abimelech the priest: and Abimelech was amazed at meeting him, and said to him, Why <i>art</i> thou alone, and nobody with thee?
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2| And David said to the priest, The king gave me a command to-day, and said to me, Let no one know the matter on which I send thee, an concerning which I have charged thee: and I have charged my servants <i>to be</i> in the place that is called, The faithfulness of God, phellani maemoni.
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3| And now if there are under thy hand five loaves, give into my hand what is ready.
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4| And the priest answered David, and said, There are no common loaves under my hand, for I have none but holy loaves: if the young men have been kept at least from women, then they shall eat <i>them</i>.
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5| And David answered the priest, and said to him, Yea, we have been kept from women for three days: when I came forth for the journey all the young men were purified; but this expedition is unclean, wherefore it shall be sanctified this day because of my weapons.
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6| So Abimelech the priest gave him the shewbread; for there were no loaves there, but only the presence loaves which had been removed from the presence of the Lord, in order that hot bread should be set on, on the day on which he took them.
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7| And there was there on that day one of Saul’s servants detained before the Lord, and his name <i>was</i> Doec the Syrian, tending the mules of Saul.
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8| And David said to Abimelech, See if there is here under thy hand spear or sword, for I have not brought in my hand my sword or my weapons, for the word of the king was urgent.
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9| And the priest said, Behold the sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou smotest in the valley of Ela; and it is wrapt in a cloth: if thou wilt take it, take it for thyself, for there is no other except it here. And David said, Behold, there is none like it; give it me.
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10| And he gave it him; and David arose, and fled in that day from he presence of Saul: and David came to Anchus king of Geth.
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11| And the servants of Anchus said to him, <i>Is</i> not this David the king of the land? Did not the dancing women begin the son to him, saying, Saul has smitten his thousand, and David his ten thousands?
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12| And David laid up the words in his heart, and was greatly afraid of Anchus king of Geth.
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13| And he changed his appearance before him, and feigned himself a false character in that day; and drummed upon the doors of the city, and used extravagant gestures with his hands, and fell against the doors of the gate, and his spittle ran down upon his beard.
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14| And Anchus said to his servants, Lo! ye see the man <i>is</i> mad: why have ye brought him in to me?
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15| <i>Am</i> I in want of madmen, that ye have brought him in to me to play the madman? He shall not come into the house.
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#22
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1| And David departed thence, and escaped; and he comes to the cave of Odollam, and his brethren hear, and the house of his father, and they go down to him there.
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2| And there gathered to him every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was troubled in mind; and he was a leader over them, and there were with him about four hundred men.
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3| And David departed thence to Massephath of Moab, and said to the king of Moab, Let, I pray thee, my father and my mother be with thee, until I know what God will do to me.
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4| And he persuaded the King of Moab, and they dwell with him continually, while David was in the hold.
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5| And Gad the prophet said to David, Dwell not in the hold: go, and thou shalt enter the land of Juda. So David went, and came and dwelt in the city of Saric.
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6| And Saul heard that David was discovered, and his men with him: now Saul dwelt in the hill below the field that is in Rama, and his spear <i>was</i> in his hand, and all his servants stood near him.
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7| And Saul said to his servants that stood by him, Hear now, ye sons of Benjamin, will the son of Jessae indeed give all of you fields and vineyards, and will he make you all captains of hundreds and captains of thousands?
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8| That ye are conspiring against me, and there is no one that informs me, whereas my son has made a covenant with the son of Jessae, and there is no one of you that is sorry for me, or informs me, that my son has stirred up my servant against me for an enemy, as <i>it is</i> this day?
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9| And Doec the Syrian who was over the mules of Saul answered and said, I saw the son of Jessae as he came to Nomba to Abimelech son of Achitob the priest.
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10| And <i>the priest</i> enquired of God for him, and gave him provision, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.
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11| And the king sent to call Abimelech son of Achitob and all his father’s sons, the priests that were in Nomba; and they all came to the king.
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12| And Saul said, Hear now, thou son of Achitob. And he said, Lo! I <i>am here</i>, speak, <i>my</i> lord.
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13| And Saul said to him, Why have thou and the son of Jessae conspired against me, that thou shouldest give him bread and a sword, and shouldest enquire of God for him, to raise him up against me as an enemy, as <i>he is</i> this day?
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14| And he answered the king, and said, And who <i>is</i> there among all thy servants faithful as David, and <i>he is</i> a son-in-law of the king, and <i>he is</i> executor of all thy commands, and <i>is</i> honourable in thy house?
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15| Have I begun to-day to enquire of God for him? By no means: let not the king bring a charge against his servant, and against thee whole of my father’s house; for thy servant knew not in all these matters anything great or small.
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16| And king Saul said, Thou shalt surely die, Abimelech, thou, and all thy father’s house.
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17| And the king said to the footmen that attended on him, Draw nigh and slay the priests of the Lord, because their hand <i>is</i> with David, and because they knew that he fled, and they did not inform me. But the servants of the king would not lift their hands to fall upon the priest of the Lord.
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18| And the king said to Doec, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests: and Doec the Syrian turned, and slew the priests of the Lord in that day, three hundred and five men, all wearing an ephod.
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19| And he smote Nomba the city of the priest with the edge of the sword, both man, and woman, infant and suckling, and calf, and ox, and sheep.
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20| And one son of Abimelech son of Achitob escapes, and his name <i>was</i> Abiathar, and he fled after David.
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21| And Abiathar told David that Saul had slain all the priests of the Lord.
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22| And David said to Abiathar, I knew it in that day, that Doec the Syrian would surely tell Saul: I am guilty of the death of the house of thy father.
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23| Dwell with me; fear not, for wherever I shall seek a place <i>of safety</i> for my life, I will also seek a place for thy life, for thou art safely guarded <i>while</i> with me.
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#23
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1| And it was told David, saying, behold, the Philistines war in Keila, and they rob, they trample on the threshing-floors.
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2| And David enquired of the Lord, saying, Shall I go and smite these Philistines? And the Lord said, Go, and thou shalt smite these Philistines, and shalt save Keila.
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3| And the men of David said to him, Behold, we are afraid here in Judea; and how shall it be if we go to Keila? Shall we go after the spoils of the Philistines?
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4| And David enquired yet again of the Lord; and the Lord answered him, and said to him, Arise and go down to Keila, for I will deliver the Philistines into thy hands.
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5| So David and his men with him went to Keila, and fought with the Philistines; and they fled from before him, and he carried off their cattle, and smote them with a great slaughter, and David rescued the inhabitants of Keila.
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6| And it came to pass when Abiathar the son of Achimelech fled to David, that he went down with David to Keila, having and ephod in his hand.
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7| And it was told Saul that David was come to Keila: and Saul said, God has sold him into my hands, for he is shut up, having entered into a city that has gates and bars.
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8| And Saul charged all the people to go down to war to Keila, to besiege David and his men.
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9| And David knew that Saul spoke openly of mischief against him: and David said to Abiathar the priest, Bring the ephod of the Lord.
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10| And David said, Lord God of Israel, thy servant has indeed heard, that Saul seeks to come against Keila to destroy the city on my account.
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11| Will <i>the place</i> be shut up? And now will Saul come down, as thy servant has heard? Lord God of Israel, tell thy servant. And the Lord said, It will be shut up.
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12 13| And David arose, and the men with him, in number about four hundred, and they went forth from Keila, and went whithersoever they could go: and it was told Saul that David had escaped from Keila, and he forbore to come.
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14| And he dwelt in Maserem in the wilderness, in the narrow <i>passes</i>; and dwelt in the wilderness in mount Ziph, in the dry country. And Saul sought him continually, but the Lord delivered him not into his hands.
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15| And David perceived that Saul went forth to seek David; and David was in the dry mountain in the New Ziph.
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16| And Jonathan son of Saul rose, and went to David to Caene, and strengthened his hands in the Lord.
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17| And he said to him, Fear not, for the hand of Saul my father shall not find thee; and thou shalt be king over Israel, and I shall be second to thee; and Saul my father knows it.
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18| So they both made a covenant before the Lord; and David dwelt in Caene, and Jonathan went to his home.
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19| And the Ziphites came up out of the dry country to Saul to the hill, saying, Behold, is not David hidden with us in Messara, in the narrows in Caene in the hill of Echela, which is on the right of Jessaemon?
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20| And now <i>according to</i> all the king’s desire to come down, let him come down to us; they have shut him up into the hands of the king.
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21| And Saul said to them, Blessed <i>be</i> ye of the Lord, for ye have been grieved on my account.
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22| Go, I pray you, and make preparations yet, and notice his place where his foot shall be, quickly, in that place which ye spoke of, lest by any means he should deal craftily.
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23| Take notice, then, and learn, and I will go with you; and it shall come to pass that if he is in the land, I will search him out among all the thousands of Juda.
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24| And the Ziphites arose, and went before Saul: and David and his men <i>were</i> in the wilderness of Maon, westward, to the right of Jessaemon.
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25| And Saul and his men went to seek him: and they brought word to David, and he went down to the rock that was in the wilderness of Maon: and Saul heard, and followed after David to the wilderness of Maon.
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26| And Saul and his men go on one side of the mountain, and David and his men are on the other side of the mountain: and David was hiding himself to escape from Saul: and Saul and his men encamped against David and his men, in order to take them.
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27| And there came a messenger to Saul, saying, Haste thee, and come hither, for the Philistines have invaded the land.
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28| So Saul returned from following after David, and went to meet the Philistines: therefore that place was called The divided Rock. 4
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#24
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1| And David rose up from thence, and dwelt in the narrow passes of Engaddi.
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2| And it came to pass when Saul returned from pursuing after the Philistines, that it was reported to him, saying, David <i>is</i> in the wilderness of Engaddi.
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3| And he took with him three thousand men, chosen out of all Israel, and went to seek David and his men in front of Saddaeem.
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4| And he came to the flocks of sheep that were by the way, and there was a cave there; and Saul went in to make preparation, and David and his men were sitting in the inner part of the cave.
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5| And the men of David said to him, Behold, this <i>is</i> the day of which the Lord spoke to thee, that he would deliver thine enemy into thy hands; and thou shalt do to him as <i>it is</i> good in thy sight. So David arose and cut off the skirt of Saul’s garment secretly.
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6| And it came to pass after this that David’s heart smote him, because he had cut off the skirt of his garment.
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7| And David said to his men, The Lord forbid it me, that I should do this ting to my lord the anointed of the Lord, to lift my hand against him; for he is the anointed of the Lord.
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8| So David persuaded his men by <i>his</i> words, and did not suffer them to arise and slay Saul: and Saul arose and went his way.
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9| And David rose up <i>and went</i> after him out of the cave: and David cried after Saul, saying, <i>My</i> lord, <i>O</i> king! and Saul looked behind him, and David bowed with his face to the ground, and did obeisance to him.
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10| And David said to Saul, Why dost thou hearken to the words of the people, saying, Behold, David seeks thy life?
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11| Behold, thine eyes have seen this day how that the Lord has delivered thee this day into my hands in the cave; and I would not slay thee, but spared thee, and said, I will not lift up my hand against my lord, for he is the Lord’s anointed.
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12| And behold, the skirt of thy mantle <i>is</i> in my hand, I cut off the skirt, and did not slay thee: know then and see to-day, there is no evil in my hand, nor impiety, nor rebellion; and I have not sinned against thee, yet thou layest snares for my soul to take it.
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13| The Lord judge between me and thee, and the Lord requite thee on thyself: but my hand shall not be upon thee.
|
||||
14| As the old proverb says, Transgression will proceed from the wicked ones: but my hand shall not be upon thee.
|
||||
15| And now after whom dost thou come forth, O king of Israel? After whom dost thou pursue? After a dead dog, and after a flea?
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16| The Lord be judge and umpire between me and thee, the Lord look upon and judge my cause, and rescue me out of thy hand.
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17| And it came to pass when David had finished speaking these words to Saul, that Saul said, <i>Is</i> this thy voice, Son David? And Saul lifted up his voice, and wept.
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18| And Saul said to David, Thou <i>art</i> more righteous that I, for thou hast recompensed me good, but I have recompensed thee evil.
|
||||
19| And thou hast told me to-day what good thou hast done me, how the Lord shut me up into thy hands to-day, and thou didst not slay me.
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||||
20| And if any one should find his enemy in distress, and should send him forth in a good way, then the Lord will reward him good, as thou has done this day.
|
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21| And now, behold, I know that thou shalt surely reign, and the kingdom of Israel shall be established in thy hand.
|
||||
22| Now then swear to me by the Lord, that thou wilt not destroy my seed after me, that thou wilt not blot out my name from the house of my father.
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23| So David swore to Saul: and Saul departed to his place, and David and his men went up to the strong-hold of Messera.
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#25
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1| And Samuel died, and all Israel assembled, and bewailed him, and they bury him in his house in Armathaim: and David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Maon.
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2| And there was a man in Maon, and his flocks were in Carmel, and <i>he was</i> a very great man; and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand she-goats: and he happened to be shearing his flock in Carmel.
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3| And the man’s name <i>was</i> Nabal, and his wife’s name <i>was</i> Abigaia: and his wife <i>was</i> of good understanding and very beautiful in person: but the man <i>was</i> harsh, and evil in his doings, and the man <i>was</i> churlish.
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4| And David heard in the wilderness, that Nabal the Carmelite was shearing his sheep.
|
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5| And David sent ten young men, and he said to the young men, Go up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and ask him in my name how he is.
|
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6| And thus shall ye say, May thou and thy house seasonably prosper, and all thine be in prosperity.
|
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7| And now, behold, I have heard that thy shepherds who were with is in the wilderness are shearing thy sheep, and we hindered them not, neither did we demand any thing from them all the time they were in Carmel.
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8| Ask thy servants, and they will tell thee. Let then thy servants find grace in thine eyes, for we are come on a good day; give we pray thee, whatsoever thy hand may find, to thy son David.
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9| So the servants come and speak these words to Nabal, according to all these words in the name of David.
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10| And Nabal sprang up, and answered the servants of David, and said, Who <i>is</i> David? and who <i>is</i> the son of Jessae? Now-a-days there is abundance of servants who depart every one from his master.
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11| And shall I take my bread, and my wine, and my beasts that I have slain for my shearers, and shall I give them to men of whom I know not whence they are?
|
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12| So the servants of David turned back, and returned, and came and reported to David according to these words.
|
||||
13| And David said to his men, Gird on every man his sword. And they went up after David, about four hundred men: and two hundred abode with the stuff.
|
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14| And one of the servants reported to Abigaia the wife of Nabal, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our lord; but he turned away from them.
|
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15| And the men were very good to us; they did not hinder us, neither did they demand from us any thing all the days that we were with them.
|
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16| And when we were in the field, they were as a wall round about us, both by night and by day, all the days that we were with them feeding the flock.
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17| And now do thou consider, and see what thou wilt do; for mischief is determined against our lord and against his house; and he <i>is</i> a vile character, and one cannot speak to him.
|
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18| And Abigaia hasted, and took two hundred loaves, and two vessels of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five ephahs of fine flour, and one homer of dried grapes, and two hundred cakes of figs, and put them upon asses.
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19| And she said to her servants, Go on before me, and behold I come after you: but she told not her husband.
|
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20| And it came to pass when she had mounted her ass and was going down by the covert of the mountain, behold, David and his men came down to meet her, and she met them.
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21| And David said, Perhaps I have kept all his possessions in the wilderness that he should wrong me, and we did not order the taking anything of all his goods; yet he has rewarded me evil for good.
|
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22| So God do to David and more also, if I leave one male of all that belong to Nabal until the morning.
|
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23| And Abigaia saw David, and she hasted and alighted from her ass; and she felt before David on her face, and did obeisance to him, <i>bowing</i> to the ground
|
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24| <i>even</i> to his feet, and said, On me, my lord, be my wrong: let, I pray thee, thy servant speak in thine ears, and hear thou the words of thy servant.
|
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25| Let not my lord, I pray thee, take to heart this pestilent man, for according to his name, so is he; Nabal <i>is</i> his name, and folly <i>is</i> with him: but I thy handmaid saw not the servants of my lord whom thou didst send.
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26| And now, my lord, <i>as</i> the Lord lives, and thy soul lives, as the Lord has kept thee from coming against innocent blood, and from executing vengeance for thyself, now therefore let thine enemies, and those that seek evil against my lord, become as Nabal.
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27| And now accept this token of goodwill, which thy servant has brought to my lord, and thou shalt give it to the servants that wait on my lord.
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28| Remove, I pray thee, the trespass of thy servant; for the Lord will surely make for my lord a sure house, for the Lord fights the battles of my lord, and there shall no evil be ever found in thee.
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29| And <i>if</i> a man shall rise up persecuting thee and seeking thy life, yet shall the life of my lord be bound up in the bundle of life with the Lord God, and thou shalt whirl the life of thine enemies <i>as</i> in the midst of a sling.
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30| And it shall be when the Lord shall have wrought for my lord all the good things he has spoken concerning thee, and shall appoint thee to be ruler over Israel;
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31| then this shall not be an abomination and offence to my lord, to have shed innocent blood without cause, and for my lord to have avenged himself: and so may the Lord do good to my lord, and thou shalt remember thine handmaid to do her good.
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32| And David said to Abigaia, Blessed <i>be</i> the Lord God of Israel, who sent thee this very day to meet me:
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33| and blessed <i>be</i> thy conduct, and blessed <i>be</i> thou, who hast hindered me this very day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself.
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34| But surely as the Lord God of Israel lives, who hindered me this day from doing thee harm, if thou hadst not hasted and come to meet me, then I said, There shall <i>surely</i> not be left to Nabal till the morning one male.
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35| And David took of her hand all that she brought to him, and said to her, Go in peace to thy house: see, I have hearkened to thy voice, and accepted thy petition.
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36| And Abigaia came to Nabal: and, behold, he had a banquet in this house, as the banquet of a king, and the heart of Nabal <i>was</i> merry within him, and he <i>was</i> very drunken: and she told him nothing great or small till the morning light.
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37| And it came to pass in the morning, when Nabal recovered from his wine, his wife told him these words; and his heart died within him, and he became as a stone.
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38| And it came to pass after about ten days, that the Lord smote Nabal, and he died.
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39| And David heard it and said, Blessed <i>be</i> the Lord, who has judged the cause of my reproach at the hand of Nabal, and has delivered his servant from the power of evil; and the Lord has returned the mischief of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and spoke concerning Abigaia, to take her to himself for a wife.
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40| So the servants of David came to Abigaia to Carmel, and spoke to her, saying, David has sent us to thee, to take thee to himself for a wife.
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41| And she arose, and did reverence with her face to the earth, and said, Behold, thy servant <i>is</i> for an handmaid to wash the feet of thy servants.
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42| And Abigaia arose, and mounted her ass, and five damsels followed her: and she went after the servants of David, and became his wife.
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43| And David took Achinaam out of Jezrael, and they were both his wives.
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44| And Saul gave Melchol his daughter, David’s wife, to Phalti the son of Amis who was of Romma.
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#26
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1| And the Ziphites come out of the dry country to Saul to the hill, saying, Behold, David hides himself with us in the hill Echela, opposite Jessemon.
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2| And Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, and with him <i>went</i> three thousand men chosen out of Israel, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.
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3| And Saul encamped in the hill of Echela in front of Jessemon, by the way, and David dwelt in the wilderness: and David saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness.
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4| And David sent spies, and ascertained that Saul was come prepared out of Keila.
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5| And David arose secretly, and goes into the place where Saul was sleeping, and there <i>was</i> Abenner the son of Ner, the captain of his host: and Saul was sleeping in a chariot, and the people had encamped along round about him.
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6| And David answered and spoke to Abimelech the Chettite, and to Abessa the son Saruia the brother of Joab, saying, Who will go in with me to Saul into the camp? And Abessa said, I will go in with thee.
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7| So David and Abessa go in among the people by night: and behold, Saul was fast asleep in the chariot, and his spear was stuck in the ground near his head, and Abenner and his people slept round about him.
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8| And Abessa said to David, The Lord has this day shut up thine enemy into thine hands, and now I will smite him to the earth with the spear to the ground once <i>for all</i>, and I will not smite him again.
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9| And David said to Abessa, Do not lay him low, for who shall lift up his hand against the anointed of the Lord, and be guiltless?
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10| And David said, <i>As</i> the Lord lives, if the Lord smite him not, or his day come and he die, or he go down to battle and be added <i>to his fathers, do not so</i>.
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11| The Lord forbid it me that I should lift up my hand against the anointed of the Lord: and now take, I pray thee, the spear from his bolster, and the pitcher of water, and let us return home.
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12| So David took the spear, and the pitcher of water from his bolster, and they went home: and there was no one that saw, and no one that knew, and there was no one that awoke, all being asleep, for a stupor from the Lord had fallen upon them.
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13| So David went over to the other side, and stood on the top of a hill afar off, and <i>there was</i> a good distance between them.
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14| And David called to the people, and spoke to Abenner, saying, Wilt thou not answer, Abenner? and Abenner answered and said, Who art thou that callest?
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15| And David said to Abenner, <i>Art</i> not thou a man? and who <i>is</i> like thee in Israel? Why then dost thou not guard thy lord the king? for one out of the people went in to destroy thy lord the king.
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16| And this thing <i>is</i> not good which thou hast done. <i>As</i> the Lord lives, ye are worthy of death, ye who guard your lord the king, the anointed of the Lord: and now behold, I pray you, the spear of the king, and the cruse of water: where are the articles that should be at his head?
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17| And Saul recognized the voice of David, and said, <i>Is</i> this thy voice, son David? and David said, I <i>am</i> thy servant, <i>my</i> lord, O king.
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18| And he said, Why does my lord thus pursue after his servant? for in what have I sinned? and what unrighteousness has been found in me?
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19| And now let my lord the king hear the word of his servant. If God stirs thee up against me, let thine offering be acceptable: but if the sons of men, they <i>are</i> cursed before the Lord, for they have cast me out this day so that I should not be established in the inheritance of the Lord, saying, Go, serve other Gods.
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20| And now let not my blood fall to the ground before the Lord, for the king of Israel has come forth to seek thy life, as the night hawk pursues <i>its prey</i> in the mountains.
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21| And Saul said, I have sinned: turn, son David, for I will not hurt thee, because my life was precious in thine eyes; and to-day I have been foolish and have erred exceedingly.
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22| And David answered and said, Behold, the spear of the king: let one of the servants come over and take it.
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23| And the Lord shall recompense each according to his righteousness and his truth, since the Lord delivered thee this day into my hands, and I would not lift my hand against the Lord’s anointed.
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24| And, behold, as thy life has been precious this very day in my eyes, so let my life be precious before the Lord, and may he protect me, and deliver me out of all affliction.
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25| And Saul said to David, Blessed <i>be</i> thou, <i>my</i> son; and thou shalt surely do valiantly, and surely prevail. And David went on his way, and Saul returned to his place.
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#27
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1| And David said in his heart, Now shall I be one day delivered <i>for death</i> into the hands of Saul; and there is no good thing for me unless I should escape into the land of the Philistines, and Saul should cease from seeking me through every coast of Israel: so I shall escape out of his hand.
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2| So David arose, and the six hundred men that were with him, and he went to Anchus, son Ammach, king of Geth.
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3| And David dwelt with Anchus, he and his men, each with his family; and David and both his wives, Achinaam, the Jezraelitess, and Abigaia the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
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4| And it was told Saul that David had fled to Geth; and he no longer sought after him.
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5| And David said to Anchus, If now thy servant has found grace in thine eyes, let them give me, I pray thee, a place in one of the cities in the country, and I will dwell there: for why does thy servant dwell with thee in a royal city?
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6| And he gave him Sekelac in that day: therefore Sekelac came into possession of the king of Judea to this day.
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7| And the number of the days that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was four months.
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8| And David and his men went up, and made an attack on all the Gesirites and on the Amalekites: and behold, the land was inhabited, (even the land from Gelampsur) by those who come from the fortified <i>cities</i> even to the land of Egypt.
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9| And he smote the land, and saved neither man nor woman alive; and they took flocks, and herds, and asses, and camels, and raiment; and they returned and came to Anchus.
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10| And Anchus said to David, On whom have ye made an attack to-day? And David said to Anchus, On the south of Judea, and on the south of Jesmega, and on the south of the Kenezite.
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11| And I have not saved man or woman alive to bring them to Geth, saying, Lest they carry a report to Geth against us, saying, These things David does. And this was his manner all the days that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines.
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12| So David had the full confidence of Anchus, who said, He is thoroughly disgraced among his people in Israel and he shall be my servant for ever.
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#28
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1| And it came to pass in those days that the Philistines gathered themselves together with their armies to go out to fight with Israel; and Anchus said to David, Know surely, that thou shalt go forth to battle with me, <i>thou</i>, and thy men.
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2| And David said to Anchus, Thus now thou shalt know what thy servant will do. And Anchus said to David, So will I make thee captain of my body-guard continually.
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3| And Samuel died, and all Israel lamented for him, and they bury him in his city, in Armathaim. And Saul had removed those who had in them divining spirits, and the wizards, out of the land.
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4| And the Philistines assemble themselves, and come and encamp in Sonam: and Saul gathers all the men of Israel, and they encamp in Gelbue.
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5| And Saul saw the camp of the Philistines, and he was alarmed, and his heart was greatly dismayed.
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6| And Saul enquired of the Lord; and the Lord answered him not by dreams, nor by manifestations, nor by prophets.
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7| Then Saul said to his servants, Seek for me a woman who has in her a divining spirit, and I will go to her, and enquire of her: and his servants said to him, Behold, <i>there is</i> a woman who has in her a divining spirit at Aendor.
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8| And Saul disguised himself, and put on other raiment, and he goes, and two men with him, and they come to the woman by night; and he said to her, Divine to me, I pray thee, by the divining spirit within thee, and bring up to me him whom I shall name to thee.
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9| And the woman said to him, Behold now, thou knowest what Saul has done, how he has cut off those who had in them divining spirits, and the wizards from the land, and why dost thou spread a snare for my life to destroy it?
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10| And Saul swore to her, and said, <i>As</i> the Lord lives, no injury shall come upon thee on this account.
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||||
11| And the woman said, Whom shall I bring up to thee? and he said, Bring up to me Samuel.
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||||
12| And the woman saw Samuel, and cried out with a loud voice: and the woman said to Saul, Why hast thou deceived me? for thou art Saul.
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||||
13| And the king said to her, Fear not; tell me whom thou has seen. And the woman said to him, I saw gods ascending out of the earth.
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||||
14| And he said to her, What didst thou perceive? and she said to him, An upright man ascending out of the earth, and he <i>was</i> clothed with a mantle. And Saul knew that this was Samuel, and he stooped with his face to the earth, and did obeisance to him.
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||||
15| And Samuel said, Why hast thou troubled me, that I should come up? And Saul said, I am greatly distressed, and the Philistines war against me, and God has departed from me, and no longer hearkens to me either by the hand of the prophets or by dreams: and now I have called thee to tell me what I shall do.
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16| And Samuel said, Why askest thou me, whereas the Lord has departed from thee, and taken part with thy neighbour?
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17| And the Lord has done to thee, as the Lord spoke by me; and the Lord will rend thy kingdom out of thy hand, and will give it to thy neighbour David.
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18| because thou didst not hearken to the voice of the Lord, and didst not execute his fierce anger upon Amalec, therefore the Lord has done this thing to thee this day.
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19| And the Lord shall deliver Israel with thee into the hands of the Philistines, and to-morrow thou and thy sons with thee shall fall, and the Lord shall deliver the army of Israel into the hands of the Philistines.
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20| And Saul instantly fell at his full length upon the earth, and was greatly afraid because of the words of Samuel; and there was no longer any strength in him, for he had eaten no bread all that day, and all that night.
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21| And the woman went in to Saul, and saw that he was greatly disquieted, and said to him, Behold now, thine handmaid has hearkened to thy voice, and I have put my life in my hand, and have heard the words which thou has spoken to me.
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22| And now hearken, I pray thee, to the voice of thine handmaid, and I will set before thee a morsel of bread, and eat, and thou shalt be strengthened, for thou wilt be going on thy way.
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23| But he would not eat; so his servants and the woman constrained him, and he hearkened to their voice, and rose up from the earth, and sat upon a bench.
|
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24| And the woman had a fat heifer in the house; and she hasted and slew it; and she took meal and kneaded it, and baked unleavened cakes.
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25| And she brought <i>the meat</i> before Saul, and before his servants; and they ate, and rose up, and departed that night.
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#29
|
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1| And the Philistines gather all their armies to Aphec, and Israel encamped in Aendor, which is in Jezrael.
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2| And the lords of the Philistines went on by hundreds and thousands, and David and his men went on in the rear with Anchus.
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3| And the lords of the Philistines said, Who <i>are</i> these that pass by? And Anchus said to the captains of the Philistines, <i>Is</i> not this David the servant of Saul king of Israel? He has been with us some time, even this second year, and I have not found any fault in him from the day that he attached himself to me even until this day.
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4| And the captains of the Philistines were displeased at him, and they say to him, Send the man away, and let him return to his place, where thou didst set him; and let him not come with us to the war, and let him not be a traitor in the camp: and wherewith will he be reconciled to his master? Will it not be with the heads of those men?
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5| <i>Is</i> not this David whom they celebrated in dances, saying, Saul has smitten his thousands, and David his ten thousands?
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6| And Anchus called David, and said to him, <i>As</i> the Lord lives, thou <i>art</i> right and approved in my eyes, and <i>so is</i> thy going out and thy coming in with me in the army, and I have not found <i>any</i> evil to charge against thee from the day that thou camest to me until this day: but thou art not approved in the eyes of the lords.
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7| Now then return and go in peace, thus thou shalt not do evil in the sight of the lords of the Philistines.
|
||||
8| And David said to Anchus, What have I done to thee? and what hast thou found in thy servant from the <i>first</i> day that I was before thee even until this day, that I should not come and war against the enemies of the lord my king?
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9| And Anchus answered David, I know that thou <i>art</i> good in my eyes, but the lords of the Philistines say, He shall not come with us to the war.
|
||||
10| Now then rise up early in the morning, thou and the servants of thy lord that are come with thee, and go to the place where I appointed you, and entertain no evil thought in thy heart, for thou <i>art</i> good in my sight: and rise early for your journey when it is light, and depart.
|
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11| So David arose early, he and his men, to depart and guard the land of the Philistines: and the Philistines went up to Jezrael to battle.
|
||||
|
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#30
|
||||
1| And it came to pass when David and his men had entered Sekelac on the third day, that Amalec had made an incursion upon the south, and upon Sekelac, and smitten Sekelac, and burnt it with fire.
|
||||
2| And as to the women and all things that were in it, great and small, they slew neither man nor woman, but carried them captives, and went on their way.
|
||||
3| And David and his men came into the city, and, behold, it was burnt with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters were carried captive.
|
||||
4| And David and his men lifted up their voice, and wept till there was no longer any power within them to weep.
|
||||
5| And both the wives of David were carried captive, Achinaam, the Jezraelitess, and Abigaia the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
|
||||
6| And David was greatly distressed, because the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, each for his sons and his daughters: but David strengthened himself in the Lord his God.
|
||||
7| And David said to Abiathar the priest the son of Achimelech, Bring near the ephod.
|
||||
8| And David enquired of the Lord, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? and he said to him, Pursue, for thou shalt surely overtake them, and thou shalt surely rescue <i>the captives</i>.
|
||||
9| So David went, he an the six hundred men with him, an they come as far as the brook Bosor, and the superfluous ones stopped.
|
||||
10| And he pursued them with four hundred men; and there remained behind two hundred men, who tarried on the other side of the brook Bosor.
|
||||
11| And they find an Egyptian in the field, and they take him, and bring him to David; and they gave him bread and he ate, and they caused him to drink water.
|
||||
12| And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and he ate, and his spirit was restored in him; for he had not eaten bread, and had not drunk water three days and three nights.
|
||||
13| And David said to him, Whose art thou? and whence art thou? and the young man the Egyptian said, I am the servant of an Amalekite; and my master left me, because I was taken ill three days ago.
|
||||
14| And we made an incursion on the south of the Chelethite, and on the parts of Judea, and on the south of Chelub, and we burnt Sekelac with fire.
|
||||
15| And David said to him, Wilt thou bring me down to this troop? And he said, Swear now to me by God, that thou wilt not kill me, and that thou wilt not deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee down upon this troop.
|
||||
16| So be brought him down thither, and behold, they <i>were</i> scattered abroad upon the surface of the whole land, eating and drinking, and feasting by <i>reason of</i> all the great spoils which they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Juda.
|
||||
17| And David came upon them, and smote them from the morning till the evening, and on the next day; and not one of them escaped, except four hundred young men, who were mounted on camels, and fled.
|
||||
18| And David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken, and he rescued both his wives.
|
||||
19| And nothing was wanting to them of great or small, either of the spoils, or the sons and daughters, or anything that they had taken of theirs; and David recovered all.
|
||||
20| And he took all the flocks, and the herds, and led them away before the spoils: and it was said of these spoils, These <i>are</i> the spoils of David.
|
||||
21| And David comes to the two hundred men who were left behind that they should not follow after David, and he had caused them to remain by the brook of Bosor; and they came forth to meet David, and to meet his people with him: and David drew near to the people, and they asked him how he did.
|
||||
22| Then every ill-disposed and bad man of the soldiers who had gone with David, answered and said, Because they did not pursue together with us, we will not give them of the spoils which we have recovered, only let each one lead away with him his wife and his children, and let them return.
|
||||
23| And David said, Ye shall not do so, after the Lord has delivered <i>the enemy</i> to us, and guarded us, and the Lord has delivered into our hands the troop that came against u.
|
||||
24| And who will hearken to these your words? for they are not inferior to us; for according to the portion of him that went down to the battle, so shall be the portion of him that abides with the baggage; they shall share alike.
|
||||
25| And it came to pass from that day forward, that it became an ordinance and a custom in Israel until this day.
|
||||
26| And David came to Sekelac, and sent of the spoils to the elders of Juda, and to his friends, saying, Behold <i>some</i> of the spoils of the enemies of the Lord;
|
||||
27| to those in Baethsur, and to those in Rama of the south, and to those in Gethor.
|
||||
28| And to those in Aroer, and to those in Ammadi, and to those in Saphi, and to those in Esthie,
|
||||
29| and to those in Geth, and to those in Cimath, and to those in Saphec, and to those in Themath, and to those in Carmel, and to those in the cities of Jeremeel, and to those in the cities of the Kenezite;
|
||||
30| and to those in Jerimuth, and to those in Bersabee, and to those in Nombe,
|
||||
31| and to those in Chebron, and to all the places which David and his men had passed through.
|
||||
|
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#31
|
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1| And the Philistines fought with Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and they fall down wounded in the mountain in Gelbue.
|
||||
2| And the Philistines press closely on Saul and his sons, and the Philistines smite Jonathan, and Aminadab, and Melchisa son of Saul.
|
||||
3| And the battle prevails against Saul, and the shooters with arrows, even the archers find him, and he was wounded under the ribs.
|
||||
4| And Saul said to his armour-bearer, Draw thy sword and pierce me through with it; lest these uncircumcised come and pierce me through, and mock me. But his armour-bearer would not, for he feared greatly: so Saul took his sword and fell upon it.
|
||||
5| And his armour-bearer saw that Saul was dead, and he fell also himself upon his sword, and died with him.
|
||||
6| So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armour-bearer, in that day together.
|
||||
7| And the men of Israel who were on the other side of the valley, and those beyond Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead; and they leave their cities and flee: and the Philistines come and dwell in them.
|
||||
8| And it came to pass on the morrow that the Philistines come to strip the dead, and they find Saul and his three sons fallen on the mountains of Gelbue.
|
||||
9| And they turned him, and stripped off his armour, and sent it into the land of the Philistines, sending round glad tidings to their idols and to the people.
|
||||
10| And they set up his armour at the temple of Astarte, and they fastened his body on the wall of Baethsam.
|
||||
11| And the inhabitants of Jabis Galaad hear what the Philistines did to Saul.
|
||||
12| And they rose up, <i>even</i> every man of might, and marched all night, and took the body of Saul and the body of Jonathan his son from the wall of Baethsam; and they bring them to Jabis, and burn them there.
|
||||
|
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13| And they take their bones, and bury them in the field that is in Jabis, and fast seven days.
|
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#1
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1| And it happened, after that Alexander son of Philip, the Macedonian, who came out of the land of Chettiim, had smitten Darius king of the Persians and Medes, that he reigned in his stead, the first over Greece,
|
||||
2| And made many wars, and won many strong holds, and slew the kings of the earth,
|
||||
3| And went through to the ends of the earth, and took spoils of many nations, insomuch that the earth was quiet before him; whereupon he was exalted and his heart was lifted up.
|
||||
4| And he gathered a mighty strong host and ruled over countries, and nations, and kings, who became tributaries unto him.
|
||||
5| And after these things he fell sick, and perceived that he should die.
|
||||
6| Wherefore he called his servants, such as were honourable, and had been brought up with him from his youth, and parted his kingdom among them, while he was yet alive.
|
||||
7| So Alexander reigned twelve years, and then died.
|
||||
8| And his servants bare rule every one in his place.
|
||||
9| And after his death they all put crowns upon themselves; so did their sons after them many years: and evils were multiplied in the earth.
|
||||
10| And there came out of them a wicked root Antiochus <i>surnamed</i> Epiphanes, son of Antiochus the king, who had been an hostage at Rome, and he reigned in the hundred and thirty and seventh year of the kingdom of the Greeks.
|
||||
11| In those days went there out of Israel wicked men, who persuaded many, saying, Let us go and make a covenant with the heathen that are round about us: for since we departed from them we have had much sorrow.
|
||||
12| So this device pleased them well.
|
||||
13| Then certain of the people were so forward herein, that they went to the king, who gave them licence to do after the ordinances of the heathen:
|
||||
14| Whereupon they built a place of exercise at Jerusalem according to the customs of the heathen:
|
||||
15| And made themselves uncircumcised, and forsook the holy covenant, and joined themselves to the heathen, and were sold to do mischief.
|
||||
16| Now when the kingdom was established before Antiochus, he thought to reign over Egypt that he might have the dominion of two realms.
|
||||
17| Wherefore he entered into Egypt with a great multitude, with chariots, and elephants, and horsemen, and a great navy,
|
||||
18| And made war against Ptolemee king of Egypt: but Ptolemee was afraid of him, and fled; and many were wounded to death.
|
||||
19| Thus they got the strong cities in the land of Egypt and he took the spoils thereof.
|
||||
20| And after that Antiochus had smitten Egypt, he returned again in the hundred forty and third year, and went up against Israel and Jerusalem with a great multitude,
|
||||
21| And entered proudly into the sanctuary, and took away the golden altar, and the candlestick of light, and all the vessels thereof,
|
||||
22| And the table of the shewbread, and the pouring vessels, and the vials. and the censers of gold, and the veil, and the crown, and the golden ornaments that were before the temple, all which he pulled off.
|
||||
23| He took also the silver and the gold, and the precious vessels: also he took the hidden treasures which he found.
|
||||
24| And when he had taken all away, he went into his own land, having made a great massacre, and spoken very proudly.
|
||||
25| Therefore there was a great mourning in Israel, in every place where they were;
|
||||
26| So that the princes and elders mourned, the virgins and young men were made feeble, and the beauty of women was changed.
|
||||
27| Every bridegroom took up lamentation, and she that sat in the marriage chamber was in heaviness,
|
||||
28| The land also was moved for the inhabitants thereof, and all the house of Jacob was covered with confusion.
|
||||
29| And after two years fully expired the king sent his chief collector of tribute unto the cities of Juda, who came unto Jerusalem with a great multitude,
|
||||
30| And spake peaceable words unto them, but all was deceit: for when they had given him credence, he fell suddenly upon the city, and smote it very sore, and destroyed much people of Israel.
|
||||
31| And when he had taken the spoils of the city, he set it on fire, and pulled down the houses and walls thereof on every side.
|
||||
32| But the women and children took they captive, and possessed the cattle.
|
||||
33| Then builded they the city of David with a great and strong wall, and with mighty towers, and made it a strong hold for them.
|
||||
34| And they put therein a sinful nation, wicked men, and fortified themselves therein.
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35| They stored it also with armour and victuals, and when they had gathered together the spoils of Jerusalem, they laid them up there, and so they became a sore snare:
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36| For it was a place to lie in wait against the sanctuary, and an evil adversary to Israel.
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37| Thus they shed innocent blood on every side of the sanctuary, and defiled it:
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38| Insomuch that the inhabitants of Jerusalem fled because of them: whereupon the city was made an habitation of strangers, and became strange to those that were born in her; and her own children left her.
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39| Her sanctuary was laid waste like a wilderness, her feasts were turned into mourning, her sabbaths into reproach her honour into contempt.
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40| As had been her glory, so was her dishonour increased, and her excellency was turned into mourning.
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41| Moreover king Antiochus wrote to his whole kingdom, that all should be one people,
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42| And every one should leave his laws: so all the heathen agreed according to the commandment of the king.
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43| Yea, many also of the Israelites consented to his religion, and sacrificed unto idols, and profaned the sabbath.
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44| For the king had sent letters by messengers unto Jerusalem and the cities of Juda that they should follow the strange laws of the land,
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45| And forbid burnt offerings, and sacrifice, and drink offerings, in the temple; and that they should profane the sabbaths and festival days:
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46| And pollute the sanctuary and holy people:
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47| Set up altars, and groves, and chapels of idols, and sacrifice swine’s flesh, and unclean beasts:
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48| That they should also leave their children uncircumcised, and make their souls abominable with all manner of uncleanness and profanation:
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49| To the end they might forget the law, and change all the ordinances.
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50| And whosoever would not do according to the commandment of the king, he said, he should die.
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51| In the selfsame manner wrote he to his whole kingdom, and appointed overseers over all the people, commanding the cities of Juda to sacrifice, city by city.
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52| Then many of the people were gathered unto them, to wit every one that forsook the law; and so they committed evils in the land;
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53| And drove the Israelites into secret places, even wheresoever they could flee for succour.
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54| Now the fifteenth day of the month Casleu, in the hundred forty and fifth year, they set up the abomination of desolation upon the altar, and builded idol altars throughout the cities of Juda on every side;
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55| And burnt incense at the doors of their houses, and in the streets.
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56| And when they had rent in pieces the books of the law which they found, they burnt them with fire.
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57| And whosoever was found with any the book of the testament, or if any committed to the law, the king’s commandment was, that they should put him to death.
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58| Thus did they by their authority unto the Israelites every month, to as many as were found in the cities.
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59| Now the five and twentieth day of the month they did sacrifice upon the idol altar, which was upon the altar of God.
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60| At which time according to the commandment they put to death certain women, that had caused their children to be circumcised.
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61| And they hanged the infants about their necks, and rifled their houses, and slew them that had circumcised them.
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62| Howbeit many in Israel were fully resolved and confirmed in themselves not to eat any unclean thing.
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63| Wherefore the rather to die, that they might not be defiled with meats, and that they might not profane the holy covenant: so then they died.
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64| And there was very great wrath upon Israel.
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#2
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1| In those days arose Mattathias the son of John, the son of Simeon, a priest of the sons of Joarib, from Jerusalem, and dwelt in Modin.
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2| And he had five sons, Joannan, called Caddis:
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3| Simon; called Thassi:
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4| Judas, who was called Maccabeus:
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5| Eleazar, called Avaran: and Jonathan, whose surname was Apphus.
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6| And when he saw the blasphemies that were committed in Juda and Jerusalem,
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7| He said, Woe is me! wherefore was I born to see this misery of my people, and of the holy city, and to dwell there, when it was delivered into the hand of the enemy, and the sanctuary into the hand of strangers?
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8| Her temple is become as a man without glory.
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9| Her glorious vessels are carried away into captivity, her infants are slain in the streets, her young men with the sword of the enemy.
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10| What nation hath not had a part in her kingdom and gotten of her spoils?
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11| All her ornaments are taken away; of a free woman she is become a bondslave.
|
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12| And, behold, our sanctuary, even our beauty and our glory, is laid waste, and the Gentiles have profaned it.
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13| To what end therefore shall we live any longer?
|
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14| Then Mattathias and his sons rent their clothes, and put on sackcloth, and mourned very sore.
|
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15| In the mean while the king’s officers, such as compelled the people to revolt, came into the city Modin, to make them sacrifice.
|
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16| And when many of Israel came unto them, Mattathias also and his sons came together.
|
||||
17| Then answered the king’s officers, and said to Mattathias on this wise, Thou art a ruler, and an honourable and great man in this city, and strengthened with sons and brethren:
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18| Now therefore come thou first, and fulfil the king’s commandment, like as all the heathen have done, yea, and the men of Juda also, and such as remain at Jerusalem: so shalt thou and thy house be in the number of the king’s friends, and thou and thy children shall be honoured with silver and gold, and many rewards.
|
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19| Then Mattathias answered and spake with a loud voice, Though all the nations that are under the king’s dominion obey him, and fall away every one from the religion of their fathers, and give consent to his commandments:
|
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20| Yet will I and my sons and my brethren walk in the covenant of our fathers.
|
||||
21| God forbid that we should forsake the law and the ordinances.
|
||||
22| We will not hearken to the king’s words, to go from our religion, either on the right hand, or the left.
|
||||
23| Now when he had left speaking these words, there came one of the Jews in the sight of all to sacrifice on the altar which was at Modin, according to the king’s commandment.
|
||||
24| Which thing when Mattathias saw, he was inflamed with zeal, and his reins trembled, neither could he forbear to shew his anger according to judgment: wherefore he ran, and slew him upon the altar.
|
||||
25| Also the king’s commissioner, who compelled men to sacrifice, he killed at that time, and the altar he pulled down.
|
||||
26| Thus dealt he zealously for the law of God like as Phinees did unto Zambri the son of Salom.
|
||||
27| And Mattathias cried throughout the city with a loud voice, saying, Whosoever is zealous of the law, and maintaineth the covenant, let him follow me.
|
||||
28| So he and his sons fled into the mountains, and left all that ever they had in the city.
|
||||
29| Then many that sought after justice and judgment went down into the wilderness, to dwell there:
|
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30| Both they, and their children, and their wives; and their cattle; because afflictions increased sore upon them.
|
||||
31| Now when it was told the king’s servants, and the host that was at Jerusalem, in the city of David, that certain men, who had broken the king’s commandment, were gone down into the secret places in the wilderness,
|
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32| They pursued after them a great number, and having overtaken them, they camped against them, and made war against them on the sabbath day.
|
||||
33| And they said unto them, Let that which ye have done hitherto suffice; come forth, and do according to the commandment of the king, and ye shall live.
|
||||
34| But they said, We will not come forth, neither will we do the king’s commandment, to profane the sabbath day.
|
||||
35| So then they gave them the battle with all speed.
|
||||
36| Howbeit they answered them not, neither cast they a stone at them, nor stopped the places where they lay hid;
|
||||
37| But said, Let us die all in our innocency: heaven and earth will testify for us, that ye put us to death wrongfully.
|
||||
38| So they rose up against them in battle on the sabbath, and they slew them, with their wives and children and their cattle, to the number of a thousand people.
|
||||
39| Now when Mattathias and his friends understood hereof, they mourned for them right sore.
|
||||
40| And one of them said to another, If we all do as our brethren have done, and fight not for our lives and laws against the heathen, they will now quickly root us out of the earth.
|
||||
41| At that time therefore they decreed, saying, Whosoever shall come to make battle with us on the sabbath day, we will fight against him; neither will we die all, as our brethren that were murdered in the secret places.
|
||||
42| Then came there unto him a company of Assideans who were mighty men of Israel, even all such as were voluntarily devoted unto the law.
|
||||
43| Also all they that fled for persecution joined themselves unto them, and were a stay unto them.
|
||||
44| So they joined their forces, and smote sinful men in their anger, and wicked men in their wrath: but the rest fled to the heathen for succour.
|
||||
45| Then Mattathias and his friends went round about, and pulled down the altars:
|
||||
46| And what children soever they found within the coast of Israel uncircumcised, those they circumcised valiantly.
|
||||
47| They pursued also after the proud men, and the work prospered in their hand.
|
||||
48| So they recovered the law out of the hand of the Gentiles, and out of the hand of kings, neither suffered they the sinner to triumph.
|
||||
49| Now when the time drew near that Mattathias should die, he said unto his sons, Now hath pride and rebuke gotten strength, and the time of destruction, and the wrath of indignation:
|
||||
50| Now therefore, my sons, be ye zealous for the law, and give your lives for the covenant of your fathers.
|
||||
51| Call to remembrance what acts our fathers did in their time; so shall ye receive great honour and an everlasting name.
|
||||
52| Was not Abraham found faithful in temptation, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness?
|
||||
53| Joseph in the time of his distress kept the commandment and was made lord of Egypt.
|
||||
54| Phinees our father in being zealous and fervent obtained the covenant of an everlasting priesthood.
|
||||
55| Jesus for fulfilling the word was made a judge in Israel.
|
||||
56| Caleb for bearing witness before the congregation received the heritage of the land.
|
||||
57| David for being merciful possessed the throne of an everlasting kingdom.
|
||||
58| Elias for being zealous and fervent for the law was taken up into heaven.
|
||||
59| Ananias, Azarias, and Misael, by believing were saved out of the flame.
|
||||
60| Daniel for his innocency was delivered from the mouth of lions.
|
||||
61| And thus consider ye throughout all ages, that none that put their trust in him shall be overcome.
|
||||
62| Fear not then the words of a sinful man: for his glory shall be dung and worms.
|
||||
63| To day he shall be lifted up and to morrow he shall not be found, because he is returned into his dust, and his thought is come to nothing.
|
||||
64| Wherefore, ye my sons, be valiant and shew yourselves men in the behalf of the law; for by it shall ye obtain glory.
|
||||
65| And behold, I know that your brother Simon is a man of counsel, give ear unto him alway: he shall be a father unto you.
|
||||
66| As for Judas Maccabeus, he hath been mighty and strong, even from his youth up: let him be your captain, and fight the battle of the people.
|
||||
67| Take also unto you all those that observe the law, and avenge ye the wrong of your people.
|
||||
68| Recompense fully the heathen, and take heed to the commandments of the law.
|
||||
69| So he blessed them, and was gathered to his fathers.
|
||||
70| And he died in the hundred forty and sixth year, and his sons buried him in the sepulchres of his fathers at Modin, and all Israel made great lamentation for him.
|
||||
|
||||
#3
|
||||
1| Then his son Judas, called Maccabeus, rose up in his stead.
|
||||
2| And all his brethren helped him, and so did all they that held with his father, and they fought with cheerfulness the battle of Israel.
|
||||
3| So he gat his people great honour, and put on a breastplate as a giant, and girt his warlike harness about him, and he made battles, protecting the host with his sword.
|
||||
4| In his acts he was like a lion, and like a lion’s whelp roaring for his prey.
|
||||
5| For He pursued the wicked, and sought them out, and burnt up those that vexed his people.
|
||||
6| Wherefore the wicked shrunk for fear of him, and all the workers of iniquity were troubled, because salvation prospered in his hand.
|
||||
7| He grieved also many kings, and made Jacob glad with his acts, and his memorial is blessed for ever.
|
||||
8| Moreover he went through the cities of Juda, destroying the ungodly out of them, and turning away wrath from Israel:
|
||||
9| So that he was renowned unto the utmost part of the earth, and he received unto him such as were ready to perish.
|
||||
10| Then Apollonius gathered the Gentiles together, and a great host out of Samaria, to fight against Israel.
|
||||
11| Which thing when Judas perceived, he went forth to meet him, and so he smote him, and slew him: many also fell down slain, but the rest fled.
|
||||
12| Wherefore Judas took their spoils, and Apollonius’ sword also, and therewith he fought all his life long.
|
||||
13| Now when Seron, a prince of the army of Syria, heard say that Judas had gathered unto him a multitude and company of the faithful to go out with him to war;
|
||||
14| He said, I will get me a name and honour in the kingdom; for I will go fight with Judas and them that are with him, who despise the king’s commandment.
|
||||
15| So he made him ready to go up, and there went with him a mighty host of the ungodly to help him, and to be avenged of the children of Israel.
|
||||
16| And when he came near to the going up of Bethhoron, Judas went forth to meet him with a small company:
|
||||
17| Who, when they saw the host coming to meet them, said unto Judas, How shall we be able, being so few, to fight against so great a multitude and so strong, seeing we are ready to faint with fasting all this day?
|
||||
18| Unto whom Judas answered, It is no hard matter for many to be shut up in the hands of a few; and with the God of heaven it is all one, to deliver with a great multitude, or a small company:
|
||||
19| For the victory of battle standeth not in the multitude of an host; but strength cometh from heaven.
|
||||
20| They come against us in much pride and iniquity to destroy us, and our wives and children, and to spoil us:
|
||||
21| But we fight for our lives and our laws.
|
||||
22| Wherefore the Lord himself will overthrow them before our face: and as for you, be ye not afraid of them.
|
||||
23| Now as soon as he had left off speaking, he leapt suddenly upon them, and so Seron and his host was overthrown before him.
|
||||
24| And they pursued them from the going down of Bethhoron unto the plain, where were slain about eight hundred men of them; and the residue fled into the land of the Philistines.
|
||||
25| Then began the fear of Judas and his brethren, and an exceeding great dread, to fall upon the nations round about them:
|
||||
26| Insomuch as his fame came unto the king, and all nations talked of the battles of Judas.
|
||||
27| Now when king Antiochus heard these things, he was full of indignation: wherefore he sent and gathered together all the forces of his realm, even a very strong army.
|
||||
28| He opened also his treasure, and gave his soldiers pay for a year, commanding them to be ready whensoever he should need them.
|
||||
29| Nevertheless, when he saw that the money of his treasures failed and that the tributes in the country were small, because of the dissension and plague, which he had brought upon the land in taking away the laws which had been of old time;
|
||||
30| He feared that he should not be able to bear the charges any longer, nor to have such gifts to give so liberally as he did before: for he had abounded above the kings that were before him.
|
||||
31| Wherefore, being greatly perplexed in his mind, he determined to go into Persia, there to take the tributes of the countries, and to gather much money.
|
||||
32| So he left Lysias, a nobleman, and one of the blood royal, to oversee the affairs of the king from the river Euphrates unto the borders of Egypt:
|
||||
33| And to bring up his son Antiochus, until he came again.
|
||||
34| Moreover he delivered unto him the half of his forces, and the elephants, and gave him charge of all things that he would have done, as also concerning them that dwelt in Juda and Jerusalem:
|
||||
35| To wit, that he should send an army against them, to destroy and root out the strength of Israel, and the remnant of Jerusalem, and to take away their memorial from that place;
|
||||
36| And that he should place strangers in all their quarters, and divide their land by lot.
|
||||
37| So the king took the half of the forces that remained, and departed from Antioch, his royal city, the hundred forty and seventh year; and having passed the river Euphrates, he went through the high countries.
|
||||
38| Then Lysias chose Ptolemee the son of Dorymenes, Nicanor, and Gorgias, mighty men of the king’s friends:
|
||||
39| And with them he sent forty thousand footmen, and seven thousand horsemen, to go into the land of Juda, and to destroy it, as the king commanded.
|
||||
40| So they went forth with all their power, and came and pitched by Emmaus in the plain country.
|
||||
41| And the merchants of the country, hearing the fame of them, took silver and gold very much, with servants, and came into the camp to buy the children of Israel for slaves: a power also of Syria and of the land of the Philistines joined themselves unto them.
|
||||
42| Now when Judas and his brethren saw that miseries were multiplied, and that the forces did encamp themselves in their borders: for they knew how the king had given commandment to destroy the people, and utterly abolish them;
|
||||
43| They said one to another, Let us restore the decayed fortune of our people, and let us fight for our people and the sanctuary.
|
||||
44| Then was the congregation gathered together, that they might be ready for battle, and that they might pray, and ask mercy and compassion.
|
||||
45| Now Jerusalem lay void as a wilderness, there was none of her children that went in or out: the sanctuary also was trodden down, and aliens kept the strong hold; the heathen had their habitation in that place; and joy was taken from Jacob, and the pipe with the harp ceased.
|
||||
46| Wherefore the Israelites assembled themselves together, and came to Maspha, over against Jerusalem; for in Maspha was the place where they prayed aforetime in Israel.
|
||||
47| Then they fasted that day, and put on sackcloth, and cast ashes upon their heads, and rent their clothes,
|
||||
48| And laid open the book of the law, wherein the heathen had sought to paint the likeness of their images.
|
||||
49| They brought also the priests’ garments, and the firstfruits, and the tithes: and the Nazarites they stirred up, who had accomplished their days.
|
||||
50| Then cried they with a loud voice toward heaven, saying, What shall we do with these, and whither shall we carry them away?
|
||||
51| For thy sanctuary is trodden down and profaned, and thy priests are in heaviness, and brought low.
|
||||
52| And lo, the heathen are assembled together against us to destroy us: what things they imagine against us, thou knowest.
|
||||
53| How shall we be able to stand against them, except thou, O God, be our help?
|
||||
54| Then sounded they with trumpets, and cried with a loud voice.
|
||||
55| And after this Judas ordained captains over the people, even captains over thousands, and over hundreds, and over fifties, and over tens.
|
||||
56| But as for such as were building houses, or had betrothed wives, or were planting vineyards, or were fearful, those he commanded that they should return, every man to his own house, according to the law.
|
||||
57| So the camp removed, and pitched upon the south side of Emmaus.
|
||||
58| And Judas said, arm yourselves, and be valiant men, and see that ye be in readiness against the morning, that ye may fight with these nations, that are assembled together against us to destroy us and our sanctuary:
|
||||
59| For it is better for us to die in battle, than to behold the calamities of our people and our sanctuary.
|
||||
60| Nevertheless, as the will of God is in heaven, so let him do.
|
||||
|
||||
#4
|
||||
1| Then took Gorgias five thousand footmen, and a thousand of the best horsemen, and removed out of the camp by night;
|
||||
2| To the end he might rush in upon the camp of the Jews, and smite them suddenly. And the men of the fortress were his guides.
|
||||
3| Now when Judas heard thereof he himself removed, and the valiant men with him, that he might smite the king’s army which was at Emmaus,
|
||||
4| While as yet the forces were dispersed from the camp.
|
||||
5| In the mean season came Gorgias by night into the camp of Judas: and when he found no man there, he sought them in the mountains: for said he, These fellows flee from us
|
||||
6| But as soon as it was day, Judas shewed himself in the plain with three thousand men, who nevertheless had neither armour nor swords to their minds.
|
||||
7| And they saw the camp of the heathen, that it was strong and well harnessed, and compassed round about with horsemen; and these were expert of war.
|
||||
8| Then said Judas to the men that were with him, Fear ye not their multitude, neither be ye afraid of their assault.
|
||||
9| Remember how our fathers were delivered in the Red sea, when Pharaoh pursued them with an army.
|
||||
10| Now therefore let us cry unto heaven, if peradventure the Lord will have mercy upon us, and remember the covenant of our fathers, and destroy this host before our face this day:
|
||||
11| That so all the heathen may know that there is one who delivereth and saveth Israel.
|
||||
12| Then the strangers lifted up their eyes, and saw them coming over against them.
|
||||
13| Wherefore they went out of the camp to battle; but they that were with Judas sounded their trumpets.
|
||||
14| So they joined battle, and the heathen being discomfited fled into the plain.
|
||||
15| Howbeit all the hindmost of them were slain with the sword: for they pursued them unto Gazera, and unto the plains of Idumea, and Azotus, and Jamnia, so that there were slain of them upon a three thousand men.
|
||||
16| This done, Judas returned again with his host from pursuing them,
|
||||
17| And said to the people, Be not greedy of the spoil inasmuch as there is a battle before us,
|
||||
18| And Gorgias and his host are here by us in the mountain: but stand ye now against our enemies, and overcome them, and after this ye may boldly take the spoils.
|
||||
19| As Judas was yet speaking these words, there appeared a part of them looking out of the mountain:
|
||||
20| Who when they perceived that the Jews had put their host to flight and were burning the tents; for the smoke that was seen declared what was done:
|
||||
21| When therefore they perceived these things, they were sore afraid, and seeing also the host of Judas in the plain ready to fight,
|
||||
22| They fled every one into the land of strangers.
|
||||
23| Then Judas returned to spoil the tents, where they got much gold, and silver, and blue silk, and purple of the sea, and great riches.
|
||||
24| After this they went home, and sung a song of thanksgiving, and praised the Lord in heaven: because it is good, because his mercy endureth forever.
|
||||
25| Thus Israel had a great deliverance that day.
|
||||
26| Now all the strangers that had escaped came and told Lysias what had happened:
|
||||
27| Who, when he heard thereof, was confounded and discouraged, because neither such things as he would were done unto Israel, nor such things as the king commanded him were come to pass.
|
||||
28| The next year therefore following Lysias gathered together threescore thousand choice men of foot, and five thousand horsemen, that he might subdue them.
|
||||
29| So they came into Idumea, and pitched their tents at Bethsura, and Judas met them with ten thousand men.
|
||||
30| And when he saw that mighty army, he prayed and said, Blessed art thou, O Saviour of Israel, who didst quell the violence of the mighty man by the hand of thy servant David, and gavest the host of strangers into the hands of Jonathan the son of Saul, and his armourbearer;
|
||||
31| Shut up this army in the hand of thy people Israel, and let them be confounded in their power and horsemen:
|
||||
32| Make them to be of no courage, and cause the boldness of their strength to fall away, and let them quake at their destruction:
|
||||
33| Cast them down with the sword of them that love thee, and let all those that know thy name praise thee with thanksgiving.
|
||||
34| So they joined battle; and there were slain of the host of Lysias about five thousand men, even before them were they slain.
|
||||
35| Now when Lysias saw his army put to flight, and the manliness of Judas’ soldiers, and how they were ready either to live or die valiantly, he went into Antiochia, and gathered together a company of strangers, and having made his army greater than it was, he purposed to come again into Judea.
|
||||
36| Then said Judas and his brethren, Behold, our enemies are discomfited: let us go up to cleanse and dedicate the sanctuary.
|
||||
37| Upon this all the host assembled themselves together, and went up into mount Sion.
|
||||
38| And when they saw the sanctuary desolate, and the altar profaned, and the gates burned up, and shrubs growing in the courts as in a forest, or in one of the mountains, yea, and the priests’ chambers pulled down;
|
||||
39| They rent their clothes, and made great lamentation, and cast ashes upon their heads,
|
||||
40| And fell down flat to the ground upon their faces, and blew an alarm with the trumpets, and cried toward heaven.
|
||||
41| Then Judas appointed certain men to fight against those that were in the fortress, until he had cleansed the sanctuary.
|
||||
42| So he chose priests of blameless conversation, such as had pleasure in the law:
|
||||
43| Who cleansed the sanctuary, and bare out the defiled stones into an unclean place.
|
||||
44| And when as they consulted what to do with the altar of burnt offerings, which was profaned;
|
||||
45| They thought it best to pull it down, lest it should be a reproach to them, because the heathen had defiled it: wherefore they pulled it down,
|
||||
46| And laid up the stones in the mountain of the temple in a convenient place, until there should come a prophet to shew what should be done with them.
|
||||
47| Then they took whole stones according to the law, and built a new altar according to the former;
|
||||
48| And made up the sanctuary, and the things that were within the temple, and hallowed the courts.
|
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49| They made also new holy vessels, and into the temple they brought the candlestick, and the altar of burnt offerings, and of incense, and the table.
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50| And upon the altar they burned incense, and the lamps that were upon the candlestick they lighted, that they might give light in the temple.
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51| Furthermore they set the loaves upon the table, and spread out the veils, and finished all the works which they had begun to make.
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52| Now on the five and twentieth day of the ninth month, which is called the month Casleu, in the hundred forty and eighth year, they rose up betimes in the morning,
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53| And offered sacrifice according to the law upon the new altar of burnt offerings, which they had made.
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54| Look, at what time and what day the heathen had profaned it, even in that was it dedicated with songs, and citherns, and harps, and cymbals.
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55| Then all the people fell upon their faces, worshipping and praising the God of heaven, who had given them good success.
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56| And so they kept the dedication of the altar eight days and offered burnt offerings with gladness, and sacrificed the sacrifice of deliverance and praise.
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57| They decked also the forefront of the temple with crowns of gold, and with shields; and the gates and the chambers they renewed, and hanged doors upon them.
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58| Thus was there very great gladness among the people, for that the reproach of the heathen was put away.
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59| Moreover Judas and his brethren with the whole congregation of Israel ordained, that the days of the dedication of the altar should be kept in their season from year to year by the space of eight days, from the five and twentieth day of the month Casleu, with mirth and gladness.
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60| At that time also they builded up the mount Sion with high walls and strong towers round about, lest the Gentiles should come and tread it down as they had done before.
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61| And they set there a garrison to keep it, and fortified Bethsura to preserve it; that the people might have a defence against Idumea.
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#5
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1| Now when the nations round about heard that the altar was built and the sanctuary renewed as before, it displeased them very much.
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2| Wherefore they thought to destroy the generation of Jacob that was among them, and thereupon they began to slay and destroy the people.
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3| Then Judas fought against the children of Esau in Idumea at Arabattine, because they besieged Gael: and he gave them a great overthrow, and abated their courage, and took their spoils.
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4| Also he remembered the injury of the children of Bean, who had been a snare and an offence unto the people, in that they lay in wait for them in the ways.
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5| He shut them up therefore in the towers, and encamped against them, and destroyed them utterly, and burned the towers of that place with fire, and all that were therein.
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6| Afterward he passed over to the children of Ammon, where he found a mighty power, and much people, with Timotheus their captain.
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7| So he fought many battles with them, till at length they were discomfited before him; and he smote them.
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8| And when he had taken Jazar, with the towns belonging thereto, he returned into Judea.
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9| Then the heathen that were at Galaad assembled themselves together against the Israelites that were in their quarters, to destroy them; but they fled to the fortress of Dathema.
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10| And sent letters unto Judas and his brethren, The heathen that are round about us are assembled together against us to destroy us:
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11| And they are preparing to come and take the fortress whereunto we are fled, Timotheus being captain of their host.
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12| Come now therefore, and deliver us from their hands, for many of us are slain:
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13| Yea, all our brethren that were in the places of Tobie are put to death: their wives and their children also they have carried away captives, and borne away their stuff; and they have destroyed there about a thousand men.
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14| While these letters were yet reading, behold, there came other messengers from Galilee with their clothes rent, who reported on this wise,
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15| And said, They of Ptolemais, and of Tyrus, and Sidon, and all Galilee of the Gentiles, are assembled together against us to consume us.
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16| Now when Judas and the people heard these words, there assembled a great congregation together, to consult what they should do for their brethren, that were in trouble, and assaulted of them.
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17| Then said Judas unto Simon his brother, Choose thee out men, and go and deliver thy brethren that are in Galilee, for I and Jonathan my brother will go into the country of Galaad.
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18| So he left Joseph the son of Zacharias, and Azarias, captains of the people, with the remnant of the host in Judea to keep it.
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19| Unto whom he gave commandment, saying, Take ye the charge of this people, and see that ye make not war against the heathen until the time that we come again.
|
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20| Now unto Simon were given three thousand men to go into Galilee, and unto Judas eight thousand men for the country of Galaad.
|
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21| Then went Simon into Galilee, where he fought many battles with the heathen, so that the heathen were discomfited by him.
|
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22| And he pursued them unto the gate of Ptolemais; and there were slain of the heathen about three thousand men, whose spoils he took.
|
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23| And those that were in Galilee, and in Arbattis, with their wives and their children, and all that they had, took he away with him, and brought them into Judea with great joy.
|
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24| Judas Maccabeus also and his brother Jonathan went over Jordan, and travelled three days’ journey in the wilderness,
|
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25| Where they met with the Nabathites, who came unto them in a peaceable manner, and told them every thing that had happened to their brethren in the land of Galaad:
|
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26| And how that many of them were shut up in Bosora, and Bosor, and Alema, Casphor, Maked, and Carnaim; all these cities are strong and great:
|
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27| And that they were shut up in the rest of the cities of the country of Galaad, and that against to morrow they had appointed to bring their host against the forts, and to take them, and to destroy them all in one day.
|
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28| Hereupon Judas and his host turned suddenly by the way of the wilderness unto Bosora; and when he had won the city, he slew all the males with the edge of the sword, and took all their spoils, and burned the city with fire,
|
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29| From whence he removed by night, and went till he came to the fortress.
|
||||
30| And betimes in the morning they looked up, and, behold, there was an innumerable people bearing ladders and other engines of war, to take the fortress: for they assaulted them.
|
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31| When Judas therefore saw that the battle was begun, and that the cry of the city went up to heaven, with trumpets, and a great sound,
|
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32| He said unto his host, Fight this day for your brethren.
|
||||
33| So he went forth behind them in three companies, who sounded their trumpets, and cried with prayer.
|
||||
34| Then the host of Timotheus, knowing that it was Maccabeus, fled from him: wherefore he smote them with a great slaughter; so that there were killed of them that day about eight thousand men.
|
||||
35| This done, Judas turned aside to Maspha; and after he had assaulted it he took and slew all the males therein, and received the spoils thereof and burnt it with fire.
|
||||
36| From thence went he, and took Casphon, Maged, Bosor, and the other cities of the country of Galaad.
|
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37| After these things gathered Timotheus another host and encamped against Raphon beyond the brook.
|
||||
38| So Judas sent men to espy the host, who brought him word, saying, All the heathen that be round about us are assembled unto them, even a very great host.
|
||||
39| He hath also hired the Arabians to help them and they have pitched their tents beyond the brook, ready to come and fight against thee. Upon this Judas went to meet them.
|
||||
40| Then Timotheus said unto the captains of his host, When Judas and his host come near the brook, if he pass over first unto us, we shall not be able to withstand him; for he will mightily prevail against us:
|
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41| But if he be afraid, and camp beyond the river, we shall go over unto him, and prevail against him.
|
||||
42| Now when Judas came near the brook, he caused the scribes of the people to remain by the brook: unto whom he gave commandment, saying, Suffer no man to remain in the camp, but let all come to the battle.
|
||||
43| So he went first over unto them, and all the people after him: then all the heathen, being discomfited before him, cast away their weapons, and fled unto the temple that was at Carnaim.
|
||||
44| But they took the city, and burned the temple with all that were therein. Thus was Carnaim subdued, neither could they stand any longer before Judas.
|
||||
45| Then Judas gathered together all the Israelites that were in the country of Galaad, from the least unto the greatest, even their wives, and their children, and their stuff, a very great host, to the end they might come into the land of Judea.
|
||||
46| Now when they came unto Ephron, (this was a great city in the way as they should go, very well fortified) they could not turn from it, either on the right hand or the left, but must needs pass through the midst of it.
|
||||
47| Then they of the city shut them out, and stopped up the gates with stones.
|
||||
48| Whereupon Judas sent unto them in peaceable manner, saying, Let us pass through your land to go into our own country, and none shall do you any hurt; we will only pass through on foot: howbeit they would not open unto him.
|
||||
49| Wherefore Judas commanded a proclamation to be made throughout the host, that every man should pitch his tent in the place where he was.
|
||||
50| So the soldiers pitched, and assaulted the city all that day and all that night, till at the length the city was delivered into his hands:
|
||||
51| Who then slew all the males with the edge of the sword, and rased the city, and took the spoils thereof, and passed through the city over them that were slain.
|
||||
52| After this went they over Jordan into the great plain before Bethsan.
|
||||
53| And Judas gathered together those that came behind, and exhorted the people all the way through, till they came into the land of Judea.
|
||||
54| So they went up to mount Sion with joy and gladness, where they offered burnt offerings, because not one of them were slain until they had returned in peace.
|
||||
55| Now what time as Judas and Jonathan were in the land of Galaad, and Simon his brother in Galilee before Ptolemais,
|
||||
56| Joseph the son of Zacharias, and Azarias, captains of the garrisons, heard of the valiant acts and warlike deeds which they had done.
|
||||
57| Wherefore they said, Let us also get us a name, and go fight against the heathen that are round about us.
|
||||
58| So when they had given charge unto the garrison that was with them, they went toward Jamnia.
|
||||
59| Then came Gorgias and his men out of the city to fight against them.
|
||||
60| And so it was, that Joseph and Azarias were put to flight, and pursued unto the borders of Judea: and there were slain that day of the people of Israel about two thousand men.
|
||||
61| Thus was there a great overthrow among the children of Israel, because they were not obedient unto Judas and his brethren, but thought to do some valiant act.
|
||||
62| Moreover these men came not of the seed of those, by whose hand deliverance was given unto Israel.
|
||||
63| Howbeit the man Judas and his brethren were greatly renowned in the sight of all Israel, and of all the heathen, wheresoever their name was heard of;
|
||||
64| Insomuch as the people assembled unto them with joyful acclamations.
|
||||
65| Afterward went Judas forth with his brethren, and fought against the children of Esau in the land toward the south, where he smote Hebron, and the towns thereof, and pulled down the fortress of it, and burned the towers thereof round about.
|
||||
66| From thence he removed to go into the land of the Philistines, and passed through Samaria.
|
||||
67| At that time certain priests, desirous to shew their valour, were slain in battle, for that they went out to fight unadvisedly.
|
||||
68| So Judas turned to Azotus in the land of the Philistines, and when he had pulled down their altars, and burned their carved images with fire, and spoiled their cities, he returned into the land of Judea.
|
||||
|
||||
#6
|
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1| About that time king Antiochus travelling through the high countries heard say, that Elymais in the country of Persia was a city greatly renowned for riches, silver, and gold;
|
||||
2| And that there was in it a very rich temple, wherein were coverings of gold, and breastplates, and shields, which Alexander, son of Philip, the Macedonian king, who reigned first among the Grecians, had left there.
|
||||
3| Wherefore he came and sought to take the city, and to spoil it; but he was not able, because they of the city, having had warning thereof,
|
||||
4| Rose up against him in battle: so he fled, and departed thence with great heaviness, and returned to Babylon.
|
||||
5| Moreover there came one who brought him tidings into Persia, that the armies, which went against the land of Judea, were put to flight:
|
||||
6| And that Lysias, who went forth first with a great power was driven away of the Jews; and that they were made strong by the armour, and power, and store of spoils, which they had gotten of the armies, whom they had destroyed:
|
||||
7| Also that they had pulled down the abomination, which he had set up upon the altar in Jerusalem, and that they had compassed about the sanctuary with high walls, as before, and his city Bethsura.
|
||||
8| Now when the king heard these words, he was astonished and sore moved: whereupon he laid him down upon his bed, and fell sick for grief, because it had not befallen him as he looked for.
|
||||
9| And there he continued many days: for his grief was ever more and more, and he made account that he should die.
|
||||
10| Wherefore he called for all his friends, and said unto them, The sleep is gone from mine eyes, and my heart faileth for very care.
|
||||
11| And I thought with myself, Into what tribulation am I come, and how great a flood of misery is it, wherein now I am! for I was bountiful and beloved in my power.
|
||||
12| But now I remember the evils that I did at Jerusalem, and that I took all the vessels of gold and silver that were therein, and sent to destroy the inhabitants of Judea without a cause.
|
||||
13| I perceive therefore that for this cause these troubles are come upon me, and, behold, I perish through great grief in a strange land.
|
||||
14| Then called he for Philip, one of his friends, who he made ruler over all his realm,
|
||||
15| And gave him the crown, and his robe, and his signet, to the end he should bring up his son Antiochus, and nourish him up for the kingdom.
|
||||
16| So king Antiochus died there in the hundred forty and ninth year.
|
||||
17| Now when Lysias knew that the king was dead, he set up Antiochus his son, whom he had brought up being young, to reign in his stead, and his name he called Eupator.
|
||||
18| About this time they that were in the tower shut up the Israelites round about the sanctuary, and sought always their hurt, and the strengthening of the heathen.
|
||||
19| Wherefore Judas, purposing to destroy them, called all the people together to besiege them.
|
||||
20| So they came together, and besieged them in the hundred and fiftieth year, and he made mounts for shot against them, and other engines.
|
||||
21| Howbeit certain of them that were besieged got forth, unto whom some ungodly men of Israel joined themselves:
|
||||
22| And they went unto the king, and said, How long will it be ere thou execute judgment, and avenge our brethren?
|
||||
23| We have been willing to serve thy father, and to do as he would have us, and to obey his commandments;
|
||||
24| For which cause they of our nation besiege the tower, and are alienated from us: moreover as many of us as they could light on they slew, and spoiled our inheritance.
|
||||
25| Neither have they stretched out their hand against us only, but also against their borders.
|
||||
26| And, behold, this day are they besieging the tower at Jerusalem, to take it: the sanctuary also and Bethsura have they fortified.
|
||||
27| Wherefore if thou dost not prevent them quickly, they will do the greater things than these, neither shalt thou be able to rule them.
|
||||
28| Now when the king heard this, he was angry, and gathered together all his friends, and the captains of his army, and those that had charge of the horse.
|
||||
29| There came also unto him from other kingdoms, and from isles of the sea, bands of hired soldiers.
|
||||
30| So that the number of his army was an hundred thousand footmen, and twenty thousand horsemen, and two and thirty elephants exercised in battle.
|
||||
31| These went through Idumea, and pitched against Bethsura, which they assaulted many days, making engines of war; but they of Bethsura came out, and burned them with fire, and fought valiantly.
|
||||
32| Upon this Judas removed from the tower, and pitched in Bathzacharias, over against the king’s camp.
|
||||
33| Then the king rising very early marched fiercely with his host toward Bathzacharias, where his armies made them ready to battle, and sounded the trumpets.
|
||||
34| And to the end they might provoke the elephants to fight, they shewed them the blood of grapes and mulberries.
|
||||
35| Moreover they divided the beasts among the armies, and for every elephant they appointed a thousand men, armed with coats of mail, and with helmets of brass on their heads; and beside this, for every beast were ordained five hundred horsemen of the best.
|
||||
36| These were ready at every occasion: wheresoever the beast was, and whithersoever the beast went, they went also, neither departed they from him.
|
||||
37| And upon the beasts were there strong towers of wood, which covered every one of them, and were girt fast unto them with devices: there were also upon every one two and thirty strong men, that fought upon them, beside the Indian that ruled him.
|
||||
38| As for the remnant of the horsemen, they set them on this side and that side at the two parts of the host giving them signs what to do, and being harnessed all over amidst the ranks.
|
||||
39| Now when the sun shone upon the shields of gold and brass, the mountains glistered therewith, and shined like lamps of fire.
|
||||
40| So part of the king’s army being spread upon the high mountains, and part on the valleys below, they marched on safely and in order.
|
||||
41| Wherefore all that heard the noise of their multitude, and the marching of the company, and the rattling of the harness, were moved: for the army was very great and mighty.
|
||||
42| Then Judas and his host drew near, and entered into battle, and there were slain of the king’s army six hundred men.
|
||||
43| Eleazar also, surnamed Savaran, perceiving that one of the beasts, armed with royal harness, was higher than all the rest, and supposing that the king was upon him,
|
||||
44| Put himself in jeopardy, to the end he might deliver his people, and get him a perpetual name:
|
||||
45| Wherefore he ran upon him courageously through the midst of the battle, slaying on the right hand and on the left, so that they were divided from him on both sides.
|
||||
46| Which done, he crept under the elephant, and thrust him under, and slew him: whereupon the elephant fell down upon him, and there he died.
|
||||
47| Howbeit the rest of the Jews seeing the strength of the king, and the violence of his forces, turned away from them.
|
||||
48| Then the king’s army went up to Jerusalem to meet them, and the king pitched his tents against Judea, and against mount Sion.
|
||||
49| But with them that were in Bethsura he made peace: for they came out of the city, because they had no victuals there to endure the siege, it being a year of rest to the land.
|
||||
50| So the king took Bethsura, and set a garrison there to keep it.
|
||||
51| As for the sanctuary, he besieged it many days: and set there artillery with engines and instruments to cast fire and stones, and pieces to cast darts and slings.
|
||||
52| Whereupon they also made engines against their engines, and held them battle a long season.
|
||||
53| Yet at the last, their vessels being without victuals, (for that it was the seventh year, and they in Judea that were delivered from the Gentiles, had eaten up the residue of the store;)
|
||||
54| There were but a few left in the sanctuary, because the famine did so prevail against them, that they were fain to disperse themselves, every man to his own place.
|
||||
55| At that time Lysias heard say, that Philip, whom Antiochus the king, whiles he lived, had appointed to bring up his son Antiochus, that he might be king,
|
||||
56| Was returned out of Persia and Media, and the king’s host also that went with him, and that he sought to take unto him the ruling of the affairs.
|
||||
57| Wherefore he went in all haste, and said to the king and the captains of the host and the company, We decay daily, and our victuals are but small, and the place we lay siege unto is strong, and the affairs of the kingdom lie upon us:
|
||||
58| Now therefore let us be friends with these men, and make peace with them, and with all their nation;
|
||||
59| And covenant with them, that they shall live after their laws, as they did before: for they are therefore displeased, and have done all these things, because we abolished their laws.
|
||||
60| So the king and the princes were content: wherefore he sent unto them to make peace; and they accepted thereof.
|
||||
61| Also the king and the princes made an oath unto them: whereupon they went out of the strong hold.
|
||||
62| Then the king entered into mount Sion; but when he saw the strength of the place, he broke his oath that he had made, and gave commandment to pull down the wall round about.
|
||||
63| Afterward departed he in all haste, and returned unto Antiochia, where he found Philip to be master of the city: so he fought against him, and took the city by force.
|
||||
|
||||
#7
|
||||
1| In the hundred and one and fiftieth year Demetrius the son of Seleucus departed from Rome, and came up with a few men unto a city of the sea coast, and reigned there.
|
||||
2| And as he entered into the palace of his ancestors, so it was, that his forces had taken Antiochus and Lysias, to bring them unto him.
|
||||
3| Wherefore, when he knew it, he said, Let me not see their faces.
|
||||
4| So his host slew them. Now when Demetrius was set upon the throne of his kingdom,
|
||||
5| There came unto him all the wicked and ungodly men of Israel, having Alcimus, who was desirous to be high priest, for their captain:
|
||||
6| And they accused the people to the king, saying, Judas and his brethren have slain all thy friends, and driven us out of our own land.
|
||||
7| Now therefore send some man whom thou trustest, and let him go and see what havock he hath made among us, and in the king’s land, and let him punish them with all them that aid them.
|
||||
8| Then the king chose Bacchides, a friend of the king, who ruled beyond the flood, and was a great man in the kingdom, and faithful to the king,
|
||||
9| And him he sent with that wicked Alcimus, whom he made high priest, and commanded that he should take vengeance of the children of Israel.
|
||||
10| So they departed, and came with a great power into the land of Judea, where they sent messengers to Judas and his brethren with peaceable words deceitfully.
|
||||
11| But they gave no heed to their words; for they saw that they were come with a great power.
|
||||
12| Then did there assemble unto Alcimus and Bacchides a company of scribes, to require justice.
|
||||
13| Now the Assideans were the first among the children of Israel that sought peace of them:
|
||||
14| For said they, One that is a priest of the seed of Aaron is come with this army, and he will do us no wrong.
|
||||
15| So he spake unto them, peaceably, and sware unto them, saying, we will procure the harm neither of you nor your friends.
|
||||
16| Whereupon they believed him: howbeit he took of them threescore men, and slew them in one day, according to the words which he wrote,
|
||||
17| The flesh of thy saints have they cast out, and their blood have they shed round about Jerusalem, and there was none to bury them.
|
||||
18| Wherefore the fear and dread of them fell upon all the people, who said, There is neither truth nor righteousness in them; for they have broken the covenant and oath that they made.
|
||||
19| After this, removed Bacchides from Jerusalem, and pitched his tents in Bezeth, where he sent and took many of the men that had forsaken him, and certain of the people also, and when he had slain them, he cast them into the great pit.
|
||||
20| Then committed he the country to Alcimus, and left with him a power to aid him: so Bacchides went to the king.
|
||||
21| But Alcimus contended for the high priesthood.
|
||||
22| And unto him resorted all such as troubled the people, who, after they had gotten the land of Juda into their power, did much hurt in Israel.
|
||||
23| Now when Judas saw all the mischief that Alcimus and his company had done among the Israelites, even above the heathen,
|
||||
24| He went out into all the coasts of Judea round about, and took vengeance of them that had revolted from him, so that they durst no more go forth into the country.
|
||||
25| On the other side, when Alcimus saw that Judas and his company had gotten the upper hand, and knew that he was not able to abide their force, he went again to the king, and said all the worst of them that he could.
|
||||
26| Then the king sent Nicanor, one of his honourable princes, a man that bare deadly hate unto Israel, with commandment to destroy the people.
|
||||
27| So Nicanor came to Jerusalem with a great force; and sent unto Judas and his brethren deceitfully with friendly words, saying,
|
||||
28| Let there be no battle between me and you; I will come with a few men, that I may see you in peace.
|
||||
29| He came therefore to Judas, and they saluted one another peaceably. Howbeit the enemies were prepared to take away Judas by violence.
|
||||
30| Which thing after it was known to Judas, to wit, that he came unto him with deceit, he was sore afraid of him, and would see his face no more.
|
||||
31| Nicanor also, when he saw that his counsel was discovered, went out to fight against Judas beside Capharsalama:
|
||||
32| Where there were slain of Nicanor’s side about five thousand men, and the rest fled into the city of David.
|
||||
33| After this went Nicanor up to mount Sion, and there came out of the sanctuary certain of the priests and certain of the elders of the people, to salute him peaceably, and to shew him the burnt sacrifice that was offered for the king.
|
||||
34| But he mocked them, and laughed at them, and abused them shamefully, and spake proudly,
|
||||
35| And sware in his wrath, saying, Unless Judas and his host be now delivered into my hands, if ever I come again in safety, I will burn up this house: and with that he went out in a great rage.
|
||||
36| Then the priests entered in, and stood before the altar and the temple, weeping, and saying,
|
||||
37| Thou, O Lord, didst choose this house to be called by thy name, and to be a house of prayer and petition for thy people:
|
||||
38| Be avenged of this man and his host, and let them fall by the sword: remember their blasphemies, and suffer them not to continue any longer.
|
||||
39| So Nicanor went out of Jerusalem, and pitched his tents in Bethhoron, where an host out of Syria met him.
|
||||
40| But Judas pitched in Adasa with three thousand men, and there he prayed, saying,
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41| O Lord, when they that were sent from the king of the Assyrians blasphemed, thine angel went out, and smote an hundred fourscore and five thousand of them.
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42| Even so destroy thou this host before us this day, that the rest may know that he hath spoken blasphemously against thy sanctuary, and judge thou him according to his wickedness.
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43| So the thirteenth day of the month Adar the hosts joined battle: but Nicanor’s host was discomfited, and he himself was first slain in the battle.
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44| Now when Nicanor’s host saw that he was slain, they cast away their weapons, and fled.
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45| Then they pursued after them a day’s journey, from Adasa unto Gazera, sounding an alarm after them with their trumpets.
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46| Whereupon they came forth out of all the towns of Judea round about, and closed them in; so that they, turning back upon them that pursued them, were all slain with the sword, and not one of them was left.
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47| Afterwards they took the spoils, and the prey, and smote off Nicanor’s head, and his right hand, which he stretched out so proudly, and brought them away, and hanged them up toward Jerusalem.
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48| For this cause the people rejoiced greatly, and they kept that day a day of great gladness.
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49| Moreover they ordained to keep yearly this day, being the thirteenth of Adar.
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50| Thus the land of Juda was in rest a little while.
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#8
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1| Now Judas had heard of the fame of the Romans, that they were mighty and valiant men, and such as would lovingly accept all that joined themselves unto them, and make a league of amity with all that came unto them;
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2| And that they were men of great valour. It was told him also of their wars and noble acts which they had done among the Galatians, and how they had conquered them, and brought them under tribute;
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3| And what they had done in the country of Spain, for the winning of the mines of the silver and gold which is there;
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4| And that by their policy and patience they had conquered all the place, though it were very far from them; and the kings also that came against them from the uttermost part of the earth, till they had discomfited them, and given them a great overthrow, so that the rest did give them tribute every year:
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5| Beside this, how they had discomfited in battle Philip, and Perseus, king of the Citims, with others that lifted up themselves against them, and had overcome them:
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6| How also Antiochus the great king of Asia, that came against them in battle, having an hundred and twenty elephants, with horsemen, and chariots, and a very great army, was discomfited by them;
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7| And how they took him alive, and covenanted that he and such as reigned after him should pay a great tribute, and give hostages, and that which was agreed upon,
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8| And the country of India, and Media and Lydia and of the goodliest countries, which they took of him, and gave to king Eumenes:
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9| Moreover how the Grecians had determined to come and destroy them;
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10| And that they, having knowledge thereof sent against them a certain captain, and fighting with them slew many of them, and carried away captives their wives and their children, and spoiled them, and took possession of their lands, and pulled down their strong holds, and brought them to be their servants unto this day:
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11| It was told him besides, how they destroyed and brought under their dominion all other kingdoms and isles that at any time resisted them;
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12| But with their friends and such as relied upon them they kept amity: and that they had conquered kingdoms both far and nigh, insomuch as all that heard of their name were afraid of them:
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13| Also that, whom they would help to a kingdom, those reign; and whom again they would, they displace: finally, that they were greatly exalted:
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14| Yet for all this none of them wore a crown or was clothed in purple, to be magnified thereby:
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15| Moreover how they had made for themselves a senate house, wherein three hundred and twenty men sat in council daily, consulting alway for the people, to the end they might be well ordered:
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16| And that they committed their government to one man every year, who ruled over all their country, and that all were obedient to that one, and that there was neither envy nor emulation among them.
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17| In consideration of these things, Judas chose Eupolemus the son of John, the son of Accos, and Jason the son of Eleazar, and sent them to Rome, to make a league of amity and confederacy with them,
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18| And to intreat them that they would take the yoke from them; for they saw that the kingdom of the Grecians did oppress Israel with servitude.
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19| They went therefore to Rome, which was a very great journey, and came into the senate, where they spake and said.
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20| Judas Maccabeus with his brethren, and the people of the Jews, have sent us unto you, to make a confederacy and peace with you, and that we might be registered your confederates and friends.
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21| So that matter pleased the Romans well.
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22| And this is the copy of the epistle which the senate wrote back again in tables of brass, and sent to Jerusalem, that there they might have by them a memorial of peace and confederacy:
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23| Good success be to the Romans, and to the people of the Jews, by sea and by land for ever: the sword also and enemy be far from them,
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24| If there come first any war upon the Romans or any of their confederates throughout all their dominion,
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25| The people of the Jews shall help them, as the time shall be appointed, with all their heart:
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26| Neither shall they give any thing unto them that make war upon them, or aid them with victuals, weapons, money, or ships, as it hath seemed good unto the Romans; but they shall keep their covenants without taking any thing therefore.
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27| In the same manner also, if war come first upon the nation of the Jews, the Romans shall help them with all their heart, according as the time shall be appointed them:
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28| Neither shall victuals be given to them that take part against them, or weapons, or money, or ships, as it hath seemed good to the Romans; but they shall keep their covenants, and that without deceit.
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29| According to these articles did the Romans make a covenant with the people of the Jews.
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30| Howbeit if hereafter the one party or the other shall think to meet to add or diminish any thing, they may do it at their pleasures, and whatsoever they shall add or take away shall be ratified.
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31| And as touching the evils that Demetrius doeth to the Jews, we have written unto him, saying, Wherefore thou made thy yoke heavy upon our friends and confederates the Jews?
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32| If therefore they complain any more against thee, we will do them justice, and fight with thee by sea and by land.
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#9
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1| Furthermore, when Demetrius heard the Nicanor and his host were slain in battle, he sent Bacchides and Alcimus into the land of Judea the second time, and with them the chief strength of his host:
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2| Who went forth by the way that leadeth to Galgala, and pitched their tents before Masaloth, which is in Arbela, and after they had won it, they slew much people.
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3| Also the first month of the hundred fifty and second year they encamped before Jerusalem:
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4| From whence they removed, and went to Berea, with twenty thousand footmen and two thousand horsemen.
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5| Now Judas had pitched his tents at Eleasa, and three thousand chosen men with him:
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6| Who seeing the multitude of the other army to he so great were sore afraid; whereupon many conveyed themselves out of the host, insomuch as abode of them no more but eight hundred men.
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7| When Judas therefore saw that his host slipt away, and that the battle pressed upon him, he was sore troubled in mind, and much distressed, for that he had no time to gather them together.
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8| Nevertheless unto them that remained he said, Let us arise and go up against our enemies, if peradventure we may be able to fight with them.
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9| But they dehorted him, saying, We shall never be able: let us now rather save our lives, and hereafter we will return with our brethren, and fight against them: for we are but few.
|
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10| Then Judas said, God forbid that I should do this thing, and flee away from them: if our time be come, let us die manfully for our brethren, and let us not stain our honour.
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11| With that the host of Bacchides removed out of their tents, and stood over against them, their horsemen being divided into two troops, and their slingers and archers going before the host and they that marched in the foreward were all mighty men.
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12| As for Bacchides, he was in the right wing: so the host drew near on the two parts, and sounded their trumpets.
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13| They also of Judas’ side, even they sounded their trumpets also, so that the earth shook at the noise of the armies, and the battle continued from morning till night.
|
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14| Now when Judas perceived that Bacchides and the strength of his army were on the right side, he took with him all the hardy men,
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15| Who discomfited the right wing, and pursued them unto the mount Azotus.
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16| But when they of the left wing saw that they of the right wing were discomfited, they followed upon Judas and those that were with him hard at the heels from behind:
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||||
17| Whereupon there was a sore battle, insomuch as many were slain on both parts.
|
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18| Judas also was killed, and the remnant fled.
|
||||
19| Then Jonathan and Simon took Judas their brother, and buried him in the sepulchre of his fathers in Modin.
|
||||
20| Moreover they bewailed him, and all Israel made great lamentation for him, and mourned many days, saying,
|
||||
21| How is the valiant man fallen, that delivered Israel!
|
||||
22| As for the other things concerning Judas and his wars, and the noble acts which he did, and his greatness, they are not written: for they were very many.
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2|
|
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3| Now after the death of Judas the wicked began to put forth their heads in all the coasts of Israel, and there arose up all such as wrought iniquity.
|
||||
24| In those days also was there a very great famine, by reason whereof the country revolted, and went with them.
|
||||
25| Then Bacchides chose the wicked men, and made them lords of the country.
|
||||
26| And they made enquiry and search for Judas’ friends, and brought them unto Bacchides, who took vengeance of them, and used them despitefully.
|
||||
27| So was there a great affliction in Israel, the like whereof was not since the time that a prophet was not seen among them.
|
||||
28| For this cause all Judas’ friends came together, and said unto Jonathan,
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||||
29| Since thy brother Judas died, we have no man like him to go forth against our enemies, and Bacchides, and against them of our nation that are adversaries to us.
|
||||
30| Now therefore we have chosen thee this day to be our prince and captain in his stead, that thou mayest fight our battles.
|
||||
31| Upon this Jonathan took the governance upon him at that time, and rose up instead of his brother Judas.
|
||||
32| But when Bacchides gat knowledge thereof, he sought for to slay him
|
||||
33| Then Jonathan, and Simon his brother, and all that were with him, perceiving that, fled into the wilderness of Thecoe, and pitched their tents by the water of the pool Asphar.
|
||||
34| Which when Bacchides understood, he came near to Jordan with all his host upon the sabbath day.
|
||||
35| Now Jonathan had sent his brother John, a captain of the people, to pray his friends the Nabathites, that they might leave with them their carriage, which was much.
|
||||
36| But the children of Jambri came out of Medaba, and took John, and all that he had, and went their way with it.
|
||||
37| After this came word to Jonathan and Simon his brother, that the children of Jambri made a great marriage, and were bringing the bride from Nadabatha with a great train, as being the daughter of one of the great princes of Chanaan.
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38| Therefore they remembered John their brother, and went up, and hid themselves under the covert of the mountain:
|
||||
39| Where they lifted up their eyes, and looked, and, behold, there was much ado and great carriage: and the bridegroom came forth, and his friends and brethren, to meet them with drums, and instruments of musick, and many weapons.
|
||||
40| Then Jonathan and they that were with him rose up against them from the place where they lay in ambush, and made a slaughter of them in such sort, as many fell down dead, and the remnant fled into the mountain, and they took all their spoils.
|
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41| Thus was the marriage turned into mourning, and the noise of their melody into lamentation.
|
||||
42| So when they had avenged fully the blood of their brother, they turned again to the marsh of Jordan.
|
||||
43| Now when Bacchides heard hereof, he came on the sabbath day unto the banks of Jordan with a great power.
|
||||
44| Then Jonathan said to his company, Let us go up now and fight for our lives, for it standeth not with us to day, as in time past:
|
||||
45| For, behold, the battle is before us and behind us, and the water of Jordan on this side and that side, the marsh likewise and wood, neither is there place for us to turn aside.
|
||||
46| Wherefore cry ye now unto heaven, that ye may be delivered from the hand of your enemies.
|
||||
47| With that they joined battle, and Jonathan stretched forth his hand to smite Bacchides, but he turned back from him.
|
||||
48| Then Jonathan and they that were with him leapt into Jordan, and swam over unto the other bank: howbeit the other passed not over Jordan unto them.
|
||||
49| So there were slain of Bacchides’ side that day about a thousand men.
|
||||
50| Afterward returned Bacchides to Jerusalem and repaired the strong cites in Judea; the fort in Jericho, and Emmaus, and Bethhoron, and Bethel, and Thamnatha, Pharathoni, and Taphon, these did he strengthen with high walls, with gates and with bars.
|
||||
51| And in them he set a garrison, that they might work malice upon Israel.
|
||||
52| He fortified also the city Bethsura, and Gazera, and the tower, and put forces in them, and provision of victuals.
|
||||
53| Besides, he took the chief men’s sons in the country for hostages, and put them into the tower at Jerusalem to be kept.
|
||||
54| Moreover in the hundred fifty and third year, in the second month, Alcimus commanded that the wall of the inner court of the sanctuary should be pulled down; he pulled down also the works of the prophets
|
||||
55| And as he began to pull down, even at that time was Alcimus plagued, and his enterprises hindered: for his mouth was stopped, and he was taken with a palsy, so that he could no more speak any thing, nor give order concerning his house.
|
||||
56| So Alcimus died at that time with great torment.
|
||||
57| Now when Bacchides saw that Alcimus was dead, he returned to the king: whereupon the land of Judea was in rest two years.
|
||||
58| Then all the ungodly men held a council, saying, Behold, Jonathan and his company are at ease, and dwell without care: now therefore we will bring Bacchides hither, who shall take them all in one night.
|
||||
59| So they went and consulted with him.
|
||||
60| Then removed he, and came with a great host, and sent letters privily to his adherents in Judea, that they should take Jonathan and those that were with him: howbeit they could not, because their counsel was known unto them.
|
||||
61| Wherefore they took of the men of the country, that were authors of that mischief, about fifty persons, and slew them.
|
||||
62| Afterward Jonathan, and Simon, and they that were with him, got them away to Bethbasi, which is in the wilderness, and they repaired the decays thereof, and made it strong.
|
||||
63| Which thing when Bacchides knew, he gathered together all his host, and sent word to them that were of Judea.
|
||||
64| Then went he and laid siege against Bethbasi; and they fought against it a long season and made engines of war.
|
||||
65| But Jonathan left his brother Simon in the city, and went forth himself into the country, and with a certain number went he forth.
|
||||
66| And he smote Odonarkes and his brethren, and the children of Phasiron in their tent.
|
||||
67| And when he began to smite them, and came up with his forces, Simon and his company went out of the city, and burned up the engines of war,
|
||||
68| And fought against Bacchides, who was discomfited by them, and they afflicted him sore: for his counsel and travail was in vain.
|
||||
69| Wherefore he was very wroth at the wicked men that gave him counsel to come into the country, inasmuch as he slew many of them, and purposed to return into his own country.
|
||||
70| Whereof when Jonathan had knowledge, he sent ambassadors unto him, to the end he should make peace with him, and deliver them the prisoners.
|
||||
71| Which thing he accepted, and did according to his demands, and sware unto him that he would never do him harm all the days of his life.
|
||||
72| When therefore he had restored unto him the prisoners that he had taken aforetime out of the land of Judea, he returned and went his way into his own land, neither came he any more into their borders.
|
||||
73| Thus the sword ceased from Israel: but Jonathan dwelt at Machmas, and began to govern the people; and he destroyed the ungodly men out of Israel. 0
|
||||
|
||||
#10
|
||||
1| In the hundred and sixtieth year Alexander, the son of Antiochus surnamed Epiphanes, went up and took Ptolemais: for the people had received him, by means whereof he reigned there,
|
||||
2| Now when king Demetrius heard thereof, he gathered together an exceeding great host, and went forth against him to fight.
|
||||
3| Moreover Demetrius sent letters unto Jonathan with loving words, so as he magnified him.
|
||||
4| For said he, Let us first make peace with him, before he join with Alexander against us:
|
||||
5| Else he will remember all the evils that we have done against him, and against his brethren and his people.
|
||||
6| Wherefore he gave him authority to gather together an host, and to provide weapons, that he might aid him in battle: he commanded also that the hostages that were in the tower should be delivered him.
|
||||
7| Then came Jonathan to Jerusalem, and read the letters in the audience of all the people, and of them that were in the tower:
|
||||
8| Who were sore afraid, when they heard that the king had given him authority to gather together an host.
|
||||
9| Whereupon they of the tower delivered their hostages unto Jonathan, and he delivered them unto their parents.
|
||||
10| This done, Jonathan settled himself in Jerusalem, and began to build and repair the city.
|
||||
11| And he commanded the workmen to build the walls and the mount Sion and about with square stones for fortification; and they did so.
|
||||
12| Then the strangers, that were in the fortresses which Bacchides had built, fled away;
|
||||
13| Insomuch as every man left his place, and went into his own country.
|
||||
14| Only at Bethsura certain of those that had forsaken the law and the commandments remained still: for it was their place of refuge.
|
||||
15| Now when king Alexander had heard what promises Demetrius had sent unto Jonathan: when also it was told him of the battles and noble acts which he and his brethren had done, and of the pains that they had endured,
|
||||
16| He said, Shall we find such another man? now therefore we will make him our friend and confederate.
|
||||
17| Upon this he wrote a letter, and sent it unto him, according to these words, saying,
|
||||
18| King Alexander to his brother Jonathan sendeth greeting:
|
||||
19| We have heard of thee, that thou art a man of great power, and meet to be our friend.
|
||||
20| Wherefore now this day we ordain thee to be the high priest of thy nation, and to be called the king’s friend; (and therewithal he sent him a purple robe and a crown of gold:) and require thee to take our part, and keep friendship with us.
|
||||
21| So in the seventh month of the hundred and sixtieth year, at the feast of the tabernacles, Jonathan put on the holy robe, and gathered together forces, and provided much armour.
|
||||
22| Whereof when Demetrius heard, he was very sorry, and said,
|
||||
23| What have we done, that Alexander hath prevented us in making amity with the Jews to strengthen himself?
|
||||
24| I also will write unto them words of encouragement, and promise them dignities and gifts, that I may have their aid.
|
||||
25| He sent unto them therefore to this effect: King Demetrius unto the people of the Jews sendeth greeting:
|
||||
26| Whereas ye have kept covenants with us, and continued in our friendship, not joining yourselves with our enemies, we have heard hereof, and are glad.
|
||||
27| Wherefore now continue ye still to be faithful unto us, and we will well recompense you for the things ye do in our behalf,
|
||||
28| And will grant you many immunities, and give you rewards.
|
||||
29| And now do I free you, and for your sake I release all the Jews, from tributes, and from the customs of salt, and from crown taxes,
|
||||
30| And from that which appertaineth unto me to receive for the third part or the seed, and the half of the fruit of the trees, I release it from this day forth, so that they shall not be taken of the land of Judea, nor of the three governments which are added thereunto out of the country of Samaria and Galilee, from this day forth for evermore.
|
||||
31| Let Jerusalem also be holy and free, with the borders thereof, both from tenths and tributes.
|
||||
32| And as for the tower which is at Jerusalem, I yield up authority over it, and give the high priest, that he may set in it such men as he shall choose to keep it.
|
||||
33| Moreover I freely set at liberty every one of the Jews, that were carried captives out of the land of Judea into any part of my kingdom, and I will that all my officers remit the tributes even of their cattle.
|
||||
34| Furthermore I will that all the feasts, and sabbaths, and new moons, and solemn days, and the three days before the feast, and the three days after the feast shall be all of immunity and freedom for all the Jews in my realm.
|
||||
35| Also no man shall have authority to meddle with or to molest any of them in any matter.
|
||||
36| I will further, that there be enrolled among the king’s forces about thirty thousand men of the Jews, unto whom pay shall be given, as belongeth to all king’s forces.
|
||||
37| And of them some shall be placed in the king’s strong holds, of whom also some shall be set over the affairs of the kingdom, which are of trust: and I will that their overseers and governors be of themselves, and that they live after their own laws, even as the king hath commanded in the land of Judea.
|
||||
38| And concerning the three governments that are added to Judea from the country of Samaria, let them be joined with Judea, that they may be reckoned to be under one, nor bound to obey other authority than the high priest’s.
|
||||
39| As for Ptolemais, and the land pertaining thereto, I give it as a free gift to the sanctuary at Jerusalem for the necessary expenses of the sanctuary.
|
||||
40| Moreover I give every year fifteen thousand shekels of silver out of the king’s accounts from the places appertaining.
|
||||
41| And all the overplus, which the officers payed not in as in former time, from henceforth shall be given toward the works of the temple.
|
||||
42| And beside this, the five thousand shekels of silver, which they took from the uses of the temple out of the accounts year by year, even those things shall be released, because they appertain to the priests that minister.
|
||||
43| And whosoever they be that flee unto the temple at Jerusalem, or be within the liberties hereof, being indebted unto the king, or for any other matter, let them be at liberty, and all that they have in my realm.
|
||||
44| For the building also and repairing of the works of the sanctuary expenses shall be given of the king’s accounts.
|
||||
45| Yea, and for the building of the walls of Jerusalem, and the fortifying thereof round about, expenses shall be given out of the king’s accounts, as also for the building of the walls in Judea.
|
||||
46| Now when Jonathan and the people heard these words, they gave no credit unto them, nor received them, because they remembered the great evil that he had done in Israel; for he had afflicted them very sore.
|
||||
47| But with Alexander they were well pleased, because he was the first that entreated of true peace with them, and they were confederate with him always.
|
||||
48| Then gathered king Alexander great forces, and camped over against Demetrius.
|
||||
49| And after the two kings had joined battle, Demetrius’ host fled: but Alexander followed after him, and prevailed against them.
|
||||
50| And he continued the battle very sore until the sun went down: and that day was Demetrius slain.
|
||||
51| Afterward Alexander sent ambassadors to Ptolemee king of Egypt with a message to this effect:
|
||||
52| Forasmuch as I am come again to my realm, and am set in the throne of my progenitors, and have gotten the dominion, and overthrown Demetrius, and recovered our country;
|
||||
53| For after I had joined battle with him, both he and his host was discomfited by us, so that we sit in the throne of his kingdom:
|
||||
54| Now therefore let us make a league of amity together, and give me now thy daughter to wife: and I will be thy son in law, and will give both thee and her as according to thy dignity.
|
||||
55| Then Ptolemee the king gave answer, saying, Happy be the day wherein thou didst return into the land of thy fathers, and satest in the throne of their kingdom.
|
||||
56| And now will I do to thee, as thou hast written: meet me therefore at Ptolemais, that we may see one another; for I will marry my daughter to thee according to thy desire.
|
||||
57| So Ptolemee went out of Egypt with his daughter Cleopatra, and they came unto Ptolemais in the hundred threescore and second year:
|
||||
58| Where king Alexander meeting him, he gave unto him his daughter Cleopatra, and celebrated her marriage at Ptolemais with great glory, as the manner of kings is.
|
||||
59| Now king Alexander had written unto Jonathan, that he should come and meet him.
|
||||
60| Who thereupon went honourably to Ptolemais, where he met the two kings, and gave them and their friends silver and gold, and many presents, and found favour in their sight.
|
||||
61| At that time certain pestilent fellows of Israel, men of a wicked life, assembled themselves against him, to accuse him: but the king would not hear them.
|
||||
62| Yea more than that, the king commanded to take off his garments, and clothe him in purple: and they did so.
|
||||
63| And he made him sit by himself, and said into his princes, Go with him into the midst of the city, and make proclamation, that no man complain against him of any matter, and that no man trouble him for any manner of cause.
|
||||
64| Now when his accusers saw that he was honoured according to the proclamation, and clothed in purple, they fled all away.
|
||||
65| So the king honoured him, and wrote him among his chief friends, and made him a duke, and partaker of his dominion.
|
||||
66| Afterward Jonathan returned to Jerusalem with peace and gladness.
|
||||
67| Furthermore in the; hundred threescore and fifth year came Demetrius son of Demetrius out of Crete into the land of his fathers:
|
||||
68| Whereof when king Alexander heard tell, he was right sorry, and returned into Antioch.
|
||||
69| Then Demetrius made Apollonius the governor of Celosyria his general, who gathered together a great host, and camped in Jamnia, and sent unto Jonathan the high priest, saying,
|
||||
70| Thou alone liftest up thyself against us, and I am laughed to scorn for thy sake, and reproached: and why dost thou vaunt thy power against us in the mountains?
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71| Now therefore, if thou trustest in thine own strength, come down to us into the plain field, and there let us try the matter together: for with me is the power of the cities.
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72| Ask and learn who I am, and the rest that take our part, and they shall tell thee that thy foot is not able to stand before our face; for thy fathers have twice been put to flight in their own land.
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73| Wherefore now thou shalt not be able to abide the horsemen and so great a power in the plain, where is neither stone nor flint, nor place to flee unto.
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74| So when Jonathan heard these words of Apollonius, he was moved in his mind, and choosing ten thousand men he went out of Jerusalem, where Simon his brother met him for to help him.
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75| And he pitched his tents against Joppa: but; they of Joppa shut him out of the city, because Apollonius had a garrison there.
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76| Then Jonathan laid siege unto it: whereupon they of the city let him in for fear: and so Jonathan won Joppa.
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77| Whereof when Apollonius heard, he took three thousand horsemen, with a great host of footmen, and went to Azotus as one that journeyed, and therewithal drew him forth into the plain. because he had a great number of horsemen, in whom he put his trust.
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78| Then Jonathan followed after him to Azotus, where the armies joined battle.
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79| Now Apollonius had left a thousand horsemen in ambush.
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80| And Jonathan knew that there was an ambushment behind him; for they had compassed in his host, and cast darts at the people, from morning till evening.
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81| But the people stood still, as Jonathan had commanded them: and so the enemies’ horses were tired.
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82| Then brought Simon forth his host, and set them against the footmen, (for the horsemen were spent) who were discomfited by him, and fled.
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83| The horsemen also, being scattered in the field, fled to Azotus, and went into Bethdagon, their idol’s temple, for safety.
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84| But Jonathan set fire on Azotus, and the cities round about it, and took their spoils; and the temple of Dagon, with them that were fled into it, he burned with fire.
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85| Thus there were burned and slain with the sword well nigh eight thousand men.
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86| And from thence Jonathan removed his host, and camped against Ascalon, where the men of the city came forth, and met him with great pomp.
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87| After this returned Jonathan and his host unto Jerusalem, having any spoils.
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88| Now when king Alexander heard these things, he honoured Jonathan yet more.
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89| And sent him a buckle of gold, as the use is to be given to such as are of the king’s blood: he gave him also Accaron with the borders thereof in possession. 1
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#11
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1| And the king of Egypt gathered together a great host, like the sand that lieth upon the sea shore, and many ships, and went about through deceit to get Alexander’s kingdom, and join it to his own.
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2| Whereupon he took his journey into Syria in peaceable manner, so as they of the cities opened unto him, and met him: for king Alexander had commanded them so to do, because he was his brother in law.
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3| Now as Ptolemee entered into the cities, he set in every one of them a garrison of soldiers to keep it.
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4| And when he came near to Azotus, they shewed him the temple of Dagon that was burnt, and Azotus and the suburbs thereof that were destroyed, and the bodies that were cast abroad and them that he had burnt in the battle; for they had made heaps of them by the way where he should pass.
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5| Also they told the king whatsoever Jonathan had done, to the intent he might blame him: but the king held his peace.
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6| Then Jonathan met the king with great pomp at Joppa, where they saluted one another, and lodged.
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7| Afterward Jonathan, when he had gone with the king to the river called Eleutherus, returned again to Jerusalem.
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8| King Ptolemee therefore, having gotten the dominion of the cities by the sea unto Seleucia upon the sea coast, imagined wicked counsels against Alexander.
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9| Whereupon he sent ambassadors unto king Demetrius, saying, Come, let us make a league betwixt us, and I will give thee my daughter whom Alexander hath, and thou shalt reign in thy father’s kingdom:
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10| For I repent that I gave my daughter unto him, for he sought to slay me.
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11| Thus did he slander him, because he was desirous of his kingdom.
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12| Wherefore he took his daughter from him, and gave her to Demetrius, and forsook Alexander, so that their hatred was openly known.
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13| Then Ptolemee entered into Antioch, where he set two crowns upon his head, the crown of Asia, and of Egypt.
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14| In the mean season was king Alexander in Cilicia, because those that dwelt in those parts had revolted from him.
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15| But when Alexander heard of this, he came to war against him: whereupon king Ptolemee brought forth his host, and met him with a mighty power, and put him to flight.
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16| So Alexander fled into Arabia there to be defended; but king Ptolemee was exalted:
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17| For Zabdiel the Arabian took off Alexander’s head, and sent it unto Ptolemee.
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18| King Ptolemee also died the third day after, and they that were in the strong holds were slain one of another.
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19| By this means Demetrius reigned in the hundred threescore and seventh year.
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20| At the same time Jonathan gathered together them that were in Judea to take the tower that was in Jerusalem: and he made many engines of war against it.
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21| Then came ungodly persons, who hated their own people, went unto the king, and told him that Jonathan besieged the tower,
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22| Whereof when he heard, he was angry, and immediately removing, he came to Ptolemais, and wrote unto Jonathan, that he should not lay siege to the tower, but come and speak with him at Ptolemais in great haste.
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23| Nevertheless Jonathan, when he heard this, commanded to besiege it still: and he chose certain of the elders of Israel and the priests, and put himself in peril;
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24| And took silver and gold, and raiment, and divers presents besides, and went to Ptolemais unto the king, where he found favour in his sight.
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25| And though certain ungodly men of the people had made complaints against him,
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26| Yet the king entreated him as his predecessors had done before, and promoted him in the sight of all his friends,
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27| And confirmed him in the high priesthood, and in all the honours that he had before, and gave him preeminence among his chief friends.
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28| Then Jonathan desired the king, that he would make Judea free from tribute, as also the three governments, with the country of Samaria; and he promised him three hundred talents.
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29| So the king consented, and wrote letters unto Jonathan of all these things after this manner:
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30| King Demetrius unto his brother Jonathan, and unto the nation of the Jews, sendeth greeting:
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31| We send you here a copy of the letter which we did write unto our cousin Lasthenes concerning you, that ye might see it.
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32| King Demetrius unto his father Lasthenes sendeth greeting:
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33| We are determined to do good to the people of the Jews, who are our friends, and keep covenants with us, because of their good will toward us.
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34| Wherefore we have ratified unto them the borders of Judea, with the three governments of Apherema and Lydda and Ramathem, that are added unto Judea from the country of Samaria, and all things appertaining unto them, for all such as do sacrifice in Jerusalem, instead of the payments which the king received of them yearly aforetime out of the fruits of the earth and of trees.
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35| And as for other things that belong unto us, of the tithes and customs pertaining unto us, as also the saltpits, and the crown taxes, which are due unto us, we discharge them of them all for their relief.
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36| And nothing hereof shall be revoked from this time forth for ever.
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37| Now therefore see that thou make a copy of these things, and let it be delivered unto Jonathan, and set upon the holy mount in a conspicuous place.
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38| After this, when king Demetrius saw that the land was quiet before him, and that no resistance was made against him, he sent away all his forces, every one to his own place, except certain bands of strangers, whom he had gathered from the isles of the heathen: wherefore all the forces of his fathers hated him.
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39| Moreover there was one Tryphon, that had been of Alexander’s part afore, who, seeing that all the host murmured against Demetrius, went to Simalcue the Arabian that brought up Antiochus the young son of Alexander,
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40| And lay sore upon him to deliver him this young Antiochus, that he might reign in his father’s stead: he told him therefore all that Demetrius had done, and how his men of war were at enmity with him, and there he remained a long season.
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41| In the mean time Jonathan sent unto king Demetrius, that he would cast those of the tower out of Jerusalem, and those also in the fortresses: for they fought against Israel.
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42| So Demetrius sent unto Jonathan, saying, I will not only do this for thee and thy people, but I will greatly honour thee and thy nation, if opportunity serve.
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43| Now therefore thou shalt do well, if thou send me men to help me; for all my forces are gone from me.
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44| Upon this Jonathan sent him three thousand strong men unto Antioch: and when they came to the king, the king was very glad of their coming.
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45| Howbeit they that were of the city gathered themselves together into the midst of the city, to the number of an hundred and twenty thousand men, and would have slain the king.
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46| Wherefore the king fled into the court, but they of the city kept the passages of the city, and began to fight.
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47| Then the king called to the Jews for help, who came unto him all at once, and dispersing themselves through the city slew that day in the city to the number of an hundred thousand.
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48| Also they set fire on the city, and gat many spoils that day, and delivered the king.
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49| So when they of the city saw that the Jews had got the city as they would, their courage was abated: wherefore they made supplication to the king, and cried, saying,
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50| Grant us peace, and let the Jews cease from assaulting us and the city.
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51| With that they cast away their weapons, and made peace; and the Jews were honoured in the sight of the king, and in the sight of all that were in his realm; and they returned to Jerusalem, having great spoils.
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52| So king Demetrius sat on the throne of his kingdom, and the land was quiet before him.
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53| Nevertheless he dissembled in all that ever he spake, and estranged himself from Jonathan, neither rewarded he him according to the benefits which he had received of him, but troubled him very sore.
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54| After this returned Tryphon, and with him the young child Antiochus, who reigned, and was crowned.
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55| Then there gathered unto him all the men of war, whom Demetrius had put away, and they fought against Demetrius, who turned his back and fled.
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56| Moreover Tryphon took the elephants, and won Antioch.
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57| At that time young Antiochus wrote unto Jonathan, saying, I confirm thee in the high priesthood, and appoint thee ruler over the four governments, and to be one of the king’s friends.
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58| Upon this he sent him golden vessels to be served in, and gave him leave to drink in gold, and to be clothed in purple, and to wear a golden buckle.
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59| His brother Simon also he made captain from the place called The ladder of Tyrus unto the borders of Egypt.
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60| Then Jonathan went forth, and passed through the cities beyond the water, and all the forces of Syria gathered themselves unto him for to help him: and when he came to Ascalon, they of the city met him honourably.
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61| From whence he went to Gaza, but they of Gaza shut him out; wherefore he laid siege unto it, and burned the suburbs thereof with fire, and spoiled them.
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62| Afterward, when they of Gaza made supplication unto Jonathan, he made peace with them, and took the sons of their chief men for hostages, and sent them to Jerusalem, and passed through the country unto Damascus.
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63| Now when Jonathan heard that Demetrius’ princes were come to Cades, which is in Galilee, with a great power, purposing to remove him out of the country,
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64| He went to meet them, and left Simon his brother in the country.
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65| Then Simon encamped against Bethsura and fought against it a long season, and shut it up:
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66| But they desired to have peace with him, which he granted them, and then put them out from thence, and took the city, and set a garrison in it.
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67| As for Jonathan and his host, they pitched at the water of Gennesar, from whence betimes in the morning they gat them to the plain of Nasor.
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68| And, behold, the host of strangers met them in the plain, who, having laid men in ambush for him in the mountains, came themselves over against him.
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69| So when they that lay in ambush rose out of their places and joined battle, all that were of Jonathan’s side fled;
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70| Insomuch as there was not one of them left, except Mattathias the son of Absalom, and Judas the son of Calphi, the captains of the host.
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71| Then Jonathan rent his clothes, and cast earth upon his head, and prayed.
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72| Afterwards turning again to battle, he put them to flight, and so they ran away.
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73| Now when his own men that were fled saw this, they turned again unto him, and with him pursued them to Cades, even unto their own tents, and there they camped.
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74| So there were slain of the heathen that day about three thousand men: but Jonathan returned to Jerusalem. 2
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#12
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1| Now when Jonathan saw that time served him, he chose certain men, and sent them to Rome, for to confirm and renew the friendship that they had with them.
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2| He sent letters also to the Lacedemonians, and to other places, for the same purpose.
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3| So they went unto Rome, and entered into the senate, and said, Jonathan the high priest, and the people of the Jews, sent us unto you, to the end ye should renew the friendship, which ye had with them, and league, as in former time.
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4| Upon this the Romans gave them letters unto the governors of every place that they should bring them into the land of Judea peaceably.
|
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5| And this is the copy of the letters which Jonathan wrote to the Lacedemonians:
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6| Jonathan the high priest, and the elders of the nation, and the priests, and the other of the Jews, unto the Lacedemonians their brethren send greeting:
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7| There were letters sent in times past unto Onias the high priest from Darius, who reigned then among you, to signify that ye are our brethren, as the copy here underwritten doth specify.
|
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8| At which time Onias entreated the ambassador that was sent honourably, and received the letters, wherein declaration was made of the league and friendship.
|
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9| Therefore we also, albeit we need none of these things, that we have the holy books of scripture in our hands to comfort us,
|
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10| Have nevertheless attempted to send unto you for the renewing of brotherhood and friendship, lest we should become strangers unto you altogether: for there is a long time passed since ye sent unto us.
|
||||
11| We therefore at all times without ceasing, both in our feasts, and other convenient days, do remember you in the sacrifices which we offer, and in our prayers, as reason is, and as it becometh us to think upon our brethren:
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12| And we are right glad of your honour.
|
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13| As for ourselves, we have had great troubles and wars on every side, forsomuch as the kings that are round about us have fought against us.
|
||||
14| Howbeit we would not be troublesome unto you, nor to others of our confederates and friends, in these wars:
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15| For we have help from heaven that succoureth us, so as we are delivered from our enemies, and our enemies are brought under foot.
|
||||
16| For this cause we chose Numenius the son of Antiochus, and Antipater he son of Jason, and sent them unto the Romans, to renew the amity that we had with them, and the former league.
|
||||
17| We commanded them also to go unto you, and to salute and to deliver you our letters concerning the renewing of our brotherhood.
|
||||
18| Wherefore now ye shall do well to give us an answer thereto.
|
||||
19| And this is the copy of the letters which Oniares sent.
|
||||
20| Areus king of the Lacedemonians to Onias the high priest, greeting:
|
||||
21| It is found in writing, that the Lacedemonians and Jews are brethren, and that they are of the stock of Abraham:
|
||||
22| Now therefore, since this is come to our knowledge, ye shall do well to write unto us of your prosperity.
|
||||
23| We do write back again to you, that your cattle and goods are our’s, and our’s are your’s We do command therefore our ambassadors to make report unto you on this wise.
|
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24| Now when Jonathan heard that Demetrius’ princes were come to fight against him with a greater host than afore,
|
||||
25| He removed from Jerusalem, and met them in the land of Amathis: for he gave them no respite to enter his country.
|
||||
26| He sent spies also unto their tents, who came again, and told him that they were appointed to come upon them in the night season.
|
||||
27| Wherefore so soon as the sun was down, Jonathan commanded his men to watch, and to be in arms, that all the night long they might be ready to fight: also he sent forth sentinels round about the host.
|
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28| But when the adversaries heard that Jonathan and his men were ready for battle, they feared, and trembled in their hearts, and they kindled fires in their camp.
|
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29| Howbeit Jonathan and his company knew it not till the morning: for they saw the lights burning.
|
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30| Then Jonathan pursued after them, but overtook them not: for they were gone over the river Eleutherus.
|
||||
31| Wherefore Jonathan turned to the Arabians, who were called Zabadeans, and smote them, and took their spoils.
|
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32| And removing thence, he came to Damascus, and so passed through all the country,
|
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33| Simon also went forth, and passed through the country unto Ascalon, and the holds there adjoining, from whence he turned aside to Joppa, and won it.
|
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34| For he had heard that they would deliver the hold unto them that took Demetrius’ part; wherefore he set a garrison there to keep it.
|
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35| After this came Jonathan home again, and calling the elders of the people together, he consulted with them about building strong holds in Judea,
|
||||
36| And making the walls of Jerusalem higher, and raising a great mount between the tower and the city, for to separate it from the city, that so it might be alone, that men might neither sell nor buy in it.
|
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37| Upon this they came together to build up the city, forasmuch as part of the wall toward the brook on the east side was fallen down, and they repaired that which was called Caphenatha.
|
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38| Simon also set up Adida in Sephela, and made it strong with gates and bars.
|
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39| Now Tryphon went about to get the kingdom of Asia, and to kill Antiochus the king, that he might set the crown upon his own head.
|
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40| Howbeit he was afraid that Jonathan would not suffer him, and that he would fight against him; wherefore he sought a way how to take Jonathan, that he might kill him. So he removed, and came to Bethsan.
|
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41| Then Jonathan went out to meet him with forty thousand men chosen for the battle, and came to Bethsan.
|
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42| Now when Tryphon saw Jonathan came with so great a force, he durst not stretch his hand against him;
|
||||
43| But received him honourably, and commended him unto all his friends, and gave him gifts, and commanded his men of war to be as obedient unto him, as to himself.
|
||||
44| Unto Jonathan also he said, Why hast thou brought all this people to so great trouble, seeing there is no war betwixt us?
|
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45| Therefore send them now home again, and choose a few men to wait on thee, and come thou with me to Ptolemais, for I will give it thee, and the rest of the strong holds and forces, and all that have any charge: as for me, I will return and depart: for this is the cause of my coming.
|
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46| So Jonathan believing him did as he bade him, and sent away his host, who went into the land of Judea.
|
||||
47| And with himself he retained but three thousand men, of whom he sent two thousand into Galilee, and one thousand went with him.
|
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48| Now as soon as Jonathan entered into Ptolemais, they of Ptolemais shut the gates and took him, and all them that came with him they slew with the sword.
|
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49| Then sent Tryphon an host of footmen and horsemen into Galilee, and into the great plain, to destroy all Jonathan’s company.
|
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50| But when they knew that Jonathan and they that were with him were taken and slain, they encouraged one another; and went close together, prepared to fight.
|
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51| They therefore that followed upon them, perceiving that they were ready to fight for their lives, turned back again.
|
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52| Whereupon they all came into the land of Judea peaceably, and there they bewailed Jonathan, and them that were with him, and they were sore afraid; wherefore all Israel made great lamentation.
|
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53| Then all the heathen that were round about then sought to destroy them: for said they, They have no captain, nor any to help them: now therefore let us make war upon them, and take away their memorial from among men. 3
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#13
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1| Now when Simon heard that Tryphon had gathered together a great host to invade the land of Judea, and destroy it,
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2| And saw that the people was in great trembling and fear, he went up to Jerusalem, and gathered the people together,
|
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3| And gave them exhortation, saying, Ye yourselves know what great things I, and my brethren, and my father’s house, have done for the laws and the sanctuary, the battles also and troubles which we have seen.
|
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4| By reason whereof all my brethren are slain for Israel’s sake, and I am left alone.
|
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5| Now therefore be it far from me, that I should spare mine own life in any time of trouble: for I am no better than my brethren.
|
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6| Doubtless I will avenge my nation, and the sanctuary, and our wives, and our children: for all the heathen are gathered to destroy us of very malice.
|
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7| Now as soon as the people heard these words, their spirit revived.
|
||||
8| And they answered with a loud voice, saying, Thou shalt be our leader instead of Judas and Jonathan thy brother.
|
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9| Fight thou our battles, and whatsoever, thou commandest us, that will we do.
|
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10| So then he gathered together all the men of war, and made haste to finish the walls of Jerusalem, and he fortified it round about.
|
||||
11| Also he sent Jonathan the son of Absalom, and with him a great power, to Joppa: who casting out them that were therein remained there in it.
|
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12| So Tryphon removed from Ptolemais with a great power to invade the land of Judea, and Jonathan was with him in ward.
|
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13| But Simon pitched his tents at Adida, over against the plain.
|
||||
14| Now when Tryphon knew that Simon was risen up instead of his brother Jonathan, and meant to join battle with him, he sent messengers unto him, saying,
|
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15| Whereas we have Jonathan thy brother in hold, it is for money that he is owing unto the kings treasure, concerning the business that was committed unto him.
|
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16| Wherefore now send an hundred talents of silver, and two of his sons for hostages, that when he is at liberty he may not revolt from us, and we will let him go.
|
||||
17| Hereupon Simon, albeit he perceived that they spake deceitfully unto him yet sent he the money and the children, lest peradventure he should procure to himself great hatred of the people:
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18| Who might have said, Because I sent him not the money and the children, therefore is Jonathan dead.
|
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19| So he sent them the children and the hundred talents: howbeit Tryphon dissembled neither would he let Jonathan go.
|
||||
20| And after this came Tryphon to invade the land, and destroy it, going round about by the way that leadeth unto Adora: but Simon and his host marched against him in every place, wheresoever he went.
|
||||
21| Now they that were in the tower sent messengers unto Tryphon, to the end that he should hasten his coming unto them by the wilderness, and send them victuals.
|
||||
22| Wherefore Tryphon made ready all his horsemen to come that night: but there fell a very great snow, by reason whereof he came not. So he departed, and came into the country of Galaad.
|
||||
23| And when he came near to Bascama he slew Jonathan, who was buried there.
|
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24| Afterward Tryphon returned and went into his own land.
|
||||
25| Then sent Simon, and took the bones of Jonathan his brother, and buried them in Modin, the city of his fathers.
|
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26| And all Israel made great lamentation for him, and bewailed him many days.
|
||||
27| Simon also built a monument upon the sepulchre of his father and his brethren, and raised it aloft to the sight, with hewn stone behind and before.
|
||||
28| Moreover he set up seven pyramids, one against another, for his father, and his mother, and his four brethren.
|
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29| And in these he made cunning devices, about the which he set great pillars, and upon the pillars he made all their armour for a perpetual memory, and by the armour ships carved, that they might be seen of all that sail on the sea.
|
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30| This is the sepulchre which he made at Modin, and it standeth yet unto this day.
|
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31| Now Tryphon dealt deceitfully with the young king Antiochus, and slew him.
|
||||
32| And he reigned in his stead, and crowned himself king of Asia, and brought a great calamity upon the land.
|
||||
33| Then Simon built up the strong holds in Judea, and fenced them about with high towers, and great walls, and gates, and bars, and laid up victuals therein.
|
||||
34| Moreover Simon chose men, and sent to king Demetrius, to the end he should give the land an immunity, because all that Tryphon did was to spoil.
|
||||
35| Unto whom king Demetrius answered and wrote after this manner:
|
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36| King Demetrius unto Simon the high priest, and friend of kings, as also unto the elders and nation of the Jews, sendeth greeting:
|
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37| The golden crown, and the scarlet robe, which ye sent unto us, we have received: and we are ready to make a stedfast peace with you, yea, and to write unto our officers, to confirm the immunities which we have granted.
|
||||
38| And whatsoever covenants we have made with you shall stand; and the strong holds, which ye have builded, shall be your own.
|
||||
39| As for any oversight or fault committed unto this day, we forgive it, and the crown tax also, which ye owe us: and if there were any other tribute paid in Jerusalem, it shall no more be paid.
|
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40| And look who are meet among you to be in our court, let then be enrolled, and let there be peace betwixt us.
|
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41| Thus the yoke of the heathen was taken away from Israel in the hundred and seventieth year.
|
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42| Then the people of Israel began to write in their instruments and contracts, In the first year of Simon the high priest, the governor and leader of the Jews.
|
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43| In those days Simon camped against Gaza and besieged it round about; he made also an engine of war, and set it by the city, and battered a certain tower, and took it.
|
||||
44| And they that were in the engine leaped into the city; whereupon there was a great uproar in the city:
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45| Insomuch as the people of the city rent their clothes, and climbed upon the walls with their wives and children, and cried with a loud voice, beseeching Simon to grant them peace.
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46| And they said, Deal not with us according to our wickedness, but according to thy mercy.
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47| So Simon was appeased toward them, and fought no more against them, but put them out of the city, and cleansed the houses wherein the idols were, and so entered into it with songs and thanksgiving.
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48| Yea, he put all uncleanness out of it, and placed such men there as would keep the law, and made it stronger than it was before, and built therein a dwellingplace for himself.
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49| They also of the tower in Jerusalem were kept so strait, that they could neither come forth, nor go into the country, nor buy, nor sell: wherefore they were in great distress for want of victuals, and a great number of them perished through famine.
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50| Then cried they to Simon, beseeching him to be at one with them: which thing he granted them; and when he had put them out from thence, he cleansed the tower from pollutions:
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51| And entered into it the three and twentieth day of the second month in the hundred seventy and first year, with thanksgiving, and branches of palm trees, and with harps, and cymbals, and with viols, and hymns, and songs: because there was destroyed a great enemy out of Israel.
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52| He ordained also that that day should be kept every year with gladness. Moreover the hill of the temple that was by the tower he made stronger than it was, and there he dwelt himself with his company.
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53| And when Simon saw that John his son was a valiant man, he made him captain of all the hosts; and he dwelt in Gazera. 4
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#14
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1| Now in the hundred threescore and twelfth year king Demetrius gathered his forces together, and went into Media to get him help to fight against Tryphon.
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2| But when Arsaces, the king of Persia and Media, heard that Demetrius was entered within his borders, he sent one of his princes to take him alive:
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3| Who went and smote the host of Demetrius, and took him, and brought him to Arsaces, by whom he was put in ward.
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4| As for the land of Judea, that was quiet all the days of Simon; for he sought the good of his nation in such wise, as that evermore his authority and honour pleased them well.
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5| And as he was honourable in all his acts, so in this, that he took Joppa for an haven, and made an entrance to the isles of the sea,
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6| And enlarged the bounds of his nation, and recovered the country,
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7| And gathered together a great number of captives, and had the dominion of Gazera, and Bethsura, and the tower, out of the which he took all uncleanness, neither was there any that resisted him.
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8| Then did they till their ground in peace, and the earth gave her increase, and the trees of the field their fruit.
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9| The ancient men sat all in the streets, communing together of good things, and the young men put on glorious and warlike apparel.
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10| He provided victuals for the cities, and set in them all manner of munition, so that his honourable name was renowned unto the end of the world.
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11| He made peace in the land, and Israel rejoiced with great joy:
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12| For every man sat under his vine and his fig tree, and there was none to fray them:
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13| Neither was there any left in the land to fight against them: yea, the kings themselves were overthrown in those days.
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14| Moreover he strengthened all those of his people that were brought low: the law he searched out; and every contemner of the law and wicked person he took away.
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15| He beautified the sanctuary, and multiplied vessels of the temple.
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16| Now when it was heard at Rome, and as far as Sparta, that Jonathan was dead, they were very sorry.
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17| But as soon as they heard that his brother Simon was made high priest in his stead, and ruled the country, and the cities therein:
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18| They wrote unto him in tables of brass, to renew the friendship and league which they had made with Judas and Jonathan his brethren:
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19| Which writings were read before the congregation at Jerusalem.
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20| And this is the copy of the letters that the Lacedemonians sent; The rulers of the Lacedemonians, with the city, unto Simon the high priest, and the elders, and priests, and residue of the people of the Jews, our brethren, send greeting:
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21| The ambassadors that were sent unto our people certified us of your glory and honour: wherefore we were glad of their coming,
|
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22| And did register the things that they spake in the council of the people in this manner; Numenius son of Antiochus, and Antipater son of Jason, the Jews’ ambassadors, came unto us to renew the friendship they had with us.
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23| And it pleased the people to entertain the men honourably, and to put the copy of their ambassage in publick records, to the end the people of the Lacedemonians might have a memorial thereof: furthermore we have written a copy thereof unto Simon the high priest.
|
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24| After this Simon sent Numenius to Rome with a great shield of gold of a thousand pound weight to confirm the league with them.
|
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25| Whereof when the people heard, they said, What thanks shall we give to Simon and his sons?
|
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26| For he and his brethren and the house of his father have established Israel, and chased away in fight their enemies from them, and confirmed their liberty.
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27| So then they wrote it in tables of brass, which they set upon pillars in mount Sion: and this is the copy of the writing; The eighteenth day of the month Elul, in the hundred threescore and twelfth year, being the third year of Simon the high priest,
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28| At Saramel in the great congregation of the priests, and people, and rulers of the nation, and elders of the country, were these things notified unto us.
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29| Forasmuch as oftentimes there have been wars in the country, wherein for the maintenance of their sanctuary, and the law, Simon the son of Mattathias, of the posterity of Jarib, together with his brethren, put themselves in jeopardy, and resisting the enemies of their nation did their nation great honour:
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30| (For after that Jonathan, having gathered his nation together, and been their high priest, was added to his people,
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31| Their enemies prepared to invade their country, that they might destroy it, and lay hands on the sanctuary:
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32| At which time Simon rose up, and fought for his nation, and spent much of his own substance, and armed the valiant men of his nation and gave them wages,
|
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33| And fortified the cities of Judea, together with Bethsura, that lieth upon the borders of Judea, where the armour of the enemies had been before; but he set a garrison of Jews there:
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34| Moreover he fortified Joppa, which lieth upon the sea, and Gazera, that bordereth upon Azotus, where the enemies had dwelt before: but he placed Jews there, and furnished them with all things convenient for the reparation thereof.)
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35| The people therefore sang the acts of Simon, and unto what glory he thought to bring his nation, made him their governor and chief priest, because he had done all these things, and for the justice and faith which he kept to his nation, and for that he sought by all means to exalt his people.
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36| For in his time things prospered in his hands, so that the heathen were taken out of their country, and they also that were in the city of David in Jerusalem, who had made themselves a tower, out of which they issued, and polluted all about the sanctuary, and did much hurt in the holy place:
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37| But he placed Jews therein. and fortified it for the safety of the country and the city, and raised up the walls of Jerusalem.
|
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38| King Demetrius also confirmed him in the high priesthood according to those things,
|
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39| And made him one of his friends, and honoured him with great honour.
|
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40| For he had heard say, that the Romans had called the Jews their friends and confederates and brethren; and that they had entertained the ambassadors of Simon honourably;
|
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41| Also that the Jews and priests were well pleased that Simon should be their governor and high priest for ever, until there should arise a faithful prophet;
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42| Moreover that he should be their captain, and should take charge of the sanctuary, to set them over their works, and over the country, and over the armour, and over the fortresses, that, I say, he should take charge of the sanctuary;
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43| Beside this, that he should be obeyed of every man, and that all the writings in the country should be made in his name, and that he should be clothed in purple, and wear gold:
|
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44| Also that it should be lawful for none of the people or priests to break any of these things, or to gainsay his words, or to gather an assembly in the country without him, or to be clothed in purple, or wear a buckle of gold;
|
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45| And whosoever should do otherwise, or break any of these things, he should be punished.
|
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46| Thus it liked all the people to deal with Simon, and to do as hath been said.
|
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47| Then Simon accepted hereof, and was well pleased to be high priest, and captain and governor of the Jews and priests, and to defend them all.
|
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48| So they commanded that this writing should be put in tables of brass, and that they should be set up within the compass of the sanctuary in a conspicuous place;
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49| Also that the copies thereof should be laid up in the treasury, to the end that Simon and his sons might have them. 5
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#15
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1| Moreover Antiochus son of Demetrius the king sent letters from the isles of the sea unto Simon the priest and prince of the Jews, and to all the people;
|
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2| The contents whereof were these: King Antiochus to Simon the high priest and prince of his nation, and to the people of the Jews, greeting:
|
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3| Forasmuch as certain pestilent men have usurped the kingdom of our fathers, and my purpose is to challenge it again, that I may restore it to the old estate, and to that end have gathered a multitude of foreign soldiers together, and prepared ships of war;
|
||||
4| My meaning also being to go through the country, that I may be avenged of them that have destroyed it, and made many cities in the kingdom desolate:
|
||||
5| Now therefore I confirm unto thee all the oblations which the kings before me granted thee, and whatsoever gifts besides they granted.
|
||||
6| I give thee leave also to coin money for thy country with thine own stamp.
|
||||
7| And as concerning Jerusalem and the sanctuary, let them be free; and all the armour that thou hast made, and fortresses that thou hast built, and keepest in thine hands, let them remain unto thee.
|
||||
8| And if anything be, or shall be, owing to the king, let it be forgiven thee from this time forth for evermore.
|
||||
9| Furthermore, when we have obtained our kingdom, we will honour thee, and thy nation, and thy temple, with great honour, so that your honour shall be known throughout the world.
|
||||
10| In the hundred threescore and fourteenth year went Antiochus into the land of his fathers: at which time all the forces came together unto him, so that few were left with Tryphon.
|
||||
11| Wherefore being pursued by king Antiochus, he fled unto Dora, which lieth by the sea side:
|
||||
12| For he saw that troubles came upon him all at once, and that his forces had forsaken him.
|
||||
13| Then camped Antiochus against Dora, having with him an hundred and twenty thousand men of war, and eight thousand horsemen.
|
||||
14| And when he had compassed the city round about, and joined ships close to the town on the sea side, he vexed the city by land and by sea, neither suffered he any to go out or in.
|
||||
15| In the mean season came Numenius and his company from Rome, having letters to the kings and countries; wherein were written these things:
|
||||
16| Lucius, consul of the Romans unto king Ptolemee, greeting:
|
||||
17| The Jews’ ambassadors, our friends and confederates, came unto us to renew the old friendship and league, being sent from Simon the high priest, and from the people of the Jews:
|
||||
18| And they brought a shield of gold of a thousand pound.
|
||||
19| We thought it good therefore to write unto the kings and countries, that they should do them no harm, nor fight against them, their cities, or countries, nor yet aid their enemies against them.
|
||||
20| It seemed also good to us to receive the shield of them.
|
||||
21| If therefore there be any pestilent fellows, that have fled from their country unto you, deliver them unto Simon the high priest, that he may punish them according to their own law.
|
||||
22| The same things wrote he likewise unto Demetrius the king, and Attalus, to Ariarathes, and Arsaces,
|
||||
23| And to all the countries and to Sampsames, and the Lacedemonians, and to Delus, and Myndus, and Sicyon, and Caria, and Samos, and Pamphylia, and Lycia, and Halicarnassus, and Rhodus, and Aradus, and Cos, and Side, and Aradus, and Gortyna, and Cnidus, and Cyprus, and Cyrene.
|
||||
24| And the copy hereof they wrote to Simon the high priest.
|
||||
25| So Antiochus the king camped against Dora the second day, assaulting it continually, and making engines, by which means he shut up Tryphon, that he could neither go out nor in.
|
||||
26| At that time Simon sent him two thousand chosen men to aid him; silver also, and gold, and much armour.
|
||||
27| Nevertheless he would not receive them, but brake all the covenants which he had made with him afore, and became strange unto him.
|
||||
28| Furthermore he sent unto him Athenobius, one of his friends, to commune with him, and say, Ye withhold Joppa and Gazera; with the tower that is in Jerusalem, which are cities of my realm.
|
||||
29| The borders thereof ye have wasted, and done great hurt in the land, and got the dominion of many places within my kingdom.
|
||||
30| Now therefore deliver the cities which ye have taken, and the tributes of the places, whereof ye have gotten dominion without the borders of Judea:
|
||||
31| Or else give me for them five hundred talents of silver; and for the harm that ye have done, and the tributes of the cities, other five hundred talents: if not, we will come and fight against you
|
||||
32| So Athenobius the king’s friend came to Jerusalem: and when he saw the glory of Simon, and the cupboard of gold and silver plate, and his great attendance, he was astonished, and told him the king’s message.
|
||||
33| Then answered Simon, and said unto him, We have neither taken other men’s land, nor holden that which appertaineth to others, but the inheritance of our fathers, which our enemies had wrongfully in possession a certain time.
|
||||
34| Wherefore we, having opportunity, hold the inheritance of our fathers.
|
||||
35| And whereas thou demandest Joppa and Gazera, albeit they did great harm unto the people in our country, yet will we give thee an hundred talents for them.Hereunto Athenobius answered him not a word;
|
||||
36| But returned in a rage to the king, and made report unto him of these speeches, and of the glory of Simon, and of all that he had seen: whereupon the king was exceeding wroth.
|
||||
37| In the mean time fled Tryphon by ship unto Orthosias.
|
||||
38| Then the king made Cendebeus captain of the sea coast, and gave him an host of footmen and horsemen,
|
||||
39| And commanded him to remove his host toward Judea; also he commanded him to build up Cedron, and to fortify the gates, and to war against the people; but as for the king himself, he pursued Tryphon.
|
||||
40| So Cendebeus came to Jamnia and began to provoke the people and to invade Judea, and to take the people prisoners, and slay them.
|
||||
41| And when he had built up Cedron, he set horsemen there, and an host of footmen, to the end that issuing out they might make outroads upon the ways of Judea, as the king had commanded him. 6
|
||||
|
||||
#16
|
||||
1| Then came up John from Gazera, and told Simon his father what Cendebeus had done.
|
||||
2| Wherefore Simon called his two eldest sons, Judas and John, and said unto them, I, and my brethren, and my father’s house, have ever from my youth unto this day fought against the enemies of Israel; and things have prospered so well in our hands, that we have delivered Israel oftentimes.
|
||||
3| But now I am old, and ye, by God’s mercy, are of a sufficient age: be ye instead of me and my brother, and go and fight for our nation, and the help from heaven be with you.
|
||||
4| So he chose out of the country twenty thousand men of war with horsemen, who went out against Cendebeus, and rested that night at Modin.
|
||||
5| And when as they rose in the morning, and went into the plain, behold, a mighty great host both of footmen and horsemen came against them: howbeit there was a water brook betwixt them.
|
||||
6| So he and his people pitched over against them: and when he saw that the people were afraid to go over the water brook, he went first over himself, and then the men seeing him passed through after him.
|
||||
7| That done, he divided his men, and set the horsemen in the midst of the footmen: for the enemies’ horsemen were very many.
|
||||
8| Then sounded they with the holy trumpets: whereupon Cendebeus and his host were put to flight, so that many of them were slain, and the remnant gat them to the strong hold.
|
||||
9| At that time was Judas John’s brother wounded; but John still followed after them, until he came to Cedron, which Cendebeus had built.
|
||||
10| So they fled even unto the towers in the fields of Azotus; wherefore he burned it with fire: so that there were slain of them about two thousand men. Afterward he returned into the land of Judea in peace.
|
||||
11| Moreover in the plain of Jericho was Ptolemeus the son of Abubus made captain, and he had abundance of silver and gold:
|
||||
12| For he was the high priest’s son in law.
|
||||
13| Wherefore his heart being lifted up, he thought to get the country to himself, and thereupon consulted deceitfully against Simon and his sons to destroy them.
|
||||
14| Now Simon was visiting the cities that were in the country, and taking care for the good ordering of them; at which time he came down himself to Jericho with his sons, Mattathias and Judas, in the hundred threescore and seventeenth year, in the eleventh month, called Sabat:
|
||||
15| Where the son of Abubus receiving them deceitfully into a little hold, called Docus, which he had built, made them a great banquet: howbeit he had hid men there.
|
||||
16| So when Simon and his sons had drunk largely, Ptolemee and his men rose up, and took their weapons, and came upon Simon into the banqueting place, and slew him, and his two sons, and certain of his servants.
|
||||
17| In which doing he committed a great treachery, and recompensed evil for good.
|
||||
18| Then Ptolemee wrote these things, and sent to the king, that he should send him an host to aid him, and he would deliver him the country and cities.
|
||||
19| He sent others also to Gazera to kill John: and unto the tribunes he sent letters to come unto him, that he might give them silver, and gold, and rewards.
|
||||
20| And others he sent to take Jerusalem, and the mountain of the temple.
|
||||
21| Now one had run afore to Gazera and told John that his father and brethren were slain, and, quoth he, Ptolemee hath sent to slay thee also.
|
||||
22| Hereof when he heard, he was sore astonished: so he laid hands on them that were come to destroy him, and slew them; for he knew that they sought to make him away.
|
||||
23| As concerning the rest of the acts of John, and his wars, and worthy deeds which he did, and the building of the walls which he made, and his doings,
|
||||
24| Behold, these are written in the chronicles of his priesthood, from the time he was made high priest after his father.
|
||||
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|
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|
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#1
|
||||
1| Adam, Seth, Enos,
|
||||
2| and Cainan, Maleleel, Jared,
|
||||
3| Enoch, Mathusala, Lamech,
|
||||
4| Noe: the sons of Noe, Sem, Cham, Japheth.
|
||||
5| The sons of Japheth, Gamer, Magog, Madaim, Jovan, Helisa, Thobel, Mosoch, and Thiras.
|
||||
6| And the sons of Gamer, Aschanaz, and Riphath, and Thorgama.
|
||||
7| And the sons of Jovan, Helisa, and Tharsis, the Citians, and Rhodians.
|
||||
8| And the sons of Cham, Chus, and Mesraim, Phud and Chanaan.
|
||||
9| And the sons of Chus, Saba, and Evila, and Sabatha, and Regma, and Sebethaca: and the sons of Regma, Saba, and Dadan.
|
||||
10| And Chus begot Nebrod: he began to be a mighty hunter on the earth.
|
||||
17| The sons of Sem, Ælam, and Assur,
|
||||
18| and Arphaxad, Sala,
|
||||
25| Eber, Pheleg, Ragan,
|
||||
26| Seruch, Nachor, Tharrha,
|
||||
27| Abraam.
|
||||
28| And the sons of Abraam, Isaac, and Ismael.
|
||||
29| And these <i>are</i> their generations: the first-born of Ismael, Nabaeoth, and Kedar, Nabdeel, Massam,
|
||||
30| Masma, Iduma, Masse, Chondan, Thaeman,
|
||||
31| Jettur, Naphes, Kedma: these <i>are</i> the sons of Ismael.
|
||||
32| And the sons of Chettura Abraam’s concubine:—and she bore him Zembram, Jexan, Madiam, Madam, Sobac, Soe: and the sons of Jexan; Daedan, and Sabai;
|
||||
33| and the sons of Madiam; Gephar, and Opher, and Enoch, and Abida, and Eldada; all these <i>were</i> the sons of Chettura.
|
||||
34| And Abraam begot Isaac: and the sons of Isaac <i>were</i> Jacob, and Esau.
|
||||
35| The sons of Esau, Eliphaz, and Raguel, and Jeul, and Jeglom, and Core.
|
||||
36| The sons of Eliphaz: Thaeman, and Omar, Sophar, and Gootham, and Kenez, and Thamna, and Amalec.
|
||||
37| And the sons of Raguel, Naches, Zare, Some, and Moze.
|
||||
38| The sons of Seir, Lotan, Sobal, Sebegon, Ana, Deson, Osar, and Disan.
|
||||
39| And the sons of Lotan, Chorri, and Æman; and the sister of Lotan <i>was</i> Thamna.
|
||||
40| The sons of Sobal; Alon, Machanath, Taebel, Sophi, and Onan: and the sons of Sebegon; Æth, and Sonan.
|
||||
41| The sons of Sonan, Daeson: and the sons of Daeson; Emeron, and Asebon, and Jethram, and Charran.
|
||||
42| And the sons of Hosar, Balaam, and Zucam, and Acan: the sons of Disan, Os, and Aran.
|
||||
43| And these <i>are</i> their kings, Balac the son of Beor; and the name of his city <i>was</i> Dennaba.
|
||||
44| And Balac died, and Jobab the son of Zara of Bosorrha reigned in his stead.
|
||||
45| And Jobab died, and Asom of the land of the Thaemanites reigned in his stead.
|
||||
46| And Asom died, and Adad the son of Barad reigned in his stead, who smote Madiam in the plain of Moab: and the name of his city <i>was</i> Gethaim.
|
||||
47| And Adad died, and Sebla of Masecca reigned in his stead.
|
||||
48| And Sebla died, and Saul of Rhoboth by the river reigned in his stead.
|
||||
49| And Saul died, and Balaennor son of Achobor reigned in his stead.
|
||||
50| And Balaennor died, and Adad son of Barad reigned in his stead; and the name of his city <i>was</i> Phogor.
|
||||
51| The princes of Edom: prince Thamna, prince Golada, prince Jether,
|
||||
52| prince Elibamas, prince Elas, prince Phinon,
|
||||
53| prince Kenez, prince Thaeman, prince Babsar, prince Magediel,
|
||||
54| prince Zaphoin. These <i>are</i> the princes of Edom.
|
||||
|
||||
#2
|
||||
1| These <i>are</i> the names of the sons of Israel;
|
||||
2| Ruben, Symeon, Levi, Juda, Issachar, Zabulon, Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Nephthali, Gad, Aser.
|
||||
3| The sons of Juda; Er, Aunan, Selom. <i>These</i> three were born to him of the daughter of Sava the Chananitish woman: and Er, the first-born of Juda, <i>was</i> wicked before the Lord, and he slew him.
|
||||
4| And Thamar his daughter-in-law bore to him Phares, and Zara: all the sons of Juda <i>were</i> five.
|
||||
5| The sons of Phares, Esrom, and Jemuel.
|
||||
6| And the sons of Zara, Zambri, and Ætham, and Æmuan, and Calchal, and Darad, <i>in</i> all five.
|
||||
7| And the sons of Charmi; Achar the troubler of Israel, who was disobedient in the accursed thing.
|
||||
8| And the sons of Ætham; Azarias,
|
||||
9| and the sons of Esrom who were born to him; Jerameel, and Aram, and Chaleb.
|
||||
10| And Aram begot Aminadab, and Aminadab begot Naasson, chief of the house of Juda.
|
||||
11| And Naasson begot Salmon, and Salmon begot Booz,
|
||||
12| and Booz begot Obed, and Obed begot Jessae.
|
||||
13| And Jessae begot his first-born Eliab, Aminadab <i>was</i> the second, Samaa the third,
|
||||
14| Nathanael the fourth, Zabdai the fifth,
|
||||
15| Asam the sixth, David the seventh.
|
||||
16| And their sister <i>was</i> Saruia, and <i>another</i> Abigaia: and the sons of Saruia <i>were</i> Abisa, and Joab, and Asael, three.
|
||||
17| And Abigaia bore Amessab: and the father of Amessab <i>was</i> Jothor the Ismaelite.
|
||||
18| And Chaleb the son of Esrom took Gazuba to wife, and Jerioth: and these <i>were</i> her sons; Jasar, and Subab, and Ardon.
|
||||
19| And Gazuba died; and Chaleb took to himself Ephrath, and she bore to him Or.
|
||||
20| And Or begot Uri, and Uri begot Beseleel.
|
||||
21| And after this Esron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Galaad, and he took her when he was sixty-five years old; and she bore him Seruch.
|
||||
22| And Seruch begot Jair, and he had twenty-three cities in Galaad.
|
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23| And he took Gedsur and Aram, the towns of Jair from them; <i>with</i> Canath and its towns, sixty cities. All these <i>belonged to</i> the sons of Machir the father of Galaad.
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24| And after the death of Esron, Chaleb came to Ephratha; and the wife of Esron <i>was</i> Abia; and she bore him Ascho the father of Thecoe.
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25| And the sons of Jerameel the first-born of Esron <i>were</i>, the first-born Ram, and Banaa, and Aram, and Asan his brother.
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26| And Jerameel had another wife, and her name <i>was</i> Atara: she is the mother of Ozom.
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27| And the sons of Ram the first-born of Jerameel were Maas, and Jamin, and Acor.
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28| And the sons of Ozom were, Samai, and Jadae: and the sons of Samai; Nadab, and Abisur.
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29| And the name of the wife of Abisur <i>was</i> Abichaia, and she bore him Achabar, and Moel.
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30| And the sons of Nadab; Salad and Apphain; and Salad died without children.
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31| And the sons of Apphain, Isemiel; and the sons of Isemiel, Sosan; and the sons of Sosan, Dadai.
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32| And the sons of Dadai, Achisamas, Jether, Jonathan: and Jether died childless.
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33| And the sons of Jonathan; Phaleth, and Hozam. These were the sons of Jerameel.
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34| And Sosan had no sons, but daughters. And Sosan had an Egyptian servant, and his name <i>was</i> Jochel.
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35| And Sosan gave his daughter to Jochel his servant to wife; and she bore him Ethi.
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36| And Ethi begot Nathan, and Nathan begot Zabed,
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37| and Zabed begot Aphamel, and Aphamel begot Obed.
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38| And Obed begot Jeu, and Jeu begot Azarias.
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39| And Azarias begot Chelles, and Chelles begot Eleasa,
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40| and Eleasa begot Sosomai, and Sosomai begot Salum,
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41| and Salum begot Jechemias, and Jechemias begot Elisama, and Elisama begot Ismael.
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42| And the sons of Chaleb the brother of Jerameel <i>were</i>, Marisa his first-born, he <i>is</i> the father of Ziph:—and the sons of Marisa the father of Chebron.
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43| And the sons of Chebron; Core, and Thapphus, and Recom, and Samaa.
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44| And Samaa begot Raem the father of Jeclan: and Jeclan begot Samai.
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45| And his son <i>was</i> Maon: and Maon <i>is</i> the father of Baethsur.
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46| And Gaepha the concubine of Chaleb bore Aram, and Mosa, and Gezue.
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47| And the sons of Addai <i>were</i> Ragem, and Joatham, and Sogar, and Phalec, and Gaepha, and Sagae.
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48| And Chaleb’s concubine Mocha bore Saber, and Tharam.
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49| She bore also Sagae the father of Madmena, and Sau the father of Machabena, and the father of Gaebal: and the daughter of Chaleb <i>was</i> Ascha.
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50| These were the sons of Chaleb: the sons of Or the first-born of Ephratha; Sobal the father of Cariathiarim,
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51| Salomon the father of Baetha, Lammon the father of Baethalaem, and Arim the father of Bethgedor.
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52| And the sons of Sobal the father of Cariathiarim were Araa, and Æsi, and Ammanith,
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53| and Umasphae, cities of Jair; Æthalim, and Miphithim, and Hesamathim, and Hemasaraim; from these went forth the Sarathaeans, and the sons of Esthaam.
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54| The sons of Salomon; Baethalaem, the Netophathite, Ataroth of the house of Joab, and half of the family of Malathi, Esari.
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55| The families of the scribes dwelling in Jabis; Thargathiim, and Samathiim, and Sochathim, these <i>are</i> the Kinaeans that came of Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab.
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#3
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1| Now these were the sons of David that were born to him in Chebron; the first-born Amnon, <i>born</i> of Achinaam the Jezraelitess; the second Damniel, of Abigaia the Carmelitess.
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2| The third, Abessalom, the son of Mocha the daughter of Tholmai king of Gedsur; the fourth, Adonia the son of Aggith.
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3| The fifth, Saphatia, <i>the son</i> of Abital; the sixth, Jethraam, <i>born</i> of Agla his wife.
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4| Six were born to him in Chebron; and he reigned there seven years and six months: and he reigned thirty-three years in Jerusalem.
|
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5| And these were born to him in Jerusalem; Samaa, Sobab, Nathan, and Solomon; four <i>of</i> Bersabee the daughter of Amiel:
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6| and Ebaar, and Elisa, and Eliphaleth,
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7| and Nagai, and Naphec, and Japhie,
|
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8| and Helisama, and Eliada, and Eliphala, nine.
|
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9| All <i>these were</i> the sons of David, besides the sons of the concubines, and <i>there was also</i> Themar their sister.
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10| The sons of Solomon; Roboam, Abia his son, Asa his son, Josaphat his son,
|
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11| Joram his son, Ochozias his son, Joas his son,
|
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12| Amasias his son, Azarias his son, Joathan his son,
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13| Achaz his son, Ezekias his son, Manasses his son,
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14| Amon his son, Josia his son.
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15| And the sons of Josia; the first-born Joanan, the second Joakim, the third Sedekias, the fourth Salum.
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16| And the sons of Joakim; Jechonias his son, Sedekias his son.
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17| And the sons of Jechonias; Asir, Salathiel his son,
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18| Melchiram, and Phadaias, and Sanesar, and Jekimia, and Hosamath, and Nabadias.
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||||
19| And the sons of Phadaias; Zorobabel, and Semei: and the sons of Zorobabel; Mosollam, and Anania, and Salomethi <i>was</i> their sister.
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20| And Asube, and Ool, and Barachia, and Asadia, and Asobed, five.
|
||||
21| And the sons of Anania, Phalettia, and Jesias his son, Raphal his son, Orna his son, Abdia his son, Sechenias his son.
|
||||
22| And the son of Sechenias; Samaia: and the sons of Samaia; Chattus, and Joel, and Berri and Noadia, and Saphath, six.
|
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23| And the sons of Noadia: Elithenan, and Ezekia, and Ezricam, three.
|
||||
24| And the sons of Elithenan; Odolia, and Heliasebon, and Phadaia, and Akub, and Joanan, and Dalaaia, and Anan, seven.
|
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#4
|
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1| And the sons of Juda; Phares, Esrom, and Charmi, and Or, Subal,
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2| and Rada his son; and Subal begot Jeth; and Jeth begot Achimai, and Laad: these <i>are</i> the generations of the Arathites.
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||||
3| And these <i>are</i> the sons of Ætam; Jezrael and Jesman, and Jebdas: and their sister’s name <i>was</i> Eselebbon.
|
||||
4| And Phanuel the father of Gedor, and Jazer the father of Osan: these <i>are</i> the sons of Or, the first-born of Ephratha, the father of Baethalaen.
|
||||
5| And Asur the father of Thecoe had two wives, Aoda and Thoada.
|
||||
6| And Aoda bore to him Ochaia, and Ephal, and Thaeman, and Aasther: all these <i>were</i> the sons of Aoda.
|
||||
7| And the sons of Thoada; Sereth, and Saar, and Esthanam.
|
||||
8| And Coe begot Enob, and Sabatha, and the progeny of the brother of Rechab, the son of Jarin.
|
||||
9| And Igabes was more famous than his brethren; and his mother called his name Igabes, saying, I have born as a sorrowful one.
|
||||
10| And Igabes called on the God of Israel, saying, O that thou wouldest indeed bless me, and enlarge my coasts, and that thy hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest make me know that thou wilt not grieve me! And God granted him all that he asked.
|
||||
11| And Chaleb the father of Ascha begot Machir; he <i>was</i> the father of Assathon.
|
||||
12| He begot Bathraias, and Bessee, and Thaeman the founder of the city of Naas the brother of Eselom the Kenezite: these <i>were</i> the men of Rechab.
|
||||
13| And the sons of Kenez; Gothoniel, and Saraia: and the sons of Gothoniel; Athath.
|
||||
14| And Manathi begot Gophera: and Saraia begot Jobab, the father of Ageaddair, for they were artificers.
|
||||
15| And the sons of Chaleb the son of Jephonne; Er, Ada, and Noom: and the sons of Ada, Kenez.
|
||||
16| And the sons of Aleel, Zib, and Zepha, and Thiria, and Eserel.
|
||||
17| And the sons of Esri; Jether, Morad, and Apher, and Jamon: and Jether begot Maron, and Semei, and Jesba the father of Esthaemon.
|
||||
18| And his wife, that <i>is</i> Adia, bore Jared the father of Gedor, and Aber the father of Sochon, and Chetiel the father of Zamon: and these <i>are</i> the sons of Betthia the daughter of Pharao, whom Mored took.
|
||||
19| And the sons of the wife of Iduia the sister of Nachaim the father of Keila; Garmi, and Esthaemon the Nochathite.
|
||||
20| And the sons of Semon; Amnon, and Ana the son of Phana, and Inon: and the sons of Sei, Zoan, and the sons of Zoab.
|
||||
21| The sons of Selom the son of Juda; Er the father of Lechab, and Laada the father of Marisa, and the offspring of the family of Ephrathabac <i>belonging to</i> the house of Esoba.
|
||||
22| And Joakim, and the men of Chozeba, and Joas, and Saraph, who dwelt in Moab, and he changed their names to Abederin and Athukiim.
|
||||
23| These <i>are</i> the potters who dwelt in Ataim and Gadira with the king: they grew strong in his kingdom, and dwelt there.
|
||||
24| The sons of Semeon; Namuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zares, Saul:
|
||||
25| Salem his son, Mabasam his son, Masma his son:
|
||||
26| Amuel his son, Sabud his son, Zacchur his son, Semei his son.
|
||||
27| Semei <i>had</i> sixteen sons, and six daughters; and his brethren had not many sons, neither did all their families multiply as the sons of Juda.
|
||||
28| And they dwelt in Bersabee, and Molada, and in Esersual,
|
||||
29| and in Balaa, and in Æsem, and in Tholad,
|
||||
30| and in Bathuel, and in Herma, and in Sikelag,
|
||||
31| and in Baethmarimoth, and Hemisuseosin, and the house of Baruseorim: these <i>were</i> their cities until <i>the time of</i> king David.
|
||||
32| And their villages <i>were</i> Ætan, and En, Remnon, and Thocca, and Æsar, five cities.
|
||||
33| And all their villages <i>were</i> round about these cities, as far as Baal: this <i>was</i> their possession, and their distribution.
|
||||
34| And Mosobab, and Jemoloch, and Josia the son of Amasia;
|
||||
35| and Joel, and Jeu the son of Asabia, the son of Sarau, the son of Asiel;
|
||||
36| and Elionai, and Jocaba, and Jasuia, and Asaia, and Jediel, and Ismael, and Banaias;
|
||||
37| and Zuza the son of Saphai, the son of Alon, the son of Jedia, the son of Semri, the son of Samaias.
|
||||
38| These went by the names of princes in their families, and they increased abundantly in their fathers’ households.
|
||||
39| And they went till they came to Gerara, to the east of Gai, to seek pasture for their cattle.
|
||||
40| And they found abundant and good pastures, and the land before them <i>was</i> wide, and <i>there was</i> peace and quietness; for <i>there were</i> some of the children of Cham who dwelt there before.
|
||||
41| And these who are written by name came in the days of Ezekias king of Juda, and they smote the people’s houses, and the Minaeans whom they found there, and utterly destroyed them until this day: and they dwelt in their place, because <i>there was</i> pasture there for their cattle.
|
||||
42| And some of them, <i>even</i> of the sons of Symeon, went to mount Seir, <i>even</i> five hundred men; and Phalaettia, and Noadia, and Raphaia, and Oziel, sons of Jesi, <i>were</i> their rulers.
|
||||
43| And they smote the remnant that were left of Amalec, until this day.
|
||||
|
||||
#5
|
||||
1| And the sons of Ruben the first-born of Israel (for he <i>was</i> the first-born; but because of his going up to his father’s couch, <i>his father</i> gave his blessing to his son Joseph, <i>even</i> the son of Israel; and he was not reckoned as first-born;
|
||||
2| for Judas <i>was</i> very mighty even among his brethren, and one was to be a ruler out of him: but the blessing <i>was</i> Joseph’s).
|
||||
3| The sons of Ruben the first-born of Israel; Enoch, and Phallus, Asrom, and Charmi.
|
||||
4| The sons of Joel; Semei, and Banaia his son: and the sons of Gug the son of Semei.
|
||||
5| His son <i>was</i> Micha, his son Recha, his son Joel,
|
||||
6| his son Beel, whom Thagla-phallasar king of Assyria carried away captive: he <i>is</i> the chief of the Rubenites.
|
||||
7| And his brethren in his family, in their distribution according to their generations; the chief, Joel, and Zacharia.
|
||||
8| And Balec the son of Azuz, the son of Sama, the son of Joel: he dwelt in Aroer, and even to Naban, and Beelmasson.
|
||||
9| And he dwelt eastward to the borders of the wilderness, from the river Euphrates: for they had much cattle in the land of Galaad.
|
||||
10| And in the days of Saul they made war upon the sojourners <i>in the land</i>; and they fell into their hands, all of them dwelling in their tents eastward of Galaad.
|
||||
11| The sons of Gad dwelt over against them in the land of Basan even to Sela.
|
||||
12| Joel the first-born, and Sapham the second, and Janin the scribe in Basan.
|
||||
13| And their brethren according to the houses of their fathers; Michael, Mosollam, and Sebee, and Joree, and Joachan, and Zue, and Obed, seven.
|
||||
14| These <i>are</i> the sons of Abichaia the son of Uri, the son of Idai, the son of Galaad, the son of Michael, the son of Jesai, the son of Jeddai, the son of Buz,
|
||||
15| <i>who was</i> the brother of the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, <i>he was</i> chief of the house of their families.
|
||||
16| They dwelt in Galaad, in Basan, and in their villages, and <i>in</i> all the country round about Saron to the border.
|
||||
17| The enumeration of <i>them</i> all took place in the days of Joatham king of Juda, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.
|
||||
18| The sons of Ruben and Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasse, of mighty men, bearing shields and sword, and bending the bow, and skilled in war, <i>were</i> forty and four thousand and seven hundred and sixty, going forth to battle.
|
||||
19| And they made war with the Agarenes, and Itureans, and Naphiseans, and Nadabeans,
|
||||
20| and they prevailed against them: and the Agaraeans were given into their hands, <i>they</i> and all their tents: for they cried to God in the battle, and he hearkened to them, because they trusted on him.
|
||||
21| And they took captive their store; five thousand camels, and two hundred and fifty thousand sheep, two thousand asses, and a hundred thousand men.
|
||||
22| For many fell slain, because the war <i>was</i> of God. And they dwelt in their place until the captivity.
|
||||
23| And the half-tribe of Manasse dwelt from Basan to Baal, Ermon, and Sanir, and <i>to</i> the mount Aermon: and they increased in Libanus.
|
||||
24| And these were the heads of the houses of their families; Opher, and Sei, and Eliel, and Jeremia, and Oduia, and Jediel, mighty men of valour, men of renown, heads of the houses of their families.
|
||||
25| But they rebelled against the God of their fathers, and went a-whoring after the gods of the nations of the land, whom God cast out from before them.
|
||||
26| And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Phaloch king of Assyria, and the spirit of Thagla-phallasar king of Assyria, and carried away Ruben and Gaddi, and the half-tribe of Manasse, and brought them to Chaach, and Chabor, and to the river Gozan, until this day.
|
||||
|
||||
#6
|
||||
1| The sons of Levi: Gedson, Caath, and Merari.
|
||||
2| And the sons of Caath; Ambram, and Issaar, Chebron, and Oziel.
|
||||
3| And the sons of Ambram; Aaron, and Moses, and Mariam: and the sons of Aaron; Nadab, and Abiud, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
|
||||
4| Eleazar begot Phinees, Phinees begot Abisu;
|
||||
5| Abisu begot Bokki, and Bokki begot Ozi;
|
||||
6| Ozi begot Zaraia, Zaraia begot Mariel;
|
||||
7| and Mariel begot Amaria, and Amaria begot Achitob;
|
||||
8| and Achitob begot Sadoc, and Sadoc begot Achimaas;
|
||||
9| and Achimaas begot Azarias, and Azarias begot Joanan;
|
||||
10| and Joanan begot Azarias: he ministered as priest in the house which Solomon built in Jerusalem.
|
||||
11| And Azarias begot Amaria, and Amaria begot Achitob;
|
||||
12| and Achitob begot Sadoc, and Sadoc begot Salom;
|
||||
13| and Salom begot Chelcias, and Chelcias begot Azarias;
|
||||
14| and Azarias begot Saraia, and Saraias begot Josadac.
|
||||
15| And Josadac went into captivity with Juda and Jerusalem under Nabuchodonosor.
|
||||
16| The sons of Levi: Gedson, Caath, and Merari.
|
||||
17| And these <i>are</i> the names of the sons of Gedson; Lobeni, and Semei.
|
||||
18| The sons of Caath; Ambram, and Issaar, Chebron, and Oziel.
|
||||
19| The sons of Merari; Mooli and Musi: and these <i>are</i> the families of Levi, according to their families.
|
||||
20| To Gedson—to Lobeni his son—<i>were born</i> Jeth his son, Zammath his son,
|
||||
21| Joab his son, Addi his son, Zara his son, Jethri his son.
|
||||
22| The sons of Caath; Aminadab his son, Core his son, Aser his son;
|
||||
23| Helcana his son, Abisaph his son, Aser his son:
|
||||
24| Thaath his son, Uriel his son, Ozia his son, Saul his son.
|
||||
25| And the sons of Helcana; Amessi, and Achimoth.
|
||||
26| Helcana his son, Suphi his son, Cainaath his son;
|
||||
27| Eliab his son, Jeroboam his son, Helcana his son.
|
||||
28| The sons of Samuel; the first-born Sani, and Abia.
|
||||
29| The sons of Merari; Mooli, Lobeni his son, Semei his son, Oza his son;
|
||||
30| Samaa his son, Angia his son, Asaias his son.
|
||||
31| And these <i>were the men</i> whom David set over the service of the singers in the house of the Lord when the ark was at rest.
|
||||
32| And they ministered in front of the tabernacle of witness <i>playing</i> on instruments, until Solomon built the house of the Lord in Jerusalem; and they stood according to their order for their services.
|
||||
33| And these <i>were the men</i> that stood, and their sons, of the sons of Caath: Æman the psalm singer, son of Joel, the son of Samuel,
|
||||
34| the son of Helcana, the son of Jeroboam, the son of Eliel, the son of Thoas,
|
||||
35| the son of Suph, the son of Helcana, the son of Maath, the son of Amathi,
|
||||
36| the son of Helcana, the son of Joel, the son of Azarias, the son of Japhanias,
|
||||
37| the son of Thaath, the son of Aser, the son of Abiasaph, the son of Core,
|
||||
38| the son of Isaar, the son of Caath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel.
|
||||
39| And his brother Asaph, who stood at his right hand; Asaph the son of Barachias, the son of Samaa,
|
||||
40| the son of Michael, the son of Baasia, the son of Melchia,
|
||||
41| the son of Athani, the son of Zaarai,
|
||||
42| the son of Adai, the son of Ætham, the son of Zammam, the son of Semei,
|
||||
43| the son of Jeeth, the son of Gedson, the son of Levi.
|
||||
44| And the sons of Merari their brethren on the left hand: Ætham the son of Kisa, the son of Abai, the son of Maloch,
|
||||
45| the son of Asebi,
|
||||
46| the son of Amessias, the son of Bani, the son of Semer,
|
||||
47| the son of Mooli, the son of Musi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.
|
||||
48| And their brethren according to the houses of their fathers, <i>were</i> the Levites who were appointed to all the work of ministration of the tabernacle of the house of God.
|
||||
49| And Aaron and his sons <i>were</i> to burn incense on the altar of whole-burnt-offerings, and on the altar of incense, for all the ministry <i>in</i> the holy of holies, and to make atonement for Israel, according to all things that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded.
|
||||
50| And these <i>are</i> the sons of Aaron; Eleazar his son, Phinees his son, Abisu his son,
|
||||
51| Bokki his son, Ozi his son, Saraia his son,
|
||||
52| Mariel his son, Amaria his son, Achitob his son,
|
||||
53| Sadoc his son, Achimaas his son.
|
||||
54| And these <i>are</i> their residences in their villages, in their coasts, to the sons of Aaron, to their family the Caathites: for they had the lot.
|
||||
55| And they gave them Chebron in the land of Juda, and its suburbs round about it.
|
||||
56| But the fields of the city, and its villages, they gave to Chaleb the son of Jephonne.
|
||||
57| And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of refuge, <i>even</i> Chebron, and Lobna and her suburbs round about, and Selna and her suburbs, and Esthamo and her suburbs,
|
||||
58| and Jethar and her suburbs, and Dabir and her suburbs,
|
||||
59| and Asan and her suburbs, and Baethsamys and her suburbs:
|
||||
60| and of the tribe of Benjamin Gabai and her suburbs, and Galemath and her suburbs, and Anathoth and her suburbs: all their cities <i>were</i> thirteen cities according to their families.
|
||||
61| And to the sons of Caath that were left of their families, <i>there were given</i> out of the tribe, <i>namely</i>, out of the half-tribe of Manasse, by lot, ten cities.
|
||||
62| And to the sons of Gedson according to their families <i>there were given</i> thirteen cities of the tribe of Issachar, of the tribe of Aser, of the tribe of Nephthali, of the tribe of Manasse in Basan.
|
||||
63| And to the sons of Merari according to their families <i>there were given</i>, by lot, twelve cities of the tribe of Ruben, of the tribe of Gad, <i>and</i> of the tribe of Zabulon.
|
||||
64| So the children of Israel gave to the Levites the cities and their suburbs.
|
||||
65| And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Juda, and out of the tribe of the children of Symeon, and out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, these cities which they call by name.
|
||||
66| And <i>to the members</i> of the families of the sons of Caath there were also given the cities of their borders out of the tribe of Ephraim.
|
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67| And they gave them the cities of refuge, Sychem and her suburbs in mount Ephraim, and Gazer and her suburbs,
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68| and Jecmaan and her suburbs, and Baethoron and her suburbs,
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69| and Ælon and her suburbs, and Gethremmon and her suburbs:
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70| and of the half-tribe of Manasse Anar and her suburbs, and Jemblaan and her suburbs, to the sons of Caath that were left, according to <i>each several</i> family.
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71| To the sons of Gedson from the families of the half-tribe of Manasse <i>they gave</i> Golan of Basan and her suburbs, and Aseroth and her suburbs.
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72| And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kedes and her suburbs, and Deberi and her suburbs, and Dabor and her suburbs,
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73| and Ramoth, and Ænan and her suburbs.
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74| And of the tribe of Aser; Maasal and her suburbs, and Abdon and her suburbs,
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75| and Acac and her suburbs, and Roob and her suburbs.
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76| And of the tribe of Nephthali; Kedes in Galilee and her suburbs, and Chamoth and her suburbs, and Kariathaim and her suburbs.
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77| To the sons of Merari that were left, <i>they gave</i> out of the tribe of Zabulon Remmon and her suburbs, and Thabor and her suburbs:
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78| out of <i>the country</i> beyond Jordan; Jericho westward of Jordan: out of the tribe of Ruben; Bosor in the wilderness and her suburbs, and Jasa and her suburbs,
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79| and Kadmoth and her suburbs, and Maephla and her suburbs.
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80| Out of the tribe of Gad; Rammoth Galaad and her suburbs, and Maanaim and her suburbs,
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81| and Esebon and her suburbs, and Jazer and her suburbs.
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#7
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1| And <i>as</i> to the sons of Issachar, <i>they were</i> Thola, and Phua, and Jasub, and Semeron, four.
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2| And the sons of Thola; Ozi, Raphaia, and Jeriel, and Jamai, and Jemasan, and Samuel, chiefs of their fathers’ houses <i>belonging to</i> Thola, men of might according to their generations; their number in the days of David <i>was</i> twenty and two thousand and six hundred.
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3| And the sons of Ozi; Jezraia: and the sons of Jezraia; Michael, Abdiu, and Joel, and Jesia, five, all rulers.
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4| And with them, according to their generations, according to the houses of their families, <i>were men</i> mighty to set <i>armies</i> in array for war, thirty and six thousand, for they had multiplied <i>their</i> wives and children.
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5| And their brethren among all the families of Issachar, also mighty men, <i>were</i> eighty-seven thousand—<i>this was</i> the number of them all.
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6| The sons of Benjamin; Bale, and Bachir, and Jediel, three.
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7| And the sons of Bale; Esebon, and Ozi, and Oziel, and Jerimuth, and Uri, five; heads of houses of families, mighty men; and their number <i>was</i> twenty and two thousand and thirty-four.
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8| And the sons of Bachir; Zemira, and Joas, and Eliezer, and Elithenan, and Amaria, and Jerimuth, and Abiud, and Anathoth, and Eleemeth: all these <i>were</i> the sons of Bachir.
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9| And their number according to their generations, (<i>they were</i> chiefs of their fathers’ houses, men of might), <i>was</i> twenty thousand and two hundred.
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10| And the sons of Jediel; Balaan: and the sons of Balaan; Jaus, and Benjamin, and Aoth, and Chanana, and Zaethan, and Tharsi, and Achisaar.
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11| All these <i>were</i> the sons of Jediel, chiefs of their families, men of might, seventeen thousand and two hundred, going forth to war with might.
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12| And Sapphin, and Apphin, and the sons of Or, Asom, whose son <i>was</i> Aor.
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13| The sons of Nephthali; Jasiel, Goni, and Aser, and Sellum, his sons, Balam his son.
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14| The sons of Manasse; Esriel, whom his Syrian concubine bore; and she bore to him also Machir the father of Galaad.
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15| And Machir took a wife for Apphin and Sapphin, and his sister’s name was Moocha; and the name of the second <i>son</i> was Sapphaad; and to Sapphaad were born daughters.
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16| And Moocha the wife of Machir bore a son, and called his name Phares; and his brother’s name <i>was</i> Surus; his sons <i>were</i> Ulam, and Rocom.
|
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17| And the sons of Ulam; Badam. These <i>were</i> the sons of Galaad, the son of Machir, the son of Manasse.
|
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18| And his sister Malecheth bore Isud, and Abiezer, and Maela.
|
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19| And the sons of Semira were, Aim, and Sychem, and Lakim, and Anian.
|
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20| And the sons of Ephraim; Sothalath, and Barad his son, and Thaath his son, Elada his son, Saath his son,
|
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21| and Zabad his son, Sothele his son, and Azer, and Elead: and the men of Geth who were born in the land slew them, because they went down to take their cattle.
|
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22| And their father Ephraim mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him.
|
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23| And he went in to his wife, and she conceived, and bore a son, and he called his name Beria, because, <i>said he</i>, he was afflicted in my house.
|
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24| And his daughter <i>was</i> Saraa, and he was among them that were left, and he built Baethoron the upper and the lower. And the descendants of Ozan <i>were</i> Seera,
|
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25| and Raphe his son, Saraph and Thalees his sons, Thaen his son.
|
||||
26| To Laadan his son <i>was born his</i> son Amiud, his son Helisamai, <i>his</i> son
|
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27| Nun, <i>his</i> son Jesue, <i>these were</i> his sons.
|
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28| And their possession and their dwelling <i>were</i> Baethel and her towns, to the east Noaran, westward Gazer and her towns, and Sychem and her towns, as far as Gaza and her towns.
|
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29| And as far as the borders of the sons of Manasse, Baethsaan and her towns, Thanach and her towns, Mageddo and her towns, Dor and her towns. In this the children of Joseph the son of Israel dwelt.
|
||||
30| The sons of Aser; Jemna, and Suia, and Isui, and Beria, and Sore their sister.
|
||||
31| And the sons of Beria; Chaber, and Melchiel; he <i>was</i> the father of Berthaith.
|
||||
32| And Chaber begot Japhlet, and Samer, and Chothan, and Sola their sister.
|
||||
33| And the sons of Japhlet; Phasec, and Bamael, and Asith: these <i>are</i> the sons of Japhlet.
|
||||
34| And the sons of Semmer; Achir, and Rooga, and Jaba, and Aram.
|
||||
35| And the sons of Elam his brother; Sopha, and Imana, and Selles, and Amal.
|
||||
36| The sons of Sopha; Sue, and Arnaphar, and Suda, and Barin, and Imran,
|
||||
37| and Basan, and Oa, and Sama, and Salisa, and Jethra, and Beera.
|
||||
38| And the sons of Jether, Jephina, and Phaspha, and Ara.
|
||||
39| And the sons of Ola; Orech, Aniel, and Rasia.
|
||||
40| All these <i>were</i> the sons of Aser, all heads of families, choice, mighty men, chief leaders: their number for battle array—their number <i>was</i> twenty-six thousand men.
|
||||
|
||||
#8
|
||||
1| Now Benjamin begot Bale his first-born, and Asbel his second <i>son</i>, Aara the third, Noa the fourth,
|
||||
2| and Rapha the fifth.
|
||||
3| And the sons of Bale were, Adir, and Gera, and Abiud,
|
||||
4| and Abessue, and Noama, and Achia,
|
||||
5| and Gera, and Sephupham, and Uram.
|
||||
6| These <i>were</i> the sons of Aod: these are the heads of families to them that dwell in Gabee, and they removed them to Machanathi:
|
||||
7| and Nooma, and Achia and Gera, he removed them, and he begot Aza, and Jachicho.
|
||||
8| And Saarin begot <i>children</i> in the plain of Moab, after that he had sent away Osin and Baada his wives.
|
||||
9| And he begot of his wife Ada, Jolab, and Sebia, and Misa, and Melchas,
|
||||
10| and Jebus, and Zabia, and Marma: these <i>were</i> heads of families.
|
||||
11| And of Osin he begot Abitol, and Alphaal.
|
||||
12| And the sons of Alphaal; Obed, Misaal, Semmer: he built Ona, and Lod, and its towns:
|
||||
13| and Beria, and Sama; these <i>were</i> heads of families among the dwellers in Elam, and they drove out the inhabitants of Geth.
|
||||
14| And his brethren <i>were</i> Sosec, and Arimoth,
|
||||
15| and Zabadia, and Ored, and Eder,
|
||||
16| and Michael, and Jespha, and Joda, the sons of Beria:
|
||||
17| and Zabadia, and Mosollam, and Azaki, and Abar,
|
||||
18| and Isamari, and Jexlias, and Jobab, the sons of Elphaal:
|
||||
19| and Jakim, and Zachri, and Zabdi,
|
||||
20| and Elionai, and Salathi,
|
||||
21| and Elieli, and Adaia, and Baraia, and Samarath, sons of Samaith:
|
||||
22| and Jesphan, and Obed, and Eliel,
|
||||
23| and Abdon, and Zechri, and Anan,
|
||||
24| and Anania, and Ambri, and Ælam, <i>and</i> Anathoth,
|
||||
25| and Jathin, and Jephadias, and Phanuel, the sons of Sosec:
|
||||
26| and Samsari, and Saarias, and Gotholia,
|
||||
27| and Jarasia, and Eria, and Zechri, son of Iroam.
|
||||
28| These <i>were</i> heads of families, chiefs according to their generations: these dwelt in Jerusalem.
|
||||
29| And the father of Gabaon dwelt in Gabaon; and his wife’s name was Moacha.
|
||||
30| And her first-born son was Abdon, and Sur, and Kis, and Baal, and Nadab, and Ner,
|
||||
31| and Gedur and his brother, and Zacchur, and Makeloth.
|
||||
32| And Makeloth begot Samaa: for these dwelt in Jerusalem in the presence of their brethren with their brethren.
|
||||
33| And Ner begot Kis, and Kis begot Saul, and Saul begot Jonathan, and Melchisue, and Aminadab, and Asabal.
|
||||
34| And the son of Jonathan <i>was</i> Meribaal; and Meribaal begot Micha.
|
||||
35| And the sons of Micha; Phithon, and Melach, and Tharach, and Achaz.
|
||||
36| And Achaz begot Jada, and Jada begot Salaemath, and Asmoth, and Zambri; and Zambri begot Maesa;
|
||||
37| and Maesa begot Baana: Rhaphaea <i>was</i> his son, Elasa his son, Esel his son.
|
||||
38| And Esel <i>had</i> six sons, and these <i>were</i> their name; Ezricam his first-born, and Ismael, and Saraia, and Abdia, and Anan, and Asa: all these <i>were</i> the sons of Esel.
|
||||
39| And the sons of Asel his brother; Ælam his first-born, and Jas the second, and Eliphalet the third.
|
||||
40| And the sons of Ælam were mighty men, bending the bow, and multiplying sons and grandsons, a hundred <i>and</i> fifty. All these <i>were</i> of the sons of Benjamin.
|
||||
|
||||
#9
|
||||
1| And <i>this is</i> all Israel, <i>even</i> their enrolment: and these <i>are</i> written down in the book of the kings of Israel and Juda, with the <i>names of them</i> that were carried away to Babylon for their transgressions.
|
||||
2| And they that dwelt before in their possessions in the cities of Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the appointed ones.
|
||||
3| And there dwelt in Jerusalem some of the children of Juda, and of the children of Benjamin, and of the children of Ephraim, and Manasse.
|
||||
4| And Gnothi, and the son of Samiud, the son of Amri, the son of Ambraim, the son of Buni, son of the sons of Phares, the son of Juda.
|
||||
5| And of the Selonites; Asaia his first-born, and his sons.
|
||||
6| Of the sons of Zara; Jeel, and their brethren, six hundred and ninety.
|
||||
7| And of the sons of Benjamin; Salom, son of Mosollam, son of Odouia, son of Asinu.
|
||||
8| And Jemnaa son of Jeroboam, and Elo: these <i>are</i> the sons of Ozi the son of Machir: and Mosollam, son of Saphatia, son of Raguel, son of Jemnai;
|
||||
9| and their brethren according to their generations, nine hundred and fifty-six, all the men <i>were</i> heads of families according to the houses of their fathers.
|
||||
10| And of the priests; Jodae, and Joarim, and Jachin,
|
||||
11| and Azaria the son of Chelcias, the son of Mosollam, the son of Sadoc, the son of Maraioth, the son of Achitob, the ruler of the house of God;
|
||||
12| and Adaia son of Iraam, son of Phascor, son of Melchia, and Maasaia son of Adiel, son of Ezira, son of Mosollam, son of Maselmoth, son of Emmer;
|
||||
13| and their brethren, chiefs of their families, a thousand seven hundred and sixty, mighty <i>men</i> for the work of the ministration of the house of God.
|
||||
14| And of the Levites; Samaia son of Asob, son of Ezricam, son of Asabia, of the sons of Merari.
|
||||
15| And Bacbacar, and Ares, and Galaal, and Matthanias son of Micha, son of Zechri, son of Asaph;
|
||||
16| and Abdia, son of Samia, son of Galaal, son of Idithun, and Barachia son of Ossa, son of Helcana—who dwelt in the villages of the Notephatites.
|
||||
17| The door-keepers; Salom, Acum, Telmon, and Diman, and their brethren; Salom <i>was</i> the chief;
|
||||
18| and <i>he waited</i> hitherto in the king’s gate eastward: these <i>are</i> the gates of the companies of the sons of Levi.
|
||||
19| And Sellum the son of Core, the son of Abiasaph, the son of Core, and his brethren belonging to the house of his father, the Corites <i>were</i> over the works of the service, keeping the watches of the tabernacle, and their fathers over the camp of the Lord, keeping the entrance.
|
||||
20| And Phinees son of Eleazar was head over them before the Lord, and these <i>were</i> with him.
|
||||
21| Zacharias the son of Mosollami <i>was</i> keeper of the door of the tabernacle of witness.
|
||||
22| All the chosen porters in the gates <i>were</i> two hundred and twelve, these <i>were</i> in their courts, <i>this was</i> their distribution: these David and Samuel the seer established in their charge.
|
||||
23| And these and their sons <i>were</i> over the gates in the house of the Lord, and in the house of the tabernacle, to keep watch.
|
||||
24| The gates were toward the four winds, eastward, westward, northward, southward.
|
||||
25| And their brethren <i>were</i> in their courts, to enter in weekly from time to time with these.
|
||||
26| For four strong <i>men</i> have the charge of the gates; and the Levites were over the chambers, and they keep watch over the treasures of the house of God.
|
||||
27| For the charge <i>was</i> upon them, and these <i>were</i> charged with the keys to open the doors of the temple every morning.
|
||||
28| And <i>some</i> of them <i>were appointed</i> over the vessels of service, that they should carry them in by number, and carry them out by number.
|
||||
29| And <i>some</i> of them <i>were</i> appointed over the furniture, and over all the holy vessels, and over the fine flour, the wine, the oil, the frankincense, and the spices.
|
||||
30| And some of the priests were makers of the ointment, and <i>appointed to prepare</i> the spices.
|
||||
31| And Matthathias of the Levites, (he <i>was</i> the first-born of Salom the Corite,)<i>was set</i> in charge over the sacrifices of meat-offering of the pan belonging to the high priest.
|
||||
32| And Banaias the Caathite, from among their brethren, <i>was set</i> over the shewbread, to prepare it every sabbath.
|
||||
33| And these <i>were</i> the singers, heads of families of the Levites, <i>to whom were</i> established daily courses, for they were employed in the services day and night.
|
||||
34| These <i>were</i> the heads of the families of the Levites according to their generations; these chiefs dwelt in Jerusalem.
|
||||
35| And Jeel the father of Gabaon dwelt in Gabaon; and his wife’s name <i>was</i> Moocha.
|
||||
36| And his first-born son <i>was</i> Abdon, and <i>he had</i> Sur, and Kis, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab,
|
||||
37| and Gedur and <i>his</i> brother, and Zacchur, and Makeloth.
|
||||
38| And Makeloth begot Samaa: and these dwelt in the midst of their brethren in Jerusalem, <i>even</i> in the midst of their brethren.
|
||||
39| And Ner begot Kis, and Kis begot Saul, and Saul begot Jonathan, and Melchisue, and Aminadab, and Asabal.
|
||||
40| And the son of Jonathan <i>was</i> Meribaal: and Meribaal begot Micha.
|
||||
41| And the sons of Micha <i>were</i> Phithon and Malach, and Tharach.
|
||||
42| And Achaz begot Jada: and Jada begot Galemeth, and Gazmoth, and Zambri; and Zambri begot Massa.
|
||||
43| And Massa begot Baana, and Rhaphaia <i>was</i> his son, Elasa his son, Esel his son.
|
||||
44| And Esel had six sons, and these <i>were</i> their names; Esricam his first-born, and Ismael, and Saraia, and Abdia, and Anan, and Asa: these <i>were</i> the sons of Esel.
|
||||
|
||||
#10
|
||||
1| Now the Philistines warred against Israel; and they fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gelbue.
|
||||
2| And the Philistines pursued after Saul, and after his sons; and the Philistines smote Jonathan, and Aminadab, and Melchisue, sons of Saul.
|
||||
3| And the battle prevailed against Saul, and the archers hit him with bows and arrows, and they were wounded of the bows.
|
||||
4| And Saul said to his armour-bearer, Draw thy sword, and pierce me through with it, lest these uncircumcised come and mock me. But his armour-bearer would not, for he was greatly afraid: so Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.
|
||||
5| And his armour-bearer saw that Saul was dead, and he also fell upon his sword.
|
||||
6| So Saul died, and his three sons on that day, and all his family died at the same time.
|
||||
7| And all the men of Israel that were in the valley saw that Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, and they left their cities, and fled: and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.
|
||||
8| And it came to pass on the next <i>day</i> that the Philistines came to strip the slain, and they found Saul and his sons fallen on mount Gelbue.
|
||||
9| And they stripped him, and took his head, and his armour, and sent them into the land of the Philistines round about, to proclaim the glad tidings to their idols, and to the people.
|
||||
10| And they put their armour in the house of their god, and they put his head in the house of Dagon.
|
||||
11| And all the dwellers in Galaad heard of all that the Philistines had done to Saul and to Israel.
|
||||
12| And all the mighty men rose up from Galaad, and they took the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabis, and buried their bones under the oak in Jabis, and fasted seven days.
|
||||
13| So Saul died for his transgressions, wherein he transgressed against God, against the word of the Lord, forasmuch as he kept <i>it</i> not, because Saul enquired of a wizard to seek <i>counsel</i>, and Samuel the prophet answered him:
|
||||
14| and he sought not the Lord: so he slew him, and turned the kingdom to David the son of Jesse.
|
||||
|
||||
#11
|
||||
1| And all Israel came to David in Chebron, saying, Behold, we <i>are</i> thy bones and thy flesh.
|
||||
2| And heretofore when Saul was king, thou wast he that led Israel in and out, and the Lord of Israel said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be for a ruler over Israel.
|
||||
3| And all the elders of Israel came to the king to Chebron; and king David made a covenant with them in Chebron before the Lord: and they anointed David to be king over Israel, according to the word of the Lord by Samuel.
|
||||
4| And the king and his men went to Jerusalem, this <i>is</i> Jebus; and there the Jebusites the inhabitants of the land said to David,
|
||||
5| Thou shalt not enter in hither. But he took the strong hold of Sion: this <i>is</i> the city of David.
|
||||
6| And David said, Whoever first smites the Jebusite, even he shall be chief and captain. And Joab the son of Saruia went up first, and became chief.
|
||||
7| And David dwelt in the strong hold; therefore he called it the city of David.
|
||||
8| And he fortified the city round about.
|
||||
9| And David continued to increase, and the Lord Almighty <i>was</i> with him.
|
||||
10| And these <i>are</i> the chiefs of the mighty men, whom David had, who strengthened <i>themselves</i> with him in his kingdom, with all Israel, to make him king, according to the word of the Lord concerning Israel.
|
||||
11| And this <i>is</i> the list of the mighty <i>men</i> of David; Jesebada, son of Achaman, first of the thirty: he drew his sword once against three hundred whom he slew at one time.
|
||||
12| And after him Eleazar son of Dodai, the Achochite: he was among the three mighty men.
|
||||
13| He was with David in Phasodamin, and the Philistines were gathered there to battle, and <i>there was</i> a portion of the field full of barley; and the people fled before the Philistines.
|
||||
14| And he stood in the midst of the portion, and rescued it, and smote the Philistines; and the Lord wrought a great deliverance.
|
||||
15| And three of the thirty chiefs went down to the rock to David, to the cave of Odollam, and the camp of the Philistines <i>was</i> in the giants’ valley.
|
||||
16| And David <i>was</i> then in the hold, and the garrison of the Philistines <i>was</i> then in Bethleem.
|
||||
17| And David longed, and said, Who will give me water to drink of the well of Bethleem, that is in the gate?
|
||||
18| And the three broke through the camp of the Philistines, and they drew water out of the well that was in Bethleem, which was in the gate, and they took it, and came to David: but David would not drink it, and poured it out to the Lord, and said,
|
||||
19| God forbid that I should do this thing: shall I drink the blood of these men with their lives? for with <i>the peril of</i> their lives they brought it. So he would not drink it. These things did the three mighty <i>men</i>.
|
||||
20| And Abisa the brother of Joab, he was chief of three: he drew his sword against three hundred slain at one time, and he had a name among the <i>second</i> three.
|
||||
21| He was more famous than the two <i>others</i> of the three, and he was chief <i>over</i> them; yet he reached not to the <i>first</i> three.
|
||||
22| And Banaia the son of Jodae was the son of a mighty man: many <i>were</i> his acts for Cabasael: he smote two lion-like men of Moab, and he went down and smote a lion in a pit on a snowy day.
|
||||
23| And he smote an Egyptian, a wonderful man five cubits <i>high</i>; and in the hand of the Egyptian <i>there was</i> a spear like a weavers’ beam; and Banaia went down to him with a staff, and took the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand, and slew him with his own spear.
|
||||
24| These things did Banaia son of Jodae, and his name <i>was</i> among the three mighties.
|
||||
25| He was distinguished beyond the thirty, yet he reached not to the <i>first</i> three: and David set him over his family.
|
||||
26| And the mighty <i>men</i> of the forces <i>were</i>, Asael the brother of Joab, Eleanan the son of Dodoe of Bethleem,
|
||||
27| Samaoth the Arorite, Chelles the Phelonite,
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28| Ora the son of Ekkis the Thecoite, Abiezer the Anathothite,
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29| Sobochai the Usathite, Eli the Achonite,
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30| Marai the Netophathite, Chthaod the son of Nooza the Netophathite,
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31| Airi the son of Rebie of the hill of Benjamin, Banaias the Pharathonite,
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32| Uri of Nachali Gaas, Abiel the Garabaethite,
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33| Azbon the Baromite, Eliaba the Salabonite,
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34| the son of Asam the Gizonite, Jonathan the son of Sola the Ararite,
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35| Achim the son of Achar the Ararite, Elphat the son of Thyrophar
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36| the Mechorathrite, Achia the Phellonite,
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37| Esere the Charmadaite, Naarai the son of Azobai,
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38| Joel the son of Nathan, Mebaal son of Agari,
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39| Sele the son of Ammoni, Nachor the Berothite, armour-bearer to the son of Saruia,
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40| Ira the Jethrite, Gaber the Jethrite,
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41| Uria the Chettite, Zabet son of Achaia,
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42| Adina son of Saeza, a chief of Ruben, and thirty with him,
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43| Anan the son of Moocha, and Josaphat the Matthanite,
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44| Ozia the Astarothite, Samatha and Jeiel sons of Chotham the Ararite,
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45| Jediel the son of Sameri, and Jozae his brother the Thosaite,
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46| Eliel the Maoite, and Jaribi, and Josia his son, Ellaam, and Jethama the Moabite,
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47| Daliel, and Obeth, and Jessiel of Mesobia.
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#12
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1| And these <i>are</i> they that came to Sikelag, when he yet kept himself close because of Saul the son of Kis; and these <i>were</i> among the mighty, aiding <i>him</i> in war,
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2| and <i>using</i> the bow with the right hand and with the left, and slingers with stones, and <i>shooters</i> with bows. Of the brethren of Saul of Benjamin,
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3| the chief <i>was</i> Achiezer, and Joas son of Asma the Gabathite, and Joel and Jophalet, sons of Asmoth, and Berchia, and Jeul of Anathoth,
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4| and Samaias the Gabaonite a mighty man among the thirty, and over the thirty; <i>and</i> Jeremia, and Jeziel, and Joanan, and Jozabath of Gadarathiim,
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5| Azai and Arimuth, and Baalia, and Samaraia, and Saphatias of Charaephiel,
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6| Helcana, and Jesuni, and Ozriel, and Jozara, and Sobocam, and the Corites,
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7| and Jelia and Zabadia, sons of Iroam, and the <i>men</i> of Gedor.
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8| And from Gad these separated themselves to David from the wilderness, strong mighty men of war, bearing shields and spears, and their faces <i>were as</i> the face of a lion, and they were nimble as roes upon the mountains in speed.
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9| Aza the chief, Abdia the second, Eliab the third,
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10| Masmana the fourth, Jeremias the fifth,
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11| Jethi the sixth, Eliab the seventh,
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12| Joanan the eighth, Eleazer the ninth,
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13| Jeremia the tenth, Melchabanai the eleventh.
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14| These <i>were</i> chiefs of the army of the sons of Gad, the least one commander of a hundred, and the greatest one of a thousand.
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15| These <i>are</i> the <i>men</i> that crossed over Jordan in the first month, and it had overflowed all its banks; and they drove out all the inhabitants of the valleys, from the east to the west.
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16| And there came <i>some</i> of the sons of Benjamin and Juda to the assistance of David.
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17| And David went out to meet them, and said to them, If ye are come peaceably to me, let my heart be at peace with you: but if <i>ye are come</i> to betray me to my enemies unfaithfully, the God of your fathers look upon it, and reprove it.
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18| And the Spirit came upon Amasai, a captain of the thirty, and he said, Go, David, son of Jesse, thou and thy people, peace, peace be to thee, and peace to thy helpers, for thy God has helped thee. And David received them, and made them captains of the forces.
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19| And <i>some</i> came to David from Manasse, when the Philistines came against Saul to war: and he helped them not, because the captains of the Philistines took counsel, saying, With the heads of those men will he return to his master Saul.
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20| When David was going to Sikelag, there came to him of Manasse, Edna and Jozabath, and Rodiel, and Michael, and Josabaith, and Elimuth, and Semathi: <i>these</i> are the captains of thousands of Manasse.
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21| And they fought on the side of David against a troop, for they <i>were</i> all men of might; and they were commanders in the army, <i>because</i> of <i>their</i> might.
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22| For daily men came to David, <i>till they amounted</i> to a great force, as the force of God.
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23| And these <i>are</i> the names of the commanders of the army, who came to David to Chebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him according to the word of the Lord.
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24| The sons of Juda, bearing shields and spears, six thousand and eight hundred mighty in war.
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25| Of the sons of Symeon mighty for battle, seven thousand and a hundred.
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26| Of the sons of Levi, four thousand and six hundred.
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27| And Joadas the chief <i>of the family</i> of Aaron, and with him three thousand and seven hundred.
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28| And Sadoc, a young <i>man</i> mighty in strength, and <i>there were</i> twenty-two leaders of his father’s house.
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29| And of the sons of Benjamin, the brethren of Saul, three thousand: and still the greater part of them kept the guard of the house of Saul.
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30| And of the sons of Ephraim, twenty thousand and eight hundred mighty men, famous in the houses of their fathers.
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31| And of the half-tribe of Manasse, eighteen thousand, even <i>those</i> who were named by name, to make David king.
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32| And of the sons of Issachar having wisdom with regard to the times, knowing what Israel should do, two hundred; and all their brethren with them.
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33| And of Zabulon they that went out to battle, with all weapons of war, <i>were</i> fifty thousand to help David, not weak-handed.
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34| And of Nephthali a thousand captains, and with them <i>men</i> with shields and spears, thirty-seven thousand.
|
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35| And of the Danites <i>men</i> ready for war twenty-eight thousand and eight hundred.
|
||||
36| And of Aser, they that went out to give aid in war, forty thousand.
|
||||
37| And from the country beyond Jordan, from Ruben, and the Gadites, and from the half-tribe of Manasse, a hundred and twenty thousand, with all weapons of war.
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38| All these <i>were</i> men of war, setting <i>the army</i> in battle array, with a peaceful mind <i>towards him</i>, and they came to Chebron to make David king over all Israel: and the rest of Israel <i>were of</i> one mind to make David king.
|
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39| And they were there three days eating and drinking, for their brethren <i>had</i> made preparations.
|
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40| And their neighbours, as far as Issachar and Zabulon and Nephthali, brought to them upon camels, and asses, and mules, and upon calves, victuals, meal, cakes of figs, raisins, wine, and oil, calves and sheep abundantly: for <i>there was</i> joy in Israel.
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|
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#13
|
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1| And David took counsel with the captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, <i>even with</i> every commander.
|
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2| And David said to the whole congregation of Israel, If it <i>seem</i> good to you, and it should be prospered by the Lord our God, let us send to our brethren that are left in all the land of Israel, and let the priests the Levites who are with them in the cities of their possession <i>come</i>, and let them be gathered to us.
|
||||
3| And let us bring over to us the ark of our God; for men have not enquired <i>at</i> it since the days of Saul.
|
||||
4| And all the congregation said that they would do thus; for the saying was right in the eyes of all the people.
|
||||
5| So David assembled all Israel, from the borders of Egypt even to the entering in of Hemath, to bring in the ark of God from the city of Jarim.
|
||||
6| And David brought it up: and all Israel went up to the city of David, which belonged to Juda, to bring up thence the ark of the Lord God who sits between the cherubim, whose name is called <i>on it</i>.
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||||
7| And they set the ark of God on a new waggon <i>brought</i> out of the house of Aminadab: and Oza and his brethren drove the waggon.
|
||||
8| And David and all Israel <i>were</i> playing before the Lord with all their might, and <i>that</i> together with singers, and with harps, and with lutes, with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.
|
||||
9| And they came as far as the threshing-floor: and Oza put forth his hand to hold the ark, because the bullock moved it from <i>its place</i>.
|
||||
10| And the Lord was very angry with Oza, and smote him there, because of his stretching forth his hand upon the ark: and he died there before God.
|
||||
11| And David was dispirited, because the Lord <i>had</i> made a breach on Oza: and he called that place the Breach of Oza until this day.
|
||||
12| And David feared God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God in to myself?
|
||||
13| So David brought not the ark home to himself into the city of David, but he turned it aside into the house of Abeddara the Gethite.
|
||||
14| And the ark of God abode in the house of Abeddara three months: and God blessed Abeddara and all that he had.
|
||||
|
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#14
|
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1| And Chiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar timbers, and masons, and carpenters, to build a house for him.
|
||||
2| And David knew that the Lord <i>had</i> designed him to be king over Israel; because his kingdom was highly exalted, on account of his people Israel.
|
||||
3| And David took more wives in Jerusalem: and there were born to David more sons and daughters.
|
||||
4| And these <i>are</i> the names of those that were born, who were <i>born</i> to him in Jerusalem; Samaa, Sobab, Nathan, and Solomon,
|
||||
5| and Baar, and Elisa, and Eliphaleth,
|
||||
6| and Nageth, and Naphath, and Japhie,
|
||||
7| and Elisamae, and Eliade, and Eliphala.
|
||||
8| And the Philistines heard that David was anointed king over all Israel: and all the Philistines went up to seek David; and David heard <i>it</i>, and went out to meet them.
|
||||
9| And the Philistines came and assembled together in the giants’ valley.
|
||||
10| And David enquired of God, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? and wilt thou deliver them into my hand? And the Lord said to him, Go up, and I will deliver them into thy hands.
|
||||
11| And he went up to Baal Pharasin, and David smote them there; and David said, God has broken through enemies by my hand like a breach of water: therefore he called the name of that place, the Breach of Pharasin.
|
||||
12| And the Philistines left their gods there; and David gave orders to burn them with fire.
|
||||
13| And the Philistines once more assembled themselves in the giants’ valley.
|
||||
14| And David enquired of God again; and God said to him, Thou shalt not go after them; turn away from them, and thou shalt come upon them near the pear trees.
|
||||
15| And it shall be, when thou shalt hear the sound of their tumult in the tops of the pear trees, then thou shalt go into the battle: for God has gone out before thee to smite the army of the Philistines.
|
||||
16| And he did as God commanded him: and he smote the army of the Philistines from Gabaon to Gazera.
|
||||
17| And the name of David was <i>famous</i> in all the land; and the Lord put the terror of him on all the nations.
|
||||
|
||||
#15
|
||||
1| And <i>David</i> made for himself houses in the city of David, and he prepared a place for the ark of God, and made a tent for it.
|
||||
2| Then said David, It is not <i>lawful for any</i> to bear the ark of God, but the Levites; for the Lord has chosen them to bear the ark of the Lord, and to minister to him for ever.
|
||||
3| And David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the Lord to the place which he <i>had</i> prepared for it.
|
||||
4| And David gathered together the sons of Aaron the Levites.
|
||||
5| Of the sons of Caath; <i>there was</i> Uriel the chief, and his brethren, a hundred and twenty.
|
||||
6| Of the sons of Merari; Asaia the chief, and his brethren, two hundred and twenty.
|
||||
7| Of the sons of Gedson; Joel the chief, and his brethren, a hundred and thirty.
|
||||
8| Of the sons of Elisaphat; Semei the chief, and his brethren, two hundred.
|
||||
9| Of the sons of Chebrom; Eliel the chief, and his brethren eighty.
|
||||
10| Of the sons of Oziel; Aminadab the chief, and his brethren a hundred and twelve.
|
||||
11| And David called Sadoc and Abiathar the priests, and the Levites, Uriel, Asaia, and Joel, and Semaia, and Eliel, and Aminadab,
|
||||
12| and said to them, Ye <i>are</i> the heads of the families of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, you and your brethren, and ye shall carry up the ark of the God of Israel, <i>to the place</i> which I have prepared for it.
|
||||
13| For because ye were not <i>ready</i> at the first, our God made a breach upon us, because we sought him not according to the ordinance.
|
||||
14| So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves, to bring up the ark of the God of Israel.
|
||||
15| And the sons of the Levites took the ark of God, (as Moses commanded by the word of God according to the scripture) upon their shoulders with staves.
|
||||
16| And David said to the chiefs of the Levites, Set your brethren the singers with musical instruments, lutes, harps, and cymbals, to sound aloud with a voice of joy.
|
||||
17| So the Levites appointed Æman the son of Joel; Asaph the son of Barachias <i>was one</i> of his brethren; and Æthan the son of Kisaeus was of the sons of Merari their brethren;
|
||||
18| and with them their brethren of the second rank, Zacharias, and Oziel, and Semiramoth, and Jeiel, and Elioel, and Eliab, and Banaia, and Maasaia, and Matthathia, and Eliphena, and Makellia, and Abdedom, and Jeiel, and Ozias, the porters.
|
||||
19| And the singers, Æman, Asaph, and Æthan, with brazen cymbals to make <i>a sound</i> to be heard.
|
||||
20| Zacharias, and Oziel, Semiramoth, Jeiel, Oni, Eliab, Maasaeas, Banaeas, with lutes, on alaemoth.
|
||||
21| And Mattathias, and Eliphalu, and Makenia, and Abdedom, and Jeiel, and Ozias, with harps of Amasenith, to make a loud noise.
|
||||
22| And Chonenia chief of the Levites <i>was</i> master of the bands, because he was skilful.
|
||||
23| And Barachia and Elcana <i>were</i> door-keepers of the ark.
|
||||
24| And Somnia, and Josaphat, and Nathanael, and Amasai, and Zacharia, and Banaea, and Eliezer, the priests, were sounding with trumpets before the ark of God: and Abdedom and Jeia <i>were</i> door-keepers of the ark of God.
|
||||
25| So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains of thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant from the house of Abdedom with gladness.
|
||||
26| And it came to pass when God strengthened the Levites bearing the ark of the covenant of the Lord, that they sacrificed seven calves and seven rams.
|
||||
27| And David <i>was</i> girt with a fine linen robe, and all the Levites <i>who were</i> bearing the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and the singers, and Chonenias the master of the band of singers; also upon David <i>there was</i> a robe of fine linen.
|
||||
28| And all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the Lord with shouting, and with the sound of a horn, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, playing loudly on lutes and harps.
|
||||
29| And the ark of the covenant of the Lord arrived, and came to the city of David; and Melchol the daughter of Saul looked down through the window, and saw king David dancing and playing: and she despised him in her heart.
|
||||
|
||||
#16
|
||||
1| So they brought in the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tabernacle which David pitched for it; and they offered whole-burnt-offerings and peace-offerings before God.
|
||||
2| And David finished offering up whole-burnt-offerings and peace-offerings, and blessed the people in the name of the Lord.
|
||||
3| And he divided to every man of Israel (both men and women), to <i>every</i> man one baker’s loaf, and a cake.
|
||||
4| And he appointed before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, Levites to minister <i>and</i> lift up the voice, and to give thanks and praise the Lord God of Israel:
|
||||
5| Asaph <i>was</i> the chief, and next to him Zacharias, Jeiel, Semiramoth, and Jeiel, Mattathias, Eliab, and Banaeas, and Abdedom: and Jeiel sounding with musical instruments, lutes <i>and</i> harps, and Asaph with cymbals:
|
||||
6| and Banaeas and Oziel the priests <i>sounding</i> continually with trumpets before the ark of the covenant of God in that day.
|
||||
7| Then David first gave orders to praise the Lord by the hand of Asaph and his brethren.
|
||||
8| Song. Give thanks to the Lord, call upon him by his name, make known his designs among the people.
|
||||
9| Sing <i>songs</i> to him, and sing hymns to him, relate to all <i>people</i> his wonderful deeds, which the Lord has wrought.
|
||||
10| Praise his holy name, the heart that seeks his pleasure shall rejoice.
|
||||
11| Seek the Lord and be strong, seek his face continually.
|
||||
12| Remember his wonderful works which he has wrought, his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;
|
||||
13| <i>ye</i> seed of Israel his servants, <i>ye</i> seed of Jacob his chosen ones.
|
||||
14| He <i>is</i> the Lord our God; his judgments <i>are</i> in all the earth.
|
||||
15| Let us remember his covenant for ever, his word which he commanded to a thousand generations,
|
||||
16| which he covenanted with Abraham, and his oath <i>sworn</i> to Isaac.
|
||||
17| He confirmed it to Jacob for an ordinance, to Israel <i>as</i> an everlasting covenant,
|
||||
18| saying, To thee will I give the land of Chanaan, the line of your inheritance:
|
||||
19| when they were few in number, when they were but little, and dwelt as strangers in it;
|
||||
20| and went from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people.
|
||||
21| He suffered not a man to oppress them, and he reproved kings for their sakes,
|
||||
22| saying, Touch not my anointed ones, and deal not wrongfully with my prophets.
|
||||
23| Sing ye to the Lord, all the earth; proclaim his salvation from day to day.
|
||||
24| Declare among the nations his glory, his wondrous deeds among all peoples.
|
||||
25| For the Lord <i>is</i> great, and greatly to be praised: he <i>is</i> to be feared above all gods.
|
||||
26| For all the gods of the nations <i>are</i> idols; but our God made the heavens.
|
||||
27| Glory and praise <i>are</i> in his presence; strength and rejoicing <i>are</i> in his place.
|
||||
28| Give to the Lord, ye families of the nations, give to the Lord glory and strength.
|
||||
29| Give to the Lord the glory <i>belonging</i> to his name: take gifts and offer <i>them</i> before him; and worship the Lord in his holy courts.
|
||||
30| Let the whole earth fear before him; let the earth be established, and not be moved.
|
||||
31| Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth exult; and let them say among the nations, The Lord reigns.
|
||||
32| The sea with its fullness shall resound and the tree of the field, and all things in it.
|
||||
33| Then shall the trees of the wood rejoice before the Lord, for he is come to judge the earth.
|
||||
34| Give thanks to the Lord, for <i>it is</i> good, for his mercy <i>is</i> for ever.
|
||||
35| And say ye, Save us, O God of our salvation, and gather us, and rescue us from among the heathen, that we may praise thy holy name, and glory in thy praises.
|
||||
36| Blessed <i>be</i> the Lord God of Israel from everlasting and to everlasting: And all the people shall say, Amen. So they praised the Lord.
|
||||
37| And they left there Asaph and his brethren before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, to minister before the ark continually, according to the service of each day: from day to day.
|
||||
38| And Abdedom and his brethren <i>were</i> sixty and eight; and Abdedom the son of Idithun, and Osa, <i>were</i> to be door-keepers.
|
||||
39| And <i>they appointed</i> Sadoc the priest, and his brethren the priests, before the tabernacle of the Lord in the high place in Gabaon,
|
||||
40| to offer up whole-burnt-offerings continually morning and evening, and according to all things written in the law of the Lord, which he commanded the children of Israel by Moses the servant of God.
|
||||
41| And with him <i>were</i> Æman and Idithun, and the rest chosen out by name to praise the Lord, for his mercy <i>endures</i> for ever.
|
||||
42| And with them <i>there were</i> trumpets and cymbals to sound aloud, and musical instruments for the songs of God: and the sons of Idithun <i>were</i> at the gate.
|
||||
43| And all the people went every one to his home: and David returned to bless his house.
|
||||
|
||||
#17
|
||||
1| And it came to pass as David dwelt in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Behold, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of the Lord <i>is</i> under <i>curtains</i> of skins.
|
||||
2| And Nathan said to David, Do all that is in thy heart; for God <i>is</i> with thee.
|
||||
3| And it came to pass in that night, that the word of the Lord came to Nathan, <i>saying</i>,
|
||||
4| Go and say to David my servant, Thus said the Lord, Thou shalt not build me a house for me to dwell in it.
|
||||
5| For I have not dwelt in a house from the day that I brought up Israel until this day, but I have been in a tabernacle and a tent,
|
||||
6| in all places through which I have gone with all Israel: did I ever speak to <i>any</i> one tribe of Israel whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, <i>Why is it</i> that ye have not built me a house of cedar?
|
||||
7| And now thus shalt thou say to my servant David, Thus saith the Lord Almighty, I took thee from the sheepfold, from following the flocks, to be a ruler over my people Israel:
|
||||
8| and I was with thee in all places whither thou wentest, and I destroyed all thine enemies from before thee, and I made for thee a name according to the name of the great ones that are upon the earth.
|
||||
9| And I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and I will plant him, and he shall dwell by himself, and shall no longer be anxious; and the son of iniquity shall no longer afflict him, as at the beginning,
|
||||
10| and from the days when I appointed judges over my people Israel. Also I have humbled all thine enemies, and I will increase thee, and the Lord will build thee a house.
|
||||
11| And it shall come to pass when thy days shall be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.
|
||||
12| He shall build me a house, and I will set up his throne for ever.
|
||||
13| I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son: and my mercy will I not withdraw from him, as I withdrew <i>it</i> from them that were before thee.
|
||||
14| And I will establish him in my house and in his kingdom for ever; and his throne shall be set up for ever.
|
||||
15| According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so spoke Nathan to David.
|
||||
16| And king David came and sat before the Lord, and said, Who am I, O Lord God? and what <i>is</i> my house, that thou hast loved me for ever?
|
||||
17| And these things were little in thy sight, O God: thou hast also spoken concerning the house of thy servant for a long time to come, and thou hast looked upon me as a man looks upon his fellow, and hast exalted me, O Lord God.
|
||||
18| What shall David do more toward thee to glorify <i>thee</i>? and thou knowest thy servant.
|
||||
19| And thou hast wrought all this greatness according to thine heart.
|
||||
20| O Lord, there is none like thee, and there is no God beside thee, according to all things which we have heard with our ears.
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21| Neither is there another nation upon the earth <i>such</i> as thy people Israel, whereas God led him in the way, to redeem a people for himself, to make for himself a great and glorious name, to cast out nations from before thy people, whom thou redeemedst out of Egypt.
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22| And thou hast appointed thy people Israel as a people to thyself for ever; and thou, Lord, didst become a God to them.
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23| And now, Lord, let the word which thou spokest to thy servant, and concerning his house, be confirmed for ever, and do thou as thou hast spoken.
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24| And let thy name <i>be</i> established and magnified for ever, <i>men</i> saying, Lord, Lord, Almighty God of Israel: and <i>let</i> the house of thy servant David <i>be</i> established before thee.
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25| For thou, O Lord my God, hast revealed to the ear of thy servant that thou wilt build him a house; therefore thy servant has found a willingness to pray before thee.
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26| And now, Lord, thou thyself art God, and thou hast spoken these good things concerning thy servant.
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27| And now thou hast begun to bless the house of thy servant, so that it should continue for ever before thee: for thou, Lord, hast blessed <i>it</i>, and do thou bless <i>it</i> for ever.
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#18
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1| And it came to pass afterwards, that David smote the Philistines, and routed them, and took Geth and its villages out of the hand of the Philistines.
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2| And he smote Moab; and the Moabites became servants to David, <i>and</i> tributaries.
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3| And David smote Adraazar king of Suba of Emath, as he was going to establish power toward the river Euphrates.
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4| And David took of them a thousand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand infantry: and David houghed all the chariot <i>horses</i>, but there were reserved of them a hundred chariots.
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5| And the Syrian came from Damascus to help Adraazar king of Suba; and David smote of the Syrian <i>army</i> twenty and two thousand men.
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6| And David put a garrison in Syria near Damascus; and they became tributary servants to David: and the Lord delivered David wherever he went.
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7| And David took the golden collars that were on the servants of Adraazar, and brought them to Jerusalem.
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8| And David took out of Matabeth, and out of the chief cities of Adraazar very much brass: of this Solomon made the brazen sea, and the pillars, and the brazen vessels.
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9| And Thoa king of Emath heard that David had smitten the whole force of Adraazar king of Suba.
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10| And he sent Aduram his son to king David to ask how he was, and to congratulate him because he had fought against Adraazar, and smitten him; for Thoa was the enemy of Adraazar.
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11| And all the golden and silver and brazen vessels, even these king David consecrated to the Lord, with the silver and the gold which he took from all the nations; from Idumaea, and Moab, and from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from Amalec.
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12| And Abesa son of Saruia smote the Idumeans in the valley of Salt, eighteen thousand.
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13| And he put garrisons in the valley; and all the Idumaeans became David’s servants: and the Lord delivered David wherever he went.
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14| So David reigned over all Israel; and he executed judgment and justice to all his people.
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15| And Joab the son of Saruia <i>was</i> over the army, and Josaphat the son of Achilud <i>was</i> recorder.
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16| And Sadoc son of Achitob, and Achimelech son of Abiathar, <i>were</i> the priests; and Susa <i>was</i> the scribe;
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17| and Banaeas the son of Jodae <i>was</i> over the Cherethite and the Phelethite, and the sons of David were the chief deputies of the king.
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#19
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1| And it came to pass after this, <i>that</i> Naas the king of the children of Ammon died, and Anan his son reigned in his stead.
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2| And David said, I will act kindly toward Anan the son of Naas, as his father acted kindly towards me. And David sent messengers to condole with him on the death of his father. So the servants of David came into the land of the children of Ammon to Anan, to comfort him.
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3| And the chiefs of the children of Ammon said to Anan, Is it to honour thy father before thee, that David has sent comforters to thee? Have not his servants come to thee that they might search the city, and to spy out the land?
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4| And Anan took the servants of David, and shaved them, and cut off the half of their garments as far as their tunic, and sent them away.
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5| And there came men to report to David concerning the men: and he sent to meet them, for they were greatly disgraced: and the king said, Dwell in Jericho until your beards have grown, and return.
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6| And the children of Ammon saw that the people of David were ashamed, and Anan and the children of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire for themselves chariots and horsemen out of Syria of Mesopotamia, and out of Syria Maacha, and from Sobal.
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7| And they hired for themselves two and thirty thousand chariots, and the king of Maacha and his people; and they came and encamped before Medaba: and the children of Ammon assembled out of their cities, and came to fight.
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8| And David heard, and sent Joab and all the host of mighty men.
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9| And the children of Ammon came forth, and set themselves in array for battle by the gate of the city: and the kings that were come forth encamped by themselves in the plain.
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10| And Joab saw that they were fronting <i>him</i> to fight against him before and behind, and he chose <i>some</i> out of all the young men of Israel, and they set themselves in array against the Syrian.
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11| And the rest of the people he gave into the hand of his brother Abesai, and they set themselves in array against the children of Ammon.
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12| And he said, If the Syrian should prevail against me, then shalt thou deliver me: and if the children of Ammon should prevail against thee, then will I deliver thee.
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13| Be of good courage, and let us be strong, for our people, and for the cities of our God: and the Lord shall do what <i>is</i> good in his eyes.
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14| So Joab and the people that were with him set themselves in battle array against the Syrians, and they fled from them.
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15| And the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians fled, and they also fled from before Abesai, and from before Joab his brother, and they came to the city: and Joab came to Jerusalem.
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16| And the Syrian saw that Israel had defeated him, and he sent messengers, and they brought out the Syrians from beyond the river; and Sophath the commander-in-chief of the forces of Adraazar <i>was</i> before them.
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17| And it was told David; and he gathered all Israel, and crossed over Jordan, and came upon them, and set the battle in array against them. So David set <i>his army</i> in array to fight against the Syrians, and they fought against him.
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18| And the Syrians fled from before Israel; and David slew of the Syrians seven thousand <i>riders in</i> chariots, and forty thousand infantry, and he slew Sophath the commander-in-chief of the forces.
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19| And the servants of Adraazar saw that they were defeated before Israel, and they made peace with David and served him: and the Syrians would not any more help the children of Ammon.
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#20
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1| And it came to pass at the return of the year, at the <i>time of the</i> going forth of kings <i>to war</i>, that Joab gathered the whole force of the army, and they ravaged the land of the children of Ammon; and he came and besieged Rabba. But David abode in Jerusalem. And Joab smote Rabba and destroyed it.
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2| And David took the crown of Molchom their king off his head, and the weight of it was found <i>to be</i> a talent of gold, and on it were precious stones; and it was <i>placed</i> on the head of David: and he brought out the spoils of the city <i>which were</i> very great.
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3| And he brought out the people that were in it, and sawed them asunder with saws, and <i>cut them</i> with iron axes, and with harrows: and thus David did to all the children of Ammon. And David and all his people returned to Jerusalem.
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4| And it came to pass afterward that there was again war with the Philistines in Gazer: then Sobochai the Sosathite smote Saphut of the sons of the giants, and laid him low.
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5| And there <i>was</i> war again with the Philistines; and Eleanan the son of Jair smote Lachmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, and the wood of his spear <i>was</i> as a weavers’ beam.
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6| And there was again war in Geth, and there was a man of extraordinary size, and his fingers <i>and toes were</i> six on each hand and foot, four and twenty; and he was descended from the giants.
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7| And he defied Israel, and Jonathan the son of Samaa the brother of David slew him.
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8| These were born to Rapha in Geth; all four were giants, and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.
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#21
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1| And the devil stood up against Israel, and moved David to number Israel.
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2| And king David said to Joab and to the captains of the forces, Go, number Israel from Bersabee even to Dan, and bring me <i>the account</i>, and I shall know their number.
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3| And Joab said, May the Lord add to his people, a hundred-fold as many as they <i>are</i>, and <i>let</i> the eyes of my lord the king see <i>it</i>: all <i>are</i> the servants of my lord. Why does my lord seek this thing? <i>do it not</i>, lest it become a sin to Israel.
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4| Nevertheless the king’s word prevailed against Joab; and Joab went out and passed through all Israel, and came to Jerusalem.
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5| And Joab gave the number of the mustering of the people to David: and all Israel was a million and a hundred thousand men that drew sword: and the sons of Juda <i>were</i> four hundred and seventy thousand men that drew sword.
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6| But he numbered not Levi and Benjamin among them; for the word of the king was painful to Joab.
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7| And <i>there was</i> evil in the sight of the Lord respecting this thing; and he smote Israel.
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8| And David said to God, I have sinned exceedingly, in that I have done this thing: and now, I pray thee, remove the sin of thy servant; for I have been exceedingly foolish.
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9| And the Lord spoke to Gad the seer, saying,
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10| Go and speak to David, saying, Thus saith the Lord, I bring three things upon thee: choose one of them for thyself, and I will do it to thee.
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11| And Gad came to David, and said to him, Thus saith the Lord, Choose for thyself,
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12| either three years of famine, or that thou shouldest flee three months from the face of thine enemies, and the sword of thine enemies <i>shall be employed</i> to destroy thee, or that the sword of the Lord and pestilence <i>should be</i> three days in the land, and the angel of the Lord <i>shall be</i> destroying in all the inheritance of Israel. And now consider what I shall answer to him that sent the message.
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13| And David said to Gad, They are very hard for me, even <i>all</i> the three: let me fall now into the hands of the Lord, for his mercies <i>are</i> very abundant, and let me not fall by any means into the hands of man.
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14| So the Lord brought pestilence upon Israel: and there fell of Israel seventy thousand men.
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15| And God sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was destroying, the Lord saw, and repented for the evil, and said to the angel that was destroying, Let it suffice thee; withhold thine hand. And the angel of the Lord stood by the threshing-floor of Orna the Jebusite.
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16| And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of the Lord, standing between the earth and the heaven, and his sword drawn in his hand, stretched out over Jerusalem: and David and the elders clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces.
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17| And David said to God, <i>Was it</i> not I <i>that</i> gave orders to number the people? and I am the guilty one; I have greatly sinned: but these sheep, what have they done? O Lord God, let thy hand be upon me, and upon my father’s house, and not on thy people for destruction, O Lord!
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18| And the angel of the Lord told Gad to tell David, that he should go up to erect and altar to the Lord, in the threshing-floor of Orna the Jebusite.
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19| And David went up according to the word of Gad, which he spoke in the name of the Lord.
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||||
20| And Orna turned and saw the king; and he hid himself and his four sons with him. Now Orna was threshing wheat.
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21| And David came to Orna; and Orna came forth from the threshing-floor, and did obeisance to David with his face to the ground.
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22| And David said to Orna, Give me thy place of the threshing-floor, and I will build upon it an altar to the Lord: give it me for its worth in money, and the plague shall cease from <i>among</i> the people.
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23| And Orna said to David, Take it to thyself, and let my lord the king do what is right in his eyes: see, I have given the calves for a whole-burnt-offering, and the plough for wood, and the corn for a meat-offering; I have given all.
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24| And king David said to Orna, Nay; for I will surely buy it for its worth in money: for I will not take thy property for the Lord, to offer a whole-burnt-offering to the Lord without cost <i>to myself</i>.
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25| And David gave to Orna for his place six hundred shekels of gold <i>by</i> weight.
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||||
26| And David built there an altar to the Lord, and offered up whole-burnt-offerings and peace-offerings: and he cried to the Lord, and he answered him by fire out of heaven on the altar of whole-burnt-offerings, and <i>it</i> consumed the whole-burnt-offering.
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27| And the Lord spoke to the angel; and he put up the sword into its sheath.
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||||
28| At that time when David saw that the Lord answered him in the threshing-floor of Orna the Jebusite, he also sacrificed there.
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29| And the tabernacle of the Lord which Moses made in the wilderness, and the altar of whole-burnt-offerings, <i>were</i> at that time in the high place at Gabaon.
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||||
30| And David could not go before it to enquire of God; for he hasted not because of the sword of the angel of the Lord.
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||||
|
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#22
|
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1| And David said, This is the house of the Lord God, and this <i>is</i> the altar for whole-burnt-offering for Israel.
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||||
2| And David gave orders to gather all the strangers that were in the land of Israel; and he appointed stone-hewers to hew polished stones to build the house to God.
|
||||
3| And David prepared much iron for the nails of the doors and the gate; the hinges also and brass in abundance, there was no weighing <i>of it</i>.
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||||
4| And cedar threes without number: for the Sidonians and the Tyrians brought cedar trees in abundance to David.
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||||
5| And David said, My son Solomon <i>is</i> a tender child, and the house <i>for me</i> to build to the Lord <i>is</i> for superior magnificence for a name and for a glory through all the earth: I will make preparation for it. And David prepared abundantly before his death.
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||||
6| And he called Solomon his son, and commanded him to build the house for the Lord God of Israel.
|
||||
7| And David said to Solomon, <i>My</i> child, it was in my heart to build a house to the name of the Lord God.
|
||||
8| But the word of the Lord came to me, saying, Thou hast shed blood abundantly, and hast carried on great wars: thou shalt not build a house to my name, because thou hast shed much blood upon the earth before me.
|
||||
9| Behold, a son shall be born to thee, he shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about: for his name <i>shall be</i> Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness to Israel in his days.
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||||
10| He shall build a house to my name; and he shall be a son to me, and I will be a father to him; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom in Israel for ever.
|
||||
11| And now, my son, the Lord shall be with thee, and prosper <i>thee</i>; and thou shalt build a house to the Lord thy God, as he spoke concerning thee.
|
||||
12| Only may the Lord give thee wisdom and prudence, and strengthen thee over Israel, both to keep and to do the law of the Lord thy God.
|
||||
13| Then will he prosper <i>thee</i>, if thou take heed to do the commandments and judgments which the Lord commanded Moses for Israel: be courageous and strong; fear not, nor be terrified.
|
||||
14| And, behold, I according to my poverty have prepared for the house of the Lord a hundred thousand talents of gold, and a million talents of silver, and brass and iron without measure; for it is abundant; and I have prepared timber and stones; and do thou add to these.
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||||
15| And <i>of them that are</i> with thee do thou add to the multitude of workmen; <i>let there be</i> artificers and masons, and carpenters, and every skilful <i>workman</i> in every work;
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||||
16| in gold and silver, brass and iron, <i>of which</i> there is no number. Arise and do, and the Lord <i>be</i> with thee.
|
||||
17| And David charged all the chief men of Israel to help Solomon his son, <i>saying</i>,
|
||||
18| <i>Is</i> not the Lord with you? and he has given you rest round about, for he has given into your hands the inhabitants of the land; and the land is subdued before the Lord, and before his people.
|
||||
19| Now set your hearts and souls to seek after the Lord your God: and rise, and build a sanctuary to your God to carry in the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built to the name of the Lord.
|
||||
|
||||
#23
|
||||
1| And David was old and full of days; and he made Solomon his son king over Israel in his stead.
|
||||
2| And he assembled all the chief men of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites.
|
||||
3| And the Levites numbered <i>themselves</i> from thirty years old and upward; and their number by their polls amounted to thirty and eight thousand men.
|
||||
4| Of the overseers over the works of the house of the Lord <i>there were</i> twenty-four thousand, and <i>there were</i> six thousand scribes and judges;
|
||||
5| and four thousand door-keepers, and four thousand to praise the Lord with instruments which he made to praise the Lord.
|
||||
6| And David divided them <i>into</i> daily courses, for the sons of Levi, for Gedson, Caath, and Merari.
|
||||
7| And for <i>the family of</i> Gedson, Edan, and Semei.
|
||||
8| The sons of Edan <i>were</i> Jeiel, the chief, and Zethan, and Joel, three.
|
||||
9| The sons of Semei; Salomith, Jeiel, and Dan, three: these <i>were</i> the chiefs of the families of Edan.
|
||||
10| And to the sons of Semei, Jeth, and Ziza, and Joas, and Beria: these <i>were</i> the four sons of Semei.
|
||||
11| And Jeth was the chief, and Ziza the second: and Joas and Beria did not multiply sons, and they became <i>only</i> one reckoning according to the house of their father.
|
||||
12| The sons of Caath; Ambram, Isaar, Chebron, Oziel, four.
|
||||
13| The sons of Ambram; Aaron and Moses: and Aaron was appointed for the consecration of the most holy things, he and his sons for ever, to burn incense before the Lord, to minister and bless in his name for ever.
|
||||
14| And <i>as for</i> Moses the man of God, his sons were reckoned to the tribe of Levi.
|
||||
15| The sons of Moses; Gersam, and Eliezer.
|
||||
16| The sons of Gersam; Subael the chief.
|
||||
17| And the sons of Eliezer were, Rabia the chief: and Eliezer had no other sons; but the sons of Rabia were very greatly multiplied.
|
||||
18| The sons of Isaar; Salomoth the chief.
|
||||
19| The sons of Chebron; Jeria the chief, Amaria the second, Jeziel the third, Jekemias the fourth.
|
||||
20| The sons of Oziel; Micha the chief, and Isia the second.
|
||||
21| The sons of Merari; Mooli, and Musi: the sons of Mooli; Eleazar, and Kis.
|
||||
22| And Eleazar died, and he had no sons, but daughters: and the sons of Kis, their brethren, took them.
|
||||
23| The sons of Musi; Mooli, and Eder, and Jarimoth, three.
|
||||
24| These <i>are</i> the sons of Levi according to the houses of their fathers; chiefs of their families according to their numbering, according to the number of their names, according to their polls, doing the works of service of the house of the Lord, from twenty years old and upward.
|
||||
25| For David said, The Lord God of Israel has given rest to his people, and has taken up his abode in Jerusalem for ever.
|
||||
26| And the Levites bore not the tabernacle, and all the vessels of it for its service.
|
||||
27| For by the last words of David was the number of the Levites <i>taken</i> from twenty years old and upward.
|
||||
28| For he appointed them to wait on Aaron, to minister in the house of the Lord, over the courts, and over the chambers, and over the purification of all the holy things, and over the works of the service of the house of God;
|
||||
29| and for the shew-bread, and for the fine flour of the meat-offering, and for the unleavened cakes, and for the fried cake, and for the dough, and for every measure;
|
||||
30| and to stand in the morning to praise and give thanks to the Lord, and so in the evening;
|
||||
31| and <i>to be</i> over all the whole-burnt-offerings that were offered up to the Lord on the sabbaths, and at the new moons, and at the feasts, by number, according to the order <i>given</i> to them, continually before the Lord.
|
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32| And they are to keep the charge of the tabernacle of witness, and the charge of the holy place, and the charges of the sons of Aaron their brethren, to minister in the house of the Lord.
|
||||
|
||||
#24
|
||||
1| And <i>they number</i> the sons of Aaron in <i>their</i> division, Nadab, and Abiud, and Eleazar, and Ithamar.
|
||||
2| And Nadab and Abiud died before their father, and they had no sons: so Eleazar and Ithamar the sons of Aaron ministered as priests.
|
||||
3| And David distributed them, even Sadoc of the sons of Eleazar, and Achimelech of the sons of Ithamar, according to their numbering, according to their service, according to the houses of their fathers.
|
||||
4| And there were found <i>among</i> the sons of Eleazar more chiefs of the mighty ones, than of the sons of Ithamar: and he divided them, sixteen heads of families to the sons of Eleazar, eight according to <i>their</i> families to the sons of Ithamar.
|
||||
5| And he divided them according to their lots, one with the other; for there were those who had charge of the holy things, and those who had charge of the <i>house</i> of the Lord among the sons of Eleazar, and among the sons of Ithamar.
|
||||
6| And Samaias the son of Nathanael, the scribe, <i>of the family</i> of Levi, wrote them down before the king, and the princes, and Sadoc the priest, and Achimelech the son of Abiathar <i>were present</i>; and the heads of the families of the priests and the Levites, each of a household <i>were assigned</i> one to Eleazar, and one to Ithamar.
|
||||
7| And the first lot came out to Joarim, the second to Jedia,
|
||||
8| the third to Charib, the fourth to Seorim,
|
||||
9| the fifth to Melchias, the sixth to Meiamin,
|
||||
10| the seventh to Cos, the eighth to Abia,
|
||||
11| the ninth to Jesus, the tenth to Sechenias,
|
||||
12| the eleventh to Eliabi, the twelfth to Jacim,
|
||||
13| the thirteenth to Oppha, the fourteenth to Jesbaal,
|
||||
14| the fifteenth to Belga, the sixteenth to Emmer,
|
||||
15| the seventeenth to Chezin, the eighteenth to Aphese,
|
||||
16| the nineteenth to Phetaea, the twentieth to Ezekel,
|
||||
17| the twenty-first to Achim, the twenty-second to Gamul,
|
||||
18| the twenty-third to Adallai, the twenty-fourth to Maasai.
|
||||
19| This <i>is</i> their numbering according to their service to go into the house of the Lord, according to their appointment by the hand of Aaron their father, as the Lord God of Israel commanded.
|
||||
20| And for the sons of Levi that were left, <i>even</i> for the sons of Ambram, Sobael: for the sons of Sobael, Jedia.
|
||||
21| For Raabia, the chief <i>was</i> <i>Isaari</i>,
|
||||
22| and for Isaari, Salomoth: for the sons of Salomoth, Jath.
|
||||
23| The sons of Ecdiu; Amadia the second, Jaziel the third, Jecmoam the fourth.
|
||||
24| For the sons of Oziel, Micha: the sons of Micha; Samer.
|
||||
25| The brother of Micha; Isia, the son of Isia; Zacharia.
|
||||
26| The sons of Merari, Mooli, and Musi: the sons of Ozia,
|
||||
27| <i>That is, the sons</i> of Merari by Ozia, —his sons <i>were</i> Isoam, and Sacchur, and Abai.
|
||||
28| To Mooli <i>were born</i> Eleazar, and Ithamar; and Eleazar died, and had no sons.
|
||||
29| For Kis; the sons of Kis; Jerameel.
|
||||
30| And the sons of Musi; Mooli, and Eder, and Jerimoth. These <i>were</i> the sons of the Levites according to the houses of their families.
|
||||
31| And they also received lots as their brethren the sons of Aaron before the king; Sadoc also, and Achimelech, and the chiefs of the families of the priests and of the Levites, principal heads of families, even as their younger brethren.
|
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|
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#25
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1| And king David and the captains of the host appointed to their services the sons of Asaph, and of Æman, and of Idithun, prophesiers with harps, and lutes, and cymbals: and their number was according to their polls serving in their ministrations.
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2| The sons of Asaph; Sacchur, Joseph, and Nathanias, and Erael: the sons of Asaph <i>were</i> next the king.
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3| To Idithun <i>were reckoned</i> the sons of Idithun, Godolias, and Suri, and Iseas, and Asabias, and Matthathias, six after their father Idithun, sounding loudly on the harp thanksgiving and praise to the Lord.
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4| To Æman <i>were reckoned</i> the sons of Æman, Bukias, and Matthanias, and Oziel, and Subael, and Jerimoth, and Ananias, and Anan, and Heliatha, and Godollathi, and Rometthiezer, and Jesbasaca, and Mallithi, and Otheri, and Meazoth.
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5| All these <i>were</i> the sons of Æman the king’s chief player in the praises of God, to lift up the horn. And God gave to Æman fourteen sons, and three daughters.
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6| All these sang hymns with their father in the house of God, with cymbals, and lutes, and harps, for the service of the house of God, near the king, and Asaph, and Idithun, and Æman.
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7| And the number of them after their brethren, those instructed to sing to God, every one that understood <i>singing</i> was two hundred and eighty-eight.
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8| And they also cast lots for the daily courses, for the great and the small <i>of them</i>, of the perfect ones and the learners.
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9| And the first lot of his sons and of his brethren came forth to Asaph the son of Joseph, <i>namely</i>, Godolias: the second Heneia, his sons and his brethren <i>being</i> twelve.
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10| The third Zacchur, his sons and his brethren <i>were</i> twelve:
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11| the fourth Jesri, his sons and his brethren <i>were</i> twelve:
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12| the fifth Nathan, his sons and his brethren, twelve:
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13| the sixth Bukias, his sons and his brethren, twelve:
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14| the seventh Iseriel, his sons and his brethren, twelve:
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15| the eighth Josia, his sons and his brethren, twelve:
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16| the ninth Matthanias, his sons and his brethren, twelve:
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17| the tenth Semeia, his sons and his brethren, twelve:
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18| the eleventh Asriel, his sons and his brethren, twelve:
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19| the twelfth Asabia, his sons and his brethren, twelve:
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20| the thirteenth Subael, his sons and his brethren, twelve:
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21| the fourteenth Matthathias, his sons and his brethren, twelve:
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22| the fifteenth Jerimoth, his sons and his brethren, twelve:
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23| the sixteenth Anania, his sons and his brethren, twelve:
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24| the seventeenth Jesbasaca, his sons and his brethren, twelve:
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25| the eighteenth Ananias, his sons and his brethren, twelve:
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26| the nineteenth Mallithi, his sons and his brethren, twelve:
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27| the twentieth Heliatha, his sons and his brethren, twelve:
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28| the twenty-first Otheri, his sons and his brethren, twelve:
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29| the twenty-second Godollathi, his sons and his brethren, twelve:
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30| the twenty-third Meazoth, his sons and his brethren, twelve:
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31| the twenty-fourth Rometthiezer, his sons and his brethren, twelve:6
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#26
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1| And for the divisions of the gates: the sons of the Corites <i>were</i> Mosellemia, of the sons of Asaph.
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2| And Mosellemia’s first-born son <i>was</i> Zacharias, the second Jadiel, the third Zabadia, the fourth Jenuel,
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3| the fifth Jolam, the sixth Jonathan, the seventh Elionai, the eighth Abdedom.
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4| And to Abdedom <i>there were born</i> sons, Samaias the first-born, Jozabath the second, Joath the third, Sachar the fourth, Nathanael the fifth,
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5| Amiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Phelathi the eighth: for God blessed him.
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6| And to Samaias his son were born the sons of his first-born, chiefs over the house of their father, for they were mighty.
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7| The sons of Samai; Othni, and Raphael, and Obed, and Elzabath, and Achiud, mighty men, Heliu, and Sabachia, and Isbacom.
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8| All <i>these were</i> of the sons of Abdedom, they and their sons and their brethren, doing mightily in service: in all sixty-two <i>born</i> to Abdedom.
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9| And Mosellemia <i>had</i> eighteen sons and brethren, mighty men.
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10| And to Osa of the sons of Merari <i>there were born</i> sons, keeping the dominion; though he was not the first-born, yet his father made him chief of the second division.
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11| Chelcias the second, Tablai the third, Zacharias the fourth: all these <i>were</i> the sons and brethren of Osa, thirteen.
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12| To these <i>were assigned</i> the divisions of the gates, to the chiefs of the mighty men the daily courses, even their brethren, to minister in the house of the Lord.
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13| And they cast lots for the small as well as for the great, for the several gates, according to their families.
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14| And the lot of the east gates fell to Selemias, and Zacharias: the sons of Soaz cast lots for Melchias, and the lot came out northward.
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15| To Abdedom <i>they gave by lot</i> the south, opposite the house of Esephim.
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16| <i>They gave the lot</i> for the second to Osa westward, after the gate of the chamber by the ascent, watch against watch.
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17| Eastward <i>were</i> six <i>watchmen</i> in the day; northward four by the day; southward four by the day; and two at the Esephim,
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18| to relieve guard, also for Osa westward after the chamber-gate, three. <i>There was</i> a ward over against the ward of the ascent eastward, six <i>men</i> in a day, and four for the north, and four for the south, and at the Esephim two to relieve guard, and four by the west, and two to relieve guard at the pathway.
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19| These <i>are</i> the divisions of the porters for the sons of Core, and to the sons of Merari.
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20| And the Levites their brethren <i>were</i> over the treasures of the house of the Lord, and over the treasures of the hallowed things.
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21| These <i>were</i> the sons of Ladan, the sons of the Gersonite: to Ladan <i>belonged</i> the heads of the families: <i>the son</i> of Ladan the Gersonite <i>was</i> Jeiel.
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22| The sons of Jeiel <i>were</i> Zethom, and Joel; brethren <i>who were</i> over the treasures of the house of the Lord.
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23| To Ambram and Issaar belonged Chebron, and Oziel.
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24| And Subael the <i>son</i> of Gersam, the <i>son</i> of Moses, <i>was</i> over the treasures.
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25| And Rabias <i>was</i> son to his brother Eliezer, and <i>so was</i> Josias, and Joram, and Zechri, and Salomoth.
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26| This Salomoth and his brethren <i>were</i> over all the sacred treasures, which David the king and the heads of families consecrated, <i>and</i> the captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, and princes of the host,
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27| things which he took out of cities and from the spoils, and consecrated some of them, so that the building of the house of God should not want <i>supplies</i>;
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28| and over all the holy things of God dedicated by Samuel the prophet, and Saul the son of Kis, and Abenner the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Saruia, whatsoever they sanctified <i>was</i> by the hand of Salomoth and his brethren.
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29| For the Issaarites, Chonenia, and <i>his</i> sons <i>were over</i> the outward ministration over Israel, to record and to judge.
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30| For the Chebronites, Asabias and his brethren, a thousand and seven hundred mighty men, <i>were</i> over the charge of Israel beyond Jordan westward, for all the service of the Lord and work of the king.
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31| Of the <i>family</i> of Chebron Urias <i>was</i> chief, even of the Chebronites according to their generations, according to their families. In the fortieth year of his reign they were numbered, and there were found mighty men among them in Jazer of Galaad.
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32| And his brethren <i>were</i> two thousand seven hundred mighty men, chiefs of their families, and king David set them over the Rubenites, and the Gaddites, and the half-tribe of Manasse, for every ordinance of the Lord, and business of the king.
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#27
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1| Now the sons of Israel according to their number, heads of families, captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, and scribes ministering to the king, and for every affair of the king according to <i>their</i> divisions, <i>for</i> every ordinance of coming in and going out monthly, for all the months of the year, one division of them <i>was</i> twenty-four thousand.
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2| And over the first division of the first month <i>was</i> Isboaz the son of Zabdiel: in his division <i>were</i> twenty-four thousand.
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3| Of the sons of Tharez <i>one</i> was chief of all the captains of the host for the first month.
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4| And over the division of the second month <i>was</i> Dodia the son of Ecchoc, and over his division <i>was</i> Makelloth also chief: and in his division <i>were</i> twenty and four thousand, chief men of the host.
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5| The third for the third month <i>was</i> Banaias the son of Jodae the chief priest: and in his division <i>were</i> twenty and four thousand.
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6| This Banaeas <i>was</i> more mighty than the thirty, and over the thirty: and Zabad his son <i>was</i> over his division.
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7| The fourth for the fourth month <i>was</i> Asael the brother of Joab, and Zabadias his son, and his brethren: and in his division <i>were</i> twenty and four thousand.
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8| The fifth chief for the fifth month <i>was</i> Samaoth the Jezraite: and in his division <i>were</i> twenty and four thousand.
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9| The sixth for the sixth month <i>was</i> Hoduias the son of Ekkes the Thecoite: and in his division <i>were</i> twenty and four thousand.
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10| The seventh for the seventh month <i>was</i> Chelles of Phallus of the children of Ephraim: and in his division <i>were</i> twenty and four thousand.
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11| The eighth for the eighth month <i>was</i> Sobochai the Usathite, <i>belonging</i> to Zarai: and in his division <i>were</i> twenty and four thousand.
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12| The ninth for the ninth month <i>was</i> Abiezer of Anathoth, of the land of Benjamin: and in his division <i>were</i> twenty and four thousand.
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13| The tenth for the tenth month <i>was</i> Meera the Netophathite, <i>belonging</i> to Zarai: and in his division <i>were</i> twenty and four thousand.
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14| The eleventh for the eleventh month <i>was</i> Banaias of Pharathon, of the sons of Ephraim: and in his division <i>were</i> twenty and four thousand.
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15| The twelfth for the twelfth month <i>was</i> Choldia the Netophathite, <i>belonging</i> to Gothoniel: and in his division <i>were</i> twenty and four thousand.
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16| And over the tribes of Israel, the chief for Ruben <i>was</i> Eliezer the son of Zechri: for Symeon, Saphatias the son of Maacha:
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17| for Levi, Asabias the son of Camuel: for Aaron, Sadoc:
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18| for Juda, Eliab of the brethren of David: for Issachar, Ambri the son of Michael:
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19| for Zabulon, Samaeas the son of Abdiu: for Nephthali, Jerimoth the son of Oziel:
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20| for Ephraim, Ose the son of Ozia: for the half-tribe of Manasse, Joel the son of Phadaea:
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21| for the half-tribe of Manasse in the land of Galaad, Jadai the son of Zadaeas, for the sons of Benjamin, Jasiel the son of Abenner:
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22| for Dan, Azariel the son of Iroab: these <i>are</i> the chiefs of the tribes of Israel.
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23| But David took not their number from twenty years old and under: because the Lord said that he would multiply Israel as the stars of the heaven.
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24| And Joab the son of Saruia began to number the people, and did not finish the work, for there was hereupon wrath on Israel; and the number was not recorded in the book of the chronicles of king David.
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25| And over the king’s treasures <i>was</i> Asmoth the son of Odiel; and over the treasures in the country, and in the towns, and in the villages, and in the towers, <i>was</i> Jonathan the son of Ozia.
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26| And over the husbandmen who tilled the ground <i>was</i> Esdri the son of Chelub.
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27| And over the fields <i>was</i> Semei of Rael; and over the treasures of wine in the fields <i>was</i> Zabdi the son of Sephni.
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28| And over the oliveyards, and over the sycamores in the plain country <i>was</i> Ballanan the Gedorite; and over the stores of oil <i>was</i> Joas.
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29| And over the oxen pasturing in Saron <i>was</i> Satrai the Saronite; and over the oxen in the valleys <i>was</i> Sophat the son of Adli.
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30| And over the camels <i>was</i> Abias the Ismaelite; and over the asses <i>was</i> Jadias of Merathon.
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31| And over the sheep <i>was</i> Jaziz the Agarite. All these <i>were</i> superintendents of the substance of king David.
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32| And Jonathan, David’s uncle by the father’s side, <i>was</i> a counsellor, a wise man: and Jeel the son of Achami <i>was</i> with the king’s sons.
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33| Achitophel <i>was</i> the king’s counsellor: and Chusi the chief friend of the king.
|
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34| And after this Achitophel Jodae the son of Banaeas <i>came</i> next, and Abiathar: and Joab <i>was</i> the king’s commander-in-chief.
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#28
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1| And David assembled all the chief <i>men</i> of Israel, the chief of the judges, and all the chief <i>men</i> of the courses <i>of attendance</i> on the person of the king, and the captains of thousands and hundreds, and the treasurers, and the lords of his substance, and of all the king’s property, and of his sons, together with the eunuchs, and the mighty men, and the warriors of the army, at Jerusalem.
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2| And David stood in the midst of the assembly, and said, Hear me, my brethren, and my people: it was in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and a place for the feet of our Lord, and I prepared <i>materials</i> suitable for the building:
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3| but God said, Thou shalt not build me a house to call my name upon it, for thou art a man of war, and hast shed blood.
|
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4| Yet the Lord God of Israel chose me out of the whole house of my father to be king over Israel for ever; and he chose Juda as the kingly <i>house</i>, and out of the house of Juda <i>he chose</i> the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he preferred me, that I should be king over all Israel.
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5| And of all my sons, (for the Lord has given me many sons,)he has chosen Solomon my son, to set him on the throne of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel.
|
||||
6| And God said to me, Solomon thy son shall build my house and my court: for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be to him a father.
|
||||
7| And I will establish his kingdom for ever, if he continue to keep my commandments, and my judgments, as <i>at</i> this day.
|
||||
8| And now <i>I charge you</i> before the whole assembly of the Lord, and in the audience of our God, keep and seek all the commandments of the Lord our God, that ye may inherit the good land, and leave it for your sons to inherit after you for ever.
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9| And now, <i>my</i> son Solomon, know the God of thy fathers, and serve him with a perfect heart and willing soul: for the Lord searches all hearts, and knows every thought: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou shouldest forsake him, he will forsake thee for ever.
|
||||
10| See now, for the Lord has chosen thee to build him a house for a sanctuary, be strong and do <i>it</i>.
|
||||
11| And David gave Solomon his son the plan of the temple, and its buildings, and its treasuries, and its upper chambers, and the inner store-rooms, and the place of the atonement,
|
||||
12| and the plan which he had in his mind of the courts of the house of the Lord, and of all the chambers round about, <i>designed</i> for the treasuries of the house of God, and of the treasuries of the holy things, and of the chambers for resting:
|
||||
13| and <i>the plan</i> of the courses of the priests and Levites, for all the work of the service of the house of the Lord, and of the stores of vessels for ministration of the service of the house of the Lord.
|
||||
14| And <i>he gave him</i> the account of their weight, both of gold and silver <i>vessels</i>.
|
||||
15| He gave him the weight of the candlesticks, and of the lamps.
|
||||
16| He gave him likewise the weight of the tables of shewbread, of each table of gold, and likewise of the <i>tables of</i> silver:
|
||||
17| also of the flesh-hooks, and vessels for drink-offering, and golden bowls: and the weight of the gold and silver <i>articles</i>, and censers, <i>and</i> bowls, according to the weight of each.
|
||||
18| And he shewed him the weight <i>of the utensils</i> of the altar of incense, <i>which was</i> of pure gold, and the plan of the chariot of the cherubs that spread out their wings, and overshadowed the ark of the covenant of the Lord.
|
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19| David gave all to Solomon in the Lord’s handwriting, according to the knowledge given him of the work of the pattern.
|
||||
20| And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong, and play the man, and do: fear not, neither be terrified; for the Lord my God <i>is</i> with thee; he will not forsake thee, and will not fail thee, until thou hast finished all the work of the service of the house of the Lord. And behold the pattern of the temple, even his house, and its treasury, and the upper chambers, and the inner store-rooms, and the place of propitiation, and the plan of the house of the Lord.
|
||||
21| And see, <i>here are</i> the courses of the priests and Levites for all the service of the house of the Lord, and <i>there shall be</i> with thee <i>men</i> for every workmanship, and every one of ready skill in every art: also the chief men and all the people, <i>ready</i> for all thy commands.
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#29
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1| And David the king said to all the congregation, Solomon my son, whom the Lord has chosen, <i>is</i> young and tender, and the work <i>is</i> great; for <i>it is</i> not for man, but for the Lord God.
|
||||
2| I have prepared according to all <i>my</i> might for the house of my God gold, silver, brass, iron, wood, onyx stones, and costly and variegated stones for setting, and every precious stone, and much Parian <i>marble</i>.
|
||||
3| And still farther, because I took pleasure in the house of my God, I have gold and silver which I have procured for myself, and, behold, I have given them to the house of my God over and above, beyond what I have prepared for the holy house.
|
||||
4| Three thousand talents of gold of Suphir, and seven thousand talents of fine silver, for the overlaying of the walls of the sanctuary:
|
||||
5| <i>for thee to use</i> the gold for <i>things of</i> gold, and the silver for things of silver, and for every work by the hand of the artificers. And who is willing to dedicate himself in work this day for the Lord?
|
||||
6| Then the heads of families, and the princes of the children of Israel, and the captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, and the overseers of the works, and the king’s builders, offered willingly.
|
||||
7| And they gave for the works of the house of the Lord five thousand talents of gold, and ten thousand gold <i>pieces</i>, and ten thousand talents of silver, and eighteen thousand talents of brass, and a hundred thousand talents of iron.
|
||||
8| And they who had <i>precious</i> stone, gave it into the treasuries of the house of the Lord by the hand of Jeiel the Gedsonite.
|
||||
9| And the people rejoiced because of the willingness, for they offered willingly to the Lord with a full heart: and king David rejoiced greatly.
|
||||
10| And king David blessed the Lord before the congregation, saying, Blessed art thou, O Lord God of Israel, our Father, from everlasting and to everlasting.
|
||||
11| Thine, O Lord, <i>is</i> the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the might: for thou art Lord of all things that are in heaven and upon the earth: before thy face every king and nation is troubled.
|
||||
12| From thee <i>come</i> wealth and glory: thou, O Lord, rulest over all, the Lord of all dominion, and in thy hand <i>is</i> strength and rule; and <i>thou art</i> almighty with thy hand to increase and establish all things.
|
||||
13| And now, Lord, we give thanks to thee, and praise thy glorious name.
|
||||
14| But who am I, and what <i>is</i> my people, that we have been able to be thus forward <i>in offering</i> to thee? for all things <i>are</i> thine, and of thine own have we given thee,
|
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15| for we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as all our fathers <i>were</i>: our days upon the earth <i>are</i> as a shadow, and there is no remaining.
|
||||
16| O Lord our God, as for all this abundance which I have prepared that a house should be built to thy holy name, it is of thy hand, and all <i>is</i> thine.
|
||||
17| And I know, Lord, that thou art he that searches the hearts, and thou lovest righteousness. I have willingly offered all these things in simplicity of heart; and now I have seen with joy thy people here present, willingly offering to thee.
|
||||
18| O Lord God of Abraham, and Isaac, and Israel, our fathers, preserve these things in the thought of the heart of thy people for ever, and direct their hearts to thee.
|
||||
19| And to Solomon my son give a good heart, to perform thy commandments, and <i>to observe</i> thy testimonies, and thine ordinances, and to accomplish the building of thy house.
|
||||
20| And David said to the whole congregation, Bless ye the Lord our God. And all the congregation blessed the Lord God of their fathers, and they bowed the knee and worshipped the Lord, and <i>did obeisance</i> to the king.
|
||||
21| And David sacrificed to the Lord, and offered up whole-burnt-offerings to the Lord on the morrow after the first day, a thousand calves, a thousand rams, a thousand lambs, and their drink-offerings, and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel.
|
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22| And they ate and drank joyfully that day before the Lord: and they made Solomon the son of David king a second time, and anointed him king before the Lord, and Sadoc to the priesthood.
|
||||
23| And Solomon sat upon the throne of his father David, and was highly honoured; and all Israel obeyed him.
|
||||
24| The princes, and the mighty men, and all the sons of king David his father, were subject to him.
|
||||
25| And the Lord magnified Solomon over all Israel, and gave him royal glory, such as was not upon any king before him.
|
||||
26| And David the son of Jessae reigned over Israel forty years;
|
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27| seven years in Chebron, and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.
|
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28| And he died in a good old age, full of days, in wealth, and glory: and Solomon his son reigned in his stead.
|
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29| And the rest of the acts of David, the former and the latter, are written in the history of Samuel the seer, and in the history of Nathan the prophet, and in the history of Gad the seer,
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30| concerning all his reign, and his power, and the times which went over him, and over Israel, and over all the kingdoms of the earth.
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1| The word of the Lord which came to Joel the son of Bathuel.
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2| Hear these <i>words</i>, ye elders, and hearken all ye that inhabit the land. Have such things happen in your days, or in the days of your fathers?
|
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3| Tell your children concerning them, and <i>let</i> your children <i>tell</i> their children, and their children another generation.
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4| The leavings of the caterpillar has the locust eaten, and the leavings of the locust has the palmerworm eaten, and the leavings of the palmerworm has the cankerworm eaten.
|
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5| Awake, ye drunkards, from your wine, and weep: mourn, all ye that drink wine to drunkenness: for joy and gladness and removed are from your mouth.
|
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6| For a strong and innumerable nation is come up against my land, their teeth are lion’s teeth, and their back teeth those of a <i>lion’s</i> whelp.
|
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7| He has ruined my vine, and utterly broken my fig-trees: he has utterly searched <i>my vine</i>, and cast it down; he has peeled its branches.
|
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8| Lament to me more than a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.
|
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9| The meat-offering and drink-offering are removed from the house of the Lord: mourn, ye priests that serve at the altar of the Lord.
|
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10| For the plains languish: let the land mourn, for the corn languishes; the wine is dried up, the oil becomes scarce;
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11| the husbandmen are consumed: mourn your property on account of the wheat and barley; for the harvest has perished from off the field.
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12| The vine is dried up, and the fig-trees are become few; the pomegranate, and palm-tree, and apple, and all trees of the field are dried up: for the sons of men have have abolished joy.
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13| Gird yourselves <i>with sackcloth</i>, and lament, ye priests: mourn, ye that serve at the altar: go in, sleep in sackcloths, ye that minister to God: for the meat-offering and drink-offering are withheld from the house of your God.
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14| Sanctify a fast, proclaim a <i>solemn</i> service, gather the elders <i>and</i> all the inhabitants of the land into the house of your God, and cry earnestly to the Lord,
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15| Alas, Alas, Alas for the day! for the day of the Lord is nigh, and it will come as trouble upon trouble.
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16| <i>Your</i> meat has been destroyed before your eyes, joy and gladness from out of the house of your God.
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17| The heifers have started at their mangers, the treasures are abolished, the wine-presses are broken down; for the corn is withered.
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18| What shall we store up for ourselves? the herds of cattle have mourned, because they had no pasture; and the flocks of sheep have been utterly destroyed.
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19| To thee, O Lord, will I cry: for fire has devoured the fair places of the wilderness, and a flame has burnt up all the trees of the field.
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20| And the cattle of the field have looked up to thee: for the fountains of waters have been dried up, and fire has devoured the fair places of the wilderness.
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#2
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1| Sound the trumpet in Sion, make a proclamation in my holy mountain, and let all the inhabitants of the land be confounded: for the day of the Lord is near;
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2| for a day of darkness and gloominess is near, a day of cloud and mist: a numerous and strong people shall be spread upon the mountains as the morning; there has not been from the beginning one like it, and after it there shall not be again even to the years of many generations.
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3| Before them is a consuming fire, and behind them is a flame kindled: the land before them is as a paradise of delight, and behind them a desolate plain: and there shall none of them escape.
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4| Their appearance is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so shall they pursue.
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5| As the sound of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, and as the sound of a flame of fire devouring stubble, and as a numerous and strong people setting themselves in array for battle.
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6| Before them shall the people be crushed: every face <i>shall be</i> as the blackness of a caldron.
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7| As warriors shall they run, and as men of war shall they mount on the walls; and each shall move in his <i>right</i> path, and they shall not turn aside from their tracks:
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8| and not one shall stand aloof from his brother: they shall go on weighed down with their arms, and they fall upon their weapons, yet shall they in no wise be destroyed.
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9| They shall seize upon the city, and run upon the walls, and go up upon the houses, and enter in through the windows as thieves.
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10| Before them the earth shall be confounded, and the sky shall be shaken: the sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their light.
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11| And the Lord shall utter his voice before his host: for his camp is very great: for the execution of his words is mighty: for the day of the Lord is great, very glorious, and who shall be able to <i>resist</i> it?
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12| Now therefore, saith the Lord your God, turn to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with lamentation:
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13| and rend your hearts, and not your garments, and turn to the Lord your God: for he is merciful and compassionate, long-suffering, and plenteous in mercy, and repents of evils.
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14| Who knows if he will return, and repent, and leave a blessing behind him, even a meat-offering and a drink-offering to the Lord your God?
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15| Sound the trumpet in Sion, sanctify a fast, proclaim a <i>solemn</i> service:
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16| gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the infants at the breast: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.
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17| Between the porch and the altar let the priests that minister to the Lord weep, and say, Spare thy people, O Lord, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them, lest they should say among the heathen, Where is their God?
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18| But the Lord was jealous of his land, and spared his people.
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19| And the Lord answered and said to his people, Behold, I <i>will</i> send you corn, and wine, and oil, and ye shall be satisfied with them: and I will no longer make you a reproach among the Gentiles.
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20| And I will chase away from you the northern <i>adversary</i>, and will drive him away into a dry land, and I will sink his face in the former sea, and his back parts in the latter sea, and his ill savour shall come up, and his stink come up, because he has wrought great things.
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21| Be of good courage, O land; rejoice and be glad: for the Lord has done great things.
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22| Be of good courage, ye beasts of the plain, for the plains of the wilderness have budded, for the trees have borne their fruit, the fig tree and the vine have yielded their strength.
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23| Rejoice then and be glad, ye children of Sion, in the Lord your God: for he has given you food fully, and he will rain on you the early and the latter rain, as before.
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24| And the floors shall be filled with corn, and the presses shall overflow with wine and oil.
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25| And I will recompense you for the years which the locust, and the caterpillar, and the palmerworm, and the cankerworm have eaten, <i>even</i> my great army, which I sent against you.
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26| And ye shall eat abundantly, and be satisfied, and shall praise the name of the Lord your God <i>for the things</i> which he has wrought wonderfully with you: and my people shall not be ashamed for ever.
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27| And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and <i>that</i> I am the Lord your God, and <i>that</i> there is none else beside me; and my people shall no more be ashamed for ever.
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28| And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions.
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29| And on my servants and on <i>my</i> handmaids in those days will I pour out of my Spirit.
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30| And I will shew wonders in heaven, and upon the earth, blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke.
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31| The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and glorious day of the Lord come.
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32| And it shall come to pass <i>that</i> whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved: for in mount Sion and in Jerusalem shall the saved one be as the Lord has said, and they that have glad tidings preached to them, whom the Lord has called.
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#3
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1| For, behold, in those days and at that time, when I shall have turned the captivity of Juda and Jerusalem,
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2| I will also gather all the Gentiles, and bring them down to the valley of Josaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and my heritage Israel, who have been dispersed among the Gentiles; and <i>these Gentiles</i> have divided my land,
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3| and cast lots over my people, and have given <i>their</i> boys to harlots, and sold <i>their</i> girls for wine, and have drunk.
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4| And what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Sidon, and all Galilee of the Gentiles? do ye render me a recompense? or do ye bear malice against me? quickly and speedily will I return your recompense on your own heads:
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5| because ye have taken my silver and my gold, and ye have brought my choice ornaments into your temples;
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6| and ye have sold the children of Juda and the children of Jerusalem to the children of the Greeks, that ye might expel them from their coasts.
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||||
7| Therefore, behold, I <i>will</i> raise them up out of the place whither ye have sold them, and I will return your recompense on your own heads.
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||||
8| And I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hands of the children of Juda, and they shall sell them into captivity to a far distant nation: for the Lord has spoken <i>it</i>.
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9| Proclaim these things among the Gentiles; declare war, arouse the warriors, draw near and go up, all ye men of war.
|
||||
10| Beat your ploughshares into swords, and your sickles into spears: let the weak say, I am strong.
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11| Gather yourselves together, and go in, all ye nations round about, and gather yourselves there; let the timid become a warrior.
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||||
12| Let them be aroused, let all the nations go up to the valley of Josaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the Gentiles round about.
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13| Bring forth the sickles, for the vintage is come: go in, tread <i>the grapes</i>, for the press is full: cause the vats to overflow; for their wickedness is multiplied.
|
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14| Noises have resounded in the valley of judgment: for the day of the Lord is near in the valley of judgment.
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||||
15| The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their light.
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||||
16| And the Lord shall cry out of Sion, and shall utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heaven and the earth shall be shaken, but the Lord shall spare his people, and shall strengthen the children of Israel.
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||||
17| And ye shall know that I am the Lord your God, who dwell in Sion my holy mountain: and Jerusalem shall be holy, and strangers shall not pass through her anymore.
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18| And it shall come to pass in that day <i>that</i> the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the fountains of Juda shall flow with water, and a fountain shall go forth of the house of the Lord, and water the valley of flags.
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19| Egypt shall be a desolation, and Idumea shall be a desolate plain, because of the wrongs of the children of Juda, because they have shed righteous blood in their land.
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20| But Judea shall be inhabited for ever, and Jerusalem to all generations.
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21| And I will make inquisition for their blood, and will by no means leave it unavenged: and the Lord shall dwell in Sion. Back top Next Presented by The Common Man's Prospective. Copyright© 1999-2010 Ernest C. Marsh
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#1
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1| Now the word of the Lord came to Jonas the son of Amathi, saying,
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2| Rise, and go to Nineve, the great city, and preach in it; for the cry of its wickedness is come up to me.
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3| But Jonas rose up to flee to Tharsis from the presence of the Lord. And he went down to Joppa, and found a ship going to Tharsis: and he paid his fare, and went up into it, to sail with them to Tharsis from the presence of the Lord.
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4| And the Lord raised up a wind on the sea; and there was a great storm on the sea, and the ship was in danger of being broken.
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5| And the sailors were alarmed, and cried every one to his god, and cast out the wares that were in the ship into the sea, that it might be lightened of them. But Jonas was gone down into the hold of the ship, and was asleep, and snored.
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6| And the shipmaster came to him, and said to him, Why snorest thou? arise, and call upon thy God, that God may save us, and we perish not.
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||||
7| And each man said to his neighbour, Come, let us cast lots, and find out for whose sake this mischief is upon us. So they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonas.
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||||
8| And they said to him, Tell us what is thine occupation, and whence comest thou, and of what country and what people art thou?
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9| And he said to them, I am a servant of the Lord; and I worship the Lord God of heaven, who made the sea, and the dry <i>land</i>.
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10| Then the men feared exceedingly, and said to him, What is this <i>that</i> thou hast done? for the men knew that he was fleeing from the face of the Lord, because he had told them.
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11| And they said to him, What shall we do to thee, that the sea may be calm to us? for the sea rose, and lifted its wave exceedingly.
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12| And Jonas said to them, Take me up, and cast me into the sea, and the sea shall be calm to you: for I know that for my sake this great tempest is upon you.
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13| And the men tried hard to return to the land, and were not able: for the sea rose and grew more and more tempestuous against them.
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||||
14| And they cried to the Lord, and said, Forbid it, Lord: let us not perish for the sake of this man’s life, and bring not righteous blood upon us: for thou, Lord, hast done as thou wouldest.
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15| So they took Jonas, and cast him out into the sea: and the sea ceased from its raging.
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16| And the men feared the Lord very greatly, and offered a sacrifice to the Lord, and vowed vows. Chapter 2
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#2
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1| Now the Lord had commanded a great whale to swallow up Jonas: and Jonas was in the belly of the whale three days and three nights.
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2| And Jonas prayed to the Lord his God out of the belly of the whale,
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3| and said, I cried in my affliction to the Lord my God, and he hearkened to me, <i>even</i> to my cry out of the belly of hell: thou heardest my voice.
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||||
4| Thou didst cast me into the depths of the heart of the sea, and the floods compassed me: all thy billows and thy waves have passed upon me.
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5| And I said, I am cast out of thy presence: shall I indeed look again toward thy holy temple?
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6| Water was poured around me to the soul: the lowest deep compassed me, my head went down
|
||||
7| to the clefts of the mountains; I went down into the earth, whose bars are the everlasting barriers: yet, O Lord my God, let my ruined life be restored.
|
||||
8| When my soul was failing me, I remembered the Lord; and may my prayer come to thee into thy holy temple.
|
||||
9| They that observe vanities and lies have forsaken their own mercy.
|
||||
10| But I will sacrifice to thee with the voice of praise and thanksgiving: all that I have vowed I will pay to thee, the Lord of <i>my</i> salvation.
|
||||
11| And the whale was commanded by the Lord, and it cast up Jonas on the dry <i>land</i>. Chapter 3
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|
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#3
|
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1| And the word of the Lord came to Jonas the second time, saying,
|
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2| Rise, go to Nineve, the great city, and preach in it according to the former preaching which I spoke to thee of.
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||||
3| And Jonas arose, and went to Nineve, as the Lord had spoken. Now Nineve was an exceeding great city, of about three days’ journey.
|
||||
4| And Jonas began to enter into the city about a day’s journey, and he proclaimed, and said, Yet three days, and Nineve shall be overthrown.
|
||||
5| And the men of Nineve believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloths, from the greatest of them to the least of them.
|
||||
6| And the word reached the king of Nineve, and he arose from off his throne, and took off his raiment from him, and put on sackcloth, and sat on ashes.
|
||||
7| And proclamation was made, and it was commanded in Nineve by the king an by his great men, saying, Let not men, or cattle, or oxen, or sheep, taste <i>any thing</i>, nor feed, nor drink water.
|
||||
8| So men and cattle were clothed with sackcloths, and cried earnestly to God; and they turned every one from their evil way, and from the iniquity that was in their hands, saying,
|
||||
9| Who knows if God will repent, and turn from his fierce anger, and <i>so</i> we shall not perish?
|
||||
10| And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil ways; and God repented of the evil which he had said he would do to them; and he did <i>it</i> not. Chapter 4
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||||
|
||||
#4
|
||||
1| But Jonas was very deeply grieved, and he was confounded.
|
||||
2| And he prayed to the Lord, and said, O Lord, were not these my words when I was yet in my land? therefore I made haste to flee to Tharsis; because I knew that thou are merciful and compassionate, long-suffering, and abundant in kindness, and repentest of evil.
|
||||
3| And now, Lord God, take my life from me; for <i>it is</i> better for me to die than to live.
|
||||
4| And the Lord said to Jonas, Art thou very much grieved?
|
||||
5| And Jonas went out from the city, and sat over against the city; and he made for himself there a booth, and he sat under it, until he should perceive what would become of the city.
|
||||
6| And the Lord God commanded a gourd, and it came up over the head of Jonas, to be a shadow over his head, to shade him from his calamities: and Jonas rejoiced with great joy for the gourd.
|
||||
7| And God commanded a worm the next morning, and it smote the gourd, and it withered away.
|
||||
8| And it came to pass at the rising of the sun, that God commanded a burning east wind; and the sun smote on the head of Jonas, and he fainted, and despaired of his life, and said, <i>It is</i> better for me to die than to live.
|
||||
9| And God said to Jonas, Art thou very much grieved for the gourd? And he said, I am very much grieved, even to death.
|
||||
10| And the Lord said, Thou hadst pity on the gourd, for which thou has not suffered, neither didst thou rear it; which came up before night, and perished before <i>another</i> night:
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||||
|
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11| and shall not I spare Nineve, the great city, in which dwell more than twelve myriads of human beings, who do not know their right hand or their left hand; and <i>also</i> much cattle? Back top Next Presented by The Common Man's Prospective. Copyright© 1999-2010 Ernest C. Marsh
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#1
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1| And it came to pass after the death of Moses, that the Lord spoke to Joshua the son of Naue, the minister of Moses, saying,
|
||||
2| Moses my servant is dead; now then arise, go over Jordan, thou and all this people, into the land, which I give them.
|
||||
3| Every spot on which ye shall tread I will give it to you, as I said to Moses.
|
||||
4| The wilderness and Antilibanus, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates, and as far as the extremity of the sea; your costs shall be from the setting of the sun.
|
||||
5| Not a man shall stand against you all the days of thy life; and as I was with Moses, so will I also be with thee, and I will not fail thee, or neglect thee.
|
||||
6| Be strong and ‘quit thyself like a man, for thou shalt divide the land to this people, which I sware to give to your fathers.
|
||||
7| Be strong, therefore, and quit thyself like a man, to observe and do as Moses my servant commanded thee; and thou shalt not turn therefrom to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest be wise in whatsoever thou mayest do.
|
||||
8| And the book of this law shall not depart out of thy mouth, and thou shalt meditate in it day and night, that thou mayest know how to do all the things that are written <i>in it</i>; then shalt thou prosper, and make thy ways prosperous, and then shalt thou be wise.
|
||||
9| Lo! I have commanded thee; be strong and courageous, be not cowardly nor fearful, for the Lord thy God is with thee in all places whither thou goest.
|
||||
10| And Joshua commanded the scribes of the people, saying,
|
||||
11| Go into the midst of the camp of the people, and command the people, saying, Prepare provisions; for yet three days and ye shall go over this Jordan, entering in to take possession of the land, which the Lord God of your fathers gives to you.
|
||||
12| And to Ruben, and to Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasse, Joshua said,
|
||||
13| Remember the word which Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you, saying, the Lord your God has caused you to rest, and has given you this land.
|
||||
14| Let your wives and your children and your cattle dwell in the land, which he has given you; and ye shall go over well armed before your brethren, every one of you who is strong; and ye shall fight on their side;
|
||||
15| until the Lord your God shall have given your brethren rest, as also to you, and they also shall have inherited the land, which the Lord your God gives them; then ye shall depart each one to his inheritance, which Moses gave you beyond Jordan eastward.
|
||||
16| And they answered Joshua and said, We will do all things which thou commandest us, and we will go to every place whither thou shalt send us.
|
||||
17| Whereinsoever we hearkened to Moses we will hearken to thee; only let the Lord our God be with thee, as he was with Moses.
|
||||
18| And whosoever shall disobey thee, and whosoever shall not hearken to thy words as thou shalt command him, let him die; but be thou strong and courageous.
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||||
|
||||
#2
|
||||
1| And Joshua the son of Naue sent out of Sattin two young men to spy <i>the land</i>, saying, Go up and view the land and Jericho: and the two young men went and entered into Jericho; and they entered into the house of a harlot, whose name <i>was</i> Raab, and lodged there.
|
||||
2| An it was reported to the king of Jericho, saying, Men of the sons of Israel have come in hither to spy the land.
|
||||
3| And the king of Jericho sent and spoke to Raab, saying, Bring out the men that entered into thine house this night; for they are come to spy out the land.
|
||||
4| And the woman took the two men and hid them; and she spoke to the messengers, saying, The men came in to me,
|
||||
5| but when the gate was shut in the evening, the men went out; I know not whither they are gone: follow after them, if ye may overtake them.
|
||||
6| But she <i>had</i> brought them up upon the house, and hid them in the flax-stalks that were spread by her on the house.
|
||||
7| And the men followed after them in the way to Jordan to the fords; and the gate was shut.
|
||||
8| And it came to pass when the men who pursued after them were gone forth, and before the spies had lain down to sleep, that she came up to them on the top of the house;
|
||||
9| and she said to them, I know that the Lord has given you the land; for the fear of you has fallen upon us.
|
||||
10| For we have heard that the Lord God dried up the Red Sea before you, when ye came out of the land of Egypt, and all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites, who were beyond Jordan, to Seon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed.
|
||||
11| And when we heard it we were amazed in our heart, and there was no longer any spirit in any of us because of you, for the Lord your god <i>is</i> God in heaven above, and on the earth beneath.
|
||||
12| And now swear to me by the Lord God; since I deal mercifully with you, so do ye also deal mercifully with the house of my father:
|
||||
13| and save alive the house of my father, my mother, and my brethren, and all my house, and all that they have, and ye shall rescue my soul from death.
|
||||
14| And the men said to her, Our life for yours <i>even</i> to death: and she said, When the Lord shall have delivered the city to you, ye shall deal mercifully and truly with me.
|
||||
15| And she let them down by the window;
|
||||
16| and she said to them, Depart into the hill-country, lest the pursuers meet you, and ye shall be hidden there three days until your pursuers return from after you, and afterwards ye shall depart on your way.
|
||||
17| And the men said to her, We are clear of this thy oath.
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18| Behold, we shall enter into a part of the city, and thou shalt set a sign; thou shalt bind this scarlet cord in the window, by which thou hast let us down, and thou shalt bring in to thyself, into thy house, thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all the family of thy father.
|
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19| And it shall come to pass that whosoever shall go outside the door of thy house, his guilt shall be upon him, and we shall be quit of this thine oath; and we will be responsible for all that shall be found with thee in thy house.
|
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20| But if any one should injure us, or betray these our matters, we shall be quit of this thine oath.
|
||||
21| And she said to them, Let it be according to your word; and she sent them out, and they departed.
|
||||
22| And they came to the hill-country, and remained there three days; and the pursuers searched all the roads, and found them not.
|
||||
23| And the two young men returned, and came down out of the mountain; and they went over to Joshua the son of Naue, and told him all things that had happened to them.
|
||||
24| And they said to Joshua, The Lord has delivered all the land into our power, and all the inhabitants of that land tremble because of us.
|
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#3
|
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1| And Joshua rose up early in the morning, and departed from Sattin; and they came as far as Jordan, and lodged there before they crossed over.
|
||||
2| And it came to pass after three days, <i>that</i> the scribes went through the camp;
|
||||
3| and they charged the people, saying, When ye shall see the ark of the covenant of the Lord our God, and our priests and the Levites bearing it, ye shall depart from your places, and ye shall go after it.
|
||||
4| But let there be a distance between you and it; ye shall stand as much as two thousand cubits <i>from it</i>. Do not draw nigh to it, that ye may know the way which ye are to go; for ye have not gone the way before.
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5| And Joshua said to the people, Sanctify yourselves against to-morrow, for to-morrow the Lord will do wonders among you.
|
||||
6| And Joshua said to the priests, Take up the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and go before the people: and the priests took up the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and went before the people.
|
||||
7| And the Lord said to Joshua, This day do I begin to exalt thee before all the children of Israel, that they may know that as I was with Moses, so will I also be with thee.
|
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8| And now charge the priests that bear the ark of the covenant, saying, As soon as ye shall enter on a part of the water of Jordan, then ye shall stand in Jordan.
|
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9| And Joshua said to the children of Israel, Come hither, and hearken to the word of the Lord our God.
|
||||
10| Hereby ye shall know that the living God <i>is</i> among you, and will utterly destroy from before our face the Chananite, and the Chettite and Pherezite, and the Evite, and the Amorite, and the Gergesite, and the Jebusite.
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11| Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth passes over Jordan.
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12| Choose for yourselves twelve men of the sons of Israel, one of each tribe.
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13| And it shall come to pass, when the feet of the priests that bear the ark of the covenant of the Lord of the whole earth rest in the water of Jordan, the water of Jordan <i>below</i> shall fail, and the water coming down from above shall stop.
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14| And the people removed from their tents to cross over Jordan, and the priests bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord before the people.
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15| And when the priests that bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord entered upon Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord were dipped in part of the water of Jordan; (now Jordan overflowed all its banks about the time of wheat harvest:)
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16| then the waters that came down from above stopped; there stood one solid heap very far off, as far as the region of Kariathiarim, and the lower part came down to the sea of Araba, the salt sea, till it completely failed; and the people stood opposite Jericho.
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17| And the priests that bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord stood on dry land in the midst of Jordan; and all the children of Israel went through on dry land, until all the people had completely gone over Jordan.
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#4
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1| And when the people had completely passed over Jordan, the Lord spoke to Joshua, saying,
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2| Take men from the people, one of each tribe,
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3| and charge them; and ye shall take out of the midst of Jordan twelve fit stones, and having carried them across together with yourselves, place them in your camp, where ye shall encamp for the night.
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4| And Joshua having called twelve men of distinction among the children of Israel, one of each tribe,
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5| said to them, Advance before me in the presence of the Lord into the midst of Jordan, and each having taken up a stone from thence, let him carry it on his shoulders, according to the number of the twelve tribes of Israel:
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6| that these may be to you continually for an appointed sign, that when thy son asks thee in future, saying, What are these stones to us?
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7| then thou mayest explain to thy son, saying, The river Jordan was dried up from before the ark of the covenant of the Lord of the whole earth, when it passed it: and these stones shall be for a memorial for you for the children of Israel for ever.
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8| And the children of Israel did so, as the Lord commanded Joshua; and they took up twelve stones out of the midst of Jordan, (as the Lord commanded Joshua, when the children of Israel had completely passed over,)and carried these stones with them into the camp, and laid them down there.
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9| And Joshua set also other twelve stones in Jordan itself, in the place that was under the feet of the priests that bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord; and there they are to this day.
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10| And the priests that bore the ark of the covenant stood in Jordan, until Joshua <i>had</i> finished all that the Lord commanded him to report to the people; and the people hasted and passed over.
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11| And it came to pass when all the people had passed over, that the ark of the covenant of the Lord passed over, and the stones before them.
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12| And the sons of Ruben, and the sons of Gad, and the half tribe of Manasse passed over armed before the children of Israel, as Moses commanded them.
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13| Forty thousand armed for battle went over before the Lord to war, to the city of Jericho.
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14| In that day the Lord magnified Joshua before all the people of Israel; and they feared him, as <i>they did</i> Moses, as long as he lived.
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15| And the Lord spoke to Joshua, saying,
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16| Charge the priests that bear the ark of the covenant of the testimony of the Lord, to go up out of Jordan.
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17| And Joshua charged the priests, saying, Go up out of Jordan.
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18| And it came to pass when the priests who bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord were gone up out of Jordan, and set their feet upon the land, <i>that</i> the water of Jordan returned impetuously to its place, and went as before over all its banks.
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19| And the people went up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the first month; and the children of Israel encamped in Galgala in the region eastward from Jericho.
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20| And Joshua set these twelve stones which he took out of Jordan, in Galgala,
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21| saying, When your sons ask you, saying, What are these stones?
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22| Tell your sons, that Israel went over this Jordan on dry land,
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23| when the Lord our God had dried up the water of Jordan from before them, until they had passed over; as the Lord our God did to the Red Sea, which the Lord our God dried up from before us, until we passed over.
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24| That all the nations of the earth might know, that the power of the Lord is mighty, and that ye might worship the Lord our God in every work.
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#5
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1| And it came to pass when the kings of the Amorites who were beyond Jordan heard, and the kings of Phoenicia by the sea, that the Lord God had dried up the river Jordan from before the children of Israel when they passed over, that their hearts failed, and they were terror-stricken, and there was no sense in them because of the children of Israel.
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2| And about this time the Lord said to Joshua, Make thee stone knives of sharp stone, and sit down and circumcise the children of Israel the second time.
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3| And Joshua made sharp knives of stone, and circumcised the children of Israel at the place called the "Hill of Foreskins."
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4| And <i>this is</i> the way in which Joshua purified the children of Israel; as many as were born in the way, and as many as were uncircumcised of them that came out of Egypt,
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5| all these Joshua circumcised; for forty and two years Israel wondered in the wilderness of Mabdaris—
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6| Wherefore most of the fighting men that came out of the land of Egypt, were uncircumcised, who disobeyed the commands of God; concerning whom also he determined that they should not see the land, which the Lord sware to give to their fathers, <i>even</i> a land flowing with milk and honey.
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7| And in their place he raised up their sons, whom Joshua circumcised, because they were uncircumcised, having been born by the way.
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8| And when they had been circumcised they rested continuing there in the camp till they were healed.
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9| And the Lord said to Joshua the son of Naue, On this day have I removed the reproach of Egypt from you: and he called the name of that place Galgala.
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10| And the children of Israel kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the month at evening, to the westward of Jericho on the opposite side of the Jordan in the plain.
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11| And they ate of the grain of the earth unleavened and new <i>corn</i>.
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12| In this day the manna failed, after they had eaten of the corn of the land, and the children of Israel no longer had manna: and they took the fruits of the land of the Phoenicians in that year.
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13| And it came to pass when Joshua was in Jericho, that he looked up with his eyes and saw a man standing before him, and <i>there was</i> a drawn sword in his hand; and Joshua drew near and said to him, Art thou for us or on the side of our enemies?
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14| And he said to him, I am now come, the chief captain of the host of the Lord.
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15| And Joshua fell on his face upon the earth, and said to him, Lord, what commandest thou thy servant?
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16| And the captain of the Lord’s host said to Joshua, Loose thy shoe off thy feet, for the place whereon thou now standest is holy.
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#6
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1| Now Jericho was closely shut up and besieged, and none went out of it, and none came in.
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2| And the Lord said to Joshua, Behold, I deliver Jericho into thy power, and its king in it, <i>and its</i> mighty men.
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3| And do thou set the men of war round about it.
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4| And it shall be <i>that</i> when ye shall sound with the trumpet, all the people shall shout together.
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5| And when they have shouted, the walls of the city shall fall of themselves; and all the people shall enter, each one rushing direct into the city.
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6| And Joshua the <i>son</i> of Naue went in to the priests, and spoke to them, saying,
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7| And let seven priests having seven sacred trumpets proceed thus before the Lord, and let them sound loudly; and let the ark of the covenant of the Lord follow.
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8| Charge the people to go round, and encompass the city; and let your men of war pass on armed before the Lord.
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9| And let the men of war proceed before, and the priests bringing up the rear behind the ark of the covenant of the Lord <i>proceed</i> sounding the trumpets.
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10| And Joshua commanded the people, saying, Cry not out, nor let any one hear your voice, until he himself declare to you the time to cry out, and then ye shall cry out.
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11| And the ark of the covenant of God having gone round immediately returned into the camp, and lodged there.
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12| And on the second day Joshua rose up in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of the covenant of the Lord.
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13| And the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets went on before the Lord; and afterwards the men of war went on, and the remainder of the multitude went after the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and the priests sounded with the trumpets.
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14| And all the rest of the multitude compassed the city six times from within a short distance, and went back again into the camp; this they did six days.
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15| And on the seventh day they rose up early, and compassed the city on that day seven times.
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16| And it came to pass at the seventh circuit the priests blew the trumpets; and Joshua said to the children of Israel, Shout, for the Lord has given you the city.
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17| And the city shall be devoted, it and all things that are in it, to the Lord of Hosts: only do ye save Raab the harlot, and all things in her house.
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18| But keep yourselves strictly from the accursed thing, lest ye set your mind upon and take of the accursed thing, and ye make the camp of the children of Israel and accursed thing, and destroy us.
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19| And all the silver, or gold, or brass, or iron, shall be holy to the Lord; it shall be carried into the treasury of the Lord.
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20| And the priests sounded with the trumpets: and when the people heard the trumpets, all the people shouted at once with a loud and strong shout; and all the wall fell round about, and all the people went up into the city:
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21| and Joshua devoted it to destruction, and all things that were in the city, man and woman, young man and old, and calf and ass, with the edge of the sword.
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22| And Joshua said to the two young men who had acted a spies, Go into the house of the woman, and bring her out thence, and all that she has.
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23| And the two young men who had spied out the city entered into the house of the woman, and brought out Raab the harlot, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and her kindred, and all that she had; and they set her without the camp of Israel.
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24| And the city was burnt with fire with all things that were in it; only of the silver, and gold, and brass, and iron, they gave to be brought into the treasury of the Lord.
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25| And Joshua saved alive Raab the harlot, and all the house of her father, and caused her to dwell in Israel until this day, because she hid the spies which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.
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26| And Joshua adjured <i>them</i> on that day before the Lord, saying, Cursed <i>be</i> the man who shall build that city: he shall lay the foundation of it in his first-born, and he shall set up the gates of it in his youngest son. And so did Hozan of Baethel; he laid the foundation in Abiron his first-born, and set up the gates of it in his youngest surviving son.
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27| And the Lord was with Joshua, and his name was in all the land.
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|
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#7
|
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1| But the children of Israel committed a great trespass, and purloined <i>part</i> of the accursed thing; and Achar the son of Charmi, the son of Zambri, the son of Zara, of the tribe of Juda, took of the accursed thing; and the Lord was very angry with the children of Israel.
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2| And Joshua sent men to Gai, which is by Baethel, saying, Spy out Gai: and the men went up and spied Gai.
|
||||
3| And they returned to Joshua, and said to him, Let not all the people go up, but let about two or three thousand men go up and take the city by siege: carry not up thither the whole people, for <i>the enemy</i> are few.
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4| And there went up about three thousand men, and they fled from before the men of Gai.
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||||
5| And the men of Gai slew of them to the number of thirty-six men, and they pursued them from the gate, and destroyed them from the steep hill; and the heart of the people was alarmed and became as water.
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||||
6| And Joshua tore his garments; and Joshua fell on the earth on his face before the Lord until evening, he and the elders of Israel; and they cast dust on their heads.
|
||||
7| And Joshua said, I pray, Lord, wherefore has thy servant brought this people over Jordan to deliver them to the Amorite to destroy us? would we had remained and settled ourselves beyond Jordan.
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||||
8| And what shall I say since Israel has turned his back before his enemy?
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||||
9| And when the Chananite and all the inhabitants of the land hear it, they shall compass us round and destroy us from off the land: and what wilt thou do <i>for</i> thy great name?
|
||||
10| And the Lord said to Joshua, Rise up; why hast thou fallen upon thy face?
|
||||
11| The people has sinned, and transgressed the covenant which I made with them; they have stolen from the cursed thing, and put it into their store.
|
||||
12| And the children of Israel will not be able to stand before their enemies; they will turn their back before their enemies, for they have become an accursed thing: I will not any longer be with you, unless ye remove the cursed thing from yourselves.
|
||||
13| Rise, sanctify the people and tell them to sanctify themselves for the morrow: thus says the Lord God of Israel, The accursed thing is among you; ye shall not be able to stand before your enemies, until ye shall have removed the cursed thing from among you.
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||||
14| And ye shall all be gathered together by your tribes in the morning, and it shall come to pass that the tribe which the Lord shall shew, ye shall bring by families; and the family which the Lord shall shew, ye shall bring by households; and the household which the Lord shall shew, ye shall bring man by man.
|
||||
15| And the man who shall be pointed out, shall be burnt with fire, and all that he has; because he has transgressed the covenant of the Lord, and has wrought wickedness in Israel.
|
||||
16| And Joshua rose up early, and brought the people by their tribes; and the tribe of Juda was pointed out.
|
||||
17| And it was brought by their families, and family of the Zaraites was pointed out.
|
||||
18| And it was brought man by man, and Achar the son of Zambri the son of Zara was pointed out.
|
||||
19| And Joshua said to Achar, Give glory this day to the Lord God of Israel, and make confession; and tell me what thou hast done, and hide it not from me.
|
||||
20| And Achar answered Joshua, and said, Indeed I have sinned against the Lord God of Israel: thus and thus have I done:
|
||||
21| I saw in the spoil an embroidered mantle, and two hundred didrachms of silver, and one golden wedge of fifty didrachms, and I desired them and took them; and, behold, they are hid in my tent, and the silver is hid under them.
|
||||
22| And Joshua sent messengers, and they ran to the tent into the camp; and these things were hidden in his tent, and the silver under them.
|
||||
23| And they brought them out of the tent, and brought them to Joshua and the elders of Israel, and they laid them before the Lord.
|
||||
24| And Joshua took Achar the son of Zara, and brought him to the valley of Achor, and his sons, and his daughters, and his calves, and his asses, and all his sheep, and his tent, and all his property, and all the people <i>were</i> with him; and he brought them to Emec Achor.
|
||||
25| And Joshua said to Achar, Why hast thou destroyed us? the Lord destroy thee as at this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones.
|
||||
26| And they set up over him a great heap of stones; and the Lord ceased from his fierce anger. Therefore he called the place Emecachor until this day.
|
||||
|
||||
#8
|
||||
1| And the Lord said to Joshua, Fear not, nor be timorous: take with thee all the men of war, and arise, go up to Gai; behold, I have given into thy hands the king of Gai, and his land.
|
||||
2| And thou shalt do to Gai, as thou didst to Jericho and its king; and thou shalt take to thyself the spoil of its cattle; set now for thyself an ambush for the city behind.
|
||||
3| And Joshua and all the men of war rose to go up to Gai; and Joshua chose out thirty thousand mighty men, and he sent them away by night.
|
||||
4| And he charged them, saying, Do ye lie in ambush behind the city: do not go far from the city, and ye shall all be ready.
|
||||
5| Land I and all with me will draw near to the city: and it shall come to pass when the inhabitants of Gai shall come forth to meet us, as before, that we will flee from before them.
|
||||
6| And when they shall come out after us, we will draw them away from the city; and they will say, These men flee from before us, as also before.
|
||||
7| And ye shall rise up out of the ambuscade, and go into the city.
|
||||
8| Ye shall do according to this word, lo! I have commanded you.
|
||||
9| And Joshua sent them, and they went to lie in ambush; and they lay between Baethel and Gai, westward of Gai.
|
||||
10| And Joshua rose up early in the morning, and numbered the people; and he went up, he and the elders before the people to Gai.
|
||||
11| And all the men of war went up with him, and they went forward and came over against the city eastward.
|
||||
12| And the ambuscade <i>was</i> on the west side of the city.
|
||||
13 14| And it came to pass when the king of Gai saw <i>it</i>, he hasted and went out to meet them direct to the battle, he and all the people <i>that were</i> with him: and he knew not that there was an ambuscade <i>formed</i> against him behind the city.
|
||||
15| And Joshua and Israel saw, and retreated from before them.
|
||||
16| And they pursued after the children of Israel, and they themselves went to a distance from the city.
|
||||
17| There was no one left in Gai who did not pursue after Israel; and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.
|
||||
18| And the Lord said to Joshua, Stretch forth thy hand with the spear that is in thy hand toward the city, for I have delivered it into thy hands; and the liers in wait shall rise up quickly out of their place.
|
||||
19| And Joshua stretched out his hand <i>and</i> his spear toward the city, and the ambuscade rose up quickly out of their place; and they came forth when he stretched out his hand; and they entered into the city, and took it; and they hasted and burnt the city with fire.
|
||||
20| And when the inhabitants of Gai looked round behind them, then they saw the smoke going up out of the city to heaven, and they were no longer able to flee this way or that way.
|
||||
21| And Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambuscade had taken the city, and that the smoke of the city went up to heaven; and they turned and smote the men of Gai.
|
||||
22| And these came forth out of the city to meet them; and they were in the midst of the army, some <i>being</i> on this side, and some on that; and they smote them until there was not left of them one who survived and escaped.
|
||||
23| And they took the king of Gai alive, and brought him to Joshua.
|
||||
24| And when the children of Israel had ceased slaying all that were in Gai, and in the fields, and in the mountain on the descent, from whence they pursued them <i>even</i> to the end, then Joshua returned to Gai, and smote it with the edge of the sword.
|
||||
25| And they that fell in that day, men and women, were twelve thousand: <i>they slew</i> all the inhabitants of Gai.
|
||||
26 27| Beside the spoils that were in the city, all things which the children of Israel took as spoil for themselves according to the command of the Lord, as the Lord commanded Joshua.
|
||||
28| And Joshua burnt the city with fire: he made it an uninhabited heap for ever, <i>even</i> to this day.
|
||||
29| And he hanged the king of Gai on a gallows; and he remained on the tree till evening: and when the sun went down, Joshua gave charge, and they took down his body from the tree, and cast it into a pit, and they set over him a heap of stones until this day.
|
||||
|
||||
#9
|
||||
1| And when the kings of the Amorites on the other side of Jordan, who were in the mountain country, and in the plain, and in all the coast of the great sea, and those who were near Antilibanus, and the Chettites, and the Chananites, and the Pherezites, and the Evites, and the Amorites, and the Gergesites, and the Jebusites, heard <i>of it</i>,
|
||||
2| they came all together at the same time to make war against Joshua and Israel.
|
||||
3| And the inhabitants of Gabaon heard of all that the Lord did to Jericho and Gai.
|
||||
4| And they also wrought craftily, and they went and made provision and prepared themselves; and having taken old sacks on their shoulders, and old and rent and patched bottles of wine,
|
||||
5| and the upper part of their shoes and their sandals old and clouted on their feet, and their garments old upon them—and the bread of their provision was dry and mouldy and corrupt.
|
||||
6| And they came to Joshua into the camp of Israel to Galgala, and said to Joshua and Israel, We are come from a far land: now then make a covenant with us.
|
||||
7| And the children of Israel said to the Chorrhaean, Peradventure thou dwellest amongst us; and how should I make a covenant with thee?
|
||||
8| And they said to Joshua, We are thy servants: and Joshua said to them, Whence are ye, and whence have ye come?
|
||||
9| And they said, Thy servants are come from a very far country in the name of the Lord thy God: for we have heard his name, and all that he did in Egypt,
|
||||
10| and all that he did to the kings of the Amorites, who were beyond Jordan, to Seon king of the Amorites, and Og king of Basan, who dwelt in Astaroth and in Edrain.
|
||||
11| And our elders and all that inhabit our land when they heard spoke to us, saying, Take to yourselves provision for the way, and go to meet them; and ye shall say to them, We are thy servants, and now make a covenant with us.
|
||||
12| These <i>are</i> the loaves—we took them hot for our journey on the day on which we came out to come to you; and now they are dried and become mouldy.
|
||||
13| And these <i>are</i> the skins of wine which we filled when new, and they are rent; and our garments and our shoes are worn out because of the very long journey.
|
||||
14| And the chiefs took of their provision, and asked not <i>counsel of</i> the Lord.
|
||||
15| And Joshua made peace with them, and they made a covenant with them to preserve them; and the princes of the congregation sware to them.
|
||||
16| And it came to pass three days after they had made a covenant with them, they heard that they were near neighbours, and that they dwelt among them.
|
||||
17| And the children of Israel departed and came to their cities; and their cities <i>were</i> Gabaon, and Kephira, and Berot, and the cities of Jarin.
|
||||
18| Land the children of Israel fought not with them, because all the princes sware to them by the Lord God of Israel; and all the congregation murmured at the princes.
|
||||
19| And the princes said to all the congregation: We have sworn to them by the Lord God of Israel, and now we shall not be able to touch them.
|
||||
20| This we will do; take them alive, and we will preserve them: so there shall not be wrath against us by reason of the oath which we swore to them.
|
||||
21| They shall live, and shall be hewers of wood and drawers of water to all the congregation, as the princes said to them.
|
||||
22| And Joshua called them together and said to them, Why have ye deceived me, saying, We live very far from you; whereas ye are fellow-countrymen of those who dwell among us?
|
||||
23| And now ye are cursed: there shall not fail of you a slave, or a hewer of wood, or a drawer of water to me and my God.
|
||||
24| And they answered Joshua, saying, It was reported to us what the Lord thy God charged his servant Moses, to give you this land, and to destroy us and all that dwelt on it from before you; and we feared very much for our lives because of you, and <i>therefore</i> we did this thing.
|
||||
25| And now, behold, we <i>are</i> in your power; do to us as it is pleasing to you, and as it seems <i>good</i> to you.
|
||||
26| Aand they did so to them; and Joshua rescued them in that day out of the hands of the children of Israel, and they did not slay them.
|
||||
27| And Joshua made them in that day hewers of wood and drawers of water to the whole congregation, and for the altar of God: therefore the inhabitants of Gabaon became hewers of wood and drawers of water for the altar of God until this day, even for the place which the Lord should choose.
|
||||
30| Then Joshua built an alter to the Lord God of Israel in mount Gebal,
|
||||
31| as Moses the servant of the Lord commanded the children of Israel, as it was written in the law of Moses, an alter of unhewn stones, on which iron had not been lifted up: and he offered there whole-burnt-offerings to the Lord, and a piece offering. And Joshua wrote upon the stones a copy of the law, <i>even</i> the law of Moses, before the children of Israel.
|
||||
33| And all Israel, and their elders, and their judges, and their scribes, passed on one side and on the other, before the ark; and the priests and the levites took up the ark of the covenant of the Lord; and the stranger and the native <i>were there</i>, who were half of them near mount Gebal, as Moses the servant of the Lord commanded at first, to bless the people.
|
||||
34| And afterwards Joshua read accordingly all the words of this law, the blessings and the curses, according to all things written in the law of Moses.
|
||||
35| There was not a word of all that Moses charged Joshua, which Joshua read not in the ears of all men, and the women, and the children of Israel, and the strangers that joined themselves to Israel. 0
|
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|
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#10
|
||||
1| And when Adoni-bezec king of Jerusalem heard that Joshua had taken Gai, and had destroyed it, as he did to Jericho and its king, even so they did to Gai and its king, and that the inhabitants of Gabaon had gone over to Joshua and Israel;
|
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2| then they were greatly terrified by them, for <i>the king</i> knew that Gabaon <i>was</i> a great city, as one of the chief cities, and all its men <i>were</i> mighty.
|
||||
3| So Adoni-bezec king of Jerusalem sent to Elam king of Hebron, and to Phidon king of Jerimuth, and to Jephtha king of Lachis, and to Dabin king of Odollam, saying,
|
||||
4| Come up hither to me, and help me, and let us take Gabaon; for the Gabaonites have gone over to Joshua and to the children of Israel.
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5| And the five kings of the Jebusites went up, the king of Jerusalem, and the king of Chebron, and the king of Jerimuth, and the king of Lachis, and the king of Odollam, they and all their people; and encamped around Gabaon, and besieged it.
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6| And the inhabitants of Gabaon sent to Joshua into the camp to Galgala, saying, Slack not thy hands from thy servants: come up quickly to us, and help us, and rescue us; for all the kings of the Amorites who dwell in the hill country are gathered together against us.
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7| And Joshua went up from Galgala, he and all the people of war with him, every one mighty in strength.
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8| And the Lord said to Joshua, Fear them not, for I have delivered them into thy hands; there shall not one of them be left before you.
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9| And when Joshua came suddenly upon them, he <i>had</i> advanced all the night out of Galgala.
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10| And the Lord struck them with terror before the children of Israel; and the Lord destroyed them with a great slaughter at Gabaon; and they pursued them by the way of the going up of Oronin, and they smote them to Azeca and to Makeda.
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11| And when they fled from the face of the children of Israel at the descent of Oronin, then the Lord cast upon them hailstones from heaven to Azeca; and they were more that died by the hailstones, than those whom the children of Israel slew with the sword in the battle.
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12| Then Joshua spoke to the Lord, in the day in which the Lord delivered the Amorite into the power of Israel, when he destroyed them in Gabaon, and they were destroyed from before the children of Israel: and Joshua said, Let the sun stand over against Gabaon, and the moon over against the valley of Ælon.
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13| And the sun and the moon stood still, until God executed vengeance on their enemies; and the sun stood still in the midst of heaven; it did not proceed to set till the end of one day.
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14| And there was not such a day either before or after, so that God should hearken to a man, because the Lord fought on the side of Israel.
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15 16| And these five kings fled, and hid themselves in a cave that is in Makeda.
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17| And it was told Joshua, saying, The five kings have been found hid in the cave that is in Makeda.
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18| And Joshua said, Roll stones to the mouth of the cave, and set men to watch over them.
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19| But do not ye stand, but pursue after your enemies, and attack the rear of them, and do not suffer them to enter into their cities; for the Lord our God has delivered them into our hands.
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20| And it came to pass when Joshua and all Israel ceased destroying them utterly with a very great slaughter, that they that escaped took refuge in the strong cities.
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21| And all the people returned safe to Joshua to Makeda; and no one of the children of Israel murmured with his tongue.
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22| And Joshua said, Open the cave, and bring out these five kings out of the cave.
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23| And they brought out the five kings out of the cave, the king of Jerusalem, and the king of Chebron, and the king of Jerimuth, and the king of Lachis, and the king of Odollam.
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24| And when they brought them out to Joshua, then Joshua called together all Israel, and the chiefs of the army that went with him, saying to them, Come forward and set your feet on their necks; and they came and set their feet on their necks.
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25| And Joshua said to them, Do not fear them, neither be cowardly; be courageous and strong, for thus the Lord will do to all your enemies, against whom ye fight.
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26| And Joshua slew them, and hanged them on five trees; and they hung upon the trees until the evening.
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27| And it came to pass toward the setting of the sun, Joshua commanded, and they took them down from the trees, and cast them into the cave into which they <i>had</i> fled for refuge, and rolled stones to the cave, <i>which remain</i> till this day.
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28| And they took Makeda on that day, and slew the inhabitants with the edge of the sword, and they utterly destroyed every living thing that was in it; and there was none left in it that was preserved and had escaped; and they did to the king of Makeda, as they did to the king of Jericho.
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29| And Joshua and all Israel with him departed out of Makeda to Lebna, and besieged Lebna.
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30| And the Lord delivered it into the hands of Israel: and they took it, and its king, and slew the inhabitants with the edge of the sword, and every thing breathing in it; and there was not left in it any that survived and escaped; and they did to its king, as they did to the king of Jericho.
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31| And Joshua and all Israel with him departed from Lebna to Lachis, and he encamped about it, and besieged it.
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32| And the Lord delivered Lachis into the hands of Israel; and they took it on the second day, and they put the inhabitants to death with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed it, as they had done to Lebna.
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33| Then Elam the king of Gazer went up to help Lachis; and Joshua smote him and his people with the edge of the sword, until there was not left to him one that was preserved and escaped.
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34| And Joshua and all Israel with him departed from Lachis to Odollam, and he besieged it and took it.
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35| And the Lord delivered it into the hand of Israel; and he took it on that day, and slew the inhabitants with the edge of the sword, and slew every thing breathing in it, as they did to Lachis.
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36| And Joshua and all Israel with him departed to Chebron, and encamped about it.
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37| And he smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the living creatures that were in it; there was no one preserved: they destroyed it and all things in it, as they did to Odollam.
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38| And Joshua and all Israel returned to Dabir; and they encamped about it;
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39| and they took it, and its king, and its villages: and he smote it with the edge of the sword, and they destroyed it, and every thing breathing in it; and they did not leave in it any one that was preserved: as they did to Chebron and her king, so they did to Dabir and her king.
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40| And Joshua smote all the land of the hill country, and Nageb and the plain country, and Asedoth, and her kings, they did not leave of them one that was saved: and they utterly destroyed every thing that had the breath of life, as the Lord God of Israel commanded,
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41| from Cades Barne to Gaza, all Gosom, as far as Gabaon.
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42| And Joshua smote, once for all, all their kings, and their land, because the Lord God of Israel fought on the side of Israel.
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#11
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1| And when Jabis the king of Asor heard, he sent to Jobab king of Maron, and to the king of Symoon, and to the king of Aziph,
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2| and to the kings who were by the great Sidon, to the hill country and to Araba opposite Keneroth, and to the plain, and to Phenaeddor,
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3| and to the Chananites on the coast eastward, and to the Amorites on the coast, and the Chettites, and the Pherezites, and the Jebusites in the mountain, and the Evites, and those dwelling under <i>mount</i> Aermon in the land Massyma.
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4| And they and their kings with them went forth, as the sand of the sea in multitude, and horses, and very many chariots.
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5| And all the kings assembled in person, and came to the same place, and encamped at the waters of Maron to war with Israel.
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6| And the Lord said to Joshua, Be not afraid of them, for to-morrow <i>at</i> this time I will put them to flight before Israel: thou shalt hough their horses, and burn their chariots with fire
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7| And Joshua and all the men of war came upon them at the water of Maron suddenly; and they attacked them in the hill country.
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8| And the Lord delivered them into the power of Israel; and they smote them and pursued them to great Sidon, and to Maseron, and to the plains of Massoch eastward; and they destroyed them till there was not one of them left that survived.
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9| And Joshua did to them, as the Lord commanded him: he houghed their horses, and burned their chariots with fire.
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10| And Joshua returned at that time, and took Asor and her king; now Asor in former time was the chief of these kingdoms.
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11| And they slew with the sword all that breathed in it, and utterly destroyed them all, and there was no living thing left in it; and they burnt Asor with fire.
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12| And Joshua took all the cities of the kingdoms, and their kings, and slew them with the edge of the sword; and utterly slew them, as Moses the servant of the Lord commanded.
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13| But all the walled cities Israel burnt not; but Israel burnt Asor only.
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14| And the children of Israel took all its spoils to themselves; and they slew all the men with the edge of the sword, until he destroyed them; they left not one of them breathing.
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15| As the Lord commanded his servant Moses, even so Moses commanded Joshua; and so Joshua did, he transgressed no precept of all that Moses commanded him.
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16| And Joshua took all the hill country, and all the land of Nageb, and all the land of Gosom, and the plain country, and that toward the west, and the mountain of Israel and the low country by the mountain;
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17| from the mountain of Chelcha, and that which goes up to Seir, and as far as Balagad, and the plains of Libanus, under mount Aermon; and he took all their kings, and destroyed, and slew them.
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18| And for many days Joshua waged war with these kings.
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19| And there was no city which Israel took not; they took all in war.
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20| For it was of the Lord to harden their hearts to go forth to war against Israel, that they might be utterly destroyed, that mercy should not be granted to them, but that they should be utterly destroyed, as the Lord said to Moses.
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21| And Joshua came at that time, and utterly destroyed the Enakim out of the hill country, from Chebron and from Dabir, and from Anaboth, and from all the race of Israel, and from all the mountain of Juda with their cities; and Joshua utterly destroyed them.
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22| There was not <i>any one</i> left of the Enakim by the children of Israel, only there was left of them in Gaza, and in Gath, and in Aseldo.
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23| And Joshua took all the land, as the Lord commanded Moses; and Joshua gave them for an inheritance to Israel by division according to their tribes; and the land ceased from war. 2
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#12
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1| And these <i>are</i> the kings of the land, whom the children of Israel slew, and inherited their land beyond Jordan from the east, from the valley of Arnon to the mount of Aermon, and all the land of Araba on the east.
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2| Seon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Esebon, ruling from Arnon, which is in the valley, on the side of the valley, and half of Galaad as far as Jaboc, the borders of the children of Ammon.
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3| And Araba as far as the sea of Chenereth eastward, and as far as the sea of Araba; the salt sea eastward <i>by</i> the way to Asimoth, from Thaeman under Asedoth Phasga.
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4| And Og king of Basan, who dwelt in Astaroth and in Edrain, was left of the giants
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5| ruling from mount Aermon and from Secchai, and <i>over</i> all the land of Basan to the borders of Gergesi, and Machi, and the half of Galaad of the borders of Seon king of Esebon.
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6| Moses the servant of the Lord and the children of Israel smote them; and Moses gave them by way of inheritance to Ruben, and Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasse.
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7| And these <i>are</i> the kings of the Amorites, whom Joshua and the children of Israel slew beyond Jordan by the sea of Balagad in the plain of Libanus, and as far as the mountain of Chelcha, as men go up to Seir: and Joshua gave it to the tribes of Israel to inherit according to their portion;
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8| in the mountain, and in the plain, and in Araba, and in Asedoth, and in the wilderness, and Nageb; the Chettite, and the Amorite, and the Chananite, and the Pherezite, and the Evite, and the Jebusite.
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9| The king of Jericho, and the king of Gai, which is near Baethel;
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10| the king of Jerusalem, the king of Chebron,
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11| the king of Jerimuth, the king of Lachis;
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12| the king of Ælam, the king of Gazer;
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13| the king of Dabir, the king of Gader:
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14| the king of Hermath, the king of Ader;
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15| the king of Lebna, the king of Odollam,
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16| the king of Elath,
|
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17| the king of Taphut, the king of Opher,
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18| the king of Ophec of Aroc,
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19| the king of Asom,
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20| the king of Symoon, the king of Mambroth, the king of Aziph,
|
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21| the king of Cades, the king of Zachac,
|
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22| the king of Maredoth, the king of Jecom of Chermel,
|
||||
23| the king of Odollam <i>belonging to</i> Phennealdor, the king of Gei of Galilee:
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24| the king of Thersa: all these <i>were</i> twenty-nine kings. 3
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|
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#13
|
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1| And Joshua <i>was</i> old and very advanced in years; and the Lord said to Joshua, Thou art advanced in years, and there is much land left to inherit.
|
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2| And this <i>is</i> the land that is left: the borders of the Phylistines, the Gesirite, and the Chananite,
|
||||
3| from the wilderness before Egypt, as far as the borders of Accaron on the left of the Chananites <i>the land</i> is reckoned to the five principalities of the Phylistines, to the inhabitant of Gaza, and of Azotus, and of Ascalon, and of Geth, and of Accaron, and to the Evite;
|
||||
4| from Thaeman even to all the land of Chanaan before Gaza, and the Sidonians as far as Aphec, as far as the borders of the Amorites.
|
||||
5| And all the land of Galiath of the Phylistines, and all Libanus eastward from Galgal, under the mountain Aermon as far as the entering in of Emath;
|
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6| every one that inhabits the hill country from Libanus as far as Masereth Memphomaim. All the Sidonians, I will destroy them from before Israel; but do thou give them by inheritance to Israel, as I charged thee.
|
||||
7| And now divide this land by lot to the nine tribes, and to the half tribe of Manasse.
|
||||
8| From Jordan to the great sea westward thou shalt give it <i>them</i>: the great sea shall be the boundary. <i>But</i> to the two tribes and to the half tribe of Manasse, to Ruben and to Gad Moses gave <i>an inheritance</i> beyond Jordan: Moses the servant of the Lord gave <i>it</i> to them eastward,
|
||||
9| from Aroer, which is on the bank of the brook of Arnon, and the city in the midst of the valley, and all Misor from Maedaban.
|
||||
10| All the cities of Seon king of the Amorites, who reigned from Esebon to the coasts of the children of Ammon;
|
||||
11| and the region of Galaad, and the borders of the Gesirites and the Machatites, the whole mount of Aermon, and all the land of Basan to Acha.
|
||||
12| All the kingdom of Og in the region of Basan, who reigned in Astaroth and in Edrain: he was left of the giants; and Moses smote him, and destroyed him.
|
||||
13| But the children of Israel destroyed not the Gesirite and the Machatite and the Chananite; and the king of the Gesiri and the Machatite dwelt among the children of Israel until this day.
|
||||
14| Only no inheritance was given to the tribe of Levi: the Lord God of Israel, he <i>is</i> their inheritance, as the Lord said to them; and this <i>is</i> the division which Moses made to the children of Israel in Araboth Moab, on the other side of Jordan, by Jericho.
|
||||
15| And Moses gave the land to the tribe of Ruben according to their families.
|
||||
16| And their borders were from Aroer, which is opposite the brook of Arnon, and <i>theirs is</i> the city that is in the valley of Arnon; and all Misor,
|
||||
17| to Esebon, and all the cities in Misor, and Daebon, and Baemon-Baal, and the house of Meelboth;
|
||||
18| and Basan, and Bakedmoth, and Maephaad,
|
||||
19| and Kariathaim, and Sebama, and Serada, and Sion in mount Enab;
|
||||
20| and Baethphogor, and Asedoth Phasga, and Baetthasinoth,
|
||||
21| and all the cities of Misor, and all the kingdom of Seon king of the Amorites, whom Moses smote, even him and the princes of Madian, and Evi, and Roboc, and Sur, and Ur, and Robe prince of the spoils of Sion, and the inhabitants of Sion.
|
||||
22| And Balaam the son of Baeor the prophet they slew in the battle.
|
||||
23| And the borders of Ruben were—<i>even</i> Jordan <i>was the</i> boundary; this <i>is</i> the inheritance of the children of Ruben according to their families, <i>these were</i> their cities and their villages.
|
||||
24| And Moses gave inheritance to the sons of Gad according to their families.
|
||||
25| And their borders were Jazer, all the cities of Galaad, and half the land of the children of Ammon to Araba, which is before Arad.
|
||||
26| And from Esebon to Araboth by Massepha, and Botanim, and Maan to the borders of Daebon,
|
||||
27| and Enadom, and Othargai, and Baenthanabra, and Soccotha, and Saphan, and the rest of the kingdom of Sean king of Esebon: and Jordan shall be the boundary as far as part of the sea of Chenereth beyond Jordan eastward.
|
||||
28| This <i>is</i> the inheritance of the children of Gad according to their families and according to their cities: according to their families they will turn their backs before their enemies, because their cities and their villages were according to their families.
|
||||
29| And Moses gave to half the tribe of Manasse according to their families.
|
||||
30| And their borders were from Maan, and all the kingdom of Basan, and all the kingdom of Og king of Basan, and all the villages of Jair, which are in the region of Basan, sixty cities:
|
||||
31| and the half of Galaad, and in Astaroth, and in Edrain, royal cities of Og in the land of Basan, <i>Moses gave</i> to the sons of Machir the sons of Manasse, even to the half-tribe sons of Machir the sons of Manasse, according to their families.
|
||||
32| These <i>are</i> they whom Moses caused to inherit beyond Jordan in Araboth Moab, beyond Jordan by Jericho eastward.
|
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|
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|
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#14
|
||||
1| And these <i>are</i> they of the children of Israel that received their inheritance in the land of Chanaan, to whom Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the <i>son</i>of Naue, and the heads of the families of the tribes of the children of Israel, gave inheritance.
|
||||
2| They inherited according to their lots, as the Lord commanded by the hand of Joshua to the nine tribes and the half tribe, on the other side of Jordan.
|
||||
3| But to the Levites he gave no inheritance among them.
|
||||
4| For the sons of Joseph were two tribes, Manasse and Ephraim; and there was none inheritance in the land given to the Levites, only cities to dwell in, and their suburbs separated for the cattle, and their cattle.
|
||||
5| As the Lord commanded Moses, so did the children of Israel; and they divided the land.
|
||||
6| And the children of Juda came to Joshua in Galgal, and Chaleb the <i>son</i> of Jephone the Kenezite said to him, Thou knowest the word that the Lord spoke to Moses the man of God concerning me and thee in Cades Barne.
|
||||
7| For I was forty years old when Moses the servant of God sent me out of Cades Barne to spy out the land; and I returned him an answer according to his mind.
|
||||
8| My brethren that went up with me turned away the heart of the people, but I applied my self to follow the Lord my God.
|
||||
9| And Moses sware on that day, saying, The land on which thou art gone up, it shall be thy inheritance and thy children’s for ever, because thou hast applied thyself to follow the Lord our God.
|
||||
10| And now the Lord has kept me alive as he said: this <i>is</i> the forty-fifth year since the Lord spoke that word to Moses; and Israel journeyed in the wilderness; and now, behold, I <i>am</i> this day eighty-five years old.
|
||||
11| I am still strong this day, as when the Lord sent me: just so strong am I now to go out and to come in for war.
|
||||
12| And now I ask of thee this mountain, as the Lord said in that day; for thou heardest this word on that day; and now the Enakim are there, cities great and strong: if then the Lord should be with me, I will utterly destroy them, as the Lord said to me.
|
||||
13| And Joshua blessed him, and gave Chebron to Chaleb the son of Jephone the son of Kenez for an inheritance.
|
||||
14| Therefore Chebron became the inheritance of Chaleb the <i>son</i> of Jephone the Kenezite until this day, because he followed the commandment of the Lord God of Israel.
|
||||
15| And the name of Chebron before was the city Argob, it <i>is</i> the metropolis of the Enakim: and the land rested from war. 5
|
||||
|
||||
#15
|
||||
1| And the borders of the tribe of Juda according to their families were from the borders of Idumea from the wilderness of sin, as far as Cades southward.
|
||||
2| And their borders were from the south as far as a part of the salt sea from the high country that extends southward.
|
||||
3| And they proceed before the ascent of Acrabin, and go out round Sena, and go up from the south to Cades Barne; and go out to Asoron, and proceed up to Sarada, and go out by the way that is west of Cades.
|
||||
4| And they go out to Selmona, and issue at the valley of Egypt; and the termination of its boundaries shall be at the sea: these are their boundaries southward.
|
||||
5| And their boundaries eastward <i>are</i> all the salt sea as far as Jordan; and their borders from the north, and from the border of the sea, and from part of Jordan—
|
||||
6| the borders go up to Baethaglaam, and they go along from the north to Baetharaba, and the borders go on up to the stone of Baeon the son of Ruben.
|
||||
7| And the borders continue on to the fourth part of the valley of Achor, and go down to Galgal, which is before the approach of Adammin, which is southward in the valley, and terminate at the water of the fountain of the sun; and their going forth shall be the fountain of Rogel.
|
||||
8| And the borders go up to the valley of Ennom, behind Jebus southward; this is Jerusalem: and the borders terminate at the top of the mountain, which is before the valley of Ennom toward the sea, which is by the side of the land of Raphain northward.
|
||||
9| And the border <i>going forth</i> from the top of the mountain terminates at the fountain of the water of Naphtho, and terminates at mount Ephron; and the border will lead to Baal; this is the city of Jarim.
|
||||
10| And the border will go round from Baal to the sea, and will go on to the mount of Assar behind the city of Jarin northwards; this is Chaslon: and it will come down to the city of Sun, and will go on to the south.
|
||||
11| And the border terminates behind Accaron northward, and the borders will terminate at Socchoth, and the borders will go on to the south, and will terminate at Lebna, and the issue of the borders will be at the sea; and their borders <i>shall be</i> toward the sea, the great sea shall be the boundary.
|
||||
12| These <i>are</i> the borders of the children of Juda round about according to their families.
|
||||
13| And to Chaleb the son of Jephone he gave a portion in the midst of the children of Juda by the command of God; and Joshua gave him the city of Arboc the metropolis of Enac; this is Chebron.
|
||||
14| And Chaleb the son of Jephone destroyed thence the three sons of Enac, Susi, and Tholami, and Achima.
|
||||
15| And Chaleb went up thence to the inhabitants of Dabir; and the name of Dabir before was the city of Letters.
|
||||
16| And Chaleb said, Whosoever shall take and destroy the city of Letters, and master it, to him will I give my daughter Ascha to wife.
|
||||
17| And Gothoniel the son of Chenez the brother of Chaleb took it; and he gave him Ascha his daughter to wife.
|
||||
18| And it came to pass as she went out that she counselled him, saying, I will ask of my father a field; and she cried from off her ass; and Chaleb said to her, What is it?
|
||||
19| And she said to him, Give me a blessing, for thou hast set me in the land of Nageb; give me Botthanis: and he gave her Gonaethla the upper, and Gonaethla the lower.
|
||||
20| This <i>is</i> the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Juda.
|
||||
21| And their cities were cities belonging to the tribe of the children of Juda on the borders of Edom by the wilderness, and Baeseleel, and Ara, and Asor,
|
||||
22| and Icam, and Regma, and Aruel,
|
||||
23| and Cades, and Asorionain, and Maenam,
|
||||
24| and Balmaenan, and their villages,
|
||||
25| and the cities of Aseron, this <i>is</i> Asor,
|
||||
26| and Sen, and Salmaa, and Molada,
|
||||
27| and Seri, and Baephalath,
|
||||
28| and Cholaseola, and Beersabee; and their villages, and their hamlets,
|
||||
29| Bala and Bacoc, and Asom,
|
||||
30| and Elboudad, and Baethel, and Herma,
|
||||
31| and Sekelac, and Macharim, and Sethennac,
|
||||
32| and Labos, and Sale, and Eromoth; twenty-nine cities, and their villages.
|
||||
33| In the plain country Astaol, and Raa, and Assa,
|
||||
34| and Ramen, and Tano, and Iluthoth, and Maeani,
|
||||
35| and Jermuth, and Odollam, and Membra, and Saocho, and Jazeca.
|
||||
36| And Sacarim and Gadera, and its villages; fourteen cities, and their villages;
|
||||
37| Senna, and Adasan, and Magadalgad,
|
||||
38| and Dalad, and Maspha, and Jachareel,
|
||||
39| and Basedoth, and Ideadalea;
|
||||
40| and Chabra, and Maches, and Maachos,
|
||||
41| and Geddor, and Bagadiel, and Noman, and Machedan: sixteen cities, and their villages;
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42| Lebna, and Ithac, and Anoch,
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43| and Jana, and Nasib,
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44| and Keilam, and Akiezi, and Kezib, and Bathesar, and Ælom: ten cities, and their villages;
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45| Accaron and her villages, and their hamlets:
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46| from Accaron, Gemna, and all the cities that are near Asedoth; and their villages.
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47| Asiedoth, and her villages, and her hamlets; Gaza, and its villages and its hamlets as far as the river of Egypt, and the great sea is the boundary.
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48| And in the hill country Samir, and Jether, and Socha,
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49| and Renna and the city of Letters, this <i>is</i> Dabir;
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50| and Anon, and Es, and Man, and Æsam,
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51| and Gosom, and Chalu, and Channa, and Gelom: eleven cities, and their villages;
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52| Ærem, and Remna, and Soma,
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53| and Jemain, and Baethachu, and Phacua,
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54| and Euma, and the city Arboc, this is Chebron, and Soraith: nine cities and their villages:
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55| Maor, and Chermel, and Ozib, and Itan,
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56| and Jariel, and Aricam, and Zacanaim,
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57| and Gabaa, and Thamnatha; nine cities, and their villages;
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58| Ælua, and Bethsur, and Geddon,
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59| and Magaroth, and Baethanam, and Thecum; six cities, and their villages; Theco, and Ephratha, this is Baethleem, and Phagor, and Ætan, and Culon, and Tatam, and Thobes, and Carem, and Galem, and Thether, and Manocho: eleven cities, and their villages,
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60| Cariathbaal, this <i>is</i> the city of Jarim, and Sotheba: two cities, and their villages:
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61| and Baddargeis, and Tharabaam, and Ænon;
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62| and Æochioza, and Naphlazon, and the cities of Sadon, and Ancades; seven cities, and their villages.
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63| And the Jebusite dwelt in Jerusalem, and the children of Juda could not destroy them; and the Jebusites dwelt in Jerusalem to this day. 6
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#16
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1| And the borders of the children of Joseph were from Jordan by Jericho eastward; and they will go up from Jericho to the hill country, to the wilderness, to Baethel Luza.
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2| And they will go out to Baethel, and will proceed to the borders of Achatarothi.
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3| And they will go across to the sea to the borders of Aptalim, as far as the borders of Baethoron the lower, and the going forth of them shall be to the sea.
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4| And the sons of Joseph, Ephraim and Manasse, took their inheritance.
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5| And the borders of the children of Ephraim were according to their families, and the borders of their inheritance were eastward to Ataroth, and Eroc as far as Baethoron the upper, and Gazara.
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6| And the borders will proceed to the sea to Icasmon north of Therma; they will go round eastward to Thenasa, and Selles, and will pass on eastward to Janoca,
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7| and to Macho, and Ataroth, and <i>these are</i> their villages; and they will come to Jericho, and will issue at Jordan.
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8| And the borders will proceed from Tapho to the sea to Chelcana; and their termination will be at the sea; this <i>is</i> the inheritance of the tribe of Ephraim according to their families.
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9| And the cities separated to the sons of Ephraim <i>were</i> in the midst of the inheritance of the sons of Manasse, all the cities and their villages.
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10| And Ephraim did not destroy the Chananite who dwelt in Gazer; and the Chananite dwelt in Ephraim until this day, until Pharao the king of Egypt went up and took it, and burnt it with fire; and the Chananites, and Pherezites, and the dwellers in Gaza they destroyed, and Pharao gave them for a dowry to his daughter. 7
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#17
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1| And the borders of the tribe of the children of Manasse, (for he <i>was</i> the first-born of Joseph,)<i> assigned</i> to Machir the first-born of Manasse the father of Galaad, for he was a warrior, <i>were</i> in the land of Galaad and of Basan.
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2| And there was <i>land</i> assigned to the other sons of Manasse according to their families; to the sons of Jezi, and to the sons of Kelez, and to the sons of Jeziel, and to the sons of Sychem, and to the sons of Symarim, and to the sons of Opher: these <i>are</i> the males according to their families.
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3| And Salpaad the sons of Opher had no sons but daughters: and these <i>are</i> the names of the daughters of Salpaad; Maala, and Nua, and Egla, and Melcha, and Thersa.
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4| And they stood before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua, and before the rulers, saying, God gave a charge by the hand of Moses, to give us an inheritance in the midst of our brethren: so there was given to them by the command of the Lord an inheritance among the brethren of their father.
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5| And their lot fell <i>to them</i> from Anassa, and <i>to the</i> plain of Labec of the land of Galaad, which is beyond Jordan.
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6| For the daughters of the sons of Manasse inherited a portion in the midst of their brethren, and the land of Galaad was assigned to the remainder of the sons of Manasse.
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7| And the borders of the sons of Manasse were Delanath, which is before the sons of Anath, and it proceeds to the borders <i>even</i> to Jamin and Jassib to the fountain of Thaphthoth.
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8| It shall belong to Manasse, and Thapheth on the borders of Manasse <i>shall belong</i> to the sons of Ephraim.
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9| And the borders shall go down to the valley of Carana southward by the valley of Jariel, (<i>there is</i> a turpentine tree <i>belonging</i> to Ephraim between <i>that and</i> the city of Manasse:) and the borders of Manasse <i>are</i> northward to the brook; and the sea shall be its termination.
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10| Southward <i>the land belongs</i> to Ephraim, and northward to Manasse; and the sea shall be their cost; and northward they shall border upon Aseb, and eastward upon Issachar.
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11| And Manasses shall have in <i>the portion of</i> Issachar and Aser Baethsan and their villages, and the inhabitants of Dor, and its villages, and the inhabitants of Mageddo, and its villages, and the third part of Mapheta, and its villages.
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12| And the sons of Manasse were not able to destroy these cities; and the Chananite began to dwell in that land.
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13| And it came to pass that when the children of Israel were strong, they made the Chananites subject, but they did not utterly destroy them.
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14| And the sons of Joseph answered Joshua, saying, Wherefore hast thou caused us to inherit one inheritance, and one line? whereas I am a great people, and God has blessed me.
|
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15| And Joshua said to them, If thou be a great people, go up to the forest, and clear <i>the land</i> for thyself, If mount Ephraim be too little for thee.
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16| And they said, The mount of Ephraim does not please us, and the Chananite dwelling in it in Baethsan, and in its villages, <i>and</i> in the valley of Jezrael, has choice cavalry and iron.
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17| And Joshua said to the sons of Joseph, If thou art a great people, and hast great strength, thou shalt not have <i>only</i> one inheritance.
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18| For thou shalt have the wood, for there is a wood, and thou shalt clear it, and <i>the land</i> shall be thine; even when thou shalt have utterly destroyed the Chananite, for he has chosen cavalry; yet thou art stronger than he. 8
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#18
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1| And all the congregation of the children of Israel were assembled at Selo, and there they pitched the tabernacle of witness; and the land was subdued by them.
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2| And the sons of Israel remained, <i>even</i> those who <i>had</i> not received their inheritance, seven tribes.
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3| And Joshua said to the sons of Israel, How long will ye be slack to inherit the land, which the Lord our God has given you?
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4| Appoint of yourselves three men of each tribe, and let them rise up and go through the land, and let them describe it before me, as it will be proper to divide it.
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5| And they came to him: and he divided to them seven portions, <i>saying</i>, Juda shall stand to them a border southward, and the sons of Joseph shall stand to them northward.
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6| And do ye divide the land into seven parts, and bring the description hither to me, and I will give you a lot before the Lord our God.
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7| For the sons of Levi have no part among you; for the priesthood of the Lord <i>is</i> his portion; and Gad, and Ruben, and the half tribe of Manasse, have received their inheritance beyond Jordan eastward, which Moses the servant of the Lord gave to them.
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||||
8| And the men rose up and went; and Joshua charged the men who went to explore the land, saying, Go and explore the land, and come to me, and I will bring you forth a lot here before the Lord in Selo.
|
||||
9| And they went, and explored the land: and they viewed it, and described it according to the cities, seven parts in a book, and brought <i>the book</i> to Joshua.
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||||
10| And Joshua cast the lot for them in Selo before the Lord.
|
||||
11| And the lot of the tribe of Benjamin came forth first according to their families: and the borders of their lot came forth between the children of Juda and the children of Joseph.
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12| And their borders were northward: the borders shall go up from Jordan behind Jericho northward, and shall go up to the mountain westward, and the issue of it shall be Baethon of Mabdara.
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13| And the borders will go forth thence to Luz, behind Luz, from the south of it; this is Baethel: and the borders shall go down to Maatarob Orech, to the hill country, which is southward of Baethoron the lower.
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14| And the borders shall pass through and proceed to the part that looks toward the sea, on the south, from the mountain in front of Baethoron southward, and its termination shall be at Cariath-Baal, this is Cariath-Jarin, a city of the children of Juda; this is the part toward the west.
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15| And the south side on the part of Cariath-Baal; and the borders shall go across to Gasin, to the fountain of the water of Naphtho.
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16| And the borders shall extend down on one side, this is in front of the forest of Sonnam, which is on the side of Emec Raphain northward, and it shall come down to Gaeenna behind Jebusai southward: it shall come down to the fountain of Rogel.
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17| And <i>the borders</i> shall go across to the fountain of Baethsamys:
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18| and shall proceed to Galiloth, which is in front by the going up of Æthamin; and they shall come down to the stone of Baeon of the sons of Ruben; and shall pass over behind Baetharaba northward, and shall go down to the borders behind the sea northward.
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19| And the termination of the borders shall be at the creek of the salt sea northward to the side of Jordan southward: these are their southern borders.
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20| And Jordan shall be their boundary on the east: this <i>is</i> the inheritance of the children of Benjamin, these <i>are</i> their borders round about according to their families.
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||||
21| And the cities of the children of Benjamin according to their families <i>were</i> Jericho, and Bethagaeo, and the Amecasis,
|
||||
22| and Baethabara, and Sara, and Besana,
|
||||
23| and Æein, and Phara, and Ephratha,
|
||||
24| and Carapha, and Cephira, and Moni, and Gabaa, twelve cities and their villages:
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||||
25| Gabaon, and Rama, and Beerotha;
|
||||
26| and Massema, and Miron, and Amoke;
|
||||
27| and Phira, and Caphan, and Nacan, and Selecan, and Thareela,
|
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28| and Jebus (this is Jerusalem); and Gabaoth, Jarim, thirteen cities, and their villages; this <i>is</i> the inheritance of the sons of Benjamin according to their families. 9
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#19
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1| And the second lot came out for the children of Symeon; and their inheritance was in the midst of the lots of the children of Juda.
|
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2| And their lot was Beersabee, and Samaa, and Caladam,
|
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3| and Arsola, and Bola, and Jason,
|
||||
4| and Erthula, and Bula, and Herma,
|
||||
5| and Sikelac, and Baethmachereb, and Sarsusin,
|
||||
6| and Batharoth, and their fields, thirteen cities, and their villages.
|
||||
7| Eremmon, and Thalcha, and Jether, and Asan; four cities and their villages,
|
||||
8| round about their cities as far as Balec as <i>men</i> go to Bameth southward: this <i>is</i> the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Symeon according to their families.
|
||||
9| The inheritance of the tribe of the children of Symeon <i>was a part</i> of the lot of Juda, for the portion of the children of Juda was greater than theirs; and the children of Symeon inherited in the midst of their lot.
|
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10| And the third lot came out to Zabulon according to their families: the bounds of their inheritance shall be—Esedekgola shall be their border,
|
||||
11| the sea and Magelda, and it shall reach to Baetharaba in the valley, which is opposite Jekman.
|
||||
12| And the border returned from Sedduc in a contrary direction eastward from Baethsamys, to the borders of Chaselothaith, and shall pass on to Dabiroth, and shall proceed upward to Phangai.
|
||||
13| And thence it shall come round in the opposite direction eastward to Gebere to the city of Catasem, and shall go on to Remmonaa Matharaoza.
|
||||
14| And the borders shall come round northward to Amoth, and their going out shall be at Gaephael,
|
||||
15| and Catanath, and Nabaal, and Symoon, and Jericho, and Baethman.
|
||||
16| This <i>is</i> the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Zabulon according to their families, <i>these</i> cities and their villages.
|
||||
17| And the fourth lot came out to Issachar.
|
||||
18| And their borders were Jazel, and Chasaloth, and Sunam,
|
||||
19| and Agin, and Siona, and Reeroth,
|
||||
20| and Anachereth, and Dabiron, and Kison, and Rebes,
|
||||
21| and Remmas, and Jeon, and Tomman, and Æmarec, and Bersaphes.
|
||||
22| And the boundaries shall border upon Gaethbor, and upon Salim westward, and Baethsamys; and the extremity of his bounds shall be Jordan.
|
||||
23| This <i>is</i> the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Issachar according to their families, the cities and their villages.
|
||||
24| And the fifth lot came out to Aser according to their families.
|
||||
25| And their borders were Exeleketh, and Aleph, and Baethok, and Keaph,
|
||||
26| and Elimelech, and Amiel, and Maasa, and the lot will border on Carmel westward, and on Sion, and Labanath.
|
||||
27| And it will return westward from Baethegeneth, and will join Zabulon and Ekgai, and Phthaeel northwards, and the borders will come to Saphthaebaethme, and Inael, and will go on to Chobamasomel,
|
||||
28| and Elbon, and Raab, and Ememaon, and Canthan to great Sidon.
|
||||
29| And the borders shall turn back to Rama, and to the fountain of Masphassat, and the Tyrians; and the borders shall return to Jasiph, and their going forth shall be the sea, and Apoleb, and Echozob,
|
||||
30| and Archob, and Aphec, and Raau.
|
||||
31| This <i>is</i> the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Aser according to their families, the cities and their villages.
|
||||
32| And the sixth lot came out to Nephthali.
|
||||
33| And their borders were Moolam, and Mola, and Besemiin, and Arme, and Naboc, and Jephthamai, as far as Dodam; and their goings out were Jordan.
|
||||
34| And the coasts will return westward by Athabor, and will go out thence to Jacana, and will border on Zabulon southward, and Aser will join <i>it</i> westward, and Jordan eastward.
|
||||
35| And the walled cities of the Tyrians, Tyre, and Omathadaketh, and Kenereth,
|
||||
36| and Armaith, and Areal, and Asor,
|
||||
37| and Cades, and Assari, and the well of Asor;
|
||||
38| and Keroe, and Megalaarim, and Baetthame, and Thessamys.
|
||||
39| This <i>is</i> the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Nephthali.
|
||||
40| And the seventh lot came out to Dan.
|
||||
41| And their borders were Sarath, and Asa, and the cities of Sammaus,
|
||||
42| and Salamin, and Ammon, and Silatha,
|
||||
43| and Elon, and Thamnatha, and Accaron;
|
||||
44| and Alcatha, and Begethon, and Gebeelan,
|
||||
45| and Azor, and Banaebacat, and Gethremmon.
|
||||
46| And westward of Hieracon the border <i>was</i> near to Joppa.
|
||||
47| This <i>is</i> the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan, according to their families, these <i>are</i> their cities and their villages: and the children of Dan did not drive out the Amorite who afflicted them in the mountain; and the Amorite would not suffer them to come down into the valley, but they forcibly took from them the border of their portion.
|
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48| And the sons of Dan went and fought against Lachis, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword; and they dwelt in it, and called the name of it Lasendan: and the Amorite continued to dwell in Edom and in Salamin: and the hand of Ephraim prevailed against them, and they became tribute to them.
|
||||
49| And they proceeded to take possession of the land according to their borders, and the children of Israel gave an inheritance to Joshua the son of Naue among them,
|
||||
50| by the command of God, and they gave him the city which he asked for, Thamnasarach, which is in the mount of Ephraim; and he built the city, and dwelt in it.
|
||||
51| These <i>are</i> the divisions which Eleazar the priest divided by lot, and Joshua the <i>son</i> of Naue, and the heads of families among the tribes of Israel, according to the lots, in Selo before the Lord by the doors of the tabernacle of testimony, and they went to take possession of the land. 0
|
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|
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#20
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||||
1| And the Lord spoke to Joshua, saying,
|
||||
2| Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Assign the cities of refuge, <i>of</i> which I spoke to you by Moses.
|
||||
3| <i>Even</i> a refuge to the slayer who has smitten a man unintentionally; and the cities shall be to you a refuge, and the slayer shall not be put to death by the avenger of blood, until he have stood before the congregation for judgment.
|
||||
4| And Joshua separated Cades in Galilee in the mount Nephthali, and Sychem in the mount Ephraim, and the city of Arboc; this is Chebron, in the mountain of Juda.
|
||||
5| And beyond Jordan he appointed Bosor in the wilderness in the plain out of the tribe of Ruben, and Aremoth in Galaad out of the tribe of Gad, and Gaulon in the country of Basan out of the tribe of Manasse.
|
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6| These <i>were</i> the cities selected for the sons of Israel, and for the stranger abiding among them, that every one who smites a soul unintentionally should flee thither, that he should not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he should stand before the congregation for judgment. 1
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|
||||
#21
|
||||
1| And the heads of the families of the sons of Levi drew near to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the <i>son</i> of Naue, and to the heads of families of the tribes of Israel.
|
||||
2| And they spoke to them in Selo in the land of Chanaan, saying, The Lord gave commandment by Moses to give us cities to dwell in, and the country round about for our cattle.
|
||||
3| So the children of Israel gave to the Levites in their inheritance by the command of the Lord the cities and the country round.
|
||||
4| And the lot came out for the children of Caath; and the sons of Aaron, the priests the Levites, had by lot thirteen cities out of the tribe of Juda, and out of the tribe of Symeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin.
|
||||
5| And to the sons of Caath that were left were <i>given by</i> lot ten cities, out of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half tribe of Manasse.
|
||||
6| And the sons of Gedson had thirteen cities, out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Aser, and out of the tribe of Nephthali, and out of the half tribe of Manasse in Basan.
|
||||
7| And the sons of Merari according to their families had by lot twelve cities, out of the tribe of Ruben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zabulon.
|
||||
8| And the children of Israel gave to the Levites the cities and their suburbs, as the Lord commanded Moses, by lot.
|
||||
9| And the tribe of the children of Juda, and the tribe of the children of Symeon, and <i>part</i> of the tribe of the children of Benjamin gave these cities, and they were assigned
|
||||
10| to the sons of Aaron of the family of Caath of the sons of Levi, for the lot fell to these.
|
||||
11| And they gave to them Cariatharboc the metropolis of the sons of Enac; this is Chebron in the mountain <i>country</i> of Juda, and the suburbs round it.
|
||||
12| But the lands of the city, and its villages Joshua gave to the sons of Chaleb the son of Jephonne for a possession.
|
||||
13| And to the sons of Aaron he gave the city of refuge for the slayer, Chebron, and the suburbs belonging to it; and Lemna and the suburbs belonging to it;
|
||||
14| and Ælom and its suburbs; and Tema and its suburbs;
|
||||
15| and Gella and its suburbs; and Dabir and its suburbs;
|
||||
16| and Asa and its suburbs; and Tany and its suburbs; and Baethsamys and its suburbs: nine cities from these two tribes.
|
||||
17| And from the tribe of Benjamin, Gabaon and its suburbs; and Gatheth and its suburbs;
|
||||
18| and Anathoth and its suburbs; and Gamala and its suburbs; four cities.
|
||||
19| All the cities of the sons of Aaron the priests, thirteen.
|
||||
20| And to the families, <i>even</i> the sons of Caath the Levites, that were left of the sons of Caath, there was <i>given</i> their priests’ city,
|
||||
21| out of the tribe of Ephraim; and they gave them the slayer’s city of refuge, Sychem, and its suburbs, and Gazara and its appendages, and its suburbs;
|
||||
22| and Baethoron and its suburbs: four cities:
|
||||
23| and the tribe of Dan, Helcothaim and its suburbs; and Gethedan and its suburbs:
|
||||
24| and Ælon and its suburbs; and Getheremmon and its suburbs: four cities.
|
||||
25| And out of the half tribe of Manasse, Tanach and its suburbs; and Jebatha and its suburbs; two cities.
|
||||
26| In all <i>were given</i> ten cities, and the suburbs of each belonging to them, to the families of the sons of Caath that remained.
|
||||
27| And <i>Joshua gave</i> to the sons of Gedson the Levites out of the other half tribe of Manasse cities set apart for the slayers, Gaulon in the country of Basan, and its suburbs; and Bosora and its suburbs; two cities.
|
||||
28| And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kison and its suburbs; and Debba and its suburbs;
|
||||
29| and Remmath and its suburbs; and the well of Letters, and its suburbs; four cities.
|
||||
30| And out of the tribe of Aser, Basella and its suburbs; and Dabbon and its suburbs;
|
||||
31| and Chelcat and its suburbs; and Raab and its suburbs; four cities.
|
||||
32| And of the tribe of Nephthali, the city set apart for the slayer, Cades in Galilee, and its suburbs; and Nemmath, and its suburbs; and Themmon and its suburbs; three cities.
|
||||
33| All the cities of Gedson according to their families <i>were</i> thirteen cities.
|
||||
34| And to the family of the sons of Merari the Levites that remained, <i>he gave</i> out of the tribe of Zabulon, Maan and its suburbs; and Cades and its suburbs,
|
||||
35| and Sella and its suburbs: three cities.
|
||||
36| And beyond Jordan over against Jericho, out of the tribe of Ruben, the city of refuge for the slayer, Bosor in the wilderness; Miso and its suburbs; and Jazer and its suburbs; and Decmon and its suburbs; and Mapha and its suburbs; four cities.
|
||||
37| And out of the tribe of Gad the city of refuge for the slayer, both Ramoth in Galaad, and its suburbs; Camin and its suburbs; and Esbon and its suburbs; and Jazer and its suburbs: the cities <i>were</i> four in all.
|
||||
38| All <i>these</i> cities <i>were given</i> to the sons of Merari according to the families of them that were left out of the tribe of Levi; and their limits were the twelve cities.
|
||||
39| All the cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the children of Israel, <i>were</i> forty-eight cities,
|
||||
40| and their suburbs round about these cities: a city and the suburbs round about the city to all these cities: and Joshua ceased dividing the land by their borders: and the children of Israel gave a portion to Joshua because of the commandment of the Lord: they gave him the city which he asked: they gave him Thamnasachar in mount Ephraim; and Joshua built the city, and dwelt in it: and Joshua took the knives of stone, wherewith he circumcised the children of Israel that were born in the desert by the way, and put them in Thamnasachar.
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41| So the Lord gave to Israel all the land which he sware to give to their fathers: and they inherited it, and dwelt in it.
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42| And the Lord gave them rest round about, as he sware to their fathers: not one of all their enemies maintained his ground against them; the Lord delivered all their enemies into their hands.
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43| There failed not one of the good things which the Lord spoke to the children of Israel; all came to pass. 2
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#22
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1| Then Joshua called together the sons of Ruben, and the sons of Gad, and the half tribe of Manasse,
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2| and said to them, Ye have heard all that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you, and ye have hearkened to my voice in all that he commanded you.
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3| Ye have not deserted your brethren these many days: until this day ye have kept the commandment of the Lord your God.
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4| And now the Lord our God has given our brethren rest, as he told them: now then return and depart to your homes, and to the land of your possession, which Moses gave you on the other side Jordan.
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5| But take great heed to do the commands and the law, which Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you to do; to love the Lord our God, to walk in all his ways, to keep his commands, and to cleave to him, and serve him with all your mind, and with all your soul.
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6| And Joshua blessed them, and dismissed them; and they went to their homes.
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7| And to <i>one</i> half the tribe of Manasse Moses gave a portion in the land of Basan, and to <i>the other</i> half Joshua gave a portion with his brethren on the other side of Jordan westward: and when Joshua sent them away to their homes, then he blessed them.
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8| And they departed with much wealth to their houses, and they divided the spoil of their enemies with their brethren; very much cattle, and silver, and gold, and iron, and much raiment.
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9| So the sons of Ruben, and the sons of Gad, and the half tribe of Manasse, departed from the children of Israel in Selo in the land of Chanaan, to go away into Galaad, into the land of their possession, which they inherited by the command of the Lord, by the hand of Moses.
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10| And they came to Galaad of Jordan, which is in the land of Chanaan: and the children of Ruben, and the children of Gad, and the half tribe of Manasse built there an alter by Jordan, a great altar to look at.
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11| And the children of Israel heard say, Behold, the sons of Ruben, and the sons of Gad, and the half tribe of Manasse have built an alter at the borders of the land of Chanaan at Galaad of Jordan, on the opposite side to the children of Israel.
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12| And all the children of Israel gathered together to Selo, so as to go up and fight against them.
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13| And the children of Israel sent to the sons of Ruben, and the sons of Gad, and to the sons of the half tribe of Manasse into the land of Galaad, both Phinees the son of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest,
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14| and ten of the chiefs with him; <i>there was</i> one chief of every household out of all the tribes of Israel; (the heads of families are the captains of thousands in Israel.)
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15| And they came to the sons of Ruben, and to the sons of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasse into the land of Galaad; and they spoke to them, saying,
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16| Thus says the whole congregation of the Lord, What <i>is</i> this transgression that ye have transgressed before the God of Israel, to turn away today from the Lord, in that ye have built for yourselves an alter, so that ye should be apostates from the Lord?
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17| Is the sin of Phogor too little for you, whereas we have not been cleansed from it until this day, though there was a plague among the congregation of the Lord?
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18| And ye have this day revolted from the Lord; and it shall come to pass if ye revolt this day from the Lord, that to-morrow there shall be wrath upon all Israel.
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19| And now if the land of your possession <i>be too</i> little, cross over to the land of the possession of the Lord, where the tabernacle of the Lord dwells, and receive ye an inheritance among us; and do not become apostates from God, neither do ye apostatize from the Lord, because of your having built an altar apart from the altar of the Lord our God.
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20| Lo! did not Achar the <i>son</i> of Zara commit a trespass <i>taking</i> of the accursed thing, and there was wrath on the whole congregation of Israel? and he himself died alone in his own sin.
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21| And the sons of Ruben, and the sons of Gad, and the half tribe of Manasse answered, and spoke to the captains of the thousands of Israel, saying,
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22| God <i>even</i> God is the Lord, and God <i>even</i> God himself knows, and Israel he shall know; if we have transgressed before the Lord by apostasy, let him not deliver us this day.
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23| And if we have built to ourselves an altar, so as to apostatize from the Lord our God, so as to offer upon it a sacrifice of whole-burnt-offerings, so as to offer upon it a sacrifice of peace-offering, —the Lord shall require it.
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24| But we have done this for the sake of precaution <i>concerning this</i> thing, saying, Lest hereafter your sons should say to our sons, What have ye to do with the Lord God of Israel?
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25| Whereas the Lord has set boundaries between us and you, even Jordan, and ye have no portion in the Lord: so your sons shall alienate our sons, that they should not worship the Lord.
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26| And we gave orders to do thus, to build this altar, not for burnt-offerings, nor for meat-offerings;
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27| but that this may be a witness between you and us, and between our posterity after us, that we may do service to the Lord before him, with our burnt-offerings and our meat-offerings and our peace-offerings: so your sons shall not say to our sons, hereafter, Ye have no portion in the Lord.
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28| And we said, If ever it should come to pass that they should speak <i>so</i> to us, or to our posterity hereafter; then shall they say, Behold the likeness of the altar of the Lord, which our fathers made, not for the sake of burnt-offerings, nor for the sake of meat-offerings, but it is a witness between you and us, and between our sons.
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29| Far be it from us therefore that we should turn away from the Lord this day so as to apostatize from the Lord, so as that we should build an altar for burnt-offerings, and for peace-offerings, besides the altar of the Lord which is before his tabernacle.
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30| And Phinees the priest and all the chiefs of the congregation of Israel who were with him heard the words which the children of Ruben, and the children of Gad, and the half tribe of Manasse spoke; and it pleased them.
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31| And Phinees the priest said to the sons of Ruben, and to the sons of Gad, and to the half of the tribe of Manasse, To-day we know that the Lord <i>is</i> with us, because ye have not trespassed grievously against the Lord, and because ye have delivered the children of Israel out of the hand of the Lord.
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32| So Phinees the priest and the princes departed from the children of Ruben, and from the children of Gad, and from the half tribe of Manasse out of Galaad into the land of Chanaan to the children of Israel; and reported the words to them.
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33| And it pleased the children of Israel; and they spoke to the children of Israel, and blessed the God of the children of Israel, and told them to go up no more to war against the others to destroy the land of the children of Ruben, and the children of Gad, and the half tribe of Manasse: so they dwelt upon it.
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34| And Joshua gave a name to the altar of the children of Ruben, and the children of Gad, and the half tribe of Manasse; and said, It is a testimony in the midst of them, that the Lord is their God. 3
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#23
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1| And it came to pass after many days after the Lord had given Israel rest from all his enemies round about, that Joshua was old and advanced in years.
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2| And Joshua called together all the children of Israel, and their elders, and their chiefs, and their judges, and their officers; and said to them, I am old and advanced in years.
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3| And ye have seen all that the Lord our God has done to all these nations before us; <i>for it</i> is the Lord your God who has fought for you.
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4| See, that I have given to you these nations that are left to you by lots to your tribes, all the nations beginning at Jordan; and <i>some</i> I have destroyed; and the boundaries shall be at the great sea westward.
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5| And the Lord our God, he shall destroy them before us, until they utterly perish; and he shall send against them the wild beasts, until he shall have utterly destroyed them and their kings from before you; and ye shall inherit their land, as the Lord our God said to you.
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6| Do ye therefore strive diligently to observe and do all things written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not to the right hand or to the left;
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7| that ye go not in among these nations that are left; and the names of their gods shall not be named among you, neither shall ye serve them, neither shall ye bow down to them.
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8| But ye shall cleave to the Lord our God, as ye have done until this day.
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9| And the Lord shall destroy them before you, <i>even</i> great and strong nations; and no one has stood before us until this day.
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10| One of you has chased a thousand, for the Lord our God, he fought for you, as he said to us.
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11| And take ye great heed to love the Lord our God.
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12| For if ye shall turn aside and attach yourselves to these nations that are left with you, and make marriages with them, and become mingled with them and they with you,
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13| know that the Lord will no more destroy these nations from before you; and they will be to you snares and stumbling-blocks, and nails in your heels, and darts in your eyes, until ye be destroyed from off this good land, which the Lord your God has given you.
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14| But I hasten to go the way <i>of death</i>, as all that are upon the earth also <i>do</i>: and ye know in your heart and in your soul, that not one word has fallen <i>to the ground</i> of all the words which the Lord our God has spoken respecting all that concerns us; there has not one of them failed.
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15| And it shall come to pass, that as all the good things are come upon us which the Lord God will bring upon you all the evil things, until he shall have destroyed you from off this good land, which the Lord has given you,
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16| when ye transgress the covenant of the Lord our God, which he has charged us, and go and serve other gods, and bow down to them. 4
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#24
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1| And Joshua gathered all the tribe of Israel to Selo, and convoked their elders, and their officers, and their judges, and set them before God.
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2| And Joshua said to all the people, Thus says the Lord God of Israel, Your fathers at first sojourned beyond the river, <i>even</i> Thara, the father of Abraam and the father of Nachor; and they served other gods.
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3| And I took your father Abraam from the other side of the river, and I guided him through all the land, and I multiplied his seed;
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4| and I gave to him Isaac, and to Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave to Esau mount Seir for him to inherit: and Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt, and became there a great and populous and mighty nation: and the Egyptians afflicted them.
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5| And I smote Egypt with the wonders that I wrought among them.
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6| And afterwards <i>God</i> brought out our fathers from Egypt, and ye entered into the Red Sea; and the Egyptians pursued after our fathers with chariots and horses into the Red Sea.
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7| And we cried aloud to the Lord; and he put a cloud and darkness between us and the Egyptians, and he brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes have seen all that the Lord did in the land of Egypt; and ye were in the wilderness many days.
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8| And he brought us into the land of the Amorites that dwelt beyond Jordan, and the Lord delivered them into our hands; and ye inherited their land, and utterly destroyed them from before you.
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9| And Balac, king of Moab, son of Sepphor, rose up, and made war against Israel, and sent and called Balaam to curse us.
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10| But the Lord thy God would not destroy thee; and he greatly blessed us, and rescued us out of their hands, and delivered them <i>to us</i>.
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11| And ye crossed over Jordan, and came to Jericho; and the inhabitants of Jericho fought against us, the Amorite, and the Chananite, and the Pherezite, and the Evite, and the Jebusite, and the Chettite, and the Gergesite, and the Lord delivered them into our hands.
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12| And he sent forth the hornet before you; and he drove them out from before you, <i>even</i> twelve kings of the Amorites, not with thy sword, nor with thy bow.
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13| And he gave you a land on which ye did not labour, and cities which ye did not build, and ye were settled in them; and ye eat <i>of</i> vineyards and oliveyards which ye did not plant.
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14| And now fear the Lord, and serve him in righteousness and justice; and remove the strange gods, which our fathers served beyond the river, and in Egypt; and serve the Lord.
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15| But if it seem not good to you to serve the Lord, choose to yourselves this day whom ye will serve, whether the gods of your fathers that were on the other side of the river, or the gods of the Amorites, among whom ye dwell upon their land: but I and my house will serve the Lord, for he is holy.
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16| And the people answered and said, Far be it from us to forsake the Lord, so as to serve other gods.
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17| The Lord our God, he is God; he brought up us and our fathers from Egypt, and kept us in all the way wherein we walked, and among all the nations through whom we passed.
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18| And the Lord cast out the Amorite, and all the nations that inhabited the land from before us: yea, we will serve the Lord, for he is our God.
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19| And Joshua said to the people, Indeed ye will not be able to serve the Lord, for God is holy; and he being jealous will not forgive your sins and your transgressions.
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20| Whensoever ye shall forsake the Lord and serve other gods, then he shall come upon you and afflict you, and consume you, because he has done you good.
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21| And the people said to Joshua, Nay, but we will serve the Lord.
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22| And Joshua said to the people, Ye <i>are</i> witnesses against yourselves, that ye have chosen the Lord to serve him.
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23| And now take away the strange gods that are among you, and set your heart right toward the Lord God of Israel.
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24| And the people said to Joshua, We will serve the Lord, and we will hearken to his voice.
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25| So Joshua made a covenant with the people on that day, and gave them a law and an ordinance in Selo before the tabernacle of the God of Israel.
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26| And he wrote these words in the book of the laws of God: and Joshua took a great stone, and set it up under the oak before the Lord.
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27| And Joshua said to the people, Behold, this stone shall be among you for a witness, for it has heard all the words that have been spoken to it by the Lord; for he has spoken to you this day; and this <i>stone</i> shall be among you for a witness in the last days, whenever ye shall deal falsely with the Lord my God.
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28| And Joshua dismissed the people, and they went every man to his place.
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29| And it came to pass after these things that Joshua the son of Naue the servant of the Lord died, <i>at the age</i> of a hundred and ten years.
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30| And they buried him by the borders of his inheritance in Thamnasarach in the mount of Ephraim, northward of the mount of Galaad: there they put with him into the tomb in which they buried him, the knives of stone with which he circumcised the children of Israel in Galgala, when he brought them out of Egypt, as the Lord appointed them; and there they are to this day.
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31| And Israel served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that lived as long as Joshua, and all that knew all the works of the Lord which he wrought for Israel.
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32| And the children of Israel brought up the bones of Joseph out of Egypt, and buried <i>them</i> in Sicima, in the portion of the land which Jacob bought of the Amorites who dwelt in Sicima for a hundred ewe-lambs; and he gave it to Joseph for a portion.
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33| And it came to pass afterwards that Eleazar the high-priest the son of Aaron died, and was buried in Gabaar of Phinees his son, which he gave him in mount Ephraim. In that day the children of Israel took the ark of God, and carried it about among them; and Phinees exercised the priest’s office in the room of Eleazar his father till he died, and he was buried in his own place Gabaar: but the children of Israel departed every one to their place, and to their own city: and the children of Israel worshipped Astarte, and Astaroth, and the gods of the nations round about them; and the Lord delivered them into the hands of Eglom king of Moab and he ruled over them eighteen years.
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#1
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1| And it came to pass after the death of Joshua, that the children of Israel enquired of the Lord, saying, Who shall go up for us first against the Chananites, to fight against them?
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2| And the Lord said, Judas shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.
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3| And Judas said to his brother Symeon, Come up with me into my lot, and let us array ourselves against the Chananites, and I also will go with thee into thy lot: and Symeon went with him.
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4| And Judas went up; and the Lord delivered the Chananite and the Pherezite into their hands, and they smote them in Bezek to <i>the number of</i> ten thousand men.
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5| And they overtook Adonibezek in Bezek, and fought against him; and they smote the Chananite and the Pherezite.
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6| And Adonibezek fled, and they pursued after him, and took him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.
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7| And Adonibezek said, Seventy kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered <i>their food</i> under my table: as I therefore have done, so God has recompensed me: and they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.
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8| And the children of Judas fought against Jerusalem, and took it, and smote with the edge of the sword, and they burnt the city with fire.
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9| And afterwards the children of Judas went down to fight with the Chananite dwelling in the hill country, and the south, and the plain country.
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10| And Judas went to the Chananite who dwelt in Chebron; and Chebron came out against him; [[and the name of Chebron before was Cariatharbocsepher:]] and they smote Sessi, and Achiman, and Tholmi, children of Enac.
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11| And they went up thence to the inhabitants of Dabir; but the name of Dabir was before Cariathsepher, the city of Letters.
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12| And Chaleb said, Whosoever shall smite the city of Letters, and shall first take it, I will give to him Ascha my daughter to wife.
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13| And Gothoniel the younger son of Kenez the brother of Chaleb took it; and Chaleb gave him his daughter Ascha to wife.
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14| And it came to pass as she went in, that Gothoniel urged her to ask a field of her father; and she murmured and cried from off her ass, Thou hast sent me forth into a south land: and Chaleb said to her, What is thy request?
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15| And Ascha said to him, Give me, I pray thee, a blessing, for thou hast sent me forth into a south land, and thou shalt give me the ransom of water: and Chaleb gave her according to her heart the ransom of the upper <i>springs</i> and the ransom of the low <i>springs</i>.
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16| And the children of Jothor the Kenite the father-in-law of Moses went up from the city of palm-trees with the children of Judas, to the wilderness that is in the south of Juda, which is at the descent of Arad, and they dwelt with the people.
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17| And Judas went with Symeon his brother, and smote the Chananite that inhabited Sepheth, and they utterly destroyed them; and they called the name of the city Anathema.
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18| But Judas did not inherit Gaza nor her coasts, nor Ascalon nor her coasts, nor Accaron nor her coasts, <i>nor</i> Azotus nor the lands around it.
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19| And the Lord was with Judas, and he inherited the mountain; for they were not able to destroy the inhabitants of the valley, for Rechab prevented them.
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20| And they gave Chebron to Chaleb, as Moses said; and thence he inherited the three cities of the children of Enac.
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21| But the children of Benjamin did not take the inheritance of the Jebusite who dwelt in Jerusalem; and the Jebusite dwelt with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem until this day.
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22| And the sons of Joseph, they also went up to Baethel; and the Lord was with them.
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23| And they encamped and surveyed Baethel: and the name of the city before was Luza.
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24| And the spies looked, and behold, a man went out of the city, and they took him; and they said to him, Shew us the way into the city, and we will deal mercifully with thee.
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25| And he shewed them the way into the city; and they smote the city with the edge of the sword; but they let go the man and his family.
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26| And the man went into the land of Chettin, and built there a city, and called the name of it Luza; this <i>is</i> its name until this day.
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27| And Manasse did not drive out <i>the inhabitants of</i> Baethsan, which is a city of Scythians, nor her towns, nor her suburbs; nor Thanac, nor her towns; nor the inhabitants of Dor, nor her suburbs, nor her towns; nor the inhabitant of Balac, nor her suburbs, nor her towns; nor the inhabitants of Magedo, nor her suburbs, nor her towns; nor the inhabitants of Jeblaam, nor her suburbs, nor her towns; and the Chananite began to dwell in this land.
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28| And it came to pass when Israel was strong, that he made the Chananite tributary, but did not utterly drive them out.
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29| And Ephraim did not drive out the Chananite that dwelt in Gazer; and the Chananite dwelt in the midst of him in Gazer, and became tributary.
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30| And Zabulon did not drive out the inhabitants of Kedron, nor the inhabitants of Domana: and the Chananite dwelt in the midst of them, and became tributary to them.
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31| And Aser did not drive out the inhabitants of Accho, and <i>that people</i> became tributary to him, nor the inhabitants of Dor, nor the inhabitants of Sidon, nor the inhabitants of Dalaph, nor Aschazi, nor Chebda, nor Nai, nor Ereo.
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32| And Aser dwelt in the midst of the Chananite who inhabited the land, for he could not drive him out.
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33| And Nephthali did not drive out the inhabitants of Baethsamys, nor the inhabitants of Baethanach; and Nephthali dwelt in the midst of the Chananite who inhabited the land: but the inhabitants of Bethsamys and of Baetheneth became tributary to them.
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34| And the Amorite drove out the children of Dan into the mountains, for they did not suffer them to come down into the valley.
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35| And the Amorite began to dwell in the mountain of shells, in which <i>are</i> bears, and foxes, in Myrsinon, and in Thalabin; and the hand of the house of Joseph was heavy upon the Amorite, and he became tributary to them.
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36| And the border of the Amorite <i>was</i> from the going up of Acrabin, from the rock and upwards.
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#2
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1| And an angel of the Lord went up from Galgal to the <i>place of</i> weeping, and to Baethel, and to the house of Israel, and said to them, Thus says the Lord, I brought you up out of Egypt, and I brought you into the land which I sware to your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant that I have made with you.
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2| And ye shall make no covenant with them that dwell in this land, neither shall ye worship their gods; but ye shall destroy their graven images, ye shall pull down their altars: but ye hearkened not to my voice, for ye did these things.
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3| And I said, I will not drive them out from before you, but they shall be for a distress to you, and their gods shall be to you for an offence.
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4| And it came to pass when the angel of the Lord spoke these words to all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept.
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5| And they named the name of that place Weepings; and they sacrificed there to the Lord.
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6| And Joshua dismissed the people, and they went every man to his inheritance, to inherit the land.
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7| And the people served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that lived many days with Joshua, as many as knew all the great work of the Lord, what things he had wrought in Israel.
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8| And Joshua the son of Naue, the servant of the Lord, died, a hundred and ten years old.
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9| And they buried him in the border of his inheritance, in Thamnathares, in mount Ephraim, on the north of the mountain of Gaas.
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10| And all that generation were laid to their fathers: and another generation rose up after them, who knew not the Lord, nor yet the work which he wrought in Israel.
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11| And the children of Israel wrought evil before the Lord, and served Baalim.
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12| And they forsook the Lord God of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and walked after other gods, of the gods of the nations round about them; and they worshipped them.
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13| And they provoked the Lord, and forsook him, and served Baal and the Astartes.
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14| And the Lord was very angry with Israel; and he gave them into the hands of the spoilers, and they spoiled them; and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, and they could not any longer resist their enemies,
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15| among whomsoever they went; and the hand of the Lord was against them for evil, as the Lord spoke, and as the Lord sware to them; and he greatly afflicted them.
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16| And the Lord raised up judges, and the Lord save them out of the hands of them that spoiled them: and yet they hearkened not to the judges,
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17| for they went a whoring after other gods, and worshipped them; and they turned quickly out of the way in which their fathers walked to hearken to the words of the Lord; they did not so.
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18| And because the Lord raised them up judges, so the Lord was with the judge, and saved them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge; for the Lord was moved at their groaning by reason of them that besieged them and afflicted them.
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19| And it came to pass when the judge died, that they went back, and again corrupted <i>themselves</i> worse than their fathers to go after other gods to serve them an to worship them: they abandoned not their devices nor their stubborn ways.
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20| And the Lord was very angry with Israel, and said, Forasmuch as this nation has forsaken my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and has not hearkened to my voice,
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21| therefore I will not any more cast out a man of the nations before their face, which Joshua the son of Naue left in the land. And <i>the Lord</i> left <i>them</i>,
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22| to prove Israel with them, whether they would keep the way of the Lord, to walk in it, as their fathers kept it, or no.
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23| So the Lord will leave these nations, so as not to cast them out suddenly; and he delivered them not into the hand of Joshua.
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#3
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1| And these <i>are</i> the nations which the Lord left to prove Israel with them, all that had not known the wars of Chanaan.
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2| Only for the sake of the generations of Israel, to teach them war, only the men before them knew them not.
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3| The five lordships of the Phylistines, and every Chananite, and the Sidonian, and the Evite who dwelt in Libanus from the mount of Aermon to Laboemath.
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4| And <i>this</i> was done in order to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would obey the commands of the Lord, which he charged their fathers by the hand of Moses.
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5| And the children of Israel dwelt in the midst of the Chananite, and the Chettite, and the Amorite, and the Pherezite, and the Evite, and the Jebusite.
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6| And they took their daughters for wives to themselves, and they gave their daughters to their sons, and served their gods.
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7| And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and forgot the Lord their God, and served Baalim and the groves.
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8| And the Lord was very angry with Israel, and sold them into the hand of Chusarsathaim king of Syria of the rivers: and the children of Israel served Chusarsathaim eight years.
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9| And the children of Israel cried to the Lord; and the Lord raised up a saviour to Israel, and he saved them, Gothoniel the son of Kenez, the brother of Chaleb younger than himself.
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10| And the Spirit of the Lord came upon him, and he judged Israel; and he went out to war against Chusarsathaim: and the Lord delivered into his hand Chusarsathaim king of Syria of the rivers, and his hand prevailed against Chusarsathaim.
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11| And the land was quiet forty years; and Gothoniel the son of Kenez died.
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12| And the children of Israel continued to do evil before the Lord: and the Lord strengthened Eglom king of Moab against Israel, because they had done evil before the Lord.
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13| And he gathered to himself all the children of Ammon and Amalec, and went and smote Israel, and took possession of the city of Palm-trees.
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14| And the children of Israel served Eglom the king of Moab eighteen years.
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15| And the children of Israel cried to the Lord; and he raised up to them a saviour, Aod the son of Gera a son of Jemeni, a man who used both hands alike: and the children of Israel sent gifts by his hand to Eglom king of Moab.
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16| And Aod made himself a dagger of two edges, of a span long, and he girded it under his cloak upon his right thigh.
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17| And he went, and brought the presents to Eglom king of Moab, and Eglom <i>was</i> a very handsome man.
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18| And it came to pass when <i>Aod</i> had made an end of offering his gifts, that he dismissed those that brought the gifts.
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19| And he himself returned from the quarries that are by Galgal; and Aod said, I have a secret errand to thee, O king! and Eglom said to him, Be silent: and he sent away from his presence all who waited upon him.
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20| And Aod went in to him; and he sat in his own upper summer chamber quite alone; and Aod said, I have a message from God to thee, O king: and Eglom rose up from his throne near him.
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21| And it came to pass as he arose, that Aod stretched forth his left hand, and took the dagger off his right thigh, and plunged it into his belly;
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22| and drove in also the haft after the blade, and the fat closed in upon the blade, for he drew not out the dagger from his belly.
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23| And Aod went out to the porch, and passed out by the appointed <i>guards</i>, and shut the doors of the chamber upon him, and locked <i>them</i>.
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24| And he went out: and Eglom’s servants came, and saw, and behold, the doors of the upper chamber <i>were</i> locked; and they said, Does he not uncover his feet in the summer-chamber?
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25| And they waited till they were ashamed, and, behold, there was no one that opened the doors of the upper chamber; and they took the key, and opened them; and, behold, their lord was fallen down dead upon the earth.
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26| And Aod escaped while they were in a tumult, and no one paid attention to him; and he passed the quarries, and escaped to Setirotha.
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27| And it came to pass when Aod came into the land of Israel, that he blew the horn in mount Ephraim, and the children of Israel came down with him from the mountain, and he <i>was</i> before them.
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28| And he said to them, Come down after me, for the Lord God has delivered our enemies, even Moab, into our hand; and they went down after him, and seized on the fords of Jordan before Moab, and he did not suffer a man to pass over.
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29| And they smote Moab on that day about ten thousand men, every <i>lusty</i> person and every mighty man; and not a man escaped.
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30| So Moab was humbled in that day under the hand of Israel, and the land had rest eighty years; and Aod judged them till he died.
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31| And after him rose up Samegar the son of Dinach, and smote the Philistines to the number of six hundred men with a ploughshare <i>such as is drawn by</i> oxen; and he too delivered Israel.
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#4
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1| And the children of Israel continued to do evil against the Lord; and Aod was dead.
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2| And the Lord sold the children of Israel into the hand of Jabin king of Chanaan, who ruled in Asor; and the chief of his host was Sisara, and he dwelt in Arisoth of the Gentiles.
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3| And the children of Israel cried to the Lord, because he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and he mightily oppressed Israel twenty years.
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4| And Debbora, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, —she judged Israel at that time.
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5| And she sat under the palm-tree of Debbora between Rama and Baethel in mount Ephraim; and the children of Israel went up to her for judgment.
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6| And Debbora sent and called Barac the son of Abineem out of Cades Nephthali, and she said to him, Has not the Lord God of Israel commanded thee? and thou shalt depart to mount Thabor, and shalt take with thyself ten thousand men of the sons of Nephthali and of the sons of Zabulon.
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7| And I will bring to thee to the torrent of Kison Sisara the captain of the host of Jabin, and his chariots, and his multitude, and I will deliver them into thine hands.
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8| And Barac said to her, If thou wilt go with me, I will go; and if thou wilt not go, I will not go; for I know not the day on which the Lord prospers his messenger with me.
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9| And she said, I will surely go with thee; but know that thy honour shall not attend on the expedition on which thou goest, for the Lord shall sell Sisara into the hands of a women: and Debbora arose, and went with Barac out of Cades.
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10| And Barac called Zabulon and Nephthali out of Cades, and there went up at his feet ten thousand men, and Debbora went up with him.
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11| And Chaber the Kenite had removed from Caina, from the sons of Jobab the father-in-law of Moses, and pitched his tent by the oak of the covetous ones, which is near Kedes.
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12| And it was told Sisara that Barac the son of Abineem was gone up to mount Thabor.
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13| And Sisara summoned all his chariots, nine hundred chariots of iron and all the people with him, from Arisoth of the Gentiles to the brook of Kison.
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14| And Debbora said to Barac, Rise up, for this <i>is</i> the day on which the Lord has delivered Sisara into thy hand, for the Lord shall go forth before thee: and Barac went down from mount Thabor, and ten thousand men after him.
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15| And the Lord discomfited Sisara, and all his chariots, and all his army, with the edge of the sword before Barac: and Sisara descended from off his chariot, and fled on his feet.
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16| And Barac pursued after the chariots and after the army, into Arisoth of the Gentiles; and the whole army of Sisara fell by the edge of the sword, there was not one left.
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17| And Sisara fled on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of Chaber the Kenite his friend: for there was peace between Jabin king of Asor and the house of Chaber the Kenite.
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18| And Jael went, out to meet Sisara, and said to him, Turn aside, my lord, turn aside to me, fear not: and he turned aside to her into the tent; and she covered him with a mantle.
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19| And Sisara said to her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water to drink, for I am thirsty: and she opened a bottle of milk, and gave him to drink, and covered him.
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20| And Sisara said to her, Stand now by the door of the tent, and it shall come to pass if any man come to thee, and ask of thee, and say, Is there <i>any</i> man here? then thou shalt say, There is not.
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21| And Jael the wife of Chaber took a pin of the tent, and took a hammer in her hand, and went secretly to him, and fastened the pin in his temple, and it went through to the earth, and he fainted away, and darkness fell upon him and he died.
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22| And, behold, Barac <i>was</i> pursuing Sisara: and Jael went out to meet him, and he said to him, Come, and I will shew thee the man whom thou seekest: and he went in to her; and, behold, Sisara was fallen dead, and the pin <i>was</i> in his temple.
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23| So God routed Jabin king of Chanaan in that day before the children of Israel.
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24| And the hand of the children of Israel prevailed more and more against Jabin king of Chanaan, until they utterly destroyed Jabin king of Chanaan.
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#5
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1| And Debbora and Barac son of Abineem sang in that day, saying,
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2| A revelation was made in Israel when the people were made willing: Praise ye the Lord.
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3| Hear, ye kings, and hearken, rulers: I will sing, it is I <i>who will sing</i> to the Lord, it is I, I will sing a psalm to the Lord the god of Israel.
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4| O Lord, in thy going forth on Seir, when thou wentest forth out of the land of Edom, the earth quaked and the heaven dropped dews, and the clouds dropped water.
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5| The mountains were shaken before the face of the Lord Eloi, this Sina before the face of the Lord God of Israel.
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6| In the days of Samegar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, they deserted the ways, and went in by-ways; they went in crooked paths.
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7| The mighty men in Israel failed, they failed until Debbora arose, until she arose a mother in Israel.
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8| They chose new gods; then the cities of rulers fought; there was not a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel.
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9| My heart <i>inclines</i> to the orders given in Israel; ye that are willing among the people, bless the Lord.
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10| Ye that mount a she-ass at noon-day, ye that sit on the judgment-seat, and walk by the roads of them that sit in judgment by the way; declare
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11| <i>ye that are delivered</i> from the noise of disturbers among the drawers of water; there shall they relate righteous acts: O Lord, increase righteous acts in Israel: then the people of the Lord went down to the cities.
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12| Awake, awake, Debbora; awake, awake, utter a song: arise, Barac, and lead thy captivity captive, son of Abineem.
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13| Then went down the remnant to the strong, the people of the Lord went down for him among the mighty ones from me.
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14| Ephraim rooted them out in Amalec, behind thee was Benjamin among thy people: the inhabitants of Machir came down with me searching out the enemy, and from Zabulon came they that draw with the scribe’s pen of record.
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15| And princess in Issachar were with Debbora and Barac, thus she sent Barac on his feet in the valleys into the portions of Ruben; great <i>pangs</i> reached to the heart.
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16| Why did they sit between the sheep-folds to hear the bleating of flocks for the divisions of Ruben? <i>there were</i> great searchings of heart.
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17| Galaad <i>is</i> on the other side of Jordan where he pitched his tents; and why does Dan remain in ships? Aser sat down on the sea-coasts, and he will tabernacle at his ports.
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18| The people Zabulon exposed their soul to death, and Nephthali came to the high places of their land.
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19| Kings set themselves in array, then the kings of Chanaan fought in Thanaach at the water of Mageddo; they took no gift of money.
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20| The stars from heaven set themselves in array, they set themselves <i>to fight</i> with Sisara out of their paths.
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21| The brook of Kison swept them away, the ancient brook, the brook Kison: my mighty soul will trample him down.
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22| When the hoofs of the horse were entangled, his mighty ones earnestly hasted
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23| to curse Meroz: Curse ye <i>it</i>, said the angel of the Lord; cursed <i>is</i> every one that dwells in it, because they came not to the help of the Lord, to his help among the mighty.
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24| Blessed among women be Jael wife of Chaber the Kenite; let her be blessed above women in tents.
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25| He asked for water, she gave him milk in a dish; she brought butter of princes.
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26| She stretched forth her left hand to the nail, and her right to the hand workman’s hammer, and she smote Sisara with it, she nailed through his head and smote him; she nailed through his temples.
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27| He rolled down between her feet; he fell and lay between her feet; he bowed and fell: where he bowed, there he fell dead.
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28| The mother of Sisara looked down through the window out of the loophole, <i>saying</i>, Why was his chariot ashamed? why did the wheels of his chariots tarry?
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29| Her wise ladies answered her, and she returned answers to herself, <i>saying</i>,
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30| Will they not find him dividing the spoil? he will surely be gracious to every man: <i>there are</i> spoils of dyed garments for Sisara, spoils of various dyed garments, dyed embroidered garments, they <i>are</i> the spoils for his neck.
|
||||
31| Thus let all thine enemies perish, O Lord: and they that love him shall be as the going forth of the sun in his strength.
|
||||
32| And the land had rest forty years.
|
||||
|
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#6
|
||||
1| And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord gave them into the hand of Madiam seven years.
|
||||
2| And the hand of Madiam prevailed against Israel: and the children of Israel made for themselves because of Madiam the caves in the mountains, and the dens, and the holes in the rocks.
|
||||
3| And it came to pass when the children of Israel sowed, that Madiam and Amalec went up, and the children of the east went up together with them.
|
||||
4| And they encamped against them, and destroyed their fruits until they came to Gaza; and they left not the support of life in the land of Israel, not even ox or ass among the herds.
|
||||
5| For they and their stock came up, and their tents were with them, as the locust in multitude, and there was no number to them and their camels; and they came to the land of Israel, and laid it waste.
|
||||
6| And Israel was greatly impoverished because of Madiam.
|
||||
7| And the children of Israel cried to the Lord because of Madiam.
|
||||
8| And the Lord sent a prophet to the children of Israel; and he said to them, Thus says the Lord God of Israel, I am he that brought you up out of the land of Egypt, and I brought you up out of the house of your bondage.
|
||||
9| And I delivered you out of the hand of Egypt, and out of the hand of all that afflicted you, and I cast them out before you; and I gave you their land.
|
||||
10| And I said to you, I <i>am</i> the Lord your God: ye shall not fear the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell; but ye hearkened not to my voice.
|
||||
11| And an angel of the Lord came, and sat down under the fir tree, which was in Ephratha in the land of Joas father of Esdri; and Gedeon his son <i>was</i> threshing wheat in a wine-press in order to escape from the face of Madiam.
|
||||
12| And the angel of the Lord appeared to him and said to him, The Lord <i>is</i> with thee, thou mighty in strength.
|
||||
13| And Gedeon said to him, <i>Be gracious</i> with me, my Lord: but if the Lord is with us, why have these evils found us? and where are all his miracles, which our fathers have related to us, saying, Did not the Lord bring us up out of Egypt? and now he has cast us out, and given us into the hand of Madiam.
|
||||
14| And the angel of the Lord turned to him, and said, Go in this thy strength, and thou shalt save Israel out of the hand of Madiam: behold, I have sent thee.
|
||||
15| And Gedeon said to him, <i>Be gracious</i> with me, my Lord: whereby shall I save Israel? behold, my thousand is weakened in Manasse, and I am the least in my father’s house.
|
||||
16| And the angel of the Lord said to him, The Lord shall be with thee, and thou shalt smite Madiam as one man.
|
||||
17| And Gedeon said to him, If now I have found mercy in thine eyes, and thou wilt do this day for me all that thou hast spoken of with me,
|
||||
18| depart not hence until I come to thee, and I will bring forth an offering and offer it before thee: and he said, I will remain until thou return.
|
||||
19| And Gedeon went in, and prepared a kid of the goats, and an ephah of fine flour unleavened; and he put the flesh in the basket, and poured the broth into the pot, and brought them forth to him under the turpentine tree, and drew nigh.
|
||||
20| And the angel of God said to him, Take the flesh and the unleavened cakes, and put them on that rock, and pour out the broth close by: and he did so.
|
||||
21| And the angel of the Lord stretched out the end of the rod that was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened bread; and fire came up out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened bread, and the angel of the Lord vanished from his sight.
|
||||
22| And Gedeon saw that he was an angel of the Lord; and Gedeon said, Ah, ah, Lord my God! for I have seen the angel of the Lord face to face.
|
||||
23| And the Lord said to him, Peace be to thee, fear not, thou shalt not die.
|
||||
24| And Gedeon built there an altar to the Lord, and called it The peace of the Lord, until this day, as it is still in Ephratha of the father of Esdri.
|
||||
25| And it came to pass in that night, that the Lord said to him, Take the young bullock which thy father has, even the second bullock of seven years old, and thou shalt destroy the altar of Baal which thy father has, and the grove which is by it thou shalt destroy.
|
||||
26| And thou shalt build an altar to the Lord thy God on the top of this Maozi in the ordering <i>it</i>, and thou shalt take the second bullock, and shalt offer up whole-burnt-offerings with the wood of the grove, which thou shalt destroy.
|
||||
27| And Gedeon took ten men of his servants, and did as the Lord spoke to him: and it came to pass, as he feared the house of his father and the men of the city if he should do it by day, that he did it by night.
|
||||
28| And the men of the city rose up early in the morning; and behold, the altar of Baal had been demolished, and the grove by it had been destroyed; and they saw the second bullock, which Gedeon offered on the altar that had been built.
|
||||
29| And a man said to his neighbour, Who has done this thing? and they enquired and searched, and learnt that Gedeon the son of Joas had done this thing.
|
||||
30| And the men of the city said to Joas, Bring out thy son, and let him die, because he has destroyed the altar of Baal, and because he has destroyed the grove that is by it.
|
||||
31| And Gedeon the son of Joas said to all the men who rose up against him, Do ye now plead for Baal, or will ye save him? whoever will plead for him, let him be slain this morning: if he be a god let him plead for himself, <i>because</i> one has thrown down his altar.
|
||||
32| And he called it in that day Jerobaal, saying, Let Baal plead thereby, because his altar has been thrown down.
|
||||
33| And all Madiam, and Amalek, and the sons of the east gathered themselves together, and encamped in the valley of Jezrael.
|
||||
34| And the Spirit of the Lord came upon Gedeon, and he blew with the horn, and Abiezer came to help after him.
|
||||
35| And <i>Gedeon</i> sent messengers into all Manasse, and into Aser, and into Zabulon, and into Nephthali; and he went up to meet them.
|
||||
36| And Gedeon said to God, If thou wilt save Israel by my hand, as thou hast said,
|
||||
37| behold, I put the fleece of wool in the threshing-floor: if there be dew on the fleece only, and drought on all the ground, I shall know that thou wilt save Israel by my hand, as thou hast said.
|
||||
38| And it was so: and he rose up early in the morning, and wrung the fleece, and dew dropped from the fleece, a bowl full of water.
|
||||
39| And Gedeon said to God, Let not, I pray thee, thine anger be kindled with me, and I will speak yet once; I will even yet make one trial more with the fleece: let now the drought be upon the fleece only, and let there be dew on all the ground.
|
||||
40| And God did so in that night; and there was drought on the fleece only, and on all the ground there was dew.
|
||||
|
||||
#7
|
||||
1| And Jerobaal rose early, the same is Gedeon, and all the people with him, and encamped at the fountain of Arad; and the camp of Madiam was to the north of him, <i>reaching</i> from Gabaathamorai, in the valley.
|
||||
2| And the Lord said to Gedeon, The people with thee <i>are</i> many, so that I may not deliver Madiam into their hand, lest at any time Israel boast against me, saying, My hand has saved me.
|
||||
3| And now speak in the ears of the people, saying, Who <i>is</i> afraid and fearful? let him turn and depart from mount Galaad: and there returned of the people twenty-two thousand, and ten thousand were left.
|
||||
4| And the Lord said to Gedeon, The people is yet numerous; bring them down to the water, and I will purge them there for thee: and it shall come to pass that of whomsoever I shall say to thee, This one shall go with thee, <i>even</i> he shall go with thee; and of whomsoever I shall say to thee, This one shall not go with thee, <i>even</i> he shall not go with thee.
|
||||
5| And he brought the people down to the water; and the Lord said to Gedeon, Whosoever shall lap of the water with his tongue as if a dog should lap, thou shalt set him apart, and <i>also</i> whosoever shall bow down upon his knees to drink.
|
||||
6| And the number of those that lapped with their hand to their mouth was three hundred men; and all the rest of the people bowed upon their knees to drink water.
|
||||
7| And the Lord said to Gedeon, I will save you by the three hundred men that lapped, and I will give Madiam into thy hand; and all the <i>rest of the</i> people shall go every one to his place.
|
||||
8| And they took the provision of the people in their hand, and their horns; and he sent away every man of Israel each to his tent, and he strengthened the three hundred; and the army of Madiam were beneath him in the valley.
|
||||
9| And it came to pass in that night that the Lord said to him, Arise, go down into the camp, for I have delivered it into thy hand.
|
||||
10| And if thou art afraid to go down, go down thou and thy servant Phara into the camp.
|
||||
11| And thou shalt hear what they shall say, and afterwards thy hands shall be strong, and thou shalt go down into the camp: and he went down and Phara his servant to the extremity of the <i>companies of</i> fifty, which were in the camp.
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||||
12| And Madiam and Amalec and all the children of the east <i>were</i> scattered in the valley, as the locust for multitude; and there was no number to their camels, but they were as the sand on the seashore for multitude.
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||||
13| And Gedeon came, and behold a man <i>was</i> relating to his neighbour a dream, and he said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream, and behold, a cake of barley bread rolling into the camp of Madiam, and it came as far as a tent, and smote it, and it fell, and it turned it up, and the tent fell.
|
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14| And his neighbour answered and said, This is none other than the sword of Gedeon, son of Joas, a man of Israel: God has delivered Madiam and all the host into his hand.
|
||||
15| And it came to pass when Gedeon heard the account of the dream and the interpretation of it, that he worshipped the Lord, and returned to the camp of Israel, and said, Rise, for the Lord has delivered the camp of Madiam into our hand.
|
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16| And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and put horns in the hands of all, and empty pitchers, and torches in the pitchers:
|
||||
17| and he said to them, Ye shall look at me, and so shall ye do; and behold, I will go into the beginning of the host, and it shall come to pass <i>that</i> as I do, so shall ye do.
|
||||
18| And I will sound with the horn, and all ye with me shall sound with the horn round about the whole camp, and ye shall say, For the Lord and Gedeon.
|
||||
19| And Gedeon and the hundred men that were with him came to the extremity of the army in the beginning of the middle watch; and they completely roused the guards, and sounded with the horns, and they broke the pitchers that were in their hands,
|
||||
20| and the three companies sounded with the horns, and broke the pitchers, and held the torches in their left hands, and in their right hands their horns to sound with; and they cried out, A sword for the Lord and for Gedeon.
|
||||
21| And <i>every</i> man stood in his place round about the host; and all the host ran, and sounded <i>an alarm</i>, and fled.
|
||||
22| And they sounded with the three hundred horns; and the Lord set <i>every</i> man’s sword in all the host against his neighbour.
|
||||
23| And the host fled as far as Bethseed Tagaragatha Abel-meula to Tabath; and the men of Israel from Nephthali, and from Aser, and from all Manasse, came to help, and followed after Madiam.
|
||||
24| And Gedeon sent messengers into all mount Ephraim, saying, Come down to meet Madiam, and take to yourselves the water as far as Baethera and Jordan: and every man of Ephraim cried out, and they took the water before hand unto Baethera and Jordan.
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25| And they took the princess of Madiam, even Oreb and Zeb; and they slew Oreb in Sur Oreb, and they slew Zeb in Jakephzeph; and they pursued Madiam, and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeb to Gedeon from beyond Jordan.
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|
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#8
|
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1| And the men of Ephraim said to Gedeon, What <i>is</i> this <i>that</i> thou hast done to us, in that thou didst not call us when thou wentest to fight with Madiam? and they chode with him sharply.
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2| And he said to them, What have I now done in comparison of you? <i>is</i> not the gleaning of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer?
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3| The Lord has delivered into your hand the princes of Madiam, Oreb and Zeb; and what could I do in comparison of you? Then was their spirit calmed toward him, when he spoke this word.
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4| And Gedeon came to Jordan, and went over, himself and the three hundred with him, hungry, yet pursuing.
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5| And he said to the men of Socchoth, Give, I pray you, bread to feed this people that follow me; because they are faint, and behold, I am following after Zebee and Salmana, kings of Madiam.
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6| And the princes of Socchoth said, <i>Are</i> the hands of Zebee and Salmana now in thy hand, that we should give bread to thy host?
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7| And Gedeon said, Therefore when the Lord gives Zebee and Salmana into my hand, then will I tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness, and the Barkenim.
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8| And he went up thence to Phanuel, and spoke to them likewise: and the men of Phanuel answered him as the men of Socchoth <i>had</i> answered him.
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9| And Gedeon said to the men of Phanuel, When I return in peace, I will break down this tower.
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10| And Zebee and Salmana <i>were</i> in Carcar, and their host <i>was</i> with them, about fifteen thousand, all that were left of all the host of the aliens; and they that fell <i>were</i> a hundred and twenty thousand men that drew the sword.
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11| And Gedeon went up by the way of them that dwelt in tents, eastward of Nabai and Jegebal; and he smote the host, and the host was secure.
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12| And Zebee and Salmana fled; and he pursued after them, and took the two kings of Madiam, Zebee and Salmana, and discomfited all the army.
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13| And Gedeon the son of Joas returned from the battle, down from the battle of Ares.
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14| And he took prisoner a young lad of the men of Socchoth, and questioned him; and he wrote to him the names of the princes of Socchoth and of their elders, seventy-seven men.
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15| And Gedeon came to the princes of Socchoth, and said, Behold Zebee and Salmana, about whom ye reproached me, saying, <i>Are</i> the hands of Zebee and Salmana now in thy hand, that we should give bread to thy men that are faint?
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16| And he took the elders of the city with the thorns of the wilderness and the Barkenim, and with them he tore the men of the city.
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17| And he overthrew the tower of Phanuel, and slew the men of the city.
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18| And he said to Zebee and Salmana, Where <i>are</i> the men whom ye slew in Thabor? and they said, As thou, so <i>were</i> they, according to the likeness of the son of a king.
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19| And Gedeon said, They were my brethren and the sons of my mother: <i>as</i> the Lord lives, if ye had preserved them alive, I would not have slain you.
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20| And he said to Jether his first-born, Rise and slay them; but the lad drew not his sword, for he was afraid, for he was yet very young.
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21| And Zebee and Salmana said, Rise thou and fall upon us, for thy power <i>is</i> as that of a man; and Gedeon arose, and slew Zebee and Salmana: and he took the round ornaments that were on the necks of their camels.
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22| And the men of Israel said to Gedeon, Rule, <i>my</i> lord, over us, both thou, and thy son, and thy son’s son; for thou hast saved us out of the hand of Madiam.
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23| And Gedeon said to them, I will not rule, and my son shall not rule among you; the Lord shall rule over you.
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24| And Gedeon said to them, I will make a request of you, and do ye give me every man an earring out of his spoils: for they had golden earrings, for they were Ismaelites.
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25| And they said, We will certainly give them: and he opened his garment, and each man cast therein an earring of his spoils.
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26| And the weight of the golden earrings which he asked, was a thousand and seven hundred pieces of gold, besides the crescents, and the chains, and the garments, and the purple cloths that were on the kings of Madiam, and besides the chains that were on the necks of their camels.
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27| And Gedeon made an ephod of it, an set it in his city in Ephratha; and all Israel went thither a whoring after it, and it became a stumbling-block to Gedeon and his house.
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28| And Madiam, was straitened before the children of Israel, and they did not lift up their head any more; and the land had rest forty years in the days of Gedeon.
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29| And Jerobaal the son of Joas went and sat in his house.
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30| And Gedeon had seventy sons begotten of his body, for he had many wives.
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31| And his concubine was in Sychem, and she also bore him a son, and gave him the name Abimelech.
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32| And Gedeon son of Joas died in his city, and he was buried in the sepulchre of Joas his father in Ephratha of Abi-Esdri.
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33| And it came to pass when Gedeon was dead, that the children of Israel turned, and went a whoring after Baalim, and made for themselves a covenant with Baal that he should be their god.
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34| And the children of Israel remembered not the Lord their God who had delivered them out of the hand of all that afflicted them round about.
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35| And they did not deal mercifully with the house of Jerobaal, (the same is Gedeon) according to all the good which he did to Israel.
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#9
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1| And Abimelech son of Jerobaal went to Sychem to his mother’s brethren; and he spoke to them and to all the kindred of the house of his mother’s father, saying,
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2| Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Sychem, saying, Which <i>is</i> better for you, that seventy men, even all the sons of Jerobaal, should reign over you, or that one man should reign over you? and remember that I am your bone and your flesh.
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3| And his mother’s brethren spoke concerning him in the ears of all the men of Sychem all these words; and their heart turned after Abimelech, for they said, He is our brother.
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4| And they gave him seventy <i>pieces</i> of silver out of the house of Baalberith; and Abimelech hired for himself vain and cowardly men, and they went after him.
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5| And he went to the house of his father to Ephratha, and slew his brethren the sons of Jerobaal, seventy men upon one stone; but Joatham the youngest son of Jerobaal was left, for he hid himself.
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6| And all the men of Sicima, and all the house of Bethmaalo, were gathered together, and they went and made Abimelech king by the oak of Sedition, which was at Sicima.
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7| And it was reported to Joatham, and he went and stood on the top of mount Garizin, and lifted up his voice, and wept, and said to them, Hear me, ye men of Sicima, and God shall hear you.
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8| The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said to the olive, Reign over us.
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9| But the olives said to them, Shall I leave my fatness, with which men shall glorify God, and go to be promoted over the trees?
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10| And the trees said to the fig-tree, Come, reign over us.
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11| But the fig-tree said to them, Shall I leave my sweetness an my good fruits, and go to be promoted over the trees?
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12| And the trees said to the vine, Come, reign over us.
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13| And the vine said to them, Shall I leave my wine that cheers God and men, and go to be promoted over the trees?
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14| Then all the trees said to the bramble, Come thou and <i>reign</i> over us.
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15| And the bramble said to the trees, If ye in truth anoint me to reign over you, come, stand under my shadow; and if not, let fire come out from me and devour the cedars of Libanus.
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16| And now, if ye have done it in truth and integrity, and have made Abimelech king, and if ye have wrought well with Jerobaal, and with his house, and if ye have done to him according to the reward of his hand,
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17| as my father fought for you, and put his life in jeopardy, and delivered you out of the hand of Madiam;
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18| and ye are risen up this day against the house of my father, and have slain his sons, being seventy men, upon one stone, and have made Abimelech the son of his bondwoman king over the men of Sicima, because he is your brother:
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19| if then ye have done truly and faithfully with Jerobaal, and with his house this day, rejoice ye in Abimelech, and let him also rejoice over you:
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20| but if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the men of Sicima, and the house of Bethmaalo; and let fire come out from the men of Sicima and from the house of Bethmaalo, and devour Abimelech.
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21| And Joatham fled, and ran away, and went as far as Baeer, and dwelt there out of the way of his brother Abimelech.
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22| And Abimelech reigned over Israel three years.
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23| And God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Sicima; and the men of Sicima dealt treacherously with the house of Abimelech:
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24| to bring the injury done to the seventy sons of Jerobaal, and to lay their blood upon their brother Abimelech, who slew them, and upon the men of Sicima, because they strengthened his hands to slay his brethren.
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25| And the men of Sicima set liers in wait against him on the top of the mountains, and robbed every one who passed by them on the way; and it was reported to the king Abimelech.
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26| And Gaal son of Jobel came, and his brethren, and passed by Sicima, and the men of Sicima trusted in him.
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27| And they went out into the field, and gathered their grapes, and trod them, and made merry; and they brought <i>the grapes</i> into the house of their god, and ate and drank, and cursed Abimelech.
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28| And Gaal the son of Jobel said, Who is Abimelech, and who is the son of Sychem, that we should serve him? <i>Is he</i> not the son of Jerobaal, and <i>is</i> not Zebul his steward, his servant with the son of Emmor the father of Sychem? and why should we serve him?
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29| And would that this people were under my hand! then would I remove Abimelech, and I would say to him, Multiply thy host, and come out.
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30| And Zebul the ruler of the city heard the words of Gaal the son of Jobel, and he was very angry.
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31| And he sent messengers to Abimelech secretly, saying, Behold, Gaal the son of Jobel and his brethren are come to Sychem; and behold, they have besieged the city against thee.
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32| And now rise up by night, thou and the people with thee, and lay wait in the field.
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33| And it shall come to pass in the morning at sunrising, thou shalt rise up early and draw toward the city; and behold, he and the people with him will come forth against thee, and thou shalt do to him according to thy power.
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34| And Abimelech and all the people with him rose up by night, and formed an ambuscade against Sychem in four companies.
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35| And Gaal the son of Jobel went forth, and stood by the door of the gate of the city: and Abimelech and the people with him rose up from the ambuscade.
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36| And Gaal the son of Jobel saw the people, and said to Zebul, Behold, a people comes down from the top of the mountains: and Zebul said to him, Thou seest the shadow of the mountains as men.
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37| And Gaal continued to speak and said, Behold, a people comes down westward from the part bordering on the middle of the land, and another company comes by the way of Helon Maonenim.
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38| And Zebul said to him, And where is thy mouth as thou spokest, Who is Abimelech that we should serve him? <i>Is</i> not this the people whom thou despisedst? go forth now, and set the battle in array against him.
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39| And Gaal went forth before the men of Sychem, and set the battle in array against Abimelech.
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40| And Abimelech pursued him, and he fled from before him; and many fell down slain as far as the door of the gate.
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41| And Abimelech entered into Arema, and Zebul cast out Gaal and his brethren, so that they should not dwell in Sychem.
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42| And it came to pass on the second day that the people went out into the field, and <i>one</i> brought word to Abimelech.
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43| And he took the people, and divided them into three companies, and formed an ambush in the field; and he looked, and, behold, the people went forth out of the city, and he rose up against them, and smote them.
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44| And Abimelech and the chiefs of companies that were with him rushed forward, and stood by the door of the gate of the city; and the two <i>other</i> companies rushed forward upon all that were in the field, and smote them.
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45| And Abimelech fought against the city all that day, and took the city, and slew the people that were in it, and destroyed the city, and sowed it with salt.
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46| And all the men of the tower of Sychem heard, and came to the gathering of Baethel-berith.
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47| And it was reported to Abimelech, that all the men of the tower of Sychem were gathered together.
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48| And Abimelech went up to the mount of Selmon, and all the people that were with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand, and cut down a branch of a tree, and took it, and laid it on his shoulders; and said to the people that were with him, What ye see me doing, do quickly as I.
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49| And they cut down likewise even every man a branch, and went after Abimelech, and laid them against the place of gathering, and burnt the place of gathering over them with fire; and they died, even all the men of the tower of Sicima, about a thousand men and women.
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50| And Abimelech went out of Baethel-berith, and encamped against Thebes, and took it.
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51| And there was a strong tower in the midst of the city; and thither all the men and the women of the city fled, and shut <i>the door</i> without them, and went up on the roof of the tower.
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52| And Abimelech drew near to the tower, and they besieged it; and Abimelech drew near to the door of the tower to burn it with fire.
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53| And a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon the head of Abimelech, and broke his skull.
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54| And he cried out quickly to the young man his armour-bearer, and said to him, Draw thy sword, and slay me, lest at any time they should say, A woman slew him: and his young man thrust him through and he died.
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55| And the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead; and they went each to his place.
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56| So God requited the wickedness of Abimelech, which he wrought against his father, in slaying his seventy brethren.
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57| And all the wickedness of the men of Sychem God requited upon their head; and the curse of Joatham the son of Jerobaal came upon them.
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#10
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1| And after Abimelech Thola the son of Phua rose up to save Israel, <i>being</i> the son of his father’s brother, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Samir in mount Ephraim.
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2| And he judged Israel twenty-three years, and died, and was buried in Samir.
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3| And after him arose Jair of Galaad, and he judged Israel twenty-two years.
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4| And he had thirty-two sons riding on thirty-two colts, and they had thirty-two cities; and they called them Jair’s towns until this day in the land of Galaad.
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5| And Jair died, and was buried in Rhamnon.
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6| And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the Lord, and served Baalim, and Astaroth, and the gods of Aram, and the gods of Sidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children of Ammon, and the gods of the Phylistines; and they forsook the Lord, and did not serve him.
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7| And the Lord was very angry with Israel, and sold them into the hands of the Phylistines, and into the hand of the children of Ammon.
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8| And they afflicted and bruised the children of Israel at that time eighteen years, all the children of Israel beyond Jordan in the land of the Amorite in Galaad.
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9| And the children of Ammon went over Jordan to fight with Juda, and Benjamin, and with Ephraim; and the children of Israel were greatly afflicted.
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10| And the children of Israel cried to the Lord, saying, We have sinned against thee, because we have forsaken God, and served Baalim.
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11| And the Lord said to the children of Israel, Did I not <i>save you</i> from Egypt and from the Amorite, and from the children of Ammon, and from the Phylistines,
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12| and from the Sidonians, and Amalec, and Madiam, who afflicted you? and ye cried to me, and I saved you out of their hand?
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13| Yet ye forsook me and served other gods; therefore I will not save you any more.
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14| Go, and cry to the gods whom ye have chosen to yourselves, and let them save you in the time of your affliction.
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15| And the children of Israel said to the Lord, We have sinned: do thou to us according to all <i>that is</i> good in thine eyes; only deliver us this day.
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16| And they put away the strange gods from the midst of them, and served the Lord only, and his soul was pained for the trouble of Israel.
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17| And the children of Ammon went up, and encamped in Galaad; and the children of Israel were gathered together and encamped on the hill.
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18| And the people the princes of Galaad said every man to his neighbour, Who <i>is</i> he that shall begin to fight against the children of Ammon? he shall even be head over all that dwell in Galaad.
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#11
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1| And Jephthae the Galaadite <i>was</i> a mighty man; and he <i>was</i> the son of a harlot, who bore Jephthae to Galaad.
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2| And the wife of Galaad bore him sons; and the sons of his wife grew up, and they cast out Jephthae, and said to him, Thou shalt not inherit in the house of our father, for thou art the son of a concubine.
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3| And Jephthae fled from the face of his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob; and vain men gathered to Jephthae, and went out with him.
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4| And it came to pass when the children of Ammon prepared to fight with Israel,
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5| that the elders of Galaad went to fetch Jephthae from the land of Tob.
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6| And they said to Jephthae, Come, and be our head, and we will fight with the sons of Ammon.
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7| And Jephthae said to the elders of Galaad, Did ye not hate me, and cast me out of my father’s house, and banish me from you? and wherefore are ye come to me now when ye want me?
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8| And the elders of Galaad said to Jephthae, Therefore have we now turned to thee, that thou shouldest go with us, and fight against the sons of Ammon, and be our head over all the inhabitants of Galaad.
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9| And Jephthae said to the elders of Galaad, If ye turn me back to fight with the children of Ammon, and the Lord should deliver them before me, then will I be your head.
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10| And the elders of Galaad said to Jephthae, The Lord be witness between us, if we shall not do according to thy word.
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11| And Jephthae went with the elders of Galaad, and the people made him head and ruler over them: and Jephthae spoke all his words before the Lord in Massepha.
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12| And Jephthae sent messengers to the king of the children of Ammon, saying, What have I to do with thee, that thou hast come against me to fight in my land?
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13| And the king of the children of Ammon said to the messengers of Jephthae, Because Israel took my land when he went up out of Egypt, from Arnon to Jaboc, and to Jordan: now then return them peaceably and I will depart.
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14| And Jephthae again sent messengers to the king of the children of Ammon,
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15| and said to him, Thus says Jephthae, Israel took not the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon;
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16| for in their going up out of Egypt Israel went in the wilderness as far as the sea of Siph, and came to Cades.
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17| And Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, I will pass, if it please thee, by thy land: and the king of Edom complied not: and <i>Israel</i> also sent to the king of Moab, and he did not consent; and Israel sojourned in Cades.
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18| And <i>they</i> journeyed in the wilderness, and compassed the land of Edom and the land of Moab: and they came by the east of the land of Moab, an encamped in the country beyond Arnon, and came not within the borders of Moab, for Arnon <i>is</i> the border of Moab.
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19| And Israel sent messengers to Seon king of the Amorite, king of Esbon, and Israel said to him, Let us pass, we pray thee, by thy land to our place.
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20| And Seon did not trust Israel to pass by his coast; and Seon gathered all his people, and they encamped at Jasa; and he set the battle in array against Israel.
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21| And the Lord God of Israel delivered Seon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they smote him; and Israel inherited all the land of the Amorite who dwelt in that land,
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22| from Arnon and to Jaboc, and from the wilderness to Jordan.
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23| And now the Lord God of Israel has removed the Amorite from before his people Israel, and shalt thou inherit his <i>land</i>?
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24| Wilt thou not inherit those possessions which Chamos thy god shall cause thee to inherit; and shall not we inherit the <i>land of</i> all those whom the Lord our God has removed from before you?
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25| And now art thou any better than Balac son of Sepphor, king of Moab? did he indeed fight with Israel, or indeed make war with him,
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26| when <i>Israel</i> dwelt in Esebon and in its coasts, and in the land of Aroer and in its coasts, and in all the cities by Jordan, three hundred years? and wherefore didst thou not recover them in that time?
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27| And now I have not sinned against thee, but thou wrongest me in preparing war against me: may the Lord the Judge judge this day between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon.
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28| But the king of the children of Ammon hearkened not to the words of Jephthae, which he sent to him.
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29| And the spirit of the Lord came upon Jephthae, and he passed over Galaad, and Manasse, and passed by the watch-tower of Galaad to the other side of the children of Ammon.
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30| And Jephthae vowed a vow to the Lord, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver the children of Ammon into my hand,
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31| then it shall come to pass that whosoever shall first come out of the door of my house to meet me when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, he shall be the Lord’s: I will offer him up for a whole-burnt-offering.
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32| And Jephthae advanced to meet the sons of Ammon to fight against them; and the Lord delivered them into his hand.
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33| And he smote them from Aroer till <i>one</i> comes to Arnon, in number twenty cities, and as far as Ebelcharmim, with a very great destruction: and the children of Ammon were straitened before the children of Israel.
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34| And Jephthae came to Massepha to his house; and behold, his daughter came forth to meet him with timbrels and dances; and she was his only child, he had not another son or daughter.
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35| And it came to pass when he saw her, that he rent his garments, and said, Ah, ah, my daughter, thou hast indeed troubled me, and thou wast the cause of my trouble; and I have opened my mouth against thee to the Lord, and I shall not be able to return from it.
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36| And she said to him, Father, hast thou opened thy mouth to the Lord? Do to me accordingly as <i>the word</i> went out of thy mouth, in that the Lord has wrought vengeance for thee on thine enemies of the children of Ammon.
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37| And she said to her father, Let my father now do this thing: let me alone for two months, and I will go up and down on the mountains, and I will bewail my virginity, I and my companions.
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38| And he said, Go: and he sent her away for two months; and she went, and her companions, and she bewailed her virginity on the mountains.
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39| And it came to pass at the end of the two months that she returned to her father; and he performed upon her his vow which he vowed; and she knew no man:
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40| and it was an ordinance in Israel, <i>That</i> the daughters of Israel went from year to year to bewail the daughter of Jephthae the Galaadite for four days in a year.
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#12
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1| And the men of Ephraim assembled <i>themselves</i>, and passed on to the north, and said to Jephthae, Wherefore didst thou go over to fight with the children of Ammon, and didst not call us to go with thee? we will burn thy house over thee with fire.
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2| And Jephthae said to them, I and my people and the children of Ammon were very much engaged in war; and I called for you, and ye did not save me out of their hand.
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3| And I saw that thou wert no helper, and I put my life in my hand, and passed on to the sons of Ammon; and the Lord delivered them into my hand: and wherefore are ye come up against me this day to fight with me?
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4| And Jephthae gathered all the men of Galaad, and fought with Ephraim; and the men of Galaad smote Ephraim, because they that were escaped of Ephraim said, Ye <i>are</i> of Galaad in the midst of Ephraim and in the midst of Manasse.
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5| And Galaad took the fords of Jordan before Ephraim; and they that escaped of Ephraim said to them, Let us go over: and the men of Galaad said, Art thou an Ephrathite? and he said, No.
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6| Then they said to him, Say now Stachys; and he did not rightly pronounce it so: and they took him, and slew him at the fords of Jordan; and there fell at that time of Ephraim two and forty thousand.
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7| And Jephthae judged Israel six years; and Jephthae the Galaadite died, and was buried in his city Galaad.
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8| And after him Abaissan of Bethleem judged Israel.
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9| And he had thirty sons, and thirty daughters, whom he sent forth; and he brought in thirty daughters for his sons from without; and he judged Israel seven years.
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10| And Abaissan died, and was buried in Bethleem.
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11| And after him Ælom of Zabulon judged Israel ten years.
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12| And Ælom of Zabulon died, and was buried in Ælom in the land of Zabulon.
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13| And after him Abdon the son of Ellel, the Pharathonite, judged Israel.
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14| And he had forty sons, and thirty grandsons, that rode upon seventy colts: and he judged Israel eight years.
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15| And Abdon the son of Ellel, the Pharathonite, died, and was buried in Pharathon in the land of Ephraim in the mount of Amalec.
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#13
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1| And the children of Israel yet again committed iniquity before the Lord; and the Lord delivered them into the hand of the Phylistines forty years.
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2| And there was a man of Saraa, of the family of the kindred of Dan, and his name was Manoe, and his wife was barren, and bore not.
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3| And an angel of the Lord appeared to the woman, and said to her, Behold, thou art barren and hast not born; yet thou shalt conceive a son.
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4| And now be very cautious, and drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat no unclean thing;
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5| for behold, thou art with child, and shalt bring forth a son; and there shall come no razor upon his head, for the child shall be a Nazarite to God from the womb; and he shall begin to save Israel from the hand of the Phylistines.
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6| And the woman went in, and spoke to her husband, saying, A man of God came to me, and his appearance <i>was as</i> of an angel of God, very dreadful; and I did not ask him whence he was, and he did not tell me his name.
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7| And he said to me, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bring forth a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat no unclean thing; for the child shall be holy to God from the womb until the day of his death.
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8| And Manoe prayed to the Lord and said, I pray thee, O Lord my lord, <i>concerning</i> the man of God whom thou sentest; let him now come to us once more, and teach us what we shall do to the child about to be born.
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9| And the Lord heard the voice of Manoe, and the angel of God came yet again to the woman; and she sat in the field, and Manoe her husband was not with her.
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10| And the woman hasted, and ran, and brought word to her husband, and said to him, Behold the man who came in <i>the other</i> day to me has appeared to me.
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11| And Manoe arose and followed his wife, and came to the man, and said to him, Art thou the man that spoke to the woman? and the angel said, I <i>am</i>.
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12| And Manoe said, Now shall <i>thy</i> word come to pass: what shall be the ordering of the child, and our dealings with him?
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13| And the angel of the Lord said to Manoe, Of all things concerning which I spoke to the woman, she shall beware.
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14| She shall eat of nothing that comes of the vine yielding wine, and let her not drink wine or strong liquor, and let her not eat anything unclean: all things that I have charged her she shall observe.
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15| And Manoe said to the angel of the Lord, Let us detain thee here, and prepare before thee a kid of the goats.
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16| And the angel of the Lord said to Manoe, If thou shouldest detain me, I will not eat of thy bread; and if thou wouldest offer a whole-burnt-offering, to the Lord thou shalt offer it: for Manoe knew not that he <i>was</i> an angel of the Lord.
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17| And Manoe said to the angel of the Lord, What <i>is</i> thy name, that <i>when</i> thy word shall come to pass, we may glorify thee?
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18| And the angel of the Lord said to him, Why dost thou thus ask after my name; whereas it is wonderful?
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19| And Manoe took a kid of the goats and its meat-offering, and offered it on the rock to the Lord; and <i>the angel</i> wrought a distinct work, and Manoe and his wife were looking on.
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20| And it came to pass when the flame went up above the altar toward heaven, that the angel of the Lord went up in the flame; and Manoe and his wife were looking, and they fell upon their face to the earth.
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21| And the angel appeared no more to Manoe and to his wife: then Manoe knew that this <i>was</i> an angel of the Lord.
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22| And Manoe said to his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God.
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23| But his wife said to him, If the Lord were pleased to slay us, he would not have received of our hand a whole-burnt-offering and a meat-offering; and he would not have shewn us all these things, neither would he have caused us to hear all these things as at this time.
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24| And the woman brought forth a son, and she called his name Sampson; and the child grew, and the Lord blessed him.
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25| And the Spirit of the Lord began to go out with him in the camp of Dan, and between Saraa and Esthaol.
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#14
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1| And Sampson went down to Thamnatha, and saw a woman in Thamnatha of the daughters of the Philistines.
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2| And he went up and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Thamnatha of the daughters of the Phylistines; and now take her to me for a wife.
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3| And his father and his mother said to him, Are there no daughters of thy brethren, and <i>is there not</i> a woman of all my people, that thou goest to take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines? And Sampson said to his father, Take her for me, for she <i>is</i> right in my eyes.
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4| And his father and his mother knew not that it was of the Lord, that he sought to be revenged on the Philistines: and at that time the Philistines lorded it over Israel.
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5| And Sampson and his father and his mother went down to Thamnatha, and he came to the vineyard of Thamnatha; and behold, a young lion roared in meeting him.
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6| And the spirit of the Lord came powerfully upon him, and he crushed him as he would have crushed a kid of the goats, and there was nothing in his hands: and he told not his father and his mother what he had done.
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7| And they went down and spoke to the woman, and she was pleasing in the eyes of Sampson.
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8| And after some time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcase of the lion; and behold, a swarm of bees, and honey <i>were</i> in the mouth of the lion.
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9| And he took it into his hands, and went on eating, and he went to his father and his mother, and gave to them, and they did eat; but he told them not that he took the honey out of the mouth of the lion.
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10| And his father went down to the woman, and Sampson made there a banquet for seven days, for so the young men are used to do.
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11| And it came to pass when they saw him, that they took thirty guests, and they were with him.
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12| And Sampson said to them, I propound you a riddle: if ye will indeed tell it me, and discover it within the seven days of the feast, I will you give thirty sheets and thirty changes of raiment.
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13| And if ye cannot tell it me, ye shall give me thirty napkins and thirty changes of apparel: and they said to him, Propound thy riddle, and we will hear it.
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14| And he said to them, Meat came forth of the eater, and sweetness out of the strong: and they could not tell the riddle for three days.
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15| And it came to pass on the fourth day, that they said to the wife of Sampson, Deceive now thy husband, and let him tell thee the riddle, lest we burn thee and thy father’s house with fire: did ye invite us to do us violence?
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16| And Sampson’s wife wept before him, and said, Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me not; for the riddle which thou hast propounded to the children of my people thou hast not told me: and Sampson said to her, If I have not told it to my father and my mother, shall I tell it to thee?
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17| And she wept before him the seven days, during which their banquet lasted: and it came to pass on the seventh day, that he told her, because she troubled him; and she told it to the children of her people.
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18| And the men of the city said to him on the seventh day, before sunrise, What <i>is</i> sweeter than honey? and what <i>is</i> stronger than a lion? and Sampson said to them, If ye had not ploughed with my heifer, ye would not have known my riddle.
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19| And the Spirit of the Lord came upon him powerfully, and he went down to Ascalon, and destroyed of the inhabitants thirty men, and took their garments, and gave the changes of raiment to them that told the riddle; and Sampson was very angry, and went up to the house of his father.
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20| And the wife of Sampson was <i>given</i> to one of his friends, with whom he was on terms of friendship.
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#15
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1| And it came to pass after a time, in the days of wheat harvest, that Sampson visited his wife with a kid, and said, I will go in to my wife even into the chamber: but her father did not suffer him to go in.
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2| And her father spoke, saying, I said that thou didst surely hate her, and I gave her to one of thy friends: <i>is</i> not her younger sister better than she? let her be to thee instead of her.
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3| And Sampson said to them, Even for once am I guiltless with regard to the Philistines, in that I do mischief among them.
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4| And Sampson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took torches, and turned tail to tail, and put a torch between two tails, and fastened it.
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5| And he set fire to the torches, and sent <i>the foxes</i> into the corn of the Philistines; and every thing was burnt from the threshing floor to the standing corn, and even to the vineyard and olives.
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6| And the Philistines said, Who <i>has done</i> these things? and they said, Sampson the son-in-law of the Thamnite, because he has taken his wife, and given her to one of his friends; and the Philistines went up, and burnt her and her father’s house with fire.
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7| And Sampson said to them, Though ye may have dealt thus with her, verily I will be avenged of you, and afterwards I will cease.
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||||
8| And he smote them leg on thigh <i>with</i> a great overthrow; and went down and dwelt in a cave of the rock Etam.
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9| And the Philistines went up, and encamped in Juda, and spread themselves abroad in Lechi.
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10| And the men of Juda said, Why are ye come up against us? and the Philistines said, We are come up to bind Sampson, and to do to him as he has done to us.
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11| And the three thousand men of Juda went down to the hole of the rock Etam, and they said to Sampson, Knowest thou not that the Philistines rule over us? and what <i>is</i> this <i>that</i> thou hast done to us? and Sampson said to them, As they did to me, so have I done to them.
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12| And they said to him, We are come down to bind thee to deliver thee into the hand of the Philistines: and Sampson said to them, Swear to me that ye will not fall upon me yourselves.
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13| And they spoke to him, saying, Nay, but we will only bind thee fast, and deliver thee into their hand, and will by no means slay thee: and they bound him with two new ropes, and brought him from that rock.
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14| And they came to Lechi: and the Philistines shouted, and ran to meet him: and the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon him, and the ropes that were upon his arms became as tow which is burnt with fire; and his bonds were consumed from off his hands.
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15| And he found the jaw-bone of an ass that had been cast away, and he put forth his hand and took it, and smote with it a thousand men.
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16| And Sampson said, With the jaw-bone of an ass I have utterly destroyed them, for with the jaw-bone of an ass I have smitten a thousand men.
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||||
17| And it came to pass when he ceased speaking, that he cast the jaw-bone out of his hand; and he called that place the Lifting of the jaw-bone.
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||||
18| And he was very thirsty, and wept before the Lord, and said, Thou hast been well pleased to grant this great deliverance by the hand of thy servant, and new shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised?
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19| And God broke open a hollow place in the jaw, and there came thence water, and he drank; and his spirit returned and he revived: therefore the name of the fountain was called ‘The well of the invoker,’ which is in Lechi, until this day.
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20| And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.
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||||
|
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#16
|
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1| And Sampson went to Gaza, and saw there a harlot, and went in to her.
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2| And it was reported to the Gazites, saying, Sampson is come hither: and they compassed him and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and they were quiet all the night, saying, Let us wait till the dawn appear, and we will slay him.
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3| And Sampson slept till midnight, and rose up at midnight, and took hold of the doors of the gate of the city with the two posts, and lifted them up with the bar, and laid them on his shoulders, and he went up to the top of the mountain that is before Chebron, and laid them there.
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||||
4| And it came to pass after this that he loved a woman in Alsorech, and her name <i>was</i> Dalida.
|
||||
5| And the princess of the Philistines came up to her, and said to her, Beguile him, and see wherein his great strength <i>is</i>, and wherewith we shall prevail against him, and bind him to humble him; and we will give thee each eleven hundred <i>pieces</i> of silver.
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||||
6| And Dalida said to Sampson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein <i>is</i> thy great strength, and wherewith thou shalt be bound that thou mayest be humbled.
|
||||
7| And Sampson said to her, If they bind me with seven moist cords that have not been spoiled, then shall I be weak and be as one of ordinary men.
|
||||
8| And the princess of the Philistines brought to her seven moist cords that had not been spoiled, and she bound him with them.
|
||||
9| And the liers in wait remained with her in the chamber; and she said to him, the Philistines <i>are</i> upon thee, Sampson: and he broke the cords as if any one should break a thread of tow when it has touched the fire, and his strength was not known.
|
||||
10| And Dalida said to Sampson, Behold, thou hast cheated me, and told me lies; now then tell me wherewith thou shalt be bound.
|
||||
11| And he said to her, If they should bind me fast with new ropes with which work has not been done, then shall I be weak, and shall be as another man.
|
||||
12| And Dalida took new ropes, and bound him with them, and the liers in wait came out of the chamber, and she said, The Philistines <i>are</i> upon thee, Sampson: and he broke them off his arms like a thread.
|
||||
13| And Dalida said to Sampson, Behold, thou hast deceived me, and told me lies; tell me, I intreat thee, wherewith thou mayest be bound: and he said to her, If thou shouldest weave the seven locks of my head with the web, and shouldest fasten them with the pin into the wall, then shall I be weak as another man.
|
||||
14| And it came to pass when he was asleep, that Dalida took the seven locks of his head, and wove them with the web, and fastened them with the pin into the wall, and she said, The Philistines <i>are</i> upon thee, Sampson: and he awoke out of his sleep, and carried away the pin of the web out of the wall.
|
||||
15| And Dalida said to Sampson, How sayest thou, I love thee, when thy heart is not with me? this third time thou hast deceived me, and hast not told me wherein <i>is</i> thy great strength.
|
||||
16| And it came to pass as she pressed him sore with her words continually, and straitened him, that his spirit failed almost to death.
|
||||
17| Then he told her all his heart, and said to her, A razor has not come upon my head, because I have been a holy <i>one</i> of God from my mother’s womb; if then I should be shaven, my strength will depart from me, and I shall be weak, and I shall be as all <i>other</i> men.
|
||||
18| And Dalida saw that he told her all his heart, and she sent and called the princess of the Philistines, saying, Come up yet this once; for he has told me all his heart. And the chiefs of the Philistines went up to her, and brought the money in their hands.
|
||||
19| And Dalida made Sampson sleep upon her knees; and she called a man, and he shaved the seven locks of his head, and she began to humble him, and his strength departed from him.
|
||||
20| And Dalida said, The Philistines <i>are</i> upon thee, Sampson: and he awoke out of his sleep and said, I will go out as at former times, and shake myself; and he knew not that the Lord was departed from him.
|
||||
21| And the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he ground in the prison-house.
|
||||
22| And the hair of his head began to grow as before it was shaven.
|
||||
23| And the chiefs of the Philistines met to offer a great sacrifice to their god Dagon, and to make merry; and they said, God has given into our hand our enemy Sampson.
|
||||
24| And the people saw him, and sang praises to their god; for our god, <i>said they</i>, has delivered into our hand our enemy, who wasted our land, and who multiplied our slain.
|
||||
25| And when their heart was merry, then they said, Call Sampson out of the prison-house, and let him play before us: and they called Sampson out of the prison-house, and he played before them; and they smote him with the palms of their hands, and set him between the pillars.
|
||||
26| And Sampson said to the young man that held his hand, Suffer me to feel the pillars on which the house <i>rests</i>, and I will stay myself upon them.
|
||||
27| And the house <i>was</i> full of men and woman, and there were all the chiefs of the Philistines, and on the roof <i>were</i> about three thousand men and woman looking at the sports of Sampson.
|
||||
28| And Sampson wept before the Lord, and said, O Lord, my lord, remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, O God, yet this once, and I will requite one recompense to the Philistines for my two eyes.
|
||||
29| And Sampson took hold of the two pillars of the house on which the house stood, and leaned on them, and laid hold of one with his right hand, and the other with his left.
|
||||
30| And Sampson said, Let my wife perish with the Philistines: and he bowed himself mightily; and the house fell upon the princes, and upon all the people that were in it: and the dead whom Sampson slew in his death were more than those whom he slew in his life.
|
||||
31| And his brethren and his father’s house went down, and they took him; and they went up and buried him between Saraa and Esthaol in the sepulchre of his father Manoe; and he judged Israel twenty years.
|
||||
|
||||
#17
|
||||
1| And there was a man of mount Ephraim, and his name was Michaias.
|
||||
2| And he said to his mother, The eleven hundred pieces of silver which thou tookest of thyself, and <i>about which</i> thou cursedst me, and spokest in my ears, behold, the silver <i>is</i> with me; I took it: and his mother said, Blessed <i>be</i> my son of the Lord.
|
||||
3| And he restored the eleven hundred pieces of silver to his mother; and his mother said, I had wholly consecrated the money to the Lord out of my hand for my son, to make a graven and a molten <i>image</i>, and now I will restore it to thee.
|
||||
4| But he returned the silver to his mother, and his mother took two hundred pieces of silver, and gave them to a silversmith, and he made it a graven and a molten image; and it was in the house of Michaias.
|
||||
5| And the house of Michaias <i>was</i> to him the house of God, and he made an ephod and theraphin, and he consecrated one of his sons, and he became to him a priest.
|
||||
6| And in those days there was no king in Israel; every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
|
||||
7| And there was a young man in Bethleem of the tribe of Juda, and he <i>was</i> a Levite, and he was sojourning there.
|
||||
8| And the man departed from Bethleem the city of Juda to sojourn in whatever place he might find; and he came as far as mount Ephraim, and to the house of Michaias to accomplish his journey.
|
||||
9| And Michaias said to him, Whence comest thou? and he said to him, I am a Levite of Bethleem Juda, and I go to sojourn in any place I may find.
|
||||
10| And Michaias said to him, Dwell with me, and be to me a father and a priest; and I will give thee ten pieces of silver by the year, and a change of raiment, and thy living.
|
||||
11| And the Levite went and began to dwell with the man; and the young man was to him as one of his sons.
|
||||
12| And Michaias consecrated the Levite, and he became to him a priest, and he was in the house of Michaias.
|
||||
13| And Michaias said, Now I know that the Lord will do me good, because a Levite has become my priest.
|
||||
|
||||
#18
|
||||
1| In those days there was no king in Israel; and in those days the tribe of Dan sought for itself an inheritance to inhabit, because no inheritance had fallen to it until that day in the midst of the tribes of the children of Israel.
|
||||
2| And the sons of Dan sent from their families five men of valour, from Saraa and from Esthaol, to spy out the land and to search it; and they said to them, Go and search out the land. And they came as far as the mount of Ephraim to the house of Michaias and they lodged there,
|
||||
3| in the house of Michaias, and they recognised the voice of the young man the Levite, and turned in thither; and said to him, Who brought thee in hither? and what doest thou in this place? and what hast thou here?
|
||||
4| And he said to them, Thus and thus did Michaias to me, and he hired me, and I became his priest.
|
||||
5| And they said to him, Enquire now of God, and we shall know whether our way will prosper, on which we are going.
|
||||
6| And the priest said to them, Go in peace; your way in which ye go, <i>is</i> before the Lord.
|
||||
7| And the five men went on, and came to Laisa; and they saw the people in the midst of it dwelling securely, at ease as <i>is</i> the manner of the Sidonians, and there is no one perverting or shaming a matter in the land, no heir extorting treasures; and they are far from the Sidonians, and they have no intercourse with any one.
|
||||
8| And the five men came to their brethren to Saraa and Esthaol, and said to their brethren, Why sit ye here <i>idle</i>?
|
||||
9| And they said, Arise, and let us go up against them, for we have seen the land, and, behold, <i>it is</i> very good, yet ye are still: delay not to go, an to enter in to possess the land.
|
||||
10| And whensoever ye shall go, ye shall come in upon a people secure, and the land <i>is</i> extensive, for God has given it into your hand; a place where there is no want of anything that the earth affords.
|
||||
11| And there departed thence of the families of Dan, from Saraa and from Esthaol, six hundred men, girded with weapons of war.
|
||||
12| And they went up, and encamped in Cariathiarim in Juda; therefore it was called in that place the camp of Dan, until this day: behold, <i>it is</i> behind Cariathiarim.
|
||||
13| And they went on thence to the mount of Ephraim, and came to the house of Michaias.
|
||||
14| And the five men who went to spy out the land of Laisa answered, and said to their brethren, Ye know that there is in this place an ephod, and theraphin, and a graven and a molten image; and now consider what ye shall do.
|
||||
15| And they turned aside there, and went into the house of the young man, the Levite, <i>even</i> into the house of Michaias, and asked him how he was.
|
||||
16| And the six hundred men of the sons of Dan who were girded with their weapons of war stood by the door of the gate.
|
||||
17| And the five men who went to spy out the land went up, and entered into the house of Michaias, and the priest stood.
|
||||
18| And they took the graven image, and the ephod, and the theraphin, and the molten image; and the priest said to them, What are ye doing?
|
||||
19| And they said to him, Be silent, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and come with us, and be to us a father and a priest: <i>is it</i> better for thee to be the priest of the house of one man, or to be the priest of a tribe and house for a family of Israel?
|
||||
20| And the heart of the priest was glad, and he took the ephod, and the theraphin, and the graven image, and the molten image, and went in the midst of the people.
|
||||
21| So they turned and departed, and put their children and their property and their baggage before them.
|
||||
22| They went some distance from the house of Michaias, and, behold, Michaias and the men in the houses near Michaias’ house, cried out, and overtook the children of Dan.
|
||||
23| And the children of Dan turned their face, and said to Michaias, What is the matter with thee that thou hast cried out?
|
||||
24| And Michaias said, Because ye have taken my graven image which I made, and my priest, and are gone; and what have I remaining? and what <i>is</i> this <i>that</i> ye say to me, Why criest thou?
|
||||
25| And the children of Dan said to him, Let not thy voice be heard with us, lest angry men run upon thee, and take away thy life, and the lives of thy house.
|
||||
26| And the children of Dan went their way; and Michaias saw that they were stronger than himself, and he returned to his house.
|
||||
27| And the children of Dan took what Michaias had made, and the priest that he had, and they came to Laisa, to a people quiet and secure; and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and burnt the city with fire.
|
||||
28| And there was no deliverer, because <i>the city</i> is far from the Sidonians, and they have no intercourse with men, and it <i>is</i> in the valley of the house of Raab; and they built the city, and dwelt in it.
|
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29| And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born to Israel; and the name of the city was Ulamais before.
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30| And the children of Dan set up the graven image for themselves; and Jonathan son of Gerson son of Manasse, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan till the time of the carrying away of the nation.
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31| And they set up for themselves the graven image which Michaias made, all the days that the house of God was in Selom; and it was so in those days <i>that</i> there was no king in Israel.
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#19
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1| And there was a Levite sojourning in the sides of mount Ephraim, and he took to himself a concubine from Bethleem Juda.
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2| And his concubine departed from him, and went away from him to the house of her father to Bethleem Juda, and she was there four months.
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3| And her husband rose up, and went after her to speak kindly to her, to recover her to himself; and he had his young man with him, and a pair of asses; and she brought him into the house of her father; and the father of the damsel saw him, and was well pleased to meet him.
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4| And his father-in-law, the father of the damsel, constrained him, and he stayed with him for three days; and they ate and drank, and lodged there.
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5| And it came to pass on the fourth day that they rose early, and he stood up to depart; and the father of the damsel said to his son-in-law, Strengthen thy heart with a morsel of bread, and afterwards ye shall go.
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6| So they two sat down together and ate and drank: and the father of the damsel said to her husband, Tarry now the night, and let thy heart be merry.
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7| And the man rose up to depart; but his father-in-law constrained him, and he stayed and lodged there.
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8| And he rose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart; and the father of the damsel said, Strengthen now thine heart, and quit thyself as a soldier till the day decline; and the two ate.
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9| And the man rose up to depart, he and his concubine, and his young man; but his father-in-law the father of the damsel said to him, Behold now, the day has declined toward evening; lodge here, an let thy heart rejoice; and ye shall rise early to-morrow for your journey, and thou shalt go to thy habitation.
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10| But the man would not lodge there, but he arose and departed, and came to the part opposite Jebus, (this is Jerusalem,) and <i>there was</i> with him a pair of asses saddled, and his concubine <i>was</i> with him.
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11| And they came as far as Jebus: and the day had far advanced, and the young man said to his master, Come, I pray thee, and let us turn aside to this city of the Jebusites, and let us lodge in it.
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12| And his master said to him, We will not turn aside to a strange city, where there is not one of the children of Israel, but we will pass on as far as Gabaa.
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13| And he said to his young man, Come, and let us draw nigh to one of the places, and we will lodge in Gabaa or in Rama.
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14| And they passed by and went on, and the sun went down upon them near to Gabaa, which is in Benjamin.
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15| And they turned aside thence to go in to lodge in Gabaa; and they went in, and sat down in the street of the city, and there was no one who conducted them into a house to lodge.
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16| And behold, an old man came out of the field from his work in the evening; and the man was of mount Ephraim, and he sojourned in Gabaa, and the men of the place <i>were</i> sons of Benjamin.
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17| And he lifted up his eyes, and saw a traveller in the street of the city; and the old man said to him, Whither goest thou, and whence comest thou?
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18| And he said to him, We are passing by from Bethleem Juda to the sides of mount Ephraim: I am from thence, and I went as far as Bethleem Juda, and I am going home, and there is no man to take me into his house.
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19| Yet is there straw and food for our asses, and bread and wine for me and my handmaid and the young man with thy servants; there is no want of anything.
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20| And the old man said, Peace <i>be</i> to thee; only be every want of thine upon me, only do thou by no means lodge in the street.
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21| And he brought him into his house, and made room for his asses; and they washed their feet, and ate and drank.
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22| And they <i>were</i> comforting their heart, when, behold, the men of the city, sons of transgressors, compassed the house, knocking at the door: and they spoke to the old man the owner of the house, saying, Bring out the man who came into thy house, that we may know him.
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23| And the master of the house came out to them, and said, Nay, brethren, do not ye wrong, I pray you, after this man has come into my house; do not ye this folly.
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24| Behold my daughter a virgin, and the man’s concubine: I will bring them out, and humble ye them, and do to them that which is good in your eyes; but to this man do not this folly.
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25| But the men would not consent to hearken to him; so the man laid hold of his concubine, and brought her out to them; and they knew her, and abused her all night till the morning, and let her go when the morning dawned.
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26| And the woman came toward morning, and fell down at the door of the house where her husband was, until it was light.
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27| And her husband rose up in the morning, and opened the doors of the house, and went forth to go on his journey; and, behold, the woman his concubine had fallen down by the doors of the house, and her hands were on the threshold.
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28| And he said to her, Rise, and let us go; and she answered not, for she was dead: and he took her upon his ass, and went to his place.
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29| And he took his sword, and laid hold of his concubine, and divided her into twelve parts, and sent them to every coast of Israel.
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30| And it was so, that every one who saw it said, <i>Such a day</i> as this has not happened nor has been seen from the day of the going up of the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt until this day: take ye counsel concerning it, and speak.
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#20
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1| And all the children of Israel went out, and all the congregation was gathered as one man, from Dan even to Bersabee, and in the land of Galaad, to the Lord at Massepha.
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2| And all the tribes of Israel stood before the Lord in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen that drew sword.
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3| And the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel were gone up to Massepha: and the children of Israel came and said, Tell us, where did this wickedness take place?
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4| And the Levite, the husband of the woman that was slain, answered and said, I and my concubine went to Gabaa of Benjamin to lodge.
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5| And the men of Gabaa rose up against me, and compassed the house by night against me; they wished to slay me, and they have humbled my concubine, and she is dead.
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6| And I laid hold of my concubine, and divided her in pieces, and sent <i>the parts</i> into every coast of the inheritance of the children of Israel; for they have wrought lewdness and abomination in Israel.
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7| Behold, all ye <i>are</i> children of Israel; and consider and take counsel here among yourselves.
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8| And all the people rose up as one man, saying, No one of us shall return to his tent, and no one of us shall return to his house.
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9| And now this <i>is</i> the thing which shall be done in Gabaa; we will go up against it by lot.
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10| Moreover we will take ten men for a hundred for all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred for a thousand, and a thousand for ten thousand, to take provision, to cause them to come to Gabaa of Benjamin, to do to it according to all the abomination, which they wrought in Israel.
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11| And all the men of Israel were gathered to the city as one man.
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12| And the tribes of Israel sent men through the whole tribe of Benjamin, saying, What <i>is</i> this wickedness that has been wrought among you?
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13| Now then give up the men the sons of transgressors that are in Gabaa, and we will put them to death, and purge out wickedness from Israel: but the children of Benjamin consented not to hearken to the voice of their brethren the children of Israel.
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14| And the children of Benjamin were gathered from their cities to Gabaa, to go forth to fight with the children of Israel.
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||||
15| And the children of Benjamin from their cities were numbered in that day, twenty-three thousand, <i>every</i> man drawing a sword, besides the inhabitants of Gabaa, who were numbered seven hundred chosen men of all the people, able to use both hands alike;
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16| All these could sling with stones at a hair, and not miss.
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17| And the men of Israel, exclusive of Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword; all these <i>were</i> men of war.
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18| And they arose and went up to Baethel, and enquired of God: and the children of Israel said, Who shall go up for us first to fight with the children of Benjamin? And the Lord said, Juda shall go up first as leader.
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19| And the children of Israel rose up in the morning, and encamped against Gabaa.
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20| And they went out, all the men of Israel, to fight with Benjamin, and engaged with them at Gabaa.
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||||
21| And the sons of Benjamin went forth from Gabaa, and they destroyed in Israel on that day two and twenty thousand men down to the ground.
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22| And the men of Israel strengthened themselves, and again engaged in battle in the place where they had engaged on the first day.
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23| And the children of Israel went up, and wept before the Lord till evening, and enquired of the Lord, saying, Shall we again draw nigh to battle with our brethren the children of Benjamin? and the Lord said, Go up against them.
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24| And the children of Israel advanced against the children of Benjamin on the second day.
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||||
25| And the children of Benjamin went forth to meet them from Gabaa on the second day, and destroyed of the children of Israel yet further eighteen thousand men down to the ground: all these drew sword.
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||||
26| And the children of Israel and all the people went up, and came to Baethel; and they wept, and sat there before the Lord; and they fasted on that day until evening, and offered whole-burnt-offerings and perfect sacrifices, before the Lord,
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27| for the ark of the Lord God <i>was</i> there in those days,
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28| and Phinees the son of Eleazar the son of Aaron stood before it in those days; and the children of Israel enquired of the Lord, saying, Shall we yet again go forth to fight with our brethren the sons of Benjamin? and the Lord said, Go up, to-morrow I will give them into your hands.
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29| And the children of Israel set an ambush against Gabaa round about <i>it</i>.
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||||
30| And the children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on the third day, and arrayed themselves against Gabaa as before.
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||||
31| And the children of Benjamin went out to meet the people, and were all drawn out of the city, and began to smite and slay the people as before in the roads, whereof one goes up to Baethel, and one to Gabaa in the field, about thirty men of Israel.
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32| And the children of Benjamin said, They fall before us as at the first: but the children of Israel said, Let us flee, and draw them out from the city into the roads; and they did so.
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33| And all the men rose up out of their places, and engaged in Baal Thamar; and the liers in wait of Israel advanced from their place from Maraagabe.
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34| And there came over against Gabaa ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel; and the fight <i>was</i> severe; and they knew not that evil was coming upon them.
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||||
35| And the Lord smote Benjamin before the children of Israel; and the children of Israel destroyed of Benjamin in that day a hundred and twenty-five thousand men: all these drew sword.
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36| And the children of Benjamin saw that they were smitten; and the men of Israel gave place to Benjamin, because they trusted in the ambuscade which they had prepared against Gabaa.
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37| And when they retreated, then the liers in wait rose up, and they moved toward Gabaa, and the whole ambush came forth, and they smote the city with the edge of the sword.
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38| And the children of Israel had a signal of battle with the liers in wait, that they should send up a signal of smoke from the city.
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39| And the children of Israel saw that the liers in wait had seized Gabaa, and they stood in line of battle; and Benjamin began to smite down wounded ones among the men of Israel about thirty men; for they said, Surely they fall again before us, as in the first battle.
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40| And the signal went up increasingly over the city as a pillar of smoke; and Benjamin looked behind him, and behold the destruction of the city went up to heaven.
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41| And the men of Israel turned back, and the men of Benjamin hasted, because they saw that evil had come upon them.
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||||
42| And they turned to the way of the wilderness from before the children of Israel, and fled: but the battle overtook them, and they from the cities destroyed them in the midst of them.
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43| And they cut down Benjamin, and pursued him from Nua closely till they came opposite Gabaa on the east.
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44| And there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men: all these <i>were</i> men of might.
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45| And the rest turned, and fled to the wilderness to the rock of Remmon; and the children of Israel picked off of them five thousand men; and the children of Israel went down after them as far as Gedan, and they smote of them two thousand men.
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46| And all that fell of Benjamin were twenty-five thousand men that drew sword in that day: all these were men of might.
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||||
47| And the rest turned, and fled to the wilderness to the rock of Remmon, even <i>six</i> hundred men; and they sojourned four months in the rock of Remmon.
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48| And the children of Israel returned to the children of Benjamin, and smote them with the edge of the sword from the city of Methla, even to the cattle, and every thing that was found in all the cities: and they burnt with fire the cities they found.
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#21
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1| Now the children of Israel swore in Massephath, saying, No man of us shall give his daughter to Benjamin for a wife.
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||||
2| And the people came to Baethel, and sat there until evening before God: and they lifted up their voice and wept with a great weeping;
|
||||
3| and said, Wherefore, O Lord God of Israel, has this come to pass, that to-day one tribe should be counted <i>as missing</i> from Israel?
|
||||
4| And it came to pass on the morrow that the people rose up early, and built there an altar, and offered up whole-burnt-offerings and peace offerings.
|
||||
5| And the children of Israel said, Who of all the tribes of Israel, went not up in the congregation to the Lord? for there was a great oath concerning those who went not up to the Lord to Massephath, saying, He shall surely be put to death.
|
||||
6| And the children of Israel relented toward Benjamin their brother, and said, To-day one tribe is cut off from Israel.
|
||||
7| What shall we do for wives for the rest that remain? whereas we have sworn by the Lord, not to give them of our daughters for wives.
|
||||
8| And they said, What one <i>man is there</i> of the tribes of Israel, who went not up to the Lord to Massephath? and, behold, no man came to the camp from Jabis Galaad to the assembly.
|
||||
9| And the people were numbered, and there was not there a man from the inhabitants of Jabis Galaad.
|
||||
10| And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the strongest, and they charged them, saying, Go ye and smite the inhabitants of Jabis Galaad with the edge of the sword.
|
||||
11| And this shall ye do: every male and every woman that has known the lying with man ye shall devote <i>to destruction</i>, but the virgins ye shall save alive: and they did so.
|
||||
12| And they found among the inhabitants of Jabis Galaad four hundred young virgins, who had not known man by lying with him; and they brought them to Selom in the land of Chanaan.
|
||||
13| And all the congregation sent and spoke to the children of Benjamin in the rock Remmon, and invited them to <i>make</i> peace.
|
||||
14| And Benjamin returned to the children of Israel at that time, and the children of Israel gave them the women whom they <i>had</i> save alive of the daughters of Jabis Galaad; and they were content.
|
||||
15| And the people relented for Benjamin, because the Lord had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.
|
||||
16| And the elders of the congregation said, What shall we do for wives for them that remain? for the women have been destroyed out of Benjamin.
|
||||
17| And they said, <i>There must be</i> an inheritance of them that are escaped of Benjamin; and <i>so</i> a tribe shall not be destroyed out of Israel.
|
||||
18| For we shall not be able to give them wives of our daughters, because we swore among the children of Israel, saying, Cursed <i>is</i> he that gives a wife to Benjamin.
|
||||
19| And they said, Lo! now <i>there is</i> a feast of the Lord from year to year in Selom, which is on the north of Baethel, eastward on the way that goes up from Baethel to Sychem, and from the south of Lebona.
|
||||
20| And they charged the children of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards;
|
||||
21| and ye shall see; and lo! if there come out the daughters of the inhabitants of Selom to dance in dances, then shall ye go out of the vineyards and seize for yourselves every man a wife of the daughters of Selom, and go ye into the land of Benjamin.
|
||||
22| And it shall come to pass, when their fathers or their brethren come to dispute with us, that we will say to them, Grant them freely to us, for we have not taken every man his wife in the battle: because ye did not give to them according to the occasion, ye transgressed.
|
||||
23| And the children of Benjamin did so; and they took wives according to their number from the dancers whom they seized: and they went and returned to their inheritance, and built the cities, and dwelt in them.
|
||||
24| And the children of Israel went thence at that time every man to his tribe and his kindred; and they went thence every man to his inheritance.
|
||||
|
||||
25| And in those days there was no king in Israel; every man did that which was right in his own sight.
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#1
|
||||
1| In the twelfth year of the reign of Nabuchodonosor, who reigned in Nineve, the great city; in the days of Arphaxad, which reigned over the Medes in Ecbatane,
|
||||
2| And built in Ecbatane walls round about of stones hewn three cubits broad and six cubits long, and made the height of the wall seventy cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits:
|
||||
3| And set the towers thereof upon the gates of it an hundred cubits high, and the breadth thereof in the foundation threescore cubits:
|
||||
4| And he made the gates thereof, even gates that were raised to the height of seventy cubits, and the breadth of them was forty cubits, for the going forth of his mighty armies, and for the setting in array of his footmen:
|
||||
5| Even in those days king Nabuchodonosor made war with king Arphaxad in the great plain, which is the plain in the borders of Ragau.
|
||||
6| And there came unto him all they that dwelt in the hill country, and all that dwelt by Euphrates, and Tigris and Hydaspes, and the plain of Arioch the king of the Elymeans, and very many nations of the sons of Chelod, assembled themselves to the battle.
|
||||
7| Then Nabuchodonosor king of the Assyrians sent unto all that dwelt in Persia, and to all that dwelt westward, and to those that dwelt in Cilicia, and Damascus, and Libanus, and Antilibanus, and to all that dwelt upon the sea coast,
|
||||
8| And to those among the nations that were of Carmel, and Galaad, and the higher Galilee, and the great plain of Esdrelom,
|
||||
9| And to all that were in Samaria and the cities thereof, and beyond Jordan unto Jerusalem, and Betane, and Chelus, and Kades, and the river of Egypt, and Taphnes, and Ramesse, and all the land of Gesem,
|
||||
10| Until ye come beyond Tanis and Memphis, and to all the inhabitants of Egypt, until ye come to the borders of Ethiopia.
|
||||
11| But all the inhabitants of the land made light of the commandment of Nabuchodonosor king of the Assyrians, neither went they with him to the battle; for they were not afraid of him: yea, he was before them as one man, and they sent away his ambassadors from them without effect, and with disgrace.
|
||||
12| Therefore Nabuchodonosor was very angry with all this country, and sware by his throne and kingdom, that he would surely be avenged upon all those coasts of Cilicia, and Damascus, and Syria, and that he would slay with the sword all the inhabitants of the land of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and all Judea, and all that were in Egypt, till ye come to the borders of the two seas.
|
||||
13| Then he marched in battle array with his power against king Arphaxad in the seventeenth year, and he prevailed in his battle: for he overthrew all the power of Arphaxad, and all his horsemen, and all his chariots,
|
||||
14| And became lord of his cities, and came unto Ecbatane, and took the towers, and spoiled the streets thereof, and turned the beauty thereof into shame.
|
||||
15| He took also Arphaxad in the mountains of Ragau, and smote him through with his darts, and destroyed him utterly that day.
|
||||
16| So he returned afterward to Nineve, both he and all his company of sundry nations being a very great multitude of men of war, and there he took his ease, and banqueted, both he and his army, an hundred and twenty days.
|
||||
|
||||
#2
|
||||
1| And in the eighteenth year, the two and twentieth day of the first month, there was talk in the house of Nabuchodonosor king of the Assyrians that he should, as he said, avenge himself on all the earth.
|
||||
2| So he called unto him all his officers, and all his nobles, and communicated with them his secret counsel, and concluded the afflicting of the whole earth out of his own mouth.
|
||||
3| Then they decreed to destroy all flesh, that did not obey the commandment of his mouth.
|
||||
4| And when he had ended his counsel, Nabuchodonosor king of the Assyrians called Holofernes the chief captain of his army, which was next unto him, and said unto him.
|
||||
5| Thus saith the great king, the lord of the whole earth, Behold, thou shalt go forth from my presence, and take with thee men that trust in their own strength, of footmen an hundred and twenty thousand; and the number of horses with their riders twelve thousand.
|
||||
6| And thou shalt go against all the west country, because they disobeyed my commandment.
|
||||
7| And thou shalt declare unto that they prepare for me earth and water: for I will go forth in my wrath against them and will cover the whole face of the earth with the feet of mine army, and I will give them for a spoil unto them:
|
||||
8| So that their slain shall fill their valleys and brooks and the river shall be filled with their dead, till it overflow:
|
||||
9| And I will lead them captives to the utmost parts of all the earth.
|
||||
10| Thou therefore shalt go forth. and take beforehand for me all their coasts: and if they will yield themselves unto thee, thou shalt reserve them for me till the day of their punishment.
|
||||
11| But concerning them that rebel, let not thine eye spare them; but put them to the slaughter, and spoil them wheresoever thou goest.
|
||||
12| For as I live, and by the power of my kingdom, whatsoever I have spoken, that will I do by mine hand.
|
||||
13| And take thou heed that thou transgress none of the commandments of thy lord, but accomplish them fully, as I have commanded thee, and defer not to do them.
|
||||
14| Then Holofernes went forth from the presence of his lord, and called all the governors and captains, and the officers of the army of Assur;
|
||||
15| And he mustered the chosen men for the battle, as his lord had commanded him, unto an hundred and twenty thousand, and twelve thousand archers on horseback;
|
||||
16| And he ranged them, as a great army is ordered for the war.
|
||||
17| And he took camels and asses for their carriages, a very great number; and sheep and oxen and goats without number for their provision:
|
||||
18| And plenty of victual for every man of the army, and very much gold and silver out of the king’s house.
|
||||
19| Then he went forth and all his power to go before king Nabuchodonosor in the voyage, and to cover all the face of the earth westward with their chariots, and horsemen, and their chosen footmen.
|
||||
20| A great number also sundry countries came with them like locusts, and like the sand of the earth: for the multitude was without number.
|
||||
21| And they went forth of Nineve three days’ journey toward the plain of Bectileth, and pitched from Bectileth near the mountain which is at the left hand of the upper Cilicia.
|
||||
22| Then he took all his army, his footmen, and horsemen and chariots, and went from thence into the hill country;
|
||||
23| And destroyed Phud and Lud, and spoiled all the children of Rasses, and the children of Israel, which were toward the wilderness at the south of the land of the Chellians.
|
||||
24| Then he went over Euphrates, and went through Mesopotamia, and destroyed all the high cities that were upon the river Arbonai, till ye come to the sea.
|
||||
25| And he took the borders of Cilicia, and killed all that resisted him, and came to the borders of Japheth, which were toward the south, over against Arabia.
|
||||
26| He compassed also all the children of Madian, and burned up their tabernacles, and spoiled their sheepcotes.
|
||||
27| Then he went down into the plain of Damascus in the time of wheat harvest, and burnt up all their fields, and destroyed their flocks and herds, also he spoiled their cities, and utterly wasted their countries, and smote all their young men with the edge of the sword.
|
||||
28| Therefore the fear and dread of him fell upon all the inhabitants of the sea coasts, which were in Sidon and Tyrus, and them that dwelt in Sur and Ocina, and all that dwelt in Jemnaan; and they that dwelt in Azotus and Ascalon feared him greatly.
|
||||
|
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#3
|
||||
1| So they sent ambassadors unto him to treat of peace, saying,
|
||||
2| Behold, we the servants of Nabuchodonosor the great king lie before thee; use us as shall be good in thy sight.
|
||||
3| Behold, our houses, and all our places, and all our fields of wheat, and flocks, and herds, and all the lodges of our tents lie before thy face; use them as it pleaseth thee.
|
||||
4| Behold, even our cities and the inhabitants thereof are thy servants; come and deal with them as seemeth good unto thee.
|
||||
5| So the men came to Holofernes, and declared unto him after this manner.
|
||||
6| Then came he down toward the sea coast, both he and his army, and set garrisons in the high cities, and took out of them chosen men for aid.
|
||||
7| So they and all the country round about received them with garlands, with dances, and with timbrels.
|
||||
8| Yet he did cast down their frontiers, and cut down their groves: for he had decreed to destroy all the gods of the land, that all nations should worship Nabuchodonosor only, and that all tongues and tribes should call upon him as god.
|
||||
9| Also he came over against Esdraelon near unto Judea, over against the great strait of Judea.
|
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10| And he pitched between Geba and Scythopolis, and there he tarried a whole month, that he might gather together all the carriages of his army.
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#4
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1| Now the children of Israel, that dwelt in Judea, heard all that Holofernes the chief captain of Nabuchodonosor king of the Assyrians had done to the nations, and after what manner he had spoiled all their temples, and brought them to nought.
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2| Therefore they were exceedingly afraid of him, and were troubled for Jerusalem, and for the temple of the Lord their God:
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3| For they were newly returned from the captivity, and all the people of Judea were lately gathered together: and the vessels, and the altar, and the house, were sanctified after the profanation.
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4| Therefore they sent into all the coasts of Samaria, and the villages and to Bethoron, and Belmen, and Jericho, and to Choba, and Esora, and to the valley of Salem:
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5| And possessed themselves beforehand of all the tops of the high mountains, and fortified the villages that were in them, and laid up victuals for the provision of war: for their fields were of late reaped.
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6| Also Joacim the high priest, which was in those days in Jerusalem, wrote to them that dwelt in Bethulia, and Betomestham, which is over against Esdraelon toward the open country, near to Dothaim,
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7| Charging them to keep the passages of the hill country: for by them there was an entrance into Judea, and it was easy to stop them that would come up, because the passage was straight, for two men at the most.
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8| And the children of Israel did as Joacim the high priest had commanded them, with the ancients of all the people of Israel, which dwelt at Jerusalem.
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9| Then every man of Israel cried to God with great fervency, and with great vehemency did they humble their souls:
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10| Both they, and their wives and their children, and their cattle, and every stranger and hireling, and their servants bought with money, put sackcloth upon their loins.
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11| Thus every man and women, and the little children, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, fell before the temple, and cast ashes upon their heads, and spread out their sackcloth before the face of the Lord: also they put sackcloth about the altar,
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12| And cried to the God of Israel all with one consent earnestly, that he would not give their children for a prey, and their wives for a spoil, and the cities of their inheritance to destruction, and the sanctuary to profanation and reproach, and for the nations to rejoice at.
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13| So God heard their prayers, and looked upon their afflictions: for the people fasted many days in all Judea and Jerusalem before the sanctuary of the Lord Almighty.
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14| And Joacim the high priest, and all the priests that stood before the Lord, and they which ministered unto the Lord, had their loins girt with sackcloth, and offered the daily burnt offerings, with the vows and free gifts of the people,
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15| And had ashes on their mitres, and cried unto the Lord with all their power, that he would look upon all the house of Israel graciously.
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#5
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1| Then was it declared to Holofernes, the chief captain of the army of Assur, that the children of Israel had prepared for war, and had shut up the passages of the hill country, and had fortified all the tops of the high hills and had laid impediments in the champaign countries:
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2| Wherewith he was very angry, and called all the princes of Moab, and the captains of Ammon, and all the governors of the sea coast,
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3| And he said unto them, Tell me now, ye sons of Chanaan, who this people is, that dwelleth in the hill country, and what are the cities that they inhabit, and what is the multitude of their army, and wherein is their power and strength, and what king is set over them, or captain of their army;
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4| And why have they determined not to come and meet me, more than all the inhabitants of the west.
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5| Then said Achior, the captain of all the sons of Ammon, Let my lord now hear a word from the mouth of thy servant, and I will declare unto thee the truth concerning this people, which dwelleth near thee, and inhabiteth the hill countries: and there shall no lie come out of the mouth of thy servant.
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6| This people are descended of the Chaldeans:
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7| And they sojourned heretofore in Mesopotamia, because they would not follow the gods of their fathers, which were in the land of Chaldea.
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8| For they left the way of their ancestors, and worshipped the God of heaven, the God whom they knew: so they cast them out from the face of their gods, and they fled into Mesopotamia, and sojourned there many days.
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9| Then their God commanded them to depart from the place where they sojourned, and to go into the land of Chanaan: where they dwelt, and were increased with gold and silver, and with very much cattle.
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10| But when a famine covered all the land of Chanaan, they went down into Egypt, and sojourned there, while they were nourished, and became there a great multitude, so that one could not number their nation.
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11| Therefore the king of Egypt rose up against them, and dealt subtilly with them, and brought them low with labouring in brick, and made them slaves.
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12| Then they cried unto their God, and he smote all the land of Egypt with incurable plagues: so the Egyptians cast them out of their sight.
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13| And God dried the Red sea before them,
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14| And brought them to mount Sina, and Cades-Barne, and cast forth all that dwelt in the wilderness.
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15| So they dwelt in the land of the Amorites, and they destroyed by their strength all them of Esebon, and passing over Jordan they possessed all the hill country.
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16| And they cast forth before them the Chanaanite, the Pherezite, the Jebusite, and the Sychemite, and all the Gergesites, and they dwelt in that country many days.
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17| And whilst they sinned not before their God, they prospered, because the God that hateth iniquity was with them.
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18| But when they departed from the way which he appointed them, they were destroyed in many battles very sore, and were led captives into a land that was not their’s, and the temple of their God was cast to the ground, and their cities were taken by the enemies.
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19| But now are they returned to their God, and are come up from the places where they were scattered, and have possessed Jerusalem, where their sanctuary is, and are seated in the hill country; for it was desolate.
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20| Now therefore, my lord and governor, if there be any error against this people, and they sin against their God, let us consider that this shall be their ruin, and let us go up, and we shall overcome them.
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21| But if there be no iniquity in their nation, let my lord now pass by, lest their Lord defend them, and their God be for them, and we become a reproach before all the world.
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22| And when Achior had finished these sayings, all the people standing round about the tent murmured, and the chief men of Holofernes, and all that dwelt by the sea side, and in Moab, spake that he should kill him.
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23| For, say they, we will not be afraid of the face of the children of Israel: for, lo, it is a people that have no strength nor power for a strong battle
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24| Now therefore, lord Holofernes, we will go up, and they shall be a prey to be devoured of all thine army.
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#6
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1| And when the tumult of men that were about the council was ceased, Holofernes the chief captain of the army of Assur said unto Achior and all the Moabites before all the company of other nations,
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2| And who art thou, Achior, and the hirelings of Ephraim, that thou hast prophesied against us as to day, and hast said, that we should not make war with the people of Israel, because their God will defend them? and who is God but Nabuchodonosor?
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3| He will send his power, and will destroy them from the face of the earth, and their God shall not deliver them: but we his servants will destroy them as one man; for they are not able to sustain the power of our horses.
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4| For with them we will tread them under foot, and their mountains shall be drunken with their blood, and their fields shall be filled with their dead bodies, and their footsteps shall not be able to stand before us, for they shall utterly perish, saith king Nabuchodonosor, lord of all the earth: for he said, None of my words shall be in vain.
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5| And thou, Achior, an hireling of Ammon, which hast spoken these words in the day of thine iniquity, shalt see my face no more from this day, until I take vengeance of this nation that came out of Egypt.
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6| And then shall the sword of mine army, and the multitude of them that serve me, pass through thy sides, and thou shalt fall among their slain, when I return.
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7| Now therefore my servants shall bring thee back into the hill country, and shall set thee in one of the cities of the passages:
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8| And thou shalt not perish, till thou be destroyed with them.
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9| And if thou persuade thyself in thy mind that they shall be taken, let not thy countenance fall: I have spoken it, and none of my words shall be in vain.
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10| Then Holofernes commanded his servants, that waited in his tent, to take Achior, and bring him to Bethulia, and deliver him into the hands of the children of Israel.
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11| So his servants took him, and brought him out of the camp into the plain, and they went from the midst of the plain into the hill country, and came unto the fountains that were under Bethulia.
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12| And when the men of the city saw them, they took up their weapons, and went out of the city to the top of the hill: and every man that used a sling kept them from coming up by casting of stones against them.
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13| Nevertheless having gotten privily under the hill, they bound Achior, and cast him down, and left him at the foot of the hill, and returned to their lord.
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14| But the Israelites descended from their city, and came unto him, and loosed him, and brought him to Bethulia, and presented him to the governors of the city:
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15| Which were in those days Ozias the son of Micha, of the tribe of Simeon, and Chabris the son of Gothoniel, and Charmis the son of Melchiel.
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16| And they called together all the ancients of the city, and all their youth ran together, and their women, to the assembly, and they set Achior in the midst of all their people. Then Ozias asked him of that which was done.
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17| And he answered and declared unto them the words of the council of Holofernes, and all the words that he had spoken in the midst of the princes of Assur, and whatsoever Holofernes had spoken proudly against the house of Israel.
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18| Then the people fell down and worshipped God, and cried unto God. saying,
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19| O Lord God of heaven, behold their pride, and pity the low estate of our nation, and look upon the face of those that are sanctified unto thee this day.
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20| Then they comforted Achior, and praised him greatly.
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21| And Ozias took him out of the assembly unto his house, and made a feast to the elders; and they called on the God of Israel all that night for help.
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#7
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1| The next day Holofernes commanded all his army, and all his people which were come to take his part, that they should remove their camp against Bethulia, to take aforehand the ascents of the hill country, and to make war against the children of Israel.
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2| Then their strong men removed their camps in that day, and the army of the men of war was an hundred and seventy thousand footmen, and twelve thousand horsemen, beside the baggage, and other men that were afoot among them, a very great multitude.
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3| And they camped in the valley near unto Bethulia, by the fountain, and they spread themselves in breadth over Dothaim even to Belmaim, and in length from Bethulia unto Cynamon, which is over against Esdraelon.
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4| Now the children of Israel, when they saw the multitude of them, were greatly troubled, and said every one to his neighbour, Now will these men lick up the face of the earth; for neither the high mountains, nor the valleys, nor the hills, are able to bear their weight.
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5| Then every man took up his weapons of war, and when they had kindled fires upon their towers, they remained and watched all that night.
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6| But in the second day Holofernes brought forth all his horsemen in the sight of the children of Israel which were in Bethulia,
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7| And viewed the passages up to the city, and came to the fountains of their waters, and took them, and set garrisons of men of war over them, and he himself removed toward his people.
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8| Then came unto him all the chief of the children of Esau, and all the governors of the people of Moab, and the captains of the sea coast, and said,
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9| Let our lord now hear a word, that there be not an overthrow in thine army.
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||||
10| For this people of the children of Israel do not trust in their spears, but in the height of the mountains wherein they dwell, because it is not easy to come up to the tops of their mountains.
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11| Now therefore, my lord, fight not against them in battle array, and there shall not so much as one man of thy people perish.
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||||
12| Remain in thy camp, and keep all the men of thine army, and let thy servants get into their hands the fountain of water, which issueth forth of the foot of the mountain:
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13| For all the inhabitants of Bethulia have their water thence; so shall thirst kill them, and they shall give up their city, and we and our people shall go up to the tops of the mountains that are near, and will camp upon them, to watch that none go out of the city.
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14| So they and their wives and their children shall be consumed with fire, and before the sword come against them, they shall be overthrown in the streets where they dwell.
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||||
15| Thus shalt thou render them an evil reward; because they rebelled, and met not thy person peaceably.
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||||
16| And these words pleased Holofernes and all his servants, and he appointed to do as they had spoken.
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||||
17| So the camp of the children of Ammon departed, and with them five thousand of the Assyrians, and they pitched in the valley, and took the waters, and the fountains of the waters of the children of Israel.
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18| Then the children of Esau went up with the children of Ammon, and camped in the hill country over against Dothaim: and they sent some of them toward the south, and toward the east over against Ekrebel, which is near unto Chusi, that is upon the brook Mochmur; and the rest of the army of the Assyrians camped in the plain, and covered the face of the whole land; and their tents and carriages were pitched to a very great multitude.
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||||
19| Then the children of Israel cried unto the Lord their God, because their heart failed, for all their enemies had compassed them round about, and there was no way to escape out from among them.
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||||
20| Thus all the company of Assur remained about them, both their footmen, chariots, and horsemen, four and thirty days, so that all their vessels of water failed all the inhibitants of Bethulia.
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||||
21| And the cisterns were emptied, and they had not water to drink their fill for one day; for they gave them drink by measure.
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||||
22| Therefore their young children were out of heart, and their women and young men fainted for thirst, and fell down in the streets of the city, and by the passages of the gates, and there was no longer any strength in them.
|
||||
23| Then all the people assembled to Ozias, and to the chief of the city, both young men, and women, and children, and cried with a loud voice, and said before all the elders,
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||||
24| God be judge between us and you: for ye have done us great injury, in that ye have not required peace of the children of Assur.
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||||
25| For now we have no helper: but God hath sold us into their hands, that we should be thrown down before them with thirst and great destruction.
|
||||
26| Now therefore call them unto you, and deliver the whole city for a spoil to the people of Holofernes, and to all his army.
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||||
27| For it is better for us to be made a spoil unto them, than to die for thirst: for we will be his servants, that our souls may live, and not see the death of our infants before our eyes, nor our wives nor our children to die.
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||||
28| We take to witness against you the heaven and the earth, and our God and Lord of our fathers, which punisheth us according to our sins and the sins of our fathers, that he do not according as we have said this day.
|
||||
29| Then there was great weeping with one consent in the midst of the assembly; and they cried unto the Lord God with a loud voice.
|
||||
30| Then said Ozias to them, Brethren, be of good courage, let us yet endure five days, in the which space the Lord our God may turn his mercy toward us; for he will not forsake us utterly.
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||||
31| And if these days pass, and there come no help unto us, I will do according to your word.
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||||
32| And he dispersed the people, every one to their own charge; and they went unto the walls and towers of their city, and sent the women and children into their houses: and they were very low brought in the city.
|
||||
|
||||
#8
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||||
1| Now at that time Judith heard thereof, which was the daughter of Merari, the son of Ox, the son of Joseph, the son of Ozel, the son of Elcia, the son of Ananias, the son of Gedeon, the son of Raphaim, the son of Acitho, the son of Eliu, the son of Eliab, the son of Nathanael, the son of Samael, the son of Salasadal, the son of Israel.
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||||
2| And Manasses was her husband, of her tribe and kindred, who died in the barley harvest.
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||||
3| For as he stood overseeing them that bound sheaves in the field, the heat came upon his head, and he fell on his bed, and died in the city of Bethulia: and they buried him with his fathers in the field between Dothaim and Balamo.
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||||
4| So Judith was a widow in her house three years and four months.
|
||||
5| And she made her a tent upon the top of her house, and put on sackcloth upon her loins and ware her widow’s apparel.
|
||||
6| And she fasted all the days of her widowhood, save the eves of the sabbaths, and the sabbaths, and the eves of the new moons, and the new moons and the feasts and solemn days of the house of Israel.
|
||||
7| She was also of a goodly countenance, and very beautiful to behold: and her husband Manasses had left her gold, and silver, and menservants and maidservants, and cattle, and lands; and she remained upon them.
|
||||
8| And there was none that gave her an ill word; ar she feared God greatly.
|
||||
9| Now when she heard the evil words of the people against the governor, that they fainted for lack of water; for Judith had heard all the words that Ozias had spoken unto them, and that he had sworn to deliver the city unto the Assyrians after five days;
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||||
10| Then she sent her waitingwoman, that had the government of all things that she had, to call Ozias and Chabris and Charmis, the ancients of the city.
|
||||
11| And they came unto her, and she said unto them, Hear me now, O ye governors of the inhabitants of Bethulia: for your words that ye have spoken before the people this day are not right, touching this oath which ye made and pronounced between God and you, and have promised to deliver the city to our enemies, unless within these days the Lord turn to help you.
|
||||
12| And now who are ye that have tempted God this day, and stand instead of God among the children of men?
|
||||
13| And now try the Lord Almighty, but ye shall never know any thing.
|
||||
14| For ye cannot find the depth of the heart of man, neither can ye perceive the things that he thinketh: then how can ye search out God, that hath made all these things, and know his mind, or comprehend his purpose? Nay, my brethren, provoke not the Lord our God to anger.
|
||||
15| For if he will not help us within these five days, he hath power to defend us when he will, even every day, or to destroy us before our enemies.
|
||||
16| Do not bind the counsels of the Lord our God: for God is not as man, that he may be threatened; neither is he as the son of man, that he should be wavering.
|
||||
17| Therefore let us wait for salvation of him, and call upon him to help us, and he will hear our voice, if it please him.
|
||||
18| For there arose none in our age, neither is there any now in these days neither tribe, nor family, nor people, nor city among us, which worship gods made with hands, as hath been aforetime.
|
||||
19| For the which cause our fathers were given to the sword, and for a spoil, and had a great fall before our enemies.
|
||||
20| But we know none other god, therefore we trust that he will not dispise us, nor any of our nation.
|
||||
21| For if we be taken so, all Judea shall lie waste, and our sanctuary shall be spoiled; and he will require the profanation thereof at our mouth.
|
||||
22| And the slaughter of our brethren, and the captivity of the country, and the desolation of our inheritance, will he turn upon our heads among the Gentiles, wheresoever we shall be in bondage; and we shall be an offence and a reproach to all them that possess us.
|
||||
23| For our servitude shall not be directed to favour: but the Lord our God shall turn it to dishonour.
|
||||
24| Now therefore, O brethren, let us shew an example to our brethren, because their hearts depend upon us, and the sanctuary, and the house, and the altar, rest upon us.
|
||||
25| Moreover let us give thanks to the Lord our God, which trieth us, even as he did our fathers.
|
||||
26| Remember what things he did to Abraham, and how he tried Isaac, and what happened to Jacob in Mesopotamia of Syria, when he kept the sheep of Laban his mother’s brother.
|
||||
27| For he hath not tried us in the fire, as he did them, for the examination of their hearts, neither hath he taken vengeance on us: but the Lord doth scourge them that come near unto him, to admonish them.
|
||||
28| Then said Ozias to her, All that thou hast spoken hast thou spoken with a good heart, and there is none that may gainsay thy words.
|
||||
29| For this is not the first day wherein thy wisdom is manifested; but from the beginning of thy days all the people have known thy understanding, because the disposition of thine heart is good.
|
||||
30| But the people were very thirsty, and compelled us to do unto them as we have spoken, and to bring an oath upon ourselves, which we will not break.
|
||||
31| Therefore now pray thou for us, because thou art a godly woman, and the Lord will send us rain to fill our cisterns, and we shall faint no more.
|
||||
32| Then said Judith unto them, Hear me, and I will do a thing, which shall go throughout all generations to the children of our nation.
|
||||
33| Ye shall stand this night in the gate, and I will go forth with my waitingwoman: and within the days that ye have promised to deliver the city to our enemies the Lord will visit Israel by mine hand.
|
||||
34| But enquire not ye of mine act: for I will not declare it unto you, till the things be finished that I do.
|
||||
35| Then said Ozias and the princes unto her, Go in peace, and the Lord God be before thee, to take vengeance on our enemies.
|
||||
36| So they returned from the tent, and went to their wards.
|
||||
|
||||
#9
|
||||
1| Judith fell upon her face, and put ashes upon her head, and uncovered the sackcloth wherewith she was clothed; and about the time that the incense of that evening was offered in Jerusalem in the house of the Lord Judith cried with a loud voice, and said,
|
||||
2| O Lord God of my father Simeon, to whom thou gavest a sword to take vengeance of the strangers, who loosened the girdle of a maid to defile her, and discovered the thigh to her shame, and polluted her virginity to her reproach; for thou saidst, It shall not be so; and yet they did so:
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||||
3| Wherefore thou gavest their rulers to be slain, so that they dyed their bed in blood, being deceived, and smotest the servants with their lords, and the lords upon their thrones;
|
||||
4| And hast given their wives for a prey, and their daughters to be captives, and all their spoils to be divided among thy dear children; which were moved with thy zeal, and abhorred the pollution of their blood, and called upon thee for aid: O God, O my God, hear me also a widow.
|
||||
5| For thou hast wrought not only those things, but also the things which fell out before, and which ensued after; thou hast thought upon the things which are now, and which are to come.
|
||||
6| Yea, what things thou didst determine were ready at hand, and said, Lo, we are here: for all thy ways are prepared, and thy judgments are in thy foreknowledge.
|
||||
7| For, behold, the Assyrians are multiplied in their power; they are exalted with horse and man; they glory in the strength of their footmen; they trust in shield, and spear, and bow, and sling; and know not that thou art the Lord that breakest the battles: the Lord is thy name.
|
||||
8| Throw down their strength in thy power, and bring down their force in thy wrath: for they have purposed to defile thy sanctuary, and to pollute the tabernacle where thy glorious name resteth and to cast down with sword the horn of thy altar.
|
||||
9| Behold their pride, and send thy wrath upon their heads: give into mine hand, which am a widow, the power that I have conceived.
|
||||
10| Smite by the deceit of my lips the servant with the prince, and the prince with the servant: break down their stateliness by the hand of a woman.
|
||||
11| For thy power standeth not in multitude nor thy might in strong men: for thou art a God of the afflicted, an helper of the oppressed, an upholder of the weak, a protector of the forlorn, a saviour of them that are without hope.
|
||||
12| I pray thee, I pray thee, O God of my father, and God of the inheritance of Israel, Lord of the heavens and earth, Creator of the waters, king of every creature, hear thou my prayer:
|
||||
13| And make my speech and deceit to be their wound and stripe, who have purposed cruel things against thy covenant, and thy hallowed house, and against the top of Sion, and against the house of the possession of thy children.
|
||||
14| And make every nation and tribe to acknowledge that thou art the God of all power and might, and that there is none other that protecteth the people of Israel but thou. 0
|
||||
|
||||
#10
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||||
1| Now after that she had ceased to cry unto the God of Israel, and bad made an end of all these words.
|
||||
2| She rose where she had fallen down, and called her maid, and went down into the house in the which she abode in the sabbath days, and in her feast days,
|
||||
3| And pulled off the sackcloth which she had on, and put off the garments of her widowhood, and washed her body all over with water, and anointed herself with precious ointment, and braided the hair of her head, and put on a tire upon it, and put on her garments of gladness, wherewith she was clad during the life of Manasses her husband.
|
||||
4| And she took sandals upon her feet, and put about her her bracelets, and her chains, and her rings, and her earrings, and all her ornaments, and decked herself bravely, to allure the eyes of all men that should see her.
|
||||
5| Then she gave her maid a bottle of wine, and a cruse of oil, and filled a bag with parched corn, and lumps of figs, and with fine bread; so she folded all these things together, and laid them upon her.
|
||||
6| Thus they went forth to the gate of the city of Bethulia, and found standing there Ozias and the ancients of the city, Chabris and Charmis.
|
||||
7| And when they saw her, that her countenance was altered, and her apparel was changed, they wondered at her beauty very greatly, and said unto her.
|
||||
8| The God, the God of our fathers give thee favour, and accomplish thine enterprizes to the glory of the children of Israel, and to the exaltation of Jerusalem. Then they worshipped God.
|
||||
9| And she said unto them, Command the gates of the city to be opened unto me, that I may go forth to accomplish the things whereof ye have spoken with me. So they commanded the young men to open unto her, as she had spoken.
|
||||
10| And when they had done so, Judith went out, she, and her maid with her; and the men of the city looked after her, until she was gone down the mountain, and till she had passed the valley, and could see her no more.
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11| Thus they went straight forth in the valley: and the first watch of the Assyrians met her,
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12| And took her, and asked her, Of what people art thou? and whence comest thou? and whither goest thou? And she said, I am a woman of the Hebrews, and am fled from them: for they shall be given you to be consumed:
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13| And I am coming before Holofernes the chief captain of your army, to declare words of truth; and I will shew him a way, whereby he shall go, and win all the hill country, without losing the body or life of any one of his men.
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14| Now when the men heard her words, and beheld her countenance, they wondered greatly at her beauty, and said unto her,
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15| Thou hast saved thy life, in that thou hast hasted to come down to the presence of our lord: now therefore come to his tent, and some of us shall conduct thee, until they have delivered thee to his hands.
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16| And when thou standest before him, be not afraid in thine heart, but shew unto him according to thy word; and he will entreat thee well.
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17| Then they chose out of them an hundred men to accompany her and her maid; and they brought her to the tent of Holofernes.
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18| Then was there a concourse throughout all the camp: for her coming was noised among the tents, and they came about her, as she stood without the tent of Holofernes, till they told him of her.
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19| And they wondered at her beauty, and admired the children of Israel because of her, and every one said to his neighbour, Who would despise this people, that have among them such women? surely it is not good that one man of them be left who being let go might deceive the whole earth.
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20| And they that lay near Holofernes went out, and all his servants and they brought her into the tent.
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21| Now Holofernes rested upon his bed under a canopy, which was woven with purple, and gold, and emeralds, and precious stones.
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22| So they shewed him of her; and he came out before his tent with silver lamps going before him.
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23| And when Judith was come before him and his servants they all marvelled at the beauty of her countenance; and she fell down upon her face, and did reverence unto him: and his servants took her up. 1
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#11
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1| Then said Holofernes unto her, Woman, be of good comfort, fear not in thine heart: for I never hurt any that was willing to serve Nabuchodonosor, the king of all the earth.
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2| Now therefore, if thy people that dwelleth in the mountains had not set light by me, I would not have lifted up my spear against them: but they have done these things to themselves.
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3| But now tell me wherefore thou art fled from them, and art come unto us: for thou art come for safeguard; be of good comfort, thou shalt live this night, and hereafter:
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4| For none shall hurt thee, but entreat thee well, as they do the servants of king Nabuchodonosor my lord.
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5| Then Judith said unto him, Receive the words of thy servant, and suffer thine handmaid to speak in thy presence, and I will declare no lie to my lord this night.
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6| And if thou wilt follow the words of thine handmaid, God will bring the thing perfectly to pass by thee; and my lord shall not fail of his purposes.
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7| As Nabuchodonosor king of all the earth liveth, and as his power liveth, who hath sent thee for the upholding of every living thing: for not only men shall serve him by thee, but also the beasts of the field, and the cattle, and the fowls of the air, shall live by thy power under Nabuchodonosor and all his house.
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8| For we have heard of thy wisdom and thy policies, and it is reported in all the earth, that thou only art excellent in all the kingdom, and mighty in knowledge, and wonderful in feats of war.
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9| Now as concerning the matter, which Achior did speak in thy council, we have heard his words; for the men of Bethulia saved him, and he declared unto them all that he had spoken unto thee.
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10| Therefore, O lord and governor, reject not his word; but lay it up in thine heart, for it is true: for our nation shall not be punished, neither can sword prevail against them, except they sin against their God.
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11| And now, that my lord be not defeated and frustrate of his purpose, even death is now fallen upon them, and their sin hath overtaken them, wherewith they will provoke their God to anger whensoever they shall do that which is not fit to be done:
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12| For their victuals fail them, and all their water is scant, and they have determined to lay hands upon their cattle, and purposed to consume all those things, that God hath forbidden them to eat by his laws:
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13| And are resolved to spend the firstfruits of the the tenths of wine and oil, which they had sanctified, and reserved for the priests that serve in Jerusalem before the face of our God; the which things it is not lawful for any of the people so much as to touch with their hands.
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14| For they have sent some to Jerusalem, because they also that dwell there have done the like, to bring them a licence from the senate.
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15| Now when they shall bring them word, they will forthwith do it, and they shall be given to thee to be destroyed the same day.
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16| Wherefore I thine handmaid, knowing all this, am fled from their presence; and God hath sent me to work things with thee, whereat all the earth shall be astonished, and whosoever shall hear it.
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17| For thy servant is religious, and serveth the God of heaven day and night: now therefore, my lord, I will remain with thee, and thy servant will go out by night into the valley, and I will pray unto God, and he will tell me when they have committed their sins:
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18| And I will come and shew it unto thee: then thou shalt go forth with all thine army, and there shall be none of them that shall resist thee.
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19| And I will lead thee through the midst of Judea, until thou come before Jerusalem; and I will set thy throne in the midst thereof; and thou shalt drive them as sheep that have no shepherd, and a dog shall not so much as open his mouth at thee: for these things were told me according to my foreknowledge, and they were declared unto me, and I am sent to tell thee.
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20| Then her words pleased Holofernes and all his servants; and they marvelled at her wisdom, and said,
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21| There is not such a woman from one end of the earth to the other, both for beauty of face, and wisdom of words.
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22| Likewise Holofernes said unto her. God hath done well to send thee before the people, that strength might be in our hands and destruction upon them that lightly regard my lord.
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23| And now thou art both beautiful in thy countenance, and witty in thy words: surely if thou do as thou hast spoken thy God shall be my God, and thou shalt dwell in the house of king Nabuchodonosor, and shalt be renowned through the whole earth. 2
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#12
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1| Then he commanded to bring her in where his plate was set; and bade that they should prepare for her of his own meats, and that she should drink of his own wine.
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2| And Judith said, I will not eat thereof, lest there be an offence: but provision shall be made for me of the things that I have brought.
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3| Then Holofernes said unto her, If thy provision should fail, how should we give thee the like? for there be none with us of thy nation.
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4| Then said Judith unto him As thy soul liveth, my lord, thine handmaid shall not spend those things that I have, before the Lord work by mine hand the things that he hath determined.
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5| Then the servants of Holofernes brought her into the tent, and she slept till midnight, and she arose when it was toward the morning watch,
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6| And sent to Holofernes, saving, Let my lord now command that thine handmaid may go forth unto prayer.
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7| Then Holofernes commanded his guard that they should not stay her: thus she abode in the camp three days, and went out in the night into the valley of Bethulia, and washed herself in a fountain of water by the camp.
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8| And when she came out, she besought the Lord God of Israel to direct her way to the raising up of the children of her people.
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9| So she came in clean, and remained in the tent, until she did eat her meat at evening.
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10| And in the fourth day Holofernes made a feast to his own servants only, and called none of the officers to the banquet.
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11| Then said he to Bagoas the eunuch, who had charge over all that he had, Go now, and persuade this Hebrew woman which is with thee, that she come unto us, and eat and drink with us.
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12| For, lo, it will be a shame for our person, if we shall let such a woman go, not having had her company; for if we draw her not unto us, she will laugh us to scorn.
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13| Then went Bagoas from the presence of Holofernes, and came to her, and he said, Let not this fair damsel fear to come to my lord, and to be honoured in his presence, and drink wine, and be merry with us and be made this day as one of the daughters of the Assyrians, which serve in the house of Nabuchodonosor.
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14| Then said Judith unto him, Who am I now, that I should gainsay my lord? surely whatsoever pleaseth him I will do speedily, and it shall be my joy unto the day of my death.
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15| So she arose, and decked herself with her apparel and all her woman’s attire, and her maid went and laid soft skins on the ground for her over against Holofernes, which she had received of Bagoas for her daily use, that she might sit and eat upon them.
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16| Now when Judith came in and sat down, Holofernes his heart was ravished with her, and his mind was moved, and he desired greatly her company; for he waited a time to deceive her, from the day that he had seen her.
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17| Then said Holofernes unto her, Drink now, and be merry with us.
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18| So Judith said, I will drink now, my lord, because my life is magnified in me this day more than all the days since I was born.
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19| Then she took and ate and drank before him what her maid had prepared.
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20| And Holofernes took great delight in her, and drank more wine than he had drunk at any time in one day since he was born. 3
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#13
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1| Now when the evening was come, his servants made haste to depart, and Bagoas shut his tent without, and dismissed the waiters from the presence of his lord; and they went to their beds: for they were all weary, because the feast had been long.
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2| And Judith was left along in the tent, and Holofernes lying along upon his bed: for he was filled with wine.
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3| Now Judith had commanded her maid to stand without her bedchamber, and to wait for her. coming forth, as she did daily: for she said she would go forth to her prayers, and she spake to Bagoas according to the same purpose.
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4| So all went forth and none was left in the bedchamber, neither little nor great. Then Judith, standing by his bed, said in her heart, O Lord God of all power, look at this present upon the works of mine hands for the exaltation of Jerusalem.
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5| For now is the time to help thine inheritance, and to execute thine enterprizes to the destruction of the enemies which are risen against us.
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6| Then she came to the pillar of the bed, which was at Holofernes’ head, and took down his fauchion from thence,
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7| And approached to his bed, and took hold of the hair of his head, and said, Strengthen me, O Lord God of Israel, this day.
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8| And she smote twice upon his neck with all her might, and she took away his head from him.
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9| And tumbled his body down from the bed, and pulled down the canopy from the pillars; and anon after she went forth, and gave Holofernes his head to her maid;
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10| And she put it in her bag of meat: so they twain went together according to their custom unto prayer: and when they passed the camp, they compassed the valley, and went up the mountain of Bethulia, and came to the gates thereof.
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11| Then said Judith afar off, to the watchmen at the gate, Open, open now the gate: God, even our God, is with us, to shew his power yet in Jerusalem, and his forces against the enemy, as he hath even done this day.
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12| Now when the men of her city heard her voice, they made haste to go down to the gate of their city, and they called the elders of the city.
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13| And then they ran all together, both small and great, for it was strange unto them that she was come: so they opened the gate, and received them, and made a fire for a light, and stood round about them.
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14| Then she said to them with a loud voice, Praise, praise God, praise God, I say, for he hath not taken away his mercy from the house of Israel, but hath destroyed our enemies by mine hands this night.
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15| So she took the head out of the bag, and shewed it, and said unto them, behold the head of Holofernes, the chief captain of the army of Assur, and behold the canopy, wherein he did lie in his drunkenness; and the Lord hath smitten him by the hand of a woman.
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16| As the Lord liveth, who hath kept me in my way that I went, my countenance hath deceived him to his destruction, and yet hath he not committed sin with me, to defile and shame me.
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17| Then all the people were wonderfully astonished, and bowed themselves and worshipped God, and said with one accord, Blessed be thou, O our God, which hast this day brought to nought the enemies of thy people.
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18| Then said Ozias unto her, O daughter, blessed art thou of the most high God above all the women upon the earth; and blessed be the Lord God, which hath created the heavens and the earth, which hath directed thee to the cutting off of the head of the chief of our enemies.
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19| For this thy confidence shall not depart from the heart of men, which remember the power of God for ever.
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20| And God turn these things to thee for a perpetual praise, to visit thee in good things because thou hast not spared thy life for the affliction of our nation, but hast revenged our ruin, walking a straight way before our God. And all the people said; So be it, so be it. 4
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#14
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1| Then said Judith unto them, Hear me now, my brethren, and take this head, and hang it upon the highest place of your walls.
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2| And so soon as the morning shall appear, and the sun shall come forth upon the earth, take ye every one his weapons, and go forth every valiant man out of the city, and set ye a captain over them, as though ye would go down into the field toward the watch of the Assyrians; but go not down.
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3| Then they shall take their armour, and shall go into their camp, and raise up the captains of the army of Assur, and shall run to the tent of Holofernes, but shall not find him: then fear shall fall upon them, and they shall flee before your face.
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4| So ye, and all that inhabit the coast of Israel, shall pursue them, and overthrow them as they go.
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5| But before ye do these things, call me Achior the Ammonite, that he may see and know him that despised the house of Israel, and that sent him to us as it were to his death.
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6| Then they called Achior out of the house of Ozias; and when he was come, and saw the head of Holofernes in a man’s hand in the assembly of the people, he fell down on his face, and his spirit failed.
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7| But when they had recovered him, he fell at Judith’s feet, and reverenced her, and said, Blessed art thou in all the tabernacles of Juda, and in all nations, which hearing thy name shall be astonished.
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8| Now therefore tell me all the things that thou hast done in these days. Then Judith declared unto him in the midst of the people all that she had done, from the day that she went forth until that hour she spake unto them.
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9| And when she had left off speaking, the people shouted with a loud voice, and made a joyful noise in their city.
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10| And when Achior had seen all that the God of Israel had done, he believed in God greatly, and circumcised the flesh of his foreskin, and was joined unto the house of Israel unto this day.
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11| And as soon as the morning arose, they hanged the head of Holofernes upon the wall, and every man took his weapons, and they went forth by bands unto the straits of the mountain.
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12| But when the Assyrians saw them, they sent to their leaders, which came to their captains and tribunes, and to every one of their rulers.
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13| So they came to Holofernes’ tent, and said to him that had the charge of all his things, Waken now our lord: for the slaves have been bold to come down against us to battle, that they may be utterly destroyed.
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14| Then went in Bagoas, and knocked at the door of the tent; for he thought that he had slept with Judith.
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15| But because none answered, he opened it, and went into the bedchamber, and found him cast upon the floor dead, and his head was taken from him.
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16| Therefore he cried with a loud voice, with weeping, and sighing, and a mighty cry, and rent his garments.
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17| After he went into the tent where Judith lodged: and when he found her not, he leaped out to the people, and cried,
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18| These slaves have dealt treacherously; one woman of the Hebrews hath brought shame upon the house of king Nabuchodonosor: for, behold, Holofernes lieth upon the ground without a head.
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19| When the captains of the Assyrians army heard these words, they rent their coats and their minds were wonderfully troubled, and there was a cry and a very great noise throughout the camp. 5
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#15
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1| And when they that were in the tents heard, they were astonished at the thing that was done.
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2| And fear and trembling fell upon them, so that there was no man that durst abide in the sight of his neighbour, but rushing out all together, they fled into every way of the plain, and of the hill country.
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3| They also that had camped in the mountains round about Bethulia fled away. Then the children of Israel, every one that was a warrior among them, rushed out upon them.
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4| Then sent Ozias to Betomasthem, and to Bebai, and Chobai, and Cola and to all the coasts of Israel, such as should tell the things that were done, and that all should rush forth upon their enemies to destroy them.
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5| Now when the children of Israel heard it, they all fell upon them with one consent, and slew them unto Chobai: likewise also they that came from Jerusalem, and from all the hill country, (for men had told them what things were done in the camp of their enemies) and they that were in Galaad, and in Galilee, chased them with a great slaughter, until they were past Damascus and the borders thereof.
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6| And the residue that dwelt at Bethulia, fell upon the camp of Assur, and spoiled them, and were greatly enriched.
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7| And the children of Israel that returned from the slaughter had that which remained; and the villages and the cities, that were in the mountains and in the plain, gat many spoils: for the multitude was very great.
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8| Then Joacim the high priest, and the ancients of the children of Israel that dwelt in Jerusalem, came to behold the good things that God had shewed to Israel, and to see Judith, and to salute her.
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9| And when they came unto her, they blessed her with one accord, and said unto her, Thou art the exaltation of Jerusalem, thou art the great glory of Israel, thou art the great rejoicing of our nation:
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10| Thou hast done all these things by thine hand: thou hast done much good to Israel, and God is pleased therewith: blessed be thou of the Almighty Lord for evermore. And all the people said, So be it.
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11| And the people spoiled the camp the space of thirty days: and they gave unto Judith Holofernes his tent, and all his plate, and beds, and vessels, and all his stuff: and she took it and laid it on her mule; and made ready her carts, and laid them thereon.
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12| Then all the women of Israel ran together to see her, and blessed her, and made a dance among them for her: and she took branches in her hand, and gave also to the women that were with her.
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13| And they put a garland of olive upon her and her maid that was with her, and she went before all the people in the dance, leading all the women: and all the men of Israel followed in their armour with garlands, and with songs in their mouths. 6
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#16
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1| Then Judith began to sing this thanksgiving in all Israel, and all the people sang after her this song of praise.
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2| And Judith said, Begin unto my God with timbrels, sing unto my Lord with cymbals: tune unto him a new psalm: exalt him, and call upon his name.
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3| For God breaketh the battles: for among the camps in the midst of the people he hath delivered me out of the hands of them that persecuted me.
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4| Assur came out of the mountains from the north, he came with ten thousands of his army, the multitude whereof stopped the torrents, and their horsemen have covered the hills.
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5| He bragged that he would burn up my borders, and kill my young men with the sword, and dash the sucking children against the ground, and make mine infants as a prey, and my virgins as a spoil.
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6| But the Almighty Lord hath disappointed them by the hand of a woman.
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7| For the mighty one did not fall by the young men, neither did the sons of the Titans smite him, nor high giants set upon him: but Judith the daughter of Merari weakened him with the beauty of her countenance.
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8| For she put off the garment of her widowhood for the exaltation of those that were oppressed in Israel, and anointed her face with ointment, and bound her hair in a tire, and took a linen garment to deceive him.
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9| Her sandals ravished his eyes, her beauty took his mind prisoner, and the fauchion passed through his neck.
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10| The Persians quaked at her boldness, and the Medes were daunted at her hardiness.
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11| Then my afflicted shouted for joy, and my weak ones cried aloud; but they were astonished: these lifted up their voices, but they were overthrown.
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12| The sons of the damsels have pierced them through, and wounded them as fugatives’ children: they perished by the battle of the Lord.
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13| I will sing unto the Lord a new song: O Lord, thou art great and glorious, wonderful in strength, and invincible.
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14| Let all creatures serve thee: for thou spakest, and they were made, thou didst send forth thy spirit, and it created them, and there is none that can resist thy voice.
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15| For the mountains shall be moved from their foundations with the waters, the rocks shall melt as wax at thy presence: yet thou art merciful to them that fear thee.
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16| For all sacrifice is too little for a sweet savour unto thee, and all the fat is not sufficient for thy burnt offering: but he that feareth the Lord is great at all times.
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17| Woe to the nations that rise up against my kindred! the Lord Almighty will take vengeance of them in the day of judgment, in putting fire and worms in their flesh; and they shall feel them, and weep for ever.
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18| Now as soon as they entered into Jerusalem, they worshipped the Lord; and as soon as the people were purified, they offered their burnt offerings, and their free offerings, and their gifts.
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19| Judith also dedicated all the stuff of Holofernes, which the people had given her, and gave the canopy, which she had taken out of his bedchamber, for a gift unto the Lord.
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20| So the people continued feasting in Jerusalem before the sanctuary for the space of three months and Judith remained with them.
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21| After this time every one returned to his own inheritance, and Judith went to Bethulia, and remained in her own possession, and was in her time honourable in all the country.
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22| And many desired her, but none knew her all the days of her life, after that Manasses her husband was dead, and was gathered to his people.
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23| But she increased more and more in honour, and waxed old in her husband’s house, being an hundred and five years old, and made her maid free; so she died in Bethulia: and they buried her in the cave of her husband Manasses.
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24| And the house of Israel lamented her seven days: and before she died, she did distribute her goods to all them that were nearest of kindred to Manasses her husband, and to them that were the nearest of her kindred.
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25| And there was none that made the children of Israel any more afraid in the days of Judith, nor a long time after her death.
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#1
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1| ALEPH. How does the city that was filled with people sit solitary! she is become as a widow: she that was magnified among the nations, <i>and</i> princess among the provinces, has become tributary.
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2| BETH. She weeps sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks; and there is none of all her lovers to comfort her: all that were her friends have dealt deceitfully with her, they are become her enemies.
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3| GIMEL. Judea is gone into captivity by reason of her affliction, and by reason of the abundance of her servitude: she dwells among the nations, she has not found rest: all her pursuers have overtaken her between her oppressors.
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4| DALETH. The ways of Sion mourn, because there are none that come to the feast: all her gates are ruined: her priests groan, her virgins are led captive, and she is in bitterness in herself.
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5| HE. Her oppressors are become the head, and her enemies have prospered; for the Lord has afflicted her because of the multitude of her sins: her young children are gone into captivity before the face of the oppressor.
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6| VAU. And all her beauty has been taken away from the daughter of Sion: her princes were as rams finding no pasture, and are gone <i>away</i> in weakness before the face of the pursuer.
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7| ZAIN. Jerusalem remembered the days of her affliction, and her rejection; <i>she thought on</i> all her desirable things which were from the days of old, when her people fell into the hands of the oppressor, and there was none to help her: when her enemies saw <i>it</i> they laughed at her habitation.
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8| HETH. Jerusalem has sinned a <i>great</i> sin; therefore has she come into tribulation, all that used to honour her have afflicted her, for they have seen her shame: yea, she herself groaned, and turned backward.
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9| TETH. Her uncleanness is before her feet; she remembered not her last end; she has lowered her boasting <i>tone</i>, there is none to comfort her. Behold, O Lord, my affliction: for the enemy has magnified himself.
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10| JOD. The oppressor has stretched out his hand on all her desirable things: for she has seen the Gentiles entering into her sanctuary, <i>concerning</i> whom thou didst command that they should not enter into thy congregation.
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11| CHAPH. All her people groan, seeking bread: they have given their desirable things for meat, to restore their soul: behold, Lord, and look; for she is become dishonoured.
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12| LAMED. All ye that pass by the way, turn, and see if there is sorrow like to my sorrow, which has happened <i>to me</i>. The Lord who spoke by me has afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger.
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13| MEM. He has sent fire from his lofty habitation, he has brought it into my bones: he has spread a net for my feet, he has turned me back: he has made me desolate <i>and</i> mourning all the day.
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14| NUN. He has watched over my sins, they are twined about my hands, they have come up on my neck: my strength has failed; for the Lord has laid pains on my hands, I shall not be able to stand.
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15| SAMECH. The Lord has cut off all my strong men from the midst of me: he has summoned against me a time for crushing my choice men: the Lord has trodden a wine-press for the virgin daughter of Juda: for these things I weep.
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16| AIN. Mine eye has poured out water, because he that should comfort me, that should restore my soul, has been removed far from me: my sons have been destroyed, because the enemy has prevailed.
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17| PHE. Sion has spread out her hand, <i>and</i> there is none to comfort her: the Lord has commanded <i>concerning</i> Jacob, his oppressors are round about him: Jerusalem has become among them as a removed woman.
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18| TSADE. The Lord is righteous; for I have provoked his mouth: hear, I pray you, all people, and behold my grief: my virgins and my young men are gone into captivity.
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19| KOPH. I called my lovers, but they deceived me: my priests and my elders failed in the city; for they sought meat that they might restore their souls, and found <i>it</i> not.
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20| RHECHS. Behold, O Lord; for I am afflicted: my belly is troubled, and my heart is turned within me; for I have been grievously rebellious: abroad the sword has bereaved me, even as death at home.
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21| CHSEN. Hear, I pray you, for I groan: there is none to comfort me: all mine enemies have heard <i>of</i> mine afflictions, and rejoice because thou hast done <i>it</i>: thou hast brought on the day, thou hast called the time: they are become like to me.
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22| THAU. Let all their wickedness come before thy face; and strip them, as they have made a gleaning for all my sins: for my groans are many, and my heart is grieved.
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#2
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1| ALEPH. How has the Lord darkened in his wrath the daughter of Sion! he has cast down the glory of Israel from heaven to earth, and has not remembered his footstool.
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2| BETH. In the day of his wrath the Lord has overwhelmed <i>her</i> as in the sea, <i>and</i> not spared: he has brought down in his fury all the beautiful things of Jacob; he has brought down to the ground the strong-holds of the daughter of Juda; he has profaned her kings and her princes.
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3| GIMEL. He has broken in his fierce anger all the horn of Israel: he has turned back his right hand from the face of the enemy, and has kindled a flame in Jacob as a fire, and it has devoured all things round about.
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4| DALETH. He has bent his bow as an opposing enemy: he has strengthened his right hand as an adversary, and has destroyed all the desirable things of my eyes in the tabernacle of the daughter of Sion: he has poured forth his anger as fire.
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5| HE. The Lord is become as an enemy: he has overwhelmed Israel as in the sea, he has overwhelmed her palaces: he has destroyed her strong-holds, and has multiplied the afflicted and humbled ones to the daughter of Juda.
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6| VAU. And he has scattered his tabernacle as a vine, he has marred his feast: the Lord has forgotten the feast and the sabbath which he appointed in Sion, and in the fury of his wrath has vexed the king, and priest, and prince.
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7| ZAIN. The Lord has rejected his altar, he has cast off his sanctuary, he has broken by the hand of the enemy the wall of her palaces; they have uttered their voice in the house of the Lord as on a feast day.
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8| HETH. And he has turned to destroy the wall of the daughter of Sion: he has stretched out the measuring line, he has not turned back his hand from afflicting <i>her</i>: therefore the bulwark mourned, and the wall was weakened with it.
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9| TETH. Her gates are sunk into the ground: he has destroyed and broken to pieces her bars, <i>and</i> her king and her prince among the Gentiles: there is no law, nay, her prophets have seen no vision from the Lord.
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10| JOD. The elders of the daughter of Sion have sat upon the ground, they have kept silence: they have cast up dust upon their heads; they have girded themselves with sackcloths: they have brought down to the ground the chief virgins in Jerusalem.
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11| CHAPH. Mine eyes have failed with tears, my heart is troubled, my glory is cast down to the ground, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; while the infant and suckling swoon in the streets of the city.
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12| LAMED. They said to their mothers, Where is corn and wine? while they fainted like wounded men in the streets of the city, while their souls were poured out into their mother’s bosom.
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13| MEM. What shall I testify to thee, or what shall I compare to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? who shall save and comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Sion? for the cup of thy destruction is enlarged: who shall heal thee?
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14| NUN. Thy prophets have seen for thee vanities and folly: and they have not discovered thine iniquity, to turn back thy captivity; but they have seen for thee vain burdens, and worthless visions.
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15| SAMECH. All that go by the way have clapped their hands at thee; they have hissed and shaken their head at the daughter of Jerusalem. Is this the city, they say, the crown of joy of all the earth?
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16| AIN. All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they have hissed and gnashed their teeth, and said, We have swallowed her up: moreover this is the day which we looked for; we have found it, we have seen it.
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17| PHE. The Lord has done that which he purposed; he has accomplished his word, <i>even</i> the things which he commanded from the ancient days: he has thrown down, and has not spared: and he has caused the enemy to rejoice over thee, he has exalted the horn of him that afflicted thee.
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18| TSADE. Their heart cried to the Lord, Ye walls of Sion, pour down tears like torrents day and night: give thyself no rest; let not the apple of thine eyes cease.
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19| KOPH. Arise, rejoice in the night at the beginning of thy watch: pour out thy heart as water before the face of the Lord; lift up thy hands to him for the life of thine infants, who faint for hunger at the top of all the streets.
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20| RHECHS. Behold, O Lord, and see for whom thou has gathered thus. Shall the women eat the fruit of their womb? the cook has made a gathering: shall the infants sucking at the breasts be slain? wilt thou slay the priest and prophet in the sanctuary of the Lord?
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21| CHSEN. The child and old man have lain down in the street: my virgins and my young men are gone into captivity: thou hast slain <i>them</i> with the sword and with famine; in the day of thy wrath thou hast mangled <i>them</i>, thou has not spared.
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22| THAU. He has called my sojourners round about to a solemn day, and there was not in the day of the wrath of the Lord any one that escaped or was left; whereas I have strengthened and multiplied all mine enemies.
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#3
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1| ALEPH. I am the man that sees poverty, through the rod of his wrath upon me.
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2| He has taken me, and led me away into darkness, and not <i>into</i> light.
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3| Nay, against me has he turned his hand all the day.
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4| He has made old my flesh and my skin; he has broken my bones.
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5| BETH. He has built against me, and compassed my head, and brought travail <i>upon me</i>.
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6| He has set me in dark places, as them that have long been dead.
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7| He has builded against me, and I cannot come forth: he has made my brazen <i>chain</i> heavy.
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8| GIMEL. Yea, <i>though</i> I cry and shout, he shuts out my prayer.
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9| DALETH. He has built up my ways, he has hedged my paths;
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10| he has troubled me, <i>as</i> a she-bear lying in wait: he is to me <i>as</i> a lion in secret places.
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11| He pursued <i>me</i> after I departed, and brought me to a stand: he has utterly ruined me.
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12| HE. He has bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
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13| He has caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.
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14| I became a laughing-stock to all my people; and their song all the day.
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15| VAU. He has filled me with bitterness, he has drenched me with gall.
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16| And he has dashed out my teeth with gravel, he has fed me with ashes.
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17| He has also removed my soul from peace: I forgot prosperity.
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18| Therefore my success has perished, and my hope from the Lord.
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19| ZAIN. I remembered by reason of my poverty, and because of persecution my bitterness and gall shall be remembered;
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20| and my soul shall meditate with me.
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21| This will I lay up in my heart, therefore I will endure.
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22| HETH. <i>It is</i> the mercies of the Lord, that he has not failed me, because his compassions are not exhausted. Pity <i>us</i>, O Lord, early <i>every</i> month: for we are not brought to an end, because his compassions are not exhausted.
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23| <i>They are</i> new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
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24| The Lord is my portion, says my soul; therefore will I wait for him.
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25| TETH. The Lord is good to them that wait for him: the soul which shall seek him
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26| <i>is</i> good, and shall wait for, and quietly expect salvation of the Lord.
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27| TETH. <i>It is</i> good for a man when he bears a yoke in his youth.
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28| He will sit alone, and be silent, because he has borne <i>it</i> upon him.
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29 30| JOD. He will give <i>his</i> cheek to him that smites him: he will be filled full with reproaches.
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31| For the Lord will not reject for ever.
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32| CHAPH. For he that has brought down will pity, and <i>that</i> according to the abundance of his mercy.
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33| He has not answered <i>in anger</i> from his heart, though he has brought low the children of a man.
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34| LAMED. To bring down under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,
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35| to turn aside the judgment of a man before the face of the Most High,
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36| to condemn a man <i>unjustly</i> in his judgment, the Lord has not given commandment.
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37| Who has thus spoken, and it has come to pass? the Lord has not commanded it.
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38| Out of the mouth of the Most High there shall not come forth evil and good.
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39| MEM. Why should a living man complain, a man concerning his sin?
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40| NUN. Our way has been searched out and examined, and we will turn to the Lord.
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41| Let us lift up our hearts with <i>our</i> hand to the lofty One in heaven.
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42| We have sinned, we have transgressed; and thou hast not pardoned.
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43| SAMECH. Thou has visited <i>us</i> in wrath, and driven us away: thou has slain, thou has not pitied.
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44| Thou hast veiled thyself with a cloud because of prayer, that I might be blind,
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45| and be cast off. AIN. Thou hast set us <i>alone</i> in the midst of the nations.
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46| All our enemies have opened their mouth against us.
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47| Fear and wrath are come upon us, suspense and destruction.
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48| Mine eye shall pour down torrents of water, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
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49| PHE. Mine eye is drowned <i>with tears</i>, and I will not be silent, so that there shall be no rest,
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50| until the Lord look down, and behold from heaven.
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51| Mine eye shall prey upon my soul, because of all the daughters of the city.
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52| TSADE. The fowlers chased me as a sparrow, all mine enemies destroyed my life in a pit without cause,
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53| and laid a stone upon me.
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54| Water flowed over my head: I said, I am cut off.
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55| KOPH. I called upon thy name, O Lord, out of the lowest dungeon.
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56| Thou heardest my voice: close not thine ears to my supplication.
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57| Thou drewest nigh to my help: in the day wherein I called upon thee thou saidst to me, Fear not.
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58| RECHS. O Lord, thou has pleaded the causes of my soul; thou has redeemed my life.
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59| Thou hast seen, O Lord, my troubles: thou hast judged my cause.
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60| Thou hast seen all their vengeance, <i>thou hast looked</i> on all their devices against me.
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61| CHSEN. Thou hast heard their reproach <i>and</i> all their devices against me;
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62| the lips of them that rose up against me, and their plots against me all the day;
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63| their sitting down and their rising up: look thou upon their eyes.
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64| Thou wilt render them a recompense, O Lord, according to the works of their hands.
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65| THAU. Thou wilt give them <i>as</i> a covering, the grief of my heart.
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66| Thou wilt persecute them in anger, and wilt consume them from under the heaven, O Lord.
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#4
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1| ALEPH. How will the gold be tarnished, <i>and</i> the fine silver changed! the sacred stones have been poured forth at the top of all the streets.
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2| BETH. The precious sons of Zion, who were equalled in value with gold, how are they counted as earthen vessels, the works of the hands of the potter!
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3| GIMEL. Nay, serpents have drawn out the breasts, they give suck to their young, the daughters of my people are incurably cruel, as an ostrich in a desert.
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4| DALETH. The tongue of the sucking child cleaves to the roof of its mouth for thirst: the little children ask for bread, <i>and</i> there is none to break <i>it</i> to them.
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5| HE. They that feed on dainties are desolate in the streets: they that used to be nursed in scarlet have clothed themselves with dung.
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6| VAU. And the iniquity of the daughter of my people has been increased beyond the iniquities of Sodoma, <i>the city</i> that was overthrown very suddenly, and none laboured against her <i>with their</i> hands.
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7| ZAIN. Her Nazarites were made purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, they were purified <i>as</i> with fire, their polishing was superior to sapphire stone.
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8| HETH. Their countenance is become blacker than smoke; they are not known in the streets: their skin has cleaved to their bones; they are withered, they are become as a stick.
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9| TETH. The slain with the sword were better than they that were slain with hunger: they have departed, pierced through from <i>want of</i> the fruits of the field.
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10| JOD. The hands of tender-hearted women have sodden their own children: they became meat for them in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
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11| CHAPH. The Lord has accomplished his wrath; he has poured out fierce anger, and has kindled a fire in Sion, and it has devoured her foundations.
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12| LAMED. The kings of the earth, <i>even</i> all that dwell in the world, believed not that an enemy and oppressor would enter through the gates of Jerusalem.
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13| MEM. For the sins of her prophets, <i>and</i> iniquities of her priests, who shed righteous blood in the midst of her,
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14| NUN. her watchmen staggered in the streets, they were defiled with blood in their weakness, they touched their raiment <i>with it</i>.
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15| SAMECH. Depart ye from the unclean ones: call ye them: depart, depart, touch <i>them</i> not: for they are on fire, yea, they stagger: say ye among the nations, They shall no more sojourn <i>there</i>.
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16| AIN. The presence of the Lord <i>was</i> their portion; <i>but</i> he will not again look upon them: they regarded not the person of the priests, they pitied not the prophets.
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17| PHE. While we yet lived our eyes failed, while we looked in vain for our help. TSADE. We looked to a nation that could not save.
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18| We have hunted <i>for</i> our little ones, that they should not walk in our streets. KOPH. Our time has drawn nigh, our days are fulfilled, our time is come.
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19| Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the sky, they flew on the mountains, in the wilderness they laid wait for us.
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20| RECHS. The breath of our nostrils, <i>our</i> anointed Lord, was taken in their destructive snares, of whom we said, In his shadow we shall live among the Gentiles.
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21| CHSEN. Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Idumea, that dwellest in the land: yet the cup of the Lord shall pass through to thee: thou shalt be drunken, and pour forth.
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22| THAU. O daughter of Sion, thine iniquity has come to an end; he shall no more carry thee captive: he has visited thine iniquities, O daughter of Edom; he has discovered thy sins.
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#5
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1| Remember, O Lord, what has happened to us: behold, and look on our reproach.
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2| Our inheritance has been turned away to aliens, our houses to strangers:
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3| we are become orphans, we have no father, our mothers are as widows.
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4| We have drunk our water for money; our wood is sold to us <i>for a burden</i> on our neck:
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5| we have been persecuted, we have laboured, we have had no rest.
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6| Egypt gave the hand <i>to us</i>, Assur to their own satisfaction.
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7| Our fathers sinned, <i>and</i> are not: we have borne their iniquities.
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8| Servants have ruled over us: there is none to ransom <i>us</i> out of their hand.
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9| We shall bring in our bread with <i>danger of</i> our lives, because of the sword of the wilderness.
|
||||
10| Our skin is blackened like an oven; they are convulsed, because of the storms of famine.
|
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11| They humbled the women in Sion, the virgins in the cities of Juda.
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12| Princes were hanged up by their hands: the elders were not honoured.
|
||||
13| The chosen men lifted up <i>the voice in</i> weeping, and the youths fainted under the wood.
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||||
14| And the elders ceased from the gate, the chosen men ceased from their music.
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15| The joy of our heart has ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.
|
||||
16| The crown has fallen <i>from</i> our head: yea, woe to us! for we have sinned.
|
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17| For this has grief come; our heart is sorrowful: for this our eyes are darkened.
|
||||
18| Over the mountain of Sion, because it is made desolate, foxes have walked therein.
|
||||
19| But thou, O Lord, shalt dwell for ever; thy throne <i>shall endure</i> to generation and generation.
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20| Wherefore wilt thou utterly forget us, and abandon us a long time?
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21| Turn us, O Lord, to thee, and we shall be turned; and renew our days as before.
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22| For thou hast indeed rejected us; thou hast been very wroth against us.
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#1
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1| And the Lord called Moses again and spoke to him out of the tabernacle of witness, saying, Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them,
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2| If <i>any</i> man of you shall bring gifts to the Lord, ye shall bring your gifts of the cattle and of the oxen and of the sheep.
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3| If his gift be a whole-burnt-offering, he shall bring an unblemished male of the herd to the door of the tabernacle of witness, he shall bring it as acceptable before the Lord.
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||||
4| And he shall lay his hand on the head of the burnt-offering as a thing acceptable for him, to make atonement for him.
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||||
5| And they shall slay the calf before the Lord; and the sons of Aaron the priests shall bring the blood, and they shall pour the blood round about on the altar, which <i>is</i> at the doors of the tabernacle of witness.
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6| And having flayed the whole burnt-offering, they shall divide it by its limbs.
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||||
7| And the sons of Aaron the priests shall put fire on the altar, and shall pile wood on the fire.
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||||
8| And the sons of Aaron the priests shall pile up the divided parts, and the head, and the fat on the wood on the fire, <i>the wood</i> which is on the altar.
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||||
9| And the entrails and the feet they shall wash in water, and the priests shall put all on the altar: it is a burnt-offering, a sacrifice, a smell of sweet savour to the Lord.
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||||
10| And if his gift <i>be</i> of the sheep to the Lord, or of the lambs, or of the kids for whole-burnt-offerings, he shall bring it a male without blemish.
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11| And he shall lay his hand on its head; and they shall kill it by the side of the altar, toward the north before the Lord, and the sons of Aaron the priests shall pour its blood on the altar round about.
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12| And they shall divide it by its limbs, and its head and its fat, and the priests shall pile them up on the wood which is on the fire, on the altar.
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||||
13| And they shall wash the entrails and the feet with water, and the priest shall bring all the <i>parts</i> and put them on the altar: it is a burnt-offering, a sacrifice, a smell of sweet savour to the Lord.
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14| And if he bring his gift, a burnt-offering to the Lord, of birds, then shall he bring his gift of doves or pigeons.
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15| And the priest shall bring it to the altar, and shall wring off its head; and the priest shall put it on the altar, and shall wring out the blood at the bottom of the altar.
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16| And he shall take away the crop with the feathers, and shall cast it forth by the altar toward the east to the place of the ashes.
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17| And he shall break it off from the wings and shall not separate it, and the priest shall put it on the altar on the wood which is on the fire: it is a burnt-offering, a sacrifice, a sweet-smelling savour to the Lord.
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#2
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1| And if a soul bring a gift, a sacrifice to the Lord, his gift shall be fine flour; and he shall pour oil upon it, and shall put frankincense on it: it is a sacrifice.
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2| And he shall bring it to the priests the sons of Aaron: and having taken from it a handful of the fine flour with the oil, and all its frankincense, then the priest shall put the memorial of it on the altar: <i>it is</i> a sacrifice, an odour of sweet savour to the Lord.
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3| And the remainder of the sacrifice shall be for Aaron and his sons, a most holy portion from the sacrifices of the Lord.
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||||
4| And if he bring as a gift a sacrifice baked from the oven, a gift to the Lord of fine flour, <i>he shall bring</i> unleavened bread kneaded with oil, and unleavened cakes anointed with oil.
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5| And if thy gift <i>be</i> a sacrifice from a pan, it is fine flour mingled with oil, unleavened <i>offerings</i>.
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6| And thou shalt break them into fragments and pour oil upon them: it is a sacrifice to the Lord.
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7| And if thy gift be a sacrifice from the hearth, it shall be made of fine flour with oil.
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8| And he shall offer the sacrifice which he shall make of these to the Lord, and shall bring it to the priest.
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9| And the priest shall approach the altar, and shall take away from the sacrifice a memorial of it, and the priest shall place it on the altar: a burnt offering, a smell of sweet savour to the Lord.
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10| And that which is left of the sacrifice <i>shall be</i> for Aaron and his sons, most holy from the burnt-offerings of the Lord.
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11| Ye shall not leaven any sacrifice which ye shall bring to the Lord; for <i>as to</i> any leaven, or any honey, ye shall not bring of it to offer a gift to the Lord.
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12| Ye shall bring them in the way of fruits to the Lord, but they shall not be offered on the altar for a sweet-smelling savour to the Lord.
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13| And every gift of your sacrifice shall be seasoned with salt; omit not the salt of the covenant of the Lord from your sacrifices: on every gift of yours ye shall offer salt to the Lord your God.
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14| And if thou wouldest offer a sacrifice of first-fruits to the Lord, <i>it shall be</i> new grains ground <i>and</i> roasted for the Lord; so shalt thou bring the sacrifice of the first-fruits.
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15| And thou shalt pour oil upon it, and shalt put frankincense on it: it is a sacrifice.
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16| And the priest shall offer the memorial of it <i>taken</i> from the grains with the oil, and all its frankincense: it is a burnt-offering to the Lord.
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#3
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1| And if his gift to the Lord be a peace-offering, if he should bring it of the oxen, whether it be male or whether it be female, he shall bring it unblemished before the Lord.
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2| And he shall lay his hands on the head of the gift, and shall slay it before the Lord, by the doors of the tabernacle of witness. And the priests the sons of Aaron shall pour the blood on the altar of burnt-offerings round about.
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3| And they shall bring of the peace-offering a burnt-sacrifice to the Lord, the fat covering the belly, and all the fat on the belly.
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4| And the two kidneys and the fat that is upon them; he shall take away that which is on the thighs, and the caul above the liver together with the kidneys.
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5| And the priests the sons of Aaron shall offer them on the altar on the burnt-offering, on the wood which is on the fire upon the altar: <i>it is</i> a burnt-offering, a smell of sweet savour to the Lord.
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6| And if his gift be of the sheep, a peace-offering to the Lord, male or female, he shall bring it unblemished.
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7| If he bring a lamb for his gift, he shall bring it before the Lord.
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8| And he shall lay his hands on the head of his offering, and shall slay it by the doors of the tabernacle of witness; and the priests the sons of Aaron shall pour out the blood on the altar round about.
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9| And he shall bring of the peace-offering a burnt-sacrifice to the Lord: the fat and the hinder part unblemished he shall take away with the loins, and having taken away all the fat that covers the belly, and all the fat that is on the belly,
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10| and both the kidneys and the fat that is upon them, <i>and</i> that which is on the thighs, and the caul which is on the liver with the kidneys,
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11| the priest shall offer these on the altar: <i>it is</i> a sacrifice of sweet savour, a burnt-offering to the Lord.
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12| And if his offering be of the goats, then shall he bring it before the Lord.
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13| And he shall lay his hands on its head; and they shall slay it before the Lord by the doors of the tabernacle of witness; and the priests the sons of Aaron shall pour out the blood on the altar round about.
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14| And he shall offer of it a burnt-offering to the Lord, <i>even</i> the fat that covers the belly, and all the fat that is on the belly.
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15| And both the kidneys, and all the fat that is upon them, that which is upon the thighs, and the caul of the liver with the kidneys, shall he take away.
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16| And the priest shall offer it upon the altar: <i>it is</i> a burnt-offering, a smell of sweet savour to the Lord. All the fat <i>belongs</i> to the Lord.
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17| <i>It is</i> a perpetual statute throughout your generations, in all your habitations; ye shall eat no fat and no blood.
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#4
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1| And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
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2| Speak to the children of Israel, saying, If a soul shall sin unwillingly before the Lord, in any of the commandments of the Lord concerning things which he ought not to do, and shall do some of them;
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3| if the anointed priest sin so as to cause the people to sin, then shall he bring for his sin, which he has sinned, an unblemished calf of the herd to the Lord for his sin.
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4| And he shall bring the calf to the door of the tabernacle of witness before the Lord, and he shall put his hand on the head of the calf before the Lord, and shall slay the calf in the presence of the Lord.
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5| And the anointed priest who has been consecrated having received of the blood of the calf, shall then bring it into the tabernacle of witness.
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6| And the priest shall dip his finger into the blood, and sprinkle of the blood seven times before the Lord, over against the holy veil.
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7| And the priest shall put of the blood of the calf on the horns of the altar of the compound incense which is before the Lord, which is in the tabernacle of witness; and all the blood of the calf shall he pour out by the foot of the altar of whole-burnt-offerings, which is by the doors of the tabernacle of witness.
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8| and all the fat of the calf of the sin-offering shall he take off from it; the fat that covers the inwards, and all the fat that is on the inwards,
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9| and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is on the thighs, and the caul that is on the liver with the kidneys, them shall he take away,
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10| as he takes it away from the calf of the sacrifice of peace-offering, so shall the priest offer it on the altar of burnt-offering.
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11| And <i>they shall take</i> the skin of the calf, and all his flesh with the head and the extremities and the belly and the dung,
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12| and they shall carry out the whole calf out of the camp into a clean place, where they pour out the ashes, and they shall consume it there on wood with fire: it shall be burnt on the ashes poured out.
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13| And if the whole congregation of Israel trespass ignorantly, and a thing should escape the notice of the congregation, and they should do one thing forbidden of any of the commands of the Lord, which ought not to be done, and should transgress:
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14| and the sin wherein they have sinned should become known to them, then shall the congregation bring an unblemished calf of the herd for a sin-offering, and they shall bring it to the doors of the tabernacle of witness.
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15| And the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands on the head of the calf before the Lord, and they shall slay the calf before the Lord.
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16| And the anointed priest shall bring in of the blood of the calf into the tabernacle of witness.
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17| And the priest shall dip his finger into some of the blood of the calf, and shall sprinkle it seven times before the Lord, in front of the veil of the sanctuary.
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18| And the priest shall put some of the blood on the horns of the altar of the incense of composition, which is before the Lord, which is in the tabernacle of witness; and he shall pour out all the blood at the bottom of the altar of whole-burnt-offerings, which is by the door of the tabernacle of witness.
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19| And he shall take away all the fat from it, and shall offer it up on the altar.
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20| And he shall do to the calf as he did to the calf of the sin-offering, so shall it be done; and the priest shall make atonement for them, and the trespass shall be forgiven them.
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21| And they shall carry forth the calf whole without the camp, and they shall burn the calf as they burnt the former calf: it is the sin-offering of the congregation.
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22| And if a ruler sin, and break one of all the commands of the Lord his God, <i>doing the thing</i> which ought not to be done, unwillingly, and shall sin and trespass,
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23| and his trespass wherein he has sinned, be known to him, then shall he offer for his gift a kid of the goats, a male without blemish.
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24| And he shall lay his hand on the head of the kid, and they shall kill it in the place where they kill the <i>victims for</i> whole-burnt-offerings before the Lord; it is a sin-offering.
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25| And the priest shall put some of the blood of the sin-offering with his finger on the horns of the altar of whole-burnt-offering; and he shall pour out all its blood by the bottom of the altar of whole-burnt-offerings.
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26| And he shall offer up all his fat on the altar, as the fat of the sacrifice of peace-offering; and the priest shall make atonement for him concerning his sin, and it shall be forgiven him.
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27| And if a soul of the people of the land should sin unwillingly, in doing a thing <i>contrary to</i> any of the commandments of the Lord, which ought not to be done, and shall transgress,
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28| and his sin should be known to him, wherein he has sinned, then shall he bring a kid of the goats, a female without blemish shall he bring for his sin, which he has sinned.
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29| And he shall lay his hand on the head of his sin-offering, and they shall slay the kid of the sin-offering in the place where they slay the <i>victims for</i> whole-burnt-offerings.
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30| And the priest shall take of its blood with his finger, and shall put it on the horns of the altar of whole-burnt-offerings; and all its blood he shall pour forth by the foot of the altar.
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31| And he shall take away all the fat, as the fat is taken away from the sacrifice of peace-offering, and the priest shall offer it on the altar for a smell of sweet savour to the Lord; and the priest shall make atonement for him, and <i>his sin</i> shall be forgiven him.
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32| And if he should offer a lamb for his sin-offering, he shall offer it a female without blemish.
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33| And he shall lay his hand on the head of the sin-offerings, and they shall kill it in the place where they kill the <i>victims for</i> whole-burnt-offerings.
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34| And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin-offering with his finger, and shall put it on the horns of the altar of whole-burnt-offerings, and he shall pour out all its blood by the bottom of the altar of whole-burnt-offering.
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35| And he shall take away all his fat, as the fat of the lamb of the sacrifice of peace-offering is taken away, and the priest shall put it on the altar for a whole-burnt-offering to the Lord; and the priest shall make atonement for him for the sin which he sinned, and it shall be forgiven him.
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#5
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1| And if a soul sin, and hear the voice of swearing, and he is a witness or has seen or been conscious, if he do not report it, he shall bear his iniquity.
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2| That soul which shall touch any unclean thing, or carcase, or <i>that which is</i> unclean being taken of beasts, or the dead bodies of abominable <i>reptiles</i> which are unclean, or carcases of unclean cattle,
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3| or should touch the uncleanness of a man, or whatever kind, which he may touch and be defiled by, and it should have escaped him, but afterwards he should know, —then he shall have transgressed.
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4| That unrighteous soul, which determines with his lips to do evil or to do good according to whatsoever a man may determine with an oath, and it shall have escaped his notice, and he shall <i>afterwards</i> know <i>it</i>, and <i>so</i> he should sin in some one of these things:
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5| —then shall he declare his sin in the tings wherein he has sinned by that sin.
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6| And he shall bring for his transgressions against the Lord, for his sin which he has sinned, a ewe lamb of the flock, or a kid of the goats, for a sin-offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for him for his sin which he has sinned, and his sin shall be forgiven him.
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7| And if he cannot afford a sheep, he shall bring for his sin which he has sinned, two turtle-doves or two young pigeons to the Lord; one for a sin-offering, and the other for a burnt-offering.
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8| And he shall bring them to the priest, and the priest shall bring the sin-offering first; and the priest shall pinch off the head from the neck, and shall not divide the body.
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9| And he shall sprinkle of the blood of the sin-offering on the side of the altar, but the rest of the blood he shall drop at the foot of the altar, for it is a sin-offering.
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10| And he shall make the second a whole-burnt-offering, as it is fit; and the priest shall make atonement for his sin which he has sinned, and it shall be forgiven him.
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11| And if he cannot afford a pair of turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, then shall he bring as his gift for his sin, the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a sin-offering; he shall not pour oil upon it, nor shall he put frankincense upon it, because it is a sin-offering.
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12| And he shall bring it to the priest; and the priest having taken a handful of it, shall lay the memorial of it on the altar of whole-burnt-offerings to the Lord; it is a sin-offering.
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13| And the priest shall make atonement for him for his sin, which he has sinned in one of these things, and it shall be forgiven him; and that which is left shall be the priest’s, as an offering of fine flour.
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14| And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
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15| The soul which shall be really unconscious, and shall sin unwillingly in any of the holy things of the Lord, shall even bring to the Lord for his transgression, a ram of the flock without blemish, valued according to shekels of silver according to the shekel of the sanctuary, for his <i>transgression</i> wherein he transgressed.
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16| And he shall make compensation for that wherein he has sinned in the holy things; and he shall add the fifth part to it, and give it to the priest; and the priest shall make atonement for him with the ram of transgression, and <i>his sin</i> shall be forgiven him.
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17| And the soul which shall sin, and do one thing <i>against</i> any of the commandments of the Lord, which it is not right to do, and has not known it, and shall have transgressed, and shall have contracted guilt,
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18| he shall even bring a ram without blemish from the flock, <i>valued</i> at a price of silver for his transgression to the priest; and the priest shall make atonement for his trespass of ignorance, wherein he ignorantly trespassed, and he knew it not; and it shall be forgiven him.
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19| For he has surely been guilty of transgression before the Lord.
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#6
|
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1| And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
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2| The soul which shall have sinned, and willfully overlooked the commandments of the Lord, and shall have dealt falsely in the affairs of his neighbour in the matter of a deposit, or concerning fellowship, or concerning plunder, or has in anything wronged his neighbour,
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3| or has found that which was lost, and shall have lied concerning it, and shall have sworn unjustly concerning <i>any</i> one of all the things, whatsoever a man may do, so as to sin hereby;
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||||
4| it shall come to pass, whensoever he shall have sinned, and transgressed, that he shall restore the plunder which he has seized, or <i>redress</i> the injury which he has committed, or restore the deposit which was entrusted to him, or the lost article which he has found of any kind, about which he swore unjustly, he shall even restore it in full; and he shall add to it a fifth part besides; he shall restore it to him whose it is in the day in which he happens to be convicted.
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5| And he shall bring to the Lord for his trespass, a ram of the flock, without blemish, of value to the amount of the thing in which he trespassed.
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||||
6| And the priest shall make atonement for him before the Lord, and he shall be forgiven for any one of all the things which he did and trespassed in it.
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7| And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
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8| Charge Aaron and his sons, saying,
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9| This <i>is</i> the law of whole-burnt-offering; this is the whole-burnt-offering in its burning on the altar all the night till the morning; and the fire of the altar shall burn on it, it shall not be put out.
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10| And the priest shall put on the linen tunic, and he shall put the linen drawers on his body; and shall take away that which has been thoroughly burnt, which the fire shall have consumed, even the whole-burnt-offering from the altar, and he shall put it near the altar.
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11| And he shall put off his robe, and put on another robe, and he shall take forth the offering that has been burnt without the camp into a clean place.
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12| And the fire on the altar shall be kept burning on it, and shall not be extinguished; and the priest shall burn on it wood every morning, and shall heap on it the whole-burnt-offering, and shall lay on it the fat of the peace-offering.
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13| And the fire shall always burn on the altar; it shall not be extinguished.
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14| This is the law of the sacrifice, which the sons of Aaron shall bring near before the Lord, before the altar.
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15| And he shall take from it a handful of the fine flour of the sacrifice with its oil, and with all its frankincense, which are upon the sacrifice; and he shall offer up on the altar a burnt-offering as a sweet-smelling savour, a memorial of it to the Lord.
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16| And Aaron and his sons shall eat that which is left of it: it shall be eaten without leaven in a holy place, they shall eat it in the court of the tabernacle of witness.
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||||
17| It shall not be baked with leaven. I have given it as a portion to them of the burnt-offerings of the Lord: it is most holy, as the offering for sin, and as the offering for trespass.
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18| Every male of the priests shall eat it: it is a perpetual ordinance throughout your generations of the burnt-offerings of the Lord; whosoever shall touch them shall be hallowed.
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||||
19| And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
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20| This is the gift of Aaron and of his sons, which they shall offer to the Lord in the day in which thou shalt anoint him; the tenth of an ephah of fine flour for a sacrifice continually, the half of it in the morning, and the half of it in the evening.
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21| It shall be made with oil in a frying-pan; he shall offer it kneaded <i>and</i> in rolls, an offering of fragments, an offering of a sweet savour unto the Lord.
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||||
22| The anointed priest who is in his place, <i>one</i> of his sons, shall offer it: it is a perpetual statute, it shall all be consumed.
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||||
23| And every sacrifice of a priest shall be thoroughly burnt, and shall not be eaten.
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||||
24| And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
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||||
25| Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying, This is the law of the sin-offering; —in the place where they slay the whole-burnt-offering, they shall slay the sin-offerings before the Lord: they are most holy.
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26| The priest that offers it shall eat it: in a holy place it shall be eaten, in the court of the tabernacle of witness.
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||||
27| Every one that touches the flesh of it shall be holy, and on whosesoever garment any of its blood shall have been sprinkled, whosoever shall have it sprinkled, shall be washed in the holy place.
|
||||
28| And the earthen vessel, in whichsoever it shall have been sodden, shall be broken; and if it shall have been sodden in a brazen vessel, he shall scour it and wash it with water.
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||||
29| Every male among the priests shall eat it: it is most holy to the Lord.
|
||||
30| And no offerings for sin, of whose blood there shall be brought any into the tabernacle of witness to make atonement in the holy place, shall be eaten: they shall be burned with fire.
|
||||
31| And this <i>is</i> the law of the ram for the trespass-offering; it is most holy.
|
||||
32| In the place where they slay the whole-burnt-offering, they shall slay the ram of the trespass-offering before the Lord, and he shall pour out the blood at the bottom of the altar round about.
|
||||
33| And he shall offer all the fat from it; and the loins, and all the fat that covers the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards,
|
||||
34| and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, that which is upon the thighs, and the caul upon the liver with the kidney, he shall take them away.
|
||||
35| And the priest shall offer them on the altar a burnt-offering to the Lord; it is for trespass.
|
||||
36| Every male of the priest shall eat them, in the holy place they shall eat them: they are most holy.
|
||||
37| As the sin-offering, so also <i>is</i> the trespass-offering. There is one law of them; the priest who shall make atonement with it, his it shall be.
|
||||
38| And <i>as for</i> the priest who offers a man’s whole-burnt-offering, the skin of the whole-burnt-offering which he offers, shall be his.
|
||||
39| And every sacrifice which shall be prepared in the oven, and every one which shall be prepared on the hearth, or on a frying-pan, it is the property of the priest that offers it; it shall be his.
|
||||
40| And every sacrifice made up with oil, or not made up <i>with oil</i>, shall belong to the sons of Aaron, an equal portion to each.
|
||||
|
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#7
|
||||
1| This <i>is</i> the law of the sacrifice of peace-offering, which they shall bring to the Lord.
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||||
2| If a man should offer it for praise, then shall he bring, for the sacrifice of praise, loaves of fine flour made up with oil, and unleavened cakes anointed with oil, and fine flour kneaded with oil.
|
||||
3| With leavened bread he shall offer his gifts, with the peace-offering of praise.
|
||||
4| And he shall bring one of all his gifts, a separate offering to the Lord: it shall belong to the priest who pours forth the blood of the peace-offering.
|
||||
5| And the flesh of the sacrifice of the peace-offering of praise shall be his, and it shall be eaten in the day in which it is offered: they shall not leave of it till the morning.
|
||||
6| And if it be a vow, or he offer his gift of his own will, on whatsoever day he shall offer his sacrifice, it shall be eaten, and on the morrow.
|
||||
7| And that which is left of the flesh of the sacrifice till the third day, shall be consumed with fire.
|
||||
8| And if he do at all eat of the flesh on the third day, it shall not be accepted for him that offers: it shall not be reckoned to him, it is pollution; and whatsoever soul shall eat of it, shall bear his iniquity.
|
||||
9| And whatsoever flesh shall have touched any unclean thing, it shall not be eaten, it shall be consumed with fire; every one that is clean shall eat the flesh.
|
||||
10| And whatsoever soul shall eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of the peace-offering which is the Lord’s, and his uncleanness be upon him, that soul shall perish from his people.
|
||||
11| And whatsoever soul shall touch any unclean thing, either of the uncleanness of a man, or of unclean quadrupeds, or any unclean abominable thing, and shall eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of the peace-offering, which is the Lord’s, that soul shall perish from his people.
|
||||
12| And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
|
||||
13| Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Ye shall eat no fat of oxen or sheep or goats.
|
||||
14| And the fat of such animals as have died of themselves, or have been seized of beasts, may be employed for any work; but it shall not be eaten for food.
|
||||
15| Every one that eats fat off the beasts, from which he will bring a burnt-offering to the Lord—that soul shall perish from his people.
|
||||
16| Ye shall eat no blood in all your habitations, either of beasts or of birds.
|
||||
17| Every soul that shall eat blood, that soul shall perish from his people.
|
||||
18| And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
|
||||
19| Thou shalt also speak to the children of Israel, saying, He that offers a sacrifice of peace-offering, shall bring his gift to the Lord also from the sacrifice of peace-offering.
|
||||
20| His hands shall bring the burnt-offerings to the Lord; the fat which is on the breast and the lobe of the liver, he shall bring them, so as to set them for a gift before the Lord.
|
||||
21| And the priest shall offer the fat upon the altar, and the breast shall be Aaron’s and his sons,
|
||||
22| and ye shall give the right shoulder for a choice piece to the priest of your sacrifices of peace-offering.
|
||||
23| He that offers the blood of the peace-offering, and the fat, of the sons of Aaron, his shall be the right shoulder for a portion.
|
||||
24| For I have taken the wave-breast and shoulder of separation from the children of Israel from the sacrifices of your peace-offerings, and I have given them to Aaron the priest and his sons, a perpetual ordinance <i>due</i> from the children of Israel.
|
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25| This is the anointing of Aaron, and the anointing of his sons, <i>their portion</i> of the burnt-offerings of the Lord, in the day in which he brought them forward to minister as priests to the Lord;
|
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26| as the Lord commanded to give to them in the day in which he anointed them of the sons of Israel, a perpetual statute through their generations.
|
||||
27| This <i>is</i> the law of the whole-burnt-offerings, and of sacrifice, and of sin-offering, and of offering for transgression, and of the sacrifice of consecration, and of the sacrifice of peace-offering;
|
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28| as the Lord commanded Moses in the mount Sina, in the day in which he commanded the children of Israel to offer their gifts before the Lord in the wilderness of Sina.
|
||||
|
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#8
|
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1| And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
|
||||
2| Take Aaron and his sons, and his robes and the anointing oil, and the calf for the sin-offering, and the two rams, and the basket of unleavened bread,
|
||||
3| and assemble the whole congregation at the door of the tabernacle of witness.
|
||||
4| And Moses did as the Lord appointed him, and he assembled the congregation at the door of the tabernacle of witness.
|
||||
5| And Moses said to the congregation, This is the thing which the Lord has commanded you to do.
|
||||
6| And Moses brought nigh Aaron and his sons, and washed them with water,
|
||||
7| and put on him the coat, and girded him with the girdle, and clothed him with the tunic, and put on him the ephod;
|
||||
8| and girded him <i>with a girdle</i> according to the make of the ephod, and clasped him closely with it: and put upon it the oracle, and put upon the oracle the Manifestation and the Truth.
|
||||
9| And he put the mitre on his head, and put upon the mitre in front the golden plate, the most holy thing, as the Lord commanded Moses.
|
||||
10| And Moses took of the anointing oil,
|
||||
11| and sprinkled of it seven times on the altar; and anointed the altar, and hallowed it, and all things on it, and the laver, and its foot, and sanctified them; and anointed the tabernacle and all its furniture, and hallowed it.
|
||||
12| And Moses poured of the anointing oil on the head of Aaron; and he anointed him and sanctified him.
|
||||
13| And Moses brought the sons of Aaron near, and put on them coast and girded them with girdles, and put on them bonnets, as the Lord commanded Moses.
|
||||
14| And Moses brought near the calf for the sin-offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the calf of the sin-offering.
|
||||
15| And he slew it; and Moses took of the blood, and put it on the horns of the altar round about with his finger; and he purified the altar, and poured out the blood at the bottom of the altar, and sanctified it, to make atonement upon it.
|
||||
16| And Moses took all the fat that was upon the inwards, and the lobe on the liver, and both the kidneys, and the fat that was upon them, and Moses offered them on the altar.
|
||||
17| But the calf, and his hide, and his flesh, and his dung, he burnt with fire without the camp, as the Lord commanded Moses.
|
||||
18| And Moses brought near the ram for a whole-burnt-offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram. And Moses slew the ram: and Moses poured the blood on the altar round about.
|
||||
19| And he divided the ram by its limbs, and Moses offered the head, and the limbs, and the fat; and he washed the belly and the feet with water.
|
||||
20| And Moses offered up the whole ram on the altar: it is a whole-burnt-offering for a sweet-smelling savour; it is a burnt-offering to the Lord, as the Lord commanded Moses.
|
||||
21| And Moses brought the second ram, the ram of consecration, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram, and <i>he</i> slew him;
|
||||
22| and Moses took of his blood, and put it upon the tip of Aaron’s right ear, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot.
|
||||
23| And Moses brought near the sons of Aaron; and Moses put of the blood on the tips of their right ears, and on the thumbs of their right hands, and on the great toes of their right feet, and Moses poured out the blood on the altar round about.
|
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24| And he took the fat, and the rump, and the fat on the belly, and the lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and the right shoulder.
|
||||
25| And from the basket of consecration, which was before the Lord, he also took one unleavened loaf, and one loaf made with oil, and one cake; and put <i>them</i> upon the fat, and the right shoulder:
|
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26| and put them all on the hands of Aaron, and upon the hands of his sons, and offered them up for a wave-offering before the Lord.
|
||||
27| And Moses took them at their hands, and Moses offered them on the altar, on the whole-burnt-offering of consecration, which is a smell of sweet savour: it is a burnt-offering to the Lord.
|
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28| And Moses took the breast, and separated it for a heave-offering before the Lord, from the ram of consecration; and it became Moses’ portion, as the Lord commanded Moses.
|
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29| And Moses took of the anointing oil, and of the blood that was on the altar, and sprinkled it on Aaron, and on his garments, and his sons, and the garments of his sons with him.
|
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30| And he sanctified Aaron and his garments, and his sons, and the garments of his sons with him.
|
||||
31| And Moses said to Aaron and to his sons, Boil the flesh in the tent of the tabernacle of witness in the holy place; and there ye shall eat it and the loaves in the basket of consecration, as it has been appointed me, <i>the Lord</i> saying, Aaron and his sons shall eat them.
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32| And that which is left of the flesh and of the loaves burn ye with fire.
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33| And ye shall not go out from the door of the tabernacle of witness for seven days, until the day be fulfilled, the day of your consecration; for in seven days shall he consecrate you,
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34| as he did in this day on which the Lord commanded me to do so, to make an atonement for you.
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35| And ye shall remain seven days at the door of the tabernacle of witness, day and night; ye shall observe the ordinances of the Lord, that ye die not; for so has the Lord God commanded me.
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36| And Aaron and his sons performed all these commands which the Lord commanded Moses.
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#9
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1| And it came to pass on the eighth day, that Moses called Aaron and his sons, and the elders of Israel,
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2| and Moses said to Aaron, Take to thyself a young calf of the herd for a sin-offering, and a ram for a whole-burnt-offering, unblemished, and offer them before the Lord.
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3| And speak to the elders of Israel, saying, Take one kid of the goats for a sin-offering, and a young calf, and a lamb of a year old for a whole-burnt-offering, spotless,
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4| and a calf and a ram for a peace offering before the Lord, and fine flour mingled with oil, for to-day the Lord will appear among you.
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5| And they took as Moses commanded them before the tabernacle of witness, and all the congregation drew nigh, and they stood before the Lord.
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6| And Moses said, This is the thing which the Lord has spoken; do <i>it</i>, and the glory of the Lord shall appear among you.
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7| And Moses said to Aaron, Draw nigh to the altar, and offer thy sin-offering, and thy whole-burnt-offering, and make atonement for thyself, and for thy house; and offer the gifts of the people, and make atonement for them, as the Lord commanded Moses.
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8| And Aaron drew nigh to the altar, and slew the calf of his sin-offering.
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9| And the sons of Aaron brought the blood to him, and he dipped his finger into the blood, and put it on the horns of the altar, and he poured out the blood at the bottom of the altar.
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10| And he offered up on the altar the fat and the kidneys and the lobe of the liver of the sin-offering, according as the Lord commanded Moses.
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11| And the flesh and the hide he burnt with fire outside of the camp.
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12| And he slew the whole-burnt-offering; and the sons of Aaron brought the blood to him, and he poured it on the altar round about.
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13| And they brought the whole-burnt-offering, according to its pieces; them and the head he put upon the altar.
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14| And he washed the belly and the feet with water, and he put them on the whole-burnt-offering on the altar.
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15| And he brought the gift of the people, and took the goat of the sin-offering of the people, and slew it, and purified it as also the first.
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16| And he brought the whole-burnt-offering, and offered it in due form.
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17| And he brought the sacrifice and filled his hands with it, and laid it on the altar, besides the morning whole-burnt-offering.
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18| And he slew the calf, and the ram of the sacrifice of peace-offering of the people; and the sons of Aaron brought the blood to him, and he poured it out on the altar round about.
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19| And <i>he took</i> the fat of the calf, and the hind quarters of the ram, and the fat covering the belly, and the two kidneys, and the fat upon them, and the caul on the liver.
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20| And he put the fat on the breasts, and offered the fat on the altar.
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21| And Aaron separated the breast and the right shoulder as a choice-offering before the Lord, as the Lord commanded Moses.
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22| And Aaron lifted up his hands on the people and blessed them; and after he had offered the sin-offering, and the whole-burnt-offerings, and the peace-offerings, he came down.
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23| And Moses and Aaron entered into the tabernacle of witness. And they came out and blessed all the people, and the glory of the Lord appeared to all the people.
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24| And fire came forth from the Lord, and devoured the offerings on the altar, both the whole-burnt-offerings and the fat; and all the people saw, and were amazed, and fell upon their faces. 0
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#10
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1| And the two sons of Aaron, Nadab and Abiud, took each his censer, and put fire therein, and threw incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the Lord, which the Lord did not command them,
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2| and fire came forth from the Lord, and devoured them, and they died before the Lord.
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3| And Moses said to Aaron, This is the thing which the Lord spoke, saying, I will be sanctified among them that draw night to me, and I will be glorified in the whole congregation; and Aaron was pricked <i>in his heart</i>.
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4| And Moses called Misadae, and Elisaphan, sons of Oziel, sons of the brother of Aaron’s father, and said to them, Draw near and take your brethren from before the sanctuary out of the camp.
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5| And they came near and took them in their coats out of the camp, as Moses said.
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6| And Moses said to Aaron, and Eleazar and Ithamar his sons that were left, Ye shall not make bare your heads, and ye shall not tear your garments; that ye die not, and <i>so</i> there should be wrath on all the congregation: but your brethren, <i>even</i> all the house of Israel, shall lament for the burning, with which they were burnt by the Lord.
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7| And ye shall not go forth from the door of the tabernacle of witness, that ye die not; for the Lord’s anointing oil <i>is</i> upon you: and they did according to the word of Moses.
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8| And the Lord spoke to Aaron, saying,
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9| Ye shall not drink wine nor strong drink, thou and thy sons with thee, whensoever ye enter into the tabernacle of witness, or when ye approach the altar, so shall ye not die; <i>it is</i> a perpetual statute for your generations,
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10| to distinguish between sacred and profane, and between clean and unclean,
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11| and to teach the children of Israel all the statutes, which the Lord spoke to them by Moses.
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12| And Moses said to Aaron, and to Eleazar and Ithamar, the sons of Aaron who survived, Take the sacrifice that is left of the burnt-offerings of the Lord, and ye shall eat unleavened bread by the altar: it is most holy.
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13| And ye shall eat it in the holy place; for this is a statute for thee and a statute for thy sons, of the burnt-offerings to the Lord; for so it has been commanded me.
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14| And ye shall eat the breast of separation, and the shoulder of the choice-offering in the holy place, thou and thy sons and thy house with thee; for it has been given as an ordinance for thee and an ordinance for thy sons, of the sacrifices of peace-offering of the children of Israel.
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15| They shall bring the shoulder of the choice-offering, and the breast of the separation upon the burnt-offerings of the fat, to separate for a separation before the Lord; and it shall be a perpetual ordinance for thee and thy sons and thy daughters with thee, as the Lord commanded Moses.
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16| And Moses diligently sought the goat of the sin-offering, but it had been consumed by fire; and Moses was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar the sons of Aaron that were left, saying,
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17| Why did ye not eat the sin-offering in the holy place? for because it is most holy he has given you this to eat, that ye might take away the sin of the congregation, and make atonement for them before the Lord.
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18| For the blood of it was not brought into the holy place: ye shall eat it within, before <i>the Lord</i>, as the Lord commanded me.
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19| And Aaron spoke to Moses, saying, If they have brought nigh to-day their sin-offerings, and their whole-burnt-offerings before the Lord, and these events have happened to me, and <i>yet</i> I should eat to-day of the sin-offerings, would it be pleasing to the Lord?
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20| And Moses heard <i>it</i>, and it pleased him. 1
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#11
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1| And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,
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2| Speak ye to the sons of Israel, saying, These are the beasts which ye shall eat of all beasts that are upon the earth.
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3| Every beast parting the hoof and making divisions of two claws, and chewing the cud among beasts, these ye shall eat.
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4| But of these ye shall not eat, of those that chew the cud, and of those that part the hoofs, and divide claws; the camel, because it chews the cud, but does not divide the hoof, this is unclean to you.
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5| And the rabbit, because it chews the cud, but does not divide the hoof, this is unclean to you.
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6| And the hare, because it does not chew the cud, and does not divide the hoof, this is unclean to you.
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7| And the swine, because this <i>animal</i> divides the hoof, and makes claws of the hoof, and it does not chew the cud, is unclean to you.
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8| Ye shall not eat of their flesh, and ye shall not touch their carcases; these are unclean to you.
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9| And these <i>are</i> what ye shall eat of all that are in the waters: all things that have fins and scales in the waters, and in the seas, and in the brooks, these ye shall eat.
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10| And all things which have not fins or scales in the water, or in the seas, and in the brooks, of all which the waters produce, and of every soul living in the water, are an abomination; and they shall be abominations to you.
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11| Ye shall not eat of their flesh, and ye shall abhor their carcases.
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12| And all things that have not fins or scales of those that are in the waters, these are an abomination to you.
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13| And these are the things which ye shall abhor of birds, and they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle and the ossifrage, and the sea-eagle.
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14| And the vulture, and the kite, and the like to it;
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15| and the sparrow, and the owl, and the sea-mew, and the like to it:
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16| and every raven, and the birds like it, and the hawk and his like,
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17| and the night-raven and the cormorant and the stork,
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18| and the red-bill, and the pelican, and swan,
|
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19| and the heron, and the lapwing, and the like to it, and the hoopoe and the bat.
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20| And all winged creatures that creep, which go upon four feet, are abominations to you.
|
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21| But these ye shall eat of the creeping winged animals, which go upon four feet, which have legs above their feet, to leap with on the earth.
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22| And these of them ye shall eat: the caterpillar and his like, and the attacus and his like, and the cantharus and his like, and the locust and his like.
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23| Every creeping thing from among the birds, which has four feet, is an abomination to you.
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24| And by these ye shall be defiled; every one that touches their carcases shall be unclean till the evening.
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25| And every one that takes of their dead bodies shall wash his garments, and shall be unclean till the evening.
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26| And whichever among the beasts divides the hoof and makes claws, and does not chew the cud, shall be unclean to you; every one that touches their dead bodies shall be unclean till evening.
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27| And every one among all the wild beasts that moves upon its fore feet, which goes on all four, is unclean to you; every one that touches their dead bodies shall be unclean till evening.
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28| And he that takes of their dead bodies shall wash his garments, and shall be unclean till evening: these are unclean to you.
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29| And these <i>are</i> unclean to you of reptiles upon the earth, the weasel, and the mouse, and the lizard,
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30| the ferret, and the chameleon, and the evet, and the newt, and the mole.
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31| These are unclean to you of all the reptiles which are on the earth; every one who touches their carcases shall be unclean till evening.
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32| And on whatsoever one of their dead bodies shall fall it shall be unclean; whatever wooden vessel, or garment, or skin, or sack it may be, every vessel in which work should be done, shall be dipped in water, and shall be unclean till evening; and <i>then</i> it shall be clean.
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33| And every earthen vessel into which one of these things shall fall, whatsoever is inside it, shall be unclean, and it shall be broken.
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34| And all food that is eaten, on which water shall come <i>from such a vessel</i>, shall be unclean; and every beverage which is drunk in any <i>such</i> vessel, shall be unclean.
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35| And every thing on which there shall fall of their dead bodies shall be unclean; ovens and stands for jars shall be broken down: these are unclean, and they shall be unclean to you.
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||||
36| Only <i>if the water be</i> of fountains of water, or a pool, or confluence of water, it shall be clean; but he that touches their carcases shall be unclean.
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||||
37| And if one of their carcases should fall upon any sowing seed which shall be sown, it shall be clean.
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||||
38| But if water be poured on any seed, and one of their dead bodies fall upon it, it is unclean to you.
|
||||
39| And if one of the cattle die, which it is lawful for you to eat, he that touches their carcases shall be unclean till evening.
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40| And he that eats of their carcases shall wash his garments, and be unclean till evening; and he that carries any of their carcases shall wash his garments, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean till evening.
|
||||
41| And every reptile that creeps on the earth, this shall be an abomination to you; it shall not be eaten.
|
||||
42| And every <i>animal</i> that creeps on its belly, and every one that goes on four <i>feet</i> continually, which abounds with feet among all the reptiles creeping upon the earth—ye shall not eat it, for it is an abomination to you.
|
||||
43| And ye shall not defile your souls with any of the reptiles that creep upon the earth, and ye shall not be polluted with them, and ye shall not be unclean by them.
|
||||
44| For I am the Lord your God; and ye shall be sanctified, and ye shall be holy, because I the Lord your God am holy; and ye shall not defile your souls with any of the reptiles creeping upon the earth.
|
||||
45| For I am the Lord who brought you up out of the land of Egypt to be your God; and ye shall be holy, for I the Lord am holy.
|
||||
46| This is the law concerning beasts and birds and every living creature moving in the water, and every living creature creeping on the earth;
|
||||
47| to distinguish between the unclean and the clean; and between those that bring forth alive, such as should be eaten, and those that bring forth alive, such as should not be eaten. 2
|
||||
|
||||
#12
|
||||
1| And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
|
||||
2| Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them, Whatsoever woman shall have conceived and born a male child shall be unclean seven days, she shall be unclean according to the days of separation for her monthly courses.
|
||||
3| And on the eighth day she shall circumcise the flesh of his foreskin.
|
||||
4| And for thirty-three days she shall continue in her unclean blood; she shall touch nothing holy, and shall not enter the sanctuary, until the days of her purification be fulfilled.
|
||||
5| But if she should have born a female child, then she shall be unclean twice seven days, according to the time of her monthly courses; and for sixty-six days shall she remain in her unclean blood.
|
||||
6| And when the days of her purification shall have been fulfilled for a son or a daughter, she shall bring a lamb of a year old without blemish for a whole-burnt-offering, and a young pigeon or turtle-dove for a sin-offering to the door of the tabernacle of witness, to the priest.
|
||||
7| And he shall present it before the Lord, and the priest shall make atonement for her, and shall purge her from the fountain of her blood; this is the law of her who bears a male or a female.
|
||||
8| And if she cannot afford a lamb, then shall she take two turtle-doves or two young pigeons, one for a whole-burnt-offering, and one for a sin-offering; and the priest shall make atonement for her, and she shall be purified. 3
|
||||
|
||||
#13
|
||||
1| And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,
|
||||
2| If any man should have in the skin of his flesh a bright clear spot, and there should be in the skin of his flesh a plague of leprosy, he shall be brought to Aaron the priest, or to one of his sons the priests.
|
||||
3| And the priest shall view the spot in the skin of his flesh; and <i>if</i> the hair in the spot be changed <i>to</i> white, and the appearance of the spot be below the skin of the flesh, it is a plague of leprosy; and the priest shall look upon it, and pronounce him unclean.
|
||||
4| But if the spot be clear and white in the skin of his flesh, yet the appearance of it be not deep below the skin, and its hair have not changed <i>itself for</i> white hair, but it is dark, then the priest shall separate <i>him that has</i> the spot seven days;
|
||||
5| and the priest shall look on the spot the seventh day; and, behold, <i>if</i> the spot remains before him, <i>if</i> the spot has not spread in the skin, then the priest shall separate him the second time seven days.
|
||||
6| And the priest shall look upon him the second time on the seventh day; and, behold, <i>if</i> the spot be dark, <i>and</i> the spot have not spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean; for it is a <i>mere</i> mark, and the man shall wash his garments and be clean.
|
||||
7| But if the bright spot should have changed and spread in the skin, after the priest has seen him for the purpose of purifying him, then shall he appear the second time to the priest,
|
||||
8| and the priest shall look upon him; and, behold, <i>if</i> the mark have spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a leprosy.
|
||||
9| And if a man have a plague of leprosy, then he shall come to the priest;
|
||||
10| and the priest shall look, and, behold, if it is a white spot in the skin, and it has changed the hair to white, and <i>there be</i> some of the sound part of the quick flesh in the sore—
|
||||
11| it is a leprosy waxing old in the skin of the flesh; and the priest shall pronounce him unclean, and shall separate him, because he is unclean.
|
||||
12| And if the leprosy should have come out very evidently in the skin, and the leprosy should cover all the skin of the patient from the head to the feet, wheresoever the priest shall look;
|
||||
13| then the priest shall look, and, behold, the leprosy has covered all the skin of the flesh; and the priest shall pronounce him clean of the plague, because it has changed all to white, it is clean.
|
||||
14| But on whatsoever day the quick flesh shall appear on him, he shall be pronounced unclean.
|
||||
15| And the priest shall look upon the sound flesh, and the sound flesh shall prove him to be unclean; for it is unclean, it is a leprosy.
|
||||
16| But if the sound flesh be restored and changed <i>to</i> white, then shall he come to the priest;
|
||||
17| and the priest shall see <i>him</i>, and, behold, <i>if</i> the plague is turned white, then the priest shall pronounce the patient clean: he is clean.
|
||||
18| And if the flesh should have become an ulcer in his skin, and should be healed,
|
||||
19| and there should be in the place of the ulcer a white sore, or <i>one</i> looking white and bright, or fiery, and it shall be seen by the priest;
|
||||
20| then the priest shall look, and, behold, if the appearance be beneath the skin, and its hair has changed to white, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; because it is a leprosy, it has broken out in the ulcer.
|
||||
21| But if the priest look, and behold there is no white hair on it, and it be not below the skin of the flesh, and it be dark-coloured; then the priest shall separate him seven days.
|
||||
22| But if it manifestly spread over the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague of leprosy; it has broken out in the ulcer.
|
||||
23| But if the bright spot should remain in its place and not spread, it is the scar of the ulcer; and the priest shall pronounce him clean.
|
||||
24| And if the flesh be in his skin <i>in a state of</i> fiery inflammation, and there should be in his skin the part which is healed of the inflammation, bright, clear, and white, suffused with red or very white;
|
||||
25| then the priest shall look upon him, and, behold, <i>if</i> the hair being white is changed to a bright colour, and its appearance is lower than the skin, it is a leprosy; it has broken out in the inflammation, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague of leprosy.
|
||||
26| But if the priest should look, and, behold, there is not in the bright spot any white hair, and it should not be lower than the skin, and it should be dark, then the priest shall separate him seven days.
|
||||
27| And the priest shall look upon him on the seventh day; and if the spot be much spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague of leprosy, it has broken out in the ulcer.
|
||||
28| But if the bright spot remain stationary, and be not spread in the skin, but <i>the sore</i> should be dark, it is a scar of inflammation; and the priest shall pronounce him clean, for it is the mark of the inflammation.
|
||||
29| And if a man or a woman have in them a plague of leprosy in the head or the beard;
|
||||
30| then the priest shall look on the plague, and, behold, <i>if</i> the appearance of it be beneath the skin, and in it there be thin yellowish hair, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a scurf, it is a leprosy of the head or a leprosy of the beard.
|
||||
31| And if the priest should see the plague of the scurf, and, behold, the appearance of it be not beneath the skin, and there is no yellowish hair in it, then the priest shall set apart <i>him that has</i> the plague of the scurf seven days.
|
||||
32| And the priest shall look at the plague on the seventh day; and, behold, <i>if</i> the scurf be not spread, and there be no yellowish hair on it, and the appearance of the scurf is not hollow under the skin;
|
||||
33| then the skin shall be shaven, but the scurf shall not be shaven; and the priest shall set aside the person having the scurf the second time for seven days.
|
||||
34| And the priest shall see the scurf on the seventh day; and, behold, <i>if</i> the scurf is not spread in the skin after the man’s being shaved, and the appearance of the scurf is not hollow beneath the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean; and he shall wash his garments, and be clean.
|
||||
35| But if the scurf be indeed spread in the skin after he has been purified,
|
||||
36| then the priest shall look, and, behold, <i>if</i> the scurf be spread in the skin, the priest shall not examine concerning the yellow hair, for he is unclean.
|
||||
37| But if the scurf remain before <i>him</i> in its place, and a dark hair should have arisen in it, the scurf is healed: he is clean, and the priest shall pronounce him clean.
|
||||
38| And if a man or woman should have in the skin of their flesh spots of a bright whiteness,
|
||||
39| then the priest shall look; and, behold, there <i>being</i> bright spots of a bright whiteness in the skin of their flesh, it is a tetter; it burst forth in the skin of his flesh; he is clean.
|
||||
40| And if any one’s head should lose the hair, he is <i>only</i> bald, he is clean.
|
||||
41| And if his head should lose the hair in front, he is forehead bald: he is clean.
|
||||
42| And if there should be in his baldness of head, or his baldness of forehead, a white or fiery plague, it is leprosy in his baldness of head, or baldness of forehead.
|
||||
43| And the priest shall look upon him, and, behold, if the appearance of the plague be white or inflamed in his baldness of head or baldness in front, as the appearance of leprosy in the skin of his flesh,
|
||||
44| he is a leprous man: the priest shall surely pronounce him unclean, his plague is in his head.
|
||||
45| And the leper in whom the plague is, let his garments be ungirt, and his head uncovered; and let him have a covering put upon his mouth, and he shall be called unclean.
|
||||
46| All the days in which the plague shall be upon him, being unclean, he shall be <i>esteemed</i> unclean; he shall dwell apart, his place of sojourn shall be without the camp.
|
||||
47| And if a garment have in it the plague of leprosy, a garment of wool, or a garment of flax,
|
||||
48| either in the warp or in the woof, or in the linen, or in the woollen threads, or in a skin, or in any workmanship of skin,
|
||||
49| and the plague be greenish or reddish in the skin, or in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any utensil of skin, it is a plague of leprosy, and he shall show it to the priest.
|
||||
50| And the priest shall look upon the plague, and the priest shall set apart <i>that which has</i> the plague seven days.
|
||||
51| And the priest shall look upon the plague on the seventh day; and if the plague be spread in the garment, either in the warp or in the woof, or in the skin, in whatsoever things skins may be used in their workmanship, the plague is a confirmed leprosy; it is unclean.
|
||||
52| He shall burn the garment, either the warp or woof in woollen garments or in flaxen, or in any utensil of skin, in which there may be the plague; because it is a confirmed leprosy; it shall be burnt with fire.
|
||||
53| And if the priest should see, and the plague be not spread in the garments, either in the warp or in the woof, or in any utensil of skin,
|
||||
54| then the priest shall give directions, and <i>one</i> shall wash that on which there may have been the plague, and the priest shall set it aside a second time for seven days.
|
||||
55| And the priest shall look upon it after the plague has been washed; and <i>if</i> this, even the plague, has not changed its appearance, and the plague does not spread, it is unclean; it shall be burnt with fire: it is fixed in the garment, in the warp, or in the woof.
|
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56| And if the priest should look, and the spot be dark after it has been washed, he shall tear it off from the garment, either from the warp or from the woof, or from the skin.
|
||||
57| And if it should still appear in the garment, either in the warp or in the woof, or in any article of skin, it is a leprosy bursting forth: that wherein is the plague shall be burnt with fire.
|
||||
58| And the garment, or the warp, or the woof, or any article of skin, which shall be washed, and the plague depart from it, shall also be washed again, and shall be clean.
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59| This is the law of the plague of leprosy of a woollen or linen garment, either of the warp, or woof, or any leathern article, to pronounce it clean or unclean. 4
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#14
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1| And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
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2| This is the law of the leper: in whatsoever day he shall have been cleansed, then shall he be brought to the priest.
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3| And the priest shall come forth out of the camp, and the priest shall look, and, behold, the plague of the leprosy is removed from the leper.
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4| And the priest shall give directions, and they shall take for him that is cleansed two clean live birds, and cedar wood, and spun scarlet, and hyssop.
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5| And the priest shall give direction, and they shall kill one bird over an earthen vessel over running water.
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6| And as for the living bird he shall take it, and the cedar wood, and the spun scarlet, and the hyssop, and he shall dip them and the living bird into the blood of the bird that was slain over running water.
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7| And he shall sprinkle seven times upon him that was cleansed of his leprosy, and he shall be clean; and he shall let go the living bird into the field.
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8| and the man that has been cleansed shall wash his garments, and shall shave off all his hair, and shall wash himself in water, and shall be clean; and after that he shall go into the camp, and shall remain out of his house seven days.
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9| And it shall come to pass on the seventh day, he shall shave off all his hair, his head and his beard, and his eye-brows, even all his hair shall he shave; and he shall wash his garments, and wash his body with water, and shall be clean.
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10| And on the eighth day he shall take two lambs without spot of a year old, and one ewe lamp without spot of a year old, and three-tenths of fine flour for sacrifice kneaded with oil, and one small cup of oil.
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11| And the priest that cleanses shall present the man under purification, and these <i>offerings</i> before the Lord, at the door of the tabernacle of witness.
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12| And the priest shall take one lamb, and offer him for a trespass-offering, and the cup of oil, and set them apart for a special offering before the Lord.
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13| and they shall kill the lamb in the place where they kill the whole-burnt-offerings, and the sin-offerings, in the holy places; for it is a sin-offering: as the trespass-offering, it belongs to the priest, it is most holy.
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14| And the priest shall take of the blood of the trespass-offering, and the priest shall put it on the tip of the right ear of the person under cleansing, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot.
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15| And the priest shall take of the cup of oil, and shall pour it upon his own left hand.
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16| And he shall dip with the finger of his right hand <i>into</i> some of the oil that is in his left hand, and he shall sprinkle with his finger seven times before the Lord.
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17| And the remaining oil that is in his hand, the priest shall put on the tip of the right ear of him that is under cleansing, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot, on the place of the blood of the trespass-offering.
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18| And the remaining oil that is on the hand of the priest, the priest shall put on the head of the cleansed <i>leper</i>, and the priest shall make atonement for him before the Lord.
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19| And the priest shall sacrifice the sin-offering, and the priest shall make atonement for the person under purification <i>to cleanse him</i> from his sin, and afterwards the priest shall slay the whole-burnt-offering.
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20| And the priest shall offer the whole-burnt-offering, and the sacrifice upon the altar before the Lord; and the priest shall make atonement for him, and he shall be cleansed.
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21| And if he should be poor, and cannot afford so much, he shall take one lamb for his transgression for a separate-offering, so as to make propitiation for him, and a tenth deal of fine flour mingled with oil for a sacrifice, and one cup of oil,
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22| and two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, as he can afford; and the one shall be for a sin-offering, and the other for a whole-burnt-offering.
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23| And he shall bring them on the eighth day, to purify him, to the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of witness before the Lord.
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24| And the priest shall take the lamb of the trespass-offering, and the cup of oil, and place them for a set-offering before the Lord.
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25| And he shall slay the lamb of the trespass-offering; and the priest shall take of the blood of the trespass-offering, and put it on the tip of the right ear of him that is under purification, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot.
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26| And the priest shall pour of the oil on his own left hand.
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27| And the priest shall sprinkle with the finger of his right hand some of the oil that is in his left hand seven times before the Lord.
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28| And the priest shall put of the oil that is on his hand on the tip of the right ear of him that is under purification, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot, on the place of the blood of the trespass-offering.
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29| And that which is left of the oil which is on the hand of the priest he shall put on the head of him that is purged, and the priest shall make atonement for him before the Lord.
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30| And he shall offer one of the turtle-doves or of the young pigeons, as he can afford it,
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31| the one for a sin-offering, the other for a whole-burnt-offering with the meat-offering, and the priest shall make an atonement before the Lord for him that is under purification.
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32| This is the law for him in whom is the plague of leprosy, and who cannot afford the offerings for his purification.
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33| And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,
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34| Whensoever ye shall enter into the land of the Chananites, which I give you for a possession, and I shall put the plague of leprosy in the houses of the land of your possession;
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35| then the owner of the house shall come and report to the priest, saying, I have seen as it were a plague in the house.
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36| And the priest shall give orders to remove the furniture of the house, before the priest comes in to see the plague, and <i>thus</i> none of the things in the house shall become unclean; and afterwards the priest shall go in to examine the house.
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37| And he shall look on the plague, and, behold, <i>if</i> the plague is in the walls of the house, <i>he will see</i> greenish or reddish cavities, and the appearance of them <i>will be</i> beneath the surface of the walls.
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38| And the priest shall come out of the house to the door of the house, and the priest shall separate the house seven days.
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39| And the priest shall return on the seventh day and view the house; and, behold, <i>if</i> the plague is spread in the walls of the house,
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40| then the priest shall give orders, and they shall take away the stones in which the plague is, and shall cast them out of the city into an unclean place.
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41| And they shall scrape the house within round about, and shall pour out the dust scraped off outside the city into an unclean place.
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42| And they shall take other scraped stones, and put them in the place of the <i>former</i> stones, and they shall take other plaster and plaster the house.
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43| And if the plague should return again, and break out in the house after they have taken away the stones and after the house is scraped, and after it has been plastered,
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44| then the priest shall go in and see if the plague is spread in the house: it is a confirmed leprosy in the house, it is unclean.
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45| And they shall take down the house, and its timbers and its stones, and they shall carry out all the mortar without the city into an unclean place.
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46| And he that goes into the house at any time, during its separation, shall be unclean until evening.
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47| And he that sleeps in the house shall wash his garments, and be unclean until evening; and he that eats in the house shall wash his garments, and be unclean until evening.
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48| and if the priest shall arrive and enter and see, and behold the plague be not at all spread in the house after the house has been plastered, then the priest shall declare the house clean, because the plague is healed.
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49| And he shall take to purify the house two clean living birds, and cedar wood, and spun scarlet, and hyssop.
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50| And he shall slay one bird in an earthen vessel over running water.
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51| And he shall take the cedar wood, and the spun scarlet, and the hyssop, and the living bird; and shall dip it into the blood of the bird slain over running water, and with them he shall sprinkle the house seven times.
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52| and he shall purify the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar wood, and with the hyssop, and with the spun scarlet.
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53| And he shall let the living bird go out of the city into the field, and shall make atonement for the house, and it shall be clean.
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54| This <i>is</i> the law concerning every plague of leprosy and scurf,
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55| and of the leprosy of a garment, and of a house,
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56| and of a sore, and of a clear spot, and of a shining one,
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57| and of declaring in what day it is unclean, and in what day it shall be purged: this <i>is</i> the law of the leprosy. 5
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#15
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1| And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,
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2| Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them, Whatever man shall have an issue out of his body, his issue is unclean.
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3| And this <i>is</i> the law of his uncleanness; whoever has a gonorrhoea out of his body, this is his uncleanness in him by reason of the issue, by which, his body is affected through the issue: all the days of the issue of his body, by which his body is affected through the issue, there is his uncleanness.
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4| Every bed on which he that has the issue shall happen to lie, is unclean; and every seat on which he that has the issue may happen to sit, shall be unclean.
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5| And the man who shall touch his bed, shall wash his garments, and bathe himself in water, and shall be unclean till evening.
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6| And whosoever sits on the seat on which he that has the issue may have sat, shall wash his garments, and bathe himself in water, and shall be unclean until evening.
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7| And he that touches the skin of him that has the issue, shall wash his garments and bathe himself in water, and shall be unclean till evening.
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8| And if he that has the issue should spit upon one that is clean, <i>that person</i> shall wash his garments, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until evening.
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9| And every ass’s saddle, on which the man with the issue shall have mounted, shall be unclean till evening.
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10| And every one that touches whatsoever shall have been under him shall be unclean until evening; and he that takes them up shall wash his garments, and bathe himself in water, and shall be unclean until evening.
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11| And whomsoever he that has the issue shall touch, if he have not rinsed his hands in water, he shall wash his garments, and bathe his body in water, and shall be unclean until evening.
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12| And the earthen vessel which he that has the issue shall happen to touch, shall be broken; and a wooden vessel shall be washed with water, and shall be clean.
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13| and if he that has the issue should be cleansed of his issue, then shall he number to himself seven days for his purification; and he shall wash his garments, and bathe his body in water, and shall be clean.
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14| And on the eighth day he shall take to himself two turtle-doves or two young pigeons, and he shall bring them before the Lord to the doors of the tabernacle of witness, and shall give them to the priest.
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15| And the priest shall offer them one for a sin-offering, and the other for a whole-burnt-offering; and the priest shall make atonement for him before the Lord for his issue.
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16| And the man whose seed of copulation shall happen to go forth from him, shall then wash his whole body, and shall be unclean until evening.
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17| And every garment, and every skin on which there shall be the seed of copulation shall both be washed with water, and be unclean until evening.
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18| And a woman, if a man shall lie with her with seed of copulation—they shall both bathe themselves in water and shall be unclean until evening.
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19| And the woman whosoever shall have an issue of blood, when her issue shall be in her body, shall be seven days in her separation; every one that touches her shall be unclean until evening.
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20| And every thing whereon she shall lie in her separation, shall be unclean; and whatever she shall sit upon, shall be unclean.
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21| And whosoever shall touch her bed shall wash his garments, and bathe his body in water, and shall be unclean until evening.
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22| and every one that touches any vessel on which she shall sit, shall wash his garments and bathe himself in water, and shall be unclean until evening.
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23| And whether it be while she is on her bed, or on a seat which she may happen to sit upon when he touches her, he shall be unclean till evening.
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24| And if any one shall lie with her, and her uncleanness be upon him, he shall be unclean seven days; and every bed on which he shall have lain shall be unclean.
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25| And if a woman have an issue of blood many days, not in the time of her separation; if the blood should also flow after her separation, all the days of the issue of her uncleanness <i>shall be</i> as the days of her separation: she shall be unclean.
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26| And every bed on which she shall lie all the days of her flux shall be to her as the bed of her separation, and every seat whereon she shall sit shall be unclean according to the uncleanness of her separation.
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27| Every one that touches it shall be unclean; and he shall wash his garments, and bathe his body in water, and shall be unclean till evening.
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28| But if she shall be cleansed from her flux, then she shall number to herself seven days, and afterwards she shall be esteemed clean.
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29| And on the eighth day she shall take two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, and shall bring them to the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of witness.
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30| And the priest shall offer one for a sin-offering, and the other for a whole-burnt-offering, and the priest shall make atonement for her before the Lord for her unclean flux.
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31| And ye shall cause the children of Israel to beware of their uncleannesses; so they shall not die for their uncleanness, in polluting my tabernacle that is among them.
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32| This is the law of the man who has an issue, and if one discharge seed of copulation, so that he should be polluted by it.
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33| And <i>this is the law</i> for her that has the issue of blood in her separation, and as to the person who has an issue of seed, in his issue: <i>it is a law</i> for the male and the female, and for the man who shall have lain with her that is set apart. 6
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#16
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1| And the Lord spoke to Moses after the two sons of Aaron died in bringing strange fire before the Lord, so they died.
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2| And the Lord said to Moses, Speak to Aaron thy brother, and let him not come in at all times into the holy place within the veil before the propitiatory, which is upon the ark of the testimony, and he shall not die; for I will appear in a cloud on the propitiatory.
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3| Thus shall Aaron enter into the holy place; with a calf of the herd for a sin-offering, and <i>having</i> a ram for a whole-burnt-offering.
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4| And he shall put on the consecrated linen tunic, and he shall have on his flesh the linen drawers, and shall gird himself with a linen girdle, and shall put on the linen cap, they are holy garments; and he shall bathe all his body in water, and shall put them on.
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5| And he shall take of the congregation of the children of Israel two kids of the goats for a sin-offering, and one lamb for a whole-burnt-offering.
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6| And Aaron shall bring the calf for his own sin-offering, and shall make atonement for himself and for his house.
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7| And he shall take the two goats, and place them before the Lord by the door of the tabernacle of witness.
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8| and Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats, one lot for the Lord, and the other for the scape-goat.
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9| And Aaron shall bring forward the goat on which the lot for the Lord fell, and shall offer him for a sin-offering.
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10| and the goat upon which the lot of the scape-goat came, he shall present alive before the Lord, to make atonement upon him, so as to send him away as a scape-goat, and he shall send him into the wilderness.
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11| And Aaron shall bring the calf for his sin, and he shall make atonement for himself and for his house, and he shall kill the calf for his sin-offering.
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12| And he shall take his censer full of coals of fire off the altar, which is before the Lord; and he shall fill his hands with fine compound incense, and shall bring it within the veil.
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13| And he shall put the incense on the fire before the Lord, and the smoke of the incense shall cover the mercy-seat over the tables of testimony, and he shall not die.
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14| And he shall take of the blood of the calf, and sprinkle with his finger on the mercy-seat eastward: before the mercy-seat shall he sprinkle seven times of the blood with his finger.
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15| And he shall kill the goat for the sin-offering that is for the people, before the Lord; and he shall bring in of its blood within the veil, and shall do with its blood as he did with the blood of the calf, and shall sprinkle its blood on the mercy-seat, in front of the mercy-seat.
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16| and he shall make atonement for the sanctuary on account of the uncleanness of the children of Israel, and for their trespasses in the matter of all their sins; and thus shall he do to the tabernacle of witness established among them in the midst of their uncleanness.
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17| and there shall be no man in the tabernacle of witness, when he goes in to make atonement in the holy place, until he shall have come out; and he shall make atonement for himself, and for his house, and for all the congregation of the children of Israel.
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18| And he shall come forth to the altar that is before the Lord, and he shall make atonement upon it; and he shall take of the blood of the calf, and of the blood of the goat, and shall put it on the horns of the altar round about.
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19| And he shall sprinkle some of the blood upon it seven times with his finger, and shall purge it, and hallow it from the uncleanness of the children of Israel.
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20| And he shall finish making atonement for the sanctuary and for the tabernacle of witness, and for the altar; and he shall make a cleansing for the priests, and he shall bring the living goat;
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21| and Aaron shall lay his hands on the head of the live goat, and he shall declare over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their unrighteousness, and all their sins; and he shall lay them upon the head of the live goat, and shall send him by the hand of a ready man into the wilderness.
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22| And the goat shall bear their unrighteousnesses upon him into a desert land; and Aaron shall send away the goat into the wilderness.
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23| And Aaron shall enter into the tabernacle of witness, and shall put off the linen garment, which he had put on, as he entered into the holy place, and shall lay it by there.
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24| And he shall bathe his body in water in the holy place, and shall put on his raiment, and shall go out and offer the whole-burnt-offering for himself and the whole-burnt-offering for the people: and shall make atonement for himself and for his house, and for the people, as for the priests.
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25| And he shall offer the fat for the sin-offering on the altar.
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26| And he that sends forth the goat that has been set apart to be let go, shall wash his garments, and bathe his body in water, and afterwards shall enter into the camp.
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27| And the calf for the sin-offering, and the goat for the sin-offering, whose blood was brought in to make atonement in the holy place, they shall carry forth out of the camp, and burn them with fire, even their skins and their flesh and their dung.
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28| And he that burns them shall wash his garments, and bathe his body in water, and afterwards he shall enter into the camp.
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29| And this shall be a perpetual statute for you; in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall humble your souls, and shall do no work, the native and the stranger who abides among you.
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30| For in this day he shall make an atonement for you, to cleanse you from all your sins before the Lord, and ye shall be purged.
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31| This shall be to you a most holy sabbath, a rest, and ye shall humble your souls; it is a perpetual ordinance.
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32| The priest whomsoever they shall anoint shall make atonement, and whomsoever they shall consecrate to exercise the priestly office after his father; and he shall put on the linen robe, the holy garment.
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33| And he shall make atonement for the most holy place, and the tabernacle of witness; and he shall make atonement for the altar, and for the priests; and he shall make atonement for all the congregation.
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34| And this shall be to you a perpetual statute to make atonement for the children of Israel for all their sins: it shall be done once in the year, as the Lord commanded Moses. 7
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#17
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1| And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
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2| Speak to Aaron and to his sons, and to all the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them, This is the word which the Lord has commanded, saying,
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3| Every man of the children of Israel, or of the strangers abiding among you, who shall kill a calf, or a sheep, or a goat in the camp, or who shall kill it out of the camp,
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4| and shall not bring it to the door of the tabernacle of witness, so as to sacrifice it for a whole-burnt-offering or peace-offering to the Lord to be acceptable for a sweet-smelling savour: and whosoever shall slay it without, and shall not bring it to the door of the tabernacle of witness, so as to offer it as a gift to the Lord before the tabernacle of the Lord; blood shall be imputed to that man, he has shed blood; that soul shall be cut off from his people.
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5| That the children of Israel may offer their sacrifices, all that they shall slay in the fields, and bring them to the Lord unto the doors of the tabernacle of witness to the priest, and they shall sacrifice them as a peace-offering to the Lord.
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6| And the priest shall pour the blood on the altar round about before the Lord by the doors of the tabernacle of witness, and shall offer the fat for a sweet-smelling savour to the Lord.
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7| And they shall no longer offer their sacrifices to vain <i>gods</i> after which they go a whoring; it shall be a perpetual statute to you for your generations.
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8| And thou shalt say to them, Whatever man of the children of Israel, or of the sons of the proselytes abiding among you, shall offer a whole-burnt-offering or a sacrifice,
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9| and shall not bring it to the door of the tabernacle of witness to sacrifice it to the Lord, that man shall be destroyed from among his people.
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10| And whatever man of the children of Israel, or of the strangers abiding among you, shall eat any blood, I will even set my face against that soul that eats blood, and will destroy it from its people.
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11| For the life of flesh is its blood, and I have given it to you on the altar to make atonement for your souls; for its blood shall make atonement for the soul.
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12| Therefore I said to the children of Israel, No soul of you shall eat blood, and the stranger that abides among you shall not eat blood.
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13| And whatever man of the children of Israel, or of the strangers abiding among you shall take any animal in hunting, beast, or bird, which is eaten, then shall he pour out the blood, and cover it in the dust.
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14| For the blood of all flesh is its life; and I said to the children of Israel, Ye shall not eat the blood of any flesh, for the life of all flesh is its blood: every one that eats it shall be destroyed.
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15| And every soul which eats that which has died of itself, or is taken of beasts, either among the natives or among the strangers, shall wash his garments, and bathe himself in water, and shall be unclean until evening: then shall he be clean.
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16| But if he do not wash his garments, and do not bathe his body in water, then shall he bear his iniquity. 8
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#18
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1| And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
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2| Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them, I <i>am</i> the Lord your God.
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3| Ye shall not do according to the devices of Egypt, in which ye dwelt: and according to the devices of the land of Chanaan, into which I bring you, ye shall not do; and ye shall not walk in their ordinances.
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4| Ye shall observe my judgments, and shall keep my ordinances, and shall walk in them: I <i>am</i> the Lord your God.
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5| So ye shall keep all my ordinances, and all my judgments, and do them; which if a man do, he shall live in them: I <i>am</i> the Lord your God.
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6| No man shall draw nigh to any of his near kindred to uncover their nakedness; I <i>am</i> the Lord.
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7| Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother, for she is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
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8| Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father’s wife; it is thy father’s nakedness.
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9| The nakedness of thy sister by thy father or by thy mother, born at home or abroad, their nakedness thou shalt not uncover.
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10| The nakedness of thy son’s daughter, or thy daughter’s daughter, their nakedness thou shalt not uncover; because it is thy nakedness.
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11| Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of the daughter of thy father’s wife; she is thy sister by the same father: thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
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12| Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father’s sister, for she is near akin to thy father.
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13| Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother’s sister, for she is near akin to thy mother.
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14| Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father’s brother, and thou shalt not go in to his wife; for she is thy relation.
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15| Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter-in-law, for she is thy son’s wife, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
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16| Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother’s wife: it is thy brother’s nakedness.
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17| The nakedness of a woman and her daughter shalt thou not uncover; her son’s daughter, and her daughter’s daughter, shalt thou not take, to uncover their nakedness, for they are thy kinswomen: it is impiety.
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18| Thou shalt not take a wife in addition to her sister, as a rival, to uncover her nakedness in opposition to her, while she is yet living.
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19| And thou shalt not go in to a woman under separation for her uncleanness, to uncover her nakedness.
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20| And thou shalt not lie with thy neighbour’s wife, to defile thyself with her.
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21| And thou shalt not give of thy seed to serve a ruler; and thou shalt not profane my holy name; I <i>am</i> the Lord.
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22| And thou shalt not lie with a man as with a woman, for it is an abomination.
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23| Neither shalt thou lie with any quadruped for copulation, to be polluted with it: neither shall a woman present herself before any quadruped to have connexion with it; for it is an abomination.
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24| Do not defile yourselves with any of these things; for in all these things the nations are defiled, which I drive out before you,
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25| and the land is polluted; and I have recompensed their iniquity to them because of it, and the land is aggrieved with them that dwell upon it.
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26| And ye shall keep all my statutes and all my ordinances, and ye shall do none of these abominations; neither the native, nor the stranger that joins himself with you:
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27| (for all these abominations the men of the land did who were before you, and the land was defiled,)
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28| and lest the land be aggrieved with you in your polluting it, as it was aggrieved with the nations before you.
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29| For whosoever shall do any of these abominations, the souls that do them shall be destroyed from among their people.
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30| And ye shall keep mine ordinances, that ye may not do any of the abominable practices, which have taken place before your time: and ye shall not be polluted in them; for I <i>am</i> the Lord your God. 9
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#19
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1| And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
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2| Speak to the congregation of the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them, Ye shall be holy; for I the Lord your God <i>am</i> holy.
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3| Let every one of you reverence his father and his mother; and ye shall keep my sabbaths: I <i>am</i> the Lord your God.
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4| Ye shall not follow idols, and ye shall not make to yourselves molten gods: I <i>am</i> the Lord your God.
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5| And if ye will sacrifice a peace-offering to the Lord, ye shall offer it acceptable from yourselves.
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6| In what day soever ye shall sacrifice it, it shall be eaten; and on the following day, and if any of it should be left till the third day, it shall be thoroughly burnt with fire.
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7| And if it should be at all eaten on the third day, it is unfit for sacrifice: it shall not be accepted.
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8| And he that eats it shall bear his iniquity, because he has profaned the holy things of the Lord; and the souls that eat it shall be destroyed from among their people.
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9| And when ye reap the harvest of your land, ye shall not complete the reaping of your field with exactness, and thou shalt not gather that which falls from thy reaping.
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10| And thou shalt not go over the gathering of thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather the remaining grapes of thy vineyard: thou shalt leave them for the poor and the stranger: I am the Lord your God.
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11| Ye shall not steal, ye shall not lie, neither shall one bear false witness as an informer against his neighbour.
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12| And ye shall not swear unjustly by my name, and ye shall not profane the holy name of your God: I am the Lord your God.
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13| Thou shalt not injure thy neighbour, neither do thou rob <i>him</i>, neither shall the wages of thy hireling remain with thee until the morning.
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14| Thou shalt not revile the deaf, neither shalt thou put a stumbling-block in the way of the blind; and thou shalt fear the Lord thy God: I am the Lord your God.
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15| Thou shalt not act unjustly in judgment: thou shalt not accept the person of the poor, nor admire the person of the mighty; with justice shalt thou judge thy neighbour.
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16| Thou shalt not walk deceitfully among thy people; thou shalt not rise up against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the Lord your God.
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17| Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, so thou shalt not bear sin on his account.
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18| And thy hand shall not avenge thee; and thou shalt not be angry with the children of thy people; and thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself; I am the Lord.
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19| Ye shall observe my law: thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with one of a different kind, and thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with diverse seed; and thou shalt not put upon thyself a mingled garment woven of two <i>materials</i>.
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20| And if any one lie carnally with a woman, and she should be a home-servant kept for a man, and she has not been ransomed, <i>and</i> her freedom has not been given to her, they shall be visited <i>with punishment</i>; but they shall not die, because she was not set at liberty.
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21| And he shall bring for his trespass to the Lord to the door of the tabernacle of witness, a ram for a trespass-offering.
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22| And the priest shall make atonement for him with the ram of the trespass-offering, before the Lord, for the sin which he sinned; and the sin which he sinned shall be forgiven him.
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23| And whenever ye shall enter into the land which the Lord your God gives you, and shall plant any fruit-tree, then shall ye purge away its uncleanness; its fruit shall be three years uncleansed to you, it shall not be eaten.
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24| And in the fourth year all its fruit shall be holy, a subject of praise to the Lord.
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25| And in the fifth year ye shall eat the fruit, its produce is an increase to you. I am the Lord your God.
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26| Eat not on the mountains, nor shall ye employ auguries, nor divine by inspection of birds.
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27| Ye shall not make a round cutting of the hair of your head, nor disfigure your beard.
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28| And ye shall not make cuttings in your body for a <i>dead</i> body, and ye shall not inscribe on yourselves any marks. I am the Lord your God.
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29| Thou shalt not profane thy daughter to prostitute her; so the land shall not go a whoring, and the land be filled with iniquity.
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30| Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuaries: I am the Lord.
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31| Ye shall not attend to those who have in them divining spirits, nor attach yourselves to enchanters, to pollute yourselves with them: I am the Lord your God.
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32| Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and shalt fear thy God: I am the Lord your God.
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33| And if there should come to you a stranger in your land, ye shall not afflict him.
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34| The stranger that comes to you shall be among you as the native, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.
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35| Ye shall not act unrighteously in judgment, in measures and weights and scales.
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36| There shall be among you just balances and just weights and just liquid measure. I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
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37| And ye shall keep all my law and all my ordinances, and ye shall do them: I am the Lord your God. 0
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#20
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1| And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
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2| Thou shalt also say to the children of Israel, If <i>there shall be</i> any of the children of Israel, or of those who have become proselytes in Israel, who shall give of his seed to Moloch, let him be surely put to death; the nation upon the land shall stone him with stones.
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3| And I will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from his people, because he has given of his seed to Moloch, to defile my sanctuary, and profane the name of them that are consecrated to me.
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4| And if the natives of the land should in anywise overlook that man in giving of his seed to Moloch, so as not to put him to death;
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5| then will I set my face against that man and his family, and I will destroy him, and all who have been of one mind with him, so that he should go a whoring to the princes, from their people.
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6| And the soul that shall follow those who have in them divining spirits, or enchanters, so as to go a whoring after them; I will set my face against that soul, and will destroy it from among its people.
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7| And ye shall be holy, for I the Lord your God <i>am</i> holy.
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8| And ye shall observe my ordinances, and do them: I <i>am</i> the Lord that sanctifies you.
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9| Every man who shall speak evil of his father or of his mother, let him die the death; has he spoken evil of his father or his mother? he shall be guilty.
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10| Whatever man shall commit adultery with the wife of a man, or whoever shall commit adultery with the wife of his neighbour, let them die the death, the adulterer and the adulteress.
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11| And if any one should lie with his father’s wife, he has uncovered his father’s nakedness: let them both die the death, they are guilty.
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12| And if any one should lie with his daughter-in-law, let them both be put to death; for they have wrought impiety, they are guilty.
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13| And whoever shall lie with a male as with a woman, they have both wrought abomination; let them die the death, they are guilty.
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14| Whosoever shall take a woman and her mother, it is iniquity: they shall burn him and them with fire; so there shall not be iniquity among you.
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15| And whosoever shall lie with a beast, let him die the death; and ye shall kill the beast.
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16| And whatever woman shall approach any beast, so as to have connexion with it, ye shall kill the woman and the beast: let them die the death, they are guilty.
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17| Whosoever shall take his sister by his father or by his mother, and shall see her nakedness, and she see his nakedness, it is a reproach: they shall be destroyed before the children of their family; he has uncovered his sister’s nakedness, they shall bear their sin.
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18| And whatever man shall lie with a woman that is set apart <i>for a flux</i>, and shall uncover her nakedness, he has uncovered her fountain, and she has uncovered the flux of her blood: they shall both be destroyed from among their generation.
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19| And thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father’s sister, or of the sister of thy mother; for that man has uncovered the nakedness of one near akin: they shall bear their iniquity.
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20| Whosoever shall lie with his near kinswoman, has uncovered the nakedness of one near akin to him: they shall die childless.
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||||
21| Whoever shall take his brother’s wife, it is uncleanness; he has uncovered his brother’s nakedness; they shall die childless.
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||||
22| And keep ye all my ordinances, and my judgments; and ye shall do them, and the land shall not be aggrieved with you, into which I bring you to dwell upon it.
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||||
23| And walk ye not in the customs of the nations which I drive out from before you; for they have done all these things, and I have abhorred them:
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24| and I said to you, Ye shall inherit their land, and I will give it to you for a possession, <i>even</i> a land flowing with milk and honey: I <i>am</i> the Lord your God, who have separated you from all people.
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25| And ye shall make a distinction between the clean and the unclean cattle, and between clean and unclean birds; and ye shall not defile your souls with cattle, or with birds, or with any creeping things of the earth, which I have separated for you by reason of uncleanness.
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26| And ye shall be holy to me; because I the Lord your God <i>am</i> holy, who separated you from all nations, to be mine.
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||||
27| And <i>as for</i> a man or woman whosoever of them shall have in them a divining spirit, or be an enchanter, let them both die the death: ye shall stone them with stones, they are guilty. 1
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#21
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1| And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Speak to the priests the sons of Aaron, and thou shalt tell them <i>that</i> they shall not defile themselves in their nation for the dead,
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2| but <i>they may mourn</i> for a relative who is very near to them, for a father and mother, and sons and daughters, for a brother,
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3| and for a virgin sister that is near to one, that is not espoused to a man; for these one shall defile himself.
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4| He shall not defile himself suddenly among his people to profane himself.
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5| And ye shall not shave your head for the dead with a baldness on the top; and they shall not shave their beard, neither shall they make gashes on their flesh.
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||||
6| They shall be holy to their God, and they shall not profane the name of their God; for they offer the sacrifices of the Lord as the gifts of their God, and they shall be holy.
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7| They shall not take a woman who is a harlot and profaned, or a woman put away from her husband; for he is holy to the Lord his God.
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||||
8| And thou shalt hallow him; he offers the gifts of the Lord your God: he shall be holy, for I the Lord that sanctify them <i>am</i> holy.
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||||
9| And if the daughter of a priest should be profaned to go a whoring, she profanes the name of her father: she shall be burnt with fire.
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||||
10| And the priest that is chief among his brethren, the oil having been poured upon the head of the anointed one, and he having been consecrated to put on the garments, shall not take the mitre off his head, and shall not rend his garments:
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11| neither shall he go in to any dead body, neither shall he defile himself for his father or his mother.
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||||
12| And he shall not go forth out of the sanctuary, and he shall not profane the sanctuary of his God, because the holy anointing oil of God <i>is</i> upon him: I <i>am</i> the Lord.
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||||
13| He shall take for a wife a virgin of his own tribe.
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||||
14| But a widow, or one that is put away, or profaned, or a harlot, these he shall not take; but he shall take for a wife a virgin of his own people.
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||||
15| And he shall not profane his seed among his people: I <i>am</i> the Lord that sanctifies him.
|
||||
16| And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
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||||
17| Say to Aaron, A man of thy tribe throughout your generations, who shall have a blemish on him, shall not draw nigh to offer the gifts of his God.
|
||||
18| No man who has a blemish on him shall draw nigh; a man blind, lame, with his nose disfigured, or his ears cut,
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||||
19| a man who has a broken hand or a broken foot,
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||||
20| or hump-backed, or blear-eyed, or that has lost his eye-lashes, or a man who has a malignant ulcer, or tetter, or one that has lost a testicle.
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||||
21| Whoever of the seed of Aaron the priest has a blemish on him, shall not draw nigh to offer sacrifices to thy God, because he has a blemish on him; he shall not draw nigh to offer the gifts of God.
|
||||
22| The gifts of God <i>are</i> most holy, and he shall eat of the holy things.
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||||
23| Only he shall not approach the veil, and he shall not draw nigh to the altar, because he has a blemish; and he shall not profane the sanctuary of his God, for I am the Lord that sanctifies them.
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||||
24| And Moses spoke to Aaron and his sons, and to all the children of Israel. 2
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||||
|
||||
#22
|
||||
1| And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
|
||||
2| Speak to Aaron and to his sons, and let them take heed concerning the holy things of the children of Israel, so they shall not profane my holy name in any of the things which they consecrate to me: I <i>am</i> the Lord.
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||||
3| Say to them, Every man throughout your generations, whoever of all your seed shall approach to the holy things, whatsoever the children of Israel shall consecrate to the Lord, while his uncleanness is upon him, that soul shall be cut off from me: I <i>am</i> the Lord your God.
|
||||
4| And the man of the seed of Aaron the priest, if he should have leprosy or issue of the reins, shall not eat of the holy things, until he be cleansed; and he that touches any uncleanness of a dead body, or the man whose seed of copulation shall have gone out from him,
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||||
5| or whosoever shall touch any unclean reptile, which will defile him, or <i>who shall touch</i> a man, whereby he shall defile him according to all his uncleanness:
|
||||
6| whatsoever soul shall touch them shall be unclean until evening; he shall not eat of the holy things, unless he bathe his body in water,
|
||||
7| and the sun go down, and then he shall be clean; and then shall he eat of all the holy things, for they are his bread.
|
||||
8| He shall not eat that which dies of itself, or is taken of beasts, so that he should be polluted by them: I <i>am</i> the Lord.
|
||||
9| And they shall keep my ordinances, that they do not bear iniquity because of them, and die because of them, if they shall profane them: I <i>am</i> the Lord God that sanctifies them.
|
||||
10| And no stranger shall eat the holy things: one that sojourns with a priest, or a hireling, shall not eat the holy things.
|
||||
11| But if a priest should have a soul purchased for money, he shall eat of his bread; and they that are born in his house, they also shall eat of his bread.
|
||||
12| And if the daughter of a priest should marry a stranger, she shall not eat of the offerings of the sanctuary.
|
||||
13| And if the daughter of priest should be a widow, or put away, and have no seed, she shall return to her father’s house, as in her youth: she shall eat of her father’s bread, but no stranger shall eat of it.
|
||||
14| And the man who shall ignorantly eat holy things, shall add the fifth part to it, and give the holy thing to the priest.
|
||||
15| And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer to the Lord.
|
||||
16| So should they bring upon themselves the iniquity of trespass in their eating their holy things: for I <i>am</i> the Lord that sanctifies them.
|
||||
17| And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
|
||||
18| Speak to Aaron and his sons, and to all the congregation of Israel, and thou shalt say to them, Any man of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that abide among them in Israel, who shall offer his gifts according to all their confession and according to all their choice, whatsoever they may bring to the Lord for whole-burnt-offerings—
|
||||
19| your free-will-offerings <i>shall</i> be males without blemish of the herds, or of the sheep, or of the goats.
|
||||
20| They shall not bring to the Lord anything that has a blemish in it, for it shall not be acceptable for you.
|
||||
21| And whatsoever man shall offer a peace-offering to the Lord, discharging a vow, or in the way of free-will-offering, or an offering in your feasts, of the herds or of the sheep, it shall be without blemish for acceptance: there shall be no blemish in it.
|
||||
22| One that is blind, or broken, or has its tongue cut out, or is troubled with warts, or has a malignant ulcer, or tetters, they shall not offer these to the Lord; neither shall ye offer any of them for a burnt-offering on the altar of the Lord.
|
||||
23| And a calf or a sheep with the ears cut off, or that has lost its tail, thou shalt slay them for thyself; but they shall not be accepted for thy vow.
|
||||
24| That which has broken testicles, or is crushed or gelt or mutilated, —thou shalt not offer them to the Lord, neither shall ye sacrifice them upon your land.
|
||||
25| Neither shall ye offer the gifts of your God of all these things by the hand of a stranger, because there is corruption in them, a blemish in them: these shall not be accepted for you.
|
||||
26| And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
|
||||
27| As for a calf, or a sheep, or a goat, whenever it is born, then shall it be seven days under its mother; and on the eighth day and after they shall be accepted for sacrifices, a burnt-offering to the Lord.
|
||||
28| And a bullock and a ewe, it and its young, thou shalt not kill in one day.
|
||||
29| And if thou shouldest offer a sacrifice, a vow of rejoicing to the Lord, ye shall offer it so as to be accepted for you.
|
||||
30| In that same day it shall be eaten; ye shall not leave of the flesh till the morrow: I am the Lord.
|
||||
31| And ye shall keep my commandments and do them.
|
||||
32| And ye shall not profane the name of the Holy One, and I will be sanctified in the midst of the children of Israel. I <i>am</i> the Lord that sanctifies you,
|
||||
33| who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I <i>am</i> the Lord. 3
|
||||
|
||||
#23
|
||||
1| And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
|
||||
2| Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say unto them, The feasts of the Lord which ye shall call holy assemblies, these are my feasts.
|
||||
3| Six days shalt thou do works, but on the seventh day is the sabbath; a rest, a holy convocation to the Lord: thou shalt not do any work, it is a sabbath to the Lord in all your dwellings.
|
||||
4| These <i>are</i> the feasts to the Lord, holy convocations, which ye shall call in their seasons.
|
||||
5| In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, between the evening times is the Lord’s passover.
|
||||
6| And on the fifteenth day of this month is the feast of unleavened bread to the Lord; seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread.
|
||||
7| And the first day shall be a holy convocation to you: ye shall do no servile work.
|
||||
8| And ye shall offer whole-burnt-offerings to the Lord seven days; and the seventh day shall be a holy convocation to you: ye shall do no servile work.
|
||||
9| And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
|
||||
10| Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them, When ye shall enter into the land which I give you, and reap the harvest of it, then shall ye bring a sheaf, the first-fruits of your harvest, to the priest;
|
||||
11| and he shall lift up the sheaf before the Lord, to be accepted for you. On the morrow of the first day the priest shall lift it up.
|
||||
12| And ye shall offer on the day on which ye bring the sheaf, a lamb without blemish of a year old for a whole-burnt-offering to the Lord.
|
||||
13| And its meat-offering two tenth portions of fine flour mingled with oil: it is a sacrifice to the Lord, a smell of sweet savour to the Lord, and its drink-offering the fourth part of a hin of wine.
|
||||
14| And ye shall not eat bread, or the new parched corn, until this same day, until ye offer the sacrifices to your God: <i>it is</i> a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
|
||||
15| And ye shall number to yourselves from the day after the sabbath, from the day on which ye shall offer the sheaf of the heave-offering, seven full weeks:
|
||||
16| until the morrow after the last week ye shall number fifty days, and shall bring a new meat-offering to the Lord.
|
||||
17| Ye shall bring from your dwelling loaves, as a heave-offering, two loaves: they shall be of two tenth portions of fine flour, they shall be baked with leaven of the first-fruits to the Lord.
|
||||
18| And ye shall bring with the loaves seven unblemished lambs of a year old, and one calf of the herd, and two rams without blemish, and they shall be a whole-burnt-offering to the Lord: and their meat-offerings and their drink-offerings <i>shall be</i> a sacrifice, a smell of sweet savour to the Lord.
|
||||
19| And they shall sacrifice one kid of the goats for a sin-offering, and two lambs of a year old for a peace-offering, with the loaves of the first-fruits.
|
||||
20| And the priest shall place them with the loaves of the first-fruits an offering before the Lord with the two lambs, they shall be holy to the Lord; they shall belong to the priest that brings them.
|
||||
21| And ye shall call this day a convocation: it shall be holy to you; ye shall do no servile work on it: it is a perpetual ordinance throughout your generations in all your habitations.
|
||||
22| And when ye shall reap the harvest of your land, ye shall not fully reap the remainder of the harvest of your field when thou reapest, and thou shalt not gather that which falls from thy reaping; thou shalt leave it for the poor and the stranger: I <i>am</i> the Lord your God.
|
||||
23| And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
|
||||
24| Speak to the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, ye shall have a rest, a memorial of trumpets: it shall be to you a holy convocation.
|
||||
25| Ye shall do no servile work, and ye shall offer a whole-burnt-offering to the Lord.
|
||||
26| And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
|
||||
27| Also on the tenth day of this seventh month is a day of atonement: it shall be a holy convocation to you; and ye shall humble your souls, and offer a whole-burnt-offering to the Lord.
|
||||
28| Ye shall do no work on this self-same day: for this is a day of atonement for you, to make atonement for you before the Lord your God.
|
||||
29| Every soul that shall not be humbled in that day, shall be cut off from among its people.
|
||||
30| And every soul which shall do work on that day, that soul shall be destroyed from among its people.
|
||||
31| Ye shall do no manner of work: it is a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all your habitations.
|
||||
32| It shall be a holy sabbath to you; and ye shall humble your souls, from the ninth day of the month: from evening to evening ye shall keep your sabbaths.
|
||||
33| And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
|
||||
34| Speak to the children of Israel, saying, On the fifteenth day of this seventh month, there shall be a feast of tabernacles seven days to the Lord.
|
||||
35| And on the first day shall be a holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work.
|
||||
36| Seven days shall ye offer whole-burnt-offerings to the Lord, and the eighth-day shall be a holy convocation to you; and ye shall offer whole-burnt-offerings to the Lord: it is a time of release, ye shall do no servile work.
|
||||
37| These <i>are</i> the feasts to the Lord, which ye shall call holy convocations, to offer burnt-offerings to the Lord, whole-burnt-offerings and their meat-offerings, and their drink-offerings, that for each day on its day:
|
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38| besides the sabbaths of the Lord, and besides your gifts, and besides all your vows, and besides your free-will-offerings, which ye shall give to the Lord.
|
||||
39| And on the fifteenth day of this seventh month, when ye shall have completely gathered in the fruits of the earth, ye shall keep a feast to the Lord seven days; on the first day there shall be a rest, and on the eighth day a rest.
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40| And on the first day ye shall take goodly fruit of trees, and branches of palm trees, and thick boughs of trees, and willows, and branches of osiers from the brook, to rejoice before the Lord your God seven days in the year.
|
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41| <i>It is</i> a perpetual statute for your generations: in the seventh month ye shall keep it.
|
||||
42| Seven days ye shall dwell in tabernacles: every native in Israel shall dwell in tents,
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43| that your posterity may see, that I made the children of Israel to dwell in tents, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I <i>am</i> the Lord your God.
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44| And Moses recounted the feasts of the Lord to the children of Israel. 4
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#24
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1| And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
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2| Charge the children of Israel, and let them take for thee pure olive oil beaten for the light, to burn a lamp continually,
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3| outside the veil in the tabernacle of witness; and Aaron and his sons shall burn it from evening until morning before the Lord continually, a perpetual statute throughout your generations.
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4| Ye shall burn the lamps on the pure lamp-stand before the Lord till the morrow.
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5| And ye shall take fine flour, and make of it twelve loaves; each loaf shall be of two tenth parts.
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6| And ye shall put them <i>in</i> two rows, each row <i>containing</i> six loaves, on the pure table before the Lord.
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7| And ye shall put on <i>each</i> row pure frankincense and salt; and <i>these things</i> shall be for loaves for a memorial, set forth before the Lord.
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8| On the sabbath-day they shall be set forth before the Lord continually before the children of Israel, for an everlasting covenant.
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9| And they shall be for Aaron and his sons, and they shall eat them in the holy place: for this is their most holy portion of the offerings made to the Lord, a perpetual statute.
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10| And there went forth a son of an Israelitish woman, and he was son of an Egyptian man among the sons of Israel; and they fought in the camp, the son of the Israelitish woman, and a man who was an Israelite.
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11| And the son of the Israelitish woman named THE NAME and curse; and they brought him to Moses: and his mother’s name was Salomith, daughter of Dabri of the tribe of Dan.
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12| And they put him in ward, to judge him by the command of the Lord.
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13| And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
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14| Bring forth him that cursed outside the camp, and all who heard shall lay their hands upon his head, and all the congregation shall stone him.
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15| And speak to the sons of Israel, and thou shalt say to them, Whosoever shall curse God shall bear his sin.
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16| And he that names the name of the Lord, let him die the death: let all the congregation of Israel stone him with stones; whether he be a stranger or a native, let him die for naming the name of the Lord.
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17| And whosoever shall smite a man and he die, let him die the death.
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18| And whosoever shall smite a beast, and it shall die, let him render life for life.
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19| And whosoever shall inflict a blemish on his neighbour, as he has done to him, so shall it be done to himself in return;
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20| bruise for bruise, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as any one may inflict a blemish on a man, so shall it be rendered to him.
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21| Whosoever shall smite a man, and he shall die, let him die the death.
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22| There shall be one judgment for the stranger and the native, for I <i>am</i> the Lord your God.
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23| And Moses spoke to the children of Israel, and they brought him that had cursed out of the camp, and stoned him with stones: and the children of Israel did as the Lord commanded Moses. 5
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#25
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1| And the Lord spoke to Moses in the mount Sina, saying,
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2| Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them, Whensoever ye shall have entered into the land, which I give to you, then the land shall rest which I give to you, for its sabbaths to the Lord.
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3| Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shall prune thy vine, and gather in its fruit.
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4| But in the seventh year <i>shall be</i> a sabbath, it shall be a rest to the land, a sabbath to the Lord: thou shalt not sow thy field, and thou shalt not prune thy vine.
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5| And thou shalt not gather the spontaneous produce of thy field, and thou shalt not gather fully the grapes of thy dedication: it shall be a year of rest to the land.
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6| And the sabbaths of the land shall be food for thee, and for thy man-servant, and for thy maid-servant, and thy hireling, and the stranger that abides with thee.
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7| And for thy cattle, and for the wild beats that are in thy land, shall every fruit of it be for food.
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8| And thou shalt reckon to thyself seven sabbaths of years, seven times seven years; and they shall be to thee seven weeks of years, nine and forty years.
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9| In the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall make a proclamation with the sound of a trumpet in all your land; on the day of atonement ye shall make a proclamation with a trumpet in all your land.
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10| And ye shall sanctify the year, the fiftieth year, and ye shall proclaim a release upon the land to all that inhabit it; it shall be given a year of release, a jubilee for you; and each one shall depart to his possession, and ye shall go each to his family.
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11| This is a jubilee of release, the year shall be to you the fiftieth year: ye shall not sow, nor reap the produce that comes of itself from the land, neither shall ye gather its dedicated fruits.
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12| For it is a jubilee of release; it shall be holy to you, ye shall eat its fruits off the fields.
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13| In the year of the release <i>even</i> the jubilee of it, shall <i>each</i> one return to his possession.
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14| And if thou shouldest sell a possession to thy neighbour, or if thou shouldest buy of thy neighbour, let not a man oppress his neighbour.
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15| According to the number of years after the jubilee shalt thou buy of thy neighbour, according to the number of years of the fruits shall he sell to thee.
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16| According as <i>there may be</i> a greater number of years he shall increase <i>the value of</i> his possession, and according as <i>there may be</i> a less number of years he shall lessen <i>the value of</i> his possession; for according to the number of his crops, so shall he sell to thee.
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17| Let not a man oppress his neighbour, and thou shalt fear the Lord thy God: I am the Lord thy God.
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18| And ye shall keep all my ordinances, and all my judgments; and do ye observe them, and ye shall keep them, and dwell securely in the land.
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19| And the land shall yield her increase, and ye shall eat to fullness, and shall dwell securely in it.
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20| And if ye should say, What shall we eat in this seventh year, if we do not sow nor gather in our fruits?
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21| Then will I send my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and the land shall produce its fruits for three years.
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22| And ye shall sow in the eighth year, and eat old fruits till the ninth year: until its fruit come, ye shall eat old fruits of the old.
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23| And the land shall not be sold for a permanence; for the land is mine, because ye are strangers and sojourners before me.
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24| And in every land of your possession, ye shall allow ransoms for the land.
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25| And if thy brother who is with thee be poor, and should have sold <i>part</i> of his possession, and his kinsman who is nigh to him come, then he shall redeem the possession which his brother has sold.
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26| And if one have no near kinsman, and he prosper with his hand, and he find sufficient money, <i>even</i> his ransom;
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27| then shall he calculate the years of his sale, and he shall give what is due to the man to whom he sold it, and he shall return to his possession.
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28| But if his hand have not prospered sufficiently, so as that he should restore the money to him, then he that bought the possessions shall have them till the sixth year of the release; and it shall go out in the release, and the owner shall return to his possession.
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29| And if any one should sell an inhabited house in a walled city, then there shall be the ransom of it, until <i>the time</i> is fulfilled: its time of ransom shall be a full year.
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30| And if it be not ransomed until there be completed of its time a full year, the house which is in the walled city shall be surely confirmed to him that bought it, throughout his generations; and it shall not go out in the release.
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31| But the houses in the villages which have not a wall round about them, shall be reckoned as the fields of the country: they shall always be redeemable, and they shall go out in the release.
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32| And the cities of the Levites, the houses of the cities in their possession, shall be always redeemable to the Levites.
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33| And if any one shall redeem a house of the Levites, then shall their sale of the houses of their possession go out in the release; because the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession in the midst of the children of Israel.
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34| And the lands set apart for their cities shall not be sold, because this is their perpetual possession.
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35| And if thy brother who is with thee become poor, and he fail in resources with thee, thou shalt help him as a stranger and a sojourner, and thy brother shall live with thee.
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36| Thou shalt not receive from him interest, nor increase: and thou shalt fear thy God: I <i>am</i> the Lord: and thy brother shall live with thee.
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37| Thou shalt not lend thy money to him at interest, and thou shalt not lend thy meat to him to be returned with increase.
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38| I <i>am</i> the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Chanaan, so as to be your God.
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39| And if thy brother by thee be lowered, and be sold to thee, he shall not serve thee with the servitude of a slave.
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40| He shall be with thee as a hireling or a sojourner, he shall work for thee till the year of release:
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41| and he shall go out in the release, and his children with him; and he shall go to his family, he shall hasten back to his patrimony.
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42| Because these are my servants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt; such an one shall not be sold as a <i>common</i> servant.
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43| Thou shalt not oppress him with labour, and shalt fear the Lord thy God.
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44| And whatever number of men-servants and maid-servants thou shalt have, thou shalt purchase male and female servants from the nations that are round about thee.
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45| And of the sons of the sojourners that are among you, of these ye shall buy and of their relations, all that shall be in your lands; let them be to you for a possession.
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46| And ye shall distribute them to your children after you, and they shall be to you permanent possessions for ever: but of your brethren the children of Israel, one shall not oppress his brother in labours.
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47| And if a stranger or sojourner with thee wax rich, and thy brother in distress be sold to the stranger or the sojourner that is with thee, or to a proselyte by extraction;
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48| after he is sold to him there shall be redemption for him, one of his brethren shall redeem him.
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49| A brother of his father, or a son of his father’s brother shall redeem him; or let one of his near kin of his tribe redeem him, and if he should be rich and redeem himself,
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50| then shall he calculate with his purchaser from the year that he sold himself to him until the year of release: and the money of his purchase shall be as that of a hireling, he shall be with him from year to year.
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51| And if any have a greater number of years <i>than enough</i>, according to these he shall pay his ransom out of his purchase-money.
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52| And if but a little time be left of the years to the year of release, then shall he reckon to him according to his years, and shall pay his ransom
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53| as a hireling; he shall be with him from year to year; thou shalt not oppress him with labour before thee.
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54| And if he do not pay his ransom accordingly, he shall go out in the year of his release, he and his children with him.
|
||||
55| For the children of Israel are my servants: they are my attendants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt. 6
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#26
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1| I <i>am</i> the Lord your God: ye shall not make to yourselves gods made with hands, or graven; neither shall ye rear up a pillar for yourselves, neither shall ye set up a stone <i>for</i> an object in your land to worship it: I am the Lord your God.
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2| Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuaries: I am the Lord.
|
||||
3| If ye will walk in my ordinances, and keep my commandments, and do them,
|
||||
4| then will I give you the rain in its season, and the land shall produce its fruits, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.
|
||||
5| And your threshing time shall overtake the vintage, and your vintage shall overtake your seed time; and ye shall eat your bread to the full; and ye shall dwell safely upon your land, and war shall not go through your land.
|
||||
6| And I will give peace in your land, and ye shall sleep, and none <i>shall</i> make you afraid; and I will destroy the evil beasts out of your land,
|
||||
7| and ye shall pursue your enemies, and they shall fall before you with slaughter.
|
||||
8| And five of you shall chase a hundred, and a hundred of you shall chase tens of thousands; and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword.
|
||||
9| And I will look upon you, and increase you, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you.
|
||||
10| And ye shall eat that which is old and very old, and bring forth the old to make way for the new.
|
||||
11| And I will set my tabernacle among you, and my soul shall not abhor you;
|
||||
12| and I will walk among you, and be your God, and ye shall be my people.
|
||||
13| I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, where ye were slaves; and I broke the band of your yoke, and brought you forth openly.
|
||||
14| But if ye will not hearken to me, nor obey these my ordinances,
|
||||
15| but disobey them, and your soul should loathe my judgments, so that ye should not keep all my commands, so as to break my covenant,
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||||
16| then will I do thus to you: I will even bring upon you perplexity and the itch, and the fever that causes your eyes to waste away, and <i>disease</i> that consumes your life; and ye shall sow your seeds in vain, and your enemies shall eat them.
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||||
17| And I will set my face against you, and ye shall fall before your enemies, and they that hate you shall pursue you; and ye shall flee, no one pursuing you.
|
||||
18| And if ye still refuse to hearken to me, then will I chasten you yet more even seven times for your sins.
|
||||
19| And I will break down the haughtiness of your pride; and I will make your heaven iron, and your earth as it were brass.
|
||||
20| And your strength shall be in vain; and your land shall not yield its seed, and the tree of your field shall not yield its fruit.
|
||||
21| And if after this ye should walk perversely, and not be willing to obey me, I will further bring upon you seven plagues according to your sins.
|
||||
22| And I will send upon you the wild beasts of the land, and they shall devour you, and shall consume your cattle: and I will make you few in number, and your ways shall be desolate.
|
||||
23| And if hereupon ye are not corrected, but walk perversely towards me,
|
||||
24| I also will walk with you with a perverse spirit, and I also will smite you seven times for your sins.
|
||||
25| And I will bring upon you a sword avenging the cause of <i>my</i> covenant, and ye shall flee for refuge to your cities; and I will send out death against you, and ye shall be delivered into the hands of your enemies.
|
||||
26| When I afflict you with famine of bread, then ten women shall bake your loaves in one oven, and they shall render your loaves by weight; and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied.
|
||||
27| And if hereupon ye will not obey me, but walk perversely towards me,
|
||||
28| then will I walk with you with a froward mind, and I will chasten you seven-fold according to your sins.
|
||||
29| And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat.
|
||||
30| And I will render your pillars desolate, and will utterly destroy your wooden <i>images</i> made with hands; and I will lay your carcases on the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall loathe you.
|
||||
31| And I will lay your cities waste, and I will make your sanctuaries desolate, and I will not smell the savour of your sacrifices.
|
||||
32| And I will lay your land desolate, and your enemies who dwell in it shall wonder at it.
|
||||
33| And I will scatter you among the nations, and the sword shall come upon you and consume you; and your land shall be desolate, and your cities shall be desolate.
|
||||
34| Then the land shall enjoy its sabbaths all the days of its desolation.
|
||||
35| And ye shall be in the land of your enemies; then the land shall keep its sabbaths, and the land shall enjoy its sabbaths all the days of its desolation: it shall keep sabbaths which it kept not among your sabbaths, when ye dwelt in it.
|
||||
36| And to those who are left of you I will bring bondage into their heart in the land of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them, and they shall flee as fleeing from war, and shall fall when none pursues them.
|
||||
37| And brother shall disregard brother as in war, when none pursues; and ye shall not be able to withstand your enemies.
|
||||
38| And ye shall perish among the Gentiles, and the land of your enemies shall devour you.
|
||||
39| And those who are left of you shall perish, because of their sins, and because of the sins of their fathers: in the land of their enemies shall they consume away.
|
||||
40| And they shall confess their sins, and the sins of their fathers, that they have transgressed and neglected me, and that they have walked perversely before me,
|
||||
41| and I walked with them with a perverse mind; and I will destroy them in the land of their enemies: then shall their uncircumcised heart be ashamed, and then shall they acquiesce in <i>the punishment of</i> their sins.
|
||||
42| And I will remember the covenant of Jacob, and the covenant of Isaac, and the covenant of Abraam will I remember.
|
||||
43| And I will remember the land, and the land shall be left of them; then the land shall enjoy her sabbaths, when it is deserted through them: and they shall accept <i>the punishment of</i> their iniquities, because they neglected my judgments, and in their soul loathed my ordinances.
|
||||
44| And yet not even thus, while they were in the land of their enemies, did I overlook them, nor did I loathe them so as to consume them, to break my covenant made with them; for I am the Lord their God.
|
||||
45| And I will remember their former covenant, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage before the nation, to be their God; I am the Lord.
|
||||
46| These are my judgments and my ordinances, and the law which the Lord gave between himself and the children of Israel, in the mount Sina, by the hand of Moses. 7
|
||||
|
||||
#27
|
||||
1| And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
|
||||
2| Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them, Whosoever shall vow a vow as the valuation of his soul for the Lord,
|
||||
3| the valuation of a male from twenty years old to sixty years old shall be his valuation shall be fifty didrachms of silver by the standard of the sanctuary.
|
||||
4| And the valuation of a female shall be thirty didrachms.
|
||||
5| And if it be from five years old to twenty, the valuation of a male shall be twenty didrachms, and of a female ten didrachms.
|
||||
6| And from a month old to five years old, the valuation of a male shall be five didrachms, and of a female, three didrachms of silver.
|
||||
7| And if from sixty year <i>old</i> and upward, if it be a male, his valuation shall be fifteen didrachms of silver, and if a female, ten didrachms.
|
||||
8| And if the man be too poor for the valuation, he shall stand before the priest; and the priest shall value him: according to what the man who has vowed can afford, the priest shall value him.
|
||||
9| And if it be from the cattle that are offered as a gift to the Lord, whoever shall offer one of these to the Lord, it shall be holy.
|
||||
10| He shall not change it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a good; and if he do at all change it, a beast for a beast, it and the substitute shall be holy.
|
||||
11| And if it be any unclean beast, of which none are offered as a gift to the Lord, he shall set the beast before the priest.
|
||||
12| And the priest shall make a valuation between the good and the bad, and accordingly as the priest shall value it, so shall it stand.
|
||||
13| And if <i>the worshipper</i> will at all redeem it, he shall add the fifth part to its value.
|
||||
14| And whatsoever man shall consecrate his house as holy to the Lord, the priest shall make a valuation of it between the good and the bad: as the priest shall value it, so shall it stand.
|
||||
15| And if he that has sanctified it should redeem his house, he shall add to it the fifth part of the money of the valuation, and it shall be his.
|
||||
16| And if a man should hallow to the Lord a part of the field of his possession, then the valuation shall be according to its seed, fifty didrachms of silver for a homer of barley.
|
||||
17| And if he should sanctify his field from the year of release, it shall stand according to his valuation.
|
||||
18| And if he should sanctify his field in the latter time after the release, the priest shall reckon to him the money for the remaining years, until the <i>next</i> year of release, and it shall be deducted as an equivalent from his full valuation.
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||||
19| And if he that sanctified the field would redeem it, he shall add to its value the fifth part of the money, and it shall be his.
|
||||
20| And if he do not redeem the field, but should sell the field to another man, he shall not after redeem it.
|
||||
21| But the field shall be holy to the Lord after the release, as separated land; the priest shall have possession of it.
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||||
22| And if he should consecrate to the Lord of a field which he has bought, which is not of the field of his possession,
|
||||
23| the priest shall reckon to him the full valuation from the year of release, and he shall pay the valuation in that day <i>as</i> holy to the Lord.
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||||
24| And in the year of release the land shall be restored to the man of whom the other bought it, whose the possession of the land was.
|
||||
25| And every valuation shall be by holy weights: the didrachm shall be twenty oboli.
|
||||
26| And every first-born which shall be produced among thy cattle shall be the Lord’s, and no man shall sanctify it: whether calf or sheep, it is the Lord’s.
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||||
27| But if he should redeem an unclean beast, according to its valuation, then he shall add the fifth part to it, and it shall be his; and if he redeem it not, it shall be sold according to its valuation.
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||||
28| And every dedicated thing which a man shall dedicate to the Lord of all that he has, whether man or beast, or of the field of his possession, he shall not sell it, nor redeem it: every devoted thing shall be most holy to the Lord.
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||||
29| And whatever shall be dedicated of men, shall not be ransomed, but shall be surely put to death.
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||||
30| Every tithe of the land, both of the seed of the land, and of the fruit of trees, is the Lord’s, holy to the Lord.
|
||||
31| And if a man should at all redeem his tithe, he shall add the fifth part to it, and it shall be his.
|
||||
32| And every tithe of oxen, and of sheep, and whatsoever may come in numbering under the rod, the tenth shall be holy to the Lord.
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33| Thou shalt not change a good for a bad, or a bad for a good; and if thou shouldest at all change it, its equivalent also shall be holy, it shall not be redeemed.
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34| These are the commandments which the Lord commanded Moses for the sons of Israel in mount Sina.
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#1
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1| And the word of the Lord came to Michaeas the son of Morasthi, in the days of Joatham, and Achaz, and Ezekias, kings of Juda, concerning what he saw regarding Samaria and Jerusalem.
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2| Hear <i>these</i> words, ye people; and let the earth give heed, and all that are in it: and the Lord God shall be among you for a testimony, the Lord out of his holy habitation.
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3| For, behold, the Lord comes forth out of his place, and will come down, and will go upon the high places of the earth.
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4| And the mountains shall be shaken under him, and the valleys shall melt like wax before the fire, and as water rushing down a declivity.
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5| All these <i>calamities are</i> for the transgression of Jacob, and for the sin of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? <i>is it</i> not Samaria? and what is the sin of the house of Juda? <i>is it</i> not Jerusalem?
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6| Therefore I will make Samaria <i>as</i> a store-house of the fruits of the field, and <i>as</i> a planting of a vineyard: and I will utterly demolish her stones, and I will expose her foundations.
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7| And they shall cut in pieces all the graven images, and all that she has hired they shall burn with fire, and I will utterly destroy all her idols: because she has gathered of the hires of fornication, and of the hires of fornication has she amassed <i>wealth</i>.
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8| Therefore shall she lament and wail, she shall go barefooted, and <i>being</i> naked she shall make lamentation as <i> that</i> of serpents, and mourning as of the daughters of sirens.
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9| For her plague has become grievous; for it has come even to Juda; and has reached to the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.
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10| Ye that are in Geth, exalt not yourselves, and ye Enakim, do not rebuild from <i>the ruins of</i> the house in derision: sprinkle dust <i>in the place of</i> your laughter.
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11| The inhabitant of Sennaar, fairly inhabiting her cities, came not forth to mourn for the house next to her: she shall receive of you the stroke of grief.
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12| Who has begun <i>to act</i> for good to her that dwells in sorrow? for calamities have come down from the Lord upon the gates of Jerusalem,
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13| <i>even</i> a sound of chariots and horsemen: the inhabitants of Lachis, she is the leader of sin to the daughter of Sion: for in thee were found the transgressions of Israel.
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14| Therefore shall he cause men to be sent forth as far as the inheritance of Geth, <i>even</i> vain houses; they are become vanity to the kings of Israel;
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15| until they bring the heirs, O inhabitant of Lachis: the inheritance shall reach to Odollam, <i>even</i> the glory of the daughter of Israel.
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16| Shave thine hair, and make thyself bald for thy delicate children; increase thy widowhood as an eagle; for <i>thy people</i> are gone into captivity from thee. Chapter 2
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#2
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1| They meditated troubles, and wrought wickedness on their beds, and they put it in execution with the daylight; for they have not lifted up their hands to God.
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2| And they desired fields, and plundered orphans, and oppressed families, and spoiled a man and his house, even a man and his inheritance.
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3| Therefore thus saith the Lord; Behold, I devise evils against this family, out of which ye shall not lift up your necks, neither shall ye walk upright speedily: for the time is evil.
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4| In that day shall a parable be taken up against you, and a plaintive lamentation shall be uttered, saying, We are thoroughly miserable: the portion of my people has been measured out with a line, and there was none to hinder him so as to turn him back; your fields have been divided.
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5| Therefore thou shalt have no one to cast a line for the lot.
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6| Weep not with tears in the assembly of the Lord, neither let <i> any</i> weep for these things; for he shall not remove the reproaches,
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7| who says, The house of Jacob has provoked the Spirit of the Lord; are not these his practices? Are not the Lord’s words right with him? and have they not proceeded correctly?
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8| Even beforetime my people withstood <i>him</i> as an enemy against his peace; they have stripped off his skin to remove hope <i>in</i> the conflict of war.
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9| The leaders of my people shall be cast forth from their luxurious houses; they are rejected because of their evil practices; draw ye near to the everlasting mountains.
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10| Arise thou, and depart; for this is not thy rest because of uncleanness: ye have been utterly destroyed;
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11| ye have fled, no one pursuing <i>you: thy</i> spirit has framed falsehood, it has dropped on thee for wine and strong drink. But it shall come to pass, <i>that</i> out of the dropping of this people,
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12| Jacob shall be completely gathered with all <i>his people:</i> I will surely receive the remnant of Israel; I will cause them to return together, as sheep in trouble, as a flock in the midst of their fold: they shall rush forth from among men through the breach made before them:
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13| they have broken through, and passed the gate, and gone out by it: and their king has gone out before them, and the Lord shall lead them. Chapter 3
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#3
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1| And he shall say, Hear now these words, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and ye remnant of the house of Israel; is it not for you to know judgment?
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2| <i>who</i> hate good, and seek evil; <i>who</i> tear their skins off them, and their flesh off their bones:
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3| even as they devoured the flesh of my people, and stripped their skins off them, and broke their bones, and divided <i>them</i> as flesh for the caldron, and as meat for the pot,
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4| thus they shall cry to the Lord, but he shall not hearken to them; and he shall turn away his face from them at that time, because they have done wickedly in their practices against themselves.
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5| Thus saith the Lord concerning the prophets that lead my people astray, that bit with their teeth, and proclaim peace to them; and <i>when</i> nothing was put into their mouth, they raised up war against them:
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6| therefore there shall be night to you instead of a vision, and there shall be to you darkness instead of prophecy; and the sun shall go down upon the prophets, and the day shall be dark upon them.
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7| And the seers of night-visions shall be ashamed, and the prophets shall be laughed to scorn: and all the people shall speak against them, because there shall be none to hearken to them.
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8| Surely I will strengthen myself with the Spirit of the Lord, and of judgment, and of power, to declare to Jacob his transgressions, and to Israel his sins.
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9| Hear now these words, ye chiefs of the house of Jacob, and the remnant of the house of Israel, who hate judgment, and pervert all righteousness;
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10| who build up Sion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.
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11| The heads thereof have judged for gifts, and the priests thereof have answered for hire, and her prophets have divined for silver: and <i> yet</i> they have rested on the Lord, saying, Is not the Lord among us? no evil shall come upon us.
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12| Therefore on your account Sion shall be ploughed as a field, and Jerusalem shall be as a storehouse of fruits, and the mountain of the house as a grove of the forest. Chapter 4
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#4
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1| And at the last days the mountain of the Lord shall be manifest, established on the tops of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and the peoples shall hasten to it.
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2| And many nations shall go, and say, Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and they shall shew us his way, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Sion shall go forth a law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
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3| And he shall judge among many peoples, and shall rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into sickles; and nation shall no more lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn to war any more.
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4| And every one shall rest under his vine, and every one under his fig-tree; and there shall be none to alarm <i>them</i>: for the mouth of the Lord Almighty has spoken these <i>words</i>.
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5| For all <i>other</i> nations shall walk everyone in his own way, but we will walk in the name of the Lord our God for ever and ever.
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6| In that day, saith the Lord, I will gather her that is bruised, and will receive her that is cast out, and those whom I rejected.
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7| And I will make her that was bruised a remnant, and her that was rejected a mighty nation: and the Lord shall reign over them in mount Sion from henceforth, even for ever.
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8| And thou, dark tower of the flock, daughter of Sion, on thee the dominion shall come and enter in, <i>even</i> the first kingdom from Babylon to the daughter of Jerusalem.
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9| And now, why hast thou known calamities? was there not a king to thee? or has thy counsel perished that pangs as of a woman in travail have seized upon thee?
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10| Be in pain, and strengthen thyself, and draw near, O daughter of Sion, as a woman in travail: for now thou shalt go forth out of the city, and shalt lodge in the plain, and shalt reach even to Babylon: thence shall the Lord thy God deliver thee, and thence shall he redeem thee out of the hand of thine enemies.
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11| And now have many nations gathered against thee, saying, We will rejoice, and our eyes shall look upon Sion.
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12| But they know not the thought of the Lord, and have not understood his counsel: for he has gathered them as sheaves of the floor.
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13| Arise, and thresh them, O daughter of Sion: for I will make thine horns iron, and I will make thine hoofs brass: and thou shalt utterly destroy many nations, and shalt consecrate their abundance to the Lord, and their strength to the Lord of all the earth. Chapter 5
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#5
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1| Now shall the daughter <i>of Sion</i> be completely hedged in: he has laid siege against us: they shall smite the tribes of Israel with a rod upon the cheek.
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2| And thou, Bethleem, house of Ephratha, art few in number to be <i>reckoned</i> among the thousands of Juda; <i>yet</i> out of thee shall one come forth to me, to be a ruler of Israel; and his goings forth were from the beginning, <i>even</i> from eternity.
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3| Therefore shall he appoint them <i>to wait</i> till the time of her that travails: she shall bring forth, and <i>then</i> the remnant of their brethren shall return to the children of Israel.
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4| And the Lord shall stand, and see, and feed his flock with power, and they shall dwell in the glory of the name of the Lord their God: for now shall they be magnified to the ends of the earth.
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5| And she shall have peace when Assur shall come into your land, and when he shall come up upon your country; and there shall be raised up against him seven shepherds, and eight attacks of men.
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6| And they shall tend the Assyrian with a sword, and the land of Nebrod with her trench: and he shall deliver <i> you</i> from the Assyrian, when he shall come upon your land, and when he shall invade your coasts.
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7| And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many peoples, as dew falling from the Lord, and as lambs on the grass; that none may assemble nor resist among the sons of men.
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8| And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many nations, as a lion in the forest among cattle, and as a <i>lion’s</i> whelp among the flocks of sheep, even as when he goes through, and selects, and carries off <i>his prey</i>, and there is none to deliver.
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9| Thine hand shall be lifted up against them that afflict thee, and all thine enemies shall be utterly destroyed.
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10| And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord, <i>that</i> I will utterly destroy the horses out of the midst of thee, and destroy thy chariots;
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11| and I will utterly destroy the cities of thy land, and demolish all thy strong-holds:
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12| and I will utterly destroy thy sorceries out of thine hands; and there shall be no soothsayers in thee.
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13| And I will utterly destroy thy graven images, and thy statues out of the midst of thee; and thou shalt never any more worship the works of thine hands.
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14| And I will cut off the groves out of the midst of thee, and I will abolish thy cities.
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15| and I will execute vengeance on the heathen in anger and wrath, because they hearkened not. Chapter 6
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#6
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1| Hear now a word: the Lord God has said; Arise, plead with the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.
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2| Hear ye, O mountains, the controversy of the Lord, and <i>ye</i> valleys <i>even</i> the foundations of the earth: for the Lord <i>has</i> a controversy with his people, and will plead with Israel.
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3| O my people, what have I done to thee? or wherein have I grieved thee? or wherein have I troubled thee? answer me.
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4| For I brought tee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of bondage, and sent before thee Moses, and Aaron, and Mariam.
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5| O my people, remember now, what counsel Balac king of Moab took against thee, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him, from the reeds to Galgal; that the righteousness of the Lord might be known.
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6| Wherewithal shall I reach the Lord, <i> and</i> lay hold of my God most high? shall I reach him by whole-burnt-offerings, by calves of a year old?
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7| Will the Lord accept thousands of rams, or ten thousands of fat goats? should I give my first-born for ungodliness, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
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8| Has it <i>not</i> been told thee, O man, what <i>is</i> good? or what does the Lord require of thee, but to do justice, and love mercy, and be ready to walk with the Lord thy God?
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9| The Lord’s voice shall be proclaimed in the city, and he shall save those that fear his name: hear, O tribe; and who shall order the city?
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10| <i>Is there</i> not fire, and the house of the wicked heaping up wicked treasures, and <i>that</i> with the pride of unrighteousness?
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11| Shall the wicked be justified by the balanced, or deceitful weights in the bag,
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12| whereby they have accumulated their ungodly wealth, and they that dwell in the city have uttered falsehoods, and their tongue has been exalted in their mouth?
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13| Therefore will I begin to smite thee; I will destroy thee in thy sins.
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14| Thou shalt eat, and shalt not be satisfied; and there shall be darkness upon thee; and he shall depart from <i>thee</i>, and thou shalt not escape; and all that shall escape shall be delivered over to the sword.
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15| Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt press the olive, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with oil; and <i>shalt make</i> wine, but ye shall drink no wine: and the ordinances of my people shall be utterly abolished.
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16| For thou hast kept the statues of Zambri, and <i>done</i> all the works of the house of Achaab; and ye have walked in their ways, that I might deliver thee to utter destruction, and those that inhabit the city to hissing: and ye shall bear the reproach of nations. Chapter 7
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#7
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1| Alas for me! for I am become as one gathering straw in harvest, and as <i>one gathering</i> grape-gleanings in the vintage, when there is no cluster for me to eat the first-ripe fruit: alas my soul!
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2| For the godly is perished from the earth; and there is none among men that orders <i>his way</i> aright: they all quarrel even to blood: they grievously afflict every one his neighbour:
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3| they prepare their hands for mischief, the prince asks <i>a reward</i>, and the judge speaks flattering words; it is the desire of their soul:
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4| therefore I will take away their goods as a devouring moth, and as one who acts by a <i>rigid</i> rule in a day of visitation. Woe, woe, thy times of vengeance are come; now shall be their lamentations.
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5| Trust not in friends, and confide not in guides: beware of thy wife, so as not to commit anything to her.
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6| For the son dishonours his father, the daughter will rise up against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law: those in his house <i>shall be</i> all a man’s enemies.
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7| But I will look to the Lord; I will wait upon God my Saviour: my God will hearken to me.
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8| Rejoice not against me, mine enemy; for I have fallen <i>yet</i> shall arise; for though I should sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light to me.
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9| I will bear the indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned against him, until he make good my cause: he also shall maintain my right, and shall bring me out to the light, <i>and</i> I shall behold his righteousness.
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10| And she that is mine enemy shall see it, and shall clothe herself with shame, who says, Where <i>is</i> the Lord thy God? mine eyes shall look upon her: now shall she be for trampling as mire in the ways.
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11| <i>It is</i> the day of making of brick; that day shall be thine utter destruction, and that day shall utterly abolish thine ordinances.
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12| And thy cities shall be levelled, and parted among the Assyrians; and thy strong cities shall be parted from Tyre to the river, and from sea to sea, and from mountain to mountain.
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13| And the land shall be utterly desolate together with them that inhabit it, because of the fruit of their doings.
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14| Tend thy people with thy rod, the sheep of thine inheritance, those that inhabit by themselves the thicket in the midst of Carmel: they shall feed in the land of Basan, and in the land of Galaad, as in the days of old.
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15| And according to the days of thy departure out of Egypt shall ye see marvellous <i>things</i>.
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16| The nations shall see and be ashamed; and at all their might they shall lay their hands upon their mouth, their ears shall be deafened.
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17| They shall lick the dust as serpents crawling on the earth, they shall be confounded in their holes; they shall be amazed at the Lord our God, and will be afraid of thee.
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18| Who is a God like thee, cancelling iniquities, and passing over the sins of the remnant of his inheritance? and he has not kept his anger for a testimony, for he delights in mercy.
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19| He will return and have mercy upon us; he will sink our iniquities, and they shall be cast into the depth of the sea, <i>even</i> all our sins.
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20| He shall give blessings truly to Jacob, and mercy to Abraam, as thou swarest to our fathers, according to the former days.
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#1
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1| The burden of Nineve: the book of the vision of Naum the Elkesite.
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2| God is jealous, and the Lord avenges; the Lord avenges with wrath; the Lord takes vengeance on his adversaries, and he cuts off his enemies.
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3| The Lord is long-suffering, and his power is great, and the Lord will not hold any guiltless: his way is in destruction and in the whirlwind, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
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4| He threatens the sea, and dries it up, and exhausts all the rivers: the land of Basan, and Carmel are brought low, and the flourishing <i>trees</i> of Libanus have come to nought.
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5| The mountains quake at him, and the hills are shaken, and the earth recoils at his presence, <i>even</i> the world, and all that dwell in it.
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6| Who shall stand before his anger? and who shall withstand in the anger of his wrath? his wrath brings to nought kingdoms, and the rocks are burst asunder by him.
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7| The Lord is good to them that wait on him in the day of affliction; and he knows them that reverence him.
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8| But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end: darkness shall pursue those that rise up against <i>him</i> and his enemies.
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9| What do ye devise against the Lord? he will make a complete end: he will not take vengeance by affliction twice at the same time.
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10| For <i>the enemy</i> shall be laid bare even to the foundation, and shall be devoured as twisted yew, and as stubble fully dry.
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11| Out of thee shall proceed a device against the Lord, counselling evil things hostile <i>to him</i>.
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12| Thus saith the Lord who rules over many waters, Even thus shall they be sent away, and the report of thee shall not be heard any more.
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13| And now will I break his rod from off thee, and will burst <i>thy</i> bonds.
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14| And the Lord shall give a command concerning thee; there shall no more of thy name be scattered: I will utterly destroy the graven <i>images</i> out of the house of thy god, and the molten <i>images</i>: I will make thy grave; for <i>they are</i> swift.
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15| Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that brings glad tidings, and publishes peace! O Juda, keep thy feasts, pay thy vows: for they shall no more pass through thee to <i>thy</i> decay.
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#2
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1| It is all over with him, he has been removed, <i>one</i> who has been delivered from affliction has come up panting into thy presence, watch the way, strengthen <i>thy</i> loins, be very valiant in <i>thy</i> strength.
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2| For the Lord has turned aside the pride of Jacob, as the pride of Israel: for they have utterly rejected them, and have destroyed their branches.
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3| <i>They have destroyed</i> the arms of their power from among men, their mighty men sporting with fire: the reins of their chariots <i>shall be destroyed</i> in the day of his preparation, and the horsemen shall be thrown into confusion
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4| in the ways, and the chariots shall clash together, and shall be entangled in each other in the broad ways: their appearance is as lamps of fire, and as gleaming lightnings.
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5| And their mighty men shall bethink themselves and flee by day; and they shall be weak as they go; and they shall hasten to her walls, and shall prepare their defences.
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6| The gates of the cities have been opened, and the palaces have fallen into ruin,
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7| and the foundation has been exposed; and she has gone up, and her maid-servants were led <i>away</i> as doves moaning in their hearts.
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8| And <i>as for</i> Nineve, her waters <i>shall be</i> as a pool of water: and they fled, and staid not, and there was none to look back.
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9| They plundered the silver, they plundered the gold, and there was no end of their adorning; they were loaded <i>with it</i> upon all their pleasant vessels.
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10| <i>There is</i> thrusting forth, and shaking, and tumult, and heart-breaking, and loosing of knees, and pangs on all loins; and the faces of all <i>are</i> as the blackening of a pot.
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11| Where is the dwelling-place of the lions, and the pasture that belonged to the whelps? where did the lion go, that the lion’s whelp should enter in there, and there was none to scare <i>him</i> away?
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12| The lion seized enough prey for his whelps, and strangled for his <i>young</i> lions, and filled his lair with prey, and his dwelling-place with spoil.
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13| Behold, I am against thee, saith the Lord Almighty, and I will burn up thy multitude in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy lions; and I will utterly destroy thy prey from off the land, and thy deeds shall no more at all be heard of.
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#3
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1| O city of blood, wholly false, full of unrighteousness; the prey shall not be handled.
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2| The noise of whips, and the noise of the rumbling of wheels, and of the pursuing horse, and of the bounding chariot,
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3| and of the mounting rider, and of the glittering sword, and of the gleaming arms, and of a multitude of slain, and of heavy falling: and there was no end to her nations, but they shall be weak in their bodies
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4| because of the abundance of fornication: <i>she is</i> a fair harlot, and well-favoured, skilled in sorcery, that sells the nations by her fornication, and peoples by her sorceries.
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5| Behold, I am against thee, saith the Lord God Almighty, and I will uncover thy skirts in thy presence, and I will shew the nations thy shame, and the kingdoms thy disgrace.
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6| And I will cast abominable filth upon thee according to thine unclean ways, and will make thee a public example.
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7| And it shall be <i>that</i> every one that sees thee shall go down from thee, and shall say, Wretched Nineve! who shall lament for her? whence shall I seek comfort for her?
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8| Prepare thee a portion, tune the chord, prepare a portion for Ammon: she that dwells among the rivers, water is round about her, whose dominion is the sea, and whose walls are water.
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9| And Ethiopia is her strength, and Egypt; and there was no limit of the flight <i>of her enemies</i>; and the Libyans became her helpers.
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10| Yet she shall go as a prisoner into captivity, and they shall dash her infants against the ground at the top of all her ways: and they shall cast lots upon all her glorious <i>possessions</i>, and all her nobles shall be bound in chains.
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11| And thou shalt be drunken, and shalt be overlooked; and thou shalt seek for thyself strength because of <i>thine</i> enemies.
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12| All thy strong-holds are as fig-trees having watchers: if they be shaken, they shall fall into the mouth of the eater.
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13| Behold, thy people within thee are as women: the gates of thy land shall surely be opened to thine enemies: the fire shall devour thy bars.
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14| Draw thee water for a siege, and well secure thy strong-holds: enter into the clay, and be thou trodden in the chaff, make <i>the fortifications</i> stronger than brick.
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15| There the fire shall devour thee; the sword shall utterly destroy thee, it shall devour thee as the locust, and thou shalt be pressed down as a palmerworm.
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16| Thou hast multiplied thy merchandise beyond the stars of heaven: the palmerworm has attacked <i>it</i>, and has flown away.
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17| Thy mixed <i>multitude</i> has suddenly departed as the grasshopper, as the locust perched on a hedge in a frosty day; the sun arises, and it flies off, and knows not its place: woe to them!
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18| Thy shepherds have slumbered, the Assyrian king has laid low thy mighty men: thy people departed to the mountains, and there was none to receive <i>them</i>.
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19| There is no healing for thy bruise; thy wound has rankled: all that hear the report of thee shall clap their hands against thee; for upon whom has not thy wickedness passed continually? Back top Next Presented by The Common Man's Prospective. Copyright© 1999-2010 Ernest C. Marsh
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#1
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1| The words of Neemias the son of Chelcia. And it came to pass in the month Chaseleu, of the twentieth year, that I was in Susan the palace.
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2| And Anani, one of my brethren, came, he and <i>some</i> men of Juda; and I asked them concerning those that had escaped, who had been left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.
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3| And they said to me, The remnant, <i>even</i> those that are left of the captivity, <i>are</i> there in the land, in great distress and reproach: and the walls of Jerusalem <i>are</i> thrown down, and its gates are burnt with fire.
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4| And it came to pass, when I heard these words, <i>that</i> I sat down and wept, and mourned for <i>several</i> days, and continued fasting and praying before the God of heaven.
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5| And I said, Nay, I pray thee, O Lord God of heaven, the mighty, the great and terrible, keeping thy covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to those that keep his commandments:
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6| let now thine ear be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee at this time, this day <i>both</i> day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and make confession for the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and the house of my father have sinned.
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7| We have altogether broken <i>covenant</i> with thee, and we have not kept the commandments, and the ordinances, and the judgments, which thou didst command thy servant Moses.
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8| Remember, I pray thee, the word wherewith thou didst charge thy servant Moses, saying, If ye break covenant <i>with me</i>, I will disperse you among the nations.
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9| But if ye turn again to me, and keep my commandments, and do them; if ye should be scattered under the utmost <i>bound</i> of heaven, thence will I gather them, and I will bring them into the place which I have chosen to cause my name to dwell there.
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10| Now they <i>are</i> thy servants and thy people, whom thou hast redeemed with thy great power, and with thy strong hand.
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11| <i>Turn</i> not <i>away</i>, I pray thee, O Lord, but let thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and cause him to find mercy in the sight of this man. Now I was the king’s cup-bearer.
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#2
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1| And it came to pass in the month Nisan of the twentieth year of king Arthasastha, that the wine was before me: and I took the wine, and gave <i>it</i> to the king: and there was not another before him.
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2| And the king said to me, Why is thy countenance sad, and dost thou not control thyself? and now this is nothing but sorrow of heart. Then I was very much alarmed,
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3| and I said to the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be said, forasmuch as the city, even the home of the sepulchres of my fathers, has been laid waste, and her gates have been devoured with fire?
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4| And the king said to me, For what dost thou ask thus? So I prayed to the God of heaven.
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5| And I said to the king, If <i>it seem</i> good to the king, and if thy servant shall have found favour in thy sight, <i>I ask</i> that <i>thou</i> wouldest send him into Juda, to the city of the sepulchres of my fathers; then will I rebuild it.
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6| And the king, and his concubine that sat next to him, said to me, For how long will thy journey be, and when wilt thou return? and <i>the proposal</i> was pleasing before the king, and he sent me away, and I appointed him a time.
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7| And I said to the king, If <i>it seem</i> good to the king, let him give me letters to the governors beyond the river, so as to forward me till I come to Juda;
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8| and a letter to Asaph the keeper of the garden which belongs to the king, that he may give me timber to cover the gates, and for the wall of the city, and for the house into which I shall enter. And the king gave to me, according as the good hand of God <i>was upon me</i>.
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9| And I came to the governors beyond the river, and I gave them the king’s letters. (Now the king had sent with me captains of the army and horsemen.)
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10| And Sanaballat the Aronite heard <i>it</i>, and Tobia the servant, the Ammonite, and it was grievous to them that a man was come to seek good for the children of Israel.
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11| So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.
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12| And I rose up by night, I and a few men with me; and I told no man what God put into my heart to do with Israel; and there was no beast with me, except the beast which I rode upon.
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13| And I went forth by the gate of the valley by night, and to the mouth of the well of fig trees, and to the dung-gate: and I mourned over the wall of Jerusalem which they were destroying, and her gates were devoured with fire.
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14| And I passed on to the fountain gate, and to the king’s pool; and there was no room for the beast to pass under me.
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15| And I went up by the wall of the brook by night, and mourned over the wall, and passed through the gate of the valley, and returned.
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16| And the sentinels knew not why I went, nor what I was doing; and until that time I told <i>it</i> not to the Jews, or to the priests, or to the nobles, or to the captains, or to the rest <i>of the men</i> who wrought the works.
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17| Then I said to them, Ye see this evil, in which we are, how Jerusalem is desolate, and her gates have been set on fire: come, and let us build throughout the wall of Jerusalem, and we shall be no longer a reproach.
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18| And I told them of the hand of God which was good upon me, also about the words of the king which he spoke to me: and I said, Let us arise and build. And their hands were strengthened for the good <i>work</i>.
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19| And Sanaballat the Aronite, and Tobia the servant, the Ammonite, and Gesam the Arabian, heard <i>it</i>, and they laughed us to scorn, and came to us, and said, What <i>is</i> this thing that ye are doing? are ye revolting against the king?
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20| And I answered them, and said to them, The God of heaven, he shall prosper us, and we his servants are pure, and we will build: but ye have no part, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.
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#3
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1| Then Eliasub the high priest, and his brethren the priests, rose up, and built the sheep-gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even to the tower of the hundred they sanctified <i>it</i>, to the tower of Anameel.
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2| And <i>they builded</i> by the side of the men of Jericho, and by the side of the sons of Zacchur, the son of Amari.
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3| And the sons of Asana built the fish-gate; they roofed it, and covered in its doors, and bolts, and bars.
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4| And next to them <i>the order</i> reached to Ramoth the son of Uria, the son of Accos, and next to them Mosollam son of Barachias the son of Mazebel took <i>his</i> place: and next to them Sadoc the son of Baana took <i>his</i> place.
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5| And next to them the Thecoim took <i>their</i> place; but the Adorim applied not their neck to their service.
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6| And Joida the son of Phasec, and Mesulam son of Basodia, repaired the old gate; they covered it in, and set up its doors, and its bolts, and its bars.
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7| And next to them repaired Maltias the Gabaonite, and Evaron the Meronothite, the men of Gabaon and Maspha, to the throne of the governor on this side the river.
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8| And next to him Oziel the son of Arachias of the smiths, carried on the repairs: and next to them Ananias the son of one of the apothecaries repaired, and they finished Jerusalem to the broad wall.
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9| And next to them repaired Raphaea the son of Sur, the ruler of half the district round about Jerusalem.
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10| And next to them repaired Jedaia the son of Eromaph, and <i>that</i> in front of his house: and next to him repaired Attuth son of Asabania.
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11| And next <i>to him</i> repaired Melchias son of Heram, and Asub son of Phaat Moab, even to the tower of the furnaces.
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12| And next to him repaired Sallum the son of Alloes, the ruler of half the district round about Jerusalem, he and his daughters.
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13| Anun and the inhabitants of Zano repaired the gate of the valley: they built it, and set up its doors, and its bolts, and its bars, and a thousand cubits of the wall as far as the dung-gate.
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14| And Melchia the son of Rechab, the ruler of the district round about Beth-accharim, repaired the dung-gate, he and his sons; and they covered it, and set up its doors, and its bolts, and its bars.
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15| But Solomon the son of Choleze repaired the gate of the fountain, the ruler of part of Maspha; he built it, and covered it, and set up its doors and its bars, and the wall of the pool of the skins by the meadow of the king, and as far as the steps that lead down from the city of David.
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16| After him repaired Neemias son of Azabuch, ruler of half the district round about Bethsur, as far as the garden of David’s sepulchre, and as far as the artificial pool, and as far as the house of the mighty men.
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17| After him repaired the Levites, <i>even</i> Raum the son of Bani: next to him repaired Asabia, ruler of half the district round about Keila, in his district.
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18| And after him repaired his brethren, Benei son of Enadad, ruler of half the district round about Keila.
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19| And next to him repaired Azur the son of Joshua, ruler of Masphai, another portion of the tower of ascent, where it meets the corner.
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20| After him repaired Baruch the son of Zabu, a second portion, from the corner as far as the door of the house of Eliasub the high priest.
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21| After him repaired Meramoth the son of Uria the son of Accos, a second part from the door of the house of Eliasub, to the end of the house of Eliasub.
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22| And after him repaired the priests, the men of Ecchechar.
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23| And after him repaired Benjamin and Asub over against their house: and after him repaired Azarias son of Maasias the son of Ananias, <i>the parts</i> near to his house.
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24| After him repaired Bani the son of Adad, another portion from the house of Azaria as far as the corner and to the turning,
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25| of Phalach the son of Uzai, opposite the corner, and <i>where is</i> also the tower that projects from the king’s house, even the upper one of the prison-house: and after him <i>repaired</i> Phadaea the son of Phoros.
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26| And the Nathinim dwelt in Ophal, as far as the garden of the water-gate eastward, and <i>there is</i> the projecting tower.
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27| And after them the Thecoim repaired, another portion opposite the great projecting tower, even as far as the wall of Ophla.
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28| The priests repaired above the horse-gate, <i>every</i> man over against his own house.
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29| And after him Sadduc the son of Emmer repaired opposite his own house: and after him repaired Samaea son of Sechenia, guard of the east-gate.
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30| After him repaired Anania son of Selemia, and Anom, the sixth son of Seleph, another portion: after him Mesulam the son of Barachia repaired over against his treasury.
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31| After him repaired Melchia the son of Sarephi as far as the house of the Nathinim, and the chapmen over against the gate of Maphecad, and as far as the steps of the corner.
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32| And between <i>that and</i> the sheep-gate the smiths and chapmen repaired.
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#4
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1| Now it came to pass, when Sanaballat heard that we were building the wall, that it was grievous to him, and he was very angry, and railed against the Jews.
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2| And he said before his brethren (that <i>is</i> the army of the Samaritans) <i>Is it true</i> that these Jews are building their city? do they indeed offer sacrifices? will they prevail? and will they this day restore the stones, after they have been burnt and made a heap of rubbish?
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3| And Tobias the Ammanite came near to him, and said to them, Do they sacrifice or eat in their place? shall not a fox go up and pull down their wall of stones?
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4| Hear, O our God, for we have become a scorn; and return thou their reproach upon their head, and make them a scorn in a land of captivity,
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5| and do not cover <i>their</i> iniquity.
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6|
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7| But it came to pass, when Sanaballat and Tobia, and the Arabians, and the Ammanites, heard that the building of the walls of Jerusalem was advancing, <i>and</i> that the breaches began to be stopped, that it appeared very grievous to them.
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8| And all of them assembled together, to come to fight against Jerusalem, and to destroy it utterly.
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9| So we prayed to our God and set watchmen against them day and night, because of them.
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10| And Juda said, The strength of the enemies is broken, yet <i>there is</i> much rubbish, and we shall not be able to build the wall.
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11| And they that afflicted us said, They shall not know, and they shall not see, until we come into the midst of them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.
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12| And it came to pass, when the Jews who lived near them came, that they said to us, They are coming up against us from every quarter.
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13| So I set <i>men</i> in the lowest part of the place behind the wall in the lurking-places, I even set the people according to their families, with their swords, their spears, and their bows.
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14| And I looked, and arose, and said to the nobles, and to the captains, and to the rest of the people, Be not afraid of them: remember our great and terrible God, and fight for your brethren, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your houses.
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15| And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was made known to us, and God had frustrated their counsel, that we all returned to the wall, <i>every</i> man to his work.
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16| And it came to pass from that day <i>that</i> half of them that had been driven forth, wrought the work, and half of them kept guard; and <i>there were</i> spears, and shields, and bows, and breast-plates, and rulers behind the whole house of Juda,
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17| even of them that were building the wall:—and those who carried the burdens <i>were</i> under arms: <i>each</i> with one hand wrought his work, and with the other held his dart.
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18| And the builders <i>wrought</i> each man having his sword girt upon his loins, and so they built: and the trumpeter with his trumpet next to him.
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19| And I said to the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, The work <i>is</i> great and abundant, and we are dispersed upon the wall, each at a great distance from his brother.
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20| In whatsoever place ye shall hear the sound of the cornet, thither gather yourselves together to us; and our God shall fight for us.
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21| So we <i>continued</i> labouring at the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning until the stars appeared.
|
||||
22| And at that time I said to the people, Lodge ye every man with his servant in the midst of Jerusalem, and let the night be a watch-time to you, and the day a work-time.
|
||||
23| And I was <i>there</i>, and the watchmen behind me, and there was not a man of us that put off his garments.
|
||||
|
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#5
|
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1| And the cry of the people and their wives <i>was</i> great against their brethren the Jews.
|
||||
2| And some said, We <i>are</i> numerous with our sons and our daughters; so we will take corn, and eat, and live.
|
||||
3| And some said, <i>As to</i> our fields and vineyards and houses, let us pledge <i>them</i>, and we will take corn, and eat.
|
||||
4| And some said, We have borrowed money for the king’s tributes:—our fields, and our vineyards, and houses <i>are pledged</i>.
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||||
5| And now our flesh <i>is</i> as the flesh of our brethren, our children <i>are</i> as their children: yet, behold, we are reducing our sons and our daughters to slavery, and some of our daughters are enslaved: and there is no power of our hands, for our fields and our vineyards <i>belong</i> to the nobles.
|
||||
6| And I was much grieved as I heard their cry and these words.
|
||||
7| And my heart took counsel within me, and I contended against the nobles, and the princes, and I said to them, Should every man demand of his brother what ye demand? And I appointed against them a great assembly,
|
||||
8| and I said to them, We of our free-will have redeemed our brethren the Jews that were sold to the Gentiles; and do ye sell your brethren? and shall they be delivered to us? And they were silent, and found no answer.
|
||||
9| And I said, The thing which ye do <i>is</i> not good; ye will not so walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the Gentiles our enemies.
|
||||
10| Both my brethren, and my acquaintances, and I, have lent them money and corn: let us now leave off this exaction.
|
||||
11| Restore to them, I pray, as at this day, their fields, and their vineyards, and their olive-yards, and their houses, and bring forth to them corn and wine and oil of the money.
|
||||
12| And they said, We will restore, and we will not exact of them; we will do thus as thou sayest. Then I called the priests, and bound them by oath to do according to this word.
|
||||
13| And I shook out my garment, and said, So may God shake out every man who shall not keep to this word, from his house, and from his labours, he shall be even thus shaken out, as an outcast and empty. And all the congregation said, Amen, and they praised the Lord: and the people did this thing.
|
||||
14| From the day that he charged me to be their ruler in the land of Juda, from the twentieth year even to the thirty-second year of Arthasastha, twelve years, I and my brethren ate not <i>provision</i> extorted from them.
|
||||
15| But as for the former acts of extortion wherein <i>those who were</i> before me oppressed them, they even took of them their last money, forty didrachms for bread and wine; and the <i>very</i> outcasts of them exercised authority over the people: but I did not so, because of the fear of God.
|
||||
16| Also in the work of the wall I treated them not with rigor, I bought not land: and all that were gathered together <i>came</i> thither to the work.
|
||||
17| And the Jews, to <i>the number of</i> a hundred and fifty men, besides those coming to us from the nations round about, <i>were</i> at my table.
|
||||
18| And there came <i>to me</i> for one day one calf, and I had six choice sheep and a goat; and every ten days wine in abundance of all sorts: yet with these I required not the bread of extortion, because the bondage was heavy upon this people.
|
||||
19| Remember me, O God, for good, <i>in</i> all that I have done to this people.
|
||||
|
||||
#6
|
||||
1| Now it came to pass, when Sanaballat, and Tobias, and Gesam the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had built the wall, and <i>that</i> there was no opening left therein; (<i>but</i> hitherto I had not set up the doors on the gates;)
|
||||
2| that Sanaballat and Gesam sent to me, saying, Come and let us meet together in the villages in the plain of Ono. But they <i>were</i> plotting to do me mischief.
|
||||
3| So I sent messengers to them, saying, I am doing a great work, and I shall not be able to come down, lest the work should cease: as soon as I shall have finished it, I will come down to you.
|
||||
4| And they sent to me <i>again</i> to this effect; and I sent them <i>word</i> accordingly.
|
||||
5| Then Sanaballat sent his servant to me with an open letter in his hand.
|
||||
6| And in it was written, It has been reported among the Gentiles that thou and the Jews are planning to revolt: therefore thou art building the wall, and thou wilt be a king to them.
|
||||
7| And moreover thou has appointed prophets to thyself, that thou mightest dwell in Jerusalem as a king over Juda: and now these words will be reported to the king. Now then, come, let us take counsel together.
|
||||
8| And I sent to him, saying, It has not happened according to these words, <i>even</i> as thou sayest, for thou framest them falsely out of thy heart.
|
||||
9| For all were trying to alarm us, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from this work, and it shall not be done. Now therefore I have strengthened my hands.
|
||||
10| And I came into the house of Semei the son of Dalaia the Son of Metabeel, and he was shut up; and he said, Let us assemble together in the house of God, in the midst of it, and let us shut the doors of it; for they are coming by night to slay thee.
|
||||
11| And I said, Who is the man that shall enter into the house, that he may live?
|
||||
12| And I observed, and, behold, God had not sent him, for the prophecy was a fable <i>devised</i> against me:
|
||||
13| and Tobias and Sanaballat had hired against me a multitude, that I might be frightened, and do this, and sin, and become to them an ill name, that they might reproach me.
|
||||
14| Remember, O God, Tobias and Sanaballat, according to these their deeds, and the prophetess Noadia, and the rest of the prophets who tried to alarm me.
|
||||
15| So the wall was finished on the twenty-fifth day of the <i>month</i> Elul, in fifty-two days.
|
||||
16| And it came to pass, when all our enemies heard <i>of it</i>, that all the nations round about us feared, and great alarm fell upon them, and they knew that it was of our God that this work should be finished.
|
||||
17| And in those days letters came to Tobias from many nobles of Juda, and those of Tobias came to them.
|
||||
18| For many in Juda were bound to him by oath, because he was son-in-law of Sechenias the son of Herae; and Jonan his son had taken the daughter of Mesulam the son of Barachia to wife.
|
||||
19| And they reported his words to me, and carried out my words to him: and Tobias sent letters to terrify me.
|
||||
|
||||
#7
|
||||
1| And it came to pass, when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, and the porters and the singers and the Levites were appointed,
|
||||
2| that I gave charge to Ananias my brother, and Ananias the ruler of the palace, over Jerusalem: for he was a true man, and one that feared God beyond many.
|
||||
3| And I said to them, The gates of Jerusalem shall not be opened till sunrise; and while they are still watching, let the doors be shut, and bolted; and set watches of them that dwell in Jerusalem, <i>every</i> man at his post, and <i>every</i> man over against his house.
|
||||
4| Now the city <i>was</i> wide and large; and the people <i>were</i> few in it, and the houses were not built.
|
||||
5| And God put <i>it</i> into my heart, and I gathered the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, into companies: and I found a register of the company that came up first, and I found written in it as follows:
|
||||
6| Now these <i>are</i> the children of the country, that came up from captivity, of the number which Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon carried away, and they returned to Jerusalem and to Juda, <i>every</i> man to his city;
|
||||
7| with Zorobabel, and Jesus, and Neemia, Azaria, and Reelma, Naemani, Mardochaeus, Balsan, Maspharath, Esdra, Boguia, Inaum, Baana, Masphar, men of the people of Israel.
|
||||
8| The children of Phoros, two thousand one hundred and seventy-two.
|
||||
9| The children of Saphatia, three hundred and seventy-two.
|
||||
10| The children of Era, six hundred and fifty-two.
|
||||
11| The children of Phaath Moab, with the children of Jesus and Joab, two thousand six hundred and eighteen.
|
||||
12| The children of Ælam, a thousand two hundred and fifty-four.
|
||||
13| The children of Zathuia, eight hundred and forty-five.
|
||||
14| The children of Zacchu, seven hundred and sixty.
|
||||
15| The children of Banui, six hundred and forty-eight.
|
||||
16| The children of Bebi, six hundred and twenty-eight.
|
||||
17| The children of Asgad, two thousand three hundred and twenty-two.
|
||||
18| The children of Adonicam, six hundred and sixty-seven.
|
||||
19| The children of Bagoi, two thousand and sixty-seven.
|
||||
20| The children of Edin, six hundred and fifty-five.
|
||||
21| The children of Ater, <i>the son</i> of Ezekias, ninety-eight.
|
||||
22| The children of Esam, three hundred and twenty-eight.
|
||||
23| The children of Besei, three hundred and twenty-four.
|
||||
24| The children of Ariph, a hundred and twelve: the children of Asen, two hundred and twenty-three.
|
||||
25| The children of Gabaon, ninety-five.
|
||||
26| The children of Baethalem, a hundred and twenty-three: the children of Atopha, fifty-six.
|
||||
27| The children of Anathoth, a hundred and twenty-eight.
|
||||
28| The men of Bethasmoth, forty-two.
|
||||
29| The men of Cariatharim, Caphira, and Beroth, seven hundred and forty-three.
|
||||
30| The men of Arama and Gabaa, six hundred and twenty.
|
||||
31| The men of Machemas, a hundred and twenty-two.
|
||||
32| The men of Baethel and Ai, a hundred and twenty-three.
|
||||
33| The men of Nabia, a hundred an fifty-two.
|
||||
34| The men of Elamaar, one thousand two hundred and fifty-two.
|
||||
35| The children of Eram, three hundred and twenty.
|
||||
36| The children of Jericho, three hundred and forty-five.
|
||||
37| The children of Lodadid and Ono, seven hundred and twenty-one.
|
||||
38| The children of Sanana, three thousand nine hundred and thirty.
|
||||
39| The priests; the sons of Jodae, <i>pertaining</i> to the house of Jesus, nine hundred and seventy-three.
|
||||
40| The children of Emmer, one thousand and fifty-two.
|
||||
41| The children of Phaseur, one thousand two hundred and forty-seven.
|
||||
42| The children of Eram, a thousand and seventeen.
|
||||
43| The Levites; the children of Jesus the son of Cadmiel, with the children of Uduia, seventy-four.
|
||||
44| The singers; the children of Asaph, a hundred and forty-eight.
|
||||
45| The porters; the children of Salum, the children of Ater, the children of Telmon, the children of Acub, the children of Atita, the children of Sabi, a hundred and thirty-eight.
|
||||
46| The Nathinim; the children of Sea, the children of Aspha, the children of Tabaoth,
|
||||
47| the children of Kiras, the children of Asuia, the children of Phadon,
|
||||
48| the children of Labana, the children of Agaba, the children of Selmei,
|
||||
49| the children of Anan, the children of Gadel, the children of Gaar,
|
||||
50| the children of Raaia, the children of Rasson, the children of Necoda,
|
||||
51| the children of Gezam, the children of Ozi, the children of Phese,
|
||||
52| the children of Besi, the children of Meinon, the children of Nephosasi,
|
||||
53| the children of Bacbuc, the children of Achipha, the children of Arur,
|
||||
54| the children of Basaloth, the children of Mida, the children of Adasan,
|
||||
55| the children of Barcue, the children of Sisarath, the children of Thema,
|
||||
56| the children of Nisia, the children of Atipha.
|
||||
57| The children of the servants of Solomon; the children of Sutei, the children of Sapharat, the children of Pherida,
|
||||
58| the children of Jelel, the children of Dorcon, the children of Gadael,
|
||||
59| the children of Saphatia, the children of Ettel, the children of Phacarath, the children of Sabaim, the children of Emim.
|
||||
60| All the Nathinim, and children of the servants of Solomon, <i>were</i> three hundred and ninety-two.
|
||||
61| And these went up from Thelmeleth, Thelaresa, Charub, Eron, Jemer: but they could not declare the houses of their families, or their seed, whether they were of Israel.
|
||||
62| The children of Dalaia, the children of Tobia, the children of Necoda, six hundred and forty-two.
|
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63| And of the priests; the children of Ebia, the children of Acos, the children of Berzelli, for they took wives of the daughters of Berzelli the Galaadite, and they were called by their name.
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64| These sought the pedigree of their company, and it was not found, and they were removed <i>as polluted</i> from the priesthood.
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65| And the Athersastha said, that they should not eat of the most holy things, until a priest should stand up to give light.
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66| And all the congregation was about forty-two thousand three hundred and sixty,
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67| besides their men-servants and their maid-servants: these were seven thousand three hundred and thirty seven: and the singing-men and singing-women, two hundred and forty-five.
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68 69| Two thousand seven hundred asses.
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70| And part of the heads of families gave into the treasury to Neemias for the work a thousand pieces of gold, fifty bowls, and thirty priests’ <i>garments</i>.
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71| And <i>some</i> of the heads of families gave into the treasuries of the work, twenty thousand pieces of gold, and two thousand three hundred pounds of silver.
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72| And the rest of the people gave twenty thousand pieces of gold, and two thousand two hundred pounds of silver, and sixty-seven priests’ <i>garments</i>.
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73| And the priests, and Levites, and porters, and singers, and <i>some</i> of the people, and the Nathinim, and all Israel, dwelt in their cities.
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#8
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1| And the seventh month arrived, and the children of Israel <i>were settled</i> in their cities; and all the people were gathered as one man to the broad place before the water-gate, and they told Esdras the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the Lord commanded Israel.
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2| So Esdras the priest brought the law before the congregation both of men and women, and every one who had understanding <i>was present</i> to hearken, on the first day of the seventh month.
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3| And he read in it from the time of sun-rise to the middle of the day, before the men and the women; and they understood <i>it</i>, and the ears of all the people <i>were attentive</i> to the book of the law.
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4| And Esdras the scribe stood on a wooden stage, and there stood next to him Mattathias, and Samaeas, and Ananias, and Urias, and Chelcia, and Massia, on his right hand; and on his left Phadaeas, and Misael, and Melchias, and Asom, and Asabadma, and Zacharias, and Mesollam.
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5| And Esdras opened the book before all the people, for he was above the people; and it came to pass when he had opened it, <i>that</i> all the people stood.
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6| And Esdras blessed the Lord, the great God: and all the people answered, and said, Amen, lifting up their hands: and they bowed down and worshipped the Lord with their face to the ground.
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7| And Jesus and Banaias and Sarabias instructed the people in the law, and the people <i>stood</i> in their place.
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8| And they read in the book of the law of God, and Esdras taught, and instructed them distinctly in the knowledge of the Lord, and the people understood <i>the law</i> in the reading.
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9| And Neemias, and Esdras the priest and scribe, and the Levites, and they that instructed the people, spoke and said to all the people, It is a holy day to the Lord our God; do not mourn, nor weep. For all the people wept when they heard the words of the law.
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10| And <i>the governor</i> said to them, Go, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions to them that have nothing; for the day is holy to our Lord: and faint not, for the Lord is our strength.
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11| And the Levites caused all the people to be silent, saying, Be silent, for <i>it is</i> a holy day, and despond not.
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12| So all the people departed to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, for they understood the words which he made known to them.
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13| And on the second day the heads of families assembled with all the people, <i>also</i> the priests and Levites, to Esdras the scribe, to attend to all the words of the law.
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14| And they found written in the law which the Lord commanded Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths, in the feast in the seventh month:
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15| and that they should sound with trumpets in all their cities, and in Jerusalem. And Esdras said, Go forth to the mountain, and bring branches of olive, and branches of cypress trees, and branches of myrtle, and branches of palm trees, and branches of <i>every</i> thick tree, to make booths, according to that which was written.
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16| And the people went forth, and brought <i>them</i>, and made booths for themselves, each one upon his roof, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the streets of the city, and as far as the gate of Ephraim.
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17| And all the congregation who had returned from the captivity, made booths, and dwelt in booths: for the children of Israel <i>had</i> not done so from the days of Jesus the son of Naue until that day: and there was great joy.
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18| And <i>Esdras</i> read in the book of the law of God daily, from the first day even to the last day: and they kept the feast seven days; and on the eighth day a solemn assembly, according to the ordinance.
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#9
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1| Now on the twenty-fourth day of this month the children of Israel assembled with fasting, and in sackcloths, and with ashes on their head.
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2| And the children of Israel separated themselves from every stranger, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.
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3| And they stood in their place, and read in the book of the law of the Lord their god: and they confessed <i>their sins</i> to the Lord, and worshipped the Lord their God.
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4| <i>And</i> there stood upon the stairs, of the Levites, Jesus, and the sons of Cadmiel, Sechenia the son of Sarabia, sons of Choneni; and they cried with a loud voice to the Lord their God.
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5| And the Levites, Jesus and Cadmiel, said, Rise up, bless the Lord our God forever and ever: and let them bless thy glorious name, and exalt it with all blessing and praise.
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6| And Esdras said, Thou art the only true Lord; thou madest the heaven, and the heaven of heavens, and all their array, the earth, and all things that are in it, the seas, and all things in them; and thou quickenest all things, and the hosts of heaven worship thee.
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7| Thou art the Lord God, thou didst choose Abram, and broughtest him out of the land of the Chaldeans, and gavest him the name of Abraam:
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8| and thou foundest his heart faithful before thee, and didst make a covenant with him to give to him and to his seed the land of the Chananites, and the Chettites, and Amorites, and Pherezites, and Jebusites, and Gergesites; and thou hast confirmed thy words, for thou <i>art</i> righteous.
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9| And thou sawest the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and thou heardest their cry at the Red Sea.
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10| And thou shewedst signs and wonders in Egypt, on Pharao and all his servants, and on all the people of his land: for thou knowest that they behaved insolently against them: and thou madest thyself a name, as at this day.
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11| And thou didst cleave the sea before them, and they passed through the midst of the sea on dry land; and thou didst cast into the deep them that were about to pursue them, as a stone in the mighty water.
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12| And thou guidedst them by day by a pillar of cloud, and by night by a pillar of fire, to enlighten for them the way wherein they should walk.
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13| Also thou camest down upon mount Sina, and thou spakest to them out of heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and laws of truth, ordinances, and good commandments.
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14| And thou didst make known to them thy holy sabbath; thou didst enjoin upon them commandments, and ordinances, and a law, by the hand of thy servant Moses.
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15| And thou gavest them bread from heaven for their food, and thou broughtest them forth water from a rock for their thirst; and thou badest them go in to inherit the land over which thou stretchedst out thy hand to give <i>it</i> them.
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16| But they and our fathers behaved proudly, and hardened their neck, and did not hearken to thy commandments,
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17| and refused to listen, and remembered not thy wonders which thou wroughtest with them; and they hardened their neck, and appointed a leader to return to their slavery in Egypt: but thou, O God, <i>art</i> merciful and compassionate, long-suffering, and abundant in mercy, and thou didst not forsake them.
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18| And still farther they even made to themselves a molten calf, and said, These <i>are</i> the gods that brought us up out of Egypt: and they wrought great provocations.
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19| Yet thou in thy great compassions didst not forsake them in the wilderness: thou didst not turn away from them the pillar of the cloud by day, to guide them in the way, nor the pillar of fire by night, to enlighten for them the way wherein they should walk.
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20| And thou gavest thy good Spirit to instruct them, and thou didst not withhold thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water in their thirst.
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21| And thou didst sustain them forty years in the wilderness; thou didst not allow anything to fail them: their garments did not wax old, and their feet were not bruised.
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22| Moreover, thou gavest them kingdoms, and didst divide nations to them: and they inherited the land of Seon king of Esebon, and the land of Og king of Basan.
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23| And thou didst multiply their children as the stars of heaven, and broughtest them into the land of which thou spokest to their fathers;
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24| And they inherited it: and thou didst destroy from before them the dwellers in the land of the Chananites, and thou gavest into their hands them and their kings, and the nations of the land, to do unto them as it pleased them.
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25| And they took lofty cities, and inherited houses full of all good things, wells dug, vineyards, and oliveyards, and every fruit tree in abundance: so they ate, and were filled, and grew fat, and rioted in thy great goodness.
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26| But they turned, and revolted from thee, and cast thy law behind their backs; and they slew thy prophets, who testified against them to turn them back to thee, and they wrought great provocations.
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||||
27| Then thou gavest them into the hand of them that afflicted them, and they did afflict them: and they cried to thee in the time of their affliction, and thou didst hear them from thy heaven, and in thy great compassions gavest them deliverers, and didst save them from the hand of them that afflicted them.
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28| But when they rested, they did evil again before thee: so thou leftest them in the hands of their enemies, and they ruled over them: and they cried again to thee, and thou heardest <i>them</i> from heaven, and didst deliver them in thy great compassions.
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29| And thou didst testify against them, to bring them back to thy law: but they hearkened not, but sinned against thy commandments and thy judgments, which if a man do, he shall live in them; and they turned their back, and hardened their neck, and heard not.
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30| Yet thou didst bear long with them many years, and didst testify to them by thy Spirit by the hand of thy prophets: but they hearkened not; so thou gavest them into the hand of the nations of the land.
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31| But thou in thy many mercies didst not appoint them to destruction, and didst not forsake them; for thou art strong, and merciful, and pitiful.
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32| And now, O our God, the powerful, the great, the mighty, and the terrible, keeping thy covenant and thy mercy, let not all the trouble seem little in thy sight which has come upon us, and our kings, and our princes, and our priests, and our prophets, and our fathers, and upon all thy people, from the days of the kings of Assur even to this day.
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33| But thou <i>art</i> righteous in all the things that come upon us; for thou hast wrought faithfully, but we have greatly sinned.
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34| And our kings, and our princes, and our priests, and our fathers, have not performed thy law, and have not given heed to thy commandments, and <i>have not kept</i> thy testimonies which thou didst testify to them.
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35| And they did not serve thee in thy kingdom, and in thy great goodness which thou gavest to them, and in the large and fat land which thou didst furnish before them, and they turned not from their evil devices.
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36| Behold, we are servants this day, and <i>as for</i> the land which thou gavest to our fathers to eat the fruit of it and the good things of it, behold, we are servants upon it:
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37| and its produce <i>is</i> abundant for the kings whom thou didst appoint over us because of our sins; and they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, as it pleases them, and we are in great affliction.
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38| And in regard to all these circumstances we make a covenant, and write <i>it</i>, and our princes, our Levites, <i>and</i> our priests, set their seal to <i>it</i>.
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#10
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1| And over them that sealed were Neemias the Artasastha, son of Achalia, and Zedekias,
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2| the son of Araea, and Azaria, and Jeremia,
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3| Phasur, Amaria, Melchia,
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4| Attus, Sebani, Maluch,
|
||||
5| Iram, Meramoth, Abdia,
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6| Daniel, Gannathon, Baruch,
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7| Mesulam, Abia, Miamin,
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8| Maazia, Belgai, Samaia; these <i>were</i> priests.
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9| And the Levites; Jesus the son of Azania, Banaiu of the sons of Enadad, Cadmiel
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10| and his brethren, Sabania, Oduia, Calitan, Phelia, Anan,
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11| Micha, Roob, Asebias,
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12| Zacchor, Sarabia, Sebania,
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13| Odum, the sons of Banuae.
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14| The heads of the people; Phoros, Phaath Moab, Elam, Zathuia,
|
||||
15| the sons of Bani, Asgad, Bebai,
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16| Adania, Bagoi, Hedin
|
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17| Ater, Ezekia, Azur,
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18| Oduia, Esam, Besi,
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19| Ariph, Anathoth, Nobai,
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20| Megaphes, Mesullam, Ezir,
|
||||
21| Mesozebel, Saduc, Jeddua,
|
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22| Phaltia, Anan, Anaea,
|
||||
23| Osee, Anania, Asub,
|
||||
24| Aloes, Phalai, Sobec,
|
||||
25| Reum, Essabana, Maasia,
|
||||
26| and Aia, Ænan, Enam,
|
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27| Maluch, Eram, Baana.
|
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28| And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nathinim, and every one who drew off from the nations of the land to the law of God, their wives, their sons, their daughters, every one who had knowledge and understanding,
|
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29| were urgent with their brethren, and bound them under a curse, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in the law of God, which was given by the hand of Moses, the servant of God; to keep and to do all the commandments of the Lord, and his judgments, and his ordinances;
|
||||
30| and that we will not, <i>they said,</i>give our daughters to the people of the land, nor will we take their daughters to our sons.
|
||||
31| And <i>as for</i> the people of the land who bring wares and all <i>manner of</i> merchandise to sell on the sabbath-day, we <i>will</i> not buy of them on the sabbath or on the holy day: and we will leave the seventh year, and the exaction of every debt.
|
||||
32| And we will impose ordinances upon ourselves, to levy on ourselves the third part of a didrachm yearly for the service of the house of our God;
|
||||
33| the shewbread, and the continual meat-offering, and for the continual whole-burnt-offering, of the sabbaths, of the new moon, for the feast, and for the holy things, and the sin-offerings, to make atonement for Israel, and for the works of the house of our God.
|
||||
34| And we cast lots for the office of wood-bearing, <i>we</i> the priests, and the Levites, and the people, to bring <i>wood</i> into the house of our God, according to the house of our families, at certain set times, year by year, to burn on the altar of the Lord our God, as it is written in the law:
|
||||
35| and to bring the first-fruits of our land, and the first-fruits of the fruit of every tree, year by year, into the house of the Lord:
|
||||
36| the first-born of our sons, and of our cattle, as it is written in the law, and the first-born of our herds and of our flocks, to bring to the house of our God, for the priests that minister in the house of our God.
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37| And the first-fruits of our corn, and the fruit of every tree, of wine, and of oil, will we bring to the priests to the treasury of the house of God; and a tithe of our land to the Levites: for the Levites themselves shall receive tithes in all the cities of the land we cultivate.
|
||||
38| And the priest the son of Aaron shall be with the Levites in the tithe of the Levite: and the Levites shall bring up the tenth part of <i>their</i> tithe to the house of our God, into the treasuries of the house of God.
|
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39| For the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall bring into the treasuries the first-fruits of the corn, and wine, and oil; and there <i>are</i> the holy vessels, and the priests, and the ministers, and the porters, and the singers: and we will not forsake the house of our God.
|
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|
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#11
|
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1| And the chiefs of the people dwelt in Jerusalem: and the rest of the people cast lots, to bring one of <i>every</i> ten to dwell in Jerusalem the holy city, and nine parts in the <i>other</i> cities.
|
||||
2| And the people blessed all the men that volunteered to dwell in Jerusalem.
|
||||
3| Now these <i>are</i> the chiefs of the province who dwelt in Jerusalem, and in the cities of Juda; <i>every</i> man dwelt in his possession in their cities: Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the Nathinim, and the children of the servants of Solomon.
|
||||
4| And there dwelt in Jerusalem <i>some</i> of the children of Juda, and of the children of Benjamin. Of the children of Juda; Athaia son of Azia, the son of Zacharia, the son of Samaria, the son of Saphatia, the son of Maleleel, and <i>some</i> of the sons of Phares;
|
||||
5| and Maasia son of Baruch, son of Chalaza, son of Ozia, son of Adaia, son of Joarib, son of Zacharias, son of Seloni.
|
||||
6| All the sons of Phares who dwelt in Jerusalem <i>were</i> four hundred and sixty-eight men of might.
|
||||
7| And these <i>were</i> the children of Benjamin; Selo son of Mesulam, son of Joad, son of Phadaia, son of Coleia, son of Maasias, son of Ethiel, son of Jesia.
|
||||
8| And after him Gebe, Seli, nine hundred and twenty-eight.
|
||||
9| And Joel son of Zechri <i>was</i> overseer over them: and Juda son of Asana was second in the city.
|
||||
10| Of the priests: both Jadia son of Joarib, and Jachin.
|
||||
11| Saraia, son of Elchia, son of Mesulam, son of Sadduc, son of Marioth, son of Ætoth, was over the house of God.
|
||||
12| And their brethren doing the work of the house were eight hundred and twenty-two: and Adaia son of Jeroam, son of Phalalia, son of Amasi, son of Zacharia, son of Phassur, son of Melchia,
|
||||
13| and his brethren, chiefs of families, two hundred and forty-two: and Amasia son of Esdriel, son of Mesarimith, son of Emmer,
|
||||
14| and his brethren, mighty men of war, a hundred and twenty-eight: and <i>their</i> overseer <i>was</i> Badiel son of <i>one of the</i> great men.
|
||||
15| And of the Levites; Samaia, son of Esricam,
|
||||
16 17| Matthanias son of Micha, and Jobeb son of Samui,
|
||||
18| two hundred and eighty-four.
|
||||
19| And the porters; Acub, Telamin, and their brethren, a hundred and seventy-two.
|
||||
20 21 22| And the overseer of the Levites <i>was</i> the son of Bani, son of Ozi, son of Asabia, the son of Micha. Of the sons of Asaph the singers <i>some were</i> over the house of God,
|
||||
23| For so was the king’s commandment concerning them.
|
||||
24| And Phathaia son of Baseza was in attendance on the king in every matter for the people,
|
||||
25| and with regard to villages in their country district: and <i>some</i> of the children of Juda dwelt in Cariatharboc,
|
||||
26| and in Jesu,
|
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27| and in Bersabee:
|
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28 29 30| And their villages <i>were</i> Lachis and her hands: and they pitched their tents in Bersabee.
|
||||
31| And the children of Benjamin <i>dwelt</i> from Gabaa <i>to</i> Machmas.
|
||||
32 33 34 35 36| And of the Levites there were divisions to Juda <i>and</i> to Benjamin.
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||||
|
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#12
|
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1| Now these <i>are</i> the priests and the Levites that went up with Zorobabel the son of Salathiel and Jesus: Saraia, Jeremia, Esdra,
|
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2| Amaria, Maluch,
|
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3| Sechenia.
|
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4 5 6 7| These <i>were</i> the chiefs of the priests, and their brethren in the days of Jesus.
|
||||
8| And the Levites <i>were</i>, Jesus, Banui, Cadmiel, Sarabia, Jodae, Matthania: he <i>was</i> over the bands,
|
||||
9| and his brethren <i>were appointed</i> to the daily courses.
|
||||
10| And Jesus begot Joakim, and Joakim begot Eliasib, and Eliasib <i>begot</i> Jodae,
|
||||
11| and Jodae begot Jonathan, and Jonathan begot Jadu.
|
||||
12| And in the days of Joakim, his brethren the priests and the heads of families <i>were, belonging</i> to Saraia, Amaria; to Jeremia, Anania;
|
||||
13| to Esdra, Mesulam; to Amaria, Joanan;
|
||||
14| to Amaluch, Jonathan; to Sechenia, Joseph;
|
||||
15| to Are, Mannas; to Marioth, Elcai;
|
||||
16| to Adadai, Zacharia; to Ganathoth, Mesolam;
|
||||
17| to Abia, Zechri; to Miamin, Maadai; to Pheleti, <i>one</i>;
|
||||
18| to Balgas, Samue; to Semia, Jonathan;
|
||||
19| to Joarib, Matthanai; to Edio, Ozi;
|
||||
20| to Salai, Callai; to Amec, Abed;
|
||||
21| to Elkia, Asabias; to Jedeiu, Nathanael.
|
||||
22| The Levites in the days of Eliasib, Joada, and Joa, and Joanan, and Idua, <i>were</i> recorded heads of families: also the priests, in the reign of Darius the Persian.
|
||||
23| And the sons of Levi, heads of families, <i>were</i> written in the book of the chronicles, even to the days of Joanan son of Elisue.
|
||||
24| And the heads of the Levites <i>were</i> Asabia, and Sarabia, and Jesu: and the sons of Cadmiel, and their brethren over against them, were to sing hymns of praise, according to the commandment of David the man of God, course by course.
|
||||
25| When I gathered the porters,
|
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26| <i>it was</i> in the days of Joakim son of Jesus, son of Josedec, and in the days of Neemia: and Esdras the priest <i>was</i> scribe.
|
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27| And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites in their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep a feast of dedication and gladness with thanksgiving, and they sounded cymbals with songs, and <i>had</i> psalteries and harps.
|
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28| And the sons of the singers were assembled both from the neighbourhood round about to Jerusalem, and from the villages,
|
||||
29| and from the country: for the singers built themselves villages by Jerusalem.
|
||||
30| And the priests and the Levites purified themselves, and they purified the people, and the porters, and the wall.
|
||||
31| And they brought up the princes of Juda on the wall, and they appointed two great <i>companies</i> for thanksgiving, and they passed on the right hand on the wall of the dung-gate.
|
||||
32| And after them went Osaia, and half the princes of Juda,
|
||||
33| and Azarias, and Esdras, and Mesollam,
|
||||
34| and Juda, and Benjamin, and Samaias and Jeremia.
|
||||
35| And <i>some</i> of the sons of the priest with trumpets, Zacharias son of Jonathan, son of Samaias, son of Matthania, son of Michaia, son of Zacchur, son of Asaph:
|
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36| and his brethren, Samaia, and Oziel, Gelol, Jama, Aia, Nathanael, and Juda, Anani, to praise with the hymns of David the man of God; and Esdras the scribe <i>was</i> before them,
|
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37| at the gate, to praise before them, and they went up by the steps of the city of David, in the ascent of the wall, above the house of David, even to the water-gate
|
||||
38 39| of Ephraim, and to the fish-gate, and by the tower of Anameel, and as far as the sheep-gate.
|
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40 41 42| And the singers were heard, and were numbered.
|
||||
43| And in that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced; for God had made them very joyful: and their wives and their children rejoiced: and the joy in Jerusalem was heard from afar off.
|
||||
44| And in that day they appointed men over the treasuries, for the treasures, the first-fruits, and the tithes, and <i>for</i> the chiefs of the cities who were assembled among them, <i>to furnish</i> portions for the priests and Levites: for <i>there was</i> joy in Juda over the priests and over the Levites that waited.
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45| And they kept the charges of their God, and the charges of the purification, and <i>ordered</i> the singers and the porters, according to the commandments of David and his son Solomon.
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46| For in the days of David Asaph was originally first of the singers, and <i>they sang</i> hymns and praise to God.
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47| And all Israel in the days of Zorobabel, and in the days of Neemias, gave the portions of the singers and the porters, a daily rate: and consecrated them to the Levites: and the Levites consecrated them to the sons of Aaron.
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#13
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1| In that day they read in the book of Moses in the ears of the people; and it was found written in it, that the Ammonites and Moabites should not enter into the congregation of God for ever;
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2| because they met not the children of Israel with bread and water, but hired Balaam against them to curse them: but our God turned the curse into a blessing.
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3| And it came to pass, when they heard the law, that they were separated, <i>even</i> every alien in Israel.
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4| And before this time Eliasib the priest dwelt in the treasury of the house of our God, connected with Tobias;
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5| and he made himself a great treasury, and there they were formerly in the habit of bestowing the offerings, and the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithe of the corn, and the wine, and the oil, the ordered portion of the Levites, and singers, and porters; and the first-fruits of the priests.
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6| But in all this <i>time</i> I was not in Jerusalem; for in the thirty-second year of Arthasastha king of Babylon I came to the king, and after a certain time I made my request of the king;
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7| and I came to Jerusalem, and I understood the mischief which Eliasib had done in the case of Tobias, in making for him a treasury in the court of the house of God.
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8| And it appeared very evil to me: so I cast forth all the furniture of the house of Tobias from the treasury.
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9| And I gave orders, and they purified the treasuries: and I restored thither the vessels of the house of God, <i>and</i> the offerings, and the frankincense.
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10| And I understood that the portion of the Levites had not been given: and they had fled every one to his field, the Levites and the singers doing the work.
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11| And I strove with the commanders, and said, Wherefore has the house of God been abandoned? and I assembled them, and set them in their place.
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12| And all Juda brought a tithe of the wheat and the wine and the oil into the treasuries,
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13| to the charge of Selemia the priest, and Sadoc the scribe, and Phadaea of the Levites: and next to them <i>was</i> Anan the son of Zacchur, son of Matthanias; for they were accounted faithful: <i>it was</i> their office to distribute to their brethren.
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14| Remember me, O God, in this, and let not my kindness be forgotten which I have wrought in <i>regard to</i> the house of the Lord God.
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15| In those days I saw in Juda <i>men</i> treading wine-presses on the sabbath, and carrying sheaves, and loading asses with both wine, and grapes, and figs, and every <i>kind of</i> burden, and bringing them into Jerusalem on the sabbath-day:
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16| and I testified in the day of their sale. Also their dwelt in it <i>men</i> bringing fish, and selling every <i>kind of</i> merchandise to the children of Juda and in Jerusalem on the sabbath.
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17| And I strove with the free children of Juda, and said to them, What <i>is</i> this evil thing which ye do, and profane the sabbath-day?
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18| Did not your fathers thus, and our God brought upon them and upon us and upon this city all these evils? and do ye bring additional wrath upon Israel by profaning the sabbath?
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19| And it came to pass, when the gates were set up in Jerusalem, before the sabbath, that I spoke, and they shut the gates; and I gave orders that they should not be opened till after the sabbath: and I set <i>some</i> of my servants at the gates, that none should bring <i>in</i> burdens on the sabbath-day.
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20| So all <i>the merchants</i> lodged, and carried on traffic without Jerusalem once or twice.
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21| Then I testified against them, and said to them, Why do ye lodge in front of the wall? if ye do so again, I will stretch out my hand upon you. From that time they came not on the sabbath.
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22| and I told the Levites who were purifying themselves, and came and kept the gates, that they should sanctify the sabbath-day. Remember me, O God, for these things, and spare me according to the abundance of thy mercy.
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23| And in those days I saw the Jews who had married women of Ashdod, of Ammon, <i>and</i> of Moab:
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24| and their children spoke half in the language of Ashdod, and did not know how to speak in the Jewish language.
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25| And I strove with them and cursed them; and I smote some of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, <i>saying,</i>Ye shall not give your daughters to their sons, and ye shall not take of their daughters to your sons.
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26| Did not Solomon king of Israel sin thus? though there was no king like him among many nations, and he was beloved of God, and God made him king over all Israel; yet strange women turned him aside.
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27| So we will not hearken to you to do all this evil, to break covenant with our God, —to marry strange wives.
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28| and Elisub the high priest, <i>one</i> of the sons of Joada, <i>being</i> son-in-law of Sanaballat the Uranite, I chased him away from me.
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29| Remember them, O God, for their <i>false</i> connection with the priesthood, and <i>the breaking</i> the covenant of the priesthood, and <i>for defiling</i> the Levites.
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30| So I purged them from all foreign connection, and established courses for the priests and the Levites, <i>every</i> man according to his work.
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31| And the offering of the wood-bearers <i>was</i> at certain set times, and in the <i>times of the</i> first-fruits. Remember me, O our God, for good.
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1| The vision of Obdias. Thus saith the Lord God to Idumea; I have heard a report from the Lord, and he has sent forth a message to the nations.
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2| Arise ye, and let us rise up against her to war.
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3| Behold, I have made thee small among the Gentiles: thou art greatly dishonoured. The pride of thine heart has elated thee, dwelling <i>as thou dost</i> in the holes of the rocks, <i>as one that</i> exalts his habitation, saying in his heart, Who will bring me down to the ground?
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4| If thou shouldest mount up as the eagle, and if thou shouldest make thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the Lord.
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5| If thieves came in to thee, or robbers by night, where wouldest thou have been cast away? would they not have stolen <i>just</i> enough for themselves? and if grape-gatherers went in to thee, would they not leave a gleaning?
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6| How has Esau been searched out, and <i> how</i> have his hidden things been detected?
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7| They sent thee to thy coasts: all the men of thy covenant have withstood thee; thine allies have prevailed against thee, they have set snares under thee: they have no understanding.
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8| In that day, saith the Lord, I will destroy the wise men out of Idumea, and understanding out of the mount of Esau.
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9| And thy warriors from Thaeman shall be dismayed, to the end that man may be cut off from the mount of Esau.
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10| Because of the slaughter and the sin <i>committed against</i> thy brother Jacob, shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever.
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11| From the day that thou stoodest in opposition <i>to him</i>, in the days when foreigners were taking captive his forces, and strangers entered into his gates, and cast lots on Jerusalem, thou also wast as one of them.
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12| And thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day of strangers; nor shouldest thou have rejoiced against the children of Juda in the day of their destruction; neither shouldest thou have boasted in the day of <i>their</i> affliction.
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13| Neither shouldest thou have gone into the gates of the people in the day of their troubles; nor yet shouldest thou have looked upon their gathering in the day of their destruction, nor shouldest thou have attacked their host in the day of their perishing.
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14| Neither shouldest thou have stood at the opening of their passages, to destroy utterly those of them that were escaping; neither shouldest thou have shut up his fugitives in the day of affliction.
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15| For the day of the Lord is near upon all the Gentiles: as thou have done, so shall it be <i>done</i> to thee: thy recompense shall be returned on thine <i>own</i> head.
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16| For as thou hast drunk upon my holy mountain, <i>so</i> shall all the nations drink wine; they shall drink, and go down, and be as if they were not.
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17| But on mount Sion there shall be deliverance, and there shall be a sanctuary; and the house of Jacob shall take for an inheritance those that took them for an inheritance.
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18| And the house of Jacob shall be fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau <i>shall be</i> for stubble; and <i>Israel</i> shall flame forth against them, and shall devour them, and there shall not be a corn-field <i>left</i> to the house of Esau; because the Lord has spoken.
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19| And they <i>that dwell</i> in the south shall inherit the mount of Esau, and they in the plain the Philistines: and they shall inherit the mount of Ephraim, and the plain of Samaria, and Benjamin, and the land of Galaad.
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20| And this <i>shall be</i> the domain of the captivity of the children of Israel, the land of the Chananites as far as Sarepta; and the captives of Jerusalem <i>shall inherit</i> as far as Ephratha; they shall inherit the cities of the south.
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21| And they that escape shall come up from mount Sion, to take vengeance on the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the Lord’s. Back top Next Presented by The Common Man's Prospective. Copyright© 1999-2010 Ernest C. Marsh
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#1
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1| The Proverbs of Solomon son of David, who reigned in Israel;
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2| to know wisdom and instruction, and to perceive words of understanding;
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3| to receive also hard saying, and to understand true justice, and <i>how</i> to direct judgment;
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4| that he might give subtlety to the simple, and to the young man discernment and understanding.
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5| For by the hearing of these a wise man will be wiser, and man of understanding will gain direction;
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6| and will understand a parable, and a dark speech; the saying of the wise also, and riddles.
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7| The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; and <i>there is</i> good understanding to all that practise it: and piety toward God is the beginning of discernment; but the ungodly will set at nought wisdom and instruction.
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8| Hear, <i>my</i> son, the instruction of thy father, and reject not the rules of thy mother.
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9| For thou shalt receive for thine head a crown of graces, and a chain of gold round thy neck.
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10| <i>My</i> son, let not ungodly men lead thee astray, neither consent thou <i>to them</i>.
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11| If they should exhort thee, saying, Come with us, partake in blood, and let us unjustly hide the just man in the earth:
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12| and let us swallow him alive, as Hades <i>would</i>, and remove the memorial of him from the earth:
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13| let us seize on his valuable property, and let us fill our houses with spoils:
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14| but do thou cast in thy lot with us, and let us all provide a common purse, and let us have one pouch:
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15| go not in the way with them, but turn aside thy foot from their paths:
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16 17| for nets are not without cause spread for birds.
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18| For they that are concerned in murder store up evils for themselves; and the overthrow of transgressors is evil.
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19| These are the ways of all that perform lawless deeds; for by ungodliness they destroy their own life.
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20| Wisdom sings aloud in passages, and in the broad places speaks boldly.
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21| And she makes proclamation on the top of the walls, and sits by the gates of princes; and at the gates of the city boldly says,
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22| So long as the simple cleave to justice, they shall not be ashamed: but the foolish being lovers of haughtiness, having become ungodly have hated knowledge, and are become subject to reproofs.
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23| Behold, I will bring forth to you the utterance of my breath, and I will instruct you in my speech.
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24| Since I called, and ye did not hearken; and I spoke at length, and ye gave no heed;
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25| but ye set at nought my counsels, and disregarded my reproofs;
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26| therefore I also will laugh at your destruction; and I will rejoice against <i>you</i> when ruin comes upon you:
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27| yea when dismay suddenly comes upon you, and <i>your</i> overthrow shall arrive like a tempest; and when tribulation and distress shall come upon you, or when ruin shall come upon you.
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28| For it shall be that when ye call upon me, I will not hearken to you: wicked men shall seek me, but shall not find <i>me</i>.
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29| For they hated wisdom, and did not choose the word of the Lord:
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30| neither would they attend to my counsels, but derided my reproofs.
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31| Therefore shall they eat the fruits of their own way, and shall be filled with their own ungodliness.
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32| For because they wronged the simple, they shall be slain; and an inquisition shall ruin the ungodly.
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33| But he that hearkens to me shall dwell in confidence, and shall rest securely from all evil.
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#2
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1| <i>My</i> son, if thou wilt receive the utterance of my commandment, and hide it with thee;
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2| thine ear shall hearken to wisdom; thou shalt also apply thine heart to understanding, and shalt apply it to the instruction of thy son.
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3| For it thou shalt call to wisdom, and utter thy voice for understanding;
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4| and if thou shalt seek it as silver, and search diligently for it as for treasures;
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5| then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God.
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6| For the Lord gives wisdom; and from his presence <i>come</i> knowledge and understanding,
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7| and he treasures up salvation for them that walk uprightly: he will protect their way;
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8| that he may guard the righteous ways: and he will preserve the way of them that fear him.
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9| Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment; and shalt direct all thy course aright.
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10| For if wisdom shall come into thine understanding, and discernment shall seem pleasing to thy soul,
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11| good counsel shall guard thee, and holy understanding shall keep thee;
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12| to deliver thee from the evil way, and from the man that speaks nothing faithfully.
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13| Alas <i>for those</i> who forsake right paths, to walk in ways of darkness;
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14| who rejoice in evils, and delight in wicked perverseness;
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15| whose paths are crooked, and their courses winding;
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16| to remove thee far from the straight way, and to estrange thee from a righteous purpose. <i>My</i> son, let not evil counsel overtake thee,
|
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17| <i>of her</i> who has forsaken the instruction of her youth, and forgotten the covenant of God.
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18| For she has fixed her house near death, and <i>guided</i> her wheels near Hades with the giants.
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19| None that go by her shall return, neither shall they take hold of right paths, for they are not apprehended of the years of life.
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||||
20| For had they gone in good paths, they would have found the paths of righteousness easy.
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||||
21| For the upright shall dwell in the earth, and the holy shall be left behind in it.
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||||
22| The paths of the ungodly shall perish out of the earth, and transgressors shall be driven away from it.
|
||||
|
||||
#3
|
||||
1| <i>My</i> son, forget not my laws; but let thine heart keep my words:
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2| for length of existence, and years of life, and peace, shall they add to thee.
|
||||
3| Let not mercy and truth forsake thee; but bind them about thy neck:
|
||||
4| so shalt thou find favour: and do thou provide things honest in the sight of the Lord, and of men.
|
||||
5| Trust in God with all thine heart; and be not exalted in thine own wisdom.
|
||||
6| In all thy ways acquaint thyself with her, that she may rightly direct thy paths.
|
||||
7| Be not wise in thine own conceit; but fear God, and depart from all evil.
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8| Then shall there be health to thy body, and good keeping to thy bones.
|
||||
9| Honour the Lord with thy just labours, and give him the first of thy fruits of righteousness:
|
||||
10| that thy storehouses may be completely filled with corn, and that thy presses may burst forth with wine.
|
||||
11| <i>My</i> son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:
|
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12| for whom the Lord loves, he rebukes, and scourges every son whom he receives.
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||||
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13| Blessed is the man who has found wisdom, and the mortal who knows prudence.
|
||||
14| For it is better to traffic for her, than for treasures of gold and silver.
|
||||
15| And she is more valuable than precious stones: no evil thing shall resist her: she is well known to all that approach her, and no precious thing is equal to her in value.
|
||||
16| For length of existence and years of life are in her right hand; and in her left hand are wealth and glory: out of her mouth proceeds righteousness, and she carries law and mercy upon her tongue.
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17| Her ways are good ways, and all her paths are peaceful.
|
||||
18| She is a tree of life to all that lay hold upon her; and she is <i>a</i> secure <i>help</i> to all that stay themselves on her, as on the Lord.
|
||||
19| God by wisdom founded the earth, and by prudence he prepared the heavens.
|
||||
20| By understanding were the depths broken up, and the clouds dropped water.
|
||||
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|
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21| <i>My</i> son, let <i>them</i> not pass from <i>thee</i>, but keep my counsel and understanding:
|
||||
22| that thy soul may live, and that there may be grace round thy neck; and it shall be health to thy flesh, and safety to thy bones:
|
||||
23| that thou mayest go confidently in peace in all thy ways, and that thy foot may not stumble.
|
||||
24| For if thou rest, thou shalt be undismayed; and if thou sleep, thou shalt slumber sweetly.
|
||||
25| And thou shalt not be afraid of alarm coming upon thee, neither of approaching attacks of ungodly men.
|
||||
26| For the Lord shall be over all thy ways, and shall establish thy foot that thou be not moved.
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||||
27| Forbear not to do good to the poor, whensoever thy hand may have <i>power</i> to help <i>him</i>.
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||||
28| Say not, Come back another time, to-morrow I will give; while thou art able to do <i>him</i> good: for thou knowest not what the next day will bring forth.
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||||
29| Devise not evil against thy friend, living near thee and trusting in thee.
|
||||
30| Be not ready to quarrel with a man without a cause, lest he do thee some harm.
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||||
31| Procure not the reproaches of bad men, neither do thou covet their ways.
|
||||
32| For every transgressor is unclean before the Lord; neither does he sit among the righteous.
|
||||
33| The curse of God is in the houses of the ungodly; but the habitations of the just are blessed.
|
||||
34| The Lord resists the proud; but he gives grace to the humble.
|
||||
35| The wise shall inherit glory; but the ungodly have exalted <i>their own</i> dishonour.
|
||||
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#4
|
||||
1| Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
|
||||
2| For I give you a good gift; forsake ye not my law.
|
||||
3| For I also was a son obedient to <i>my</i> father, and loved in the sight of <i>my</i> mother:
|
||||
4| who spoke and instructed me, <i>saying</i>, Let our speech be fixed in thine heart, keep <i>our</i> commandments, forget them not:
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||||
5| and do not neglect the speech of my mouth.
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||||
6| And forsake it not, and it shall cleave to thee: love it, and it shall keep thee.
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||||
7 8| Secure it, and it shall exalt thee: honour it, that it may embrace thee;
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||||
9| that it may give unto thy head a crown of graces, and may cover thee with a crown of delight.
|
||||
10| Hear, <i>my</i> son, and receive my words; and the years of thy life shall be increased, that the resources of thy life may be many.
|
||||
11| For I teach thee the ways of wisdom; and I cause thee to go in right paths.
|
||||
12| For when thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not be distressed.
|
||||
13| Take hold of my instruction; let it not go, —but keep it for thyself for thy life.
|
||||
14| Go not in the ways of the ungodly, neither covet the ways of transgressors.
|
||||
15| In whatever place they shall pitch their camp, go not thither; but turn from them, and pass away.
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||||
16| For they cannot sleep, unless they have done evil: their sleep is taken away, and they rest not.
|
||||
17| For these live upon the bread of ungodliness, and are drunken with wine of transgression.
|
||||
18| But the ways of the righteous shine like light; they go on and shine, until the day be fully come.
|
||||
19| But the ways of the ungodly are dark; they know not how they stumble.
|
||||
20| <i>My</i> son, attend to my speech; and apply thine ear to my words:
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||||
21| that thy fountains may not fail thee; keep them in <i>thine</i> heart.
|
||||
22| For they are life to those that find them, and health to all <i>their</i> flesh.
|
||||
23| Keep thine heart with the utmost care; for out of these are the issues of life.
|
||||
24| Remove from thee a froward mouth, and put far away from thee unjust lips.
|
||||
25| Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids assent <i>to</i> just <i>things</i>.
|
||||
26| Make straight paths for thy feet, and order thy ways aright.
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||||
27| Turn not aside to the right hand nor to the left, but turn away thy foot from an evil way: [for God knows the ways on the right hand, but those on the left are crooked:] and he will make thy ways straight, and will guide thy steps in peace.
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#5
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1| <i>My</i> son, attend to my wisdom, and apply thine ear to my words;
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2| that thou mayest keep good understanding, and the discretion of my lips gives thee a charge. Give no heed to a worthless woman;
|
||||
3| for honey drops from the lips of a harlot, who for a season pleases thy palate:
|
||||
4| but afterwards thou wilt find her more bitter than gall, and sharper than a two-edged sword.
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||||
5| For the feet of folly lead those who deal with her down to the grave with death; and her steps are not established.
|
||||
6| For she goes not upon the paths of life; but her ways are slippery, and not easily known.
|
||||
7| Now then, <i>my</i> son, hear me, and make not my words of none effect.
|
||||
8| Remove thy way far from her; draw not near to the doors of her house:
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9| lest thou give away thy life to others, and thy substance to the merciless:
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10| lest strangers be filled with thy strength, and thy labours come into the houses of strangers;
|
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11| And thou repent at last, when the flesh of thy body is consumed,
|
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12| and thou shalt say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart avoided reproofs!
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13| I heard not the voice of him that instructed me, and taught me, neither did I apply mine ear.
|
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14| I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.
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15| Drink waters out of thine own vessels, and out of thine own springing wells.
|
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16| Let not waters out of thy fountain be spilt by thee, but let thy waters go into thy streets.
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17| Let them be only thine own, and let no stranger partake with thee.
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18| Let thy fountain of water be <i>truly</i> thine own; and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
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19| Let <i>thy</i> loving hart and thy graceful colt company with thee, and let her be considered thine own, and be with thee at all times; for ravished with her love thou shalt be greatly increased.
|
||||
20| Be not intimate with a strange woman, neither fold thyself in the arms of a woman not thine own.
|
||||
21| For the ways of a man are before the eyes of God, and he looks on all his paths.
|
||||
22| Iniquities ensnare a man, and every one is bound in the chains of his own sins.
|
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23| Such a man dies with the uninstructed; and he is cast forth from the abundance of his own substance, and has perished through folly.
|
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#6
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1| <i>My</i> son, if thou become surety for thy friend, thou shalt deliver thine hand to an enemy.
|
||||
2| For a man’s own lips become a strong snare to him, and he is caught with the lips of his own mouth.
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3| <i>My</i> son, do what I command thee, and deliver thyself; for on thy friend’s account thou art come into the power of evil <i>men</i>: faint not, but stir up even thy friend for whom thou art become surety.
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4| Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber with thine eyelids;
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5| that thou mayest deliver thyself as a doe out of the toils, and as a bird out of a snare.
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6| Go to the ant, O sluggard; and see, and emulate his ways, and become wiser than he.
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7| For whereas he has no husbandry, nor any one to compel him, and is under no master,
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8| he prepares food for himself in the summer, and lays by abundant store in harvest. Or go to the bee, and learn how diligent she is, and how earnestly she is engaged in her work; whose labours kings and private men use for health, and she is desired and respected by all: though weak in body, she is advanced by honouring wisdom.
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9| How long wilt thou lie, O sluggard? and when wilt thou awake out of sleep?
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10| Thou sleepest a little, and thou restest a little, and thou slumberest a short <i>time</i>, and thou foldest thine arms over thy breast a little.
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11| Then poverty comes upon thee as an evil traveller, and want as a swift courier: but if thou be diligent, thine harvest shall arrive as a fountain, and poverty shall flee away as a bad courier.
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12| A foolish man and a transgressor goes in ways that are not good.
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13| And the same winks with the eye, and makes a sign with his foot, and teaches with the beckonings of his fingers.
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14| <i>His</i> perverse heart devises evils: at all times such a one causes troubles to a city.
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15| Therefore his destruction shall come suddenly; overthrow and irretrievable ruin.
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16| For he rejoices in all things which God hates, and he is ruined by reason of impurity of soul.
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17| The eye of the haughty, a tongue unjust, hands shedding the blood of the just;
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18| and a heart devising evil thoughts, and feet hastening to do evil, —<i>are hateful to God</i>.
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19| An unjust witness kindles falsehoods, and brings on quarrels between brethren.
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20| <i>My</i> son, keep the laws of thy father, and reject not the ordinances of thy mother:
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21| but bind them upon thy soul continually, and hang them as a chain about thy neck.
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22| Whensoever thou walkest, lead this along and let it be with thee; that it may talk with thee when thou wakest.
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23| For the commandment of the law is a lamp and a light; a way of life; reproof also and correction:
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24| to keep thee continually from a married woman, and from the calumny of a strange tongue.
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25| Let not the desire of beauty overcome thee, neither be thou caught by thine eyes, neither be captivated with her eyelids.
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26| For the value of a harlot is as much as of one loaf; and a woman hunts for the precious souls of men.
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27| Shall any one bind fire in his bosom, and not burn his garments?
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28| or will any one walk on coals of fire, and not burn his feet?
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29| So is he that goes in to a married woman; he shall not be held guiltless, neither any one that touches her.
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30| It is not to be wondered at if one should be taken stealing, for he steals that when hungry he may satisfy his soul:
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31| but if he should be taken, he shall repay sevenfold, and shall deliver himself by giving all his goods.
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32| But the adulterer through want of sense procures destruction to his soul.
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33| He endures both pain and disgrace, and his reproach shall never be wiped off.
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34| For the soul of her husband is full of jealousy: he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
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35| He will not forego <i>his</i> enmity for any ransom: neither will he be reconciled for many gifts.
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#7
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1| <i>My</i> son, keep my words, and hide with thee my commandments. <i>My</i> son, honour the Lord, and thou shalt be strong; and fear none but him:
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2| keep my commandments, and thou shalt live; and <i>keep</i> my words as the pupils of <i>thine</i> eyes.
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3| And bind them on thy fingers, and write <i>them</i> on the table of thine heart.
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4| Say that wisdom is thy sister, and gain prudence as an acquaintance for thyself;
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5| that she may keep thee from the strange and wicked woman, if she should assail thee with flattering words.
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6| For she looks from a window out of her house into the streets, at one whom she may see of the senseless ones, a young man void of understanding,
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7| passing by the corner in the passages near her house,
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8| and speaking, in the dark of the evening,
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9| when there happens <i>to be</i> the stillness of night and of darkness:
|
||||
10| and the woman meets him having the appearance of a harlot, that causes the hearts of young men to flutter.
|
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11| And she is fickle, and debauched, and her feet abide not at home.
|
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12| For at one time she wanders without, and at <i>another</i> time she lies in wait in the streets, at every corner.
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13| Then she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said to him,
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14| I have a peace-offering; today I pay my vows:
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15| therefore I came forth to meet thee, desiring thy face; <i>and</i> I have found thee.
|
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16| I have spread my bed with sheets, and I have covered it with double tapestry from Egypt.
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17| I have sprinkled my couch with saffron, and my house with cinnamon.
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18| Come, and let us enjoy love until the morning; come, and let us embrace in love.
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19| For my husband is not at home, but is gone on a long journey,
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20| having taken in his hand a bundle of money: after many days he will return to his house.
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||||
21| So with much converse she prevailed on him to go astray, and with the snares of her lips forced him from <i>the right path</i>.
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||||
22| And he followed her, being gently led on, and <i>that</i> as an ox is led to the slaughter, and as a dog to bonds, or as a hart shot in the liver with an arrow:
|
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23| and he hastens as a bird into a snare, not knowing that he is running for <i>his</i> life.
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||||
24| Now then, <i>my</i> son, hearken to me, and attend to the words of my mouth.
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25| Let not thine heart turn aside to her ways:
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26| for she has wounded and cast down many, and those whom she has slain are innumerable.
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27| Her house is the way of hell, leading down to the chambers of death.
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#8
|
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1| Thou shalt proclaim wisdom, that understanding may be obedient to thee.
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2| For she is on lofty eminences, and stands in the midst of the ways.
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||||
3| For she sits by the gates of princes, and sings in the entrances, <i>saying</i>,
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||||
4| You, O men, I exhort; and utter my voice to the sons of men.
|
||||
5| O ye simple, understand subtlety, and ye that are untaught, imbibe knowledge.
|
||||
6| Hearken to me; for I will speak solemn <i>truths</i>; and will produce right <i>sayings</i> from my lips.
|
||||
7| For my throat shall meditate truth; and false lips are an abomination before me.
|
||||
8| All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing in them wrong or perverse.
|
||||
9| They are all evident to those that understand, and right to those that find knowledge.
|
||||
10| Receive instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than tried gold.
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||||
11| For wisdom is better than precious stones; and no valuable substance is of equal worth with it.
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||||
12| I wisdom have dwelt <i>with</i> counsel and knowledge, and I have called upon understanding.
|
||||
13| The fear of the Lord hates unrighteousness, and insolence, and pride, and the ways of wicked men; and I hate the perverse ways of bad men.
|
||||
14| Counsel and safety are mine; prudence is mine, and strength is mine.
|
||||
15| By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.
|
||||
16| By me nobles become great, and monarchs by me rule over the earth.
|
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17| I love those that love me; and they that seek me shall find <i>me</i>.
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18| Wealth and glory belong to me; yea, abundant possessions and righteousness.
|
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19| <i>It is</i> better to have my fruit than <i>to have</i> gold and precious stones; and my produce is better than choice silver.
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20| I walk in ways of righteousness, and <i>am</i> conversant with the paths of judgment;
|
||||
21| that I may divide substance to them that love me, and may fill their treasures with good things. If I declare to you the things that daily happen, I will remember <i>also</i> to recount the things of old.
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22| The Lord made me the beginning of his ways for his works.
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||||
23| He established me before time <i>was</i> in the beginning, before he made the earth:
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24| even before he made the depths; before the fountains of water came forth:
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25| before the mountains were settled, and before all hills, he begets me.
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26| The Lord made countries and uninhabited <i>tracks</i>, and the highest inhabited parts of the world.
|
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27| When he prepared the heaven, I was present with him; and when he prepared his throne upon the winds:
|
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28| and when he strengthened the clouds above; and when he secured the fountains of the earth:
|
||||
29| and when he strengthened the foundations of the earth:
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30| I was by him, suiting <i>myself to him</i>, I was that wherein he took delight; and daily I rejoiced in his presence continually.
|
||||
31| For he rejoiced when he had completed the world, and rejoiced among the children of men.
|
||||
32| Now then, <i>my</i> son, hear me: blessed is the man who shall hearken to me, and the mortal who shall keep my ways;
|
||||
33 34| watching daily at my doors, waiting at the posts of my entrances.
|
||||
35| For my outgoings are the outgoings of life, and <i>in them</i> is prepared favour from the Lord.
|
||||
36| But they that sin against me act wickedly against their own souls: and they that hate me love death.
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||||
|
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#9
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1| Wisdom has built a house for herself, and set up seven pillars.
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2| She has killed her beasts; she has mingled her wine in a bowl, and prepared her table.
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||||
3| She has sent forth her servants, calling with a loud proclamation to the feast, saying,
|
||||
4| Whoso is foolish, let him turn aside to me: and to them that want understanding she says,
|
||||
5| Come, eat of my bread, and drink wine which I have mingled for you.
|
||||
6| Leave folly, that ye may reign for ever; and seek wisdom, and improve understanding by knowledge.
|
||||
7| He that reproves evil <i>men</i> shall get dishonour to himself; and he that rebukes an ungodly <i>man</i> shall disgrace himself.
|
||||
8| Rebuke not evil <i>men</i>, lest they should hate thee: rebuke a wise <i>man</i>, and he will love thee.
|
||||
9| Give an opportunity to a wise <i>man</i>, and he will be wiser: instruct a just man, and he will receive more <i>instruction</i>.
|
||||
10| The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the counsel of saints is understanding: for to know the law is <i>the character</i> of a sound mind.
|
||||
11| For in this way thou shalt live long, and years of thy life shall be added to thee.
|
||||
12| Son, if thou be wise for thyself, thou shalt also be wise for thy neighbours; and if thou shouldest prove wicked, thou alone wilt bear the evil. He that stays himself upon falsehoods, attempts to rule the winds, and the same will pursue birds in their fight: for he has forsaken the ways of his own vineyard, and he has caused the axles of his own husbandry to go astray; and he goes through a dry desert, and a <i>land</i> appointed to drought, and he gathers barrenness with his hands.
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13| A foolish and bold woman, who knows not modesty, comes to want a morsel.
|
||||
14| She sits at the doors of her house, on a seat openly in the streets,
|
||||
15| calling to passers by, and to those that are going right on their ways;
|
||||
16| <i>saying</i>, Whoso is most senseless of you, let him turn aside to me; and I exhort those that want prudence, saying,
|
||||
17| Take and enjoy secret bread, and the sweet water of theft.
|
||||
18| But he knows that mighty men die by her, and he falls in with a snare of hell. But hasten away, delay not in the place, neither fix thine eye upon her: for thus shalt thou go through strange water; but do thou abstain from strange water, and drink not of a strange fountain, that thou mayest live long, and years of life may be added to thee.
|
||||
|
||||
#10
|
||||
1| A wise son makes <i>his</i> father glad: but a foolish son is a grief to his mother.
|
||||
2| Treasures shall not profit the lawless: but righteousness shall deliver from death.
|
||||
3| The Lord will not famish a righteous soul: but he will overthrow the life of the ungodly.
|
||||
4| Poverty brings a man low: but the hands of the vigorous make rich. A son who is instructed shall be wise, and shall use the fool for a servant.
|
||||
5| A wise son is saved from heat: but a lawless son is blighted of the winds in harvest.
|
||||
6| The blessing of the Lord is upon the head of the just: but untimely grief shall cover the mouth of the ungodly.
|
||||
7| The memory of the just is praised; but the name of the ungodly <i>man</i> is extinguished.
|
||||
8| A wise man in heart will receive commandments; but he that is unguarded in his lips shall be overthrown in his perverseness.
|
||||
9| He that walks simply, walks confidently; but he that perverts his ways shall be known.
|
||||
10| He that winks with his eyes deceitfully, procures griefs for men; but he that reproves boldly is a peacemaker.
|
||||
11| <i>There is</i> a fountain of life in the hand of a righteous man; but destruction shall cover the mouth of the ungodly.
|
||||
12| Hatred stirs up strife; but affection covers all that do not love strife.
|
||||
13| He that brings forth wisdom from his lips smites the fool with a rod.
|
||||
14| The wise will hide discretion; but the mouth of the hasty draws near to ruin.
|
||||
15| The wealth of rich men is a strong city; but poverty is the ruin of the ungodly.
|
||||
16| The works of the righteous produce life; but the fruits of the ungodly <i>produce</i> sins.
|
||||
17| Instruction keeps the right ways of life; but instruction unchastened goes astray.
|
||||
18| Righteous lips cover enmity; but they that utter railings are most foolish.
|
||||
19| By a multitude of words thou shalt not escape sin; but if thou refrain thy lips thou wilt be prudent.
|
||||
20| The tongue of the just is tried silver; but the heart of the ungodly shall fail.
|
||||
21| The lips of the righteous know sublime <i>truths</i>: but the foolish die in want.
|
||||
22| The blessing of the Lord is upon the head of the righteous; it enriches <i>him</i>, and grief of heart shall not be added to <i>it</i>.
|
||||
23| A fool does mischief in sport; but wisdom brings forth prudence for a man.
|
||||
24| The ungodly is engulphed in destruction; but the desire of the righteous is acceptable.
|
||||
25| When the storm passes by, the ungodly vanishes away; but the righteous turns aside and escapes for ever.
|
||||
26| As a sour grape is hurtful to the teeth, and smoke to the eyes, so iniquity hurts those that practise it.
|
||||
27| The fear of the Lord adds <i>length</i> of days: but the years of the ungodly shall be shortened.
|
||||
28| Joy rests long with the righteous: but the hope of the ungodly shall perish.
|
||||
29| The fear of the Lord is a strong hold of the saints: but ruin <i>comes</i> to them that work wickedness.
|
||||
30| The righteous shall never fail: but the ungodly shall not dwell in the earth.
|
||||
31| The mouth of the righteous drops wisdom: but the tongue of the unjust shall perish.
|
||||
32| The lips of just men drop grace: but the mouth of the ungodly is perverse.
|
||||
|
||||
#11
|
||||
1| False balances are an abomination before the Lord: but a just weight is acceptable unto him.
|
||||
2| Wherever pride enters, there will be also disgrace: but the mouth of the lowly meditates wisdom.
|
||||
3| When a just man dies he leaves regret: but the destruction of the ungodly is speedy, and causes joy.
|
||||
4 5| Righteousness traces out blameless paths: but ungodliness encounters unjust dealing.
|
||||
6| The righteousness of upright men delivers them: but transgressors are caught in their own destruction.
|
||||
7| At the death of a just man his hope does not perish: but the boast of the ungodly perishes.
|
||||
8| A righteous man escapes from a snare, and the ungodly man is delivered up in his place.
|
||||
9| In the mouth of ungodly men is a snare to citizens: but the understanding of righteous men is prosperous.
|
||||
10| In the prosperity of righteous men a city prospers:
|
||||
11| but by the mouth of ungodly men it is overthrown.
|
||||
12| A man void of understanding sneers at <i>his fellow</i> citizens: but a sensible man is quiet.
|
||||
13| A double-tongued man discloses the <i>secret</i> counsels of an assembly: but he that is faithful in spirit conceals matters.
|
||||
14| They that have no guidance fall like leaves: but in much counsel there is safety.
|
||||
15| A bad man does harm wherever he meets a just man: and he hates the sound of safety.
|
||||
16| A gracious wife brings glory to her husband: but a woman hating righteousness is a theme of dishonour. The slothful come to want: but the diligent support themselves with wealth.
|
||||
17| A merciful man does good to his own soul: but the merciless destroys his own body.
|
||||
18| An ungodly man performs unrighteous works: but the seed of the righteous is a reward of truth.
|
||||
19| A righteous son is born for life: but the persecution of the ungodly <i>ends</i> in death.
|
||||
20| Perverse ways are an abomination to the Lord: but all they that are blameless in their ways are acceptable to him.
|
||||
21| He that unjustly strikes hands shall not be unpunished: but he that sows righteousness he shall receive a faithful reward.
|
||||
22| As an ornament in a swine’s snout, so is beauty to an ill-minded women.
|
||||
23| All the desire of the righteous is good: but the hope of the ungodly shall perish.
|
||||
24| There are <i>some</i> who scatter their own, and make it more: and there are <i>some</i> also who gather, <i>yet</i> have less.
|
||||
25| Every sincere soul is blessed: but a passionate man is not graceful.
|
||||
26| May he that hoards corn leave it to the nation: but blessing be on the head of him that gives <i>it</i>.
|
||||
27| He that devises good <i>counsels</i> seeks good favour: but <i>as for</i> him that seeks after evil, <i>evil</i> shall overtake him.
|
||||
28| He that trusts in wealth shall fall; but he that helps righteous men shall rise.
|
||||
29| He that deals not graciously with his own house shall inherit the wind; and the fool shall be servant to the wise man.
|
||||
30| Out of the fruit of righteousness grows a tree of life; but the souls of transgressors are cut off before their time.
|
||||
31| If the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?2
|
||||
|
||||
#12
|
||||
1| He that loves instruction loves sense, but he that hates reproofs is a fool.
|
||||
2| He that has found favour with the Lord <i>is made</i> better; but a transgressor shall be passed over in silence.
|
||||
3| A man shall not prosper by wickedness; but the roots of the righteous shall not be taken up.
|
||||
4| A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband; but as a worm in wood, so a bad woman destroys her husband.
|
||||
5| The thoughts of the righteous <i>are true</i> judgments; but ungodly men devise deceits.
|
||||
6| The words of ungodly men are crafty; but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
|
||||
7| When the ungodly is overthrown, he vanishes away; but the houses of the just remain.
|
||||
8| The mouth of an understanding <i>man</i> is praised by a man; but he that is dull of heart is had in derision.
|
||||
9| Better is a man in dishonour serving himself, than one honouring himself and wanting bread.
|
||||
10| A righteous man has pity for the lives of his cattle; but the bowels of the ungodly are unmerciful.
|
||||
11| He that tills his own land shall be satisfied with bread; but they that pursue vanities are void of understanding. He that enjoys himself in banquets of wine, shall leave dishonour in his own strong holds.
|
||||
12| The desires of the ungodly are evil; but the roots of the godly are firmly set.
|
||||
13| For the sin of <i>his</i> lips a sinner falls into snare; but a righteous man escapes from them. He whose looks are gentle shall be pitied, but he that contends in the gates will afflict souls.
|
||||
14| The soul of a man shall be filled with good from the fruits of his mouth; and the recompence of his lips shall be given to him.
|
||||
15| The ways of fools are right in their own eyes; but a wise man hearkens to counsels.
|
||||
16| A fool declares his wrath the same day; but a prudent man hides his own disgrace.
|
||||
17| A righteous man declares the open truth; but an unjust witness is deceitful.
|
||||
18| Some wound as they speak, <i>like</i> swords; but the tongues of the wise heal.
|
||||
19| True lips establish testimony; but a hasty witness has an unjust tongue.
|
||||
20| <i>There is</i> deceit in the heart of him that imagines evil; but they that love peace shall rejoice.
|
||||
21| No injustice will please a just man; but the ungodly will be filled with mischief.
|
||||
22| Lying lips are a abomination to the Lord; but he that deals faithfully is accepted with him.
|
||||
23| An understanding man is a throne of wisdom; but the heart of fools shall meet with curses.
|
||||
24| The hand of chosen men shall easily obtain rule; but the deceitful shall be for a prey.
|
||||
25| A terrible word troubles the heart of a righteous man; but a good message rejoices him.
|
||||
26| A just arbitrator shall be his own friend; but mischief shall pursue sinners; and the way of ungodly men shall lead them astray.
|
||||
27| A deceitful man shall catch no game; but a blameless man is a precious possession.
|
||||
28| In the ways of righteousness is life; but the ways of those that remember injuries <i>lead</i> to death.
|
||||
|
||||
#13
|
||||
1| A wise son is obedient to his father: but a disobedient son will be destroyed.
|
||||
2| A good <i>man</i> shall eat of the fruits of righteousness: but the lives of transgressors shall perish before their time.
|
||||
3| He that keeps his own mouth keeps his own life: but he that is hasty with his lips shall bring terror upon himself.
|
||||
4| Every slothful man desires, but the hands of the active are diligent.
|
||||
5| A righteous man hates an unjust word: but an ungodly man is ashamed, and will have no confidence.
|
||||
6 7| There are <i>some</i> who, having nothing, enrich themselves: and there are <i>some</i> who bring themselves down in <i>the midst of</i> much wealth.
|
||||
8| A man’s own wealth is the ransom of his life: but the poor endures not threatening.
|
||||
9| The righteous always have light: but the light of the ungodly is quenched. Crafty souls go astray in sins: but just men pity, and are merciful.
|
||||
10| A bad man does evil with insolence: but they that are judges of themselves are wise.
|
||||
11| Wealth gotten hastily with iniquity is diminished: but he that gathers for himself with godliness shall be increased. The righteous is merciful, and lends.
|
||||
12| Better is he that begins to help heartily, than he that promises and leads <i>another</i> to hope: for a good desire is a tree of life.
|
||||
13| He that slights a matter shall be slighted of it: but he that fears the commandment has health <i>of soul</i>. To a crafty son there shall be nothing good: but a wise servant shall have prosperous doings, and his way shall be directed aright.
|
||||
14| The law of the wise is fountain of life: but the man void of understanding shall die by a snare.
|
||||
15| Sound discretion gives favour, and to know the law is the part of a sound understanding: but the ways of scorners tend to destruction.
|
||||
16| Every prudent man acts with knowledge: but the fool displays his own mischief.
|
||||
17| A rash king shall fall into mischief: but a wise messenger shall deliver him.
|
||||
18| Instruction removes poverty and disgrace: but he that attends to reproofs shall be honoured.
|
||||
19| The desires of the godly gladden the soul, but the works of the ungodly are far from knowledge.
|
||||
20| If thou walkest with wise men thou shalt be wise: but he that walks with fools shall be known.
|
||||
21| Evil shall pursue sinners; but good shall overtake the righteous.
|
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22| A good man shall inherit children’s children; and the wealth of ungodly men is laid up for the just.
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23| The righteous shall spend many years in wealth: but the unrighteous shall perish suddenly.
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24| He that spares the rod hates his son: but he that loves, carefully chastens <i>him</i>.
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25| A just <i>man</i> eats and satisfies his soul: but the souls of the ungodly are in want.
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#14
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1| Wise women build houses: but a foolish one digs <i>hers</i> down with her hands.
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2| He that walks uprightly fears the Lord; but he that is perverse in his ways shall be dishonoured.
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3| Out of the mouth of fools <i>comes</i> a rod of pride; but the lips of the wise preserve them.
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4| Where no oxen are, the cribs are clean; but where there is abundant produce, the strength of the ox is apparent.
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5| A faithful witness does not lie; but an unjust witness kindles falsehoods.
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6| Thou shalt seek wisdom with bad men, and shalt not find it; but discretion is easily available with the prudent.
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7| All things are adverse to a foolish man; but wise lips are the weapons of discretion.
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8| The wisdom of the prudent will understand their ways; but the folly of fools leads astray.
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9| The houses of transgressors will need purification; but the houses of the just are acceptable.
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10| <i>If</i> a man’s mind is intelligent, his soul is sorrowful; and when he rejoices, he has no fellowship with pride.
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11| The houses of ungodly men shall be utterly destroyed; but the tabernacles of them that walk uprightly shall stand.
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12| There is a way which seems to be right with men, but the ends of it reach to the depths of hell.
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13| Grief mingles not with mirth; and joy in the end comes to grief.
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14| A stout-hearted <i>man</i> shall be filled with his own ways; and a good man with his own thoughts.
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15| The simple believes every word: but the prudent man betakes himself to after-thought.
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16| A wise man fears, and departs from evil; but the fool trusts in himself, and joins himself with the transgressor.
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17| A passionate man acts inconsiderately; but a sensible man bears up under many things.
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18| Fools shall have mischief for their portion; but the prudent shall take fast hold of understanding.
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19| Evil men shall fall before the good; and the ungodly shall attend at the gates of the righteous.
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20| Friends will hate poor friends; but the friends of the rich are many.
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21| He that dishonours the needy sins: but he that has pity on the poor is most blessed.
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22| They that go astray devise evils: but the good devise mercy and truth. The framers of evil do not understand mercy and truth: but compassion and faithfulness are with the framers of good.
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23| With every one <i>who is</i> careful there is abundance: but the pleasure-taking and indolent shall be in want.
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24| A prudent man is the crown of the wise: but the occupation of fools is evil.
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25| A faithful witness shall deliver a soul from evil: but a deceitful <i>man</i> kindles falsehoods.
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26| In the fear of the Lord is strong confidence: and he leaves his children a support.
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27| The commandment of the Lord is a fountain of life; and it causes <i>men</i> to turn aside from the snare of death.
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28| In a populous nation is the glory of a king: but in the failure of people is the ruin of a prince.
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29| A man slow to wrath abounds in wisdom: but a man of impatient spirit is very foolish.
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30| A meek-spirited man is a healer of the heart: but a sensitive heart is a corruption of the bones.
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31| He that oppresses the needy provokes his Maker: but he that honours him has pity upon the poor.
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32| The ungodly shall be driven away in his wickedness: but he who is secure in his own holiness is just.
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33| There is wisdom in the good heart of a man: but in the heart of fools it is not discerned.
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34| Righteousness exalts a nation: but sins diminish tribes.
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35| An understanding servant is acceptable to a king; and by his good behaviour he removes disgrace.
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#15
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1| Anger slays even wise men; yet a submissive answer turns away wrath: but a grievous word stirs up anger.
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2| The tongue of the wise knows what is good: but the mouth of the foolish tells out evil things.
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3| The eyes of the Lord behold both the evil and the good in every place.
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4| The wholesome tongue is a tree of life, and he that keeps it shall be filled with understanding.
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5| A fool scorns his father’s instruction; but he that keeps his commandments is more prudent. In abounding righteousness is great strength: but the ungodly shall utterly perish from the earth.
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6| In the houses of the righteous is much strength: but the fruits of the ungodly shall perish.
|
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7| The lips of the wise are bound by discretion: but the hearts of the foolish are not safe.
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8| The sacrifices of the ungodly are an abomination to the Lord; but the prayers of them that walk honestly are acceptable with him.
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9| The ways of an ungodly <i>man</i> are an abomination to the Lord; but he loves those that follow after righteousness.
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10| The instruction of the simple is known by them that pass by; but they that hate reproofs die disgracefully.
|
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11| Hell and destruction are manifest to the Lord; how shall not also be the hearts of men?
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12| An uninstructed person will not love those that reprove him; neither will he associate with the wise.
|
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13| When the heart rejoices the countenance is cheerful; but when it is in sorrow, <i>the countenance</i> is sad.
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14| An upright heart seeks discretion; but the mouth of the uninstructed will experience evils.
|
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15| The eyes of the wicked are always looking for evil things; but the good are always quiet.
|
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16| Better is a small portion with the fear of the Lord, than great treasures without the fear <i>of the Lord</i>.
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17| Better is an entertainment of herbs with friendliness and kindness, than a feast of calves, with enmity.
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18| A passionate man stirs up strife; but <i>he that is</i> slow to anger appeases even a rising one. A man slow to anger will extinguish quarrels; but an ungodly man rather stirs <i>them</i> up.
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19| The ways of sluggards are strewn with thorns; but those of the diligent are made smooth.
|
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20| A wise son gladdens <i>his</i> father; but a foolish son sneers at his mother.
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21| The ways of a foolish man are void of sense; but a wise man proceeds on his way aright.
|
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22| They that honour not councils put off deliberation; but counsel abides in the hearts of counsellors.
|
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23| A bad man will by no means attend to counsel; neither will he say anything seasonable, or good for the common <i>weal</i>.
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24| The thoughts of the wise are ways of life, that he may turn aside and escape from hell.
|
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25| The Lord pulls down the houses of scorners; but he establishes the border of the widow.
|
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26| An unrighteous thought is abomination to the Lord; but the sayings of the pure are held in honour.
|
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27| A receiver of bribes destroys himself; but he that hates the receiving of bribes is safe. [By alms and by faithful dealings sins are purged away;] but by the fear of the Lord every one departs from evil.
|
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28| The hearts of the righteous meditate faithfulness; but the mouth of the ungodly answers evil things. The ways of righteous men are acceptable with the Lord; and through them even enemies become friends.
|
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29| God is far from the ungodly; but he hearkens to the prayers of the righteous. Better are small receipts with righteousness, than abundant fruits with unrighteousness. 6
|
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|
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#16
|
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1| Let the heart of a man think justly, that his steps may be rightly ordered of God. The eye that sees rightly rejoices the heart; and a good report fattens the bones.
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31 32| He that rejects instruction hates himself; but he that mind reproofs loves his soul.
|
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33| The fear of the Lord is instruction and wisdom; and the highest honour will correspond therewith. All the works of the humble <i>man</i> are manifest with God; but the ungodly shall perish in an evil day.
|
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5| Every one that is proud in heart is unclean before God, and he that unjustly strikes hands with hand shall not be held guiltless. The beginning of a good way is to do justly; and it is more acceptable with God than to offer sacrifices. He that seeks the Lord shall find knowledge with righteousness: and they that rightly seek him shall find peace. All of the works of the Lord <i>are done</i> with righteousness; and the ungodly <i>man</i> is kept for the evil day.
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10| <i>There is</i> an oracle upon the lips of a king; and his mouth shall not err in judgment.
|
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11| The poise of the balance is righteousness with the Lord; and his works are righteous measures.
|
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12| An evil-doer is an abomination to a king; for the throne of rule is established by righteousness.
|
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13| Righteous lips are acceptable to a king; and he loves right words.
|
||||
14| The anger of a king is a messenger of death; but a wise man will pacify him.
|
||||
15| The son of a king is in the light of life; and they that are in favour with him are as a cloud of latter rain.
|
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16| The brood of wisdom is more to be chosen than gold, and the brood of prudence more to be chosen than silver.
|
||||
17| The paths of life turn aside from evil; and the ways of righteousness are length of life. He that receives instruction shall be in prosperity; and he that regards reproofs shall be made wise. He that keeps his ways, preserves his own soul; and he that loves his life will spare his mouth.
|
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18| Pride goes before destruction, and folly before a fall.
|
||||
19| Better is a meek-spirited <i>man</i> with lowliness, than one who divides spoils with the proud.
|
||||
20| <i>He who is</i> skillful in business finds good: but he that trusts in God is most blessed.
|
||||
21| <i>Men</i> call the wise and understanding evil: but they that are pleasing in speech shall hear more.
|
||||
22| Understanding is a fountain of life to its possessors; but the instruction of fools is evil.
|
||||
23| The heart of the wise will discern the <i>things which proceed</i> from his own mouth; and on his lips he will wear knowledge.
|
||||
24| Good words are honeycombs, and the sweetness thereof is a healing of the soul.
|
||||
25| There are ways that seem to be right to a man, but the end of them looks to the depth of hell.
|
||||
26| A man who labours, labours for himself, and drives from <i>him</i> his own ruin.
|
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27| But the perverse bears destruction upon his own mouth: a foolish man digs up evil for himself, and treasures fire on his own lips.
|
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28| A perverse man spreads mischief, and will kindle a torch of deceit with mischiefs; and he separates friends.
|
||||
29| A transgressor tries <i>to ensnare</i> friends, and leads them in ways <i>that are</i> not good.
|
||||
30| And the man that fixes his eyes devises perverse things, and marks out with his lips all evil: he is a furnace of wickedness.
|
||||
31| Old age is a crown of honour, but it is found in the ways of righteousness.
|
||||
32| A man slow to anger is better than a strong <i>man</i>; and he that governs <i>his</i> temper better than he that takes a city.
|
||||
33| All <i>evils</i> come upon the ungodly into <i>their</i> bosoms; but all righteous things <i>come</i> of the Lord.
|
||||
|
||||
#17
|
||||
1| Better is a morsel with pleasure in peace, than a house <i>full</i> of many good things and unjust sacrifices, with strife.
|
||||
2| A wise servant shall have rule over foolish masters, and shall divide portions among brethren.
|
||||
3| As silver and gold are tried in a furnace, so are choice hearts with the Lord.
|
||||
4| A bad man hearkens to the tongue of transgressors: but a righteous man attends not to false lips.
|
||||
5| He that laughs at the poor provokes him that made him; and he that rejoices at the destruction of another shall not be held guiltless: but he that has compassion shall find mercy.
|
||||
6| Children’s children are the crown of old men; and their fathers are the glory of children. The faithful has the whole world full of wealth; but the faithless not even a farthing.
|
||||
7| Faithful lips will not suit a fool; nor lying lips a just man.
|
||||
8| Instruction is to them that use it a gracious reward; and whithersoever it may turn, it shall prosper.
|
||||
9| He that conceals injuries seeks love; but he that hates to hide <i>them</i> separates friends and kindred.
|
||||
10| A threat breaks down the heart of a wise man; but a fool, though scourged, understands not.
|
||||
11| Every bad man stirs up strifes: but the Lord will send out against him an unmerciful messenger.
|
||||
12| Care may befall a man of understanding; but fools will meditate evils.
|
||||
13| Whoso rewards evil for good, evil shall not be removed from his house.
|
||||
14| Rightful rule gives power to words; but sedition and strife precede poverty.
|
||||
15| He that pronounces the unjust just, and the just unjust, is unclean and abominable with God.
|
||||
16| Why has the fool wealth? for a senseless man will not be able to purchase wisdom. He that exalts his own house seeks ruin; and he that turns aside from instruction shall fall into mischief.
|
||||
17| Have thou a friend for every time, and let brethren be useful in distress; for on this account are they born.
|
||||
18| A foolish man applauds and rejoices over himself, <i>as he</i> also that becomes surety would make himself responsible for his own friends.
|
||||
19| A lover of sin rejoices in strifes;
|
||||
20| and the hard-hearted man comes not in for good. A man of a changeful tongue will fall into mischiefs;
|
||||
21| and the heart of a fool is grief to its possessor. A father rejoices not over an uninstructed son; but a wise son gladdens his mother.
|
||||
22| A glad heart promotes health; but the bones of a sorrowful man dry up.
|
||||
23| The ways of a man who unjustly receives gifts in <i>his</i> bosom do not prosper; and an ungodly man perverts the ways of righteousness.
|
||||
24| The countenance of a wise man is sensible; but the eyes of a fool <i>go</i> to the ends of the earth.
|
||||
25| A foolish son <i>is a cause of</i> anger to his father, and grief to her that bore him.
|
||||
26| <i>It is</i> not right to punish a righteous man, nor <i>is it</i> holy to plot against righteous princes.
|
||||
27| He that forbears to utter a hard word is discreet, and a patient man is wise.
|
||||
28| Wisdom shall be imputed to a fool who asks after wisdom: and he who holds his peace shall seem to be sensible.
|
||||
|
||||
#18
|
||||
1| A man who wishes to separate from friends seeks excuses; but at all times he will be liable to reproach.
|
||||
2| A senseless man feels no need of wisdom, for he is rather led by folly.
|
||||
3| When an ungodly man comes into a depth of evils, he despises <i>them</i>; but dishonour and reproach come upon him.
|
||||
4| A word in the heart of a man is a deep water, and a river and fountain of life spring forth.
|
||||
5| <i>It is</i> not good to accept the person of the ungodly, nor <i>is it</i> holy to pervert justice in judgment.
|
||||
6| The lips of a fool bring <i>him</i> into troubles, and his bold mouth calls for death.
|
||||
7| A fool’s mouth is ruin to him, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
|
||||
8| Fear casts down the slothful; and the souls of the effeminate shall hunger.
|
||||
9| A man who helps not himself by his labour is brother of him that ruins himself.
|
||||
10| The name of the Lord is of great strength; and the righteous running to it are exalted.
|
||||
11| The wealth of a rich man is a strong city; and its glory casts a broad shadow.
|
||||
12| Before ruin a man’s heart is exalted, and before honour it is humble.
|
||||
13| Whoso answers a word before he hears <i>a cause</i>, it is folly and reproach to him.
|
||||
14| A wise servant calms a man’s anger; but who can endure a faint-hearted man?
|
||||
15| The heart of the sensible <i>man</i> purchases discretion; and the ears of the wise seek understanding.
|
||||
16| A man’s gift enlarges him, and seats him among princes.
|
||||
17| A righteous man accuses himself at the beginning of his speech, but when he has entered upon the attack, the adversary is reproved.
|
||||
18| A silent <i>man</i> quells strifes, and determines between great powers.
|
||||
19| A brother helped by a brother is as a strong and high city; and is <i>as</i> strong as a <i>well</i>-founded palace.
|
||||
20| A man fills his belly with the fruits of his mouth; and he shall be satisfied with the fruits of his lips.
|
||||
21| Life and death are in the power of the tongue; and they that rule it shall eat the fruits thereof.
|
||||
22| He that has found a good wife has found favours, and has received gladness from God. [He that puts away a good wife, puts away a good thing, and he that keeps an adulteress is foolish and ungodly.]9
|
||||
|
||||
#19
|
||||
1| The folly of a man spoils his ways: and he blames God in his heart.
|
||||
4| Wealth acquires many friends; but the poor is deserted even of the friend he has.
|
||||
5| A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that accuses unjustly shall not escape.
|
||||
6| Many court the favour of kings; but every bad man becomes a reproach to <i>another</i> man.
|
||||
7| Every one who hates <i>his</i> poor brother shall also be far from friendship. Good understanding will draw near to them that know it, and a sensible man will find it. He that does much harm perfects mischief; and he that used provoking words shall not escape.
|
||||
8| He that procures wisdom loves himself; and he that keeps wisdom shall find good.
|
||||
9| A false witness shall not be unpunished; and whosoever shall kindle mischief shall perish by it.
|
||||
10| Delight does not suit a fool, nor <i>is it seemly</i> if a servant should begin to rule with haughtiness.
|
||||
11| A merciful man is long-suffering; and his triumph overtakes transgressors.
|
||||
12| The threatening of a king is like the roaring of a lion; but as dew on the grass, so is his favour.
|
||||
13| A foolish son is a disgrace to his father: vows <i>paid out</i> of the hire of a harlot are not pure.
|
||||
14| Fathers divide house and substance to <i>their</i> children: but a wife is suited to a man by the Lord.
|
||||
15| Cowardice possesses the effeminate <i>man</i>; and the soul of the sluggard shall hunger.
|
||||
16| He that keeps the commandment keeps his own soul; but he that despises his ways shall perish.
|
||||
17| He that has pity on the poor lends to the Lord; and he will recompense to him according to his gift.
|
||||
18| Chasten thy son, for so he shall be hopeful; and be not exalted in thy soul to haughtiness.
|
||||
19| A malicious man shall be severely punished, and if he commit injury, he shall also lose his life.
|
||||
20| Hear, son, the instruction of thy father, that thou mayest be wise at thy latter end.
|
||||
21| <i>There are</i> many thoughts in a man’s heart; but the counsel of the Lord abides for ever.
|
||||
22| Mercy is a fruit to a man: and a poor man is better than a rich liar.
|
||||
23| The fear of the Lord is life to a man: and he shall lodge without fear in places where knowledge is not seen.
|
||||
24| He that unjustly hides his hands in his bosom, will not even <i>bring</i> them up to his mouth.
|
||||
25| When a pestilent character is scourged, a simple man is made wiser: and if thou reprove a wise man, he will understand discretion.
|
||||
26| He that dishonours his father, and drives away his mother, shall be disgraced and shall be exposed to reproach.
|
||||
27| A son who ceases to attend to the instruction of a father will cherish evil designs.
|
||||
28| He that becomes surety for a foolish child will despise the ordinance: and the mouth of ungodly men shall drink down judgment.
|
||||
29| Scourges are preparing for the intemperate, and punishments likewise for fools.
|
||||
|
||||
#20
|
||||
1| Wine is an intemperate thing, and strong drink full of violence: but every fool is entangled with them.
|
||||
2| The threat of a king differs not from the rage of a lion; and he that provokes him sins against his own soul.
|
||||
3| <i>It is</i> a glory to a man to turn aside from railing; but every fool is entangled with such matters.
|
||||
4| A sluggard when reproached is not ashamed: so also he who borrows corn in harvest.
|
||||
5| Counsel in a man’s heart is deep water; but a prudent man will draw it out.
|
||||
6| A man is valuable, and a merciful man precious: but <i>it is</i> hard to find a faithful man.
|
||||
7| He that walks blameless in justice, shall leave his children blessed.
|
||||
8| Whenever a righteous king sits on the throne, no evil thing can stand before his presence.
|
||||
9| Who will boast that he has a pure heart? or who will boldly say that he is pure from sins?
|
||||
14 15 16 17 18 19 20| The lamp of him that reviles father or mother shall be put out, and his eyeballs shall see darkness.
|
||||
21| A portion hastily gotten at first shall not be blessed in the end.
|
||||
22| Say not, I will avenge myself on my enemy; but wait on the Lord, that he may help thee.
|
||||
10| A large and small weight, and divers measures, are even both of them unclean before the Lord; and <i>so is</i> he that makes them.
|
||||
11| A youth <i>when in company</i> with a godly man, will be restrained in his devices, and <i>then</i> his way will be straight.
|
||||
12| The ear hears, and the eye sees: even both of them are the Lord’s work.
|
||||
13| Love not to speak ill, lest thou be cut off: open thine eyes, and be filled with bread.
|
||||
23| A double weight is an abomination to the Lord; and a deceitful balance is not good in his sight.
|
||||
24| A man’s goings are directed of the Lord: how then can a mortal understand his ways?
|
||||
25| It is a snare to a man hastily to consecrate some of his own property: for <i>in that case</i> repentance comes after vowing.
|
||||
26| A wise king utterly crushes the ungodly, and will bring a wheel upon them.
|
||||
27| The spirit of man is a light of the Lord, who searches the inmost parts of the belly.
|
||||
28| Mercy and truth are a guard to a king, and will surround his throne with righteousness.
|
||||
29| Wisdom is an ornament to young men; and grey <i>hairs</i> are the glory of old men.
|
||||
30| Bruises and contusions befall bad men; and plagues <i>shall come</i> in the inward parts of <i>their</i> belly.
|
||||
|
||||
#21
|
||||
1| As a rush of water, so is the king’s heart in God’s hand: he turns it whithersoever he may desire to point out.
|
||||
2| Every man seems to himself righteous; but the Lord directs the hearts.
|
||||
3| To do justly and to speak truth, are more pleasing to God than the blood of sacrifices.
|
||||
4| A high-minded man is stout-hearted in <i>his</i> pride; and the lamp of the wicked is sin.
|
||||
5 6| He that gathers treasures with a lying tongue pursues vanity <i>on</i> to the snares of death.
|
||||
7| Destruction shall lodge with the ungodly; for they refuse to do justly.
|
||||
8| To the froward God sends froward ways; for his works are pure and right.
|
||||
9| <i>It is</i> better to dwell in a corner on the house-top, than in plastered <i>rooms</i> with unrighteousness, and in an open house.
|
||||
10| The soul of the ungodly shall not be pitied by any man.
|
||||
11| When an intemperate man is punished the simple becomes wiser: and a wise man understanding will receive knowledge.
|
||||
12| A righteous man understands the hearts of the ungodly: and despises the ungodly for their wickedness.
|
||||
13| He that stops his ears from hearing the poor, himself also shall cry, and there shall be none to hear <i>him</i>.
|
||||
14| A secret gift calms anger: but he that forbears to give stirs up strong wrath.
|
||||
15| <i>It is</i> the joy of the righteous to do judgment: but a holy <i>man</i> is abominable with evil-doers.
|
||||
16| A man that wanders out of the way of righteousness, shall rest in the congregation of giants.
|
||||
17| A poor man loves mirth, loving wine and oil in abundance;
|
||||
18| and a transgressor is the abomination of a righteous man.
|
||||
19| <i>It is</i> better to dwell in a wilderness than with a quarrelsome and talkative and passionate woman.
|
||||
20| A desirable treasure will rest on the mouth of the wise; but foolish men will swallow it up.
|
||||
21| The way of righteousness and mercy will find life and glory.
|
||||
22| A wise man assaults strong cities, and demolishes the fortress in which the ungodly trusted.
|
||||
23| He that keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from trouble.
|
||||
24| A bold and self-willed and insolent <i>man</i> is called a pest: and he that remembers injuries is a transgressor.
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25| Desires kill the sluggard; for his hands do not choose to do anything.
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26| An ungodly man entertains evil desires all the day: but the righteous is unsparingly merciful and compassionate.
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27| The sacrifices of the ungodly are abomination to the Lord, for they offer them wickedly.
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28| A false witness shall perish; but an obedient man will speak cautiously.
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29| An ungodly man impudently withstands with his face; but the upright man himself understands his ways.
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30| There is no wisdom, there is no courage, there is no counsel against the ungodly.
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31| A horse is prepared for the day of battle; but help is of the Lord.
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#22
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1| A fair name is better than much wealth, and good favour is above silver and gold.
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2| The rich and the poor meet together; but the Lord made them both.
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3| An intelligent man seeing a bad man severely punished is himself instructed, but fools pass by and are punished.
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4| The fear of the Lord is the offspring of wisdom, and wealth, and glory, and life.
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5| Thistles and snares are in perverse ways; but he that keeps his soul will refrain from them.
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6 7| The rich will rule over the poor, and servants will lend to their own masters.
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8| He that sows wickedness shall reap troubles; and shall fully receive the punishment of his deeds. God loves a cheerful and liberal man; but <i>a man</i> shall fully prove the folly of his works.
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9| He that has pity on the poor shall himself be maintained; for he has given of his own bread to the poor. He that gives liberally secures victory an honour; but he takes away the life of them that posses <i>them</i>.
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10| Cast out a pestilent person from the council, and strife shall go out with him; for when he sits in the council he dishonours all.
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11| The Lord loves holy hearts, and all blameless persons are acceptable with him: a king rules with his lips.
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12| But the eyes of the Lord preserve discretion; but the transgressor despises <i>wise</i> words.
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13| The sluggard makes excuses, and says, <i>There is</i> a lion in the ways, and murderers in the streets.
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14| The mouth of a transgressor is a deep pit; and he that is hated of the Lord shall fall into it. Evil ways are before a man, and he does not like to turn away from them; but it is needful to turn aside from a perverse and bad way.
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15| Folly is attached to the heart of a child, but the rod and instruction are <i>then</i> far from him.
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16| He that oppresses the poor, increases his own substance, yet gives to the rich so as to make it less.
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17| Incline thine ear to the words of wise men: hear also my word, and apply thine heart,
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18| that thou mayest know that they are good: and if thou lay them to heart, they shall also gladden thee on thy lips.
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19| That thy hope may be in the Lord, and he may make thy way known to thee.
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20| And do thou too repeatedly record them for thyself on the table of thine heart, for counsel and knowledge.
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21| I therefore teach thee truth, and knowledge good to hear; that thou mayest answer words of truth to them that question thee.
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22| Do no violence to the poor, for he is needy: neither dishonour the helpless <i>man</i> in the gates.
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23| For the Lord will plead his cause, and thou shalt deliver thy soul in safety.
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24| Be not companion to a furious man; neither lodge with a passionate man:
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25| lest thou learn of his ways, and get snares to thy soul.
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26| Become not surety from respect of a man’s person.
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27| For if those have not whence to give compensation, they will take the bed <i>that is</i> under thee.
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28| Remove not the old landmarks, which thy fathers placed.
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29| It is fit that an observant man and <i>one</i> diligent in his business should attend on kings, and not attend on slothful men.
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#23
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1| If thou sit to sup at the table of a prince, consider attentively the things set before thee:
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2| and apply thine hand, knowing that it behoves thee to prepare such <i>meats</i>: but if thou art very insatiable,
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3| desire not his provisions; for these belong to a false life.
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4| If thou art poor, measure not thyself with a rich man; but refrain thyself in thy wisdom.
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5| If thou shouldest fix thine eye upon him, he will disappear; for wings like an eagle’s are prepared for him, and he returns to the house of his master.
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6| Sup not with an envious man, neither desire thou his meats:
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7| so he eats and drinks as if any one should swallow a hair, and do not bring him in to thyself, nor eat thy morsel with him:
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8| for he will vomit it up, and spoil thy fair words.
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9| Say nothing in the ears of a fool, lest at any time he sneer at thy wise words.
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10| Remove not the ancient landmarks; and enter not upon the possession of the fatherless:
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11| for the Lord is their redeemer; he is mighty, and will plead their cause with thee.
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12| Apply thine heart to instruction, and prepare thine ears for words of discretion.
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13| Refrain not from chastening a child; for if thou beat him with the rod, he shall not die.
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14| For thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from death.
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15| Son, if thy heart be wise, thou shalt also gladden my heart;
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16| and thy lips shall converse with my lips, if they be right.
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17| Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day.
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18| For if thou shouldest keep these things, thou shalt have posterity; and thine hope shall not be removed.
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19| Hear, <i>my</i> son, and be wise, and rightly direct the thoughts of thine heart.
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20| Be not a wine-bibber, neither continue long at feasts, and purchases of flesh:
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21| for every drunkard and whoremonger shall be poor; and every sluggard shall clothe himself with tatters and ragged garments.
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22| Hearken, <i>my</i> son, to thy father which begot thee, and despise not <i>thy mother</i> because she is grown old.
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23 24| A righteous father brings up <i>his children</i> well; and his soul rejoices over a wise son.
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25| Let thy father and thy mother rejoice over thee, and let her that bore thee be glad.
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26| <i>My</i> son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
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27| For a strange house is a vessel full of holes; and a strange well is narrow.
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28| For such a one shall perish suddenly; and every transgressor shall be cut off.
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29| Who <i>has</i> woe? who trouble? who <i>has</i> quarrels? and who vexations and disputes? who <i>has</i> bruises without a cause? whose eyes are livid?
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30| Are not those of them that stay long at wine? <i>are</i> not <i>those</i> of them that haunt <i>the places</i> where banquets are? Be not drunk with wine; but converse with just men, and converse <i>with them</i> openly.
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31| For if thou shouldest set thine eyes on bowls and cups, thou shalt afterwards go more naked than a pestle.
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32| But at last <i>such a one</i> stretches himself out as one smitten by a serpent, and venom is diffused through him as by a horned serpent.
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33| Whenever thine eyes shall behold a strange woman, then thy mouth shall speak perverse things.
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34| And thou shalt lie as in the midst of the sea, and as a pilot in a great storm.
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35| And thou shalt say, They smote me, and I was not pained; and they mocked me, and I knew it not: when will it be morning, that I may go and seek those with whom I may go in company?4
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#24
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1| <i>My</i> son, envy not bad men, nor desire to be with them.
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2| For their heart meditates falsehoods, and their lips speak mischiefs.
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3| A house is built by wisdom, and is set up by understanding.
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4| By discretion the chambers are filled with all precious and excellent wealth.
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||||
5| A wise man is better than a strong man; and a man who has prudence than a large estate.
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6| War is carried on with generalship, and aid is supplied to the heart of a counsellor.
|
||||
7| Wisdom and good understanding are in the gates of the wise: the wise turn not aside from the mouth of the Lord,
|
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8| but deliberate in council. Death befalls uninstructed <i>men</i>.
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9| The fools also dies in sins; and uncleanness <i>attaches</i> to a pestilent man.
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||||
10| He shall be defiled in the evil day, and in the day of affliction, until he be utterly consumed.
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||||
11| Deliver them that are led away to death, and redeem them that are appointed to be slain; spare not <i>thy help</i>.
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||||
12| But if thou shouldest say, I know not this man; know that the Lord knows the hearts of all; and he that formed breath for all, he knows all things, who renders to every man according to his works.
|
||||
13| <i>My</i> son, eat honey, for the honeycomb is good, that thy throat may be sweetened.
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14| Thus shalt thou perceive wisdom in thy soul: for if thou find it, thine end shall be good, and hope shall not fail thee.
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15| Bring not an ungodly man into the dwelling of the righteous: neither be deceived by the feeding of the belly.
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16| For a righteous man will fall seven times, and rise <i>again</i>: but the ungodly shall be without strength in troubles.
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||||
17| If thine enemy should fall, rejoice not over him, neither be elated at his overthrow.
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||||
18| For the Lord will see <i>it</i>, and it will not please him, and he will turn away his wrath from him.
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||||
19| Rejoice not in evil-doers, neither be envious of sinners.
|
||||
20| For the evil man shall have no posterity: and the light of the wicked shall be put out.
|
||||
21| <i>My</i> son, fear God and the king; and do not disobey either of them.
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||||
22| For they will suddenly punish the ungodly, and who can know the vengeance <i>inflicted</i> by both? [A son that keeps the commandment shall escape destruction; for <i>such an one</i> has fully received it. Let no falsehood be spoken by the king from the tongue; yea, let no falsehood proceed from his tongue. The king’s tongue is a sword, and not one of flesh; and whosoever shall be given up to <i>it</i> shall be destroyed: for if his wrath should be provoked, he destroys men with cords, and devours men’s bones, and burns them up as a flame, so that they are not <i>even</i> fit to be eaten by the young eagles. <i>My</i> son, reverence my words, and receive them, and repent.]5
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#25
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1| These things says the man to them that trust in God; and I cease.
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2| For I am the most simple of all men, and there is not in me the wisdom of men.
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3| God has taught me wisdom, and I know the knowledge of the holy.
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4| Who has gone up to heaven, and come down? who has gathered the winds in his bosom? who has wrapped up the waters in a garment? who has dominion of all the ends of the earth? what is his name? or what is the name of his children?
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5| For all the words of God are tried in the fire, and he defends those that reverence him.
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6| Add not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be made a liar.
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7| Two things I ask of thee; take not favour from me before I die.
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8| Remove far from me vanity and falsehood: and give me not wealth <i>or</i> poverty; but appoint me what is needful and sufficient:
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9| lest I be filled and become false, and say, Who sees me? or be poor and steal, and swear <i>vainly</i> by the name of God.
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10| Deliver not a servant into the hands of his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be utterly destroyed.
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11| A wicked generation curse their father, and do not bless their mother.
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12| A wicked generation judge themselves to be just, but do not cleanse their way.
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13| A wicked generation have lofty eyes, and exalt themselves with their eyelids.
|
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14| A wicked generation have swords <i>for</i> teeth and jaw-teeth <i>as</i> knives, so as to destroy and devour the lowly from the earth, and the poor of them from among men.
|
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23| And this thing I say to you that are wise <i>for you</i> to learn: It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.
|
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24| He that says of the ungodly, He is righteous, shall be cursed by peoples, and hateful among the nations.
|
||||
25| But they that reprove <i>him</i> shall appear more excellent, and blessing shall come upon them;
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26| and <i>men</i> will kiss lips that answer well.
|
||||
27| Prepare thy works for <i>thy</i> going forth, and prepare thyself for the field; and come after me, and thou shalt rebuild thine house.
|
||||
28| Be not a false witness against thy <i>fellow</i> citizen, neither exaggerate with thy lips.
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||||
29| Say not, As he has treated me, so will I treat him, and I will avenge myself on him for that wherein he has injured me.
|
||||
30| A foolish man is like a farm, and a senseless man is like a vineyard.
|
||||
31| If thou let him alone, he will altogether remain barren and covered with weeds; and he becomes destitute, and his stone walls are broken down.
|
||||
32| Afterwards I reflected, I looked that I might receive instruction.
|
||||
33| <i>The sluggard says,</i>I slumber a little, and I sleep a little, and for a little while I fold my arms across <i>my</i> breast.
|
||||
34| But if thou do this, thy poverty will come speedily; and thy want like a swift courier.
|
||||
15| The horse-leech had three dearly-beloved daughters: and these three did not satisfy her; and the fourth was not contented so as to say, Enough.
|
||||
16| The grave, and the love of a woman, and the earth not filled with water; water also and fire will not say, It is enough.
|
||||
17| The eye that laughs to scorn a father, and dishonours the old age of a mother, let the ravens of the valleys pick it out, and let the young eagles devour it.
|
||||
18| Moreover there are three things impossible for me to comprehend, and the fourth I know not:
|
||||
19| the track of a flying eagle; and the ways of a serpent on a rock; and the paths of a ship passing through the sea; and the ways of a man in youth.
|
||||
20| Such is the way of an adulterous woman, who having washed herself from what she has done, says she has done nothing amiss.
|
||||
21| By three thing the earth is troubled, and the fourth it cannot bear:
|
||||
22| if a servant reign; or a fool be filled with food;
|
||||
23| or if a maid-servant should cast out her own mistress; and if a hateful woman should marry a good man.
|
||||
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|
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24| And <i>there are</i> four very little things upon the earth, but these are wiser than the wise:
|
||||
25| the ants which are weak, and <i>yet</i> prepare <i>their</i> food in summer;
|
||||
26| the rabbits also <i>are</i> a feeble race, who make their houses in the rocks.
|
||||
27| The locusts have no king, and <i>yet</i> march orderly at one command.
|
||||
28| And the eft, which supports itself by <i>its</i> hands, and is easily taken, dwells in the fortresses of kings.
|
||||
29| And there are three things which go well, and a fourth which passes along finely.
|
||||
30| A lion’s whelp, stronger than <i>all other</i> beasts, which turns not away, nor fears <i>any</i> beast;
|
||||
31| and a cock walking in boldly among the hens, and the goat leading the herd; and a king publicly speaking before a nation.
|
||||
32| If thou abandon thyself to mirth, and stretch forth thine hand in a quarrel, thou shalt be disgraced.
|
||||
33| Milk out milk, and there shall be butter, and if thou wing <i>one’s</i> nostrils there shall come out blood: so if thou extort words, there will come forth quarrels and strifes.
|
||||
|
||||
#26
|
||||
1| My words have been spoken by God—the oracular answer of a king, whom his mother instructed.
|
||||
2| What wilt thou keep, my son, what? the words of God. My firstborn son, I speak to thee: what? son of my womb? what? son of my vows?
|
||||
3| Give not thy wealth to women, nor thy mind and living to remorse. Do all things with counsel: drink wine with counsel.
|
||||
4| Princes are prone to anger: let them then not drink wine:
|
||||
5| lest they drink, and forget wisdom, and be not able to judge the poor rightly.
|
||||
6| Give strong drink to those that are in sorrow, and the wine to drink to those in pain:
|
||||
7| that they may forget their poverty, and may not remember their troubles any more.
|
||||
8| Open thy mouth with the word of God, and judge all fairly.
|
||||
9| Open thy mouth and judge justly, and plead the cause of the poor and weak.
|
||||
|
||||
#27
|
||||
1| These are the miscellaneous instructions of Solomon, which the friends of Ezekias king of Judea copied out.
|
||||
2| The glory of God conceals a matter: but the glory of a king honours business.
|
||||
3| Heaven is high, and earth is deep, and a king’s heart is unsearchable.
|
||||
4| Beat the drossy silver, and it shall be made entirely pure.
|
||||
5| Slay the ungodly from before the king, and his throne shall prosper in righteousness.
|
||||
6| Be not boastful in the presence of the king, and remain not in the places of princes;
|
||||
7| for <i>it is</i> better for thee that it should be said, Come up to me, than that <i>one</i> should humble thee in the presence of the prince; speak of that which thine eyes have seen.
|
||||
8| Get not suddenly into a quarrel, lest thou repent at last.
|
||||
9| Whenever thy friend shall reproach thee, retreat backward, despise <i>him</i> not;
|
||||
10| lest thy friend continue to reproach thee, so thy quarrel and enmity shall not depart, but shall be to thee like death. Favour and friendship set <i>a man</i> free, which do thou keep for thyself, lest thou be made liable to reproach; but take heed to thy ways peaceably.
|
||||
11| <i>As</i> a golden apple in a necklace of sardius, so <i>is it</i> to speak a <i>wise</i> word.
|
||||
12| In an ear-ring of gold a precious sardius is also set; <i>so is</i> a wise word to an obedient ear.
|
||||
13| As a fall of snow in the time of harvest is good against heat, so a faithful messenger <i>refreshes</i> those that send him; for he helps the souls of his employers.
|
||||
14| As winds and clouds and rains are most evident <i>objects</i>, so is he that boasts of a false gift.
|
||||
15| In long-suffering is prosperity to kings, and a soft tongue breaks the bones.
|
||||
16| Having found honey, eat <i>only</i> what is enough, lest haply thou be filled, and vomit it up.
|
||||
17| Enter sparingly into thy friend’s house, lest he be satiated with thy company, and hate thee.
|
||||
18| <i>As</i> a club, and a dagger, and a pointed arrow, so also is a man who bears false witness against his friend.
|
||||
19| The way of the wicked and the foot of the transgressor shall perish in an evil day.
|
||||
20| As vinegar is bad for a sore, so trouble befalling the body afflicts the heart. As a moth in a garment, and a worm in wood, so the grief of a man hurts the heart.
|
||||
21| If thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink;
|
||||
22| for so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the Lord shall reward thee <i>with</i> good.
|
||||
23| The north wind raises clouds; so an impudent face provokes the tongue.
|
||||
24| <i>It is</i> better to dwell on a corner of the roof, than with a railing woman in an open house.
|
||||
25| As cold water is agreeable to a thirsting soul, so is a good message from a land far off.
|
||||
26| As if one should stop a well, and corrupt a spring of water, so <i>is it</i> unseemly for a righteous man to fall before an ungodly man.
|
||||
27| <i>It is</i> not good to eat much honey; but it is right to honour venerable sayings.
|
||||
28| As a city whose walls are broken down, and which is unfortified, so is a man who does anything without counsel.
|
||||
|
||||
#28
|
||||
1| As dew in harvest, and as rain in summer, so honour is not <i>seemly</i> for a fool.
|
||||
2| As birds and sparrows fly, so a curse shall not come upon any one without a cause.
|
||||
3| As a whip for a horse, and a goad for an ass, so <i>is</i> a rod for a simple nation.
|
||||
4| Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou become like him.
|
||||
5| Yet answer a fool according to his folly, lest he seem wise in his own conceit.
|
||||
6| He that sends a message by a foolish messenger procures for himself a reproach from his own ways.
|
||||
7| <i>As well</i> take away the motion of the legs, as transgression from the mouth of fools.
|
||||
8| He that binds up a stone in a sling, is like one that gives glory to a fool.
|
||||
9| Thorns grow in the hand of a drunkard, and servitude in the hand of fools.
|
||||
10| All the flesh of fools endures much hardship; for their fury is brought to nought.
|
||||
11| As when a dog goes to his own vomit, and becomes abominable, so is fool who returns in his wickedness to his own sin. [There is a shame that brings sin: and there is a shame <i>that is</i> glory and grace.]
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||||
12| I have seen a man who seemed to himself to be wise; but a fool had more hope than he.
|
||||
13| A sluggard when sent on a journey says, <i>There is</i> a lion in the ways, and <i>there are</i> murderers in the streets.
|
||||
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|
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14| As a door turns on the hinge, so does a sluggard on his bed.
|
||||
15| A sluggard having hid his hand in his bosom, will not be able to bring it up to his mouth.
|
||||
16| A sluggard seems to himself wiser than one who most satisfactorily brings back a message.
|
||||
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|
||||
17| As he that lays hold of a dog’s tail, so is he that makes himself the champion of another’s cause.
|
||||
18| As those who need correction put forth <i>fair</i> words to men, and he that first falls in with the proposal will be overthrown;
|
||||
19| so are all that lay wait for their own friends, and when they are discovered, say, I did it in jest.
|
||||
20| With much wood fire increases; but where there is not a double-minded man, strife ceases.
|
||||
21| A hearth for coals, and wood for fire; and railing man for the tumult of strife.
|
||||
22| The words of cunning knaves are soft; but they smite <i>even</i> to the inmost parts of the bowels.
|
||||
23| Silver dishonestly given is to be considered as a potsherd: smooth lips cover a grievous heart.
|
||||
24| A weeping enemy promises all things with his lips, but in his heart he contrives deceit.
|
||||
25| Though <i>thine</i> enemy intreat thee with a loud voice, consent not: for there are seven abominations in his heart.
|
||||
26| He that hides enmity frames deceit: but being easily discerned, exposes his own sins in the public assemblies.
|
||||
27| He that digs a pit for his neighbour shall fall into it: and he that rolls a stone, rolls it upon himself.
|
||||
28| A lying tongue hates the truth; and an unguarded mouth causes tumults.
|
||||
|
||||
#29
|
||||
1| Boast not of to-morrow; for thou knowest not what the next day shall bring forth.
|
||||
2| Let thy neighbour, and not thine own mouth, praise thee; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
|
||||
3| A stone is heavy, and sand cumbersome; but a fool’s wrath is heavier than both.
|
||||
4| Wrath is merciless, and anger sharp: but envy can bear nothing.
|
||||
5| Open reproofs are better than secret love.
|
||||
6| The wounds of a friend are more to be trusted than the spontaneous kisses of an enemy.
|
||||
7| A full soul scorns honeycombs; but to a hungry soul even bitter things appear sweet.
|
||||
8| As when a bird flies down from its own nest, so a man is brought into bondage whenever he estranges himself from his own place.
|
||||
9| The heart delights in ointments and wines and perfumes: but the soul is broken by calamities.
|
||||
10| Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not; and when thou art in distress go not into thy brother’s house: better is a friend <i>that is</i> near than a brother living far off.
|
||||
11| Son, be wise, that thy heart may rejoice; and remove thou from thyself reproachful words.
|
||||
12| A wise man, when evils are approaching, hides himself; but fools pass on, and will be punished.
|
||||
13| Take away the man’s garment, (for a scorner has passed by) whoever lays waste another’s goods.
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14| Whosoever shall bless a friend in the morning with a loud voice, shall seem to differ nothing from one who curses <i>him</i>.
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15| On a stormy day drops <i>of rain</i> drive a man out of his house; so also does a railing woman <i>drive a man</i> out of his own house.
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16| The north wind is sharp, but it is called by name propitious.
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17| Iron sharpens iron; and a man sharpens his friend’s countenance.
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18| He that plants a fig-tree shall eat the fruits of it: so he that waits on his own master shall be honoured.
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19| As faces are not like <i>other</i> faces, so neither are the thoughts of men.
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20| Hell and destruction are not filled; so also are the eyes of men insatiable. [He that fixes his eye is an abomination to the Lord; and the uninstructed do not restrain their tongue.]
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21| Fire is the trial for silver and gold; and a man is tried by the mouth of them that praise him. The heart of the transgressor seeks after mischiefs; but an upright heart seeks knowledge.
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22| Though thou scourge a fool, disgracing him in the midst of the council, thou wilt <i>still</i> in no wise remove his folly from him.
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23| Do thou thoroughly know the number of thy flock, and pay attention to thine herds.
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24| For a man <i>has</i> not strength and power for ever; neither does he transmit it from generation to generation.
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25| Take care of the herbage in the field, and thou shalt cut grass, and gather the mountain hay;
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26| that thou mayest have <i>wool of</i> sheep for clothing: pay attention to the land, that thou mayest have lambs.
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27| <i>My</i> son, thou hast from me words very useful for thy life, and for the life of thy servants.
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#30
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1| The ungodly <i>man</i> flees when no one pursues: but the righteous is confident as a lion.
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2| By reason of the sins of ungodly men quarrels arise; but a wise man will quell them.
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3| A bold man oppresses the poor by ungodly deeds. As an impetuous and profitable rain,
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4| so they that forsake the law praise ungodliness; but they that love the law fortify themselves with a wall.
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5| Evil men will not understand judgment: but they that seek the Lord will understand everything.
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6| A poor man walking in truth is better than a rich liar.
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7| A wise son keeps the law: but he that keeps up debauchery dishonours his father.
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8| He that increases his wealth by usuries and <i>unjust</i> gains, gathers it for him that pities the poor.
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9| He that turns away his ear from hearing the law, even he has made his prayer abominable.
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10| He that causes upright men to err in an evil way, himself shall fall into destruction: transgressor also shall pass by prosperity, but shall not enter into it.
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11| A rich man is wise in his own conceit; but an intelligent poor man will condemn him.
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12| By reason of the help of righteous men great glory arises: but in the places of the ungodly men are caught.
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13| He that covers his own ungodliness shall not prosper: but he that blames <i>himself</i> shall be loved.
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14| Blessed is the man who religiously fears always: but the hard of heart shall fall into mischiefs.
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15| A hungry lion and a thirsty wolf <i>is he</i>, who, being poor, rules over a poor nation.
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16| A king in need of revenues is a great oppressor: but he that hates injustice shall live a long time.
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17| He that becomes surety for a man charged with murder shall be an exile, and not in safety. Chasten thy son, and he shall love thee, and give honour to thy soul: he shall not obey a sinful nation.
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18| He that walks justly is assisted: but he that walks in crooked ways shall be entangled <i>therein</i>.
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19| He that tills his own land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that follows idleness shall have plenty of poverty.
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20| A man worthy of credit shall be much blessed: but the wicked shall not be unpunished.
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21| He that reverences not the persons of the just is not good: such a one will sell a man for a morsel of bread.
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22| An envious man makes haste to be rich, and knows not that the merciful man will have the mastery over him.
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23| He that reproves a man’s ways shall have more favour than he that flatters with the tongue.
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24| He that casts off father or mother, and thinks he sins not; the same is partaker with an ungodly man.
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25| An unbelieving man judges rashly: but he that trusts in the Lord will act carefully.
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26| He that trusts to a bold heart, such an one is a fool: but he that walks in wisdom shall be safe.
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27| He that gives to the poor shall not be in want: but he that turns away his eye <i>from him</i> shall be in great distress.
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28| In the places of ungodly <i>men</i> the righteous mourn: but in their destruction the righteous shall be multiplied.
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#31
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1| A reprover is better than a stiff-necked man: for when the latter is suddenly set on fire, there shall be no remedy.
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2| When the righteous are praised, the people will rejoice: but when the ungodly rule, men mourn.
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3| When a man loves wisdom, his father rejoices: but he that keeps harlots will waste wealth.
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4| A righteous king establishes a country: but a transgressor destroys <i>it</i>.
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5| He that prepares a net in the way of his own friend, entangles his own feet in it.
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6| A great snare <i>is spread</i> for a sinner: but the righteous shall be in joy and gladness.
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7| A righteous man knows how to judge for the poor: but the ungodly understands not knowledge; and the poor man has not an understanding mind.
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8| Lawless men burn down a city: but wise men turn away wrath.
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9| A wise man shall judge nations: but a worthless man being angry laughs and fears not.
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10| Bloody men hate a holy <i>person</i>, but the upright will seek his soul.
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11| A fool utters all is mind: but the wise reserves his in part.
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12| When a king hearkens to unjust language, all his subjects are transgressors.
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13| When the creditor and debtor meet together, the Lord oversees them both.
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14| When a king judges the poor in truth, his throne shall be established for a testimony.
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15| Stripes and reproofs give wisdom: but an erring child disgraces his parents.
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16| When the ungodly abound, sins abound: but when they fall, the righteous are warned.
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17| Chasten thy son, and he shall give thee rest; and he shall give honour to thy soul.
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18| There shall be no interpreter to a sinful nation: but he that observes the law is blessed.
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19| A stubborn servant will not be reproved by words: for even if he understands, still he will not obey.
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20| If thou see a man hasty in <i>his</i> words, know that the fool has hope rather than he.
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21| He that lives wantonly from a child, shall be a servant, and in the end shall grieve over himself.
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22| A furious man stirs up strife, and a passionate man digs up sin.
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23| Pride brings a man low, but the Lord upholds the humble-minded with honour.
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24| He that shares with a thief, hates his own soul: and if any having heard an oath uttered tell not of it,
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25| <i>they</i> fearing and reverencing men <i>unreasonably</i> have been overthrown, but he that trusts in the Lord shall rejoice. Ungodliness causes a man to stumble: but he that trusts in his master shall be safe.
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26| Many wait on the favour of rulers; but justice comes to a man from the Lord.
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27| A righteous man is an abomination to an unrighteous man, and the direct way is an abomination to the sinner.
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10| Who shall find a virtuous woman? for such a one is more valuable than precious stones.
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11| The heart of her husband trusts in her: such a one shall stand in no need of fine spoils.
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12| For she employs all her living for her husband’s good.
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13| Gathering wool and flax, she makes it serviceable with her hands.
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14| She is like a ship trading from a distance: so she procures her livelihood.
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15| And she rises by night, and gives food to her household, and <i>appointed</i> tasks to her maidens.
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16| She views a farm, and buys it: and with the fruit of her hands she plants and a possession.
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17| She strongly girds her loins, and strengthens her arms for work.
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18| And she finds by experience that working is good; and her candle goes not out all night.
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19| She reaches forth her arms to needful <i>works</i>, and applies her hands to the spindle.
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20| And she opens her hands to the needy, and reaches out fruit to the poor.
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21| Her husband is not anxious about those at home when he tarries anywhere abroad: for all her household are clothed.
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22| She makes for her husband clothes of double texture, and garments for herself of fine linen and scarlet.
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23| And her husband becomes a distinguished <i>person</i> in the gates, when he sits in council with the old inhabitants of the land.
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24| She makes fine linens, and sells girdles to the Chananites: she opens her mouth heedfully and with propriety, and controls her tongue.
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25| She puts on strength and honour; and rejoices in the last days.
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26| But she opens her mouth wisely, and according to law.
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27| The ways of her household are careful, and she eats not the bread of idleness.
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28| And <i>her</i> kindness to them sets up her children for them, and they grow rich, and her husband praises her.
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29| Many daughters have obtained wealth, many have wrought valiantly; but thou hast exceeded, thou hast surpassed all.
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30| Charms are false, and woman’s beauty is vain: for it is a wise woman that is blessed, and let her praise the fear the Lord.
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31| Give her of the fruit of her lips; and let her husband be praised in the gates.
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1| And it came to pass when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land: and a man went from Bethleem Juda to sojourn in the land of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.
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2| And the man’s name <i>was</i> Elimelech, and his wife’s name Noemin, and the names of his two sons Maalon and Chelaion, Ephrathites of Bethleem of Juda: and they came to the land of Moab, and remained there.
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3| And Elimelech the husband of Noemin died; and she was left, and her two sons.
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4| And they took to themselves wives, women of Moab; the name of the one <i>was</i> Orpha, and the name of the second Ruth; and they dwelt there about ten years.
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5| And both Maalon and Chelaion died also; and the woman was left of her husband and her two sons.
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6| And she rose up and her two daughters-in-law, and they returned out of the country of Moab, for she heard in the country of Moab that the Lord <i>had</i> visited his people to give them bread.
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7| And she went forth out of the place where she was, and her two daughters-in-law with her: and they went by the way to return to the land of Juda.
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8| And Noemin said to her daughter-in-law, Go now, return each to the house of her mother: the Lord deal mercifully with you, as ye have dealt with the dead, and with me.
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9| The Lord grant you that ye may find rest each of you in the house of her husband: and she kissed them; and they lifted up their voice, and wept.
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10| And they said to her, We will return with thee to thy people.
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11| And Noemin said, Return now, my daughters; and why do ye go with me? have I yet sons in my womb to be your husbands?
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12| Turn now, my daughters, for I am too old to be married: for I said, Suppose I were married, and should bear sons;
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13| would ye wait for them till they should be grown? or would ye refrain from being married for their sakes? Not so, my daughters; for I am grieved for you, that the hand of the Lord has gone forth against me.
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14| And they lifted up their voice, and wept again; and Orpha kissed her mother-in-law and returned to her people; but Ruth followed her.
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15| And Noemin said to Ruth, Behold, thy sister-in-law has returned to her people and to her gods; turn now thou also after thy sister-in-law.
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16| And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following thee; for whithersoever thou goest, I will go, and wheresoever thou lodgest, I will lodge; thy people <i>shall be</i> my people, and thy God my God.
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17| And wherever thou diest, I will die, and there will I be buried: the Lord do so to me, and more also, <i>if I leave thee</i>, for death <i>only</i> shall divide between me and thee.
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18| And Noemin seeing that she was determined to go with her, ceased to speak to her any more.
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19| And they went both of them until they came to Bethleem: and it came to pass, when they arrived at Bethleem, that all the city rang with them, and they said, Is this Noemin?
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20| And she said to them, Nay, do not call me Noemin; call me ‘Bitter,’ for the Mighty One has dealt very bitterly with me.
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21| I went out full, and the Lord has brought me back empty: and why call ye me Noemin, whereas the Lord has humbled me and the Mighty One has afflicted me?
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22| So Noemin and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, returned from the country of Moab; and they came to Bethleem in the beginning of barley harvest.
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#2
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1| And Noemin had <i>a friend</i> an acquaintance of her husband, and the man <i>was</i> a mighty man of the kindred of Elimelech, and his name <i>was</i> Booz.
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2| And Ruth the Moabitess said to Noemin, Let me go now to the field, and I will glean among the ears behind the man with whomsoever I shall find favour: and she said to her, Go, daughter.
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||||
3| And she went; and came and gleaned in the field behind the reapers; and she happened by chance to come on a portion of the land of Booz, of the kindred of Elimelech.
|
||||
4| And, behold, Booz came from Bethleem, and said to the reapers, The Lord <i>be</i> with you: and they said to him, The Lord bless thee.
|
||||
5| And Booz said to his servant who was set over the reapers, Whose <i>is</i> this damsel?
|
||||
6| And his servant who was set over the reapers answered and said, It is the Moabitish damsel who returned with Noemin out of the land of Moab.
|
||||
7| And she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather among the sheaves after the reapers: and she came and stood from morning till evening, and rested not <i>even</i> a little in the field.
|
||||
8| And Booz said to Ruth, Hast thou not heard, <i>my</i> daughter? go not to glean in another field; and depart not thou hence, join thyself here with my damsels.
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||||
9| <i>Let</i> thine eyes <i>be</i> on the field where <i>my men</i> shall reap, and thou shalt go after them: behold, I have charged the young men not to touch thee: and when you shalt thirst, then thou shalt go to the vessels, and drink of that which the young men shall have drawn.
|
||||
10| And she fell upon her face, and did reverence to the ground, and said to him, How is it that I have found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take notice of me, whereas I am a stranger?
|
||||
11| And Booz answered and said to her, It has fully been told me how thou hast dealt with thy mother-in-law after the death of thy husband; and how thou didst leave thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy birth, and camest to a people whom thou knewest not before.
|
||||
12| The Lord recompense thy work; may a full reward be given thee of the Lord God of Israel, to whom thou hast come to trust under his wings.
|
||||
13| And she said, Let me find grace in thy sight, my lord, because thou hast comforted me, and because thou hast spoken kindly to thy handmaid, and behold, I shall be as one of thy servants.
|
||||
14| And Booz said to her, Now <i>it is</i> time to eat; come hither, and thou shalt eat of the bread, and thou shalt dip thy morsel in the vinegar: and Ruth sat by the side of the reapers: and Booz handed her meal, and she ate, and was satisfied, and left.
|
||||
15| And she rose up to glean; and Booz charged his young men, saying, Let her even glean among the sheaves, and reproach her not.
|
||||
16| And do ye by all means carry it for her, and ye shall surely let fall for her some of that which is heaped up; and let her eat, and glean, and rebuke her not.
|
||||
17| So she gleaned in the field till evening, and beat out that she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah of barely.
|
||||
18| And she took <i>it</i> up, and went into the city: and her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned, and Ruth brought forth and gave to her the food which she had left from what she had been satisfied with.
|
||||
19| And her mother-in-law said to her, Where hast thou gleaned to-day, and where hast thou wrought? blessed be he that took notice of thee. And Ruth told her mother-in-law where she <i>had</i> wrought, and said, The name of the man with whom I wrought to-day <i>is</i> Booz.
|
||||
20| And Noemin said to her daughter-in-law, Blessed is he of the Lord, because he has not failed in his mercy with the living and with the dead: and Noemin said to her, The man is near akin to us, he is one of our relations.
|
||||
21| And Ruth said to her mother-in-law, Yea, he said also to me, Keep close to my damsels, until the men shall have finished all my reaping.
|
||||
22| And Noemin said to Ruth her daughter-in-law, <i>It is</i> well, daughter, that thou wentest out with his damsels; thus they shall not meet thee in another field.
|
||||
23| And Ruth joined herself to the damsels of Booz to glean until they had finished the barley-harvest and the wheat-harvest.
|
||||
|
||||
#3
|
||||
1| And she lodged with her mother-in-law: and Noemin her mother-in-law said to her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee?
|
||||
2| And now <i>is</i> not Booz our kinsman, with whose damsels thou wast? behold, he winnows barley this night in the floor.
|
||||
3| But do thou wash, and anoint thyself, and put thy raiment upon thee, and go up to the threshing-floor: do not discover thyself to the man until he has done eating and drinking.
|
||||
4| And it shall come to pass when he lies down, that thou shalt mark the place where he lies down, and shalt come and lift up the covering of his feet, and shalt lie down; and he shall tell thee what thou shalt do.
|
||||
5| And Ruth said to her, All that thou shalt say, I will do.
|
||||
6| And she went down to the threshing-floor, and did according to all that her mother-in-law enjoined her.
|
||||
7| And Booz ate and drank, and his heart was glad, and he came to lie down by the side of the heap of corn; and she came secretly, and lifted up the covering of his feet.
|
||||
8| And it came to pass at midnight that the man was amazed, and troubled, and behold, a woman lay at his feet.
|
||||
9| And he said, Who art thou? and she said, I am thine handmaid Ruth; spread therefore thy skirt over thine handmaid, for thou art a near relation.
|
||||
10| And Booz said, Blessed <i>be</i> thou of the Lord God, <i>my</i> daughter, for thou hast made thy latter kindness greater than the former, in that thou followest not after young men, whether <i>any be</i> poor or rich.
|
||||
11| And now fear not, my daughter, whatever thou shalt say I will do to thee; for all the tribe of my people knows that thou art a virtuous woman.
|
||||
12| And now I am truly akin to thee; nevertheless there is a kinsman nearer than I.
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13| Lodge <i>here</i> for the night, and it shall be in the morning, if he will do the part of a kinsman to thee, well—let him do it: but if he will not do the part of a kinsman to thee, I will do the kinsman’s part to thee, <i>as</i> the Lord lives; lie down till the morning.
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||||
14| And she lay at his feet until the morning; and she rose up before a man could know his neighbour; and Booz said, Let it not be known that a woman came into the floor.
|
||||
15| And he said to her, Bring the apron that is upon thee: and she held it, and he measured six measures of barley, and put them upon her, and she went into the city.
|
||||
16| And Ruth went in to her mother-in-law, and she said to her, <i>My</i> daughter! and <i>Ruth</i> told her all that the man had done to her.
|
||||
17| And she said to her, He gave me these six measures of barley, for he said to me, Go not empty to thy mother-in-law.
|
||||
18| And she said, Sit still, <i>my</i> daughter, until thou shalt know how the matter will fall out; for the man will not rest until the matter be accomplished this day.
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#4
|
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1| And Booz went up to the gate, and sat there; and behold, the relative passed by, of whom Booz spoke: and Booz said to him, Turn aside, sit down here, such a one: and he turned aside and sat down.
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2| And Booz took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye here; and they sat down.
|
||||
3| And Booz said to the relative, <i>The matter regards</i> the portion of the field which was our brother Elimelech’s which was given to Noemin, now returning out of the land of Moab;
|
||||
4| and I said, I will inform thee, saying, Buy it before those that sit, and before the elders of my people: if thou wilt redeem it, redeem it, but if thou wilt not redeem it, tell me, and I shall know; for there is no one beside thee to do the office of a kinsman, and I am after thee: and he said, I am <i>here</i>, I will redeem it.
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5| And Booz said, In the day of thy buying the field of the hand of Noemin and of Ruth the Moabitess the wife of the deceased, thou must also buy her, so as to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance.
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6| And the kinsman said, I shall not be able to redeem it for myself, lest I mar my own inheritance; do thou redeem my right for thyself, for I shall not be able to redeem <i>it</i>.
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7| And this <i>was</i> in former time the ordinance in Israel for redemption, and for a bargain, to confirm every word: A man loosed his shoe, and gave it to his neighbour that redeemed his right; and this was a testimony in Israel.
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8| And the kinsman said to Booz, Buy my right for thyself: and he took off his shoe and gave it to him.
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9| And Booz said to the elders and to all the people, Ye <i>are</i> this day witnesses, that I have bought all that was Elimelech’s, and all that belonged to Chelaion and Maalon, of the hand of Noemin.
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10| Moreover I have bought for myself for a wife Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Maalon, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance; so the name of the dead shall not be destroyed from among his brethren, and from the tribe of his people: ye <i>are</i> this day witnesses.
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11| And all the people who were in the gate said, <i>We are</i> witnesses: and the elders said, The Lord make thy wife who goes into thy house, as Rachel and as Lia, who both <i>together</i> built the house of Israel, and wrought mightily in Ephratha, and there shall be a name <i>to thee</i> in Bethleem.
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12| And let thy house be as the house of Phares, whom Thamar bore to Juda, of the seed which the Lord shall give thee of this handmaid.
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13| And Booz took Ruth, and she became his wife, and he went in to her; and the Lord gave her conception, and she bore a son.
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14| And the woman said to Noemin, Blessed <i>is</i> the Lord, who has not suffered a redeemer to fail thee this day, even to make thy name famous in Israel.
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15| And he shall be to thee a restorer of thy soul, and one to cherish thy old age; for thy daughter-in-law which has loved thee, who is better to thee than seven sons, has born him.
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16| And Noemin took the child and laid it in her bosom, and became a nurse to it.
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17| And the neighbours gave it a name, saying, A son has been born to Noemin; and they called his name Obed; this <i>is</i> the father of Jessae the father of David.
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18| And these <i>are</i> the generations of Phares: Phares begot Esrom:
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19| Esrom begot Aram; and Aram begot Aminadab.
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20| And Aminadab begot Naasson; and Naasson begot Salmon.
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21| And Salmon begot Booz; and Booz begot Obed.
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22| And Obed begot Jessae; and Jessae begot David. Back Top Next Presented by The Common Man's Prospective. Copyright© 1999-2010 Ernest C. Marsh
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1| The Song of songs, which is Solomon’s.
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2| Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy breasts are better than wine.
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3| And the smell of thine ointments is better than all spices: thy name is ointment poured forth; therefore do the young maidens love thee.
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4| They have drawn thee: we will run after thee, for the smell of thine ointments: the king has brought me into closet: let us rejoice and be glad in thee; we will love thy breasts more than wine: righteousness loves thee.
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5| I am black, but beautiful, ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.
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6| Look not upon me, because I am dark, because the sun has looked unfavourably upon me: my mother’s sons strove with me; they made me keeper in the vineyards; I have not kept my own vineyard.
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7| Tell me, <i>thou</i> whom my soul loves, where thou tendest thy flock, where thou causest <i>them</i> to rest at noon, lest I become as one that is veiled by the flocks of thy companions.
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8| If thou know not thyself, thou fair one among women, go thou forth by the footsteps of the flocks, and feed thy kids by the shepherd’s tents.
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9| I have likened thee, my companion, to my horses in the chariots of Pharao.
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10| How are thy cheeks beautiful as <i>those</i> of a dove, thy neck as chains!
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11| We will make thee figures of gold with studs of silver.
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12| So long as the king was at table, my spikenard gave forth its smell.
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13| My kinsman is to me a bundle of myrrh; he shall lie between my breasts.
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14| My kinsman is to me a cluster of camphor in the vineyards of Engaddi.
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15| Behold, thou art fair, my companion; behold, thou art fair; thine eyes are doves.
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16| Behold, thou art fair, my kinsman, yea, beautiful, overshadowing our bed.
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17| The beams of our house are cedars, our ceilings are of cypress.
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#2
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1| I am a flower of the plain, a lily of the valleys.
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2| As a lily among thorns, so is my companion among the daughters.
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3| As the apple among the trees of the wood, so is my kinsman among the sons. I desired his shadow, and sat down, and his fruit was sweet in my throat.
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4| Bring me into the wine house; set love before me.
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5| Strengthen me with perfumes, stay me with apples: for I <i>am</i> wounded with love.
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6| His left <i>hand shall be</i> under my head, and his right hand shall embrace me.
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7| I have charged you, ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the powers and by the virtues of the field, that ye do not rouse or wake <i>my</i> love, until he please.
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8| The voice of my kinsman! behold, he comes leaping over the mountains, bounding over the hills.
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9| My kinsman is like a roe or a young hart on the mountains of Baethel: behold, he is behind our wall, looking through the windows, peeping through the lattices.
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10| My kinsman answers, and says to me, Rise up, come, my companion, my fair one, my dove.
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11| For, behold, the winter is past, the rain is gone, it has departed.
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12| The flowers are seen in the land; the time of pruning has arrived; the voice of the turtle-dove has been heard in our land.
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13| The fig-tree has put forth its young figs, the vines put forth the tender grape, they yield a smell: arise, come, my companion, my fair one, my dove; yea, come.
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14| <i>Thou art</i> my dove, in the shelter of the rock, near the wall: shew me thy face, and cause me to hear thy voice; for thy voice is sweet, and thy countenance is beautiful.
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15| Take us the little foxes that spoil the vines: for our vines put forth tender grapes.
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16| My kinsman is mine, and I am his: he feeds <i>his flock</i> among the lilies.
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17| Until the day dawn, and the shadows depart, turn, my kinsman, be thou like to a roe or young hart on the mountains of the ravines.
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#3
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1| By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loves: I sought him, but found him not; I called him, but he hearkened not to me.
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2| I will rise now, and go about in the city, in the market-places, and in the streets, and I will seek him whom my soul loves: I sought him, but I found him not.
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3| The watchmen who go their rounds in the city found me. <i>I said</i>, Have ye seen him whom my soul loves?
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4| <i>It was</i> as a little <i>while</i> after I parted from them, that I found him whom my soul loves: I held him, and did not let him go, until I brought him into my mother’s house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me.
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5| I have charged you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the powers and by the virtues of the field, that ye rouse not nor awake <i>my</i> love, until he please.
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6| Who is this that comes up from the wilderness as pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the perfumer?
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7| Behold Solomon’s bed; sixty mighty men of the mighty ones of Israel are round about it.
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8| They all hold a sword, being expert in war: every man <i>has</i> his sword upon his thigh because of fear by night.
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9| King Solomon made himself a litter of woods of Lebanon.
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10| He made the pillars of it silver, the bottom of it gold, the covering of it scarlet, in the midst of it a pavement of love, for the daughters of Jerusalem.
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11| Go forth, ye daughters of Sion, and behold king Solomon, with the crown wherewith his mother crowned him, in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart.
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#4
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1| Behold, thou art fair, my companion; behold, thou art fair; thine eyes are doves, beside thy veil: thy hair is as flocks of goats, that have appeared from Galaad.
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2| Thy teeth are as flocks of shorn <i>sheep</i>, that have gone up from the washing; all of them bearing twins, and there is not a barren one among them.
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3| Thy lips are as a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: like the rind of a pomegranate is thy cheek without thy veil.
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4| Thy neck is as the tower of David, that was built for an armoury: a thousand shields hang upon it, <i>and</i> all darts of mighty men.
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5| Thy two breasts are as two twin fawns, that feed among the lilies.
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6| Until the day dawn, and the shadows depart, I will betake me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.
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7| Thou art all fair, my companion, and there is no spot in thee.
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8| Come from Libanus, <i>my</i> bride, come from Libanus: thou shalt come and pass from the top of Faith, from the top of Sanir and Hermon, from the lions’ dens, from the mountains of the leopards.
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9| My sister, <i>my</i> spouse, thou hast ravished my heart; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck.
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10| How beautiful are thy breasts, my sister, my spouse! how much more beautiful are thy breasts than wine, and the smell of thy garments than all spices!
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11| Thy lips drop honeycomb, my spouse: honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is as the smell of Libanus.
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12| My sister, <i>my</i> spouse is a garden enclosed; a garden enclosed, a fountain sealed.
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13| Thy shoots are a garden of pomegranates, with the fruit of choice berries; camphor, with spikenard:
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14| spikenard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon; with all woods of Libanus, myrrh, aloes, with all chief spices:
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15| a fountain of a garden, and a well of water springing and gurgling from Libanus.
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16| Awake, O north wind; and come, O south; and blow through my garden, and let my spices flow out.
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#5
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1| Let my kinsman come down into his garden, and eat the fruit of his choice berries. I am come into my garden, my sister, <i>my</i> spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spices; I have eaten my bread with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends, and drink; yea, brethren, drink abundantly.
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2| I sleep, but my heart is awake: the voice of my kinsman knocks at the door, <i>saying</i>, Open, open to me, my companion, my sister, my dove, my perfect one: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.
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3| I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet, how shall I defile them?
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4| My kinsman put forth his hand by the hole <i>of the door</i>, and my belly moved for him.
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5| I rose up to open to my kinsman; my hands dropped myrrh, my fingers choice myrrh, on the handles of the lock.
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6| I opened to my kinsman; my kinsman was gone: my soul failed at his speech: I sought him, but found him not; I called him, but he answered me not.
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7| The watchman that go their rounds in the city found me, they smote me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me.
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8| I have charged you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the powers and the virtues of the field: if ye should find my kinsman, what are ye to say to him? That I am wounded with love.
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9| What is thy kinsman <i>more</i> than <i>another</i> kinsman, O thou beautiful among women? what is thy kinsman <i>more</i> than <i>another</i> kinsman, that thou hast so charged us?
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10| My kinsman is white and ruddy, chosen out from myriads.
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11| His head is <i>as</i> very fine gold, his locks are flowing, black as a raven.
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12| His eyes are as doves, by the pools of waters, washed with milk, sitting by the pools.
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13| His cheeks are as bowls of spices pouring forth perfumes: his lips are lilies, dropping choice myrrh.
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14| His hands are as turned gold set with beryl: his belly is an ivory tablet on a sapphire stone.
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15| His legs are marble pillars set on golden sockets: his form is as Libanus, choice as the cedars.
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16| His throat is most sweet, and altogether desirable. This is my kinsman, and this is my companion, O daughters of Jerusalem.
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17| Whither is thy kinsman gone, thou beautiful among women? whither has thy kinsman turned aside? <i>tell us</i>, and we will seek him with thee.
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#6
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1| My kinsman is gone down to his garden, to the beds of spice, to feed <i>his flock</i> in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
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2| I am my kinsman’s, and my kinsman is mine, who feeds among the lilies.
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3| Thou art fair, my companion, as Pleasure, beautiful as Jerusalem, terrible as <i>armies</i> set in array.
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4| Turn away thine eyes from before me, for they have ravished me: thy hair is as flocks of goats which have appeared from Galaad.
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5| Thy teeth are as flocks of shorn <i>sheep</i>, that have gone up from the washing, all of them bearing twins, and there is none barren among them: thy lips are as a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely.
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6| Thy cheek is like the rind of a pomegranate, <i>being seen</i> without thy veil.
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7| There are sixty queens, and eighty concubines, and maidens without number.
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8| My dove, my perfect one is one; she is the <i>only</i> one of her mother; she is the choice of her that bore her. The daughters saw her, and the queens will pronounce her blessed, yea, and the concubines, and they will praise her.
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9| Who is this that looks forth as the morning, fair as the moon, choice as the sun, terrible as <i>armies</i> set in array?
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10| I went down to the garden of nuts, to look at the fruits of the valley, to see if the vine flowered, <i>if</i> the pomegranates blossomed.
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11| There I will give thee my breasts: my soul knew <i>it</i> not: it made me as the chariots of Aminadab.
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12| Return, return, O Sunamite; return, return, and we will look at thee. What will ye see in the Sunamite? She comes as bands of armies.
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||||
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#7
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1| Thy steps are beautiful in shoes, O daughter of the prince: the joints of <i>thy</i> thighs are like chains, the work of the craftsman.
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||||
2| Thy navel is <i>as</i> a turned bowl, not wanting liquor; thy belly is <i>as</i> a heap of wheat set about with lilies.
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||||
3| Thy two breasts are as two twin fawns.
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||||
4| Thy neck is as an ivory tower; thine eyes are as pools in Esebon, by the gates of the daughter of many: thy nose is as the tower of Libanus, looking toward Damascus.
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5| Thy head upon thee is as Carmel, and the curls of thy hair like scarlet; the king is bound in the galleries.
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6| How beautiful art thou, and how sweet art thou, <i>my</i> love!
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7| This is thy greatness in thy delights: thou wast made like a palm tree, and thy breasts to cluster.
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8| I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of its high boughs: and now shall thy breasts be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy nose of apples;
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9| and thy throat as good wine, going well with my kinsman, suiting my lips and teeth.
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10| I am my kinsman’s, and his desire is toward me.
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11| Come, my kinsman, let us go forth into the field; let us lodge in the villages.
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12| Let us go early into the vineyards; let us see if the vine has flowered, <i>if</i> the blossoms have appeared, if the pomegranates have blossomed; there will I give thee my breasts.
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||||
13| The mandrakes have given a smell, and at our doors <i>are</i> all kinds of choice fruits, new and old. O my kinsman, I have kept <i>them</i> for thee.
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||||
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#8
|
||||
1| I would that thou, O my kinsman, wert he that sucked the breasts of my mother; when I found thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, they should not despise me.
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||||
2| I would take thee, I would bring thee into my mother’s house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me; I would make thee to drink of spiced wine, of the juice of my pomegranates.
|
||||
3| His left hand <i>should be</i> under my head, and his right hand should embrace me.
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||||
4| I have charged you, ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the virtues of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake <i>my</i> love, until he please.
|
||||
5| Who is this that comes up all white, leaning on her kinsman? I raised thee up under an apple-tree; there thy mother brought thee forth; there she that bore thee brought thee forth.
|
||||
6| Set me as a seal upon thy heart, as a seal upon thine arm; for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave, her shafts are shafts of fire, <i>even</i> the flames thereof.
|
||||
7| Much water will not be able to quench love, and rivers shall not drown it; if a man would give all his substance for love, <i>men</i> would utterly despise it.
|
||||
8| Our sister is little, and has no breasts; what shall we do for our sister, in the day wherein she shall be spoken for?
|
||||
9| If she is a wall, let us build upon her silver bulwarks; and if she is a door, let us carve for her cedar panels.
|
||||
10| I am a wall, and my breasts are as towers; I was in their eyes as one that found peace.
|
||||
11| Solomon had a vineyard in Beelamon; he let his vineyard to keepers; every one was to bring for its fruit a thousand <i>pieces</i> of silver.
|
||||
12| My vineyard, even mine, is before me; Solomon <i>shall have</i> a thousand, and they that keep its fruit two hundred.
|
||||
13| Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice: make me hear <i>it</i>.
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||||
|
||||
14| Away, my kinsman, and be like a doe or a fawn on the mountains of spices.
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#1
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||||
1| The book of the words of Tobit, son of Tobiel, the son of Ananiel, the son of Aduel, the son of Gabael, of the seed of Asael, of the tribe of Nephthali;
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||||
2| Who in the time of Enemessar king of the Assyrians was led captive out of Thisbe, which is at the right hand of that city, which is called properly Nephthali in Galilee above Aser.
|
||||
3| I Tobit have walked all the days of my life in the ways of truth and justice, and I did many almsdeeds to my brethren, and my nation, who came with me to Nineve, into the land of the Assyrians.
|
||||
4| And when I was in mine own country, in the land of Israel being but young, all the tribe of Nephthali my father fell from the house of Jerusalem, which was chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, that all the tribes should sacrifice there, where the temple of the habitation of the most High was consecrated and built for all ages.
|
||||
5| Now all the tribes which together revolted, and the house of my father Nephthali, sacrificed unto the heifer Baal.
|
||||
6| But I alone went often to Jerusalem at the feasts, as it was ordained unto all the people of Israel by an everlasting decree, having the firstfruits and tenths of increase, with that which was first shorn; and them gave I at the altar to the priests the children of Aaron.
|
||||
7| The first tenth part of all increase I gave to the sons of Aaron, who ministered at Jerusalem: another tenth part I sold away, and went, and spent it every year at Jerusalem:
|
||||
8| And the third I gave unto them to whom it was meet, as Debora my father’s mother had commanded me, because I was left an orphan by my father.
|
||||
9| Furthermore, when I was come to the age of a man, I married Anna of mine own kindred, and of her I begat Tobias.
|
||||
10| And when we were carried away captives to Nineve, all my brethren and those that were of my kindred did eat of the bread of the Gentiles.
|
||||
11| But I kept myself from eating;
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||||
12| Because I remembered God with all my heart.
|
||||
13| And the most High gave me grace and favour before Enemessar, so that I was his purveyor.
|
||||
14| And I went into Media, and left in trust with Gabael, the brother of Gabrias, at Rages a city of Media ten talents of silver.
|
||||
15| Now when Enemessar was dead, Sennacherib his son reigned in his stead; whose estate was troubled, that I could not go into Media.
|
||||
16| And in the time of Enemessar I gave many alms to my brethren, and gave my bread to the hungry,
|
||||
17| And my clothes to the naked: and if I saw any of my nation dead, or cast about the walls of Nineve, I buried him.
|
||||
18| And if the king Sennacherib had slain any, when he was come, and fled from Judea, I buried them privily; for in his wrath he killed many; but the bodies were not found, when they were sought for of the king.
|
||||
19| And when one of the Ninevites went and complained of me to the king, that I buried them, and hid myself; understanding that I was sought for to be put to death, I withdrew myself for fear.
|
||||
20| Then all my goods were forcibly taken away, neither was there any thing left me, beside my wife Anna and my son Tobias.
|
||||
21| And there passed not five and fifty days, before two of his sons killed him, and they fled into the mountains of Ararath; and Sarchedonus his son reigned in his stead; who appointed over his father’s accounts, and over all his affairs, Achiacharus my brother Anael’s son.
|
||||
22| And Achiacharus intreating for me, I returned to Nineve. Now Achiacharus was cupbearer, and keeper of the signet, and steward, and overseer of the accounts: and Sarchedonus appointed him next unto him: and he was my brother’s son.
|
||||
|
||||
#2
|
||||
1| Now when I was come home again, and my wife Anna was restored unto me, with my son Tobias, in the feast of Pentecost, which is the holy feast of the seven weeks, there was a good dinner prepared me, in the which I sat down to eat.
|
||||
2| And when I saw abundance of meat, I said to my son, Go and bring what poor man soever thou shalt find out of our brethren, who is mindful of the Lord; and, lo, I tarry for thee.
|
||||
3| But he came again, and said, Father, one of our nation is strangled, and is cast out in the marketplace.
|
||||
4| Then before I had tasted of any meat, I started up, and took him up into a room until the going down of the sun.
|
||||
5| Then I returned, and washed myself, and ate my meat in heaviness,
|
||||
6| Remembering that prophecy of Amos, as he said, Your feasts shall be turned into mourning, and all your mirth into lamentation.
|
||||
7| Therefore I wept: and after the going down of the sun I went and made a grave, and buried him.
|
||||
8| But my neighbours mocked me, and said, This man is not yet afraid to be put to death for this matter: who fled away; and yet, lo, he burieth the dead again.
|
||||
9| The same night also I returned from the burial, and slept by the wall of my courtyard, being polluted and my face was uncovered:
|
||||
10| And I knew not that there were sparrows in the wall, and mine eyes being open, the sparrows muted warm dung into mine eyes, and a whiteness came in mine eyes: and I went to the physicians, but they helped me not: moreover Achiacharus did nourish me, until I went into Elymais.
|
||||
11| And my wife Anna did take women’s works to do.
|
||||
12| And when she had sent them home to the owners, they paid her wages, and gave her also besides a kid.
|
||||
13| And when it was in my house, and began to cry, I said unto her, From whence is this kid? is it not stolen? render it to the owners; for it is not lawful to eat any thing that is stolen.
|
||||
14| But she replied upon me, It was given for a gift more than the wages. Howbeit I did not believe her, but bade her render it to the owners: and I was abashed at her. But she replied upon me, Where are thine alms and thy righteous deeds? behold, thou and all thy works are known.
|
||||
|
||||
#3
|
||||
1| Then I being grieved did weep, and in my sorrow prayed, saying,
|
||||
2| O Lord, thou art just, and all thy works and all thy ways are mercy and truth, and thou judgest truly and justly for ever.
|
||||
3| Remember me, and look on me, punish me not for my sins and ignorances, and the sins of my fathers, who have sinned before thee:
|
||||
4| For they obeyed not thy commandments: wherefore thou hast delivered us for a spoil, and unto captivity, and unto death, and for a proverb of reproach to all the nations among whom we are dispersed.
|
||||
5| And now thy judgments are many and true: deal with me according to my sins and my fathers’: because we have not kept thy commandments, neither have walked in truth before thee.
|
||||
6| Now therefore deal with me as seemeth best unto thee, and command my spirit to be taken from me, that I may be dissolved, and become earth: for it is profitable for me to die rather than to live, because I have heard false reproaches, and have much sorrow: command therefore that I may now be delivered out of this distress, and go into the everlasting place: turn not thy face away from me.
|
||||
7| It came to pass the same day, that in Ecbatane a city of Media Sara the daughter of Raguel was also reproached by her father’s maids;
|
||||
8| Because that she had been married to seven husbands, whom Asmodeus the evil spirit had killed, before they had lain with her. Dost thou not know, said they, that thou hast strangled thine husbands? thou hast had already seven husbands, neither wast thou named after any of them.
|
||||
9| Wherefore dost thou beat us for them? if they be dead, go thy ways after them, let us never see of thee either son or daughter.
|
||||
10| When she heard these things, she was very sorrowful, so that she thought to have strangled herself; and she said, I am the only daughter of my father, and if I do this, it shall be a reproach unto him, and I shall bring his old age with sorrow unto the grave.
|
||||
11| Then she prayed toward the window, and said, Blessed art thou, O Lord my God, and thine holy and glorious name is blessed and honourable for ever: let all thy works praise thee for ever.
|
||||
12| And now, O Lord, I set I mine eyes and my face toward thee,
|
||||
13| And say, Take me out of the earth, that I may hear no more the reproach.
|
||||
14| Thou knowest, Lord, that I am pure from all sin with man,
|
||||
15| And that I never polluted my name, nor the name of my father, in the land of my captivity: I am the only daughter of my father, neither hath he any child to be his heir, neither any near kinsman, nor any son of his alive, to whom I may keep myself for a wife: my seven husbands are already dead; and why should I live? but if it please not thee that I should die, command some regard to be had of me, and pity taken of me, that I hear no more reproach.
|
||||
16| So the prayers of them both were heard before the majesty of the great God.
|
||||
17| And Raphael was sent to heal them both, that is, to scale away the whiteness of Tobit’s eyes, and to give Sara the daughter of Raguel for a wife to Tobias the son of Tobit; and to bind Asmodeus the evil spirit; because she belonged to Tobias by right of inheritance. The selfsame time came Tobit home, and entered into his house, and Sara the daughter of Raguel came down from her upper chamber.
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||||
|
||||
#4
|
||||
1| In that day Tobit remembered the money which he had committed to Gabael in Rages of Media,
|
||||
2| And said with himself, I have wished for death; wherefore do I not call for my son Tobias that I may signify to him of the money before I die?
|
||||
3| And when he had called him, he said, My son, when I am dead, bury me; and despise not thy mother, but honour her all the days of thy life, and do that which shall please her, and grieve her not.
|
||||
4| Remember, my son, that she saw many dangers for thee, when thou wast in her womb: and when she is dead, bury her by me in one grave.
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5| My son, be mindful of the Lord our God all thy days, and let not thy will be set to sin, or to transgress his commandments: do uprightly all thy life long, and follow not the ways of unrighteousness.
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6| For if thou deal truly, thy doings shall prosperously succeed to thee, and to all them that live justly.
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7| Give alms of thy substance; and when thou givest alms, let not thine eye be envious, neither turn thy face from any poor, and the face of God shall not be turned away from thee.
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8| If thou hast abundance give alms accordingly: if thou have but a little, be not afraid to give according to that little:
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9| For thou layest up a good treasure for thyself against the day of necessity.
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10| Because that alms do deliver from death, and suffereth not to come into darkness.
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11| For alms is a good gift unto all that give it in the sight of the most High.
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12| Beware of all whoredom, my son, and chiefly take a wife of the seed of thy fathers, and take not a strange woman to wife, which is not of thy father’s tribe: for we are the children of the prophets, Noe, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: remember, my son, that our fathers from the beginning, even that they all married wives of their own kindred, and were blessed in their children, and their seed shall inherit the land.
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13| Now therefore, my son, love thy brethren, and despise not in thy heart thy brethren, the sons and daughters of thy people, in not taking a wife of them: for in pride is destruction and much trouble, and in lewdness is decay and great want: for lewdness is the mother of famine.
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14| Let not the wages of any man, which hath wrought for thee, tarry with thee, but give him it out of hand: for if thou serve God, he will also repay thee: be circumspect my son, in all things thou doest, and be wise in all thy conversation.
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15| Do that to no man which thou hatest: drink not wine to make thee drunken: neither let drunkenness go with thee in thy journey.
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16| Give of thy bread to the hungry, and of thy garments to them that are naked; and according to thine abundance give alms: and let not thine eye be envious, when thou givest alms.
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17| Pour out thy bread on the burial of the just, but give nothing to the wicked.
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18| Ask counsel of all that are wise, and despise not any counsel that is profitable.
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19| Bless the Lord thy God alway, and desire of him that thy ways may be directed, and that all thy paths and counsels may prosper: for every nation hath not counsel; but the Lord himself giveth all good things, and he humbleth whom he will, as he will; now therefore, my son, remember my commandments, neither let them be put out of thy mind.
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20| And now I signify this to they that I committed ten talents to Gabael the son of Gabrias at Rages in Media.
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21| And fear not, my son, that we are made poor: for thou hast much wealth, if thou fear God, and depart from all sin, and do that which is pleasing in his sight.
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#5
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1| Tobias then answered and said, Father, I will do all things which thou hast commanded me:
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2| But how can I receive the money, seeing I know him not?
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3| Then he gave him the handwriting, and said unto him, Seek thee a man which may go with thee, whiles I yet live, and I will give him wages: and go and receive the money.
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4| Therefore when he went to seek a man, he found Raphael that was an angel.
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5| But he knew not; and he said unto him, Canst thou go with me to Rages? and knowest thou those places well?
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6| To whom the angel said, I will go with thee, and I know the way well: for I have lodged with our brother Gabael.
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7| Then Tobias said unto him, Tarry for me, till I tell my father.
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8| Then he said unto him, Go and tarry not. So he went in and said to his father, Behold, I have found one which will go with me. Then he said, Call him unto me, that I may know of what tribe he is, and whether he be a trusty man to go with thee.
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9| So he called him, and he came in, and they saluted one another.
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10| Then Tobit said unto him, Brother, shew me of what tribe and family thou art.
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11| To whom he said, Dost thou seek for a tribe or family, or an hired man to go with thy son? Then Tobit said unto him, I would know, brother, thy kindred and name.
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12| Then he said, I am Azarias, the son of Ananias the great, and of thy brethren.
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13| Then Tobit said, Thou art welcome, brother; be not now angry with me, because I have enquired to know thy tribe and thy family; for thou art my brother, of an honest and good stock: for I know Ananias and Jonathas, sons of that great Samaias, as we went together to Jerusalem to worship, and offered the firstborn, and the tenths of the fruits; and they were not seduced with the error of our brethren: my brother, thou art of a good stock.
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14| But tell me, what wages shall I give thee? wilt thou a drachm a day, and things necessary, as to mine own son?
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15| Yea, moreover, if ye return safe, I will add something to thy wages.
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16| So they were well pleased. Then said he to Tobias, Prepare thyself for the journey, and God send you a good journey. And when his son had prepared all things far the journey, his father said, Go thou with this man, and God, which dwelleth in heaven, prosper your journey, and the angel of God keep you company. So they went forth both, and the young man’s dog with them.
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17| But Anna his mother wept, and said to Tobit, Why hast thou sent away our son? is he not the staff of our hand, in going in and out before us?
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18| Be not greedy to add money to money: but let it be as refuse in respect of our child.
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19| For that which the Lord hath given us to live with doth suffice us.
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20| Then said Tobit to her, Take no care, my sister; he shall return in safety, and thine eyes shall see him.
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21| For the good angel will keep him company, and his journey shall be prosperous, and he shall return safe.
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22| Then she made an end of weeping.
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#6
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1| And as they went on their journey, they came in the evening to the river Tigris, and they lodged there.
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2| And when the young man went down to wash himself, a fish leaped out of the river, and would have devoured him.
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3| Then the angel said unto him, Take the fish. And the young man laid hold of the fish, and drew it to land.
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4| To whom the angel said, Open the fish, and take the heart and the liver and the gall, and put them up safely.
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5| So the young man did as the angel commanded him; and when they had roasted the fish, they did eat it: then they both went on their way, till they drew near to Ecbatane.
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6| Then the young man said to the angel, Brother Azarias, to what use is the heart and the liver and the gal of the fish?
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7| And he said unto him, Touching the heart and the liver, if a devil or an evil spirit trouble any, we must make a smoke thereof before the man or the woman, and the party shall be no more vexed.
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8| As for the gall, it is good to anoint a man that hath whiteness in his eyes, and he shall be healed.
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9| And when they were come near to Rages,
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10| The angel said to the young man, Brother, to day we shall lodge with Raguel, who is thy cousin; he also hath one only daughter, named Sara; I will speak for her, that she may be given thee for a wife.
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11| For to thee doth the right of her appertain, seeing thou only art of her kindred.
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12| And the maid is fair and wise: now therefore hear me, and I will speak to her father; and when we return from Rages we will celebrate the marriage: for I know that Raguel cannot marry her to another according to the law of Moses, but he shall be guilty of death, because the right of inheritance doth rather appertain to thee than to any other.
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13| Then the young man answered the angel, I have heard, brother Azarias that this maid hath been given to seven men, who all died in the marriage chamber.
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14| And now I am the only son of my father, and I am afraid, lest if I go in unto her, I die, as the other before: for a wicked spirit loveth her, which hurteth no body, but those which come unto her; wherefore I also fear lest I die, and bring my father’s and my mother’s life because of me to the grave with sorrow: for they have no other son to bury them.
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15| Then the angel said unto him, Dost thou not remember the precepts which thy father gave thee, that thou shouldest marry a wife of thine own kindred? wherefore hear me, O my brother; for she shall be given thee to wife; and make thou no reckoning of the evil spirit; for this same night shall she be given thee in marriage.
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16| And when thou shalt come into the marriage chamber, thou shalt take the ashes of perfume, and shalt lay upon them some of the heart and liver of the fish, and shalt make a smoke with it:
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17| And the devil shall smell it, and flee away, and never come again any more: but when thou shalt come to her, rise up both of you, and pray to God which is merciful, who will have pity on you, and save you: fear not, for she is appointed unto thee from the beginning; and thou shalt preserve her, and she shall go with thee. Moreover I suppose that she shall bear thee children. Now when Tobias had heard these things, he loved her, and his heart was effectually joined to her.
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#7
|
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1| And when they were come to Ecbatane, they came to the house of Raguel, and Sara met them: and after they had saluted one another, she brought them into the house.
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2| Then said Raguel to Edna his wife, How like is this young man to Tobit my cousin!
|
||||
3| And Raguel asked them, From whence are ye, brethren? To whom they said, We are of the sons of Nephthalim, which are captives in Nineve.
|
||||
4| Then he said to them, Do ye know Tobit our kinsman? And they said, We know him. Then said he, Is he in good health?
|
||||
5| And they said, He is both alive, and in good health: and Tobias said, He is my father.
|
||||
6| Then Raguel leaped up, and kissed him, and wept,
|
||||
7| And blessed him, and said unto him, Thou art the son of an honest and good man. But when he had heard that Tobit was blind, he was sorrowful, and wept.
|
||||
8| And likewise Edna his wife and Sara his daughter wept. Moreover they entertained them cheerfully; and after that they had killed a ram of the flock, they set store of meat on the table. Then said Tobias to Raphael, Brother Azarias, speak of those things of which thou didst talk in the way, and let this business be dispatched.
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||||
9| So he communicated the matter with Raguel: and Raguel said to Tobias, Eat and drink, and make merry:
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10| For it is meet that thou shouldest marry my daughter: nevertheless I will declare unto thee the truth.
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||||
11| I have given my daughter in marriage to seven men, who died that night they came in unto her: nevertheless for the present be merry. But Tobias said, I will eat nothing here, till we agree and swear one to another.
|
||||
12| Raguel said, Then take her from henceforth according to the manner, for thou art her cousin, and she is thine, and the merciful God give you good success in all things.
|
||||
13| Then he called his daughter Sara, and she came to her father, and he took her by the hand, and gave her to be wife to Tobias, saying, Behold, take her after the law of Moses, and lead her away to thy father. And he blessed them;
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14| And called Edna his wife, and took paper, and did write an instrument of covenants, and sealed it.
|
||||
15| Then they began to eat.
|
||||
16| After Raguel called his wife Edna, and said unto her, Sister, prepare another chamber, and bring her in thither.
|
||||
17| Which when she had done as he had bidden her, she brought her thither: and she wept, and she received the tears of her daughter, and said unto her,
|
||||
18| Be of good comfort, my daughter; the Lord of heaven and earth give thee joy for this thy sorrow: be of good comfort, my daughter.
|
||||
|
||||
#8
|
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1| And when they had supped, they brought Tobias in unto her.
|
||||
2| And as he went, he remembered the words of Raphael, and took the ashes of the perfumes, and put the heart and the liver of the fish thereupon, and made a smoke therewith.
|
||||
3| The which smell when the evil spirit had smelled, he fled into the utmost parts of Egypt, and the angel bound him.
|
||||
4| And after that they were both shut in together, Tobias rose out of the bed, and said, Sister, arise, and let us pray that God would have pity on us.
|
||||
5| Then began Tobias to say, Blessed art thou, O God of our fathers, and blessed is thy holy and glorious name for ever; let the heavens bless thee, and all thy creatures.
|
||||
6| Thou madest Adam, and gavest him Eve his wife for an helper and stay: of them came mankind: thou hast said, It is not good that man should be alone; let us make unto him an aid like unto himself.
|
||||
7| And now, O Lord, I take not this my sister for lush but uprightly: therefore mercifully ordain that we may become aged together.
|
||||
8| And she said with him, Amen.
|
||||
9| So they slept both that night. And Raguel arose, and went and made a grave,
|
||||
10| Saying, I fear lest he also be dead.
|
||||
11| But when Raguel was come into his house,
|
||||
12| He said unto his wife Edna. Send one of the maids, and let her see whether he be alive: if he be not, that we may bury him, and no man know it.
|
||||
13| So the maid opened the door, and went in, and found them both asleep,
|
||||
14| And came forth, and told them that he was alive.
|
||||
15| Then Raguel praised God, and said, O God, thou art worthy to be praised with all pure and holy praise; therefore let thy saints praise thee with all thy creatures; and let all thine angels and thine elect praise thee for ever.
|
||||
16| Thou art to be praised, for thou hast made me joyful; and that is not come to me which I suspected; but thou hast dealt with us according to thy great mercy.
|
||||
17| Thou art to be praised because thou hast had mercy of two that were the only begotten children of their fathers: grant them mercy, O Lord, and finish their life in health with joy and mercy.
|
||||
18| Then Raguel bade his servants to fill the grave.
|
||||
19| And he kept the wedding feast fourteen days.
|
||||
20| For before the days of the marriage were finished, Raguel had said unto him by an oath, that he should not depart till the fourteen days of the marriage were expired;
|
||||
21| And then he should take the half of his goods, and go in safety to his father; and should have the rest when I and my wife be dead.
|
||||
|
||||
#9
|
||||
1| Then Tobias called Raphael, and said unto him,
|
||||
2| Brother Azarias, take with thee a servant, and two camels, and go to Rages of Media to Gabael, and bring me the money, and bring him to the wedding.
|
||||
3| For Raguel hath sworn that I shall not depart.
|
||||
4| But my father counteth the days; and if I tarry long, he will be very sorry.
|
||||
5| So Raphael went out, and lodged with Gabael, and gave him the handwriting: who brought forth bags which were sealed up, and gave them to him.
|
||||
6| And early in the morning they went forth both together, and came to the wedding: and Tobias blessed his wife. 0
|
||||
|
||||
#10
|
||||
1| Now Tobit his father counted every day: and when the days of the journey were expired, and they came not,
|
||||
2| Then Tobit said, Are they detained? or is Gabael dead, and there is no man to give him the money?
|
||||
3| Therefore he was very sorry.
|
||||
4| Then his wife said unto him, My son is dead, seeing he stayeth long; and she began to wail him, and said,
|
||||
5| Now I care for nothing, my son, since I have let thee go, the light of mine eyes.
|
||||
6| To whom Tobit said, Hold thy peace, take no care, for he is safe.
|
||||
7| But she said, Hold thy peace, and deceive me not; my son is dead. And she went out every day into the way which they went, and did eat no meat on the daytime, and ceased not whole nights to bewail her son Tobias, until the fourteen days of the wedding were expired, which Raguel had sworn that he should spend there. Then Tobias said to Raguel,
|
||||
8| Let me go, for my father and my mother look no more to see me.
|
||||
9| But his father in law said unto him, Tarry with me, and I will send to thy father, and they shall declare unto him how things go with thee.
|
||||
10| But Tobias said, No; but let me go to my father.
|
||||
11| Then Raguel arose, and gave him Sara his wife, and half his goods, servants, and cattle, and money:
|
||||
12| And he blessed them, and sent them away, saying, The God of heaven give you a prosperous journey, my children.
|
||||
13| And he said to his daughter, Honour thy father and thy mother in law, which are now thy parents, that I may hear good report of thee. And he kissed her. Edna also said to Tobias, The Lord of heaven restore thee, my dear brother, and grant that I may see thy children of my daughter Sara before I die, that I may rejoice before the Lord: behold, I commit my daughter unto thee of special trust; where are do not entreat her evil. 1
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||||
|
||||
#11
|
||||
1| After these things Tobias went his way, praising God that he had given him a prosperous journey, and blessed Raguel and Edna his wife, and went on his way till they drew near unto Nineve.
|
||||
2| Then Raphael said to Tobias, Thou knowest, brother, how thou didst leave thy father:
|
||||
3| Let us haste before thy wife, and prepare the house.
|
||||
4| And take in thine hand the gall of the fish. So they went their way, and the dog went after them.
|
||||
5| Now Anna sat looking about toward the way for her son.
|
||||
6| And when she espied him coming, she said to his father, Behold, thy son cometh, and the man that went with him.
|
||||
7| Then said Raphael, I know, Tobias, that thy father will open his eyes.
|
||||
8| Therefore anoint thou his eyes with the gall, and being pricked therewith, he shall rub, and the whiteness shall fall away, and he shall see thee.
|
||||
9| Then Anna ran forth, and fell upon the neck of her son, and said unto him, Seeing I have seen thee, my son, from henceforth I am content to die. And they wept both.
|
||||
10| Tobit also went forth toward the door, and stumbled: but his son ran unto him,
|
||||
11| And took hold of his father: and he strake of the gall on his fathers’ eyes, saying, Be of good hope, my father.
|
||||
12| And when his eyes began to smart, he rubbed them;
|
||||
13| And the whiteness pilled away from the corners of his eyes: and when he saw his son, he fell upon his neck.
|
||||
14| And he wept, and said, Blessed art thou, O God, and blessed is thy name for ever; and blessed are all thine holy angels:
|
||||
15| For thou hast scourged, and hast taken pity on me: for, behold, I see my son Tobias. And his son went in rejoicing, and told his father the great things that had happened to him in Media.
|
||||
16| Then Tobit went out to meet his daughter in law at the gate of Nineve, rejoicing and praising God: and they which saw him go marvelled, because he had received his sight.
|
||||
17| But Tobias gave thanks before them, because God had mercy on him. And when he came near to Sara his daughter in law, he blessed her, saying, Thou art welcome, daughter: God be blessed, which hath brought thee unto us, and blessed be thy father and thy mother. And there was joy among all his brethren which were at Nineve.
|
||||
18| And Achiacharus, and Nasbas his brother’s son, came:
|
||||
19| And Tobias’ wedding was kept seven days with great joy. 2
|
||||
|
||||
#12
|
||||
1| Then Tobit called his son Tobias, and said unto him, My son, see that the man have his wages, which went with thee, and thou must give him more.
|
||||
2| And Tobias said unto him, O father, it is no harm to me to give him half of those things which I have brought:
|
||||
3| For he hath brought me again to thee in safety, and made whole my wife, and brought me the money, and likewise healed thee.
|
||||
4| Then the old man said, It is due unto him.
|
||||
5| So he called the angel, and he said unto him, Take half of all that ye have brought and go away in safety.
|
||||
6| Then he took them both apart, and said unto them, Bless God, praise him, and magnify him, and praise him for the things which he hath done unto you in the sight of all that live. It is good to praise God, and exalt his name, and honourably to shew forth the works of God; therefore be not slack to praise him.
|
||||
7| It is good to keep close the secret of a king, but it is honourable to reveal the works of God. Do that which is good, and no evil shall touch you.
|
||||
8| Prayer is good with fasting and alms and righteousness. A little with righteousness is better than much with unrighteousness. It is better to give alms than to lay up gold:
|
||||
9| For alms doth deliver from death, and shall purge away all sin. Those that exercise alms and righteousness shall be filled with life:
|
||||
10| But they that sin are enemies to their own life.
|
||||
11| Surely I will keep close nothing from you. For I said, It was good to keep close the secret of a king, but that it was honourable to reveal the works of God.
|
||||
12| Now therefore, when thou didst pray, and Sara thy daughter in law, I did bring the remembrance of your prayers before the Holy One: and when thou didst bury the dead, I was with thee likewise.
|
||||
13| And when thou didst not delay to rise up, and leave thy dinner, to go and cover the dead, thy good deed was not hid from me: but I was with thee.
|
||||
14| And now God hath sent me to heal thee and Sara thy daughter in law.
|
||||
15| I am Raphael, one of the seven holy angels, which present the prayers of the saints, and which go in and out before the glory of the Holy One.
|
||||
16| Then they were both troubled, and fell upon their faces: for they feared.
|
||||
17| But he said unto them, Fear not, for it shall go well with you; praise God therefore.
|
||||
18| For not of any favour of mine, but by the will of our God I came; wherefore praise him for ever.
|
||||
19| All these days I did appear unto you; but I did neither eat nor drink, but ye did see a vision.
|
||||
20| Now therefore give God thanks: for I go up to him that sent me; but write all things which are done in a book.
|
||||
21| And when they arose, they saw him no more.
|
||||
22| Then they confessed the great and wonderful works of God, and how the angel of the Lord had appeared unto them. 3
|
||||
|
||||
#13
|
||||
1| Then Tobit wrote a prayer of rejoicing, and said, Blessed be God that liveth for ever, and blessed be his kingdom.
|
||||
2| For he doth scourge, and hath mercy: he leadeth down to hell, and bringeth up again: neither is there any that can avoid his hand.
|
||||
3| Confess him before the Gentiles, ye children of Israel: for he hath scattered us among them.
|
||||
4| There declare his greatness, and extol him before all the living: for he is our Lord, and he is the God our Father for ever.
|
||||
5| And he will scourge us for our iniquities, and will have mercy again, and will gather us out of all nations, among whom he hath scattered us.
|
||||
6| If ye turn to him with your whole heart, and with your whole mind, and deal uprightly before him, then will he turn unto you, and will not hide his face from you. Therefore see what he will do with you, and confess him with your whole mouth, and praise the Lord of might, and extol the everlasting King. In the land of my captivity do I praise him, and declare his might and majesty to a sinful nation. O ye sinners, turn and do justice before him: who can tell if he will accept you, and have mercy on you?
|
||||
7| I will extol my God, and my soul shall praise the King of heaven, and shall rejoice in his greatness.
|
||||
8| Let all men speak, and let all praise him for his righteousness.
|
||||
9| O Jerusalem, the holy city, he will scourge thee for thy children’s works, and will have mercy again on the sons of the righteous.
|
||||
10| Give praise to the Lord, for he is good: and praise the everlasting King, that his tabernacle may be builded in thee again with joy, and let him make joyful there in thee those that are captives, and love in thee for ever those that are miserable.
|
||||
11| Many nations shall come from far to the name of the Lord God with gifts in their hands, even gifts to the King of heaven; all generations shall praise thee with great joy.
|
||||
12| Cursed are all they which hate thee, and blessed shall all be which love thee for ever.
|
||||
13| Rejoice and be glad for the children of the just: for they shall be gathered together, and shall bless the Lord of the just.
|
||||
14| O blessed are they which love thee, for they shall rejoice in thy peace: blessed are they which have been sorrowful for all thy scourges; for they shall rejoice for thee, when they have seen all thy glory, and shall be glad for ever.
|
||||
15| Let my soul bless God the great King.
|
||||
16| For Jerusalem shall be built up with sapphires and emeralds, and precious stone: thy walls and towers and battlements with pure gold.
|
||||
17| And the streets of Jerusalem shall be paved with beryl and carbuncle and stones of Ophir.
|
||||
18| And all her streets shall say, Alleluia; and they shall praise him, saying, Blessed be God, which hath extolled it for ever. 4
|
||||
|
||||
#14
|
||||
1| So Tobit made an end of praising God.
|
||||
2| And he was eight and fifty years old when he lost his sight, which was restored to him after eight years: and he gave alms, and he increased in the fear of the Lord God, and praised him.
|
||||
3| And when he was very aged he called his son, and the sons of his son, and said to him, My son, take thy children; for, behold, I am aged, and am ready to depart out of this life.
|
||||
4| Go into Media my son, for I surely believe those things which Jonas the prophet spake of Nineve, that it shall be overthrown; and that for a time peace shall rather be in Media; and that our brethren shall lie scattered in the earth from that good land: and Jerusalem shall be desolate, and the house of God in it shall be burned, and shall be desolate for a time;
|
||||
5| And that again God will have mercy on them, and bring them again into the land, where they shall build a temple, but not like to the first, until the time of that age be fulfilled; and afterward they shall return from all places of their captivity, and build up Jerusalem gloriously, and the house of God shall be built in it for ever with a glorious building, as the prophets have spoken thereof.
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6| And all nations shall turn, and fear the Lord God truly, and shall bury their idols.
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7| So shall all nations praise the Lord, and his people shall confess God, and the Lord shall exalt his people; and all those which love the Lord God in truth and justice shall rejoice, shewing mercy to our brethren.
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8| And now, my son, depart out of Nineve, because that those things which the prophet Jonas spake shall surely come to pass.
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9| But keep thou the law and the commandments, and shew thyself merciful and just, that it may go well with thee.
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10| And bury me decently, and thy mother with me; but tarry no longer at Nineve. Remember, my son, how Aman handled Achiacharus that brought him up, how out of light he brought him into darkness, and how he rewarded him again: yet Achiacharus was saved, but the other had his reward: for he went down into darkness. Manasses gave alms, and escaped the snares of death which they had set for him: but Aman fell into the snare, and perished.
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11| Wherefore now, my son, consider what alms doeth, and how righteousness doth deliver. When he had said these things, he gave up the ghost in the bed, being an hundred and eight and fifty years old; and he buried him honourably.
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12| And when Anna his mother was dead, he buried her with his father. But Tobias departed with his wife and children to Ecbatane to Raguel his father in law,
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13| Where he became old with honour, and he buried his father and mother in law honourably, and he inherited their substance, and his father Tobit’s.
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14| And he died at Ecbatane in Media, being an hundred and seven and twenty years old.
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15| But before he died he heard of the destruction of Nineve, which was taken by Nabuchodonosor and Assuerus: and before his death he rejoiced over Nineve.
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#1
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1| Love righteousness, ye that be judges of the earth: think of the Lord with a good (heart,) and in simplicity of heart seek him.
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2| For he will be found of them that tempt him not; and sheweth himself unto such as do not distrust him.
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3| For froward thoughts separate from God: and his power, when it is tried, reproveth the unwise.
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4| For into a malicious soul wisdom shall not enter; nor dwell in the body that is subject unto sin.
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5| For the holy spirit of discipline will flee deceit, and remove from thoughts that are without understanding, and will not abide when unrighteousness cometh in.
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6| For wisdom is a loving spirit; and will not acquit a blasphemer of his words: for God is witness of his reins, and a true beholder of his heart, and a hearer of his tongue.
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7| For the Spirit of the Lord filleth the world: and that which containeth all things hath knowledge of the voice.
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8| Therefore he that speaketh unrighteous things cannot be hid: neither shall vengeance, when it punisheth, pass by him.
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9| For inquisition shall be made into the counsels of the ungodly: and the sound of his words shall come unto the Lord for the manifestation of his wicked deeds.
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10| For the ear of jealousy heareth all things: and the noise of murmurings is not hid.
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11| Therefore beware of murmuring, which is unprofitable; and refrain your tongue from backbiting: for there is no word so secret, that shall go for nought: and the mouth that belieth slayeth the soul.
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12| Seek not death in the error of your life: and pull not upon yourselves destruction with the works of your hands.
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13| For God made not death: neither hath he pleasure in the destruction of the living.
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14| For he created all things, that they might have their being: and the generations of the world were healthful; and there is no poison of destruction in them, nor the kingdom of death upon the earth:
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15| (For righteousness is immortal:)
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16| But ungodly men with their works and words called it to them: for when they thought to have it their friend, they consumed to nought, and made a covenant with it, because they are worthy to take part with it.
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#2
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1| For the ungodly said, reasoning with themselves, but not aright, Our life is short and tedious, and in the death of a man there is no remedy: neither was there any man known to have returned from the grave.
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2| For we are born at all adventure: and we shall be hereafter as though we had never been: for the breath in our nostrils is as smoke, and a little spark in the moving of our heart:
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3| Which being extinguished, our body shall be turned into ashes, and our spirit shall vanish as the soft air,
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4| And our name shall be forgotten in time, and no man shall have our works in remembrance, and our life shall pass away as the trace of a cloud, and shall be dispersed as a mist, that is driven away with the beams of the sun, and overcome with the heat thereof.
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5| For our time is a very shadow that passeth away; and after our end there is no returning: for it is fast sealed, so that no man cometh again.
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6| Come on therefore, let us enjoy the good things that are present: and let us speedily use the creatures like as in youth.
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7| Let us fill ourselves with costly wine and ointments: and let no flower of the spring pass by us:
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8| Let us crown ourselves with rosebuds, before they be withered:
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9| Let none of us go without his part of our voluptuousness: let us leave tokens of our joyfulness in every place: for this is our portion, and our lot is this.
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10| Let us oppress the poor righteous man, let us not spare the widow, nor reverence the ancient gray hairs of the aged.
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11| Let our strength be the law of justice: for that which is feeble is found to be nothing worth.
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12| Therefore let us lie in wait for the righteous; because he is not for our turn, and he is clean contrary to our doings: he upbraideth us with our offending the law, and objecteth to our infamy the transgressings of our education.
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13| He professeth to have the knowledge of God: and he calleth himself the child of the Lord.
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14| He was made to reprove our thoughts.
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15| He is grievous unto us even to behold: for his life is not like other men’s, his ways are of another fashion.
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16| We are esteemed of him as counterfeits: he abstaineth from our ways as from filthiness: he pronounceth the end of the just to be blessed, and maketh his boast that God is his father.
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17| Let us see if his words be true: and let us prove what shall happen in the end of him.
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18| For if the just man be the son of God, he will help him, and deliver him from the hand of his enemies.
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19| Let us examine him with despitefulness and torture, that we may know his meekness, and prove his patience.
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20| Let us condemn him with a shameful death: for by his own saying he shall be respected.
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21| Such things they did imagine, and were deceived: for their own wickedness hath blinded them.
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22| As for the mysteries of God, they knew them not: neither hoped they for the wages of righteousness, nor discerned a reward for blameless souls.
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23| For God created man to be immortal, and made him to be an image of his own eternity.
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24| Nevertheless through envy of the devil came death into the world: and they that do hold of his side do find it.
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#3
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1| But the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and there shall no torment touch them.
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2| In the sight of the unwise they seemed to die: and their departure is taken for misery,
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3| And their going from us to be utter destruction: but they are in peace.
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4| For though they be punished in the sight of men, yet is their hope full of immortality.
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5| And having been a little chastised, they shall be greatly rewarded: for God proved them, and found them worthy for himself.
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6| As gold in the furnace hath he tried them, and received them as a burnt offering.
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7| And in the time of their visitation they shall shine, and run to and fro like sparks among the stubble.
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8| They shall judge the nations, and have dominion over the people, and their Lord shall reign for ever.
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9| They that put their trust in him shall understand the truth: and such as be faithful in love shall abide with him: for grace and mercy is to his saints, and he hath care for his elect.
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10| But the ungodly shall be punished according to their own imaginations, which have neglected the righteous, and forsaken the Lord.
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11| For whoso despiseth wisdom and nurture, he is miserable, and their hope is vain, their labours unfruitful, and their works unprofitable:
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12| Their wives are foolish, and their children wicked:
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13| Their offspring is cursed. Wherefore blessed is the barren that is undefiled, which hath not known the sinful bed: she shall have fruit in the visitation of souls.
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14| And blessed is the eunuch, which with his hands hath wrought no iniquity, nor imagined wicked things against God: for unto him shall be given the special gift of faith, and an inheritance in the temple of the Lord more acceptable to his mind.
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15| For glorious is the fruit of good labours: and the root of wisdom shall never fall away.
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16| As for the children of adulterers, they shall not come to their perfection, and the seed of an unrighteous bed shall be rooted out.
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17| For though they live long, yet shall they be nothing regarded: and their last age shall be without honour.
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18| Or, if they die quickly, they have no hope, neither comfort in the day of trial.
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19| For horrible is the end of the unrighteous generation.
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#4
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1| Better it is to have no children, and to have virtue: for the memorial thereof is immortal: because it is known with God, and with men.
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2| When it is present, men take example at it; and when it is gone, they desire it: it weareth a crown, and triumpheth for ever, having gotten the victory, striving for undefiled rewards.
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3| But the multiplying brood of the ungodly shall not thrive, nor take deep rooting from bastard slips, nor lay any fast foundation.
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4| For though they flourish in branches for a time; yet standing not last, they shall be shaken with the wind, and through the force of winds they shall be rooted out.
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5| The imperfect branches shall be broken off, their fruit unprofitable, not ripe to eat, yea, meet for nothing.
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6| For children begotten of unlawful beds are witnesses of wickedness against their parents in their trial.
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7| But though the righteous be prevented with death, yet shall he be in rest.
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8| For honourable age is not that which standeth in length of time, nor that is measured by number of years.
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9| But wisdom is the gray hair unto men, and an unspotted life is old age.
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10| He pleased God, and was beloved of him: so that living among sinners he was translated.
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11| Yea speedily was he taken away, lest that wickedness should alter his understanding, or deceit beguile his soul.
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12| For the bewitching of naughtiness doth obscure things that are honest; and the wandering of concupiscence doth undermine the simple mind.
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13| He, being made perfect in a short time, fulfilled a long time:
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14| For his soul pleased the Lord: therefore hasted he to take him away from among the wicked.
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15| This the people saw, and understood it not, neither laid they up this in their minds, That his grace and mercy is with his saints, and that he hath respect unto his chosen.
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16| Thus the righteous that is dead shall condemn the ungodly which are living; and youth that is soon perfected the many years and old age of the unrighteous.
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17| For they shall see the end of the wise, and shall not understand what God in his counsel hath decreed of him, and to what end the Lord hath set him in safety.
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18| They shall see him, and despise him; but God shall laugh them to scorn: and they shall hereafter be a vile carcase, and a reproach among the dead for evermore.
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19| For he shall rend them, and cast them down headlong, that they shall be speechless; and he shall shake them from the foundation; and they shall be utterly laid waste, and be in sorrow; and their memorial shall perish.
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20| And when they cast up the accounts of their sins, they shall come with fear: and their own iniquities shall convince them to their face.
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#5
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1| Then shall the righteous man stand in great boldness before the face of such as have afflicted him, and made no account of his labours.
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2| When they see it, they shall be troubled with terrible fear, and shall be amazed at the strangeness of his salvation, so far beyond all that they looked for.
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3| And they repenting and groaning for anguish of spirit shall say within themselves, This was he, whom we had sometimes in derision, and a proverb of reproach:
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4| We fools accounted his life madness, and his end to be without honour:
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5| How is he numbered among the children of God, and his lot is among the saints!
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6| Therefore have we erred from the way of truth, and the light of righteousness hath not shined unto us, and the sun of righteousness rose not upon us.
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7| We wearied ourselves in the way of wickedness and destruction: yea, we have gone through deserts, where there lay no way: but as for the way of the Lord, we have not known it.
|
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8| What hath pride profited us? or what good hath riches with our vaunting brought us?
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9| All those things are passed away like a shadow, and as a post that hasted by;
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10| And as a ship that passeth over the waves of the water, which when it is gone by, the trace thereof cannot be found, neither the pathway of the keel in the waves;
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11| Or as when a bird hath flown through the air, there is no token of her way to be found, but the light air being beaten with the stroke of her wings and parted with the violent noise and motion of them, is passed through, and therein afterwards no sign where she went is to be found;
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12| Or like as when an arrow is shot at a mark, it parteth the air, which immediately cometh together again, so that a man cannot know where it went through:
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13| Even so we in like manner, as soon as we were born, began to draw to our end, and had no sign of virtue to shew; but were consumed in our own wickedness.
|
||||
14| For the hope of the ungodly is like dust that is blown away with the wind; like a thin froth that is driven away with the storm; like as the smoke which is dispersed here and there with a tempest, and passeth away as the remembrance of a guest that tarrieth but a day.
|
||||
15| But the righteous live for evermore; their reward also is with the Lord, and the care of them is with the most High.
|
||||
16| Therefore shall they receive a glorious kingdom, and a beautiful crown from the Lord’s hand: for with his right hand shall he cover them, and with his arm shall he protect them.
|
||||
17| He shall take to him his jealousy for complete armour, and make the creature his weapon for the revenge of his enemies.
|
||||
18| He shall put on righteousness as a breastplate, and true judgment instead of an helmet.
|
||||
19| He shall take holiness for an invincible shield.
|
||||
20| His severe wrath shall he sharpen for a sword, and the world shall fight with him against the unwise.
|
||||
21| Then shall the right aiming thunderbolts go abroad; and from the clouds, as from a well drawn bow, shall they fly to the mark.
|
||||
22| And hailstones full of wrath shall be cast as out of a stone bow, and the water of the sea shall rage against them, and the floods shall cruelly drown them.
|
||||
23| Yea, a mighty wind shall stand up against them, and like a storm shall blow them away: thus iniquity shall lay waste the whole earth, and ill dealing shall overthrow the thrones of the mighty.
|
||||
|
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#6
|
||||
1| Hear therefore, O ye kings, and understand; learn, ye that be judges of the ends of the earth.
|
||||
2| Give ear, ye that rule the people, and glory in the multitude of nations.
|
||||
3| For power is given you of the Lord, and sovereignty from the Highest, who shall try your works, and search out your counsels.
|
||||
4| Because, being ministers of his kingdom, ye have not judged aright, nor kept the law, nor walked after the counsel of God;
|
||||
5| Horribly and speedily shall he come upon you: for a sharp judgment shall be to them that be in high places.
|
||||
6| For mercy will soon pardon the meanest: but mighty men shall be mightily tormented.
|
||||
7| For he which is Lord over all shall fear no man’s person, neither shall he stand in awe of any man’s greatness: for he hath made the small and great, and careth for all alike.
|
||||
8| But a sore trial shall come upon the mighty.
|
||||
9| Unto you therefore, O kings, do I speak, that ye may learn wisdom, and not fall away.
|
||||
10| For they that keep holiness holily shall be judged holy: and they that have learned such things shall find what to answer.
|
||||
11| Wherefore set your affection upon my words; desire them, and ye shall be instructed.
|
||||
12| Wisdom is glorious, and never fadeth away: yea, she is easily seen of them that love her, and found of such as seek her.
|
||||
13| She preventeth them that desire her, in making herself first known unto them.
|
||||
14| Whoso seeketh her early shall have no great travail: for he shall find her sitting at his doors.
|
||||
15| To think therefore upon her is perfection of wisdom: and whoso watcheth for her shall quickly be without care.
|
||||
16| For she goeth about seeking such as are worthy of her, sheweth herself favourably unto them in the ways, and meeteth them in every thought.
|
||||
17| For the very true beginning of her is the desire of discipline; and the care of discipline is love;
|
||||
18| And love is the keeping of her laws; and the giving heed unto her laws is the assurance of incorruption;
|
||||
19| And incorruption maketh us near unto God:
|
||||
20| Therefore the desire of wisdom bringeth to a kingdom.
|
||||
21| If your delight be then in thrones and sceptres, O ye kings of the people, honour wisdom, that ye may reign for evermore.
|
||||
22| As for wisdom, what she is, and how she came up, I will tell you, and will not hide mysteries from you: but will seek her out from the beginning of her nativity, and bring the knowledge of her into light, and will not pass over the truth.
|
||||
23| Neither will I go with consuming envy; for such a man shall have no fellowship with wisdom.
|
||||
24| But the multitude of the wise is the welfare of the world: and a wise king is the upholding of the people.
|
||||
25| Receive therefore instruction through my words, and it shall do you good.
|
||||
|
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#7
|
||||
1| I myself also am a mortal man, like to all, and the offspring of him that was first made of the earth,
|
||||
2| And in my mother’s womb was fashioned to be flesh in the time of ten months, being compacted in blood, of the seed of man, and the pleasure that came with sleep.
|
||||
3| And when I was born, I drew in the common air, and fell upon the earth, which is of like nature, and the first voice which I uttered was crying, as all others do.
|
||||
4| I was nursed in swaddling clothes, and that with cares.
|
||||
5| For there is no king that had any other beginning of birth.
|
||||
6| For all men have one entrance into life, and the like going out.
|
||||
7| Wherefore I prayed, and understanding was given me: I called upon God, and the spirit of wisdom came to me.
|
||||
8| I preferred her before sceptres and thrones, and esteemed riches nothing in comparison of her.
|
||||
9| Neither compared I unto her any precious stone, because all gold in respect of her is as a little sand, and silver shall be counted as clay before her.
|
||||
10| I loved her above health and beauty, and chose to have her instead of light: for the light that cometh from her never goeth out.
|
||||
11| All good things together came to me with her, and innumerable riches in her hands.
|
||||
12| And I rejoiced in them all, because wisdom goeth before them: and I knew not that she was the mother of them.
|
||||
13| I learned diligently, and do communicate her liberally: I do not hide her riches.
|
||||
14| For she is a treasure unto men that never faileth: which they that use become the friends of God, being commended for the gifts that come from learning.
|
||||
15| God hath granted me to speak as I would, and to conceive as is meet for the things that are given me: because it is he that leadeth unto wisdom, and directeth the wise.
|
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16| For in his hand are both we and our words; all wisdom also, and knowledge of workmanship.
|
||||
17| For he hath given me certain knowledge of the things that are, namely, to know how the world was made, and the operation of the elements:
|
||||
18| The beginning, ending, and midst of the times: the alterations of the turning of the sun, and the change of seasons:
|
||||
19| The circuits of years, and the positions of stars:
|
||||
20| The natures of living creatures, and the furies of wild beasts: the violence of winds, and the reasonings of men: the diversities of plants and the virtues of roots:
|
||||
21| And all such things as are either secret or manifest, them I know.
|
||||
22| For wisdom, which is the worker of all things, taught me: for in her is an understanding spirit holy, one only, manifold, subtil, lively, clear, undefiled, plain, not subject to hurt, loving the thing that is good quick, which cannot be letted, ready to do good,
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23| Kind to man, steadfast, sure, free from care, having all power, overseeing all things, and going through all understanding, pure, and most subtil, spirits.
|
||||
24| For wisdom is more moving than any motion: she passeth and goeth through all things by reason of her pureness.
|
||||
25| For she is the breath of the power of God, and a pure influence flowing from the glory of the Almighty: therefore can no defiled thing fall into her.
|
||||
26| For she is the brightness of the everlasting light, the unspotted mirror of the power of God, and the image of his goodness.
|
||||
27| And being but one, she can do all things: and remaining in herself, she maketh all things new: and in all ages entering into holy souls, she maketh them friends of God, and prophets.
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28| For God loveth none but him that dwelleth with wisdom.
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||||
29| For she is more beautiful than the sun, and above all the order of stars: being compared with the light, she is found before it.
|
||||
30| For after this cometh night: but vice shall not prevail against wisdom.
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|
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#8
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1| <i>Wisdom</i> reacheth from one end to another mightily: and sweetly doth she order all things.
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2| I loved her, and sought her out from my youth, I desired to make her my spouse, and I was a lover of her beauty.
|
||||
3| In that she is conversant with God, she magnifieth her nobility: yea, the Lord of all things himself loved her.
|
||||
4| For she is privy to the mysteries of the knowledge of God, and a lover of his works.
|
||||
5| If riches be a possession to be desired in this life; what is richer than wisdom, that worketh all things?
|
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6| And if prudence work; who of all that are is a more cunning workman than she?
|
||||
7| And if a man love righteousness her labours are virtues: for she teacheth temperance and prudence, justice and fortitude: which are such things, as men can have nothing more profitable in their life.
|
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8| If a man desire much experience, she knoweth things of old, and conjectureth aright what is to come: she knoweth the subtilties of speeches, and can expound dark sentences: she foreseeth signs and wonders, and the events of seasons and times.
|
||||
9| Therefore I purposed to take her to me to live with me, knowing that she would be a counsellor of good things, and a comfort in cares and grief.
|
||||
10| For her sake I shall have estimation among the multitude, and honour with the elders, though I be young.
|
||||
11| I shall be found of a quick conceit in judgment, and shall be admired in the sight of great men.
|
||||
12| When I hold my tongue, they shall bide my leisure, and when I speak, they shall give good ear unto me: if I talk much, they shall lay their hands upon their mouth.
|
||||
13| Moreover by the means of her I shall obtain immortality, and leave behind me an everlasting memorial to them that come after me.
|
||||
14| I shall set the people in order, and the nations shall be subject unto me.
|
||||
15| Horrible tyrants shall be afraid, when they do but hear of me; I shall be found good among the multitude, and valiant in war.
|
||||
16| After I am come into mine house, I will repose myself with her: for her conversation hath no bitterness; and to live with her hath no sorrow, but mirth and joy.
|
||||
17| Now when I considered these things in myself, and pondered them in my heart, how that to be allied unto wisdom is immortality;
|
||||
18| And great pleasure it is to have her friendship; and in the works of her hands are infinite riches; and in the exercise of conference with her, prudence; and in talking with her, a good report; I went about seeking how to take her to me.
|
||||
19| For I was a witty child, and had a good spirit.
|
||||
20| Yea rather, being good, I came into a body undefiled.
|
||||
21| Nevertheless, when I perceived that I could not otherwise obtain her, except God gave her me; and that was a point of wisdom also to know whose gift she was; I prayed unto the Lord, and besought him, and with my whole heart I said,
|
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|
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#9
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||||
1| O God of my fathers, and Lord of mercy, who hast made all things with thy word,
|
||||
2| And ordained man through thy wisdom, that he should have dominion over the creatures which thou hast made,
|
||||
3| And order the world according to equity and righteousness, and execute judgment with an upright heart:
|
||||
4| Give me wisdom, that sitteth by thy throne; and reject me not from among thy children:
|
||||
5| For I thy servant and son of thine handmaid am a feeble person, and of a short time, and too young for the understanding of judgment and laws.
|
||||
6| For though a man be never so perfect among the children of men, yet if thy wisdom be not with him, he shall be nothing regarded.
|
||||
7| Thou hast chosen me to be a king of thy people, and a judge of thy sons and daughters:
|
||||
8| Thou hast commanded me to build a temple upon thy holy mount, and an altar in the city wherein thou dwellest, a resemblance of the holy tabernacle, which thou hast prepared from the beginning.
|
||||
9| And wisdom was with thee: which knoweth thy works, and was present when thou madest the world, and knew what was acceptable in thy sight, and right in thy commandments.
|
||||
10| O send her out of thy holy heavens, and from the throne of thy glory, that being present she may labour with me, that I may know what is pleasing unto thee.
|
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11| For she knoweth and understandeth all things, and she shall lead me soberly in my doings, and preserve me in her power.
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12| So shall my works be acceptable, and then shall I judge thy people righteously, and be worthy to sit in my father’s seat.
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13| For what man is he that can know the counsel of God? or who can think what the will of the Lord is?
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14| For the thoughts of mortal men are miserable, and our devices are but uncertain.
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15| For the corruptible body presseth down the soul, and the earthy tabernacle weigheth down the mind that museth upon many things.
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16| And hardly do we guess aright at things that are upon earth, and with labour do we find the things that are before us: but the things that are in heaven who hath searched out?
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17| And thy counsel who hath known, except thou give wisdom, and send thy Holy Spirit from above?
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18| For so the ways of them which lived on the earth were reformed, and men were taught the things that are pleasing unto thee, and were saved through wisdom. 0
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#10
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1| She preserved the first formed father of the world, that was created alone, and brought him out of his fall,
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2| And gave him power to rule all things.
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3| But when the unrighteous went away from her in his anger, he perished also in the fury wherewith he murdered his brother.
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4| For whose cause the earth being drowned with the flood, wisdom again preserved it, and directed the course of the righteous in a piece of wood of small value.
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5| Moreover, the nations in their wicked conspiracy being confounded, she found out the righteous, and preserved him blameless unto God, and kept him strong against his tender compassion toward his son.
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6| When the ungodly perished, she delivered the righteous man, who fled from the fire which fell down upon the five cities.
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7| Of whose wickedness even to this day the waste land that smoketh is a testimony, and plants bearing fruit that never come to ripeness: and a standing pillar of salt is a monument of an unbelieving soul.
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8| For regarding not wisdom, they gat not only this hurt, that they knew not the things which were good; but also left behind them to the world a memorial of their foolishness: so that in the things wherein they offended they could not so much as be hid.
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9| Rut wisdom delivered from pain those that attended upon her.
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10| When the righteous fled from his brother’s wrath she guided him in right paths, shewed him the kingdom of God, and gave him knowledge of holy things, made him rich in his travels, and multiplied the fruit of his labours.
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11| In the covetousness of such as oppressed him she stood by him, and made him rich.
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12| She defended him from his enemies, and kept him safe from those that lay in wait, and in a sore conflict she gave him the victory; that he might know that goodness is stronger than all.
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13| When the righteous was sold, she forsook him not, but delivered him from sin: she went down with him into the pit,
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14| And left him not in bonds, till she brought him the sceptre of the kingdom, and power against those that oppressed him: as for them that had accused him, she shewed them to be liars, and gave him perpetual glory.
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15| She delivered the righteous people and blameless seed from the nation that oppressed them.
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16| She entered into the soul of the servant of the Lord, and withstood dreadful kings in wonders and signs;
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17| Rendered to the righteous a reward of their labours, guided them in a marvellous way, and was unto them for a cover by day, and a light of stars in the night season;
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18| Brought them through the Red sea, and led them through much water:
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19| But she drowned their enemies, and cast them up out of the bottom of the deep.
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20| Therefore the righteous spoiled the ungodly, and praised thy holy name, O Lord, and magnified with one accord thine hand, that fought for them.
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21| For wisdom opened the mouth of the dumb, and made the tongues of them that cannot speak eloquent. 1
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#11
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1| She prospered their works in the hand of the holy prophet.
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2| They went through the wilderness that was not inhabited, and pitched tents in places where there lay no way.
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3| They stood against their enemies, and were avenged of their adversaries.
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4| When they were thirsty, they called upon thee, and water was given them out of the flinty rock, and their thirst was quenched out of the hard stone.
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5| For by what things their enemies were punished, by the same they in their need were benefited.
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6| For instead of a fountain of a perpetual running river troubled with foul blood,
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7| For a manifest reproof of that commandment, whereby the infants were slain, thou gavest unto them abundance of water by a means which they hoped not for:
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8| Declaring by that thirst then how thou hadst punished their adversaries.
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9| For when they were tried albeit but in mercy chastised, they knew how the ungodly were judged in wrath and tormented, thirsting in another manner than the just.
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10| For these thou didst admonish and try, as a father: but the other, as a severe king, thou didst condemn and punish.
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11| Whether they were absent or present, they were vexed alike.
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12| For a double grief came upon them, and a groaning for the remembrance of things past.
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13| For when they heard by their own punishments the other to be benefited, they had some feeling of the Lord.
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14| For whom they respected with scorn, when he was long before thrown out at the casting forth of the infants, him in the end, when they saw what came to pass, they admired.
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15| But for the foolish devices of their wickedness, wherewith being deceived they worshipped serpents void of reason, and vile beasts, thou didst send a multitude of unreasonable beasts upon them for vengeance;
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16| That they might know, that wherewithal a man sinneth, by the same also shall he be punished.
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17| For thy Almighty hand, that made the world of matter without form, wanted not means to send among them a multitude of bears or fierce lions,
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18| Or unknown wild beasts, full of rage, newly created, breathing out either a fiery vapour, or filthy scents of scattered smoke, or shooting horrible sparkles out of their eyes:
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19| Whereof not only the harm might dispatch them at once, but also the terrible sight utterly destroy them.
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20| Yea, and without these might they have fallen down with one blast, being persecuted of vengeance, and scattered abroad through the breath of thy power: but thou hast ordered all things in measure and number and weight.
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21| For thou canst shew thy great strength at all times when thou wilt; and who may withstand the power of thine arm?
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22| For the whole world before thee is as a little grain of the balance, yea, as a drop of the morning dew that falleth down upon the earth.
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23| But thou hast mercy upon all; for thou canst do all things, and winkest at the sins of men, because they should amend.
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24| For thou lovest all the things that are, and abhorrest nothing which thou hast made: for never wouldest thou have made any thing, if thou hadst hated it.
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25| And how could any thing have endured, if it had not been thy will? or been preserved, if not called by thee?
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26| But thou sparest all: for they are thine, O Lord, thou lover of souls. 2
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#12
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1| For thine incorruptible Spirit is in all things.
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2| Therefore chastenest thou them by little and little that offend, and warnest them by putting them in remembrance wherein they have offended, that leaving their wickedness they may believe on thee, O Lord.
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3| For it was thy will to destroy by the hands of our fathers both those old inhabitants of thy holy land,
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4| Whom thou hatedst for doing most odious works of witchcrafts, and wicked sacrifices;
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5| And also those merciless murderers of children, and devourers of man’s flesh, and the feasts of blood,
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6| With their priests out of the midst of their idolatrous crew, and the parents, that killed with their own hands souls destitute of help:
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7| That the land, which thou esteemedst above all other, might receive a worthy colony of God’s children.
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8| Nevertheless even those thou sparedst as men, and didst send wasps, forerunners of thine host, to destroy them by little and little.
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9| Not that thou wast unable to bring the ungodly under the hand of the righteous in battle, or to destroy them at once with cruel beasts, or with one rough word:
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10| But executing thy judgments upon them by little and little, thou gavest them place of repentance, not being ignorant that they were a naughty generation, and that their malice was bred in them, and that their cogitation would never be changed.
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11| For it was a cursed seed from the beginning; neither didst thou for fear of any man give them pardon for those things wherein they sinned.
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12| For who shall say, What hast thou done? or who shall withstand thy judgment? or who shall accuse thee for the nations that perish, whom thou made? or who shall come to stand against thee, to be revenged for the unrighteous men?
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13| For neither is there any God but thou that careth for all, to whom thou mightest shew that thy judgment is not unright.
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14| Neither shall king or tyrant be able to set his face against thee for any whom thou hast punished.
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15| Forsomuch then as thou art righteous thyself, thou orderest all things righteously: thinking it not agreeable with thy power to condemn him that hath not deserved to be punished.
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16| For thy power is the beginning of righteousness, and because thou art the Lord of all, it maketh thee to be gracious unto all.
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17| For when men will not believe that thou art of a full power, thou shewest thy strength, and among them that know it thou makest their boldness manifest.
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18| But thou, mastering thy power, judgest with equity, and orderest us with great favour: for thou mayest use power when thou wilt.
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19| But by such works hast thou taught thy people that the just man should be merciful, and hast made thy children to be of a good hope that thou givest repentance for sins.
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20| For if thou didst punish the enemies of thy children, and the condemned to death, with such deliberation, giving them time and place, whereby they might be delivered from their malice:
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21| With how great circumspection didst thou judge thine own sons, unto whose fathers thou hast sworn, and made covenants of good promises?
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22| Therefore, whereas thou dost chasten us, thou scourgest our enemies a thousand times more, to the intent that, when we judge, we should carefully think of thy goodness, and when we ourselves are judged, we should look for mercy.
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23| Wherefore, whereas men have lived dissolutely and unrighteously, thou hast tormented them with their own abominations.
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24| For they went astray very far in the ways of error, and held them for gods, which even among the beasts of their enemies were despised, being deceived, as children of no understanding.
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25| Therefore unto them, as to children without the use of reason, thou didst send a judgment to mock them.
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26| But they that would not be reformed by that correction, wherein he dallied with them, shall feel a judgment worthy of God.
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27| For, look, for what things they grudged, when they were punished, that is, for them whom they thought to be gods; <i>now</i> being punished in them, when they saw it, they acknowledged him to be the true God, whom before they denied to know: and therefore came extreme damnation upon them. 3
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#13
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1| Surely vain are all men by nature, who are ignorant of God, and could not out of the good things that are seen know him that is: neither by considering the works did they acknowledge the workmaster;
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2| But deemed either fire, or wind, or the swift air, or the circle of the stars, or the violent water, or the lights of heaven, to be the gods which govern the world.
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3| With whose beauty if they being delighted took them to be gods; let them know how much better the Lord of them is: for the first author of beauty hath created them.
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4| But if they were astonished at their power and virtue, let them understand by them, how much mightier he is that made them.
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5| For by the greatness and beauty of the creatures proportionably the maker of them is seen.
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6| But yet for this they are the less to be blamed: for they peradventure err, seeking God, and desirous to find him.
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7| For being conversant in his works they search him diligently, and believe their sight: because the things are beautiful that are seen.
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8| Howbeit neither are they to be pardoned.
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||||
9| For if they were able to know so much, that they could aim at the world; how did they not sooner find out the Lord thereof?
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10| But miserable are they, and in dead things is their hope, who call them gods, which are the works of men’s hands, gold and silver, to shew art in, and resemblances of beasts, or a stone good for nothing, the work of an ancient hand.
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11| Now a carpenter that felleth timber, after he hath sawn down a tree meet for the purpose, and taken off all the bark skilfully round about, and hath wrought it handsomely, and made a vessel thereof fit for the service of man’s life;
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12| And after spending the refuse of his work to dress his meat, hath filled himself;
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13| And taking the very refuse among those which served to no use, being a crooked piece of wood, and full of knots, hath carved it diligently, when he had nothing else to do, and formed it by the skill of his understanding, and fashioned it to the image of a man;
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14| Or made it like some vile beast, laying it over with vermilion, and with paint colouring it red, and covering every spot therein;
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15| And when he had made a convenient room for it, set it in a wall, and made it fast with iron:
|
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16| For he provided for it that it might not fall, knowing that it was unable to help itself; for it is an image, and hath need of help:
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17| Then maketh he prayer for his goods, for his wife and children, and is not ashamed to speak to that which hath no life.
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18| For health he calleth upon that which is weak: for life prayeth to that which is dead; for aid humbly beseecheth that which hath least means to help: and for a good journey he asketh of that which cannot set a foot forward:
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19| And for gaining and getting, and for good success of his hands, asketh ability to do of him, that is most unable to do any thing. 4
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#14
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1| Again, one preparing himself to sail, and about to pass through the raging waves, calleth upon a piece of wood more rotten than the vessel that carrieth him.
|
||||
2| For verily desire of gain devised that, and the workman built it by his skill.
|
||||
3| But thy providence, O Father, governeth it: for thou hast made a way in the sea, and a safe path in the waves;
|
||||
4| Shewing that thou canst save from all danger: yea, though a man went to sea without art.
|
||||
5| Nevertheless thou wouldest not that the works of thy wisdom should be idle, and therefore do men commit their lives to a small piece of wood, and passing the rough sea in a weak vessel are saved.
|
||||
6| For in the old time also, when the proud giants perished, the hope of the world governed by thy hand escaped in a weak vessel, and left to all ages a seed of generation.
|
||||
7| For blessed is the wood whereby righteousness cometh.
|
||||
8| But that which is made with hands is cursed, as well it, as he that made it: he, because he made it; and it, because, being corruptible, it was called god.
|
||||
9| For the ungodly and his ungodliness are both alike hateful unto God.
|
||||
10| For that which is made shall be punished together with him that made it.
|
||||
11| Therefore even upon the idols of the Gentiles shall there be a visitation: because in the creature of God they are become an abomination, and stumblingblocks to the souls of men, and a snare to the feet of the unwise.
|
||||
12| For the devising of idols was the beginning of spiritual fornication, and the invention of them the corruption of life.
|
||||
13| For neither were they from the beginning, neither shall they be for ever.
|
||||
14| For by the vain glory of men they entered into the world, and therefore shall they come shortly to an end.
|
||||
15| For a father afflicted with untimely mourning, when he hath made an image of his child soon taken away, now honoured him as a god, which was then a dead man, and delivered to those that were under him ceremonies and sacrifices.
|
||||
16| Thus in process of time an ungodly custom grown strong was kept as a law, and graven images were worshipped by the commandments of kings.
|
||||
17| Whom men could not honour in presence, because they dwelt far off, they took the counterfeit of his visage from far, and made an express image of a king whom they honoured, to the end that by this their forwardness they might flatter him that was absent, as if he were present.
|
||||
18| Also the singular diligence of the artificer did help to set forward the ignorant to more superstition.
|
||||
19| For he, peradventure willing to please one in authority, forced all his skill to make the resemblance of the best fashion.
|
||||
20| And so the multitude, allured by the grace of the work, took him now for a god, which a little before was but honoured.
|
||||
21| And this was an occasion to deceive the world: for men, serving either calamity or tyranny, did ascribe unto stones and stocks the incommunicable name.
|
||||
22| Moreover this was not enough for them, that they erred in the knowledge of God; but whereas they lived in the great war of ignorance, those so great plagues called they peace.
|
||||
23| For whilst they slew their children in sacrifices, or used secret ceremonies, or made revellings of strange rites;
|
||||
24| They kept neither lives nor marriages any longer undefiled: but either one slew another traitorously, or grieved him by adultery.
|
||||
25| So that there reigned in all men without exception blood, manslaughter, theft, and dissimulation, corruption, unfaithfulness, tumults, perjury,
|
||||
26| Disquieting of good men, forgetfulness of good turns, defiling of souls, changing of kind, disorder in marriages, adultery, and shameless uncleanness.
|
||||
27| For the worshipping of idols not to be named is the beginning, the cause, and the end, of all evil.
|
||||
28| For either they are mad when they be merry, or prophesy lies, or live unjustly, or else lightly forswear themselves.
|
||||
29| For insomuch as their trust is in idols, which have no life; though they swear falsely, yet they look not to be hurt.
|
||||
30| Howbeit for both causes shall they be justly punished: both because they thought not well of God, giving heed unto idols, and also unjustly swore in deceit, despising holiness.
|
||||
31| For it is not the power of them by whom they swear: but it is the just vengeance of sinners, that punisheth always the offence of the ungodly. 5
|
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|
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#15
|
||||
1| But thou, O God, art gracious and true, longsuffering, and in mercy ordering all things,
|
||||
2| For if we sin, we are thine, knowing thy power: but we will not sin, knowing that we are counted thine.
|
||||
3| For to know thee is perfect righteousness: yea, to know thy power is the root of immortality.
|
||||
4| For neither did the mischievous invention of men deceive us, nor an image spotted with divers colours, the painter’s fruitless labour;
|
||||
5| The sight whereof enticeth fools to lust after it, and so they desire the form of a dead image, that hath no breath.
|
||||
6| Both they that make them, they that desire them, and they that worship them, are lovers of evil things, and are worthy to have such things to trust upon.
|
||||
7| For the potter, tempering soft earth, fashioneth every vessel with much labour for our service: yea, of the same clay he maketh both the vessels that serve for clean uses, and likewise also all such as serve to the contrary: but what is the use of either sort, the potter himself is the judge.
|
||||
8| And employing his labours lewdly, he maketh a vain god of the same clay, even he which a little before was made of earth himself, and within a little while after returneth to the same, out when his life which was lent him shall be demanded.
|
||||
9| Notwithstanding his care is, not that he shall have much labour, nor that his life is short: but striveth to excel goldsmiths and silversmiths, and endeavoureth to do like the workers in brass, and counteth it his glory to make counterfeit things.
|
||||
10| His heart is ashes, his hope is more vile than earth, and his life of less value than clay:
|
||||
11| Forasmuch as he knew not his Maker, and him that inspired into him an active soul, and breathed in a living spirit.
|
||||
12| But they counted our life a pastime, and our time here a market for gain: for, say they, we must be getting every way, though it be by evil means.
|
||||
13| For this man, that of earthly matter maketh brittle vessels and graven images, knoweth himself to offend above all others.
|
||||
14| And all the enemies of thy people, that hold them in subjection, are most foolish, and are more miserable than very babes.
|
||||
15| For they counted all the idols of the heathen to be gods: which neither have the use of eyes to see, nor noses to draw breath, nor ears to hear, nor fingers of hands to handle; and as for their feet, they are slow to go.
|
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16| For man made them, and he that borrowed his own spirit fashioned them: but no man can make a god like unto himself.
|
||||
17| For being mortal, he worketh a dead thing with wicked hands: for he himself is better than the things which he worshippeth: whereas he lived once, but they never.
|
||||
18| Yea, they worshipped those beasts also that are most hateful: for being compared together, some are worse than others.
|
||||
19| Neither are they beautiful, so much as to be desired in respect of beasts: but they went without the praise of God and his blessing. 6
|
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|
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#16
|
||||
1| Therefore by the like were they punished worthily, and by the multitude of beasts tormented.
|
||||
2| Instead of which punishment, dealing graciously with thine own people, thou preparedst for them meat of a strange taste, even quails to stir up their appetite:
|
||||
3| To the end that they, desiring food, might for the ugly sight of the beasts sent among them lothe even that, which they must needs desire; but these, suffering penury for a short space, might be made partakers of a strange taste.
|
||||
4| For it was requisite, that upon them exercising tyranny should come penury, which they could not avoid: but to these it should only be shewed how their enemies were tormented.
|
||||
5| For when the horrible fierceness of beasts came upon these, and they perished with the stings of crooked serpents, thy wrath endured not for ever:
|
||||
6| But they were troubled for a small season, that they might be admonished, having a sign of salvation, to put them in remembrance of the commandment of thy law.
|
||||
7| For he that turned himself toward it was not saved by the thing that he saw, but by thee, that art the Saviour of all.
|
||||
8| And in this thou madest thine enemies confess, that it is thou who deliverest from all evil:
|
||||
9| For them the bitings of grasshoppers and flies killed, neither was there found any remedy for their life: for they were worthy to be punished by such.
|
||||
10| But thy sons not the very teeth of venomous dragons overcame: for thy mercy was ever by them, and healed them.
|
||||
11| For they were pricked, that they should remember thy words; and were quickly saved, that not falling into deep forgetfulness, they might be continually mindful of thy goodness.
|
||||
12| For it was neither herb, nor mollifying plaister, that restored them to health: but thy word, O Lord, which healeth all things.
|
||||
13| For thou hast power of life and death: thou leadest to the gates of hell, and bringest up again.
|
||||
14| A man indeed killeth through his malice: and the spirit, when it is gone forth, returneth not; neither the soul received up cometh again.
|
||||
15| But it is not possible to escape thine hand.
|
||||
16| For the ungodly, that denied to know thee, were scourged by the strength of thine arm: with strange rains, hails, and showers, were they persecuted, that they could not avoid, and through fire were they consumed.
|
||||
17| For, which is most to be wondered at, the fire had more force in the water, that quencheth all things: for the world fighteth for the righteous.
|
||||
18| For sometime the flame was mitigated, that it might not burn up the beasts that were sent against the ungodly; but themselves might see and perceive that they were persecuted with the judgment of God.
|
||||
19| And at another time it burneth even in the midst of water above the power of fire, that it might destroy the fruits of an unjust land.
|
||||
20| Instead whereof thou feddest thine own people with angels’ food, and didst send them from heaven bread prepared without their labour, able to content every man’s delight, and agreeing to every taste.
|
||||
21| For thy sustenance declared thy sweetness unto thy children, and serving to the appetite of the eater, tempered itself to every man’s liking.
|
||||
22| But snow and ice endured the fire, and melted not, that they might know that fire burning in the hail, and sparkling in the rain, did destroy the fruits of the enemies.
|
||||
23| But this again did even forget his own strength, that the righteous might be nourished.
|
||||
24| For the creature that serveth thee, who art the Maker increaseth his strength against the unrighteous for their punishment, and abateth his strength for the benefit of such as put their trust in thee.
|
||||
25| Therefore even then was it altered into all fashions, and was obedient to thy grace, that nourisheth all things, according to the desire of them that had need:
|
||||
26| That thy children, O Lord, whom thou lovest, might know, that it is not the growing of fruits that nourisheth man: but that it is thy word, which preserveth them that put their trust in thee.
|
||||
27| For that which was not destroyed of the fire, being warmed with a little sunbeam, soon melted away:
|
||||
28| That it might be known, that we must prevent the sun to give thee thanks, and at the dayspring pray unto thee.
|
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29| For the hope of the unthankful shall melt away as the winter’s hoar frost, and shall run away as unprofitable water. 7
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|
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#17
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||||
1| For great are thy judgments, and cannot be expressed: therefore unnurtured souls have erred.
|
||||
2| For when unrighteous men thought to oppress the holy nation; they being shut up in their houses, the prisoners of darkness, and fettered with the bonds of a long night, lay <i>there</i> exiled from the eternal providence.
|
||||
3| For while they supposed to lie hid in their secret sins, they were scattered under a dark veil of forgetfulness, being horribly astonished, and troubled with <i>strange</i> apparitions.
|
||||
4| For neither might the corner that held them keep them from fear: but noises <i>as of waters</i> falling down sounded about them, and sad visions appeared unto them with heavy countenances.
|
||||
5| No power of the fire might give them light: neither could the bright flames of the stars endure to lighten that horrible night.
|
||||
6| Only there appeared unto them a fire kindled of itself, very dreadful: for being much terrified, they thought the things which they saw to be worse than the sight they saw not.
|
||||
7| As for the illusions of art magick, they were put down, and their vaunting in wisdom was reproved with disgrace.
|
||||
8| For they, that promised to drive away terrors and troubles from a sick soul, were sick themselves of fear, worthy to be laughed at.
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9| For though no terrible thing did fear them; yet being scared with beasts that passed by, and hissing of serpents,
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10| They died for fear, denying that they saw the air, which could of no side be avoided.
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11| For wickedness, condemned by her own witness, is very timorous, and being pressed with conscience, always forecasteth grievous things.
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12| For fear is nothing else but a betraying of the succours which reason offereth.
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13| And the expectation from within, being less, counteth the ignorance more than the cause which bringeth the torment.
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14| But they sleeping the same sleep that night, which was indeed intolerable, and which came upon them out of the bottoms of inevitable hell,
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15| Were partly vexed with monstrous apparitions, and partly fainted, their heart failing them: for a sudden fear, and not looked for, came upon them.
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16| So then whosoever there fell down was straitly kept, shut up in a prison without iron bars,
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17| For whether he were husbandman, or shepherd, or a labourer in the field, he was overtaken, and endured that necessity, which could not be avoided: for they were all bound with one chain of darkness.
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18| Whether it were a whistling wind, or a melodious noise of birds among the spreading branches, or a pleasing fall of water running violently,
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19| Or a terrible sound of stones cast down, or a running that could not be seen of skipping beasts, or a roaring voice of most savage wild beasts, or a rebounding echo from the hollow mountains; these things made them to swoon for fear.
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20| For the whole world shined with clear light, and none were hindered in their labour:
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21| Over them only was spread an heavy night, an image of that darkness which should afterward receive them: but yet were they unto themselves more grievous than the darkness. 8
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#18
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1| Nevertheless thy saints had a very great light, whose voice they hearing, and not seeing their shape, because they also had not suffered the same things, they counted them happy.
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2| But for that they did not hurt them now, of whom they had been wronged before, they thanked them, and besought them pardon for that they had been enemies.
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3| Instead whereof thou gavest them a burning pillar of fire, both to be a guide of the unknown journey, and an harmless sun to entertain them honourably.
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4| For they were worthy to be deprived of light and imprisoned in darkness, who had kept thy sons shut up, by whom the uncorrupt light of the law was to be given unto the world.
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5| And when they had determined to slay the babes of the saints, one child being cast forth, and saved, to reprove them, thou tookest away the multitude of their children, and destroyedst them altogether in a mighty water.
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6| Of that night were our fathers certified afore, that assuredly knowing unto what oaths they had given credence, they might afterwards be of good cheer.
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7| So of thy people was accepted both the salvation of the righteous, and destruction of the enemies.
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8| For wherewith thou didst punish our adversaries, by the same thou didst glorify us, whom thou hadst called.
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9| For the righteous children of good men did sacrifice secretly, and with one consent made a holy law, that the saints should be like partakers of the same good and evil, the fathers now singing out the songs of praise.
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10| But on the other side there sounded an ill according cry of the enemies, and a lamentable noise was carried abroad for children that were bewailed.
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11| The master and the servant were punished after one manner; and like as the king, so suffered the common person.
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12| So they all together had innumerable dead with one kind of death; neither were the living sufficient to bury them: for in one moment the noblest offspring of them was destroyed.
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13| For whereas they would not believe any thing by reason of the enchantments; upon the destruction of the firstborn, they acknowledged this people to be the sons of God.
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14| For while all things were in quiet silence, and that night was in the midst of her swift course,
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15| Thine Almighty word leaped down from heaven out of thy royal throne, as a fierce man of war into the midst of a land of destruction,
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16| And brought thine unfeigned commandment as a sharp sword, and standing up filled all things with death; and it touched the heaven, but it stood upon the earth.
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17| Then suddenly visions of horrible dreams troubled them sore, and terrors came upon them unlooked for.
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18| And one thrown here, and another there, half dead, shewed the cause of his death.
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19| For the dreams that troubled them did foreshew this, lest they should perish, and not know why they were afflicted.
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20| Yea, the tasting of death touched the righteous also, and there was a destruction of the multitude in the wilderness: but the wrath endured not long.
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21| For then the blameless man made haste, and stood forth to defend them; and bringing the shield of his proper ministry, even prayer, and the propitiation of incense, set himself against the wrath, and so brought the calamity to an end, declaring that he was thy servant.
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22| So he overcame the destroyer, not with strength of body, nor force of arms, but with a word subdued him that punished, alleging the oaths and covenants made with the fathers.
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23| For when the dead were now fallen down by heaps one upon another, standing between, he stayed the wrath, and parted the way to the living.
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24| For in the long garment was the whole world, and in the four rows of the stones was the glory of the fathers graven, and thy Majesty upon the diadem of his head.
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25| Unto these the destroyer gave place, and was afraid of them: for it was enough that they only tasted of the wrath. 9
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#19
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1| As for the ungodly, wrath came upon them without mercy unto the end: for he knew before what they would do;
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2| How that having given them leave to depart, and sent them hastily away, they would repent and pursue them.
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3| For whilst they were yet mourning and making lamentation at the graves of the dead, they added another foolish device, and pursued them as fugitives, whom they had intreated to be gone.
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4| For the destiny, whereof they were worthy, drew them unto this end, and made them forget the things that had already happened, that they might fulfil the punishment which was wanting to their torments:
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5| And that thy people might pass a wonderful way: but they might find a strange death.
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6| For the whole creature in his proper kind was fashioned again anew, serving the peculiar commandments that were given unto them, that thy children might be kept without hurt:
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7| As namely, a cloud shadowing the camp; and where water stood before, dry land appeared; and out of the Red sea a way without impediment; and out of the violent stream a green field:
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8| Where through all the people went that were defended with thy hand, seeing thy marvellous strange wonders.
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9| For they went at large like horses, and leaped like lambs, praising thee, O Lord, who hadst delivered them.
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10| For they were yet mindful of the things that were done while they sojourned in the strange land, how the ground brought forth flies instead of cattle, and how the river cast up a multitude of frogs instead of fishes.
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11| But afterwards they saw a new generation of fowls, when, being led with their appetite, they asked delicate meats.
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12| For quails came up unto them from the sea for their contentment.
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13| And punishments came upon the sinners not without former signs by the force of thunders: for they suffered justly according to their own wickedness, insomuch as they used a more hard and hateful behaviour toward strangers.
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14| For the Sodomites did not receive those, whom they knew not when they came: but these brought friends into bondage, that had well deserved of them.
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15| And not only so, but peradventure some respect shall be had of those, because they used strangers not friendly:
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16| But these very grievously afflicted them, whom they had received with feastings, and were already made partakers of the same laws with them.
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17| Therefore even with blindness were these stricken, as those were at the doors of the righteous man: when, being compassed about with horrible great darkness, every one sought the passage of his own doors.
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18| For the elements were changed in themselves by a kind of harmony, like as in a psaltery notes change the name of the tune, and yet are always sounds; which may well be perceived by the sight of the things that have been done.
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19| For earthly things were turned into watery, and the things, that before swam in the water, now went upon the ground.
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20| The fire had power in the water, forgetting his own virtue: and the water forgat his own quenching nature.
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21| On the other side, the flames wasted not the flesh of the corruptible living things, though they walked therein; neither melted they the icy kind of heavenly meat that was of nature apt to melt.
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22| For in all things, O Lord, thou didst magnify thy people, and glorify them, neither didst thou lightly regard them: but didst assist them in every time and place.
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#1
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1| In the eighth month, in the second year of <i>the reign of</i> Darius, the word of the Lord came to Zacharias, the son of Barachias, the son of Addo, the prophet, saying,
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2| The Lord has been very angry with your fathers.
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3| And thou shalt say to them, Thus saith the Lord Almighty: Turn to me, saith the Lord of hosts, and I will turn to you, saith the Lord of hosts.
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4| And be ye not as your fathers, whom the prophets before charged, saying, Thus saith the Lord Almighty: Turn ye from your evil ways, and from your evil practices: but they hearkened not, and attended not to hearken to me, saith the Lord.
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5| Where are your fathers, and the prophets? Will they live for ever?
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6| But do ye receive my words and mine ordinances, all that I command by my Spirit to my servants the prophets, who lived in the days of your fathers; and they answered and said, As the Lord Almighty determined to do to us, according to our ways, and according to our practices, so has he done to us.
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7| On the twenty-fourth <i>day</i> in the eleventh month, this is the month Sabat, in the second year of <i>the reign of</i> Darius, the word of the Lord came to Zacharias, the son of Barachias, the son of Addo, the prophet, saying,
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8| I saw by night, and behold a man mounted on a red horse, and he stood between the shady mountains; and behind him were red horses, and grey, and piebald, and white.
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9| And I said, What are these, <i>my</i> lord? And the angel spoke with me said to me, I will shew thee what these <i>things</i> are.
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10| And the man that stood between the mountains answered, and said to me, These are <i>they</i> whom the Lord has sent forth to go round the earth.
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11| And they answered the angel of the Lord that stood between the mountains, and said, We have gone round all the earth, and, behold, all the earth is inhabited, and is at rest.
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12| Then the angel of the Lord answered and said, O Lord Almighty, how long wilt thou have no mercy on Jerusalem, and the cities of Juda, which thou has disregarded these seventy years?
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13| And the Lord Almighty answered the angel that spoke with me good words and consolatory sayings.
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14| And the angel that spoke with me said to me, Cry out and say, Thus saith the Lord Almighty; I have been jealous for Jerusalem and Sion with great jealousy.
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15| And I am very angry with the heathen that combine to attack <i> her</i>: forasmuch as I indeed was a little angry, but they combined to attack <i>her</i> for evil.
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16| Therefore thus saith the Lord: I will return to Jerusalem with compassion; and my house shall be rebuilt in her, saith the Lord Almighty, and a measuring line shall yet be stretched out over Jerusalem.
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17| And the angel that spoke with me said to me, Cry yet, and say, Thus saith the Lord Almighty; Yet shall cities be spread abroad through prosperity; and the Lord shall yet have mercy upon Sion, and shall choose Jerusalem.
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18| And I lifted up mine eyes and looked, and behold four horns.
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19| And I said to the angel that spoke with me, What are these things, <i>my</i> lord? And he said to me, These are the horns that have scattered Juda, and Israel, and Jerusalem.
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20| And the Lord shewed me four artificers.
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21| And I said, What are these coming to do? And he said, These are the horns that scattered Juda, and they broke Israel in pieces, and none of them lifted up his head: and these are come forth to sharpen them for their hands, <i>even</i> the four horns, the nations that lifted up the horn against the land of the Lord to scatter it. Chapter 2
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#2
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1| And I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a man, and in his hand a measuring line.
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||||
2| And I said to him, Whither goest thou? And he said to me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what is the breadth of it, and what is the length of it.
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3| And, behold, the angel that spoke with me stood <i>by</i>, and another angel went forth to meet him,
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||||
4| and spoke to him, saying, Run and speak to that young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be fully inhabited by reason of the abundance of men and cattle in the midst of her.
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5| And I will be to her, saith the Lord, a wall of fire round about, and I will be for a glory in the midst of her.
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6| Ho, ho, flee from the land of the north, saith the Lord: for I will gather you from the four winds of heaven, saith the Lord,
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7| <i>even</i> to Sion: deliver yourselves, ye that dwell <i>with</i> the daughter of Babylon.
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8| For thus saith the Lord Almighty; After the glory has he sent me to the nations that spoiled you: for he that touches you is as one that touches the apple of his eye.
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9| For, behold, I bring my hand upon them, and they shall be a spoil to them that serve them: and ye shall know that the Lord Almighty has sent me.
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10| Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Sion: for, behold, I come, and will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the Lord.
|
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11| And many nations shall flee for refuge to the Lord in that day, and they shall be for a people to him, and they shall dwell in the midst of thee: and thou shalt know that the Lord Almighty has sent me to thee.
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12| And the Lord shall inherit Juda his portion in the holy <i>land</i>, and he will yet choose Jerusalem.
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13| Let all flesh fear before the Lord: for he has risen up from his holy clouds. Chapter 3
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#3
|
||||
1| And the Lord shewed me Jesus the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and the Devil stood on his right hand to resist him.
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||||
2| And the Lords said to the Devil,
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3| The Lord rebuke thee, O Devil, even the Lord that has chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: behold! is not this as a brand plucked from the fire?
|
||||
4| Now Jesus was clothed in filthy raiment, and stood before the angel.
|
||||
5| And <i>the Lord</i> answered and spoke to those who stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy raiment from him: and he said to him, Behold, I have taken away thine iniquities: and clothe ye him with a long robe,
|
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6| and place a pure mitre upon his head. So they placed a pure mitre upon his head, and clothed him with garments: and the angel of the Lord stood <i>by</i>.
|
||||
7| And the angel of the Lord testified to Jesus, saying,
|
||||
8| Thus saith the Lord Almighty; If thou wilt walk in my ways, and take heed to my charges, then shalt thou judge my house: and if thou wilt diligently keep my court, then will I give thee men to walk in the midst of these that stand <i>here</i>.
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9| Hear now, Jesus the high priest, thou, and thy neighbours that are sitting before <i>thee</i>: for they are diviners, for, behold, I bring forth my servant The Branch.
|
||||
10| For <i>as for</i> the stone which I have set before the face of Jesus, on the one stone are seven eyes: behold, I am digging a trench, saith the Lord Almighty, and I will search out all the iniquity of that land in one day.
|
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11| In that day, saith the Lord Almighty, ye shall call together every man his neighbour under the vine and under the fig-tree. Chapter 4
|
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|
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#4
|
||||
1| And the angel that talked with me returned, and awakened me, as when a man is awakened out of his sleep.
|
||||
2| And he said to me, What seest thou? And I said, I have seen, and behold a candlestick all of gold, and its bowl upon it, and seven lamps upon it, and seven oil funnels to the lamps upon it:
|
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3| and two olive-trees above it, one on the right of the bowl, and one on the left.
|
||||
4| And I inquired, and spoke to the angel that talked with me, saying, What are these things, <i>my</i> lord?
|
||||
5| And the angel that talked with me answered, and spoke to me, saying, Knowest thou not what these things are? And I said, No, <i>my</i> lord.
|
||||
6| And he answered and spoke to me, saying, This is the word of the Lord to Zorobabel, saying, Not by mighty power, nor by strength, but by my Spirit, saith the Lord Almighty.
|
||||
7| Who art thou, the great mountain before Zorobabel, that thou shouldest prosper? whereas I will bring out the stone of the inheritance, the grace of it the equal of <i>my</i> grace.
|
||||
8| And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
|
||||
9| The hands of Zorobabel have laid the foundation of this house, and his hands shall finish it: and thou shalt know that the Lord Almighty has sent me to thee.
|
||||
10| For who has despised the small days? surely they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet of tin in the hand of Zorobabel: these are the seven eyes that look upon all the earth.
|
||||
11| And I answered, and said to him, What are these two olive-trees, which are on the right and left hand of the candlestick?
|
||||
12| And I asked the second time, and said to him, What are the two branches of the olive-trees that are by the side of the two golden pipes that pour into and communicate with the golden oil funnels?
|
||||
13| And he said to me, Knowest thou not what these are? and I said, No, <i>my</i> lord.
|
||||
14| And he said, These are the two anointed ones <i>that</i> stand by the Lord of the whole earth. Chapter 5
|
||||
|
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#5
|
||||
1| And I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked and behold a flying sickle.
|
||||
2| And he said to me, What seest thou? And I said, I see a flying sickle, of the length of twenty cubits, and of the breadth of ten cubits.
|
||||
3| And he said to me, This is the curse that goes forth over the face of the whole earth: for every thief shall be punished with death on this side, and every false swearer shall be punished on that side.
|
||||
4| And I will bring it forth, saith the Lord Almighty, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that swears falsely by my name: and it shall rest in the midst of his house, and shall consume it, and the timber of it, and the stones of it.
|
||||
5| And the angel that talked with me went forth, and said to me, Lift up thine eyes, and see this that goes forth.
|
||||
6| And I said, What is it? And he said, This is the measure that goes forth. And he said, This is their iniquity in all the earth.
|
||||
7| And behold a talent of lead lifted up: and behold a woman sat in the midst of the measure.
|
||||
8| And he said, This is iniquity. And he cast it into the midst of the measure, and cast the weight of lead on the mouth of it.
|
||||
9| And I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, two women coming forth, and the wind was in their wings; and they had stork’s wings: and they lifted up the measure between the earth and the sky.
|
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10| And I said to the angel that spoke with me, Whither do these carry away the measure?
|
||||
11| And he said to me, To build it a house in the land of Babylon, and to prepare <i>a place for it</i>; and they shall set it there on its own base. Chapter 6
|
||||
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#6
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||||
1| And I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, four chariots coming out from between two mountains; and the mountains were brazen mountains.
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||||
2| In the first chariot <i>were</i> red horses; and in the second chariot black horses;
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||||
3| and in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth chariot piebald <i>and</i> ash-coloured horses.
|
||||
4| And I answered and said to the angel that talked with me, What are these, my Lord?
|
||||
5| And the angel that talked with me answered and said, These are the four winds of heaven, <i>and</i> they are going forth to stand before the Lord of all the earth.
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||||
6| <i>As for the chariot</i> in which were the black horses, they went out to the land of the north; and the white went out after them; and the piebald went out to the land of the south.
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7| And the ash-coloured went out, and looked to go and compass the earth: and he said, Go, and compass the earth. And they compassed the earth.
|
||||
8| And he cried out and spoke to me, saying, Behold, these go out to the land of the north, and they have quieted mine anger in the land of the north.
|
||||
9| And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
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10| Take the things of the captivity from the chief men, and from the useful men of it, and from them that have understood it; and thou shalt enter in that day into the house of Josias the son of Sophonias that came out of Babylon.
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11| And thou shalt take silver and gold, and make crowns, and thou shalt put <i>them</i> upon the head of Jesus the son of Josedec the high priest;
|
||||
12| and thou shalt say to him, Thus saith the Lord Almighty; Behold the man whose name is The Branch; and he shall spring up from his stem, and build the house of the Lord.
|
||||
13| And he shall receive power, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and there shall be a priest on his right hand, and a peaceable counsel shall be between <i>them</i> both.
|
||||
14| And the crown shall be to them that wait patiently, and to the useful men of the captivity, and to them that have known it, and for the favour of the son of Sophonias, and for a psalm in the house of the Lord.
|
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15| And they <i> that are</i> far from them shall come and build in the house of the Lord, and ye shall know that the Lord Almighty has sent me to you: and <i>this</i> shall come to pass, if ye will diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord your God. Chapter 7
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|
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#7
|
||||
1| And it came to pass in the fourth year of Darius the king, <i>that</i> the word of the Lord came to Zacharias on the fourth <i>day</i> of the ninth month, which is Chaseleu.
|
||||
2| And Sarasar and Arbeseer the king and his men sent to Bethel, and <i>that</i> to propitiate the Lord,
|
||||
3| speaking to the priests that were in the house of the Lord Almighty, and to the prophets, saying, The holy offering has come in hither in the fifth month, as it has done already many years.
|
||||
4| And the word of the Lord of hosts came to me, saying,
|
||||
5| Speak to the whole people of the land, and to the priests, saying, Though ye fasted or lamented in the fifth or seventh <i>months</i> (yea, behold, these seventy years) have ye at all fasted to me?
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6| And if ye eat or drink, do ye not eat and drink for yourselves?
|
||||
7| Are not these the words which the Lord spoke by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and her cities round about her, and the hill country and the low country was inhabited?
|
||||
8| And the word of the Lord came to Zacharias, saying,
|
||||
9| Thus saith the Lord Almighty; Judge righteous judgment, and deal mercifully and compassionately every one with his brother:
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||||
10| and oppress not the widow, or the fatherless, or the stranger, or the poor; and let not one of you remember in his heart the injury of his brother.
|
||||
11| But they refused to attend, and madly turned their back, and made their ears heavy, so that they should not hear.
|
||||
12| And they made their heart disobedient, so as not to hearken to my law, and the words which the Lord Almighty sent forth by his Spirit by the former prophets: so there was great wrath from the Lord Almighty.
|
||||
13| And it shall come to pass, <i>that</i> as he spoke, and they hearkened not, so they shall cry, and I will not hearken, saith the Lord Almighty.
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14| And I will cast them out among all the nations, whom they know not; and the land behind them shall be made utterly destitute of any going through or returning: yea they have made the choice land a desolation. Chapter 8
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#8
|
||||
1| And the word of the Lord Almighty came, saying,
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||||
2| Thus saith the Lord Almighty; I have been jealous for Jerusalem and for Sion with great jealousy, and I have been jealous for her with great fury.
|
||||
3| Thus saith the Lord; I will return to Sion, and dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a true city, and the mountain of the Lord Almighty a holy mountain.
|
||||
4| Thus saith the Lord Almighty; There shall yet dwell old men and old women in the streets of Jerusalem, every one holding his staff in his hand for age.
|
||||
5| And the broad places of the city shall be filled with boys and girls playing in the streets thereof.
|
||||
6| Thus saith the Lord Almighty; If it shall be impossible in the sight of the remnant of this people in those days, shall it also be impossible in my sight? saith the Lord Almighty.
|
||||
7| Thus saith the Lord Almighty; Behold, I <i>will</i> save my people from the east country, and the west country;
|
||||
8| and I will bring them in, and cause <i> them</i> to dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and they shall be to me a people, and I will be to them a God, in truth and in righteousness.
|
||||
9| Thus saith the Lord Almighty; Let your hands be strong, <i>ye that</i> hear in these days these words out of the mouth of the prophets, from the day that the house of the Lord Almighty was founded, and from the time that the temple was built.
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10| For before those days the wages of men could not be profitable, and there could be no hire of cattle, and there could be no peace by reason of the affliction to him that went out or to him that came in: for I would have let loose all men, every one against his neighbour.
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11| But now I <i>will</i> not do to the remnant of this people according to the former days, saith the Lord Almighty.
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12| But I will shew peace: the vine shall yield her fruit, and the land shall yield her produce, and the heaven shall give its dew: and I will give as an inheritance all these things to the remnant of my people.
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13| And it shall come to pass, as ye were a curse among the nations, O house of Juda, and house of Israel; so will I save you, and ye shall be a blessing: be of good courage, and strengthen your hands.
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14| For thus saith the Lord Almighty; As I took counsel to afflict you when your fathers provoked me, saith the Lord Almighty, and I repented not:
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15| so have I prepared and taken counsel in these days to do good to Jerusalem and to the house of Juda: be ye of good courage.
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16| These <i>are</i> the things which ye shall do; speak truth every one with his neighbour; judge truth and peaceable judgment in your gates:
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17| and let none of you devise evil in his heart against his neighbour; and love not a false oath: for all these things I hate, saith the Lord Almighty.
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18| And the word of the Lord Almighty came to me, saying,
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19| Thus saith the Lord Almighty, The fourth fast, and the fifth fast, and the seventh fast, and the tenth fast, shall be to the house of Juda for joy and gladness, and for good feasts; and ye shall rejoice; and love ye the truth and peace.
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20| Thus saith the Lord Almighty; Yet shall many peoples come, and the inhabitants of many cities;
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21| and the inhabitants of five cities shall come together to one city, saying, Let us go to make supplication to the Lord, and to seek the face of the Lord Almighty; I will go also.
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22| And many peoples and many nations shall come to seek earnestly the face of the Lord Almighty in Jerusalem, and to obtain favour of the Lord.
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23| Thus saith the Lord Almighty; In those days <i>my word shall be fulfilled</i> if ten men of all the languages of the nations should take hold—even take hold of the hem of a Jew, saying, We will go with thee; for we have heard that God is with you. Chapter 9
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#9
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1| The burden of the word of the Lord, in the land of Sedrach, and his sacrifice <i>shall be</i> in Damascus; for the Lord looks upon men, and upon all the tribes of Israel.
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2| And in Emath, <i>even</i> in her coasts, <i>are</i> Tyre and Sidon, because they were very wise.
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3| And Tyrus built strong-holds for herself, and heaped up silver as dust, and gathered gold as the mire of the ways.
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4| And therefore the Lord will take them for a possession, and will smite her power in the sea; and she shall be consumed with fire.
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5| Ascalon shall see, and fear; Gaza also, and shall be greatly pained, and Accaron; for she is ashamed at her trespass; and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ascalon shall not be inhabited.
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6| And aliens shall dwell in Azotus, and I will bring down the pride of the Philistines.
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7| And I will take their blood out of their mouth, and their abominations from between their teeth; and these also shall be left to our God, and they shall be as a captain of a thousand in Juda, and Accaron as a Jebusite.
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8| And I will set up a defence for my house, that they may not pass through, nor turn back, neither shall there any more come upon them one to drive them away: for now have I seen with mine eyes.
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9| Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Sion; proclaim <i>it</i> aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem; behold, the King is coming to thee, just, and a Saviour; he is meek and riding on an ass, and a young foal.
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10| And he shall destroy the chariots out of Ephraim, and the horse out of Jerusalem, and the bow of war shall be utterly destroyed; and <i>there shall be</i> abundance and peace out of the nations; and he shall rule over the waters as far as the sea, and the rivers <i> to</i> the ends of the earth.
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11| And thou by the blood of thy covenant has sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit that has no water.
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12| Ye shall dwell in strongholds, ye prisoners of the congregation: and for one day of thy captivity I will recompense thee double.
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13| For I have bent thee, O Juda, for myself <i>as</i> a bow, I have filled Ephraim; and I will raise up thy children, O Sion, against the children of the Greeks, and I will handle thee as the sword of a warrior.
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14| And the Lord shall be over them, and <i>his</i> arrow shall go forth as lightning: and the Lord Almighty shall blow with the trumpet; and shall proceed with the tumult of his threatening.
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15| The Lord Almighty shall protect them, and they shall destroy them, and overwhelm them with sling-stones; and they shall swallow them down as wine, and fill the bowls as the altar.
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16| And the Lord their God shall save them in that day, <i>even</i> his people as a flock; for holy stones are rolled upon his land.
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17| For if he has anything good, and if he has anything fair, the young <i>men shall have</i> corn, and <i>there shall be</i> fragrant wine to the virgins. Chapter 10
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#10
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1| Ask ye of the Lord rain in season, the early and the latter: the Lord has given bright signs, and will give them abundant rain, to every one grass in the field.
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2| For the speakers have uttered grievous things, and the diviners <i>have seen</i> false visions, and they have spoken false dreams, they have given vain comfort: therefore have they fallen away like sheep, and been afflicted, because there was no healing.
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3| Mine anger was kindled against the shepherds, and I will visit the lambs; and the Lord God Almighty shall visit his flock, the house of Juda, and he shall make them as his goodly horse in war.
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4| And from him he looked, and from him he set <i>the battle in order</i>, and from him <i>came</i> the bow in anger, <i>and</i> from him shall come forth every oppressor together.
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5| And they shall be as warriors treading clay in the ways in war; and they shall set the battle in array, because the Lord is with them, and the riders on horses shall be put to shame.
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6| And I will strengthen the house of Juda, and save the house of Joseph, and I will settle them; because I have loved them: and they shall be as <i>if</i> I had not cast them off: for I am the Lord their God, and I will hear them.
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7| And they shall be as the warriors of Ephraim, and their heart shall rejoice as with wine: and their children also shall see <i>it</i>, and be glad; and their heart shall rejoice in the Lord.
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8| I will make a sign to them, and gather them in; for I will redeem them, and they shall be multiplied according to their number before.
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9| And I will sow them among the people; and they that are afar off shall remember me: they shall nourish their children, and they shall return.
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10| And I will bring them again from the land of Egypt, and I will gather them in from among the Assyrians; and I will bring them into the land of Galaad and to Libanus; and there shall not even one of them be left behind.
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11| And they shall pass through a narrow sea, they shall smite the waves in the sea, and all the deep places of the rivers shall be dried up: and all the pride of the Assyrians shall be taken away, and the sceptre of Egypt shall be removed.
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12| And I will strengthen them in the Lord their God; and they shall boast in his name, saith the Lord. Chapter 11
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#11
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1| Open thy doors, O Libanus, and let the fire devour thy cedars.
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2| Let the pine howl, because the cedar has fallen; for the mighty men have been greatly afflicted: howl, ye oaks of the land of Basan; for the thickly planted forest has been torn down.
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3| <i>There is</i> a voice of the shepherds mourning; for their greatness is brought low: a voice of roaring lions; for the pride of Jordan is brought down.
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4| Thus saith the Lord Almighty, Feed the sheep of the slaughter;
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5| which their possessors have slain, and have not repented: and they that sold them said, Blessed be the Lord; for we have become rich: and their shepherds have suffered no sorrow for them.
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6| Therefore I will no longer have mercy upon the inhabitants of the land, saith the Lord: but, behold, I will deliver up the men every one into the hand of his neighbour, and into the hand of his king; and they shall destroy the land, and I will not rescue out of their hand.
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7| And I will tend the flock of slaughter in the land of Chanaan: and I will take for myself two rods; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Line; and I will tend the flock.
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8| And I will cut off three shepherds in one month; and my soul shall grieve over them, for their souls cried out against me.
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9| And I said, I will not tend you: that which dies, let it die; and that which falls off, let it fall off; and let the rest eat every one the flesh of his neighbour.
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10| And I will take my beautiful staff, and cast it away, that I may break my covenant which I made with all the people.
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11| And it shall be broken in that day; and the Chananites, the sheep that are kept for me, shall know that it is the word of the Lord.
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12| And I will say to them, If it be good in your eyes, give <i>me</i> my price, or refuse it. And they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver.
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13| And the Lord said to me, Drop them into the furnace, and I will see if it is good <i>metal</i>, as I was proved for their sakes. And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them into the furnace in the house of the Lord.
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14| And I cast away <i>my</i> second rod, <i>even</i> Line, that I might break the possession between Juda and Israel.
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15| And the Lord said to me, Take yet to thee shepherd’s implements belonging to an unskillful shepherd.
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16| For, behold, I <i>will</i> raise up a shepherd against the land: he shall not visit that which is perishing, and he shall not seek that which is scattered, and he shall not heal that which is bruised, nor guide that which is whole: but he shall devour the flesh of the choice <i>ones</i>, and shall dislocate the joints <i>of their necks</i>.
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17| Alas for the vain shepherds that have forsaken the sheep! the sword <i>shall be</i> upon the arms of such a one, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be completely withered, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened. Chapter 12
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#12
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1| The burden of the word of the Lord for Israel; saith the Lord, that stretches out the sky, and lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him.
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2| Behold, I <i>will</i> make Jerusalem as trembling door-posts to all the nations round about, and in Judea there shall be a siege against Jerusalem.
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3| And it shall come to pass in that day <i>that</i> I will make Jerusalem a trodden stone to all the nations: every one that tramples on it shall utterly mock at <i>it</i>, and all the nations of the earth shall be gathered together against it.
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4| In that day, saith the Lord Almighty, I will smite every horse with amazement, and his rider with madness: but I will open mine eyes upon the house of Juda, and I will smite all the horses of the nations with blindness.
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5| And the captains of thousands of Juda shall say in their hearts, We shall find for ourselves the inhabitants of Jerusalem in the Lord Almighty their God.
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6| In that day I will make the captains of thousands of Juda as a firebrand among wood, and as a torch of fire in stubble; and they shall devour on the right hand and on the left all the nations round about: and Jerusalem shall dwell again by herself, <i>even</i> in Jerusalem.
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7| And the Lord shall save the tabernacles of Juda as at the beginning, that the boast of the house of David, and the pride of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, may not magnify themselves against Juda.
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8| And it shall come to pass in that day, <i> that</i> the Lord shall defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and the weak one among them in that day shall be as David, and the house of David as the house of God, as the angel of the Lord before them.
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9| And it shall come to pass in that day, <i>that</i> I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
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10| And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and compassion: and they shall look upon me, because they have mocked <i>me</i>, and they shall make lamentation for him, as for a beloved <i>friend</i>, and they shall grieve intensely, as for a firstborn <i>son</i>.
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11| In that day the lamentation in Jerusalem shall be very great, as the mourning for the pomegranate grove cut down in the plain.
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12| And the land shall lament in separate families, the family of the house of David by itself, and their wives by themselves; the family of the house of Nathan by itself, and their wives by themselves;
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13| the family of the house of Levi by itself, and their wives by themselves; the family of Symeon by itself, and their wives by themselves;
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14| all the families that are left, each family by itself, and their wives by themselves. Chapter 13
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#13
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1| In that day every place shall be opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for removal and for separation.
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2| And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord of hosts, <i>that</i> I will utterly destroy the names of the idols from off the land, and there shall be no longer <i>any</i> remembrance of them: and I will cut off the false prophets and the evil spirit from the land.
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3| And it shall come to pass, if a man will yet prophesy, that his father and his mother which gave birth to him shall say to him, Thou shalt not live; for thou has spoken lies in the name of the Lord: and his father and his mother who gave him birth shall bind him as he is prophesying.
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4| And it shall come to pass in that day, <i>that</i> the prophets shall be ashamed every one of his vision when he prophesies; and they shall clothe themselves with a garment of hair, because they have lied.
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5| And <i>one</i> shall say, I am not a prophet, for I am a tiller of the ground, for a man brought me up <i>thus</i> from my youth.
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6| And I will say to him, What are these wounds between thine hands? and he shall say, <i>Those</i> with which I was wounded in my beloved house.
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7| Awake, O sword, against my shepherds, and against the man <i>who is</i> my citizen, saith the Lord Almighty: smite the shepherds, and draw out the sheep: and I will bring mine hand upon the little ones.
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8| And it shall come to pass, <i>that</i> in all the land, saith the Lord, two parts thereof shall be cut off and perish; but the third shall be left therein.
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9| And I will bring the third <i>part</i> through the fire, and I will try them as silver is tried, and I will prove them as gold is proved: they shall call upon my name, and I will hear them, and say, This is my people: and they shall say, The Lord <i>is</i> my God. Chapter 14
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#14
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1| Behold, the days of the Lord come, and thy spoils shall be divided in thee.
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2| And I will gather all the Gentiles to Jerusalem to war, and the city shall be taken, and the houses plundered, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, but the rest of my people shall not be utterly cut off from the city.
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3| And the Lord shall go forth, and fight with those Gentiles as when he fought in the day of war.
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4| And his feet shall stand in that day on the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave asunder, half of it toward the east and the west, a very great division; and half the mountain shall lean to the north, and half of it to the south.
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5| And the valley of my mountains shall be closed up, and the valley of the mountains shall be joined on to Jasod, and shall be blocked up as it was blocked up in the days of the earthquake, in the days of Ozias king of Juda; and the Lord my God shall come, and all the saints with him.
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6| And it shall come to pass in that day that there shall be no light,
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7| and there shall be for one day cold and frost, and that day <i> shall be</i> known to the Lord, and <i>it shall</i> not <i>be</i> day nor night: but towards evening it shall be light.
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8| And in that day living water shall come forth out of Jerusalem; half of it toward the former sea, and half of it toward the latter sea: and so shall it be in summer and spring.
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9| And the Lord shall be king over all the earth: in that day there shall be one Lord, and his name one,
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10| compassing all the earth, and the wilderness from Gabe unto Remmon south of Jerusalem. And Rama shall remain in its place. From the gate of Benjamin to the place of the first gate, to the gate of the corners, and to the tower of Anameel, as far as the king’s winepresses,
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11| they shall dwell in the city; and there shall be no more any curse, and Jerusalem shall dwell securely.
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12| And this shall be the overthrow with which the Lord will smite all the nations, as many as have fought against Jerusalem; their flesh shall consume away while they are standing upon their feet, and their eyes shall melt out of their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.
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13| And there shall be in that day a great panic from the Lord upon them; and they shall lay hold every man of the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall be clasped with the hand of his neighbour.
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14| Juda also shall fight in Jerusalem; and <i>God</i> shall gather the strength of all the nations round about, gold, and silver, and apparel, in great abundance.
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15| And this shall be the overthrow of the horses, and mules, and camels, and asses, and all the beasts that are in those camps, according to this overthrow.
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16| And it shall come to pass, <i>that</i> whosoever shall be left of all the nations that came against Jerusalem, shall even come up every year to worship the king, the Lord Almighty, and to keep the feast of tabernacles.
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17| And it shall come to pass, <i>that</i> whosoever of all the families of the earth shall not come up to Jerusalem to worship the king, the Lord Almighty, even these shall be added to the others.
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18| And if the family of Egypt shall not go up, nor come; then upon them shall be the overthrow with which the Lord shall smite all the nations, whichever of them shall not come up to keep the feast of tabernacles.
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19| This shall be the sin of Egypt, and the sin of all the nations, whosoever shall not come up to keep the feast of tabernacles.
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20| In that day there shall be upon the bridle of every horse Holiness to the Lord Almighty; and the caldrons in the house of the Lord shall be as bowls before the altar.
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21| And every pot in Jerusalem and in Juda shall be holy to the Lord Almighty: and all that sacrifice shall come and take of them, and shall seethe <i>meat</i> in them: and in that day there shall be no more the Chananite in the house of the Lord Almighty. Back top Next Presented by The Common Man's Prospective. Copyright© 1999-2010 Ernest C. Marsh
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#1
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1| The word of the Lord which came to Sophonias the son of Chusi, the son of Godolias, the son of Amorias, the son of Ezekias, in the days of Josias son of Amon, king of Juda.
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2| Let there be an utter cutting off from the face of the land, saith the Lord.
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3| Let man and cattle be cut off; let the birds of the air and the fishes of the sea be cut off; and the ungodly shall fail, and I will take away the transgressors from the face of the land, saith the Lord.
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4| And I will stretch out mine hand upon Juda, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will remove the names of Baal out of this place, and the names of the priests;
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5| and them that worship the host of heaven upon the house-tops; and them that worship and swear by the Lord, and them that swear by their king;
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6| and them that turn aside from the Lord, and them that seek not the Lord, and them that cleave not to the Lord.
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7| Fear ye before the Lord God; for the day of the Lord is near; for the Lord has prepared his sacrifice, and has sanctified his guests.
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8| And it shall come to pass in the day of the Lord’s sacrifice, that I will take vengeance on the princes, and on the king’s house, and upon all that wear strange apparel.
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9| And I will openly take vengeance on the porches in that day, <i>on the men</i> that fill the house of the Lord their God with ungodliness and deceit.
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10| And there shall be in that day, saith the Lord, the sound of a cry from the gate of men slaying, and a howling from the second <i>gate</i>, and a great crashing from the hills.
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11| Lament, ye that inhabit the <i>city</i> that has been broken down, for all the people has become like Chanaan; and all that were exalted by silver have been utterly destroyed.
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12| And it shall come to pass in that day, <i>that</i> I will search Jerusalem with a candle, and will take vengeance on the men that despise the things committed to them; but they say in their hearts, The Lord will not do any good, neither will he do any evil.
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13| And their power shall be for a spoil, and their houses for utter desolation; and they shall build houses, but shall not dwell in them; and they shall plant vineyards, but shall not drink the wine of them.
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14| For the great day of the Lord <i>is</i> near, <i>it is</i> near, and very speedy; the sound of the day of the Lord is made bitter and harsh.
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15| A mighty day of wrath is that day, a day of affliction and distress, a day of desolation and destruction, a day of gloominess and darkness, a day of cloud and vapour,
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16| a day of the trumpet and cry against the strong cities, and against the high towers.
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17| And I will greatly afflict the men, and they shall walk as blind men, because they have sinned against the Lord; therefore he shall pour out their blood as dust, and their flesh as dung.
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18| And their silver and their gold shall in nowise be able to rescue them in the day of the Lord’s wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealously; for he will bring a speedy destruction on all them that inhabit the land.
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#2
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1| Be ye gathered and closely joined together, O unchastened nation;
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2| before ye become as the flower that passes away, before the anger of the Lord come upon you, before the day of the wrath of the Lord come upon you.
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3| Seek ye the Lord, all ye meek of the earth; do judgment, and seek justice, and answer accordingly; that ye may be hid in the day of the wrath of the Lord.
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4| For Gaza shall be utterly spoiled, and Ascalon shall be destroyed; and Azotus shall be cast forth at noon-day, and Accaron shall be rooted up.
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5| Woe to them that dwell on the border of the sea, neighbours of the Cretans! the word of the Lord is against you, O Chanaan, land of the Philistines, and I will destroy you out of <i>your</i> dwelling-place.
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6| And Crete shall be a pasture of flocks, and a fold of sheep.
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7| And the sea cost shall be for the remnant of the house of Juda; they shall pasture upon them in the houses of Ascalon; they shall rest in the evening because of the children of Juda; for the Lord their God has visited them, and he will turn away their captivity.
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8| I have heard the revilings of Moab, and the insults of the children of Ammon, wherewith they have reviled my people, and magnified themselves against my coasts.
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9| Therefore, <i>as</i> I live, saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Moab shall be as Sodoma, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrha; and Damascus <i>shall be</i> left as a heap of the threshing-floor, and desolate for ever: and the remnant of my people shall plunder them, and the remnant of my nations shall inherit them.
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10| This is their punishment in return for their haughtiness, because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the Lord Almighty.
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11| The Lord shall appear against them, and shall utterly destroy all the gods of the nations of the earth; and they shall worship him every one from his place, <i>even</i> all the islands of the nations.
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12| Ye Ethiopians also are the slain of my sword.
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13| And he shall stretch forth his hand against the north and destroy the Assyrian, and make Nineve a dry wilderness, <i>even</i> as a desert.
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14| And flocks, and all the wild beasts of the land, and chameleons shall feed in the midst thereof: and hedgehogs shall lodge in the ceilings thereof; and wild beasts shall cry in the breaches thereof, and ravens in her porches, whereas her loftiness was <i>as</i> as cedar.
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#3
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1| This is the scornful city that dwells securely, that says in her heart, I am, and there is no longer any <i>to be</i> after me: how is she become desolate, a habitation of wild beasts! every one that passes through her shall hiss, and shake his hands.Alas the glorious and ransomed city.
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2| The dove hearkened not to the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in the Lord, and she drew not near to her God.
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3| Her princes within her were as roaring lions, her judges as the wolves of Arabia; they remained not till the morrow.
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4| Her prophets are light <i>and</i> scornful men: her priests profane the holy things, and sinfully transgress the law.
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5| But the just Lord is in the midst of her, and he will never do an unjust thing: morning by morning he will bring out his judgment to the light, and it is not hidden, and he knows not injustice by extortion, nor injustice in strife.
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6| I have brought down the proud with destruction; their corners are destroyed: I will make their ways completely waste, so that none shall go through: their cities are come to an end, by reason of no man living or dwelling <i>in them</i>.
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7| I said, But do ye fear me, and receive instruction, and ye shall not be cut off from the face of the land <i>for</i> all the vengeance I have brought upon her: prepare thou, rise early: all their produce is spoilt.
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8| Therefore wait upon me, saith the Lord, until the day when I rise up for a witness: because my judgment <i>shall be</i> on the gatherings of the nations, to draw to me kings, to pour out upon them all <i>my</i> fierce anger: for the whole earth shall be consumed with the fire of my jealousy.
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9| For then will I turn to the peoples a tongue for her generation, that all may call on the name of the Lord, to serve him under one yoke.
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10| From the boundaries of the rivers of Ethiopia will I receive my dispersed ones; they shall offer sacrifices to me.
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11| In that day thou shalt not be ashamed of all thy practices, wherein thou hast transgressed against me: for then will I take away from thee thy disdainful pride, and thou shalt no more magnify thyself upon my holy mountain.
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12| And I will leave in thee a meek and lowly people;
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13| and the remnant of Israel shall fear the name of the Lord, and shall do no iniquity, neither shall they speak vanity; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed, and lie down, and there shall be none to terrify them.
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14| Rejoice, O daughter of Sion; cry aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem; rejoice and delight thyself with all thine heart, O daughter of Jerusalem.
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15| The Lord has taken away thine iniquities, he has ransomed thee from the hand of thine enemies: the Lord, the King of Israel, is in the midst of thee: thou shalt not see evil any more.
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16| At that time the Lord shall say to Jerusalem, Be of good courage, Sion; let not thine hands be slack.
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17| The Lord thy God is in thee; the Mighty One shall save thee: he shall bring joy upon thee, and shall refresh thee with his love; and he shall rejoice over thee with delight as in a day of feasting.
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18| And I will gather thine afflicted ones. Alas! who has taken up a reproach against her?
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19| Behold, I <i>will</i> work in thee for thy sake at that time, saith the Lord: and I will save her that was oppressed, and receive her that was rejected; and I will make them a praise, and honoured in all the earth.
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20| And <i>their enemies</i> shall be ashamed at that time, when I shall deal well with you, and at the time when I shall receive you: for I will make you honoured and a praise among all the nations of the earth, when I turn back your captivity before you, saith the Lord.Back top Next Presented by The Common Man's Prospective. Copyright© 1999-2010 Ernest C. Marsh
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1| The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
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2| And he said, The LORD will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the habitations of the shepherds shall mourn, and the top of Carmel shall wither.
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3| Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron:
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4| But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, which shall devour the palaces of Benhadad.
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5| I will break also the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the plain of Aven, and him that holdeth the sceptre from the house of Eden: and the people of Syria shall go into captivity unto Kir, saith the LORD.
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6| Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they carried away captive the whole captivity, to deliver them up to Edom:
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7| But I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, which shall devour the palaces thereof:
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8| And I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and him that holdeth the sceptre from Ashkelon, and I will turn mine hand against Ekron: and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish, saith the Lord GOD.
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9| Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Tyrus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they delivered up the whole captivity to Edom, and remembered not the brotherly covenant:
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10| But I will send a fire on the wall of Tyrus, which shall devour the palaces thereof.
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11| Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he did pursue his brother with the sword, and did cast off all pity, and his anger did tear perpetually, and he kept his wrath for ever:
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12| But I will send a fire upon Teman, which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah.
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13| Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have ripped up the women with child of Gilead, that they might enlarge their border:
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14| But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour the palaces thereof, with shouting in the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind:
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15| And their king shall go into captivity, he and his princes together, saith the LORD.
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1| Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime:
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2| But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kirioth: and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet:
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3| And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith the LORD.
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4| Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have despised the law of the LORD, and have not kept his commandments, and their lies caused them to err, after the which their fathers have walked:
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5| But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.
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6| Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes;
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7| That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in unto the same maid, to profane my holy name:
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8| And they lay themselves down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god.
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9| Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.
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10| Also I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and led you forty years through the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.
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11| And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazarites. Is it not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith the LORD.
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12| But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.
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13| Behold, I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves.
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14| Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself:
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15| Neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and he that is swift of foot shall not deliver himself: neither shall he that rideth the horse deliver himself.
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16| And he that is courageous among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day, saith the LORD.
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1| Hear this word that the LORD hath spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying,
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2| You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.
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3| Can two walk together, except they be agreed?
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4| Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a young lion cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing?
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5| Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no gin is for him? shall one take up a snare from the earth, and have taken nothing at all?
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6| Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD hath not done it?
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7| Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.
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8| The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord GOD hath spoken, who can but prophesy?
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9| Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold the great tumults in the midst thereof, and the oppressed in the midst thereof.
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10| For they know not to do right, saith the LORD, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.
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11| Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; An adversary there shall be even round about the land; and he shall bring down thy strength from thee, and thy palaces shall be spoiled.
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12| Thus saith the LORD; As the shepherd taketh out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; so shall the children of Israel be taken out that dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed, and in Damascus in a couch.
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13| Hear ye, and testify in the house of Jacob, saith the Lord GOD, the God of hosts,
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14| That in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel upon him I will also visit the altars of Bethel: and the horns of the altar shall be cut off, and fall to the ground.
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15| And I will smite the winter house with the summer house; and the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall have an end, saith the LORD.
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1| Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink.
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2| The Lord GOD hath sworn by his holiness, that, lo, the days shall come upon you, that he will take you away with hooks, and your posterity with fishhooks.
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3| And ye shall go out at the breaches, every cow at that which is before her; and ye shall cast them into the palace, saith the LORD.
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4| Come to Bethel, and transgress; at Gilgal multiply transgression; and bring your sacrifices every morning, and your tithes after three years:
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5| And offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving with leaven, and proclaim and publish the free offerings: for this liketh you, O ye children of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.
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6| And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your places: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
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7| And also I have withholden the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered.
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8| So two or three cities wandered unto one city, to drink water; but they were not satisfied: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
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9| I have smitten you with blasting and mildew: when your gardens and your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees increased, the palmerworm devoured them: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
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10| I have sent among you the pestilence after the manner of Egypt: your young men have I slain with the sword, and have taken away your horses; and I have made the stink of your camps to come up unto your nostrils: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
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11| I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
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12| Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: and because I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.
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13| For, lo, he that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, and declareth unto man what is his thought, that maketh the morning darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth, The LORD, The God of hosts, is his name.
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1| Hear ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation, O house of Israel.
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2| The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken upon her land; there is none to raise her up.
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3| For thus saith the Lord GOD; The city that went out by a thousand shall leave an hundred, and that which went forth by an hundred shall leave ten, to the house of Israel.
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4| For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live:
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5| But seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beersheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nought.
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6| Seek the LORD, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Bethel.
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7| Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,
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8| Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name:
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9| That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress.
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10| They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.
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11| Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.
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12| For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.
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13| Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.
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14| Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the LORD, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken.
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15| Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.
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16| Therefore the LORD, the God of hosts, the LORD, saith thus; Wailing shall be in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing.
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17| And in all vineyards shall be wailing: for I will pass through thee, saith the LORD.
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18| Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light.
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19| As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.
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20| Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?
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21| I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.
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22| Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts.
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23| Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.
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24| But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
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25| Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?
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26| But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves.
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27| Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith the LORD, whose name is The God of hosts.
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1| Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria, which are named chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came!
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2| Pass ye unto Calneh, and see; and from thence go ye to Hamath the great: then go down to Gath of the Philistines: be they better than these kingdoms? or their border greater than your border?
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3| Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;
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4| That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall;
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5| That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David;
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6| That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.
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7| Therefore now shall they go captive with the first that go captive, and the banquet of them that stretched themselves shall be removed.
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8| The Lord GOD hath sworn by himself, saith the LORD the God of hosts, I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces: therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein.
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9| And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, that they shall die.
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10| And a man's uncle shall take him up, and he that burneth him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that is by the sides of the house, Is there yet any with thee? and he shall say, No. Then shall he say, Hold thy tongue: for we may not make mention of the name of the LORD.
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11| For, behold, the LORD commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.
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12| Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock:
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13| Ye which rejoice in a thing of nought, which say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength?
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14| But, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, saith the LORD the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the entering in of Hemath unto the river of the wilderness.
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1| Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me; and, behold, he formed grasshoppers in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, it was the latter growth after the king's mowings.
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2| And it came to pass, that when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, O Lord GOD, forgive, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.
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3| The LORD repented for this: It shall not be, saith the LORD.
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4| Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and, behold, the Lord GOD called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part.
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5| Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.
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6| The LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord GOD.
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7| Thus he shewed me: and, behold, the LORD stood upon a wall made by a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand.
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8| And the LORD said unto me, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A plumbline. Then said the LORD, Behold, I will set a plumbline in the midst of my people Israel: I will not again pass by them any more:
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9| And the high places of Isaac shall be desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste; and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.
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10| Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel: the land is not able to bear all his words.
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11| For thus Amos saith, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of their own land.
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12| Also Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou seer, go, flee thee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there:
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13| But prophesy not again any more at Bethel: for it is the king's chapel, and it is the king's court.
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14| Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was an herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit:
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15| And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel.
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16| Now therefore hear thou the word of the LORD: Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not thy word against the house of Isaac.
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17| Therefore thus saith the LORD; Thy wife shall be an harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy land shall be divided by line; and thou shalt die in a polluted land: and Israel shall surely go into captivity forth of his land.
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1| Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and behold a basket of summer fruit.
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2| And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then said the LORD unto me, The end is come upon my people of Israel; I will not again pass by them any more.
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3| And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord GOD: there shall be many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast them forth with silence.
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4| Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,
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5| Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?
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6| That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat?
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7| The LORD hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.
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8| Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein? and it shall rise up wholly as a flood; and it shall be cast out and drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.
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9| And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord GOD, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day:
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10| And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.
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11| Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD:
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12| And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the LORD, and shall not find it.
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13| In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst.
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14| They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, The manner of Beersheba liveth; even they shall fall, and never rise up again.
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1| I saw the LORD standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered.
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2| Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down:
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3| And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them:
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4| And though they go into captivity before their enemies, thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good.
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5| And the Lord GOD of hosts is he that toucheth the land, and it shall melt, and all that dwell therein shall mourn: and it shall rise up wholly like a flood; and shall be drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.
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6| It is he that buildeth his stories in the heaven, and hath founded his troop in the earth; he that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name.
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7| Are ye not as children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel? saith the LORD. Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt? and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir?
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8| Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth; saving that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, saith the LORD.
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9| For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth.
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10| All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us.
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11| In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old:
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12| That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and of all the heathen, which are called by my name, saith the LORD that doeth this.
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13| Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt.
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14| And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
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15| And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be pulled up out of their land which I have given them, saith the LORD thy God.
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1| The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
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2| Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw.
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3| Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.
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4| John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne;
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5| And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,
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6| And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
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7| Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.
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8| I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.
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9| I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.
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10| I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,
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11| Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.
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12| And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks;
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13| And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.
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14| His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;
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15| And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.
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16| And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.
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17| And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:
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18| I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
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19| Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter;
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20| The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches.
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#2
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1| Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks;
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2| I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars:
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3| And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name's sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted.
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4| Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.
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5| Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.
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6| But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitanes, which I also hate.
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7| He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.
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8| And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive;
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9| I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.
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10| Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.
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11| He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death.
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12| And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges;
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13| I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even where Satan's seat is: and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan dwelleth.
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14| But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication.
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15| So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitanes, which thing I hate.
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16| Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.
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17| He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.
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18| And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write; These things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire, and his feet are like fine brass;
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19| I know thy works, and charity, and service, and faith, and thy patience, and thy works; and the last to be more than the first.
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20| Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols.
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21| And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not.
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22| Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds.
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23| And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.
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24| But unto you I say, and unto the rest in Thyatira, as many as have not this doctrine, and which have not known the depths of Satan, as they speak; I will put upon you none other burden.
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25| But that which ye have already hold fast till I come.
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26| And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations:
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27| And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father.
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28| And I will give him the morning star.
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29| He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
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#3
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1| And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.
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2| Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God.
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3| Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.
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4| Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy.
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5| He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
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6| He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
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7| And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;
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8| I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name.
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9| Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.
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10| Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
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11| Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.
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12| Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.
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13| He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
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14| And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;
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15| I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.
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16| So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.
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17| Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
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18| I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
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19| As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
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20| Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
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21| To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.
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22| He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
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#4
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1| After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.
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2| And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne.
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3| And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald.
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4| And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold.
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5| And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.
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6| And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind.
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7| And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle.
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8| And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, LORD God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.
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9| And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever,
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10| The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying,
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11| Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.
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#5
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1| And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals.
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2| And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?
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3| And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon.
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4| And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon.
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5| And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.
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6| And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.
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7| And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne.
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8| And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.
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9| And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;
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10| And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.
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11| And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands;
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12| Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing.
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13| And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.
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14| And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever.
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#6
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1| And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.
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2| And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.
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3| And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see.
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4| And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.
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5| And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.
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6| And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.
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7| And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
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||||
8| And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
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9| And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:
|
||||
10| And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
|
||||
11| And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.
|
||||
12| And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;
|
||||
13| And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.
|
||||
14| And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.
|
||||
15| And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;
|
||||
16| And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
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||||
17| For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
|
||||
#7
|
||||
1| And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.
|
||||
2| And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,
|
||||
3| Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.
|
||||
4| And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.
|
||||
5| Of the tribe of Juda were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand.
|
||||
6| Of the tribe of Aser were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Nephthalim were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed twelve thousand.
|
||||
7| Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Levi were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Issachar were sealed twelve thousand.
|
||||
8| Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand.
|
||||
9| After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;
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||||
10| And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.
|
||||
11| And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God,
|
||||
12| Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen.
|
||||
13| And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they?
|
||||
14| And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
|
||||
15| Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them.
|
||||
16| They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat.
|
||||
17| For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.
|
||||
#8
|
||||
1| And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.
|
||||
2| And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets.
|
||||
3| And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.
|
||||
4| And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand.
|
||||
5| And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast it into the earth: and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake.
|
||||
6| And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.
|
||||
7| The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
|
||||
8| And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood;
|
||||
9| And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed.
|
||||
10| And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters;
|
||||
11| And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.
|
||||
12| And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise.
|
||||
13| And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound!
|
||||
#9
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||||
1| And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.
|
||||
2| And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.
|
||||
3| And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
|
||||
4| And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.
|
||||
5| And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man.
|
||||
6| And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.
|
||||
7| And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men.
|
||||
8| And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions.
|
||||
9| And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle.
|
||||
10| And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.
|
||||
11| And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.
|
||||
12| One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter.
|
||||
13| And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,
|
||||
14| Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.
|
||||
15| And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.
|
||||
16| And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them.
|
||||
17| And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.
|
||||
18| By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.
|
||||
19| For their power is in their mouth, and in their tails: for their tails were like unto serpents, and had heads, and with them they do hurt.
|
||||
20| And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:
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||||
21| Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.
|
||||
#10
|
||||
1| And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire:
|
||||
2| And he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth,
|
||||
3| And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices.
|
||||
4| And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not.
|
||||
5| And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven,
|
||||
6| And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer:
|
||||
7| But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets.
|
||||
8| And the voice which I heard from heaven spake unto me again, and said, Go and take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel which standeth upon the sea and upon the earth.
|
||||
9| And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey.
|
||||
10| And I took the little book out of the angel's hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter.
|
||||
11| And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings.
|
||||
#11
|
||||
1| And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein.
|
||||
2| But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.
|
||||
3| And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.
|
||||
4| These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.
|
||||
5| And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed.
|
||||
6| These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.
|
||||
7| And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.
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8| And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.
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9| And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves.
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10| And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth.
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11| And after three days and an half the spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them.
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12| And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them.
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13| And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven.
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14| The second woe is past; and, behold, the third woe cometh quickly.
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15| And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.
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16| And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God,
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17| Saying, We give thee thanks, O LORD God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned.
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18| And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.
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19| And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.
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#12
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1| And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:
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2| And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.
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3| And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.
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4| And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.
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5| And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.
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6| And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.
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7| And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,
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8| And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.
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9| And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
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10| And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.
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11| And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
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12| Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.
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13| And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child.
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14| And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.
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15| And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.
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16| And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.
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17| And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
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#13
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1| And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.
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2| And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.
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3| And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.
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4| And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?
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5| And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.
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6| And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.
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7| And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.
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8| And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
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9| If any man have an ear, let him hear.
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10| He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.
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11| And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.
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12| And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.
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13| And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,
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14| And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.
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15| And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.
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16| And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
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17| And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
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18| Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.
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#14
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1| And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads.
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2| And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps:
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3| And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.
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4| These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.
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5| And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God.
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6| And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,
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7| Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.
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8| And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.
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9| And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand,
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10| The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:
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11| And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.
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12| Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
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13| And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.
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14| And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.
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15| And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe.
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16| And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped.
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17| And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle.
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18| And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.
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19| And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.
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20| And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.
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#15
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1| And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of God.
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2| And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God.
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3| And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.
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4| Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest.
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5| And after that I looked, and, behold, the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened:
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6| And the seven angels came out of the temple, having the seven plagues, clothed in pure and white linen, and having their breasts girded with golden girdles.
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7| And one of the four beasts gave unto the seven angels seven golden vials full of the wrath of God, who liveth for ever and ever.
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8| And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power; and no man was able to enter into the temple, till the seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled.
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#16
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1| And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth.
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2| And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark of the beast, and upon them which worshipped his image.
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3| And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man: and every living soul died in the sea.
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4| And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood.
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5| And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus.
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6| For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.
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7| And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.
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8| And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.
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9| And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory.
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10| And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain,
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11| And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds.
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12| And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.
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13| And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.
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14| For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.
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15| Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
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16| And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.
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||||
17| And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done.
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||||
18| And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great.
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||||
19| And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.
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||||
20| And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found.
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||||
21| And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great.
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||||
#17
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||||
1| And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:
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||||
2| With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.
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||||
3| So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
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||||
4| And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:
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||||
5| And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
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||||
6| And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.
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||||
7| And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns.
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||||
8| The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.
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9| And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.
|
||||
10| And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.
|
||||
11| And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.
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||||
12| And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
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||||
13| These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.
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||||
14| These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.
|
||||
15| And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.
|
||||
16| And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.
|
||||
17| For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled.
|
||||
18| And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.
|
||||
#18
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||||
1| And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory.
|
||||
2| And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
|
||||
3| For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.
|
||||
4| And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.
|
||||
5| For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.
|
||||
6| Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double.
|
||||
7| How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.
|
||||
8| Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.
|
||||
9| And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning,
|
||||
10| Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.
|
||||
11| And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more:
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12| The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble,
|
||||
13| And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men.
|
||||
14| And the fruits that thy soul lusted after are departed from thee, and all things which were dainty and goodly are departed from thee, and thou shalt find them no more at all.
|
||||
15| The merchants of these things, which were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing,
|
||||
16| And saying, Alas, alas that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls!
|
||||
17| For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,
|
||||
18| And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city!
|
||||
19| And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.
|
||||
20| Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.
|
||||
21| And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.
|
||||
22| And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee;
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23| And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.
|
||||
24| And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.
|
||||
#19
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||||
1| And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God:
|
||||
2| For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.
|
||||
3| And again they said, Alleluia And her smoke rose up for ever and ever.
|
||||
4| And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down and worshipped God that sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia.
|
||||
5| And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, all ye his servants, and ye that fear him, both small and great.
|
||||
6| And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.
|
||||
7| Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.
|
||||
8| And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.
|
||||
9| And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God.
|
||||
10| And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
|
||||
11| And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
|
||||
12| His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.
|
||||
13| And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.
|
||||
14| And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.
|
||||
15| And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
|
||||
16| And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
|
||||
17| And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God;
|
||||
18| That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.
|
||||
19| And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army.
|
||||
20| And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
|
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21| And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.
|
||||
#20
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||||
1| And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
|
||||
2| And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
|
||||
3| And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.
|
||||
4| And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
|
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5| But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.
|
||||
6| Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
|
||||
7| And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,
|
||||
8| And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog, and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
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9| And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.
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10| And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
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11| And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
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12| And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
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13| And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.
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14| And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
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15| And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
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#21
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1| And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
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2| And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
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3| And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.
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4| And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
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5| And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.
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6| And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.
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7| He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
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8| But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
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9| And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb's wife.
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10| And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,
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11| Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;
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12| And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel:
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13| On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates.
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14| And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
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15| And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof.
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16| And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.
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17| And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel.
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18| And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass.
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19| And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald;
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20| The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolyte; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.
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21| And the twelve gates were twelve pearls: every several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass.
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22| And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.
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23| And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
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24| And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it.
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25| And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there.
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26| And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it.
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27| And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life.
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#22
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1| And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.
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2| In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
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3| And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him:
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4| And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.
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5| And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.
|
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6| And he said unto me, These sayings are faithful and true: and the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to shew unto his servants the things which must shortly be done.
|
||||
7| Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book.
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||||
8| And I John saw these things, and heard them. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which shewed me these things.
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||||
9| Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not: for I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book: worship God.
|
||||
10| And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand.
|
||||
11| He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.
|
||||
12| And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.
|
||||
13| I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.
|
||||
14| Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
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||||
15| For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
|
||||
16| I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.
|
||||
17| And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.
|
||||
18| For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:
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19| And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.
|
||||
20| He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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21| The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
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#1
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1| And these are the words of the book, which Baruch the son of Nerias, the son of Maasias, the son of Sedecias, the son of Asadias, the son of Chelcias, wrote in Babylon,
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2| In the fifth year, and in the seventh day of the month, what time as the Chaldeans took Jerusalem, and burnt it with fire.
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||||
3| And Baruch did read the words of this book in the hearing of Jechonias the son of Joachim king of Juda, and in the ears of all the people that came to hear the book,
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4| And in the hearing of the nobles, and of the king's sons, and in the hearing of the elders, and of all the people, from the lowest unto the highest, even of all them that dwelt at Babylon by the river Sud.
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5| Whereupon they wept, fasted, and prayed before the Lord.
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||||
6| They made also a collection of money according to every man's power:
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||||
7| And they sent it to Jerusalem unto Joachim the high priest, the son of Chelcias, son of Salom, and to the priests, and to all the people which were found with him at Jerusalem,
|
||||
8| At the same time when he received the vessels of the house of the Lord, that were carried out of the temple, to return them into the land of Juda, the tenth day of the month Sivan, namely, silver vessels, which Sedecias the son of Josias king of Jada had made,
|
||||
9| After that Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon had carried away Jechonias, and the princes, and the captives, and the mighty men, and the people of the land, from Jerusalem, and brought them unto Babylon.
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||||
10| And they said, Behold, we have sent you money to buy you burnt offerings, and sin offerings, and incense, and prepare ye manna, and offer upon the altar of the Lord our God;
|
||||
11| And pray for the life of Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon, and for the life of Balthasar his son, that their days may be upon earth as the days of heaven:
|
||||
12| And the Lord will give us strength, and lighten our eyes, and we shall live under the shadow of Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon, and under the shadow of Balthasar his son, and we shall serve them many days, and find favour in their sight.
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||||
13| Pray for us also unto the Lord our God, for we have sinned against the Lord our God; and unto this day the fury of the Lord and his wrath is not turned from us.
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||||
14| And ye shall read this book which we have sent unto you, to make confession in the house of the Lord, upon the feasts and solemn days.
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||||
15| And ye shall say, To the Lord our God belongeth righteousness, but unto us the confusion of faces, as it is come to pass this day, unto them of Juda, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem,
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16| And to our kings, and to our princes, and to our priests, and to our prophets, and to our fathers:
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17| For we have sinned before the Lord,
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18| And disobeyed him, and have not hearkened unto the voice of the Lord our God, to walk in the commandments that he gave us openly:
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19| Since the day that the Lord brought our forefathers out of the land of Egypt, unto this present day, we have been disobedient unto the Lord our God, and we have been negligent in not hearing his voice.
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20| Wherefore the evils cleaved unto us, and the curse, which the Lord appointed by Moses his servant at the time that he brought our fathers out of the land of Egypt, to give us a land that floweth with milk and honey, like as it is to see this day.
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21| Nevertheless we have not hearkened unto the voice of the Lord our God, according unto all the words of the prophets, whom he sent unto us:
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22| But every man followed the imagination of his own wicked heart, to serve strange gods, and to do evil in the sight of the Lord our God.
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#2
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1| Therefore the Lord hath made good his word, which he pronounced against us, and against our judges that judged Israel, and against our kings, and against our princes, and against the men of Israel and Juda,
|
||||
2| To bring upon us great plagues, such as never happened under the whole heaven, as it came to pass in Jerusalem, according to the things that were written in the law of Moses;
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3| That a man should eat the flesh of his own son, and the flesh of his own daughter.
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4| Moreover he hath delivered them to be in subjection to all the kingdoms that are round about us, to be as a reproach and desolation among all the people round about, where the Lord hath scattered them.
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5| Thus we were cast down, and not exalted, because we have sinned against the Lord our God, and have not been obedient unto his voice.
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6| To the Lord our God appertaineth righteousness: but unto us and to our fathers open shame, as appeareth this day.
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7| For all these plagues are come upon us, which the Lord hath pronounced against us
|
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8| Yet have we not prayed before the Lord, that we might turn every one from the imaginations of his wicked heart.
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9| Wherefore the Lord watched over us for evil, and the Lord hath brought it upon us: for the Lord is righteous in all his works which he hath commanded us.
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||||
10| Yet we have not hearkened unto his voice, to walk in the commandments of the Lord, that he hath set before us.
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11| And now, O Lord God of Israel, that hast brought thy people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and high arm, and with signs, and with wonders, and with great power, and hast gotten thyself a name, as appeareth this day:
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12| O Lord our God, we have sinned, we have done ungodly, we have dealt unrighteously in all thine ordinances.
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||||
13| Let thy wrath turn from us: for we are but a few left among the heathen, where thou hast scattered us.
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||||
14| Hear our prayers, O Lord, and our petitions, and deliver us for thine own sake, and give us favour in the sight of them which have led us away:
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15| That all the earth may know that thou art the Lord our God, because Israel and his posterity is called by thy name.
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||||
16| O Lord, look down from thine holy house, and consider us: bow down thine ear, O Lord, to hear us.
|
||||
17| Open thine eyes, and behold; for the dead that are in the graves, whose souls are taken from their bodies, will give unto the Lord neither praise nor righteousness:
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18| But the soul that is greatly vexed, which goeth stooping and feeble, and the eyes that fail, and the hungry soul, will give thee praise and righteousness, O Lord.
|
||||
19| Therefore we do not make our humble supplication before thee, O Lord our God, for the righteousness of our fathers, and of our kings.
|
||||
20| For thou hast sent out thy wrath and indignation upon us, as thou hast spoken by thy servants the prophets, saying,
|
||||
21| Thus saith the Lord, Bow down your shoulders to serve the king of Babylon: so shall ye remain in the land that I gave unto your fathers.
|
||||
22| But if ye will not hear the voice of the Lord, to serve the king of Babylon,
|
||||
23| I will cause to cease out of the cites of Judah, and from without Jerusalem, the voice of mirth, and the voice of joy, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride: and the whole land shall be desolate of inhabitants.
|
||||
24| But we would not hearken unto thy voice, to serve the king of Babylon: therefore hast thou made good the words that thou spakest by thy servants the prophets, namely, that the bones of our kings, and the bones of our fathers, should be taken out of their place.
|
||||
25| And, lo, they are cast out to the heat of the day, and to the frost of the night, and they died in great miseries by famine, by sword, and by pestilence.
|
||||
26| And the house which is called by thy name hast thou laid waste, as it is to be seen this day, for the wickedness of the house of Israel and the house of Juda.
|
||||
27| O Lord our God, thou hast dealt with us after all thy goodness, and according to all that great mercy of thine,
|
||||
28| As thou spakest by thy servant Moses in the day when thou didst command him to write the law before the children of Israel, saying,
|
||||
29| If ye will not hear my voice, surely this very great multitude shall be turned into a small number among the nations, where I will scatter them.
|
||||
30| For I knew that they would not hear me, because it is a stiffnecked people: but in the land of their captivities they shall remember themselves.
|
||||
31| And shall know that I am the Lord their God: for I will give them an heart, and ears to hear:
|
||||
32| And they shall praise me in the land of their captivity, and think upon my name,
|
||||
33| And return from their stiff neck, and from their wicked deeds: for they shall remember the way of their fathers, which sinned before the Lord.
|
||||
34| And I will bring them again into the land which I promised with an oath unto their fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and they shall be lords of it: and I will increase them, and they shall not be diminished.
|
||||
35| And I will make an everlasting covenant with them to be their God, and they shall be my people: and I will no more drive my people of Israel out of the land that I have given them.
|
||||
#3
|
||||
1| O Lord Almighty, God of Israel, the soul in anguish the troubled spirit, crieth unto thee.
|
||||
2| Hear, O Lord, and have mercy; ar thou art merciful: and have pity upon us, because we have sinned before thee.
|
||||
3| For thou endurest for ever, and we perish utterly.
|
||||
4| O Lord Almighty, thou God of Israel, hear now the prayers of the dead Israelites, and of their children, which have sinned before thee, and not hearkened unto the voice of thee their God: for the which cause these plagues cleave unto us.
|
||||
5| Remember not the iniquities of our forefathers: but think upon thy power and thy name now at this time.
|
||||
6| For thou art the Lord our God, and thee, O Lord, will we praise.
|
||||
7| And for this cause thou hast put thy fear in our hearts, to the intent that we should call upon thy name, and praise thee in our captivity: for we have called to mind all the iniquity of our forefathers, that sinned before thee.
|
||||
8| Behold, we are yet this day in our captivity, where thou hast scattered us, for a reproach and a curse, and to be subject to payments, according to all the iniquities of our fathers, which departed from the Lord our God.
|
||||
9| Hear, Israel, the commandments of life: give ear to understand wisdom.
|
||||
10| How happeneth it Israel, that thou art in thine enemies' land, that thou art waxen old in a strange country, that thou art defiled with the dead,
|
||||
11| That thou art counted with them that go down into the grave?
|
||||
12| Thou hast forsaken the fountain of wisdom.
|
||||
13| For if thou hadst walked in the way of God, thou shouldest have dwelled in peace for ever.
|
||||
14| Learn where is wisdom, where is strength, where is understanding; that thou mayest know also where is length of days, and life, where is the light of the eyes, and peace.
|
||||
15| Who hath found out her place? or who hath come into her treasures ?
|
||||
16| Where are the princes of the heathen become, and such as ruled the beasts upon the earth;
|
||||
17| They that had their pastime with the fowls of the air, and they that hoarded up silver and gold, wherein men trust, and made no end of their getting?
|
||||
18| For they that wrought in silver, and were so careful, and whose works are unsearchable,
|
||||
19| They are vanished and gone down to the grave, and others are come up in their steads.
|
||||
20| Young men have seen light, and dwelt upon the earth: but the way of knowledge have they not known,
|
||||
21| Nor understood the paths thereof, nor laid hold of it: their children were far off from that way.
|
||||
22| It hath not been heard of in Chanaan, neither hath it been seen in Theman.
|
||||
23| The Agarenes that seek wisdom upon earth, the merchants of Meran and of Theman, the authors of fables, and searchers out of understanding; none of these have known the way of wisdom, or remember her paths.
|
||||
24| O Israel, how great is the house of God! and how large is the place of his possession!
|
||||
25| Great, and hath none end; high, and unmeasurable.
|
||||
26| There were the giants famous from the beginning, that were of so great stature, and so expert in war.
|
||||
27| Those did not the Lord choose, neither gave he the way of knowledge unto them:
|
||||
28| But they were destroyed, because they had no wisdom, and perished through their own foolishness.
|
||||
29| Who hath gone up into heaven, and taken her, and brought her down from the clouds?
|
||||
30| Who hath gone over the sea, and found her, and will bring her for pure gold?
|
||||
31| No man knoweth her way, nor thinketh of her path.
|
||||
32| But he that knoweth all things knoweth her, and hath found her out with his understanding: he that prepared the earth for evermore hath filled it with fourfooted beasts:
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||||
33| He that sendeth forth light, and it goeth, calleth it again, and it obeyeth him with fear.
|
||||
34| The stars shined in their watches, and rejoiced:
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||||
35|when he calleth them, they say, Here we be; and so with cheerfulness they shewed light unto him that made them.
|
||||
36| This is our God, and there shall none other be accounted of in comparison of him
|
||||
37| He hath found out all the way of knowledge, and hath given it unto Jacob his servant, and to Israel his beloved.
|
||||
38| Afterward did he shew himself upon earth, and conversed with men.
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||||
#4
|
||||
1| This is the book of the commandments of God, and the law that endureth for ever: all they that keep it shall come to life; but such as leave it shall die.
|
||||
2| Turn thee, O Jacob, and take hold of it: walk in the presence of the light thereof, that thou mayest be illuminated.
|
||||
3| Give not thine honour to another, nor the things that are profitable unto thee to a strange nation.
|
||||
4| O Israel, happy are we: for things that are pleasing to God are made known unto us.
|
||||
5| Be of good cheer, my people, the memorial of Israel.
|
||||
6| Ye were sold to the nations, not for [your] destruction: but because ye moved God to wrath, ye were delivered unto the enemies.
|
||||
7| For ye provoked him that made you by sacrificing unto devils, and not to God.
|
||||
8| Ye have forgotten the everlasting God, that brought you up; and ye have grieved Jerusalem, that nursed you.
|
||||
9| For when she saw the wrath of God coming upon you, she said, Hearken, O ye that dwell about Sion: God hath brought upon me great mourning;
|
||||
10| For I saw the captivity of my sons and daughters, which the Everlasting brought upon them.
|
||||
11| With joy did I nourish them; but sent them away with weeping and mourning.
|
||||
12| Let no man rejoice over me, a widow, and forsaken of many, who for the sins of my children am left desolate; because they departed from the law of God.
|
||||
13| They knew not his statutes, nor walked in the ways of his commandments, nor trod in the paths of discipline in his righteousness.
|
||||
14| Let them that dwell about Sion come, and remember ye the captivity of my sons and daughters, which the Everlasting hath brought upon them.
|
||||
15| For he hath brought a nation upon them from far, a shameless nation, and of a strange language, who neither reverenced old man, nor pitied child.
|
||||
16| These have carried away the dear beloved children of the widow, and left her that was alone desolate without daughters.
|
||||
17| But what can I help you?
|
||||
18| For he that brought these plagues upon you will deliver you from the hands of your enemies.
|
||||
19| Go your way, O my children, go your way: for I am left desolate.
|
||||
20| I have put off the clothing of peace, and put upon me the sackcloth of my prayer: I will cry unto the Everlasting in my days.
|
||||
21| Be of good cheer, O my children, cry unto the Lord, and he will deliver you from the power and hand of the enemies.
|
||||
22| For my hope is in the Everlasting, that he will save you; and joy is come unto me from the Holy One, because of the mercy which shall soon come unto you from the Everlasting our Saviour.
|
||||
23| For I sent you out with mourning and weeping: but God will give you to me again with joy and gladness for ever.
|
||||
24| Like as now the neighbours of Sion have seen your captivity: so shall they see shortly your salvation from our God which shall come upon you with great glory, and brightness of the Everlasting.
|
||||
25| My children, suffer patiently the wrath that is come upon you from God: for thine enemy hath persecuted thee; but shortly thou shalt see his destruction, and shalt tread upon his neck.
|
||||
26| My delicate ones have gone rough ways, and were taken away as a flock caught of the enemies.
|
||||
27| Be of good comfort, O my children, and cry unto God: for ye shall be remembered of him that brought these things upon you.
|
||||
28| For as it was your mind to go astray from God: so, being returned, seek him ten times more.
|
||||
29| For he that hath brought these plagues upon you shall bring you everlasting joy with your salvation.
|
||||
30| Take a good heart, O Jerusalem: for he that gave thee that name will comfort thee.
|
||||
31| Miserable are they that afflicted thee, and rejoiced at thy fall.
|
||||
32| Miserable are the cities which thy children served: miserable is she that received thy sons.
|
||||
33| For as she rejoiced at thy ruin, and was glad of thy fall: so shall she be grieved for her own desolation.
|
||||
34| For I will take away the rejoicing of her great multitude, and her pride shall be turned into mourning.
|
||||
35| For fire shall come upon her from the Everlasting, long to endure; and she shall be inhabited of devils for a great time.
|
||||
36| O Jerusalem, look about thee toward the east, and behold the joy that cometh unto thee from God.
|
||||
37| Lo, thy sons come, whom thou sentest away, they come gathered together from the east to the west by the word of the Holy One, rejoicing in the glory of God.
|
||||
#5
|
||||
1| Put off, O Jerusalem, the garment of mourning and affliction, and put on the comeliness of the glory that cometh from God for ever.
|
||||
2| Cast about thee a double garment of the righteousness which cometh from God; and set a diadem on thine head of the glory of the Everlasting.
|
||||
3| For God will shew thy brightness unto every country under heaven.
|
||||
4| For thy name shall be called of God for ever The peace of righteousness, and The glory of God's worship.
|
||||
5| Arise, O Jerusalem, and stand on high, and look about toward the east, and behold thy children gathered from the west unto the east by the word of the Holy One, rejoicing in the remembrance of God.
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6| For they departed from thee on foot, and were led away of their enemies: but God bringeth them unto thee exalted with glory, as children of the kingdom.
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7| For God hath appointed that every high hill, and banks of long continuance, should be cast down, and valleys filled up, to make even the ground, that Israel may go safely in the glory of God,
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8| Moreover even the woods and every sweetsmelling tree shall overshadow Israel by the commandment of God.
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9| For God shall lead Israel with joy in the light of his glory with the mercy and righteousness that cometh from him.
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1| Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother,
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2| To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are at Colosse: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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3| We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,
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4| Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have to all the saints,
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5| For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;
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6| Which is come unto you, as it is in all the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth:
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7| As ye also learned of Epaphras our dear fellowservant, who is for you a faithful minister of Christ;
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8| Who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit.
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9| For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
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10| That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
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11| Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;
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12| Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:
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13| Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
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14| In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:
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15| Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:
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16| For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:
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17| And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
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18| And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.
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19| For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;
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20| And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.
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21| And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled
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22| In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:
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23| If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;
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24| Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church:
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25| Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God;
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26| Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints:
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27| To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
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28| Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:
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29| Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.
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1| For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;
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2| That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;
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3| In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
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4| And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words.
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5| For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastness of your faith in Christ.
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6| As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him:
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7| Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.
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8| Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
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9| For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.
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10| And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:
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11| In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:
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12| Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.
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13| And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;
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14| Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;
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15| And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.
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16| Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:
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17| Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.
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18| Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
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19| And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God.
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20| Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,
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21| (Touch not; taste not; handle not;
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22| Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men?
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23| Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body: not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh.
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#3
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1| If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
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2| Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
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3| For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
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4| When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.
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5| Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
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6| For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:
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7| In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them.
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8| But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
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9| Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
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10| And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:
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11| Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.
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12| Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
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13| Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
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14| And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.
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15| And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.
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16| Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
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17| And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.
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18| Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.
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19| Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.
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20| Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
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21| Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
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22| Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God;
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23| And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;
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24| Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.
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25| But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.
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#4
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1| Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.
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2| Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;
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3| Withal praying also for us, that God would open unto us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds:
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4| That I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.
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5| Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.
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6| Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.
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7| All my state shall Tychicus declare unto you, who is a beloved brother, and a faithful minister and fellowservant in the Lord:
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8| Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that he might know your estate, and comfort your hearts;
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9| With Onesimus, a faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They shall make known unto you all things which are done here.
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10| Aristarchus my fellowprisoner saluteth you, and Marcus, sister's son to Barnabas, (touching whom ye received commandments: if he come unto you, receive him;)
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11| And Jesus, which is called Justus, who are of the circumcision. These only are my fellowworkers unto the kingdom of God, which have been a comfort unto me.
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12| Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you, always labouring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.
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13| For I bear him record, that he hath a great zeal for you, and them that are in Laodicea, and them in Hierapolis.
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14| Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, greet you.
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15| Salute the brethren which are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the church which is in his house.
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16| And when this epistle is read among you, cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans; and that ye likewise read the epistle from Laodicea.
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17| And say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry which thou hast received in the Lord, that thou fulfil it.
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18| The salutation by the hand of me Paul. Remember my bonds. Grace be with you. Amen.
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1| In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it.
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2| And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with part of the vessels of the house of God: which he carried into the land of Shinar to the house of his god; and he brought the vessels into the treasure house of his god.
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3| And the king spake unto Ashpenaz the master of his eunuchs, that he should bring certain of the children of Israel, and of the king's seed, and of the princes;
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4| Children in whom was no blemish, but well favoured, and skilful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and understanding science, and such as had ability in them to stand in the king's palace, and whom they might teach the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans.
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5| And the king appointed them a daily provision of the king's meat, and of the wine which he drank: so nourishing them three years, that at the end thereof they might stand before the king.
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6| Now among these were of the children of Judah, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah:
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7| Unto whom the prince of the eunuchs gave names: for he gave unto Daniel the name of Belteshazzar; and to Hananiah, of Shadrach; and to Mishael, of Meshach; and to Azariah, of Abednego.
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8| But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king's meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.
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9| Now God had brought Daniel into favour and tender love with the prince of the eunuchs.
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10| And the prince of the eunuchs said unto Daniel, I fear my lord the king, who hath appointed your meat and your drink: for why should he see your faces worse liking than the children which are of your sort? then shall ye make me endanger my head to the king.
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11| Then said Daniel to Melzar, whom the prince of the eunuchs had set over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,
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12| Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink.
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13| Then let our countenances be looked upon before thee, and the countenance of the children that eat of the portion of the king's meat: and as thou seest, deal with thy servants.
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14| So he consented to them in this matter, and proved them ten days.
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15| And at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer and fatter in flesh than all the children which did eat the portion of the king's meat.
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16| Thus Melzar took away the portion of their meat, and the wine that they should drink; and gave them pulse.
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17| As for these four children, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.
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18| Now at the end of the days that the king had said he should bring them in, then the prince of the eunuchs brought them in before Nebuchadnezzar.
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19| And the king communed with them; and among them all was found none like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: therefore stood they before the king.
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20| And in all matters of wisdom and understanding, that the king enquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and astrologers that were in all his realm.
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21| And Daniel continued even unto the first year of king Cyrus.
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#2
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1| And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him.
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2| Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the astrologers, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, for to shew the king his dreams. So they came and stood before the king.
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3| And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit was troubled to know the dream.
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4| Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack, O king, live for ever: tell thy servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation.
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5| The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if ye will not make known unto me the dream, with the interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.
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6| But if ye shew the dream, and the interpretation thereof, ye shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honour: therefore shew me the dream, and the interpretation thereof.
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7| They answered again and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation of it.
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8| The king answered and said, I know of certainty that ye would gain the time, because ye see the thing is gone from me.
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9| But if ye will not make known unto me the dream, there is but one decree for you: for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, till the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that ye can shew me the interpretation thereof.
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10| The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man upon the earth that can shew the king's matter: therefore there is no king, lord, nor ruler, that asked such things at any magician, or astrologer, or Chaldean.
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11| And it is a rare thing that the king requireth, and there is none other that can shew it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.
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12| For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.
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13| And the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain; and they sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain.
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14| Then Daniel answered with counsel and wisdom to Arioch the captain of the king's guard, which was gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon:
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15| He answered and said to Arioch the king's captain, Why is the decree so hasty from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel.
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16| Then Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would give him time, and that he would shew the king the interpretation.
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17| Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions:
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18| That they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his fellows should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.
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19| Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.
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20| Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever: for wisdom and might are his:
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21| And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding:
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22| He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.
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23| I thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God of my fathers, who hast given me wisdom and might, and hast made known unto me now what we desired of thee: for thou hast now made known unto us the king's matter.
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24| Therefore Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom the king had ordained to destroy the wise men of Babylon: he went and said thus unto him; Destroy not the wise men of Babylon: bring me in before the king, and I will shew unto the king the interpretation.
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25| Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste, and said thus unto him, I have found a man of the captives of Judah, that will make known unto the king the interpretation.
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26| The king answered and said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, Art thou able to make known unto me the dream which I have seen, and the interpretation thereof?
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27| Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, The secret which the king hath demanded cannot the wise men, the astrologers, the magicians, the soothsayers, shew unto the king;
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28| But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these;
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29| As for thee, O king, thy thoughts came into thy mind upon thy bed, what should come to pass hereafter: and he that revealeth secrets maketh known to thee what shall come to pass.
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30| But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living, but for their sakes that shall make known the interpretation to the king, and that thou mightest know the thoughts of thy heart.
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31| Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was terrible.
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32| This image's head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass,
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33| His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay.
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34| Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.
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35| Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.
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36| This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof before the king.
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37| Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory.
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38| And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold.
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39| And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth.
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40| And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise.
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41| And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters' clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay.
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42| And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken.
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43| And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.
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44| And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
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45| Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.
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46| Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell upon his face, and worshipped Daniel, and commanded that they should offer an oblation and sweet odours unto him.
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47| The king answered unto Daniel, and said, Of a truth it is, that your God is a God of gods, and a Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, seeing thou couldest reveal this secret.
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48| Then the king made Daniel a great man, and gave him many great gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief of the governors over all the wise men of Babylon.
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49| Then Daniel requested of the king, and he set Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, over the affairs of the province of Babylon: but Daniel sat in the gate of the king.
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#3
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1| Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.
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2| Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes, the governors, and the captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
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3| Then the princes, the governors, and captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, were gathered together unto the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
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4| Then an herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O people, nations, and languages,
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5| That at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up:
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6| And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
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7| Therefore at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of musick, all the people, the nations, and the languages, fell down and worshipped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
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8| Wherefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and accused the Jews.
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9| They spake and said to the king Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live for ever.
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10| Thou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man that shall hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, shall fall down and worship the golden image:
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11| And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth, that he should be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
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12| There are certain Jews whom thou hast set over the affairs of the province of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego; these men, O king, have not regarded thee: they serve not thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
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13| Then Nebuchadnezzar in his rage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. Then they brought these men before the king.
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14| Nebuchadnezzar spake and said unto them, Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, do not ye serve my gods, nor worship the golden image which I have set up?
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15| Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made; well: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands?
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16| Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter.
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17| If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king.
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18| But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
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19| Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: therefore he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated.
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20| And he commanded the most mighty men that were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace.
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21| Then these men were bound in their coats, their hosen, and their hats, and their other garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
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22| Therefore because the king's commandment was urgent, and the furnace exceeding hot, the flames of the fire slew those men that took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.
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23| And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
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24| And they walked in the midst of the fire, praising God, and blessing the Lord.
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25| Then Azarias stood up, and prayed on this manner; and opening his mouth in the midst of the fire said,
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26| ** (Ode Seven) ** Blessed art thou, O Lord God of our fathers: thy name is worthy to be praised and glorified for evermore:
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27| For thou art righteous in all the things that thou hast done to us: yea, true are all thy works, thy ways are right, and all thy judgments truth.
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28| In all the things that thou hast brought upon us, and upon the holy city of our fathers, even Jerusalem, thou hast executed true judgment: for according to truth and judgment didst thou bring all these things upon us because of our sins.
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29| For we have sinned and committed iniquity, departing from thee.
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30| In all things have we trespassed, and not obeyed thy commandments, nor kept them, neither done as thou hast commanded us, that it might go well with us.
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31| Wherefore all that thou hast brought upon us, and every thing that thou hast done to us, thou hast done in true judgment.
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32| And thou didst deliver us into the hands of lawless enemies, most hateful forsakers of God, and to an unjust king, and the most wicked in all the world.
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33| And now we cannot open our mouths, we are become a shame and reproach to thy servants; and to them that worship thee.
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34| Yet deliver us not up wholly, for thy name's sake, neither disannul thou thy covenant:
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35| And cause not thy mercy to depart from us, for thy beloved Abraham's sake, for thy servant Issac's sake, and for thy holy Israel's sake;
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36| To whom thou hast spoken and promised, that thou wouldest multiply their seed as the stars of heaven, and as the sand that lieth upon the seashore.
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37| For we, O Lord, are become less than any nation, and be kept under this day in all the world because of our sins.
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38| Neither is there at this time prince, or prophet, or leader, or burnt offering, or sacrifice, or oblation, or incense, or place to sacrifice before thee, and to find mercy.
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39| Nevertheless in a contrite heart and an humble spirit let us be accepted.
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40| Like as in the burnt offerings of rams and bullocks, and like as in ten thousands of fat lambs: so let our sacrifice be in thy sight this day, and grant that we may wholly go after thee: for they shall not be confounded that put their trust in thee.
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41| And now we follow thee with all our heart, we fear thee, and seek thy face.
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42| Put us not to shame: but deal with us after thy lovingkindness, and according to the multitude of thy mercies.
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43| Deliver us also according to thy marvellous works, and give glory to thy name, O Lord: and let all them that do thy servants hurt be ashamed;
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44| And let them be confounded in all their power and might, and let their strength be broken;
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45| And let them know that thou art God, the only God, and glorious over the whole world. *(End of Ode 7)*
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46| And the king's servants, that put them in, ceased not to make the oven hot with rosin, pitch, tow, and small wood;
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47| So that the flame streamed forth above the furnace forty and nine cubits.
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48| And it passed through, and burned those Chaldeans it found about the furnace.
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49| But the angel of the Lord came down into the oven together with Azarias and his fellows, and smote the flame of the fire out of the oven;
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50| And made the midst of the furnace as it had been a moist whistling wind, so that the fire touched them not at all, neither hurt nor troubled them.
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51| Then the three, as out of one mouth, praised, glorified, and blessed, God in the furnace, saying,
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52| ** (Ode Eight) ** Blessed art thou, O Lord God of our fathers: and to be praised and exalted above all for ever, and blessed is thy glorious and holy name: and to be praised and exalted above all for ever.
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53| Blessed art thou in the temple of thine holy glory: and to be praised and glorified above all for ever.
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54| Blessed art thou that beholdest the depths, and sittest upon the cherubims: and to be praised and exalted above all for ever.
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55| Blessed art thou on the glorious throne of thy kingdom: and to be praised and glorified above all for ever.
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56| Blessed art thou in the firmament of heaven: and above ail to be praised and glorified for ever.
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57| O all ye works of the Lord, bless ye the Lord : praise and exalt him above all for ever,
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58| O ye heavens, bless ye the Lord : praise and exalt him above all for ever.
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59| O ye angels of the Lord, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
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60| O all ye waters that be above the heaven, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
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61| O all ye powers of the Lord, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
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62| O ye sun and moon, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
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63| O ye stars of heaven, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
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64| O every shower and dew, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
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65| O all ye winds, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever,
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66| O ye fire and heat, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
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67| O ye winter and summer, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
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68| 0 ye dews and storms of snow, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
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69| O ye nights and days, bless ye the Lord: bless and exalt him above all for ever.
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70| O ye light and darkness, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
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71| O ye ice and cold, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
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72| O ye frost and snow, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
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73| O ye lightnings and clouds, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
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74| O let the earth bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
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75| O ye mountains and little hills, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
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76| O all ye things that grow in the earth, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
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77| O ye mountains, bless ye the Lord: Praise and exalt him above all for ever.
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78| O ye seas and rivers, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
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79| O ye whales, and all that move in the waters, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
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80| O all ye fowls of the air, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
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81| O all ye beasts and cattle, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
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82| O ye children of men, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
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83| O Israel, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
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84| O ye priests of the Lord, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
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85| O ye servants of the Lord, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
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86| O ye spirits and souls of the righteous, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
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87| O ye holy and humble men of heart, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
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88| O Ananias, Azarias, and Misael, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever: far he hath delivered us from hell, and saved us from the hand of death, and delivered us out of the midst of the furnace and burning flame: even out of the midst of the fire hath he delivered us.
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89| O give thanks unto the Lord, because he is gracious: for his mercy endureth for ever.
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90| O all ye that worship the Lord, bless the God of gods, praise him, and give him thanks: for his mercy endureth for ever. *(End of Ode 8)*
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91| Then Nebuchadnezzar the king [hearing their singing] was astonied, and rose up in haste, and spake, and said unto his counsellors, Did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? They answered and said unto the king, True, O king.
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92| He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.
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93| Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace, and spake, and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, ye servants of the most high God, come forth, and come hither. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, came forth of the midst of the fire.
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94| And the princes, governors, and captains, and the king's counsellors, being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies the fire had no power, nor was an hair of their head singed, neither were their coats changed, nor the smell of fire had passed on them.
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95| Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king's word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.
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96| Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill: because there is no other God that can deliver after this sort.
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97| Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, in the province of Babylon.
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98| Nebuchadnezzar the king, unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you.
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99| I thought it good to shew the signs and wonders that the high God hath wrought toward me.
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100| How great are his signs! and how mighty are his wonders! his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his dominion is from generation to generation.
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#4
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1| I Nebuchadnezzar was at rest in mine house, and flourishing in my palace:
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2| I saw a dream which made me afraid, and the thoughts upon my bed and the visions of my head troubled me.
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3| Therefore made I a decree to bring in all the wise men of Babylon before me, that they might make known unto me the interpretation of the dream.
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4| Then came in the magicians, the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers: and I told the dream before them; but they did not make known unto me the interpretation thereof.
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5| But at the last Daniel came in before me, whose name was Belteshazzar, according to the name of my God, and in whom is the spirit of the holy gods: and before him I told the dream, saying,
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6| O Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in thee, and no secret troubleth thee, tell me the visions of my dream that I have seen, and the interpretation thereof.
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7| Thus were the visions of mine head in my bed; I saw, and behold a tree in the midst of the earth, and the height thereof was great.
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8| The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached unto heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth:
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9| The leaves thereof were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was meat for all: the beasts of the field had shadow under it, and the fowls of the heaven dwelt in the boughs thereof, and all flesh was fed of it.
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10| I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed, and, behold, a watcher and an holy one came down from heaven;
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11| He cried aloud, and said thus, Hew down the tree, and cut off his branches, shake off his leaves, and scatter his fruit: let the beasts get away from under it, and the fowls from his branches:
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12| Nevertheless leave the stump of his roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts in the grass of the earth:
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13| Let his heart be changed from man's, and let a beast's heart be given unto him; and let seven times pass over him.
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14| This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men.
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15| This dream I king Nebuchadnezzar have seen. Now thou, O Belteshazzar, declare the interpretation thereof, forasmuch as all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to make known unto me the interpretation: but thou art able; for the spirit of the holy gods is in thee.
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16| Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was astonied for one hour, and his thoughts troubled him. The king spake, and said, Belteshazzar, let not the dream, or the interpretation thereof, trouble thee. Belteshazzar answered and said, My lord, the dream be to them that hate thee, and the interpretation thereof to thine enemies.
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17| The tree that thou sawest, which grew, and was strong, whose height reached unto the heaven, and the sight thereof to all the earth;
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18| Whose leaves were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was meat for all; under which the beasts of the field dwelt, and upon whose branches the fowls of the heaven had their habitation:
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19| It is thou, O king, that art grown and become strong: for thy greatness is grown, and reacheth unto heaven, and thy dominion to the end of the earth.
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20| And whereas the king saw a watcher and an holy one coming down from heaven, and saying, Hew the tree down, and destroy it; yet leave the stump of the roots thereof in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts of the field, till seven times pass over him;
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21| This is the interpretation, O king, and this is the decree of the most High, which is come upon my lord the king:
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22| That they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and they shall wet thee with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over thee, till thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
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23| And whereas they commanded to leave the stump of the tree roots; thy kingdom shall be sure unto thee, after that thou shalt have known that the heavens do rule.
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24| Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.
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25| All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar.
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26| At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon.
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||||
27| The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?
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||||
28| While the word was in the king's mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, saying, O king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken; The kingdom is departed from thee.
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29| And they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field: they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
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30| The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar: and he was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hairs were grown like eagles' feathers, and his nails like birds' claws.
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31| And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation:
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32| And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?
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||||
33| At the same time my reason returned unto me; and for the glory of my kingdom, mine honour and brightness returned unto me; and my counsellors and my lords sought unto me; and I was established in my kingdom, and excellent majesty was added unto me.
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34| Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.
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#5
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1| Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.
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2| Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein.
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||||
3| Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem; and the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, drank in them.
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||||
4| They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.
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||||
5| In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the king's palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.
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6| Then the king's countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.
|
||||
7| The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. And the king spake, and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and shew me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.
|
||||
8| Then came in all the king's wise men: but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation thereof.
|
||||
9| Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance was changed in him, and his lords were astonied.
|
||||
10| Now the queen by reason of the words of the king and his lords came into the banquet house: and the queen spake and said, O king, live for ever: let not thy thoughts trouble thee, nor let thy countenance be changed:
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11| There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was found in him; whom the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king, I say, thy father, made master of the magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans, and soothsayers;
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12| Forasmuch as an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and shewing of hard sentences, and dissolving of doubts, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar: now let Daniel be called, and he will shew the interpretation.
|
||||
13| Then was Daniel brought in before the king. And the king spake and said unto Daniel, Art thou that Daniel, which art of the children of the captivity of Judah, whom the king my father brought out of Jewry?
|
||||
14| I have even heard of thee, that the spirit of the gods is in thee, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom is found in thee.
|
||||
15| And now the wise men, the astrologers, have been brought in before me, that they should read this writing, and make known unto me the interpretation thereof: but they could not shew the interpretation of the thing:
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||||
16| And I have heard of thee, that thou canst make interpretations, and dissolve doubts: now if thou canst read the writing, and make known to me the interpretation thereof, thou shalt be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about thy neck, and shalt be the third ruler in the kingdom.
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||||
17| Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let thy gifts be to thyself, and give thy rewards to another; yet I will read the writing unto the king, and make known to him the interpretation.
|
||||
18| O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour:
|
||||
19| And for the majesty that he gave him, all people, nations, and languages, trembled and feared before him: whom he would he slew; and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he set up; and whom he would he put down.
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20| But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him:
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||||
21| And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses: they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will.
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22| And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this;
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23| But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:
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24| Then was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was written.
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||||
25| And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.
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26| This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it.
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27| TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.
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28| PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.
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||||
29| Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.
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30| In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.
|
||||
31| And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old.
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#6
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1| It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom;
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2| And over these three presidents; of whom Daniel was first: that the princes might give accounts unto them, and the king should have no damage.
|
||||
3| Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm.
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||||
4| Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find none occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him.
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||||
5| Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find it against him concerning the law of his God.
|
||||
6| Then these presidents and princes assembled together to the king, and said thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever.
|
||||
7| All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellors, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any God or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.
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8| Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.
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9| Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree.
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10| Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.
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11| Then these men assembled, and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God.
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12| Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the king's decree; Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask a petition of any God or man within thirty days, save of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said, The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.
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13| Then answered they and said before the king, That Daniel, which is of the children of the captivity of Judah, regardeth not thee, O king, nor the decree that thou hast signed, but maketh his petition three times a day.
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14| Then the king, when he heard these words, was sore displeased with himself, and set his heart on Daniel to deliver him: and he laboured till the going down of the sun to deliver him.
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15| Then these men assembled unto the king, and said unto the king, Know, O king, that the law of the Medes and Persians is, That no decree nor statute which the king establisheth may be changed.
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16| Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. Now the king spake and said unto Daniel, Thy God whom thou servest continually, he will deliver thee.
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17| And a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords; that the purpose might not be changed concerning Daniel.
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18| Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting: neither were instruments of musick brought before him: and his sleep went from him.
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19| Then the king arose very early in the morning, and went in haste unto the den of lions.
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20| And when he came to the den, he cried with a lamentable voice unto Daniel: and the king spake and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, is thy God, whom thou servest continually, able to deliver thee from the lions?
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21| Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, live for ever.
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22| My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.
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23| Then was the king exceedingly glad for him, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found upon him, because he believed in his God.
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24| And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and brake all their bones in pieces or ever they came at the bottom of the den.
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25| Then king Darius wrote unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you.
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26| I make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: for he is the living God, and stedfast for ever, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed, and his dominion shall be even unto the end.
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27| He delivereth and rescueth, and he worketh signs and wonders in heaven and in earth, who hath delivered Daniel from the power of the lions.
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28| So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.
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#7
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1| In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, and told the sum of the matters.
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2| Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea.
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3| And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another.
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4| The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it.
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5| And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh.
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6| After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and dominion was given to it.
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7| After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns.
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8| I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things.
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9| I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire.
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10| A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened.
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11| I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the horn spake: I beheld even till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame.
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12| As concerning the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time.
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13| I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.
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14| And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.
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15| I Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of my body, and the visions of my head troubled me.
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16| I came near unto one of them that stood by, and asked him the truth of all this. So he told me, and made me know the interpretation of the things.
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17| These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise out of the earth.
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18| But the saints of the most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever.
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19| Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast, which was diverse from all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of iron, and his nails of brass; which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with his feet;
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20| And of the ten horns that were in his head, and of the other which came up, and before whom three fell; even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very great things, whose look was more stout than his fellows.
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21| I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them;
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22| Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom.
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23| Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.
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24| And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.
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25| And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.
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26| But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the end.
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27| And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.
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28| Hitherto is the end of the matter. As for me Daniel, my cogitations much troubled me, and my countenance changed in me: but I kept the matter in my heart.
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#8
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1| In the third year of the reign of king Belshazzar a vision appeared unto me, even unto me Daniel, after that which appeared unto me at the first.
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2| And I saw in a vision; and it came to pass, when I saw, that I was at Shushan in the palace, which is in the province of Elam; and I saw in a vision, and I was by the river of Ulai.
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3| Then I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there stood before the river a ram which had two horns: and the two horns were high; but one was higher than the other, and the higher came up last.
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4| I saw the ram pushing westward, and northward, and southward; so that no beasts might stand before him, neither was there any that could deliver out of his hand; but he did according to his will, and became great.
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5| And as I was considering, behold, an he goat came from the west on the face of the whole earth, and touched not the ground: and the goat had a notable horn between his eyes.
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6| And he came to the ram that had two horns, which I had seen standing before the river, and ran unto him in the fury of his power.
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7| And I saw him come close unto the ram, and he was moved with choler against him, and smote the ram, and brake his two horns: and there was no power in the ram to stand before him, but he cast him down to the ground, and stamped upon him: and there was none that could deliver the ram out of his hand.
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8| Therefore the he goat waxed very great: and when he was strong, the great horn was broken; and for it came up four notable ones toward the four winds of heaven.
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9| And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which waxed exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the pleasant land.
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10| And it waxed great, even to the host of heaven; and it cast down some of the host and of the stars to the ground, and stamped upon them.
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11| Yea, he magnified himself even to the prince of the host, and by him the daily sacrifice was taken away, and the place of the sanctuary was cast down.
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12| And an host was given him against the daily sacrifice by reason of transgression, and it cast down the truth to the ground; and it practised, and prospered.
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13| Then I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said unto that certain saint which spake, How long shall be the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, and the transgression of desolation, to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot?
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14| And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.
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15| And it came to pass, when I, even I Daniel, had seen the vision, and sought for the meaning, then, behold, there stood before me as the appearance of a man.
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16| And I heard a man's voice between the banks of Ulai, which called, and said, Gabriel, make this man to understand the vision.
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17| So he came near where I stood: and when he came, I was afraid, and fell upon my face: but he said unto me, Understand, O son of man: for at the time of the end shall be the vision.
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18| Now as he was speaking with me, I was in a deep sleep on my face toward the ground: but he touched me, and set me upright.
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19| And he said, Behold, I will make thee know what shall be in the last end of the indignation: for at the time appointed the end shall be.
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20| The ram which thou sawest having two horns are the kings of Media and Persia.
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21| And the rough goat is the king of Grecia: and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king.
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22| Now that being broken, whereas four stood up for it, four kingdoms shall stand up out of the nation, but not in his power.
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23| And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up.
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24| And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.
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25| And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand.
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26| And the vision of the evening and the morning which was told is true: wherefore shut thou up the vision; for it shall be for many days.
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27| And I Daniel fainted, and was sick certain days; afterward I rose up, and did the king's business; and I was astonished at the vision, but none understood it.
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#9
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1| In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, which was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans;
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2| In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem.
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3| And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:
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4| And I prayed unto the LORD my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments;
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5| We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments:
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6| Neither have we hearkened unto thy servants the prophets, which spake in thy name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land.
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7| O LORD, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee.
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8| O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee.
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9| To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him;
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10| Neither have we obeyed the voice of the LORD our God, to walk in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets.
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11| Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even by departing, that they might not obey thy voice; therefore the curse is poured upon us, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against him.
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12| And he hath confirmed his words, which he spake against us, and against our judges that judged us, by bringing upon us a great evil: for under the whole heaven hath not been done as hath been done upon Jerusalem.
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13| As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us: yet made we not our prayer before the LORD our God, that we might turn from our iniquities, and understand thy truth.
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14| Therefore hath the LORD watched upon the evil, and brought it upon us: for the LORD our God is righteous in all his works which he doeth: for we obeyed not his voice.
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15| And now, O Lord our God, that hast brought thy people forth out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and hast gotten thee renown, as at this day; we have sinned, we have done wickedly.
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16| O LORD, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach to all that are about us.
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17| Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord's sake.
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18| O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies.
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19| O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are called by thy name.
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20| And whiles I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the LORD my God for the holy mountain of my God;
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21| Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation.
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22| And he informed me, and talked with me, and said, O Daniel, I am now come forth to give thee skill and understanding.
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23| At the beginning of thy supplications the commandment came forth, and I am come to shew thee; for thou art greatly beloved: therefore understand the matter, and consider the vision.
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24| Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
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25| Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.
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26| And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
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27| And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
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#10
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1| In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed unto Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the thing was true, but the time appointed was long: and he understood the thing, and had understanding of the vision.
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2| In those days I Daniel was mourning three full weeks.
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||||
3| I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled.
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||||
4| And in the four and twentieth day of the first month, as I was by the side of the great river, which is Hiddekel;
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||||
5| Then I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a certain man clothed in linen, whose loins were girded with fine gold of Uphaz:
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||||
6| His body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like in colour to polished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude.
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||||
7| And I Daniel alone saw the vision: for the men that were with me saw not the vision; but a great quaking fell upon them, so that they fled to hide themselves.
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||||
8| Therefore I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me: for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I retained no strength.
|
||||
9| Yet heard I the voice of his words: and when I heard the voice of his words, then was I in a deep sleep on my face, and my face toward the ground.
|
||||
10| And, behold, an hand touched me, which set me upon my knees and upon the palms of my hands.
|
||||
11| And he said unto me, O Daniel, a man greatly beloved, understand the words that I speak unto thee, and stand upright: for unto thee am I now sent. And when he had spoken this word unto me, I stood trembling.
|
||||
12| Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come for thy words.
|
||||
13| But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days: but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I remained there with the kings of Persia.
|
||||
14| Now I am come to make thee understand what shall befall thy people in the latter days: for yet the vision is for many days.
|
||||
15| And when he had spoken such words unto me, I set my face toward the ground, and I became dumb.
|
||||
16| And, behold, one like the similitude of the sons of men touched my lips: then I opened my mouth, and spake, and said unto him that stood before me, O my lord, by the vision my sorrows are turned upon me, and I have retained no strength.
|
||||
17| For how can the servant of this my lord talk with this my lord? for as for me, straightway there remained no strength in me, neither is there breath left in me.
|
||||
18| Then there came again and touched me one like the appearance of a man, and he strengthened me,
|
||||
19| And said, O man greatly beloved, fear not: peace be unto thee, be strong, yea, be strong. And when he had spoken unto me, I was strengthened, and said, Let my lord speak; for thou hast strengthened me.
|
||||
20| Then said he, Knowest thou wherefore I come unto thee? and now will I return to fight with the prince of Persia: and when I am gone forth, lo, the prince of Grecia shall come.
|
||||
21| But I will shew thee that which is noted in the scripture of truth: and there is none that holdeth with me in these things, but Michael your prince.
|
||||
#11
|
||||
1| Also I in the first year of Darius the Mede, even I, stood to confirm and to strengthen him.
|
||||
2| And now will I shew thee the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer than they all: and by his strength through his riches he shall stir up all against the realm of Grecia.
|
||||
3| And a mighty king shall stand up, that shall rule with great dominion, and do according to his will.
|
||||
4| And when he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken, and shall be divided toward the four winds of heaven; and not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion which he ruled: for his kingdom shall be plucked up, even for others beside those.
|
||||
5| And the king of the south shall be strong, and one of his princes; and he shall be strong above him, and have dominion; his dominion shall be a great dominion.
|
||||
6| And in the end of years they shall join themselves together; for the king's daughter of the south shall come to the king of the north to make an agreement: but she shall not retain the power of the arm; neither shall he stand, nor his arm: but she shall be given up, and they that brought her, and he that begat her, and he that strengthened her in these times.
|
||||
7| But out of a branch of her roots shall one stand up in his estate, which shall come with an army, and shall enter into the fortress of the king of the north, and shall deal against them, and shall prevail:
|
||||
8| And shall also carry captives into Egypt their gods, with their princes, and with their precious vessels of silver and of gold; and he shall continue more years than the king of the north.
|
||||
9| So the king of the south shall come into his kingdom, and shall return into his own land.
|
||||
10| But his sons shall be stirred up, and shall assemble a multitude of great forces: and one shall certainly come, and overflow, and pass through: then shall he return, and be stirred up, even to his fortress.
|
||||
11| And the king of the south shall be moved with choler, and shall come forth and fight with him, even with the king of the north: and he shall set forth a great multitude; but the multitude shall be given into his hand.
|
||||
12| And when he hath taken away the multitude, his heart shall be lifted up; and he shall cast down many ten thousands: but he shall not be strengthened by it.
|
||||
13| For the king of the north shall return, and shall set forth a multitude greater than the former, and shall certainly come after certain years with a great army and with much riches.
|
||||
14| And in those times there shall many stand up against the king of the south: also the robbers of thy people shall exalt themselves to establish the vision; but they shall fall.
|
||||
15| So the king of the north shall come, and cast up a mount, and take the most fenced cities: and the arms of the south shall not withstand, neither his chosen people, neither shall there be any strength to withstand.
|
||||
16| But he that cometh against him shall do according to his own will, and none shall stand before him: and he shall stand in the glorious land, which by his hand shall be consumed.
|
||||
17| He shall also set his face to enter with the strength of his whole kingdom, and upright ones with him; thus shall he do: and he shall give him the daughter of women, corrupting her: but she shall not stand on his side, neither be for him.
|
||||
18| After this shall he turn his face unto the isles, and shall take many: but a prince for his own behalf shall cause the reproach offered by him to cease; without his own reproach he shall cause it to turn upon him.
|
||||
19| Then he shall turn his face toward the fort of his own land: but he shall stumble and fall, and not be found.
|
||||
20| Then shall stand up in his estate a raiser of taxes in the glory of the kingdom: but within few days he shall be destroyed, neither in anger, nor in battle.
|
||||
21| And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.
|
||||
22| And with the arms of a flood shall they be overflown from before him, and shall be broken; yea, also the prince of the covenant.
|
||||
23| And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people.
|
||||
24| He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers' fathers; he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches: yea, and he shall forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a time.
|
||||
25| And he shall stir up his power and his courage against the king of the south with a great army; and the king of the south shall be stirred up to battle with a very great and mighty army; but he shall not stand: for they shall forecast devices against him.
|
||||
26| Yea, they that feed of the portion of his meat shall destroy him, and his army shall overflow: and many shall fall down slain.
|
||||
27| And both of these kings' hearts shall be to do mischief, and they shall speak lies at one table; but it shall not prosper: for yet the end shall be at the time appointed.
|
||||
28| Then shall he return into his land with great riches; and his heart shall be against the holy covenant; and he shall do exploits, and return to his own land.
|
||||
29| At the time appointed he shall return, and come toward the south; but it shall not be as the former, or as the latter.
|
||||
30| For the ships of Chittim shall come against him: therefore he shall be grieved, and return, and have indignation against the holy covenant: so shall he do; he shall even return, and have intelligence with them that forsake the holy covenant.
|
||||
31| And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate.
|
||||
32| And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits.
|
||||
33| And they that understand among the people shall instruct many: yet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil, many days.
|
||||
34| Now when they shall fall, they shall be holpen with a little help: but many shall cleave to them with flatteries.
|
||||
35| And some of them of understanding shall fall, to try them, and to purge, and to make them white, even to the time of the end: because it is yet for a time appointed.
|
||||
36| And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.
|
||||
37| Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.
|
||||
38| But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces: and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
|
||||
39| Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many, and shall divide the land for gain.
|
||||
40| And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.
|
||||
41| He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.
|
||||
42| He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape.
|
||||
43| But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.
|
||||
44| But tidings out of the east and out of the north shall trouble him: therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.
|
||||
45| And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.
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#12
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1| And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.
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2| And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
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3| And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.
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4| But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
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5| Then I Daniel looked, and, behold, there stood other two, the one on this side of the bank of the river, and the other on that side of the bank of the river.
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6| And one said to the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, How long shall it be to the end of these wonders?
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7| And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a time, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished.
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8| And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what shall be the end of these things?
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9| And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end.
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10| Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.
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11| And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.
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12| Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.
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13| But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days.
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#13
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1| There dwelt a man in Babylon, called Joacim:
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2| And he took a wife, whose name was Susanna, the daughter of Chelcias, a very fair woman, and one that feared the Lord.
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3| Her parents also were righteous, and taught their daughter according to the law of Moses.
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4| Now Joacim was a great rich man, and had a fair garden joining unto his house: and to him resorted the Jews; because he was more honourable than all others.
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5| The same year were appointed two of the ancients of the people to be judges, such as the Lord spake of, that wickedness came from Babylon from ancient judges, who seemed to govern the people.
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6| These kept much at Joacim's house: and all that had any suits in law came unto them.
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7| Now when the people departed away at noon, Susanna went into her husband's garden to walk.
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8| And the two elders saw her going in every day, and walking; so that their lust was inflamed toward her.
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9| And they perverted their own mind, and turned away their eyes, that they might not look unto heaven, nor remember just judgments.
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10| And albeit they both were wounded with her love, yet durst not one shew another his grief.
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11| For they were ashamed to declare their lust, that they desired to have to do with her.
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12| Yet they watched diligently from day to day to see her.
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13| And the one said to the other, Let us now go home: for it is dinner time.
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14| So when they were gone out, they parted the one from the other, and turning back again they came to the same place; and after that they had asked one another the cause, they acknowledged their lust: then appointed they a time both together, when they might find her alone.
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15| And it fell out, as they watched a fit time, she went in as before with two maids only, and she was desirous to wash herself in the garden: for it was hot.
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16| And there was no body there save the two elders, that had hid themselves, and watched her.
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17| Then she said to her maids, Bring me oil and washing balls, and shut the garden doors, that I may wash me.
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18| And they did as she bade them, and shut the garden doors, and went out themselves at privy doors to fetch the things that she had commanded them: but they saw not the elders, because they were hid.
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19| Now when the maids were gone forth, the two elders rose up, and ran unto her, saying,
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20| Behold, the garden doors are shut, that no man can see us, and we are in love with thee; therefore consent unto us, and lie with us.
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21| If thou wilt not, we will bear witness against thee, that a young man was with thee: and therefore thou didst send away thy maids from thee.
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22| Then Susanna sighed, and said, I am straitened on every side: for if I do this thing, it is death unto me: and if I do it not I cannot escape your hands.
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23| It is better for me to fall into your hands, and not do it, than to sin in the sight of the Lord.
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24| With that Susanna cried with a loud voice: and the two elders cried out against her.
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25| Then ran the one, and opened the garden door.
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26| So when the servants of the house heard the cry in the garden, they rushed in at the privy door, to see what was done unto her.
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27| But when the elders had declared their matter, the servants were greatly ashamed: for there was never such a report made of Susanna.
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28| And it came to pass the next day, when the people were assembled to her husband Joacim, the two elders came also full of mischievous imagination against Susanna to put her to death;
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29| And said before the people, Send for Susanna, the daughter of Chelcias, Joacim's wife. And so they sent.
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30| So she came with her father and mother, her children, and all her kindred.
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31| Now Susanna was a very delicate woman, and beauteous to behold.
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32| And these wicked men commanded to uncover her face, (for she was covered) that they might be filled with her beauty.
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33| Therefore her friends and all that saw her wept.
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34| Then the two elders stood up in the midst of the people, and laid their hands upon her head.
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35| And she weeping looked up toward heaven: for her heart trusted in the Lord.
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36| And the elders said, As we walked in the garden alone, this woman came in with two maids, and shut the garden doors, and sent the maids away.
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37| Then a young man, who there was hid, came unto her, and lay with her.
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38| Then we that stood in a corner of the garden, seeing this wickedness, ran unto them.
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39| And when we saw them together, the man we could not hold: for he was stronger than we, and opened the door, and leaped out.
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40| But having taken this woman, we asked who the young man was, but she would not tell us: these things do we testify.
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41| Then the assembly believed them as those that were the elders and judges of the people: so they condemned her to death.
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42| Then Susanna cried out with a loud voice, and said, O everlasting God, that knowest the secrets, and knowest all things before they be:
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43| Thou knowest that they have borne false witness against me, and, behold, I must die; whereas I never did such things as these men have maliciously invented against me.
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44| And the Lord heard her voice.
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45| Therefore when she was led to be put to death, the Lord raised up the holy spirit of a young youth whose name was Daniel:
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46| Who cried with a loud voice, I am clear from the blood of this woman.
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47| Then all the people turned them toward him, and said, What mean these words that thou hast spoken?
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48| So he standing in the midst of them said, Are ye such fools, ye sons of Israel, that without examination or knowledge of the truth ye have condemned a daughter of Israel?
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49| Return again to the place of judgment: for they have borne false witness against her.
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50| Wherefore all the people turned again in haste, and the elders said unto him, Come, sit down among us, and shew it us, seeing God hath given thee the honour of an elder.
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51| Then said Daniel unto them, Put these two aside one far from another, and I will examine them.
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52| So when they were put asunder one from another, he called one of them, and said unto him, O thou that art waxen old in wickedness, now thy sins which thou hast committed aforetime are come to light.
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53| For thou hast pronounced false judgment and hast condemned the innocent and hast let the guilty go free; albeit the Lord saith, The innocent and righteous shalt thou not slay.
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54| Now then, if thou hast seen her, tell me, Under what tree sawest thou them companying together? Who answered, Under a mastick tree.
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55| And Daniel said, Very well; thou hast lied against thine own head; for even now the angel of God hath received the sentence of God to cut thee in two.
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56| So he put him aside, and commanded to bring the other, and said unto him, O thou seed of Chanaan, and not of Juda, beauty hath deceived thee, and lust hath perverted thine heart.
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57| Thus have ye dealt with the daughters of Israel, and they for fear companied with you: but the daughter of Juda would not abide your wickedness.
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58| Now therefore tell me, Under what tree didst thou take them companying together? Who answered, Under an holm tree.
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59| Then said Daniel unto him, Well; thou hast also lied against thine own head: for the angel of God waiteth with the sword to cut thee in two, that he may destroy you.
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60| With that all the assembly cried out with a loud voice, and praised God, who saveth them that trust in him.
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61| And they arose against the two elders, for Daniel had convicted them of false witness by their own mouth:
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62| And according to the law of Moses they did unto them in such sort as they maliciously intended to do to their neighbour: and they put them to death. Thus the innocent blood was saved the same day.
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63| Therefore Chelcias and his wife praised God for their daughter Susanna, with Joacim her husband, and all the kindred, because there was no dishonesty found in her.
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64| From that day forth was Daniel had in great reputation in the sight of the people.
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#14
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1| And king Astyages was gathered to his fathers, and Cyrus of Persia received his kingdom.
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2| And Daniel conversed with the king, and was honoured above all his friends.
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3| Now the Babylons had an idol, called Bel, and there were spent upon him every day twelve great measures of fine flour, and forty sheep, and six vessels of wine.
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4| And the king worshipped it and went daily to adore it: but Daniel worshipped his own God. And the king said unto him, Why dost not thou worship Bel?
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5| Who answered and said, Because I may not worship idols made with hands, but the living God, who hath created the heaven and the earth, and hath sovereignty over all flesh.
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6| Then said the king unto him, Thinkest thou not that Bel is a living God? seest thou not how much he eateth and drinketh every day?
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7| Then Daniel smiled, and said, O king, be not deceived: for this is but clay within, and brass without, and did never eat or drink any thing.
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8| So the king was wroth, and called for his priests, and said unto them, If ye tell me not who this is that devoureth these expences, ye shall die.
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9| But if ye can certify me that Bel devoureth them, then Daniel shall die: for he hath spoken blasphemy against Bel. And Daniel said unto the king, Let it be according to thy word.
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10| Now the priests of Bel were threescore and ten, beside their wives and children. And the king went with Daniel into the temple of Bel.
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11| So Bel's priests said, Lo, we go out: but thou, O king, set on the meat, and make ready the wine, and shut the door fast and seal it with thine own signet;
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12| And to morrow when thou comest in, if thou findest not that Bel hath eaten up all, we will suffer death: or else Daniel, that speaketh falsely against us.
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13| And they little regarded it: for under the table they had made a privy entrance, whereby they entered in continually, and consumed those things.
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14| So when they were gone forth, the king set meats before Bel. Now Daniel had commanded his servants to bring ashes, and those they strewed throughout all the temple in the presence of the king alone: then went they out, and shut the door, and sealed it with the king's signet, and so departed.
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15| Now in the night came the priests with their wives and children, as they were wont to do, and did eat and drinck up all.
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16| In the morning betime the king arose, and Daniel with him.
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17| And the king said, Daniel, are the seals whole? And he said, Yea, O king, they be whole.
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18| And as soon as he had opened the dour, the king looked upon the table, and cried with a loud voice, Great art thou, O Bel, and with thee is no deceit at all.
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19| Then laughed Daniel, and held the king that he should not go in, and said, Behold now the pavement, and mark well whose footsteps are these.
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20| And the king said, I see the footsteps of men, women, and children. And then the king was angry,
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||||
21| And took the priests with their wives and children, who shewed him the privy doors, where they came in, and consumed such things as were upon the table.
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22| Therefore the king slew them, and delivered Bel into Daniel's power, who destroyed him and his temple.
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23| And in that same place there was a great dragon, which they of Babylon worshipped.
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24| And the king said unto Daniel, Wilt thou also say that this is of brass? lo, he liveth, he eateth and drinketh; thou canst not say that he is no living god: therefore worship him.
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25| Then said Daniel unto the king, I will worship the Lord my God: for he is the living God.
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26| But give me leave, O king, and I shall slay this dragon without sword or staff. The king said, I give thee leave.
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27| Then Daniel took pitch, and fat, and hair, and did seethe them together, and made lumps thereof: this he put in the dragon's mouth, and so the dragon burst in sunder : and Daniel said, Lo, these are the gods ye worship.
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28| When they of Babylon heard that, they took great indignation, and conspired against the king, saying, The king is become a Jew, and he hath destroyed Bel, he hath slain the dragon, and put the priests to death.
|
||||
29| So they came to the king, and said, Deliver us Daniel, or else we will destroy thee and thine house.
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30| Now when the king saw that they pressed him sore, being constrained, he delivered Daniel unto them:
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31| Who cast him into the lions' den: where he was six days.
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||||
32| And in the den there were seven lions, and they had given them every day two carcases, and two sheep: which then were not given to them, to the intent they might devour Daniel.
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||||
33| Now there was in Jewry a prophet, called Habbacuc, who had made pottage, and had broken bread in a bowl, and was going into the field, for to bring it to the reapers.
|
||||
34| But the angel of the Lord said unto Habbacuc, Go, carry the dinner that thou hast into Babylon unto Daniel, who is in the lions' den.
|
||||
35| And Habbacuc said, Lord, I never saw Babylon; neither do I know where the den is.
|
||||
36| Then the angel of the Lord took him by the crown, and bare him by the hair of his head, and through the vehemency of his spirit set him in Babylon over the den.
|
||||
37| And Habbacuc cried, saying, O Daniel, Daniel, take the dinner which God hath sent thee.
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||||
38| And Daniel said, Thou hast remembered me, O God: neither hast thou forsaken them that seek thee and love thee.
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||||
39| So Daniel arose, and did eat: and the angel of the Lord set Habbacuc in his own place again immediately.
|
||||
40| Upon the seventh day the king went to bewail Daniel: and when he came to the den, he looked in, and behold, Daniel was sitting.
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||||
41| Then cried the king with a loud voice, saying, Great art Lord God of Daniel, and there is none other beside thee.
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||||
42| And he drew him out, and cast those that were the cause of his destruction into the den: and they were devoured
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#1
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1| These be the words which Moses spake unto all Israel on this side Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain over against the Red sea, between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab.
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||||
2| (There are eleven days' journey from Horeb by the way of mount Seir unto Kadeshbarnea.)
|
||||
3| And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spake unto the children of Israel, according unto all that the LORD had given him in commandment unto them;
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||||
4| After he had slain Sihon the king of the Amorites, which dwelt in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, which dwelt at Astaroth in Edrei:
|
||||
5| On this side Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to declare this law, saying,
|
||||
6| The LORD our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough in this mount:
|
||||
7| Turn you, and take your journey, and go to the mount of the Amorites, and unto all the places nigh thereunto, in the plain, in the hills, and in the vale, and in the south, and by the sea side, to the land of the Canaanites, and unto Lebanon, unto the great river, the river Euphrates.
|
||||
8| Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give unto them and to their seed after them.
|
||||
9| And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone:
|
||||
10| The LORD your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.
|
||||
11| (The LORD God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many more as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you!)
|
||||
12| How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?
|
||||
13| Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.
|
||||
14| And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is good for us to do.
|
||||
15| So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and officers among your tribes.
|
||||
16| And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him.
|
||||
17| Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.
|
||||
18| And I commanded you at that time all the things which ye should do.
|
||||
19| And when we departed from Horeb, we went through all that great and terrible wilderness, which ye saw by the way of the mountain of the Amorites, as the LORD our God commanded us; and we came to Kadeshbarnea.
|
||||
20| And I said unto you, Ye are come unto the mountain of the Amorites, which the LORD our God doth give unto us.
|
||||
21| Behold, the LORD thy God hath set the land before thee: go up and possess it, as the LORD God of thy fathers hath said unto thee; fear not, neither be discouraged.
|
||||
22| And ye came near unto me every one of you, and said, We will send men before us, and they shall search us out the land, and bring us word again by what way we must go up, and into what cities we shall come.
|
||||
23| And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe:
|
||||
24| And they turned and went up into the mountain, and came unto the valley of Eshcol, and searched it out.
|
||||
25| And they took of the fruit of the land in their hands, and brought it down unto us, and brought us word again, and said, It is a good land which the LORD our God doth give us.
|
||||
26| Notwithstanding ye would not go up, but rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God:
|
||||
27| And ye murmured in your tents, and said, Because the LORD hated us, he hath brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us.
|
||||
28| Whither shall we go up? our brethren have discouraged our heart, saying, The people is greater and taller than we; the cities are great and walled up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakims there.
|
||||
29| Then I said unto you, Dread not, neither be afraid of them.
|
||||
30| The LORD your God which goeth before you, he shall fight for you, according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes;
|
||||
31| And in the wilderness, where thou hast seen how that the LORD thy God bare thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that ye went, until ye came into this place.
|
||||
32| Yet in this thing ye did not believe the LORD your God,
|
||||
33| Who went in the way before you, to search you out a place to pitch your tents in, in fire by night, to shew you by what way ye should go, and in a cloud by day.
|
||||
34| And the LORD heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and sware, saying,
|
||||
35| Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil generation see that good land, which I sware to give unto your fathers.
|
||||
36| Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he shall see it, and to him will I give the land that he hath trodden upon, and to his children, because he hath wholly followed the LORD.
|
||||
37| Also the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, saying, Thou also shalt not go in thither.
|
||||
38| But Joshua the son of Nun, which standeth before thee, he shall go in thither: encourage him: for he shall cause Israel to inherit it.
|
||||
39| Moreover your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, and your children, which in that day had no knowledge between good and evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it.
|
||||
40| But as for you, turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.
|
||||
41| Then ye answered and said unto me, We have sinned against the LORD, we will go up and fight, according to all that the LORD our God commanded us. And when ye had girded on every man his weapons of war, ye were ready to go up into the hill.
|
||||
42| And the LORD said unto me, Say unto them. Go not up, neither fight; for I am not among you; lest ye be smitten before your enemies.
|
||||
43| So I spake unto you; and ye would not hear, but rebelled against the commandment of the LORD, and went presumptuously up into the hill.
|
||||
44| And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and destroyed you in Seir, even unto Hormah.
|
||||
45| And ye returned and wept before the LORD; but the LORD would not hearken to your voice, nor give ear unto you.
|
||||
46| So ye abode in Kadesh many days, according unto the days that ye abode there.
|
||||
#2
|
||||
1| Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea, as the LORD spake unto me: and we compassed mount Seir many days.
|
||||
2| And the LORD spake unto me, saying,
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||||
3| Ye have compassed this mountain long enough: turn you northward.
|
||||
4| And command thou the people, saying, Ye are to pass through the coast of your brethren the children of Esau, which dwell in Seir; and they shall be afraid of you: take ye good heed unto yourselves therefore:
|
||||
5| Meddle not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as a foot breadth; because I have given mount Seir unto Esau for a possession.
|
||||
6| Ye shall buy meat of them for money, that ye may eat; and ye shall also buy water of them for money, that ye may drink.
|
||||
7| For the LORD thy God hath blessed thee in all the works of thy hand: he knoweth thy walking through this great wilderness: these forty years the LORD thy God hath been with thee; thou hast lacked nothing.
|
||||
8| And when we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plain from Elath, and from Eziongaber, we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.
|
||||
9| And the LORD said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle: for I will not give thee of their land for a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a possession.
|
||||
10| The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims;
|
||||
11| Which also were accounted giants, as the Anakims; but the Moabites called them Emims.
|
||||
12| The Horims also dwelt in Seir beforetime; but the children of Esau succeeded them, when they had destroyed them from before them, and dwelt in their stead; as Israel did unto the land of his possession, which the LORD gave unto them.
|
||||
13| Now rise up, said I, and get you over the brook Zered. And we went over the brook Zered.
|
||||
14| And the space in which we came from Kadeshbarnea, until we were come over the brook Zered, was thirty and eight years; until all the generation of the men of war were wasted out from among the host, as the LORD sware unto them.
|
||||
15| For indeed the hand of the LORD was against them, to destroy them from among the host, until they were consumed.
|
||||
16| So it came to pass, when all the men of war were consumed and dead from among the people,
|
||||
17| That the LORD spake unto me, saying,
|
||||
18| Thou art to pass over through Ar, the coast of Moab, this day:
|
||||
19| And when thou comest nigh over against the children of Ammon, distress them not, nor meddle with them: for I will not give thee of the land of the children of Ammon any possession; because I have given it unto the children of Lot for a possession.
|
||||
20| (That also was accounted a land of giants: giants dwelt therein in old time; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims;
|
||||
21| A people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims; but the LORD destroyed them before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead:
|
||||
22| As he did to the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, when he destroyed the Horims from before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead even unto this day:
|
||||
23| And the Avims which dwelt in Hazerim, even unto Azzah, the Caphtorims, which came forth out of Caphtor, destroyed them, and dwelt in their stead.)
|
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24| Rise ye up, take your journey, and pass over the river Arnon: behold, I have given into thine hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land: begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle.
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25| This day will I begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of thee upon the nations that are under the whole heaven, who shall hear report of thee, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of thee.
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26| And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth unto Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying,
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27| Let me pass through thy land: I will go along by the high way, I will neither turn unto the right hand nor to the left.
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28| Thou shalt sell me meat for money, that I may eat; and give me water for money, that I may drink: only I will pass through on my feet;
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29| (As the children of Esau which dwell in Seir, and the Moabites which dwell in Ar, did unto me;) until I shall pass over Jordan into the land which the LORD our God giveth us.
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30| But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him: for the LORD thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into thy hand, as appeareth this day.
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31| And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have begun to give Sihon and his land before thee: begin to possess, that thou mayest inherit his land.
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32| Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, to fight at Jahaz.
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33| And the LORD our God delivered him before us; and we smote him, and his sons, and all his people.
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34| And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed the men, and the women, and the little ones, of every city, we left none to remain:
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35| Only the cattle we took for a prey unto ourselves, and the spoil of the cities which we took.
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36| From Aroer, which is by the brink of the river of Arnon, and from the city that is by the river, even unto Gilead, there was not one city too strong for us: the LORD our God delivered all unto us:
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37| Only unto the land of the children of Ammon thou camest not, nor unto any place of the river Jabbok, nor unto the cities in the mountains, nor unto whatsoever the LORD our God forbad us.
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#3
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1| Then we turned, and went up the way to Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei.
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2| And the LORD said unto me, Fear him not: for I will deliver him, and all his people, and his land, into thy hand; and thou shalt do unto him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon.
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3| So the LORD our God delivered into our hands Og also, the king of Bashan, and all his people: and we smote him until none was left to him remaining.
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4| And we took all his cities at that time, there was not a city which we took not from them, threescore cities, all the region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan.
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5| All these cities were fenced with high walls, gates, and bars; beside unwalled towns a great many.
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6| And we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children, of every city.
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7| But all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we took for a prey to ourselves.
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8| And we took at that time out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites the land that was on this side Jordan, from the river of Arnon unto mount Hermon;
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9| (Which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion; and the Amorites call it Shenir;)
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10| All the cities of the plain, and all Gilead, and all Bashan, unto Salchah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan.
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11| For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.
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12| And this land, which we possessed at that time, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, and half mount Gilead, and the cities thereof, gave I unto the Reubenites and to the Gadites.
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13| And the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, being the kingdom of Og, gave I unto the half tribe of Manasseh; all the region of Argob, with all Bashan, which was called the land of giants.
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14| Jair the son of Manasseh took all the country of Argob unto the coasts of Geshuri and Maachathi; and called them after his own name, Bashanhavothjair, unto this day.
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15| And I gave Gilead unto Machir.
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16| And unto the Reubenites and unto the Gadites I gave from Gilead even unto the river Arnon half the valley, and the border even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;
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17| The plain also, and Jordan, and the coast thereof, from Chinnereth even unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, under Ashdothpisgah eastward.
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18| And I commanded you at that time, saying, The LORD your God hath given you this land to possess it: ye shall pass over armed before your brethren the children of Israel, all that are meet for the war.
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19| But your wives, and your little ones, and your cattle, (for I know that ye have much cattle,) shall abide in your cities which I have given you;
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20| Until the LORD have given rest unto your brethren, as well as unto you, and until they also possess the land which the LORD your God hath given them beyond Jordan: and then shall ye return every man unto his possession, which I have given you.
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21| And I commanded Joshua at that time, saying, Thine eyes have seen all that the LORD your God hath done unto these two kings: so shall the LORD do unto all the kingdoms whither thou passest.
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22| Ye shall not fear them: for the LORD your God he shall fight for you.
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23| And I besought the LORD at that time, saying,
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24| O Lord GOD, thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy greatness, and thy mighty hand: for what God is there in heaven or in earth, that can do according to thy works, and according to thy might?
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25| I pray thee, let me go over, and see the good land that is beyond Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon.
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26| But the LORD was wroth with me for your sakes, and would not hear me: and the LORD said unto me, Let it suffice thee; speak no more unto me of this matter.
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27| Get thee up into the top of Pisgah, and lift up thine eyes westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and behold it with thine eyes: for thou shalt not go over this Jordan.
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28| But charge Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him: for he shall go over before this people, and he shall cause them to inherit the land which thou shalt see.
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29| So we abode in the valley over against Bethpeor.
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#4
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1| Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers giveth you.
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2| Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.
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3| Your eyes have seen what the LORD did because of Baalpeor: for all the men that followed Baalpeor, the LORD thy God hath destroyed them from among you.
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4| But ye that did cleave unto the LORD your God are alive every one of you this day.
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5| Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the LORD my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess it.
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6| Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.
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7| For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for?
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8| And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?
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9| Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons;
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10| Specially the day that thou stoodest before the LORD thy God in Horeb, when the LORD said unto me, Gather me the people together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children.
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11| And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness.
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12| And the LORD spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude; only ye heard a voice.
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13| And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone.
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14| And the LORD commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess it.
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15| Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the LORD spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire:
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16| Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female,
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17| The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air,
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18| The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth:
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19| And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.
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20| But the LORD hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, even out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as ye are this day.
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21| Furthermore the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, and sware that I should not go over Jordan, and that I should not go in unto that good land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance:
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22| But I must die in this land, I must not go over Jordan: but ye shall go over, and possess that good land.
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23| Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the LORD your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, which the LORD thy God hath forbidden thee.
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24| For the LORD thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God.
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25| When thou shalt beget children, and children's children, and ye shall have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, and shall do evil in the sight of the LORD thy God, to provoke him to anger:
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26| I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed.
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27| And the LORD shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen, whither the LORD shall lead you.
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28| And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
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29| But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.
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30| When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to the LORD thy God, and shalt be obedient unto his voice;
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31| (For the LORD thy God is a merciful God;) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them.
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32| For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from the one side of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it?
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33| Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live?
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34| Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?
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35| Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know that the LORD he is God; there is none else beside him.
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36| Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might instruct thee: and upon earth he shewed thee his great fire; and thou heardest his words out of the midst of the fire.
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37| And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought thee out in his sight with his mighty power out of Egypt;
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38| To drive out nations from before thee greater and mightier than thou art, to bring thee in, to give thee their land for an inheritance, as it is this day.
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39| Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that the LORD he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is none else.
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40| Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, for ever.
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41| Then Moses severed three cities on this side Jordan toward the sunrising;
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42| That the slayer might flee thither, which should kill his neighbour unawares, and hated him not in times past; and that fleeing unto one of these cities he might live:
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43| Namely, Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, of the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, of the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, of the Manassites.
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44| And this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel:
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45| These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which Moses spake unto the children of Israel, after they came forth out of Egypt.
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46| On this side Jordan, in the valley over against Bethpeor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel smote, after they were come forth out of Egypt:
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47| And they possessed his land, and the land of Og king of Bashan, two kings of the Amorites, which were on this side Jordan toward the sunrising;
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48| From Aroer, which is by the bank of the river Arnon, even unto mount Sion, which is Hermon,
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49| And all the plain on this side Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of the plain, under the springs of Pisgah.
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#5
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1| And Moses called all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, O Israel, the statutes and judgments which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them, and keep, and do them.
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2| The LORD our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.
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||||
3| The LORD made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive this day.
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4| The LORD talked with you face to face in the mount out of the midst of the fire,
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||||
5| (I stood between the LORD and you at that time, to shew you the word of the LORD: for ye were afraid by reason of the fire, and went not up into the mount;) saying,
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6| I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
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||||
7| Thou shalt have none other gods before me.
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||||
8| Thou shalt not make thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the waters beneath the earth:
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||||
9| Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me,
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||||
10| And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.
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||||
11| Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain: for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
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||||
12| Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee.
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||||
13| Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work:
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||||
14| But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou.
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||||
15| And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the LORD thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day.
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||||
16| Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
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||||
17| Thou shalt not kill.
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||||
18| Neither shalt thou commit adultery.
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||||
19| Neither shalt thou steal.
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||||
20| Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour.
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||||
21| Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour's wife, neither shalt thou covet thy neighbour's house, his field, or his manservant, or his maidservant, his ox, or his ass, or any thing that is thy neighbour's.
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||||
22| These words the LORD spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them unto me.
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||||
23| And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, (for the mountain did burn with fire,) that ye came near unto me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders;
|
||||
24| And ye said, Behold, the LORD our God hath shewed us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire: we have seen this day that God doth talk with man, and he liveth.
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||||
25| Now therefore why should we die? for this great fire will consume us: if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any more, then we shall die.
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||||
26| For who is there of all flesh, that hath heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as we have, and lived?
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||||
27| Go thou near, and hear all that the LORD our God shall say: and speak thou unto us all that the LORD our God shall speak unto thee; and we will hear it, and do it.
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||||
28| And the LORD heard the voice of your words, when ye spake unto me; and the LORD said unto me, I have heard the voice of the words of this people, which they have spoken unto thee: they have well said all that they have spoken.
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||||
29| O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!
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30| Go say to them, Get you into your tents again.
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||||
31| But as for thee, stand thou here by me, and I will speak unto thee all the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess it.
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||||
32| Ye shall observe to do therefore as the LORD your God hath commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
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||||
33| Ye shall walk in all the ways which the LORD your God hath commanded you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess.
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||||
#6
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1| Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it:
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||||
2| That thou mightest fear the LORD thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged.
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||||
3| Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the LORD God of thy fathers hath promised thee, in the land that floweth with milk and honey.
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4| Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD:
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5| And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
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||||
6| And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:
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7| And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
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8| And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes.
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9| And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.
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||||
10| And it shall be, when the LORD thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not,
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||||
11| And houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive trees, which thou plantedst not; when thou shalt have eaten and be full;
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12| Then beware lest thou forget the LORD, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
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||||
13| Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name.
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||||
14| Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people which are round about you;
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||||
15| (For the LORD thy God is a jealous God among you) lest the anger of the LORD thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from off the face of the earth.
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||||
16| Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.
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||||
17| Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee.
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||||
18| And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of the LORD: that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess the good land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers.
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||||
19| To cast out all thine enemies from before thee, as the LORD hath spoken.
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||||
20| And when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD our God hath commanded you?
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||||
21| Then thou shalt say unto thy son, We were Pharaoh's bondmen in Egypt; and the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand:
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||||
22| And the LORD shewed signs and wonders, great and sore, upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his household, before our eyes:
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||||
23| And he brought us out from thence, that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he sware unto our fathers.
|
||||
24| And the LORD commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear the LORD our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as it is at this day.
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||||
25| And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these commandments before the LORD our God, as he hath commanded us.
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||||
#7
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1| When the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than thou;
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2| And when the LORD thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them:
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3| Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son.
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||||
4| For they will turn away thy son from following me, that they may serve other gods: so will the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and destroy thee suddenly.
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||||
5| But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire.
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||||
6| For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.
|
||||
7| The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people:
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||||
8| But because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
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9| Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;
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10| And repayeth them that hate him to their face, to destroy them: he will not be slack to him that hateth him, he will repay him to his face.
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||||
11| Thou shalt therefore keep the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which I command thee this day, to do them.
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||||
12| Wherefore it shall come to pass, if ye hearken to these judgments, and keep, and do them, that the LORD thy God shall keep unto thee the covenant and the mercy which he sware unto thy fathers:
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13| And he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee: he will also bless the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy land, thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep, in the land which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee.
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14| Thou shalt be blessed above all people: there shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your cattle.
|
||||
15| And the LORD will take away from thee all sickness, and will put none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which thou knowest, upon thee; but will lay them upon all them that hate thee.
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16| And thou shalt consume all the people which the LORD thy God shall deliver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that will be a snare unto thee.
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17| If thou shalt say in thine heart, These nations are more than I; how can I dispossess them?
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||||
18| Thou shalt not be afraid of them: but shalt well remember what the LORD thy God did unto Pharaoh, and unto all Egypt;
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19| The great temptations which thine eyes saw, and the signs, and the wonders, and the mighty hand, and the stretched out arm, whereby the LORD thy God brought thee out: so shall the LORD thy God do unto all the people of whom thou art afraid.
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20| Moreover the LORD thy God will send the hornet among them, until they that are left, and hide themselves from thee, be destroyed.
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21| Thou shalt not be affrighted at them: for the LORD thy God is among you, a mighty God and terrible.
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22| And the LORD thy God will put out those nations before thee by little and little: thou mayest not consume them at once, lest the beasts of the field increase upon thee.
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23| But the LORD thy God shall deliver them unto thee, and shall destroy them with a mighty destruction, until they be destroyed.
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24| And he shall deliver their kings into thine hand, and thou shalt destroy their name from under heaven: there shall no man be able to stand before thee, until thou have destroyed them.
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25| The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therin: for it is an abomination to the LORD thy God.
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26| Neither shalt thou bring an abomination into thine house, lest thou be a cursed thing like it: but thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing.
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#8
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1| All the commandments which I command thee this day shall ye observe to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers.
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2| And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.
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3| And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.
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4| Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years.
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5| Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee.
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6| Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him.
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7| For the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills;
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8| A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of oil olive, and honey;
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9| A land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack any thing in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass.
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10| When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the LORD thy God for the good land which he hath given thee.
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11| Beware that thou forget not the LORD thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command thee this day:
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12| Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;
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13| And when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied;
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14| Then thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the LORD thy God, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage;
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15| Who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there was no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint;
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16| Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end;
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17| And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth.
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18| But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.
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19| And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the LORD thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish.
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20| As the nations which the LORD destroyeth before your face, so shall ye perish; because ye would not be obedient unto the voice of the LORD your God.
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#9
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1| Hear, O Israel: Thou art to pass over Jordan this day, to go in to possess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and fenced up to heaven,
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2| A people great and tall, the children of the Anakims, whom thou knowest, and of whom thou hast heard say, Who can stand before the children of Anak!
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3| Understand therefore this day, that the LORD thy God is he which goeth over before thee; as a consuming fire he shall destroy them, and he shall bring them down before thy face: so shalt thou drive them out, and destroy them quickly, as the LORD hath said unto thee.
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4| Speak not thou in thine heart, after that the LORD thy God hath cast them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness the LORD hath brought me in to possess this land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD doth drive them out from before thee.
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5| Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart, dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may perform the word which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
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6| Understand therefore, that the LORD thy God giveth thee not this good land to possess it for thy righteousness; for thou art a stiffnecked people.
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7| Remember, and forget not, how thou provokedst the LORD thy God to wrath in the wilderness: from the day that thou didst depart out of the land of Egypt, until ye came unto this place, ye have been rebellious against the LORD.
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8| Also in Horeb ye provoked the LORD to wrath, so that the LORD was angry with you to have destroyed you.
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9| When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant which the LORD made with you, then I abode in the mount forty days and forty nights, I neither did eat bread nor drink water:
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10| And the LORD delivered unto me two tables of stone written with the finger of God; and on them was written according to all the words, which the LORD spake with you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly.
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11| And it came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, that the LORD gave me the two tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant.
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12| And the LORD said unto me, Arise, get thee down quickly from hence; for thy people which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt have corrupted themselves; they are quickly turned aside out of the way which I commanded them; they have made them a molten image.
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13| Furthermore the LORD spake unto me, saying, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:
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14| Let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven: and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they.
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15| So I turned and came down from the mount, and the mount burned with fire: and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands.
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16| And I looked, and, behold, ye had sinned against the LORD your God, and had made you a molten calf: ye had turned aside quickly out of the way which the LORD had commanded you.
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17| And I took the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and brake them before your eyes.
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18| And I fell down before the LORD, as at the first, forty days and forty nights: I did neither eat bread, nor drink water, because of all your sins which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.
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19| For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure, wherewith the LORD was wroth against you to destroy you. But the LORD hearkened unto me at that time also.
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20| And the LORD was very angry with Aaron to have destroyed him: and I prayed for Aaron also the same time.
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21| And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, and ground it very small, even until it was as small as dust: and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that descended out of the mount.
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22| And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibrothhattaavah, ye provoked the LORD to wrath.
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23| Likewise when the LORD sent you from Kadeshbarnea, saying, Go up and possess the land which I have given you; then ye rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God, and ye believed him not, nor hearkened to his voice.
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24| Ye have been rebellious against the LORD from the day that I knew you.
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25| Thus I fell down before the LORD forty days and forty nights, as I fell down at the first; because the LORD had said he would destroy you.
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26| I prayed therefore unto the LORD, and said, O Lord GOD, destroy not thy people and thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed through thy greatness, which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
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27| Remember thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not unto the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sin:
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28| Lest the land whence thou broughtest us out say, Because the LORD was not able to bring them into the land which he promised them, and because he hated them, he hath brought them out to slay them in the wilderness.
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29| Yet they are thy people and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest out by thy mighty power and by thy stretched out arm.
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#10
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1| At that time the LORD said unto me, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first, and come up unto me into the mount, and make thee an ark of wood.
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2| And I will write on the tables the words that were in the first tables which thou brakest, and thou shalt put them in the ark.
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3| And I made an ark of shittim wood, and hewed two tables of stone like unto the first, and went up into the mount, having the two tables in mine hand.
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4| And he wrote on the tables, according to the first writing, the ten commandments, which the LORD spake unto you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly: and the LORD gave them unto me.
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5| And I turned myself and came down from the mount, and put the tables in the ark which I had made; and there they be, as the LORD commanded me.
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6| And the children of Israel took their journey from Beeroth of the children of Jaakan to Mosera: there Aaron died, and there he was buried; and Eleazar his son ministered in the priest's office in his stead.
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7| From thence they journeyed unto Gudgodah; and from Gudgodah to Jotbath, a land of rivers of waters.
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8| At that time the LORD separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to minister unto him, and to bless in his name, unto this day.
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9| Wherefore Levi hath no part nor inheritance with his brethren; the LORD is his inheritance, according as the LORD thy God promised him.
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10| And I stayed in the mount, according to the first time, forty days and forty nights; and the LORD hearkened unto me at that time also, and the LORD would not destroy thee.
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11| And the LORD said unto me, Arise, take thy journey before the people, that they may go in and possess the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give unto them.
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12| And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,
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13| To keep the commandments of the LORD, and his statutes, which I command thee this day for thy good?
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14| Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the LORD's thy God, the earth also, with all that therein is.
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15| Only the LORD had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all people, as it is this day.
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16| Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.
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17| For the LORD your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward:
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18| He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.
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19| Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
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20| Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name.
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21| He is thy praise, and he is thy God, that hath done for thee these great and terrible things, which thine eyes have seen.
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22| Thy fathers went down into Egypt with threescore and ten persons; and now the LORD thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude.
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#11
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1| Therefore thou shalt love the LORD thy God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his judgments, and his commandments, alway.
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2| And know ye this day: for I speak not with your children which have not known, and which have not seen the chastisement of the LORD your God, his greatness, his mighty hand, and his stretched out arm,
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3| And his miracles, and his acts, which he did in the midst of Egypt unto Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and unto all his land;
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||||
4| And what he did unto the army of Egypt, unto their horses, and to their chariots; how he made the water of the Red sea to overflow them as they pursued after you, and how the LORD hath destroyed them unto this day;
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5| And what he did unto you in the wilderness, until ye came into this place;
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6| And what he did unto Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben: how the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and their tents, and all the substance that was in their possession, in the midst of all Israel:
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7| But your eyes have seen all the great acts of the LORD which he did.
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8| Therefore shall ye keep all the commandments which I command you this day, that ye may be strong, and go in and possess the land, whither ye go to possess it;
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9| And that ye may prolong your days in the land, which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give unto them and to their seed, a land that floweth with milk and honey.
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10| For the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed, and wateredst it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs:
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11| But the land, whither ye go to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, and drinketh water of the rain of heaven:
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12| A land which the LORD thy God careth for: the eyes of the LORD thy God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year.
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13| And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love the LORD your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul,
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14| That I will give you the rain of your land in his due season, the first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil.
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15| And I will send grass in thy fields for thy cattle, that thou mayest eat and be full.
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16| Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them;
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||||
17| And then the LORD's wrath be kindled against you, and he shut up the heaven, that there be no rain, and that the land yield not her fruit; and lest ye perish quickly from off the good land which the LORD giveth you.
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18| Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes.
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||||
19| And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
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20| And thou shalt write them upon the door posts of thine house, and upon thy gates:
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21| That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give them, as the days of heaven upon the earth.
|
||||
22| For if ye shall diligently keep all these commandments which I command you, to do them, to love the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cleave unto him;
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||||
23| Then will the LORD drive out all these nations from before you, and ye shall possess greater nations and mightier than yourselves.
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||||
24| Every place whereon the soles of your feet shall tread shall be yours: from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even unto the uttermost sea shall your coast be.
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||||
25| There shall no man be able to stand before you: for the LORD your God shall lay the fear of you and the dread of you upon all the land that ye shall tread upon, as he hath said unto you.
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26| Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse;
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||||
27| A blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the LORD your God, which I command you this day:
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||||
28| And a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not known.
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||||
29| And it shall come to pass, when the LORD thy God hath brought thee in unto the land whither thou goest to possess it, that thou shalt put the blessing upon mount Gerizim, and the curse upon mount Ebal.
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||||
30| Are they not on the other side Jordan, by the way where the sun goeth down, in the land of the Canaanites, which dwell in the champaign over against Gilgal, beside the plains of Moreh?
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31| For ye shall pass over Jordan to go in to possess the land which the LORD your God giveth you, and ye shall possess it, and dwell therein.
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32| And ye shall observe to do all the statutes and judgments which I set before you this day.
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||||
#12
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||||
1| These are the statutes and judgments, which ye shall observe to do in the land, which the LORD God of thy fathers giveth thee to possess it, all the days that ye live upon the earth.
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2| Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree:
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||||
3| And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place.
|
||||
4| Ye shall not do so unto the LORD your God.
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||||
5| But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come:
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||||
6| And thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks:
|
||||
7| And there ye shall eat before the LORD your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein the LORD thy God hath blessed thee.
|
||||
8| Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes.
|
||||
9| For ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which the LORD your God giveth you.
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||||
10| But when ye go over Jordan, and dwell in the land which the LORD your God giveth you to inherit, and when he giveth you rest from all your enemies round about, so that ye dwell in safety;
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||||
11| Then there shall be a place which the LORD your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you; your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto the LORD:
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||||
12| And ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your menservants, and your maidservants, and the Levite that is within your gates; forasmuch as he hath no part nor inheritance with you.
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||||
13| Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt offerings in every place that thou seest:
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||||
14| But in the place which the LORD shall choose in one of thy tribes, there thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, and there thou shalt do all that I command thee.
|
||||
15| Notwithstanding thou mayest kill and eat flesh in all thy gates, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee: the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as of the roebuck, and as of the hart.
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||||
16| Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water.
|
||||
17| Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy corn, or of thy wine, or of thy oil, or the firstlings of thy herds or of thy flock, nor any of thy vows which thou vowest, nor thy freewill offerings, or heave offering of thine hand:
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||||
18| But thou must eat them before the LORD thy God in the place which the LORD thy God shall choose, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates: and thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God in all that thou puttest thine hands unto.
|
||||
19| Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou livest upon the earth.
|
||||
20| When the LORD thy God shall enlarge thy border, as he hath promised thee, and thou shalt say, I will eat flesh, because thy soul longeth to eat flesh; thou mayest eat flesh, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after.
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||||
21| If the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to put his name there be too far from thee, then thou shalt kill of thy herd and of thy flock, which the LORD hath given thee, as I have commanded thee, and thou shalt eat in thy gates whatsoever thy soul lusteth after.
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||||
22| Even as the roebuck and the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat them: the unclean and the clean shall eat of them alike.
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||||
23| Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is the life; and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh.
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||||
24| Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water.
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||||
25| Thou shalt not eat it; that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the LORD.
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||||
26| Only thy holy things which thou hast, and thy vows, thou shalt take, and go unto the place which the LORD shall choose:
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27| And thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, the flesh and the blood, upon the altar of the LORD thy God: and the blood of thy sacrifices shall be poured out upon the altar of the LORD thy God, and thou shalt eat the flesh.
|
||||
28| Observe and hear all these words which I command thee, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee for ever, when thou doest that which is good and right in the sight of the LORD thy God.
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||||
29| When the LORD thy God shall cut off the nations from before thee, whither thou goest to possess them, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their land;
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||||
30| Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou enquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise.
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||||
31| Thou shalt not do so unto the LORD thy God: for every abomination to the LORD, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods.
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||||
32| What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.
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||||
#13
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||||
1| If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder,
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||||
2| And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them;
|
||||
3| Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
|
||||
4| Ye shall walk after the LORD your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him.
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||||
5| And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; because he hath spoken to turn you away from the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to thrust thee out of the way which the LORD thy God commanded thee to walk in. So shalt thou put the evil away from the midst of thee.
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||||
6| If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;
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||||
7| Namely, of the gods of the people which are round about you, nigh unto thee, or far off from thee, from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth;
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||||
8| Thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him:
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9| But thou shalt surely kill him; thine hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.
|
||||
10| And thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die; because he hath sought to thrust thee away from the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
|
||||
11| And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such wickedness as this is among you.
|
||||
12| If thou shalt hear say in one of thy cities, which the LORD thy God hath given thee to dwell there, saying,
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||||
13| Certain men, the children of Belial, are gone out from among you, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known;
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||||
14| Then shalt thou enquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought among you;
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||||
15| Thou shalt surely smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, and all that is therein, and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the sword.
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||||
16| And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the street thereof, and shalt burn with fire the city, and all the spoil thereof every whit, for the LORD thy God: and it shall be an heap for ever; it shall not be built again.
|
||||
17| And there shall cleave nought of the cursed thing to thine hand: that the LORD may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and shew thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers;
|
||||
18| When thou shalt hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep all his commandments which I command thee this day, to do that which is right in the eyes of the LORD thy God.
|
||||
#14
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1| Ye are the children of the LORD your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.
|
||||
2| For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth.
|
||||
3| Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.
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||||
4| These are the beasts which ye shall eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat,
|
||||
5| The hart, and the roebuck, and the fallow deer, and the wild goat, and the pygarg, and the wild ox, and the chamois.
|
||||
6| And every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two claws, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, that ye shall eat.
|
||||
7| Nevertheless these ye shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the cloven hoof; as the camel, and the hare, and the coney: for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof; therefore they are unclean unto you.
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8| And the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, it is unclean unto you: ye shall not eat of their flesh, nor touch their dead carcase.
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9| These ye shall eat of all that are in the waters: all that have fins and scales shall ye eat:
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10| And whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye may not eat; it is unclean unto you.
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11| Of all clean birds ye shall eat.
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12| But these are they of which ye shall not eat: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray,
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13| And the glede, and the kite, and the vulture after his kind,
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14| And every raven after his kind,
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15| And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind,
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16| The little owl, and the great owl, and the swan,
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17| And the pelican, and the gier eagle, and the cormorant,
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18| And the stork, and the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.
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19| And every creeping thing that flieth is unclean unto you: they shall not be eaten.
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20| But of all clean fowls ye may eat.
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21| Ye shall not eat of anything that dieth of itself: thou shalt give it unto the stranger that is in thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto an alien: for thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.
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22| Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the field bringeth forth year by year.
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23| And thou shalt eat before the LORD thy God, in the place which he shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks; that thou mayest learn to fear the LORD thy God always.
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24| And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carry it; or if the place be too far from thee, which the LORD thy God shall choose to set his name there, when the LORD thy God hath blessed thee:
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25| Then shalt thou turn it into money, and bind up the money in thine hand, and shalt go unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose:
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26| And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul desireth: and thou shalt eat there before the LORD thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thine household,
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27| And the Levite that is within thy gates; thou shalt not forsake him; for he hath no part nor inheritance with thee.
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28| At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine increase the same year, and shalt lay it up within thy gates:
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29| And the Levite, (because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee,) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hand which thou doest.
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#15
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1| At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release.
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2| And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor that lendeth ought unto his neighbour shall release it; he shall not exact it of his neighbour, or of his brother; because it is called the LORD's release.
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3| Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it again: but that which is thine with thy brother thine hand shall release;
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4| Save when there shall be no poor among you; for the LORD shall greatly bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it:
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5| Only if thou carefully hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all these commandments which I command thee this day.
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6| For the LORD thy God blesseth thee, as he promised thee: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow; and thou shalt reign over many nations, but they shall not reign over thee.
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7| If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother:
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8| But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth.
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9| Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto thee.
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10| Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him: because that for this thing the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto.
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11| For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.
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12| And if thy brother, an Hebrew man, or an Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, and serve thee six years; then in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee.
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13| And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him go away empty:
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14| Thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy flock, and out of thy floor, and out of thy winepress: of that wherewith the LORD thy God hath blessed thee thou shalt give unto him.
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15| And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt, and the LORD thy God redeemed thee: therefore I command thee this thing to day.
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16| And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go away from thee; because he loveth thee and thine house, because he is well with thee;
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17| Then thou shalt take an aul, and thrust it through his ear unto the door, and he shall be thy servant for ever. And also unto thy maidservant thou shalt do likewise.
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18| It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou sendest him away free from thee; for he hath been worth a double hired servant to thee, in serving thee six years: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all that thou doest.
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19| All the firstling males that come of thy herd and of thy flock thou shalt sanctify unto the LORD thy God: thou shalt do no work with the firstling of thy bullock, nor shear the firstling of thy sheep.
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20| Thou shalt eat it before the LORD thy God year by year in the place which the LORD shall choose, thou and thy household.
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21| And if there be any blemish therein, as if it be lame, or blind, or have any ill blemish, thou shalt not sacrifice it unto the LORD thy God.
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22| Thou shalt eat it within thy gates: the unclean and the clean person shall eat it alike, as the roebuck, and as the hart.
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23| Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it upon the ground as water.
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#16
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1| Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the LORD thy God: for in the month of Abib the LORD thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night.
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2| Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the passover unto the LORD thy God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which the LORD shall choose to place his name there.
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3| Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction; for thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: that thou mayest remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of thy life.
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4| And there shall be no leavened bread seen with thee in all thy coast seven days; neither shall there any thing of the flesh, which thou sacrificedst the first day at even, remain all night until the morning.
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5| Thou mayest not sacrifice the passover within any of thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee:
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6| But at the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to place his name in, there thou shalt sacrifice the passover at even, at the going down of the sun, at the season that thou camest forth out of Egypt.
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7| And thou shalt roast and eat it in the place which the LORD thy God shall choose: and thou shalt turn in the morning, and go unto thy tents.
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8| Six days thou shalt eat unleavened bread: and on the seventh day shall be a solemn assembly to the LORD thy God: thou shalt do no work therein.
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9| Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee: begin to number the seven weeks from such time as thou beginnest to put the sickle to the corn.
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10| And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto the LORD thy God with a tribute of a freewill offering of thine hand, which thou shalt give unto the LORD thy God, according as the LORD thy God hath blessed thee:
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11| And thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are among you, in the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to place his name there.
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12| And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and thou shalt observe and do these statutes.
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13| Thou shalt observe the feast of tabernacles seven days, after that thou hast gathered in thy corn and thy wine:
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14| And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite, the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates.
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15| Seven days shalt thou keep a solemn feast unto the LORD thy God in the place which the LORD shall choose: because the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thine increase, and in all the works of thine hands, therefore thou shalt surely rejoice.
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16| Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before the LORD empty:
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17| Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee.
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||||
18| Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.
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19| Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
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20| That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
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21| Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of the LORD thy God, which thou shalt make thee.
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22| Neither shalt thou set thee up any image; which the LORD thy God hateth.
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#17
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1| Thou shalt not sacrifice unto the LORD thy God any bullock, or sheep, wherein is blemish, or any evilfavouredness: for that is an abomination unto the LORD thy God.
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2| If there be found among you, within any of thy gates which the LORD thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that hath wrought wickedness in the sight of the LORD thy God, in transgressing his covenant,
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3| And hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either the sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded;
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4| And it be told thee, and thou hast heard of it, and enquired diligently, and, behold, it be true, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in Israel:
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5| Then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, which have committed that wicked thing, unto thy gates, even that man or that woman, and shalt stone them with stones, till they die.
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6| At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is worthy of death be put to death; but at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death.
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7| The hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterward the hands of all the people. So thou shalt put the evil away from among you.
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8| If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within thy gates: then shalt thou arise, and get thee up into the place which the LORD thy God shall choose;
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9| And thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, and unto the judge that shall be in those days, and enquire; and they shall shew thee the sentence of judgment:
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||||
10| And thou shalt do according to the sentence, which they of that place which the LORD shall choose shall shew thee; and thou shalt observe to do according to all that they inform thee:
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11| According to the sentence of the law which they shall teach thee, and according to the judgment which they shall tell thee, thou shalt do: thou shalt not decline from the sentence which they shall shew thee, to the right hand, nor to the left.
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12| And the man that will do presumptuously, and will not hearken unto the priest that standeth to minister there before the LORD thy God, or unto the judge, even that man shall die: and thou shalt put away the evil from Israel.
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13| And all the people shall hear, and fear, and do no more presumptuously.
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||||
14| When thou art come unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I will set a king over me, like as all the nations that are about me;
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15| Thou shalt in any wise set him king over thee, whom the LORD thy God shall choose: one from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee: thou mayest not set a stranger over thee, which is not thy brother.
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||||
16| But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the LORD hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way.
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||||
17| Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.
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||||
18| And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of that which is before the priests the Levites:
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||||
19| And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life: that he may learn to fear the LORD his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them:
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20| That his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left: to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he, and his children, in the midst of Israel.
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#18
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||||
1| The priests the Levites, and all the tribe of Levi, shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and his inheritance.
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||||
2| Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their brethren: the LORD is their inheritance, as he hath said unto them.
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||||
3| And this shall be the priest's due from the people, from them that offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep; and they shall give unto the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw.
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||||
4| The firstfruit also of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the first of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt thou give him.
|
||||
5| For the LORD thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stand to minister in the name of the LORD, him and his sons for ever.
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||||
6| And if a Levite come from any of thy gates out of all Israel, where he sojourned, and come with all the desire of his mind unto the place which the LORD shall choose;
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||||
7| Then he shall minister in the name of the LORD his God, as all his brethren the Levites do, which stand there before the LORD.
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||||
8| They shall have like portions to eat, beside that which cometh of the sale of his patrimony.
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||||
9| When thou art come into the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations.
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||||
10| There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch.
|
||||
11| Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
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||||
12| For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee.
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||||
13| Thou shalt be perfect with the LORD thy God.
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||||
14| For these nations, which thou shalt possess, hearkened unto observers of times, and unto diviners: but as for thee, the LORD thy God hath not suffered thee so to do.
|
||||
15| The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken;
|
||||
16| According to all that thou desiredst of the LORD thy God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not.
|
||||
17| And the LORD said unto me, They have well spoken that which they have spoken.
|
||||
18| I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.
|
||||
19| And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.
|
||||
20| But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die.
|
||||
21| And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD hath not spoken?
|
||||
22| When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him.
|
||||
#19
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||||
1| When the LORD thy God hath cut off the nations, whose land the LORD thy God giveth thee, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their cities, and in their houses;
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||||
2| Thou shalt separate three cities for thee in the midst of thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it.
|
||||
3| Thou shalt prepare thee a way, and divide the coasts of thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee to inherit, into three parts, that every slayer may flee thither.
|
||||
4| And this is the case of the slayer, which shall flee thither, that he may live: Whoso killeth his neighbour ignorantly, whom he hated not in time past;
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||||
5| As when a man goeth into the wood with his neighbour to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slippeth from the helve, and lighteth upon his neighbour, that he die; he shall flee unto one of those cities, and live:
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||||
6| Lest the avenger of the blood pursue the slayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and slay him; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he hated him not in time past.
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||||
7| Wherefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt separate three cities for thee.
|
||||
8| And if the LORD thy God enlarge thy coast, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, and give thee all the land which he promised to give unto thy fathers;
|
||||
9| If thou shalt keep all these commandments to do them, which I command thee this day, to love the LORD thy God, and to walk ever in his ways; then shalt thou add three cities more for thee, beside these three:
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||||
10| That innocent blood be not shed in thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and so blood be upon thee.
|
||||
11| But if any man hate his neighbour, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally that he die, and fleeth into one of these cities:
|
||||
12| Then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.
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||||
13| Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee.
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||||
14| Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour's landmark, which they of old time have set in thine inheritance, which thou shalt inherit in the land that the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it.
|
||||
15| One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established.
|
||||
16| If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong;
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||||
17| Then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the LORD, before the priests and the judges, which shall be in those days;
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||||
18| And the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother;
|
||||
19| Then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to have done unto his brother: so shalt thou put the evil away from among you.
|
||||
20| And those which remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil among you.
|
||||
21| And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
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||||
#20
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||||
1| When thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, and seest horses, and chariots, and a people more than thou, be not afraid of them: for the LORD thy God is with thee, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
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||||
2| And it shall be, when ye are come nigh unto the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak unto the people,
|
||||
3| And shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye approach this day unto battle against your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, neither be ye terrified because of them;
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||||
4| For the LORD your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.
|
||||
5| And the officers shall speak unto the people, saying, What man is there that hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it.
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||||
6| And what man is he that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not yet eaten of it? let him also go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man eat of it.
|
||||
7| And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her.
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||||
8| And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they shall say, What man is there that is fearful and fainthearted? let him go and return unto his house, lest his brethren's heart faint as well as his heart.
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||||
9| And it shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking unto the people that they shall make captains of the armies to lead the people.
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||||
10| When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace unto it.
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||||
11| And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people that is found therein shall be tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve thee.
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||||
12| And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it:
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||||
13| And when the LORD thy God hath delivered it into thine hands, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword:
|
||||
14| But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take unto thyself; and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, which the LORD thy God hath given thee.
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||||
15| Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations.
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||||
16| But of the cities of these people, which the LORD thy God doth give thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth:
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||||
17| But thou shalt utterly destroy them; namely, the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee:
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||||
18| That they teach you not to do after all their abominations, which they have done unto their gods; so should ye sin against the LORD your God.
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||||
19| When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down (for the tree of the field is man's life) to employ them in the siege:
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20| Only the trees which thou knowest that they be not trees for meat, thou shalt destroy and cut them down; and thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, until it be subdued.
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||||
#21
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||||
1| If one be found slain in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it, lying in the field, and it be not known who hath slain him:
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||||
2| Then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain:
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||||
3| And it shall be, that the city which is next unto the slain man, even the elders of that city shall take an heifer, which hath not been wrought with, and which hath not drawn in the yoke;
|
||||
4| And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a rough valley, which is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike off the heifer's neck there in the valley:
|
||||
5| And the priests the sons of Levi shall come near; for them the LORD thy God hath chosen to minister unto him, and to bless in the name of the LORD; and by their word shall every controversy and every stroke be tried:
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||||
6| And all the elders of that city, that are next unto the slain man, shall wash their hands over the heifer that is beheaded in the valley:
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||||
7| And they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it.
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||||
8| Be merciful, O LORD, unto thy people Israel, whom thou hast redeemed, and lay not innocent blood unto thy people of Israel's charge. And the blood shall be forgiven them.
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||||
9| So shalt thou put away the guilt of innocent blood from among you, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the LORD.
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||||
10| When thou goest forth to war against thine enemies, and the LORD thy God hath delivered them into thine hands, and thou hast taken them captive,
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11| And seest among the captives a beautiful woman, and hast a desire unto her, that thou wouldest have her to thy wife;
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||||
12| Then thou shalt bring her home to thine house, and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails;
|
||||
13| And she shall put the raiment of her captivity from off her, and shall remain in thine house, and bewail her father and her mother a full month: and after that thou shalt go in unto her, and be her husband, and she shall be thy wife.
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||||
14| And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou shalt let her go whither she will; but thou shalt not sell her at all for money, thou shalt not make merchandise of her, because thou hast humbled her.
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||||
15| If a man have two wives, one beloved, and another hated, and they have born him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the firstborn son be hers that was hated:
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16| Then it shall be, when he maketh his sons to inherit that which he hath, that he may not make the son of the beloved firstborn before the son of the hated, which is indeed the firstborn:
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17| But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated for the firstborn, by giving him a double portion of all that he hath: for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn is his.
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18| If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:
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19| Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;
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20| And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.
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21| And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.
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22| And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be to be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree:
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23| His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged is accursed of God;) that thy land be not defiled, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.
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#22
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1| Thou shalt not see thy brother's ox or his sheep go astray, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt in any case bring them again unto thy brother.
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2| And if thy brother be not nigh unto thee, or if thou know him not, then thou shalt bring it unto thine own house, and it shall be with thee until thy brother seek after it, and thou shalt restore it to him again.
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3| In like manner shalt thou do with his ass; and so shalt thou do with his raiment; and with all lost thing of thy brother's, which he hath lost, and thou hast found, shalt thou do likewise: thou mayest not hide thyself.
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4| Thou shalt not see thy brother's ass or his ox fall down by the way, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt surely help him to lift them up again.
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5| The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the LORD thy God.
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6| If a bird's nest chance to be before thee in the way in any tree, or on the ground, whether they be young ones, or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young:
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7| But thou shalt in any wise let the dam go, and take the young to thee; that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days.
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8| When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thine house, if any man fall from thence.
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9| Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers seeds: lest the fruit of thy seed which thou hast sown, and the fruit of thy vineyard, be defiled.
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10| Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together.
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11| Thou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts, as of woollen and linen together.
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12| Thou shalt make thee fringes upon the four quarters of thy vesture, wherewith thou coverest thyself.
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13| If any man take a wife, and go in unto her, and hate her,
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14| And give occasions of speech against her, and bring up an evil name upon her, and say, I took this woman, and when I came to her, I found her not a maid:
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15| Then shall the father of the damsel, and her mother, take and bring forth the tokens of the damsel's virginity unto the elders of the city in the gate:
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16| And the damsel's father shall say unto the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man to wife, and he hateth her;
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17| And, lo, he hath given occasions of speech against her, saying, I found not thy daughter a maid; and yet these are the tokens of my daughter's virginity. And they shall spread the cloth before the elders of the city.
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18| And the elders of that city shall take that man and chastise him;
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19| And they shall amerce him in an hundred shekels of silver, and give them unto the father of the damsel, because he hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin of Israel: and she shall be his wife; he may not put her away all his days.
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20| But if this thing be true, and the tokens of virginity be not found for the damsel:
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21| Then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die: because she hath wrought folly in Israel, to play the whore in her father's house: so shalt thou put evil away from among you.
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22| If a man be found lying with a woman married to an husband, then they shall both of them die, both the man that lay with the woman, and the woman: so shalt thou put away evil from Israel.
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23| If a damsel that is a virgin be betrothed unto an husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her;
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24| Then ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, and ye shall stone them with stones that they die; the damsel, because she cried not, being in the city; and the man, because he hath humbled his neighbour's wife: so thou shalt put away evil from among you.
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25| But if a man find a betrothed damsel in the field, and the man force her, and lie with her: then the man only that lay with her shall die.
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26| But unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing; there is in the damsel no sin worthy of death: for as when a man riseth against his neighbour, and slayeth him, even so is this matter:
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27| For he found her in the field, and the betrothed damsel cried, and there was none to save her.
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28| If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found;
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29| Then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel's father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife; because he hath humbled her, he may not put her away all his days.
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30| A man shall not take his father's wife, nor discover his father's skirt.
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#23
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1| He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD.
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2| A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even to his tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of the LORD.
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3| An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even to their tenth generation shall they not enter into the congregation of the LORD for ever:
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4| Because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt; and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee.
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5| Nevertheless the LORD thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but the LORD thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because the LORD thy God loved thee.
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6| Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever.
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7| Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite; for he is thy brother: thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian; because thou wast a stranger in his land.
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8| The children that are begotten of them shall enter into the congregation of the LORD in their third generation.
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9| When the host goeth forth against thine enemies, then keep thee from every wicked thing.
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10| If there be among you any man, that is not clean by reason of uncleanness that chanceth him by night, then shall he go abroad out of the camp, he shall not come within the camp:
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11| But it shall be, when evening cometh on, he shall wash himself with water: and when the sun is down, he shall come into the camp again.
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12| Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou shalt go forth abroad:
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13| And thou shalt have a paddle upon thy weapon; and it shall be, when thou wilt ease thyself abroad, thou shalt dig therewith, and shalt turn back and cover that which cometh from thee:
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14| For the LORD thy God walketh in the midst of thy camp, to deliver thee, and to give up thine enemies before thee; therefore shall thy camp be holy: that he see no unclean thing in thee, and turn away from thee.
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15| Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee:
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16| He shall dwell with thee, even among you, in that place which he shall choose in one of thy gates, where it liketh him best: thou shalt not oppress him.
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17| There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel.
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18| Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the LORD thy God for any vow: for even both these are abomination unto the LORD thy God.
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||||
19| Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury:
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20| Unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all that thou settest thine hand to in the land whither thou goest to possess it.
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21| When thou shalt vow a vow unto the LORD thy God, thou shalt not slack to pay it: for the LORD thy God will surely require it of thee; and it would be sin in thee.
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22| But if thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee.
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||||
23| That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt keep and perform; even a freewill offering, according as thou hast vowed unto the LORD thy God, which thou hast promised with thy mouth.
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24| When thou comest into thy neighbour's vineyard, then thou mayest eat grapes thy fill at thine own pleasure; but thou shalt not put any in thy vessel.
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||||
25| When thou comest into the standing corn of thy neighbour, then thou mayest pluck the ears with thine hand; but thou shalt not move a sickle unto thy neighbour's standing corn.
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#24
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1| When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.
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2| And when she is departed out of his house, she may go and be another man's wife.
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||||
3| And if the latter husband hate her, and write her a bill of divorcement, and giveth it in her hand, and sendeth her out of his house; or if the latter husband die, which took her to be his wife;
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4| Her former husband, which sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after that she is defiled; for that is abomination before the LORD: and thou shalt not cause the land to sin, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.
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5| When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged with any business: but he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken.
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6| No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man's life to pledge.
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||||
7| If a man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and maketh merchandise of him, or selleth him; then that thief shall die; and thou shalt put evil away from among you.
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||||
8| Take heed in the plague of leprosy, that thou observe diligently, and do according to all that the priests the Levites shall teach you: as I commanded them, so ye shall observe to do.
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||||
9| Remember what the LORD thy God did unto Miriam by the way, after that ye were come forth out of Egypt.
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||||
10| When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge.
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11| Thou shalt stand abroad, and the man to whom thou dost lend shall bring out the pledge abroad unto thee.
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||||
12| And if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge:
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13| In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his own raiment, and bless thee: and it shall be righteousness unto thee before the LORD thy God.
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||||
14| Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates:
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||||
15| At his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the LORD, and it be sin unto thee.
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||||
16| The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin.
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||||
17| Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge:
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18| But thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt, and the LORD thy God redeemed thee thence: therefore I command thee to do this thing.
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||||
19| When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands.
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||||
20| When thou beatest thine olive tree, thou shalt not go over the boughs again: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.
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||||
21| When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not glean it afterward: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.
|
||||
22| And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt: therefore I command thee to do this thing.
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||||
#25
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||||
1| If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.
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||||
2| And it shall be, if the wicked man be worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his face, according to his fault, by a certain number.
|
||||
3| Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed: lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should seem vile unto thee.
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||||
4| Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn.
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||||
5| If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her husband's brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband's brother unto her.
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||||
6| And it shall be, that the firstborn which she beareth shall succeed in the name of his brother which is dead, that his name be not put out of Israel.
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||||
7| And if the man like not to take his brother's wife, then let his brother's wife go up to the gate unto the elders, and say, My husband's brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel, he will not perform the duty of my husband's brother.
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||||
8| Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak unto him: and if he stand to it, and say, I like not to take her;
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||||
9| Then shall his brother's wife come unto him in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face, and shall answer and say, So shall it be done unto that man that will not build up his brother's house.
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||||
10| And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that hath his shoe loosed.
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||||
11| When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one draweth near for to deliver her husband out of the hand of him that smiteth him, and putteth forth her hand, and taketh him by the secrets:
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||||
12| Then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall not pity her.
|
||||
13| Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.
|
||||
14| Thou shalt not have in thine house divers measures, a great and a small.
|
||||
15| But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
|
||||
16| For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto the LORD thy God.
|
||||
17| Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way, when ye were come forth out of Egypt;
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||||
18| How he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, even all that were feeble behind thee, when thou wast faint and weary; and he feared not God.
|
||||
19| Therefore it shall be, when the LORD thy God hath given thee rest from all thine enemies round about, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it, that thou shalt blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; thou shalt not forget it.
|
||||
#26
|
||||
1| And it shall be, when thou art come in unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and possessest it, and dwellest therein;
|
||||
2| That thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the earth, which thou shalt bring of thy land that the LORD thy God giveth thee, and shalt put it in a basket, and shalt go unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to place his name there.
|
||||
3| And thou shalt go unto the priest that shall be in those days, and say unto him, I profess this day unto the LORD thy God, that I am come unto the country which the LORD sware unto our fathers for to give us.
|
||||
4| And the priest shall take the basket out of thine hand, and set it down before the altar of the LORD thy God.
|
||||
5| And thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous:
|
||||
6| And the Egyptians evil entreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage:
|
||||
7| And when we cried unto the LORD God of our fathers, the LORD heard our voice, and looked on our affliction, and our labour, and our oppression:
|
||||
8| And the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great terribleness, and with signs, and with wonders:
|
||||
9| And he hath brought us into this place, and hath given us this land, even a land that floweth with milk and honey.
|
||||
10| And now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits of the land, which thou, O LORD, hast given me. And thou shalt set it before the LORD thy God, and worship before the LORD thy God:
|
||||
11| And thou shalt rejoice in every good thing which the LORD thy God hath given unto thee, and unto thine house, thou, and the Levite, and the stranger that is among you.
|
||||
12| When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithes of thine increase the third year, which is the year of tithing, and hast given it unto the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat within thy gates, and be filled;
|
||||
13| Then thou shalt say before the LORD thy God, I have brought away the hallowed things out of mine house, and also have given them unto the Levite, and unto the stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all thy commandments which thou hast commanded me: I have not transgressed thy commandments, neither have I forgotten them.
|
||||
14| I have not eaten thereof in my mourning, neither have I taken away ought thereof for any unclean use, nor given ought thereof for the dead: but I have hearkened to the voice of the LORD my God, and have done according to all that thou hast commanded me.
|
||||
15| Look down from thy holy habitation, from heaven, and bless thy people Israel, and the land which thou hast given us, as thou swarest unto our fathers, a land that floweth with milk and honey.
|
||||
16| This day the LORD thy God hath commanded thee to do these statutes and judgments: thou shalt therefore keep and do them with all thine heart, and with all thy soul.
|
||||
17| Thou hast avouched the LORD this day to be thy God, and to walk in his ways, and to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and to hearken unto his voice:
|
||||
18| And the LORD hath avouched thee this day to be his peculiar people, as he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all his commandments;
|
||||
19| And to make thee high above all nations which he hath made, in praise, and in name, and in honour; and that thou mayest be an holy people unto the LORD thy God, as he hath spoken.
|
||||
#27
|
||||
1| And Moses with the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, Keep all the commandments which I command you this day.
|
||||
2| And it shall be on the day when ye shall pass over Jordan unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, that thou shalt set thee up great stones, and plaister them with plaister:
|
||||
3| And thou shalt write upon them all the words of this law, when thou art passed over, that thou mayest go in unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, a land that floweth with milk and honey; as the LORD God of thy fathers hath promised thee.
|
||||
4| Therefore it shall be when ye be gone over Jordan, that ye shall set up these stones, which I command you this day, in mount Ebal, and thou shalt plaister them with plaister.
|
||||
5| And there shalt thou build an altar unto the LORD thy God, an altar of stones: thou shalt not lift up any iron tool upon them.
|
||||
6| Thou shalt build the altar of the LORD thy God of whole stones: and thou shalt offer burnt offerings thereon unto the LORD thy God:
|
||||
7| And thou shalt offer peace offerings, and shalt eat there, and rejoice before the LORD thy God.
|
||||
8| And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this law very plainly.
|
||||
9| And Moses and the priests the Levites spake unto all Israel, saying, Take heed, and hearken, O Israel; this day thou art become the people of the LORD thy God.
|
||||
10| Thou shalt therefore obey the voice of the LORD thy God, and do his commandments and his statutes, which I command thee this day.
|
||||
11| And Moses charged the people the same day, saying,
|
||||
12| These shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people, when ye are come over Jordan; Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin:
|
||||
13| And these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse; Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.
|
||||
14| And the Levites shall speak, and say unto all the men of Israel with a loud voice,
|
||||
15| Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth it in a secret place. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.
|
||||
16| Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
|
||||
17| Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour's landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen.
|
||||
18| Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen.
|
||||
19| Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
|
||||
20| Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife; because he uncovereth his father's skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.
|
||||
21| Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast. And all the people shall say, Amen.
|
||||
22| Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
|
||||
23| Cursed be he that lieth with his mother in law. And all the people shall say, Amen.
|
||||
24| Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly. And all the people shall say, Amen.
|
||||
25| Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.
|
||||
26| Cursed be he that confirmeth not all the words of this law to do them. And all the people shall say, Amen.
|
||||
#28
|
||||
1| And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:
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||||
2| And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God.
|
||||
3| Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.
|
||||
4| Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.
|
||||
5| Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store.
|
||||
6| Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out.
|
||||
7| The LORD shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways.
|
||||
8| The LORD shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and he shall bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
|
||||
9| The LORD shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, and walk in his ways.
|
||||
10| And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of the LORD; and they shall be afraid of thee.
|
||||
11| And the LORD shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers to give thee.
|
||||
12| The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.
|
||||
13| And the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them:
|
||||
14| And thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I command thee this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.
|
||||
15| But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee:
|
||||
16| Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field.
|
||||
17| Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store.
|
||||
18| Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.
|
||||
19| Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out.
|
||||
20| The LORD shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that thou settest thine hand unto for to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me.
|
||||
21| The LORD shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to possess it.
|
||||
22| The LORD shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.
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23| And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.
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24| The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.
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25| The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.
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26| And thy carcase shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray them away.
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27| The LORD will smite thee with the botch of Egypt, and with the emerods, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed.
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28| The LORD shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and astonishment of heart:
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29| And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee.
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30| Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof.
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31| Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine ass shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and shall not be restored to thee: thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to rescue them.
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32| Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day long; and there shall be no might in thine hand.
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33| The fruit of thy land, and all thy labours, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway:
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34| So that thou shalt be mad for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.
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35| The LORD shall smite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore botch that cannot be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the top of thy head.
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36| The LORD shall bring thee, and thy king which thou shalt set over thee, unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have known; and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone.
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37| And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee.
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38| Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but little in; for the locust shall consume it.
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39| Thou shalt plant vineyards, and dress them, but shalt neither drink of the wine, nor gather the grapes; for the worms shall eat them.
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40| Thou shalt have olive trees throughout all thy coasts, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olive shall cast his fruit.
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41| Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy them; for they shall go into captivity.
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42| All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust consume.
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43| The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low.
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44| He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail.
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45| Moreover all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee:
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46| And they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever.
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47| Because thou servedst not the LORD thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things;
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48| Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the LORD shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee.
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49| The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand;
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50| A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young:
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51| And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy land, until thou be destroyed: which also shall not leave thee either corn, wine, or oil, or the increase of thy kine, or flocks of thy sheep, until he have destroyed thee.
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52| And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land: and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which the LORD thy God hath given thee.
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53| And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the LORD thy God hath given thee, in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee:
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54| So that the man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave:
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55| So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat: because he hath nothing left him in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy gates.
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56| The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter,
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57| And toward her young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her children which she shall bear: for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly in the siege and straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates.
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58| If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, THE LORD THY GOD;
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59| Then the LORD will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance.
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60| Moreover he will bring upon thee all the diseases of Egypt, which thou wast afraid of; and they shall cleave unto thee.
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61| Also every sickness, and every plague, which is not written in the book of this law, them will the LORD bring upon thee, until thou be destroyed.
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62| And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for multitude; because thou wouldest not obey the voice of the LORD thy God.
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63| And it shall come to pass, that as the LORD rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you; so the LORD will rejoice over you to destroy you, and to bring you to nought; and ye shall be plucked from off the land whither thou goest to possess it.
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64| And the LORD shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone.
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65| And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the LORD shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind:
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66| And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life:
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67| In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even! and at even thou shalt say, Would God it were morning! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.
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68| And the LORD shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and no man shall buy you.
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#29
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1| These are the words of the covenant, which the LORD commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, beside the covenant which he made with them in Horeb.
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2| And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them, Ye have seen all that the LORD did before your eyes in the land of Egypt unto Pharaoh, and unto all his servants, and unto all his land;
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3| The great temptations which thine eyes have seen, the signs, and those great miracles:
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4| Yet the LORD hath not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day.
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5| And I have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothes are not waxen old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy foot.
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6| Ye have not eaten bread, neither have ye drunk wine or strong drink: that ye might know that I am the LORD your God.
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7| And when ye came unto this place, Sihon the king of Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, came out against us unto battle, and we smote them:
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8| And we took their land, and gave it for an inheritance unto the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half tribe of Manasseh.
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9| Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye may prosper in all that ye do.
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10| Ye stand this day all of you before the LORD your God; your captains of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, with all the men of Israel,
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11| Your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that is in thy camp, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water:
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12| That thou shouldest enter into covenant with the LORD thy God, and into his oath, which the LORD thy God maketh with thee this day:
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13| That he may establish thee to day for a people unto himself, and that he may be unto thee a God, as he hath said unto thee, and as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
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14| Neither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath;
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15| But with him that standeth here with us this day before the LORD our God, and also with him that is not here with us this day:
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16| (For ye know how we have dwelt in the land of Egypt; and how we came through the nations which ye passed by;
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17| And ye have seen their abominations, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which were among them:)
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18| Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood;
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19| And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst:
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20| The LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out his name from under heaven.
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21| And the LORD shall separate him unto evil out of all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant that are written in this book of the law:
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22| So that the generation to come of your children that shall rise up after you, and the stranger that shall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses which the LORD hath laid upon it;
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23| And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the LORD overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:
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24| Even all nations shall say, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger?
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25| Then men shall say, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them forth out of the land of Egypt:
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26| For they went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods whom they knew not, and whom he had not given unto them:
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27| And the anger of the LORD was kindled against this land, to bring upon it all the curses that are written in this book:
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28| And the LORD rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as it is this day.
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29| The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.
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#30
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1| And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath driven thee,
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2| And shalt return unto the LORD thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul;
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3| That then the LORD thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath scattered thee.
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4| If any of thine be driven out unto the outmost parts of heaven, from thence will the LORD thy God gather thee, and from thence will he fetch thee:
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5| And the LORD thy God will bring thee into the land which thy fathers possessed, and thou shalt possess it; and he will do thee good, and multiply thee above thy fathers.
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||||
6| And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.
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7| And the LORD thy God will put all these curses upon thine enemies, and on them that hate thee, which persecuted thee.
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||||
8| And thou shalt return and obey the voice of the LORD, and do all his commandments which I command thee this day.
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9| And the LORD thy God will make thee plenteous in every work of thine hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy land, for good: for the LORD will again rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers:
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10| If thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law, and if thou turn unto the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul.
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11| For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not hidden from thee, neither is it far off.
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12| It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?
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13| Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?
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14| But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.
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15| See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil;
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16| In that I command thee this day to love the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it.
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17| But if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them;
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18| I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish, and that ye shall not prolong your days upon the land, whither thou passest over Jordan to go to possess it.
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19| I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:
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20| That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.
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#31
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1| And Moses went and spake these words unto all Israel.
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||||
2| And he said unto them, I am an hundred and twenty years old this day; I can no more go out and come in: also the LORD hath said unto me, Thou shalt not go over this Jordan.
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||||
3| The LORD thy God, he will go over before thee, and he will destroy these nations from before thee, and thou shalt possess them: and Joshua, he shall go over before thee, as the LORD hath said.
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||||
4| And the LORD shall do unto them as he did to Sihon and to Og, kings of the Amorites, and unto the land of them, whom he destroyed.
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||||
5| And the LORD shall give them up before your face, that ye may do unto them according unto all the commandments which I have commanded you.
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||||
6| Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
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||||
7| And Moses called unto Joshua, and said unto him in the sight of all Israel, Be strong and of a good courage: for thou must go with this people unto the land which the LORD hath sworn unto their fathers to give them; and thou shalt cause them to inherit it.
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||||
8| And the LORD, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed.
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||||
9| And Moses wrote this law, and delivered it unto the priests the sons of Levi, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and unto all the elders of Israel.
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||||
10| And Moses commanded them, saying, At the end of every seven years, in the solemnity of the year of release, in the feast of tabernacles,
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||||
11| When all Israel is come to appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose, thou shalt read this law before all Israel in their hearing.
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||||
12| Gather the people together, men and women, and children, and thy stranger that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear the LORD your God, and observe to do all the words of this law:
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||||
13| And that their children, which have not known any thing, may hear, and learn to fear the LORD your God, as long as ye live in the land whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.
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||||
14| And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thy days approach that thou must die: call Joshua, and present yourselves in the tabernacle of the congregation, that I may give him a charge. And Moses and Joshua went, and presented themselves in the tabernacle of the congregation.
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||||
15| And the LORD appeared in the tabernacle in a pillar of a cloud: and the pillar of the cloud stood over the door of the tabernacle.
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||||
16| And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the land, whither they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.
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17| Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall befall them; so that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us, because our God is not among us?
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18| And I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evils which they shall have wrought, in that they are turned unto other gods.
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||||
19| Now therefore write ye this song for you, and teach it the children of Israel: put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel.
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||||
20| For when I shall have brought them into the land which I sware unto their fathers, that floweth with milk and honey; and they shall have eaten and filled themselves, and waxen fat; then will they turn unto other gods, and serve them, and provoke me, and break my covenant.
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21| And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are befallen them, that this song shall testify against them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I know their imagination which they go about, even now, before I have brought them into the land which I sware.
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22| Moses therefore wrote this song the same day, and taught it the children of Israel.
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23| And he gave Joshua the son of Nun a charge, and said, Be strong and of a good courage: for thou shalt bring the children of Israel into the land which I sware unto them: and I will be with thee.
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||||
24| And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing the words of this law in a book, until they were finished,
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||||
25| That Moses commanded the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, saying,
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||||
26| Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee.
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||||
27| For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against the LORD; and how much more after my death?
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28| Gather unto me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and earth to record against them.
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||||
29| For I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the latter days; because ye will do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands.
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30| And Moses spake in the ears of all the congregation of Israel the words of this song, until they were ended.
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||||
#32
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1| ** Ode Two ** Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
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2| My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:
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||||
3| Because I will publish the name of the LORD: ascribe ye greatness unto our God.
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||||
4| He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
|
||||
5| They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children: they are a perverse and crooked generation.
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||||
6| Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? is not he thy father that hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established thee?
|
||||
7| Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask thy father, and he will shew thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee.
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||||
8| When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.
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||||
9| For the LORD's portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
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||||
10| He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.
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||||
11| As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings:
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||||
12| So the LORD alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with him.
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||||
13| He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock;
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||||
14| Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou didst drink the pure blood of the grape.
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||||
15| But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
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||||
16| They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations provoked they him to anger.
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||||
17| They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not.
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||||
18| Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee.
|
||||
19| And when the LORD saw it, he abhorred them, because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters.
|
||||
20| And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faith.
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||||
21| They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with those which are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.
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||||
22| For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.
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||||
23| I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them.
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||||
24| They shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust.
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||||
25| The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs.
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||||
26| I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men:
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||||
27| Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, and lest they should say, Our hand is high, and the LORD hath not done all this.
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||||
28| For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any understanding in them.
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||||
29| O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!
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30| How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had shut them up?
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31| For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges.
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32| For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter:
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33| Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps.
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||||
34| Is not this laid up in store with me, and sealed up among my treasures?
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||||
35| To me belongeth vengeance and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.
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||||
36| For the LORD shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he seeth that their power is gone, and there is none shut up, or left.
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37| And he shall say, Where are their gods, their rock in whom they trusted,
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38| Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices, and drank the wine of their drink offerings? let them rise up and help you, and be your protection.
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39| See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.
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40| For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever.
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41| If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me.
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||||
42| I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; and that with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy.
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43| Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people: for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful unto his land, and to his people. *(End of Ode 2)*
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44| And Moses came and spake all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he, and Hoshea the son of Nun.
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45| And Moses made an end of speaking all these words to all Israel:
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46| And he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words which I testify among you this day, which ye shall command your children to observe to do, all the words of this law.
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47| For it is not a vain thing for you; because it is your life: and through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land, whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.
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48| And the LORD spake unto Moses that selfsame day, saying,
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49| Get thee up into this mountain Abarim, unto mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, that is over against Jericho; and behold the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel for a possession:
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50| And die in the mount whither thou goest up, and be gathered unto thy people; as Aaron thy brother died in mount Hor, and was gathered unto his people:
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51| Because ye trespassed against me among the children of Israel at the waters of MeribahKadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; because ye sanctified me not in the midst of the children of Israel.
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52| Yet thou shalt see the land before thee; but thou shalt not go thither unto the land which I give the children of Israel.
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#33
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1| And this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death.
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2| And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them.
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3| Yea, he loved the people; all his saints are in thy hand: and they sat down at thy feet; every one shall receive of thy words.
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4| Moses commanded us a law, even the inheritance of the congregation of Jacob.
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5| And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people and the tribes of Israel were gathered together.
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6| Let Reuben live, and not die; and let not his men be few.
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7| And this is the blessing of Judah: and he said, Hear, LORD, the voice of Judah, and bring him unto his people: let his hands be sufficient for him; and be thou an help to him from his enemies.
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8| And of Levi he said, Let thy Thummim and thy Urim be with thy holy one, whom thou didst prove at Massah, and with whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah;
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9| Who said unto his father and to his mother, I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own children: for they have observed thy word, and kept thy covenant.
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10| They shall teach Jacob thy judgments, and Israel thy law: they shall put incense before thee, and whole burnt sacrifice upon thine altar.
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11| Bless, LORD, his substance, and accept the work of his hands; smite through the loins of them that rise against him, and of them that hate him, that they rise not again.
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12| And of Benjamin he said, The beloved of the LORD shall dwell in safety by him; and the Lord shall cover him all the day long, and he shall dwell between his shoulders.
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13| And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the LORD be his land, for the precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath,
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14| And for the precious fruits brought forth by the sun, and for the precious things put forth by the moon,
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15| And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of the lasting hills,
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16| And for the precious things of the earth and fulness thereof, and for the good will of him that dwelt in the bush: let the blessing come upon the head of Joseph, and upon the top of the head of him that was separated from his brethren.
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17| His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh.
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18| And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out; and, Issachar, in thy tents.
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19| They shall call the people unto the mountain; there they shall offer sacrifices of righteousness: for they shall suck of the abundance of the seas, and of treasures hid in the sand.
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20| And of Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad: he dwelleth as a lion, and teareth the arm with the crown of the head.
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21| And he provided the first part for himself, because there, in a portion of the lawgiver, was he seated; and he came with the heads of the people, he executed the justice of the LORD, and his judgments with Israel.
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22| And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion's whelp: he shall leap from Bashan.
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23| And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favour, and full with the blessing of the LORD: possess thou the west and the south.
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24| And of Asher he said, Let Asher be blessed with children; let him be acceptable to his brethren, and let him dip his foot in oil.
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25| Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be.
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26| There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky.
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27| The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them.
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28| Israel then shall dwell in safety alone: the fountain of Jacob shall be upon a land of corn and wine; also his heavens shall drop down dew.
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29| Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.
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#34
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1| And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And the LORD shewed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan,
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2| And all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, unto the utmost sea,
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3| And the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, unto Zoar.
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4| And the LORD said unto him, This is the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, I will give it unto thy seed: I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither.
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5| So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD.
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6| And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Bethpeor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day.
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7| And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.
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8| And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days: so the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended.
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9| And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom; for Moses had laid his hands upon him: and the children of Israel hearkened unto him, and did as the LORD commanded Moses.
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10| And there arose not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face,
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11| In all the signs and the wonders, which the LORD sent him to do in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to all his land,
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12| And in all that mighty hand, and in all the great terror which Moses shewed in the sight of all Israel.
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#1
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1| The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
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2| Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
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3| What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
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4| One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.
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5| The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.
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6| The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits.
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7| All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.
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8| All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
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9| The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.
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10| Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.
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11| There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after.
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12| I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
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13| And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.
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14| I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
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15| That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
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16| I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.
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17| And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.
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18| For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
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#2
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1| I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity.
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2| I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
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3| I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.
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4| I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards:
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5| I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits:
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6| I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees:
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7| I got me servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me:
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8| I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts.
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9| So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.
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10| And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.
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11| Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
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12| And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can the man do that cometh after the king? even that which hath been already done.
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13| Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.
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14| The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.
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15| Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity.
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16| For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool.
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17| Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
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18| Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.
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19| And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.
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20| Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.
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21| For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.
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22| For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?
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23| For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.
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24| There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God.
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25| For who can eat, or who else can hasten hereunto, more than I?
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26| For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.
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#3
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1| To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
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2| A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
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3| A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
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4| A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
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5| A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
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6| A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
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7| A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
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8| A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
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9| What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?
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10| I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.
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11| He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.
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12| I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.
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13| And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.
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14| I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.
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15| That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.
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16| And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.
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17| I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.
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18| I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.
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19| For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity.
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20| All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
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21| Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?
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22| Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?
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#4
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1| So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.
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2| Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.
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3| Yea, better is he than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.
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4| Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
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5| The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.
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6| Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.
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7| Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.
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8| There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.
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9| Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
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10| For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.
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11| Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone?
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12| And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
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13| Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.
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14| For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also he that is born in his kingdom becometh poor.
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15| I considered all the living which walk under the sun, with the second child that shall stand up in his stead.
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16| There is no end of all the people, even of all that have been before them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.
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#5
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1| Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.
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||||
2| Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.
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3| For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice is known by multitude of words.
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||||
4| When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.
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5| Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.
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||||
6| Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?
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7| For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God.
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||||
8| If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.
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9| Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.
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||||
10| He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.
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11| When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes?
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12| The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
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13| There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.
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||||
14| But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.
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||||
15| As he came forth of his mother's womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand.
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16| And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind?
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17| All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.
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||||
18| Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his portion.
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19| Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labour; this is the gift of God.
|
||||
20| For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth him in the joy of his heart.
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#6
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1| There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:
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||||
2| A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.
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3| If a man beget an hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, and also that he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he.
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||||
4| For he cometh in with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and his name shall be covered with darkness.
|
||||
5| Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known any thing: this hath more rest than the other.
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||||
6| Yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place?
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7| All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
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||||
8| For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
|
||||
9| Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
|
||||
10| That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it is man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he.
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||||
11| Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?
|
||||
12| For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?
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||||
#7
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1| A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth.
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||||
2| It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.
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3| Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
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4| The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
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||||
5| It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
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||||
6| For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.
|
||||
7| Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.
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8| Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
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||||
9| Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
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||||
10| Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this.
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11| Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun.
|
||||
12| For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it.
|
||||
13| Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked?
|
||||
14| In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.
|
||||
15| All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness.
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16| Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself ?
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17| Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?
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||||
18| It is good that thou shouldest take hold of this; yea, also from this withdraw not thine hand: for he that feareth God shall come forth of them all.
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19| Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty men which are in the city.
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20| For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
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21| Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee:
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22| For oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others.
|
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23| All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.
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24| That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out?
|
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25| I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness:
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26| And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.
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27| Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, counting one by one, to find out the account:
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28| Which yet my soul seeketh, but I find not: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.
|
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29| Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
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#8
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1| Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? a man's wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his face shall be changed.
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2| I counsel thee to keep the king's commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God.
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3| Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.
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4| Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou?
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5| Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man's heart discerneth both time and judgment.
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6| Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man is great upon him.
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7| For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?
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8| There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.
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9| All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: there is a time wherein one man ruleth over another to his own hurt.
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10| And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of the holy, and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done: this is also vanity.
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11| Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
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12| Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him:
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13| But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his days, which are as a shadow; because he feareth not before God.
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14| There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just men, unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked men, to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity.
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15| Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun.
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16| When I applied mine heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth: (for also there is that neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes:)
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17| Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man labour to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea farther; though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.
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#9
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1| For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them.
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2| All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.
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3| This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.
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4| For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
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5| For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.
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6| Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun.
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7| Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.
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8| Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment.
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9| Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.
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10| Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
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11| I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
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12| For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.
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13| This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me:
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14| There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it:
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15| Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.
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16| Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
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17| The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.
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18| Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.
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#10
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1| Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour.
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2| A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.
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3| Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom faileth him, and he saith to every one that he is a fool.
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4| If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences.
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5| There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the ruler:
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6| Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.
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7| I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.
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8| He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.
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9| Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby.
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10| If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.
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11| Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.
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12| The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
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13| The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.
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14| A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?
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15| The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.
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16| Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!
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17| Blessed art thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!
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18| By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.
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19| A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things.
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20| Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.
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#11
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1| Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.
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2| Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.
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3| If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.
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4| He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.
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5| As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all.
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6| In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
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7| Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun:
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8| But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity.
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9| Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
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10| Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.
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#12
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1| Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;
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2| While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain:
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3| In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened,
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4| And the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the grinding is low, and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of musick shall be brought low;
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5| Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets:
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6| Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern.
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7| Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
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8| Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity.
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9| And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.
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10| The preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and that which was written was upright, even words of truth.
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11| The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.
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12| And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.
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13| Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
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14| For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
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#1
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1| Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus:
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2| Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
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3| Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:
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4| According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
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5| Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
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6| To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.
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7| In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
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8| Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence;
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9| Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:
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||||
10| That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him:
|
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11| In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:
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12| That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.
|
||||
13| In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,
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14| Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.
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15| Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints,
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16| Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;
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17| That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:
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18| The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
|
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19| And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,
|
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20| Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,
|
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21| Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:
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22| And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,
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23| Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.
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#2
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1| And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;
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2| Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:
|
||||
3| Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
|
||||
4| But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
|
||||
5| Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
|
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6| And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:
|
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7| That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.
|
||||
8| For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
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9| Not of works, lest any man should boast.
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||||
10| For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
|
||||
11| Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands;
|
||||
12| That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
|
||||
13| But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
|
||||
14| For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;
|
||||
15| Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace;
|
||||
16| And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:
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17| And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh.
|
||||
18| For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.
|
||||
19| Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;
|
||||
20| And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;
|
||||
21| In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:
|
||||
22| In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.
|
||||
#3
|
||||
1| For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,
|
||||
2| If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward:
|
||||
3| How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words,
|
||||
4| Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ)
|
||||
5| Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;
|
||||
6| That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:
|
||||
7| Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power.
|
||||
8| Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;
|
||||
9| And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:
|
||||
10| To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,
|
||||
11| According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:
|
||||
12| In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him.
|
||||
13| Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.
|
||||
14| For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
|
||||
15| Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,
|
||||
16| That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;
|
||||
17| That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
|
||||
18| May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;
|
||||
19| And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.
|
||||
20| Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
|
||||
21| Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.
|
||||
#4
|
||||
1| I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,
|
||||
2| With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;
|
||||
3| Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
|
||||
4| There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;
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||||
5| One Lord, one faith, one baptism,
|
||||
6| One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.
|
||||
7| But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ.
|
||||
8| Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.
|
||||
9| (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?
|
||||
10| He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.)
|
||||
11| And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
|
||||
12| For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
|
||||
13| Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
|
||||
14| That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
|
||||
15| But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:
|
||||
16| From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.
|
||||
17| This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,
|
||||
18| Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:
|
||||
19| Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.
|
||||
20| But ye have not so learned Christ;
|
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21| If so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus:
|
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22| That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
|
||||
23| And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;
|
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24| And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.
|
||||
25| Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
|
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26| Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
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27| Neither give place to the devil.
|
||||
28| Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.
|
||||
29| Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
|
||||
30| And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.
|
||||
31| Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
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32| And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
|
||||
#5
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||||
1| Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;
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||||
2| And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.
|
||||
3| But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;
|
||||
4| Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.
|
||||
5| For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
|
||||
6| Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.
|
||||
7| Be not ye therefore partakers with them.
|
||||
8| For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
|
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9| (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)
|
||||
10| Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.
|
||||
11| And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
|
||||
12| For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.
|
||||
13| But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light.
|
||||
14| Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
|
||||
15| See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,
|
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16| Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
|
||||
17| Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.
|
||||
18| And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
|
||||
19| Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;
|
||||
20| Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;
|
||||
21| Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
|
||||
22| Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
|
||||
23| For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.
|
||||
24| Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.
|
||||
25| Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
|
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26| That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
|
||||
27| That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
|
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28| So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.
|
||||
29| For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:
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30| For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
|
||||
31| For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
|
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32| This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
|
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33| Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.
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#6
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1| Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
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||||
2| Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise;
|
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3| That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.
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4| And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
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5| Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ;
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6| Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;
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7| With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men:
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8| Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free.
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9| And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, forbearing threatening: knowing that your Master also is in heaven; neither is there respect of persons with him.
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10| Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
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11| Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
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12| For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
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13| Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
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14| Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
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15| And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
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16| Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
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17| And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
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18| Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
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19| And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel,
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20| For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
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21| But that ye also may know my affairs, and how I do, Tychicus, a beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord, shall make known to you all things:
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22| Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that ye might know our affairs, and that he might comfort your hearts.
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23| Peace be to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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24| Grace be with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. Amen.
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1| A copy of an epistle, which Jeremy sent unto them which were to be led captives into Babylon by the king of the Babylonians, to certify them, as it was commanded him of God.
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2| Because of the sins which ye have committed before God, ye shall be led away captives into Babylon by Nabuchodonosor king of the Babylonians.
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3| So when ye be come unto Babylon, ye shall remain there many years, and for a long season, namely, seven generations: and after that I will bring you away peaceably from thence.
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4| Now shall ye see in Babylon gods of silver, and of gold, and of wood, borne upon shoulders, which cause the nations to fear.
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5| Beware therefore that ye in no wise be like to strangers, neither be ye and of them, when ye see the multitude before them and behind them, worshipping them.
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6| But say ye in your hearts, O Lord, we must worship thee.
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7| For mine angel is with you, and I myself caring for your souls.
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8| As for their tongue, it is polished by the workman, and they themselves are gilded and laid over with silver; yet are they but false, and cannot speak.
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9| And taking gold, as it were for a virgin that loveth to go gay, they make crowns for the heads of their gods.
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10| Sometimes also the priests convey from their gods gold and silver, and bestow it upon themselves.
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11| Yea, they will give thereof to the common harlots, and deck them as men with garments, [being] gods of silver, and gods of gold, and wood.
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12| Yet cannot these gods save themselves from rust and moth, though they be covered with purple raiment.
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13| They wipe their faces because of the dust of the temple, when there is much upon them.
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14| And he that cannot put to death one that offendeth him holdeth a sceptre, as though he were a judge of the country.
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15| He hath also in his right hand a dagger and an ax: but cannot deliver himself from war and thieves.
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16| Whereby they are known not to be gods: therefore fear them not.
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17| For like as a vessel that a man useth is nothing worth when it is broken; even so it is with their gods: when they be set up in the temple, their eyes be full of dust through the feet of them that come in.
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18| And as the doors are made sure on every side upon him that offendeth the king, as being committed to suffer death: even so the priests make fast their temples with doors, with locks, and bars, lest their gods be spoiled with robbers.
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19| They light them candles, yea, more than for themselves, whereof they cannot see one.
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20| They are as one of the beams of the temple, yet they say their hearts are gnawed upon by things creeping out of the earth; and when they eat them and their clothes, they feel it not.
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21| Their faces are blacked through the smoke that cometh out of the temple.
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22| Upon their bodies and heads sit bats, swallows, and birds, and the cats also.
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23| By this ye may know that they are no gods: therefore fear them not.
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24| Notwithstanding the gold that is about them to make them beautiful, except they wipe off the rust, they will not shine: for neither when they were molten did they feel it.
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25| The things wherein there is no breath are bought for a most high price.
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26| They are borne upon shoulders, having no feet whereby they declare unto men that they be nothing worth.
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27| They also that serve them are ashamed: for if they fall to the ground at any time, they cannot rise up again of themselves: neither, if one set them upright, can they move of themselves: neither, if they be bowed down, can they make themselves straight: but they set gifts before them as unto dead men.
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28| As for the things that are sacrificed unto them, their priests sell and abuse; in like manner their wives lay up part thereof in salt; but unto the poor and impotent they give nothing of it.
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29| Menstruous women and women in childbed eat their sacrifices: by these things ye may know that they are no gods: fear them not.
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30| For how can they be called gods? because women set meat before the gods of silver, gold, and wood.
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31| And the priests sit in their temples, having their clothes rent, and their heads and beards shaven, and nothing upon their heads.
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32| They roar and cry before their gods, as men do at the feast when one is dead.
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33| The priests also take off their garments, and clothe their wives and children.
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34| Whether it be evil that one doeth unto them, or good, they are not able to recompense it: they can neither set up a king, nor put him down.
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35| In like manner, they can neither give riches nor money: though a man make a vow unto them, and keep it not, they will not require it.
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36| They can save no man from death, neither deliver the weak from the mighty.
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37| They cannot restore a blind man to his sight, nor help any man in his distress.
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38| They can shew no mercy to the widow, nor do good to the fatherless.
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39| Their gods of wood, and which are overlaid with gold and silver, are like the stones that be hewn out of the mountain: they that worship them shall be confounded.
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40| How should a man then think and say that they are gods, when even the Chaldeans themselves dishonour them?
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41| Who if they shall see one dumb that cannot speak, they bring him, and intreat Bel that he may speak, as though he were able to understand.
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42| Yet they cannot understand this themselves, and leave them: for they have no knowledge.
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43| The women also with cords about them, sitting in the ways, burn bran for perfume: but if any of them, drawn by some that passeth by, lie with him, she reproacheth her fellow, that she was not thought as worthy as herself, nor her cord broken.
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44| Whatsoever is done among them is false: how may it then be thought or said that they are gods?
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45| They are made of carpenters and goldsmiths: they can be nothing else than the workmen will have them to be.
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46| And they themselves that made them can never continue long; how should then the things that are made of them be gods?
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47| For they left lies and reproaches to them that come after.
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48| For when there cometh any war or plague upon them, the priests consult with themselves, where they may be hidden with them.
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49| How then cannot men perceive that they be no gods, which can neither save themselves from war, nor from plague?
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50| For seeing they be but of wood, and overlaid with silver and gold, it shall be known hereafter that they are false:
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51| And it shall manifestly appear to all nations and kings that they are no gods, but the works of men's hands, and that there is no work of God in them.
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52| Who then may not know that they are no gods?
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53| For neither can they set up a king in the land, nor give rain unto men.
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54| Neither can they judge their own cause, nor redress a wrong, being unable: for they are as crows between heaven and earth.
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55| Whereupon when fire falleth upon the house of gods of wood, or laid over with gold or silver, their priests will flee away, and escape; but they themselves shall be burned asunder like beams.
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56| Moreover they cannot withstand any king or enemies: how can it then be thought or said that they be gods?
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57| Neither are those gods of wood, and laid over with silver or gold, able to escape either from thieves or robbers.
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58| Whose gold, and silver, and garments wherewith they are clothed, they that are strong take, and go away withal: neither are they able to help themselves.
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59| Therefore it is better to be a king that sheweth his power, or else a profitable vessel in an house, which the owner shall have use of, than such false gods; or to be a door in an house, to keep such things therein, than such false gods. or a pillar of wood in a a palace, than such false gods.
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60| For sun, moon, and stars, being bright and sent to do their offices, are obedient.
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61| In like manner the lightning when it breaketh forth is easy to be seen; and after the same manner the wind bloweth in every country.
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62| And when God commandeth the clouds to go over the whole world, they do as they are bidden.
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63| And the fire sent from above to consume hills and woods doeth as it is commanded: but these are like unto them neither in shew nor power.
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64| Wherefore it is neither to be supposed nor said that they are gods, seeing, they are able neither to judge causes, nor to do good unto men.
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65| Knowing therefore that they are no gods, fear them not,
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66| For they can neither curse nor bless kings:
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67| Neither can they shew signs in the heavens among the heathen, nor shine as the sun, nor give light as the moon.
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68| The beasts are better than they: for they can get under a cover and help themselves.
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69| It is then by no means manifest unto us that they are gods: therefore fear them not.
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70| For as a scarecrow in a garden of cucumbers keepeth nothing: so are their gods of wood, and laid over with silver and gold.
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71| And likewise their gods of wood, and laid over with silver and gold, are like to a white thorn in an orchard, that every bird sitteth upon; as also to a dead body, that is east into the dark.
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72| And ye shall know them to be no gods by the bright purple that rotteth upon then1: and they themselves afterward shall be eaten, and shall be a reproach in the country.
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73| Better therefore is the just man that hath none idols: for he shall be far from reproach.
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1| In the second year of the reign of Artexerxes the great, in the first day of the month Nisan, Mardocheus the son of Jairus, the son of Semei, the son of Cisai, of the tribe of Benjamin, had a dream; Who was a Jew, and dwelt in the city of Susa, a great man, being a servitor in the king's court. He was also one of the captives, which Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon carried from Jerusalem with Jechonias king of Judea; and this was his dream: Behold a noise of a tumult, with thunder, and earthquakes, and uproar in the land: And, behold, two great dragons came forth ready to fight, and their cry was great. And at their cry all nations were prepared to battle, that they might fight against the righteous people. And lo a day of darkness and obscurity, tribulation and anguish, affliction and great uproar, upon earth. And the whole righteous nation was troubled, fearing their own evils, and were ready to perish. Then they cried unto God, and upon their cry, as it were from a little fountain, was made a great flood, even much water. The light and the sun rose up, and the lowly were exalted, and devoured the glorious. Now when Mardocheus, who had seen this dream, and what God had determined to do, was awake, he bare this dream in mind, and until night by all means was desirous to know it. And Mardocheus took his rest in the court with Gabatha and Tharra, the two eunuchs of the king, and keepers of the palace. And he heard their devices, and searched out their purposes, and learned that they were about to lay hands upon Artexerxes the king; and so he certified the king of them. Then the king examined the two eunuchs, and after that they had confessed it, they were strangled. And the king made a record of these things, and Mardocheus also wrote thereof. So the king commanded, Mardocheus to serve in the court, and for this he rewarded him. Howbeit Aman the son of Amadathus the Agagite, who was in great honour with the king, sought to molest Mardocheus and his people because of the two eunuchs of the king. Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, over an hundred and seven and twenty provinces:)
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2| That in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace,
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3| In the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, being before him:
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4| When he shewed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honour of his excellent majesty many days, even an hundred and fourscore days.
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5| And when these days were expired, the king made a feast unto all the people that were present in Shushan the palace, both unto great and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king's palace;
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6| Where were white, green, and blue, hangings, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the beds were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black, marble.
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7| And they gave them drink in vessels of gold, (the vessels being diverse one from another,) and royal wine in abundance, according to the state of the king.
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8| And the drinking was according to the law; none did compel: for so the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they should do according to every man's pleasure.
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9| Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal house which belonged to king Ahasuerus.
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10| On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven chamberlains that served in the presence of Ahasuerus the king,
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11| To bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to shew the people and the princes her beauty: for she was fair to look on.
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12| But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment by his chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him.
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13| Then the king said to the wise men, which knew the times, (for so was the king's manner toward all that knew law and judgment:
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14| And the next unto him was Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, which saw the king's face, and which sat the first in the kingdom;)
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15| What shall we do unto the queen Vashti according to law, because she hath not performed the commandment of the king Ahasuerus by the chamberlains?
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16| And Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti the queen hath not done wrong to the king only, but also to all the princes, and to all the people that are in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus.
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17| For this deed of the queen shall come abroad unto all women, so that they shall despise their husbands in their eyes, when it shall be reported, The king Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to be brought in before him, but she came not.
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18| Likewise shall the ladies of Persia and Media say this day unto all the king's princes, which have heard of the deed of the queen. Thus shall there arise too much contempt and wrath.
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19| If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it be not altered, That Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate unto another that is better than she.
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20| And when the king's decree which he shall make shall be published throughout all his empire, (for it is great,) all the wives shall give to their husbands honour, both to great and small.
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21| And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan:
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22| For he sent letters into all the king's provinces, into every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language, that every man should bear rule in his own house, and that it should be published according to the language of every people.
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1| After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her.
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2| Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king:
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3| And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, unto the custody of Hege the king's chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given them:
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4| And let the maiden which pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.
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5| Now in Shushan the palace there was a certain Jew, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite;
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6| Who had been carried away from Jerusalem with the captivity which had been carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away.
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7| And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter.
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8| So it came to pass, when the king's commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the palace, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was brought also unto the king's house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women.
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9| And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him; and he speedily gave her her things for purification, with such things as belonged to her, and seven maidens, which were meet to be given her, out of the king's house: and he preferred her and her maids unto the best place of the house of the women.
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10| Esther had not shewed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai had charged her that she should not shew it.
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11| And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women's house, to know how Esther did, and what should become of her.
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12| Now when every maid's turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of the women, (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odours, and with other things for the purifying of the women;)
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13| Then thus came every maiden unto the king; whatsoever she desired was given her to go with her out of the house of the women unto the king's house.
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14| In the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into the second house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king's chamberlain, which kept the concubines: she came in unto the king no more, except the king delighted in her, and that she were called by name.
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15| Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king's chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther obtained favour in the sight of all them that looked upon her.
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16| So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his house royal in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.
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17| And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favour in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.
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18| Then the king made a great feast unto all his princes and his servants, even Esther's feast; and he made a release to the provinces, and gave gifts, according to the state of the king.
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19| And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, then Mordecai sat in the king's gate.
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20| Esther had not yet shewed her kindred nor her people; as Mordecai had charged her: for Esther did the commandment of Mordecai, like as when she was brought up with him.
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21| In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king's gate, two of the king's chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those which kept the door, were wroth, and sought to lay hands on the king Ahasuerus.
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22| And the thing was known to Mordecai, who told it unto Esther the queen; and Esther certified the king thereof in Mordecai's name.
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23| And when inquisition was made of the matter, it was found out; therefore they were both hanged on a tree: and it was written in the book of the chronicles before the king.
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1| After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that were with him.
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2| And all the king's servants, that were in the king's gate, bowed, and reverenced Haman: for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence.
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3| Then the king's servants, which were in the king's gate, said unto Mordecai, Why transgressest thou the king's commandment?
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4| Now it came to pass, when they spake daily unto him, and he hearkened not unto them, that they told Haman, to see whether Mordecai's matters would stand: for he had told them that he was a Jew.
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5| And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence, then was Haman full of wrath.
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6| And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had shewed him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.
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7| In the first month, that is, the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar.
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8| And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neither keep they the king's laws: therefore it is not for the king's profit to suffer them.
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9| If it please the king, let it be written that they may be destroyed: and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to the hands of those that have the charge of the business, to bring it into the king's treasuries.
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10| And the king took his ring from his hand, and gave it unto Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews' enemy.
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11| And the king said unto Haman, The silver is given to thee, the people also, to do with them as it seemeth good to thee.
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12| Then were the king's scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and there was written according to all that Haman had commanded unto the king's lieutenants, and to the governors that were over every province, and to the rulers of every people of every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language; in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and sealed with the king's ring.
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13| And the letters were sent by posts into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, even upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take the spoil of them for a prey. The copy of the letters was this: The great king Artexerxes writeth these things to the princes and governours that are under him from India unto Ethiopia in an hundred and seven and twenty provinces. After that I became lord over many nations and had dominion over the whole world, not lifted up with presumption of my authority, but carrying myself always with equity and mildness, I purposed to settle my subjects continually in a quiet life, and making my kingdom peaceable, and open for passage to the utmost coasts, to renew peace, which is desired of all men. Now when I asked my counsellors how this might be brought to pass, Aman, that excelled in wisdom among us, and was approved for his constant good will and steadfast fidelity, and had the honour of the second place in the kingdom, declared unto us, that in all nations throughout the world there was scattered a certain malicious people, that had laws contrary to ail nations, and continually despised the commandments of kings, so as the uniting of our kingdoms, honourably intended by us cannot go forward. Seeing then we understand that this people alone is continually in opposition unto all men, differing in the strange manner of their laws, and evil affected to our state, working all the mischief they can that our kingdom may not be firmly established: Therefore have we commanded, that all they that are signified in writing unto you by Aman, who is ordained over the affairs, and is next unto us, shall all, with their wives and children, be utterly destroyed by the sword of their enemies, without all mercy and pity, the fourteenth day of the twelfth month Adar of this present year: That they, who of old and now also are malicious, may in one day with violence go into the grave, and so ever hereafter cause our affairs to be well settled, and without trouble.
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14| The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every province was published unto all people, that they should be ready against that day.
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15| The posts went out, being hastened by the king's commandment, and the decree was given in Shushan the palace. And the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city Shushan was perplexed.
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1| When Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry;
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2| And came even before the king's gate: for none might enter into the king's gate clothed with sackcloth.
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3| And in every province, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
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4| So Esther's maids and her chamberlains came and told it her. Then was the queen exceedingly grieved; and she sent raiment to clothe Mordecai, and to take away his sackcloth from him: but he received it not.
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5| Then called Esther for Hatach, one of the king's chamberlains, whom he had appointed to attend upon her, and gave him a commandment to Mordecai, to know what it was, and why it was.
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6| So Hatach went forth to Mordecai unto the street of the city, which was before the king's gate.
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7| And Mordecai told him of all that had happened unto him, and of the sum of the money that Haman had promised to pay to the king's treasuries for the Jews, to destroy them.
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8| Also he gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that was given at Shushan to destroy them, to shew it unto Esther, and to declare it unto her, and to charge her that she should go in unto the king, to make supplication unto him, and to make request before him for her people.
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9| And Hatach came and told Esther the words of Mordecai.
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10| Again Esther spake unto Hatach, and gave him commandment unto Mordecai;
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11| All the king's servants, and the people of the king's provinces, do know, that whosoever, whether man or women, shall come unto the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is one law of his to put him to death, except such to whom the king shall hold out the golden sceptre, that he may live: but I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days.
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12| And they told to Mordecai Esther's words.
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13| Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king's house, more than all the Jews.
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14| For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father's house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?
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15| Then Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer,
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16| Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.
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17| So Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther had commanded him, [and] thought upon all the works of the Lord, and made his prayer unto him, Saying, O Lord, Lord, the King Almighty: for the whole world is in thy power, and if thou hast appointed to save Israel, there is no man that can gainsay thee: For thou hast made heaven and earth, and all the wondrous things under the heaven. Thou art Lord of all things, and and there is no man that can resist thee, which art the Lord. Thou knowest all things, and thou knowest, Lord, that it was neither in contempt nor pride, nor for any desire of glory, that I did not bow down to proud Aman. For I could have been content with good will for the salvation of Israel to kiss the soles of his feet. But I did this, that I might not prefer the glory of man above the glory of God: neither will I worship any but thee, O God, neither will I do it in pride. And now, O Lord God and King, spare thy people: for their eyes are upon us to bring us to nought; yea, they desire to destroy the inheritance, that hath been thine from the beginning. Despise not the portion, which thou hast delivered out of Egypt for thine own self. Hear my prayer, and be merciful unto thine inheritance: turn our sorrow into joy, that we may live, O Lord, and praise thy name: and destroy not the mouths of them that praise thee, O Lord. [And] all Israel in like manner cried most earnestly unto the Lord, because their death was before their eyes. Queen Esther also, being in fear of death, resorted unto the Lord: And laid away her glorious apparel, and put on the garments of anguish and mourning: and instead of precious ointments, she covered her head with ashes and dung, and she humbled her body greatly, and all the places of her joy she filled with her torn hair. And she prayed unto the Lord God of Israel, saying, O my Lord, thou only art our King: help me, desolate woman, which have no helper but thee: For my danger is in mine hand. From my youth up I have heard in the tribe of my family that thou, O Lord, tookest Israel from among all people, and our fathers from all their predecessors, for a perpetual inheritance, and thou hast performed whatsoever thou didst promise them. And now we have sinned before thee: therefore hast thou given us into the hands of our enemies, because we worshipped their gods: O Lord, thou art righteous. Nevertheless it satisfieth them not, that we are in bitter captivity: but they have stricken hands with their idols, that they will abolish the thing that thou with thy mouth hast ordained, and destroy thine inheritance, and stop the mouth of them that praise thee, and quench the glory of thy house, and of thine altar, and open the mouths of the heathen to set forth the praises of the idols, and to magnify a fleshly king for ever. O Lord, give not thy sceptre unto them that be nothing, and let them not laugh at our fall; but turn their device upon themselves, and make him an example, that hath begun this against us. Remember, O Lord, make thyself known in time of our affliction, and give me boldness, O King of the nations, and Lord of all power. Give me eloquent speech in my mouth before the lion: turn his heart to hate him that fighteth against us, that there may be an end of him, and of all that are likeminded to him: but deliver us with thine hand, and help me that am desolate, and which have no other help but thee. Thou knowest all things, O Lord; thou knowest that I hate the glory of the unrighteous, and abhor the bed of the uncircumcised, and of all the heathen. Thou knowest my necessity: for I abhor the sign of my high estate, which is upon mine head in the days wherein I shew myself, and that I abhor it as a menstruous rag, and that I wear it not when I am private by myself. And that thine handmaid hath not eaten at Aman's table, and that I have not greatly esteemed the king's feast, nor drunk the wine of the drink offerings. Neither had thine handmaid any joy since the day that I was brought hither to this present, but in thee, O Lord God of Abraham. O thou mighty God above all, hear the voice of the forlorn and deliver us out of the hands of the mischievous, and deliver me out of my fear.
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1| And upon the third day, when she had ended her prayers, she laid away her mourning garments, and put on her glorious apparel. And being gloriously adorned, after she had called upon God, who is the beholder and saviour of all things, she took two maids with her: and upon the one she leaned, as carrying herself daintily; and the other followed, bearing up her train. And she was ruddy through the perfection of her beauty, and her countenance was cheerful and very amiable: but her heart was in anguish for fear. Then having passed through all the doors, she stood before the king, Who sat upon his royal throne, and was clothed with all his robes of majesty, all glittering with gold and precious stones; and he was very dreadful. Then lifting up his countenance that shone with majesty, he looked very fiercely upon her: And the queen fell down, and was pale, and fainted, and bowed herself upon the head of the maid that went before her. Then God changed the spirit of the king into mildness, who in a fear leaped from his throne, and took her in his arms, till she came to herself again, and comforted her with loving words and said unto her, Esther, what is the matter? I am thy brother, be of good cheer: thou shalt not die, though our our commandment be general: come near.
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2| And so be held up his golden sceptre, and laid it upon her neck, and embraced her, and said, Speak unto me. Then said she unto him, I saw thee, my lord, as an angel of God, and my heart was troubled for fear of thy majesty. For wonderful art thou, lord, and thy countenance is full of grace. And as she was speaking, she fell down for faintness. Then the king was troubled, and all his servants comforted her.
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3| Then said the king unto her, What wilt thou, queen Esther? and what is thy request? it shall be even given thee to the half of the kingdom.
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4| And Esther answered, If it seem good unto the king, let the king and Haman come this day unto the banquet that I have prepared for him.
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5| Then the king said, Cause Haman to make haste, that he may do as Esther hath said. So the king and Haman came to the banquet that Esther had prepared.
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6| And the king said unto Esther at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed.
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7| Then answered Esther, and said, My petition and my request is;
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8| If I have found favour in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to grant my petition, and to perform my request, let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I shall prepare for them, and I will do to morrow as the king hath said.
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9| Then went Haman forth that day joyful and with a glad heart: but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king's gate, that he stood not up, nor moved for him, he was full of indignation against Mordecai.
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10| Nevertheless Haman refrained himself: and when he came home, he sent and called for his friends, and Zeresh his wife.
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11| And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all the things wherein the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.
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12| Haman said moreover, Yea, Esther the queen did let no man come in with the king unto the banquet that she had prepared but myself; and to morrow am I invited unto her also with the king.
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13| Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate.
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14| Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.
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#6
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1| On that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.
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2| And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's chamberlains, the keepers of the door, who sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.
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3| And the king said, What honour and dignity hath been done to Mordecai for this? Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, There is nothing done for him.
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4| And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman was come into the outward court of the king's house, to speak unto the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.
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5| And the king's servants said unto him, Behold, Haman standeth in the court. And the king said, Let him come in.
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6| So Haman came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour? Now Haman thought in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honour more than to myself?
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7| And Haman answered the king, For the man whom the king delighteth to honour,
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8| Let the royal apparel be brought which the king useth to wear, and the horse that the king rideth upon, and the crown royal which is set upon his head:
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9| And let this apparel and horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king's most noble princes, that they may array the man withal whom the king delighteth to honour, and bring him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaim before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delighteth to honour.
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10| Then the king said to Haman, Make haste, and take the apparel and the horse, as thou hast said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, that sitteth at the king's gate: let nothing fail of all that thou hast spoken.
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11| Then took Haman the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and brought him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaimed before him, Thus shall it be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour.
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12| And Mordecai came again to the king's gate. But Haman hasted to his house mourning, and having his head covered.
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13| And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends every thing that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, If Mordecai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely fall before him.
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14| And while they were yet talking with him, came the king's chamberlains, and hasted to bring Haman unto the banquet that Esther had prepared.
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#7
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1| So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen.
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2| And the king said again unto Esther on the second day at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition, queen Esther? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? and it shall be performed, even to the half of the kingdom.
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3| Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request:
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4| For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king's damage.
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5| Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so?
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6| And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.
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7| And the king arising from the banquet of wine in his wrath went into the palace garden: and Haman stood up to make request for his life to Esther the queen; for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king.
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8| Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen upon the bed whereon Esther was. Then said the king, Will he force the queen also before me in the house? As the word went out of king's mouth, they covered Haman's face.
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9| And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made for Mordecai, who spoken good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman. Then the king said, Hang him thereon.
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10| So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.
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#8
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1| On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews' enemy unto Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was unto her.
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2| And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it unto Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman.
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3| And Esther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews.
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4| Then the king held out the golden sceptre toward Esther. So Esther arose, and stood before the king,
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5| And said, If it please the king, and if I have favour in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews which are in all the king's provinces:
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6| For how can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people? or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?
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7| Then the king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged upon the gallows, because he laid his hand upon the Jews.
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8| Write ye also for the Jews, as it liketh you, in the king's name, and seal it with the king's ring: for the writing which is written in the king's name, and sealed with the king's ring, may no man reverse.
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9| Then were the king's scribes called at that time in the third month, that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the deputies and rulers of the provinces which are from India unto Ethiopia, an hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language.
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10| And he wrote in the king Ahasuerus' name, and sealed it with the king's ring, and sent letters by posts on horseback, and riders on mules, camels, and young dromedaries:
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11| Wherein the king granted the Jews which were in every city to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life, to destroy, to slay and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that would assault them, both little ones and women, and to take the spoil of them for a prey,
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12| Upon one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, namely, upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar. [The copy of these epistles was such:] The great king Artexerxes unto the princes and governors of an hundred and seven and twenty provinces from India unto Ethiopia, and unto all our faithful subjects, greeting. Many, the more often they are honoured with the great bounty of their gracious princes, the more proud they are waxen, and endeavour to hurt not our subjects only, but not being able to bear abundance, do take in hand to practise also against those that do them good: And take not only thankfulness away from among men, but also lifted up with the glorious words of lewd persons, that were never good, they think to escape the justice of God, that seeth all things and hateth evil. Oftentimes also fair speech of those, that are put in trust to manage their friends' affairs, hath caused many that are in authority to be partakers of innocent blood, and hath enwrapped them in remediless calamities: beguiling with the falsehood and deceit of their lewd disposition the innocency and goodness of princes. Now ye may see this, as we have declared, not so much by ancient histories, as ye may, if ye search what hath been wickedly done of late through the pestilent behaviour of them that are unworthily placed in authority. And we must take care for the time to come, that our kingdom may be quiet and peaceable for all men, both by changing our purposes, and always judging things that are evident with more equal proceeding. For Aman, a Macedonian, the son of Amadatha, being indeed a stranger from the Persian blood, and far distant from our goodness, and as a stranger received of us, had so far forth obtained the favour that we shew toward every nation, as that he was called our father, and was continually honoured of all the next person unto the king. But he, not bearing his great dignity, went about to deprive us of our kingdom and life: having by manifold and cunning deceits sought of us the destruction, as well of Mardocheus, who saved our life, and continually procured our good, as also of blameless Esther, partaker of our kingdom, with their whole nation. For by these means he thought, finding us destitute of friends to have translated the kingdom of the Persians to the Macedonians. But we find that the Jews, whom this wicked wretch hath delivered to utter destruction, are no evildoers, but live by most just laws: and that they be children of the most high and most mighty, living God, who hath ordered the kingdom both unto us and to our progenitors in the most excellent manner. Wherefore ye shall do well not to put in execution the letters sent unto you by Aman the son of Amadatha. For he that was the worker of these things, is hanged at the gates of Susa with all his family: God, who ruleth all things, speedily rendering vengeance to him according to his deserts. Therefore ye shall publish the copy of this letter in all places, that the Jews may freely live after their own laws. And ye shall aid them, that even the same day, being the thirteenth day of the twelfth month Adar, they may be avenged on them, who in the time of their affliction shall set upon them. For Almighty God hath turned to joy unto them the day, wherein the chosen people should have perished. Ye shall therefore among your solemn feasts keep it an high day with all feasting: that both now and hereafter there may be safety to us and the well affected Persians; but to those which do conspire against us a memorial of destruction. Therefore every city and country whatsoever, which shall not do according to these things, shall be destroyed without mercy with fire and sword, and shall be made not only unpassable for men, but also most hateful to wild beasts and fowls for ever. The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every province was published unto all people, and that the Jews should be ready against that day to avenge themselves on their enemies.
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14| So the posts that rode upon mules and camels went out, being hastened and pressed on by the king's commandment. And the decree was given at Shushan the palace.
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15| And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a garment of fine linen and purple: and the city of Shushan rejoiced and was glad.
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16| The Jews had light, and gladness, and joy, and honour.
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17| And in every province, and in every city, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and a good day. And many of the people of the land became Jews; for the fear of the Jews fell upon them.
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1| Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king's commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them, (though it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them;)
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2| The Jews gathered themselves together in their cities throughout all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, to lay hand on such as sought their hurt: and no man could withstand them; for the fear of them fell upon all people.
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3| And all the rulers of the provinces, and the lieutenants, and the deputies, and officers of the king, helped the Jews; because the fear of Mordecai fell upon them.
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4| For Mordecai was great in the king's house, and his fame went out throughout all the provinces: for this man Mordecai waxed greater and greater.
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5| Thus the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and slaughter, and destruction, and did what they would unto those that hated them.
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6| And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men.
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7| And Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and Aspatha,
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8| And Poratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha,
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9| And Parmashta, and Arisai, and Aridai, and Vajezatha,
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10| The ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews, slew they; but on the spoil laid they not their hand.
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11| On that day the number of those that were slain in Shushan the palace was brought before the king.
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12| And the king said unto Esther the queen, The Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men in Shushan the palace, and the ten sons of Haman; what have they done in the rest of the king's provinces? now what is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: or what is thy request further? and it shall be done.
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13| Then said Esther, If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews which are in Shushan to do to morrow also according unto this day's decree, and let Haman's ten sons be hanged upon the gallows.
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14| And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given at Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons.
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15| For the Jews that were in Shushan gathered themselves together on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and slew three hundred men at Shushan; but on the prey they laid not their hand.
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16| But the other Jews that were in the king's provinces gathered themselves together, and stood for their lives, and had rest from their enemies, and slew of their foes seventy and five thousand, but they laid not their hands on the prey,
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17| On the thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth day of the same rested they, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.
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18| But the Jews that were at Shushan assembled together on the thirteenth day thereof, and on the fourteenth thereof; and on the fifteenth day of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.
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19| Therefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelt in the unwalled towns, made the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of gladness and feasting, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another.
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20| And Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters unto all the Jews that were in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, both nigh and far,
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21| To stablish this among them, that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly,
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22| As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.
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23| And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them;
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24| Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them;
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25| But when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
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26| Wherefore they called these days Purim after the name of Pur. Therefore for all the words of this letter, and of that which they had seen concerning this matter, and which had come unto them,
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27| The Jews ordained, and took upon them, and upon their seed, and upon all such as joined themselves unto them, so as it should not fail, that they would keep these two days according to their writing, and according to their appointed time every year;
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28| And that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, every family, every province, and every city; and that these days of Purim should not fail from among the Jews, nor the memorial of them perish from their seed.
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29| Then Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, wrote with all authority, to confirm this second letter of Purim.
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30| And he sent the letters unto all the Jews, to the hundred twenty and seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, with words of peace and truth,
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31| To confirm these days of Purim in their times appointed, according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them, and as they had decreed for themselves and for their seed, the matters of the fastings and their cry.
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32| And the decree of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim; and it was written in the book.
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#10
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1| And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the isles of the sea.
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2| And all the acts of his power and of his might, and the declaration of the greatness of Mordecai, whereunto the king advanced him, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia?
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3| For Mordecai the Jew was next unto king Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and accepted of the multitude of his brethren, seeking the wealth of his people, and speaking peace to all his seed. Then Mardocheus said, God hath done these things. For I remember a dream which I saw concerning these matters, and nothing thereof hath failed. A little fountain became a river, and there was light, and the sun, and much water: this river is Esther, whom the king married, and made queen: And the two dragons are I and Aman. And the nations were those that were assembled to destroy the name of the Jews: And my nation is this Israel, which cried to God, and were saved: for the Lord hath saved his people, and the Lord hath delivered us from all those evils, and God hath wrought signs and great wonders, which have not been done among the Gentiles. Therefore hath he made two lots, one for the people of God, and another for all the Gentiles. And these two lots came at the hour, and time, and day of judgment, before God among all nations. So God remembered his people, and justified his inheritance. Therefore those days shall be unto them in the month Adar, the fourteenth and fifteenth day of the same month, with an assembly, and joy, and with gladness before God, according to the generations for ever among his people. In the fourth year of the reign of Ptolemeus and Cleopatra, Dositheus, who said he was a priest and Levite, and Ptolemeus his son, brought this epistle of Phurim, which they said was the same, and that Lysimachus the son of Ptolemeus, that was in Jerusalem, had interpreted it.
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1| Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;)
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2| And all the brethren which are with me, unto the churches of Galatia:
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3| Grace be to you and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ,
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4| Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father:
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5| To whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
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6| I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:
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7| Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ.
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8| But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.
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9| As we said before, so say I now again, if any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.
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10| For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.
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11| But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man.
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12| For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.
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13| For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews' religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it:
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14| And profited in the Jews' religion above many my equals in mine own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers.
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15| But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace,
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16| To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood:
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17| Neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were apostles before me; but I went into Arabia, and returned again unto Damascus.
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18| Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter, and abode with him fifteen days.
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19| But other of the apostles saw I none, save James the Lord's brother.
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20| Now the things which I write unto you, behold, before God, I lie not.
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21| Afterwards I came into the regions of Syria and Cilicia;
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22| And was unknown by face unto the churches of Judaea which were in Christ:
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23| But they had heard only, That he which persecuted us in times past now preacheth the faith which once he destroyed.
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24| And they glorified God in me.
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1| Then fourteen years after I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and took Titus with me also.
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2| And I went up by revelation, and communicated unto them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to them which were of reputation, lest by any means I should run, or had run, in vain.
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3| But neither Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised:
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4| And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:
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5| To whom we gave place by subjection, no, not for an hour; that the truth of the gospel might continue with you.
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6| But of these who seemed to be somewhat, (whatsoever they were, it maketh no matter to me: God accepteth no man's person:) for they who seemed to be somewhat in conference added nothing to me:
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7| But contrariwise, when they saw that the gospel of the uncircumcision was committed unto me, as the gospel of the circumcision was unto Peter;
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8| (For he that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, the same was mighty in me toward the Gentiles:)
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9| And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we should go unto the heathen, and they unto the circumcision.
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10| Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do.
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11| But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed.
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12| For before that certain came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing them which were of the circumcision.
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13| And the other Jews dissembled likewise with him; insomuch that Barnabas also was carried away with their dissimulation.
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14| But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter before them all, If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?
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15| We who are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles,
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16| Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
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17| But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, is therefore Christ the minister of sin? God forbid.
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18| For if I build again the things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor.
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19| For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God.
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20| I am crucified with Christ: neverthless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
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21| I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.
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#3
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1| O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you?
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2| This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
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3| Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?
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4| Have ye suffered so many things in vain? if it be yet in vain.
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5| He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
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6| Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.
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7| Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.
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8| And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed.
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9| So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.
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10| For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.
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11| But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith.
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12| And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them.
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13| Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:
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14| That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
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15| Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man's covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto.
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16| Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.
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17| And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.
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18| For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise.
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19| Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.
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20| Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one.
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21| Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.
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22| But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.
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23| But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.
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24| Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
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25| But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.
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26| For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
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27| For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
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28| There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
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29| And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.
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1| Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all;
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2| But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father.
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3| Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world:
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4| But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
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5| To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.
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6| And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
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7| Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
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8| Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods.
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9| But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage?
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10| Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years.
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11| I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain.
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12| Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; for I am as ye are: ye have not injured me at all.
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13| Ye know how through infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel unto you at the first.
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14| And my temptation which was in my flesh ye despised not, nor rejected; but received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.
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15| Where is then the blessedness ye spake of? for I bear you record, that, if it had been possible, ye would have plucked out your own eyes, and have given them to me.
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16| Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?
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17| They zealously affect you, but not well; yea, they would exclude you, that ye might affect them.
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18| But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing, and not only when I am present with you.
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19| My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,
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20| I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I stand in doubt of you.
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21| Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law?
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22| For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman.
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23| But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise.
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24| Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar.
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25| For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children.
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26| But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.
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27| For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband.
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28| Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise.
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29| But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now.
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30| Nevertheless what saith the scripture? Cast out the bondwoman and her son: for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman.
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31| So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free.
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#5
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1| Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
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2| Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.
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3| For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law.
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4| Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.
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5| For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith.
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6| For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.
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7| Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth?
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8| This persuasion cometh not of him that calleth you.
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9| A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.
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10| I have confidence in you through the Lord, that ye will be none otherwise minded: but he that troubleth you shall bear his judgment, whosoever he be.
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11| And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? then is the offence of the cross ceased.
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12| I would they were even cut off which trouble you.
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13| For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
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14| For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
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15| But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.
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16| This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
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17| For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.
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18| But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.
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19| Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
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20| Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
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21| Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
|
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22| But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
|
||||
23| Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
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24| And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.
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25| If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
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26| Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.
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#6
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1| Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
|
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2| Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
|
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3| For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
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4| But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another.
|
||||
5| For every man shall bear his own burden.
|
||||
6| Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things.
|
||||
7| Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
|
||||
8| For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
|
||||
9| And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
|
||||
10| As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.
|
||||
11| Ye see how large a letter I have written unto you with mine own hand.
|
||||
12| As many as desire to make a fair shew in the flesh, they constrain you to be circumcised; only lest they should suffer persecution for the cross of Christ.
|
||||
13| For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh.
|
||||
14| But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.
|
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15| For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature.
|
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16| And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.
|
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17| From henceforth let no man trouble me: for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus.
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18| Brethren, the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.
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1| The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see.
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2| O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save!
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3| Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance? for spoiling and violence are before me: and there are that raise up strife and contention.
|
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4| Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.
|
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5| Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvelously: for I will work a work in your days which ye will not believe, though it be told you.
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6| For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of the land, to possess the dwellingplaces that are not their's.
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7| They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity shall proceed of themselves.
|
||||
8| Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as the eagle that hasteth to eat.
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9| They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand.
|
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10| And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn unto them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they shall heap dust, and take it.
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11| Then shall his mind change, and he shall pass over, and offend, imputing this his power unto his god.
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12| Art thou not from everlasting, O LORD my God, mine Holy One? we shall not die. O LORD, thou hast ordained them for judgment; and, O mighty God, thou hast established them for correction.
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13| Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?
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14| And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them?
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15| They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag: therefore they rejoice and are glad.
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16| Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their meat plenteous.
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17| Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations?
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#2
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1| I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.
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2| And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.
|
||||
3| For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.
|
||||
4| Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.
|
||||
5| Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people:
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6| Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay!
|
||||
7| Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them?
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||||
8| Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the people shall spoil thee; because of men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.
|
||||
9| Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!
|
||||
10| Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned against thy soul.
|
||||
11| For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.
|
||||
12| Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity!
|
||||
13| Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity?
|
||||
14| For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.
|
||||
15| Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!
|
||||
16| Thou art filled with shame for glory: drink thou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered: the cup of the LORD's right hand shall be turned unto thee, and shameful spewing shall be on thy glory.
|
||||
17| For the violence of Lebanon shall cover thee, and the spoil of beasts, which made them afraid, because of men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.
|
||||
18| What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?
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19| Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.
|
||||
20| But the LORD is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.
|
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#3
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1| A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet upon Shigionoth.
|
||||
2| ** Ode Four ** O LORD, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O LORD, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy.
|
||||
3| God came from Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise.
|
||||
4| And his brightness was as the light; he had horns coming out of his hand: and there was the hiding of his power.
|
||||
5| Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth at his feet.
|
||||
6| He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow: his ways are everlasting.
|
||||
7| I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction: and the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble.
|
||||
8| Was the LORD displeased against the rivers? was thine anger against the rivers? was thy wrath against the sea, that thou didst ride upon thine horses and thy chariots of salvation?
|
||||
9| Thy bow was made quite naked, according to the oaths of the tribes, even thy word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers.
|
||||
10| The mountains saw thee, and they trembled: the overflowing of the water passed by: the deep uttered his voice, and lifted up his hands on high.
|
||||
11| The sun and moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of thine arrows they went, and at the shining of thy glittering spear.
|
||||
12| Thou didst march through the land in indignation, thou didst thresh the heathen in anger.
|
||||
13| Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, even for salvation with thine anointed; thou woundedst the head out of the house of the wicked, by discovering the foundation unto the neck. Selah.
|
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14| Thou didst strike through with his staves the head of his villages: they came out as a whirlwind to scatter me: their rejoicing was as to devour the poor secretly.
|
||||
15| Thou didst walk through the sea with thine horses, through the heap of great waters.
|
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16| When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people, he will invade them with his troops.
|
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17| Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls:
|
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18| Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
|
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19| The LORD God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds' feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places. *(End of Ode 4)* To the chief singer on my stringed instruments.
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1| In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, saying,
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2| Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not come, the time that the LORD's house should be built.
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3| Then came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying,
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4| Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste?
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5| Now therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.
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6| Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.
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7| Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.
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8| Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the LORD.
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9| Ye looked for much, and, lo it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the LORD of hosts. Because of mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house.
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10| Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit.
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11| And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all the labour of the hands.
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12| Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the LORD their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet, as the LORD their God had sent him, and the people did fear before the LORD.
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13| Then spake Haggai the LORD's messenger in the LORD's message unto the people, saying, I am with you, saith the LORD.
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14| And the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and did work in the house of the LORD of hosts, their God,
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15| In the four and twentieth day of the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king.
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#2
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1| In the seventh month, in the one and twentieth day of the month, came the word of the LORD by the prophet Haggai, saying,
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2| Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and to the residue of the people, saying,
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3| Who is left among you that saw this house in her first glory? and how do ye see it now? is it not in your eyes in comparison of it as nothing?
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4| Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, saith the LORD; and be strong, O Joshua, son of Josedech, the high priest; and be strong, all ye people of the land, saith the LORD, and work: for I am with you, saith the LORD of hosts:
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5| According to the word that I covenanted with you when ye came out of Egypt, so my spirit remaineth among you: fear ye not.
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6| For thus saith the LORD of hosts; Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land;
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7| And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the LORD of hosts.
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8| The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the LORD of hosts.
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9| The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the LORD of hosts: and in this place will I give peace, saith the LORD of hosts.
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10| In the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying,
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11| Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Ask now the priests concerning the law, saying,
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12| If one bear holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, and with his skirt do touch bread, or pottage, or wine, or oil, or any meat, shall it be holy? And the priests answered and said, No.
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13| Then said Haggai, If one that is unclean by a dead body touch any of these, shall it be unclean? And the priests answered and said, It shall be unclean.
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14| Then answered Haggai, and said, So is this people, and so is this nation before me, saith the LORD; and so is every work of their hands; and that which they offer there is unclean.
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15| And now, I pray you, consider from this day and upward, from before a stone was laid upon a stone in the temple of the LORD:
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16| Since those days were, when one came to an heap of twenty measures, there were but ten: when one came to the pressfat for to draw out fifty vessels out of the press, there were but twenty.
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17| I smote you with blasting and with mildew and with hail in all the labours of your hands; yet ye turned not to me, saith the LORD.
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18| Consider now from this day and upward, from the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, even from the day that the foundation of the LORD's temple was laid, consider it.
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19| Is the seed yet in the barn? yea, as yet the vine, and the fig tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive tree, hath not brought forth: from this day will I bless you.
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20| And again the word of the LORD came unto Haggai in the four and twentieth day of the month, saying,
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21| Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I will shake the heavens and the earth;
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22| And I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms, and I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the heathen; and I will overthrow the chariots, and those that ride in them; and the horses and their riders shall come down, every one by the sword of his brother.
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23| In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, will I take thee, O Zerubbabel, my servant, the son of Shealtiel, saith the LORD, and will make thee as a signet: for I have chosen thee, saith the LORD of hosts.
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#1
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1| (303) ** (303) 1st Saturday of Lent; Eve of Nativity ** God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,
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2| Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;
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3| Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high:
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4| Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.
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5| For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son?
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6| And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him.
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7| And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire.
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8| But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.
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9| Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
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10| (304) ** (304) Second Sunday of Lent: "Thou, Lord ..." ** And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands:
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11| They shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment; *(End of Saturday and Eve of Nativity)*
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12| And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.
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13| But to which of the angels said he at any time, Sit on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool?
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14| Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?
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#2
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1| Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.
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2| (305) ** (305) November 8, Holy Archangels: "Brethren, for ..." ** For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward;
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3| How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him; *(End of Sunday)*
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4| God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will?
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5| For unto the angels hath he not put in subjection the world to come, whereof we speak.
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6| But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man, that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man that thou visitest him?
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7| Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst him with glory and honour, and didst set him over the works of thy hands:
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8| Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet. For in that he put all in subjection under him, he left nothing that is not put under him. But now we see not yet all things put under him.
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9| But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.
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10| For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings. *(End of Archangels)*
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11| (306) ** (306) Annunciation; Synaxis of the Theotokos; Great Friday at Sixth Hour: "Brethren, both..." ** For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren,
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12| Saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the church will I sing praise unto thee.
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13| And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold I and the children which God hath given me.
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14| Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;
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15| And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.
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16| For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham.
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17| Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.
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18| For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted. *(End of Theotokos and Sixth Hour)*
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#3
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1| (307) ** (307) For the blessing of a temple: "Holy brethren..." ** Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus;
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2| Who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses was faithful in all his house.
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3| For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who hath builded the house hath more honour than the house.
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4| For every house is builded by some man; but he that built all things is God. *(End of Blessing)*
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5| (308) ** (308) Monday of the 29th Week: "Brethren, Moses ..." ** And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after;
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6| But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.
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7| Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice,
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8| Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness:
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9| When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years.
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10| Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in their heart; and they have not known my ways.
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11| So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.) *(Skip Monday)*
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12| (309) ** (309) Second Saturday of Lent: "Take heed, brethren..." ** Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
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13| But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
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14| For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;
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15| While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.
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16| For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses. *(End Saturday)*
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17| *(Continue Monday)* But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them that had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness?
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18| And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not?
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19| So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief. *(End Monday)*
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#4
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1| (310) **(310) Tuesday of the 29th Week: "Let us therefore fear, brethren..."** Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.
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2| For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.
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3| For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.
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4| For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works.
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5| And in this place again, If they shall enter into my rest.
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6| Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief:
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7| Again, he limiteth a certain day, saying in David, To day, after so long a time; as it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts.
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8| For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day.
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9| There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.
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10| For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his.
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11| Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.
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12| For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
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13| Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do. *(End Tuesday)*
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14| (311) **(311) Third Sunday of Lent: "Brethren, seeing..."** Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.
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15| For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.
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16| Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
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#5
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1| For every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins:
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2| Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way; for that he himself also is compassed with infirmity.
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3| And by reason hereof he ought, as for the people, so also for himself, to offer for sins.
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4| (311 mid) **(311 mid) Hierarchs: "Brethren, no man..."** And no man taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron.
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5| So also Christ glorified not himself to be made an high priest; but he that said unto him, Thou art my Son, to day have I begotten thee.
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6| As he saith also in another place, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec. *(End Sunday)*
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7| Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;
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8| Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;
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9| And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;
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10| Called of God an high priest after the order of Melchisedec. *(End Hierarchs)*
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11| (312) **(312) Wednesday of the 29th Week: "Brethren, of Melchisedec we have..."** Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing.
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12| For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.
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13| For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe.
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14| But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
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#6
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1| Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,
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2| Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
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3| And this will we do, if God permit.
|
||||
4| For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,
|
||||
5| And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,
|
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6| If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.
|
||||
7| For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God:
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8| But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned. *(End Wednesday)*
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9| (313) **(313) 4th Saturday of Lent: "Brethren, beloved..." ** But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak.
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10| For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
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||||
11| And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end:
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12| That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises. *(End Saturday)*
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13| (314) **(314) 4th Sunday of Lent: "Brethren, when God..." ** For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself,
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14| Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee.
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||||
15| And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.
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16| For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.
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||||
17| Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath:
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18| That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:
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19| Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;
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20| Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec. *(End Sunday)*
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#7
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1| (315) **(315) Thursday of the 29th Week: "Brethren, for ..."** For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him;
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2| To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace;
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3| Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually.
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4| Now consider how great this man was, unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils.
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5| And verily they that are of the sons of Levi, who receive the office of the priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of their brethren, though they come out of the loins of Abraham:
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6| But he whose descent is not counted from them received tithes of Abraham, and blessed him that had the promises. *(End Thursday)*
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7| (316) **(316) Meeting of the Lord: "Brethren, without..."** And without all contradiction the less is blessed of the better.
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8| And here men that die receive tithes; but there he receiveth them, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth.
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9| And as I may so say, Levi also, who receiveth tithes, payed tithes in Abraham.
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10| For he was yet in the loins of his father, when Melchisedec met him.
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11| If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron?
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12| For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law.
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13| For he of whom these things are spoken pertaineth to another tribe, of which no man gave attendance at the altar.
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14| For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Juda; of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood.
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15| And it is yet far more evident: for that after the similitude of Melchisedec there ariseth another priest,
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16| Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life.
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17| For he testifieth, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec. *(End Meeting of the Lord)*
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18| (317) **(317) Friday of the 29th Week: "Brethren, there is..."** For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof.
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19| For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God.
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20| And inasmuch as not without an oath he was made priest:
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21| (For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:)
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22| By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.
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23| And they truly were many priests, because they were not suffered to continue by reason of death:
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24| But this man, because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood.
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25| Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them. *(End Friday)*
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26| (318) **(318) Hierarchs: "Brethren, such..."** For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;
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27| Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people's: for this he did once, when he offered up himself.
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28| For the law maketh men high priests which have infirmity; but the word of the oath, which was since the law, maketh the Son, who is consecrated for evermore.
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#8
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1| Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens;
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2| A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man. *(End of Hierarchs)*
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3| (318 mid) **(318 mid) Paul the Confessor: "Brethren, every..."** For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is of necessity that this man have somewhat also to offer.
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4| For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according to the law:
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5| Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.
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6| But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises. *(End Cofessors)*
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7| (319) **(319) Monday of the 30th Week: "Brethren, if that..."** For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.
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||||
8| For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah:
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9| Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.
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10| For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:
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11| And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.
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12| For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.
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13| In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away. *(End Monday)*
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#9
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1| (320) **(320) Entrance of the Theotokos: "Brethren, the first..."** Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service, and a worldly sanctuary.
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2| For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which is called the sanctuary.
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3| And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all;
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4| Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;
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5| And over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the mercyseat; of which we cannot now speak particularly.
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6| Now when these things were thus ordained, the priests went always into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the service of God.
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7| But into the second went the high priest alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors of the people: *(End to Theotokos)*
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8| (321) **(321) Tuesday of the First Week: "Brethren, the Holy Ghost..."** The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing:
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9| Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience;
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10| Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation. *(Skip Tuesday)*
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11| (321 mid) **Fifth Sunday of Lent; St Symeon the God-Receiver: "Brethren, Christ ..."** But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;
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12| Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.
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13| For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh:
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14| How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? *(End Sunday, Continue Tuesday)*
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15| And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.
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16| For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator.
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17| For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.
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18| Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood.
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19| For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people,
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20| Saying, This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you.
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21| Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all the vessels of the ministry.
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22| And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.
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23| It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. *(End Tuesday)*
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24| (322) **(322) Fifth Saturday of Lent: "Brethren, Christ ..."** For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:
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25| Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others;
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26| For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
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27| And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
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28| So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation. *(End Saturday)*
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#10
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1| (323) **(323) Wednesday of the 30th Week: "Brethren, the law..."** For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.
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2| For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins.
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3| But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year.
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4| For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.
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5| Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:
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6| In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure.
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7| Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.
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8| Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law;
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9| Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.
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10| By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
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11| And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins:
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12| But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;
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13| From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool.
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14| For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.
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15| Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before,
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16| This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;
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17| And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.
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18| Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin. *(End Wednesday)*
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19| (324) **(324) Great Friday at Ninth Hour: "Brethren, having boldness..."** Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,
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20| By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
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21| And having an high priest over the house of God;
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22| Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
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23| Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)
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24| And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:
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25| Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
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26| For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
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27| But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
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28| He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:
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29| Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?
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30| For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people.
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31| It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. *(End Great Friday)*
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32| (325) **(325) Third Saturday of Lent; Venerable Martyrs: "Brethren, call to ..." ** But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions;
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33| Partly, whilst ye were made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, whilst ye became companions of them that were so used.
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34| For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance.
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35| (326) **(326) Thursday of the 30th Week: "Brethren, cast not..."** Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward.
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36| For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.
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37| For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry.
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38| Now the just shall live by faith: *(End Saturday and Martyrs)* but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
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39| But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.
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#11
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1| Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
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2| For by it the elders obtained a good report.
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3| Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.
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4| By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.
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||||
5| By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.
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||||
6| But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
|
||||
7| By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith. *(End Thursday)*
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8| (327) **(327) Friday of the 30th Week: "Brethren, by faith..."** By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went. *(Skip Friday)*
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9| (328) **(328) Sunday before Nativity, of the Fathers: "Brethren, by faith..."** By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:
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10| For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God. *(Skip for Fathers; Read Friday)*
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11| Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.
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||||
12| Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable.
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||||
13| These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
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14| For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country.
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15| And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.
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16| But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city. *(End Friday; Read for Fathers)*
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17| (329) **(329) Monday of the 31st Week: "Brethren, by faith..."** By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,
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18| Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called:
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19| Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure.
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20| By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come.
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||||
21| By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph; and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff.
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22| By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones.
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23| By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his parents, because they saw he was a proper child; and they were not afraid of the king's commandment. *(Skip Monday; Skip Fathers)*
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24| (329 mid) **(329 mid) 1st Sunday of Lent: "Brethren, by faith..." ** By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter;
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||||
25| Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;
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||||
26| Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward. *(Skip 1st Sunday of Lent; Read Monday)*
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||||
27| By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.
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28| Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them.
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||||
29| By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land: which the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned.
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||||
30| By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they were compassed about seven days.
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31| By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace. *(End Monday; Read for Fathers and 1st Sunday of Lent)*
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32| And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthae; of David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets:
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33| (330) **(330) Sunday of All Saints: "Brethren, all the saints through faith..."** Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions.
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||||
34| Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.
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||||
35| Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection:
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36| And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:
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||||
37| They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented;
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||||
38| (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
|
||||
39| And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:
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||||
40| God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect. *(End for Fathers)*
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#12
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1| (331) **(331) March 9: Holy 40 Great Martyrs: "Brethren, seeing that we..."** Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
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||||
2| Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. *(End All Saints; End 1st Sunday of Lent)*
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||||
3| For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.
|
||||
4| Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.
|
||||
5| And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:
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||||
6| (331 mid) **(331 mid) During an Earthquake: "Brethren, whom the Lord..."** For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
|
||||
7| If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?
|
||||
8| But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.
|
||||
9| Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?
|
||||
10| For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness. **(End 40 Martyrs)**
|
||||
11| Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.
|
||||
12| Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;
|
||||
13| And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed. *(Skip for Earthquake)*
|
||||
14| (332) **(332) During a fire: "Brethren, follow peace..." ** Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
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||||
15| Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;
|
||||
16| Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.
|
||||
17| For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.
|
||||
18| For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,
|
||||
19| And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they that heard intreated that the word should not be spoken to them any more:
|
||||
20| (For they could not endure that which was commanded, And if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with a dart:
|
||||
21| And so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake:)
|
||||
22| But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,
|
||||
23| To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,
|
||||
24| And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel. *(End Fire; Read for Earthquake)*
|
||||
25| (333) **(333) Tuesday of the 31st Week: "Brethren, see that..."** See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven:
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||||
26| Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven. *(Skip Tuesday, toward the end)*
|
||||
27| And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain. *(End for Earthquake)*
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||||
28| (333 mid) **(333 mid) Palm Sunday: "Brethren, we receiving..." ** Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:
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29| For our God is a consuming fire.
|
||||
#13
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1| Let brotherly love continue.
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||||
2| Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.
|
||||
3| Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.
|
||||
4| Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
|
||||
5| Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
|
||||
6| So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.
|
||||
7| (334) **(334) July 16: Commemoration of the Councils: "Brethren, remember..."** Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation.
|
||||
8| Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever. *(End Palm Sunday)*
|
||||
9| Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein.
|
||||
10| We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat which serve the tabernacle.
|
||||
11| For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned without the camp.
|
||||
12| Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate.
|
||||
13| Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach.
|
||||
14| For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come.
|
||||
15| By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.
|
||||
16| But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased. *(End for Councils)*
|
||||
17| (335) **(335) Hierarchs: "Brethren, obey them..." ** Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
|
||||
18| Pray for us: for we trust we have a good conscience, in all things willing to live honestly.
|
||||
19| But I beseech you the rather to do this, that I may be restored to you the sooner.
|
||||
20| Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,
|
||||
21| Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. *(End Hierarchs; Read Tuesday)*
|
||||
22| And I beseech you, brethren, suffer the word of exhortation: for I have written a letter unto you in few words.
|
||||
23| Know ye that our brother Timothy is set at liberty; with whom, if he come shortly, I will see you.
|
||||
24| Salute all them that have the rule over you, and all the saints. They of Italy salute you.
|
||||
25| Grace be with you all. Amen. *(End Tuesday)*
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#1
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1| The word of the LORD that came unto Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.
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2| The beginning of the word of the LORD by Hosea. And the LORD said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of whoredoms: for the land hath committed great whoredom, departing from the LORD.
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3| So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; which conceived, and bare him a son.
|
||||
4| And the LORD said unto him, Call his name Jezreel; for yet a little while, and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and will cause to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel.
|
||||
5| And it shall come to pass at that day, that I will break the bow of Israel, in the valley of Jezreel.
|
||||
6| And she conceived again, and bare a daughter. And God said unto him, Call her name Loruhamah: for I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel; but I will utterly take them away.
|
||||
7| But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by the LORD their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen.
|
||||
8| Now when she had weaned Loruhamah, she conceived, and bare a son.
|
||||
9| Then said God, Call his name Loammi: for ye are not my people, and I will not be your God.
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||||
10| Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God.
|
||||
11| Then shall the children of Judah and the children of Israel be gathered together, and appoint themselves one head, and they shall come up out of the land: for great shall be the day of Jezreel.
|
||||
#2
|
||||
1| Say ye unto your brethren, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ruhamah.
|
||||
2| Plead with your mother, plead: for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband: let her therefore put away her whoredoms out of her sight, and her adulteries from between her breasts;
|
||||
3| Lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay her with thirst.
|
||||
4| And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they be the children of whoredoms.
|
||||
5| For their mother hath played the harlot: she that conceived them hath done shamefully: for she said, I will go after my lovers, that give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink.
|
||||
6| Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths.
|
||||
7| And she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find them: then shall she say, I will go and return to my first husband; for then was it better with me than now.
|
||||
8| For she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, which they prepared for Baal.
|
||||
9| Therefore will I return, and take away my corn in the time thereof, and my wine in the season thereof, and will recover my wool and my flax given to cover her nakedness.
|
||||
10| And now will I discover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and none shall deliver her out of mine hand.
|
||||
11| I will also cause all her mirth to cease, her feast days, her new moons, and her sabbaths, and all her solemn feasts.
|
||||
12| And I will destroy her vines and her fig trees, whereof she hath said, These are my rewards that my lovers have given me: and I will make them a forest, and the beasts of the field shall eat them.
|
||||
13| And I will visit upon her the days of Baalim, wherein she burned incense to them, and she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and she went after her lovers, and forgat me, saith the LORD.
|
||||
14| Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her.
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15| And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.
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16| And it shall be at that day, saith the LORD, that thou shalt call me Ishi; and shalt call me no more Baali.
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17| For I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall no more be remembered by their name.
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18| And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make them to lie down safely.
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19| And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies.
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20| I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the LORD.
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21| And it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, saith the LORD, I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth;
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22| And the earth shall hear the corn, and the wine, and the oil; and they shall hear Jezreel.
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23| And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them which were not my people, Thou art my people; and they shall say, Thou art my God.
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#3
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1| Then said the LORD unto me, Go yet, love a woman beloved of her friend, yet an adulteress, according to the love of the LORD toward the children of Israel, who look to other gods, and love flagons of wine.
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2| So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley:
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3| And I said unto her, Thou shalt abide for me many days; thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt not be for another man: so will I also be for thee.
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4| For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim:
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5| Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the LORD their God, and David their king; and shall fear the LORD and his goodness in the latter days.
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#4
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1| Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
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2| By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
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3| Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.
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4| Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people are as they that strive with the priest.
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5| Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the prophet also shall fall with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy mother.
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6| My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.
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7| As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame.
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8| They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity.
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9| And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings.
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10| For they shall eat, and not have enough: they shall commit whoredom, and shall not increase: because they have left off to take heed to the LORD.
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11| Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.
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12| My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God.
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13| They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because the shadow thereof is good: therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom, and your spouses shall commit adultery.
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14| I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are separated with whores, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people that doth not understand shall fall.
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15| Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Bethaven, nor swear, The LORD liveth.
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16| For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place.
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17| Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone.
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18| Their drink is sour: they have committed whoredom continually: her rulers with shame do love, Give ye.
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19| The wind hath bound her up in her wings, and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices.
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#5
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1| Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.
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2| And the revolters are profound to make slaughter, though I have been a rebuker of them all.
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3| I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled.
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4| They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God: for the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them, and they have not known the LORD.
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5| And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore shall Israel and Ephraim fall in their iniquity: Judah also shall fall with them.
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6| They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but they shall not find him; he hath withdrawn himself from them.
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7| They have dealt treacherously against the LORD: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions.
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8| Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud at Bethaven, after thee, O Benjamin.
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9| Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be.
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10| The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound: therefore I will pour out my wrath upon them like water.
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11| Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.
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12| Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.
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13| When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet could he not heal you, nor cure you of your wound.
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14| For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and none shall rescue him.
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15| I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.
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#6
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1| Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
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2| After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.
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3| Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.
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4| O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away.
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5| Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments are as the light that goeth forth.
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6| For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
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7| But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.
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8| Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with blood.
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9| And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.
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10| I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there is the whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled.
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11| Also, O Judah, he hath set an harvest for thee, when I returned the captivity of my people.
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#7
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1| When I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they commit falsehood; and the thief cometh in, and the troop of robbers spoileth without.
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2| And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now their own doings have beset them about; they are before my face.
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3| They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.
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4| They are all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, who ceaseth from raising after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be leavened.
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5| In the day of our king the princes have made him sick with bottles of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners.
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6| For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire.
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7| They are all hot as an oven, and have devoured their judges; all their kings are fallen: there is none among them that calleth unto me.
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8| Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake not turned.
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9| Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not.
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10| And the pride of Israel testifieth to his face: and they do not return to the LORD their God, nor seek him for all this.
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11| Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.
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12| When they shall go, I will spread my net upon them; I will bring them down as the fowls of the heaven; I will chastise them, as their congregation hath heard.
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13| Woe unto them! for they have fled from me: destruction unto them! because they have transgressed against me: though I have redeemed them, yet they have spoken lies against me.
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14| And they have not cried unto me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine, and they rebel against me.
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15| Though I have bound and strengthened their arms, yet do they imagine mischief against me.
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||||
16| They return, but not to the most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.
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#8
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||||
1| Set the trumpet to thy mouth. He shall come as an eagle against the house of the LORD, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law.
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2| Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee.
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3| Israel hath cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall pursue him.
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4| They have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off.
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||||
5| Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency?
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6| For from Israel was it also: the workman made it; therefore it is not God: but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.
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||||
7| For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk; the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.
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8| Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no pleasure.
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||||
9| For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.
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||||
10| Yea, though they have hired among the nations, now will I gather them, and they shall sorrow a little for the burden of the king of princes.
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||||
11| Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin.
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||||
12| I have written to him the great things of my law, but they were counted as a strange thing.
|
||||
13| They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of mine offerings, and eat it; but the LORD accepteth them not; now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt.
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||||
14| For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and buildeth temples; and Judah hath multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.
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||||
#9
|
||||
1| Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy, as other people: for thou hast gone a whoring from thy God, thou hast loved a reward upon every cornfloor.
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||||
2| The floor and the winepress shall not feed them, and the new wine shall fail in her.
|
||||
3| They shall not dwell in the LORD's land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria.
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||||
4| They shall not offer wine offerings to the LORD, neither shall they be pleasing unto him: their sacrifices shall be unto them as the bread of mourners; all that eat thereof shall be polluted: for their bread for their soul shall not come into the house of the LORD.
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||||
5| What will ye do in the solemn day, and in the day of the feast of the LORD?
|
||||
6| For, lo, they are gone because of destruction: Egypt shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them: the pleasant places for their silver, nettles shall possess them: thorns shall be in their tabernacles.
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||||
7| The days of visitation are come, the days of recompence are come; Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the spiritual man is mad, for the multitude of thine iniquity, and the great hatred.
|
||||
8| The watchman of Ephraim was with my God: but the prophet is a snare of a fowler in all his ways, and hatred in the house of his God.
|
||||
9| They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah: therefore he will remember their iniquity, he will visit their sins.
|
||||
10| I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the firstripe in the fig tree at her first time: but they went to Baalpeor, and separated themselves unto that shame; and their abominations were according as they loved.
|
||||
11| As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird, from the birth, and from the womb, and from the conception.
|
||||
12| Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, that there shall not be a man left: yea, woe also to them when I depart from them!
|
||||
13| Ephraim, as I saw Tyrus, is planted in a pleasant place: but Ephraim shall bring forth his children to the murderer.
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||||
14| Give them, O LORD: what wilt thou give? give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.
|
||||
15| All their wickedness is in Gilgal: for there I hated them: for the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of mine house, I will love them no more: all their princes are revolters.
|
||||
16| Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit: yea, though they bring forth, yet will I slay even the beloved fruit of their womb.
|
||||
17| My God will cast them away, because they did not hearken unto him: and they shall be wanderers among the nations.
|
||||
#10
|
||||
1| Israel is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly images.
|
||||
2| Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall break down their altars, he shall spoil their images.
|
||||
3| For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not the LORD; what then should a king do to us?
|
||||
4| They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.
|
||||
5| The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Bethaven: for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the priests thereof that rejoiced on it, for the glory thereof, because it is departed from it.
|
||||
6| It shall be also carried unto Assyria for a present to king Jareb: Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel.
|
||||
7| As for Samaria, her king is cut off as the foam upon the water.
|
||||
8| The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed: the thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars; and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall on us.
|
||||
9| O Israel, thou hast sinned from the days of Gibeah: there they stood: the battle in Gibeah against the children of iniquity did not overtake them.
|
||||
10| It is in my desire that I should chastise them; and the people shall be gathered against them, when they shall bind themselves in their two furrows.
|
||||
11| And Ephraim is as an heifer that is taught, and loveth to tread out the corn; but I passed over upon her fair neck: I will make Ephraim to ride; Judah shall plow, and Jacob shall break his clods.
|
||||
12| Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.
|
||||
13| Ye have plowed wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity; ye have eaten the fruit of lies: because thou didst trust in thy way, in the multitude of thy mighty men.
|
||||
14| Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy people, and all thy fortresses shall be spoiled, as Shalman spoiled Betharbel in the day of battle: the mother was dashed in pieces upon her children.
|
||||
15| So shall Bethel do unto you because of your great wickedness: in a morning shall the king of Israel utterly be cut off.
|
||||
#11
|
||||
1| When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.
|
||||
2| As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images.
|
||||
3| I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but they knew not that I healed them.
|
||||
4| I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love: and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat unto them.
|
||||
5| He shall not return into the land of Egypt, and the Assyrian shall be his king, because they refused to return.
|
||||
6| And the sword shall abide on his cities, and shall consume his branches, and devour them, because of their own counsels.
|
||||
7| And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt him.
|
||||
8| How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together.
|
||||
9| I will not execute the fierceness of mine anger, I will not return to destroy Ephraim: for I am God, and not man; the Holy One in the midst of thee: and I will not enter into the city.
|
||||
10| They shall walk after the LORD: he shall roar like a lion: when he shall roar, then the children shall tremble from the west.
|
||||
11| They shall tremble as a bird out of Egypt, and as a dove out of the land of Assyria: and I will place them in their houses, saith the LORD.
|
||||
12| Ephraim compasseth me about with lies, and the house of Israel with deceit: but Judah yet ruleth with God, and is faithful with the saints.
|
||||
#12
|
||||
1| Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he daily increaseth lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt.
|
||||
2| The LORD hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.
|
||||
3| He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God:
|
||||
4| Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spake with us;
|
||||
5| Even the LORD God of hosts; the LORD is his memorial.
|
||||
6| Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment and wait on thy God continually.
|
||||
7| He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.
|
||||
8| And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin.
|
||||
9| And I that am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt will yet make thee to dwell in tabernacles, as in the days of the solemn feast.
|
||||
10| I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets.
|
||||
11| Is there iniquity in Gilead? surely they are vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the fields.
|
||||
12| And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.
|
||||
13| And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved.
|
||||
14| Ephraim provoked him to anger most bitterly: therefore shall he leave his blood upon him, and his reproach shall his LORD return unto him.
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||||
#13
|
||||
1| When Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended in Baal, he died.
|
||||
2| And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, and idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves.
|
||||
3| Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud and as the early dew that passeth away, as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.
|
||||
4| Yet I am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou shalt know no god but me: for there is no saviour beside me.
|
||||
5| I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.
|
||||
6| According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me.
|
||||
7| Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them:
|
||||
8| I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them.
|
||||
9| O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help.
|
||||
10| I will be thy king: where is any other that may save thee in all thy cities? and thy judges of whom thou saidst, Give me a king and princes?
|
||||
11| I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took him away in my wrath.
|
||||
12| The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is hid.
|
||||
13| The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he is an unwise son; for he should not stay long in the place of the breaking forth of children.
|
||||
14| I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.
|
||||
15| Though he be fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall come, the wind of the LORD shall come up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall spoil the treasure of all pleasant vessels.
|
||||
16| Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.
|
||||
#14
|
||||
1| O israel, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.
|
||||
2| Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips.
|
||||
3| Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.
|
||||
4| I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.
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||||
5| I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
|
||||
6| His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.
|
||||
7| They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive as the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon.
|
||||
8| Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard him, and observed him: I am like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found.
|
||||
9| Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.
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#1
|
||||
1| The second book of the prophet Esdras, the son of Saraias, the son of Azarias, the son of Helchias, the son of Sadamias, the sou of Sadoc, the son of Achitob,
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2| The son of Achias, the son of Phinees, the son of Heli, the son of Amarias, the son of Aziei, the son of Marimoth, the son of And he spake unto the of Borith, the son of Abisei, the son of Phinees, the son of Eleazar,
|
||||
3| The son of Aaron, of the tribe of Levi; which was captive in the land of the Medes, in the reign of Artexerxes king of the Persians.
|
||||
4| And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
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||||
5| Go thy way, and shew my people their sinful deeds, and their children their wickedness which they have done against me; that they may tell their children's children:
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||||
6| Because the sins of their fathers are increased in them: for they have forgotten me, and have offered unto strange gods.
|
||||
7| Am not I even he that brought them out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage? but they have provoked me unto wrath, and despised my counsels.
|
||||
8| Pull thou off then the hair of thy head, and cast all evil upon them, for they have not been obedient unto my law, but it is a rebellious people.
|
||||
9| How long shall I forbear them, into whom I have done so much good?
|
||||
10| Many kings have I destroyed for their sakes; Pharaoh with his servants and all his power have I smitten down.
|
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11| All the nations have I destroyed before them, and in the east I have scattered the people of two provinces, even of Tyrus and Sidon, and have slain all their enemies.
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12| Speak thou therefore unto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord,
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13| I led you through the sea and in the beginning gave you a large and safe passage; I gave you Moses for a leader, and Aaron for a priest.
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14| I gave you light in a pillar of fire, and great wonders have I done among you; yet have ye forgotten me, saith the Lord.
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15| Thus saith the Almighty Lord, The quails were as a token to you; I gave you tents for your safeguard: nevertheless ye murmured there,
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16| And triumphed not in my name for the destruction of your enemies, but ever to this day do ye yet murmur.
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17| Where are the benefits that I have done for you? when ye were hungry and thirsty in the wilderness, did ye not cry unto me,
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18| Saying, Why hast thou brought us into this wilderness to kill us? it had been better for us to have served the Egyptians, than to die in this wilderness.
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19| Then had I pity upon your mournings, and gave you manna to eat; so ye did eat angels' bread.
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20| When ye were thirsty, did I not cleave the rock, and waters flowed out to your fill? for the heat I covered you with the leaves of the trees.
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21| I divided among you a fruitful land, I cast out the Canaanites, the Pherezites, and the Philistines, before you: what shall I yet do more for you? saith the Lord.
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22| Thus saith the Almighty Lord, When ye were in the wilderness, in the river of the Amorites, being athirst, and blaspheming my name,
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23| I gave you not fire for your blasphemies, but cast a tree in the water, and made the river sweet.
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24| What shall I do unto thee, O Jacob? thou, Juda, wouldest not obey me: I will turn me to other nations, and unto those will I give my name, that they may keep my statutes.
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25| Seeing ye have forsaken me, I will forsake you also; when ye desire me to be gracious unto you, I shall have no mercy upon you.
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26| Whensoever ye shall call upon me, I will not hear you: for ye have defiled your hands with blood, and your feet are swift to commit manslaughter.
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27| Ye have not as it were forsaken me, but your own selves, saith the Lord.
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28| Thus saith the Almighty Lord, Have I not prayed you as a father his sons, as a mother her daughters, and a nurse her young babes,
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29| That ye would be my people, and I should be your God; that ye would be my children, and I should be your father?
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30| I gathered you together, as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings: but now, what shall I do unto you? I will cast you out from my face.
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31| When ye offer unto me, I will turn my face from you: for your solemn feastdays, your new moons, and your circumcisions, have I forsaken.
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32| I sent unto you my servants the prophets, whom ye have taken and slain, and torn their bodies in pieces, whose blood I will require of your hands, saith the Lord.
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33| Thus saith the Almighty Lord, Your house is desolate, I will cast you out as the wind doth stubble.
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34| And your children shall not be fruitful; for they have despised my commandment, and done the thing that is an evil before me.
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35| Your houses will I give to a people that shall come; which not having heard of me yet shall believe me; to whom I have shewed no signs, yet they shall do that I have commanded them.
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36| They have seen no prophets, yet they shall call their sins to remembrance, and acknowledge them.
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37| I take to witness the grace of the people to come, whose little ones rejoice in gladness: and though they have not seen me with bodily eyes, yet in spirit they believe the thing that I say.
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38| And now, brother, behold what glory; and see the people that come from the east:
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39| Unto whom I will give for leaders, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, Oseas, Amos, and Micheas, Joel, Abdias, and Jonas,
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40| Nahum, and Abacuc, Sophonias, Aggeus, Zachary, and Malachy, which is called also an angel of the Lord.
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#2
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1| Thus saith the Lord, I brought this people out of bondage, and I gave them my commandments by menservants the prophets; whom they would not hear, but despised my counsels.
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2| The mother that bare them saith unto them, Go your way, ye children; for I am a widow and forsaken.
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3| I brought you up with gladness; but with sorrow and heaviness have I lost you: for ye have sinned before the Lord your God, and done that thing that is evil before him.
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4| But what shall I now do unto you? I am a widow and forsaken: go your way, O my children, and ask mercy of the Lord.
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5| As for me, O father, I call upon thee for a witness over the mother of these children, which would not keep my covenant,
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6| That thou bring them to confusion, and their mother to a spoil, that there may be no offspring of them.
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7| Let them be scattered abroad among the heathen, let their names be put out of the earth: for they have despised my covenant.
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8| Woe be unto thee, Assur, thou that hidest the unrighteous in thee! O thou wicked people, remember what I did unto Sodom and Gomorrha;
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9| Whose land lieth in clods of pitch and heaps of ashes: even so also will I do unto them that hear me not, saith the Almighty Lord.
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10| Thus saith the Lord unto Esdras, Tell my people that I will give them the kingdom of Jerusalem, which I would have given unto Israel.
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11| Their glory also will I take unto me, and give these the everlasting tabernacles, which I had prepared for them.
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12| They shall have the tree of life for an ointment of sweet savour; they shall neither labour, nor be weary.
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13| Go, and ye shall receive: pray for few days unto you, that they may be shortened: the kingdom is already prepared for you: watch.
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14| Take heaven and earth to witness; for I have broken the evil in pieces, and created the good: for I live, saith the Lord.
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15| Mother, embrace thy children, and bring them up with gladness, make their feet as fast as a pillar: for I have chosen thee, saith the Lord.
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16| And those that be dead will I raise up again from their places, and bring them out of the graves: for I have known my name in Israel.
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17| Fear not, thou mother of the children: for I have chosen thee, saith the Lord.
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18| For thy help will I send my servants Esau and Jeremy, after whose counsel I have sanctified and prepared for thee twelve trees laden with divers fruits,
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19| And as many fountains flowing with milk and honey, and seven mighty mountains, whereupon there grow roses and lilies, whereby I will fill thy children with joy.
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20| Do right to the widow, judge for the fatherless, give to the poor, defend the orphan, clothe the naked,
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21| Heal the broken and the weak, laugh not a lame man to scorn, defend the maimed, and let the blind man come into the sight of my clearness.
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22| Keep the old and young within thy walls.
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23| Wheresoever thou findest the dead, take them and bury them, and I will give thee the first place in my resurrection.
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24| Abide still, O my people, and take thy rest, for thy quietness still come.
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25| Nourish thy children, O thou good nurse; stablish their feet.
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26| As for the servants whom I have given thee, there shall not one of them perish; for I will require them from among thy number.
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27| Be not weary: for when the day of trouble and heaviness cometh, others shall weep and be sorrowful, but thou shalt be merry and have abundance.
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28| The heathen shall envy thee, but they shall be able to do nothing against thee, saith the Lord.
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29| My hands shall cover thee, so that thy children shall not see hell.
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30| Be joyful, O thou mother, with thy children; for I will deliver thee, saith the Lord.
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31| Remember thy children that sleep, for I shall bring them out of the sides of the earth, and shew mercy unto them: for I am merciful, saith the Lord Almighty.
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32| Embrace thy children until I come and shew mercy unto them: for my wells run over, and my grace shall not fail.
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33| I Esdras received a charge of the Lord upon the mount Oreb, that I should go unto Israel; but when I came unto them, they set me at nought, and despised the commandment of the Lord.
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34| And therefore I say unto you, O ye heathen, that hear and understand, look for your Shepherd, he shall give you everlasting rest; for he is nigh at hand, that shall come in the end of the world.
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35| Be ready to the reward of the kingdom, for the everlasting light shall shine upon you for evermore.
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36| Flee the shadow of this world, receive the joyfulness of your glory: I testify my Saviour openly.
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37| O receive the gift that is given you, and be glad, giving thanks unto him that hath led you to the heavenly kingdom.
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38| Arise up and stand, behold the number of those that be sealed in the feast of the Lord;
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39| Which are departed from the shadow of the world, and have received glorious garments of the Lord.
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40| Take thy number, O Sion, and shut up those of thine that are clothed in white, which have fulfilled the law of the Lord.
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41| The number of thy children, whom thou longedst for, is fulfilled: beseech the power of the Lord, that thy people, which have been called from the beginning, may be hallowed.
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42| I Esdras saw upon the mount Sion a great people, whom I could not number, and they all praised the Lord with songs.
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43| And in the midst of them there was a young man of a high stature, taller than all the rest, and upon every one of their heads he set crowns, and was more exalted; which I marvelled at greatly.
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44| So I asked the angel, and said, Sir, what are these?
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45| He answered and said unto me, These be they that have put off the mortal clothing, and put on the immortal, and have confessed the name of God: now are they crowned, and receive palms.
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46| Then said I unto the angel, What young person is it that crowneth them, and giveth them palms in their hands?
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||||
47| So he answered and said unto me, It is the Son of God, whom they have confessed in the world. Then began I greatly to commend them that stood so stiffly for the name of the Lord.
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48| Then the angel said unto me, Go thy way, and tell my people what manner of things, and how great wonders of the Lord thy God, thou hast seen.
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#3
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1| In the thirtieth year after the ruin of the city I was in Babylon, and lay troubled upon my bed, and my thoughts came up over my heart:
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2| For I saw the desolation of Sion, and the wealth of them that dwelt at Babylon.
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3| And my spirit was sore moved, so that I began to speak words full of fear to the most High, and said,
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4| O Lord, who bearest rule, thou spakest at the beginning, when thou didst plant the earth, and that thyself alone, and commandedst the people,
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5| And gavest a body unto Adam without soul, which was the workmanship of thine hands, and didst breathe into him the breath of life, and he was made living before thee.
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6| And thou leadest him into paradise, which thy right hand had planted, before ever the earth came forward.
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7| And unto him thou gavest commandment to love thy way: which he transgressed, and immediately thou appointedst death in him and in his generations, of whom came nations, tribes, people, and kindreds, out of number.
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8| And every people walked after their own will, and did wonderful things before thee, and despised thy commandments.
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9| And again in process of time thou broughtest the flood upon those that dwelt in the world, and destroyedst them.
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10| And it came to pass in every of them, that as death was to Adam, so was the flood to these.
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11| Nevertheless one of them thou leftest, namely, Noah with his household, of whom came all righteous men.
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12| And it happened, that when they that dwelt upon the earth began to multiply, and had gotten them many children, and were a great people, they began again to be more ungodly than the first.
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13| Now when they lived so wickedly before thee, thou didst choose thee a man from among them, whose name was Abraham.
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14| Him thou lovedst, and unto him only thou shewedst thy will:
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15| And madest an everlasting covenant with him, promising him that thou wouldest never forsake his seed.
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16| And unto him thou gavest Isaac, and unto Isaac also thou gavest Jacob and Esau. As for Jacob, thou didst choose him to thee, and put by Esau: and so Jacob became a great multitude.
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17| And it came to pass, that when thou leadest his seed out of Egypt, thou broughtest them up to the mount Sinai.
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18| And bowing the heavens, thou didst set fast the earth, movedst the whole world, and madest the depths to tremble, and troubledst the men of that age.
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||||
19| And thy glory went through four gates, of fire, and of earthquake, and of wind, and of cold; that thou mightest give the law unto the seed of Jacob, and diligence unto the generation of Israel.
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20| And yet tookest thou not away from them a wicked heart, that thy law might bring forth fruit in them.
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21| For the first Adam bearing a wicked heart transgressed, and was overcome; and so be all they that are born of him.
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22| Thus infirmity was made permanent; and the law (also) in the heart of the people with the malignity of the root; so that the good departed away, and the evil abode still.
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23| So the times passed away, and the years were brought to an end: then didst thou raise thee up a servant, called David:
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24| Whom thou commandedst to build a city unto thy name, and to offer incense and oblations unto thee therein.
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25| When this was done many years, then they that inhabited the city forsook thee,
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26| And in all things did even as Adam and all his generations had done: for they also had a wicked heart:
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27| And so thou gavest thy city over into the hands of thine enemies.
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28| Are their deeds then any better that inhabit Babylon, that they should therefore have the dominion over Sion?
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||||
29| For when I came thither, and had seen impieties without number, then my soul saw many evildoers in this thirtieth year, so that my heart failed me.
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||||
30| For I have seen how thou sufferest them sinning, and hast spared wicked doers: and hast destroyed thy people, and hast preserved thine enemies, and hast not signified it.
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31| I do not remember how this way may be left: Are they then of Babylon better than they of Sion?
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32| Or is there any other people that knoweth thee beside Israel? or what generation hath so believed thy covenants as Jacob?
|
||||
33| And yet their reward appeareth not, and their labour hath no fruit: for I have gone here and there through the heathen, and I see that they flow in wealth, and think not upon thy commandments.
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||||
34| Weigh thou therefore our wickedness now in the balance, and their's also that dwell the world; and so shall thy name no where be found but in Israel.
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||||
35| Or when was it that they which dwell upon the earth have not sinned in thy sight? or what people have so kept thy commandments?
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36| Thou shalt find that Israel by name hath kept thy precepts; but not the heathen.
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||||
#4
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||||
1| And the angel that was sent unto me, whose name was Uriel, gave me an answer,
|
||||
2| And said, Thy heart hath gone to far in this world, and thinkest thou to comprehend the way of the most High?
|
||||
3| Then said I, Yea, my lord. And he answered me, and said, I am sent to shew thee three ways, and to set forth three similitudes before thee:
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||||
4| Whereof if thou canst declare me one, I will shew thee also the way that thou desirest to see, and I shall shew thee from whence the wicked heart cometh.
|
||||
5| And I said, Tell on, my lord. Then said he unto me, Go thy way, weigh me the weight of the fire, or measure me the blast of the wind, or call me again the day that is past.
|
||||
6| Then answered I and said, What man is able to do that, that thou shouldest ask such things of me?
|
||||
7| And he said unto me, If I should ask thee how great dwellings are in the midst of the sea, or how many springs are in the beginning of the deep, or how many springs are above the firmament, or which are the outgoings of paradise:
|
||||
8| Peradventure thou wouldest say unto me, I never went down into the deep, nor as yet into hell, neither did I ever climb up into heaven.
|
||||
9| Nevertheless now have I asked thee but only of the fire and wind, and of the day wherethrough thou hast passed, and of things from which thou canst not be separated, and yet canst thou give me no answer of them.
|
||||
10| He said moreover unto me, Thine own things, and such as are grown up with thee, canst thou not know;
|
||||
11| How should thy vessel then be able to comprehend the way of the Highest, and, the world being now outwardly corrupted to understand the corruption that is evident in my sight?
|
||||
12| Then said I unto him, It were better that we were not at all, than that we should live still in wickedness, and to suffer, and not to know wherefore.
|
||||
13| He answered me, and said, I went into a forest into a plain, and the trees took counsel,
|
||||
14| And said, Come, let us go and make war against the sea that it may depart away before us, and that we may make us more woods.
|
||||
15| The floods of the sea also in like manner took counsel, and said, Come, let us go up and subdue the woods of the plain, that there also we may make us another country.
|
||||
16| The thought of the wood was in vain, for the fire came and consumed it.
|
||||
17| The thought of the floods of the sea came likewise to nought, for the sand stood up and stopped them.
|
||||
18| If thou wert judge now betwixt these two, whom wouldest thou begin to justify? or whom wouldest thou condemn?
|
||||
19| I answered and said, Verily it is a foolish thought that they both have devised, for the ground is given unto the wood, and the sea also hath his place to bear his floods.
|
||||
20| Then answered he me, and said, Thou hast given a right judgment, but why judgest thou not thyself also?
|
||||
21| For like as the ground is given unto the wood, and the sea to his floods: even so they that dwell upon the earth may understand nothing but that which is upon the earth: and he that dwelleth above the heavens may only understand the things that are above the height of the heavens.
|
||||
22| Then answered I and said, I beseech thee, O Lord, let me have understanding:
|
||||
23| For it was not my mind to be curious of the high things, but of such as pass by us daily, namely, wherefore Israel is given up as a reproach to the heathen, and for what cause the people whom thou hast loved is given over unto ungodly nations, and why the law of our forefathers is brought to nought, and the written covenants come to none effect,
|
||||
24| And we pass away out of the world as grasshoppers, and our life is astonishment and fear, and we are not worthy to obtain mercy.
|
||||
25| What will he then do unto his name whereby we are called? of these things have I asked.
|
||||
26| Then answered he me, and said, The more thou searchest, the more thou shalt marvel; for the world hasteth fast to pass away,
|
||||
27| And cannot comprehend the things that are promised to the righteous in time to come: for this world is full of unrighteousness and infirmities.
|
||||
28| But as concerning the things whereof thou askest me, I will tell thee; for the evil is sown, but the destruction thereof is not yet come.
|
||||
29| If therefore that which is sown be not turned upside down, and if the place where the evil is sown pass not away, then cannot it come that is sown with good.
|
||||
30| For the grain of evil seed hath been sown in the heart of Adam from the beginning, and how much ungodliness hath it brought up unto this time? and how much shall it yet bring forth until the time of threshing come?
|
||||
31| Ponder now by thyself, how great fruit of wickedness the grain of evil seed hath brought forth.
|
||||
32| And when the ears shall be cut down, which are without number, how great a floor shall they fill?
|
||||
33| Then I answered and said, How, and when shall these things come to pass? wherefore are our years few and evil?
|
||||
34| And he answered me, saying, Do not thou hasten above the most Highest: for thy haste is in vain to be above him, for thou hast much exceeded.
|
||||
35| Did not the souls also of the righteous ask question of these things in their chambers, saying, How long shall I hope on this fashion? when cometh the fruit of the floor of our reward?
|
||||
36| And unto these things Uriel the archangel gave them answer, and said, Even when the number of seeds is filled in you: for he hath weighed the world in the balance.
|
||||
37| By measure hath he measured the times; and by number hath he numbered the times; and he doth not move nor stir them, until the said measure be fulfilled.
|
||||
38| Then answered I and said, O Lord that bearest rule, even we all are full of impiety.
|
||||
39| And for our sakes peradventure it is that the floors of the righteous are not filled, because of the sins of them that dwell upon the earth.
|
||||
40| So he answered me, and said, Go thy way to a woman with child, and ask of her when she hath fulfilled her nine months, if her womb may keep the birth any longer within her.
|
||||
41| Then said I, No, Lord, that can she not. And he said unto me, In the grave the chambers of souls are like the womb of a woman:
|
||||
42| For like as a woman that travaileth maketh haste to escape the necessity of the travail: even so do these places haste to deliver those things that are committed unto them.
|
||||
43| From the beginning, look, what thou desirest to see, it shall be shewed thee.
|
||||
44| Then answered I and said, If I have found favour in thy sight, and if it be possible, and if I be meet therefore,
|
||||
45| Shew me then whether there be more to come than is past, or more past than is to come.
|
||||
46| What is past I know, but what is for to come I know not.
|
||||
47| And he said unto me, Stand up upon the right side, and I shall expound the similitude unto thee.
|
||||
48| So I stood, and saw, and, behold, an hot burning oven passed by before me: and it happened that when the flame was gone by I looked, and, behold, the smoke remained still.
|
||||
49| After this there passed by before me a watery cloud, and sent down much rain with a storm; and when the stormy rain was past, the drops remained still.
|
||||
50| Then said he unto me, Consider with thyself; as the rain is more than the drops, and as the fire is greater than the smoke; but the drops and the smoke remain behind: so the quantity which is past did more exceed.
|
||||
51| Then I prayed, and said, May I live, thinkest thou, until that time? or what shall happen in those days?
|
||||
52| He answered me, and said, As for the tokens whereof thou askest me, I may tell thee of them in part: but as touching thy life, I am not sent to shew thee; for I do not know it.
|
||||
#5
|
||||
1| Nevertheless as coming the tokens, behold, the days shall come, that they which dwell upon earth shall be taken in a great number, and the way of truth shall be hidden, and the land shall be barren of faith.
|
||||
2| But iniquity shall be increased above that which now thou seest, or that thou hast heard long ago.
|
||||
3| And the land, that thou seest now to have root, shalt thou see wasted suddenly.
|
||||
4| But if the most High grant thee to live, thou shalt see after the third trumpet that the sun shall suddenly shine again in the night, and the moon thrice in the day:
|
||||
5| And blood shall drop out of wood, and the stone shall give his voice, and the people shall be troubled:
|
||||
6| And even he shall rule, whom they look not for that dwell upon the earth, and the fowls shall take their flight away together:
|
||||
7| And the Sodomitish sea shall cast out fish, and make a noise in the night, which many have not known: but they shall all hear the voice thereof.
|
||||
8| There shall be a confusion also in many places, and the fire shall be oft sent out again, and the wild beasts shall change their places, and menstruous women shall bring forth monsters:
|
||||
9| And salt waters shall be found in the sweet, and all friends shall destroy one another; then shall wit hide itself, and understanding withdraw itself into his secret chamber,
|
||||
10| And shall be sought of many, and yet not be found: then shall unrighteousness and incontinency be multiplied upon earth.
|
||||
11| One land also shall ask another, and say, Is righteousness that maketh a man righteous gone through thee? And it shall say, No.
|
||||
12| At the same time shall men hope, but nothing obtain: they shall labour, but their ways shall not prosper.
|
||||
13| To shew thee such tokens I have leave; and if thou wilt pray again, and weep as now, and fast even days, thou shalt hear yet greater things.
|
||||
14| Then I awaked, and an extreme fearfulness went through all my body, and my mind was troubled, so that it fainted.
|
||||
15| So the angel that was come to talk with me held me, comforted me, and set me up upon my feet.
|
||||
16| And in the second night it came to pass, that Salathiel the captain of the people came unto me, saying, Where hast thou been? and why is thy countenance so heavy?
|
||||
17| Knowest thou not that Israel is committed unto thee in the land of their captivity?
|
||||
18| Up then, and eat bread, and forsake us not, as the shepherd that leaveth his flock in the hands of cruel wolves.
|
||||
19| Then said I unto him, Go thy ways from me, and come not nigh me. And he heard what I said, and went from me.
|
||||
20| And so I fasted seven days, mourning and weeping, like as Uriel the angel commanded me.
|
||||
21| And after seven days so it was, that the thoughts of my heart were very grievous unto me again,
|
||||
22| And my soul recovered the spirit of understanding, and I began to talk with the most High again,
|
||||
23| And said, O Lord that bearest rule, of every wood of the earth, and of all the trees thereof, thou hast chosen thee one only vine:
|
||||
24| And of all lands of the whole world thou hast chosen thee one pit: and of all the flowers thereof one lily:
|
||||
25| And of all the depths of the sea thou hast filled thee one river: and of all builded cities thou hast hallowed Sion unto thyself:
|
||||
26| And of all the fowls that are created thou hast named thee one dove: and of all the cattle that are made thou hast provided thee one sheep:
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||||
27| And among all the multitudes of people thou hast gotten thee one people: and unto this people, whom thou lovedst, thou gavest a law that is approved of all.
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28| And now, O Lord, why hast thou given this one people over unto many? and upon the one root hast thou prepared others, and why hast thou scattered thy only one people among many?
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29| And they which did gainsay thy promises, and believed not thy covenants, have trodden them down.
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30| If thou didst so much hate thy people, yet shouldest thou punish them with thine own hands.
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31| Now when I had spoken these words, the angel that came to me the night afore was sent unto me,
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32| And said unto me, Hear me, and I will instruct thee; hearken to the thing that I say, and I shall tell thee more.
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33| And I said, Speak on, my Lord. Then said he unto me, Thou art sore troubled in mind for Israel's sake: lovest thou that people better than he that made them?
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34| And I said, No, Lord: but of very grief have I spoken: for my reins pain me every hour, while I labour to comprehend the way of the most High, and to seek out part of his judgment.
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35| And he said unto me, Thou canst not. And I said, Wherefore, Lord? whereunto was I born then? or why was not my mother's womb then my grave, that I might not have seen the travail of Jacob, and the wearisome toil of the stock of Israel?
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36| And he said unto me, Number me the things that are not yet come, gather me together the dross that are scattered abroad, make me the flowers green again that are withered,
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37| Open me the places that are closed, and bring me forth the winds that in them are shut up, shew me the image of a voice: and then I will declare to thee the thing that thou labourest to know.
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38| And I said, O Lord that bearest rule, who may know these things, but he that hath not his dwelling with men?
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39| As for me, I am unwise: how may I then speak of these things whereof thou askest me?
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40| Then said he unto me, Like as thou canst do none of these things that I have spoken of, even so canst thou not find out my judgment, or in the end the love that I have promised unto my people.
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41| And I said, Behold, O Lord, yet art thou nigh unto them that be reserved till the end: and what shall they do that have been before me, or we that be now, or they that shall come after us?
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42| And he said unto me, I will liken my judgment unto a ring: like as there is no slackness of the last, even so there is no swiftness of the first.
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43| So I answered and said, Couldest thou not make those that have been made, and be now, and that are for to come, at once; that thou mightest shew thy judgment the sooner?
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44| Then answered he me, and said, The creature may not haste above the maker; neither may the world hold them at once that shall be created therein.
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45| And I said, As thou hast said unto thy servant, that thou, which givest life to all, hast given life at once to the creature that thou hast created, and the creature bare it: even so it might now also bear them that now be present at once.
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46| And he said unto me, Ask the womb of a woman, and say unto her, If thou bringest forth children, why dost thou it not together, but one after another? pray her therefore to bring forth ten children at once.
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47| And I said, She cannot: but must do it by distance of time.
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48| Then said he unto me, Even so have I given the womb of the earth to those that be sown in it in their times.
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49| For like as a young child may not bring forth the things that belong to the aged, even so have I disposed the world which I created.
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50| And I asked, and said, Seeing thou hast now given me the way, I will proceed to speak before thee: for our mother, of whom thou hast told me that she is young, draweth now nigh unto age.
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51| He answered me, and said, Ask a woman that beareth children, and she shall tell thee.
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52| Say unto her, Wherefore are unto they whom thou hast now brought forth like those that were before, but less of stature?
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53| And she shall answer thee, They that be born in the the strength of youth are of one fashion, and they that are born in the time of age, when the womb faileth, are otherwise.
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54| Consider thou therefore also, how that ye are less of stature than those that were before you.
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55| And so are they that come after you less than ye, as the creatures which now begin to be old, and have passed over the strength of youth.
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56| Then said I, Lord, I beseech thee, if I have found favour in thy sight, shew thy servant by whom thou visitest thy creature.
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#6
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1| And he said unto me, In the beginning, when the earth was made, before the borders of the world stood, or ever the winds blew,
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2| Before it thundered and lightened, or ever the foundations of paradise were laid,
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3| Before the fair flowers were seen, or ever the moveable powers were established, before the innumerable multitude of angels were gathered together,
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4| Or ever the heights of the air were lifted up, before the measures of the firmament were named, or ever the chimneys in Sion were hot,
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5| And ere the present years were sought out, and or ever the inventions of them that now sin were turned, before they were sealed that have gathered faith for a treasure:
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6| Then did I consider these things, and they all were made through me alone, and through none other: by me also they shall be ended, and by none other.
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7| Then answered I and said, What shall be the parting asunder of the times? or when shall be the end of the first, and the beginning of it that followeth?
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8| And he said unto me, From Abraham unto Isaac, when Jacob and Esau were born of him, Jacob's hand held first the heel of Esau.
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9| For Esau is the end of the world, and Jacob is the beginning of it that followeth.
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10| The hand of man is betwixt the heel and the hand: other question, Esdras, ask thou not.
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11| I answered then and said, O Lord that bearest rule, if I have found favour in thy sight,
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12| I beseech thee, shew thy servant the end of thy tokens, whereof thou shewedst me part the last night.
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13| So he answered and said unto me, Stand up upon thy feet, and hear a mighty sounding voice.
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14| And it shall be as it were a great motion; but the place where thou standest shall not be moved.
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15| And therefore when it speaketh be not afraid: for the word is of the end, and the foundation of the earth is understood.
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16| And why? because the speech of these things trembleth and is moved: for it knoweth that the end of these things must be changed.
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17| And it happened, that when I had heard it I stood up upon my feet, and hearkened, and, behold, there was a voice that spake, and the sound of it was like the sound of many waters.
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18| And it said, Behold, the days come, that I will begin to draw nigh, and to visit them that dwell upon the earth,
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19| And will begin to make inquisition of them, what they be that have hurt unjustly with their unrighteousness, and when the affliction of Sion shall be fulfilled;
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20| And when the world, that shall begin to vanish away, shall be finished, then will I shew these tokens: the books shall be opened before the firmament, and they shall see all together:
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21| And the children of a year old shall speak with their voices, the women with child shall bring forth untimely children of three or four months old, and they shall live, and be raised up.
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22| And suddenly shall the sown places appear unsown, the full storehouses shall suddenly be found empty:
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23| And tha trumpet shall give a sound, which when every man heareth, they shall be suddenly afraid.
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24| At that time shall friends fight one against another like enemies, and the earth shall stand in fear with those that dwell therein, the springs of the fountains shall stand still, and in three hours they shall not run.
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25| Whosoever remaineth from all these that I have told thee shall escape, and see my salvation, and the end of your world.
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26| And the men that are received shall see it, who have not tasted death from their birth: and the heart of the inhabitants shall be changed, and turned into another meaning.
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27| For evil shall be put out, and deceit shall be quenched.
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28| As for faith, it shall flourish, corruption shall be overcome, and the truth, which hath been so long without fruit, shall be declared.
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29| And when he talked with me, behold, I looked by little and little upon him before whom I stood.
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30| And these words said he unto me; I am come to shew thee the time of the night to come.
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31| If thou wilt pray yet more, and fast seven days again, I shall tell thee greater things by day than I have heard.
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32| For thy voice is heard before the most High: for the Mighty hath seen thy righteous dealing, he hath seen also thy chastity, which thou hast had ever since thy youth.
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33| And therefore hath he sent me to shew thee all these things, and to say unto thee, Be of good comfort and fear not
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34| And hasten not with the times that are past, to think vain things, that thou mayest not hasten from the latter times.
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35| And it came to pass after this, that I wept again, and fasted seven days in like manner, that I might fulfil the three weeks which he told me.
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36| And in the eighth night was my heart vexed within me again, and I began to speak before the most High.
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37| For my spirit was greatly set on fire, and my soul was in distress.
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38| And I said, O Lord, thou spakest from the beginning of the creation, even the first day, and saidst thus; Let heaven and earth be made; and thy word was a perfect work.
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39| And then was the spirit, and darkness and silence were on every side; the sound of man's voice was not yet formed.
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40| Then commandedst thou a fair light to come forth of thy treasures, that thy work might appear.
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41| Upon the second day thou madest the spirit of the firmament, and commandedst it to part asunder, and to make a division betwixt the waters, that the one part might go up, and the other remain beneath.
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42| Upon the third day thou didst command that the waters should be gathered in the seventh part of the earth: six pats hast thou dried up, and kept them, to the intent that of these some being planted of God and tilled might serve thee.
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43| For as soon as thy word went forth the work was made.
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44| For immediately there was great and innumerable fruit, and many and divers pleasures for the taste, and flowers of unchangeable colour, and odours of wonderful smell: and this was done the third day.
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45| Upon the fourth day thou commandedst that the sun should shine, and the moon give her light, and the stars should be in order:
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46| And gavest them a charge to do service unto man, that was to be made.
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47| Upon the fifth day thou saidst unto the seventh part, where the waters were gathered that it should bring forth living creatures, fowls and fishes: and so it came to pass.
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48| For the dumb water and without life brought forth living things at the commandment of God, that all people might praise thy wondrous works.
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49| Then didst thou ordain two living creatures, the one thou calledst Enoch, and the other Leviathan;
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50| And didst separate the one from the other: for the seventh part, namely, where the water was gathered together, might not hold them both.
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51| Unto Enoch thou gavest one part, which was dried up the third day, that he should dwell in the same part, wherein are a thousand hills:
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52| But unto Leviathan thou gavest the seventh part, namely, the moist; and hast kept him to be devoured of whom thou wilt, and when.
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53| Upon the sixth day thou gavest commandment unto the earth, that before thee it should bring forth beasts, cattle, and creeping things:
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54| And after these, Adam also, whom thou madest lord of all thy creatures: of him come we all, and the people also whom thou hast chosen.
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55| All this have I spoken before thee, O Lord, because thou madest the world for our sakes
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56| As for the other people, which also come of Adam, thou hast said that they are nothing, but be like unto spittle: and hast likened the abundance of them unto a drop that falleth from a vessel.
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57| And now, O Lord, behold, these heathen, which have ever been reputed as nothing, have begun to be lords over us, and to devour us.
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58| But we thy people, whom thou hast called thy firstborn, thy only begotten, and thy fervent lover, are given into their hands.
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59| If the world now be made for our sakes, why do we not possess an inheritance with the world? how long shall this endure?
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#7
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1| And when I had made an end of speaking these words, there was sent unto me the angel which had been sent unto me the nights afore:
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2| And he said unto me, Up, Esdras, and hear the words that I am come to tell thee.
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||||
3| And I said, Speak on, my God. Then said he unto me, The sea is set in a wide place, that it might be deep and great.
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||||
4| But put the case the entrance were narrow, and like a river;
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||||
5| Who then could go into the sea to look upon it, and to rule it? if he went not through the narrow, how could he come into the broad?
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||||
6| There is also another thing; A city is builded, and set upon a broad field, and is full of all good things:
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||||
7| The entrance thereof is narrow, and is set in a dangerous place to fall, like as if there were a fire on the right hand, and on the left a deep water:
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||||
8| And one only path between them both, even between the fire and the water, so small that there could but one man go there at once.
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||||
9| If this city now were given unto a man for an inheritance, if he never shall pass the danger set before it, how shall he receive this inheritance?
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||||
10| And I said, It is so, Lord. Then said he unto me, Even so also is Israel's portion.
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||||
11| Because for their sakes I made the world: and when Adam transgressed my statutes, then was decreed that now is done.
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||||
12| Then were the entrances of this world made narrow, full of sorrow and travail: they are but few and evil, full of perils,: and very painful.
|
||||
13| For the entrances of the elder world were wide and sure, and brought immortal fruit.
|
||||
14| If then they that live labour not to enter these strait and vain things, they can never receive those that are laid up for them.
|
||||
15| Now therefore why disquietest thou thyself, seeing thou art but a corruptible man? and why art thou moved, whereas thou art but mortal?
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||||
16| Why hast thou not considered in thy mind this thing that is to come, rather than that which is present?
|
||||
17| Then answered I and said, O Lord that bearest rule, thou hast ordained in thy law, that the righteous should inherit these things, but that the ungodly should perish.
|
||||
18| Nevertheless the righteous shall suffer strait things, and hope for wide: for they that have done wickedly have suffered the strait things, and yet shall not see the wide.
|
||||
19| And he said unto me. There is no judge above God, and none that hath understanding above the Highest.
|
||||
20| For there be many that perish in this life, because they despise the law of God that is set before them.
|
||||
21| For God hath given strait commandment to such as came, what they should do to live, even as they came, and what they should observe to avoid punishment.
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||||
22| Nevertheless they were not obedient unto him; but spake against him, and imagined vain things;
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||||
23| And deceived themselves by their wicked deeds; and said of the most High, that he is not; and knew not his ways:
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||||
24| But his law have they despised, and denied his covenants; in his statutes have they not been faithful, and have not performed his works.
|
||||
25| And therefore, Esdras, for the empty are empty things, and for the full are the full things.
|
||||
26| Behold, the time shall come, that these tokens which I have told thee shall come to pass, and the bride shall appear, and she coming forth shall be seen, that now is withdrawn from the earth.
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||||
27| And whosoever is delivered from the foresaid evils shall see my wonders.
|
||||
28| For my son Jesus shall be revealed with those that be with him, and they that remain shall rejoice within four hundred years.
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||||
29| After these years shall my son Christ die, and all men that have life.
|
||||
30| And the world shall be turned into the old silence seven days, like as in the former judgments: so that no man shall remain.
|
||||
31| And after seven days the world, that yet awaketh not, shall be raised up, and that shall die that is corrupt
|
||||
32| And the earth shall restore those that are asleep in her, and so shall the dust those that dwell in silence, and the secret places shall deliver those souls that were committed unto them.
|
||||
33| And the most High shall appear upon the seat of judgment, and misery shall pass away, and the long suffering shall have an end:
|
||||
34| But judgment only shall remain, truth shall stand, and faith shall wax strong:
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||||
35| And the work shall follow, and the reward shall be shewed, and the good deeds shall be of force, and wicked deeds shall bear no rule.
|
||||
36| Then said I, Abraham prayed first for the Sodomites, and Moses for the fathers that sinned in the wilderness:
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||||
37| And Jesus after him for Israel in the time of Achan:
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||||
38| And Samuel and David for the destruction: and Solomon for them that should come to the sanctuary:
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||||
39| And Helias for those that received rain; and for the dead, that he might live:
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||||
40| And Ezechias for the people in the time of Sennacherib: and many for many.
|
||||
41| Even so now, seeing corruption is grown up, and wickedness increased, and the righteous have prayed for the ungodly: wherefore shall it not be so now also?
|
||||
42| He answered me, and said, This present life is not the end where much glory doth abide; therefore have they prayed for the weak.
|
||||
43| But the day of doom shall be the end of this time, and the beginning of the immortality for to come, wherein corruption is past,
|
||||
44| Intemperance is at an end, infidelity is cut off, righteousness is grown, and truth is sprung up.
|
||||
45| Then shall no man be able to save him that is destroyed, nor to oppress him that hath gotten the victory.
|
||||
46| I answered then and said, This is my first and last saying, that it had been better not to have given the earth unto Adam: or else, when it was given him, to have restrained him from sinning.
|
||||
47| For what profit is it for men now in this present time to live in heaviness, and after death to look for punishment?
|
||||
48| O thou Adam, what hast thou done? for though it was thou that sinned, thou art not fallen alone, but we all that come of thee.
|
||||
49| For what profit is it unto us, if there be promised us an immortal time, whereas we have done the works that bring death?
|
||||
50| And that there is promised us an everlasting hope, whereas ourselves being most wicked are made vain?
|
||||
51| And that there are laid up for us dwellings of health and safety, whereas we have lived wickedly?
|
||||
52| And that the glory of the most High is kept to defend them which have led a wary life, whereas we have walked in the most wicked ways of all?
|
||||
53| And that there should be shewed a paradise, whose fruit endureth for ever, wherein is security and medicine, since we shall not enter into it?
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||||
54| (For we have walked in unpleasant places.)
|
||||
55| And that the faces of them which have used abstinence shall shine above the stars, whereas our faces shall be blacker than darkness?
|
||||
56| For while we lived and committed iniquity, we considered not that we should begin to suffer for it after death.
|
||||
57| Then answered he me, and said, This is the condition of the battle, which man that is born upon the earth shall fight;
|
||||
58| That, if he be overcome, he shall suffer as thou hast said: but if he get the victory, he shall receive the thing that I say.
|
||||
59| For this is the life whereof Moses spake unto the people while he lived, saying, Choose thee life, that thou mayest live.
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||||
60| Nevertheless they believed not him, nor yet the prophets after him, no nor me which have spoken unto them,
|
||||
61| That there should not be such heaviness in their destruction, as shall be joy over them that are persuaded to salvation.
|
||||
62| I answered then, and said, I know, Lord, that the most High is called merciful, in that he hath mercy upon them which are not yet come into the world,
|
||||
63| And upon those also that turn to his law;
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||||
64| And that he is patient, and long suffereth those that have sinned, as his creatures;
|
||||
65| And that he is bountiful, for he is ready to give where it needeth;
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||||
66| And that he is of great mercy, for he multiplieth more and more mercies to them that are present, and that are past, and also to them which are to come.
|
||||
67| For if he shall not multiply his mercies, the world would not continue with them that inherit therein.
|
||||
68| And he pardoneth; for if he did not so of his goodness, that they which have committed iniquities might be eased of them, the ten thousandth part of men should not remain living.
|
||||
69| And being judge, if he should not forgive them that are cured with his word, and put out the multitude of contentions,
|
||||
70| There should be very few left peradventure in an innumerable multitude.
|
||||
#8
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||||
1| And he answered me, saying, The most High hath made this world for many, but the world to come for few.
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||||
2| I will tell thee a similitude, Esdras; As when thou askest the earth, it shall say unto thee, that it giveth much mould whereof earthen vessels are made, but little dust that gold cometh of: even so is the course of this present world.
|
||||
3| There be many created, but few shall be saved.
|
||||
4| So answered I and said, Swallow then down, O my soul, understanding, and devour wisdom.
|
||||
5| For thou hast agreed to give ear, and art willing to prophesy: for thou hast no longer space than only to live.
|
||||
6| O Lord, if thou suffer not thy servant, that we may pray before thee, and thou give us seed unto our heart, and culture to our understanding, that there may come fruit of it; how shall each man live that is corrupt, who beareth the place of a man?
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||||
7| For thou art alone, and we all one workmanship of thine hands, like as thou hast said.
|
||||
8| For when the body is fashioned now in the mother's womb, and thou givest it members, thy creature is preserved in fire and water, and nine months doth thy workmanship endure thy creature which is created in her.
|
||||
9| But that which keepeth and is kept shall both be preserved: and when the time cometh, the womb preserved delivereth up the things that grew in it.
|
||||
10| For thou hast commanded out of the parts of the body, that is to say, out of the breasts, milk to be given, which is the fruit of the breasts,
|
||||
11| That the thing which is fashioned may be nourished for a time, till thou disposest it to thy mercy.
|
||||
12| Thou broughtest it up with thy righteousness, and nurturedst it in thy law, and reformedst it with thy judgment.
|
||||
13| And thou shalt mortify it as thy creature, and quicken it as thy work.
|
||||
14| If therefore thou shalt destroy him which with so great labour was fashioned, it is an easy thing to be ordained by thy commandment, that the thing which was made might be preserved.
|
||||
15| Now therefore, Lord, I will speak; touching man in general, thou knowest best; but touching thy people, for whose sake I am sorry;
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||||
16| And for thine inheritance, for whose cause I mourn; and for Israel, for whom I am heavy; and for Jacob, for whose sake I am troubled;
|
||||
17| Therefore will I begin to pray before thee for myself and for them: for I see the falls of us that dwell in the land.
|
||||
18| But I have heard the swiftness of the judge which is to come.
|
||||
19| Therefore hear my voice, and understand my words, and I shall speak before thee. This is the beginning of the words of Esdras, before he was taken up: and I said,
|
||||
20| O Lord, thou that dwellest in everlastingness which beholdest from above things in the heaven and in the air;
|
||||
21| Whose throne is inestimable; whose glory may not be comprehended; before whom the hosts of angels stand with trembling,
|
||||
22| Whose service is conversant in wind and fire; whose word is true, and sayings constant; whose commandment is strong, and ordinance fearful;
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||||
23| Whose look drieth up the depths, and indignation maketh the mountains to melt away; which the truth witnesseth:
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||||
24| O hear the prayer of thy servant, and give ear to the petition of thy creature.
|
||||
25| For while I live I will speak, and so long as I have understanding I will answer.
|
||||
26| O look not upon the sins of thy people; but on them which serve thee in truth.
|
||||
27| Regard not the wicked inventions of the heathen, but the desire of those that keep thy testimonies in afflictions.
|
||||
28| Think not upon those that have walked feignedly before thee: but remember them, which according to thy will have known thy fear.
|
||||
29| Let it not be thy will to destroy them which have lived like beasts; but to look upon them that have clearly taught thy law.
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||||
30| Take thou no indignation at them which are deemed worse than beasts; but love them that always put their trust in thy righteousness and glory.
|
||||
31| For we and our fathers do languish of such diseases: but because of us sinners thou shalt be called merciful.
|
||||
32| For if thou hast a desire to have mercy upon us, thou shalt be called merciful, to us namely, that have no works of righteousness.
|
||||
33| For the just, which have many good works laid up with thee, shall out of their own deeds receive reward.
|
||||
34| For what is man, that thou shouldest take displeasure at him? or what is a corruptible generation, that thou shouldest be so bitter toward it?
|
||||
35| For in truth them is no man among them that be born, but he hath dealt wickedly; and among the faithful there is none which hath not done amiss.
|
||||
36| For in this, O Lord, thy righteousness and thy goodness shall be declared, if thou be merciful unto them which have not the confidence of good works.
|
||||
37| Then answered he me, and said, Some things hast thou spoken aright, and according unto thy words it shall be.
|
||||
38| For indeed I will not think on the disposition of them which have sinned before death, before judgment, before destruction:
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||||
39| But I will rejoice over the disposition of the righteous, and I will remember also their pilgrimage, and the salvation, and the reward, that they shall have.
|
||||
40| Like as I have spoken now, so shall it come to pass.
|
||||
41| For as the husbandman soweth much seed upon the ground, and planteth many trees, and yet the thing that is sown good in his season cometh not up, neither doth all that is planted take root: even so is it of them that are sown in the world; they shall not all be saved.
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||||
42| I answered then and said, If I have found grace, let me speak.
|
||||
43| Like as the husbandman's seed perisheth, if it come not up, and receive not thy rain in due season; or if there come too much rain, and corrupt it:
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44| Even so perisheth man also, which is formed with thy hands, and is called thine own image, because thou art like unto him, for whose sake thou hast made all things, and likened him unto the husbandman's seed.
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45| Be not wroth with us but spare thy people, and have mercy upon thine own inheritance: for thou art merciful unto thy creature.
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46| Then answered he me, and said, Things present are for the present, and things to cometh for such as be to come.
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47| For thou comest far short that thou shouldest be able to love my creature more than I: but I have ofttimes drawn nigh unto thee, and unto it, but never to the unrighteous.
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48| In this also thou art marvellous before the most High:
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49| In that thou hast humbled thyself, as it becometh thee, and hast not judged thyself worthy to be much glorified among the righteous.
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50| For many great miseries shall be done to them that in the latter time shall dwell in the world, because they have walked in great pride.
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51| But understand thou for thyself, and seek out the glory for such as be like thee.
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52| For unto you is paradise opened, the tree of life is planted, the time to come is prepared, plenteousness is made ready, a city is builded, and rest is allowed, yea, perfect goodness and wisdom.
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53| The root of evil is sealed up from you, weakness and the moth is hid from you, and corruption is fled into hell to be forgotten:
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54| Sorrows are passed, and in the end is shewed the treasure of immortality.
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55| And therefore ask thou no more questions concerning the multitude of them that perish.
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56| For when they had taken liberty, they despised the most High, thought scorn of his law, and forsook his ways.
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57| Moreover they have trodden down his righteous,
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58| And said in their heart, that there is no God; yea, and that knowing they must die.
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59| For as the things aforesaid shalt receive you, so thirst and pain are prepared for them: for it was not his will that men should come to nought:
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60| But they which be created have defiled the name of him that made them, and were unthankful unto him which prepared life for them.
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61| And therefore is my judgment now at hand.
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62| These things have I not shewed unto all men, but unto thee, and a few like thee. Then answered I and said,
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63| Behold, O Lord, now hast thou shewed me the multitude of the wonders, which thou wilt begin to do in the last times: but at what time, thou hast not shewed me.
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#9
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1| He answered me then, and said, Measure thou the time diligently in itself: and when thou seest part of the signs past, which I have told thee before,
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2| Then shalt thou understand, that it is the very same time, wherein the Highest will begin to visit the world which he made.
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3| Therefore when there shall be seen earthquakes and uproars of the people in the world:
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4| Then shalt thou well understand, that the most High spake of those things from the days that were before thee, even from the beginning.
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5| For like as all that is made in the world hath a beginning and an end, and the end is manifest:
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6| Even so the times also of the Highest have plain beginnings in wonder and powerful works, and endings in effects and signs.
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7| And every one that shall be saved, and shall be able to escape by his works, and by faith, whereby ye have believed,
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8| Shall be preserved from the said perils, and shall see my salvation in my land, and within my borders: for I have sanctified them for me from the beginning.
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9| Then shall they be in pitiful case, which now have abused my ways: and they that have cast them away despitefully shall dwell in torments.
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10| For such as in their life have received benefits, and have not known me;
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11| And they that have loathed my law, while they had yet liberty, and, when as yet place of repentance was open unto them, understood not, but despised it;
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12| The same must know it after death by pain.
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13| And therefore be thou not curious how the ungodly shall be punished, and when: but enquire how the righteous shall be saved, whose the world is, and for whom the world is created.
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14| Then answered I and said,
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15| I have said before, and now do speak, and will speak it also hereafter, that there be many more of them which perish, than of them which shall be saved:
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16| Like as a wave is greater than a drop.
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17| And he answered me, saying, Like as the field is, so is also the seed; as the flowers be, such are the colours also; such as the workman is, such also is the work; and as the husbandman ls himself, so is his husbandry also: for it was the time of the world.
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18| And now when I prepared the world, which was not yet made, even for them to dwell in that now live, no man spake against me.
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19| For then every one obeyed: but now the manners of them which are created in this world that is made are corrupted by a perpetual seed, and by a law which is unsearchable rid themselves.
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20| So I considered the world, and, behold, there was peril because of the devices that were come into it.
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21| And I saw, and spared it greatly, and have kept me a grape of the cluster, and a plant of a great people.
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22| Let the multitude perish then, which was born in vain; and let my grape be kept, and my plant; for with great labour have I made it perfect.
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23| Nevertheless, if thou wilt cease yet seven days more, (but thou shalt not fast in them,
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24| But go into a field of flowers, where no house is builded, and eat only the flowers of the field; taste no flesh, drink no wine, but eat flowers only;)
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25| And pray unto the Highest continually, then will I come and talk with thee.
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26| So I went my way into the field which is called Ardath, like as he commanded me; and there I sat among the flowers, and did eat of the herbs of the field, and the meat of the same satisfied me.
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27| After seven days I sat upon the grass, and my heart was vexed within me, like as before:
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28| And I opened my mouth, and began to talk before the most High, and said,
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29| O Lord, thou that shewest thyself unto us, thou wast shewed unto our fathers in the wilderness, in a place where no man treadeth, in a barren place, when they came out of Egypt.
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30| And thou spakest saying, Hear me, O Israel; and mark my words, thou seed of Jacob.
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31| For, behold, I sow my law in you, and it shall bring fruit in you, and ye shall be honoured in it for ever.
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32| But our fathers, which received the law, kept it not, and observed not thy ordinances: and though the fruit of thy law did not perish, neither could it, for it was thine;
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33| Yet they that received it perished, because they kept not the thing that was sown in them.
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34| And, lo, it ls a custom, when the ground hath received seed, or the sea a ship, or any vessel meat or drink, that, that being perished wherein it was sown or cast into,
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35| That thing also which was sown, or cast therein, or received, doth perish, and remaineth not with us: but with us it hath not happened so.
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36| For we that have received the law perish by sin, and our heart also which received it
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37| Notwithstanding the law perisheth not, but remaineth in his force.
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38| And when I spake these things in my heart, I looked back with mine eyes, and upon the right side I saw a woman, and, behold, she mourned and wept with a loud voice, and was much grieved in heart, and her clothes were rent, and she had ashes upon her head.
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39| Then let I my thoughts go that I was in, and turned me unto her,
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40| And said unto her, Wherefore weepest thou? why art thou so grieved in thy mind?
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||||
41| And she said unto me, Sir, let me alone, that I may bewail myself, and add unto my sorrow, for I am sore vexed in my mind, and brought very low.
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42| And I said unto her, What aileth thee? tell me.
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43| She said unto me, I thy servant have been barren, and had no child, though I had an husband thirty years,
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44| And those thirty years I did nothing else day and night, and every hour, but make my, prayer to the Highest.
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45| After thirty years God heard me thine handmaid, looked upon my misery, considered my trouble, and gave me a son: and I was very glad of him, so was my husband also, and all my neighbours: and we gave great honour unto the Almighty.
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46| And I nourished him with great travail.
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47| So when he grew up, and came to the time that he should have a wife, I made a feast.
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#10
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1| And it so came to pass, that when my son was entered into his wedding chamber, he fell down, and died.
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2| Then we all overthrew the lights, and all my neighbours rose up to comfort me: so I took my rest unto the second day at night.
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||||
3| And it came to pass, when they had all left off to comfort me, to the end I might be quiet; then rose I up by night and fled, and came hither into this field, as thou seest.
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||||
4| And I do now purpose not to return into the city, but here to stay, and neither to eat nor drink, but continually to mourn and to fast until I die.
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||||
5| Then left I the meditations wherein I was, and spake to her in anger, saying,
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||||
6| Thou foolish woman above all other, seest thou not our mourning, and what happeneth unto us?
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||||
7| How that Sion our mother is full of all heaviness, and much humbled, mourning very sore?
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||||
8| And now, seeing we all mourn and are sad, for we are all in heaviness, art thou grieved for one son?
|
||||
9| For ask the earth, and she shall tell thee, that it is she which ought to mourn for the fall of so many that grow upon her.
|
||||
10| For out of her came all at the first, and out of her shall all others come, and, behold, they walk almost all into destruction, and a multitude of them is utterly rooted out.
|
||||
11| Who then should make more mourning than she, that hath lost so great a multitude; and not thou, which art sorry but for one?
|
||||
12| But if thou sayest unto me, My lamentation is not like the earth's, because I have lost the fruit of my womb, which I brought forth with pains, and bare with sorrows;
|
||||
13| But the earth not so: for the multitude present in it according to the course of the earth is gone, as it came:
|
||||
14| Then say I unto thee, Like as thou hast brought forth with labour; even so the earth also hath given her fruit, namely, man, ever since the beginning unto him that made her.
|
||||
15| Now therefore keep thy sorrow to thyself, and bear with a good courage that which hath befallen thee.
|
||||
16| For if thou shalt acknowledge the determination of God to be just, thou shalt both receive thy son in time, and shalt be commended among women.
|
||||
17| Go thy way then into the city to thine husband.
|
||||
18| And she said unto me, That will I not do: I will not go into the city, but here will I die.
|
||||
19| So I proceeded to speak further unto her, and said,
|
||||
20| Do not so, but be counselled. by me: for how many are the adversities of Sion? be comforted in regard of the sorrow of Jerusalem.
|
||||
21| For thou seest that our sanctuary is laid waste, our altar broken down, our temple destroyed;
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||||
22| Our psaltery is laid on the ground, our song is put to silence, our rejoicing is at an end, the light of our candlestick is put out, the ark of our covenant is spoiled, our holy things are defiled, and the name that is called upon us is almost profaned: our children are put to shame, our priests are burnt, our Levites are gone into captivity, our virgins are defiled, and our wives ravished; our righteous men carried away, our little ones destroyed, our young men are brought in bondage, and our strong men are become weak;
|
||||
23| And, which is the greatest of all, the seal of Sion hath now lost her honour; for she is delivered into the hands of them that hate us.
|
||||
24| And therefore shake off thy great heaviness, and put away the multitude of sorrows, that the Mighty may be merciful unto thee again, and the Highest shall give thee rest and ease from thy labour.
|
||||
25| And it came to pass while I was talking with her, behold, her face upon a sudden shined exceedingly, and her countenance glistered, so that I was afraid of her, and mused what it might be.
|
||||
26| And, behold, suddenly she made a great cry very fearful: so that the earth shook at the noise of the woman.
|
||||
27| And I looked, and, behold, the woman appeared unto me no more, but there was a city builded, and a large place shewed itself from the foundations: then was I afraid, and cried with a loud voice, and said,
|
||||
28| Where is Uriel the angel, who came unto me at the first? for he hath caused me to fall into many trances, and mine end is turned into corruption, and my prayer to rebuke.
|
||||
29| And as I was speaking these words behold, he came unto me, and looked upon me.
|
||||
30| And, lo, I lay as one that had been dead, and mine understanding was taken from me: and he took me by the right hand, and comforted me, and set me upon my feet, and said unto me,
|
||||
31| What aileth thee? and why art thou so disquieted? and why is thine understanding troubled, and the thoughts of thine heart?
|
||||
32| And I said, Because thou hast forsaken me, and yet I did according to thy words, and I went into the field, and, lo, I have seen, and yet see, that I am not able to express.
|
||||
33| And he said unto me, Stand up manfully, and I will advise thee.
|
||||
34| Then said I, Speak on, my lord, in me; only forsake me not, lest I die frustrate of my hope.
|
||||
35| For I have seen that I knew not, and hear that I do not know.
|
||||
36| Or is my sense deceived, or my soul in a dream?
|
||||
37| Now therefore I beseech thee that thou wilt shew thy servant of this vision.
|
||||
38| He answered me then, and said, Hear me, and I shall inform thee, and tell thee wherefore thou art afraid: for the Highest will reveal many secret things unto thee.
|
||||
39| He hath seen that thy way is right: for that thou sorrowest continually for thy people, and makest great lamentation for Sion.
|
||||
40| This therefore is the meaning of the vision which thou lately sawest:
|
||||
41| Thou sawest a woman mourning, and thou begannest to comfort her:
|
||||
42| But now seest thou the likeness of the woman no more, but there appeared unto thee a city builded.
|
||||
43| And whereas she told thee of the death of her son, this is the solution:
|
||||
44| This woman, whom thou sawest is Sion: and whereas she said unto thee, even she whom thou seest as a city builded,
|
||||
45| Whereas, I say, she said unto thee, that she hath been thirty years barren: those are the thirty years wherein there was no offering made in her.
|
||||
46| But after thirty years Solomon builded the city and offered offerings: and then bare the barren a son.
|
||||
47| And whereas she told thee that she nourished him with labour: that was the dwelling in Jerusalem.
|
||||
48| But whereas she said unto thee, That my son coming into his marriage chamber happened to have a fail, and died: this was the destruction that came to Jerusalem.
|
||||
49| And, behold, thou sawest her likeness, and because she mourned for her son, thou begannest to comfort her: and of these things which have chanced, these are to be opened unto thee.
|
||||
50| For now the most High seeth that thou art grieved unfeignedly, and sufferest from thy whole heart for her, so hath he shewed thee the brightness of her glory, and the comeliness of her beauty:
|
||||
51| And therefore I bade thee remain in the field where no house was builded:
|
||||
52| For I knew that the Highest would shew this unto thee.
|
||||
53| Therefore I commanded thee to go into the field, where no foundation of any building was.
|
||||
54| For in the place wherein the Highest beginneth to shew his city, there can no man's building be able to stand.
|
||||
55| And therefore fear not, let not thine heart be affrighted, but go thy way in, and see the beauty and greatness of the building, as much as thine eyes be able to see:
|
||||
56| And then shalt thou hear as much as thine ears may comprehend.
|
||||
57| For thou art blessed above many other, and art called with the Highest; and so are but few.
|
||||
58| But to morrow at night thou shalt remain here;
|
||||
59| And so shall the Highest shew thee visions of the high things, which the most High will do unto them that dwell upon the earth in the last days. So I slept that night and another, like as he commanded me.
|
||||
#11
|
||||
1| Then saw I a dream, and, behold, there came up from the sea an eagle, which had twelve feathered wings, and three heads.
|
||||
2| And I saw, and, behold, she spread her wings over all the earth, and all the winds of the air blew on her, and were gathered together.
|
||||
3| And I beheld, and out of her feathers there grew other contrary feathers; and they became little feathers and small.
|
||||
4| But her heads were at rest: the head in the midst was greater than the other, yet rested it with the residue.
|
||||
5| Moreover I beheld, and, lo, the eagle flew with her feathers, and reigned upon earth, and over them that dwelt therein.
|
||||
6| And I saw that all things under heaven were subject unto her, and no man spake against her, no, not one creature upon earth.
|
||||
7| And I beheld, and, lo, the eagle rose upon her talons, and spake to her feathers, saying,
|
||||
8| Watch not all at once: sleep every one in his own place, and watch by course:
|
||||
9| But let the heads be preserved for the last.
|
||||
10| And I beheld, and, lo, the voice went not out of her heads, but from the midst of her body.
|
||||
11| And I numbered her contrary feathers, and, behold, there were eight of them.
|
||||
12| And I looked, and, behold, on the right side there arose one feather, and reigned over all the earth;
|
||||
13| And so it was, that when it reigned, the end of it came, and the place thereof appeared no more: so the next following stood up. and reigned, and had a great time;
|
||||
14| And it happened, that when it reigned, the end of it came also, like as the first, so that it appeared no more.
|
||||
15| Then came there a voice unto it, and said,
|
||||
16| Hear thou that hast borne rule over the earth so long: this I say unto thee, before thou beginnest to appear no more,
|
||||
17| There shall none after thee attain unto thy time, neither unto the half thereof.
|
||||
18| Then arose the third, and reigned as the other before, and appeared no more also.
|
||||
19| So went it with all the residue one after another, as that every one reigned, and then appeared no more.
|
||||
20| Then I beheld, and, lo, in process of time the feathers that followed stood up upon the right side, that they might rule also; and some of them ruled, but within a while they appeared no more:
|
||||
21| For some of them were set up, but ruled not.
|
||||
22| After this I looked, and, behold, the twelve feathers appeared no more, nor the two little feathers:
|
||||
23| And there was no more upon the eagle's body, but three heads that rested, and six little wings.
|
||||
24| Then saw I also that two little feathers divided themselves from the six, and remained under the head that was upon the right side: for the four continued in their place.
|
||||
25| And I beheld, and, lo, the feathers that were under the wing thought to set up themselves and to have the rule.
|
||||
26| And I beheld, and, lo, there was one set up, but shortly it appeared no more.
|
||||
27| And the second was sooner away than the first.
|
||||
28| And I beheld, and, lo, the two that remained thought also in themselves to reign:
|
||||
29| And when they so thought, behold, there awaked one of the heads that were at rest, namely, it that was in the midst; for that was greater than the two other heads.
|
||||
30| And then I saw that the two other heads were joined with it.
|
||||
31| And, behold, the head was turned with them that were with it, and did eat up the two feathers under the wing that would have reigned.
|
||||
32| But this head put the whole earth in fear, and bare rule in it over all those that dwelt upon the earth with much oppression; and it had the governance of the world more than all the wings that had been.
|
||||
33| And after this I beheld, and, lo, the head that was in the midst suddenly appeared no more, like as the wings.
|
||||
34| But there remained the two heads, which also in like sort ruled upon the earth, and over those that dwelt therein.
|
||||
35| And I beheld, and, lo, the head upon the right side devoured it that was upon the left side.
|
||||
36| Then I head a voice, which said unto me, Look before thee, and consider the thing that thou seest.
|
||||
37| And I beheld, and lo, as it were a roaring lion chased out of the wood: and I saw that he sent out a man's voice unto the eagle, and said,
|
||||
38| Hear thou, I will talk with thee, and the Highest shall say unto thee,
|
||||
39| Art not thou it that remainest of the four beasts, whom I made to reign in my world, that the end of their times might come through them?
|
||||
40| And the fourth came, and overcame all the beasts that were past, and had power over the world with great fearfulness, and over the whole compass of the earth with much wicked oppression; and so long time dwelt he upon the earth with deceit.
|
||||
41| For the earth hast thou not judged with truth.
|
||||
42| For thou hast afflicted the meek, thou hast hurt the peaceable, thou hast loved liars, and destroyed the dwellings of them that brought forth fruit, and hast cast down the walls of such as did thee no harm.
|
||||
43| Therefore is thy wrongful dealing come up unto the Highest, and thy pride unto the Mighty.
|
||||
44| The Highest also hath looked upon the proud times, and, behold, they are ended, and his abominations are fulfilled.
|
||||
45| And therefore appear no more, thou eagle, nor thy horrible wings, nor thy wicked feathers nor thy malicious heads, nor thy hurtful claws, nor all thy vain body:
|
||||
46| That all the earth may be refreshed, and may return, being delivered from thy violence, and that she may hope for the judgment and mercy of him that made her.
|
||||
#12
|
||||
1| And it came to pass, whiles the lion spake these words unto the eagle, I saw,
|
||||
2| And, behold, the head that remained and the four wings appeared no more, and the two went unto it and set themselves up to reign, and their kingdom was small, and fill of uproar.
|
||||
3| And I saw, and, behold, they appeared no more, and the whole body of the eagle was burnt so that the earth was in great fear: then awaked I out of the trouble and trance of my mind, and from great fear, and said unto my spirit,
|
||||
4| Lo, this hast thou done unto me, in that thou searchest out the ways of the Highest.
|
||||
5| Lo, yet am I weary in my mind, and very weak in my spirit; and little strength is there in me, for the great fear wherewith I was afflicted this night.
|
||||
6| Therefore will I now beseech the Highest, that he will comfort me unto the end.
|
||||
7| And I said, Lord that bearest rule, if I have found grace before thy sight, and if I am justified with thee before many others, and if my prayer indeed be come up before thy face;
|
||||
8| Comfort me then, and shew me thy servant the interpretation and plain difference of this fearful vision, that thou mayest perfectly comfort my soul.
|
||||
9| For thou hast judged me worthy to shew me the last times.
|
||||
10| And he said unto me, This is the interpretation of the vision:
|
||||
11| The eagle, whom thou sawest come up from the sea, is the kingdom which was seen in the vision of thy brother Daniel.
|
||||
12| But it was not expounded unto him, therefore now I declare it unto thee.
|
||||
13| Behold, the days will come, that there shall rise up a kingdom upon earth, and it shall be feared above all the kingdoms that were before it.
|
||||
14| In the same shall twelve kings reign, one after another:
|
||||
15| Whereof the second shall begin to reign, and shall have more time than any of the twelve.
|
||||
16| And this do the twelve wings signify, which thou sawest.
|
||||
17| As for the voice which thou heardest speak, and that thou sawest not to go out from the heads but from the midst of the body thereof, this is the interpretation:
|
||||
18| That after the time of that kingdom there shall arise great strivings, and it shall stand in peril of failing: nevertheless it shall not then fall, but shall be restored again to his beginning.
|
||||
19| And whereas thou sawest the eight small under feathers sticking to her wings, this is the interpretation:
|
||||
20| That in him there shall arise eight kings, whose times shall be but small, and their years swift.
|
||||
21| And two of them shall perish, the middle time approaching: four shall be kept until their end begin to approach: but two shall be kept unto the end.
|
||||
22| And whereas thou sawest three heads resting, this is the interpretation:
|
||||
23| In his last days shall the most High raise up three kingdoms, and renew many things therein, and they shall have the dominion of the earth,
|
||||
24| And of those that dwell therein, with much oppression, above all those that were before them: therefore are they called the heads of the eagle.
|
||||
25| For these are they that shall accomplish his wickedness, and that shall finish his last end.
|
||||
26| And whereas thou sawest that the great head appeared no more, it signifieth that one of them shall die upon his bed, and yet with pain.
|
||||
27| For the two that remain shall be slain with the sword.
|
||||
28| For the sword of the one shall devour the other: but at the last shall he fall through the sword himself.
|
||||
29| And whereas thou sawest two feathers under the wings passing over the head that is on the right side;
|
||||
30| It signifieth that these are they, whom the Highest hath kept unto their end: this is the small kingdom and full of trouble, as thou sawest.
|
||||
31| And the lion, whom thou sawest rising up out of the wood, and roaring, and speaking to the eagle, and rebuking her for her unrighteousness with all the words which thou hast heard;
|
||||
32| This is the anointed, which the Highest hath kept for them and for their wickedness unto the end: he shall reprove them, and shall upbraid them with their cruelty.
|
||||
33| For he shall set them before him alive in judgment, and shall rebuke them, and correct them.
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34| For the rest of my people shall he deliver with mercy, those that have been pressed upon my borders, and he shall make them joyful until the coming of the day of judgment, whereof I have spoken unto thee from the the beginning.
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35| This is the dream that thou sawest, and these are the interpretations.
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36| Thou only hast been meet to know this secret of the Highest.
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37| Therefore write all these things that thou hast seen in a book, and hide them:
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38| And teach them to the wise of the people, whose hearts thou knowest may comprehend and keep these secrets.
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39| But wait thou here thyself yet seven days more, that it may be shewed thee, whatsoever it pleaseth the Highest to declare unto thee. And with that he went his way.
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40| And it came to pass, when all the people saw that the seven days were past, and I not come again into the city, they gathered them all together, from the least unto the greatest, and came unto me, and said,
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41| What have we offended thee? and what evil have we done against thee, that thou forsakest us, and sittest here in this place?
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42| For of all the prophets thou only art left us, as a cluster of the vintage, and as a candle in a dark place, and as a haven or ship preserved from the tempest.
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43| Are not the evils which are come to us sufficient?
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44| If thou shalt forsake us, how much better had it been for us, if we also had been burned in the midst of Sion?
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45| For we are not better than they that died there. And they wept with a loud voice. Then answered I them, and said,
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46| Be of good comfort, O Israel; and be not heavy, thou house of Jacob:
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47| For the Highest hath you in remembrance, and the Mighty hath not forgotten you in temptation.
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48| As for me, I have not forsaken you, neither am I departed from you: but am come into this place, to pray for the desolation of Sion, and that I might seek mercy for the low estate of your sanctuary.
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49| And now go your way home every man, and after these days will I come unto you.
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50| So the people went their way into the city, like as I commanded them:
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51| But I remained still in the field seven days, as the angel commanded me; and did eat only in those days of the flowers of the field, and had my meat of the herbs
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#13
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1| And it came to pass after seven days, I dreamed a dream by night:
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2| And, lo, there arose a wind from the sea, that it moved all the waves thereof.
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3| And I beheld, and, lo, that man waxed strong with the thousands of heaven: and when he turned his countenance to look, all the things trembled that were seen under him.
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4| And whensoever the voice went out of his mouth, all they burned that heard his voice, like as the earth faileth when it feeleth the fire.
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5| And after this I beheld, and, lo, there was gathered together a multitude of men, out of number, from the four winds of the heaven, to subdue the man that came out of the sea
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6| But I beheld, and, lo, he had graved himself a great mountain, and flew up upon it.
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7| But I would have seen the region or place whereout the hill was graven, and I could not.
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8| And after this I beheld, and, lo, all they which were gathered together to subdue him were sore afraid, and yet durst fight.
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9| And, lo, as he saw the violence of the multitude that came, he neither lifted up his hand, nor held sword, nor any instrument of war:
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10| But only I saw that he sent out of his mouth as it had been a blast of fire, and out of his lips a flaming breath, and out of his tongue he cast out sparks and tempests.
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11| And they were all mixed together; the blast of fire, the flaming breath, and the great tempest; and fell with violence upon the multitude which was prepared to fight, and burned them up every one, so that upon a sudden of an innumerable multitude nothing was to be perceived, but only dust and smell of smoke: when I saw this I was afraid.
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12| Afterward saw I the same man come down from the mountain, and call unto him another peaceable Multitude.
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13| And there came much people unto him, whereof some were glad, some were sorry, and some of them were bound, and other some brought of them that were offered: then was I sick through great fear, and I awaked, and said,
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14| Thou hast shewed thy servant these wonders from the beginning, and hast counted me worthy that thou shouldest receive my prayer:
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15| Shew me now yet the interpretation of this dream.
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16| For as I conceive in mine understanding, woe unto them that shall be left in those days and much more woe unto them that are not left behind!
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17| For they that were not left were in heaviness.
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18| Now understand I the things that are laid up in the latter days, which shall happen unto them, and to those that are left behind.
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19| Therefore are they come into great perils and many necessities, like as these dreams declare.
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20| Yet is it easier for him that is in danger to come into these things, than to pass away as a cloud out of the world, and not to see the things that happen in the last days. And he answered unto me, and said,
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21| The interpretation of the vision shall I shew thee, and I will open unto thee the thing that thou hast required.
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22| Whereas thou hast spoken of them that are left behind, this is the interpretation:
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23| He that shall endure the peril in that time hath kept himself: they that be fallen into danger are such as have works, and faith toward the Almighty.
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24| Know this therefore, that they which be left behind are more blessed than they that be dead.
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25| This is the meaning of the vision: Whereas thou sawest a man coming up from the midst of the sea:
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26| The same is he whom God the Highest hath kept a great season, which by his own self shall deliver his creature: and he shall order them that are left behind.
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27| And whereas thou sawest, that out of his mouth there came as a blast of wind, and fire, and storm;
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28| And that he held neither sword, nor any instrument of war, but that the rushing in of him destroyed the whole multitude that came to subdue him; this is the interpretation:
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29| Behold, the days come, when the most High will begin to deliver them that are upon the earth.
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30| And he shall come to the astonishment of them that dwell on the earth.
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31| And one shall undertake to fight against another, one city against another, one place against another, one people against another, and one realm against another.
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32| And the time shall be when these things shall come to pass, and the signs shall happen which I shewed thee before, and then shall my Son be declared, whom thou sawest as a man ascending.
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33| And when all the people hear his voice, every man shall in their own land leave the battle they have one against another.
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34| And an innumerable multitude shall be gathered together, as thou sawest them, willing to come, and to overcome him by fighting.
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35| But he shall stand upon the top of the mount Sion.
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36| And Sion shall come, and shall be shewed to all men, being prepared and builded, like as thou sawest the hill graven without hands.
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37| And this my Son shall rebuke the wicked inventions of those nations, which for their wicked life are fallen into the tempest;
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38| And shall lay before them their evil thoughts, and the torments wherewith they shall begin to be tormented, which are like unto a flame: and he shall destroy them without labour by the law which is like unto me.
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39| And whereas thou sawest that he gathered another peaceable multitude unto him;
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40| Those are the ten tribes, which were carried away prisoners out of their own land in the time of Osea the king, whom Salmanasar the king of Assyria led away captive, and he carried them over the waters, and so came they into another land.
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41| But they took this counsel among themselves, that they would leave the multitude of the heathen, and go forth into a further country, where never mankind dwelt,
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42| That they might there keep their statutes, which they never kept in their own land.
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43| And they entered into Euphrates by the narrow places of the river.
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44| For the most High then shewed signs for them, and held still the flood, till they were passed over.
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||||
45| For through that country there was a great way to go, namely, of a year and a half: and the same region is called Arsareth.
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46| Then dwelt they there until the latter time; and now when they shall begin to come,
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47| The Highest shall stay the springs of the stream again, that they may go through: therefore sawest thou the multitude with peace.
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48| But those that be left behind of thy people are they that are found within my borders.
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49| Now when he destroyeth the multitude of the nations that are gathered together, he shall defend his people that remain.
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50| And then shall he shew them great wonders.
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51| Then said I, O Lord that bearest rule, shew me this: Wherefore have I seen the man coming up from the midst of the sea?
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52| And he said unto me, Like as thou canst neither seek out nor know the things that are in the deep of the sea: even so can no man upon earth see my Son, or those that be with him, but in the day time.
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53| This is the interpretation of the dream which thou sawest, and whereby thou only art here lightened.
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||||
54| For thou hast forsaken thine own way, and applied thy diligence unto my law, and sought it.
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55| Thy life hast thou ordered in wisdom, and hast called understanding thy mother.
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||||
56| And therefore have I shewed thee the treasures of the Highest: after other three days I will speak other things unto thee, and declare unto thee mighty and wondrous things.
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||||
57| Then went I forth into the field, giving praise and thanks greatly unto the most High because of his wonders which he did in time;
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58| And because he governeth the same, and such things as fall in their seasons: and there I sat three days.
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#14
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1| And it came to pass upon the third day, I sat under an oak, and, behold, there came a voice out of a bush over against me, and said, Esdras, Esdras.
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2| And I said, Here am I, Lord And I stood up upon my feet.
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||||
3| Then said he unto me, In the bush I did manifestly reveal myself unto Moses, and talked with him, when my people served in Egypt:
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4| And I sent him and led my people out of Egypt, and brought him up to the mount of where I held him by me a long season,
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||||
5| And told him many wondrous things, and shewed him the secrets of the times, and the end; and commanded him, saying,
|
||||
6| These words shalt thou declare, and these shalt thou hide.
|
||||
7| And now I say unto thee,
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||||
8| That thou lay up in thy heart the signs that I have shewed, and the dreams that thou hast seen, and the interpretations which thou hast heard:
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||||
9| For thou shalt be taken away from all, and from henceforth thou shalt remain with my Son, and with such as be like thee, until the times be ended.
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||||
10| For the world hath lost his youth, and the times begin to wax old.
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||||
11| For the world is divided into twelve parts, and the ten parts of it are gone already, and half of a tenth part:
|
||||
12| And there remaineth that which is after the half of the tenth part.
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||||
13| Now therefore set thine house in order, and reprove thy people, comfort such of them as be in trouble, and now renounce corruption,
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||||
14| Let go from thee mortal thoughts, cast away the burdens of man, put off now the weak nature,
|
||||
15| And set aside the thoughts that are most heavy unto thee, and haste thee to flee from these times.
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||||
16| For yet greater evils than those which thou hast seen happen shall be done hereafter.
|
||||
17| For look how much the world shall be weaker through age, so much the more shall evils increase upon them that dwell therein.
|
||||
18| For the time is fled far away, and leasing is hard at hand: for now hasteth the vision to come, which thou hast seen.
|
||||
19| Then answered I before thee, and said,
|
||||
20| Behold, Lord, I will go, as thou hast commanded me, and reprove the people which are present: but they that shall be born afterward, who shall admonish them? thus the world is set in darkness, and they that dwell therein are without light.
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21| For thy law is burnt, therefore no man knoweth the things that are done of thee, or the work that shall begin.
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||||
22| But if I have found grace before thee, send the Holy Ghost into me, and I shall write all that hath been done in the world since the beginning, which were written in thy law, that men may find thy path, and that they which will live in the latter days may live.
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||||
23| And he answered me, saying, Go thy way, gather the people together, and say unto them, that they seek thee not for forty days.
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||||
24| But look thou prepare thee many box trees, and take with thee Sarea, Dabria, Selemia, Ecanus, and Asiel, these five which are ready to write swiftly;
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||||
25| And come hither, and I shall light a candle of understanding in thine heart, which shall not be put out, till the things be performed which thou shalt begin to write.
|
||||
26| And when thou hast done, some things shalt thou publish, and some things shalt thou shew secretly to the wise: to morrow this hour shalt thou begin to write.
|
||||
27| Then went I forth, as he commanded, and gathered all the people together, and said,
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||||
28| Hear these words, O Israel.
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||||
29| Our fathers at the beginning were strangers in Egypt, from whence they were delivered:
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||||
30| And received the law of life, which they kept not, which ye also have transgressed after them.
|
||||
31| Then was the land, even the land of Sion, parted among you by lot: but your fathers, and ye yourselves, have done unrighteousness, and have not kept the ways which the Highest commanded you.
|
||||
32| And forasmuch as he is a righteous judge, he took from you in time the thing that he had given you.
|
||||
33| And now are ye here, and your brethren among you.
|
||||
34| Therefore if so be that ye will subdue your own understanding, and reform your hearts, ye shall be kept alive and after death ye shall obtain mercy.
|
||||
35| For after death shall the judgment come, when we shall live again: and then shall the names of the righteous be manifest, and the works of the ungodly shall be declared.
|
||||
36| Let no man therefore come unto me now, nor seek after me these forty days.
|
||||
37| So I took the five men, as he commanded me, and we went into the field, and remained there.
|
||||
38| And the next day, behold, a voice called me, saying, Esdras, open thy mouth, and drink that I give thee to drink.
|
||||
39| Then opened I my mouth, and, behold, he reached me a full cup, which was full as it were with water, but the colour of it was like fire.
|
||||
40| And I took it, and drank: and when I had drunk of it, my heart uttered understanding, and wisdom grew in my breast, for my spirit strengthened my memory:
|
||||
41| And my mouth was opened, and shut no more.
|
||||
42| The Highest gave understanding unto the five men, and they wrote the wonderful visions of the night that were told, which they knew not: and they sat forty days, and they wrote in the day, and at night they ate bread.
|
||||
43| As for me. I spake in the day, and I held not my tongue by night.
|
||||
44| In forty days they wrote two hundred and four books.
|
||||
45| And it came to pass, when the forty days were filled, that the Highest spake, saying, The first that thou hast written publish openly, that the worthy and unworthy may read it:
|
||||
46| But keep the seventy last, that thou mayest deliver them only to such as be wise among the people:
|
||||
47| For in them is the spring of understanding, the fountain of wisdom, and the stream of knowledge.
|
||||
48| And I did so.
|
||||
#15
|
||||
1| Behold, speak thou in the ears of my people the words of prophecy, which I will put in thy mouth, saith the Lord:
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||||
2| And cause them to be written in paper: for they are faithful and true.
|
||||
3| Fear not the imaginations against thee, let not the incredulity of them trouble thee, that speak against thee.
|
||||
4| For all the unfaithful shall die in their unfaithfulness.
|
||||
5| Behold, saith the Lord, I will bring plagues upon the world; the sword, famine, death, and destruction.
|
||||
6| For wickedness hath exceedingly polluted the whole earth, and their hurtful works are fulfilled.
|
||||
7| Therefore saith the Lord,
|
||||
8| I will hold my tongue no more as touching their wickedness, which they profanely commit, neither will I suffer them in those things, in which they wickedly exercise themselves: behold, the innocent and righteous blood crieth unto me, and the souls of the just complain continually.
|
||||
9| And therefore, saith the Lord, I will surely avenge them, and receive unto me all the innocent blood from among them.
|
||||
10| Behold, my people is led as a flock to the slaughter: I will not suffer them now to dwell in the land of Egypt:
|
||||
11| But I will bring them with a mighty hand and a stretched out arm, and smite Egypt with plagues, as before, and will destroy all the land thereof.
|
||||
12| Egypt shall mourn, and the foundation of it shall be smitten with the plague and punishment that God shall bring upon it.
|
||||
13| They that till the ground shall mourn: for their seeds shall fail through the blasting and hail, and with a fearful constellation.
|
||||
14| Woe to the world and them that dwell therein!
|
||||
15| For the sword and their destruction draweth nigh, and one people shall stand up and fight against another, and swords in their hands.
|
||||
16| For there shall be sedition among men, and invading one another; they shall not regard their kings nor princes, and the course of their actions shall stand in their power.
|
||||
17| A man shall desire to go into a city, and shall not be able.
|
||||
18| For because of their pride the cities shall be troubled, the houses shall be destroyed, and men shall be afraid.
|
||||
19| A man shall have no pity upon his neighbour, but shall destroy their houses with the sword, and spoil their goods, because of the lack of bread, and for great tribulation.
|
||||
20| Behold, saith God, I will call together all the kings of the earth to reverence me, which are from the rising of the sun, from the south, from the east, and Libanus; to turn themselves one against another, and repay the things that they have done to them.
|
||||
21| Like as they do yet this day unto my chosen, so will I do also, and recompense in their bosom. Thus saith the Lord God;
|
||||
22| My right hand shall not spare the sinners, and my sword shall not cease over them that shed innocent blood upon the earth.
|
||||
23| The fire is gone forth from his wrath, and hath consumed the foundations of the earth, and the sinners, like the straw that is kindled.
|
||||
24| Woe to them that sin, and keep not my commandments! saith the Lord.
|
||||
25| I will not spare them: go your way, ye children, from the power, defile not my sanctuary.
|
||||
26| For the Lord knoweth all them that sin against him, and therefore delivereth he them unto death and destruction.
|
||||
27| For now are the plagues come upon the whole earth and ye shall remain in them: for God shall not deliver you, because ye have sinned against him.
|
||||
28| Behold an horrible vision, and the appearance thereof from the east:
|
||||
29| Where the nations of the dragons of Arabia shall come out with many chariots, and the multitude of them shall be carried as the wind upon earth, that all they which hear them may fear and tremble.
|
||||
30| Also the Carmanians raging in wrath shall go forth as the wild boars of the wood, and with great power shall they come, and join battle with them, and shall waste a portion of the land of the Assyrians.
|
||||
31| And then shall the dragons have the upper hand, remembering their nature; and if they shall turn themselves, conspiring together in great power to persecute them,
|
||||
32| Then these shall be troubled bled, and keep silence through their power, and shall flee.
|
||||
33| And from the land of the Assyrians shall the enemy besiege them, and consume some of them, and in their host shall be fear and dread, and strife among their kings.
|
||||
34| Behold clouds from the east and from the north unto the south, and they are very horrible to look upon, full of wrath and storm.
|
||||
35| They shall smite one upon another, and they shall smite down a great multitude of stars upon the earth, even their own star; and blood shall be from the sword unto the belly,
|
||||
36| And dung of men unto the camel's hough.
|
||||
37| And there shall be great fearfulness and trembling upon earth: and they that see the wrath shall be afraid, and trembling shall come upon them.
|
||||
38| And then shall there come great storms from the south, and from the north, and another part from the west.
|
||||
39| And strong winds shall arise from the east, and shall open it; and the cloud which he raised up in wrath, and the star stirred to cause fear toward the east and west wind, shall be destroyed.
|
||||
40| The great and mighty clouds shall be puffed up full of wrath, and the star, that they may make all the earth afraid, and them that dwell therein; and they shall pour out over every high and eminent place an horrible star,
|
||||
41| Fire, and hail, and flying swords, and many waters, that all fields may be full, and all rivers, with the abundance of great waters.
|
||||
42| And they shall break down the cities and walls, mountains and hills, trees of the wood, and grass of the meadows, and their corn.
|
||||
43| And they shall go stedfastly unto Babylon, and make her afraid.
|
||||
44| They shall come to her, and besiege her, the star and all wrath shall they pour out upon her: then shall the dust and smoke go up unto the heaven, and all they that be about her shall bewail her.
|
||||
45| And they that remain under her shall do service unto them that have put her in fear.
|
||||
46| And thou, Asia, that art partaker of the hope of Babylon, and art the glory of her person:
|
||||
47| Woe be unto thee, thou wretch, because thou hast made thyself like unto her; and hast decked thy daughters in whoredom, that they might please and glory in thy lovers, which have always desired to commit whoredom with thee.
|
||||
48| Thou hast followed her that is hated in all her works and inventions: therefore saith God,
|
||||
49| I will send plagues upon thee; widowhood, poverty, famine, sword, and pestilence, to waste thy houses with destruction and death.
|
||||
50| And the glory of thy Power shall be dried up as a flower, the heat shall arise that is sent over thee.
|
||||
51| Thou shalt be weakened as a poor woman with stripes, and as one chastised with wounds, so that the mighty and lovers shall not be able to receive thee.
|
||||
52| Would I with jealousy have so proceeded against thee, saith the Lord,
|
||||
53| If thou hadst not always slain my chosen, exalting the stroke of thine hands, and saying over their dead, when thou wast drunken,
|
||||
54| Set forth the beauty of thy countenance?
|
||||
55| The reward of thy whoredom shall be in thy bosom, therefore shalt thou receive recompence.
|
||||
56| Like as thou hast done unto my chosen, saith the Lord, even so shall God do unto thee, and shall deliver thee into mischief
|
||||
57| Thy children shall die of hunger, and thou shalt fall through the sword: thy cities shall be broken down, and all thine shall perish with the sword in the field.
|
||||
58| They that be in the mountains shall die of hunger, and eat their own flesh, and drink their own blood, for very hunger of bread, and thirst of water.
|
||||
59| Thou as unhappy shalt come through the sea, and receive plagues again.
|
||||
60| And in the passage they shall rush on the idle city, and shall destroy some portion of thy land, and consume part of thy glory, and shall return to Babylon that was destroyed.
|
||||
61| And thou shalt be cast down by them as stubble, and they shall be unto thee as fire;
|
||||
62| And shall consume thee, and thy cities, thy land, and thy mountains; all thy woods and thy fruitful trees shall they burn up with fire.
|
||||
63| Thy children shall they carry away captive, and, look, what thou hast, they shall spoil it, and mar the beauty of thy face.
|
||||
#16
|
||||
1| Woe be unto thee, Babylon, and Asia! woe be unto thee, Egypt and Syria!
|
||||
2| Gird up yourselves with cloths of sack and hair, bewail your children, and be sorry; for your destruction is at hand.
|
||||
3| A sword is sent upon you, and who may turn it back?
|
||||
4| A fire is sent among you, and who may quench it?
|
||||
5| Plagues are sent unto you, and what is he that may drive them away?
|
||||
6| May any man drive away an hungry lion in the wood? or may any one quench the fire in stubble, when it hath begun to burn?
|
||||
7| May one turn again the arrow that is shot of a strong archer?
|
||||
8| The mighty Lord sendeth the plagues and who is he that can drive them away?
|
||||
9| A fire shall go forth from his wrath, and who is he that may quench it?
|
||||
10| He shall cast lightnings, and who shall not fear? he shall thunder, and who shall not be afraid?
|
||||
11| The Lord shall threaten, and who shall not be utterly beaten to powder at his presence?
|
||||
12| The earth quaketh, and the foundations thereof; the sea ariseth up with waves from the deep, and the waves of it are troubled, and the fishes thereof also, before the Lord, and before the glory of his power:
|
||||
13| For strong is his right hand that bendeth the bow, his arrows that he shooteth are sharp, and shall not miss, when they begin to be shot into the ends of the world.
|
||||
14| Behold, the plagues are sent, and shall not return again, until they come upon the earth.
|
||||
15| The fire is kindled, and shall not be put out, till it consume the foundation of the earth.
|
||||
16| Like as an arrow which is shot of a mighty archer returneth not backward: even so the plagues that shall be sent upon earth shall not return again.
|
||||
17| Woe is me! woe is me! who will deliver me in those days?
|
||||
18| The beginning of sorrows and great mournings; the beginning of famine and great death; the beginning of wars, and the powers shall stand in fear; the beginning of evils! what shall I do when these evils shall come?
|
||||
19| Behold, famine and plague, tribulation and anguish, are sent as scourges for amendment.
|
||||
20| But for all these things they shall not turn from their wickedness, nor be always mindful of the scourges.
|
||||
21| Behold, victuals shall be so good cheap upon earth, that they shall think themselves to be in good case, and even then shall evils grow upon earth, sword, famine, and great confusion.
|
||||
22| For many of them that dwell upon earth shall perish of famine; and the other, that escape the hunger, shall the sword destroy.
|
||||
23| And the dead shall be cast out as dung, and there shall be no man to comfort them: for the earth shall be wasted, and the cities shall be cast down.
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24| There shall be no man left to till the earth, and to sow it
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25| The trees shall give fruit, and who shall gather them?
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26| The grapes shall ripen, and who shall tread them? for all places shall be desolate of men:
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27| So that one man shall desire to see another, and to hear his voice.
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28| For of a city there shall be ten left, and two of the field, which shall hide themselves in the thick groves, and in the clefts of the rocks.
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29| As in an orchard of Olives upon every tree there are left three or four olives;
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30| Or as when a vineyard is gathered, there are left some clusters of them that diligently seek through the vineyard:
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31| Even so in those days there shall be three or four left by them that search their houses with the sword.
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32| And the earth shall be laid waste, and the fields thereof shall wax old, and her ways and all her paths shall grow full of thorns, because no man shall travel therethrough.
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33| The virgins shall mourn, having no bridegrooms; the women shall mourn, having no husbands; their daughters shall mourn, having no helpers.
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34| In the wars shall their bridegrooms be destroyed, and their husbands shall perish of famine.
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35| Hear now these things and understand them, ye servants of the Lord.
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36| Behold, the word of the Lord, receive it: believe not the gods of whom the Lord spake.
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37| Behold, the plagues draw nigh, and are not slack.
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38| As when a woman with child in the ninth month bringeth forth her son, with two or three hours of her birth great pains compass her womb, which pains, when the child cometh forth, they slack not a moment:
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39| Even so shall not the plagues be slack to come upon the earth, and the world shall mourn, and sorrows shall come upon it on every side.
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40| O my people, hear my word: make you ready to thy battle, and in those evils be even as pilgrims upon the earth.
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41| He that selleth, let him be as he that fleeth away: and he that buyeth, as one that will lose:
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42| He that occupieth merchandise, as he that hath no profit by it: and he that buildeth, as he that shall not dwell therein:
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43| He that soweth, as if he should not reap: so also he that planteth the vineyard, as he that shall not gather the grapes:
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44| They that marry, as they that shall get no children; and they that marry not, as the widowers.
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45| And therefore they that labour labour in vain:
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46| For strangers shall reap their fruits, and spoil their goods, overthrow their houses, and take their children captives, for in captivity and famine shall they get children.
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47| And they that occupy their merchandise with robbery, the more they deck their cities, their houses, their possessions, and their own persons:
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48| The more will I be angry with them for their sin, saith the Lord.
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49| Like as a whore envieth a right honest and virtuous woman:
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50| So shall righteousness hate iniquity, when she decketh herself, and shall accuse her to her face, when he cometh that shall defend him that diligently searcheth out every sin upon earth.
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51| And therefore be ye not like thereunto, nor to the works thereof.
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52| For yet a little, and iniquity shall be taken away out of the earth, and righteousness shall reign among you.
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53| Let not the sinner say that he hath not sinned: for God shall burn coals of fire upon his head, which saith before the Lord God and his glory, I have not sinned.
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54| Behold, the Lord knoweth all the works of men, their imaginations, their thoughts, and their hearts:
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55| Which spake but the word, Let the earth be made; and it was made: Let the heaven be made; and it was created.
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56| In his word were the stars made, and he knoweth the number of them.
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57| He searcheth the deep, and the treasures thereof; he hath measured the sea, and what it containeth.
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58| He hath shut the sea in the midst of the waters, and with his word hath he hanged the earth upon the waters.
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59| He spreadeth out the heavens like a vault; upon the waters hath he founded it.
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60| In the desert hath he made springs of water, and pools upon the tops of the mountains, that the floods might pour down from the high rocks to water the earth.
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61| He made man, and put his heart in the midst of the body, and gave him breath, life, and understanding.
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62| Yea and the Spirit of Almighty God, which made all things, and searcheth out all hidden things in the secrets of the earth,
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63| Surely he knoweth your inventions, and what ye think in your hearts, even them that sin, and would hide their sin.
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64| Therefore hath the Lord exactly searched out all your works, and he will put you all to shame.
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65| And when your sins are brought forth, ye shall be ashamed before men, and your own sins shall be your accusers in that day.
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66| What will ye do? or how will ye hide your sins before God and his angels?
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67| Behold, God himself is the judge, fear him: leave off from your sins, and forget your iniquities, to meddle no more with them for ever: so shall God lead you forth, and deliver you from all trouble.
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68| For, behold, the burning wrath of a great multitude is kindled over you, and they shall take away certain of you, and feed you, being idle, with things offered unto idols.
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69| And they that consent unto them shall be had in derision and in reproach, and trodden under foot.
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70| For there shall be in every place, and in the next cities, a great insurrection upon those that fear the Lord.
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71| They shall be like mad men, sparing none, but still spoiling and destroying those that fear the Lord.
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72| For they shall waste and take away their goods, and cast them out of their houses.
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73| Then shall they be known, who are my chosen; and they shall be tried as the gold in the fire.
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74| Hear, O ye my beloved, saith the Lord: behold, the days of trouble are at hand, but I will deliver you from the same.
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75| Be ye not afraid neither doubt; for God is your guide,
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76| And the guide of them who keep my commandments and precepts, saith the Lord God: let not your sins weigh you down, and let not your iniquities lift up themselves.
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77| Woe be unto them that are bound with their sins, and covered with their iniquities like as a field is covered over with bushes, and the path thereof covered with thorns, that no man may travel through!
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78| It is left undressed, and is cast into the fire to be consumed therewith. *(The verse numbering differs from the Russian Bible)*
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1| The elder unto the wellbeloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth.
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2| Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.
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3| For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in thee, even as thou walkest in the truth.
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4| I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.
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5| Beloved, thou doest faithfully whatsoever thou doest to the brethren, and to strangers;
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6| Which have borne witness of thy charity before the church: whom if thou bring forward on their journey after a godly sort, thou shalt do well:
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7| Because that for his name's sake they went forth, taking nothing of the Gentiles.
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8| We therefore ought to receive such, that we might be fellowhelpers to the truth.
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9| I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not.
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10| Wherefore, if I come, I will remember his deeds which he doeth, prating against us with malicious words: and not content therewith, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and forbiddeth them that would, and casteth them out of the church.
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11| Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God.
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12| Demetrius hath good report of all men, and of the truth itself: yea, and we also bear record; and ye know that our record is true.
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13| I had many things to write, but I will not with ink and pen write unto thee:
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14| But I trust I shall shortly see thee, and we shall speak face to face.
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15| Peace be to thee. Our friends salute thee. Greet the friends by name.
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1| Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no heat.
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2| Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin: and let her stand before the king, and let her cherish him, and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord the king may get heat.
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3| So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king.
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4| And the damsel was very fair, and cherished the king, and ministered to him: but the king knew her not.
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5| Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king: and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.
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6| And his father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Why hast thou done so? and he also was a very goodly man; and his mother bare him after Absalom.
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7| And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest: and they following Adonijah helped him.
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8| But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men which belonged to David, were not with Adonijah.
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9| And Adonijah slew sheep and oxen and fat cattle by the stone of Zoheleth, which is by Enrogel, and called all his brethren the king's sons, and all the men of Judah the king's servants:
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10| But Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and Solomon his brother, he called not.
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11| Wherefore Nathan spake unto Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, saying, Hast thou not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith doth reign, and David our lord knoweth it not?
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12| Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy son Solomon.
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13| Go and get thee in unto king David, and say unto him, Didst not thou, my lord, O king, swear unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? why then doth Adonijah reign?
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14| Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I also will come in after thee, and confirm thy words.
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15| And Bathsheba went in unto the king into the chamber: and the king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite ministered unto the king.
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16| And Bathsheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And the king said, What wouldest thou?
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17| And she said unto him, My lord, thou swarest by the LORD thy God unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne.
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18| And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and now, my lord the king, thou knowest it not:
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19| And he hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the sons of the king, and Abiathar the priest, and Joab the captain of the host: but Solomon thy servant hath he not called.
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20| And thou, my lord, O king, the eyes of all Israel are upon thee, that thou shouldest tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.
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21| Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders.
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22| And, lo, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet also came in.
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23| And they told the king, saying, Behold Nathan the prophet. And when he was come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.
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24| And Nathan said, My lord, O king, hast thou said, Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne?
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25| For he is gone down this day, and hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the king's sons, and the captains of the host, and Abiathar the priest; and, behold, they eat and drink before him, and say, God save king Adonijah.
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26| But me, even me thy servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and thy servant Solomon, hath he not called.
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27| Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not shewed it unto thy servant, who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?
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28| Then king David answered and said, Call me Bathsheba. And she came into the king's presence, and stood before the king.
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29| And the king sware, and said, As the LORD liveth, that hath redeemed my soul out of all distress,
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30| Even as I sware unto thee by the LORD God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead; even so will I certainly do this day.
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31| Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did reverence to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live for ever.
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32| And king David said, Call me Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. And they came before the king.
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33| The king also said unto them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride upon mine own mule, and bring him down to Gihon:
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34| And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there king over Israel: and blow ye with the trumpet, and say, God save king Solomon.
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35| Then ye shall come up after him, that he may come and sit upon my throne; for he shall be king in my stead: and I have appointed him to be ruler over Israel and over Judah.
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36| And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said, Amen: the LORD God of my lord the king say so too.
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37| As the LORD hath been with my lord the king, even so be he with Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord king David.
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38| So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, went down, and caused Solomon to ride upon king David's mule, and brought him to Gihon.
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39| And Zadok the priest took an horn of oil out of the tabernacle, and anointed Solomon. And they blew the trumpet; and all the people said, God save king Solomon.
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40| And all the people came up after him, and the people piped with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth rent with the sound of them.
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41| And Adonijah and all the guests that were with him heard it as they had made an end of eating. And when Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, Wherefore is this noise of the city being in an uproar?
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42| And while he yet spake, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came; and Adonijah said unto him, Come in; for thou art a valiant man, and bringest good tidings.
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43| And Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah, Verily our lord king David hath made Solomon king.
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44| And the king hath sent with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and they have caused him to ride upon the king's mule:
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45| And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon: and they are come up from thence rejoicing, so that the city rang again. This is the noise that ye have heard.
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46| And also Solomon sitteth on the throne of the kingdom.
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47| And moreover the king's servants came to bless our lord king David, saying, God make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and make his throne greater than thy throne. And the king bowed himself upon the bed.
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48| And also thus said the king, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which hath given one to sit on my throne this day, mine eyes even seeing it.
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49| And all the guests that were with Adonijah were afraid, and rose up, and went every man his way.
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50| And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.
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51| And it was told Solomon, saying, Behold, Adonijah feareth king Solomon: for, lo, he hath caught hold on the horns of the altar, saying, Let king Solomon swear unto me today that he will not slay his servant with the sword.
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52| And Solomon said, If he will shew himself a worthy man, there shall not an hair of him fall to the earth: but if wickedness shall be found in him, he shall die.
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53| So king Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar. And he came and bowed himself to king Solomon: and Solomon said unto him, Go to thine house.
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#2
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1| Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying,
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2| I go the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and shew thyself a man;
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3| And keep the charge of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself:
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4| That the LORD may continue his word which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the throne of Israel.
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5| Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto Abner the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his girdle that was about his loins, and in his shoes that were on his feet.
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6| Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace.
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7| But shew kindness unto the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be of those that eat at thy table: for so they came to me when I fled because of Absalom thy brother.
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8| And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim: but he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I sware to him by the LORD, saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword.
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9| Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for thou art a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar head bring thou down to the grave with blood.
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10| So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.
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11| And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years: seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem.
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12| Then sat Solomon upon the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was established greatly.
|
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13| And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, Comest thou peaceably? And he said, Peaceably.
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14| He said moreover, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And she said, Say on.
|
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15| And he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign: howbeit the kingdom is turned about, and is become my brother's: for it was his from the LORD.
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16| And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she said unto him, Say on.
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17| And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon the king, (for he will not say thee nay,) that he give me Abishag the Shunammite to wife.
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18| And Bathsheba said, Well; I will speak for thee unto the king.
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19| Bathsheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a seat to be set for the king's mother; and she sat on his right hand.
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20| Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee; I pray thee, say me not nay. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother: for I will not say thee nay.
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21| And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife.
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22| And king Solomon answered and said unto his mother, And why dost thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the kingdom also; for he is mine elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.
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23| Then king Solomon sware by the LORD, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah have not spoken this word against his own life.
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24| Now therefore, as the LORD liveth, which hath established me, and set me on the throne of David my father, and who hath made me an house, as he promised, Adonijah shall be put to death this day.
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25| And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him that he died.
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26| And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Get thee to Anathoth, unto thine own fields; for thou art worthy of death: but I will not at this time put thee to death, because thou barest the ark of the LORD God before David my father, and because thou hast been afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted.
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27| So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest unto the LORD; that he might fulfil the word of the LORD, which he spake concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.
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28| Then tidings came to Joab: for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he turned not after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.
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29| And it was told king Solomon that Joab was fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD; and, behold, he is by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall upon him.
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30| And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the LORD, and said unto him, Thus saith the king, Come forth. And he said, Nay; but I will die here. And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me.
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31| And the king said unto him, Do as he hath said, and fall upon him, and bury him; that thou mayest take away the innocent blood, which Joab shed, from me, and from the house of my father.
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32| And the LORD shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, my father David not knowing thereof, to wit, Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah.
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33| Their blood shall therefore return upon the head of Joab, and upon the head of his seed for ever: but upon David, and upon his seed, and upon his house, and upon his throne, shall there be peace for ever from the LORD.
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34| So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, and slew him: and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.
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35| And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his room over the host: and Zadok the priest did the king put in the room of Abiathar.
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36| And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Build thee an house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and go not forth thence any whither.
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37| For it shall be, that on the day thou goest out, and passest over the brook Kidron, thou shalt know for certain that thou shalt surely die: thy blood shall be upon thine own head.
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38| And Shimei said unto the king, The saying is good: as my lord the king hath said, so will thy servant do. And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many days.
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39| And it came to pass at the end of three years, that two of the servants of Shimei ran away unto Achish son of Maachah king of Gath. And they told Shimei, saying, Behold, thy servants be in Gath.
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40| And Shimei arose, and saddled his ass, and went to Gath to Achish to seek his servants: and Shimei went, and brought his servants from Gath.
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41| And it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and was come again.
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42| And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Did I not make thee to swear by the LORD, and protested unto thee, saying, Know for a certain, on the day thou goest out, and walkest abroad any whither, that thou shalt surely die? and thou saidst unto me, The word that I have heard is good.
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43| Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the LORD, and the commandment that I have charged thee with?
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44| The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness which thine heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my father: therefore the LORD shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head;
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45| And king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the LORD for ever.
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46| So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; which went out, and fell upon him, that he died. And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.
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1| And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh's daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house of the LORD, and the wall of Jerusalem round about.
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2| Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house built unto the name of the LORD, until those days.
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3| And Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places.
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4| And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar.
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5| In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.
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6| And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.
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7| And now, O LORD my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out or come in.
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8| And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude.
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9| Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?
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10| And the speech pleased the LORD, that Solomon had asked this thing.
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11| And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life; neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies; but hast asked for thyself understanding to discern judgment;
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12| Behold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart; so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee.
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13| And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches, and honour: so that there shall not be any among the kings like unto thee all thy days.
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14| And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days.
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15| And Solomon awoke; and, behold, it was a dream. And he came to Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and offered up burnt offerings, and offered peace offerings, and made a feast to all his servants.
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16| Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him.
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17| And the one woman said, O my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house.
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18| And it came to pass the third day after that I was delivered, that this woman was delivered also: and we were together; there was no stranger with us in the house, save we two in the house.
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19| And this woman's child died in the night; because she overlaid it.
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20| And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thine handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.
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21| And when I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold, it was dead: but when I had considered it in the morning, behold, it was not my son, which I did bear.
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22| And the other woman said, Nay; but the living is my son, and the dead is thy son. And this said, No; but the dead is thy son, and the living is my son. Thus they spake before the king.
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23| Then said the king, The one saith, This is my son that liveth, and thy son is the dead: and the other saith, Nay; but thy son is the dead, and my son is the living.
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24| And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king.
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25| And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.
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26| Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor thine, but divide it.
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27| Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it: she is the mother thereof.
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28| And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to do judgment.
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#4
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1| So king Solomon was king over all Israel.
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2| And these were the princes which he had; Azariah the son of Zadok the priest,
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3| Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder.
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4| And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests:
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5| And Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers: and Zabud the son of Nathan was principal officer, and the king's friend:
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6| And Ahishar was over the household: and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the tribute.
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7| And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, which provided victuals for the king and his household: each man his month in a year made provision.
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8| And these are their names: The son of Hur, in mount Ephraim:
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9| The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Bethshemesh, and Elonbethhanan:
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10| The son of Hesed, in Aruboth; to him pertained Sochoh, and all the land of Hepher:
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11| The son of Abinadab, in all the region of Dor; which had Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife:
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12| Baana the son of Ahilud; to him pertained Taanach and Megiddo, and all Bethshean, which is by Zartanah beneath Jezreel, from Bethshean to Abelmeholah, even unto the place that is beyond Jokneam:
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13| The son of Geber, in Ramothgilead; to him pertained the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; to him also pertained the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and brasen bars:
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14| Ahinadab the son of Iddo had Mahanaim:
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15| Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; he also took Basmath the daughter of Solomon to wife:
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16| Baanah the son of Hushai was in Asher and in Aloth:
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17| Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar:
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18| Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin:
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19| Geber the son of Uri was in the country of Gilead, in the country of Sihon king of the Amorites, and of Og king of Bashan; and he was the only officer which was in the land.
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20| Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry.
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21| And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life.
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22| And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal,
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23| Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and an hundred sheep, beside harts, and roebucks, and fallowdeer, and fatted fowl.
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24| For he had dominion over all the region on this side the river, from Tiphsah even to Azzah, over all the kings on this side the river: and he had peace on all sides round about him.
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25| And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon.
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26| And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.
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27| And those officers provided victual for king Solomon, and for all that came unto king Solomon's table, every man in his month: they lacked nothing.
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28| Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries brought they unto the place where the officers were, every man according to his charge.
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29| And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore.
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30| And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt.
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31| For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all nations round about.
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32| And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five.
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33| And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
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34| And there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisdom.
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#5
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1| And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants unto Solomon; for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the room of his father: for Hiram was ever a lover of David.
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2| And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying,
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3| Thou knowest how that David my father could not build an house unto the name of the LORD his God for the wars which were about him on every side, until the LORD put them under the soles of his feet.
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4| But now the LORD my God hath given me rest on every side, so that there is neither adversary nor evil occurrent.
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5| And, behold, I purpose to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God, as the LORD spake unto David my father, saying, Thy son, whom I will set upon thy throne in thy room, he shall build an house unto my name.
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6| Now therefore command thou that they hew me cedar trees out of Lebanon; and my servants shall be with thy servants: and unto thee will I give hire for thy servants according to all that thou shalt appoint: for thou knowest that there is not among us any that can skill to hew timber like unto the Sidonians.
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7| And it came to pass, when Hiram heard the words of Solomon, that he rejoiced greatly, and said, Blessed be the LORD this day, which hath given unto David a wise son over this great people.
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8| And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, I have considered the things which thou sentest to me for: and I will do all thy desire concerning timber of cedar, and concerning timber of fir.
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9| My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon unto the sea: and I will convey them by sea in floats unto the place that thou shalt appoint me, and will cause them to be discharged there, and thou shalt receive them: and thou shalt accomplish my desire, in giving food for my household.
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10| So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and fir trees according to all his desire.
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11| And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat for food to his household, and twenty measures of pure oil: thus gave Solomon to Hiram year by year.
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12| And the LORD gave Solomon wisdom, as he promised him: and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon; and they two made a league together.
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13| And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men.
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14| And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month by courses: a month they were in Lebanon, and two months at home: and Adoniram was over the levy.
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15| And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains;
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16| Beside the chief of Solomon's officers which were over the work, three thousand and three hundred, which ruled over the people that wrought in the work.
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17| And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.
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18| And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders did hew them, and the stonesquarers: so they prepared timber and stones to build the house.
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#6
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1| And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD.
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2| And the house which king Solomon built for the LORD, the length thereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits.
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3| And the porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits was the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house; and ten cubits was the breadth thereof before the house.
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4| And for the house he made windows of narrow lights.
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5| And against the wall of the house he built chambers round about, against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of the oracle: and he made chambers round about:
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6| The nethermost chamber was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad: for without in the wall of the house he made narrowed rests round about, that the beams should not be fastened in the walls of the house.
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7| And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.
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8| The door for the middle chamber was in the right side of the house: and they went up with winding stairs into the middle chamber, and out of the middle into the third.
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9| So he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar.
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10| And then he built chambers against all the house, five cubits high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.
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11| And the word of the LORD came to Solomon, saying,
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12| Concerning this house which thou art in building, if thou wilt walk in my statutes, and execute my judgments, and keep all my commandments to walk in them; then will I perform my word with thee, which I spake unto David thy father:
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13| And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel.
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14| So Solomon built the house, and finished it.
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15| And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, both the floor of the house, and the walls of the ceiling: and he covered them on the inside with wood, and covered the floor of the house with planks of fir.
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16| And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the floor and the walls with boards of cedar: he even built them for it within, even for the oracle, even for the most holy place.
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17| And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits long.
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18| And the cedar of the house within was carved with knops and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.
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19| And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD.
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20| And the oracle in the forepart was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof: and he overlaid it with pure gold; and so covered the altar which was of cedar.
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21| So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold: and he made a partition by the chains of gold before the oracle; and he overlaid it with gold.
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22| And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until he had finished all the house: also the whole altar that was by the oracle he overlaid with gold.
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23| And within the oracle he made two cherubims of olive tree, each ten cubits high.
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24| And five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub: from the uttermost part of the one wing unto the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits.
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25| And the other cherub was ten cubits: both the cherubims were of one measure and one size.
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26| The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was it of the other cherub.
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27| And he set the cherubims within the inner house: and they stretched forth the wings of the cherubims, so that the wing of the one touched the one wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; and their wings touched one another in the midst of the house.
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28| And he overlaid the cherubims with gold.
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||||
29| And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, within and without.
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||||
30| And the floors of the house he overlaid with gold, within and without.
|
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31| And for the entering of the oracle he made doors of olive tree: the lintel and side posts were a fifth part of the wall.
|
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32| The two doors also were of olive tree; and he carved upon them carvings of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold, and spread gold upon the cherubims, and upon the palm trees.
|
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33| So also made he for the door of the temple posts of olive tree, a fourth part of the wall.
|
||||
34| And the two doors were of fir tree: the two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding.
|
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35| And he carved thereon cherubims and palm trees and open flowers: and covered them with gold fitted upon the carved work.
|
||||
36| And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone, and a row of cedar beams.
|
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37| In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the LORD laid, in the month Zif:
|
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38| And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, was the house finished throughout all the parts thereof, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he seven years in building it.
|
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#7
|
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1| But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house.
|
||||
2| He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length thereof was an hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars.
|
||||
3| And it was covered with cedar above upon the beams, that lay on forty five pillars, fifteen in a row.
|
||||
4| And there were windows in three rows, and light was against light in three ranks.
|
||||
5| And all the doors and posts were square, with the windows: and light was against light in three ranks.
|
||||
6| And he made a porch of pillars; the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits: and the porch was before them: and the other pillars and the thick beam were before them.
|
||||
7| Then he made a porch for the throne where he might judge, even the porch of judgment: and it was covered with cedar from one side of the floor to the other.
|
||||
8| And his house where he dwelt had another court within the porch, which was of the like work. Solomon made also an house for Pharaoh's daughter, whom he had taken to wife, like unto this porch.
|
||||
9| All these were of costly stones, according to the measures of hewed stones, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and so on the outside toward the great court.
|
||||
10| And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.
|
||||
11| And above were costly stones, after the measures of hewed stones, and cedars.
|
||||
12| And the great court round about was with three rows of hewed stones, and a row of cedar beams, both for the inner court of the house of the LORD, and for the porch of the house.
|
||||
13| And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre.
|
||||
14| He was a widow's son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass: and he was filled with wisdom, and understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work.
|
||||
15| For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about.
|
||||
16| And he made two chapiters of molten brass, to set upon the tops of the pillars: the height of the one chapiter was five cubits, and the height of the other chapiter was five cubits:
|
||||
17| And nets of checker work, and wreaths of chain work, for the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars; seven for the one chapiter, and seven for the other chapiter.
|
||||
18| And he made the pillars, and two rows round about upon the one network, to cover the chapiters that were upon the top, with pomegranates: and so did he for the other chapiter.
|
||||
19| And the chapiters that were upon the top of the pillars were of lily work in the porch, four cubits.
|
||||
20| And the chapiters upon the two pillars had pomegranates also above, over against the belly which was by the network: and the pomegranates were two hundred in rows round about upon the other chapiter.
|
||||
21| And he set up the pillars in the porch of the temple: and he set up the right pillar, and called the name thereof Jachin: and he set up the left pillar, and called the name thereof Boaz.
|
||||
22| And upon the top of the pillars was lily work: so was the work of the pillars finished.
|
||||
23| And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other: it was round all about, and his height was five cubits: and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.
|
||||
24| And under the brim of it round about there were knops compassing it, ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about: the knops were cast in two rows, when it was cast.
|
||||
25| It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east: and the sea was set above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward.
|
||||
26| And it was an hand breadth thick, and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it contained two thousand baths.
|
||||
27| And he made ten bases of brass; four cubits was the length of one base, and four cubits the breadth thereof, and three cubits the height of it.
|
||||
28| And the work of the bases was on this manner: they had borders, and the borders were between the ledges:
|
||||
29| And on the borders that were between the ledges were lions, oxen, and cherubims: and upon the ledges there was a base above: and beneath the lions and oxen were certain additions made of thin work.
|
||||
30| And every base had four brasen wheels, and plates of brass: and the four corners thereof had undersetters: under the laver were undersetters molten, at the side of every addition.
|
||||
31| And the mouth of it within the chapiter and above was a cubit: but the mouth thereof was round after the work of the base, a cubit and an half: and also upon the mouth of it were gravings with their borders, foursquare, not round.
|
||||
32| And under the borders were four wheels; and the axletrees of the wheels were joined to the base: and the height of a wheel was a cubit and half a cubit.
|
||||
33| And the work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot wheel: their axletrees, and their naves, and their felloes, and their spokes, were all molten.
|
||||
34| And there were four undersetters to the four corners of one base: and the undersetters were of the very base itself.
|
||||
35| And in the top of the base was there a round compass of half a cubit high: and on the top of the base the ledges thereof and the borders thereof were of the same.
|
||||
36| For on the plates of the ledges thereof, and on the borders thereof, he graved cherubims, lions, and palm trees, according to the proportion of every one, and additions round about.
|
||||
37| After this manner he made the ten bases: all of them had one casting, one measure, and one size.
|
||||
38| Then made he ten lavers of brass: one laver contained forty baths: and every laver was four cubits: and upon every one of the ten bases one laver.
|
||||
39| And he put five bases on the right side of the house, and five on the left side of the house: and he set the sea on the right side of the house eastward over against the south.
|
||||
40| And Hiram made the lavers, and the shovels, and the basons. So Hiram made an end of doing all the work that he made king Solomon for the house of the LORD:
|
||||
41| The two pillars, and the two bowls of the chapiters that were on the top of the two pillars; and the two networks, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars;
|
||||
42| And four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, even two rows of pomegranates for one network, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters that were upon the pillars;
|
||||
43| And the ten bases, and ten lavers on the bases;
|
||||
44| And one sea, and twelve oxen under the sea;
|
||||
45| And the pots, and the shovels, and the basons: and all these vessels, which Hiram made to king Solomon for the house of the LORD, were of bright brass.
|
||||
46| In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarthan.
|
||||
47| And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because they were exceeding many: neither was the weight of the brass found out.
|
||||
48| And Solomon made all the vessels that pertained unto the house of the LORD: the altar of gold, and the table of gold, whereupon the shewbread was,
|
||||
49| And the candlesticks of pure gold, five on the right side, and five on the left, before the oracle, with the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs of gold,
|
||||
50| And the bowls, and the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the censers of pure gold; and the hinges of gold, both for the doors of the inner house, the most holy place, and for the doors of the house, to wit, of the temple.
|
||||
51| So was ended all the work that king Solomon made for the house of the LORD. And Solomon brought in the things which David his father had dedicated; even the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, did he put among the treasures of the house of the LORD.
|
||||
#8
|
||||
1| Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto king Solomon in Jerusalem, that they might bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion.
|
||||
2| And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto king Solomon at the feast in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month.
|
||||
3| And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark.
|
||||
4| And they brought up the ark of the LORD, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, even those did the priests and the Levites bring up.
|
||||
5| And king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel, that were assembled unto him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, that could not be told nor numbered for multitude.
|
||||
6| And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubims.
|
||||
7| For the cherubims spread forth their two wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above.
|
||||
8| And they drew out the staves, that the ends of the staves were seen out in the holy place before the oracle, and they were not seen without: and there they are unto this day.
|
||||
9| There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, which Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.
|
||||
10| And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of the LORD,
|
||||
11| So that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of the LORD.
|
||||
12| Then spake Solomon, The LORD said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
|
||||
13| I have surely built thee an house to dwell in, a settled place for thee to abide in for ever.
|
||||
14| And the king turned his face about, and blessed all the congregation of Israel: (and all the congregation of Israel stood;)
|
||||
15| And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which spake with his mouth unto David my father, and hath with his hand fulfilled it, saying,
|
||||
16| Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build an house, that my name might be therein; but I chose David to be over my people Israel.
|
||||
17| And it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.
|
||||
18| And the LORD said unto David my father, Whereas it was in thine heart to build an house unto my name, thou didst well that it was in thine heart.
|
||||
19| Nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house unto my name.
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20| And the LORD hath performed his word that he spake, and I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.
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21| And I have set there a place for the ark, wherein is the covenant of the LORD, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.
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22| And Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven:
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23| And he said, LORD God of Israel, there is no God like thee, in heaven above, or on earth beneath, who keepest covenant and mercy with thy servants that walk before thee with all their heart:
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24| Who hast kept with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him: thou spakest also with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thine hand, as it is this day.
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25| Therefore now, LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel; so that thy children take heed to their way, that they walk before me as thou hast walked before me.
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26| And now, O God of Israel, let thy word, I pray thee, be verified, which thou spakest unto thy servant David my father.
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27| But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded?
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28| Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer, which thy servant prayeth before thee to day:
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29| That thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there: that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall make toward this place.
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30| And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: and hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place: and when thou hearest, forgive.
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31| If any man trespass against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house:
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32| Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.
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33| When thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee, and shall turn again to thee, and confess thy name, and pray, and make supplication unto thee in this house:
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34| Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest unto their fathers.
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35| When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou afflictest them:
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36| Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, that thou teach them the good way wherein they should walk, and give rain upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy people for an inheritance.
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37| If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, blasting, mildew, locust, or if there be caterpiller; if their enemy besiege them in the land of their cities; whatsoever plague, whatsoever sickness there be;
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38| What prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, or by all thy people Israel, which shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house:
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39| Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and do, and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men;)
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40| That they may fear thee all the days that they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.
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41| Moreover concerning a stranger, that is not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy name's sake;
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42| (For they shall hear of thy great name, and of thy strong hand, and of thy stretched out arm;) when he shall come and pray toward this house;
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43| Hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for: that all people of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as do thy people Israel; and that they may know that this house, which I have builded, is called by thy name.
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44| If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, whithersoever thou shalt send them, and shall pray unto the LORD toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house that I have built for thy name:
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45| Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
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46| If they sin against thee, (for there is no man that sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captives unto the land of the enemy, far or near;
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47| Yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they were carried captives, and repent, and make supplication unto thee in the land of them that carried them captives, saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have committed wickedness;
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48| And so return unto thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their enemies, which led them away captive, and pray unto thee toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, the city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name:
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49| Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling place, and maintain their cause,
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50| And forgive thy people that have sinned against thee, and all their transgressions wherein they have transgressed against thee, and give them compassion before them who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them:
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51| For they be thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron:
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52| That thine eyes may be open unto the supplication of thy servant, and unto the supplication of thy people Israel, to hearken unto them in all that they call for unto thee.
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53| For thou didst separate them from among all the people of the earth, to be thine inheritance, as thou spakest by the hand of Moses thy servant, when thou broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, O LORD God.
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54| And it was so, that when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication unto the LORD, he arose from before the altar of the LORD, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread up to heaven.
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55| And he stood, and blessed all the congregation of Israel with a loud voice, saying,
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56| Blessed be the LORD, that hath given rest unto his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there hath not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by the hand of Moses his servant.
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57| The LORD our God be with us, as he was with our fathers: let him not leave us, nor forsake us:
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58| That he may incline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his judgments, which he commanded our fathers.
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59| And let these my words, wherewith I have made supplication before the LORD, be nigh unto the LORD our God day and night, that he maintain the cause of his servant, and the cause of his people Israel at all times, as the matter shall require:
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60| That all the people of the earth may know that the LORD is God, and that there is none else.
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61| Let your heart therefore be perfect with the LORD our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.
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62| And the king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice before the LORD.
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63| And Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered unto the LORD, two and twenty thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of the LORD.
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64| The same day did the king hallow the middle of the court that was before the house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings: because the brasen altar that was before the LORD was too little to receive the burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings.
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65| And at that time Solomon held a feast, and all Israel with him, a great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt, before the LORD our God, seven days and seven days, even fourteen days.
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66| On the eighth day he sent the people away: and they blessed the king, and went unto their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that the LORD had done for David his servant, and for Israel his people.
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#9
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1| And it came to pass, when Solomon had finished the building of the house of the LORD, and the king's house, and all Solomon's desire which he was pleased to do,
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2| That the LORD appeared to Solomon the second time, as he had appeared unto him at Gibeon.
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3| And the LORD said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.
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4| And if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and my judgments:
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5| Then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel for ever, as I promised to David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel.
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6| But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your children, and will not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them:
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7| Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people:
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8| And at this house, which is high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and to this house?
|
||||
9| And they shall answer, Because they forsook the LORD their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have taken hold upon other gods, and have worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath the LORD brought upon them all this evil.
|
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10| And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, when Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the LORD, and the king's house,
|
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11| (Now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar trees and fir trees, and with gold, according to all his desire,) that then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.
|
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12| And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they pleased him not.
|
||||
13| And he said, What cities are these which thou hast given me, my brother? And he called them the land of Cabul unto this day.
|
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14| And Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold.
|
||||
15| And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; for to build the house of the LORD, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.
|
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16| For Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, and taken Gezer, and burnt it with fire, and slain the Canaanites that dwelt in the city, and given it for a present unto his daughter, Solomon's wife.
|
||||
17| And Solomon built Gezer, and Bethhoron the nether,
|
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18| And Baalath, and Tadmor in the wilderness, in the land,
|
||||
19| And all the cities of store that Solomon had, and cities for his chariots, and cities for his horsemen, and that which Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.
|
||||
20| And all the people that were left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which were not of the children of Israel,
|
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21| Their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel also were not able utterly to destroy, upon those did Solomon levy a tribute of bondservice unto this day.
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22| But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no bondmen: but they were men of war, and his servants, and his princes, and his captains, and rulers of his chariots, and his horsemen.
|
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23| These were the chief of the officers that were over Solomon's work, five hundred and fifty, which bare rule over the people that wrought in the work.
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24| But Pharaoh's daughter came up out of the city of David unto her house which Solomon had built for her: then did he build Millo.
|
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25| And three times in a year did Solomon offer burnt offerings and peace offerings upon the altar which he built unto the LORD, and he burnt incense upon the altar that was before the LORD. So he finished the house.
|
||||
26| And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Eziongeber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red sea, in the land of Edom.
|
||||
27| And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.
|
||||
28| And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.
|
||||
#10
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1| And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to prove him with hard questions.
|
||||
2| And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.
|
||||
3| And Solomon told her all her questions: there was not any thing hid from the king, which he told her not.
|
||||
4| And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon's wisdom, and the house that he had built,
|
||||
5| And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her.
|
||||
6| And she said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in mine own land of thy acts and of thy wisdom.
|
||||
7| Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the half was not told me: thy wisdom and prosperity exceedeth the fame which I heard.
|
||||
8| Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom.
|
||||
9| Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: because the LORD loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee king, to do judgment and justice.
|
||||
10| And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and precious stones: there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.
|
||||
11| And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug trees, and precious stones.
|
||||
12| And the king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of the LORD, and for the king's house, harps also and psalteries for singers: there came no such almug trees, nor were seen unto this day.
|
||||
13| And king Solomon gave unto the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, beside that which Solomon gave her of his royal bounty. So she turned and went to her own country, she and her servants.
|
||||
14| Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold,
|
||||
15| Beside that he had of the merchantmen, and of the traffick of the spice merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the governors of the country.
|
||||
16| And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of gold went to one target.
|
||||
17| And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pound of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
|
||||
18| Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the best gold.
|
||||
19| The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was round behind: and there were stays on either side on the place of the seat, and two lions stood beside the stays.
|
||||
20| And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps: there was not the like made in any kingdom.
|
||||
21| And all king Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold; none were of silver: it was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon.
|
||||
22| For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram: once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
|
||||
23| So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom.
|
||||
24| And all the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
|
||||
25| And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, and armour, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.
|
||||
26| And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he bestowed in the cities for chariots, and with the king at Jerusalem.
|
||||
27| And the king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycomore trees that are in the vale, for abundance.
|
||||
28| And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price.
|
||||
29| And a chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, did they bring them out by their means.
|
||||
#11
|
||||
1| But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites:
|
||||
2| Of the nations concerning which the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love.
|
||||
3| And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.
|
||||
4| For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father.
|
||||
5| For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
|
||||
6| And Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD, and went not fully after the LORD, as did David his father.
|
||||
7| Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon.
|
||||
8| And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods.
|
||||
9| And the LORD was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned from the LORD God of Israel, which had appeared unto him twice,
|
||||
10| And had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods: but he kept not that which the LORD commanded.
|
||||
11| Wherefore the LORD said unto Solomon, Forasmuch as this is done of thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I have commanded thee, I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and will give it to thy servant.
|
||||
12| Notwithstanding in thy days I will not do it for David thy father's sake: but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son.
|
||||
13| Howbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom; but will give one tribe to thy son for David my servant's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake which I have chosen.
|
||||
14| And the LORD stirred up an adversary unto Solomon, Hadad the Edomite: he was of the king's seed in Edom.
|
||||
15| For it came to pass, when David was in Edom, and Joab the captain of the host was gone up to bury the slain, after he had smitten every male in Edom;
|
||||
16| (For six months did Joab remain there with all Israel, until he had cut off every male in Edom:)
|
||||
17| That Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites of his father's servants with him, to go into Egypt; Hadad being yet a little child.
|
||||
18| And they arose out of Midian, and came to Paran: and they took men with them out of Paran, and they came to Egypt, unto Pharaoh king of Egypt; which gave him an house, and appointed him victuals, and gave him land.
|
||||
19| And Hadad found great favour in the sight of Pharaoh, so that he gave him to wife the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpenes the queen.
|
||||
20| And the sister of Tahpenes bare him Genubath his son, whom Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh's house: and Genubath was in Pharaoh's household among the sons of Pharaoh.
|
||||
21| And when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers, and that Joab the captain of the host was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, Let me depart, that I may go to mine own country.
|
||||
22| Then Pharaoh said unto him, But what hast thou lacked with me, that, behold, thou seekest to go to thine own country? And he answered, Nothing: howbeit let me go in any wise.
|
||||
23| And God stirred him up another adversary, Rezon the son of Eliadah, which fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah:
|
||||
24| And he gathered men unto him, and became captain over a band, when David slew them of Zobah: and they went to Damascus, and dwelt therein, and reigned in Damascus.
|
||||
25| And he was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon, beside the mischief that Hadad did: and he abhorred Israel, and reigned over Syria.
|
||||
26| And Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephrathite of Zereda, Solomon's servant, whose mother's name was Zeruah, a widow woman, even he lifted up his hand against the king.
|
||||
27| And this was the cause that he lifted up his hand against the king: Solomon built Millo, and repaired the breaches of the city of David his father.
|
||||
28| And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valour: and Solomon seeing the young man that he was industrious, he made him ruler over all the charge of the house of Joseph.
|
||||
29| And it came to pass at that time when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him in the way; and he had clad himself with a new garment; and they two were alone in the field:
|
||||
30| And Ahijah caught the new garment that was on him, and rent it in twelve pieces:
|
||||
31| And he said to Jeroboam, Take thee ten pieces: for thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, Behold, I will rend the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to thee:
|
||||
32| (But he shall have one tribe for my servant David's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel:)
|
||||
33| Because that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in mine eyes, and to keep my statutes and my judgments, as did David his father.
|
||||
34| Howbeit I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand: but I will make him prince all the days of his life for David my servant's sake, whom I chose, because he kept my commandments and my statutes:
|
||||
35| But I will take the kingdom out of his son's hand, and will give it unto thee, even ten tribes.
|
||||
36| And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a light alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name there.
|
||||
37| And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign according to all that thy soul desireth, and shalt be king over Israel.
|
||||
38| And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I command thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do that is right in my sight, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did; that I will be with thee, and build thee a sure house, as I built for David, and will give Israel unto thee.
|
||||
39| And I will for this afflict the seed of David, but not for ever.
|
||||
40| Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam. And Jeroboam arose, and fled into Egypt, unto Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon.
|
||||
41| And the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all that he did, and his wisdom, are they not written in the book of the acts of Solomon?
|
||||
42| And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years.
|
||||
43| And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.
|
||||
#12
|
||||
1| And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.
|
||||
2| And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was yet in Egypt, heard of it, (for he was fled from the presence of king Solomon, and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt;)
|
||||
3| That they sent and called him. And Jeroboam and all the congregation of Israel came, and spake unto Rehoboam, saying,
|
||||
4| Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee.
|
||||
5| And he said unto them, Depart yet for three days, then come again to me. And the people departed.
|
||||
6| And king Rehoboam consulted with the old men, that stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, and said, How do ye advise that I may answer this people?
|
||||
7| And they spake unto him, saying, If thou wilt be a servant unto this people this day, and wilt serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thy servants for ever.
|
||||
8| But he forsook the counsel of the old men, which they had given him, and consulted with the young men that were grown up with him, and which stood before him:
|
||||
9| And he said unto them, What counsel give ye that we may answer this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke which thy father did put upon us lighter?
|
||||
10| And the young men that were grown up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou speak unto this people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter unto us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father's loins.
|
||||
11| And now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke: my father hath chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
|
||||
12| So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king had appointed, saying, Come to me again the third day.
|
||||
13| And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men's counsel that they gave him;
|
||||
14| And spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke: my father also chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
|
||||
15| Wherefore the king hearkened not unto the people; for the cause was from the LORD, that he might perform his saying, which the LORD spake by Ahijah the Shilonite unto Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
|
||||
16| So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: to your tents, O Israel: now see to thine own house, David. So Israel departed unto their tents.
|
||||
17| But as for the children of Israel which dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.
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18| Then king Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the tribute; and all Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. Therefore king Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.
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19| So Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day.
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20| And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was come again, that they sent and called him unto the congregation, and made him king over all Israel: there was none that followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.
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21| And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah, with the tribe of Benjamin, an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.
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22| But the word of God came unto Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
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23| Speak unto Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and unto all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the remnant of the people, saying,
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24| Thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren the children of Israel: return every man to his house; for this thing is from me. They hearkened therefore to the word of the LORD, and returned to depart, according to the word of the LORD.
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25| Then Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt therein; and went out from thence, and built Penuel.
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26| And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David:
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27| If this people go up to do sacrifice in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this people turn again unto their lord, even unto Rehoboam king of Judah, and they shall kill me, and go again to Rehoboam king of Judah.
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28| Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
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29| And he set the one in Bethel, and the other put he in Dan.
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30| And this thing became a sin: for the people went to worship before the one, even unto Dan.
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31| And he made an house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi.
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32| And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, and he offered upon the altar. So did he in Bethel, sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and he placed in Bethel the priests of the high places which he had made.
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33| So he offered upon the altar which he had made in Bethel the fifteenth day of the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised of his own heart; and ordained a feast unto the children of Israel: and he offered upon the altar, and burnt incense.
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#13
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1| And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the LORD unto Bethel: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense.
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2| And he cried against the altar in the word of the LORD, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the LORD; Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men's bones shall be burnt upon thee.
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3| And he gave a sign the same day, saying, This is the sign which the LORD hath spoken; Behold, the altar shall be rent, and the ashes that are upon it shall be poured out.
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4| And it came to pass, when king Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of God, which had cried against the altar in Bethel, that he put forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not pull it in again to him.
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5| The altar also was rent, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the LORD.
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6| And the king answered and said unto the man of God, Intreat now the face of the LORD thy God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again. And the man of God besought the LORD, and the king's hand was restored him again, and became as it was before.
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7| And the king said unto the man of God, Come home with me, and refresh thyself, and I will give thee a reward.
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8| And the man of God said unto the king, If thou wilt give me half thine house, I will not go in with thee, neither will I eat bread nor drink water in this place:
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9| For so was it charged me by the word of the LORD, saying, Eat no bread, nor drink water, nor turn again by the same way that thou camest.
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10| So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he came to Bethel.
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11| Now there dwelt an old prophet in Bethel; and his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Bethel: the words which he had spoken unto the king, them they told also to their father.
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12| And their father said unto them, What way went he? For his sons had seen what way the man of God went, which came from Judah.
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13| And he said unto his sons, Saddle me the ass. So they saddled him the ass: and he rode thereon,
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14| And went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak: and he said unto him, Art thou the man of God that camest from Judah? And he said, I am.
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15| Then he said unto him, Come home with me, and eat bread.
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16| And he said, I may not return with thee, nor go in with thee: neither will I eat bread nor drink water with thee in this place:
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17| For it was said to me by the word of the LORD, Thou shalt eat no bread nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the way that thou camest.
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18| He said unto him, I am a prophet also as thou art; and an angel spake unto me by the word of the LORD, saying, Bring him back with thee into thine house, that he may eat bread and drink water. But he lied unto him.
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19| So he went back with him, and did eat bread in his house, and drank water.
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20| And it came to pass, as they sat at the table, that the word of the LORD came unto the prophet that brought him back:
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21| And he cried unto the man of God that came from Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast disobeyed the mouth of the LORD, and hast not kept the commandment which the LORD thy God commanded thee,
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22| But camest back, and hast eaten bread and drunk water in the place, of the which the Lord did say to thee, Eat no bread, and drink no water; thy carcase shall not come unto the sepulchre of thy fathers.
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23| And it came to pass, after he had eaten bread, and after he had drunk, that he saddled for him the ass, to wit, for the prophet whom he had brought back.
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24| And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and slew him: and his carcase was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it, the lion also stood by the carcase.
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25| And, behold, men passed by, and saw the carcase cast in the way, and the lion standing by the carcase: and they came and told it in the city where the old prophet dwelt.
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26| And when the prophet that brought him back from the way heard thereof, he said, It is the man of God, who was disobedient unto the word of the LORD: therefore the LORD hath delivered him unto the lion, which hath torn him, and slain him, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake unto him.
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27| And he spake to his sons, saying, Saddle me the ass. And they saddled him.
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28| And he went and found his carcase cast in the way, and the ass and the lion standing by the carcase: the lion had not eaten the carcase, nor torn the ass.
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29| And the prophet took up the carcase of the man of God, and laid it upon the ass, and brought it back: and the old prophet came to the city, to mourn and to bury him.
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30| And he laid his carcase in his own grave; and they mourned over him, saying, Alas, my brother!
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31| And it came to pass, after he had buried him, that he spake to his sons, saying, When I am dead, then bury me in the sepulchre wherein the man of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones:
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32| For the saying which he cried by the word of the LORD against the altar in Bethel, and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria, shall surely come to pass.
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33| After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but made again of the lowest of the people priests of the high places: whosoever would, he consecrated him, and he became one of the priests of the high places.
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34| And this thing became sin unto the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off, and to destroy it from off the face of the earth.
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#14
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1| At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick.
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2| And Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise, I pray thee, and disguise thyself, that thou be not known to be the wife of Jeroboam; and get thee to Shiloh: behold, there is Ahijah the prophet, which told me that I should be king over this people.
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3| And take with thee ten loaves, and cracknels, and a cruse of honey, and go to him: he shall tell thee what shall become of the child.
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4| And Jeroboam's wife did so, and arose, and went to Shiloh, and came to the house of Ahijah. But Ahijah could not see; for his eyes were set by reason of his age.
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5| And the LORD said unto Ahijah, Behold, the wife of Jeroboam cometh to ask a thing of thee for her son; for he is sick: thus and thus shalt thou say unto her: for it shall be, when she cometh in, that she shall feign herself to be another woman.
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6| And it was so, when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as she came in at the door, that he said, Come in, thou wife of Jeroboam; why feignest thou thyself to be another? for I am sent to thee with heavy tidings.
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7| Go, tell Jeroboam, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Forasmuch as I exalted thee from among the people, and made thee prince over my people Israel,
|
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8| And rent the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it thee: and yet thou hast not been as my servant David, who kept my commandments, and who followed me with all his heart, to do that only which was right in mine eyes;
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9| But hast done evil above all that were before thee: for thou hast gone and made thee other gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and hast cast me behind thy back:
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10| Therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel, and will take away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as a man taketh away dung, till it be all gone.
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11| Him that dieth of Jeroboam in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat: for the LORD hath spoken it.
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12| Arise thou therefore, get thee to thine own house: and when thy feet enter into the city, the child shall die.
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13| And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him: for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there is found some good thing toward the LORD God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam.
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14| Moreover the LORD shall raise him up a king over Israel, who shall cut off the house of Jeroboam that day: but what? even now.
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15| For the LORD shall smite Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water, and he shall root up Israel out of this good land, which he gave to their fathers, and shall scatter them beyond the river, because they have made their groves, provoking the LORD to anger.
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16| And he shall give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, who did sin, and who made Israel to sin.
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17| And Jeroboam's wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah: and when she came to the threshold of the door, the child died;
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18| And they buried him; and all Israel mourned for him, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by the hand of his servant Ahijah the prophet.
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19| And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he warred, and how he reigned, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
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20| And the days which Jeroboam reigned were two and twenty years: and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his stead.
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21| And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD did choose out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess.
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22| And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they had committed, above all that their fathers had done.
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23| For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree.
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24| And there were also sodomites in the land: and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.
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25| And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem:
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26| And he took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house; he even took away all: and he took away all the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
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27| And king Rehoboam made in their stead brasen shields, and committed them unto the hands of the chief of the guard, which kept the door of the king's house.
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28| And it was so, when the king went into the house of the LORD, that the guard bare them, and brought them back into the guard chamber.
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29| Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
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30| And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their days.
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31| And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess. And Abijam his son reigned in his stead.
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#15
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1| Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat reigned Abijam over Judah.
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2| Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. and his mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.
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||||
3| And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father.
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||||
4| Nevertheless for David's sake did the LORD his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem:
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5| Because David did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, and turned not aside from any thing that he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.
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||||
6| And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life.
|
||||
7| Now the rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.
|
||||
8| And Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead.
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||||
9| And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa over Judah.
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||||
10| And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.
|
||||
11| And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, as did David his father.
|
||||
12| And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
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||||
13| And also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove; and Asa destroyed her idol, and burnt it by the brook Kidron.
|
||||
14| But the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa's heart was perfect with the LORD all his days.
|
||||
15| And he brought in the things which his father had dedicated, and the things which himself had dedicated, into the house of the LORD, silver, and gold, and vessels.
|
||||
16| And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.
|
||||
17| And Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not suffer any to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.
|
||||
18| Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants: and king Asa sent them to Benhadad, the son of Tabrimon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying,
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19| There is a league between me and thee, and between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent unto thee a present of silver and gold; come and break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.
|
||||
20| So Benhadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of the hosts which he had against the cities of Israel, and smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abelbethmaachah, and all Cinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali.
|
||||
21| And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof, that he left off building of Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah.
|
||||
22| Then king Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah; none was exempted: and they took away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha had builded; and king Asa built with them Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah.
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||||
23| The rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might, and all that he did, and the cities which he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? Nevertheless in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet.
|
||||
24| And Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead.
|
||||
25| And Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned over Israel two years.
|
||||
26| And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of his father, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin.
|
||||
27| And Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him; and Baasha smote him at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines; for Nadab and all Israel laid siege to Gibbethon.
|
||||
28| Even in the third year of Asa king of Judah did Baasha slay him, and reigned in his stead.
|
||||
29| And it came to pass, when he reigned, that he smote all the house of Jeroboam; he left not to Jeroboam any that breathed, until he had destroyed him, according unto the saying of the LORD, which he spake by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite:
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||||
30| Because of the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned, and which he made Israel sin, by his provocation wherewith he provoked the LORD God of Israel to anger.
|
||||
31| Now the rest of the acts of Nadab, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
|
||||
32| And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.
|
||||
33| In the third year of Asa king of Judah began Baasha the son of Ahijah to reign over all Israel in Tirzah, twenty and four years.
|
||||
34| And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin.
|
||||
#16
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||||
1| Then the word of the LORD came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha, saying,
|
||||
2| Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust, and made thee prince over my people Israel; and thou hast walked in the way of Jeroboam, and hast made my people Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger with their sins;
|
||||
3| Behold, I will take away the posterity of Baasha, and the posterity of his house; and will make thy house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
|
||||
4| Him that dieth of Baasha in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth of his in the fields shall the fowls of the air eat.
|
||||
5| Now the rest of the acts of Baasha, and what he did, and his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
|
||||
6| So Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah: and Elah his son reigned in his stead.
|
||||
7| And also by the hand of the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came the word of the LORD against Baasha, and against his house, even for all the evil that he did in the sight of the LORD, in provoking him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam; and because he killed him.
|
||||
8| In the twenty and sixth year of Asa king of Judah began Elah the son of Baasha to reign over Israel in Tirzah, two years.
|
||||
9| And his servant Zimri, captain of half his chariots, conspired against him, as he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza steward of his house in Tirzah.
|
||||
10| And Zimri went in and smote him, and killed him, in the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his stead.
|
||||
11| And it came to pass, when he began to reign, as soon as he sat on his throne, that he slew all the house of Baasha: he left him not one that pisseth against a wall, neither of his kinsfolks, nor of his friends.
|
||||
12| Thus did Zimri destroy all the house of Baasha, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake against Baasha by Jehu the prophet.
|
||||
13| For all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, by which they sinned, and by which they made Israel to sin, in provoking the LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities.
|
||||
14| Now the rest of the acts of Elah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
|
||||
15| In the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah did Zimri reign seven days in Tirzah. And the people were encamped against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines.
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||||
16| And the people that were encamped heard say, Zimri hath conspired, and hath also slain the king: wherefore all Israel made Omri, the captain of the host, king over Israel that day in the camp.
|
||||
17| And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah.
|
||||
18| And it came to pass, when Zimri saw that the city was taken, that he went into the palace of the king's house, and burnt the king's house over him with fire, and died.
|
||||
19| For his sins which he sinned in doing evil in the sight of the LORD, in walking in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin which he did, to make Israel to sin.
|
||||
20| Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and his treason that he wrought, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
|
||||
21| Then were the people of Israel divided into two parts: half of the people followed Tibni the son of Ginath, to make him king; and half followed Omri.
|
||||
22| But the people that followed Omri prevailed against the people that followed Tibni the son of Ginath: so Tibni died, and Omri reigned.
|
||||
23| In the thirty and first year of Asa king of Judah began Omri to reign over Israel, twelve years: six years reigned he in Tirzah.
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24| And he bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver, and built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built, after the name of Shemer, owner of the hill, Samaria.
|
||||
25| But Omri wrought evil in the eyes of the LORD, and did worse than all that were before him.
|
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26| For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin, to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities.
|
||||
27| Now the rest of the acts of Omri which he did, and his might that he shewed, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
|
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28| So Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria: and Ahab his son reigned in his stead.
|
||||
29| And in the thirty and eighth year of Asa king of Judah began Ahab the son of Omri to reign over Israel: and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty and two years.
|
||||
30| And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD above all that were before him.
|
||||
31| And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him.
|
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32| And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria.
|
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33| And Ahab made a grove; and Ahab did more to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before him.
|
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34| In his days did Hiel the Bethelite build Jericho: he laid the foundation thereof in Abiram his firstborn, and set up the gates thereof in his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Joshua the son of Nun.
|
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#17
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1| And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.
|
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2| And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying,
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||||
3| Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.
|
||||
4| And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.
|
||||
5| So he went and did according unto the word of the LORD: for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.
|
||||
6| And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.
|
||||
7| And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.
|
||||
8| And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying,
|
||||
9| Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.
|
||||
10| So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering of sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.
|
||||
11| And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand.
|
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12| And she said, As the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.
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13| And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go and do as thou hast said: but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it unto me, and after make for thee and for thy son.
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14| For thus saith the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the LORD sendeth rain upon the earth.
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15| And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days.
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16| And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Elijah.
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17| And it came to pass after these things, that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so sore, that there was no breath left in him.
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18| And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God? art thou come unto me to call my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son?
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19| And he said unto her, Give me thy son. And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into a loft, where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed.
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20| And he cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, hast thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son?
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21| And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, I pray thee, let this child's soul come into him again.
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22| And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived.
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23| And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house, and delivered him unto his mother: and Elijah said, See, thy son liveth.
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24| And the woman said to Elijah, Now by this I know that thou art a man of God, and that the word of the LORD in thy mouth is truth.
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#18
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1| And it came to pass after many days, that the word of the LORD came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, shew thyself unto Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth.
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2| And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And there was a sore famine in Samaria.
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3| And Ahab called Obadiah, which was the governor of his house. (Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly:
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4| For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)
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5| And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all fountains of water, and unto all brooks: peradventure we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts.
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6| So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.
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7| And as Obadiah was in the way, behold, Elijah met him: and he knew him, and fell on his face, and said, Art thou that my lord Elijah?
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8| And he answered him, I am: go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here.
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9| And he said, What have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me?
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10| As the LORD thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom, whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee: and when they said, He is not there; he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they found thee not.
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11| And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here.
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12| And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of the LORD shall carry thee whither I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me: but I thy servant fear the LORD from my youth.
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13| Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of the LORD, how I hid an hundred men of the LORD's prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?
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14| And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here: and he shall slay me.
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15| And Elijah said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, I will surely shew myself unto him to day.
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16| So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him: and Ahab went to meet Elijah.
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17| And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel?
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18| And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father's house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the LORD, and thou hast followed Baalim.
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19| Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel unto mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves four hundred, which eat at Jezebel's table.
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20| So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together unto mount Carmel.
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21| And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.
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22| Then said Elijah unto the people, I, even I only, remain a prophet of the LORD; but Baal's prophets are four hundred and fifty men.
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23| Let them therefore give us two bullocks; and let them choose one bullock for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on wood, and put no fire under: and I will dress the other bullock, and lay it on wood, and put no fire under:
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24| And call ye on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the LORD: and the God that answereth by fire, let him be God. And all the people answered and said, It is well spoken.
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25| And Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal, Choose you one bullock for yourselves, and dress it first; for ye are many; and call on the name of your gods, but put no fire under.
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26| And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, hear us. But there was no voice, nor any that answered. And they leaped upon the altar which was made.
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27| And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.
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28| And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them.
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29| And it came to pass, when midday was past, and they prophesied until the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that there was neither voice, nor any to answer, nor any that regarded.
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30| And Elijah said unto all the people, Come near unto me. And all the people came near unto him. And he repaired the altar of the LORD that was broken down.
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31| And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the LORD came, saying, Israel shall be thy name:
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32| And with the stones he built an altar in the name of the LORD: and he made a trench about the altar, as great as would contain two measures of seed.
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33| And he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid him on the wood, and said, Fill four barrels with water, and pour it on the burnt sacrifice, and on the wood.
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34| And he said, Do it the second time. And they did it the second time. And he said, Do it the third time. And they did it the third time.
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35| And the water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench also with water.
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36| And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have done all these things at thy word.
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37| Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this people may know that thou art the LORD God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again.
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38| Then the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.
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39| And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said, The LORD, he is the God; the LORD, he is the God.
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40| And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.
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41| And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of abundance of rain.
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42| So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees,
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43| And said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, There is nothing. And he said, Go again seven times.
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44| And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man's hand. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Prepare thy chariot, and get thee down that the rain stop thee not.
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45| And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heaven was black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel.
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46| And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.
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#19
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1| And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword.
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2| Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time.
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3| And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beersheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his servant there.
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4| But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.
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5| And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat.
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6| And he looked, and, behold, there was a cake baken on the coals, and a cruse of water at his head. And he did eat and drink, and laid him down again.
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7| And the angel of the LORD came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat; because the journey is too great for thee.
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8| And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.
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9| And he came thither unto a cave, and lodged there; and, behold, the word of the LORD came to him, and he said unto him, What doest thou here, Elijah?
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10| And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.
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11| And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the LORD. And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the LORD was not in the earthquake:
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12| And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.
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13| And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entering in of the cave. And, behold, there came a voice unto him, and said, What doest thou here, Elijah?
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14| And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.
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15| And the LORD said unto him, Go, return on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus: and when thou comest, anoint Hazael to be king over Syria:
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16| And Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel: and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abelmeholah shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy room.
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17| And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay: and him that escapeth from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha slay.
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18| Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him.
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19| So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth: and Elijah passed by him, and cast his mantle upon him.
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20| And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee?
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21| And he returned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen, and slew them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave unto the people, and they did eat. Then he arose, and went after Elijah, and ministered unto him.
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#20
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1| And Benhadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together: and there were thirty and two kings with him, and horses, and chariots; and he went up and besieged Samaria, and warred against it.
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2| And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel into the city, and said unto him, Thus saith Benhadad,
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3| Thy silver and thy gold is mine; thy wives also and thy children, even the goodliest, are mine.
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4| And the king of Israel answered and said, My lord, O king, according to thy saying, I am thine, and all that I have.
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5| And the messengers came again, and said, Thus speaketh Benhadad, saying, Although I have sent unto thee, saying, Thou shalt deliver me thy silver, and thy gold, and thy wives, and thy children;
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6| Yet I will send my servants unto thee to morrow about this time, and they shall search thine house, and the houses of thy servants; and it shall be, that whatsoever is pleasant in thine eyes, they shall put it in their hand, and take it away.
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7| Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said, Mark, I pray you, and see how this man seeketh mischief: for he sent unto me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold; and I denied him not.
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8| And all the elders and all the people said unto him, Hearken not unto him, nor consent.
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9| Wherefore he said unto the messengers of Benhadad, Tell my lord the king, All that thou didst send for to thy servant at the first I will do: but this thing I may not do. And the messengers departed, and brought him word again.
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10| And Benhadad sent unto him, and said, The gods do so unto me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me.
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11| And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off.
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12| And it came to pass, when Ben-hadad heard this message, as he was drinking, he and the kings in the pavilions, that he said unto his servants, Set yourselves in array. And they set themselves in array against the city.
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13| And, behold, there came a prophet unto Ahab king of Israel, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou seen all this great multitude? behold, I will deliver it into thine hand this day; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD.
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14| And Ahab said, By whom? And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Even by the young men of the princes of the provinces. Then he said, Who shall order the battle? And he answered, Thou.
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15| Then he numbered the young men of the princes of the provinces, and they were two hundred and thirty two: and after them he numbered all the people, even all the children of Israel, being seven thousand.
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16| And they went out at noon. But Benhadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings that helped him.
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17| And the young men of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Benhadad sent out, and they told him, saying, There are men come out of Samaria.
|
||||
18| And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive.
|
||||
19| So these young men of the princes of the provinces came out of the city, and the army which followed them.
|
||||
20| And they slew every one his man: and the Syrians fled; and Israel pursued them: and Benhadad the king of Syria escaped on an horse with the horsemen.
|
||||
21| And the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and chariots, and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter.
|
||||
22| And the prophet came to the king of Israel, and said unto him, Go, strengthen thyself, and mark, and see what thou doest: for at the return of the year the king of Syria will come up against thee.
|
||||
23| And the servants of the king of Syria said unto him, Their gods are gods of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we; but let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they.
|
||||
24| And do this thing, Take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their rooms:
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25| And number thee an army, like the army that thou hast lost, horse for horse, and chariot for chariot: and we will fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they. And he hearkened unto their voice, and did so.
|
||||
26| And it came to pass at the return of the year, that Benhadad numbered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel.
|
||||
27| And the children of Israel were numbered, and were all present, and went against them: and the children of Israel pitched before them like two little flocks of kids; but the Syrians filled the country.
|
||||
28| And there came a man of God, and spake unto the king of Israel, and said, Thus saith the LORD, Because the Syrians have said, The LORD is God of the hills, but he is not God of the valleys, therefore will I deliver all this great multitude into thine hand, and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
|
||||
29| And they pitched one over against the other seven days. And so it was, that in the seventh day the battle was joined: and the children of Israel slew of the Syrians an hundred thousand footmen in one day.
|
||||
30| But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and there a wall fell upon twenty and seven thousand of the men that were left. And Benhadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber.
|
||||
31| And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings: let us, I pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: peradventure he will save thy life.
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32| So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Thy servant Benhadad saith, I pray thee, let me live. And he said, Is he yet alive? he is my brother.
|
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33| Now the men did diligently observe whether any thing would come from him, and did hastily catch it: and they said, Thy brother Benhadad. Then he said, Go ye, bring him. Then Benhadad came forth to him; and he caused him to come up into the chariot.
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34| And Ben-hadad said unto him, The cities, which my father took from thy father, I will restore; and thou shalt make streets for thee in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria. Then said Ahab, I will send thee away with this covenant. So he made a covenant with him, and sent him away.
|
||||
35| And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said unto his neighbour in the word of the LORD, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man refused to smite him.
|
||||
36| Then said he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voice of the LORD, behold, as soon as thou art departed from me, a lion shall slay thee. And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him, and slew him.
|
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37| Then he found another man, and said, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man smote him, so that in smiting he wounded him.
|
||||
38| So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with ashes upon his face.
|
||||
39| And as the king passed by, he cried unto the king: and he said, Thy servant went out into the midst of the battle; and, behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man unto me, and said, Keep this man: if by any means he be missing, then shall thy life be for his life, or else thou shalt pay a talent of silver.
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40| And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone. And the king of Israel said unto him, So shall thy judgment be; thyself hast decided it.
|
||||
41| And he hasted, and took the ashes away from his face; and the king of Israel discerned him that he was of the prophets.
|
||||
42| And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Because thou hast let go out of thy hand a man whom I appointed to utter destruction, therefore thy life shall go for his life, and thy people for his people.
|
||||
43| And the king of Israel went to his house heavy and displeased, and came to Samaria.
|
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#21
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1| And it came to pass after these things, that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard, which was in Jezreel, hard by the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.
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2| And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near unto my house: and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it; or, if it seem good to thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money.
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3| And Naboth said to Ahab, The LORD forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee.
|
||||
4| And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him: for he had said, I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And he laid him down upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.
|
||||
5| But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said unto him, Why is thy spirit so sad, that thou eatest no bread?
|
||||
6| And he said unto her, Because I spake unto Naboth the Jezreelite, and said unto him, Give me thy vineyard for money; or else, if it please thee, I will give thee another vineyard for it: and he answered, I will not give thee my vineyard.
|
||||
7| And Jezebel his wife said unto him, Dost thou now govern the kingdom of Israel? arise, and eat bread, and let thine heart be merry: I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.
|
||||
8| So she wrote letters in Ahab's name, and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters unto the elders and to the nobles that were in his city, dwelling with Naboth.
|
||||
9| And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:
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10| And set two men, sons of Belial, before him, to bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst blaspheme God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone him, that he may die.
|
||||
11| And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who were the inhabitants in his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto them, and as it was written in the letters which she had sent unto them.
|
||||
12| They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.
|
||||
13| And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him: and the men of Belial witnessed against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died.
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||||
14| Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned, and is dead.
|
||||
15| And it came to pass, when Jezebel heard that Naboth was stoned, and was dead, that Jezebel said to Ahab, Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give thee for money: for Naboth is not alive, but dead.
|
||||
16| And it came to pass, when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, that Ahab rose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it.
|
||||
17| And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
|
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18| Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, which is in Samaria: behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, whither he is gone down to possess it.
|
||||
19| And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.
|
||||
20| And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And he answered, I have found thee: because thou hast sold thyself to work evil in the sight of the LORD.
|
||||
21| Behold, I will bring evil upon thee, and will take away thy posterity, and will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel,
|
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22| And will make thine house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, for the provocation wherewith thou hast provoked me to anger, and made Israel to sin.
|
||||
23| And of Jezebel also spake the LORD, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.
|
||||
24| Him that dieth of Ahab in the city the dogs shall eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat.
|
||||
25| But there was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself to work wickedness in the sight of the LORD, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.
|
||||
26| And he did very abominably in following idols, according to all things as did the Amorites, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.
|
||||
27| And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.
|
||||
28| And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
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29| Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me? because he humbleth himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days: but in his son's days will I bring the evil upon his house.
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#22
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1| And they continued three years without war between Syria and Israel.
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2| And it came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel.
|
||||
3| And the king of Israel said unto his servants, Know ye that Ramoth in Gilead is ours, and we be still, and take it not out of the hand of the king of Syria?
|
||||
4| And he said unto Jehoshaphat, Wilt thou go with me to battle to Ramothgilead? And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, I am as thou art, my people as thy people, my horses as thy horses.
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5| And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray thee, at the word of the LORD to day.
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6| Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall I go against Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for the LORD shall deliver it into the hand of the king.
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7| And Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD besides, that we might enquire of him?
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8| And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.
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9| Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, Hasten hither Micaiah the son of Imlah.
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10| And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah sat each on his throne, having put on their robes, in a void place in the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them.
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11| And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron: and he said, Thus saith the LORD, With these shalt thou push the Syrians, until thou have consumed them.
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12| And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramothgilead, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into the king's hand.
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13| And the messenger that was gone to call Micaiah spake unto him, saying, Behold now, the words of the prophets declare good unto the king with one mouth: let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of one of them, and speak that which is good.
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14| And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, what the LORD saith unto me, that will I speak.
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15| So he came to the king. And the king said unto him, Micaiah, shall we go against Ramothgilead to battle, or shall we forbear? And he answered him, Go, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into the hand of the king.
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16| And the king said unto him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou tell me nothing but that which is true in the name of the LORD?
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17| And he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the hills, as sheep that have not a shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no master: let them return every man to his house in peace.
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18| And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that he would prophesy no good concerning me, but evil?
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19| And he said, Hear thou therefore the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left.
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20| And the LORD said, Who shall persuade Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramothgilead? And one said on this manner, and another said on that manner.
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21| And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will persuade him.
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22| And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persude him, and prevail also: go forth, and do so.
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23| Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil concerning thee.
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24| But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and smote Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee?
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25| And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see in that day, when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself.
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26| And the king of Israel said, Take Micaiah, and carry him back unto Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son;
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27| And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace.
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28| And Micaiah said, If thou return at all in peace, the LORD hath not spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, O people, every one of you.
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29| So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramothgilead.
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30| And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and enter into the battle; but put thou on thy robes. And the king of Israel disguised himself, and went into the battle.
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31| But the king of Syria commanded his thirty and two captains that had rule over his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor great, save only with the king of Israel.
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32| And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, Surely it is the king of Israel. And they turned aside to fight against him: and Jehoshaphat cried out.
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33| And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots perceived that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned back from pursuing him.
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34| And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness: wherefore he said unto the driver of his chariot, Turn thine hand, and carry me out of the host; for I am wounded.
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35| And the battle increased that day: and the king was stayed up in his chariot against the Syrians, and died at even: and the blood ran out of the wound into the midst of the chariot.
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36| And there went a proclamation throughout the host about the going down of the sun, saying, Every man to his city, and every man to his own country.
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37| So the king died, and was brought to Samaria; and they buried the king in Samaria.
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38| And one washed the chariot in the pool of Samaria; and the dogs licked up his blood; and they washed his armour; according unto the word of the LORD which he spake.
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39| Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, and the ivory house which he made, and all the cities that he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
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40| So Ahab slept with his fathers; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.
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41| And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.
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42| Jehoshaphat was thirty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
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43| And he walked in all the ways of Asa his father; he turned not aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of the LORD: nevertheless the high places were not taken away; for the people offered and burnt incense yet in the high places.
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44| And Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel.
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45| Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his might that he shewed, and how he warred, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
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46| And the remnant of the sodomites, which remained in the days of his father Asa, he took out of the land.
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47| There was then no king in Edom: a deputy was king.
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48| Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Eziongeber.
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49| Then said Ahaziah the son of Ahab unto Jehoshaphat, Let my servants go with thy servants in the ships. But Jehoshaphat would not.
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50| And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoram his son reigned in his stead.
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51| Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned two years over Israel.
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52| And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of his father, and in the way of his mother, and in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin:
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53| For he served Baal, and worshipped him, and provoked to anger the LORD God of Israel, according to all that his father had done.
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#1
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1| Now Philopater, on learning from those who came back that Antiochus had made himself master of the places which belonged to himself, sent orders to all his footmen and horsemen, took with him his sister Arsinoe, and marched out as far as the parts of Raphia, where Antiochus and his forces encamped.
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2| And one Theodotus, intending to carry out his design, took with him the bravest of the armed men who had been before committed to his trust by Ptolemy, and got through at night to the tent of Ptolemy, to kill him on his own responsibility, and so to end the war.
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3| But Dositheus, called the son of Drimulus, by birth a Jew, afterward a renegade from the laws and observances of his country, conveyed Ptolemy away, and made an obscure person lie down in his stead in the tent. It befell this man to receive the fate which was meant for the other.
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4| A fierce battle then took place; and the men of Antiochus prevailing, Arsinoe continually went up and down the ranks, and with dishevelled hair, with tears and entreaties, begged the soldiers to fight manfully for themselves, their children, and wives; and promised that if they proved conquerors, she would give them two minae of gold apiece.
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||||
5| It thus fell out that their enemies were defeated in hand-to-hand encounter, and that many of them were taken prisoners.
|
||||
6| Having vanquished this attempt, the king then decided to proceed to the neighbouring cities, and encourage them.
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||||
7| By doing this, and by making donations to their temples, he inspired his subjects with confidence.
|
||||
8| The Jews sent some of their council and of their elders to him. The greetings, guest-gifts, and congratulations of the past, bestowed by them, filled him with the greater eagerness to visit their city.
|
||||
9| Having arrived at Jerusalem, sacrificed, and offered thank-offerings to the Greatest God, and done whatever else was suitable to the sanctity of the place, and entered the inner court,
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10| he was so struck with the magnificence of the place, and so wondered at the orderly arrangements of the temple, that he considered entering the sanctuary itself.
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11| And when they told him that this was not permissible, none of the nation, no, nor even the priests in general, but only the supreme high priest of all, and he only once in a year, being allowed to go in, he would by no means give way.
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12| Then they read the law to him; but he persisted in obtruding himself, exclaiming, that he ought to be allowed: and saying Be it that they were deprived of this honour, I ought not to be.
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||||
13| And he put the question, Why, when he entered all the temples, none of the priests who were present forbad him?
|
||||
14| He was thoroughly answered by some one, That he did wrong to boast of this.
|
||||
15| Well; since I have done this, said he, be the cause what it may, shall I not enter with or without your consent?
|
||||
16| And when the priests fell down in their sacred vestments imploring the Greatest God to come and help in time of need, and to avert the violence of the fierce aggressor, and when they filled the temple with lamentations and tears,
|
||||
17| then those who had been left behind in the city were scared, and rushed forth, uncertain of the event.
|
||||
18| Virgins, who had been shut up within their chambers, came out with their mothers, scattering dust and ashes on their heads, and filling the streets with outcries.
|
||||
19| Women, but recently separated off, left their bridal chambers, left the reserve that befitted them, and ran about the city in a disorderly manner.
|
||||
20| New-born babes were deserted by the mothers or nurses who waited upon them; some here, some there, in houses, or in fields; these now, with an ardour which could not be checked, swarmed into the Most High temple.
|
||||
21| Various were the prayers offered up by those who assembled in this place, on account of the unholy attempt of the king.
|
||||
22| Along with these there were some of the citizens who took courage, and would not submit to his obstinacy, and his intention of carrying out his purpose.
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||||
23| Calling out to arms, and to die bravely in defence of the law of their fathers, they created a great uproar in the place, and were with difficulty brought back by the aged and the elders to the station of prayer which they had occupied before.
|
||||
24| During this time the multitude kept on praying.
|
||||
25| The elders who surrounded the king strove in many ways to divert his haughty mind from the design which he had formed.
|
||||
26| He, in his hardened mood, insensible to all persuasion, was going onwards with the view of carrying out this design.
|
||||
27| Yet even his own officers, when they saw this, joined the Jews in an appeal to Him who has all power, to aid in the present crisis, and not wink at such overweening lawlessness.
|
||||
28| Such was the frequency and the vehemence of the cry of the assembled crowd, that an indescribable noise ensued.
|
||||
29| Not the men only, but the very walls and floor seemed to sound forth; all things preferring dissolution rather than to see the place defiled.
|
||||
#2
|
||||
1| Now was it that the high priest Simon bowed his knees over against the holy place, and spread out his hands in reverent form, and uttered the following supplication:
|
||||
2| O Lord, Lord, King of the heavens, and Ruler of the whole creation, Holy among the holy, sole Governor, Almighty, give ear to us who are oppressed by a wicked and profane one, who exulteth in his confidence and strength.
|
||||
3| It is thou, the Creator of all, the Lord of the universe, who art a righteous Governor, and judgest all who act with pride and insolence.
|
||||
4| It was thou who didst destroy the former workers of unrighteousness, among whom were the giants, who trusted in their strength and hardihood, by covering them with a measureless flood.
|
||||
5| It was thou who didst make the Sodomites, those workers of exceeding iniquity, men notorious for their vices, an example to after generations, when thou didst cover them with fire and brimstone.
|
||||
6| Thou didst make known thy power when thou causedst the bold Pharaoh, the enslaver of thy people, to pass through the ordeal of many and diverse inflictions.
|
||||
7| And thou rolledst the depths of the sea over him, when he made pursuit with chariots, and with a multitude of followers, and gavest a safe passage to those who put their trust in thee, the Lord of the whole creation.
|
||||
8| These saw and felt the works of thine hands, and praised thee the Almighty.
|
||||
9| Thou, O King, when thou createdst the illimitable and measureless earth, didst choose out this city: thou didst make this place sacred to thy name, albeit thou needest nothing: thou didst glorify it with thine illustrious presence, after constructing it to the glory of thy great and honourable name.
|
||||
10| And thou didst promise, out of love to the people of Israel, that should we fall away from thee, and become afflicted, and then come to this house and pray, thou wouldest hear our prayer.
|
||||
11| Verily thou art faithful and true.
|
||||
12| And when thou didst often aid our fathers when hard pressed, and in low estate, and deliveredst them out of gret dangers,
|
||||
13| see now, holy King, how through our many and great sins we are borne down, and made subject to our enemies, and are become weak and powerless.
|
||||
14| We being in this low condition, this bold and profane man seeks to dishonour this thine holy place, consecrated out of the earth to the name of thy Majesty.
|
||||
15| Thy dwelling place, the heaven of heavens, is indeed unapproachable to men.
|
||||
16| But since it seemed good to thee to exhibit thy glory among thy people Israel, thou didst sanctify this place.
|
||||
17| Punish us not by means of the uncleanness of their men, nor chastise us by means of their profanity; lest the lawless ones should boast in their rage, and exult in exuberant pride of speech, and say,
|
||||
18| We have trampled upon the holy house, as idolatrous houses are trampled upon.
|
||||
19| Blot out our iniquities, and do away with our errors, and shew forth thy compassion in this hour.
|
||||
20| Let thy mercies quickly go before us. Grant us peace, that the cast down and broken hearted may praise thee with their mouth.
|
||||
21| At that time God, who seeth all things, who is beyond all Holy among the holy, heard that prayer, so suitable; and scourged the man greatly uplifted with scorn and insolence.
|
||||
22| Shaking him to and fro as a reed is shaken with the wind, he cast him upon the pavement, powerless, with limbs paralyzed; by a righteous judgment deprived of the faculty of speech.
|
||||
23| His friends and bodyguards, beholding the swift recompense which had suddenly overtaken him, struck with exceeding terror, and fearing that he would die, speedily removed him.
|
||||
24| When in course of time he had come to himself, this severe check caused no repentance within him, but he departed with bitter threatenings.
|
||||
25| He proceeded to Egypt, grew worse in wickedness through his before mentioned companions in wine, who were lost to all goodness;
|
||||
26| and not satisfied with countless acts of impiety, his audacity so increased that he raised evil reports there, and many of his friends, watching his purpose attentively, joined in furthering his will.
|
||||
27| His purpose was to indict a public stigma upon our race; wherefore he erected a pillar at the towerporch, and caused the following inscription to be engraved upon it:
|
||||
28| That entrance to their own temple was to be refused to all those who would not sacrifice; that all the Jews were to be registered among the common people; that those who resisted were to be forcibly seized and put to death;
|
||||
29| that those who were thus registered, were to be marked on their persons by the ivyleaf symbol of Dionysus, and to be set apart with these limited rights.
|
||||
30| To do away with the appearance of hating them all, he had it written underneath, that if any of them should elect to enter the community of those initiated in the rites, these should have equal rights with the Alexandrians.
|
||||
31| Some of those who were over the city, therefore, abhorring any approach to the city of piety, unhesitatingly gave in to the king, and expected to derive some great honour from a future connection with him.
|
||||
32| A nobler spirit, however, prompted the majority to cling to their religious observances, and by paying money that they might live unmolested, these sought to escape the registration:
|
||||
33| cheerfully looking forward to future aid, they abhorred their own apostates, considering them to be national foes, and debarring them from the common usages of social intercourse.
|
||||
#3
|
||||
1| On discovering this, so incensed was the wicked king, that he no longer confined his rage to the Jews in Alexandria. Laying his hand more heavily upon those who lived in the country, he gave orders that they should be quickly collected into one place, and most cruelly deprived of their lives.
|
||||
2| While this was going on, an invidious rumour was uttered abroad by men who had banded together to injure the Jewish race. The purport of their charge was, that the Jews kept them away from the ordinances of the law.
|
||||
3| Now, while the Jews always maintained a feeling of un-swerving loyalty towards the kings,
|
||||
4| yet, as they worshipped God, and observed his law, they made certain distinctions, and avoided certain things. Hence some persons held them in odium;
|
||||
5| although, as they adorned their conversation with works of righteousness, they had established themselves in the good opinion of the world.
|
||||
6| What all the rest of mankind said, was, however, made of no account by the foreigners;
|
||||
7| who said much of the exclusiveness of the Jews with regard to their worship and meats; they alleged that they were men unsociable, hostile to the king's interests, refusing to associate with him or his troops. By this way of speaking, they brought much odium upon them.
|
||||
8| Nor was this unexpected uproar and sudden conflux of people unobserved by the Greeks who lived in the city, concerning men who had never harmed them: yet to aid them was not in their power, since all was oppression around; but they encouraged them in their troubles, and expected a favourable turn of affairs:
|
||||
9| He who knoweth all things, will not, [said they,] disregard so great a people.
|
||||
10| Some of the neighbors, friends, and fellow dealers of the Jews, even called them secretly to an interview, pledged them their assistance, and promised to do their very utmost for them.
|
||||
11| Now the king, elated with his prosperous fortune, and not regarding the superior power of God, but thinking to persevere in his present purpose, wrote the following letter to the prejudice of the Jews.
|
||||
12| King Ptolemy Philopater, to the commanders and soldiers in Egypt, and in all places, health and happiness!
|
||||
13| I am right well; and so, too, are my affairs.
|
||||
14| Since our Asiatic campaign, the particulars of which ye know, and which by the aid of the gods, not lightly given, and by our own vigour, has been brought to a successful issue according to our expectation,
|
||||
15| we resolved, not with strength of spear, but with gentleness and much humanity, as it were to nurse the inhabitants of Coele-Syria and Phoenicia, and to be their willing benefactors.
|
||||
16| So, having bestowed considerable sums of money upon the temples of the several cities, we proceeded even as far as Jerusalem; and went up to honour the temple of these wretched beings who never cease from their folly.
|
||||
17| To outward appearance they received us willingly; but belied that appearance by their deeds. When we were eager to enter their temple, and to honour it with the most beautiful and exquisite gifts,
|
||||
18| they were so carried away by their old arrogance, as to forbid us the entrance; while we, out of our forbearance toward all men, refrained from exercising our power upon them.
|
||||
19| And thus, exhibiting their enmity against us, they alone among the nations lift up their heads against kings and benefactors, as men unwilling to submit to any thing reasonable.
|
||||
20| We then, having endeavoured to make allowance for the madness of these persons, and on our victorious return treating all people in Egypt courteously, acted in a manner which was befitting.
|
||||
21| Accordingly, bearing no ill-will against their kinsmen [at Jerusalem,] but rather remembering our connection with them, and the numerous matters with sincere heart from a remote period entrusted to them, we wished to venture a total alteration of their state, by bestowing upon them the rights of citizens of Alexandria, and to admit them to the everlasting rites of our solemnities.
|
||||
22| All this, however, they have taken in a very different spirit. With their innate malignity, they have spurned the fair offer; and constantly inclining to evil,
|
||||
23| have rejected the inestimable rights. Not only so, but by using speech, and by refraining from speech, they abhor the few among them who are heartily disposed towards us; ever deeming that their ignoble course of procedure will force us to do away with our reform.
|
||||
24| Having then, received certain proofs that these [Jews] bear us every sort of ill-will, we must look forward to the possibility of some sudden tumult among ourselves, when these impious men may turn traitors and barbarous enemies.
|
||||
25| As soon, therefore, as the contents of this letter become known to you, in that same hour we order those [Jews] who dwell among you, with wives and children, to be sent to us, vilified and abused, in chains of iron, to undergo a death, cruel and ignominious, suitable to men disaffected.
|
||||
26| For by the punishment of them in one body we perceive that we have found the only means of establishing our affairs for the future on a firm and satisfactory basis.
|
||||
27| Whosoever shall shield a Jew, whether it be old man, child, or suckling, shall with his whole house be tortured to death.
|
||||
28| Whoever shall inform against the [Jews,] besides receiving the property of the person charged, shall be presented with two thousand drachmae from the royal treasury, shall be made free, and shall be crowned.
|
||||
29| Whatever place shall shelter a Jew, shall, when he is hunted forth, be put under the ban of fire, and be for ever rendered useless to every living being for all time to come.
|
||||
30| Such was the purport of the king's letter.
|
||||
#4
|
||||
1| Wherever this decree was received, the people kept up a revelry of joy and shouting; as if their long-pent-up, hardened hatred, were now to shew itself openly.
|
||||
2| The Jews suffered great throes of sorrow, and wept much; while their hearts, all things around being lamentable, were set on fire as they bewailed the sudden destruction which was decreed against them.
|
||||
3| What home, or city, or place at all inhabited, or what streets were there, which their condition did not fill with wailing and lamentation?
|
||||
4| They were sent out unanimously by the generals in the several cities, with such stern and pitiless feeling, that the exceptional nature of the infliction moved even some of their enemies. These, influenced by sentiments of common humanity, and reflecting upon the uncertain issue of life, shed tears at this their miserable expulsion.
|
||||
5| A multitude of aged hoary-haired old men, were driven along with halting bending feet, urged onward by the impulse of a violent, shameless force to quick speed.
|
||||
6| Girls who had entered the bridal chamber quite lately, to enjoy the partnership of marriage, exchanged pleasure for misery; and with dust scattered upon their myrrh-anointed heads, were hurried along unveiled; and, in the midst of outlandish insults, set up with one accord a lamentable cry in lieu of the marriage hymn.
|
||||
7| Bound, and exposed to public gaze, they were hurried violently on board ship.
|
||||
8| The husbands of these, in the prime of their youthful vigour, instead of crowns wore halters round their necks; instead of feasting and youthful jollity, spent the rest of their nuptial days in wailings, and saw only the grave at hand.
|
||||
9| They were dragged along by unyielding chains, like wild beasts: of these, some had their necks thrust into the benches of the rowers; while the feet of others were enclosed in hard fetters.
|
||||
10| The planks of the deck above them barred out the light, and shut out the day on every side, so that they might be treated like traitors during the whole voyage.
|
||||
11| They were conveyed accordingly in this vessel, and at the end of it arrived at Schedia. The king had ordered them to be cast into the vast hippodrome, which was built in front of the city. This place was well adapted by its situation to expose them to the gaze of all comers into the city, and of those who went from the city into the country. Thus they could hold no communication with his forces; nay, were deemed unworthy of any civilized accommodation.
|
||||
12| When this was done, the king, hearing that their brethren in the city often went out and lamented the melancholy distress of these victims,
|
||||
13| was full of rage, and commanded that they should be carefully subjected to the same (and not one whit milder) treatment.
|
||||
14| The whole nation was now to be registered. Every individual was to be specified by name; not for that hard servitude of labour which we have a little before mentioned, but that he might expose them to the before-mentioned tortures; and finally, in the short space of a day, might extirpate them by his cruelties.
|
||||
15| The registering of these men was carried on cruelly, zealously, assiduously, from the rising of the sun to its going down, and was not brought to an end in forty days.
|
||||
16| The king was filled with great and constant joy, and celebrated banquets before the temple idols. His erring heart, far from the truth, and his profane mouth, gave glory to idols, deaf and incapable of speaking or aiding, and uttered unworthy speech against the Greatest God.
|
||||
17| At the end of the above-mentioned interval of time, the registrars brought word to the king that the multitude of the Jews was too great for registration,
|
||||
18| inasmuch as there were many still left in the land, of whom some were in inhabited houses, and others were scattered about in various places; so that all the commanders in Egypt were insufficient for the work.
|
||||
19| The king threatened them, and charged them with taking bribes, in order to contrive the escape of the Jews: but was clearly convinced of the truth of what had been said.
|
||||
20| They said, and proved, that paper and pens had failed them for the carrying out of their purpose.
|
||||
21| Now this was an active interference of the unconquerable Providence which assisted the Jews from heaven.
|
||||
#5
|
||||
1| Then he called Hermon, who had charge of the elephants. Full of rage, altogether fixed in his furious design,
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2| he commanded him, with a quantity of unmixed wine and handfuls of incense [infused] to drug the elephants early on the following day. These five hundred elephants were, when infuriated by the copious draughts of frankincense, to be led up to the execution of death upon the Jews.
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3| The king, after issuing these orders, went to his feasting, and gathered together all those of his friends and of the army who hated the Jews the most.
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4| The master of the elephants, Hermon, fulfilled his commission punctually.
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5| The underlings appointed for the purpose went out about eventide and bound the hands of the miserable victims, and took other precautions for their security at night, thinking that the whole race would perish together.
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6| The heathen believed the Jews to be destitute of all protection; for chains fettered them about.
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7| they invoked the Almighty Lord, and ceaselessly besought with tears their merciful God and Father, Ruler of all, Lord of every power,
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8| to overthrow the evil purpose which was gone out against them, and to deliver them by extraordinary manifestation from that death which was in store for them.
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9| their litany so earnest went up to heaven.
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10| Then Hermon, who had filled his merciless elephants with copious draughts of mingled wine and frankincense, came early to the palace to certify the kind thereof.
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11| He, however, who has sent his good creature sleep from all time by night or by day thus gratifying whom he wills, diffused a portion thereof now upon the king.
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12| By this sweet and profound influence of the Lord he was held fast, and thus his unjust purpose was quite frustrated, and his unflinching resolve greatly falsified.
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13| But the Jews, having escaped the hour which had been fixed, praised their holy God, and again prayed him who is easily reconciled to display the power of his powerful hand to the overweening Gentiles.
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14| The middle of the tenth hour had well nigh arrived, when the master-bidder, seeing the guests who were bidden collected, came and shook the king.
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15| He gained his attention with difficulty, and hinting that the mealtime was getting past, talked the matter over with him.
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16| The kind listened to this, and then turning aside to his potations, commanded the guests to sit down before him.
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17| This done, he asked them to enjoy themselves, and to indulge in mirth at this somewhat late hour of the banquet.
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18| Conversation grew on, and the king sent for Hermon, and enquired of him, with fierce denunciations, why the Jews had been allowed to outlive that day.
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19| Hermon explained that he had done his bidding over night; and in this he was confirmed by his friends.
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20| The king, then, with a barbarity exceeding that of Phalaris, said, That they might thank his sleep of that day. Lose no time, and get ready the elephants against tomorrow, as you did before, for the destruction of these accursed Jews.
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21| When the king said this, the company present were glad, and approved; and then each man went to his own home.
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22| Nor did they employ the night in sleep, so much as in contriving cruel mockeries for those deemed miserable.
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23| The morning cock had just crowed, and Hermon, having harnessed the brutes, was stimulating them in the great colonnade.
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24| The city crowds were collected together to see the hideous spectacle, and waited impatiently for the dawn.
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25| The Jews, breathless with momentary suspense, stretched forth their hands, and prayed the Greatest God, in mournful strains, again to help them speedily.
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26| The sun's rays were not yet shed abroad, and the king was waiting for his friends, when Hermon came to him, calling him out, and saying, That his desires could now be realized.
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27| The king, receiving him, was astonished at his unwonted exit; and, overwhelmed with a spirit of oblivion about everything, enquired the object of this earnest preparation.
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28| But this was the working of that Almighty God who had made him forget all his purpose.
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29| Hermon, and all his friends, pointed out the preparation of the animals. They are ready, O king, according to your own strict injunction.
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30| The king was filled with fierce anger at these words; for, by the Providence of God regarding these things, his mind had become entirely confused. He looked hard at Hermon, and threatened him as follows:
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31| Your parents, or your children, were they here, to these wild beasts a large repast they should have furnished; not these innocent Jews, who me and my forefathers loyally have served.
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32| Had it not been for familiar friendship, and the claims of your office, your life should have gone for theirs.
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33| Hermon, being threatened in this unexpected and alarming manner, was troubled in visage, and depressed in countenance.
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34| The friends, too, stole out one by one, and dismissed the assembled multitudes to their respective occupations.
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35| The Jews, having heard of these events, praised the glorious God and King of kings, because they had obtained this help, too, from him.
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36| Now the king arranged another banquet after the same manner, and proclaimed an invitation to mirth.
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37| And he summoned Hermon to his presence, and said, with threats, How often, O wretch, must I repeat my orders to thee about these same persons?
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38| Once more, arm the elephants against the morrow for the extermination of the Jews.
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39| His kinsmen, who were reclining with him, wondered at his instability, and thus expressed themselves:
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40| O king, how long dost thou make trial of us, as of men bereft of reason? This is the third time that thou hast ordered their destruction. When the thing is to be done, thou changest thy mind, and recallest thine instructions.
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41| For this cause the feeling of expectation causes tumult in the city: it swarms with factions; and is continually on the point of being plundered.
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42| The king, just like another Phalaris, a prey to thoughtlessness, made no account of the changes which his own mind had undergone, issuing in the deliverance of the Jews. He swore a fruitless oath, and determined forthwith to send them to hades, crushed by the knees and feet of the elephants.
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43| He would also invade Judea, and level its towns with fire and the sword; and destroy that temple which the heathen might not enter, and prevent sacrifices ever after being offered up there.
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44| Joyfully his friends broke up, together with his kinsmen; and, trusting in his determination, arranged their forces in guard at the most convenient places of the city.
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45| And the master of the elephants urged the beasts into an almost maniacal state, drenched them with incense and wine, and decked them with frightful instruments.
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46| About early morning, when the city was now filled with an immense number of people at the hippodrome, he entered the palace, and called the king to the business in hand.
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47| The king's heart teemed with impious rage; and he rushed forth with the mass, along with the elephants. With feelings unsoftened, and eyes pitiless, he longed to gaze at the hard and wretched doom of the abovementioned [Jews].
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48| But the [Jews,] when the elephants went out at the gate, followed by the armed force; and when they saw the dust raised by the throng, and heard the loud cries of the crowd,
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49| thought that they had come to the last moment of their lives, to the end of what they had tremblingly expected. They gave way, therefore, to lamentations and moans: they kissed each other: those nearest of kin to each other hung about one another's necks: fathers about their sons, mother their daughters: other women held their infants to their breasts, which drew what seemed their last milk.
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50| Nevertheless, when they reflected upon the succour before granted them from heaven, they prostrated themselves with one accord; removed even the sucking children from the breasts, and
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51| sent up an exceeding great cry entreating the Lord of all power to reveal himself, and have mercy upon those who now lay at the gates of hades.
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#6
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1| And Eleazar, an illustrious priest of the country, who had attained to length of days, and whose life had been adorned with virtue, caused the presbyters who were about him to cease to cry out to the holy God, and prayed thus:
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2| O king, mighty in power, most high, Almighty God, who regulatest the whole creation with thy tender mercy,
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3| look upon the seed of Abraham, upon the children of the sanctified Jacob, thy sanctified inheritance, O Father, now being wrongfully destroyed as strangers in a strange land.
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4| Thou destroyedst Pharaoh, with his hosts of chariots, when that lord of this same Egypt was uplifted with lawless hardihood and loud-sounding tongue. Shedding the beams of thy mercy upon the race of Israel, thou didst overwhelm him with his proud army.
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5| When Sennacherim, the grievous king of the Assyrians, glorying in his countless hosts, had subdued the whole land with his spear, and was lifting himself against thine holy city, with boastings grievous to be endured, thou, O Lord, didst demolish him and didst shew forth thy might to many nations.
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6| When the three friends in the land of Babylon of their own will exposed their lives to the fire rather than serve vain things, thou didst send a dewy coolness through the fiery furnace, and bring the fire upon all their adversaries.
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7| It was thou who, when Daniel was hurled, through slander and envy, as a prey to lions down below, didst bring him back against unhurt to light.
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8| When Jonah was pining away in the belly of the sea-bred monster, thou didst look upon him, O Father, and recover him to the sight of his own.
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||||
9| And now, thou who hatest insolence; thou who dost abound in mercy; thou who art the protector of all things; appear quickly to those of the race of Israel, who are insulted by abhorred, lawless gentiles.
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10| If our life has during our exile been stained with iniquity, deliver us from the hand of the enemy, and destroy us, O Lord, by the death which thou preferrest.
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11| Let not the vain-minded congratulate vain idols at the destruction of thy beloved, saying, Neither did their god deliver them.
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12| Thou, who art Allpowerful and Almighty, O Eternal One, behold! have mercy upon us who are being withdrawn from life, like traitors, by the unreasoning insolence of lawless men.
|
||||
13| Let the heathen cower before thine invincible might today, O glorious One, who hast all power to save the race of Jacob.
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14| The whole band of infants and their parents with tears beseech thee.
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15| Let it be shewn to all the nations that thou art with us, O Lord, and hast not turned thy face away from us; but as thou saidst that thou wouldst not forget them even in the land of their enemies, so do thou fulfil this saying, O Lord.
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16| Now, at the time that Eleazar had ended his prayer, the king came along to the hippodrome, with the wild beasts, and with his tumultuous power.
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17| When the Jews saw this, they uttered a loud cry to heaven, so that the adjacent valleys resounded, and caused an irrepressible lamentation throughout the army.
|
||||
18| Then the all-glorious, all-powerful, and true God, displayed his holy countenance, and opened the gates of heaven, from which two angels, dreadful of form, came down and were visible to all but the Jews.
|
||||
19| And they stood opposite, and filled the enemies' host with confusion and cowardice; and bound them with immoveable fetters.
|
||||
20| And a cold shudder came over the person of the king, and oblivion paralysed the vehemence of his spirit.
|
||||
21| They turned back the animals upon the armed forces which followed them; and the animals trod them down, and destroyed them.
|
||||
22| The king's wrath was converted into compassion; and he wept at his own machinations.
|
||||
23| For when he heard the cry, and saw them all on the verge of destruction, with tears he angrily threatened his friends, saying,
|
||||
24| Ye have governed badly; and have exceeded tyrants in cruelty; and me your benefactor ye have laboured to deprive at once of my dominion and my life, by secretly devising measures injurious to the kingdom.
|
||||
25| Who has gathered here, unreasonably removing each from his home, those who, in fidelity to us, had held the fortresses of the country?
|
||||
26| Who has thus consigned to unmerited punishments those who in good will towards us from the beginning have in all things surpassed all nations, and who often have engaged in the most dangerous undertakings?
|
||||
27| Loose, loose the unjust bonds; send them to their homes in peace, and deprecate what has been done.
|
||||
28| Release the sons of the almighty living God of heaven, who from our ancestors' times until now has granted a glorious and uninterrupted prosperity to our affairs.
|
||||
29| These things he said; and they, released the same moment, having now escaped death, praised God their holy Saviour.
|
||||
30| The king then departed to the city, and called his financier to him, and bade him provide a seven days' quantity of wine and other materials for feasting for the Jews. He decided that they should keep a gladsome festival of deliverance in the very place in which they expected to meet with their destruction.
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||||
31| Then they who were before despised and nigh unto hades, yea, rather advanced into it, partook of the cup of salvation, instead of a grievous and lamentable death. Full of exultation, they parted out the place intended for their fall and burial into banqueting booths.
|
||||
32| Ceasing their miserable strain of woe, they took up the subject of their fatherland, hymning in praise God their wonder-working Saviour. All groans, all wailing, were laid aside: they formed dances in token of serene joy.
|
||||
33| So, also, the king collected a number of guests for the occasion, and returned unceasing thanks with much magnificence for the unexpected deliverance afforded him.
|
||||
34| Those who had marked them out as for death and for carrion, and had registered them with joy, howled aloud, and were clothed with shame, and had the fire of their rage ingloriously put out.
|
||||
35| But the Jews, as we just said, instituted a dance, and then gave themselves up to feasting, glad thanksgivings, and psalms.
|
||||
36| They made a public ordinance to commemorate these things for generations to come, as long as they should be sojourners. They thus established these days as days of mirth, not for the purpose of drinking or luxury, but because God had saved them.
|
||||
37| They requested the king to send them back to their homes.
|
||||
38| They were being enrolled from the twenty-fifth of Pachon to the fourth of Epiphi, a period of forty days: the measures taken for their destruction lasted from the fifth of Epiphi till the seventh, that is, three days.
|
||||
39| The Ruler over all did during this time manifest forth his mercy gloriously, and did deliver them all together unharmed.
|
||||
40| They feasted upon the king's provision up to the fourteenth day, and then asked to be sent away.
|
||||
41| The king commended them, and wrote the subjoined letter, of magnanimous import for them, to the commanders of every city.
|
||||
#7
|
||||
1| King Ptolemy Philopator to the commanders throughout Egypt, and to all who are set over affairs, joy and strength.
|
||||
2| We, too, and our children are well; and God has directed our affairs as we wish.
|
||||
3| Certain of our friends did of malice vehemently urge us to punish the Jews of our realm in a body, with the infliction of a monstrous punishment.
|
||||
4| They pretended that our affairs would never be in a good state till this took place. Such, they said, was the hatred borne by the Jews to all other people.
|
||||
5| They brought them fettered in grievous chains as slaves, nay, as traitors. Without enquiry or examination they endeavoured to annihilate them. They buckled themselves with a savage cruelty, worse than Scythian custom.
|
||||
6| For this cause we severely threatened them; yet, with the clemency which we are wont to extend to all men, we at length permitted them to live. Finding that the God of heaven cast a shield of protection over the Jews so as to preserve them, and that he fought for them as a father always fights for his sons;
|
||||
7| and taking into consideration their constancy and fidelity towards us and towards our ancestors, we have, as we ought, acquitted them of every sort of charge.
|
||||
8| And we have dismissed them to their several homes; bidding all men everywhere to do them no wrong, or unrighteously revile them about the past.
|
||||
9| For know ye, that should we conceive any evil design, or in any way aggrieve them, we shall ever have as our opposite, not man, but the highest God, the ruler of all might. From Him there will be no escape, as the avenger of such deeds. Fare ye well.
|
||||
10| When they had received this letter, they were not forward to depart immediately. They petitioned the king to be allowed to inflict fitting punishment upon those of their race who had willingly transgressed the holy god, and the law of God.
|
||||
11| They alleged that men who had for their bellies' sake transgressed the ordinances of God, would never be faithful to the interests of the king.
|
||||
12| The king admitted the truth of this reasoning, and commended them. Full power was given them, without warrant or special commission, to destroy those who had transgressed the law of God boldly in every part of the king's dominions.
|
||||
13| Their priests, then, as it was meet, saluted him with good wishes, and all the people echoed with the Hallelujah. They then joyfully departed.
|
||||
14| Then they punished and destroyed with ignominy every polluted Jew that fell in their way;
|
||||
15| slaying thus, in that day, above three hundred men, and esteeming this destruction of the wicked a season of joy.
|
||||
16| They themselves having held fast their God unto death, and having enjoyed a full deliverance, departed from the city garlanded with sweet-flowered wreaths of every kind. Uttering exclamations of joy, with songs of praise, and melodious hymns they thanked the God of their fathers, the eternal Saviour of Israel.
|
||||
17| Having arrived at Ptolemais, called from the specialty of that district Rose-bearing, where the fleet, in accordance with the general wish, waited for them seven days,
|
||||
18| they partook of a banquet of deliverance, for the king generously granted them severally the means of securing a return home.
|
||||
19| They were accordingly brought back in peace, while they gave utterance to becoming thanks; and they determined to keep these days during their sojourn as days of joyfulness.
|
||||
20| These they registered as sacred upon a pillar, when they had dedicated the place of their festivity to be one of prayer. They departed unharmed, free, abundant in joy, preserved by the king's command, by land, by sea, and by river, each to his own home.
|
||||
21| They had more weight than before among their enemies; and were honoured and feared, and no one in any way robbed them of their goods.
|
||||
22| Every man received back his own, according to inventory; those who had obtained their goods, giving them up with the greatest terror. For the greatest God wrought with perfectness wonders for their salvation.
|
||||
23| Blessed be the Redeemer of Israel unto everlasting. Amen.
|
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#1
|
||||
1| Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints which are in all Achaia:
|
||||
2| Grace be to you and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
|
||||
3| Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;
|
||||
4| Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.
|
||||
5| For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ.
|
||||
6| And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation.
|
||||
7| And our hope of you is stedfast, knowing, that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so shall ye be also of the consolation.
|
||||
8| For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life:
|
||||
9| But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead:
|
||||
10| Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us;
|
||||
11| Ye also helping together by prayer for us, that for the gift bestowed upon us by the means of many persons thanks may be given by many on our behalf.
|
||||
12| For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.
|
||||
13| For we write none other things unto you, than what ye read or acknowledge; and I trust ye shall acknowledge even to the end;
|
||||
14| As also ye have acknowledged us in part, that we are your rejoicing, even as ye also are our's in the day of the Lord Jesus.
|
||||
15| And in this confidence I was minded to come unto you before, that ye might have a second benefit;
|
||||
16| And to pass by you into Macedonia, and to come again out of Macedonia unto you, and of you to be brought on my way toward Judaea.
|
||||
17| When I therefore was thus minded, did I use lightness? or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be yea yea, and nay nay?
|
||||
18| But as God is true, our word toward you was not yea and nay.
|
||||
19| For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, even by me and Silvanus and Timotheus, was not yea and nay, but in him was yea.
|
||||
20| For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.
|
||||
21| Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God;
|
||||
22| Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.
|
||||
23| Moreover I call God for a record upon my soul, that to spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth.
|
||||
24| Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye stand.
|
||||
#2
|
||||
1| But I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to you in heaviness.
|
||||
2| For if I make you sorry, who is he then that maketh me glad, but the same which is made sorry by me?
|
||||
3| And I wrote this same unto you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.
|
||||
4| For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be grieved, but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly unto you.
|
||||
5| But if any have caused grief, he hath not grieved me, but in part: that I may not overcharge you all.
|
||||
6| Sufficient to such a man is this punishment, which was inflicted of many.
|
||||
7| So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.
|
||||
8| Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm your love toward him.
|
||||
9| For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye be obedient in all things.
|
||||
10| To whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive also: for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes forgave I it in the person of Christ;
|
||||
11| Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.
|
||||
12| Furthermore, when I came to Troas to preach Christ's gospel, and a door was opened unto me of the Lord,
|
||||
13| I had no rest in my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother: but taking my leave of them, I went from thence into Macedonia.
|
||||
14| Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.
|
||||
15| For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish:
|
||||
16| To the one we are the savour of death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things?
|
||||
17| For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.
|
||||
#3
|
||||
1| Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some others, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you?
|
||||
2| Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men:
|
||||
3| Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.
|
||||
4| And such trust have we through Christ to God-ward:
|
||||
5| Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;
|
||||
6| Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
|
||||
7| But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away:
|
||||
8| How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious?
|
||||
9| For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.
|
||||
10| For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth.
|
||||
11| For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious.
|
||||
12| Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech:
|
||||
13| And not as Moses, which put a vail over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished:
|
||||
14| But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ.
|
||||
15| But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart.
|
||||
16| Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away.
|
||||
17| Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
|
||||
18| But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.
|
||||
#4
|
||||
1| Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;
|
||||
2| But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.
|
||||
3| But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:
|
||||
4| In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
|
||||
5| For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake.
|
||||
6| For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
|
||||
7| But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.
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8| We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;
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9| Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;
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10| Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.
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11| For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.
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12| So then death worketh in us, but life in you.
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13| We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak;
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14| Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus, and shall present us with you.
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15| For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God.
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16| For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
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17| For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;
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18| While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.
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#5
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1| For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
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2| For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven:
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3| If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked.
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4| For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.
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5| Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit.
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6| Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord:
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7| (For we walk by faith, not by sight:)
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8| We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
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9| Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.
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10| For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
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11| Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences.
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12| For we commend not ourselves again unto you, but give you occasion to glory on our behalf, that ye may have somewhat to answer them which glory in appearance, and not in heart.
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13| For whether we be beside ourselves, it is to God: or whether we be sober, it is for your cause.
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14| For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:
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15| And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.
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16| Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more.
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17| Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
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18| And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;
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19| To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.
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20| Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God.
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21| For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
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#6
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1| We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.
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2| (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)
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3| Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed:
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4| But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,
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5| In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings;
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6| By pureness, by knowledge, by long suffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned,
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7| By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,
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8| By honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report: as deceivers, and yet true;
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9| As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed;
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10| As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
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11| O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, our heart is enlarged.
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12| Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels.
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13| Now for a recompence in the same, (I speak as unto my children,) be ye also enlarged.
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14| Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
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15| And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?
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16| And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
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17| Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you.
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18| And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
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#7
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1| Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
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2| Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, we have defrauded no man.
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3| I speak not this to condemn you: for I have said before, that ye are in our hearts to die and live with you.
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4| Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying of you: I am filled with comfort, I am exceeding joyful in all our tribulation.
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5| For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; without were fightings, within were fears.
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6| Nevertheless God, that comforteth those that are cast down, comforted us by the coming of Titus;
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7| And not by his coming only, but by the consolation wherewith he was comforted in you, when he told us your earnest desire, your mourning, your fervent mind toward me; so that I rejoiced the more.
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8| For though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not repent, though I did repent: for I perceive that the same epistle hath made you sorry, though it were but for a season.
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9| Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing.
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10| For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
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11| For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter.
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12| Wherefore, though I wrote unto you, I did it not for his cause that had done the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered wrong, but that our care for you in the sight of God might appear unto you.
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13| Therefore we were comforted in your comfort: yea, and exceedingly the more joyed we for the joy of Titus, because his spirit was refreshed by you all.
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14| For if I have boasted any thing to him of you, I am not ashamed; but as we spake all things to you in truth, even so our boasting, which I made before Titus, is found a truth.
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15| And his inward affection is more abundant toward you, whilst he remembereth the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling ye received him.
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16| I rejoice therefore that I have confidence in you in all things.
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#8
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1| Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia;
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2| How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.
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3| For to their power, I bear record, yea, and beyond their power they were willing of themselves;
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4| Praying us with much intreaty that we would receive the gift, and take upon us the fellowship of the ministering to the saints.
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5| And this they did, not as we hoped, but first gave their own selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of God.
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6| Insomuch that we desired Titus, that as he had begun, so he would also finish in you the same grace also.
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||||
7| Therefore, as ye abound in every thing, in faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love to us, see that ye abound in this grace also.
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8| I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love.
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9| For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.
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10| And herein I give my advice: for this is expedient for you, who have begun before, not only to do, but also to be forward a year ago.
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11| Now therefore perform the doing of it; that as there was a readiness to will, so there may be a performance also out of that which ye have.
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12| For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.
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||||
13| For I mean not that other men be eased, and ye burdened:
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14| But by an equality, that now at this time your abundance may be a supply for their want, that their abundance also may be a supply for your want: that there may be equality:
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15| As it is written, He that had gathered much had nothing over; and he that had gathered little had no lack.
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16| But thanks be to God, which put the same earnest care into the heart of Titus for you.
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17| For indeed he accepted the exhortation; but being more forward, of his own accord he went unto you.
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18| And we have sent with him the brother, whose praise is in the gospel throughout all the churches;
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19| And not that only, but who was also chosen of the churches to travel with us with this grace, which is administered by us to the glory of the same Lord, and declaration of your ready mind:
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20| Avoiding this, that no man should blame us in this abundance which is administered by us:
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21| Providing for honest things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.
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22| And we have sent with them our brother, whom we have oftentimes proved diligent in many things, but now much more diligent, upon the great confidence which I have in you.
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23| Whether any do enquire of Titus, he is my partner and fellowhelper concerning you: or our brethren be enquired of, they are the messengers of the churches, and the glory of Christ.
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24| Wherefore shew ye to them, and before the churches, the proof of your love, and of our boasting on your behalf.
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#9
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1| For as touching the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you:
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2| For I know the forwardness of your mind, for which I boast of you to them of Macedonia, that Achaia was ready a year ago; and your zeal hath provoked very many.
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3| Yet have I sent the brethren, lest our boasting of you should be in vain in this behalf; that, as I said, ye may be ready:
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4| Lest haply if they of Macedonia come with me, and find you unprepared, we (that we say not, ye) should be ashamed in this same confident boasting.
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||||
5| Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your bounty, whereof ye had notice before, that the same might be ready, as a matter of bounty, and not as of covetousness.
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||||
6| But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.
|
||||
7| Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.
|
||||
8| And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:
|
||||
9| (As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever.
|
||||
10| Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;)
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11| Being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness, which causeth through us thanksgiving to God.
|
||||
12| For the administration of this service not only supplieth the want of the saints, but is abundant also by many thanksgivings unto God;
|
||||
13| Whiles by the experiment of this ministration they glorify God for your professed subjection unto the gospel of Christ, and for your liberal distribution unto them, and unto all men;
|
||||
14| And by their prayer for you, which long after you for the exceeding grace of God in you.
|
||||
15| Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.
|
||||
#10
|
||||
1| Now I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, who in presence am base among you, but being absent am bold toward you:
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||||
2| But I beseech you, that I may not be bold when I am present with that confidence, wherewith I think to be bold against some, which think of us as if we walked according to the flesh.
|
||||
3| For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:
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||||
4| (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)
|
||||
5| Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
|
||||
6| And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.
|
||||
7| Do ye look on things after the outward appearance? if any man trust to himself that he is Christ's, let him of himself think this again, that, as he is Christ's, even so are we Christ's.
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||||
8| For though I should boast somewhat more of our authority, which the Lord hath given us for edification, and not for your destruction, I should not be ashamed:
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||||
9| That I may not seem as if I would terrify you by letters.
|
||||
10| For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.
|
||||
11| Let such an one think this, that, such as we are in word by letters when we are absent, such will we be also in deed when we are present.
|
||||
12| For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise.
|
||||
13| But we will not boast of things without our measure, but according to the measure of the rule which God hath distributed to us, a measure to reach even unto you.
|
||||
14| For we stretch not ourselves beyond our measure, as though we reached not unto you: for we are come as far as to you also in preaching the gospel of Christ:
|
||||
15| Not boasting of things without our measure, that is, of other men's labours; but having hope, when your faith is increased, that we shall be enlarged by you according to our rule abundantly,
|
||||
16| To preach the gospel in the regions beyond you, and not to boast in another man's line of things made ready to our hand.
|
||||
17| But he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.
|
||||
18| For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth.
|
||||
#11
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||||
1| Would to God ye could bear with me a little in my folly: and indeed bear with me.
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||||
2| For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.
|
||||
3| But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
|
||||
4| For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him.
|
||||
5| For I suppose I was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles.
|
||||
6| But though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but we have been throughly made manifest among you in all things.
|
||||
7| Have I committed an offence in abasing myself that ye might be exalted, because I have preached to you the gospel of God freely?
|
||||
8| I robbed other churches, taking wages of them, to do you service.
|
||||
9| And when I was present with you, and wanted, I was chargeable to no man: for that which was lacking to me the brethren which came from Macedonia supplied: and in all things I have kept myself from being burdensome unto you, and so will I keep myself.
|
||||
10| As the truth of Christ is in me, no man shall stop me of this boasting in the regions of Achaia.
|
||||
11| Wherefore? because I love you not? God knoweth.
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||||
12| But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from them which desire occasion; that wherein they glory, they may be found even as we.
|
||||
13| For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.
|
||||
14| And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
|
||||
15| Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.
|
||||
16| I say again, let no man think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as a fool receive me, that I may boast myself a little.
|
||||
17| That which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.
|
||||
18| Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also.
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||||
19| For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise.
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||||
20| For ye suffer, if a man bring you into bondage, if a man devour you, if a man take of you, if a man exalt himself, if a man smite you on the face.
|
||||
21| I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak. Howbeit whereinsoever any is bold, (I speak foolishly,) I am bold also.
|
||||
22| Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so am I.
|
||||
23| Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft.
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||||
24| Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one.
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||||
25| Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep;
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||||
26| In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren;
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27| In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
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||||
28| Beside those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches.
|
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29| Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I burn not?
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||||
30| If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern mine infirmities.
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||||
31| The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed for evermore, knoweth that I lie not.
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||||
32| In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me:
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||||
33| And through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall, and escaped his hands.
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||||
#12
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||||
1| It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.
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||||
2| I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.
|
||||
3| And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;)
|
||||
4| How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.
|
||||
5| Of such an one will I glory: yet of myself I will not glory, but in mine infirmities.
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||||
6| For though I would desire to glory, I shall not be a fool; for I will say the truth: but now I forbear, lest any man should think of me above that which he seeth me to be, or that he heareth of me.
|
||||
7| And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.
|
||||
8| For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.
|
||||
9| And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
|
||||
10| Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.
|
||||
11| I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing.
|
||||
12| Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among you in all patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds.
|
||||
13| For what is it wherein ye were inferior to other churches, except it be that I myself was not burdensome to you? forgive me this wrong.
|
||||
14| Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not your's but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.
|
||||
15| And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved.
|
||||
16| But be it so, I did not burden you: nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you with guile.
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||||
17| Did I make a gain of you by any of them whom I sent unto you?
|
||||
18| I desired Titus, and with him I sent a brother. Did Titus make a gain of you? walked we not in the same spirit? walked we not in the same steps?
|
||||
19| Again, think ye that we excuse ourselves unto you? we speak before God in Christ: but we do all things, dearly beloved, for your edifying.
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||||
20| For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults:
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21| And lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and that I shall bewail many which have sinned already, and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they have committed.
|
||||
#13
|
||||
1| This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.
|
||||
2| I told you before, and foretell you, as if I were present, the second time; and being absent now I write to them which heretofore have sinned, and to all other, that, if I come again, I will not spare:
|
||||
3| Since ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, which to you-ward is not weak, but is mighty in you.
|
||||
4| For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him by the power of God toward you.
|
||||
5| Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?
|
||||
6| But I trust that ye shall know that we are not reprobates.
|
||||
7| Now I pray to God that ye do no evil; not that we should appear approved, but that ye should do that which is honest, though we be as reprobates.
|
||||
8| For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.
|
||||
9| For we are glad, when we are weak, and ye are strong: and this also we wish, even your perfection.
|
||||
10| Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the power which the Lord hath given me to edification, and not to destruction.
|
||||
11| Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you.
|
||||
12| Greet one another with an holy kiss.
|
||||
13| All the saints salute you.
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||||
14| The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen.
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#1
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1| And Josias held the feast of the passover in Jerusalem unto his Lord, and offered the passover the fourteenth day of the first month;
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||||
2| Having set the priests according to their daily courses, being arrayed in long garments, in the temple of the Lord.
|
||||
3| And he spake unto the Levites, the holy ministers of Israel, that they should hallow themselves unto the Lord, to set the holy ark of the Lord in the house that king Solomon the son of David had built:
|
||||
4| And said, Ye shall no more bear the ark upon your shoulders: now therefore serve the Lord your God, and minister unto his people Israel, and prepare you after your families and kindreds,
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5| According as David the king of Israel prescribed, and according to the magnificence of Solomon his son: and standing in the temple according to the several dignity of the families of you the Levites, who minister in the presence of your brethren the children of Israel,
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6| Offer the passover in order, and make ready the sacrifices for your brethren, and keep the passover according to the commandment of the Lord, which was given unto Moses.
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7| And unto the people that was found there Josias gave thirty thousand lambs and kids, and three thousand calves: these things were given of the king's allowance, according as he promised, to the people, to the priests, and to the Levites.
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8| And Helkias, Zacharias, and Syelus, the governors of the temple, gave to the priests for the passover two thousand and six hundred sheep, and three hundred calves.
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9| And Jeconias, and Samaias, and Nathanael his brother, and Assabias, and Ochiel, and Joram, captains over thousands, gave to the Levites for the passover five thousand sheep, and seven hundred calves.
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10| And when these things were done, the priests and Levites, having the unleavened bread, stood in very comely order according to the kindreds,
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11| And according to the several dignities of the fathers, before the people, to offer to the Lord, as it is written in the book of Moses: and thus did they in the morning.
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12| And they roasted the passover with fire, as appertaineth: as for the sacrifices, they sod them in brass pots and pans with a good savour,
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13| And set them before all the people: and afterward they prepared for themselves, and for the priests their brethren, the sons of Aaron.
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14| For the priests offered the fat until night: and the Levites prepared for themselves, and the priests their brethren, the sons of Aaron.
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15| The holy singers also, the sons of Asaph, were in their order, according to the appointment of David, to wit, Asaph, Zacharias, and Jeduthun, who was of the king's retinue.
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16| Moreover the porters were at every gate; it was not lawful for any to go from his ordinary service: for their brethren the Levites prepared for them.
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17| Thus were the things that belonged to the sacrifices of the Lord accomplished in that day, that they might hold the passover,
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18| And offer sacrifices upon the altar of the Lord, according to the commandment of king Josias.
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19| So the children of Israel which were present held the passover at that time, and the feast of sweet bread seven days.
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20| And such a passover was not kept in Israel since the time of the prophet Samuel.
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21| Yea, all the kings of Israel held not such a passover as Josias, and the priests, and the Levites, and the Jews, held with all Israel that were found dwelling at Jerusalem.
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22| In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josias was this passover kept.
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23| And the works or Josias were upright before his Lord with an heart full of godliness.
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24| As for the things that came to pass in his time, they were written in former times, concerning those that sinned, and did wickedly against the Lord above all people and kingdoms, and how they grieved him exceedingly, so that the words of the Lord rose up against Israel.
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25| Now after all these acts of Josias it came to pass, that Pharaoh the king of Egypt came to raise war at Carchamis upon Euphrates: and Josias went out against him.
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26| But the king of Egypt sent to him, saying, What have I to do with thee, O king of Judea?
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27| I am not sent out from the Lord God against thee; for my war is upon Euphrates: and now the Lord is with me, yea, the Lord is with me hasting me forward: depart from me, and be not against the Lord.
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28| Howbeit Josias did not turn back his chariot from him, but undertook to fight with him, not regarding the words of the prophet Jeremy spoken by the mouth of the Lord:
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29| But joined battle with him in the plain of Magiddo, and the princes came against king Josias.
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30| Then said the king unto his servants, Carry me away out of the battle; for I am very weak. And immediately his servants took him away out of the battle.
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31| Then gat he up upon his second chariot; and being brought back to Jerusalem died, and was buried in his father's sepulchre.
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32| And in all Jewry they mourned for Josias, yea, Jeremy the prophet lamented for Josias, and the chief men with the women made lamentation for him unto this day: and this was given out for an ordinance to be done continually in all the nation of Israel.
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33| These things are written in the book of the stories of the kings of Judah, and every one of the acts that Josias did, and his glory, and his understanding in the law of the Lord, and the things that he had done before, and the things now recited, are reported in the book of the kings of Israel and Judea.
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34| And the people took Joachaz the son of Josias, and made him king instead of Josias his father, when he was twenty and three years old.
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35| And he reigned in Judea and in Jerusalem three months: and then the king of Egypt deposed him from reigning in Jerusalem.
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36| And he set a tax upon the land of an hundred talents of silver and one talent of gold.
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37| The king of Egypt also made king Joacim his brother king of Judea and Jerusalem.
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38| And he bound Joacim and the nobles: but Zaraces his brother he apprehended, and brought him out of Egypt.
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39| Five and twenty years old was Joacim when he was made king in the land of Judea and Jerusalem; and he did evil before the Lord.
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40| Wherefore against him Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon came up, and bound him with a chain of brass, and carried him into Babylon.
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41| Nabuchodonosor also took of the holy vessels of the Lord, and carried them away, and set them in his own temple at Babylon.
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42| But those things that are recorded of him, and of his uncleaness and impiety, are written in the chronicles of the kings.
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43| And Joacim his son reigned in his stead: he was made king being eighteen years old;
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44| And reigned but three months and ten days in Jerusalem; and did evil before the Lord.
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45| So after a year Nabuchodonosor sent and caused him to be brought into Babylon with the holy vessels of the Lord;
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46| And made Zedechias king of Judea and Jerusalem, when he was one and twenty years old; and he reigned eleven years:
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47| And he did evil also in the sight of the Lord, and cared not for the words that were spoken unto him by the prophet Jeremy from the mouth of the Lord.
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48| And after that king Nabuchodonosor had made him to swear by the name of the Lord, he forswore himself, and rebelled; and hardening his neck, his heart, he transgressed the laws of the Lord God of Israel.
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49| The governors also of the people and of the priests did many things against the laws, and passed all the pollutions of all nations, and defiled the temple of the Lord, which was sanctified in Jerusalem.
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50| Nevertheless the God of their fathers sent by his messenger to call them back, because he spared them and his tabernacle also.
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51| But they had his messengers in derision; and, look, when the Lord spake unto them, they made a sport of his prophets:
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52| So far forth, that he, being wroth with his people for their great ungodliness, commanded the kings of the Chaldees to come up against them;
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53| Who slew their young men with the sword, yea, even within the compass of their holy temple, and spared neither young man nor maid, old man nor child, among them; for he delivered all into their hands.
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54| And they took all the holy vessels of the Lord, both great and small, with the vessels of the ark of God, and the king's treasures, and carried them away into Babylon.
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55| As for the house of the Lord, they burnt it, and brake down the walls of Jerusalem, and set fire upon her towers:
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56| And as for her glorious things, they never ceased till they had consumed and brought them all to nought: and the people that were not slain with the sword he carried unto Babylon:
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57| Who became servants to him and his children, till the Persians reigned, to fulfil the word of the Lord spoken by the mouth of Jeremy:
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58| Until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths, the whole time of her desolation shall she rest, until the full term of seventy years.
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#2
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1| In the first year of Cyrus king of the Persians, that the word of the Lord might be accomplished, that he had promised by the mouth of Jeremy;
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2| The Lord raised up the spirit of Cyrus the king of the Persians, and he made proclamation through all his kingdom, and also by writing,
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3| Saying, Thus saith Cyrus king of the Persians; The Lord of Israel, the most high Lord, hath made me king of the whole world,
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4| And commanded me to build him an house at Jerusalem in Jewry.
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5| If therefore there be any of you that are of his people, let the Lord, even his Lord, be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem that is in Judea, and build the house of the Lord of Israel: for he is the Lord that dwelleth in Jerusalem.
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6| Whosoever then dwell in the places about, let them help him, those, I say, that are his neighbours, with gold, and with silver,
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7| With gifts, with horses, and with cattle, and other things, which have been set forth by vow, for the temple of the Lord at Jerusalem.
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8| Then the chief of the families of Judea and of the tribe of Benjamin stood up; the priests also, and the Levites, and all they whose mind the Lord had moved to go up, and to build an house for the Lord at Jerusalem,
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9| And they that dwelt round about them, and helped them in all things with silver and gold, with horses and cattle, and with very many free gifts of a great number whose minds were stirred up thereto.
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10| King Cyrus also brought forth the holy vessels, which Nabuchodonosor had carried away from Jerusalem, and had set up in his temple of idols.
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11| Now when Cyrus king of the Persians had brought them forth, he delivered them to Mithridates his treasurer:
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12| And by him they were delivered to Sanabassar the governor of Judea.
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13| And this was the number of them; A thousand golden cups, and a thousand of silver, censers of silver twenty nine, vials of gold thirty, and of silver two thousand four hundred and ten, and a thousand other vessels.
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14| So all the vessels of gold and of silver, which were carried away, were five thousand four hundred threescore and nine.
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15| These were brought back by Sanabassar, together with them of the captivity, from Babylon to Jerusalem.
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16| But in the time of Artexerxes king of the Persians Belemus, and Mithridates, and Tabellius, and Rathumus, and Beeltethmus, and Semellius the secretary, with others that were in commission with them, dwelling in Samaria and other places, wrote unto him against them that dwelt in Judea and Jerusalem these letters following;
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17| To king Artexerxes our lord, Thy servants, Rathumus the storywriter, and Semellius the scribe, and the rest of their council, and the judges that are in Celosyria and Phenice.
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18| Be it now known to the lord king, that the Jews that are up from you to us, being come into Jerusalem, that rebellious and wicked city, do build the marketplaces, and repair the walls of it and do lay the foundation of the temple.
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19| Now if this city and the walls thereof be made up again, they will not only refuse to give tribute, but also rebel against kings.
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20| And forasmuch as the things pertaining to the temple are now in hand, we think it meet not to neglect such a matter,
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21| But to speak unto our lord the king, to the intent that, if it be thy pleasure it may be sought out in the books of thy fathers:
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22| And thou shalt find in the chronicles what is written concerning these things, and shalt understand that that city was rebellious, troubling both kings and cities:
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23| And that the Jews were rebellious, and raised always wars therein; for the which cause even this city was made desolate.
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24| Wherefore now we do declare unto thee, O lord the king, that if this city be built again, and the walls thereof set up anew, thou shalt from henceforth have no passage into Celosyria and Phenice.
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25| Then the king wrote back again to Rathumus the storywriter, to Beeltethmus, to Semellius the scribe, and to the rest that were in commission, and dwellers in Samaria and Syria and Phenice, after this manner;
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26| I have read the epistle which ye have sent unto me: therefore I commanded to make diligent search, and it hath been found that that city was from the beginning practising against kings;
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27| And the men therein were given to rebellion and war: and that mighty kings and fierce were in Jerusalem, who reigned and exacted tributes in Celosyria and Phenice.
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28| Now therefore I have commanded to hinder those men from building the city, and heed to be taken that there be no more done in it;
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29| And that those wicked workers proceed no further to the annoyance of kings,
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30| Then king Artexerxes his letters being read, Rathumus, and Semellius the scribe, and the rest that were in commission with them, removing in haste toward Jerusalem with a troop of horsemen and a multitude of people in battle array, began to hinder the builders; and the building of the temple in Jerusalem ceased until the second year of the reign of Darius king of the Persians.
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#3
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1| Now when Darius reigned, he made a great feast unto all his subjects, and unto all his household, and unto all the princes of Media and Persia,
|
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2| And to all the governors and captains and lieutenants that were under him, from India unto Ethiopia, of an hundred twenty and seven provinces.
|
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3| And when they had eaten and drunken, and being satisfied were gone home, then Darius the king went into his bedchamber, and slept, and soon after awaked.
|
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4| Then three young men, that were of the guard that kept the king's body, spake one to another;
|
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5| Let every one of us speak a sentence: he that shall overcome, and whose sentence shall seem wiser than the others, unto him shall the king Darius give great gifts, and great things in token of victory:
|
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6| As, to be clothed in purple, to drink in gold, and to sleep upon gold, and a chariot with bridles of gold, and an headtire of fine linen, and a chain about his neck:
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7| And he shall sit next to Darius because of his wisdom, and shall be called Darius his cousin.
|
||||
8| And then every one wrote his sentence, sealed it, and laid it under king Darius his pillow;
|
||||
9| And said that, when the king is risen, some will give him the writings; and of whose side the king and the three princes of Persia shall judge that his sentence is the wisest, to him shall the victory be given, as was appointed.
|
||||
10| The first wrote, Wine is the strongest.
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11| The second wrote, The king is strongest.
|
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12| The third wrote, Women are strongest: but above all things Truth beareth away the victory.
|
||||
13| Now when the king was risen up, they took their writings, and delivered them unto him, and so he read them:
|
||||
14| And sending forth he called all the princes of Persia and Media, and the governors, and the captains, and the lieutenants, and the chief officers;
|
||||
15| And sat him down in the royal seat of judgment; and the writings were read before them.
|
||||
16| And he said, Call the young men, and they shall declare their own sentences. So they were called, and came in.
|
||||
17| And he said unto them, Declare unto us your mind concerning the writings. Then began the first, who had spoken of the strength of wine;
|
||||
18| And he said thus, O ye men, how exceeding strong is wine! it causeth all men to err that drink it:
|
||||
19| It maketh the mind of the king and of the fatherless child to be all one; of the bondman and of the freeman, of the poor man and of the rich:
|
||||
20| It turneth also every thought into jollity and mirth, so that a man remembereth neither sorrow nor debt:
|
||||
21| And it maketh every heart rich, so that a man remembereth neither king nor governor; and it maketh to speak all things by talents:
|
||||
22| And when they are in their cups, they forget their love both to friends and brethren, and a little after draw out swords:
|
||||
23| But when they are from the wine, they remember not what they have done.
|
||||
24| O ye men, is not wine the strongest, that enforceth to do thus? And when he had so spoken, he held his peace.
|
||||
#4
|
||||
1| Then the second, that had spoken of the strength of the king, began to say,
|
||||
2| O ye men, do not men excel in strength that bear rule over sea and land and all things in them?
|
||||
3| But yet the king is more mighty: for he is lord of all these things, and hath dominion over them; and whatsoever he commandeth them they do.
|
||||
4| If he bid them make war the one against the other, they do it: if he send them out against the enemies, they go, and break down mountains walls and towers.
|
||||
5| They slay and are slain, and transgress not the king's commandment: if they get the victory, they bring all to the king, as well the spoil, as all things else.
|
||||
6| Likewise for those that are no soldiers, and have not to do with wars, but use husbundry, when they have reaped again that which they had sown, they bring it to the king, and compel one another to pay tribute unto the king.
|
||||
7| And yet he is but one man: if he command to kill, they kill; if he command to spare, they spare;
|
||||
8| If he command to smite, they smite; if he command to make desolate, they make desolate; if he command to build, they build;
|
||||
9| If he command to cut down, they cut down; if he command to plant, they plant.
|
||||
10| So all his people and his armies obey him: furthermore he lieth down, he eateth and drinketh, and taketh his rest:
|
||||
11| And these keep watch round about him, neither may any one depart, and do his own business, neither disobey they him in any thing.
|
||||
12| O ye men, how should not the king be mightiest, when in such sort he is obeyed? And he held his tongue.
|
||||
13| Then the third, who had spoken of women, and of the truth, (this was Zorobabel) began to speak.
|
||||
14| O ye men, it is not the great king, nor the multitude of men, neither is it wine, that excelleth; who is it then that ruleth them, or hath the lordship over them? are they not women?
|
||||
15| Women have borne the king and all the people that bear rule by sea and land.
|
||||
16| Even of them came they: and they nourished them up that planted the vineyards, from whence the wine cometh.
|
||||
17| These also make garments for men; these bring glory unto men; and without women cannot men be.
|
||||
18| Yea, and if men have gathered together gold and silver, or any other goodly thing, do they not love a woman which is comely in favour and beauty?
|
||||
19| And letting all those things go, do they not gape, and even with open mouth fix their eyes fast on her; and have not all men more desire unto her than unto silver or gold, or any goodly thing whatsoever?
|
||||
20| A man leaveth his own father that brought him up, and his own country, and cleaveth unto his wife.
|
||||
21| He sticketh not to spend his life with his wife. and remembereth neither father, nor mother, nor country.
|
||||
22| By this also ye must know that women have dominion over you: do ye not labour and toil, and give and bring all to the woman?
|
||||
23| Yea, a man taketh his sword, and goeth his way to rob and to steal, to sail upon the sea and upon rivers;
|
||||
24| And looketh upon a lion, and goeth in the darkness; and when he hath stolen, spoiled, and robbed, he bringeth it to his love.
|
||||
25| Wherefore a man loveth his wife better than father or mother.
|
||||
26| Yea, many there be that have run out of their wits for women, and become servants for their sakes.
|
||||
27| Many also have perished, have erred, and sinned, for women.
|
||||
28| And now do ye not believe me? is not the king great in his power? do not all regions fear to touch him?
|
||||
29| Yet did I see him and Apame the king's concubine, the daughter of the admirable Bartacus, sitting at the right hand of the king,
|
||||
30| And taking the crown from the king's head, and setting it upon her own head; she also struck the king with her left hand.
|
||||
31| And yet for all this the king gaped and gazed upon her with open mouth: if she laughed upon him, he laughed also: but if she took any displeasure at him, the king was fain to flatter, that she might be reconciled to him again.
|
||||
32| O ye men, how can it be but women should be strong, seeing they do thus?
|
||||
33| Then the king and the princes looked one upon another: so he began to speak of the truth.
|
||||
34| O ye men, are not women strong? great is the earth, high is the heaven, swift is the sun in his course, for he compasseth the heavens round about, and fetcheth his course again to his own place in one day.
|
||||
35| Is he not great that maketh these things? therefore great is the truth, and stronger than all things.
|
||||
36| All the earth crieth upon the truth, and the heaven blesseth it: all works shake and tremble at it, and with it is no unrighteous thing.
|
||||
37| Wine is wicked, the king is wicked, women are wicked, all the children of men are wicked, and such are all their wicked works; and there is no truth in them; in their unrighteousness also they shall perish.
|
||||
38| As for the truth, it endureth, and is alwaYs strong; it liveth and conquereth for evermore.
|
||||
39| With her there is no accepting of persons or rewards; but she doeth the things that are just, and refraineth from all unjust and wicked things; and all men do well like of her works.
|
||||
40| Neither in her judgment is any unrighteousness; and she is the strength, kingdom, power, and majesty, of all ages. Blessed be the God of truth.
|
||||
41| And with that he held his peace. And all the people then shouted, and said, Great is Truth, and mighty above all things.
|
||||
42| Then said the king unto him, Ask what thou wilt more than is appointed in the writing, and we will give it thee, because thou art found wisest; and thou shalt sit next me, and shalt be called my cousin.
|
||||
43| Then said he unto the king, Remember thy vow, which thou hast vowed to build Jerusalem, in the day when thou camest to thy kingdom,
|
||||
44| And to send away all the vessels that were taken away out of Jerusalem, which Cyrus set apart, when he vowed to destroy Babylon, and to send them again thither.
|
||||
45| Thou also hast vowed to build up the temple, which the Edomites burned when Judea was made desolate by the Chaldees.
|
||||
46| And now, O lord the king, this is that which I require, and which I desire of thee, and this is the princely liberality proceeding from thyself: I desire therefore that thou make good the vow, the performance whereof with thine own mouth thou hast vowed to the King of heaven.
|
||||
47| Then Darius the king stood up, and kissed him, and wrote letters for him unto all the treasurers and lieutenants and captains and governors, that they should safely convey on their way both him, and all those that go up with him to build Jerusalem.
|
||||
48| He wrote letters also unto the lieutenants that were in Celosyria and Phenice, and unto them in Libanus, that they should bring cedar wood from Libanus unto Jerusalem, and that they should build the city with him.
|
||||
49| Moreover he wrote for all the Jews that went out of his realm up into Jewry, concerning their freedom, that no officer, no ruler, no lieutenant, nor treasurer, should forcibly enter into their doors;
|
||||
50| And that all the country which they hold should be free without tribute; and that the Edomites should give over the villages of the Jews which then they held:
|
||||
51| Yea, that there should be yearly given twenty talents to the building of the temple, until the time that it were built;
|
||||
52| And other ten talents yearly, to maintain the burnt offerings upon the altar every day, as they had a commandment to offer seventeen:
|
||||
53| And that all they that went from Babylon to build the city should have free liberty, as well they as their posterity, and all the priests that went away.
|
||||
54| He wrote also concerning. the charges, and the priests' vestments wherein they minister;
|
||||
55| And likewise for the charges of the Levites, to be given them until the day that the house were finished, and Jerusalem builded up.
|
||||
56| And he commanded to give to all that kept the city pensions and wages.
|
||||
57| He sent away also all the vessels from Babylon, that Cyrus had set apart; and all that Cyrus had given in commandment, the same charged he also to be done, and sent unto Jerusalem.
|
||||
58| Now when this young man was gone forth, he lifted up his face to heaven toward Jerusalem, and praised the King of heaven,
|
||||
59| And said, From thee cometh victory, from thee cometh wisdom, and thine is the glory, and I am thy servant.
|
||||
60| Blessed art thou, who hast given me wisdom: for to thee I give thanks, O Lord of our fathers.
|
||||
61| And so he took the letters, and went out, and came unto Babylon, and told it all his brethren.
|
||||
62| And they praised the God of their fathers, because he had given them freedom and liberty
|
||||
63| To go up, and to build Jerusalem, and the temple which is called by his name: and they feasted with instruments of musick and gladness seven days.
|
||||
#5
|
||||
1| After this were the principal men of the families chosen according to their tribes, to go up with their wives and sons and daughters, with their menservants and maidservants, and their cattle.
|
||||
2| And Darius sent with them a thousand horsemen, till they had brought them back to Jerusalem safely, and with musical [instruments] tabrets and flutes.
|
||||
3| And all their brethren played, and he made them go up together with them.
|
||||
4| And these are the names of the men which went up, according to their families among their tribes, after their several heads.
|
||||
5| The priests, the sons of Phinees the son of Aaron: Jesus the son of Josedec, the son of Saraias, and Joacim the son of Zorobabel, the son of Salathiel, of the house of David, out of the kindred of Phares, of the tribe of Judah;
|
||||
6| Who spake wise sentences before Darius the king of Persia in the second year of his reign, in the month Nisan, which is the first month.
|
||||
7| And these are they of Jewry that came up from the captivity, where they dwelt as strangers, whom Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon had carried away unto Babylon.
|
||||
8| And they returned unto Jerusalem, and to the other parts of Jewry, every man to his own city, who came with Zorobabel, with Jesus, Nehemias, and Zacharias, and Reesaias, Enenius, Mardocheus. Beelsarus, Aspharasus, Reelius, Roimus, and Baana, their guides.
|
||||
9| The number of them of the nation, and their governors, sons of Phoros, two thousand an hundred seventy and two; the sons of Saphat, four hundred seventy and two:
|
||||
10| The sons of Ares, seven hundred fifty and six:
|
||||
11| The sons of Phaath Moab, two thousand eight hundred and twelve:
|
||||
12| The sons of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four: the sons of Zathul, nine hundred forty and five: the sons of Corbe, seven hundred and five: the sons of Bani, six hundred forty and eight:
|
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13| The sons of Bebai, six hundred twenty and three: the sons of Sadas, three thousand two hundred twenty and two:
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14| The sons of Adonikam, six hundred sixty and seven: the sons of Bagoi, two thousand sixty and six: the sons of Adin, four hundred fifty and four:
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15| The sons of Aterezias, ninety and two: the sons of Ceilan and Azetas threescore and seven: the sons of Azuran, four hundred thirty and two:
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16| The sons of Ananias, an hundred and one: the sons of Arom, thirty two: and the sons of Bassa, three hundred twenty and three: the sons of Azephurith, an hundred and two:
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17| The sons of Meterus, three thousand and five: the sons of Bethlomon, an hundred twenty and three:
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18| They of Netophah, fifty and five: they of Anathoth, an hundred fifty and eight: they of Bethsamos, forty and two:
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19| They of Kiriathiarius, twenty and five: they of Caphira and Beroth, seven hundred forty and three: they of Pira, seven hundred:
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20| They of Chadias and Ammidoi, four hundred twenty and two: they of Cirama and Gabdes, six hundred twenty and one:
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21| They of Macalon, an hundred twenty and two: they of Betolius, fifty and two: the sons of Nephis, an hundred fifty and six:
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22| The sons of Calamolalus and Onus, seven hundred twenty and five: the sons of Jerechus, two hundred forty and five:
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23| The sons of Annas, three thousand three hundred and thirty.
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24| The priests: the sons of Jeddu, the son of Jesus among the sons of Sanasib, nine hundred seventy and two: the sons of Meruth, a thousand fifty and two:
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25| The sons of Phassaron, a thousand forty and seven: the sons of Carme, a thousand and seventeen.
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26| The Levites: the sons of Jessue, and Cadmiel, and Banuas, and Sudias, seventy and four.
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27| The holy singers: the sons of Asaph, an hundred twenty and eight.
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28| The porters: the sons of Salum, the sons of Jatal, the sons of Talmon, the sons of Dacobi, the sons of Teta, the sons of Sami, in all an hundred thirty and nine.
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29| The servants of the temple: the sons of Esau, the sons of Asipha, the sons of Tabaoth, the sons of Ceras, the sons of Sud, the sons of Phaleas, the sons of Labana, the sons of Graba,
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30| The sons of Acua, the sons of Uta, the sons of Cetab, the sons of Agaba, the sons of Subai, the sons of Anan, the sons of Cathua, the sons of Geddur,
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31| The sons of Airus, the sons of Daisan, the sons of Noeba, the sons of Chaseba, the sons of Gazera, the sons of Azia, the sons of Phinees, the sons of Azare, the sons of Bastai, the sons of Asana, the sons of Meani, the sons of Naphisi, the sons of Acub, the sons of Acipha, the sons of Assur, the sons of Pharacim, the sons of Basaloth,
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32| The sons of Meeda, the sons of Coutha, the sons of Charea, the sons of Charcus, the sons of Aserer, the sons of Thomoi, the sons of Nasith, the sons of Atipha.
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33| The sons of the servants of Solomon: the sons of Azaphion, the sons of Pharira, the sons of Jeeli, the sons of Lozon, the sons of Israel, the sons of Sapheth,
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34| The sons of Hagia, the sons of Pharacareth, the sons of Sabi, the sons of Sarothie, the sons of Masias, the sons of Gar, the sons of Addus, the sons of Suba, the sons of Apherra, the sons of Barodis, the sons of Sabat, the sons of Allom.
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35| All the ministers of the temple, and the sons of the servants of Solomon, were three hundred seventy and two.
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36| These came up from Thermeleth and Thelersas, Charaathalar leading them, and Aalar;
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37| Neither could they shew their families, nor their stock, how they were of Israel: the sons of Ladan, the son of Ban, the sons of Necodan, six hundred fifty and two.
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38| And of the priests that usurped the office of the priesthood, and were not found: the sons of Obdia, the sons of Accoz, the sons of Addus, who married Augia one of the daughters of Barzelus, and was named after his name.
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39| And when the description of the kindred of these men was sought in the register, and was not found, they were removed from executing the office of the priesthood:
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40| For unto them said Nehemias and Atharias, that they should not be partakers of the holy things, till there arose up an high priest clothed with doctrine and truth.
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41| So of Israel, from them of twelve years old and upward, they were all in number forty thousand, beside menservants and womenservants two thousand three hundred and sixty.
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42| Their menservants and handmaids were seven thousand three hundred forty and seven: the singing men and singing women, two hundred forty and five:
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43| Four hundred thirty and five camels, seven thousand thirty and six horses, two hundred forty and five mules, five thousand five hundred twenty and five beasts used to the yoke.
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44| And certain of the chief of their families, when they came to the temple of God that is in Jerusalem, vowed to set up the house again in his own place according to their ability,
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45| And to give into the holy treasury of the works a thousand pounds of gold, five thousand of silver, and an hundred priestly vestments.
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46| And so dwelt the priests and the Levites and the people in Jerusalem, and in the country, the singers also and the porters; and all Israel in their villages.
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47| But when the seventh month was at hand, and when the children of Israel were every man in his own place, they came all together with one consent into the open place of the first gate which is toward the east.
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48| Then stood up Jesus the son of Josedec, and his brethren the priests and Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, and his brethren, and made ready the altar of the God of Israel,
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49| To offer burnt sacrifices upon it, according as it is expressly commanded in the book of Moses the man of God.
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50| And there were gathered unto them out of the other nations of the land, and they erected the altar upon his own place, because all the nations of the land were at enmity with them, and oppressed them; and they offered sacrifices according to the time, and burnt offerings to the Lord both morning and evening.
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51| Also they held the feast of tabernacles, as it is commanded in the law, and offered sacrifices daily, as was meet:
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52| And after that, the continual oblations, and the sacrifice of the sabbaths, and of the new moons, and of all holy feasts.
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53| And all they that had made any vow to God began to offer sacrifices to God from the first day of the seventh month, although the temple of the Lord was not yet built.
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54| And they gave unto the masons and carpenters money, meat, and drink, with cheerfulness.
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55| Unto them of Zidon also and Tyre they gave carrs, that they should bring cedar trees from Libanus, which should be brought by floats to the haven of Joppa, according as it was commanded them by Cyrus king of the Persians.
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56| And in the second year and second month after his coming to the temple of God at Jerusalem began Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, and Jesus the son of Josedec, and their brethren, and the priests, and the Levites, and all they that were come unto Jerusalem out of the captivity:
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57| And they laid the foundation of the house of God in the first day of the second month, in the second year after they were come to Jewry and Jerusalem.
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58| And they appointed the Levites from twenty years old over the works of the Lord. Then stood up Jesus, and his sons and brethren, and Cadmiel his brother, and the sons of Madiabun, with the sons of Joda the son of Eliadun, with their sons and brethren, all Levites, with one accord setters forward of the business, labouring to advance the works in the house of God. So the workmen built the temple of the Lord.
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59| And the priests stood arrayed in their vestments with musical instruments and trumpets; and the Levites the sons of Asaph had cymbals,
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60| Singing songs of thanksgiving, and praising the Lord, according as David the king of Israel had ordained.
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61| And they sung with loud voices songs to the praise of the Lord, because his mercy and glory is for ever in all Israel.
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62| And all the people sounded trumpets, and shouted with a loud voice, singing songs of thanksgiving unto the Lord for the rearing up of the house of the Lord.
|
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63| Also of the priests and Levites, and of the chief of their families, the ancients who had seen the former house came to the building of this with weeping and great crying.
|
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64| But many with trumpets and joy shouted with loud voice,
|
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65| Insomuch that the trumpets might not be heard for the weeping of the people: yet the multitude sounded marvellously, so that it was heard afar off.
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66| Wherefore when the enemies of the tribe of Judah and Benjamin heard it, they came to know what that noise of trumpets should mean.
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67| And they perceived that they that were of the captivity did build the temple unto the Lord God of Israel.
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68| So they went to Zorobabel and Jesus, and to the chief of the families, and said unto them, We will build together with you.
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69| For we likewise, as ye, do obey your Lord, and do sacrifice unto him from the days of Azbazareth the king of the Assyrians, who brought us hither.
|
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70| Then Zorobabel and Jesus and the chief of the families of Israel said unto them, It is not for us and you to build together an house unto the Lord our God.
|
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71| We ourselves alone will build unto the Lord of Israel, according as Cyrus the king of the Persians hath commanded us.
|
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72| But the heathen of the land lying heavy upon the inhabitants of Judea, and holding them strait, hindered their building;
|
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73| And by their secret plots, and popular persuasions and commotions, they hindered the finishing of the building all the time that king Cyrus lived: so they were hindered from building for the space of two years, until the reign of Darius.
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#6
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1| Now in the second year of the reign of Darius Aggeus and Zacharias the son of Addo, the prophets, prophesied unto the Jews in Jewry and Jerusalem in the name of the Lord God of Israel, which was upon them.
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2| Then stood up Zorobabel the son of Salatiel, and Jesus the son of Josedec, and began to build the house of the Lord at Jerusalem, the prophets of the Lord being with them, and helping them.
|
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3| At the same time came unto them Sisinnes the governor of Syria and Phenice, with Sathrabuzanes and his companions, and said unto them,
|
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4| By whose appointment do ye build this house and this roof, and perform all the other things? and who are the workmen that perform these things?
|
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5| Nevertheless the elders of the Jews obtained favour, because the Lord had visited the captivity;
|
||||
6| And they were not hindered from building, until such time as signification was given unto Darius concerning them, and an answer received.
|
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7| The copy of the letters which Sisinnes, governor of Syria and Phenice, and Sathrabuzanes, with their companions, rulers in Syria and Phenice, wrote and sent unto Darius; To king Darius, greeting:
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8| Let all things be known unto our lord the king, that being come into the country of Judea, and entered into the city of Jerusalem we found in the city of Jerusalem the ancients of the Jews that were of the captivity
|
||||
9| Building an house unto the Lord, great and new, of hewn and costly stones, and the timber already laid upon the walls.
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10| And those works are done with great speed, and the work goeth on prosperously in their hands, and with all glory and diligence is it made.
|
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11| Then asked we these elders, saying, By whose commandment build ye this house, and lay the foundations of these works?
|
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12| Therefore to the intent that we might give knowledge unto thee by writing, we demanded of them who were the chief doers, and we required of them the names in writing of their principal men.
|
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13| So they gave us this answer, We are the servants of the Lord which made heaven and earth.
|
||||
14| And as for this house, it was builded many years ago by a king of Israel great and strong, and was finished.
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15| But when our fathers provoked God unto wrath, and sinned against the Lord of Israel which is in heaven, he gave them over into the power of Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon, of the Chaldees;
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16| Who pulled down the house, and burned it, and carried away the people captives unto Babylon.
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17| But in the first year that king Cyrus reigned over the country of Babylon Cyrus the king wrote to build up this house.
|
||||
18| And the holy vessels of gold and of silver, that Nabuchodonosor had carried away out of the house at Jerusalem, and had set them in his own temple those Cyrus the king brought forth again out of the temple at Babylon, and they were delivered to Zorobabel and to Sanabassarus the ruler,
|
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19| With commandment that he should carry away the same vessels, and put them in the temple at Jerusalem; and that the temple of the Lord should be built in his place.
|
||||
20| Then the same Sanabassarus, being come hither, laid the foundations of the house of the Lord at Jerusalem; and from that time to this being still a building, it is not yet fully ended.
|
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21| Now therefore, if it seem good unto the king, let search be made among the records of king Cyrus:
|
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22| And if it be found that the building of the house of the Lord at Jerusalem hath been done with the consent of king Cyrus, and if our lord the king be so minded, let him signify unto us thereof.
|
||||
23| Then commanded king Darius to seek among the records at Babylon: and so at Ecbatane the palace, which is in the country of Media, there was found a roll wherein these things were recorded.
|
||||
24| In the first year of the reign of Cyrus king Cyrus commanded that the house of the Lord at Jerusalem should be built again, where they do sacrifice with continual fire:
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25| Whose height shall be sixty cubits and the breadth sixty cubits, with three rows of hewn stones, and one row of new wood of that country; and the expences thereof to be given out of the house of king Cyrus:
|
||||
26| And that the holy vessels of the house of the Lord, both of gold and silver, that Nabuchodonosor took out of the house at Jerusalem, and brought to Babylon, should be restored to the house at Jerusalem, and be set in the place where they were before.
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27| And also he commanded that Sisinnes the governor of Syria and Phenice, and Sathrabuzanes, and their companions, and those which were appointed rulers in Syria and Phenice, should be careful not to meddle with the place, but suffer Zorobabel, the servant of the Lord, and governor of Judea, and the elders of the Jews, to build the house of the Lord in that place.
|
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28| I have commanded also to have it built up whole again; and that they look diligently to help those that be of the captivity of the Jews, till the house of the Lord be finished:
|
||||
29| And out of the tribute of Celosyria and Phenice a portion carefully to be given these men for the sacrifices of the Lord, that is, to Zorobabel the governor, for bullocks, and rams, and lambs;
|
||||
30| And also corn, salt, wine, and oil, and that continually every year without further question, according as the priests that be in Jerusalem shall signify to be daily spent:
|
||||
31| That offerings may be made to the most high God for the king and for his children, and that they may pray for their lives.
|
||||
32| And he commanded that whosoever should transgress, yea, or make light of any thing afore spoken or written, out of his own house should a tree be taken, and he thereon be hanged, and all his goods seized for the king.
|
||||
33| The Lord therefore, whose name is there called upon, utterly destroy every king and nation, that stretcheth out his hand to hinder or endamage that house of the Lord in Jerusalem.
|
||||
34| I Darius the king have ordained that according unto these things it be done with diligence.
|
||||
#7
|
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1| Then Sisinnes the governor of Celosyria and Phenice, and Sathrabuzanes, with their companions following the commandments of king Darius,
|
||||
2| Did very carefully oversee the holy works, assisting the ancients of the Jews and governors of the temple.
|
||||
3| And so the holy works prospered, when Aggeus and Zacharias the prophets prophesied.
|
||||
4| And they finished these things by the commandment of the Lord God of Israel, and with the consent of Cyrus, Darius, and Artexerxes, kings of Persia.
|
||||
5| And thus was the holy house finished in the three and twentieth day of the month Adar, in the sixth year of Darius king of the Persians
|
||||
6| And the children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and others that were of the captivity, that were added unto them, did according to the things written in the book of Moses.
|
||||
7| And to the dedication of the temple of the Lord they offered an hundred bullocks two hundred rams, four hundred lambs;
|
||||
8| And twelve goats for the sin of all Israel, according to the number of the chief of the tribes of Israel.
|
||||
9| The priests also and the Levites stood arrayed in their vestments, according to their kindreds, in the service of the Lord God of Israel, according to the book of Moses: and the porters at every gate.
|
||||
10| And the children of Israel that were of the captivity held the passover the fourteenth day of the first month, after that the priests and the Levites were sanctified.
|
||||
11| They that were of the captivity were not all sanctified together: but the Levites were all sanctified together.
|
||||
12| And so they offered the passover for all them of the captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves.
|
||||
13| And the children of Israel that came out of the captivity did eat, even all they that had separated themselves from the abominations of the people of the land, and sought the Lord.
|
||||
14| And they kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days, making merry before the Lord,
|
||||
15| For that he had turned the counsel of the king of Assyria toward them, to strengthen their hands in the works of the Lord God of Israel.
|
||||
#8
|
||||
1| And after these things, when Artexerxes the king of the Persians reigned came Esdras the son of Saraias, the son of Ezerias, the son of Helchiah, the son of Salum,
|
||||
2| The son of Sadduc, the son of Achitob, the son of Amarias, the son of Ezias, the son of Meremoth, the son of Zaraias, the son of Savias, the son of Boccas, the son of Abisum, the son of Phinees, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest.
|
||||
3| This Esdras went up from Babylon, as a scribe, being very ready in the law of Moses, that was given by the God of Israel.
|
||||
4| And the king did him honour: for he found grace in his sight in all his requests.
|
||||
5| There went up with him also certain of the children of Israel, of the priest of the Levites, of the holy singers, porters, and ministers of the temple, unto Jerusalem,
|
||||
6| In the seventh year of the reign of Artexerxes, in the fifth month, this was the king's seventh year; for they went from Babylon in the first day of the first month, and came to Jerusalem, according to the prosperous journey which the Lord gave them.
|
||||
7| For Esdras had very great skill, so that he omitted nothing of the law and commandments of the Lord, but taught all Israel the ordinances and judgments.
|
||||
8| Now the copy of the commission, which was written from Artexerxes the king, and came to Esdras the priest and reader of the law of the Lord, is this that followeth;
|
||||
9| King Artexerxes unto Esdras the priest and reader of the law of the Lord sendeth greeting:
|
||||
10| Having determined to deal graciously, I have given order, that such of the nation of the Jews, and of the priests and Levites being within our realm, as are willing and desirous should go with thee unto Jerusalem.
|
||||
11| As many therefore as have a mind thereunto, let them depart with thee, as it hath seemed good both to me and my seven friends the counsellors;
|
||||
12| That they may look unto the affairs of Judea and Jerusalem, agreeably to that which is in the law of the Lord;
|
||||
13| And carry the gifts unto the Lord of Israel to Jerusalem, which I and my friends have vowed, and all the gold and silver that in the country of Babylon can be found, to the Lord in Jerusalem,
|
||||
14| With that also which is given of the people for the temple of the Lord their God at Jerusalem: and that silver and gold may be collected for bullocks, rams, and lambs, and things thereunto appertaining;
|
||||
15| To the end that they may offer sacrifices unto the Lord upon the altar of the Lord their God, which is in Jerusalem.
|
||||
16| And whatsoever thou and thy brethren will do with the silver and gold, that do, according to the will of thy God.
|
||||
17| And the holy vessels of the Lord, which are given thee for the use of the temple of thy God, which is in Jerusalem, thou shalt set before thy God in Jerusalem.
|
||||
18| And whatsoever thing else thou shalt remember for the use of the temple of thy God, thou shalt give it out of the king's treasury.
|
||||
19| And I king Artexerxes have also commanded the keepers of the treasures in Syria and Phenice, that whatsoever Esdras the priest and the reader of the law of the most high God shall send for, they should give it him with speed,
|
||||
20| To the sum of an hundred talents of silver, likewise also of wheat even to an hundred cors, and an hundred pieces of wine, and other things in abundance.
|
||||
21| Let all things be performed after the law of God diligently unto the most high God, that wrath come not upon the kingdom of the king and his sons.
|
||||
22| I command you also, that ye require no tax, nor any other imposition, of any of the priests, or Levites, or holy singers, or porters, or ministers of the temple, or of any that have doings in this temple, and that no man have authority to impose any thing upon them.
|
||||
23| And thou, Esdras, according to the wisdom of God ordain judges and justices, that they may judge in all Syria and Phenice all those that know the law of thy God; and those that know it not thou shalt teach.
|
||||
24| And whosoever shall transgress the law of thy God, and of the king, shall be punished diligently, whether it be by death, or other punishment, by penalty of money, or by imprisonment.
|
||||
25| Then said Esdras the scribe, Blessed be the only Lord God of my fathers, who hath put these things into the heart of the king, to glorify his house that is in Jerusalem:
|
||||
26| And hath honoured me in the sight of the king, and his counsellors, and all his friends and nobles.
|
||||
27| Therefore was I encouraged by the help of the Lord my God, and gathered together men of Israel to go up with me.
|
||||
28| And these are the chief according to their families and several dignities, that went up with me from Babylon in the reign of king Artexerxes:
|
||||
29| Of the sons of Phinees, Gerson: of the sons of Ithamar, Gamael: of the sons of David, Lettus the son of Sechenias:
|
||||
30| Of the sons of Pharez, Zacharias; and with him were counted an hundred and fifty men:
|
||||
31| Of the sons of Pahath Moab, Eliaonias, the son of Zaraias, and with him two hundred men:
|
||||
32| Of the sons of Zathoe, Sechenias the son of Jezelus, and with him three hundred men: of the sons of Adin, Obeth the son of Jonathan, and with him two hundred and fifty men:
|
||||
33| Of the sons of Elam, Josias son of Gotholias, and with him seventy men:
|
||||
34| Of the sons of Saphatias, Zaraias son of Michael, and with him threescore and ten men:
|
||||
35| Of the sons of Joab, Abadias son of Jezelus, and with him two hundred and twelve men:
|
||||
36| Of the sons of Banid, Assalimoth son of Josaphias, and with him an hundred and threescore men:
|
||||
37| Of the sons of Babi, Zacharias son of Bebai, and with him twenty and eight men:
|
||||
38| Of the sons of Astath, Johannes son of Acatan, and with him an hundred and ten men:
|
||||
39| Of the sons of Adonikam the last, and these are the names of them, Eliphalet, Jewel, and Samaias, and with them seventy men:
|
||||
40| Of the sons of Bago, Uthi the son of Istalcurus, and with him seventy men.
|
||||
41| And these I gathered together to the river called Theras, where we pitched our tents three days: and then I surveyed them.
|
||||
42| But when I had found there none of the priests and Levites,
|
||||
43| Then sent I unto Eleazar, and Iduel, and Masman,
|
||||
44| And Alnathan, and Mamaias, and Joribas, and Nathan, Eunatan, Zacharias, and Mosollamon, principal men and learned.
|
||||
45| And I bade them that they should go unto Saddeus the captain, who was in the place of the treasury:
|
||||
46| And commanded them that they should speak unto Daddeus, and to his brethren, and to the treasurers in that place, to send us such men as might execute the priests' office in the house of the Lord.
|
||||
47| And by the mighty hand of our Lord they brought unto us skilful men of the sons of Moli the son of Levi, the son of Israel, Asebebia, and his sons, and his brethren, who were eighteen.
|
||||
48| And Asebia, and Annus, and Osaias his brother, of the sons of Channuneus, and their sons, were twenty men.
|
||||
49| And of the servants of the temple whom David had ordained, and the principal men for the service of the Levites to wit, the servants of the temple two hundred and twenty, the catalogue of whose names were shewed.
|
||||
50| And there I vowed a fast unto the young men before our Lord, to desire of him a prosperous journey both for us and them that were with us, for our children, and for the cattle:
|
||||
51| For I was ashamed to ask the king footmen, and horsemen, and conduct for safeguard against our adversaries.
|
||||
52| For we had said unto the king, that the power of the Lord our God should be with them that seek him, to support them in all ways.
|
||||
53| And again we besought our Lord as touching these things, and found him favourable unto us.
|
||||
54| Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Esebrias, and Assanias, and ten men of their brethren with them:
|
||||
55| And I weighed them the gold, and the silver, and the holy vessels of the house of our Lord, which the king, and his council, and the princes, and all Israel, had given.
|
||||
56| And when I had weighed it, I delivered unto them six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels of an hundred talents, and an hundred talents of gold,
|
||||
57| And twenty golden vessels, and twelve vessels of brass, even of fine brass, glittering like gold.
|
||||
58| And I said unto them, Both ye are holy unto the Lord, and the vessels are holy, and the gold and the silver is a vow unto the Lord, the Lord of our fathers.
|
||||
59| Watch ye, and keep them till ye deliver them to the chief of the priests and Levites, and to the principal men of the families of Israel, in Jerusalem, into the chambers of the house of our God.
|
||||
60| So the priests and the Levites, who had received the silver and the gold and the vessels, brought them unto Jerusalem, into the temple of the Lord.
|
||||
61| And from the river Theras we departed the twelfth day of the first month, and came to Jerusalem by the mighty hand of our Lord, which was with us: and from the beginning of our journey the Lord delivered us from every enemy, and so we came to Jerusalem.
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62| And when we had been there three days, the gold and silver that was weighed was delivered in the house of our Lord on the fourth day unto Marmoth the priest the son of Iri.
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63| And with him was Eleazar the son of Phinees, and with them were Josabad the son of Jesu and Moeth the son of Sabban, Levites: all was delivered them by number and weight.
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64| And all the weight of them was written up the same hour.
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65| Moreover they that were come out of the captivity offered sacrifice unto the Lord God of Israel, even twelve bullocks for all Israel, fourscore and sixteen rams,
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66| Threescore and twelve lambs, goats for a peace offering, twelve; all of them a sacrifice to the Lord.
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67| And they delivered the king's commandments unto the king's stewards' and to the governors of Celosyria and Phenice; and they honoured the people and the temple of God.
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68| Now when these things were done, the rulers came unto me, and said,
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69| The nation of Israel, the princes, the priests and Levites, have not put away from them the strange people of the land, nor the pollutions of the Gentiles to wit, of the Canaanites, Hittites, Pheresites, Jebusites, and the Moabites, Egyptians, and Edomites.
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70| For both they and their sons have married with their daughters, and the holy seed is mixed with the strange people of the land; and from the beginning of this matter the rulers and the great men have been partakers of this iniquity.
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71| And as soon as I had heard these things, I rent my clothes, and the holy garment, and pulled off the hair from off my head and beard, and sat me down sad and very heavy.
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72| So all they that were then moved at the word of the Lord God of Israel assembled unto me, whilst I mourned for the iniquity: but I sat still full of heaviness until the evening sacrifice.
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73| Then rising up from the fast with my clothes and the holy garment rent, and bowing my knees, and stretching forth my hands unto the Lord,
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74| I said, O Lord, I am confounded and ashamed before thy face;
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75| For our sins are multiplied above our heads, and our ignorances have reached up unto heaven.
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76| For ever since the time of our fathers we have been and are in great sin, even unto this day.
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77| And for our sins and our fathers' we with our brethren and our kings and our priests were given up unto the kings of the earth, to the sword, and to captivity, and for a prey with shame, unto this day.
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78| And now in some measure hath mercy been shewed unto us from thee, O Lord, that there should be left us a root and a name in the place of thy sanctuary;
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79| And to discover unto us a light in the house of the Lord our God, and to give us food in the time of our servitude.
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80| Yea, when we were in bondage, we were not forsaken of our Lord; but he made us gracious before the kings of Persia, so that they gave us food;
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81| Yea, and honoured the temple of our Lord, and raised up the desolate Sion, that they have given us a sure abiding in Jewry and Jerusalem.
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82| And now, O Lord, what shall we say, having these things? for we have transgressed thy commandments, which thou gavest by the hand of thy servants the prophets, saying,
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83| That the land, which ye enter into to possess as an heritage, is a land polluted with the pollutions of the strangers of the land, and they have filled it with their uncleanness.
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84| Therefore now shall ye not join your daughters unto their sons, neither shall ye take their daughters unto your sons.
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85| Moreover ye shall never seek to have peace with them, that ye may be strong, and eat the good things of the land, and that ye may leave the inheritance of the land unto your children for evermore.
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86| And all that is befallen is done unto us for our wicked works and great sins; for thou, O Lord, didst make our sins light,
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87| And didst give unto us such a root: but we have turned back again to transgress thy law, and to mingle ourselves with the uncleanness of the nations of the land.
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88| Mightest not thou be angry with us to destroy us, till thou hadst left us neither root, seed, nor name?
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89| O Lord of Israel, thou art true: for we are left a root this day.
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90| Behold, now are we before thee in our iniquities, for we cannot stand any longer by reason of these things before thee.
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91| And as Esdras in his prayer made his confession, weeping, and lying flat upon the ground before the temple, there gathered unto him from Jerusalem a very great multitude of men and women and children: for there was great weeping among the multitude.
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92| Then Jechonias the son of Jeelus, one of the sons of Israel, called out, and said, O Esdras, we have sinned against the Lord God, we have married strange women of the nations of the land, and now is all Israel aloft.
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93| Let us make an oath to the Lord, that we will put away all our wives, which we have taken of the heathen, with their children,
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94| Like as thou hast decreed, and as many as do obey the law of the Lord.
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95| Arise and put in execution: for to thee doth this matter appertain, and we will be with thee: do valiantly.
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96| So Esdras arose, and took an oath of the chief of the priests and Levites of all Israel to do after these things; and so they sware.
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1| Then Esdras rising from the court of the temple went to the chamber of Joanan the son of Eliasib,
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2| And remained there, and did eat no meat nor drink water, mourning for the great iniquities of the multitude.
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3| And there was a proclamation in all Jewry and Jerusalem to all them that were of the captivity, that they should be gathered together at Jerusalem:
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4| And that whosoever met not there within two or three days according as the elders that bare rule appointed, their cattle should be seized to the use of the temple, and himself cast out from them that were of the captivity.
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5| And in three days were all they of the tribe of Judah and Benjamin gathered together at Jerusalem the twentieth day of the ninth month.
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6| And all the multitude sat trembling in the broad court of the temple because of the present foul weather.
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7| So Esdras arose up, and said unto them, Ye have transgressed the law in marrying strange wives, thereby to increase the sins of Israel.
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8| And now by confessing give glory unto the Lord God of our fathers,
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9| And do his will, and separate yourselves from the heathen of the land, and from the strange women.
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10| Then cried the whole multitude, and said with a loud voice, Like as thou hast spoken, so will we do.
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11| But forasmuch as the people are many, and it is foul weather, so that we cannot stand without, and this is not a work of a day or two, seeing our sin in these things is spread far:
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12| Therefore let the rulers of the multitude stay, and let all them of our habitations that have strange wives come at the time appointed,
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13| And with them the rulers and judges of every place, till we turn away the wrath of the Lord from us for this matter.
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14| Then Jonathan the son of Azael and Ezechias the son of Theocanus accordingly took this matter upon them: and Mosollam and Levis and Sabbatheus helped them.
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15| And they that were of the captivity did according to all these things.
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16| And Esdras the priest chose unto him the principal men of their families, all by name: and in the first day of the tenth month they sat together to examine the matter.
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17| So their cause that held strange wives was brought to an end in the first day of the first month.
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18| And of the priests that were come together, and had strange wives, there were found:
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19| Of the sons of Jesus the son of Josedec, and his brethren; Matthelas and Eleazar, and Joribus and Joadanus.
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20| And they gave their hands to put away their wives and to offer rams to make reconcilement for their errors.
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21| And of the sons of Emmer; Ananias, and Zabdeus, and Eanes, and Sameius, and Hiereel, and Azarias.
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22| And of the sons of Phaisur; Elionas, Massias Israel, and Nathanael, and Ocidelus and Talsas.
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23| And of the Levites; Jozabad, and Semis, and Colius, who was called Calitas, and Patheus, and Judas, and Jonas.
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24| Of the holy singers; Eleazurus, Bacchurus.
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25| Of the porters; Sallumus, and Tolbanes.
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26| Of them of Israel, of the sons of Phoros; Hiermas, and Eddias, and Melchias, and Maelus, and Eleazar, and Asibias, and Baanias.
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27| Of the sons of Ela; Matthanias, Zacharias, and Hierielus, and Hieremoth, and Aedias.
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28| And of the sons of Zamoth; Eliadas, Elisimus, Othonias, Jarimoth, and Sabatus, and Sardeus.
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29| Of the sons of Babai; Johannes, and Ananias and Josabad, and Amatheis.
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30| Of the sons of Mani; Olamus, Mamuchus, Jedeus, Jasubus, Jasael, and Hieremoth.
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31| And of the sons of Addi; Naathus, and Moosias, Lacunus, and Naidus, and Mathanias, and Sesthel, Balnuus, and Manasseas.
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32| And of the sons of Annas; Elionas and Aseas, and Melchias, and Sabbeus, and Simon Chosameus.
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33| And of the sons of Asom; Altaneus, and Matthias, and Baanaia, Eliphalet, and Manasses, and Semei.
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34| And of the sons of Maani; Jeremias, Momdis, Omaerus, Juel, Mabdai, and Pelias, and Anos, Carabasion, and Enasibus, and Mamnitanaimus, Eliasis, Bannus, Eliali, Samis, Selemias, Nathanias: and of the sons of Ozora; Sesis, Esril, Azaelus, Samatus, Zambis, Josephus.
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35| And of the sons of Ethma; Mazitias, Zabadaias, Edes, Juel, Banaias.
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36| All these had taken strange wives, and they put them away with their children.
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37| And the priests and Levites, and they that were of Israel, dwelt in Jerusalem, and in the country, in the first day of the seventh month: so the children of Israel were in their habitations.
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38| And the whole multitude came together with one accord into the broad place of the holy porch toward the east:
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39| And they spake unto Esdras the priest and reader, that he would bring the law of Moses, that was given of the Lord God of Israel.
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40| So Esdras the chief priest brought the law unto the whole multitude from man to woman, and to all the priests, to hear law in the first day of the seventh month.
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41| And he read in the broad court before the holy porch from morning unto midday, before both men and women; and the multitude gave heed unto the law.
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42| And Esdras the priest and reader of the law stood up upon a pulpit of wood, which was made for that purpose.
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43| And there stood up by him Mattathias, Sammus, Ananias, Azarias, Urias, Ezecias, Balasamus, upon the right hand:
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44| And upon his left hand stood Phaldaius, Misael, Melchias, Lothasubus, and Nabarias.
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45| Then took Esdras the book of the law before the multitude: for he sat honourably in the first place in the sight of them all.
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46| And when he opened the law, they stood all straight up. So Esdras blessed the Lord God most High, the God of hosts, Almighty.
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47| And all the people answered, Amen; and lifting up their hands they fell to the ground, and worshipped the Lord.
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48| Also Jesus, Anus, Sarabias, Adinus, Jacubus, Sabateas, Auteas, Maianeas, and Calitas, Asrias, and Joazabdus, and Ananias, Biatas, the Levites, taught the law of the Lord, making them withal to understand it.
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49| Then spake Attharates unto Esdras the chief priest. and reader, and to the Levites that taught the multitude, even to all, saying,
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50| This day is holy unto the Lord; (for they all wept when they heard the law:)
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51| Go then, and eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send part to them that have nothing;
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52| For this day is holy unto the Lord: and be not sorrowful; for the Lord will bring you to honour.
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53| So the Levites published all things to the people, saying, This day is holy to the Lord; be not sorrowful.
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54| Then went they their way, every one to eat and drink, and make merry, and to give part to them that had nothing, and to make great cheer;
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55| Because they understood the words wherein they were instructed, and for the which they had been assembled.
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#1
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1| The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth; and not I only, but also all they that have known the truth;
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2| For the truth's sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be with us for ever.
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||||
3| Grace be with you, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.
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||||
4| I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father.
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||||
5| And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another.
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||||
6| And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it.
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7| For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.
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||||
8| Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.
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||||
9| Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.
|
||||
10| If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed:
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11| For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.
|
||||
12| Having many things to write unto you, I would not write with paper and ink: but I trust to come unto you, and speak face to face, that our joy may be full.
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13| The children of thy elect sister greet thee. Amen.
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#1
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1| Now it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had abode two days in Ziklag;
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||||
2| It came even to pass on the third day, that, behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul with his clothes rent, and earth upon his head: and so it was, when he came to David, that he fell to the earth, and did obeisance.
|
||||
3| And David said unto him, From whence comest thou? And he said unto him, Out of the camp of Israel am I escaped.
|
||||
4| And David said unto him, How went the matter? I pray thee, tell me. And he answered, That the people are fled from the battle, and many of the people also are fallen and dead; and Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also.
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||||
5| And David said unto the young man that told him, How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son be dead?
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||||
6| And the young man that told him said, As I happened by chance upon mount Gilboa, behold, Saul leaned upon his spear; and, lo, the chariots and horsemen followed hard after him.
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||||
7| And when he looked behind him, he saw me, and called unto me. And I answered, Here am I.
|
||||
8| And he said unto me, Who art thou? And I answered him, I am an Amalekite.
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||||
9| He said unto me again, Stand, I pray thee, upon me, and slay me: for anguish is come upon me, because my life is yet whole in me.
|
||||
10| So I stood upon him, and slew him, because I was sure that he could not live after that he was fallen: and I took the crown that was upon his head, and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought them hither unto my lord.
|
||||
11| Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that were with him:
|
||||
12| And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the LORD, and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword.
|
||||
13| And David said unto the young man that told him, Whence art thou? And he answered, I am the son of a stranger, an Amalekite.
|
||||
14| And David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to stretch forth thine hand to destroy the LORD's anointed?
|
||||
15| And David called one of the young men, and said, Go near, and fall upon him. And he smote him that he died.
|
||||
16| And David said unto him, Thy blood be upon thy head; for thy mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I have slain the LORD's anointed.
|
||||
17| And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son:
|
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18| (Also he bade them teach the children of Judah the use of the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jasher.)
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19| The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen!
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||||
20| Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.
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||||
21| Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings: for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil.
|
||||
22| From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan turned not back, and the sword of Saul returned not empty.
|
||||
23| Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided: they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.
|
||||
24| Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet, with other delights, who put on ornaments of gold upon your apparel.
|
||||
25| How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! O Jonathan, thou wast slain in thine high places.
|
||||
26| I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.
|
||||
27| How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished!
|
||||
#2
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||||
1| And it came to pass after this, that David enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah? And the LORD said unto him, Go up. And David said, Whither shall I go up? And he said, Unto Hebron.
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||||
2| So David went up thither, and his two wives also, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail Nabal's wife the Carmelite.
|
||||
3| And his men that were with him did David bring up, every man with his household: and they dwelt in the cities of Hebron.
|
||||
4| And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, That the men of Jabeshgilead were they that buried Saul.
|
||||
5| And David sent messengers unto the men of Jabeshgilead, and said unto them, Blessed be ye of the LORD, that ye have shewed this kindness unto your lord, even unto Saul, and have buried him.
|
||||
6| And now the LORD shew kindness and truth unto you: and I also will requite you this kindness, because ye have done this thing.
|
||||
7| Therefore now let your hands be strengthened, and be ye valiant: for your master Saul is dead, and also the house of Judah have anointed me king over them.
|
||||
8| But Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul's host, took Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim;
|
||||
9| And made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.
|
||||
10| Ishbosheth Saul's son was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and reigned two years. But the house of Judah followed David.
|
||||
11| And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.
|
||||
12| And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ishbosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.
|
||||
13| And Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out, and met together by the pool of Gibeon: and they sat down, the one on the one side of the pool, and the other on the other side of the pool.
|
||||
14| And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise, and play before us. And Joab said, Let them arise.
|
||||
15| Then there arose and went over by number twelve of Benjamin, which pertained to Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David.
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16| And they caught every one his fellow by the head, and thrust his sword in his fellow's side; so they fell down together: wherefore that place was called Helkathhazzurim, which is in Gibeon.
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17| And there was a very sore battle that day; and Abner was beaten, and the men of Israel, before the servants of David.
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18| And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roe.
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||||
19| And Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he turned not to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner.
|
||||
20| Then Abner looked behind him, and said, Art thou Asahel? And he answered, I am.
|
||||
21| And Abner said to him, Turn thee aside to thy right hand or to thy left, and lay thee hold on one of the young men, and take thee his armour. But Asahel would not turn aside from following of him.
|
||||
22| And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn thee aside from following me: wherefore should I smite thee to the ground? how then should I hold up my face to Joab thy brother?
|
||||
23| Howbeit he refused to turn aside: wherefore Abner with the hinder end of the spear smote him under the fifth rib, that the spear came out behind him; and he fell down there, and died in the same place: and it came to pass, that as many as came to the place where Asahel fell down and died stood still.
|
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24| Joab also and Abishai pursued after Abner: and the sun went down when they were come to the hill of Ammah, that lieth before Giah by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon.
|
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25| And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner, and became one troop, and stood on the top of an hill.
|
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26| Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? how long shall it be then, ere thou bid the people return from following their brethren?
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||||
27| And Joab said, As God liveth, unless thou hadst spoken, surely then in the morning the people had gone up every one from following his brother.
|
||||
28| So Joab blew a trumpet, and all the people stood still, and pursued after Israel no more, neither fought they any more.
|
||||
29| And Abner and his men walked all that night through the plain, and passed over Jordan, and went through all Bithron, and they came to Mahanaim.
|
||||
30| And Joab returned from following Abner: and when he had gathered all the people together, there lacked of David's servants nineteen men and Asahel.
|
||||
31| But the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner's men, so that three hundred and threescore men died.
|
||||
32| And they took up Asahel, and buried him in the sepulchre of his father, which was in Bethlehem. And Joab and his men went all night, and they came to Hebron at break of day.
|
||||
#3
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1| Now there was long war between the house of Saul and the house of David: but David waxed stronger and stronger, and the house of Saul waxed weaker and weaker.
|
||||
2| And unto David were sons born in Hebron: and his firstborn was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess;
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||||
3| And his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;
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||||
4| And the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital;
|
||||
5| And the sixth, Ithream, by Eglah David's wife. These were born to David in Hebron.
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||||
6| And it came to pass, while there was war between the house of Saul and the house of David, that Abner made himself strong for the house of Saul.
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||||
7| And Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah: and Ishbosheth said to Abner, Wherefore hast thou gone in unto my father's concubine?
|
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8| Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Ishbosheth, and said, Am I a dog's head, which against Judah do shew kindness this day unto the house of Saul thy father, to his brethren, and to his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of David, that thou chargest me to day with a fault concerning this woman?
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||||
9| So do God to Abner, and more also, except, as the LORD hath sworn to David, even so I do to him;
|
||||
10| To translate the kingdom from the house of Saul, and to set up the throne of David over Israel and over Judah, from Dan even to Beersheba.
|
||||
11| And he could not answer Abner a word again, because he feared him.
|
||||
12| And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose is the land? saying also, Make thy league with me, and, behold, my hand shall be with thee, to bring about all Israel unto thee.
|
||||
13| And he said, Well; I will make a league with thee: but one thing I require of thee, that is, Thou shalt not see my face, except thou first bring Michal Saul's daughter, when thou comest to see my face.
|
||||
14| And David sent messengers to Ishbosheth Saul's son, saying, Deliver me my wife Michal, which I espoused to me for an hundred foreskins of the Philistines.
|
||||
15| And Ishbosheth sent, and took her from her husband, even from Phaltiel the son of Laish.
|
||||
16| And her husband went with her along weeping behind her to Bahurim. Then said Abner unto him, Go, return. And he returned.
|
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17| And Abner had communication with the elders of Israel, saying, Ye sought for David in times past to be king over you:
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||||
18| Now then do it: for the LORD hath spoken of David, saying, By the hand of my servant David I will save my people Israel out of the hand of the Philistines, and out of the hand of all their enemies.
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19| And Abner also spake in the ears of Benjamin: and Abner went also to speak in the ears of David in Hebron all that seemed good to Israel, and that seemed good to the whole house of Benjamin.
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20| So Abner came to David to Hebron, and twenty men with him. And David made Abner and the men that were with him a feast.
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21| And Abner said unto David, I will arise and go, and will gather all Israel unto my lord the king, that they may make a league with thee, and that thou mayest reign over all that thine heart desireth. And David sent Abner away; and he went in peace.
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22| And, behold, the servants of David and Joab came from pursuing a troop, and brought in a great spoil with them: but Abner was not with David in Hebron; for he had sent him away, and he was gone in peace.
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23| When Joab and all the host that was with him were come, they told Joab, saying, Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he hath sent him away, and he is gone in peace.
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24| Then Joab came to the king, and said, What hast thou done? behold, Abner came unto thee; why is it that thou hast sent him away, and he is quite gone?
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25| Thou knowest Abner the son of Ner, that he came to deceive thee, and to know thy going out and thy coming in, and to know all that thou doest.
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26| And when Joab was come out from David, he sent messengers after Abner, which brought him again from the well of Sirah: but David knew it not.
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27| And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there under the fifth rib, that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.
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28| And afterward when David heard it, he said, I and my kingdom are guiltless before the LORD for ever from the blood of Abner the son of Ner:
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29| Let it rest on the head of Joab, and on all his father's house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an issue, or that is a leper, or that leaneth on a staff, or that falleth on the sword, or that lacketh bread.
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30| So Joab, and Abishai his brother slew Abner, because he had slain their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.
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31| And David said to Joab, and to all the people that were with him, Rend your clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. And king David himself followed the bier.
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32| And they buried Abner in Hebron: and the king lifted up his voice, and wept at the grave of Abner; and all the people wept.
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33| And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dieth?
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34| Thy hands were not bound, nor thy feet put into fetters: as a man falleth before wicked men, so fellest thou. And all the people wept again over him.
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35| And when all the people came to cause David to eat meat while it was yet day, David sware, saying, So do God to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or ought else, till the sun be down.
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36| And all the people took notice of it, and it pleased them: as whatsoever the king did pleased all the people.
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37| For all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of the king to slay Abner the son of Ner.
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38| And the king said unto his servants, Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?
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39| And I am this day weak, though anointed king; and these men the sons of Zeruiah be too hard for me: the LORD shall reward the doer of evil according to his wickedness.
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#4
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1| And when Saul's son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands were feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled.
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2| And Saul's son had two men that were captains of bands: the name of the one was Baanah, and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of Rimmon a Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin: (for Beeroth also was reckoned to Benjamin.
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3| And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and were sojourners there until this day.)
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4| And Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son that was lame of his feet. He was five years old when the tidings came of Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel, and his nurse took him up, and fled: and it came to pass, as she made haste to flee, that he fell, and became lame. And his name was Mephibosheth.
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5| And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ishbosheth, who lay on a bed at noon.
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6| And they came thither into the midst of the house, as though they would have fetched wheat; and they smote him under the fifth rib: and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped.
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7| For when they came into the house, he lay on his bed in his bedchamber, and they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and gat them away through the plain all night.
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8| And they brought the head of Ishbosheth unto David to Hebron, and said to the king, Behold the head of Ishbosheth the son of Saul thine enemy, which sought thy life; and the LORD hath avenged my lord the king this day of Saul, and of his seed.
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9| And David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said unto them, As the LORD liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity,
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10| When one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have brought good tidings, I took hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag, who thought that I would have given him a reward for his tidings:
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11| How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed? shall I not therefore now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?
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12| And David commanded his young men, and they slew them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up over the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ishbosheth, and buried it in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron.
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#5
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1| Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.
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2| Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be a captain over Israel.
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3| So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a league with them in Hebron before the LORD: and they anointed David king over Israel.
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4| David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.
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5| In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah.
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6| And the king and his men went to Jerusalem unto the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land: which spake unto David, saying, Except thou take away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in hither: thinking, David cannot come in hither.
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7| Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the city of David.
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8| And David said on that day, Whosoever getteth up to the gutter, and smiteth the Jebusites, and the lame and the blind that are hated of David's soul, he shall be chief and captain. Wherefore they said, The blind and the lame shall not come into the house.
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9| So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward.
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10| And David went on, and grew great, and the LORD God of hosts was with him.
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11| And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they built David an house.
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12| And David perceived that the LORD had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israel's sake.
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13| And David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron: and there were yet sons and daughters born to David.
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14| And these be the names of those that were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shammuah, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon,
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15| Ibhar also, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia,
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16| And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphalet.
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17| But when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines came up to seek David; and David heard of it, and went down to the hold.
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18| The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
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19| And David enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up to the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the LORD said unto David, Go up: for I will doubtless deliver the Philistines into thine hand.
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20| And David came to Baalperazim, and David smote them there, and said, The LORD hath broken forth upon mine enemies before me, as the breach of waters. Therefore he called the name of that place Baalperazim.
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21| And there they left their images, and David and his men burned them.
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22| And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
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23| And when David enquired of the LORD, he said, Thou shalt not go up; but fetch a compass behind them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees.
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24| And let it be, when thou hearest the sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself: for then shall the LORD go out before thee, to smite the host of the Philistines.
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25| And David did so, as the LORD had commanded him; and smote the Philistines from Geba until thou come to Gazer.
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#6
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1| Again, David gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand.
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2| And David arose, and went with all the people that were with him from Baale of Judah, to bring up from thence the ark of God, whose name is called by the name of the LORD of hosts that dwelleth between the cherubims.
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3| And they set the ark of God upon a new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab that was in Gibeah: and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drave the new cart.
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4| And they brought it out of the house of Abinadab which was at Gibeah, accompanying the ark of God: and Ahio went before the ark.
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5| And David and all the house of Israel played before the LORD on all manner of instruments made of fir wood, even on harps, and on psalteries, and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals.
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6| And when they came to Nachon's threshingfloor, Uzzah put forth his hand to the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen shook it.
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7| And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah; and God smote him there for his error; and there he died by the ark of God.
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8| And David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breach upon Uzzah: and he called the name of the place Perezuzzah to this day.
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9| And David was afraid of the LORD that day, and said, How shall the ark of the LORD come to me?
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10| So David would not remove the ark of the LORD unto him into the city of David: but David carried it aside into the house of Obededom the Gittite.
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11| And the ark of the LORD continued in the house of Obededom the Gittite three months: and the LORD blessed Obededom, and all his household.
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12| And it was told king David, saying, The LORD hath blessed the house of Obededom, and all that pertaineth unto him, because of the ark of God. So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obededom into the city of David with gladness.
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13| And it was so, that when they that bare the ark of the LORD had gone six paces, he sacrificed oxen and fatlings.
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14| And David danced before the LORD with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod.
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15| So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet.
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16| And as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, Michal Saul's daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the LORD; and she despised him in her heart.
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17| And they brought in the ark of the LORD, and set it in his place, in the midst of the tabernacle that David had pitched for it: and David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.
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18| And as soon as David had made an end of offering burnt offerings and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD of hosts.
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19| And he dealt among all the people, even among the whole multitude of Israel, as well to the women as men, to every one a cake of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine. So all the people departed every one to his house.
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20| Then David returned to bless his household. And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, How glorious was the king of Israel to day, who uncovered himself to day in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovereth himself!
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21| And David said unto Michal, It was before the LORD, which chose me before thy father, and before all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of the LORD, over Israel: therefore will I play before the LORD.
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22| And I will yet be more vile than thus, and will be base in mine own sight: and of the maidservants which thou hast spoken of, of them shall I be had in honour.
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23| Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no child unto the day of her death.
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#7
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1| And it came to pass, when the king sat in his house, and the LORD had given him rest round about from all his enemies;
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2| That the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in an house of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains.
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3| And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in thine heart; for the LORD is with thee.
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4| And it came to pass that night, that the word of the LORD came unto Nathan, saying,
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5| Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the LORD, Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in?
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6| Whereas I have not dwelt in any house since the time that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle.
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7| In all the places wherein I have walked with all the children of Israel spake I a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, Why build ye not me an house of cedar?
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8| Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel:
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9| And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all thine enemies out of thy sight, and have made thee a great name, like unto the name of the great men that are in the earth.
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10| Moreover I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as beforetime,
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11| And as since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel, and have caused thee to rest from all thine enemies. Also the LORD telleth thee that he will make thee an house.
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||||
12| And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.
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13| He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever.
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||||
14| I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men:
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15| But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee.
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||||
16| And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.
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17| According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.
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18| Then went king David in, and sat before the LORD, and he said, Who am I, O Lord GOD? and what is my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?
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||||
19| And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord GOD; but thou hast spoken also of thy servant's house for a great while to come. And is this the manner of man, O Lord GOD?
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||||
20| And what can David say more unto thee? for thou, Lord GOD, knowest thy servant.
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||||
21| For thy word's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all these great things, to make thy servant know them.
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||||
22| Wherefore thou art great, O LORD God: for there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
|
||||
23| And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land, before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, from the nations and their gods?
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24| For thou hast confirmed to thyself thy people Israel to be a people unto thee for ever: and thou, LORD, art become their God.
|
||||
25| And now, O LORD God, the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, establish it for ever, and do as thou hast said.
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||||
26| And let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God over Israel: and let the house of thy servant David be established before thee.
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||||
27| For thou, O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, hast revealed to thy servant, saying, I will build thee an house: therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee.
|
||||
28| And now, O Lord GOD, thou art that God, and thy words be true, and thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant:
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29| Therefore now let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee: for thou, O Lord GOD, hast spoken it: and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever.
|
||||
#8
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1| And after this it came to pass that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them: and David took Methegammah out of the hand of the Philistines.
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||||
2| And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them down to the ground; even with two lines measured he to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive. And so the Moabites became David's servants, and brought gifts.
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3| David smote also Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his border at the river Euphrates.
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||||
4| And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for an hundred chariots.
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||||
5| And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succour Hadadezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.
|
||||
6| Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus: and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought gifts. And the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went.
|
||||
7| And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.
|
||||
8| And from Betah, and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, king David took exceeding much brass.
|
||||
9| When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all the host of Hadadezer,
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10| Then Toi sent Joram his son unto king David, to salute him, and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer, and smitten him: for Hadadezer had wars with Toi. And Joram brought with him vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of brass:
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11| Which also king David did dedicate unto the LORD, with the silver and gold that he had dedicated of all nations which he subdued;
|
||||
12| Of Syria, and of Moab, and of the children of Ammon, and of the Philistines, and of Amalek, and of the spoil of Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah.
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13| And David gat him a name when he returned from smiting of the Syrians in the valley of salt, being eighteen thousand men.
|
||||
14| And he put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom put he garrisons, and all they of Edom became David's servants. And the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went.
|
||||
15| And David reigned over all Israel; and David executed judgment and justice unto all his people.
|
||||
16| And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;
|
||||
17| And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Seraiah was the scribe;
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||||
18| And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were chief rulers.
|
||||
#9
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1| And David said, Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul, that I may shew him kindness for Jonathan's sake?
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2| And there was of the house of Saul a servant whose name was Ziba. And when they had called him unto David, the king said unto him, Art thou Ziba? And he said, Thy servant is he.
|
||||
3| And the king said, Is there not yet any of the house of Saul, that I may shew the kindness of God unto him? And Ziba said unto the king, Jonathan hath yet a son, which is lame on his feet.
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||||
4| And the king said unto him, Where is he? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he is in the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, in Lodebar.
|
||||
5| Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, from Lodebar.
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||||
6| Now when Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, was come unto David, he fell on his face, and did reverence. And David said, Mephibosheth. And he answered, Behold thy servant!
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7| And David said unto him, Fear not: for I will surely shew thee kindness for Jonathan thy father's sake, and will restore thee all the land of Saul thy father; and thou shalt eat bread at my table continually.
|
||||
8| And he bowed himself, and said, What is thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I am?
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||||
9| Then the king called to Ziba, Saul's servant, and said unto him, I have given unto thy master's son all that pertained to Saul and to all his house.
|
||||
10| Thou therefore, and thy sons, and thy servants, shall till the land for him, and thou shalt bring in the fruits, that thy master's son may have food to eat: but Mephibosheth thy master's son shall eat bread alway at my table. Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.
|
||||
11| Then said Ziba unto the king, According to all that my lord the king hath commanded his servant, so shall thy servant do. As for Mephibosheth, said the king, he shall eat at my table, as one of the king's sons.
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12| And Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name was Micha. And all that dwelt in the house of Ziba were servants unto Mephibosheth.
|
||||
13| So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem: for he did eat continually at the king's table; and was lame on both his feet.
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||||
#10
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1| And it came to pass after this, that the king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his stead.
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2| Then said David, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father shewed kindness unto me. And David sent to comfort him by the hand of his servants for his father. And David's servants came into the land of the children of Ammon.
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3| And the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their lord, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? hath not David rather sent his servants unto thee, to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it?
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4| Wherefore Hanun took David's servants, and shaved off the one half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away.
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||||
5| When they told it unto David, he sent to meet them, because the men were greatly ashamed: and the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return.
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||||
6| And when the children of Ammon saw that they stank before David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Bethrehob and the Syrians of Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and of king Maacah a thousand men, and of Ishtob twelve thousand men.
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7| And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men.
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8| And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the entering in of the gate: and the Syrians of Zoba, and of Rehob, and Ishtob, and Maacah, were by themselves in the field.
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9| When Joab saw that the front of the battle was against him before and behind, he chose of all the choice men of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians:
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10| And the rest of the people he delivered into the hand of Abishai his brother, that he might put them in array against the children of Ammon.
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11| And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou shalt help me: but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will come and help thee.
|
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12| Be of good courage, and let us play the men for our people, and for the cities of our God: and the LORD do that which seemeth him good.
|
||||
13| And Joab drew nigh, and the people that were with him, unto the battle against the Syrians: and they fled before him.
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14| And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, then fled they also before Abishai, and entered into the city. So Joab returned from the children of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem.
|
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15| And when the Syrians saw that they were smitten before Israel, they gathered themselves together.
|
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16| And Hadarezer sent, and brought out the Syrians that were beyond the river: and they came to Helam; and Shobach the captain of the host of Hadarezer went before them.
|
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17| And when it was told David, he gathered all Israel together, and passed over Jordan, and came to Helam. And the Syrians set themselves in array against David, and fought with him.
|
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18| And the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew the men of seven hundred chariots of the Syrians, and forty thousand horsemen, and smote Shobach the captain of their host, who died there.
|
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19| And when all the kings that were servants to Hadarezer saw that they were smitten before Israel, they made peace with Israel, and served them. So the Syrians feared to help the children of Ammon any more.
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#11
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1| And it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time when kings go forth to battle, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried still at Jerusalem.
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2| And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.
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3| And David sent and enquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?
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4| And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in unto him, and he lay with her; for she was purified from her uncleanness: and she returned unto her house.
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5| And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I am with child.
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6| And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David.
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7| And when Uriah was come unto him, David demanded of him how Joab did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered.
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8| And David said to Uriah, Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet. And Uriah departed out of the king's house, and there followed him a mess of meat from the king.
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9| But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house with all the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house.
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10| And when they had told David, saying, Uriah went not down unto his house, David said unto Uriah, Camest thou not from thy journey? why then didst thou not go down unto thine house?
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11| And Uriah said unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in tents; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open fields; shall I then go into mine house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? as thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing.
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12| And David said to Uriah, Tarry here to day also, and to morrow I will let thee depart. So Uriah abode in Jerusalem that day, and the morrow.
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13| And when David had called him, he did eat and drink before him; and he made him drunk: and at even he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but went not down to his house.
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14| And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.
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15| And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die.
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16| And it came to pass, when Joab observed the city, that he assigned Uriah unto a place where he knew that valiant men were.
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17| And the men of the city went out, and fought with Joab: and there fell some of the people of the servants of David; and Uriah the Hittite died also.
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18| Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war;
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19| And charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end of telling the matters of the war unto the king,
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20| And if so be that the king's wrath arise, and he say unto thee, Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the city when ye did fight? knew ye not that they would shoot from the wall?
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21| Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him from the wall, that he died in Thebez? why went ye nigh the wall? then say thou, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.
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22| So the messenger went, and came and shewed David all that Joab had sent him for.
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23| And the messenger said unto David, Surely the men prevailed against us, and came out unto us into the field, and we were upon them even unto the entering of the gate.
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24| And the shooters shot from off the wall upon thy servants; and some of the king's servants be dead, and thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.
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25| Then David said unto the messenger, Thus shalt thou say unto Joab, Let not this thing displease thee, for the sword devoureth one as well as another: make thy battle more strong against the city, and overthrow it: and encourage thou him.
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26| And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband.
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27| And when the mourning was past, David sent and fetched her to his house, and she became his wife, and bare him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the LORD.
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#12
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1| And the LORD sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor.
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2| The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds:
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3| But the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.
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4| And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.
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5| And David's anger was greatly kindled against the man; and he said to Nathan, As the LORD liveth, the man that hath done this thing shall surely die:
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6| And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.
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7| And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul;
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8| And I gave thee thy master's house, and thy master's wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would moreover have given unto thee such and such things.
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9| Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.
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10| Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife.
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11| Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun.
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12| For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.
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13| And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. And Nathan said unto David, The LORD also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die.
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14| Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the LORD to blaspheme, the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die.
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15| And Nathan departed unto his house. And the LORD struck the child that Uriah's wife bare unto David, and it was very sick.
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16| David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.
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17| And the elders of his house arose, and went to him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them.
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18| And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died. And the servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead: for they said, Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spake unto him, and he would not hearken unto our voice: how will he then vex himself, if we tell him that the child is dead?
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19| But when David saw that his servants whispered, David perceived that the child was dead: therefore David said unto his servants, Is the child dead? And they said, He is dead.
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20| Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself, and changed his apparel, and came into the house of the LORD, and worshipped: then he came to his own house; and when he required, they set bread before him, and he did eat.
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21| Then said his servants unto him, What thing is this that thou hast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child, while it was alive; but when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread.
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22| And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether GOD will be gracious to me, that the child may live?
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23| But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.
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24| And David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her: and she bare a son, and he called his name Solomon: and the LORD loved him.
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25| And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called his name Jedidiah, because of the LORD.
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26| And Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city.
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27| And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters.
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28| Now therefore gather the rest of the people together, and encamp against the city, and take it: lest I take the city, and it be called after my name.
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29| And David gathered all the people together, and went to Rabbah, and fought against it, and took it.
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30| And he took their king's crown from off his head, the weight whereof was a talent of gold with the precious stones: and it was set on David's head. And he brought forth the spoil of the city in great abundance.
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31| And he brought forth the people that were therein, and put them under saws, and under harrows of iron, and under axes of iron, and made them pass through the brick-kiln: and thus did he unto all the cities of the children of Ammon. So David and all the people returned unto Jerusalem.
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#13
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1| And it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David had a fair sister, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her.
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2| And Amnon was so vexed, that he fell sick for his sister Tamar; for she was a virgin; and Amnon thought it hard for him to do anything to her.
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3| But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother: and Jonadab was a very subtil man.
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4| And he said unto him, Why art thou, being the king's son, lean from day to day? wilt thou not tell me? And Amnon said unto him, I love Tamar, my brother Absalom's sister.
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5| And Jonadab said unto him, Lay thee down on thy bed, and make thyself sick: and when thy father cometh to see thee, say unto him, I pray thee, let my sister Tamar come, and give me meat, and dress the meat in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it at her hand.
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6| So Amnon lay down, and made himself sick: and when the king was come to see him, Amnon said unto the king, I pray thee, let Tamar my sister come, and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat at her hand.
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7| Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, Go now to thy brother Amnon's house, and dress him meat.
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8| So Tamar went to her brother Amnon's house; and he was laid down. And she took flour, and kneaded it, and made cakes in his sight, and did bake the cakes.
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9| And she took a pan, and poured them out before him; but he refused to eat. And Amnon said, Have out all men from me. And they went out every man from him.
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10| And Amnon said unto Tamar, Bring the meat into the chamber, that I may eat of thine hand. And Tamar took the cakes which she had made, and brought them into the chamber to Amnon her brother.
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11| And when she had brought them unto him to eat, he took hold of her, and said unto her, Come lie with me, my sister.
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12| And she answered him, Nay, my brother, do not force me; for no such thing ought to be done in Israel: do not thou this folly.
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13| And I, whither shall I cause my shame to go? and as for thee, thou shalt be as one of the fools in Israel. Now therefore, I pray thee, speak unto the king; for he will not withhold me from thee.
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14| Howbeit he would not hearken unto her voice: but, being stronger than she, forced her, and lay with her.
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15| Then Amnon hated her exceedingly; so that the hatred wherewith he hated her was greater than the love wherewith he had loved her. And Amnon said unto her, Arise, be gone.
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16| And she said unto him, There is no cause: this evil in sending me away is greater than the other that thou didst unto me. But he would not hearken unto her.
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17| Then he called his servant that ministered unto him, and said, Put now this woman out from me, and bolt the door after her.
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18| And she had a garment of divers colours upon her: for with such robes were the king's daughters that were virgins apparelled. Then his servant brought her out, and bolted the door after her.
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19| And Tamar put ashes on her head, and rent her garment of divers colours that was on her, and laid her hand on her head, and went on crying.
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20| And Absalom her brother said unto her, Hath Amnon thy brother been with thee? but hold now thy peace, my sister: he is thy brother; regard not this thing. So Tamar remained desolate in her brother Absalom's house.
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21| But when king David heard of all these things, he was very wroth.
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22| And Absalom spake unto his brother Amnon neither good nor bad: for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar.
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23| And it came to pass after two full years, that Absalom had sheepshearers in Baalhazor, which is beside Ephraim: and Absalom invited all the king's sons.
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24| And Absalom came to the king, and said, Behold now, thy servant hath sheepshearers; let the king, I beseech thee, and his servants go with thy servant.
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25| And the king said to Absalom, Nay, my son, let us not all now go, lest we be chargeable unto thee. And he pressed him: howbeit he would not go, but blessed him.
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26| Then said Absalom, If not, I pray thee, let my brother Amnon go with us. And the king said unto him, Why should he go with thee?
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27| But Absalom pressed him, that he let Amnon and all the king's sons go with him.
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28| Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now when Amnon's heart is merry with wine, and when I say unto you, Smite Amnon; then kill him, fear not: have not I commanded you? be courageous, and be valiant.
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29| And the servants of Absalom did unto Amnon as Absalom had commanded. Then all the king's sons arose, and every man gat him up upon his mule, and fled.
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30| And it came to pass, while they were in the way, that tidings came to David, saying, Absalom hath slain all the king's sons, and there is not one of them left.
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31| Then the king arose, and tare his garments, and lay on the earth; and all his servants stood by with their clothes rent.
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32| And Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother, answered and said, Let not my lord suppose that they have slain all the young men the king's sons; for Amnon only is dead: for by the appointment of Absalom this hath been determined from the day that he forced his sister Tamar.
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33| Now therefore let not my lord the king take the thing to his heart, to think that all the king's sons are dead: for Amnon only is dead.
|
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34| But Absalom fled. And the young man that kept the watch lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came much people by the way of the hill side behind him.
|
||||
35| And Jonadab said unto the king, Behold, the king's sons come: as thy servant said, so it is.
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||||
36| And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of speaking, that, behold, the king's sons came, and lifted up their voice and wept: and the king also and all his servants wept very sore.
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||||
37| But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai, the son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. And David mourned for his son every day.
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||||
38| So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years.
|
||||
39| And the soul of king David longed to go forth unto Absalom: for he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead.
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||||
#14
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||||
1| Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart was toward Absalom.
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||||
2| And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:
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||||
3| And come to the king, and speak on this manner unto him. So Joab put the words in her mouth.
|
||||
4| And when the woman of Tekoah spake to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king.
|
||||
5| And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, I am indeed a widow woman, and mine husband is dead.
|
||||
6| And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the other, and slew him.
|
||||
7| And, behold, the whole family is risen against thine handmaid, and they said, Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may kill him, for the life of his brother whom he slew; and we will destroy the heir also: and so they shall quench my coal which is left, and shall not leave to my husband neither name nor remainder upon the earth.
|
||||
8| And the king said unto the woman, Go to thine house, and I will give charge concerning thee.
|
||||
9| And the woman of Tekoah said unto the king, My lord, O king, the iniquity be on me, and on my father's house: and the king and his throne be guiltless.
|
||||
10| And the king said, Whoever saith ought unto thee, bring him to me, and he shall not touch thee any more.
|
||||
11| Then said she, I pray thee, let the king remember the LORD thy God, that thou wouldest not suffer the revengers of blood to destroy any more, lest they destroy my son. And he said, As the LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth.
|
||||
12| Then the woman said, Let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak one word unto my lord the king. And he said, Say on.
|
||||
13| And the woman said, Wherefore then hast thou thought such a thing against the people of God? for the king doth speak this thing as one which is faulty, in that the king doth not fetch home again his banished.
|
||||
14| For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect any person: yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not expelled from him.
|
||||
15| Now therefore that I am come to speak of this thing unto my lord the king, it is because the people have made me afraid: and thy handmaid said, I will now speak unto the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his handmaid.
|
||||
16| For the king will hear, to deliver his handmaid out of the hand of the man that would destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God.
|
||||
17| Then thine handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall now be comfortable: for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad: therefore the LORD thy God will be with thee.
|
||||
18| Then the king answered and said unto the woman, Hide not from me, I pray thee, the thing that I shall ask thee. And the woman said, Let my lord the king now speak.
|
||||
19| And the king said, Is not the hand of Joab with thee in all this? And the woman answered and said, As thy soul liveth, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from ought that my lord the king hath spoken: for thy servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thine handmaid:
|
||||
20| To fetch about this form of speech hath thy servant Joab done this thing: and my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that are in the earth.
|
||||
21| And the king said unto Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing: go therefore, bring the young man Absalom again.
|
||||
22| And Joab fell to the ground on his face, and bowed himself, and thanked the king: and Joab said, To day thy servant knoweth that I have found grace in thy sight, my lord, O king, in that the king hath fulfilled the request of his servant.
|
||||
23| So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.
|
||||
24| And the king said, Let him turn to his own house, and let him not see my face. So Absalom returned to his own house, and saw not the king's face.
|
||||
25| But in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.
|
||||
26| And when he polled his head, (for it was at every year's end that he polled it: because the hair was heavy on him, therefore he polled it:) he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels after the king's weight.
|
||||
27| And unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a fair countenance.
|
||||
28| So Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and saw not the king's face.
|
||||
29| Therefore Absalom sent for Joab, to have sent him to the king; but he would not come to him: and when he sent again the second time, he would not come.
|
||||
30| Therefore he said unto his servants, See, Joab's field is near mine, and he hath barley there; go and set it on fire. And Absalom's servants set the field on fire.
|
||||
31| Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom unto his house, and said unto him, Wherefore have thy servants set my field on fire?
|
||||
32| And Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent unto thee, saying, Come hither, that I may send thee to the king, to say, Wherefore am I come from Geshur? it had been good for me to have been there still: now therefore let me see the king's face; and if there be any iniquity in me, let him kill me.
|
||||
33| So Joab came to the king, and told him: and when he had called for Absalom, he came to the king, and bowed himself on his face to the ground before the king: and the king kissed Absalom.
|
||||
#15
|
||||
1| And it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared him chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him.
|
||||
2| And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate: and it was so, that when any man that had a controversy came to the king for judgment, then Absalom called unto him, and said, Of what city art thou? And he said, Thy servant is of one of the tribes of Israel.
|
||||
3| And Absalom said unto him, See, thy matters are good and right; but there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee.
|
||||
4| Absalom said moreover, Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man which hath any suit or cause might come unto me, and I would do him justice!
|
||||
5| And it was so, that when any man came nigh to him to do him obeisance, he put forth his hand, and took him, and kissed him.
|
||||
6| And on this manner did Absalom to all Israel that came to the king for judgment: so Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.
|
||||
7| And it came to pass after forty years, that Absalom said unto the king, I pray thee, let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed unto the LORD, in Hebron.
|
||||
8| For thy servant vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur in Syria, saying, If the LORD shall bring me again indeed to Jerusalem, then I will serve the LORD.
|
||||
9| And the king said unto him, Go in peace. So he arose, and went to Hebron.
|
||||
10| But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, As soon as ye hear the sound of the trumpet, then ye shall say, Absalom reigneth in Hebron.
|
||||
11| And with Absalom went two hundred men out of Jerusalem, that were called; and they went in their simplicity, and they knew not any thing.
|
||||
12| And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's counsellor, from his city, even from Giloh, while he offered sacrifices. And the conspiracy was strong; for the people increased continually with Absalom.
|
||||
13| And there came a messenger to David, saying, The hearts of the men of Israel are after Absalom.
|
||||
14| And David said unto all his servants that were with him at Jerusalem, Arise, and let us flee; for we shall not else escape from Absalom: make speed to depart, lest he overtake us suddenly, and bring evil upon us, and smite the city with the edge of the sword.
|
||||
15| And the king's servants said unto the king, Behold, thy servants are ready to do whatsoever my lord the king shall appoint.
|
||||
16| And the king went forth, and all his household after him. And the king left ten women, which were concubines, to keep the house.
|
||||
17| And the king went forth, and all the people after him, and tarried in a place that was far off.
|
||||
18| And all his servants passed on beside him; and all the Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men which came after him from Gath, passed on before the king.
|
||||
19| Then said the king to Ittai the Gittite, Wherefore goest thou also with us? return to thy place, and abide with the king: for thou art a stranger, and also an exile.
|
||||
20| Whereas thou camest but yesterday, should I this day make thee go up and down with us? seeing I go whither I may, return thou, and take back thy brethren: mercy and truth be with thee.
|
||||
21| And Ittai answered the king, and said, As the LORD liveth, and as my lord the king liveth, surely in what place my lord the king shall be, whether in death or life, even there also will thy servant be.
|
||||
22| And David said to Ittai, Go and pass over. And Ittai the Gittite passed over, and all his men, and all the little ones that were with him.
|
||||
23| And all the country wept with a loud voice, and all the people passed over: the king also himself passed over the brook Kidron, and all the people passed over, toward the way of the wilderness.
|
||||
24| And lo Zadok also, and all the Levites were with him, bearing the ark of the covenant of God: and they set down the ark of God; and Abiathar went up, until all the people had done passing out of the city.
|
||||
25| And the king said unto Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the city: if I shall find favour in the eyes of the LORD, he will bring me again, and shew me both it, and his habitation:
|
||||
26| But if he thus say, I have no delight in thee; behold, here am I, let him do to me as seemeth good unto him.
|
||||
27| The king said also unto Zadok the priest, Art not thou a seer? return into the city in peace, and your two sons with you, Ahimaaz thy son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar.
|
||||
28| See, I will tarry in the plain of the wilderness, until there come word from you to certify me.
|
||||
29| Zadok therefore and Abiathar carried the ark of God again to Jerusalem: and they tarried there.
|
||||
30| And David went up by the ascent of mount Olivet, and wept as he went up, and had his head covered, and he went barefoot: and all the people that was with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up.
|
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31| And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O LORD, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.
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32| And it came to pass, that when David was come to the top of the mount, where he worshipped God, behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet him with his coat rent, and earth upon his head:
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33| Unto whom David said, If thou passest on with me, then thou shalt be a burden unto me:
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34| But if thou return to the city, and say unto Absalom, I will be thy servant, O king; as I have been thy father's servant hitherto, so will I now also be thy servant: then mayest thou for me defeat the counsel of Ahithophel.
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35| And hast thou not there with thee Zadok and Abiathar the priests? therefore it shall be, that what thing soever thou shalt hear out of the king's house, thou shalt tell it to Zadok and Abiathar the priests.
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36| Behold, they have there with them their two sons, Ahimaaz Zadok's son, and Jonathan Abiathar's son; and by them ye shall send unto me every thing that ye can hear.
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37| So Hushai David's friend came into the city, and Absalom came into Jerusalem.
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#16
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1| And when David was a little past the top of the hill, behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of asses saddled, and upon them two hundred loaves of bread, and an hundred bunches of raisins, and an hundred of summer fruits, and a bottle of wine.
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2| And the king said unto Ziba, What meanest thou by these? And Ziba said, The asses be for the king's household to ride on; and the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine, that such as be faint in the wilderness may drink.
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3| And the king said, And where is thy master's son? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he abideth at Jerusalem: for he said, To day shall the house of Israel restore me the kingdom of my father.
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4| Then said the king to Ziba, Behold, thine are all that pertained unto Mephibosheth. And Ziba said, I humbly beseech thee that I may find grace in thy sight, my lord, O king.
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5| And when king David came to Bahurim, behold, thence came out a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera: he came forth, and cursed still as he came.
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6| And he cast stones at David, and at all the servants of king David: and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right hand and on his left.
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7| And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, thou bloody man, and thou man of Belial:
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8| The LORD hath returned upon thee all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned; and the LORD hath delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom thy son: and, behold, thou art taken in thy mischief, because thou art a bloody man.
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9| Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah unto the king, Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? let me go over, I pray thee, and take off his head.
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10| And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? so let him curse, because the LORD hath said unto him, Curse David. Who shall then say, Wherefore hast thou done so?
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11| And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, which came forth of my bowels, seeketh my life: how much more now may this Benjamite do it? let him alone, and let him curse; for the LORD hath bidden him.
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12| It may be that the LORD will look on mine affliction, and that the LORD will requite me good for his cursing this day.
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13| And as David and his men went by the way, Shimei went along on the hill's side over against him, and cursed as he went, and threw stones at him, and cast dust.
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14| And the king, and all the people that were with him, came weary, and refreshed themselves there.
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15| And Absalom, and all the people the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him.
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16| And it came to pass, when Hushai the Archite, David's friend, was come unto Absalom, that Hushai said unto Absalom, God save the king, God save the king.
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17| And Absalom said to Hushai, Is this thy kindness to thy friend? why wentest thou not with thy friend?
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18| And Hushai said unto Absalom, Nay; but whom the LORD, and this people, and all the men of Israel, choose, his will I be, and with him will I abide.
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19| And again, whom should I serve? should I not serve in the presence of his son? as I have served in thy father's presence, so will I be in thy presence.
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20| Then said Absalom to Ahithophel, Give counsel among you what we shall do.
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21| And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Go in unto thy father's concubines, which he hath left to keep the house; and all Israel shall hear that thou art abhorred of thy father: then shall the hands of all that are with thee be strong.
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22| So they spread Absalom a tent upon the top of the house; and Absalom went in unto his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel.
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23| And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counselled in those days, was as if a man had enquired at the oracle of God: so was all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom.
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#17
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1| Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night:
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2| And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak handed, and will make him afraid: and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only:
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3| And I will bring back all the people unto thee: the man whom thou seekest is as if all returned: so all the people shall be in peace.
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4| And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.
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5| Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith.
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6| And when Hushai was come to Absalom, Absalom spake unto him, saying, Ahithophel hath spoken after this manner: shall we do after his saying? if not; speak thou.
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7| And Hushai said unto Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel hath given is not good at this time.
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8| For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they be mighty men, and they be chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field: and thy father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.
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9| Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in some other place: and it will come to pass, when some of them be overthrown at the first, that whosoever heareth it will say, There is a slaughter among the people that follow Absalom.
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10| And he also that is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, shall utterly melt: for all Israel knoweth that thy father is a mighty man, and they which be with him are valiant men.
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11| Therefore I counsel that all Israel be generally gathered unto thee, from Dan even to Beersheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that thou go to battle in thine own person.
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12| So shall we come upon him in some place where he shall be found, and we will light upon him as the dew falleth on the ground: and of him and of all the men that are with him there shall not be left so much as one.
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13| Moreover, if he be gotten into a city, then shall all Israel bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river, until there be not one small stone found there.
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14| And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the LORD had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom.
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15| Then said Hushai unto Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, Thus and thus did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the elders of Israel; and thus and thus have I counselled.
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16| Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, Lodge not this night in the plains of the wilderness, but speedily pass over; lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people that are with him.
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17| Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed by Enrogel; for they might not be seen to come into the city: and a wench went and told them; and they went and told king David.
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18| Nevertheless a lad saw them, and told Absalom: but they went both of them away quickly, and came to a man's house in Bahurim, which had a well in his court; whither they went down.
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19| And the woman took and spread a covering over the well's mouth, and spread ground corn thereon; and the thing was not known.
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20| And when Absalom's servants came to the woman to the house, they said, Where is Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said unto them, They be gone over the brook of water. And when they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.
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21| And it came to pass, after they were departed, that they came up out of the well, and went and told king David, and said unto David, Arise, and pass quickly over the water: for thus hath Ahithophel counselled against you.
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22| Then David arose, and all the people that were with him, and they passed over Jordan: by the morning light there lacked not one of them that was not gone over Jordan.
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23| And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.
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24| Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.
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25| And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab: which Amasa was a man's son, whose name was Ithra an Israelite, that went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Joab's mother.
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26| So Israel and Absalom pitched in the land of Gilead.
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27| And it came to pass, when David was come to Mahanaim, that Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lodebar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim,
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28| Brought beds, and basons, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and parched corn, and beans, and lentiles, and parched pulse,
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29| And honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of kine, for David, and for the people that were with him, to eat: for they said, The people is hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.
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#18
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1| And David numbered the people that were with him, and set captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds over them.
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2| And David sent forth a third part of the people under the hand of Joab, and a third part under the hand of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, and a third part under the hand of Ittai the Gittite. And the king said unto the people, I will surely go forth with you myself also.
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3| But the people answered, Thou shalt not go forth: for if we flee away, they will not care for us; neither if half of us die, will they care for us: but now thou art worth ten thousand of us: therefore now it is better that thou succour us out of the city.
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4| And the king said unto them, What seemeth you best I will do. And the king stood by the gate side, and all the people came out by hundreds and by thousands.
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5| And the king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Deal gently for my sake with the young man, even with Absalom. And all the people heard when the king gave all the captains charge concerning Absalom.
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6| So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the wood of Ephraim;
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7| Where the people of Israel were slain before the servants of David, and there was there a great slaughter that day of twenty thousand men.
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8| For the battle was there scattered over the face of all the country: and the wood devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.
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9| And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth; and the mule that was under him went away.
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10| And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanged in an oak.
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11| And Joab said unto the man that told him, And, behold, thou sawest him, and why didst thou not smite him there to the ground? and I would have given thee ten shekels of silver, and a girdle.
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12| And the man said unto Joab, Though I should receive a thousand shekels of silver in mine hand, yet would I not put forth mine hand against the king's son: for in our hearing the king charged thee and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Beware that none touch the young man Absalom.
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13| Otherwise I should have wrought falsehood against mine own life: for there is no matter hid from the king, and thou thyself wouldest have set thyself against me.
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14| Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak.
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15| And ten young men that bare Joab's armour compassed about and smote Absalom, and slew him.
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16| And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel: for Joab held back the people.
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17| And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in the wood, and laid a very great heap of stones upon him: and all Israel fled every one to his tent.
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18| Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a pillar, which is in the king's dale: for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own name: and it is called unto this day, Absalom's place.
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19| Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok, Let me now run, and bear the king tidings, how that the LORD hath avenged him of his enemies.
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20| And Joab said unto him, Thou shalt not bear tidings this day, but thou shalt bear tidings another day: but this day thou shalt bear no tidings, because the king's son is dead.
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21| Then said Joab to Cushi, Go tell the king what thou hast seen. And Cushi bowed himself unto Joab, and ran.
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22| Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok yet again to Joab, But howsoever, let me, I pray thee, also run after Cushi. And Joab said, Wherefore wilt thou run, my son, seeing that thou hast no tidings ready?
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23| But howsoever, said he, let me run. And he said unto him, Run. Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain, and overran Cushi.
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24| And David sat between the two gates: and the watchman went up to the roof over the gate unto the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold a man running alone.
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25| And the watchman cried, and told the king. And the king said, If he be alone, there is tidings in his mouth. And he came apace, and drew near.
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26| And the watchman saw another man running: and the watchman called unto the porter, and said, Behold another man running alone. And the king said, He also bringeth tidings.
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27| And the watchman said, Me thinketh the running of the foremost is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok. And the king said, He is a good man, and cometh with good tidings.
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28| And Ahimaaz called, and said unto the king, All is well. And he fell down to the earth upon his face before the king, and said, Blessed be the LORD thy God, which hath delivered up the men that lifted up their hand against my lord the king.
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29| And the king said, Is the young man Absalom safe? And Ahimaaz answered, When Joab sent the king's servant, and me thy servant, I saw a great tumult, but I knew not what it was.
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30| And the king said unto him, Turn aside, and stand here. And he turned aside, and stood still.
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||||
31| And, behold, Cushi came; and Cushi said, Tidings, my lord the king: for the LORD hath avenged thee this day of all them that rose up against thee.
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32| And the king said unto Cushi, Is the young man Absalom safe? And Cushi answered, The enemies of my lord the king, and all that rise against thee to do thee hurt, be as that young man is.
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33| And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!
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#19
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1| And it was told Joab, Behold, the king weepeth and mourneth for Absalom.
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||||
2| And the victory that day was turned into mourning unto all the people: for the people heard say that day how the king was grieved for his son.
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||||
3| And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.
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||||
4| But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!
|
||||
5| And Joab came into the house to the king, and said, Thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thy servants, which this day have saved thy life, and the lives of thy sons and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy wives, and the lives of thy concubines;
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6| In that thou lovest thine enemies, and hatest thy friends. For thou hast declared this day, that thou regardest neither princes nor servants: for this day I perceive, that if Absalom had lived, and all we had died this day, then it had pleased thee well.
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7| Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak comfortably unto thy servants: for I swear by the LORD, if thou go not forth, there will not tarry one with thee this night: and that will be worse unto thee than all the evil that befell thee from thy youth until now.
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8| Then the king arose, and sat in the gate. And they told unto all the people, saying, Behold, the king doth sit in the gate. And all the people came before the king: for Israel had fled every man to his tent.
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||||
9| And all the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, The king saved us out of the hand of our enemies, and he delivered us out of the hand of the Philistines; and now he is fled out of the land for Absalom.
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10| And Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now therefore why speak ye not a word of bringing the king back?
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11| And king David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, Speak unto the elders of Judah, saying, Why are ye the last to bring the king back to his house? seeing the speech of all Israel is come to the king, even to his house.
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12| Ye are my brethren, ye are my bones and my flesh: wherefore then are ye the last to bring back the king?
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||||
13| And say ye to Amasa, Art thou not of my bone, and of my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if thou be not captain of the host before me continually in the room of Joab.
|
||||
14| And he bowed the heart of all the men of Judah, even as the heart of one man; so that they sent this word unto the king, Return thou, and all thy servants.
|
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15| So the king returned, and came to Jordan. And Judah came to Gilgal, to go to meet the king, to conduct the king over Jordan.
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16| And Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite, which was of Bahurim, hasted and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David.
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17| And there were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him; and they went over Jordan before the king.
|
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18| And there went over a ferry boat to carry over the king's household, and to do what he thought good. And Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king, as he was come over Jordan;
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19| And said unto the king, Let not my lord impute iniquity unto me, neither do thou remember that which thy servant did perversely the day that my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king should take it to his heart.
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20| For thy servant doth know that I have sinned: therefore, behold, I am come the first this day of all the house of Joseph to go down to meet my lord the king.
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||||
21| But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered and said, Shall not Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the LORD's anointed?
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22| And David said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah, that ye should this day be adversaries unto me? shall there any man be put to death this day in Israel? for do not I know that I am this day king over Israel?
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23| Therefore the king said unto Shimei, Thou shalt not die. And the king sware unto him.
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||||
24| And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king, and had neither dressed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came again in peace.
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25| And it came to pass, when he was come to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said unto him, Wherefore wentest not thou with me, Mephibosheth?
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26| And he answered, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me: for thy servant said, I will saddle me an ass, that I may ride thereon, and go to the king; because thy servant is lame.
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27| And he hath slandered thy servant unto my lord the king; but my lord the king is as an angel of God: do therefore what is good in thine eyes.
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28| For all of my father's house were but dead men before my lord the king: yet didst thou set thy servant among them that did eat at thine own table. What right therefore have I yet to cry any more unto the king?
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29| And the king said unto him, Why speakest thou any more of thy matters? I have said, Thou and Ziba divide the land.
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30| And Mephibosheth said unto the king, Yea, let him take all, forasmuch as my lord the king is come again in peace unto his own house.
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31| And Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim, and went over Jordan with the king, to conduct him over Jordan.
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32| Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even fourscore years old: and he had provided the king of sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim; for he was a very great man.
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33| And the king said unto Barzillai, Come thou over with me, and I will feed thee with me in Jerusalem.
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34| And Barzillai said unto the king, How long have I to live, that I should go up with the king unto Jerusalem?
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35| I am this day fourscore years old: and can I discern between good and evil? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should thy servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king?
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36| Thy servant will go a little way over Jordan with the king: and why should the king recompense it me with such a reward?
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37| Let thy servant, I pray thee, turn back again, that I may die in mine own city, and be buried by the grave of my father and of my mother. But behold thy servant Chimham; let him go over with my lord the king; and do to him what shall seem good unto thee.
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38| And the king answered, Chimham shall go over with me, and I will do to him that which shall seem good unto thee: and whatsoever thou shalt require of me, that will I do for thee.
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39| And all the people went over Jordan. And when the king was come over, the king kissed Barzillai, and blessed him; and he returned unto his own place.
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40| Then the king went on to Gilgal, and Chimham went on with him: and all the people of Judah conducted the king, and also half the people of Israel.
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41| And, behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said unto the king, Why have our brethren the men of Judah stolen thee away, and have brought the king, and his household, and all David's men with him, over Jordan?
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42| And all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, Because the king is near of kin to us: wherefore then be ye angry for this matter? have we eaten at all of the king's cost? or hath he given us any gift?
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43| And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more right in David than ye: why then did ye despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king? And the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.
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#20
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1| And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel.
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2| So every man of Israel went up from after David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri: but the men of Judah clave unto their king, from Jordan even to Jerusalem.
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3| And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in ward, and fed them, but went not in unto them. So they were shut up unto the day of their death, living in widowhood.
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4| Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble me the men of Judah within three days, and be thou here present.
|
||||
5| So Amasa went to assemble the men of Judah: but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him.
|
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6| And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom: take thou thy lord's servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fenced cities, and escape us.
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7| And there went out after him Joab's men, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men: and they went out of Jerusalem, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.
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8| When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa went before them. And Joab's garment that he had put on was girded unto him, and upon it a girdle with a sword fastened upon his loins in the sheath thereof; and as he went forth it fell out.
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9| And Joab said to Amasa, Art thou in health, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him.
|
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10| But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand: so he smote him therewith in the fifth rib, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. So Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.
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11| And one of Joab's men stood by him, and said, He that favoureth Joab, and he that is for David, let him go after Joab.
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12| And Amasa wallowed in blood in the midst of the highway. And when the man saw that all the people stood still, he removed Amasa out of the highway into the field, and cast a cloth upon him, when he saw that every one that came by him stood still.
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13| When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.
|
||||
14| And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to Bethmaachah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together, and went also after him.
|
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15| And they came and besieged him in Abel of Bethmaachah, and they cast up a bank against the city, and it stood in the trench: and all the people that were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down.
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16| Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak with thee.
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17| And when he was come near unto her, the woman said, Art thou Joab? And he answered, I am he. Then she said unto him, Hear the words of thine handmaid. And he answered, I do hear.
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18| Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask counsel at Abel: and so they ended the matter.
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19| I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of the LORD?
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20| And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.
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21| The matter is not so: but a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, even against David: deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said unto Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall.
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22| Then the woman went unto all the people in her wisdom. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and cast it out to Joab. And he blew a trumpet, and they retired from the city, every man to his tent. And Joab returned to Jerusalem unto the king.
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23| Now Joab was over all the host of Israel: and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites:
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24| And Adoram was over the tribute: and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder:
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25| And Sheva was scribe: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests:
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26| And Ira also the Jairite was a chief ruler about David.
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#21
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1| Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David enquired of the LORD. And the LORD answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites.
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2| And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them; (now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn unto them: and Saul sought to slay them in his zeal to the children of Israel and Judah.)
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3| Wherefore David said unto the Gibeonites, What shall I do for you? and wherewith shall I make the atonement, that ye may bless the inheritance of the LORD?
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4| And the Gibeonites said unto him, We will have no silver nor gold of Saul, nor of his house; neither for us shalt thou kill any man in Israel. And he said, What ye shall say, that will I do for you.
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5| And they answered the king, The man that consumed us, and that devised against us that we should be destroyed from remaining in any of the coasts of Israel,
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6| Let seven men of his sons be delivered unto us, and we will hang them up unto the LORD in Gibeah of Saul, whom the LORD did choose. And the king said, I will give them.
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7| But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the LORD's oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.
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8| But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bare unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she brought up for Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite:
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9| And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the hill before the LORD: and they fell all seven together, and were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first days, in the beginning of barley harvest.
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10| And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water dropped upon them out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.
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11| And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done.
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12| And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabeshgilead, which had stolen them from the street of Bethshan, where the Philistines had hanged them, when the Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa:
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13| And he brought up from thence the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son; and they gathered the bones of them that were hanged.
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14| And the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son buried they in the country of Benjamin in Zelah, in the sepulchre of Kish his father: and they performed all that the king commanded. And after that God was intreated for the land.
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15| Moreover the Philistines had yet war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines: and David waxed faint.
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16| And Ishbibenob, which was of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear weighed three hundred shekels of brass in weight, he being girded with a new sword, thought to have slain David.
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17| But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David sware unto him, saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not the light of Israel.
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18| And it came to pass after this, that there was again a battle with the Philistines at Gob: then Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Saph, which was of the sons of the giant.
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19| And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaareoregim, a Bethlehemite, slew the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam.
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20| And there was yet a battle in Gath, where was a man of great stature, that had on every hand six fingers, and on every foot six toes, four and twenty in number; and he also was born to the giant.
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21| And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimeah the brother of David slew him.
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22| These four were born to the giant in Gath, and fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.
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#22
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1| And David spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul:
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2| And he said, The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;
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3| The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence.
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4| I will call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
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5| When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;
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6| The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;
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7| In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried to my God: and he did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter into his ears.
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8| Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.
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9| There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
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10| He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his feet.
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11| And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen upon the wings of the wind.
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12| And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies.
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13| Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled.
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14| The LORD thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice.
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15| And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them.
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16| And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were discovered, at the rebuking of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.
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17| He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters;
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18| He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.
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19| They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.
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20| He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
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21| The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
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22| For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
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23| For all his judgments were before me: and as for his statutes, I did not depart from them.
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24| I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from mine iniquity.
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25| Therefore the LORD hath recompensed me according to my righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eye sight.
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26| With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, and with the upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright.
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27| With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury.
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28| And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.
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29| For thou art my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness.
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30| For by thee I have run through a troop: by my God have I leaped over a wall.
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31| As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all them that trust in him.
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32| For who is God, save the LORD? and who is a rock, save our God?
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33| God is my strength and power: and he maketh my way perfect.
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34| He maketh my feet like hinds' feet: and setteth me upon my high places.
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35| He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
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36| Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy gentleness hath made me great.
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37| Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip.
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38| I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; and turned not again until I had consumed them.
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39| And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise: yea, they are fallen under my feet.
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40| For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me.
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41| Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me.
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42| They looked, but there was none to save; even unto the LORD, but he answered them not.
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43| Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them as the mire of the street, and did spread them abroad.
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44| Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people, thou hast kept me to be head of the heathen: a people which I knew not shall serve me.
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45| Strangers shall submit themselves unto me: as soon as they hear, they shall be obedient unto me.
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46| Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of their close places.
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47| The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation.
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48| It is God that avengeth me, and that bringeth down the people under me.
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49| And that bringeth me forth from mine enemies: thou also hast lifted me up on high above them that rose up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man.
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50| Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and I will sing praises unto thy name.
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51| He is the tower of salvation for his king: and sheweth mercy to his anointed, unto David, and to his seed for evermore.
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#23
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1| Now these be the last words of David. David the son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said,
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2| The Spirit of the LORD spake by me, and his word was in my tongue.
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3| The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.
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4| And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.
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5| Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow.
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6| But the sons of Belial shall be all of them as thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands:
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7| But the man that shall touch them must be fenced with iron and the staff of a spear; and they shall be utterly burned with fire in the same place.
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8| These be the names of the mighty men whom David had: The Tachmonite that sat in the seat, chief among the captains; the same was Adino the Eznite: he lift up his spear against eight hundred, whom he slew at one time.
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9| And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines that were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel were gone away:
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10| He arose, and smote the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand clave unto the sword: and the LORD wrought a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to spoil.
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11| And after him was Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite. And the Philistines were gathered together into a troop, where was a piece of ground full of lentiles: and the people fled from the Philistines.
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12| But he stood in the midst of the ground, and defended it, and slew the Philistines: and the LORD wrought a great victory.
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13| And three of the thirty chief went down, and came to David in the harvest time unto the cave of Adullam: and the troop of the Philistines pitched in the valley of Rephaim.
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14| And David was then in an hold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem.
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15| And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!
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16| And the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: nevertheless he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto the LORD.
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17| And he said, Be it far from me, O LORD, that I should do this: is not this the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of their lives? therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mighty men.
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18| And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief among three. And he lifted up his spear against three hundred, and slew them, and had the name among three.
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||||
19| Was he not most honourable of three? therefore he was their captain: howbeit he attained not unto the first three.
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||||
20| And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, of Kabzeel, who had done many acts, he slew two lionlike men of Moab: he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow:
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21| And he slew an Egyptian, a goodly man: and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand; but he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear.
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||||
22| These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among three mighty men.
|
||||
23| He was more honourable than the thirty, but he attained not to the first three. And David set him over his guard.
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||||
24| Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
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||||
25| Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite,
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||||
26| Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,
|
||||
27| Abiezer the Anethothite, Mebunnai the Hushathite,
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||||
28| Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite,
|
||||
29| Heleb the son of Baanah, a Netophathite, Ittai the son of Ribai out of Gibeah of the children of Benjamin,
|
||||
30| Benaiah the Pirathonite, Hiddai of the brooks of Gaash,
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||||
31| Abialbon the Arbathite, Azmaveth the Barhumite,
|
||||
32| Eliahba the Shaalbonite, of the sons of Jashen, Jonathan,
|
||||
33| Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Hararite,
|
||||
34| Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the Maachathite, Eliam the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite,
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||||
35| Hezrai the Carmelite, Paarai the Arbite,
|
||||
36| Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite,
|
||||
37| Zelek the Ammonite, Nahari the Beerothite, armourbearer to Joab the son of Zeruiah,
|
||||
38| Ira an Ithrite, Gareb an Ithrite,
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||||
39| Uriah the Hittite: thirty and seven in all.
|
||||
#24
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||||
1| And again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah.
|
||||
2| For the king said to Joab the captain of the host, which was with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beersheba, and number ye the people, that I may know the number of the people.
|
||||
3| And Joab said unto the king, Now the LORD thy God add unto the people, how many soever they be, an hundredfold, and that the eyes of my lord the king may see it: but why doth my lord the king delight in this thing?
|
||||
4| Notwithstanding the king's word prevailed against Joab, and against the captains of the host. And Joab and the captains of the host went out from the presence of the king, to number the people of Israel.
|
||||
5| And they passed over Jordan, and pitched in Aroer, on the right side of the city that lieth in the midst of the river of Gad, and toward Jazer:
|
||||
6| Then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtimhodshi; and they came to Danjaan, and about to Zidon,
|
||||
7| And came to the strong hold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites: and they went out to the south of Judah, even to Beersheba.
|
||||
8| So when they had gone through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.
|
||||
9| And Joab gave up the sum of the number of the people unto the king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.
|
||||
10| And David's heart smote him after that he had numbered the people. And David said unto the LORD, I have sinned greatly in that I have done: and now, I beseech thee, O LORD, take away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.
|
||||
11| For when David was up in the morning, the word of the LORD came unto the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying,
|
||||
12| Go and say unto David, Thus saith the LORD, I offer thee three things; choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee.
|
||||
13| So Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shall seven years of famine come unto thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee three months before thine enemies, while they pursue thee? or that there be three days' pestilence in thy land? now advise, and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me.
|
||||
14| And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now into the hand of the LORD; for his mercies are great: and let me not fall into the hand of man.
|
||||
15| So the LORD sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning even to the time appointed: and there died of the people from Dan even to Beersheba seventy thousand men.
|
||||
16| And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now thine hand. And the angel of the LORD was by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite.
|
||||
17| And David spake unto the LORD when he saw the angel that smote the people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly: but these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, be against me, and against my father's house.
|
||||
18| And Gad came that day to David, and said unto him, Go up, rear an altar unto the LORD in the threshingfloor of Araunah the Jebusite.
|
||||
19| And David, according to the saying of Gad, went up as the LORD commanded.
|
||||
20| And Araunah looked, and saw the king and his servants coming on toward him: and Araunah went out, and bowed himself before the king on his face upon the ground.
|
||||
21| And Araunah said, Wherefore is my lord the king come to his servant? And David said, To buy the threshingfloor of thee, to build an altar unto the LORD, that the plague may be stayed from the people.
|
||||
22| And Araunah said unto David, Let my lord the king take and offer up what seemeth good unto him: behold, here be oxen for burnt sacrifice, and threshing instruments and other instruments of the oxen for wood.
|
||||
23| All these things did Araunah, as a king, give unto the king. And Araunah said unto the king, The LORD thy God accept thee.
|
||||
24| And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy it of thee at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the LORD my God of that which doth cost me nothing. So David bought the threshingfloor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
|
||||
25| And David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. So the LORD was intreated for the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel.
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#1
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1| The brethren, the Jews that be at Jerusalem and in the land of Judea, wish unto the brethren, the Jews that are throughout Egypt health and peace:
|
||||
2| God be gracious unto you, and remember his covenant that he made with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, his faithful servants;
|
||||
3| And give you all an heart to serve him, and to do his will, with a good courage and a willing mind;
|
||||
4| And open your hearts in his law and commandments, and send you peace,
|
||||
5| And hear your prayers, and be at one with you, and never forsake you in time of trouble.
|
||||
6| And now we be here praying for you.
|
||||
7| What time as Demetrius reigned, in the hundred threescore and ninth year, we the Jews wrote unto you in the extremity of trouble that came upon us in those years, from the time that Jason and his company revolted from the holy land and kingdom,
|
||||
8| And burned the porch, and shed innocent blood: then we prayed unto the Lord, and were heard; we offered also sacrifices and fine flour, and lighted the lamps, and set forth the loaves.
|
||||
9| And now see that ye keep the feast of tabernacles in the month Casleu.
|
||||
10| In the hundred fourscore and eighth year, the people that were at Jerusalem and in Judea, and the council, and Judas, sent greeting and health unto Aristobulus, king Ptolemeus' master, who was of the stock of the anointed priests, and to the Jews that were in Egypt:
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11| Insomuch as God hath delivered us from great perils, we thank him highly, as having been in battle against a king.
|
||||
12| For he cast them out that fought within the holy city.
|
||||
13| For when the leader was come into Persia, and the army with him that seemed invincible, they were slain in the temple of Nanea by the deceit of Nanea's priests.
|
||||
14| For Antiochus, as though he would marry her, came into the place, and his friends that were with him, to receive money in name of a dowry.
|
||||
15| Which when the priests of Nanea had set forth, and he was entered with a small company into the compass of the temple, they shut the temple as soon as Antiochus was come in:
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||||
16| And opening a privy door of the roof, they threw stones like thunderbolts, and struck down the captain, hewed them in pieces, smote off their heads and cast them to those that were without.
|
||||
17| Blessed be our God in all things, who hath delivered up the ungodly.
|
||||
18| Therefore whereas we are now purposed to keep the purification of the temple upon the five and twentieth day of the month Casleu, we thought it necessary to certify you thereof, that ye also might keep it, as the feast of the tabernacles, and of the fire, which was given us when Neemias offered sacrifice, after that he had builded the temple and the altar.
|
||||
19| For when our fathers were led into Persia, the priests that were then devout took the fire of the altar privily, and hid it in an hollow place of a pit without water, where they kept it sure, so that the place was unknown to all men.
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||||
20| Now after many years, when it pleased God, Neemias, being sent from the king of Persia, did send of the posterity of those priests that had hid it to the fire: but when they told us they found no fire, but thick water;
|
||||
21| Then commanded he them to draw it up, and to bring it; and when the sacrifices were laid on, Neemias commanded the priests to sprinkle the wood and the things laid thereupon with the water.
|
||||
22| When this was done, and the time came that the sun shone, which afore was hid in the cloud, there was a great fire kindled, so that every man marvelled.
|
||||
23| And the priests made a prayer whilst the sacrifice was consuming, I say, both the priests, and all the rest, Jonathan beginning, and the rest answering thereunto, as Neemias did.
|
||||
24| And the prayer was after this manner; O Lord, Lord God, Creator of all things, who art fearful and strong, and righteous, and merciful, and the only and gracious King,
|
||||
25| The only giver of all things, the only just, almighty, and everlasting, thou that deliverest Israel from all trouble, and didst choose the fathers, and sanctify them:
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||||
26| Receive the sacrifice for thy whole people Israel, and preserve thine own portion, and sanctify it.
|
||||
27| Gather those together that are scattered from us, deliver them that serve among the heathen, look upon them that are despised and abhorred, and let the heathen know that thou art our God.
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||||
28| Punish them that oppress us, and with pride do us wrong.
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||||
29| Plant thy people again in thy holy place, as Moses hath spoken.
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||||
30| And the priests sung psalms of thanksgiving.
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||||
31| Now when the sacrifice was consumed, Neemias commanded the water that was left to be poured on the great stones.
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||||
32| When this was done, there was kindled a flame: but it was consumed by the light that shined from the altar.
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||||
33| So when this matter was known, it was told the king of Persia, that in the place, where the priests that were led away had hid the fire, there appeared water, and that Neemias had purified the sacrifices therewith.
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34| Then the king, inclosing the place, made it holy, after he had tried the matter.
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35| And the king took many gifts, and bestowed thereof on those whom he would gratify.
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36| And Neemias called this thing Naphthar, which is as much as to say, a cleansing: but many men call it Nephi.
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#2
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1| It is also found in the records, that Jeremy the prophet commanded them that were carried away to take of the fire, as it hath been signified:
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2| And how that the prophet, having given them the law, charged them not to forget the commandments of the Lord, and that they should not err in their minds, when they see images of silver and gold, with their ornaments.
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3| And with other such speeches exhorted he them, that the law should not depart from their hearts.
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4| It was also contained in the same writing, that the prophet, being warned of God, commanded the tabernacle and the ark to go with him, as he went forth into the mountain, where Moses climbed up, and saw the heritage of God.
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5| And when Jeremy came thither, he found an hollow cave, wherein he laid the tabernacle, and the ark, and the altar of incense, and so stopped the door.
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6| And some of those that followed him came to mark the way, but they could not find it.
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7| Which when Jeremy perceived, he blamed them, saying, As for that place, it shall be unknown until the time that God gather his people again together, and receive them unto mercy.
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8| Then shall the Lord shew them these things, and the glory of the Lord shall appear, and the cloud also, as it was shewed under Moses, and as when Solomon desired that the place might be honourably sanctified.
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9| It was also declared, that he being wise offered the sacrifice of dedication, and of the finishing of the temple.
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10| And as when Moses prayed unto the Lord, the fire came down from heaven, and consumed the sacrifices: even so prayed Solomon also, and the fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt offerings.
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11| And Moses said, Because the sin offering was not to be eaten, it was consumed.
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12| So Solomon kept those eight days.
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13| The same things also were reported in the writings and commentaries of Neemias; and how he founding a library gathered together the acts of the kings, and the prophets, and of David, and the epistles of the kings concerning the holy gifts.
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14| In like manner also Judas gathered together all those things that were lost by reason of the war we had, and they remain with us,
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15| Wherefore if ye have need thereof, send some to fetch them unto you.
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16| Whereas we then are about to celebrate the purification, we have written unto you, and ye shall do well, if ye keep the same days.
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17| We hope also, that the God, that delivered all his people, and gave them all an heritage, and the kingdom, and the priesthood, and the sanctuary,
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18| As he promised in the law, will shortly have mercy upon us, and gather us together out of every land under heaven into the holy place: for he hath delivered us out of great troubles, and hath purified the place.
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19| Now as concerning Judas Maccabeus, and his brethren, and the purification of the great temple, and the dedication of the altar,
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20| And the wars against Antiochus Epiphanes, and Eupator his son,
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21| And the manifest signs that came from heaven unto those that behaved themselves manfully to their honour for Judaism: so that, being but a few, they overcame the whole country, and chased barbarous multitudes,
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22| And recovered again the temple renowned all the world over, and freed the city, and upheld the laws which were going down, the Lord being gracious unto them with all favour:
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23| All these things, I say, being declared by Jason of Cyrene in five books, we will assay to abridge in one volume.
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24| For considering the infinite number, and the difficulty which they find that desire to look into the narrations of the story, for the variety of the matter,
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25| We have been careful, that they that will read may have delight, and that they that are desirous to commit to memory might have ease, and that all into whose hands it comes might have profit.
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26| Therefore to us, that have taken upon us this painful labour of abridging, it was not easy, but a matter of sweat and watching;
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27| Even as it is no ease unto him that prepareth a banquet, and seeketh the benefit of others: yet for the pleasuring of many we will undertake gladly this great pains;
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28| Leaving to the author the exact handling of every particular, and labouring to follow the rules of an abridgement.
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29| For as the master builder of a new house must care for the whole building; but he that undertaketh to set it out, and paint it, must seek out fit things for the adorning thereof: even so I think it is with us.
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30| To stand upon every point, and go over things at large, and to be curious in particulars, belongeth to the first author of the story:
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31| But to use brevity, and avoid much labouring of the work, is to be granted to him that will make an abridgment.
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32| Here then will we begin the story: only adding thus much to that which hath been said, that it is a foolish thing to make a long prologue, and to be short in the story itself.
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#3
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1| Now when the holy city was inhabited with all peace, and the laws were kept very well, because of the godliness of Onias the high priest, and his hatred of wickedness,
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2| It came to pass that even the kings themselves did honour the place, and magnify the temple with their best gifts;
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3| Insomuch that Seleucus of Asia of his own revenues bare all the costs belonging to the service of the sacrifices.
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4| But one Simon of the tribe of Benjamin, who was made governor of the temple, fell out with the high priest about disorder in the city.
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5| And when he could not overcome Onias, he gat him to Apollonius the son of Thraseas, who then was governor of Celosyria and Phenice,
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6| And told him that the treasury in Jerusalem was full of infinite sums of money, so that the multitude of their riches, which did not pertain to the account of the sacrifices, was innumerable, and that it was possible to bring all into the king's hand.
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7| Now when Apollonius came to the king, and had shewed him of the money whereof he was told, the king chose out Heliodorus his treasurer, and sent him with a commandment to bring him the foresaid money.
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8| So forthwith Heliodorus took his journey; under a colour of visiting the cities of Celosyria and Phenice, but indeed to fulfil the king's purpose.
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9| And when he was come to Jerusalem, and had been courteously received of the high priest of the city, he told him what intelligence was given of the money, and declared wherefore he came, and asked if these things were so indeed.
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10| Then the high priest told him that there was such money laid up for the relief of widows and fatherless children:
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11| And that some of it belonged to Hircanus son of Tobias, a man of great dignity, and not as that wicked Simon had misinformed: the sum whereof in all was four hundred talents of silver, and two hundred of gold:
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12| And that it was altogether impossible that such wrongs should be done unto them, that had committed it to the holiness of the place, and to the majesty and inviolable sanctity of the temple, honoured over all the world.
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13| But Heliodorus, because of the king's commandment given him, said, That in any wise it must be brought into the king's treasury.
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14| So at the day which he appointed he entered in to order this matter: wherefore there was no small agony throughout the whole city.
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15| But the priests, prostrating themselves before the altar in their priests' vestments, called unto heaven upon him that made a law concerning things given to he kept, that they should safely be preserved for such as had committed them to be kept.
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16| Then whoso had looked the high priest in the face, it would have wounded his heart: for his countenance and the changing of his colour declared the inward agony of his mind.
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17| For the man was so compassed with fear and horror of the body, that it was manifest to them that looked upon him, what sorrow he had now in his heart.
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18| Others ran flocking out of their houses to the general supplication, because the place was like to come into contempt.
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19| And the women, girt with sackcloth under their breasts, abounded in the streets, and the virgins that were kept in ran, some to the gates, and some to the walls, and others looked out of the windows.
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20| And all, holding their hands toward heaven, made supplication.
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21| Then it would have pitied a man to see the falling down of the multitude of all sorts, and the fear of the high priest being in such an agony.
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22| They then called upon the Almighty Lord to keep the things committed of trust safe and sure for those that had committed them.
|
||||
23| Nevertheless Heliodorus executed that which was decreed.
|
||||
24| Now as he was there present himself with his guard about the treasury, the Lord of spirits, and the Prince of all power, caused a great apparition, so that all that presumed to come in with him were astonished at the power of God, and fainted, and were sore afraid.
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||||
25| For there appeared unto them an horse with a terrible rider upon him, and adorned with a very fair covering, and he ran fiercely, and smote at Heliodorus with his forefeet, and it seemed that he that sat upon the horse had complete harness of gold.
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26| Moreover two other young men appeared before him, notable in strength, excellent in beauty, and comely in apparel, who stood by him on either side; and scourged him continually, and gave him many sore stripes.
|
||||
27| And Heliodorus fell suddenly unto the ground, and was compassed with great darkness: but they that were with him took him up, and put him into a litter.
|
||||
28| Thus him, that lately came with a great train and with all his guard into the said treasury, they carried out, being unable to help himself with his weapons: and manifestly they acknowledged the power of God.
|
||||
29| For he by the hand of God was cast down, and lay speechless without all hope of life.
|
||||
30| But they praised the Lord, that had miraculously honoured his own place: for the temple; which a little afore was full of fear and trouble, when the Almighty Lord appeared, was filled with joy and gladness.
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||||
31| Then straightways certain of Heliodorus' friends prayed Onias, that he would call upon the most High to grant him his life, who lay ready to give up the ghost.
|
||||
32| So the high priest, suspecting lest the king should misconceive that some treachery had been done to Heliodorus by the Jews, offered a sacrifice for the health of the man.
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||||
33| Now as the high priest was making an atonement, the same young men in the same clothing appeared and stood beside Heliodorus, saying, Give Onias the high priest great thanks, insomuch as for his sake the Lord hath granted thee life:
|
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34| And seeing that thou hast been scourged from heaven, declare unto all men the mighty power of God. And when they had spoken these words, they appeared no more.
|
||||
35| So Heliodorus, after he had offered sacrifice unto the Lord, and made great vows unto him that had saved his life, and saluted Onias, returned with his host to the king.
|
||||
36| Then testified he to all men the works of the great God, which he had seen with his eyes.
|
||||
37| And when the king Heliodorus, who might be a fit man to be sent yet once again to Jerusalem, he said,
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||||
38| If thou hast any enemy or traitor, send him thither, and thou shalt receive him well scourged, if he escape with his life: for in that place, no doubt; there is an especial power of God.
|
||||
39| For he that dwelleth in heaven hath his eye on that place, and defendeth it; and he beateth and destroyeth them that come to hurt it.
|
||||
40| And the things concerning Heliodorus, and the keeping of the treasury, fell out on this sort.
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#4
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1| This Simon now, of whom we spake afore, having been a betrayer of the money, and of his country, slandered Onias, as if he ha terrified Heliodorus, and been the worker of these evils.
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2| Thus was he bold to call him a traitor, that had deserved well of the city, and tendered his own nation, and was so zealous of the laws.
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||||
3| But when their hatred went so far, that by one of Simon's faction murders were committed,
|
||||
4| Onias seeing the danger of this contention, and that Apollonius, as being the governor of Celosyria and Phenice, did rage, and increase Simon's malice,
|
||||
5| He went to the king, not to be an accuser of his countrymen, but seeking the good of all, both publick and private:
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||||
6| For he saw that it was impossible that the state should continue quiet, and Simon leave his folly, unless the king did look thereunto.
|
||||
7| But after the death of Seleucus, when Antiochus, called Epiphanes, took the kingdom, Jason the brother of Onias laboured underhand to be high priest,
|
||||
8| Promising unto the king by intercession three hundred and threescore talents of silver, and of another revenue eighty talents:
|
||||
9| Beside this, he promised to assign an hundred and fifty more, if he might have licence to set him up a place for exercise, and for the training up of youth in the fashions of the heathen, and to write them of Jerusalem by the name of Antiochians.
|
||||
10| Which when the king had granted, and he had gotten into his hand the rule he forthwith brought his own nation to Greekish fashion.
|
||||
11| And the royal privileges granted of special favour to the Jews by the means of John the father of Eupolemus, who went ambassador to Rome for amity and aid, he took away; and putting down the governments which were according to the law, he brought up new customs against the law:
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||||
12| For he built gladly a place of exercise under the tower itself, and brought the chief young men under his subjection, and made them wear a hat.
|
||||
13| Now such was the height of Greek fashions, and increase of heathenish manners, through the exceeding profaneness of Jason, that ungodly wretch, and no high priest;
|
||||
14| That the priests had no courage to serve any more at the altar, but despising the temple, and neglecting the sacrifices, hastened to be partakers of the unlawful allowance in the place of exercise, after the game of Discus called them forth;
|
||||
15| Not setting by the honours of their fathers, but liking the glory of the Grecians best of all.
|
||||
16| By reason whereof sore calamity came upon them: for they had them to be their enemies and avengers, whose custom they followed so earnestly, and unto whom they desired to be like in all things.
|
||||
17| For it is not a light thing to do wickedly against the laws of God: but the time following shall declare these things.
|
||||
18| Now when the game that was used every faith year was kept at Tyrus, the king being present,
|
||||
19| This ungracious Jason sent special messengers from Jerusalem, who were Antiochians, to carry three hundred drachms of silver to the sacrifice of Hercules, which even the bearers thereof thought fit not to bestow upon the sacrifice, because it was not convenient, but to be reserved for other charges.
|
||||
20| This money then, in regard of the sender, was appointed to Hercules' sacrifice; but because of the bearers thereof, it was employed to the making of gallies.
|
||||
21| Now when Apollonius the son of Menestheus was sent into Egypt for the coronation of king Ptolemeus Philometor, Antiochus, understanding him not to be well affected to his affairs, provided for his own safety: whereupon he came to Joppa, and from thence to Jerusalem:
|
||||
22| Where he was honourably received of Jason, and of the city, and was brought in with torch alight, and with great shoutings: and so afterward went with his host unto Phenice.
|
||||
23| Three years afterward Jason sent Menelaus, the aforesaid Simon's brother, to bear the money unto the king, and to put him in mind of certain necessary matters.
|
||||
24| But he being brought to the presence of the king, when he had magnified him for the glorious appearance of his power, got the priesthood to himself, offering more than Jason by three hundred talents of silver.
|
||||
25| So he came with the king's mandate, bringing nothing worthy the high priesthood, but having the fury of a cruel tyrant, and the rage of a savage beast.
|
||||
26| Then Jason, who had undermined his own brother, being undermined by another, was compelled to flee into the country of the Ammonites.
|
||||
27| So Menelaus got the principality: but as for the money that he had promised unto the king, he took no good order for it, albeit Sostratis the ruler of the castle required it:
|
||||
28| For unto him appertained the gathering of the customs. Wherefore they were both called before the king.
|
||||
29| Now Menelaus left his brother Lysimachus in his stead in the priesthood; and Sostratus left Crates, who was governor of the Cyprians.
|
||||
30| While those things were in doing, they of Tarsus and Mallos made insurrection, because they were given to the king's concubine, called Antiochus.
|
||||
31| Then came the king in all haste to appease matters, leaving Andronicus, a man in authority, for his deputy.
|
||||
32| Now Menelaus, supposing that he had gotten a convenient time, stole certain vessels of gold out of the temple, and gave some of them to Andronicus, and some he sold into Tyrus and the cities round about.
|
||||
33| Which when Onias knew of a surety, he reproved him, and withdrew himself into a sanctuary at Daphne, that lieth by Antiochia.
|
||||
34| Wherefore Menelaus, taking Andronicus apart, prayed, him to get Onias into his hands; who being persuaded thereunto, and coming to Onias in deceit, gave him his right hand with oaths; and though he were suspected by him, yet persuaded he him to come forth of the sanctuary: whom forthwith he shut up without regard of justice.
|
||||
35| For the which cause not only the Jews, but many also of other nations, took great indignation, and were much grieved for the unjust murder of the man.
|
||||
36| And when the king was come again from the places about Cilicia, the Jews that were in the city, and certain of the Greeks that abhorred the fact also, complained because Onias was slain without cause.
|
||||
37| Therefore Antiochus was heartily sorry, and moved to pity, and wept, because of the sober and modest behaviour of him that was dead.
|
||||
38| And being kindled with anger, forthwith he took away Andronicus his purple, and rent off his clothes, and leading him through the whole city unto that very place, where he had committed impiety against Onias, there slew he the cursed murderer. Thus the Lord rewarded him his punishment, as he had deserved.
|
||||
39| Now when many sacrileges had been committed in the city by Lysimachus with the consent of Menelaus, and the fruit thereof was spread abroad, the multitude gathered themselves together against Lysimachus, many vessels of gold being already carried away.
|
||||
40| Whereupon the common people rising, and being filled with rage, Lysimachus armed about three thousand men, and began first to offer violence; one Auranus being the leader, a man far gone in years, and no less in folly.
|
||||
41| They then seeing the attempt of Lysimachus, some of them caught stones, some clubs, others taking handfuls of dust, that was next at hand, cast them all together upon Lysimachus, and those that set upon them.
|
||||
42| Thus many of them they wounded, and some they struck to the ground, and all of them they forced to flee: but as for the churchrobber himself, him they killed beside the treasury.
|
||||
43| Of these matters therefore there was an accusation laid against Menelaus.
|
||||
44| Now when the king came to Tyrus, three men that were sent from the senate pleaded the cause before him:
|
||||
45| But Menelaus, being now convicted, promised Ptolemee the son of Dorymenes to give him much money, if he would pacify the king toward him.
|
||||
46| Whereupon Ptolemee taking the king aside into a certain gallery, as it were to take the air, brought him to be of another mind:
|
||||
47| Insomuch that he discharged Menelaus from the accusations, who notwithstanding was cause of all the mischief: and those poor men, who, if they had told their cause, yea, before the Scythians, should have been judged innocent, them he condemned to death.
|
||||
48| Thus they that followed the matter for the city, and for the people, and for the holy vessels, did soon suffer unjust punishment.
|
||||
49| Wherefore even they of Tyrus, moved with hatred of that wicked deed, caused them to be honourably buried.
|
||||
50| And so through the covetousness of them that were of power Menelaus remained still in authority, increasing in malice, and being a great traitor to the citizens.
|
||||
#5
|
||||
1| About the same time Antiochus prepared his second voyage into Egypt:
|
||||
2| And then it happened, that through all the city, for the space almost of forty days, there were seen horsemen running in the air, in cloth of gold, and armed with lances, like a band of soldiers,
|
||||
3| And troops of horsemen in array, encountering and running one against another, with shaking of shields, and multitude of pikes, and drawing of swords, and casting of darts, and glittering of golden ornaments, and harness of all sorts.
|
||||
4| Wherefore every man prayed that that apparition might turn to good.
|
||||
5| Now when there was gone forth a false rumour, as though Antiochus had been dead, Jason took at the least a thousand men, and suddenly made an assault upon the city; and they that were upon the walls being put back, and the city at length taken, Menelaus fled into the castle:
|
||||
6| But Jason slew his own citizens without mercy, not considering that to get the day of them of his own nation would be a most unhappy day for him; but thinking they had been his enemies, and not his countrymen, whom he conquered.
|
||||
7| Howbeit for all this he obtained not the principality, but at the last received shame for the reward of his treason, and fled again into the country of the Ammonites.
|
||||
8| In the end therefore he had an unhappy return, being accused before Aretas the king of the Arabians, fleeing from city to city, pursued of all men, hated as a forsaker of the laws, and being had in abomination as an open enemy of his country and countrymen, he was cast out into Egypt.
|
||||
9| Thus he that had driven many out of their country perished in a strange land, retiring to the Lacedemonians, and thinking there to find succour by reason of his kindred:
|
||||
10| And he that had cast out many unburied had none to mourn for him, nor any solemn funerals at all, nor sepulchre with his fathers.
|
||||
11| Now when this that was done came to the king's car, he thought that Judea had revolted: whereupon removing out of Egypt in a furious mind, he took the city by force of arms,
|
||||
12| And commanded his men of war not to spare such as they met, and to slay such as went up upon the houses.
|
||||
13| Thus there was killing of young and old, making away of men, women, and children, slaying of virgins and infants.
|
||||
14| And there were destroyed within the space of three whole days fourscore thousand, whereof forty thousand were slain in the conflict; and no fewer sold than slain.
|
||||
15| Yet was he not content with this, but presumed to go into the most holy temple of all the world; Menelaus, that traitor to the laws, and to his own country, being his guide:
|
||||
16| And taking the holy vessels with polluted hands, and with profane hands pulling down the things that were dedicated by other kings to the augmentation and glory and honour of the place, he gave them away.
|
||||
17| And so haughty was Antiochus in mind, that he considered not that the Lord was angry for a while for the sins of them that dwelt in the city, and therefore his eye was not upon the place.
|
||||
18| For had they not been formerly wrapped in many sins, this man, as soon as he had come, had forthwith been scourged, and put back from his presumption, as Heliodorus was, whom Seleucus the king sent to view the treasury.
|
||||
19| Nevertheless God did not choose the people for the place's sake, but the place far the people's sake.
|
||||
20| And therefore the place itself, that was partaker with them of the adversity that happened to the nation, did afterward communicate in the benefits sent from the Lord: and as it was forsaken in the wrath of the Almighty, so again, the great Lord being reconciled, it was set up with all glory.
|
||||
21| So when Antiochus had carried out of the temple a thousand and eight hundred talents, he departed in all haste unto Antiochia, weening in his pride to make the land navigable, and the sea passable by foot: such was the haughtiness of his mind.
|
||||
22| And he left governors to vex the nation: at Jerusalem, Philip, for his country a Phrygian, and for manners more barbarous than he that set him there;
|
||||
23| And at Garizim, Andronicus; and besides, Menelaus, who worse than all the rest bare an heavy hand over the citizens, having a malicious mind against his countrymen the Jews.
|
||||
24| He sent also that detestable ringleader Apollonius with an army of two and twenty thousand, commanding him to slay all those that were in their best age, and to sell the women and the younger sort:
|
||||
25| Who coming to Jerusalem, and pretending peace, did forbear till the holy day of the sabbath, when taking the Jews keeping holy day, he commanded his men to arm themselves.
|
||||
26| And so he slew all them that were gone to the celebrating of the sabbath, and running through the city with weapons slew great multitudes.
|
||||
27| But Judas Maccabeus with nine others, or thereabout, withdrew himself into the wilderness, and lived in the mountains after the manner of beasts, with his company, who fed on herbs continually, lest they should be partakers of the pollution.
|
||||
#6
|
||||
1| Not long after this the king sent an old man of Athens to compel the Jews to depart from the laws of their fathers, and not to live after the laws of God:
|
||||
2| And to pollute also the temple in Jerusalem, and to call it the temple of Jupiter Olympius; and that in Garizim, of Jupiter the Defender of strangers, as they did desire that dwelt in the place.
|
||||
3| The coming in of this mischief was sore and grievous to the people:
|
||||
4| For the temple was filled with riot and revelling by the Gentiles, who dallied with harlots, and had to do with women within the circuit of the holy places, and besides that brought in things that were not lawful.
|
||||
5| The altar also was filled with profane things, which the law forbiddeth.
|
||||
6| Neither was it lawful for a man to keep sabbath days or ancient fasts, or to profess himself at all to be a Jew.
|
||||
7| And in the day of the king's birth every month they were brought by bitter constraint to eat of the sacrifices; and when the fast of Bacchus was kept, the Jews were compelled to go in procession to Bacchus, carrying ivy.
|
||||
8| Moreover there went out a decree to the neighbour cities of the heathen, by the suggestion of Ptolemee, against the Jews, that they should observe the same fashions, and be partakers of their sacrifices:
|
||||
9| And whoso would not conform themselves to the manners of the Gentiles should be put to death. Then might a man have seen the present misery.
|
||||
10| For there were two women brought, who had circumcised their children; whom when they had openly led round about the city, the babes handing at their breasts, they cast them down headlong from the wall.
|
||||
11| And others, that had run together into caves near by, to keep the sabbath day secretly, being discovered by Philip, were all burnt together, because they made a conscience to help themselves for the honour of the most sacred day.
|
||||
12| Now I beseech those that read this book, that they be not discouraged for these calamities, but that they judge those punishments not to be for destruction, but for a chastening of our nation.
|
||||
13| For it is a token of his great goodness, when wicked doers are not suffered any long time, but forthwith punished.
|
||||
14| For not as with other nations, whom the Lord patiently forbeareth to punish, till they be come to the fulness of their sins, so dealeth he with us,
|
||||
15| Lest that, being come to the height of sin, afterwards he should take vengeance of us.
|
||||
16| And therefore he never withdraweth his mercy from us: and though he punish with adversity, yet doth he never forsake his people.
|
||||
17| But let this that we at spoken be for a warning unto us. And now will we come to the declaring of the matter in a few words.
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18| Eleazar, one of the principal scribes, an aged man, and of a well favoured countenance, was constrained to open his mouth, and to eat swine's flesh.
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19| But he, choosing rather to die gloriously, than to live stained with such an abomination, spit it forth, and came of his own accord to the torment,
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20| As it behoved them to come, that are resolute to stand out against such things, as are not lawful for love of life to be tasted.
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21| But they that had the charge of that wicked feast, for the old acquaintance they had with the man, taking him aside, besought him to bring flesh of his own provision, such as was lawful for him to use, and make as if he did eat of the flesh taken from the sacrifice commanded by the king;
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22| That in so doing he might be delivered from death, and for the old friendship with them find favour.
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23| But he began to consider discreetly, and as became his age, and the excellency of his ancient years, and the honour of his gray head, whereon was come, and his most honest education from a child, or rather the holy law made and given by God: therefore he answered accordingly, and willed them straightways to send him to the grave.
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24| For it becometh not our age, said he, in any wise to dissemble, whereby many young persons might think that Eleazar, being fourscore years old and ten, were now gone to a strange religion;
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25| And so they through mine hypocrisy, and desire to live a little time and a moment longer, should be deceived by me, and I get a stain to mine old age, and make it abominable.
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26| For though for the present time I should be delivered from the punishment of men: yet should I not escape the hand of the Almighty, neither alive, nor dead.
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27| Wherefore now, manfully changing this life, I will shew myself such an one as mine age requireth,
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28| And leave a notable example to such as be young to die willingly and courageously for the honourable and holy laws. And when he had said these words, immediately he went to the torment:
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29| They that led him changing the good will they bare him a little before into hatred, because the foresaid speeches proceeded, as they thought, from a desperate mind.
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30| But when he was ready to die with stripes, he groaned, and said, It is manifest unto the Lord, that hath the holy knowledge, that whereas I might have been delivered from death, I now endure sore pains in body by being beaten: but in soul am well content to suffer these things, because I fear him.
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31| And thus this man died, leaving his death for an example of a noble courage, and a memorial of virtue, not only unto young men, but unto all his nation.
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#7
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1| It came to pass also, that seven brethren with their mother were taken, and compelled by the king against the law to taste swine's flesh, and were tormented with scourges and whips.
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2| But one of them that spake first said thus, What wouldest thou ask or learn of us? we are ready to die, rather than to transgress the laws of our fathers.
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3| Then the king, being in a rage, commanded pans and caldrons to be made hot:
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4| Which forthwith being heated, he commanded to cut out the tongue of him that spake first, and to cut off the utmost parts of his body, the rest of his brethren and his mother looking on.
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5| Now when he was thus maimed in all his members, he commanded him being yet alive to be brought to the fire, and to be fried in the pan: and as the vapour of the pan was for a good space dispersed, they exhorted one another with the mother to die manfully, saying thus,
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6| The Lord God looketh upon us, and in truth hath comfort in us, as Moses in his song, which witnessed to their faces, declared, saying, And he shall be comforted in his servants.
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7| So when the first was dead after this number, they brought the second to make him a mocking stock: and when they had pulled off the skin of his head with the hair, they asked him, Wilt thou eat, before thou be punished throughout every member of thy body?
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8| But he answered in his own language, and said, No. Wherefore he also received the next torment in order, as the former did.
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9| And when he was at the last gasp, he said, Thou like a fury takest us out of this present life, but the King of the world shall raise us up, who have died for his laws, unto everlasting life.
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10| After him was the third made a mocking stock: and when he was required, he put out his tongue, and that right soon, holding forth his hands manfully.
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11| And said courageously, These I had from heaven; and for his laws I despise them; and from him I hope to receive them again.
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12| Insomuch that the king, and they that were with him, marvelled at the young man's courage, for that he nothing regarded the pains.
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13| Now when this man was dead also, they tormented and mangled the fourth in like manner.
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14| So when he was ready to die he said thus, It is good, being put to death by men, to look for hope from God to be raised up again by him: as for thee, thou shalt have no resurrection to life.
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15| Afterward they brought the fifth also, and mangled him.
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16| Then looked he unto the king, and said, Thou hast power over men, thou art corruptible, thou doest what thou wilt; yet think not that our nation is forsaken of God;
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17| But abide a while, and behold his great power, how he will torment thee and thy seed.
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18| After him also they brought the sixth, who being ready to die said, Be not deceived without cause: for we suffer these things for ourselves, having sinned against our God: therefore marvellous things are done unto us.
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19| But think not thou, that takest in hand to strive against God, that thou shalt escape unpunished.
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20| But the mother was marvellous above all, and worthy of honourable memory: for when she saw her seven sons slain within the space of one day, she bare it with a good courage, because of the hope that she had in the Lord.
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21| Yea, she exhorted every one of them in her own language, filled with courageous spirits; and stirring up her womanish thoughts with a manly stomach, she said unto them,
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22| I cannot tell how ye came into my womb: for I neither gave you breath nor life, neither was it I that formed the members of every one of you;
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23| But doubtless the Creator of the world, who formed the generation of man, and found out the beginning of all things, will also of his own mercy give you breath and life again, as ye now regard not your own selves for his laws' sake.
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24| Now Antiochus, thinking himself despised, and suspecting it to be a reproachful speech, whilst the youngest was yet alive, did not only exhort him by words, but also assured him with oaths, that he would make him both a rich and a happy man, if he would turn from the laws of his fathers; and that also he would take him for his friend, and trust him with affairs.
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25| But when the young man would in no case hearken unto him, the king called his mother, and exhorted her that she would counsel the young man to save his life.
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26| And when he had exhorted her with many words, she promised him that she would counsel her son.
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27| But she bowing herself toward him, laughing the cruel tyrant to scorn, spake in her country language on this manner; O my son, have pity upon me that bare thee nine months in my womb, and gave thee such three years, and nourished thee, and brought thee up unto this age, and endured the troubles of education.
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28| I beseech thee, my son, look upon the heaven and the earth, and all that is therein, and consider that God made them of things that were not; and so was mankind made likewise.
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29| Fear not this tormentor, but, being worthy of thy brethren, take thy death that I may receive thee again in mercy with thy brethren.
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30| Whiles she was yet speaking these words, the young man said, Whom wait ye for? I will not obey the king's commandment: but I will obey the commandment of the law that was given unto our fathers by Moses.
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31| And thou, that hast been the author of all mischief against the Hebrews, shalt not escape the hands of God.
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32| For we suffer because of our sins.
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33| And though the living Lord be angry with us a little while for our chastening and correction, yet shall he be at one again with his servants.
|
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34| But thou, O godless man, and of all other most wicked, be not lifted up without a cause, nor puffed up with uncertain hopes, lifting up thy hand against the servants of God:
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35| For thou hast not yet escaped the judgment of Almighty God, who seeth all things.
|
||||
36| For our brethren, who now have suffered a short pain, are dead under God's covenant of everlasting life: but thou, through the judgment of God, shalt receive just punishment for thy pride.
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37| But I, as my brethren, offer up my body and life for the laws of our fathers, beseeching God that he would speedily be merciful unto our nation; and that thou by torments and plagues mayest confess, that he alone is God;
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38| And that in me and my brethren the wrath of the Almighty, which is justly brought upon our nation, may cease.
|
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39| Than the king' being in a rage, handed him worse than all the rest, and took it grievously that he was mocked.
|
||||
40| So this man died undefiled, and put his whole trust in the Lord.
|
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41| Last of all after the sons the mother died.
|
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42| Let this be enough now to have spoken concerning the idolatrous feasts, and the extreme tortures.
|
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#8
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1| Then Judas Maccabeus, and they that were with him, went privily into the towns, and called their kinsfolks together, and took unto them all such as continued in the Jews' religion, and assembled about six thousand men.
|
||||
2| And they called upon the Lord, that he would look upon the people that was trodden down of all; and also pity the temple profaned of ungodly men;
|
||||
3| And that he would have compassion upon the city, sore defaced, and ready to be made even with the ground; and hear the blood that cried unto him,
|
||||
4| And remember the wicked slaughter of harmless infants, and the blasphemies committed against his name; and that he would shew his hatred against the wicked.
|
||||
5| Now when Maccabeus had his company about him, he could not be withstood by the heathen: for the wrath of the Lord was turned into mercy.
|
||||
6| Therefore he came at unawares, and burnt up towns and cities, and got into his hands the most commodious places, and overcame and put to flight no small number of his enemies.
|
||||
7| But specially took he advantage of the night for such privy attempts, insomuch that the fruit of his holiness was spread every where.
|
||||
8| So when Philip saw that this man increased by little and little, and that things prospered with him still more and more, he wrote unto Ptolemeus, the governor of Celosyria and Phenice, to yield more aid to the king's affairs.
|
||||
9| Then forthwith choosing Nicanor the son of Patroclus, one of his special friends, he sent him with no fewer than twenty thousand of all nations under him, to root out the whole generation of the Jews; and with him he joined also Gorgias a captain, who in matters of war had great experience.
|
||||
10| So Nicanor undertook to make so much money of the captive Jews, as should defray the tribute of two thousand talents, which the king was to pay to the Romans.
|
||||
11| Wherefore immediately he sent to the cities upon the sea coast, proclaiming a sale of the captive Jews, and promising that they should have fourscore and ten bodies for one talent, not expecting the vengeance that was to follow upon him from the Almighty God.
|
||||
12| Now when word was brought unto Judas of Nicanor's coming, and he had imparted unto those that were with him that the army was at hand,
|
||||
13| They that were fearful, and distrusted the justice of God, fled, and conveyed themselves away.
|
||||
14| Others sold all that they had left, and withal besought the Lord to deliver them, sold by the wicked Nicanor before they met together:
|
||||
15| And if not for their own sakes, yet for the covenants he had made with their fathers, and for his holy and glorious name's sake, by which they were called.
|
||||
16| So Maccabeus called his men together unto the number of six thousand, and exhorted them not to be stricken with terror of the enemy, nor to fear the great multitude of the heathen, who came wrongly against them; but to fight manfully,
|
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17| And to set before their eyes the injury that they had unjustly done to the holy place, and the cruel handling of the city, whereof they made a mockery, and also the taking away of the government of their forefathers:
|
||||
18| For they, said he, trust in their weapons and boldness; but our confidence is in the Almighty who at a beck can cast down both them that come against us, and also all the world.
|
||||
19| Moreover, he recounted unto them what helps their forefathers had found, and how they were delivered, when under Sennacherib an hundred fourscore and five thousand perished.
|
||||
20| And he told them of the battle that they had in Babylon with the Galatians, how they came but eight thousand in all to the business, with four thousand Macedonians, and that the Macedonians being perplexed, the eight thousand destroyed an hundred and twenty thousand because of the help that they had from heaven, and so received a great booty.
|
||||
21| Thus when he had made them bold with these words, and ready to die for the law and the country, he divided his army into four parts;
|
||||
22| And joined with himself his own brethren, leaders of each band, to wit Simon, and Joseph, and Jonathan, giving each one fifteen hundred men.
|
||||
23| Also he appointed Eleazar to read the holy book: and when he had given them this watchword, The help of God; himself leading the first band,
|
||||
24| And by the help of the Almighty they slew above nine thousand of their enemies, and wounded and maimed the most part of Nicanor's host, and so put all to flight;
|
||||
25| And took their money that came to buy them, and pursued them far: but lacking time they returned:
|
||||
26| For it was the day before the sabbath, and therefore they would no longer pursue them.
|
||||
27| So when they had gathered their armour together, and spoiled their enemies, they occupied themselves about the sabbath, yielding exceeding praise and thanks to the Lord, who had preserved them unto that day, which was the beginning of mercy distilling upon them.
|
||||
28| And after the sabbath, when they had given part of the spoils to the maimed, and the widows, and orphans, the residue they divided among themselves and their servants.
|
||||
29| When this was done, and they had made a common supplication, they besought the merciful Lord to be reconciled with his servants for ever.
|
||||
30| Moreover of those that were with Timotheus and Bacchides, who fought against them, they slew above twenty thousand, and very easily got high and strong holds, and divided among themselves many spoils more, and made the maimed, orphans, widows, yea, and the aged also, equal in spoils with themselves.
|
||||
31| And when they had gathered their armour together, they laid them up all carefully in convenient places, and the remnant of the spoils they brought to Jerusalem.
|
||||
32| They slew also Philarches, that wicked person, who was with Timotheus, and had annoyed the Jews many ways.
|
||||
33| Furthermore at such time as they kept the feast for the victory in their country they burnt Callisthenes, that had set fire upon the holy gates, who had fled into a little house; and so he received a reward meet for his wickedness.
|
||||
34| As for that most ungracious Nicanor, who had brought a thousand merchants to buy the Jews,
|
||||
35| He was through the help of the Lord brought down by them, of whom he made least account; and putting off his glorious apparel, and discharging his company, he came like a fugitive servant through the midland unto Antioch having very great dishonour, for that his host was destroyed.
|
||||
36| Thus he, that took upon him to make good to the Romans their tribute by means of captives in Jerusalem, told abroad, that the Jews had God to fight for them, and therefore they could not be hurt, because they followed the laws that he gave them.
|
||||
#9
|
||||
1| About that time came Antiochus with dishonour out of the country of Persia
|
||||
2| For he had entered the city called Persepolis, and went about to rob the temple, and to hold the city; whereupon the multitude running to defend themselves with their weapons put them to flight; and so it happened, that Antiochus being put to flight of the inhabitants returned with shame.
|
||||
3| Now when he came to Ecbatane, news was brought him what had happened unto Nicanor and Timotheus.
|
||||
4| Then swelling with anger. he thought to avenge upon the Jews the disgrace done unto him by those that made him flee. Therefore commanded he his chariotman to drive without ceasing, and to dispatch the journey, the judgment of GOd now following him. For he had spoken proudly in this sort, That he would come to Jerusalem and make it a common burying place of the Jew
|
||||
5| s.
|
||||
6| But the Lord Almighty, the God of Isreal, smote him with an incurable and invisible plague: or as soon as he had spoken these words, a pain of the bowels that was remediless came upon him, and sore torments of the inner parts;
|
||||
7| And that most justly: for he had tormented other men's bowels with many and strange torments.
|
||||
8| Howbeit he nothing at all ceased from his bragging, but still was filled with pride, breathing out fire in his rage against the Jews, and commanding to haste the journey: but it came to pass that he fell down from his chariot, carried violently; so that having a sore fall, all the members of his body were much pained.
|
||||
9| And thus he that a little afore thought he might command the waves of the sea, (so proud was he beyond the condition of man) and weigh the high mountains in a balance, was now cast on the ground, and carried in an horselitter, shewing forth unto all the manifest power of God.
|
||||
10| So that the worms rose up out of the body of this wicked man, and whiles he lived in sorrow and pain, his flesh fell away, and the filthiness of his smell was noisome to all his army.
|
||||
11| And the man, that thought a little afore he could reach to the stars of heaven, no man could endure to carry for his intolerable stink.
|
||||
12| Here therefore, being plagued, he began to leave off his great pride, and to come to the knowledge of himself by the scourge of God, his pain increasing every moment.
|
||||
13| And when he himself could not abide his own smell, he said these words, It is meet to be subject unto God, and that a man that is mortal should not proudly think of himself if he were God.
|
||||
14| This wicked person vowed also unto the Lord, who now no more would have mercy upon him, saying thus,
|
||||
15| That the holy city (to the which he was going in haste to lay it even with the ground, and to make it a common buryingplace,) he would set at liberty:
|
||||
16| And as touching the Jews, whom he had judged not worthy so much as to be buried, but to be cast out with their children to be devoured of the fowls and wild beasts, he would make them all equals to the citizens of Athens:
|
||||
17| And the holy temple, which before he had spoiled, he would garnish with goodly gifts, and restore all the holy vessels with many more, and out of his own revenue defray the charges belonging to the sacrifices:
|
||||
18| Yea, and that also he would become a Jew himself, and go through all the world that was inhabited, and declare the power of God.
|
||||
19| But for all this his pains would not cease: for the just judgment of God was come upon him: therefore despairing of his health, he wrote unto the Jews the letter underwritten, containing the form of a supplication, after this manner:
|
||||
20| Antiochus, king and governor, to the good Jews his citizens wisheth much joy, health, and prosperity:
|
||||
21| If ye and your children fare well, and your affairs be to your contentment, I give very great thanks to God, having my hope in heaven.
|
||||
22| As for me, I was weak, or else I would have remembered kindly your honour and good will returning out of Persia, and being taken with a grievous disease, I thought it necessary to care for the common safety of all:
|
||||
23| Not distrusting mine health, but having great hope to escape this sickness.
|
||||
24| But considering that even my father, at what time he led an army into the high countries. appointed a successor,
|
||||
25| To the end that, if any thing fell out contrary to expectation, or if any tidings were brought that were grievous, they of the land, knowing to whom the state was left, might not be troubled:
|
||||
26| Again, considering how that the princes that are borderers and neighbours unto my kingdom wait for opportunities, and expect what shall be the event. I have appointed my son Antiochus king, whom I often committed and commended unto many of you, when I went up into the high provinces; to whom I have written as followeth:
|
||||
27| Therefore I pray and request you to remember the benefits that I have done unto you generally, and in special, and that every man will be still faithful to me and my son.
|
||||
28| For I am persuaded that he understanding my mind will favourably and graciously yield to your desires.
|
||||
29| Thus the murderer and blasphemer having suffered most grievously, as he entreated other men, so died he a miserable death in a strange country in the mountains.
|
||||
30| And Philip, that was brought up with him, carried away his body, who also fearing the son of Antiochus went into Egypt to Ptolemeus Philometor.
|
||||
#10
|
||||
1| Now Maccabeus and his company, the Lord guiding them, recovered the temple and the city:
|
||||
2| But the altars which the heathen had built in the open street, and also the chapels, they pulled down.
|
||||
3| And having cleansed the temple they made another altar, and striking stones they took fire out of them, and offered a sacrifice after two years, and set forth incense, and lights, and shewbread.
|
||||
4| When that was done, they fell flat down, and besought the Lord that they might come no more into such troubles; but if they sinned any more against him, that he himself would chasten them with mercy, and that they might not be delivered unto the blasphemous and barbarous nations.
|
||||
5| Now upon the same day that the strangers profaned the temple, on the very same day it was cleansed again, even the five and twentieth day of the same month, which is Casleu.
|
||||
6| And they kept the eight days with gladness, as in the feast of the tabernacles, remembering that not long afore they had held the feast of the tabernacles, when as they wandered in the mountains and dens like beasts.
|
||||
7| Therefore they bare branches, and fair boughs, and palms also, and sang psalms unto him that had given them good success in cleansing his place.
|
||||
8| They ordained also by a common statute and decree, That every year those days should be kept of the whole nation of the Jews.
|
||||
9| And this was the end of Antiochus, called Epiphanes.
|
||||
10| Now will we declare the acts of Antiochus Eupator, who was the son of this wicked man, gathering briefly the calamities of the wars.
|
||||
11| So when he was come to the crown, he set one Lysias over the affairs of his realm, and appointed him his chief governor of Celosyria and Phenice.
|
||||
12| For Ptolemeus, that was called Macron, choosing rather to do justice unto the Jews for the wrong that had been done unto them, endeavoured to continue peace with them.
|
||||
13| Whereupon being accused of the king's friends before Eupator, and called traitor at every word because he had left Cyprus, that Philometor had committed unto him, and departed to Antiochus Epiphanes, and seeing that he was in no honourable place, he was so discouraged, that he poisoned himself and died.
|
||||
14| But when Gorgias was governor of the holds, he hired soldiers, and nourished war continually with the Jews:
|
||||
15| And therewithall the Idumeans, having gotten into their hands the most commodious holds, kept the Jews occupied, and receiving those that were banished from Jerusalem, they went about to nourish war.
|
||||
16| Then they that were with Maccabeus made supplication, and besought God that he would be their helper; and so they ran with violence upon the strong holds of the Idumeans,
|
||||
17| And assaulting them strongly, they won the holds, and kept off all that fought upon the wall, and slew all that fell into their hands, and killed no fewer than twenty thousand.
|
||||
18| And because certain, who were no less than nine thousand, were fled together into two very strong castles, having all manner of things convenient to sustain the siege,
|
||||
19| Maccabeus left Simon and Joseph, and Zaccheus also, and them that were with him, who were enough to besiege them, and departed himself unto those places which more needed his help.
|
||||
20| Now they that were with Simon, being led with covetousness, were persuaded for money through certain of those that were in the castle, and took seventy thousand drachms, and let some of them escape.
|
||||
21| But when it was told Maccabeus what was done, he called the governors of the people together, and accused those men, that they had sold their brethren for money, and set their enemies free to fight against them.
|
||||
22| So he slew those that were found traitors, and immediately took the two castles.
|
||||
23| And having good success with his weapons in all things he took in hand, he slew in the two holds more than twenty thousand.
|
||||
24| Now Timotheus, whom the Jews had overcome before, when he had gathered a great multitude of foreign forces, and horses out of Asia not a few, came as though he would take Jewry by force of arms.
|
||||
25| But when he drew near, they that were with Maccabeus turned themselves to pray unto God, and sprinkled earth upon their heads, and girded their loins with sackcloth,
|
||||
26| And fell down at the foot of the altar, and besought him to be merciful to them, and to be an enemy to their enemies, and an adversary to their adversaries, as the law declareth.
|
||||
27| So after the prayer they took their weapons, and went on further from the city: and when they drew near to their enemies, they kept by themselves.
|
||||
28| Now the sun being newly risen, they joined both together; the one part having together with their virtue their refuge also unto the Lord for a pledge of their success and victory: the other side making their rage leader of their battle
|
||||
29| But when the battle waxed strong, there appeared unto the enemies from heaven five comely men upon horses, with bridles of gold, and two of them led the Jews,
|
||||
30| And took Maccabeus betwixt them, and covered him on every side weapons, and kept him safe, but shot arrows and lightnings against the enemies: so that being confounded with blindness, and full of trouble, they were killed.
|
||||
31| And there were slain of footmen twenty thousand and five hundred, and six hundred horsemen.
|
||||
32| As for Timotheus himself, he fled into a very strong hold, called Gawra, where Chereas was governor.
|
||||
33| But they that were with Maccabeus laid siege against the fortress courageously four days.
|
||||
34| And they that were within, trusting to the strength of the place, blasphemed exceedingly, and uttered wicked words.
|
||||
35| Nevertheless upon the fifth day early twenty young men of Maccabeus' company, inflamed with anger because of the blasphemies, assaulted the wall manly, and with a fierce courage killed all that they met withal.
|
||||
36| Others likewise ascending after them, whiles they were busied with them that were within, burnt the towers, and kindling fires burnt the blasphemers alive; and others broke open the gates, and, having received in the rest of the army, took the city,
|
||||
37| And killed Timotheus, that was hid in a certain pit, and Chereas his brother, with Apollophanes.
|
||||
38| When this was done, they praised the Lord with psalms and thanksgiving, who had done so great things for Israel, and given them the victory.
|
||||
#11
|
||||
1| Not long after the, Lysias the king's protector and cousin, who also managed the affairs, took sore displeasure for the things that were done.
|
||||
2| And when he had gathered about fourscore thousand with all the horsemen, he came against the Jews, thinking to make the city an habitation of the Gentiles,
|
||||
3| And to make a gain of the temple, as of the other chapels of the heathen, and to set the high priesthood to sale every year:
|
||||
4| Not at all considering the power of God but puffed up with his ten thousands of footmen, and his thousands of horsemen, and his fourscore elephants.
|
||||
5| So he came to Judea, and drew near to Bethsura, which was a strong town, but distant from Jerusalem about five furlongs, and he laid sore siege unto it.
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6| Now when they that were with Maccabeus heard that he besieged the holds, they and all the people with lamentation and tears besought the Lord that he would send a good angel to deliver Israel.
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7| Then Maccabeus himself first of all took weapons, exhorting the other that they would jeopard themselves together with him to help their brethren: so they went forth together with a willing mind.
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8| And as they were at Jerusalem, there appeared before them on horseback one in white clothing, shaking his armour of gold.
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9| Then they praised the merciful God all together, and took heart, insomuch that they were ready not only to fight with men, but with most cruel beasts, and to pierce through walls of iron.
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10| Thus they marched forward in their armour, having an helper from heaven: for the Lord was merciful unto them
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11| And giving a charge upon their enemies like lions, they slew eleven thousand footmen, and sixteen hundred horsemen, and put all the other to flight.
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12| Many of them also being wounded escaped naked; and Lysias himself fled away shamefully, and so escaped.
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13| Who, as he was a man of understanding, casting with himself what loss he had had, and considering that the Hebrews could not be overcome, because the Almighty God helped them, he sent unto them,
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14| And persuaded them to agree to all reasonable conditions, and promised that he would persuade the king that he must needs be a friend unto them.
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15| Then Maccabeus consented to all that Lysias desired, being careful of the common good; and whatsoever Maccabeus wrote unto Lysias concerning the Jews, the king granted it.
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16| For there were letters written unto the Jews from Lysias to this effect: Lysias unto the people of the Jews sendeth greeting:
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17| John and Absolom, who were sent from you, delivered me the petition subscribed, and made request for the performance of the contents thereof.
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18| Therefore what things soever were meet to be reported to the king, I have declared them, and he hath granted as much as might be.
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19| And if then ye will keep yourselves loyal to the state, hereafter also will I endeavour to be a means of your good.
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20| But of the particulars I have given order both to these and the other that came from me, to commune with you.
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21| Fare ye well. The hundred and eight and fortieth year, the four and twentieth day of the month Dioscorinthius.
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22| Now the king's letter contained these words: King Antiochus unto his brother Lysias sendeth greeting:
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23| Since our father is translated unto the gods, our will is, that they that are in our realm live quietly, that every one may attend upon his own affairs.
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24| We understand also that the Jews would not consent to our father, for to be brought unto the custom of the Gentiles, but had rather keep their own manner of living: for the which cause they require of us, that we should suffer them to live after their own laws.
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25| Wherefore our mind is, that this nation shall be in rest, and we have determined to restore them their temple, that they may live according to the customs of their forefathers.
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26| Thou shalt do well therefore to send unto them, and grant them peace, that when they are certified of our mind, they may be of good comfort, and ever go cheerfully about their own affairs.
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27| And the letter of the king unto the nation of the Jews was after this manner: King Antiochus sendeth greeting unto the council, and the rest of the Jews:
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28| If ye fare well, we have our desire; we are also in good health.
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29| Menelaus declared unto us, that your desire was to return home, and to follow your own business:
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30| Wherefore they that will depart shall have safe conduct till the thirtieth day of Xanthicus with security.
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31| And the Jews shall use their own kind of meats and laws, as before; and none of them any manner of ways shall be molested for things ignorantly done.
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32| I have sent also Menelaus, that he may comfort you.
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33| Fare ye well. In the hundred forty and eighth year, and the fifteenth day of the month Xanthicus.
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34| The Romans also sent unto them a letter containing these words: Quintus Memmius and Titus Manlius, ambassadors of the Romans, send greeting unto the people of the Jews.
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35| Whatsoever Lysias the king's cousin hath granted, therewith we also are well pleased.
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36| But touching such things as he judged to be referred to the king, after ye have advised thereof, send one forthwith, that we may declare as it is convenient for you: for we are now going to Antioch.
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37| Therefore send some with speed, that we may know what is your mind.
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38| Farewell. This hundred and eight and fortieth year, the fifteenth day of the month Xanthicus.
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#12
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1| When these covenants were made, Lysias went unto the king, and the Jews were about their husbandry.
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2| But of the governours of several places, Timotheus, and Apollonius the son of Genneus, also Hieronymus, and Demophon, and beside them Nicanor the governor of Cyprus, would not suffer them to be quiet and live in peace.
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3| The men of Joppa also did such an ungodly deed: they prayed the Jews that dwelt among them to go with their wives and children into the boats which they had prepared, as though they had meant them no hurt.
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4| Who accepted of it according to the common decree of the city, as being desirous to live in peace, and suspecting nothing: but when they were gone forth into the deep, they drowned no less than two hundred of them.
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5| When Judas heard of this cruelty done unto his countrymen, he commanded those that were with him to make them ready.
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6| And calling upon God the righteous Judge, he came against those murderers of his brethren, and burnt the haven by night, and set the boats on fire, and those that fled thither he slew.
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7| And when the town was shut up, he went backward, as if he would return to root out all them of the city of Joppa.
|
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8| But when he heard that the Jamnites were minded to do in like manner unto the Jews that dwelt among them,
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9| He came upon the Jamnites also by night, and set fire on the haven and the navy, so that the light of the fire was seen at Jerusalem two hundred and forty furlongs off.
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10| Now when they were gone from thence nine furlongs in their journey toward Timotheus, no fewer than five thousand men on foot and five hundred horsemen of the Arabians set upon him.
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11| Whereupon there was a very sore battle; but Judas' side by the help of God got the victory; so that the Nomades of Arabia, being overcome, besought Judas for peace, promising both to give him cattle, and to pleasure him otherwise.
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12| Then Judas, thinking indeed that they would be profitable in many things, granted them peace: whereupon they shook hands, and so they departed to their tents.
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13| He went also about to make a bridge to a certain strong city, which was fenced about with walls, and inhabited by people of divers countries; and the name of it was Caspis.
|
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14| But they that were within it put such trust in the strength of the walls and provision of victuals, that they behaved themselves rudely toward them that were with Judas, railing and blaspheming, and uttering such words as were not to be spoken.
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15| Wherefore Judas with his company, calling upon the great Lord of the world, who without rams or engines of war did cast down Jericho in the time of Joshua, gave a fierce assault against the walls,
|
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16| And took the city by the will of God, and made unspeakable slaughters, insomuch that a lake two furlongs broad near adjoining thereunto, being filled full, was seen running with blood.
|
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17| Then departed they from thence seven hundred and fifty furlongs, and came to Characa unto the Jews that are called Tubieni.
|
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18| But as for Timotheus, they found him not in the places: for before he had dispatched any thing, he departed from thence, having left a very strong garrison in a certain hold.
|
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19| Howbeit Dositheus and Sosipater, who were of Maccabeus' captains, went forth, and slew those that Timotheus had left in the fortress, above ten thousand men.
|
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20| And Maccabeus ranged his army by bands, and set them over the bands, and went against Timotheus, who had about him an hundred and twenty thousand men of foot, and two thousand and five hundred horsemen.
|
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21| Now when Timotheus had knowledge of Judas' coming, he sent the women and children and the other baggage unto a fortress called Carnion: for the town was hard to besiege, and uneasy to come unto, by reason of the straitness of all the places.
|
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22| But when Judas his first band came in sight, the enemies, being smitten with fear and terror through the appearing of him who seeth all things, fled amain, one running into this way, another that way, so as that they were often hurt of their own men, and wounded with the points of their own swords.
|
||||
23| Judas also was very earnest in pursuing them, killing those wicked wretches, of whom he slew about thirty thousand men.
|
||||
24| Moreover Timotheus himself fell into the hands of Dositheus and Sosipater, whom he besought with much craft to let him go with his life, because he had many of the Jews' parents, and the brethren of some of them, who, if they put him to death, should not be regarded.
|
||||
25| So when he had assured them with many words that he would restore them without hurt, according to the agreement, they let him go for the saving of their brethren.
|
||||
26| Then Maccabeus marched forth to Carnion, and to the temple of Atargatis, and there he slew five and twenty thousand persons.
|
||||
27| And after he had put to flight and destroyed them, Judas removed the host toward Ephron, a strong city, wherein Lysias abode, and a great multitude of divers nations, and the strong young men kept the walls, and defended them mightily: wherein also was great provision of engines and darts.
|
||||
28| But when Judas and his company had called upon Almighty God, who with his power breaketh the strength of his enemies, they won the city, and slew twenty and five thousand of them that were within,
|
||||
29| From thence they departed to Scythopolis, which lieth six hundred furlongs from Jerusalem,
|
||||
30| But when the Jews that dwelt there had testified that the Scythopolitans dealt lovingly with them, and entreated them kindly in the time of their adversity;
|
||||
31| They gave them thanks, desiring them to be friendly still unto them: and so they came to Jerusalem, the feast of the weeks approaching.
|
||||
32| And after the feast, called Pentecost, they went forth against Gorgias the governor of Idumea,
|
||||
33| Who came out with three thousand men of foot and four hundred horsemen.
|
||||
34| And it happened that in their fighting together a few of the Jews were slain.
|
||||
35| At which time Dositheus, one of Bacenor's company, who was on horseback, and a strong man, was still upon Gorgias, and taking hold of his coat drew him by force; and when he would have taken that cursed man alive, a horseman of Thracia coming upon him smote off his shoulder, so that Gorgias fled unto Marisa.
|
||||
36| Now when they that were with Gorgias had fought long, and were weary, Judas called upon the Lord, that he would shew himself to be their helper and leader of the battle.
|
||||
37| And with that he began in his own language, and sung psalms with a loud voice, and rushing unawares upon Gorgias' men, he put them to flight.
|
||||
38| So Judas gathered his host, and came into the city of Odollam, And when the seventh day came, they purified themselves, as the custom was, and kept the sabbath in the same place.
|
||||
39| And upon the day following, as the use had been, Judas and his company came to take up the bodies of them that were slain, and to bury them with their kinsmen in their fathers' graves.
|
||||
40| Now under the coats of every one that was slain they found things consecrated to the idols of the Jamnites, which is forbidden the Jews by the law. Then every man saw that this was the cause wherefore they were slain.
|
||||
41| All men therefore praising the Lord, the righteous Judge, who had opened the things that were hid,
|
||||
42| Betook themselves unto prayer, and besought him that the sin committed might wholly be put out of remembrance. Besides, that noble Judas exhorted the people to keep themselves from sin, forsomuch as they saw before their eyes the things that came to pass for the sins of those that were slain.
|
||||
43| And when he had made a gathering throughout the company to the sum of two thousand drachms of silver, he sent it to Jerusalem to offer a sin offering, doing therein very well and honestly, in that he was mindful of the resurrection:
|
||||
44| For if he had not hoped that they that were slain should have risen again, it had been superfluous and vain to pray for the dead.
|
||||
45| And also in that he perceived that there was great favour laid up for those that died godly, it was an holy and good thought. Whereupon he made a reconciliation for the dead, that they might be delivered from sin.
|
||||
#13
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1| In the hundred forty and ninth year it was told Judas, that Antiochus Eupator was coming with a great power into Judea,
|
||||
2| And with him Lysias his protector, and ruler of his affairs, having either of them a Grecian power of footmen, an hundred and ten thousand, and horsemen five thousand and three hundred, and elephants two and twenty, and three hundred chariots armed with hooks.
|
||||
3| Menelaus also joined himself with them, and with great dissimulation encouraged Antiochus, not for the safeguard of the country, but because he thought to have been made governor.
|
||||
4| But the King of kings moved Antiochus' mind against this wicked wretch, and Lysias informed the king that this man was the cause of all mischief, so that the king commanded to bring him unto Berea, and to put him to death, as the manner is in that place.
|
||||
5| Now there was in that place a tower of fifty cubits high, full of ashes, and it had a round instrument which on every side hanged down into the ashes.
|
||||
6| And whosoever was condemned of sacrilege, or had committed any other grievous crime, there did all men thrust him unto death.
|
||||
7| Such a death it happened that wicked man to die, not having so much as burial in the earth; and that most justly:
|
||||
8| For inasmuch as he had committed many sins about the altar, whose fire and ashes were holy, he received his death in ashes.
|
||||
9| Now the king came with a barbarous and haughty mind to do far worse to the Jews, than had been done in his father's time.
|
||||
10| Which things when Judas perceived, he commanded the multitude to call upon the Lord night and day, that if ever at any other time, he would now also help them, being at the point to be put from their law, from their country, and from the holy temple:
|
||||
11| And that he would not suffer the people, that had even now been but a little refreshed, to be in subjection to the blasphemous nations.
|
||||
12| So when they had all done this together, and besought the merciful Lord with weeping and fasting, and lying flat upon the ground three days long, Judas, having exhorted them, commanded they should be in a readiness.
|
||||
13| And Judas, being apart with the elders, determined, before the king's host should enter into Judea, and get the city, to go forth and try the matter in fight by the help of the Lord.
|
||||
14| So when he had committed all to the Creator of the world, and exhorted his soldiers to fight manfully, even unto death, for the laws, the temple, the city, the country, and the commonwealth, he camped by Modin:
|
||||
15| And having given the watchword to them that were about him, Victory is of God; with the most valiant and choice young men he went in into the king's tent by night, and slew in the camp about four thousand men, and the chiefest of the elephants, with all that were upon him.
|
||||
16| And at last they filled the camp with fear and tumult, and departed with good success.
|
||||
17| This was done in the break of the day, because the protection of the Lord did help him.
|
||||
18| Now when the king had taken a taste of the manliness of the Jews, he went about to take the holds by policy,
|
||||
19| And marched toward Bethsura, which was a strong hold of the Jews: but he was put to flight, failed, and lost of his men:
|
||||
20| For Judas had conveyed unto them that were in it such things as were necessary.
|
||||
21| But Rhodocus, who was in the Jews' host, disclosed the secrets to the enemies; therefore he was sought out, and when they had gotten him, they put him in prison.
|
||||
22| The king treated with them in Bethsum the second time, gave his hand, took their's, departed, fought with Judas, was overcome;
|
||||
23| Heard that Philip, who was left over the affairs in Antioch, was desperately bent, confounded, intreated the Jews, submitted himself, and sware to all equal conditions, agreed with them, and offered sacrifice, honoured the temple, and dealt kindly with the place,
|
||||
24| And accepted well of Maccabeus, made him principal governor from Ptolemais unto the Gerrhenians;
|
||||
25| Came to Ptolemais: the people there were grieved for the covenants; for they stormed, because they would make their covenants void:
|
||||
26| Lysias went up to the judgment seat, said as much as could be in defence of the cause, persuaded, pacified, made them well affected, returned to Antioch. Thus it went touching the king's coming and departing.
|
||||
#14
|
||||
1| After three years was Judas informed, that Demetrius the son of Seleucus, having entered by the haven of Tripolis with a great power and navy,
|
||||
2| Had taken the country, and killed Antiochus, and Lysias his protector.
|
||||
3| Now one Alcimus, who had been high priest, and had defiled himself wilfully in the times of their mingling with the Gentiles, seeing that by no means he could save himself, nor have any more access to the holy altar,
|
||||
4| Came to king Demetrius in the hundred and one and fiftieth year, presenting unto him a crown of gold, and a palm, and also of the boughs which were used solemnly in the temple: and so that day he held his peace.
|
||||
5| Howbeit having gotten opportunity to further his foolish enterprize, and being called into counsel by Demetrius, and asked how the Jews stood affected, and what they intended, he answered thereunto:
|
||||
6| Those of the Jews that he called Assideans, whose captain is Judas Maccabeus, nourish war and are seditious, and will not let the rest be in peace.
|
||||
7| Therefore I, being deprived of mine ancestors' honour, I mean the high priesthood, am now come hither:
|
||||
8| First, verily for the unfeigned care I have of things pertaining to the king; and secondly, even for that I intend the good of mine own countrymen: for all our nation is in no small misery through the unadvised dealing of them aforersaid.
|
||||
9| Wherefore, O king, seeing knowest all these things, be careful for the country, and our nation, which is pressed on every side, according to the clemency that thou readily shewest unto all.
|
||||
10| For as long as Judas liveth, it is not possible that the state should be quiet.
|
||||
11| This was no sooner spoken of him, but others of the king's friends, being maliciously set against Judas, did more incense Demetrius.
|
||||
12| And forthwith calling Nicanor, who had been master of the elephants, and making him governor over Judea, he sent him forth,
|
||||
13| Commanding him to slay Judas, and to scatter them that were with him, and to make Alcimus high priest of the great temple.
|
||||
14| Then the heathen, that had fled out of Judea from Judas, came to Nicanor by flocks, thinking the harm and calamities ot the Jews to be their welfare.
|
||||
15| Now when the Jews heard of Nicanor's coming, and that the heathen were up against them, they cast earth upon their heads, and made supplication to him that had established his people for ever, and who always helpeth his portion with manifestation of his presence.
|
||||
16| So at the commandment of the captain they removed straightways from thence, and came near unto them at the town of Dessau.
|
||||
17| Now Simon, Judas' brother, had joined battle with Nicanor, but was somewhat discomfited through the sudden silence of his enemies.
|
||||
18| Nevertheless Nicanor, hearing of the manliness of them that were with Judas, and the courageousness that they had to fight for their country, durst not try the matter by the sword.
|
||||
19| Wherefore he sent Posidonius, and Theodotus, and Mattathias, to make peace.
|
||||
20| So when they had taken long advisement thereupon, and the captain had made the multitude acquainted therewith, and it appeared that they were all of one mind, they consented to the covenants,
|
||||
21| And appointed a day to meet in together by themselves: and when the day came, and stools were set for either of them,
|
||||
22| Ludas placed armed men ready in convenient places, lest some treachery should be suddenly practised by the enemies: so they made a peaceable conference.
|
||||
23| Now Nicanor abode in Jerusalem, and did no hurt, but sent away the people that came flocking unto him.
|
||||
24| And he would not willingly have Judas out of his sight: for he love the man from his heart
|
||||
25| He prayed him also to take a wife, and to beget children: so he married, was quiet, and took part of this life.
|
||||
26| But Alcimus, perceiving the love that was betwixt them, and considering the covenants that were made, came to Demetrius, and told him that Nicanor was not well affected toward the state; for that he had ordained Judas, a traitor to his realm, to be the king's successor.
|
||||
27| Then the king being in a rage, and provoked with the accusations of the most wicked man, wrote to Nicanor, signifying that he was much displeased with the covenants, and commanding him that he should send Maccabeus prisoner in all haste unto Antioch.
|
||||
28| When this came to Nicanor's hearing, he was much confounded in himself, and took it grievously that he should make void the articles which were agreed upon, the man being in no fault.
|
||||
29| But because there was no dealing against the king, he watched his time to accomplish this thing by policy.
|
||||
30| Notwithstanding, when Maccabeus saw that Nicanor began to be churlish unto him, and that he entreated him more roughly than he was wont, perceiving that such sour behaviour came not of good, he gathered together not a few of his men, and withdrew himself from Nicanor.
|
||||
31| But the other, knowing that he was notably prevented by Judas' policy, came into the great and holy temple, and commanded the priests, that were offering their usual sacrifices, to deliver him the man.
|
||||
32| And when they sware that they could not tell where the man was whom he sought,
|
||||
33| He stretched out his right hand toward the temple, and made an oath in this manner: If ye will not deliver me Judas as a prisoner, I will lay this temple of God even with the ground, and I will break down the altar, and erect a notable temple unto Bacchus.
|
||||
34| After these words he departed. Then the priests lifted up their hands toward heaven, and besought him that was ever a defender of their nation, saying in this manner;
|
||||
35| Thou, O Lord of all things, who hast need of nothing, wast pleased that the temple of thine habitation should be among us:
|
||||
36| Therefore now, O holy Lord of all holiness, keep this house ever undefiled, which lately was cleansed, and stop every unrighteous mouth.
|
||||
37| Now was there accused unto Nicanor one Razis, one of the elders of Jerusalem, a lover of his countrymen, and a man of very good report, who for his kindness was called a father of the Jews.
|
||||
38| For in the former times, when they mingled not themselves with the Gentiles, he had been accused of Judaism, and did boldly jeopard his body and life with all vehemency for the religion of the Jews.
|
||||
39| So Nicanor, willing to declare the hate that he bare unto the Jews, sent above five hundred men of war to take him:
|
||||
40| For he thought by taking him to do the Jews much hurt.
|
||||
41| Now when the multitude would have taken the tower, and violently broken into the outer door, and bade that fire should be brought to burn it, he being ready to be taken on every side fell upon his sword;
|
||||
42| Choosing rather to die manfully, than to come into the hands of the wicked, to be abused otherwise than beseemed his noble birth:
|
||||
43| But missing his stroke through haste, the multitude also rushing within the doors, he ran boldly up to the wall, and cast himself down manfully among the thickest of them.
|
||||
44| But they quickly giving back, and a space being made, he fell down into the midst of the void place.
|
||||
45| Nevertheless, while there was yet breath within him, being inflamed with anger, he rose up; and though his blood gushed out like spouts of water, and his wounds were grievous, yet he ran through the midst of the throng; and standing upon a steep rock,
|
||||
46| When as his blood was now quite gone, he plucked out his bowels, and taking them in both his hands, he cast them upon the throng, and calling upon the Lord of life and spirit to restore him those again, he thus died.
|
||||
#15
|
||||
1| But Nicanor, hearing that Judas and his company were in the strong places about Samaria, resolved without any danger to set upon them on the sabbath day.
|
||||
2| Nevertheless the Jews that were compelled to go with him said, O destroy not so cruelly and barbarously, but give honour to that day, which he, that seeth all things, hath honoured with holiness above all other days.
|
||||
3| Then the most ungracious wretch demanded, if there were a Mighty one in heaven, that had commanded the sabbath day to be kept.
|
||||
4| And when they said, There is in heaven a living Lord, and mighty, who commanded the seventh day to be kept:
|
||||
5| Then said the other, And I also am mighty upon earth, and I command to take arms, and to do the king's business. Yet he obtained not to have his wicked will done.
|
||||
6| So Nicanor in exceeding pride and haughtiness determined to set up a publick monument of his victory over Judas and them that were with him.
|
||||
7| But Maccabeus had ever sure confidence that the Lord would help him:
|
||||
8| Wherefore he exhorted his people not to fear the coming of the heathen against them, but to remember the help which in former times they had received from heaven, and now to expect the victory and aid, which should come unto them from the Almighty.
|
||||
9| And so comforting them out of the law and the prophets, and withal putting them in mind of the battles that they won afore, he made them more cheerful.
|
||||
10| And when he had stirred up their minds, he gave them their charge, shewing them therewithall the falsehood of the heathen, and the breach of oaths.
|
||||
11| Thus he armed every one of them, not so much with defence of shields and spears, as with comfortable and good words: and beside that, he told them a dream worthy to be believed, as if it had been so indeed, which did not a little rejoice them.
|
||||
12| And this was his vision: That Onias, who had been high priest, a virtuous and a good man, reverend in conversation, gentle in condition, well spoken also, and exercised from a child in all points of virtue, holding up his hands prayed for the whole body of the Jews.
|
||||
13| This done, in like manner there appeared a man with gray hairs, and exceeding glorious, who was of a wonderful and excellent majesty.
|
||||
14| Then Onias answered, saying, This is a lover of the brethren, who prayeth much for the people, and for the holy city, to wit, Jeremias the prophet of God.
|
||||
15| Whereupon Jeremias holding forth his right hand gave to Judas a sword of gold, and in giving it spake thus,
|
||||
16| Take this holy sword, a gift from God, with the which thou shalt wound the adversaries.
|
||||
17| Thus being well comforted by the words of Judas, which were very good, and able to stir them up to valour, and to encourage the hearts of the young men, they determined not to pitch camp, but courageously to set upon them, and manfully to try the matter by conflict, because the city and the sanctuary and the temple were in danger.
|
||||
18| For the care that they took for their wives, and their children, their brethren, and folks, was in least account with them: but the greatest and principal fear was for the holy temple.
|
||||
19| Also they that were in the city took not the least care, being troubled for the conflict abroad.
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20| And now, when as all looked what should be the trial, and the enemies were already come near, and the army was set in array, and the beasts conveniently placed, and the horsemen set in wings,
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21| Maccabeus seeing the coming of the multitude, and the divers preparations of armour, and the fierceness of the beasts, stretched out his hands toward heaven, and called upon the Lord that worketh wonders, knowing that victory cometh not by arms, but even as it seemeth good to him, he giveth it to such as are worthy:
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22| Therefore in his prayer he said after this manner; O Lord, thou didst send thine angel in the time of Ezekias king of Judea, and didst slay in the host of Sennacherib an hundred fourscore and five thousand:
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23| Wherefore now also, O Lord of heaven, send a good angel before us for a fear and dread unto them;
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24| And through the might of thine arm let those be stricken with terror, that come against thy holy people to blaspheme. And he ended thus.
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25| Then Nicanor and they that were with him came forward with trumpets and songs.
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26| But Judas and his company encountered the enemies with invocation and prayer.
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27| So that fighting with their hands, and praying unto God with their hearts, they slew no less than thirty and five thousand men: for through the appearance of God they were greatly cheered.
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28| Now when the battle was done, returning again with joy, they knew that Nicanor lay dead in his harness.
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29| Then they made a great shout and a noise, praising the Almighty in their own language.
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30| And Judas, who was ever the chief defender of the citizens both in body and mind, and who continued his love toward his countrymen all his life, commanded to strike off Nicanor's head, and his hand with his shoulder, and bring them to Jerusalem.
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31| So when he was there, and called them of his nation together, and set the priests before the altar, he sent for them that were of the tower,
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32| And shewed them vile Nicanor's head, and the hand of that blasphemer, which with proud brags he had stretched out against the holy temple of the Almighty.
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33| And when he had cut out the tongue of that ungodly Nicanor, he commanded that they should give it by pieces unto the fowls, and hang up the reward of his madness before the temple.
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34| So every man praised toward the heaven the glorious Lord, saying, Blessed be he that hath kept his own place undefiled.
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35| He hanged also Nicanor's head upon the tower, an evident and manifest sign unto all of the help of the Lord.
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36| And they ordained all with a common decree in no case to let that day pass without solemnity, but to celebrate the thirtieth day of the twelfth month, which in the Syrian tongue is called Adar, the day before Mardocheus' day.
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37| Thus went it with Nicanor: and from that time forth the Hebrews had the city in their power. And here will I make an end.
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38| And if I have done well, and as is fitting the story, it is that which I desired: but if slenderly and meanly, it is that which I could attain unto.
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39| For as it is hurtful to drink wine or water alone; and as wine mingled with water is pleasant, and delighteth the taste: even so speech finely framed delighteth the ears of them that read the story. And here shall be an end.
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#1
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1| And Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and the LORD his God was with him, and magnified him exceedingly.
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2| Then Solomon spake unto all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every governor in all Israel, the chief of the fathers.
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3| So Solomon, and all the congregation with him, went to the high place that was at Gibeon; for there was the tabernacle of the congregation of God, which Moses the servant of the LORD had made in the wilderness.
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4| But the ark of God had David brought up from Kirjathjearim to the place which David had prepared for it: for he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem.
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5| Moreover the brasen altar, that Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, he put before the tabernacle of the LORD: and Solomon and the congregation sought unto it.
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6| And Solomon went up thither to the brasen altar before the LORD, which was at the tabernacle of the congregation, and offered a thousand burnt offerings upon it.
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7| In that night did God appear unto Solomon, and said unto him, Ask what I shall give thee.
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8| And Solomon said unto God, Thou hast shewed great mercy unto David my father, and hast made me to reign in his stead.
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9| Now, O LORD God, let thy promise unto David my father be established: for thou hast made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude.
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10| Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people: for who can judge this thy people, that is so great?
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11| And God said to Solomon, Because this was in thine heart, and thou hast not asked riches, wealth, or honour, nor the life of thine enemies, neither yet hast asked long life; but hast asked wisdom and knowledge for thyself, that thou mayest judge my people, over whom I have made thee king:
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12| Wisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee; and I will give thee riches, and wealth, and honour, such as none of the kings have had that have been before thee, neither shall there any after thee have the like.
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13| Then Solomon came from his journey to the high place that was at Gibeon to Jerusalem, from before the tabernacle of the congregation, and reigned over Israel.
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14| And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, which he placed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
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15| And the king made silver and gold at Jerusalem as plenteous as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that are in the vale for abundance.
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16| And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price.
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17| And they fetched up, and brought forth out of Egypt a chariot for six hundred shekels of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and so brought they out horses for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, by their means.
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#2
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1| And Solomon determined to build an house for the name of the LORD, and an house for his kingdom.
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2| And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them.
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3| And Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, As thou didst deal with David my father, and didst send him cedars to build him an house to dwell therein, even so deal with me.
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4| Behold, I build an house to the name of the LORD my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him sweet incense, and for the continual shewbread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts of the LORD our God. This is an ordinance for ever to Israel.
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5| And the house which I build is great: for great is our God above all gods.
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6| But who is able to build him an house, seeing the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain him? who am I then, that I should build him an house, save only to burn sacrifice before him?
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7| Send me now therefore a man cunning to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and that can skill to grave with the cunning men that are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father did provide.
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8| Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees, out of Lebanon: for I know that thy servants can skill to cut timber in Lebanon; and, behold, my servants shall be with thy servants,
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9| Even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am about to build shall be wonderful great.
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10| And, behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that cut timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil.
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11| Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, Because the LORD hath loved his people, he hath made thee king over them.
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12| Huram said moreover, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, that made heaven and earth, who hath given to David the king a wise son, endued with prudence and understanding, that might build an house for the LORD, and an house for his kingdom.
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13| And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding, of Huram my father's,
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14| The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father was a man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson; also to grave any manner of graving, and to find out every device which shall be put to him, with thy cunning men, and with the cunning men of my lord David thy father.
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15| Now therefore the wheat, and the barley, the oil, and the wine, which my lord hath spoken of, let him send unto his servants:
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16| And we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou shalt need: and we will bring it to thee in floats by sea to Joppa; and thou shalt carry it up to Jerusalem.
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17| And Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the land of Israel, after the numbering wherewith David his father had numbered them; and they were found an hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and six hundred.
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18| And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to be bearers of burdens, and fourscore thousand to be hewers in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people a work.
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#3
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1| Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, where the Lord appeared unto David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.
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2| And he began to build in the second day of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.
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3| Now these are the things wherein Solomon was instructed for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure was threescore cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.
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4| And the porch that was in the front of the house, the length of it was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the height was an hundred and twenty: and he overlaid it within with pure gold.
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5| And the greater house he cieled with fir tree, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set thereon palm trees and chains.
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6| And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim.
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7| He overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubims on the walls.
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8| And he made the most holy house, the length whereof was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits: and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents.
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9| And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold.
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10| And in the most holy house he made two cherubims of image work, and overlaid them with gold.
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11| And the wings of the cherubims were twenty cubits long: one wing of the one cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing was likewise five cubits, reaching to the wing of the other cherub.
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12| And one wing of the other cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing was five cubits also, joining to the wing of the other cherub.
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13| The wings of these cherubims spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were inward.
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14| And he made the vail of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubims thereon.
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15| Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits high, and the chapiter that was on the top of each of them was five cubits.
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16| And he made chains, as in the oracle, and put them on the heads of the pillars; and made an hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains.
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17| And he reared up the pillars before the temple, one on the right hand, and the other on the left; and called the name of that on the right hand Jachin, and the name of that on the left Boaz.
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#4
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1| Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits the height thereof.
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2| Also he made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and five cubits the height thereof; and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.
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3| And under it was the similitude of oxen, which did compass it round about: ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about. Two rows of oxen were cast, when it was cast.
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4| It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east: and the sea was set above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward.
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5| And the thickness of it was an handbreadth, and the brim of it like the work of the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies; and it received and held three thousand baths.
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6| He made also ten lavers, and put five on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in them: such things as they offered for the burnt offering they washed in them; but the sea was for the priests to wash in.
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7| And he made ten candlesticks of gold according to their form, and set them in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left.
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8| He made also ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five on the right side, and five on the left. And he made an hundred basons of gold.
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9| Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them with brass.
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10| And he set the sea on the right side of the east end, over against the south.
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11| And Huram made the pots, and the shovels, and the basons. And Huram finished the work that he was to make for king Solomon for the house of God;
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12| To wit, the two pillars, and the pommels, and the chapiters which were on the top of the two pillars, and the two wreaths to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which were on the top of the pillars;
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13| And four hundred pomegranates on the two wreaths; two rows of pomegranates on each wreath, to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which were upon the pillars.
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14| He made also bases, and lavers made he upon the bases;
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15| One sea, and twelve oxen under it.
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16| The pots also, and the shovels, and the fleshhooks, and all their instruments, did Huram his father make to king Solomon for the house of the LORD of bright brass.
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17| In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredathah.
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18| Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance: for the weight of the brass could not be found out.
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19| And Solomon made all the vessels that were for the house of God, the golden altar also, and the tables whereon the shewbread was set;
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20| Moreover the candlesticks with their lamps, that they should burn after the manner before the oracle, of pure gold;
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21| And the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, made he of gold, and that perfect gold;
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22| And the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the censers, of pure gold: and the entry of the house, the inner doors thereof for the most holy place, and the doors of the house of the temple, were of gold.
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#5
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1| Thus all the work that Solomon made for the house of the LORD was finished: and Solomon brought in all the things that David his father had dedicated; and the silver, and the gold, and all the instruments, put he among the treasures of the house of God.
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2| Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion.
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3| Wherefore all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto the king in the feast which was in the seventh month.
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4| And all the elders of Israel came; and the Levites took up the ark.
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5| And they brought up the ark, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, these did the priests and the Levites bring up.
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6| Also king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel that were assembled unto him before the ark, sacrificed sheep and oxen, which could not be told nor numbered for multitude.
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7| And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his place, to the oracle of the house, into the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubims:
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8| For the cherubims spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above.
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9| And they drew out the staves of the ark, that the ends of the staves were seen from the ark before the oracle; but they were not seen without. And there it is unto this day.
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10| There was nothing in the ark save the two tables which Moses put therein at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt.
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11| And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place: (for all the priests that were present were sanctified, and did not then wait by course:
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12| Also the Levites which were the singers, all of them of Asaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, being arrayed in white linen, having cymbals and psalteries and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them an hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets:)
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13| It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of musick, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the LORD;
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14| So that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of God.
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#6
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1| Then said Solomon, The LORD hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
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2| But I have built an house of habitation for thee, and a place for thy dwelling for ever.
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3| And the king turned his face, and blessed the whole congregation of Israel: and all the congregation of Israel stood.
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4| And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, who hath with his hands fulfilled that which he spake with his mouth to my father David, saying,
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5| Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the land of Egypt I chose no city among all the tribes of Israel to build an house in, that my name might be there; neither chose I any man to be a ruler over my people Israel:
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6| But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.
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7| Now it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.
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8| But the LORD said to David my father, Forasmuch as it was in thine heart to build an house for my name, thou didst well in that it was in thine heart:
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9| Notwithstanding thou shalt not build the house; but thy son which shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house for my name.
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10| The LORD therefore hath performed his word that he hath spoken: for I am risen up in the room of David my father, and am set on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built the house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.
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11| And in it have I put the ark, wherein is the covenant of the LORD, that he made with the children of Israel.
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12| And he stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands:
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13| For Solomon had made a brasen scaffold of five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court: and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knees before all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven.
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14| And said, O LORD God of Israel, there is no God like thee in the heaven, nor in the earth; which keepest covenant, and shewest mercy unto thy servants, that walk before thee with all their hearts:
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15| Thou which hast kept with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised him; and spakest with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thine hand, as it is this day.
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16| Now therefore, O LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit upon the throne of Israel; yet so that thy children take heed to their way to walk in my law, as thou hast walked before me.
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17| Now then, O LORD God of Israel, let thy word be verified, which thou hast spoken unto thy servant David.
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18| But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have built!
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19| Have respect therefore to the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and the prayer which thy servant prayeth before thee:
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20| That thine eyes may be open upon this house day and night, upon the place whereof thou hast said that thou wouldest put thy name there; to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant prayeth toward this place.
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21| Hearken therefore unto the supplications of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, which they shall make toward this place: hear thou from thy dwelling place, even from heaven; and when thou hearest, forgive.
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22| If a man sin against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to make him swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house;
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23| Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, by requiting the wicked, by recompensing his way upon his own head; and by justifying the righteous, by giving him according to his righteousness.
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24| And if thy people Israel be put to the worse before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee; and shall return and confess thy name, and pray and make supplication before thee in this house;
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25| Then hear thou from the heavens, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest to them and to their fathers.
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26| When the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; yet if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost afflict them;
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27| Then hear thou from heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, when thou hast taught them the good way, wherein they should walk; and send rain upon thy land, which thou hast given unto thy people for an inheritance.
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28| If there be dearth in the land, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting, or mildew, locusts, or caterpillers; if their enemies besiege them in the cities of their land; whatsoever sore or whatsoever sickness there be:
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29| Then what prayer or what supplication soever shall be made of any man, or of all thy people Israel, when every one shall know his own sore and his own grief, and shall spread forth his hands in this house:
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30| Then hear thou from heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and render unto every man according unto all his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou only knowest the hearts of the children of men:)
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31| That they may fear thee, to walk in thy ways, so long as they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.
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32| Moreover concerning the stranger, which is not of thy people Israel, but is come from a far country for thy great name's sake, and thy mighty hand, and thy stretched out arm; if they come and pray in this house;
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33| Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for; that all people of the earth may know thy name, and fear thee, as doth thy people Israel, and may know that this house which I have built is called by thy name.
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34| If thy people go out to war against their enemies by the way that thou shalt send them, and they pray unto thee toward this city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name;
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35| Then hear thou from the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
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36| If they sin against thee, (for there is no man which sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them over before their enemies, and they carry them away captives unto a land far off or near;
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37| Yet if they bethink themselves in the land whither they are carried captive, and turn and pray unto thee in the land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done amiss, and have dealt wickedly;
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38| If they return to thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, whither they have carried them captives, and pray toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, and toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for thy name:
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39| Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their cause, and forgive thy people which have sinned against thee.
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40| Now, my God, let, I beseech thee, thine eyes be open, and let thine ears be attent unto the prayer that is made in this place.
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41| Now therefore arise, O LORD God, into thy resting place, thou, and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O LORD God, be clothed with salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in goodness.
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42| O LORD God, turn not away the face of thine anointed: remember the mercies of David thy servant.
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#7
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1| Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of the LORD filled the house.
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2| And the priests could not enter into the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD had filled the LORD's house.
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3| And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down, and the glory of the LORD upon the house, they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and worshipped, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.
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4| Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the LORD.
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5| And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty and two thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep: so the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.
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6| And the priests waited on their offices: the Levites also with instruments of musick of the LORD, which David the king had made to praise the LORD, because his mercy endureth for ever, when David praised by their ministry; and the priests sounded trumpets before them, and all Israel stood.
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7| Moreover Solomon hallowed the middle of the court that was before the house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings, because the brasen altar which Solomon had made was not able to receive the burnt offerings, and the meat offerings, and the fat.
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8| Also at the same time Solomon kept the feast seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt.
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9| And in the eighth day they made a solemn assembly: for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.
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10| And on the three and twentieth day of the seventh month he sent the people away into their tents, glad and merry in heart for the goodness that the LORD had shewed unto David, and to Solomon, and to Israel his people.
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11| Thus Solomon finished the house of the LORD, and the king's house: and all that came into Solomon's heart to make in the house of the LORD, and in his own house, he prosperously effected.
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12| And the LORD appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto him, I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for an house of sacrifice.
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13| If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people;
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14| If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
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15| Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent unto the prayer that is made in this place.
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16| For now have I chosen and sanctified this house, that my name may be there for ever: and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.
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17| And as for thee, if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, and do according to all that I have commanded thee, and shalt observe my statutes and my judgments;
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18| Then will I stablish the throne of thy kingdom, according as I have covenanted with David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man to be ruler in Israel.
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19| But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments, which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them;
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20| Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it to be a proverb and a byword among all nations.
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21| And this house, which is high, shall be an astonishment to every one that passeth by it; so that he shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and unto this house?
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22| And it shall be answered, Because they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath he brought all this evil upon them.
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#8
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1| And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the house of the LORD, and his own house,
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2| That the cities which Huram had restored to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there.
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3| And Solomon went to Hamathzobah, and prevailed against it.
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4| And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store cities, which he built in Hamath.
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5| Also he built Bethhoron the upper, and Bethhoron the nether, fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars;
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6| And Baalath, and all the store cities that Solomon had, and all the chariot cities, and the cities of the horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and throughout all the land of his dominion.
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7| As for all the people that were left of the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which were not of Israel,
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8| But of their children, who were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel consumed not, them did Solomon make to pay tribute until this day.
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9| But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no servants for his work; but they were men of war, and chief of his captains, and captains of his chariots and horsemen.
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10| And these were the chief of king Solomon's officers, even two hundred and fifty, that bare rule over the people.
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11| And Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out of the city of David unto the house that he had built for her: for he said, My wife shall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, because the places are holy, whereunto the ark of the LORD hath come.
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12| Then Solomon offered burnt offerings unto the LORD on the altar of the LORD, which he had built before the porch,
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13| Even after a certain rate every day, offering according to the commandment of Moses, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts, three times in the year, even in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles.
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14| And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the courses of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their charges, to praise and minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required: the porters also by their courses at every gate: for so had David the man of God commanded.
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15| And they departed not from the commandment of the king unto the priests and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning the treasures.
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16| Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of the foundation of the house of the LORD, and until it was finished. So the house of the LORD was perfected.
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17| Then went Solomon to Eziongeber, and to Eloth, at the sea side in the land of Edom.
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18| And Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they went with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and took thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought them to king Solomon.
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#9
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1| And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great company, and camels that bare spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.
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2| And Solomon told her all her questions: and there was nothing hid from Solomon which he told her not.
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3| And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built,
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4| And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel; his cupbearers also, and their apparel; and his ascent by which he went up into the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her.
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5| And she said to the king, It was a true report which I heard in mine own land of thine acts, and of thy wisdom:
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6| Howbeit I believed not their words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the one half of the greatness of thy wisdom was not told me: for thou exceedest the fame that I heard.
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7| Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom.
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8| Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee to set thee on his throne, to be king for the LORD thy God: because thy God loved Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore made he thee king over them, to do judgment and justice.
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9| And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices great abundance, and precious stones: neither was there any such spice as the queen of Sheba gave king Solomon.
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10| And the servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon, which brought gold from Ophir, brought algum trees and precious stones.
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11| And the king made of the algum trees terraces to the house of the LORD, and to the king's palace, and harps and psalteries for singers: and there were none such seen before in the land of Judah.
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12| And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, beside that which she had brought unto the king. So she turned, and went away to her own land, she and her servants.
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13| Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and threescore and six talents of gold;
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14| Beside that which chapmen and merchants brought. And all the kings of Arabia and governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon.
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15| And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of beaten gold went to one target.
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16| And three hundred shields made he of beaten gold: three hundred shekels of gold went to one shield. And the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
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17| Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold.
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18| And there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and stays on each side of the sitting place, and two lions standing by the stays:
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19| And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps. There was not the like made in any kingdom.
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20| And all the drinking vessels of king Solomon were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold: none were of silver; it was not any thing accounted of in the days of Solomon.
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21| For the king's ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram: every three years once came the ships of Tarshish bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
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22| And king Solomon passed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.
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23| And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, that God had put in his heart.
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24| And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and raiment, harness, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.
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25| And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen; whom he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
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26| And he reigned over all the kings from the river even unto the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt.
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27| And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that are in the low plains in abundance.
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28| And they brought unto Solomon horses out of Egypt, and out of all lands.
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29| Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they not written in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer against Jeroboam the son of Nebat?
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30| And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.
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31| And Solomon slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.
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#10
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1| And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for to Shechem were all Israel come to make him king.
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2| And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was in Egypt, whither he fled from the presence of Solomon the king, heard it, that Jeroboam returned out of Egypt.
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3| And they sent and called him. So Jeroboam and all Israel came and spake to Rehoboam, saying,
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4| Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore ease thou somewhat the grievous servitude of thy father, and his heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we will serve thee.
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5| And he said unto them, Come again unto me after three days. And the people departed.
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6| And king Rehoboam took counsel with the old men that had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel give ye me to return answer to this people?
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7| And they spake unto him, saying, If thou be kind to this people, and please them, and speak good words to them, they will be thy servants for ever.
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8| But he forsook the counsel which the old men gave him, and took counsel with the young men that were brought up with him, that stood before him.
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9| And he said unto them, What advice give ye that we may return answer to this people, which have spoken to me, saying, Ease somewhat the yoke that thy father did put upon us?
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10| And the young men that were brought up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou answer the people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it somewhat lighter for us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father's loins.
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11| For whereas my father put a heavy yoke upon you, I will put more to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
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12| So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king bade, saying, Come again to me on the third day.
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13| And the king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the old men,
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14| And answered them after the advice of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add thereto: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
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15| So the king hearkened not unto the people: for the cause was of God, that the LORD might perform his word, which he spake by the hand of Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
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16| And when all Israel saw that the king would not hearken unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? and we have none inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to your tents, O Israel: and now, David, see to thine own house. So all Israel went to their tents.
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17| But as for the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.
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18| Then king Rehoboam sent Hadoram that was over the tribute; and the children of Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. But king Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.
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19| And Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day.
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#11
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1| And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he gathered of the house of Judah and Benjamin an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against Israel, that he might bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam.
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||||
2| But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
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3| Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying,
|
||||
4| Thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren: return every man to his house: for this thing is done of me. And they obeyed the words of the LORD, and returned from going against Jeroboam.
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5| And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence in Judah.
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6| He built even Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,
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7| And Bethzur, and Shoco, and Adullam,
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8| And Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,
|
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9| And Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah,
|
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10| And Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin fenced cities.
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11| And he fortified the strong holds, and put captains in them, and store of victual, and of oil and wine.
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||||
12| And in every several city he put shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong, having Judah and Benjamin on his side.
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13| And the priests and the Levites that were in all Israel resorted to him out of all their coasts.
|
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14| For the Levites left their suburbs and their possession, and came to Judah and Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and his sons had cast them off from executing the priest's office unto the LORD:
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15| And he ordained him priests for the high places, and for the devils, and for the calves which he had made.
|
||||
16| And after them out of all the tribes of Israel such as set their hearts to seek the LORD God of Israel came to Jerusalem, to sacrifice unto the LORD God of their fathers.
|
||||
17| So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam the son of Solomon strong, three years: for three years they walked in the way of David and Solomon.
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18| And Rehoboam took him Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David to wife, and Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse;
|
||||
19| Which bare him children; Jeush, and Shamariah, and Zaham.
|
||||
20| And after her he took Maachah the daughter of Absalom; which bare him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.
|
||||
21| And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and threescore concubines; and begat twenty and eight sons, and threescore daughters.)
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22| And Rehoboam made Abijah the son of Maachah the chief, to be ruler among his brethren: for he thought to make him king.
|
||||
23| And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his children throughout all the countries of Judah and Benjamin, unto every fenced city: and he gave them victual in abundance. And he desired many wives.
|
||||
#12
|
||||
1| And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom, and had strengthened himself, he forsook the law of the LORD, and all Israel with him.
|
||||
2| And it came to pass, that in the fifth year of king Rehoboam Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had transgressed against the LORD,
|
||||
3| With twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen: and the people were without number that came with him out of Egypt; the Lubims, the Sukkiims, and the Ethiopians.
|
||||
4| And he took the fenced cities which pertained to Judah, and came to Jerusalem.
|
||||
5| Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Ye have forsaken me, and therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak.
|
||||
6| Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, The LORD is righteous.
|
||||
7| And when the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves; therefore I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some deliverance; and my wrath shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.
|
||||
8| Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.
|
||||
9| So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house; he took all: he carried away also the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
|
||||
10| Instead of which king Rehoboam made shields of brass, and committed them to the hands of the chief of the guard, that kept the entrance of the king's house.
|
||||
11| And when the king entered into the house of the LORD, the guard came and fetched them, and brought them again into the guard chamber.
|
||||
12| And when he humbled himself, the wrath of the LORD turned from him, that he would not destroy him altogether: and also in Judah things went well.
|
||||
13| So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: for Rehoboam was one and forty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess.
|
||||
14| And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the LORD.
|
||||
15| Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written in the book of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer concerning genealogies? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.
|
||||
16| And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Abijah his son reigned in his stead.
|
||||
#13
|
||||
1| Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over Judah.
|
||||
2| He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
|
||||
3| And Abijah set the battle in array with an army of valiant men of war, even four hundred thousand chosen men: Jeroboam also set the battle in array against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men, being mighty men of valour.
|
||||
4| And Abijah stood up upon mount Zemaraim, which is in mount Ephraim, and said, Hear me, thou Jeroboam, and all Israel;
|
||||
5| Ought ye not to know that the LORD God of Israel gave the kingdom over Israel to David for ever, even to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt?
|
||||
6| Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of David, is risen up, and hath rebelled against his lord.
|
||||
7| And there are gathered unto him vain men, the children of Belial, and have strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and tenderhearted, and could not withstand them.
|
||||
8| And now ye think to withstand the kingdom of the LORD in the hand of the sons of David; and ye be a great multitude, and there are with your golden calves, which Jeroboam made you for gods.
|
||||
9| Have ye not cast out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and have made you priests after the manner of the nations of other lands? so that whosoever cometh to consecrate himself with a young bullock and seven rams, the same may be a priest of them that are no gods.
|
||||
10| But as for us, the LORD is our God, and we have not forsaken him; and the priests, which minister unto the LORD, are the sons of Aaron, and the Levites wait upon their business:
|
||||
11| And they burn unto the LORD every morning and every evening burnt sacrifices and sweet incense: the shewbread also set they in order upon the pure table; and the candlestick of gold with the lamps thereof, to burn every evening: for we keep the charge of the LORD our God; but ye have forsaken him.
|
||||
12| And, behold, God himself is with us for our captain, and his priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O children of Israel, fight ye not against the LORD God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper.
|
||||
13| But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come about behind them: so they were before Judah, and the ambushment was behind them.
|
||||
14| And when Judah looked back, behold, the battle was before and behind: and they cried unto the LORD, and the priests sounded with the trumpets.
|
||||
15| Then the men of Judah gave a shout: and as the men of Judah shouted, it came to pass, that God smote Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.
|
||||
16| And the children of Israel fled before Judah: and God delivered them into their hand.
|
||||
17| And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.
|
||||
18| Thus the children of Israel were brought under at that time, and the children of Judah prevailed, because they relied upon the LORD God of their fathers.
|
||||
19| And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him, Bethel with the towns thereof, and Jeshanah with the towns thereof, and Ephraim with the towns thereof.
|
||||
20| Neither did Jeroboam recover strength again in the days of Abijah: and the LORD struck him, and he died.
|
||||
21| But Abijah waxed mighty, and married fourteen wives, and begat twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters.
|
||||
22| And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways, and his sayings, are written in the story of the prophet Iddo.
|
||||
#14
|
||||
1| So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead. In his days the land was quiet ten years.
|
||||
2| And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God:
|
||||
3| For he took away the altars of the strange gods, and the high places, and brake down the images, and cut down the groves:
|
||||
4| And commanded Judah to seek the LORD God of their fathers, and to do the law and the commandment.
|
||||
5| Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the images: and the kingdom was quiet before him.
|
||||
6| And he built fenced cities in Judah: for the land had rest, and he had no war in those years; because the LORD had given him rest.
|
||||
7| Therefore he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, and make about them walls, and towers, gates, and bars, while the land is yet before us; because we have sought the LORD our God, we have sought him, and he hath given us rest on every side. So they built and prospered.
|
||||
8| And Asa had an army of men that bare targets and spears, out of Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bare shields and drew bows, two hundred and fourscore thousand: all these were mighty men of valour.
|
||||
9| And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an host of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots; and came unto Mareshah.
|
||||
10| Then Asa went out against him, and they set the battle in array in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.
|
||||
11| And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD, it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O LORD our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. O LORD, thou art our God; let no man prevail against thee.
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||||
12| So the LORD smote the Ethiopians before Asa, and before Judah; and the Ethiopians fled.
|
||||
13| And Asa and the people that were with him pursued them unto Gerar: and the Ethiopians were overthrown, that they could not recover themselves; for they were destroyed before the LORD, and before his host; and they carried away very much spoil.
|
||||
14| And they smote all the cities round about Gerar; for the fear of the LORD came upon them: and they spoiled all the cities; for there was exceeding much spoil in them.
|
||||
15| They smote also the tents of cattle, and carried away sheep and camels in abundance, and returned to Jerusalem.
|
||||
#15
|
||||
1| And the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded:
|
||||
2| And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The LORD is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.
|
||||
3| Now for a long season Israel hath been without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law.
|
||||
4| But when they in their trouble did turn unto the LORD God of Israel, and sought him, he was found of them.
|
||||
5| And in those times there was no peace to him that went out, nor to him that came in, but great vexations were upon all the inhabitants of the countries.
|
||||
6| And nation was destroyed of nation, and city of city: for God did vex them with all adversity.
|
||||
7| Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your work shall be rewarded.
|
||||
8| And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominable idols out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of the LORD, that was before the porch of the LORD.
|
||||
9| And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and the strangers with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon: for they fell to him out of Israel in abundance, when they saw that the LORD his God was with him.
|
||||
10| So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.
|
||||
11| And they offered unto the LORD the same time, of the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.
|
||||
12| And they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul;
|
||||
13| That whosoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.
|
||||
14| And they sware unto the LORD with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets.
|
||||
15| And all Judah rejoiced at the oath: for they had sworn with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found of them: and the LORD gave them rest round about.
|
||||
16| And also concerning Maachah the mother of Asa the king, he removed her from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove: and Asa cut down her idol, and stamped it, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.
|
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17| But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.
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18| And he brought into the house of God the things that his father had dedicated, and that he himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, and vessels.
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19| And there was no more war unto the five and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa.
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#16
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1| In the six and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa Baasha king of Israel came up against Judah, and built Ramah, to the intent that he might let none go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.
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2| Then Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the king's house, and sent to Benhadad king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying,
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3| There is a league between me and thee, as there was between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent thee silver and gold; go, break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.
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4| And Benhadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel; and they smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abelmaim, and all the store cities of Naphtali.
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5| And it came to pass, when Baasha heard it, that he left off building of Ramah, and let his work cease.
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6| Then Asa the king took all Judah; and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha was building; and he built therewith Geba and Mizpah.
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7| And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said unto him, Because thou hast relied on the king of Syria, and not relied on the LORD thy God, therefore is the host of the king of Syria escaped out of thine hand.
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8| Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubims a huge host, with very many chariots and horsemen? yet, because thou didst rely on the LORD, he delivered them into thine hand.
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9| For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars.
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10| Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a prison house; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressed some of the people the same time.
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11| And, behold, the acts of Asa, first and last, lo, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
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12| And Asa in the thirty and ninth year of his reign was diseased in his feet, until his disease was exceeding great: yet in his disease he sought not to the LORD, but to the physicians.
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13| And Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the one and fortieth year of his reign.
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14| And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had made for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odours and divers kinds of spices prepared by the apothecaries' art: and they made a very great burning for him.
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#17
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1| And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead, and strengthened himself against Israel.
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2| And he placed forces in all the fenced cities of Judah, and set garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken.
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3| And the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto Baalim;
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4| But sought to the Lord God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of Israel.
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5| Therefore the LORD stablished the kingdom in his hand; and all Judah brought to Jehoshaphat presents; and he had riches and honour in abundance.
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6| And his heart was lifted up in the ways of the LORD: moreover he took away the high places and groves out of Judah.
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7| Also in the third year of his reign he sent to his princes, even to Benhail, and to Obadiah, and to Zechariah, and to Nethaneel, and to Michaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah.
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8| And with them he sent Levites, even Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, and Zebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan, and Adonijah, and Tobijah, and Tobadonijah, Levites; and with them Elishama and Jehoram, priests.
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9| And they taught in Judah, and had the book of the law of the LORD with them, and went about throughout all the cities of Judah, and taught the people.
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10| And the fear of the LORD fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands that were round about Judah, so that they made no war against Jehoshaphat.
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11| Also some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat presents, and tribute silver; and the Arabians brought him flocks, seven thousand and seven hundred rams, and seven thousand and seven hundred he goats.
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12| And Jehoshaphat waxed great exceedingly; and he built in Judah castles, and cities of store.
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13| And he had much business in the cities of Judah: and the men of war, mighty men of valour, were in Jerusalem.
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14| And these are the numbers of them according to the house of their fathers: Of Judah, the captains of thousands; Adnah the chief, and with him mighty men of valour three hundred thousand.
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15| And next to him was Jehohanan the captain, and with him two hundred and fourscore thousand.
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16| And next him was Amasiah the son of Zichri, who willingly offered himself unto the LORD; and with him two hundred thousand mighty men of valour.
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17| And of Benjamin; Eliada a mighty man of valour, and with him armed men with bow and shield two hundred thousand.
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18| And next him was Jehozabad, and with him an hundred and fourscore thousand ready prepared for the war.
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19| These waited on the king, beside those whom the king put in the fenced cities throughout all Judah.
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#18
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1| Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honour in abundance, and joined affinity with Ahab.
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2| And after certain years he went down to Ahab to Samaria. And Ahab killed sheep and oxen for him in abundance, and for the people that he had with him, and persuaded him to go up with him to Ramothgilead.
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3| And Ahab king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat king of Judah, Wilt thou go with me to Ramothgilead? And he answered him, I am as thou art, and my people as thy people; and we will be with thee in the war.
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4| And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray thee, at the word of the LORD to day.
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5| Therefore the king of Israel gathered together of prophets four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall we go to Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for God will deliver it into the king's hand.
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6| But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD besides, that we might enquire of him?
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7| And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he never prophesied good unto me, but always evil: the same is Micaiah the son of Imla. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.
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8| And the king of Israel called for one of his officers, and said, Fetch quickly Micaiah the son of Imla.
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9| And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah sat either of them on his throne, clothed in their robes, and they sat in a void place at the entering in of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them.
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10| And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah had made him horns of iron, and said, Thus saith the LORD, With these thou shalt push Syria until they be consumed.
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11| And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramothgilead, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into the hand of the king.
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12| And the messenger that went to call Micaiah spake to him, saying, Behold, the words of the prophets declare good to the king with one assent; let thy word therefore, I pray thee, be like one of their's, and speak thou good.
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13| And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, even what my God saith, that will I speak.
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14| And when he was come to the king, the king said unto him, Micaiah, shall we go to Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And he said, Go ye up, and prosper, and they shall be delivered into your hand.
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15| And the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou say nothing but the truth to me in the name of the LORD?
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16| Then he said, I did see all Israel scattered upon the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no master; let them return therefore every man to his house in peace.
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17| And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that he would not prophesy good unto me, but evil?
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18| Again he said, Therefore hear the word of the LORD; I saw the LORD sitting upon his throne, and all the host of heaven standing on his right hand and on his left.
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19| And the LORD said, Who shall entice Ahab king of Israel, that he may go up and fall at Ramothgilead? And one spake saying after this manner, and another saying after that manner.
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20| Then there came out a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will entice him. And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith?
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21| And he said, I will go out, and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And the Lord said, Thou shalt entice him, and thou shalt also prevail: go out, and do even so.
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22| Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil against thee.
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23| Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiah upon the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee?
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24| And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see on that day when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself.
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25| Then the king of Israel said, Take ye Micaiah, and carry him back to Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son;
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26| And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I return in peace.
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27| And Micaiah said, If thou certainly return in peace, then hath not the LORD spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, all ye people.
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28| So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramothgilead.
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29| And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and I will go to the battle; but put thou on thy robes. So the king of Israel disguised himself; and they went to the battle.
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30| Now the king of Syria had commanded the captains of the chariots that were with him, saying, Fight ye not with small or great, save only with the king of Israel.
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31| And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, It is the king of Israel. Therefore they compassed about him to fight: but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the LORD helped him; and God moved them to depart from him.
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32| For it came to pass, that, when the captains of the chariots perceived that it was not the king of Israel, they turned back again from pursuing him.
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33| And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness: therefore he said to his chariot man, Turn thine hand, that thou mayest carry me out of the host; for I am wounded.
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34| And the battle increased that day: howbeit the king of Israel stayed himself up in his chariot against the Syrians until the even: and about the time of the sun going down he died.
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#19
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1| And Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned to his house in peace to Jerusalem.
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2| And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate the LORD? therefore is wrath upon thee from before the LORD.
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3| Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou hast taken away the groves out of the land, and hast prepared thine heart to seek God.
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4| And Jehoshaphat dwelt at Jerusalem: and he went out again through the people from Beersheba to mount Ephraim, and brought them back unto the LORD God of their fathers.
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5| And he set judges in the land throughout all the fenced cities of Judah, city by city,
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6| And said to the judges, Take heed what ye do: for ye judge not for man, but for the LORD, who is with you in the judgment.
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7| Wherefore now let the fear of the LORD be upon you; take heed and do it: for there is no iniquity with the LORD our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts.
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8| Moreover in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set of the Levites, and of the priests, and of the chief of the fathers of Israel, for the judgment of the LORD, and for controversies, when they returned to Jerusalem.
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9| And he charged them, saying, Thus shall ye do in the fear of the LORD, faithfully, and with a perfect heart.
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10| And what cause soever shall come to you of your brethren that dwell in your cities, between blood and blood, between law and commandment, statutes and judgments, ye shall even warn them that they trespass not against the LORD, and so wrath come upon you, and upon your brethren: this do, and ye shall not trespass.
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11| And, behold, Amariah the chief priest is over you in all matters of the LORD; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, for all the king's matters: also the Levites shall be officers before you. Deal courageously, and the LORD shall be with the good.
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#20
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1| It came to pass after this also, that the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them other beside the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle.
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2| Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea on this side Syria; and, behold, they be in Hazazontamar, which is Engedi.
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3| And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.
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4| And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask help of the LORD: even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the LORD.
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5| And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the LORD, before the new court,
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6| And said, O LORD God of our fathers, art not thou God in heaven? and rulest not thou over all the kingdoms of the heathen? and in thine hand is there not power and might, so that none is able to withstand thee?
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7| Art not thou our God, who didst drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever?
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8| And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name, saying,
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9| If, when evil cometh upon us, as the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we stand before this house, and in thy presence, (for thy name is in this house,) and cry unto thee in our affliction, then thou wilt hear and help.
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10| And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, whom thou wouldest not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned from them, and destroyed them not;
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11| Behold, I say, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit.
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||||
12| O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes are upon thee.
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13| And all Judah stood before the LORD, with their little ones, their wives, and their children.
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||||
14| Then upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, came the Spirit of the LORD in the midst of the congregation;
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15| And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the LORD unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God's.
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16| To morrow go ye down against them: behold, they come up by the cliff of Ziz; and ye shall find them at the end of the brook, before the wilderness of Jeruel.
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17| Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out against them: for the LORD will be with you.
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18| And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the LORD, worshipping the LORD.
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19| And the Levites, of the children of the Kohathites, and of the children of the Korhites, stood up to praise the LORD God of Israel with a loud voice on high.
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20| And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.
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21| And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the LORD, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise the LORD; for his mercy endureth for ever.
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||||
22| And when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come against Judah; and they were smitten.
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||||
23| For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of mount Seir, utterly to slay and destroy them: and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, every one helped to destroy another.
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||||
24| And when Judah came toward the watch tower in the wilderness, they looked unto the multitude, and, behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and none escaped.
|
||||
25| And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away the spoil of them, they found among them in abundance both riches with the dead bodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away: and they were three days in gathering of the spoil, it was so much.
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26| And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of Berachah; for there they blessed the LORD: therefore the name of the same place was called, The valley of Berachah, unto this day.
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27| Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in the forefront of them, to go again to Jerusalem with joy; for the LORD had made them to rejoice over their enemies.
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28| And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets unto the house of the LORD.
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||||
29| And the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of those countries, when they had heard that the LORD fought against the enemies of Israel.
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30| So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet: for his God gave him rest round about.
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||||
31| And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: he was thirty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
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||||
32| And he walked in the way of Asa his father, and departed not from it, doing that which was right in the sight of the LORD.
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33| Howbeit the high places were not taken away: for as yet the people had not prepared their hearts unto the God of their fathers.
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34| Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of Jehu the son of Hanani, who is mentioned in the book of the kings of Israel.
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35| And after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, who did very wickedly:
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36| And he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish: and they made the ships in Eziongaber.
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37| Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, the LORD hath broken thy works. And the ships were broken, that they were not able to go to Tarshish.
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#21
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1| Now Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And Jehoram his son reigned in his stead.
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2| And he had brethren the sons of Jehoshaphat, Azariah, and Jehiel, and Zechariah, and Azariah, and Michael, and Shephatiah: all these were the sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel.
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3| And their father gave them great gifts of silver, and of gold, and of precious things, with fenced cities in Judah: but the kingdom gave he to Jehoram; because he was the firstborn.
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4| Now when Jehoram was risen up to the kingdom of his father, he strengthened himself, and slew all his brethren with the sword, and divers also of the princes of Israel.
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5| Jehoram was thirty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
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6| And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, like as did the house of Ahab: for he had the daughter of Ahab to wife: and he wrought that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD.
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7| Howbeit the LORD would not destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that he had made with David, and as he promised to give a light to him and to his sons for ever.
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8| In his days the Edomites revolted from under the dominion of Judah, and made themselves a king.
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9| Then Jehoram went forth with his princes, and all his chariots with him: and he rose up by night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him in, and the captains of the chariots.
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10| So the Edomites revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. The same time also did Libnah revolt from under his hand; because he had forsaken the LORD God of his fathers.
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11| Moreover he made high places in the mountains of Judah and caused the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit fornication, and compelled Judah thereto.
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12| And there came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of David thy father, Because thou hast not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat thy father, nor in the ways of Asa king of Judah,
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13| But hast walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and hast made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to go a whoring, like to the whoredoms of the house of Ahab, and also hast slain thy brethren of thy father's house, which were better than thyself:
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14| Behold, with a great plague will the LORD smite thy people, and thy children, and thy wives, and all thy goods:
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15| And thou shalt have great sickness by disease of thy bowels, until thy bowels fall out by reason of the sickness day by day.
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16| Moreover the LORD stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines, and of the Arabians, that were near the Ethiopians:
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17| And they came up into Judah, and brake into it, and carried away all the substance that was found in the king's house, and his sons also, and his wives; so that there was never a son left him, save Jehoahaz, the youngest of his sons.
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18| And after all this the LORD smote him in his bowels with an incurable disease.
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19| And it came to pass, that in process of time, after the end of two years, his bowels fell out by reason of his sickness: so he died of sore diseases. And his people made no burning for him, like the burning of his fathers.
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20| Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years, and departed without being desired. Howbeit they buried him in the city of David, but not in the sepulchres of the kings.
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#22
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1| And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king in his stead: for the band of men that came with the Arabians to the camp had slain all the eldest. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned.
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2| Forty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Athaliah the daughter of Omri.
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3| He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab: for his mother was his counsellor to do wickedly.
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4| Wherefore he did evil in the sight of the LORD like the house of Ahab: for they were his counsellors after the death of his father to his destruction.
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5| He walked also after their counsel, and went with Jehoram the son of Ahab king of Israel to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramothgilead: and the Syrians smote Joram.
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6| And he returned to be healed in Jezreel because of the wounds which were given him at Ramah, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria. And Azariah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Jehoram the son of Ahab at Jezreel, because he was sick.
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7| And the destruction of Ahaziah was of God by coming to Joram: for when he was come, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed to cut off the house of Ahab.
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8| And it came to pass, that, when Jehu was executing judgment upon the house of Ahab, and found the princes of Judah, and the sons of the brethren of Ahaziah, that ministered to Ahaziah, he slew them.
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9| And he sought Ahaziah: and they caught him, (for he was hid in Samaria,) and brought him to Jehu: and when they had slain him, they buried him: Because, said they, he is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the LORD with all his heart. So the house of Ahaziah had no power to keep still the kingdom.
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10| But when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal of the house of Judah.
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11| But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons that were slain, and put him and his nurse in a bedchamber. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of king Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest, (for she was the sister of Ahaziah,) hid him from Athaliah, so that she slew him not.
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12| And he was with them hid in the house of God six years: and Athaliah reigned over the land.
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#23
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1| And in the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself, and took the captains of hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham, and Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, and Azariah the son of Obed, and Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri, into covenant with him.
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2| And they went about in Judah, and gathered the Levites out of all the cities of Judah, and the chief of the fathers of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem.
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3| And all the congregation made a covenant with the king in the house of God. And he said unto them, Behold, the king's son shall reign, as the LORD hath said of the sons of David.
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4| This is the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you entering on the sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites, shall be porters of the doors;
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5| And a third part shall be at the king's house; and a third part at the gate of the foundation: and all the people shall be in the courts of the house of the LORD.
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6| But let none come into the house of the LORD, save the priests, and they that minister of the Levites; they shall go in, for they are holy: but all the people shall keep the watch of the LORD.
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7| And the Levites shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand; and whosoever else cometh into the house, he shall be put to death: but be ye with the king when he cometh in, and when he goeth out.
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8| So the Levites and all Judah did according to all things that Jehoiada the priest had commanded, and took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that were to go out on the sabbath: for Jehoiada the priest dismissed not the courses.
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9| Moreover Jehoiada the priest delivered to the captains of hundreds spears, and bucklers, and shields, that had been king David's, which were in the house of God.
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10| And he set all the people, every man having his weapon in his hand, from the right side of the temple to the left side of the temple, along by the altar and the temple, by the king round about.
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11| Then they brought out the king's son, and put upon him the crown, and gave him the testimony, and made him king. And Jehoiada and his sons anointed him, and said, God save the king.
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12| Now when Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and praising the king, she came to the people into the house of the LORD:
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13| And she looked, and, behold, the king stood at his pillar at the entering in, and the princes and the trumpets by the king: and all the people of the land rejoiced, and sounded with trumpets, also the singers with instruments of musick, and such as taught to sing praise. Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and said, Treason, Treason.
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14| Then Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains of hundreds that were set over the host, and said unto them, Have her forth of the ranges: and whoso followeth her, let him be slain with the sword. For the priest said, Slay her not in the house of the LORD.
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15| So they laid hands on her; and when she was come to the entering of the horse gate by the king's house, they slew her there.
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16| And Jehoiada made a covenant between him, and between all the people, and between the king, that they should be the LORD's people.
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17| Then all the people went to the house of Baal, and brake it down, and brake his altars and his images in pieces, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars.
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18| Also Jehoiada appointed the offices of the house of the LORD by the hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had distributed in the house of the LORD, to offer the burnt offerings of the LORD, as it is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, as it was ordained by David.
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19| And he set the porters at the gates of the house of the LORD, that none which was unclean in any thing should enter in.
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20| And he took the captains of hundreds, and the nobles, and the governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought down the king from the house of the LORD: and they came through the high gate into the king's house, and set the king upon the throne of the kingdom.
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21| And all the people of the land rejoiced: and the city was quiet, after that they had slain Athaliah with the sword.
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#24
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1| Joash was seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Zibiah of Beersheba.
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2| And Joash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest.
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3| And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and daughters.
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4| And it came to pass after this, that Joash was minded to repair the house of the LORD.
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5| And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out unto the cities of Judah, and gather of all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year, and see that ye hasten the matter. Howbeit the Levites hastened it not.
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6| And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said unto him, Why hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the collection, according to the commandment of Moses the servant of the LORD, and of the congregation of Israel, for the tabernacle of witness?
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7| For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up the house of God; and also all the dedicated things of the house of the LORD did they bestow upon Baalim.
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8| And at the king's commandment they made a chest, and set it without at the gate of the house of the LORD.
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9| And they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring in to the LORD the collection that Moses the servant of God laid upon Israel in the wilderness.
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10| And all the princes and all the people rejoiced, and brought in, and cast into the chest, until they had made an end.
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11| Now it came to pass, that at what time the chest was brought unto the king's office by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was much money, the king's scribe and the high priest's officer came and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to his place again. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in abundance.
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12| And the king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of the service of the house of the LORD, and hired masons and carpenters to repair the house of the LORD, and also such as wrought iron and brass to mend the house of the LORD.
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13| So the workmen wrought, and the work was perfected by them, and they set the house of God in his state, and strengthened it.
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14| And when they had finished it, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, whereof were made vessels for the house of the LORD, even vessels to minister, and to offer withal, and spoons, and vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt offerings in the house of the LORD continually all the days of Jehoiada.
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15| But Jehoiada waxed old, and was full of days when he died; an hundred and thirty years old was he when he died.
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16| And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, both toward God, and toward his house.
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17| Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and made obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened unto them.
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18| And they left the house of the LORD God of their fathers, and served groves and idols: and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their trespass.
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19| Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again unto the LORD; and they testified against them: but they would not give ear.
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20| And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, which stood above the people, and said unto them, Thus saith God, Why transgress ye the commandments of the LORD, that ye cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken the LORD, he hath also forsaken you.
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21| And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the LORD.
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22| Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, The LORD look upon it, and require it.
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23| And it came to pass at the end of the year, that the host of Syria came up against him: and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, and sent all the spoil of them unto the king of Damascus.
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24| For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men, and the LORD delivered a very great host into their hand, because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers. So they executed judgment against Joash.
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25| And when they were departed from him, (for they left him in great diseases,) his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and slew him on his bed, and he died: and they buried him in the city of David, but they buried him not in the sepulchres of the kings.
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26| And these are they that conspired against him; Zabad the son of Shimeath an Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith a Moabitess.
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27| Now concerning his sons, and the greatness of the burdens laid upon him, and the repairing of the house of God, behold, they are written in the story of the book of the kings. And Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.
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#25
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1| Amaziah was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.
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2| And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, but not with a perfect heart.
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3| Now it came to pass, when the kingdom was established to him, that he slew his servants that had killed the king his father.
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4| But he slew not their children, but did as it is written in the law in the book of Moses, where the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not die for the children, neither shall the children die for the fathers, but every man shall die for his own sin.
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5| Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and made them captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, according to the houses of their fathers, throughout all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered them from twenty years old and above, and found them three hundred thousand choice men, able to go forth to war, that could handle spear and shield.
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6| He hired also an hundred thousand mighty men of valour out of Israel for an hundred talents of silver.
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7| But there came a man of God to him, saying, O king, let not the army of Israel go with thee; for the LORD is not with Israel, to wit, with all the children of Ephraim.
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8| But if thou wilt go, do it; be strong for the battle: God shall make thee fall before the enemy: for God hath power to help, and to cast down.
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9| And Amaziah said to the man of God, But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel? And the man of God answered, The LORD is able to give thee much more than this.
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10| Then Amaziah separated them, to wit, the army that was come to him out of Ephraim, to go home again: wherefore their anger was greatly kindled against Judah, and they returned home in great anger.
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11| And Amaziah strengthened himself, and led forth his people, and went to the valley of salt, and smote of the children of Seir ten thousand.
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12| And other ten thousand left alive did the children of Judah carry away captive, and brought them unto the top of the rock, and cast them down from the top of the rock, that they all were broken in pieces.
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13| But the soldiers of the army which Amaziah sent back, that they should not go with him to battle, fell upon the cities of Judah, from Samaria even unto Bethhoron, and smote three thousand of them, and took much spoil.
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14| Now it came to pass, after that Amaziah was come from the slaughter of the Edomites, that he brought the gods of the children of Seir, and set them up to be his gods, and bowed down himself before them, and burned incense unto them.
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15| Wherefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against Amaziah, and he sent unto him a prophet, which said unto him, Why hast thou sought after the gods of the people, which could not deliver their own people out of thine hand?
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16| And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that the king said unto him, Art thou made of the king's counsel? forbear; why shouldest thou be smitten? Then the prophet forbare, and said, I know that God hath determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel.
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17| Then Amaziah king of Judah took advice, and sent to Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us see one another in the face.
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18| And Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle.
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19| Thou sayest, Lo, thou hast smitten the Edomites; and thine heart lifteth thee up to boast: abide now at home; why shouldest thou meddle to thine hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee?
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20| But Amaziah would not hear; for it came of God, that he might deliver them into the hand of their enemies, because they sought after the gods of Edom.
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21| So Joash the king of Israel went up; and they saw one another in the face, both he and Amaziah king of Judah, at Bethshemesh, which belongeth to Judah.
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22| And Judah was put to the worse before Israel, and they fled every man to his tent.
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23| And Joash the king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, at Bethshemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits.
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24| And he took all the gold and the silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of God with Obededom, and the treasures of the king's house, the hostages also, and returned to Samaria.
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25| And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.
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26| Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, first and last, behold, are they not written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel?
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27| Now after the time that Amaziah did turn away from following the LORD they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem; and he fled to Lachish: but they sent to Lachish after him, and slew him there.
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28| And they brought him upon horses, and buried him with his fathers in the city of Judah.
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#26
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1| Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah.
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2| He built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.
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3| Sixteen years old was Uzziah when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and two years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Jecoliah of Jerusalem.
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4| And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah did.
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5| And he sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions of God: and as long as he sought the LORD, God made him to prosper.
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6| And he went forth and warred against the Philistines, and brake down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod, and built cities about Ashdod, and among the Philistines.
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7| And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gurbaal, and the Mehunims.
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8| And the Ammonites gave gifts to Uzziah: and his name spread abroad even to the entering in of Egypt; for he strengthened himself exceedingly.
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9| Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate, and at the valley gate, and at the turning of the wall, and fortified them.
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10| Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells: for he had much cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains: husbandmen also, and vine dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel: for he loved husbandry.
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11| Moreover Uzziah had an host of fighting men, that went out to war by bands, according to the number of their account by the hand of Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the ruler, under the hand of Hananiah, one of the king's captains.
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12| The whole number of the chief of the fathers of the mighty men of valour were two thousand and six hundred.
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13| And under their hand was an army, three hundred thousand and seven thousand and five hundred, that made war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy.
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14| And Uzziah prepared for them throughout all the host shields, and spears, and helmets, and habergeons, and bows, and slings to cast stones.
|
||||
15| And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal. And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped, till he was strong.
|
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16| But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction: for he transgressed against the LORD his God, and went into the temple of the LORD to burn incense upon the altar of incense.
|
||||
17| And Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him fourscore priests of the LORD, that were valiant men:
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18| And they withstood Uzziah the king, and said unto him, It appertaineth not unto thee, Uzziah, to burn incense unto the LORD, but to the priests the sons of Aaron, that are consecrated to burn incense: go out of the sanctuary; for thou hast trespassed; neither shall it be for thine honour from the LORD God.
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19| Then Uzziah was wroth, and had a censer in his hand to burn incense: and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy even rose up in his forehead before the priests in the house of the LORD, from beside the incense altar.
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20| And Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests, looked upon him, and, behold, he was leprous in his forehead, and they thrust him out from thence; yea, himself hasted also to go out, because the LORD had smitten him.
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21| And Uzziah the king was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house, being a leper; for he was cut off from the house of the LORD: and Jotham his son was over the king's house, judging the people of the land.
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22| Now the rest of the acts of Uzziah, first and last, did Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, write.
|
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23| So Uzziah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the field of the burial which belonged to the kings; for they said, He is a leper: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.
|
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#27
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1| Jotham was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Jerushah, the daughter of Zadok.
|
||||
2| And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Uzziah did: howbeit he entered not into the temple of the LORD. And the people did yet corruptly.
|
||||
3| He built the high gate of the house of the LORD, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.
|
||||
4| Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.
|
||||
5| He fought also with the king of the Ammonites, and prevailed against them. And the children of Ammon gave him the same year an hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. So much did the children of Ammon pay unto him, both the second year, and the third.
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6| So Jotham became mighty, because he prepared his ways before the LORD his God.
|
||||
7| Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all his wars, and his ways, lo, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.
|
||||
8| He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem.
|
||||
9| And Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.
|
||||
#28
|
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1| Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: but he did not that which was right in the sight of the LORD, like David his father:
|
||||
2| For he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for Baalim.
|
||||
3| Moreover he burnt incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burnt his children in the fire, after the abominations of the heathen whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel.
|
||||
4| He sacrificed also and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.
|
||||
5| Wherefore the LORD his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria; and they smote him, and carried away a great multitude of them captives, and brought them to Damascus. And he was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who smote him with a great slaughter.
|
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6| For Pekah the son of Remaliah slew in Judah an hundred and twenty thousand in one day, which were all valiant men; because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers.
|
||||
7| And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, slew Maaseiah the king's son, and Azrikam the governor of the house, and Elkanah that was next to the king.
|
||||
8| And the children of Israel carried away captive of their brethren two hundred thousand, women, sons, and daughters, and took also away much spoil from them, and brought the spoil to Samaria.
|
||||
9| But a prophet of the LORD was there, whose name was Oded: and he went out before the host that came to Samaria, and said unto them, Behold, because the LORD God of your fathers was wroth with Judah, he hath delivered them into your hand, and ye have slain them in a rage that reacheth up unto heaven.
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||||
10| And now ye purpose to keep under the children of Judah and Jerusalem for bondmen and bondwomen unto you: but are there not with you, even with you, sins against the LORD your God?
|
||||
11| Now hear me therefore, and deliver the captives again, which ye have taken captive of your brethren: for the fierce wrath of the LORD is upon you.
|
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12| Then certain of the heads of the children of Ephraim, Azariah the son of Johanan, Berechiah the son of Meshillemoth, and Jehizkiah the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai, stood up against them that came from the war,
|
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13| And said unto them, Ye shall not bring in the captives hither: for whereas we have offended against the LORD already, ye intend to add more to our sins and to our trespass: for our trespass is great, and there is fierce wrath against Israel.
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14| So the armed men left the captives and the spoil before the princes and all the congregation.
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15| And the men which were expressed by name rose up, and took the captives, and with the spoil clothed all that were naked among them, and arrayed them, and shod them, and gave them to eat and to drink, and anointed them, and carried all the feeble of them upon asses, and brought them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, to their brethren: then they returned to Samaria.
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16| At that time did king Ahaz send unto the kings of Assyria to help him.
|
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17| For again the Edomites had come and smitten Judah, and carried away captives.
|
||||
18| The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the low country, and of the south of Judah, and had taken Bethshemesh, and Ajalon, and Gederoth, and Shocho with the villages thereof, and Timnah with the villages thereof, Gimzo also and the villages thereof: and they dwelt there.
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19| For the LORD brought Judah low because of Ahaz king of Israel; for he made Judah naked, and transgressed sore against the LORD.
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20| And Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria came unto him, and distressed him, but strengthened him not.
|
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21| For Ahaz took away a portion out of the house of the LORD, and out of the house of the king, and of the princes, and gave it unto the king of Assyria: but he helped him not.
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22| And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the LORD: this is that king Ahaz.
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23| For he sacrificed unto the gods of Damascus, which smote him: and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria help them, therefore will I sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel.
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24| And Ahaz gathered together the vessels of the house of God, and cut in pieces the vessels of the house of God, and shut up the doors of the house of the LORD, and he made him altars in every corner of Jerusalem.
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25| And in every several city of Judah he made high places to burn incense unto other gods, and provoked to anger the LORD God of his fathers.
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26| Now the rest of his acts and of all his ways, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
|
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27| And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, even in Jerusalem: but they brought him not into the sepulchres of the kings of Israel: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.
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#29
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1| Hezekiah began to reign when he was five and twenty years old, and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.
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2| And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David his father had done.
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3| He in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of the LORD, and repaired them.
|
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4| And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them together into the east street,
|
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5| And said unto them, Hear me, ye Levites, sanctify now yourselves, and sanctify the house of the LORD God of your fathers, and carry forth the filthiness out of the holy place.
|
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6| For our fathers have trespassed, and done that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD our God, and have forsaken him, and have turned away their faces from the habitation of the LORD, and turned their backs.
|
||||
7| Also they have shut up the doors of the porch, and put out the lamps, and have not burned incense nor offered burnt offerings in the holy place unto the God of Israel.
|
||||
8| Wherefore the wrath of the LORD was upon Judah and Jerusalem, and he hath delivered them to trouble, to astonishment, and to hissing, as ye see with your eyes.
|
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9| For, lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this.
|
||||
10| Now it is in mine heart to make a covenant with the LORD God of Israel, that his fierce wrath may turn away from us.
|
||||
11| My sons, be not now negligent: for the LORD hath chosen you to stand before him, to serve him, and that ye should minister unto him, and burn incense.
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12| Then the Levites arose, Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites: and of the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehalelel: and of the Gershonites; Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah:
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13| And of the sons of Elizaphan; Shimri, and Jeiel: and of the sons of Asaph; Zechariah, and Mattaniah:
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14| And of the sons of Heman; Jehiel, and Shimei: and of the sons of Jeduthun; Shemaiah, and Uzziel.
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15| And they gathered their brethren, and sanctified themselves, and came, according to the commandment of the king, by the words of the LORD, to cleanse the house of the LORD.
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16| And the priests went into the inner part of the house of the LORD, to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the temple of the LORD into the court of the house of the LORD. And the Levites took it, to carry it out abroad into the brook Kidron.
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17| Now they began on the first day of the first month to sanctify, and on the eighth day of the month came they to the porch of the LORD: so they sanctified the house of the LORD in eight days; and in the sixteenth day of the first month they made an end.
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18| Then they went in to Hezekiah the king, and said, We have cleansed all the house of the LORD, and the altar of burnt offering, with all the vessels thereof, and the shewbread table, with all the vessels thereof.
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19| Moreover all the vessels, which king Ahaz in his reign did cast away in his transgression, have we prepared and sanctified, and, behold, they are before the altar of the LORD.
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20| Then Hezekiah the king rose early, and gathered the rulers of the city, and went up to the house of the LORD.
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21| And they brought seven bullocks, and seven rams, and seven lambs, and seven he goats, for a sin offering for the kingdom, and for the sanctuary, and for Judah. And he commanded the priests the sons of Aaron to offer them on the altar of the LORD.
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22| So they killed the bullocks, and the priests received the blood, and sprinkled it on the altar: likewise, when they had killed the rams, they sprinkled the blood upon the altar: they killed also the lambs, and they sprinkled the blood upon the altar.
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23| And they brought forth the he goats for the sin offering before the king and the congregation; and they laid their hands upon them:
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24| And the priests killed them, and they made reconciliation with their blood upon the altar, to make an atonement for all Israel: for the king commanded that the burnt offering and the sin offering should be made for all Israel.
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25| And he set the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, and of Gad the king's seer, and Nathan the prophet: for so was the commandment of the LORD by his prophets.
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26| And the Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.
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27| And Hezekiah commanded to offer the burnt offering upon the altar. And when the burnt offering began, the song of the LORD began also with the trumpets, and with the instruments ordained by David king of Israel.
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28| And all the congregation worshipped, and the singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded: and all this continued until the burnt offering was finished.
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29| And when they had made an end of offering, the king and all that were present with him bowed themselves, and worshipped.
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30| Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praise unto the LORD with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshipped.
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31| Then Hezekiah answered and said, Now ye have consecrated yourselves unto the LORD, come near and bring sacrifices and thank offerings into the house of the LORD. And the congregation brought in sacrifices and thank offerings; and as many as were of a free heart burnt offerings.
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32| And the number of the burnt offerings, which the congregation brought, was threescore and ten bullocks, an hundred rams, and two hundred lambs: all these were for a burnt offering to the LORD.
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33| And the consecrated things were six hundred oxen and three thousand sheep.
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34| But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all the burnt offerings: wherefore their brethren the Levites did help them, till the work was ended, and until the other priests had sanctified themselves: for the Levites were more upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests.
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35| And also the burnt offerings were in abundance, with the fat of the peace offerings, and the drink offerings for every burnt offering. So the service of the house of the LORD was set in order.
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36| And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, that God had prepared the people: for the thing was done suddenly.
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#30
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1| And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, to keep the passover unto the LORD God of Israel.
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2| For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the congregation in Jerusalem, to keep the passover in the second month.
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3| For they could not keep it at that time, because the priests had not sanctified themselves sufficiently, neither had the people gathered themselves together to Jerusalem.
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4| And the thing pleased the king and all the congregation.
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5| So they established a decree to make proclamation throughout all Israel, from Beersheba even to Dan, that they should come to keep the passover unto the LORD God of Israel at Jerusalem: for they had not done it of a long time in such sort as it was written.
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6| So the posts went with the letters from the king and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of the king, saying, Ye children of Israel, turn again unto the LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and he will return to the remnant of you, that are escaped out of the hand of the kings of Assyria.
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7| And be not ye like your fathers, and like your brethren, which trespassed against the LORD God of their fathers, who therefore gave them up to desolation, as ye see.
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8| Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves unto the LORD, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever: and serve the LORD your God, that the fierceness of his wrath may turn away from you.
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9| For if ye turn again unto the LORD, your brethren and your children shall find compassion before them that lead them captive, so that they shall come again into this land: for the LORD your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if ye return unto him.
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10| So the posts passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh even unto Zebulun: but they laughed them to scorn, and mocked them.
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11| Nevertheless divers of Asher and Manasseh and of Zebulun humbled themselves, and came to Jerusalem.
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12| Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to do the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of the LORD.
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13| And there assembled at Jerusalem much people to keep the feast of unleavened bread in the second month, a very great congregation.
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14| And they arose and took away the altars that were in Jerusalem, and all the altars for incense took they away, and cast them into the brook Kidron.
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15| Then they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the second month: and the priests and the Levites were ashamed, and sanctified themselves, and brought in the burnt offerings into the house of the LORD.
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16| And they stood in their place after their manner, according to the law of Moses the man of God: the priests sprinkled the blood, which they received of the hand of the Levites.
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17| For there were many in the congregation that were not sanctified: therefore the Levites had the charge of the killing of the passovers for every one that was not clean, to sanctify them unto the LORD.
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18| For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim, and Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet did they eat the passover otherwise than it was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, The good LORD pardon every one
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19| That prepareth his heart to seek God, the LORD God of his fathers, though he be not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary.
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20| And the LORD hearkened to Hezekiah, and healed the people.
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21| And the children of Israel that were present at Jerusalem kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with great gladness: and the Levites and the priests praised the LORD day by day, singing with loud instruments unto the LORD.
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22| And Hezekiah spake comfortably unto all the Levites that taught the good knowledge of the LORD: and they did eat throughout the feast seven days, offering peace offerings, and making confession to the LORD God of their fathers.
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23| And the whole assembly took counsel to keep other seven days: and they kept other seven days with gladness.
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24| For Hezekiah king of Judah did give to the congregation a thousand bullocks and seven thousand sheep; and the princes gave to the congregation a thousand bullocks and ten thousand sheep: and a great number of priests sanctified themselves.
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25| And all the congregation of Judah, with the priests and the Levites, and all the congregation that came out of Israel, and the strangers that came out of the land of Israel, and that dwelt in Judah, rejoiced.
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26| So there was great joy in Jerusalem: for since the time of Solomon the son of David king of Israel there was not the like in Jerusalem.
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27| Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy dwelling place, even unto heaven.
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#31
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1| Now when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went out to the cities of Judah, and brake the images in pieces, and cut down the groves, and threw down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities.
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2| And Hezekiah appointed the courses of the priests and the Levites after their courses, every man according to his service, the priests and Levites for burnt offerings and for peace offerings, to minister, and to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the tents of the LORD.
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3| He appointed also the king's portion of his substance for the burnt offerings, to wit, for the morning and evening burnt offerings, and the burnt offerings for the sabbaths, and for the new moons, and for the set feasts, as it is written in the law of the LORD.
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4| Moreover he commanded the people that dwelt in Jerusalem to give the portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might be encouraged in the law of the LORD.
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5| And as soon as the commandment came abroad, the children of Israel brought in abundance the firstfruits of corn, wine, and oil, and honey, and of all the increase of the field; and the tithe of all things brought they in abundantly.
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6| And concerning the children of Israel and Judah, that dwelt in the cities of Judah, they also brought in the tithe of oxen and sheep, and the tithe of holy things which were consecrated unto the LORD their God, and laid them by heaps.
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7| In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps, and finished them in the seventh month.
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8| And when Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps, they blessed the LORD, and his people Israel.
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9| Then Hezekiah questioned with the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps.
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10| And Azariah the chief priest of the house of Zadok answered him, and said, Since the people began to bring the offerings into the house of the LORD, we have had enough to eat, and have left plenty: for the LORD hath blessed his people; and that which is left is this great store.
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11| Then Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the house of the LORD; and they prepared them,
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12| And brought in the offerings and the tithes and the dedicated things faithfully: over which Cononiah the Levite was ruler, and Shimei his brother was the next.
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13| And Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah, were overseers under the hand of Cononiah and Shimei his brother, at the commandment of Hezekiah the king, and Azariah the ruler of the house of God.
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14| And Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, the porter toward the east, was over the freewill offerings of God, to distribute the oblations of the LORD, and the most holy things.
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15| And next him were Eden, and Miniamin, and Jeshua, and Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests, in their set office, to give to their brethren by courses, as well to the great as to the small:
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16| Beside their genealogy of males, from three years old and upward, even unto every one that entereth into the house of the LORD, his daily portion for their service in their charges according to their courses;
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17| Both to the genealogy of the priests by the house of their fathers, and the Levites from twenty years old and upward, in their charges by their courses;
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18| And to the genealogy of all their little ones, their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, through all the congregation: for in their set office they sanctified themselves in holiness:
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19| Also of the sons of Aaron the priests, which were in the fields of the suburbs of their cities, in every several city, the men that were expressed by name, to give portions to all the males among the priests, and to all that were reckoned by genealogies among the Levites.
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20| And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah, and wrought that which was good and right and truth before the LORD his God.
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21| And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered.
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#32
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1| After these things, and the establishment thereof, Sennacherib king of Assyria came, and entered into Judah, and encamped against the fenced cities, and thought to win them for himself.
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2| And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib was come, and that he was purposed to fight against Jerusalem,
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3| He took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the waters of the fountains which were without the city: and they did help him.
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4| So there was gathered much people together, who stopped all the fountains, and the brook that ran through the midst of the land, saying, Why should the kings of Assyria come, and find much water?
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5| Also he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall that was broken, and raised it up to the towers, and another wall without, and repaired Millo in the city of David, and made darts and shields in abundance.
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6| And he set captains of war over the people, and gathered them together to him in the street of the gate of the city, and spake comfortably to them, saying,
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7| Be strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that is with him: for there be more with us than with him:
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8| With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the LORD our God to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
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9| After this did Sennacherib king of Assyria send his servants to Jerusalem, (but he himself laid siege against Lachish, and all his power with him,) unto Hezekiah king of Judah, and unto all Judah that were at Jerusalem, saying,
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10| Thus saith Sennacherib king of Assyria, Whereon do ye trust, that ye abide in the siege in Jerusalem?
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11| Doth not Hezekiah persuade you to give over yourselves to die by famine and by thirst, saying, The LORD our God shall deliver us out of the hand of the king of Assyria?
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12| Hath not the same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall worship before one altar, and burn incense upon it?
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13| Know ye not what I and my fathers have done unto all the people of other lands? were the gods of the nations of those lands any ways able to deliver their lands out of mine hand?
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14| Who was there among all the gods of those nations that my fathers utterly destroyed, that could deliver his people out of mine hand, that your God should be able to deliver you out of mine hand?
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15| Now therefore let not Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you on this manner, neither yet believe him: for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of mine hand, and out of the hand of my fathers: how much less shall your God deliver you out of mine hand?
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16| And his servants spake yet more against the LORD God, and against his servant Hezekiah.
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17| He wrote also letters to rail on the LORD God of Israel, and to speak against him, saying, As the gods of the nations of other lands have not delivered their people out of mine hand, so shall not the God of Hezekiah deliver his people out of mine hand.
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18| Then they cried with a loud voice in the Jews' speech unto the people of Jerusalem that were on the wall, to affright them, and to trouble them; that they might take the city.
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19| And they spake against the God of Jerusalem, as against the gods of the people of the earth, which were the work of the hands of man.
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20| And for this cause Hezekiah the king, and the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz, prayed and cried to heaven.
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21| And the LORD sent an angel, which cut off all the mighty men of valour, and the leaders and captains in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. And when he was come into the house of his god, they that came forth of his own bowels slew him there with the sword.
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22| Thus the LORD saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria, and from the hand of all other, and guided them on every side.
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23| And many brought gifts unto the LORD to Jerusalem, and presents to Hezekiah king of Judah: so that he was magnified in the sight of all nations from thenceforth.
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24| In those days Hezekiah was sick to the death, and prayed unto the LORD: and he spake unto him, and he gave him a sign.
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25| But Hezekiah rendered not again according to the benefit done unto him; for his heart was lifted up: therefore there was wrath upon him, and upon Judah and Jerusalem.
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26| Notwithstanding Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart, both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of the LORD came not upon them in the days of Hezekiah.
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27| And Hezekiah had exceeding much riches and honour: and he made himself treasuries for silver, and for gold, and for precious stones, and for spices, and for shields, and for all manner of pleasant jewels;
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28| Storehouses also for the increase of corn, and wine, and oil; and stalls for all manner of beasts, and cotes for flocks.
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29| Moreover he provided him cities, and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance: for God had given him substance very much.
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30| This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper watercourse of Gihon, and brought it straight down to the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works.
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31| Howbeit in the business of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent unto him to enquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart.
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32| Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and his goodness, behold, they are written in the vision of Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, and in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
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33| And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the chiefest of the sepulchres of the sons of David: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honour at his death. And Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.
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#33
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1| Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem:
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2| But did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, like unto the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel.
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3| For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down, and he reared up altars for Baalim, and made groves, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.
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4| Also he built altars in the house of the LORD, whereof the LORD had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.
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5| And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD.
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6| And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom: also he observed times, and used enchantments, and used witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit, and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.
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7| And he set a carved image, the idol which he had made, in the house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen before all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:
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8| Neither will I any more remove the foot of Israel from out of the land which I have appointed for your fathers; so that they will take heed to do all that I have commanded them, according to the whole law and the statutes and the ordinances by the hand of Moses.
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9| So Manasseh made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to err, and to do worse than the heathen, whom the LORD had destroyed before the children of Israel.
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10| And the LORD spake to Manasseh, and to his people: but they would not hearken.
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11| Wherefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.
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12| And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,
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13| And prayed unto him: and he was intreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD he was God.
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14| Now after this he built a wall without the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entering in at the fish gate, and compassed about Ophel, and raised it up a very great height, and put captains of war in all the fenced cities of Judah.
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15| And he took away the strange gods, and the idol out of the house of the LORD, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of the LORD, and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the city.
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16| And he repaired the altar of the LORD, and sacrificed thereon peace offerings and thank offerings, and commanded Judah to serve the LORD God of Israel.
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17| Nevertheless the people did sacrifice still in the high places, yet unto the LORD their God only.
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18| Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his prayer unto his God, and the words of the seers that spake to him in the name of the LORD God of Israel, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel.
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19| His prayer also, and how God was intreated of him, and all his sins, and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up groves and graven images, before he was humbled: behold, they are written among the sayings of the seers.
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20| So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.
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21| Amon was two and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned two years in Jerusalem.
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22| But he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as did Manasseh his father: for Amon sacrificed unto all the carved images which Manasseh his father had made, and served them;
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23| And humbled not himself before the LORD, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but Amon trespassed more and more.
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24| And his servants conspired against him, and slew him in his own house.
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25| But the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead.
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#34
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1| Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years.
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2| And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the ways of David his father, and declined neither to the right hand, nor to the left.
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3| For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father: and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images.
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4| And they brake down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and the images, that were on high above them, he cut down; and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces, and made dust of them, and strowed it upon the graves of them that had sacrificed unto them.
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5| And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.
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6| And so did he in the cities of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and Simeon, even unto Naphtali, with their mattocks round about.
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7| And when he had broken down the altars and the groves, and had beaten the graven images into powder, and cut down all the idols throughout all the land of Israel, he returned to Jerusalem.
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8| Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land, and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder, to repair the house of the LORD his God.
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9| And when they came to Hilkiah the high priest, they delivered the money that was brought into the house of God, which the Levites that kept the doors had gathered of the hand of Manasseh and Ephraim, and of all the remnant of Israel, and of all Judah and Benjamin; and they returned to Jerusalem.
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10| And they put it in the hand of the workmen that had the oversight of the house of the LORD, and they gave it to the workmen that wrought in the house of the LORD, to repair and amend the house:
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11| Even to the artificers and builders gave they it, to buy hewn stone, and timber for couplings, and to floor the houses which the kings of Judah had destroyed.
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12| And the men did the work faithfully: and the overseers of them were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to set it forward; and other of the Levites, all that could skill of instruments of musick.
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13| Also they were over the bearers of burdens, and were overseers of all that wrought the work in any manner of service: and of the Levites there were scribes, and officers, and porters.
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14| And when they brought out the money that was brought into the house of the LORD, Hilkiah the priest found a book of the law of the LORD given by Moses.
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15| And Hilkiah answered and said to Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD. And Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan.
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16| And Shaphan carried the book to the king, and brought the king word back again, saying, All that was committed to thy servants, they do it.
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17| And they have gathered together the money that was found in the house of the LORD, and have delivered it into the hand of the overseers, and to the hand of the workmen.
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18| Then Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath given me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.
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19| And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the law, that he rent his clothes.
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20| And the king commanded Hilkiah, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Abdon the son of Micah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah a servant of the king's, saying,
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21| Go, enquire of the LORD for me, and for them that are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found: for great is the wrath of the LORD that is poured out upon us, because our fathers have not kept the word of the LORD, to do after all that is written in this book.
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22| And Hilkiah, and they that the king had appointed, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvath, the son of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college:) and they spake to her to that effect.
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23| And she answered them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Tell ye the man that sent you to me,
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24| Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the curses that are written in the book which they have read before the king of Judah:
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25| Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be poured out upon this place, and shall not be quenched.
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26| And as for the king of Judah, who sent you to enquire of the LORD, so shall ye say unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel concerning the words which thou hast heard;
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27| Because thine heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou heardest his words against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, and humbledst thyself before me, and didst rend thy clothes, and weep before me; I have even heard thee also, saith the LORD.
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28| Behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace, neither shall thine eyes see all the evil that I will bring upon this place, and upon the inhabitants of the same. So they brought the king word again.
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29| Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.
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30| And the king went up into the house of the LORD, and all the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests, and the Levites, and all the people, great and small: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in the house of the LORD.
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31| And the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant which are written in this book.
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32| And he caused all that were present in Jerusalem and Benjamin to stand to it. And the inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers.
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33| And Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the countries that pertained to the children of Israel, and made all that were present in Israel to serve, even to serve the LORD their God. And all his days they departed not from following the LORD, the God of their fathers.
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1| Moreover Josiah kept a passover unto the LORD in Jerusalem: and they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.
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2| And he set the priests in their charges, and encouraged them to the service of the house of the LORD,
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3| And said unto the Levites that taught all Israel, which were holy unto the LORD, Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel did build; it shall not be a burden upon your shoulders: serve now the LORD your God, and his people Israel,
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4| And prepare yourselves by the houses of your fathers, after your courses, according to the writing of David king of Israel, and according to the writing of Solomon his son.
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5| And stand in the holy place according to the divisions of the families of the fathers of your brethren the people, and after the division of the families of the Levites.
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6| So kill the passover, and sanctify yourselves, and prepare your brethren, that they may do according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
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7| And Josiah gave to the people, of the flock, lambs and kids, all for the passover offerings, for all that were present, to the number of thirty thousand, and three thousand bullocks: these were of the king's substance.
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8| And his princes gave willingly unto the people, to the priests, and to the Levites: Hilkiah and Zechariah and Jehiel, rulers of the house of God, gave unto the priests for the passover offerings two thousand and six hundred small cattle and three hundred oxen.
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9| Conaniah also, and Shemaiah and Nethaneel, his brethren, and Hashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad, chief of the Levites, gave unto the Levites for passover offerings five thousand small cattle, and five hundred oxen.
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10| So the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their place, and the Levites in their courses, according to the king's commandment.
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11| And they killed the passover, and the priests sprinkled the blood from their hands, and the Levites flayed them.
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12| And they removed the burnt offerings, that they might give according to the divisions of the families of the people, to offer unto the LORD, as it is written in the book of Moses. And so did they with the oxen.
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13| And they roasted the passover with fire according to the ordinance: but the other holy offerings sod they in pots, and in caldrons, and in pans, and divided them speedily among all the people.
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14| And afterward they made ready for themselves, and for the priests: because the priests the sons of Aaron were busied in offering of burnt offerings and the fat until night; therefore the Levites prepared for themselves, and for the priests the sons of Aaron.
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15| And the singers the sons of Asaph were in their place, according to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the king's seer; and the porters waited at every gate; they might not depart from their service; for their brethren the Levites prepared for them.
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16| So all the service of the LORD was prepared the same day, to keep the passover, and to offer burnt offerings upon the altar of the LORD, according to the commandment of king Josiah.
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17| And the children of Israel that were present kept the passover at that time, and the feast of unleavened bread seven days.
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18| And there was no passover like to that kept in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet; neither did all the kings of Israel keep such a passover as Josiah kept, and the priests, and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel that were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
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19| In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah was this passover kept.
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20| After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Necho king of Egypt came up to fight against Charchemish by Euphrates: and Josiah went out against him.
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21| But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, What have I to do with thee, thou king of Judah? I come not against thee this day, but against the house wherewith I have war: for God commanded me to make haste: forbear thee from meddling with God, who is with me, that he destroy thee not.
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22| Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, but disguised himself, that he might fight with him, and hearkened not unto the words of Necho from the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo.
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23| And the archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to his servants, Have me away; for I am sore wounded.
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24| His servants therefore took him out of that chariot, and put him in the second chariot that he had; and they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died, and was buried in one of the sepulchres of his fathers. And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.
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25| And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and the singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written in the lamentations.
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26| Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and his goodness, according to that which was written in the law of the LORD,
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27| And his deeds, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.
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1| Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father's stead in Jerusalem.
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2| Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.
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3| And the king of Egypt put him down at Jerusalem, and condemned the land in an hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
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4| And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and turned his name to Jehoiakim. And Necho took Jehoahaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt.
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5| Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God.
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6| Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.
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7| Nebuchadnezzar also carried of the vessels of the house of the LORD to Babylon, and put them in his temple at Babylon.
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8| Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and his abominations which he did, and that which was found in him, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.
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9| Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD.
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10| And when the year was expired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of the LORD, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.
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11| Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.
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12| And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God, and humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet speaking from the mouth of the LORD.
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13| And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart from turning unto the LORD God of Israel.
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14| Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the people, transgressed very much after all the abominations of the heathen; and polluted the house of the LORD which he had hallowed in Jerusalem.
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15| And the LORD God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place:
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16| But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till there was no remedy.
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17| Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age: he gave them all into his hand.
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18| And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king, and of his princes; all these he brought to Babylon.
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19| And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof.
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20| And them that had escaped from the sword carried he away to Babylon; where they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia:
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21| To fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.
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22| Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,
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23| Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth hath the LORD God of heaven given me; and he hath charged me to build him an house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Who is there among you of all his people? The LORD his God be with him, and let him go up.
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24| The Prayer of Manasses King of Judah, when he was held prisonner in Babylon.<br> O Lord, Almighty (1) God of our fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and of their righteous seed; who hast made heaven and earth, with all the ornament thereof; who hast bound the sea by the word of thy commandment; who hast shut up the deep, and sealed it by thy terrible and glorious name; whom all men fear, and tremble before thy power; (2) for the majesty of thy glory cannot be borne, (3) and thine angry threatening toward sinners is importable: (4) but thy merciful promise is unmeasurable and unsearchable; for thou art the most high Lord, of great compassion, longsuffering, very merciful, and repentest of the evils of men. Thou, O Lord, according to thy great goodness (5) hast promised repentance and forgiveness to them that have sinned against thee: and of thine infinite mercies hast appointed repentance unto sinners, that they may be saved. Thou therefore, O Lord, that art the God of the just, (6) hast not appointed repentance to the just, as to Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, which have not sinned against thee; but thou hast appointed repentance unto me that am a sinner: (7) for I have sinned above the number of the sands of the sea. My transgressions, O Lord, are multiplied: my transgressions are multiplied, and I am not worthy to behold and see the height of heaven for the multitude of mine iniquities. (8) I am bowed down with many iron bands, that I cannot lift up mine head, neither have any release: for I have provoked thy wrath, (9) and done evil before thee: I did not thy will, neither kept I thy commandments: I have set up abominations, and have multiplied offences. (10) Now therefore I bow the knee of mine heart, beseeching thee of grace. I have sinned, O Lord, I have sinned, and I acknowledge mine iniquities: wherefore, I humbly beseech thee, forgive me, O Lord, forgive me, and destroy me not with mine iniquites. Be not angry with me for ever, by reserving evil for me; neither condemn me to the lower parts of the earth. For thou art the God, even the God of them that repent; and in me thou wilt shew all thy goodness: for thou wilt save me, that am unworthy, according to thy great mercy. (11) Therefore I will praise thee for ever all the days of my life: for all the powers of the heavens do praise thee, and thine is the glory for ever and ever. Amen.
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1| Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ:
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2| Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord,
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3| According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:
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4| Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
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5| And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
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6| And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;
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7| And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.
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8| For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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9| But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.
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10| Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:
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11| For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
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12| Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth.
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13| Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance;
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14| Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me.
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15| Moreover I will endeavour that ye may be able after my decease to have these things always in remembrance.
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16| For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
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17| For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
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18| And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount.
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19| We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:
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20| Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.
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21| For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
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1| But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.
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2| And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.
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3| And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.
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4| For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
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5| And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;
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6| And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;
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7| And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked:
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8| (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;)
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9| The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:
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10| But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities.
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11| Whereas angels, which are greater in power and might, bring not railing accusation against them before the Lord.
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12| But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption;
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13| And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you;
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14| Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:
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15| Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;
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16| But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ass speaking with man's voice forbad the madness of the prophet.
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17| These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.
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18| For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.
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19| While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.
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20| For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.
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21| For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.
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22| But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.
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1| This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance:
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2| That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour:
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3| Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,
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4| And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
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5| For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:
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6| Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:
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7| But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
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8| But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
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9| The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
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10| But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
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11| Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
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12| Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?
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13| Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
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14| Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.
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15| And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you;
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16| As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.
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17| Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness.
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18| But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.
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1| Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:
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2| Grace unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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3| We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth;
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4| So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure:
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5| Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer:
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6| Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;
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7| And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,
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8| In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
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9| Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;
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10| When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day.
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11| Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power:
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12| That the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and ye in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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1| Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,
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2| That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
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3| Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
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4| Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
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5| Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?
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6| And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.
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7| For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.
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8| And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
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9| Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
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10| And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
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11| And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
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12| That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
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13| But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:
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14| Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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15| Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle.
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16| Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace,
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17| Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work.
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1| Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you:
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2| And that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men: for all men have not faith.
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3| But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil.
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4| And we have confidence in the Lord touching you, that ye both do and will do the things which we command you.
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5| And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ.
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6| Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us.
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7| For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you;
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8| Neither did we eat any man's bread for nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you:
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9| Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you to follow us.
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10| For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.
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11| For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies.
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12| Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.
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13| But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing.
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14| And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed.
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15| Yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.
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16| Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace always by all means. The Lord be with you all.
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17| The salutation of Paul with mine own hand, which is the token in every epistle: so I write.
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18| The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
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1| Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus,
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2| To Timothy, my dearly beloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
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3| I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience, that without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day;
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4| Greatly desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy;
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5| When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.
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6| Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands.
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7| For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
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8| Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;
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9| Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,
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10| But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel:
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11| Whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.
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12| For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.
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13| Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
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14| That good thing which was committed unto thee keep by the Holy Ghost which dwelleth in us.
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15| This thou knowest, that all they which are in Asia be turned away from me; of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes.
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16| The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus; for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain:
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17| But, when he was in Rome, he sought me out very diligently, and found me.
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18| The Lord grant unto him that he may find mercy of the Lord in that day: and in how many things he ministered unto me at Ephesus, thou knowest very well.
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#2
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1| Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
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2| And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.
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3| Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
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4| No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.
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5| And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.
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6| The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits.
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7| Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things.
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8| Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised from the dead according to my gospel:
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9| Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound.
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10| Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
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11| It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him:
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12| If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us:
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13| If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.
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14| Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the Lord that they strive not about words to no profit, but to the subverting of the hearers.
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15| Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
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16| But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.
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17| And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus;
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18| Who concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection is past already; and overthrow the faith of some.
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19| Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.
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20| But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour.
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21| If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, and prepared unto every good work.
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22| Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
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23| But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes.
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24| And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient,
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25| In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;
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26| And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.
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#3
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1| This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
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2| For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
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3| Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
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4| Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
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5| Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
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6| For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,
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7| Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
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8| Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith.
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9| But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as their's also was.
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10| But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience,
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11| Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered me.
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12| Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.
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13| But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.
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14| But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them;
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15| And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
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16| All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
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17| That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.
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#4
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1| I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;
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2| Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering and doctrine.
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3| For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;
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4| And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
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5| But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.
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6| For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.
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7| I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:
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8| Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.
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9| Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me:
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10| For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia.
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11| Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with thee: for he is profitable to me for the ministry.
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12| And Tychicus have I sent to Ephesus.
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13| The cloke that I left at Troas with Carpus, when thou comest, bring with thee, and the books, but especially the parchments.
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14| Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord reward him according to his works:
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15| Of whom be thou ware also; for he hath greatly withstood our words.
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16| At my first answer no man stood with me, but all men forsook me: I pray God that it may not be laid to their charge.
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17| Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.
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18| And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
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19| Salute Prisca and Aquila, and the household of Onesiphorus.
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20| Erastus abode at Corinth: but Trophimus have I left at Miletum sick.
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21| Do thy diligence to come before winter. Eubulus greeteth thee, and Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia, and all the brethren.
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22| The Lord Jesus Christ be with thy spirit. Grace be with you. Amen.
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#1
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1| Then Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab.
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2| And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that was in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go, enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron whether I shall recover of this disease.
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3| But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say unto them, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that ye go to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron?
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4| Now therefore thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. And Elijah departed.
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5| And when the messengers turned back unto him, he said unto them, Why are ye now turned back?
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6| And they said unto him, There came a man up to meet us, and said unto us, Go, turn again unto the king that sent you, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that thou sendest to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.
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7| And he said unto them, What manner of man was he which came up to meet you, and told you these words?
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8| And they answered him, He was an hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.
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9| Then the king sent unto him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him: and, behold, he sat on the top of an hill. And he spake unto him, Thou man of God, the king hath said, Come down.
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10| And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I be a man of God, then let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.
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11| Again also he sent unto him another captain of fifty with his fifty. And he answered and said unto him, O man of God, thus hath the king said, Come down quickly.
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12| And Elijah answered and said unto them, If I be a man of God, let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And the fire of God came down from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.
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13| And he sent again a captain of the third fifty with his fifty. And the third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and besought him, and said unto him, O man of God, I pray thee, let my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be precious in thy sight.
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14| Behold, there came fire down from heaven, and burnt up the two captains of the former fifties with their fifties: therefore let my life now be precious in thy sight.
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||||
15| And the angel of the LORD said unto Elijah, Go down with him: be not afraid of him. And he arose, and went down with him unto the king.
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||||
16| And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast sent messengers to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron, is it not because there is no God in Israel to enquire of his word? therefore thou shalt not come down off that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.
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17| So he died according to the word of the LORD which Elijah had spoken. And Jehoram reigned in his stead in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; because he had no son.
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||||
18| Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
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||||
#2
|
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1| And it came to pass, when the LORD would take up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal.
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||||
2| And Elijah said unto Elisha, Tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD hath sent me to Bethel. And Elisha said unto him, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they went down to Bethel.
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3| And the sons of the prophets that were at Bethel came forth to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master from thy head to day? And he said, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace.
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||||
4| And Elijah said unto him, Elisha, tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD hath sent me to Jericho. And he said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they came to Jericho.
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||||
5| And the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho came to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master from thy head to day? And he answered, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace.
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||||
6| And Elijah said unto him, Tarry, I pray thee, here; for the LORD hath sent me to Jordan. And he said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And they two went on.
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||||
7| And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood to view afar off: and they two stood by Jordan.
|
||||
8| And Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and smote the waters, and they were divided hither and thither, so that they two went over on dry ground.
|
||||
9| And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me.
|
||||
10| And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing: nevertheless, if thou see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if not, it shall not be so.
|
||||
11| And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
|
||||
12| And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces.
|
||||
13| He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of Jordan;
|
||||
14| And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and smote the waters, and said, Where is the LORD God of Elijah? and when he also had smitten the waters, they parted hither and thither: and Elisha went over.
|
||||
15| And when the sons of the prophets which were to view at Jericho saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha. And they came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him.
|
||||
16| And they said unto him, Behold now, there be with thy servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master: lest peradventure the Spirit of the LORD hath taken him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, Ye shall not send.
|
||||
17| And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not.
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||||
18| And when they came again to him, (for he tarried at Jericho,) he said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not?
|
||||
19| And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water is naught, and the ground barren.
|
||||
20| And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him.
|
||||
21| And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast the salt in there, and said, Thus saith the LORD, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or barren land.
|
||||
22| So the waters were healed unto this day, according to the saying of Elisha which he spake.
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||||
23| And he went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head.
|
||||
24| And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.
|
||||
25| And he went from thence to mount Carmel, and from thence he returned to Samaria.
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||||
#3
|
||||
1| Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years.
|
||||
2| And he wrought evil in the sight of the LORD; but not like his father, and like his mother: for he put away the image of Baal that his father had made.
|
||||
3| Nevertheless he cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom.
|
||||
4| And Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and rendered unto the king of Israel an hundred thousand lambs, and an hundred thousand rams, with the wool.
|
||||
5| But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.
|
||||
6| And king Jehoram went out of Samaria the same time, and numbered all Israel.
|
||||
7| And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, The king of Moab hath rebelled against me: wilt thou go with me against Moab to battle? And he said, I will go up: I am as thou art, my people as thy people, and my horses as thy horses.
|
||||
8| And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way through the wilderness of Edom.
|
||||
9| So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom: and they fetched a compass of seven days' journey: and there was no water for the host, and for the cattle that followed them.
|
||||
10| And the king of Israel said, Alas! that the LORD hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab!
|
||||
11| But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD, that we may enquire of the LORD by him? And one of the king of Israel's servants answered and said, Here is Elisha the son of Shaphat, which poured water on the hands of Elijah.
|
||||
12| And Jehoshaphat said, The word of the LORD is with him. So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.
|
||||
13| And Elisha said unto the king of Israel, What have I to do with thee? get thee to the prophets of thy father, and to the prophets of thy mother. And the king of Israel said unto him, Nay: for the LORD hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab.
|
||||
14| And Elisha said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, surely, were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not look toward thee, nor see thee.
|
||||
15| But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him.
|
||||
16| And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Make this valley full of ditches.
|
||||
17| For thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, that ye may drink, both ye, and your cattle, and your beasts.
|
||||
18| And this is but a light thing in the sight of the LORD: he will deliver the Moabites also into your hand.
|
||||
19| And ye shall smite every fenced city, and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree, and stop all wells of water, and mar every good piece of land with stones.
|
||||
20| And it came to pass in the morning, when the meat offering was offered, that, behold, there came water by the way of Edom, and the country was filled with water.
|
||||
21| And when all the Moabites heard that the kings were come up to fight against them, they gathered all that were able to put on armour, and upward, and stood in the border.
|
||||
22| And they rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone upon the water, and the Moabites saw the water on the other side as red as blood:
|
||||
23| And they said, This is blood: the kings are surely slain, and they have smitten one another: now therefore, Moab, to the spoil.
|
||||
24| And when they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and smote the Moabites, so that they fled before them: but they went forward smiting the Moabites, even in their country.
|
||||
25| And they beat down the cities, and on every good piece of land cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the wells of water, and felled all the good trees: only in Kirharaseth left they the stones thereof; howbeit the slingers went about it, and smote it.
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||||
26| And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew swords, to break through even unto the king of Edom: but they could not.
|
||||
27| Then he took his eldest son that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him for a burnt offering upon the wall. And there was great indignation against Israel: and they departed from him, and returned to their own land.
|
||||
#4
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||||
1| Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen.
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2| And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me, what hast thou in the house? And she said, Thine handmaid hath not any thing in the house, save a pot of oil.
|
||||
3| Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.
|
||||
4| And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and shalt pour out into all those vessels, and thou shalt set aside that which is full.
|
||||
5| So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her sons, who brought the vessels to her; and she poured out.
|
||||
6| And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said unto her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said unto her, There is not a vessel more. And the oil stayed.
|
||||
7| Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy children of the rest.
|
||||
8| And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread.
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||||
9| And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is an holy man of God, which passeth by us continually.
|
||||
10| Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick: and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither.
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||||
11| And it fell on a day, that he came thither, and he turned into the chamber, and lay there.
|
||||
12| And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And when he had called her, she stood before him.
|
||||
13| And he said unto him, Say now unto her, Behold, thou hast been careful for us with all this care; what is to be done for thee? wouldest thou be spoken for to the king, or to the captain of the host? And she answered, I dwell among mine own people.
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||||
14| And he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi answered, Verily she hath no child, and her husband is old.
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||||
15| And he said, Call her. And when he had called her, she stood in the door.
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||||
16| And he said, About this season, according to the time of life, thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, thou man of God, do not lie unto thine handmaid.
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||||
17| And the woman conceived, and bare a son at that season that Elisha had said unto her, according to the time of life.
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||||
18| And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father to the reapers.
|
||||
19| And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to a lad, Carry him to his mother.
|
||||
20| And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died.
|
||||
21| And she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the door upon him, and went out.
|
||||
22| And she called unto her husband, and said, Send me, I pray thee, one of the young men, and one of the asses, that I may run to the man of God, and come again.
|
||||
23| And he said, Wherefore wilt thou go to him to day? it is neither new moon, nor sabbath. And she said, It shall be well.
|
||||
24| Then she saddled an ass, and said to her servant, Drive, and go forward; slack not thy riding for me, except I bid thee.
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25| So she went and came unto the man of God to mount Carmel. And it came to pass, when the man of God saw her afar off, that he said to Gehazi his servant, Behold, yonder is that Shunammite:
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26| Run now, I pray thee, to meet her, and say unto her, Is it well with thee? is it well with thy husband? is it well with the child? And she answered, It is well:
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27| And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught him by the feet: but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And the man of God said, Let her alone; for her soul is vexed within her: and the LORD hath hid it from me, and hath not told me.
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28| Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say, Do not deceive me?
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29| Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up thy loins, and take my staff in thine hand, and go thy way: if thou meet any man, salute him not; and if any salute thee, answer him not again: and lay my staff upon the face of the child.
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30| And the mother of the child said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And he arose, and followed her.
|
||||
31| And Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the staff upon the face of the child; but there was neither voice, nor hearing. Wherefore he went again to meet him, and told him, saying, The child is not awaked.
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32| And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his bed.
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33| He went in therefore, and shut the door upon them twain, and prayed unto the LORD.
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34| And he went up, and lay upon the child, and put his mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands: and stretched himself upon the child; and the flesh of the child waxed warm.
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35| Then he returned, and walked in the house to and fro; and went up, and stretched himself upon him: and the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes.
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36| And he called Gehazi, and said, Call this Shunammite. So he called her. And when she was come in unto him, he said, Take up thy son.
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37| Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground, and took up her son, and went out.
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38| And Elisha came again to Gilgal: and there was a dearth in the land; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him: and he said unto his servant, Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the sons of the prophets.
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39| And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered thereof wild gourds his lap full, and came and shred them into the pot of pottage: for they knew them not.
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40| So they poured out for the men to eat. And it came to pass, as they were eating of the pottage, that they cried out, and said, O thou man of God, there is death in the pot. And they could not eat thereof.
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41| But he said, Then bring meal. And he cast it into the pot; and he said, Pour out for the people, that they may eat. And there was no harm in the pot.
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42| And there came a man from Baalshalisha, and brought the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of corn in the husk thereof. And he said, Give unto the people, that they may eat.
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43| And his servitor said, What, should I set this before an hundred men? He said again, Give the people, that they may eat: for thus saith the LORD, They shall eat, and shall leave thereof.
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44| So he set it before them, and they did eat, and left thereof, according to the word of the LORD.
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#5
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1| Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honourable, because by him the LORD had given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in valour, but he was a leper.
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2| And the Syrians had gone out by companies, and had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little maid; and she waited on Naaman's wife.
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3| And she said unto her mistress, Would God my lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria! for he would recover him of his leprosy.
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4| And one went in, and told his lord, saying, Thus and thus said the maid that is of the land of Israel.
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5| And the king of Syria said, Go to, go, and I will send a letter unto the king of Israel. And he departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of raiment.
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6| And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying, Now when this letter is come unto thee, behold, I have therewith sent Naaman my servant to thee, that thou mayest recover him of his leprosy.
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7| And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy? wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me.
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8| And it was so, when Elisha the man of God had heard that the king of Israel had rent his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, Wherefore hast thou rent thy clothes? let him come now to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel.
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9| So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot, and stood at the door of the house of Elisha.
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10| And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean.
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11| But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the LORD his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper.
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12| Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage.
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13| And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean?
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14| Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.
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15| And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came, and stood before him: and he said, Behold, now I know that there is no God in all the earth, but in Israel: now therefore, I pray thee, take a blessing of thy servant.
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16| But he said, As the LORD liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive none. And he urged him to take it; but he refused.
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17| And Naaman said, Shall there not then, I pray thee, be given to thy servant two mules' burden of earth? for thy servant will henceforth offer neither burnt offering nor sacrifice unto other gods, but unto the LORD.
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18| In this thing the LORD pardon thy servant, that when my master goeth into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leaneth on my hand, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon: when I bow down myself in the house of Rimmon, the LORD pardon thy servant in this thing.
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19| And he said unto him, Go in peace. So he departed from him a little way.
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20| But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master hath spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought: but, as the LORD liveth, I will run after him, and take somewhat of him.
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21| So Gehazi followed after Naaman. And when Naaman saw him running after him, he lighted down from the chariot to meet him, and said, Is all well?
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22| And he said, All is well. My master hath sent me, saying, Behold, even now there be come to me from mount Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets: give them, I pray thee, a talent of silver, and two changes of garments.
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23| And Naaman said, Be content, take two talents. And he urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of garments, and laid them upon two of his servants; and they bare them before him.
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24| And when he came to the tower, he took them from their hand, and bestowed them in the house: and he let the men go, and they departed.
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25| But he went in, and stood before his master. And Elisha said unto him, Whence comest thou, Gehazi? And he said, Thy servant went no whither.
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26| And he said unto him, Went not mine heart with thee, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants?
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27| The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow.
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#6
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1| And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us.
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2| Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan, and take thence every man a beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. And he answered, Go ye.
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3| And one said, Be content, I pray thee, and go with thy servants. And he answered, I will go.
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4| So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood.
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5| But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed.
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6| And the man of God said, Where fell it? And he shewed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither; and the iron did swim.
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7| Therefore said he, Take it up to thee. And he put out his hand, and took it.
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8| Then the king of Syria warred against Israel, and took counsel with his servants, saying, In such and such a place shall be my camp.
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9| And the man of God sent unto the king of Israel, saying, Beware that thou pass not such a place; for thither the Syrians are come down.
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10| And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him and warned him of, and saved himself there, not once nor twice.
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11| Therefore the heart of the king of Syria was sore troubled for this thing; and he called his servants, and said unto them, Will ye not shew me which of us is for the king of Israel?
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12| And one of his servants said, None, my lord, O king: but Elisha, the prophet that is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the words that thou speakest in thy bedchamber.
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13| And he said, Go and spy where he is, that I may send and fetch him. And it was told him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan.
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14| Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great host: and they came by night, and compassed the city about.
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15| And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, an host compassed the city both with horses and chariots. And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how shall we do?
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16| And he answered, Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them.
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17| And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.
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18| And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed unto the LORD, and said, Smite this people, I pray thee, with blindness. And he smote them with blindness according to the word of Elisha.
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19| And Elisha said unto them, This is not the way, neither is this the city: follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom ye seek. But he led them to Samaria.
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20| And it came to pass, when they were come into Samaria, that Elisha said, LORD, open the eyes of these men, that they may see. And the LORD opened their eyes, and they saw; and, behold, they were in the midst of Samaria.
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21| And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I smite them? shall I smite them?
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22| And he answered, Thou shalt not smite them: wouldest thou smite those whom thou hast taken captive with thy sword and with thy bow? set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master.
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23| And he prepared great provision for them: and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. So the bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel.
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24| And it came to pass after this, that Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.
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25| And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass's head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove's dung for five pieces of silver.
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26| And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king.
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27| And he said, If the LORD do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress?
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28| And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, This woman said unto me, Give thy son, that we may eat him to day, and we will eat my son to morrow.
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29| So we boiled my son, and did eat him: and I said unto her on the next day, Give thy son, that we may eat him: and she hath hid her son.
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30| And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he rent his clothes; and he passed by upon the wall, and the people looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth within upon his flesh.
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31| Then he said, God do so and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day.
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32| But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and the king sent a man from before him: but ere the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away mine head? look, when the messenger cometh, shut the door, and hold him fast at the door: is not the sound of his master's feet behind him?
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33| And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down unto him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of the LORD; what should I wait for the LORD any longer?
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#7
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1| Then Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the LORD; Thus saith the LORD, To morrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.
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2| Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.
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3| And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?
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4| If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die.
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5| And they rose up in the twilight, to go unto the camp of the Syrians: and when they were come to the uttermost part of the camp of Syria, behold, there was no man there.
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6| For the LORD had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.
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7| Wherefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, and their asses, even the camp as it was, and fled for their life.
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8| And when these lepers came to the uttermost part of the camp, they went into one tent, and did eat and drink, and carried thence silver, and gold, and raiment, and went and hid it; and came again, and entered into another tent, and carried thence also, and went and hid it.
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9| Then they said one to another, We do not well: this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, some mischief will come upon us: now therefore come, that we may go and tell the king's household.
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10| So they came and called unto the porter of the city: and they told them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, there was no man there, neither voice of man, but horses tied, and asses tied, and the tents as they were.
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11| And he called the porters; and they told it to the king's house within.
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12| And the king arose in the night, and said unto his servants, I will now shew you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we be hungry; therefore are they gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying, When they come out of the city, we shall catch them alive, and get into the city.
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13| And one of his servants answered and said, Let some take, I pray thee, five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city, (behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel that are left in it: behold, I say, they are even as all the multitude of the Israelites that are consumed:) and let us send and see.
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14| They took therefore two chariot horses; and the king sent after the host of the Syrians, saying, Go and see.
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15| And they went after them unto Jordan: and, lo, all the way was full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their haste. And the messengers returned, and told the king.
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16| And the people went out, and spoiled the tents of the Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of the LORD.
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17| And the king appointed the lord on whose hand he leaned to have the charge of the gate: and the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died, as the man of God had said, who spake when the king came down to him.
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18| And it came to pass as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying, Two measures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a shekel, shall be to morrow about this time in the gate of Samaria:
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19| And that lord answered the man of God, and said, Now, behold, if the LORD should make windows in heaven, might such a thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.
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20| And so it fell out unto him: for the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died.
|
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#8
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1| Then spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for the LORD hath called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven years.
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2| And the woman arose, and did after the saying of the man of God: and she went with her household, and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years.
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3| And it came to pass at the seven years' end, that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines: and she went forth to cry unto the king for her house and for her land.
|
||||
4| And the king talked with Gehazi the servant of the man of God, saying, Tell me, I pray thee, all the great things that Elisha hath done.
|
||||
5| And it came to pass, as he was telling the king how he had restored a dead body to life, that, behold, the woman, whose son he had restored to life, cried to the king for her house and for her land. And Gehazi said, My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is her son, whom Elisha restored to life.
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6| And when the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king appointed unto her a certain officer, saying, Restore all that was hers, and all the fruits of the field since the day that she left the land, even until now.
|
||||
7| And Elisha came to Damascus; and Benhadad the king of Syria was sick; and it was told him, saying, The man of God is come hither.
|
||||
8| And the king said unto Hazael, Take a present in thine hand, and go, meet the man of God, and enquire of the LORD by him, saying, Shall I recover of this disease?
|
||||
9| So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him, even of every good thing of Damascus, forty camels' burden, and came and stood before him, and said, Thy son Benhadad king of Syria hath sent me to thee, saying, Shall I recover of this disease?
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10| And Elisha said unto him, Go, say unto him, Thou mayest certainly recover: howbeit the LORD hath shewed me that he shall surely die.
|
||||
11| And he settled his countenance stedfastly, until he was ashamed: and the man of God wept.
|
||||
12| And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child.
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13| And Hazael said, But what, is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing? And Elisha answered, The LORD hath shewed me that thou shalt be king over Syria.
|
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14| So he departed from Elisha, and came to his master; who said to him, What said Elisha to thee? And he answered, He told me that thou shouldest surely recover.
|
||||
15| And it came to pass on the morrow, that he took a thick cloth, and dipped it in water, and spread it on his face, so that he died: and Hazael reigned in his stead.
|
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16| And in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat being then king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Je hoshaphat king of Judah began to reign.
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17| Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
|
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18| And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab: for the daughter of Ahab was his wife: and he did evil in the sight of the LORD.
|
||||
19| Yet the LORD would not destroy Judah for David his servant's sake, as he promised him to give him alway a light, and to his children.
|
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20| In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves.
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21| So Joram went over to Zair, and all the chariots with him: and he rose by night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him about, and the captains of the chariots: and the people fled into their tents.
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22| Yet Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time.
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||||
23| And the rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
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24| And Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.
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25| In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel did Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah begin to reign.
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26| Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Athaliah, the daughter of Omri king of Israel.
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27| And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did evil in the sight of the LORD, as did the house of Ahab: for he was the son in law of the house of Ahab.
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28| And he went with Joram the son of Ahab to the war against Hazael king of Syria in Ramothgilead; and the Syrians wounded Joram.
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29| And king Joram went back to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.
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#9
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1| And Elisha the prophet called one of the children of the prophets, and said unto him, Gird up thy loins, and take this box of oil in thine hand, and go to Ramothgilead:
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2| And when thou comest thither, look out there Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi, and go in, and make him arise up from among his brethren, and carry him to an inner chamber;
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3| Then take the box of oil, and pour it on his head, and say, Thus saith the LORD, I have anointed thee king over Israel. Then open the door, and flee, and tarry not.
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4| So the young man, even the young man the prophet, went to Ramothgilead.
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5| And when he came, behold, the captains of the host were sitting; and he said, I have an errand to thee, O captain. And Jehu said, Unto which of all us? And he said, To thee, O captain.
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6| And he arose, and went into the house; and he poured the oil on his head, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I have anointed thee king over the people of the LORD, even over Israel.
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7| And thou shalt smite the house of Ahab thy master, that I may avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the LORD, at the hand of Jezebel.
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8| For the whole house of Ahab shall perish: and I will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel:
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9| And I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah:
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10| And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, and there shall be none to bury her. And he opened the door, and fled.
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11| Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord: and one said unto him, Is all well? wherefore came this mad fellow to thee? And he said unto them, Ye know the man, and his communication.
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12| And they said, It is false; tell us now. And he said, Thus and thus spake he to me, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I have anointed thee king over Israel.
|
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13| Then they hasted, and took every man his garment, and put it under him on the top of the stairs, and blew with trumpets, saying, Jehu is king.
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14| So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. (Now Joram had kept Ramothgilead, he and all Israel, because of Hazael king of Syria.
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15| But king Joram was returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria.) And Jehu said, If it be your minds, then let none go forth nor escape out of the city to go to tell it in Jezreel.
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16| So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel; for Joram lay there. And Ahaziah king of Judah was come down to see Joram.
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17| And there stood a watchman on the tower in Jezreel, and he spied the company of Jehu as he came, and said, I see a company. And Joram said, Take an horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, Is it peace?
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18| So there went one on horseback to meet him, and said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu said, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me. And the watchman told, saying, The messenger came to them, but he cometh not again.
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19| Then he sent out a second on horseback, which came to them, and said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu answered, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me.
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20| And the watchman told, saying, He came even unto them, and cometh not again: and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi; for he driveth furiously.
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21| And Joram said, Make ready. And his chariot was made ready. And Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his chariot, and they went out against Jehu, and met him in the portion of Naboth the Jezreelite.
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22| And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many?
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23| And Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, There is treachery, O Ahaziah.
|
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24| And Jehu drew a bow with his full strength, and smote Jehoram between his arms, and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot.
|
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25| Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain, Take up, and cast him in the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite: for remember how that, when I and thou rode together after Ahab his father, the LORD laid this burden upon him;
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26| Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith the LORD; and I will requite thee in this plat, saith the LORD. Now therefore take and cast him into the plat of ground, according to the word of the LORD.
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27| But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden house. And Jehu followed after him, and said, Smite him also in the chariot. And they did so at the going up to Gur, which is by Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo, and died there.
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28| And his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his sepulchre with his fathers in the city of David.
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29| And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Judah.
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30| And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a window.
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31| And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, Had Zimri peace, who slew his master?
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32| And he lifted up his face to the window, and said, Who is on my side? who? And there looked out to him two or three eunuchs.
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33| And he said, Throw her down. So they threw her down: and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses: and he trode her under foot.
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34| And when he was come in, he did eat and drink, and said, Go, see now this cursed woman, and bury her: for she is a king's daughter.
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35| And they went to bury her: but they found no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands.
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36| Wherefore they came again, and told him. And he said, This is the word of the LORD, which he spake by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel shall dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel:
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37| And the carcase of Jezebel shall be as dung upon the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel; so that they shall not say, This is Jezebel.
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#10
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1| And Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote letters, and sent to Samaria, unto the rulers of Jezreel, to the elders, and to them that brought up Ahab's children, saying,
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2| Now as soon as this letter cometh to you, seeing your master's sons are with you, and there are with you chariots and horses, a fenced city also, and armour;
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3| Look even out the best and meetest of your master's sons, and set him on his father's throne, and fight for your master's house.
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4| But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold, two kings stood not before him: how then shall we stand?
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5| And he that was over the house, and he that was over the city, the elders also, and the bringers up of the children, sent to Jehu, saying, We are thy servants, and will do all that thou shalt bid us; we will not make any king: do thou that which is good in thine eyes.
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6| Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying, If ye be mine, and if ye will hearken unto my voice, take ye the heads of the men your master's sons, and come to me to Jezreel by to morrow this time. Now the king's sons, being seventy persons, were with the great men of the city, which brought them up.
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7| And it came to pass, when the letter came to them, that they took the king's sons, and slew seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets, and sent him them to Jezreel.
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8| And there came a messenger, and told him, saying, They have brought the heads of the king's sons. And he said, Lay ye them in two heaps at the entering in of the gate until the morning.
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9| And it came to pass in the morning, that he went out, and stood, and said to all the people, Ye be righteous: behold, I conspired against my master, and slew him: but who slew all these?
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10| Know now that there shall fall unto the earth nothing of the word of the LORD, which the LORD spake concerning the house of Ahab: for the LORD hath done that which he spake by his servant Elijah.
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11| So Jehu slew all that remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great men, and his kinsfolks, and his priests, until he left him none remaining.
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12| And he arose and departed, and came to Samaria. And as he was at the shearing house in the way,
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13| Jehu met with the brethren of Ahaziah king of Judah, and said, Who are ye? And they answered, We are the brethren of Ahaziah; and we go down to salute the children of the king and the children of the queen.
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14| And he said, Take them alive. And they took them alive, and slew them at the pit of the shearing house, even two and forty men; neither left he any of them.
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15| And when he was departed thence, he lighted on Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him: and he saluted him, and said to him, Is thine heart right, as my heart is with thy heart? And Jehonadab answered, It is. If it be, give me thine hand. And he gave him his hand; and he took him up to him into the chariot.
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16| And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for the LORD. So they made him ride in his chariot.
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17| And when he came to Samaria, he slew all that remained unto Ahab in Samaria, till he had destroyed him, according to the saying of the LORD, which he spake to Elijah.
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18| And Jehu gathered all the people together, and said unto them, Ahab served Baal a little; but Jehu shall serve him much.
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19| Now therefore call unto me all the prophets of Baal, all his servants, and all his priests; let none be wanting: for I have a great sacrifice to do to Baal; whosoever shall be wanting, he shall not live. But Jehu did it in subtilty, to the intent that he might destroy the worshippers of Baal.
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20| And Jehu said, Proclaim a solemn assembly for Baal. And they proclaimed it.
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21| And Jehu sent through all Israel: and all the worshippers of Baal came, so that there was not a man left that came not. And they came into the house of Baal; and the house of Baal was full from one end to another.
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22| And he said unto him that was over the vestry, Bring forth vestments for all the worshippers of Baal. And he brought them forth vestments.
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23| And Jehu went, and Jehonadab the son of Rechab, into the house of Baal, and said unto the worshippers of Baal, Search, and look that there be here with you none of the servants of the LORD, but the worshippers of Baal only.
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24| And when they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings, Jehu appointed fourscore men without, and said, If any of the men whom I have brought into your hands escape, he that letteth him go, his life shall be for the life of him.
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25| And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, that Jehu said to the guard and to the captains, Go in, and slay them; let none come forth. And they smote them with the edge of the sword; and the guard and the captains cast them out, and went to the city of the house of Baal.
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26| And they brought forth the images out of the house of Baal, and burned them.
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27| And they brake down the image of Baal, and brake down the house of Baal, and made it a draught house unto this day.
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28| Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel.
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29| Howbeit from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, Jehu departed not from after them, to wit, the golden calves that were in Bethel, and that were in Dan.
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30| And the LORD said unto Jehu, Because thou hast done well in executing that which is right in mine eyes, and hast done unto the house of Ahab according to all that was in mine heart, thy children of the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel.
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31| But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the LORD God of Israel with all his heart: for he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam, which made Israel to sin.
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32| In those days the LORD began to cut Israel short: and Hazael smote them in all the coasts of Israel;
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33| From Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the Manassites, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, even Gilead and Bashan.
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34| Now the rest of the acts of Jehu, and all that he did, and all his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
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35| And Jehu slept with his fathers: and they buried him in Samaria. And Jehoahaz his son reigned in his stead.
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36| And the time that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria was twenty and eight years.
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#11
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1| And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal.
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2| But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons which were slain; and they hid him, even him and his nurse, in the bedchamber from Athaliah, so that he was not slain.
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3| And he was with her hid in the house of the LORD six years. And Athaliah did reign over the land.
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4| And the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the rulers over hundreds, with the captains and the guard, and brought them to him into the house of the LORD, and made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of the LORD, and shewed them the king's son.
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5| And he commanded them, saying, This is the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you that enter in on the sabbath shall even be keepers of the watch of the king's house;
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6| And a third part shall be at the gate of Sur; and a third part at the gate behind the guard: so shall ye keep the watch of the house, that it be not broken down.
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7| And two parts of all you that go forth on the sabbath, even they shall keep the watch of the house of the LORD about the king.
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8| And ye shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand: and he that cometh within the ranges, let him be slain: and be ye with the king as he goeth out and as he cometh in.
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9| And the captains over the hundreds did according to all things that Jehoiada the priest commanded: and they took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that should go out on the sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest.
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10| And to the captains over hundreds did the priest give king David's spears and shields, that were in the temple of the LORD.
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11| And the guard stood, every man with his weapons in his hand, round about the king, from the right corner of the temple to the left corner of the temple, along by the altar and the temple.
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12| And he brought forth the king's son, and put the crown upon him, and gave him the testimony; and they made him king, and anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said, God save the king.
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13| And when Athaliah heard the noise of the guard and of the people, she came to the people into the temple of the LORD.
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14| And when she looked, behold, the king stood by a pillar, as the manner was, and the princes and the trumpeters by the king, and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew with trumpets: and Athaliah rent her clothes, and cried, Treason, Treason.
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15| But Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of the hundreds, the officers of the host, and said unto them, Have her forth without the ranges: and him that followeth her kill with the sword. For the priest had said, Let her not be slain in the house of the LORD.
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16| And they laid hands on her; and she went by the way by the which the horses came into the king's house: and there was she slain.
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17| And Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and the people, that they should be the LORD's people; between the king also and the people.
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18| And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and brake it down; his altars and his images brake they in pieces thoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house of the LORD.
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19| And he took the rulers over hundreds, and the captains, and the guard, and all the people of the land; and they brought down the king from the house of the LORD, and came by the way of the gate of the guard to the king's house. And he sat on the throne of the kings.
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20| And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was in quiet: and they slew Athaliah with the sword beside the king's house.
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21| Seven years old was Jehoash when he began to reign.
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#12
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1| In the seventh year of Jehu Jehoash began to reign; and forty years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Zibiah of Beersheba.
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2| And Jehoash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him.
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3| But the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
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4| And Jehoash said to the priests, All the money of the dedicated things that is brought into the house of the LORD, even the money of every one that passeth the account, the money that every man is set at, and all the money that cometh into any man's heart to bring into the house of the LORD,
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5| Let the priests take it to them, every man of his acquaintance: and let them repair the breaches of the house, wheresoever any breach shall be found.
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6| But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.
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7| Then king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and the other priests, and said unto them, Why repair ye not the breaches of the house? now therefore receive no more money of your acquaintance, but deliver it for the breaches of the house.
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8| And the priests consented to receive no more money of the people, neither to repair the breaches of the house.
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9| But Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid of it, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one cometh into the house of the LORD: and the priests that kept the door put therein all the money that was brought into the house of the LORD.
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10| And it was so, when they saw that there was much money in the chest, that the king's scribe and the high priest came up, and they put up in bags, and told the money that was found in the house of the LORD.
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11| And they gave the money, being told, into the hands of them that did the work, that had the oversight of the house of the LORD: and they laid it out to the carpenters and builders, that wrought upon the house of the LORD,
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12| And to masons, and hewers of stone, and to buy timber and hewed stone to repair the breaches of the house of the LORD, and for all that was laid out for the house to repair it.
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13| Howbeit there were not made for the house of the LORD bowls of silver, snuffers, basons, trumpets, any vessels of gold, or vessels of silver, of the money that was brought into the house of the LORD:
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14| But they gave that to the workmen, and repaired therewith the house of the LORD.
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15| Moreover they reckoned not with the men, into whose hand they delivered the money to be bestowed on workmen: for they dealt faithfully.
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16| The trespass money and sin money was not brought into the house of the LORD: it was the priests'.
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17| Then Hazael king of Syria went up, and fought against Gath, and took it: and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem.
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18| And Jehoash king of Judah took all the hallowed things that Jehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own hallowed things, and all the gold that was found in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and in the king's house, and sent it to Hazael king of Syria: and he went away from Jerusalem.
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19| And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
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||||
20| And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and slew Joash in the house of Millo, which goeth down to Silla.
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||||
21| For Jozachar the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad the son of Shomer, his servants, smote him, and he died; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.
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#13
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1| In the three and twentieth year of Joash the son of Ahaziah king of Judah Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned seventeen years.
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||||
2| And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, and followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom.
|
||||
3| And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he delivered them into the hand of Hazael king of Syria, and into the hand of Benhadad the son of Hazael, all their days.
|
||||
4| And Jehoahaz besought the LORD, and the LORD hearkened unto him: for he saw the oppression of Israel, because the king of Syria oppressed them.
|
||||
5| (And the LORD gave Israel a saviour, so that they went out from under the hand of the Syrians: and the children of Israel dwelt in their tents, as beforetime.
|
||||
6| Nevertheless they departed not from the sins of the house of Jeroboam, who made Israel sin, but walked therein: and there remained the grove also in Samaria.)
|
||||
7| Neither did he leave of the people to Jehoahaz but fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for the king of Syria had destroyed them, and had made them like the dust by threshing.
|
||||
8| Now the rest of the acts of Jehoahaz, and all that he did, and his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
|
||||
9| And Jehoahaz slept with his fathers; and they buried him in Samaria: and Joash his son reigned in his stead.
|
||||
10| In the thirty and seventh year of Joash king of Judah began Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned sixteen years.
|
||||
11| And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD; he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin: but he walked therein.
|
||||
12| And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, and his might wherewith he fought against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
|
||||
13| And Joash slept with his fathers; and Jeroboam sat upon his throne: and Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.
|
||||
14| Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died. And Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over his face, and said, O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof.
|
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15| And Elisha said unto him, Take bow and arrows. And he took unto him bow and arrows.
|
||||
16| And he said to the king of Israel, Put thine hand upon the bow. And he put his hand upon it: and Elisha put his hands upon the king's hands.
|
||||
17| And he said, Open the window eastward. And he opened it. Then Elisha said, Shoot. And he shot. And he said, The arrow of the LORD's deliverance, and the arrow of deliverance from Syria: for thou shalt smite the Syrians in Aphek, till thou have consumed them.
|
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18| And he said, Take the arrows. And he took them. And he said unto the king of Israel, Smite upon the ground. And he smote thrice, and stayed.
|
||||
19| And the man of God was wroth with him, and said, Thou shouldest have smitten five or six times; then hadst thou smitten Syria till thou hadst consumed it: whereas now thou shalt smite Syria but thrice.
|
||||
20| And Elisha died, and they buried him. And the bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year.
|
||||
21| And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold, they spied a band of men; and they cast the man into the sepulchre of Elisha: and when the man was let down, and touched the bones of Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his feet.
|
||||
22| But Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz.
|
||||
23| And the LORD was gracious unto them, and had compassion on them, and had respect unto them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, neither cast he them from his presence as yet.
|
||||
24| So Hazael king of Syria died; and Benhadad his son reigned in his stead.
|
||||
25| And Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took again out of the hand of Benhadad the son of Hazael the cities, which he had taken out of the hand of Jehoahaz his father by war. Three times did Joash beat him, and recovered the cities of Israel.
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#14
|
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1| In the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel reigned Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah.
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||||
2| He was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.
|
||||
3| And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, yet not like David his father: he did according to all things as Joash his father did.
|
||||
4| Howbeit the high places were not taken away: as yet the people did sacrifice and burnt incense on the high places.
|
||||
5| And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was confirmed in his hand, that he slew his servants which had slain the king his father.
|
||||
6| But the children of the murderers he slew not: according unto that which is written in the book of the law of Moses, wherein the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children be put to death for the fathers; but every man shall be put to death for his own sin.
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||||
7| He slew of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, and took Selah by war, and called the name of it Joktheel unto this day.
|
||||
8| Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in the face.
|
||||
9| And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle.
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10| Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thine heart hath lifted thee up: glory of this, and tarry at home: for why shouldest thou meddle to thy hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee?
|
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11| But Amaziah would not hear. Therefore Jehoash king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face at Bethshemesh, which belongeth to Judah.
|
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12| And Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every man to their tents.
|
||||
13| And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Bethshemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the corner gate, four hundred cubits.
|
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14| And he took all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house, and hostages, and returned to Samaria.
|
||||
15| Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and his might, and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
|
||||
16| And Jehoash slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam his son reigned in his stead.
|
||||
17| And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.
|
||||
18| And the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
|
||||
19| Now they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem: and he fled to Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there.
|
||||
20| And they brought him on horses: and he was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David.
|
||||
21| And all the people of Judah took Azariah, which was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah.
|
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22| He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.
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||||
23| In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel began to reign in Samaria, and reigned forty and one years.
|
||||
24| And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.
|
||||
25| He restored the coast of Israel from the entering of Hamath unto the sea of the plain, according to the word of the LORD God of Israel, which he spake by the hand of his servant Jonah, the son of Amittai, the prophet, which was of Gathhepher.
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26| For the LORD saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter: for there was not any shut up, nor any left, nor any helper for Israel.
|
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27| And the LORD said not that he would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven: but he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash.
|
||||
28| Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his might, how he warred, and how he recovered Damascus, and Hamath, which belonged to Judah, for Israel, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
|
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29| And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, even with the kings of Israel; and Zachariah his son reigned in his stead.
|
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#15
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1| In the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel began Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign.
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2| Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned two and fifty years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jecholiah of Jerusalem.
|
||||
3| And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done;
|
||||
4| Save that the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burnt incense still on the high places.
|
||||
5| And the LORD smote the king, so that he was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house. And Jotham the king's son was over the house, judging the people of the land.
|
||||
6| And the rest of the acts of Azariah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
|
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7| So Azariah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.
|
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8| In the thirty and eighth year of Azariah king of Judah did Zachariah the son of Jeroboam reign over Israel in Samaria six months.
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9| And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as his fathers had done: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.
|
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10| And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and smote him before the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.
|
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11| And the rest of the acts of Zachariah, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
|
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12| This was the word of the LORD which he spake unto Jehu, saying, Thy sons shall sit on the throne of Israel unto the fourth generation. And so it came to pass.
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13| Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the nine and thirtieth year of Uzziah king of Judah; and he reigned a full month in Samaria.
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14| For Menahem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah, and came to Samaria, and smote Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.
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15| And the rest of the acts of Shallum, and his conspiracy which he made, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
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16| Then Menahem smote Tiphsah, and all that were therein, and the coasts thereof from Tirzah: because they opened not to him, therefore he smote it; and all the women therein that were with child he ripped up.
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17| In the nine and thirtieth year of Azariah king of Judah began Menahem the son of Gadi to reign over Israel, and reigned ten years in Samaria.
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18| And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not all his days from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.
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19| And Pul the king of Assyria came against the land: and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand.
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20| And Menahem exacted the money of Israel, even of all the mighty men of wealth, of each man fifty shekels of silver, to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned back, and stayed not there in the land.
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21| And the rest of the acts of Menahem, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
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22| And Menahem slept with his fathers; and Pekahiah his son reigned in his stead.
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23| In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekahiah the son of Menahem began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned two years.
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24| And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.
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25| But Pekah the son of Remaliah, a captain of his, conspired against him, and smote him in Samaria, in the palace of the king's house, with Argob and Arieh, and with him fifty men of the Gileadites: and he killed him, and reigned in his room.
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26| And the rest of the acts of Pekahiah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
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27| In the two and fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekah the son of Remaliah began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned twenty years.
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28| And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.
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29| In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abelbethmaachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.
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30| And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and smote him, and slew him, and reigned in his stead, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah.
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31| And the rest of the acts of Pekah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
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32| In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel began Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah to reign.
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33| Five and twenty years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jerusha, the daughter of Zadok.
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34| And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD: he did according to all that his father Uzziah had done.
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35| Howbeit the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burned incense still in the high places. He built the higher gate of the house of the LORD.
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36| Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
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37| In those days the LORD began to send against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah.
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38| And Jotham slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.
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#16
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1| In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign.
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2| Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem, and did not that which was right in the sight of the LORD his God, like David his father.
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3| But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel.
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4| And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.
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5| Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to war: and they besieged Ahaz, but could not overcome him.
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6| At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and drave the Jews from Elath: and the Syrians came to Elath, and dwelt there unto this day.
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7| So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, saying, I am thy servant and thy son: come up, and save me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, which rise up against me.
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8| And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house, and sent it for a present to the king of Assyria.
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9| And the king of Assyria hearkened unto him: for the king of Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried the people of it captive to Kir, and slew Rezin.
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10| And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and saw an altar that was at Damascus: and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it, according to all the workmanship thereof.
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11| And Urijah the priest built an altar according to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus: so Urijah the priest made it against king Ahaz came from Damascus.
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12| And when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king approached to the altar, and offered thereon.
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13| And he burnt his burnt offering and his meat offering, and poured his drink offering, and sprinkled the blood of his peace offerings, upon the altar.
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14| And he brought also the brasen altar, which was before the LORD, from the forefront of the house, from between the altar and the house of the LORD, and put it on the north side of the altar.
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15| And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, Upon the great altar burn the morning burnt offering, and the evening meat offering, and the king's burnt sacrifice, and his meat offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land, and their meat offering, and their drink offerings; and sprinkle upon it all the blood of the burnt offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice: and the brasen altar shall be for me to enquire by.
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16| Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that king Ahaz commanded.
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17| And king Ahaz cut off the borders of the bases, and removed the laver from off them; and took down the sea from off the brasen oxen that were under it, and put it upon the pavement of stones.
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18| And the covert for the sabbath that they had built in the house, and the king's entry without, turned he from the house of the LORD for the king of Assyria.
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19| Now the rest of the acts of Ahaz which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
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20| And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.
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#17
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1| In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years.
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2| And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, but not as the kings of Israel that were before him.
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3| Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and gave him presents.
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4| And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea: for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and brought no present to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year: therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison.
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5| Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.
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6| In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
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7| For so it was, that the children of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, which had brought them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods,
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8| And walked in the statutes of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they had made.
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9| And the children of Israel did secretly those things that were not right against the LORD their God, and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.
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10| And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and under every green tree:
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11| And there they burnt incense in all the high places, as did the heathen whom the LORD carried away before them; and wrought wicked things to provoke the LORD to anger:
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12| For they served idols, whereof the LORD had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing.
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13| Yet the LORD testified against Israel, and against Judah, by all the prophets, and by all the seers, saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets.
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14| Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the LORD their God.
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15| And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the heathen that were round about them, concerning whom the LORD had charged them, that they should not do like them.
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16| And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.
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17| And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.
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18| Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight: there was none left but the tribe of Judah only.
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19| Also Judah kept not the commandments of the LORD their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.
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20| And the LORD rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight.
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21| For he rent Israel from the house of David; and they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king: and Jeroboam drave Israel from following the LORD, and made them sin a great sin.
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22| For the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they departed not from them;
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23| Until the LORD removed Israel out of his sight, as he had said by all his servants the prophets. So was Israel carried away out of their own land to Assyria unto this day.
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24| And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel: and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof.
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25| And so it was at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they feared not the LORD: therefore the LORD sent lions among them, which slew some of them.
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26| Wherefore they spake to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations which thou hast removed, and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the manner of the God of the land: therefore he hath sent lions among them, and, behold, they slay them, because they know not the manner of the God of the land.
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27| Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, Carry thither one of the priests whom ye brought from thence; and let them go and dwell there, and let him teach them the manner of the God of the land.
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28| Then one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and dwelt in Bethel, and taught them how they should fear the LORD.
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29| Howbeit every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities wherein they dwelt.
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30| And the men of Babylon made Succothbenoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima,
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31| And the Avites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burnt their children in fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim.
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32| So they feared the LORD, and made unto themselves of the lowest of them priests of the high places, which sacrificed for them in the houses of the high places.
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33| They feared the LORD, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations whom they carried away from thence.
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34| Unto this day they do after the former manners: they fear not the LORD, neither do they after their statutes, or after their ordinances, or after the law and commandment which the LORD commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel;
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35| With whom the LORD had made a covenant, and charged them, saying, Ye shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them:
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36| But the LORD, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great power and a stretched out arm, him shall ye fear, and him shall ye worship, and to him shall ye do sacrifice.
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37| And the statutes, and the ordinances, and the law, and the commandment, which he wrote for you, ye shall observe to do for evermore; and ye shall not fear other gods.
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38| And the covenant that I have made with you ye shall not forget; neither shall ye fear other gods.
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39| But the LORD your God ye shall fear; and he shall deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies.
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40| Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former manner.
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41| So these nations feared the LORD, and served their graven images, both their children, and their children's children: as did their fathers, so do they unto this day.
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#18
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1| Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign.
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2| Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Abi, the daughter of Zachariah.
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3| And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David his father did.
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4| He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan.
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5| He trusted in the LORD God of Israel; so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor any that were before him.
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6| For he clave to the LORD, and departed not from following him, but kept his commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses.
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7| And the LORD was with him; and he prospered whithersoever he went forth: and he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and served him not.
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8| He smote the Philistines, even unto Gaza, and the borders thereof, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.
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9| And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it.
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10| And at the end of three years they took it: even in the sixth year of Hezekiah, that is in the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken.
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11| And the king of Assyria did carry away Israel unto Assyria, and put them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes:
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||||
12| Because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD their God, but transgressed his covenant, and all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded, and would not hear them, nor do them.
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13| Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib king of Assyria come up against all the fenced cities of Judah, and took them.
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14| And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, I have offended; return from me: that which thou puttest on me will I bear. And the king of Assyria appointed unto Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.
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15| And Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house.
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||||
16| At that time did Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of the temple of the LORD, and from the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria.
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17| And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rabshakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great host against Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the highway of the fuller's field.
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18| And when they had called to the king, there came out to them Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder.
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19| And Rabshakeh said unto them, Speak ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest?
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20| Thou sayest, (but they are but vain words,) I have counsel and strength for the war. Now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?
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21| Now, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him.
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22| But if ye say unto me, We trust in the LORD our God: is not that he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath said to Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem?
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||||
23| Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges to my lord the king of Assyria, and I will deliver thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them.
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24| How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?
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25| Am I now come up without the LORD against this place to destroy it? The LORD said to me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.
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26| Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebna, and Joah, unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, to thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and talk not with us in the Jews' language in the ears of the people that are on the wall.
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27| But Rabshakeh said unto them, Hath my master sent me to thy master, and to thee, to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men which sit on the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you?
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28| Then Rabshakeh stood and cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language, and spake, saying, Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria:
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29| Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you out of his hand:
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||||
30| Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, The LORD will surely deliver us, and this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.
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31| Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me, and then eat ye every man of his own vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his cistern:
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32| Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of oil olive and of honey, that ye may live, and not die: and hearken not unto Hezekiah, when he persuadeth you, saying, The LORD will deliver us.
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33| Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered at all his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?
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34| Where are the gods of Hamath, and of Arpad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah? have they delivered Samaria out of mine hand?
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35| Who are they among all the gods of the countries, that have delivered their country out of mine hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of mine hand?
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36| But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.
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37| Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh.
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#19
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1| And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD.
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2| And he sent Eliakim, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.
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3| And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and blasphemy; for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.
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4| It may be the LORD thy God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God; and will reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that are left.
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5| So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah.
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6| And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say to your master, Thus saith the LORD, Be not afraid of the words which thou hast heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.
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7| Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.
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8| So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.
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9| And when he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he is come out to fight against thee: he sent messengers again unto Hezekiah, saying,
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10| Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God in whom thou trustest deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.
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11| Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly: and shalt thou be delivered?
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12| Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed; as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Thelasar?
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13| Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivah?
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14| And Hezekiah received the letter of the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up into the house of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD.
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15| And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD, and said, O LORD God of Israel, which dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth.
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16| LORD, bow down thine ear, and hear: open, LORD, thine eyes, and see: and hear the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent him to reproach the living God.
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17| Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands,
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18| And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them.
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19| Now therefore, O LORD our God, I beseech thee, save thou us out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD God, even thou only.
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20| Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, That which thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria I have heard.
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21| This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The virgin the daughter of Zion hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.
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||||
22| Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.
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23| By thy messengers thou hast reproached the LORD, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down the tall cedar trees thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the lodgings of his borders, and into the forest of his Carmel.
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24| I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places.
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25| Hast thou not heard long ago how I have done it, and of ancient times that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste fenced cities into ruinous heaps.
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26| Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the house tops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up.
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27| But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me.
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28| Because thy rage against me and thy tumult is come up into mine ears, therefore I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.
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29| And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such things as grow of themselves, and in the second year that which springeth of the same; and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruits thereof.
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30| And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall yet again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.
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31| For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out of mount Zion: the zeal of the LORD of hosts shall do this.
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32| Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a bank against it.
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33| By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, saith the LORD.
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34| For I will defend this city, to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
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35| And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.
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36| So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.
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37| And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.
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#20
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1| In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live.
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2| Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the LORD, saying,
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3| I beseech thee, O LORD, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.
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4| And it came to pass, afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle court, that the word of the LORD came to him, saying,
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5| Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the LORD.
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6| And I will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
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7| And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.
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8| And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, What shall be the sign that the LORD will heal me, and that I shall go up into the house of the LORD the third day?
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9| And Isaiah said, This sign shalt thou have of the LORD, that the LORD will do the thing that he hath spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten degrees, or go back ten degrees?
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10| And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow return backward ten degrees.
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11| And Isaiah the prophet cried unto the LORD: and he brought the shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down in the dial of Ahaz.
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12| At that time Berodachbaladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present unto Hezekiah: for he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick.
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13| And Hezekiah hearkened unto them, and shewed them all the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment, and all the house of his armour, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah shewed them not.
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14| Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto him, What said these men? and from whence came they unto thee? And Hezekiah said, They are come from a far country, even from Babylon.
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15| And he said, What have they seen in thine house? And Hezekiah answered, All the things that are in mine house have they seen: there is nothing among my treasures that I have not shewed them.
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16| And Isaiah said unto Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD.
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17| Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store unto this day, shall be carried into Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the LORD.
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18| And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.
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19| Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good is the word of the LORD which thou hast spoken. And he said, Is it not good, if peace and truth be in my days?
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20| And the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made a pool, and a conduit, and brought water into the city, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
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21| And Hezekiah slept with his fathers: and Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.
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#21
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1| Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hephzibah.
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2| And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, after the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.
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3| For he built up again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made a grove, as did Ahab king of Israel; and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.
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4| And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.
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5| And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD.
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6| And he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times, and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he wrought much wickedness in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.
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7| And he set a graven image of the grove that he had made in the house, of which the LORD said to David, and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:
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8| Neither will I make the feet of Israel move any more out of the land which I gave their fathers; only if they will observe to do according to all that I have commanded them, and according to all the law that my servant Moses commanded them.
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9| But they hearkened not: and Manasseh seduced them to do more evil than did the nations whom the LORD destroyed before the children of Israel.
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10| And the LORD spake by his servants the prophets, saying,
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11| Because Manasseh king of Judah hath done these abominations, and hath done wickedly above all that the Amorites did, which were before him, and hath made Judah also to sin with his idols:
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12| Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Behold, I am bringing such evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whosoever heareth of it, both his ears shall tingle.
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13| And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it, and turning it upside down.
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14| And I will forsake the remnant of mine inheritance, and deliver them into the hand of their enemies; and they shall become a prey and a spoil to all their enemies;
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15| Because they have done that which was evil in my sight, and have provoked me to anger, since the day their fathers came forth out of Egypt, even unto this day.
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16| Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; beside his sin wherewith he made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in the sight of the LORD.
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17| Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and all that he did, and his sin that he sinned, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
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18| And Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.
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19| Amon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.
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20| And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as his father Manasseh did.
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21| And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshipped them:
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22| And he forsook the LORD God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of the LORD.
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23| And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew the king in his own house.
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24| And the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead.
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25| Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
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26| And he was buried in his sepulchre in the garden of Uzza: and Josiah his son reigned in his stead.
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#22
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1| Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah of Boscath.
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2| And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left.
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3| And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of the LORD, saying,
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4| Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may sum the silver which is brought into the house of the LORD, which the keepers of the door have gathered of the people:
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5| And let them deliver it into the hand of the doers of the work, that have the oversight of the house of the LORD: and let them give it to the doers of the work which is in the house of the LORD, to repair the breaches of the house,
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6| Unto carpenters, and builders, and masons, and to buy timber and hewn stone to repair the house.
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7| Howbeit there was no reckoning made with them of the money that was delivered into their hand, because they dealt faithfully.
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8| And Hilkiah the high priest said unto Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD. And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, and he read it.
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9| And Shaphan the scribe came to the king, and brought the king word again, and said, Thy servants have gathered the money that was found in the house, and have delivered it into the hand of them that do the work, that have the oversight of the house of the LORD.
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10| And Shaphan the scribe shewed the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath delivered me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.
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11| And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the book of the law, that he rent his clothes.
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12| And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Michaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asahiah a servant of the king's, saying,
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13| Go ye, enquire of the LORD for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that is found: for great is the wrath of the LORD that is kindled against us, because our fathers have not hearkened unto the words of this book, to do according unto all that which is written concerning us.
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14| So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asahiah, went unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college;) and they communed with her.
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15| And she said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Tell the man that sent you to me,
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16| Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the words of the book which the king of Judah hath read:
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17| Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place, and shall not be quenched.
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18| But to the king of Judah which sent you to enquire of the LORD, thus shall ye say to him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, As touching the words which thou hast heard;
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19| Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the LORD, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith the LORD.
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20| Behold therefore, I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered into thy grave in peace; and thine eyes shall not see all the evil which I will bring upon this place. And they brought the king word again.
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#23
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1| And the king sent, and they gathered unto him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem.
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2| And the king went up into the house of the LORD, and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, both small and great: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant which was found in the house of the LORD.
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3| And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all their heart and all their soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people stood to the covenant.
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4| And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring forth out of the temple of the LORD all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the grove, and for all the host of heaven: and he burned them without Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried the ashes of them unto Bethel.
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5| And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven.
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6| And he brought out the grove from the house of the LORD, without Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and stamped it small to powder, and cast the powder thereof upon the graves of the children of the people.
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7| And he brake down the houses of the sodomites, that were by the house of the LORD, where the women wove hangings for the grove.
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8| And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to Beersheba, and brake down the high places of the gates that were in the entering in of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were on a man's left hand at the gate of the city.
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9| Nevertheless the priests of the high places came not up to the altar of the LORD in Jerusalem, but they did eat of the unleavened bread among their brethren.
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10| And he defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the children of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter to pass through the fire to Molech.
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11| And he took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the entering in of the house of the LORD, by the chamber of Nathanmelech the chamberlain, which was in the suburbs, and burned the chariots of the sun with fire.
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12| And the altars that were on the top of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the LORD, did the king beat down, and brake them down from thence, and cast the dust of them into the brook Kidron.
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13| And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile.
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14| And he brake in pieces the images, and cut down the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men.
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15| Moreover the altar that was at Bethel, and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, both that altar and the high place he brake down, and burned the high place, and stamped it small to powder, and burned the grove.
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16| And as Josiah turned himself, he spied the sepulchres that were there in the mount, and sent, and took the bones out of the sepulchres, and burned them upon the altar, and polluted it, according to the word of the LORD which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these words.
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17| Then he said, What title is that that I see? And the men of the city told him, It is the sepulchre of the man of God, which came from Judah, and proclaimed these things that thou hast done against the altar of Bethel.
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18| And he said, Let him alone; let no man move his bones. So they let his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet that came out of Samaria.
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19| And all the houses also of the high places that were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke the Lord to anger, Josiah took away, and did to them according to all the acts that he had done in Bethel.
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20| And he slew all the priests of the high places that were there upon the altars, and burned men's bones upon them, and returned to Jerusalem.
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21| And the king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the passover unto the LORD your God, as it is written in the book of this covenant.
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22| Surely there was not holden such a passover from the days of the judges that judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel, nor of the kings of Judah;
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23| But in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, wherein this passover was holden to the LORD in Jerusalem.
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24| Moreover the workers with familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the images, and the idols, and all the abominations that were spied in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he might perform the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the LORD.
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25| And like unto him was there no king before him, that turned to the LORD with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; neither after him arose there any like him.
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26| Notwithstanding the LORD turned not from the fierceness of his great wrath, wherewith his anger was kindled against Judah, because of all the provocations that Manasseh had provoked him withal.
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27| And the LORD said, I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and will cast off this city Jerusalem which I have chosen, and the house of which I said, My name shall be there.
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28| Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
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29| In his days Pharaohnechoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah went against him; and he slew him at Megiddo, when he had seen him.
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30| And his servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulchre. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father's stead.
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31| Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
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32| And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done.
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33| And Pharaohnechoh put him in bands at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land to a tribute of an hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold.
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34| And Pharaohnechoh made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the room of Josiah his father, and turned his name to Jehoiakim, and took Jehoahaz away: and he came to Egypt, and died there.
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35| And Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh; but he taxed the land to give the money according to the commandment of Pharaoh: he exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land, of every one according to his taxation, to give it unto Pharaohnechoh.
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36| Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Zebudah, the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.
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37| And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done.
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#24
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1| In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against him.
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2| And the LORD sent against him bands of the Chaldees, and bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by his servants the prophets.
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3| Surely at the commandment of the LORD came this upon Judah, to remove them out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did;
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4| And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the LORD would not pardon.
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5| Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
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6| So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.
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7| And the king of Egypt came not again any more out of his land: for the king of Babylon had taken from the river of Egypt unto the river Euphrates all that pertained to the king of Egypt.
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8| Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. And his mother's name was Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.
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9| And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father had done.
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10| At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.
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11| And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, and his servants did besiege it.
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12| And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers: and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign.
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13| And he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the LORD, as the LORD had said.
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14| And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valour, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and smiths: none remained, save the poorest sort of the people of the land.
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15| And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, and the king's mother, and the king's wives, and his officers, and the mighty of the land, those carried he into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.
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16| And all the men of might, even seven thousand, and craftsmen and smiths a thousand, all that were strong and apt for war, even them the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon.
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17| And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father's brother king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.
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18| Zedekiah was twenty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
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19| And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.
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20| For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
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#25
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1| And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he, and all his host, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it; and they built forts against it round about.
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2| And the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.
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3| And on the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.
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4| And the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between two walls, which is by the king's garden: (now the Chaldees were against the city round about:) and the king went the way toward the plain.
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5| And the army of the Chaldees pursued after the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho: and all his army were scattered from him.
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6| So they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him.
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7| And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with fetters of brass, and carried him to Babylon.
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8| And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which is the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem:
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9| And he burnt the house of the LORD, and the king's house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great man's house burnt he with fire.
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10| And all the army of the Chaldees, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down the walls of Jerusalem round about.
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11| Now the rest of the people that were left in the city, and the fugitives that fell away to the king of Babylon, with the remnant of the multitude, did Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carry away.
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12| But the captain of the guard left of the door of the poor of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.
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13| And the pillars of brass that were in the house of the LORD, and the bases, and the brasen sea that was in the house of the LORD, did the Chaldees break in pieces, and carried the brass of them to Babylon.
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14| And the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away.
|
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15| And the firepans, and the bowls, and such things as were of gold, in gold, and of silver, in silver, the captain of the guard took away.
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16| The two pillars, one sea, and the bases which Solomon had made for the house of the LORD; the brass of all these vessels was without weight.
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17| The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and the chapiter upon it was brass: and the height of the chapiter three cubits; and the wreathen work, and pomegranates upon the chapiter round about, all of brass: and like unto these had the second pillar with wreathen work.
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18| And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:
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19| And out of the city he took an officer that was set over the men of war, and five men of them that were in the king's presence, which were found in the city, and the principal scribe of the host, which mustered the people of the land, and threescore men of the people of the land that were found in the city:
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20| And Nebuzaradan captain of the guard took these, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah:
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21| And the king of Babylon smote them, and slew them at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away out of their land.
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22| And as for the people that remained in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, even over them he made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, ruler.
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23| And when all the captains of the armies, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, there came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Careah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men.
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24| And Gedaliah sware to them, and to their men, and said unto them, Fear not to be the servants of the Chaldees: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon; and it shall be well with you.
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25| But it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, came, and ten men with him, and smote Gedaliah, that he died, and the Jews and the Chaldees that were with him at Mizpah.
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26| And all the people, both small and great, and the captains of the armies, arose, and came to Egypt: for they were afraid of the Chaldees.
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27| And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, that Evilmerodach king of Babylon in the year that he began to reign did lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison;
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28| And he spake kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon;
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29| And changed his prison garments: and he did eat bread continually before him all the days of his life.
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30| And his allowance was a continual allowance given him of the king, a daily rate for every day, all the days of his life.
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#1
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1| Paul called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother,
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2| Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both their's and our's:
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3| Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
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4| I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ;
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5| That in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge;
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6| Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you:
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7| So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ:
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8| Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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9| God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
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10| Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
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11| For it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them which are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.
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12| Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.
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13| Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized in the name of Paul?
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14| I thank God that I baptized none of you, but Crispus and Gaius;
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15| Lest any should say that I had baptized in mine own name.
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16| And I baptized also the household of Stephanas: besides, I know not whether I baptized any other.
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17| For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect.
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18| For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.
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19| For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.
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20| Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
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21| For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.
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22| For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:
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23| But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness;
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24| But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.
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25| Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
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26| For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:
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27| But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;
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28| And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are:
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29| That no flesh should glory in his presence.
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30| But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:
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31| That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.
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#2
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1| And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.
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2| For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
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3| And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.
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4| And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:
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5| That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
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6| Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought:
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7| But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:
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8| Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
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9| But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
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10| But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
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11| For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.
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12| Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.
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13| Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
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14| But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
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15| But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.
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16| For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? but we have the mind of Christ.
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#3
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1| And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ.
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2| I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able.
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3| For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?
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4| For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not carnal?
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5| Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?
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6| I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.
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7| So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.
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8| Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.
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9| For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building.
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10| According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.
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11| For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
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12| Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;
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13| Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is.
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14| If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.
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15| If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.
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16| Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
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17| If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.
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18| Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
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19| For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.
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20| And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.
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21| Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are your's;
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22| Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are your's;
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23| And ye are Christ's; and Christ is God's.
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#4
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1| Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.
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2| Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.
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3| But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, or of man's judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self.
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4| For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord.
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5| Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.
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6| And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and to Apollos for your sakes; that ye might learn in us not to think of men above that which is written, that no one of you be puffed up for one against another.
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7| For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?
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8| Now ye are full, now ye are rich, ye have reigned as kings without us: and I would to God ye did reign, that we also might reign with you.
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9| For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men.
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10| We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are honourable, but we are despised.
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11| Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace;
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12| And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:
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13| Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the world, and are the offscouring of all things unto this day.
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14| I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you.
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15| For though ye have ten thousand instructers in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.
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16| Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.
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17| For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, as I teach every where in every church.
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18| Now some are puffed up, as though I would not come to you.
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19| But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will know, not the speech of them which are puffed up, but the power.
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20| For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.
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21| What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness?
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#5
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1| It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father's wife.
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2| And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you.
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3| For I verily, as absent in body, but present in spirit, have judged already, as though I were present, concerning him that hath so done this deed,
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4| In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ,
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5| To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
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6| Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?
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7| Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:
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8| Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
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9| I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators:
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10| Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world.
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11| But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolator, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.
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12| For what have I to do to judge them also that are without? do not ye judge them that are within?
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13| But them that are without God judgeth. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person.
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#6
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1| Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints?
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2| Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?
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3| Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life?
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4| If then ye have judgments of things pertaining to this life, set them to judge who are least esteemed in the church.
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5| I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you? no, not one that shall be able to judge between his brethren?
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6| But brother goeth to law with brother, and that before the unbelievers.
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||||
7| Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded?
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||||
8| Nay, ye do wrong, and defraud, and that your brethren.
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||||
9| Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
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10| Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
|
||||
11| And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.
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||||
12| All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.
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13| Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.
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14| And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by his own power.
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||||
15| Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid.
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16| What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.
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17| But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.
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18| Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
|
||||
19| What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
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20| For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
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#7
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1| Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
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2| Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
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3| Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.
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4| The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife.
|
||||
5| Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.
|
||||
6| But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment.
|
||||
7| For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that.
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8| I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, it is good for them if they abide even as I.
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9| But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
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10| And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:
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11| But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.
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||||
12| But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away.
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13| And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him.
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||||
14| For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.
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||||
15| But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace.
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16| For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife?
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17| But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all churches.
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18| Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised.
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19| Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God.
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20| Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called.
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21| Art thou called being a servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather.
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22| For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord's freeman: likewise also he that is called, being free, is Christ's servant.
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23| Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men.
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24| Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with God.
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25| Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful.
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26| I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be.
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27| Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.
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28| But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless such shall have trouble in the flesh: but I spare you.
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29| But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;
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30| And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not;
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31| And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.
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32| But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord:
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33| But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife.
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34| There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.
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35| And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.
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36| But if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward his virgin, if she pass the flower of her age, and need so require, let him do what he will, he sinneth not: let them marry.
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37| Nevertheless he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power over his own will, and hath so decreed in his heart that he will keep his virgin, doeth well.
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38| So then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth her not in marriage doeth better.
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39| The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.
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40| But she is happier if she so abide, after my judgment: and I think also that I have the Spirit of God.
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#8
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1| Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth.
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2| And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.
|
||||
3| But if any man love God, the same is known of him.
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4| As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one.
|
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5| For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,)
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6| But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
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7| Howbeit there is not in every man that knowledge: for some with conscience of the idol unto this hour eat it as a thing offered unto an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled.
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8| But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse.
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9| But take heed lest by any means this liberty of your's become a stumbling block to them that are weak.
|
||||
10| For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the idol's temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols;
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11| And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died?
|
||||
12| But when ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ.
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13| Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend.
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#9
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1| Am I not an apostle? am I not free? have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord?
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2| If I be not an apostle unto others, yet doubtless I am to you: for the seal of mine apostleship are ye in the Lord.
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3| Mine answer to them that do examine me is this,
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4| Have we not power to eat and to drink?
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5| Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?
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6| Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power to forbear working?
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||||
7| Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?
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8| Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also?
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9| For it is written in the law of Moses, thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen?
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10| Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope.
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11| If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things?
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12| If others be partakers of this power over you, are not we rather? Nevertheless we have not used this power; but suffer all things, lest we should hinder the gospel of Christ.
|
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13| Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things live of the things of the temple? and they which wait at the altar are partakers with the altar?
|
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14| Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel.
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15| But I have used none of these things: neither have I written these things, that it should be so done unto me: for it were better for me to die, than that any man should make my glorying void.
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16| For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel!
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17| For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation of the gospel is committed unto me.
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18| What is my reward then? Verily that, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel of Christ without charge, that I abuse not my power in the gospel.
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19| For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.
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20| And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law;
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21| To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law.
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22| To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.
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23| And this I do for the gospel's sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you.
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24| Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.
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25| And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.
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26| I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:
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27| But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.
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#10
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1| Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;
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2| And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea;
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3| And did all eat the same spiritual meat;
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4| And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.
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5| But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness.
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6| Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.
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7| Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.
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8| Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.
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9| Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.
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10| Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer.
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11| Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.
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12| Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.
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13| There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
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14| Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry.
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15| I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say.
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16| The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?
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17| For we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread.
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18| Behold Israel after the flesh: are not they which eat of the sacrifices partakers of the altar?
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19| What say I then? that the idol is any thing, or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing?
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20| But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils.
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21| Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of devils.
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22| Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?
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23| All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not.
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24| Let no man seek his own, but every man another's wealth.
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25| Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, that eat, asking no question for conscience sake:
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26| For the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof.
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27| If any of them that believe not bid you to a feast, and ye be disposed to go; whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no question for conscience sake.
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28| But if any man say unto you, this is offered in sacrifice unto idols, eat not for his sake that shewed it, and for conscience sake: for the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof:
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29| Conscience, I say, not thine own, but of the other: for why is my liberty judged of another man's conscience?
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30| For if I by grace be a partaker, why am I evil spoken of for that for which I give thanks?
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31| Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
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32| Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God:
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33| Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.
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#11
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1| Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.
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2| Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you.
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3| But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.
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4| Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoureth his head.
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5| But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven.
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6| For if the woman be not covered, let her also be shorn: but if it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered.
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7| For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.
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8| For the man is not of the woman: but the woman of the man.
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9| Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man.
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10| For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the angels.
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11| Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord.
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12| For as the woman is of the man, even so is the man also by the woman; but all things of God.
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13| Judge in yourselves: is it comely that a woman pray unto God uncovered?
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14| Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?
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15| But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering.
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16| But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God.
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17| Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not, that ye come together not for the better, but for the worse.
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18| For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it.
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19| For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you.
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20| When ye come together therefore into one place, this is not to eat the Lord's supper.
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21| For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper: and one is hungry, and another is drunken.
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22| What? have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise ye the church of God, and shame them that have not? what shall I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I praise you not.
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23| For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, that the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread:
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24| And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.
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25| After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, this cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.
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26| For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come.
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27| Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.
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28| But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup.
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29| For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body.
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30| For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.
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31| For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.
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32| But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.
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33| Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, tarry one for another.
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34| And if any man hunger, let him eat at home; that ye come not together unto condemnation. And the rest will I set in order when I come.
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#12
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1| Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant.
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2| Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led.
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3| Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.
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4| Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.
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5| And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord.
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6| And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all.
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7| But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal.
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8| For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit;
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9| To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit;
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10| To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:
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11| But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.
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12| For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.
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13| For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.
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14| For the body is not one member, but many.
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15| If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?
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16| And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?
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17| If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling?
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18| But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him.
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19| And if they were all one member, where were the body?
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20| But now are they many members, yet but one body.
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21| And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.
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22| Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary:
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23| And those members of the body, which we think to be less honourable, upon these we bestow more abundant honour; and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness.
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24| For our comely parts have no need: but God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that part which lacked.
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25| That there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another.
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26| And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.
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27| Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.
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28| And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues.
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29| Are all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? are all workers of miracles?
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30| Have all the gifts of healing? do all speak with tongues? do all interpret?
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31| But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way.
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#13
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1| Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
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2| And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.
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3| And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.
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4| Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
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5| Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
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6| Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;
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7| Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
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8| Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.
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9| For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.
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10| But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.
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11| When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
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12| For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
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13| And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
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#14
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1| Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy.
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2| For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries.
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3| But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men to edification, and exhortation, and comfort.
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4| He that speaketh in an unknown tongue edifieth himself; but he that prophesieth edifieth the church.
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5| I would that ye all spake with tongues but rather that ye prophesied: for greater is he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues, except he interpret, that the church may receive edifying.
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6| Now, brethren, if I come unto you speaking with tongues, what shall I profit you, except I shall speak to you either by revelation, or by knowledge, or by prophesying, or by doctrine?
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7| And even things without life giving sound, whether pipe or harp, except they give a distinction in the sounds, how shall it be known what is piped or harped?
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||||
8| For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?
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||||
9| So likewise ye, except ye utter by the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? for ye shall speak into the air.
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||||
10| There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and none of them is without signification.
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||||
11| Therefore if I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be unto him that speaketh a barbarian, and he that speaketh shall be a barbarian unto me.
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||||
12| Even so ye, forasmuch as ye are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek that ye may excel to the edifying of the church.
|
||||
13| Wherefore let him that speaketh in an unknown tongue pray that he may interpret.
|
||||
14| For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful.
|
||||
15| What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.
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||||
16| Else when thou shalt bless with the spirit, how shall he that occupieth the room of the unlearned say Amen at thy giving of thanks, seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest?
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||||
17| For thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is not edified.
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||||
18| I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all:
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19| Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue.
|
||||
20| Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.
|
||||
21| In the law it is written, With men of other tongues and other lips will I speak unto this people; and yet for all that will they not hear me, saith the Lord.
|
||||
22| Wherefore tongues are for a sign, not to them that believe, but to them that believe not: but prophesying serveth not for them that believe not, but for them which believe.
|
||||
23| If therefore the whole church be come together into one place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in those that are unlearned, or unbelievers, will they not say that ye are mad?
|
||||
24| But if all prophesy, and there come in one that believeth not, or one unlearned, he is convinced of all, he is judged of all:
|
||||
25| And thus are the secrets of his heart made manifest; and so falling down on his face he will worship God, and report that God is in you of a truth.
|
||||
26| How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying.
|
||||
27| If any man speak in an unknown tongue, let it be by two, or at the most by three, and that by course; and let one interpret.
|
||||
28| But if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the church; and let him speak to himself, and to God.
|
||||
29| Let the prophets speak two or three, and let the other judge.
|
||||
30| If any thing be revealed to another that sitteth by, let the first hold his peace.
|
||||
31| For ye may all prophesy one by one, that all may learn, and all may be comforted.
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||||
32| And the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets.
|
||||
33| For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.
|
||||
34| Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience as also saith the law.
|
||||
35| And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church.
|
||||
36| What? came the word of God out from you? or came it unto you only?
|
||||
37| If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord.
|
||||
38| But if any man be ignorant, let him be ignorant.
|
||||
39| Wherefore, brethren, covet to prophesy, and forbid not to speak with tongues.
|
||||
40| Let all things be done decently and in order.
|
||||
#15
|
||||
1| Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
|
||||
2| By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
|
||||
3| For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
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||||
4| And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
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||||
5| And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve:
|
||||
6| After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep.
|
||||
7| After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles.
|
||||
8| And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time.
|
||||
9| For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
|
||||
10| But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
|
||||
11| Therefore whether it were I or they, so we preach, and so ye believed.
|
||||
12| Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead?
|
||||
13| But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen:
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||||
14| And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.
|
||||
15| Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not.
|
||||
16| For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised:
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||||
17| And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.
|
||||
18| Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished.
|
||||
19| If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.
|
||||
20| But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.
|
||||
21| For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.
|
||||
22| For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
|
||||
23| But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming.
|
||||
24| Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power.
|
||||
25| For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet.
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||||
26| The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.
|
||||
27| For he hath put all things under his feet. But when he saith all things are put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted, which did put all things under him.
|
||||
28| And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all.
|
||||
29| Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead?
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||||
30| And why stand we in jeopardy every hour?
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31| I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.
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||||
32| If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die.
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33| Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
|
||||
34| Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.
|
||||
35| But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come?
|
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36| Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:
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37| And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain:
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38| But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body.
|
||||
39| All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds.
|
||||
40| There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another.
|
||||
41| There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another star in glory.
|
||||
42| So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:
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43| It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:
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44| It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.
|
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45| And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.
|
||||
46| Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.
|
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47| The first man is of the earth, earthy; the second man is the Lord from heaven.
|
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48| As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.
|
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49| And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.
|
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50| Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.
|
||||
51| Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
|
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52| In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
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53| For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
|
||||
54| So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
|
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55| O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
|
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56| The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.
|
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57| But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
|
||||
58| Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
|
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#16
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1| Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given order to the churches of Galatia, even so do ye.
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2| Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.
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3| And when I come, whomsoever ye shall approve by your letters, them will I send to bring your liberality unto Jerusalem.
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4| And if it be meet that I go also, they shall go with me.
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5| Now I will come unto you, when I shall pass through Macedonia: for I do pass through Macedonia.
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6| And it may be that I will abide, yea, and winter with you, that ye may bring me on my journey whithersoever I go.
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7| For I will not see you now by the way; but I trust to tarry a while with you, if the Lord permit.
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8| But I will tarry at Ephesus until Pentecost.
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9| For a great door and effectual is opened unto me, and there are many adversaries.
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10| Now if Timotheus come, see that he may be with you without fear: for he worketh the work of the Lord, as I also do.
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11| Let no man therefore despise him: but conduct him forth in peace, that he may come unto me: for I look for him with the brethren.
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12| As touching our brother Apollos, I greatly desired him to come unto you with the brethren: but his will was not at all to come at this time; but he will come when he shall have convenient time.
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13| Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.
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14| Let all your things be done with charity.
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15| I beseech you, brethren, (ye know the house of Stephanas, that it is the firstfruits of Achaia, and that they have addicted themselves to the ministry of the saints,)
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16| That ye submit yourselves unto such, and to every one that helpeth with us, and laboureth.
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17| I am glad of the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus: for that which was lacking on your part they have supplied.
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18| For they have refreshed my spirit and your's: therefore acknowledge ye them that are such.
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19| The churches of Asia salute you. Aquila and Priscilla salute you much in the Lord, with the church that is in their house.
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20| All the brethren greet you. Greet ye one another with an holy kiss.
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21| The salutation of me Paul with mine own hand.
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22| If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maranatha.
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23| The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
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24| My love be with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen.
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#1
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1| Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,
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2| Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, The LORD God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he hath charged me to build him an house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.
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3| Who is there among you of all his people? his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of the LORD God of Israel, (he is the God,) which is in Jerusalem.
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4| And whosoever remaineth in any place where he sojourneth, let the men of his place help him with silver, and with gold, and with goods, and with beasts, beside the freewill offering for the house of God that is in Jerusalem.
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5| Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, with all them whose spirit God had raised, to go up to build the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem.
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6| And all they that were about them strengthened their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with beasts, and with precious things, beside all that was willingly offered.
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7| Also Cyrus the king brought forth the vessels of the house of the LORD, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought forth out of Jerusalem, and had put them in the house of his gods;
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8| Even those did Cyrus king of Persia bring forth by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and numbered them unto Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah.
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9| And this is the number of them: thirty chargers of gold, a thousand chargers of silver, nine and twenty knives,
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10| Thirty basons of gold, silver basons of a second sort four hundred and ten, and other vessels a thousand.
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11| All the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand and four hundred. All these did Sheshbazzar bring up with them of the captivity that were brought up from Babylon unto Jerusalem.
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#2
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1| Now these are the children of the province that went up out of the captivity, of those which had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away unto Babylon, and came again unto Jerusalem and Judah, every one unto his city;
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2| Which came with Zerubbabel: Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mizpar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel:
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3| The children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred seventy and two.
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4| The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two.
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5| The children of Arah, seven hundred seventy and five.
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6| The children of Pahathmoab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred and twelve.
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7| The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.
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||||
8| The children of Zattu, nine hundred forty and five.
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9| The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and threescore.
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10| The children of Bani, six hundred forty and two.
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11| The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty and three.
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12| The children of Azgad, a thousand two hundred twenty and two.
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13| The children of Adonikam, six hundred sixty and six.
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14| The children of Bigvai, two thousand fifty and six.
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15| The children of Adin, four hundred fifty and four.
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16| The children of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety and eight.
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17| The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty and three.
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18| The children of Jorah, an hundred and twelve.
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19| The children of Hashum, two hundred twenty and three.
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20| The children of Gibbar, ninety and five.
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21| The children of Bethlehem, an hundred twenty and three.
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22| The men of Netophah, fifty and six.
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23| The men of Anathoth, an hundred twenty and eight.
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24| The children of Azmaveth, forty and two.
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25| The children of Kirjatharim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred and forty and three.
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26| The children of Ramah and Gaba, six hundred twenty and one.
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27| The men of Michmas, an hundred twenty and two.
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28| The men of Bethel and Ai, two hundred twenty and three.
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29| The children of Nebo, fifty and two.
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30| The children of Magbish, an hundred fifty and six.
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31| The children of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.
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32| The children of Harim, three hundred and twenty.
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33| The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty and five.
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34| The children of Jericho, three hundred forty and five.
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35| The children of Senaah, three thousand and six hundred and thirty.
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36| The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy and three.
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37| The children of Immer, a thousand fifty and two.
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38| The children of Pashur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven.
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39| The children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen.
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40| The Levites: the children of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the children of Hodaviah, seventy and four.
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41| The singers: the children of Asaph, an hundred twenty and eight.
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42| The children of the porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, in all an hundred thirty and nine.
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43| The Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth,
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44| The children of Keros, the children of Siaha, the children of Padon,
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45| The children of Lebanah, the children of Hagabah, the children of Akkub,
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46| The children of Hagab, the children of Shalmai, the children of Hanan,
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47| The children of Giddel, the children of Gahar, the children of Reaiah,
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48| The children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda, the children of Gazzam,
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49| The children of Uzza, the children of Paseah, the children of Besai,
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50| The children of Asnah, the children of Mehunim, the children of Nephusim,
|
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51| The children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur,
|
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52| The children of Bazluth, the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha,
|
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53| The children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Thamah,
|
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54| The children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha.
|
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55| The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Peruda,
|
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56| The children of Jaalah, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel,
|
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57| The children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth of Zebaim, the children of Ami.
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58| All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants, were three hundred ninety and two.
|
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59| And these were they which went up from Telmelah, Telharsa, Cherub, Addan, and Immer: but they could not shew their father's house, and their seed, whether they were of Israel:
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60| The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred fifty and two.
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61| And of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children of Barzillai; which took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name:
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62| These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but they were not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood.
|
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63| And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim.
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64| The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore,
|
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65| Beside their servants and their maids, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and there were among them two hundred singing men and singing women.
|
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66| Their horses were seven hundred thirty and six; their mules, two hundred forty and five;
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67| Their camels, four hundred thirty and five; their asses, six thousand seven hundred and twenty.
|
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68| And some of the chief of the fathers, when they came to the house of the LORD which is at Jerusalem, offered freely for the house of God to set it up in his place:
|
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69| They gave after their ability unto the treasure of the work threescore and one thousand drams of gold, and five thousand pound of silver, and one hundred priests' garments.
|
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70| So the priests, and the Levites, and some of the people, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims, dwelt in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.
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#3
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1| And when the seventh month was come, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem.
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2| Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his brethren, and builded the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings thereon, as it is written in the law of Moses the man of God.
|
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3| And they set the altar upon his bases; for fear was upon them because of the people of those countries: and they offered burnt offerings thereon unto the LORD, even burnt offerings morning and evening.
|
||||
4| They kept also the feast of tabernacles, as it is written, and offered the daily burnt offerings by number, according to the custom, as the duty of every day required;
|
||||
5| And afterward offered the continual burnt offering, both of the new moons, and of all the set feasts of the LORD that were consecrated, and of every one that willingly offered a freewill offering unto the LORD.
|
||||
6| From the first day of the seventh month began they to offer burnt offerings unto the LORD. But the foundation of the temple of the LORD was not yet laid.
|
||||
7| They gave money also unto the masons, and to the carpenters; and meat, and drink, and oil, unto them of Zidon, and to them of Tyre, to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea of Joppa, according to the grant that they had of Cyrus king of Persia.
|
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8| Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the remnant of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all they that were come out of the captivity unto Jerusalem; and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to set forward the work of the house of the LORD.
|
||||
9| Then stood Jeshua with his sons and his brethren, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah, together, to set forward the workmen in the house of God: the sons of Henadad, with their sons and their brethren the Levites.
|
||||
10| And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, they set the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise the LORD, after the ordinance of David king of Israel.
|
||||
11| And they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks unto the LORD; because he is good, for his mercy endureth for ever toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid.
|
||||
12| But many of the priests and Levites and chief of the fathers, who were ancient men, that had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice; and many shouted aloud for joy:
|
||||
13| So that the people could not discern the noise of the shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of the people: for the people shouted with a loud shout, and the noise was heard afar off.
|
||||
#4
|
||||
1| Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity builded the temple unto the LORD God of Israel;
|
||||
2| Then they came to Zerubbabel, and to the chief of the fathers, and said unto them, Let us build with you: for we seek your God, as ye do; and we do sacrifice unto him since the days of Esarhaddon king of Assur, which brought us up hither.
|
||||
3| But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the chief of the fathers of Israel, said unto them, Ye have nothing to do with us to build an house unto our God; but we ourselves together will build unto the LORD God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia hath commanded us.
|
||||
4| Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building,
|
||||
5| And hired counsellors against them, to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia.
|
||||
6| And in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, wrote they unto him an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.
|
||||
7| And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of their companions, unto Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the writing of the letter was written in the Syrian tongue, and interpreted in the Syrian tongue.
|
||||
8| Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort:
|
||||
9| Then wrote Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions; the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Susanchites, the Dehavites, and the Elamites,
|
||||
10| And the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Asnapper brought over, and set in the cities of Samaria, and the rest that are on this side the river, and at such a time.
|
||||
11| This is the copy of the letter that they sent unto him, even unto Artaxerxes the king; Thy servants the men on this side the river, and at such a time.
|
||||
12| Be it known unto the king, that the Jews which came up from thee to us are come unto Jerusalem, building the rebellious and the bad city, and have set up the walls thereof, and joined the foundations.
|
||||
13| Be it known now unto the king, that, if this city be builded, and the walls set up again, then will they not pay toll, tribute, and custom, and so thou shalt endamage the revenue of the kings.
|
||||
14| Now because we have maintenance from the king's palace, and it was not meet for us to see the king's dishonour, therefore have we sent and certified the king;
|
||||
15| That search may be made in the book of the records of thy fathers: so shalt thou find in the book of the records, and know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful unto kings and provinces, and that they have moved sedition within the same of old time: for which cause was this city destroyed.
|
||||
16| We certify the king that, if this city be builded again, and the walls thereof set up, by this means thou shalt have no portion on this side the river.
|
||||
17| Then sent the king an answer unto Rehum the chancellor, and to Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their companions that dwell in Samaria, and unto the rest beyond the river, Peace, and at such a time.
|
||||
18| The letter which ye sent unto us hath been plainly read before me.
|
||||
19| And I commanded, and search hath been made, and it is found that this city of old time hath made insurrection against kings, and that rebellion and sedition have been made therein.
|
||||
20| There have been mighty kings also over Jerusalem, which have ruled over all countries beyond the river; and toll, tribute, and custom, was paid unto them.
|
||||
21| Give ye now commandment to cause these men to cease, and that this city be not builded, until another commandment shall be given from me.
|
||||
22| Take heed now that ye fail not to do this: why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings?
|
||||
23| Now when the copy of king Artaxerxes' letter was read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went up in haste to Jerusalem unto the Jews, and made them to cease by force and power.
|
||||
24| Then ceased the work of the house of God which is at Jerusalem. So it ceased unto the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.
|
||||
#5
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||||
1| Then the prophets, Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied unto the Jews that were in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel, even unto them.
|
||||
2| Then rose up Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and began to build the house of God which is at Jerusalem: and with them were the prophets of God helping them.
|
||||
3| At the same time came to them Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shetharboznai and their companions, and said thus unto them, Who hath commanded you to build this house, and to make up this wall?
|
||||
4| Then said we unto them after this manner, What are the names of the men that make this building?
|
||||
5| But the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, that they could not cause them to cease, till the matter came to Darius: and then they returned answer by letter concerning this matter.
|
||||
6| The copy of the letter that Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shetharboznai and his companions the Apharsachites, which were on this side the river, sent unto Darius the king:
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7| They sent a letter unto him, wherein was written thus; Unto Darius the king, all peace.
|
||||
8| Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province of Judea, to the house of the great God, which is builded with great stones, and timber is laid in the walls, and this work goeth fast on, and prospereth in their hands.
|
||||
9| Then asked we those elders, and said unto them thus, Who commanded you to build this house, and to make up these walls?
|
||||
10| We asked their names also, to certify thee, that we might write the names of the men that were the chief of them.
|
||||
11| And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and build the house that was builded these many years ago, which a great king of Israel builded and set up.
|
||||
12| But after that our fathers had provoked the God of heaven unto wrath, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house, and carried the people away into Babylon.
|
||||
13| But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon the same king Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God.
|
||||
14| And the vessels also of gold and silver of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that was in Jerusalem, and brought them into the temple of Babylon, those did Cyrus the king take out of the temple of Babylon, and they were delivered unto one, whose name was Sheshbazzar, whom he had made governor;
|
||||
15| And said unto him, Take these vessels, go, carry them into the temple that is in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be builded in his place.
|
||||
16| Then came the same Sheshbazzar, and laid the foundation of the house of God which is in Jerusalem: and since that time even until now hath it been in building, and yet it is not finished.
|
||||
17| Now therefore, if it seem good to the king, let there be search made in the king's treasure house, which is there at Babylon, whether it be so, that a decree was made of Cyrus the king to build this house of God at Jerusalem, and let the king send his pleasure to us concerning this matter.
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#6
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1| Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon.
|
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2| And there was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of the Medes, a roll, and therein was a record thus written:
|
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3| In the first year of Cyrus the king the same Cyrus the king made a decree concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, Let the house be builded, the place where they offered sacrifices, and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof threescore cubits;
|
||||
4| With three rows of great stones, and a row of new timber: and let the expenses be given out of the king's house:
|
||||
5| And also let the golden and silver vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took forth out of the temple which is at Jerusalem, and brought unto Babylon, be restored, and brought again unto the temple which is at Jerusalem, every one to his place, and place them in the house of God.
|
||||
6| Now therefore, Tatnai, governor beyond the river, Shetharboznai, and your companions the Apharsachites, which are beyond the river, be ye far from thence:
|
||||
7| Let the work of this house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house of God in his place.
|
||||
8| Moreover I make a decree what ye shall do to the elders of these Jews for the building of this house of God: that of the king's goods, even of the tribute beyond the river, forthwith expenses be given unto these men, that they be not hindered.
|
||||
9| And that which they have need of, both young bullocks, and rams, and lambs, for the burnt offerings of the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the appointment of the priests which are at Jerusalem, let it be given them day by day without fail:
|
||||
10| That they may offer sacrifices of sweet savours unto the God of heaven, and pray for the life of the king, and of his sons.
|
||||
11| Also I have made a decree, that whosoever shall alter this word, let timber be pulled down from his house, and being set up, let him be hanged thereon; and let his house be made a dunghill for this.
|
||||
12| And the God that hath caused his name to dwell there destroy all kings and people, that shall put to their hand to alter and to destroy this house of God which is at Jerusalem. I Darius have made a decree; let it be done with speed.
|
||||
13| Then Tatnai, governor on this side the river, Shetharboznai, and their companions, according to that which Darius the king had sent, so they did speedily.
|
||||
14| And the elders of the Jews builded, and they prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And they builded, and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the commandment of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.
|
||||
15| And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.
|
||||
16| And the children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of this house of God with joy.
|
||||
17| And offered at the dedication of this house of God an hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin offering for all Israel, twelve he goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.
|
||||
18| And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses, for the service of God, which is at Jerusalem; as it is written in the book of Moses.
|
||||
19| And the children of the captivity kept the passover upon the fourteenth day of the first month.
|
||||
20| For the priests and the Levites were purified together, all of them were pure, and killed the passover for all the children of the captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves.
|
||||
21| And the children of Israel, which were come again out of captivity, and all such as had separated themselves unto them from the filthiness of the heathen of the land, to seek the LORD God of Israel, did eat,
|
||||
22| And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for the LORD had made them joyful, and turned the heart of the king of Assyria unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.
|
||||
#7
|
||||
1| Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,
|
||||
2| The son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub,
|
||||
3| The son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth,
|
||||
4| The son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki,
|
||||
5| The son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest:
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6| This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the LORD God of Israel had given: and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the LORD his God upon him.
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7| And there went up some of the children of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims, unto Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.
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8| And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king.
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9| For upon the first day of the first month began he to go up from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month came he to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God upon him.
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10| For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the LORD, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments.
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11| Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, even a scribe of the words of the commandments of the LORD, and of his statutes to Israel.
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12| Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra the priest, a scribe of the law of the God of heaven, perfect peace, and at such a time.
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13| I make a decree, that all they of the people of Israel, and of his priests and Levites, in my realm, which are minded of their own freewill to go up to Jerusalem, go with thee.
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14| Forasmuch as thou art sent of the king, and of his seven counsellors, to enquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of thy God which is in thine hand;
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15| And to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counsellors have freely offered unto the God of Israel, whose habitation is in Jerusalem,
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16| And all the silver and gold that thou canst find in all the province of Babylon, with the freewill offering of the people, and of the priests, offering willingly for the house of their God which is in Jerusalem:
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17| That thou mayest buy speedily with this money bullocks, rams, lambs, with their meat offerings and their drink offerings, and offer them upon the altar of the house of your God which is in Jerusalem.
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18| And whatsoever shall seem good to thee, and to thy brethren, to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, that do after the will of your God.
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19| The vessels also that are given thee for the service of the house of thy God, those deliver thou before the God of Jerusalem.
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20| And whatsoever more shall be needful for the house of thy God, which thou shalt have occasion to bestow, bestow it out of the king's treasure house.
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21| And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers which are beyond the river, that whatsoever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall require of you, it be done speedily,
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22| Unto an hundred talents of silver, and to an hundred measures of wheat, and to an hundred baths of wine, and to an hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribing how much.
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23| Whatsoever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be diligently done for the house of the God of heaven: for why should there be wrath against the realm of the king and his sons?
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24| Also we certify you, that touching any of the priests and Levites, singers, porters, Nethinims, or ministers of this house of God, it shall not be lawful to impose toll, tribute, or custom, upon them.
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25| And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God, that is in thine hand, set magistrates and judges, which may judge all the people that are beyond the river, all such as know the laws of thy God; and teach ye them that know them not.
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26| And whosoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the king, let judgment be executed speedily upon him, whether it be unto death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment.
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27| Blessed be the LORD God of our fathers, which hath put such a thing as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem:
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28| And hath extended mercy unto me before the king, and his counsellors, and before all the king's mighty princes. And I was strengthened as the hand of the LORD my God was upon me, and I gathered together out of Israel chief men to go up with me.
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#8
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1| These are now the chief of their fathers, and this is the genealogy of them that went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king.
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2| Of the sons of Phinehas; Gershom: of the sons of Ithamar; Daniel: of the sons of David; Hattush.
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3| Of the sons of Shechaniah, of the sons of Pharosh; Zechariah: and with him were reckoned by genealogy of the males an hundred and fifty.
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4| Of the sons of Pahathmoab; Elihoenai the son of Zerahiah, and with him two hundred males.
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5| Of the sons of Shechaniah; the son of Jahaziel, and with him three hundred males.
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6| Of the sons also of Adin; Ebed the son of Jonathan, and with him fifty males.
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7| And of the sons of Elam; Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah, and with him seventy males.
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8| And of the sons of Shephatiah; Zebadiah the son of Michael, and with him fourscore males.
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9| Of the sons of Joab; Obadiah the son of Jehiel, and with him two hundred and eighteen males.
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10| And of the sons of Shelomith; the son of Josiphiah, and with him an hundred and threescore males.
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11| And of the sons of Bebai; Zechariah the son of Bebai, and with him twenty and eight males.
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12| And of the sons of Azgad; Johanan the son of Hakkatan, and with him an hundred and ten males.
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13| And of the last sons of Adonikam, whose names are these, Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them threescore males.
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14| Of the sons also of Bigvai; Uthai, and Zabbud, and with them seventy males.
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15| And I gathered them together to the river that runneth to Ahava; and there abode we in tents three days: and I viewed the people, and the priests, and found there none of the sons of Levi.
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16| Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men; also for Joiarib, and for Elnathan, men of understanding.
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17| And I sent them with commandment unto Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia, and I told them what they should say unto Iddo, and to his brethren the Nethinims, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring unto us ministers for the house of our God.
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18| And by the good hand of our God upon us they brought us a man of understanding, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel; and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen;
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19| And Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brethren and their sons, twenty;
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20| Also of the Nethinims, whom David and the princes had appointed for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinims: all of them were expressed by name.
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21| Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.
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22| For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him.
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23| So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was intreated of us.
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24| Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them,
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25| And weighed unto them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, even the offering of the house of our God, which the king, and his counsellors, and his lords, and all Israel there present, had offered:
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26| I even weighed unto their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels an hundred talents, and of gold an hundred talents;
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27| Also twenty basons of gold, of a thousand drams; and two vessels of fine copper, precious as gold.
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28| And I said unto them, Ye are holy unto the LORD; the vessels are holy also; and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering unto the LORD God of your fathers.
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29| Watch ye, and keep them, until ye weigh them before the chief of the priests and the Levites, and chief of the fathers of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of the LORD.
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30| So took the priests and the Levites the weight of the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem unto the house of our God.
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31| Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go unto Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such as lay in wait by the way.
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32| And we came to Jerusalem, and abode there three days.
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33| Now on the fourth day was the silver and the gold and the vessels weighed in the house of our God by the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriah the priest; and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas; and with them was Jozabad the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of Binnui, Levites;
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34| By number and by weight of every one: and all the weight was written at that time.
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35| Also the children of those that had been carried away, which were come out of the captivity, offered burnt offerings unto the God of Israel, twelve bullocks for all Israel, ninety and six rams, seventy and seven lambs, twelve he goats for a sin offering: all this was a burnt offering unto the LORD.
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36| And they delivered the king's commissions unto the king's lieutenants, and to the governors on this side the river: and they furthered the people, and the house of God.
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#9
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1| Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the people of the lands, doing according to their abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.
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2| For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for their sons: so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of those lands: yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been chief in this trespass.
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3| And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down astonied.
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4| Then were assembled unto me every one that trembled at the words of the God of Israel, because of the transgression of those that had been carried away; and I sat astonied until the evening sacrifice.
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5| And at the evening sacrifice I arose up from my heaviness; and having rent my garment and my mantle, I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands unto the LORD my God,
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6| And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens.
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7| Since the days of our fathers have we been in a great trespass unto this day; and for our iniquities have we, our kings, and our priests, been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, and to a spoil, and to confusion of face, as it is this day.
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8| And now for a little space grace hath been shewed from the LORD our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage.
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9| For we were bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.
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10| And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken thy commandments,
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11| Which thou hast commanded by thy servants the prophets, saying, The land, unto which ye go to possess it, is an unclean land with the filthiness of the people of the lands, with their abominations, which have filled it from one end to another with their uncleanness.
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12| Now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither take their daughters unto your sons, nor seek their peace or their wealth for ever: that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children for ever.
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13| And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great trespass, seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and hast given us such deliverance as this;
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14| Should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the people of these abominations? wouldest not thou be angry with us till thou hadst consumed us, so that there should be no remnant nor escaping?
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15| O LORD God of Israel, thou art righteous: for we remain yet escaped, as it is this day: behold, we are before thee in our trespasses: for we cannot stand before thee because of this.
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#10
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1| Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled unto him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children: for the people wept very sore.
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2| And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing.
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3| Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord, and of those that tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the law.
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4| Arise; for this matter belongeth unto thee: we also will be with thee: be of good courage, and do it.
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5| Then arose Ezra, and made the chief priests, the Levites, and all Israel, to swear that they should do according to this word. And they sware.
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6| Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Johanan the son of Eliashib: and when he came thither, he did eat no bread, nor drink water: for he mourned because of the transgression of them that had been carried away.
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7| And they made proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem unto all the children of the captivity, that they should gather themselves together unto Jerusalem;
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||||
8| And that whosoever would not come within three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the elders, all his substance should be forfeited, and himself separated from the congregation of those that had been carried away.
|
||||
9| Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves together unto Jerusalem within three days. It was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month; and all the people sat in the street of the house of God, trembling because of this matter, and for the great rain.
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10| And Ezra the priest stood up, and said unto them, Ye have transgressed, and have taken strange wives, to increase the trespass of Israel.
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11| Now therefore make confession unto the LORD God of your fathers, and do his pleasure: and separate yourselves from the people of the land, and from the strange wives.
|
||||
12| Then all the congregation answered and said with a loud voice, As thou hast said, so must we do.
|
||||
13| But the people are many, and it is a time of much rain, and we are not able to stand without, neither is this a work of one day or two: for we are many that have transgressed in this thing.
|
||||
14| Let now our rulers of all the congregation stand, and let all them which have taken strange wives in our cities come at appointed times, and with them the elders of every city, and the judges thereof, until the fierce wrath of our God for this matter be turned from us.
|
||||
15| Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahaziah the son of Tikvah were employed about this matter: and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite helped them.
|
||||
16| And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, with certain chief of the fathers, after the house of their fathers, and all of them by their names, were separated, and sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.
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||||
17| And they made an end with all the men that had taken strange wives by the first day of the first month.
|
||||
18| And among the sons of the priests there were found that had taken strange wives: namely, of the sons of Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren; Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah.
|
||||
19| And they gave their hands that they would put away their wives; and being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their trespass.
|
||||
20| And of the sons of Immer; Hanani, and Zebadiah.
|
||||
21| And of the sons of Harim; Maaseiah, and Elijah, and Shemaiah, and Jehiel, and Uzziah.
|
||||
22| And of the sons of Pashur; Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethaneel, Jozabad, and Elasah.
|
||||
23| Also of the Levites; Jozabad, and Shimei, and Kelaiah, (the same is Kelita,) Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.
|
||||
24| Of the singers also; Eliashib: and of the porters; Shallum, and Telem, and Uri.
|
||||
25| Moreover of Israel: of the sons of Parosh; Ramiah, and Jeziah, and Malchiah, and Miamin, and Eleazar, and Malchijah, and Benaiah.
|
||||
26| And of the sons of Elam; Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and Abdi, and Jeremoth, and Eliah.
|
||||
27| And of the sons of Zattu; Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, and Jeremoth, and Zabad, and Aziza.
|
||||
28| Of the sons also of Bebai; Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and Athlai.
|
||||
29| And of the sons of Bani; Meshullam, Malluch, and Adaiah, Jashub, and Sheal, and Ramoth.
|
||||
30| And of the sons of Pahathmoab; Adna, and Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezaleel, and Binnui, and Manasseh.
|
||||
31| And of the sons of Harim; Eliezer, Ishijah, Malchiah, Shemaiah, Shimeon,
|
||||
32| Benjamin, Malluch, and Shemariah.
|
||||
33| Of the sons of Hashum; Mattenai, Mattathah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, and Shimei.
|
||||
34| Of the sons of Bani; Maadai, Amram, and Uel,
|
||||
35| Benaiah, Bedeiah, Chelluh,
|
||||
36| Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib,
|
||||
37| Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasau,
|
||||
38| And Bani, and Binnui, Shimei,
|
||||
39| And Shelemiah, and Nathan, and Adaiah,
|
||||
40| Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai,
|
||||
41| Azareel, and Shelemiah, Shemariah,
|
||||
42| Shallum, Amariah, and Joseph.
|
||||
43| Of the sons of Nebo; Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jadau, and Joel, Benaiah.
|
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44| All these had taken strange wives: and some of them had wives by whom they had children.
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#1
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1| That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;
|
||||
2| (For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;)
|
||||
3| That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.
|
||||
4| And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full.
|
||||
5| This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
|
||||
6| If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
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||||
7| But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
|
||||
8| If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
|
||||
9| If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
|
||||
10| If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
|
||||
#2
|
||||
1| My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
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||||
2| And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for our's only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
|
||||
3| And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
|
||||
4| He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
|
||||
5| But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.
|
||||
6| He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.
|
||||
7| Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning.
|
||||
8| Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth.
|
||||
9| He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.
|
||||
10| He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him.
|
||||
11| But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.
|
||||
12| I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake.
|
||||
13| I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little children, because ye have known the Father.
|
||||
14| I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.
|
||||
15| Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
|
||||
16| For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
|
||||
17| And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
|
||||
18| Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.
|
||||
19| They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.
|
||||
20| But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.
|
||||
21| I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.
|
||||
22| Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.
|
||||
23| Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.
|
||||
24| Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father.
|
||||
25| And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life.
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||||
26| These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you.
|
||||
27| But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.
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28| And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.
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29| If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him.
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#3
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||||
1| Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
|
||||
2| Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
|
||||
3| And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.
|
||||
4| Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
|
||||
5| And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.
|
||||
6| Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.
|
||||
7| Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
|
||||
8| He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
|
||||
9| Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
|
||||
10| In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.
|
||||
11| For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
|
||||
12| Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous.
|
||||
13| Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.
|
||||
14| We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.
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||||
15| Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
|
||||
16| Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
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17| But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?
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18| My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
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19| And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.
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20| For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.
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21| Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.
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22| And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.
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23| And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.
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24| And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.
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#4
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1| Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
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2| Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
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3| And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.
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4| Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
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5| They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.
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6| We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.
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7| Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
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8| He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
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9| In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.
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10| Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
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11| Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
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12| No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.
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13| Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.
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14| And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.
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15| Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.
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16| And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.
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17| Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.
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18| There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.
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19| We love him, because he first loved us.
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20| If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?
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21| And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.
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#5
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1| Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.
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2| By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.
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3| For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
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4| For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.
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5| Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?
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6| This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth.
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7| For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.
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8| And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.
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9| If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son.
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10| He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.
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11| And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
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12| He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.
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13| These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.
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14| And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:
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15| And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.
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16| If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it.
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17| All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death.
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18| We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.
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19| And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.
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20| And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
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21| Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.
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#1
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1| Now there was a certain man of Ramathaimzophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite:
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2| And he had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.
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3| And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice unto the LORD of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the LORD, were there.
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4| And when the time was that Elkanah offered, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions:
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5| But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the LORD had shut up her womb.
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6| And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb.
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7| And as he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of the LORD, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat.
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8| Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I better to thee than ten sons?
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9| So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat by a post of the temple of the LORD.
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10| And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore.
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11| And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.
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12| And it came to pass, as she continued praying before the LORD, that Eli marked her mouth.
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13| Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken.
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14| And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee.
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15| And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the LORD.
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16| Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto.
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17| Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace: and the God of Israel grant thee thy petition that thou hast asked of him.
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18| And she said, Let thine handmaid find grace in thy sight. So the woman went her way, and did eat, and her countenance was no more sad.
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19| And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the LORD, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the LORD remembered her.
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20| Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of the LORD.
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21| And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer unto the LORD the yearly sacrifice, and his vow.
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22| But Hannah went not up; for she said unto her husband, I will not go up until the child be weaned, and then I will bring him, that he may appear before the LORD, and there abide for ever.
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23| And Elkanah her husband said unto her, Do what seemeth thee good; tarry until thou have weaned him; only the LORD establish his word. So the woman abode, and gave her son suck until she weaned him.
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24| And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bullocks, and one ephah of flour, and a bottle of wine, and brought him unto the house of the LORD in Shiloh: and the child was young.
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25| And they slew a bullock, and brought the child to Eli.
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26| And she said, Oh my lord, as thy soul liveth, my lord, I am the woman that stood by thee here, praying unto the LORD.
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27| For this child I prayed; and the LORD hath given me my petition which I asked of him:
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28| Therefore also I have lent him to the LORD; as long as he liveth he shall be lent to the LORD. And he worshipped the LORD there.
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#2
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1| And Hannah prayed, and said, ** Ode Three ** My heart rejoiceth in the LORD, mine horn is exalted in the LORD: my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation.
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2| There is none holy as the LORD: for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God.
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3| Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.
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4| The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength.
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5| They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble.
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6| The LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.
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7| The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.
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8| He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD's, and he hath set the world upon them.
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9| He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.
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10| The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the LORD shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed. *(End of Ode 3)*
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11| And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto the LORD before Eli the priest.
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12| Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the LORD.
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13| And the priest's custom with the people was, that, when any man offered sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while the flesh was in seething, with a fleshhook of three teeth in his hand;
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14| And he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the fleshhook brought up the priest took for himself. So they did in Shiloh unto all the Israelites that came thither.
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15| Also before they burnt the fat, the priest's servant came, and said to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest; for he will not have sodden flesh of thee, but raw.
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16| And if any man said unto him, Let them not fail to burn the fat presently, and then take as much as thy soul desireth; then he would answer him, Nay; but thou shalt give it me now: and if not, I will take it by force.
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17| Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD: for men abhorred the offering of the LORD.
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18| But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, girded with a linen ephod.
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19| Moreover his mother made him a little coat, and brought it to him from year to year, when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.
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20| And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, The LORD give thee seed of this woman for the loan which is lent to the LORD. And they went unto their own home.
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21| And the LORD visited Hannah, so that she conceived, and bare three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the LORD.
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22| Now Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons did unto all Israel; and how they lay with the women that assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
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23| And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil dealings by all this people.
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24| Nay, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: ye make the LORD's people to transgress.
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25| If one man sin against another, the judge shall judge him: but if a man sin against the LORD, who shall intreat for him? Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because the LORD would slay them.
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26| And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with the LORD, and also with men.
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27| And there came a man of God unto Eli, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Did I plainly appear unto the house of thy father, when they were in Egypt in Pharaoh's house?
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28| And did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to offer upon mine altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did I give unto the house of thy father all the offerings made by fire of the children of Israel?
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29| Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded in my habitation; and honourest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people?
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30| Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
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31| Behold, the days come, that I will cut off thine arm, and the arm of thy father's house, that there shall not be an old man in thine house.
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32| And thou shalt see an enemy in my habitation, in all the wealth which God shall give Israel: and there shall not be an old man in thine house for ever.
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33| And the man of thine, whom I shall not cut off from mine altar, shall be to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thine heart: and all the increase of thine house shall die in the flower of their age.
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34| And this shall be a sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas; in one day they shall die both of them.
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35| And I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do according to that which is in mine heart and in my mind: and I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before mine anointed for ever.
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36| And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in thine house shall come and crouch to him for a piece of silver and a morsel of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests' offices, that I may eat a piece of bread.
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#3
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1| And the child Samuel ministered unto the LORD before Eli. And the word of the LORD was precious in those days; there was no open vision.
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2| And it came to pass at that time, when Eli was laid down in his place, and his eyes began to wax dim, that he could not see;
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3| And ere the lamp of God went out in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was, and Samuel was laid down to sleep;
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4| That the LORD called Samuel: and he answered, Here am I.
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5| And he ran unto Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou calledst me. And he said, I called not; lie down again. And he went and lay down.
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6| And the LORD called yet again, Samuel. And Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And he answered, I called not, my son; lie down again.
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7| Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, neither was the word of the LORD yet revealed unto him.
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8| And the LORD called Samuel again the third time. And he arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And Eli perceived that the LORD had called the child.
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9| Therefore Eli said unto Samuel, Go, lie down: and it shall be, if he call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, LORD; for thy servant heareth. So Samuel went and lay down in his place.
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10| And the LORD came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak; for thy servant heareth.
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11| And the LORD said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle.
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12| In that day I will perform against Eli all things which I have spoken concerning his house: when I begin, I will also make an end.
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13| For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not.
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14| And therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli, that the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be purged with sacrifice nor offering for ever.
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15| And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of the LORD. And Samuel feared to shew Eli the vision.
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16| Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And he answered, Here am I.
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17| And he said, What is the thing that the LORD hath said unto thee? I pray thee hide it not from me: God do so to thee, and more also, if thou hide any thing from me of all the things that he said unto thee.
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18| And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. And he said, It is the LORD: let him do what seemeth him good.
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19| And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and did let none of his words fall to the ground.
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20| And all Israel from Dan even to Beersheba knew that Samuel was established to be a prophet of the LORD.
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21| And the LORD appeared again in Shiloh: for the LORD revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of the LORD.
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#4
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1| And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and pitched beside Ebenezer: and the Philistines pitched in Aphek.
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2| And the Philistines put themselves in array against Israel: and when they joined battle, Israel was smitten before the Philistines: and they slew of the army in the field about four thousand men.
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3| And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath the LORD smitten us to day before the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of Shiloh unto us, that, when it cometh among us, it may save us out of the hand of our enemies.
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4| So the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from thence the ark of the covenant of the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth between the cherubims: and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.
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5| And when the ark of the covenant of the LORD came into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth rang again.
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6| And when the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said, What meaneth the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews? And they understood that the ark of the LORD was come into the camp.
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7| And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God is come into the camp. And they said, Woe unto us! for there hath not been such a thing heretofore.
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8| Woe unto us! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty Gods? these are the Gods that smote the Egyptians with all the plagues in the wilderness.
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9| Be strong and quit yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye be not servants unto the Hebrews, as they have been to you: quit yourselves like men, and fight.
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10| And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fled every man into his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen.
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11| And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.
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12| And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to Shiloh the same day with his clothes rent, and with earth upon his head.
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||||
13| And when he came, lo, Eli sat upon a seat by the wayside watching: for his heart trembled for the ark of God. And when the man came into the city, and told it, all the city cried out.
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14| And when Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, What meaneth the noise of this tumult? And the man came in hastily, and told Eli.
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15| Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were dim, that he could not see.
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16| And the man said unto Eli, I am he that came out of the army, and I fled to day out of the army. And he said, What is there done, my son?
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17| And the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken.
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18| And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that he fell from off the seat backward by the side of the gate, and his neck brake, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years.
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19| And his daughter in law, Phinehas' wife, was with child, near to be delivered: and when she heard the tidings that the ark of God was taken, and that her father in law and her husband were dead, she bowed herself and travailed; for her pains came upon her.
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||||
20| And about the time of her death the women that stood by her said unto her, Fear not; for thou hast born a son. But she answered not, neither did she regard it.
|
||||
21| And she named the child Ichabod, saying, The glory is departed from Israel: because the ark of God was taken, and because of her father in law and her husband.
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22| And she said, The glory is departed from Israel: for the ark of God is taken.
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#5
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1| And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Ebenezer unto Ashdod.
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2| When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.
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3| And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark of the LORD. And they took Dagon, and set him in his place again.
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4| And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the LORD; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon the threshold; only the stump of Dagon was left to him.
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5| Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any that come into Dagon's house, tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod unto this day.
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6| But the hand of the LORD was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he destroyed them, and smote them with emerods, even Ashdod and the coasts thereof.
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7| And when the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The ark of the God of Israel shall not abide with us: for his hand is sore upon us, and upon Dagon our god.
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8| They sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the Philistines unto them, and said, What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel? And they answered, Let the ark of the God of Israel be carried about unto Gath. And they carried the ark of the God of Israel about thither.
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9| And it was so, that, after they had carried it about, the hand of the LORD was against the city with a very great destruction: and he smote the men of the city, both small and great, and they had emerods in their secret parts.
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10| Therefore they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And it came to pass, as the ark of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, They have brought about the ark of the God of Israel to us, to slay us and our people.
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11| So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to his own place, that it slay us not, and our people: for there was a deadly destruction throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there.
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12| And the men that died not were smitten with the emerods: and the cry of the city went up to heaven.
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#6
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1| And the ark of the LORD was in the country of the Philistines seven months.
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2| And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying, What shall we do to the ark of the LORD? tell us wherewith we shall send it to his place.
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3| And they said, If ye send away the ark of the God of Israel, send it not empty; but in any wise return him a trespass offering: then ye shall be healed, and it shall be known to you why his hand is not removed from you.
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4| Then said they, What shall be the trespass offering which we shall return to him? They answered, Five golden emerods, and five golden mice, according to the number of the lords of the Philistines: for one plague was on you all, and on your lords.
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5| Wherefore ye shall make images of your emerods, and images of your mice that mar the land; and ye shall give glory unto the God of Israel: peradventure he will lighten his hand from off you, and from off your gods, and from off your land.
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6| Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? when he had wrought wonderfully among them, did they not let the people go, and they departed?
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7| Now therefore make a new cart, and take two milch kine, on which there hath come no yoke, and tie the kine to the cart, and bring their calves home from them:
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8| And take the ark of the LORD, and lay it upon the cart; and put the jewels of gold, which ye return him for a trespass offering, in a coffer by the side thereof; and send it away, that it may go.
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9| And see, if it goeth up by the way of his own coast to Bethshemesh, then he hath done us this great evil: but if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that smote us: it was a chance that happened to us.
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10| And the men did so; and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home:
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11| And they laid the ark of the LORD upon the cart, and the coffer with the mice of gold and the images of their emerods.
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12| And the kine took the straight way to the way of Bethshemesh, and went along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them unto the border of Bethshemesh.
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13| And they of Bethshemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley: and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see it.
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14| And the cart came into the field of Joshua, a Bethshemite, and stood there, where there was a great stone: and they clave the wood of the cart, and offered the kine a burnt offering unto the LORD.
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15| And the Levites took down the ark of the LORD, and the coffer that was with it, wherein the jewels of gold were, and put them on the great stone: and the men of Bethshemesh offered burnt offerings and sacrificed sacrifices the same day unto the LORD.
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16| And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day.
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17| And these are the golden emerods which the Philistines returned for a trespass offering unto the LORD; for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Askelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one;
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18| And the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both of fenced cities, and of country villages, even unto the great stone of Abel, whereon they set down the ark of the LORD: which stone remaineth unto this day in the field of Joshua, the Bethshemite.
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19| And he smote the men of Bethshemesh, because they had looked into the ark of the LORD, even he smote of the people fifty thousand and threescore and ten men: and the people lamented, because the LORD had smitten many of the people with a great slaughter.
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20| And the men of Bethshemesh said, Who is able to stand before this holy LORD God? and to whom shall he go up from us?
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21| And they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kirjathjearim, saying, The Philistines have brought again the ark of the LORD; come ye down, and fetch it up to you.
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#7
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1| And the men of Kirjathjearim came, and fetched up the ark of the LORD, and brought it into the house of Abinadab in the hill, and sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the LORD.
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2| And it came to pass, while the ark abode in Kirjathjearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the house of Israel lamented after the LORD.
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3| And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the LORD, and serve him only: and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.
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4| Then the children of Israel did put away Baalim and Ashtaroth, and served the LORD only.
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5| And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I will pray for you unto the LORD.
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6| And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew water, and poured it out before the LORD, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against the LORD. And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpeh.
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7| And when the Philistines heard that the children of Israel were gathered together to Mizpeh, the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. And when the children of Israel heard it, they were afraid of the Philistines.
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8| And the children of Israel said to Samuel, Cease not to cry unto the LORD our God for us, that he will save us out of the hand of the Philistines.
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9| And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it for a burnt offering wholly unto the LORD: and Samuel cried unto the LORD for Israel; and the LORD heard him.
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10| And as Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel: but the LORD thundered with a great thunder on that day upon the Philistines, and discomfited them; and they were smitten before Israel.
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11| And the men of Israel went out of Mizpeh, and pursued the Philistines, and smote them, until they came under Bethcar.
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12| Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto hath the LORD helped us.
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13| So the Philistines were subdued, and they came no more into the coast of Israel: and the hand of the LORD was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.
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14| And the cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel were restored to Israel, from Ekron even unto Gath; and the coasts thereof did Israel deliver out of the hands of the Philistines. And there was peace between Israel and the Amorites.
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15| And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.
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16| And he went from year to year in circuit to Bethel, and Gilgal, and Mizpeh, and judged Israel in all those places.
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17| And his return was to Ramah; for there was his house; and there he judged Israel; and there he built an altar unto the LORD.
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#8
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1| And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.
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2| Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: they were judges in Beersheba.
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3| And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.
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4| Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah,
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5| And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.
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6| But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD.
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7| And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.
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8| According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day, wherewith they have forsaken me, and served other gods, so do they also unto thee.
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9| Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them, and shew them the manner of the king that shall reign over them.
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10| And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that asked of him a king.
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11| And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and some shall run before his chariots.
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12| And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and will set them to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots.
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13| And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks, and to be bakers.
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14| And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.
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15| And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.
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16| And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.
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17| He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.
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18| And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not hear you in that day.
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19| Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;
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20| That we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.
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21| And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of the LORD.
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22| And the LORD said to Samuel, Hearken unto their voice, and make them a king. And Samuel said unto the men of Israel, Go ye every man unto his city.
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#9
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1| Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Bechorath, the son of Aphiah, a Benjamite, a mighty man of power.
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2| And he had a son, whose name was Saul, a choice young man, and a goodly: and there was not among the children of Israel a goodlier person than he: from his shoulders and upward he was higher than any of the people.
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3| And the asses of Kish Saul's father were lost. And Kish said to Saul his son, Take now one of the servants with thee, and arise, go seek the asses.
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4| And he passed through mount Ephraim, and passed through the land of Shalisha, but they found them not: then they passed through the land of Shalim, and there they were not: and he passed through the land of the Benjamites, but they found them not.
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5| And when they were come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant that was with him, Come, and let us return; lest my father leave caring for the asses, and take thought for us.
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6| And he said unto him, Behold now, there is in this city a man of God, and he is an honourable man; all that he saith cometh surely to pass: now let us go thither; peradventure he can shew us our way that we should go.
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7| Then said Saul to his servant, But, behold, if we go, what shall we bring the man? for the bread is spent in our vessels, and there is not a present to bring to the man of God: what have we?
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8| And the servant answered Saul again, and said, Behold, I have here at hand the fourth part of a shekel of silver: that will I give to the man of God, to tell us our way.
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9| (Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to enquire of God, thus he spake, Come, and let us go to the seer: for he that is now called a Prophet was beforetime called a Seer.)
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10| Then said Saul to his servant, Well said; come, let us go. So they went unto the city where the man of God was.
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11| And as they went up the hill to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said unto them, Is the seer here?
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12| And they answered them, and said, He is; behold, he is before you: make haste now, for he came to day to the city; for there is a sacrifice of the people to day in the high place:
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13| As soon as ye be come into the city, ye shall straightway find him, before he go up to the high place to eat: for the people will not eat until he come, because he doth bless the sacrifice; and afterwards they eat that be bidden. Now therefore get you up; for about this time ye shall find him.
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14| And they went up into the city: and when they were come into the city, behold, Samuel came out against them, for to go up to the high place.
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15| Now the LORD had told Samuel in his ear a day before Saul came, saying,
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16| To morrow about this time I will send thee a man out of the land of Benjamin, and thou shalt anoint him to be captain over my people Israel, that he may save my people out of the hand of the Philistines: for I have looked upon my people, because their cry is come unto me.
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17| And when Samuel saw Saul, the LORD said unto him, Behold the man whom I spake to thee of! this same shall reign over my people.
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18| Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, where the seer's house is.
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19| And Samuel answered Saul, and said, I am the seer: go up before me unto the high place; for ye shall eat with me to day, and to morrow I will let thee go, and will tell thee all that is in thine heart.
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20| And as for thine asses that were lost three days ago, set not thy mind on them; for they are found. And on whom is all the desire of Israel? Is it not on thee, and on all thy father's house?
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21| And Saul answered and said, Am not I a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? wherefore then speakest thou so to me?
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22| And Samuel took Saul and his servant, and brought them into the parlour, and made them sit in the chiefest place among them that were bidden, which were about thirty persons.
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23| And Samuel said unto the cook, Bring the portion which I gave thee, of which I said unto thee, Set it by thee.
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24| And the cook took up the shoulder, and that which was upon it, and set it before Saul. And Samuel said, Behold that which is left! set it before thee, and eat: for unto this time hath it been kept for thee since I said, I have invited the people. So Saul did eat with Samuel that day.
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25| And when they were come down from the high place into the city, Samuel communed with Saul upon the top of the house.
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26| And they arose early: and it came to pass about the spring of the day, that Samuel called Saul to the top of the house, saying, Up, that I may send thee away. And Saul arose, and they went out both of them, he and Samuel, abroad.
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27| And as they were going down to the end of the city, Samuel said to Saul, Bid the servant pass on before us, (and he passed on), but stand thou still a while, that I may shew thee the word of God.
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#10
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1| Then Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, and kissed him, and said, Is it not because the LORD hath anointed thee to be captain over his inheritance?
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2| When thou art departed from me to day, then thou shalt find two men by Rachel's sepulchre in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say unto thee, The asses which thou wentest to seek are found: and, lo, thy father hath left the care of the asses, and sorroweth for you, saying, What shall I do for my son?
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||||
3| Then shalt thou go on forward from thence, and thou shalt come to the plain of Tabor, and there shall meet thee three men going up to God to Bethel, one carrying three kids, and another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a bottle of wine:
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4| And they will salute thee, and give thee two loaves of bread; which thou shalt receive of their hands.
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||||
5| After that thou shalt come to the hill of God, where is the garrison of the Philistines: and it shall come to pass, when thou art come thither to the city, that thou shalt meet a company of prophets coming down from the high place with a psaltery, and a tabret, and a pipe, and a harp, before them; and they shall prophesy:
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||||
6| And the Spirit of the LORD will come upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy with them, and shalt be turned into another man.
|
||||
7| And let it be, when these signs are come unto thee, that thou do as occasion serve thee; for God is with thee.
|
||||
8| And thou shalt go down before me to Gilgal; and, behold, I will come down unto thee, to offer burnt offerings, and to sacrifice sacrifices of peace offerings: seven days shalt thou tarry, till I come to thee, and shew thee what thou shalt do.
|
||||
9| And it was so, that when he had turned his back to go from Samuel, God gave him another heart: and all those signs came to pass that day.
|
||||
10| And when they came thither to the hill, behold, a company of prophets met him; and the Spirit of God came upon him, and he prophesied among them.
|
||||
11| And it came to pass, when all that knew him beforetime saw that, behold, he prophesied among the prophets, then the people said one to another, What is this that is come unto the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?
|
||||
12| And one of the same place answered and said, But who is their father? Therefore it became a proverb, Is Saul also among the prophets?
|
||||
13| And when he had made an end of prophesying, he came to the high place.
|
||||
14| And Saul's uncle said unto him and to his servant, Whither went ye? And he said, To seek the asses: and when we saw that they were no where, we came to Samuel.
|
||||
15| And Saul's uncle said, Tell me, I pray thee, what Samuel said unto you.
|
||||
16| And Saul said unto his uncle, He told us plainly that the asses were found. But of the matter of the kingdom, whereof Samuel spake, he told him not.
|
||||
17| And Samuel called the people together unto the LORD to Mizpeh;
|
||||
18| And said unto the children of Israel, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all kingdoms, and of them that oppressed you:
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||||
19| And ye have this day rejected your God, who himself saved you out of all your adversities and your tribulations; and ye have said unto him, Nay, but set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes, and by your thousands.
|
||||
20| And when Samuel had caused all the tribes of Israel to come near, the tribe of Benjamin was taken.
|
||||
21| When he had caused the tribe of Benjamin to come near by their families, the family of Matri was taken, and Saul the son of Kish was taken: and when they sought him, he could not be found.
|
||||
22| Therefore they enquired of the LORD further, if the man should yet come thither. And the LORD answered, Behold he hath hid himself among the stuff.
|
||||
23| And they ran and fetched him thence: and when he stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward.
|
||||
24| And Samuel said to all the people, See ye him whom the LORD hath chosen, that there is none like him among all the people? And all the people shouted, and said, God save the king.
|
||||
25| Then Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and laid it up before the LORD. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house.
|
||||
26| And Saul also went home to Gibeah; and there went with him a band of men, whose hearts God had touched.
|
||||
27| But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought no presents. But he held his peace.
|
||||
#11
|
||||
1| Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabeshgilead: and all the men of Jabesh said unto Nahash, Make a covenant with us, and we will serve thee.
|
||||
2| And Nahash the Ammonite answered them, On this condition will I make a covenant with you, that I may thrust out all your right eyes, and lay it for a reproach upon all Israel.
|
||||
3| And the elders of Jabesh said unto him, Give us seven days' respite, that we may send messengers unto all the coasts of Israel: and then, if there be no man to save us, we will come out to thee.
|
||||
4| Then came the messengers to Gibeah of Saul, and told the tidings in the ears of the people: and all the people lifted up their voices, and wept.
|
||||
5| And, behold, Saul came after the herd out of the field; and Saul said, What aileth the people that they weep? And they told him the tidings of the men of Jabesh.
|
||||
6| And the Spirit of God came upon Saul when he heard those tidings, and his anger was kindled greatly.
|
||||
7| And he took a yoke of oxen, and hewed them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the coasts of Israel by the hands of messengers, saying, Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done unto his oxen. And the fear of the LORD fell on the people, and they came out with one consent.
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||||
8| And when he numbered them in Bezek, the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.
|
||||
9| And they said unto the messengers that came, Thus shall ye say unto the men of Jabeshgilead, To morrow, by that time the sun be hot, ye shall have help. And the messengers came and shewed it to the men of Jabesh; and they were glad.
|
||||
10| Therefore the men of Jabesh said, To morrow we will come out unto you, and ye shall do with us all that seemeth good unto you.
|
||||
11| And it was so on the morrow, that Saul put the people in three companies; and they came into the midst of the host in the morning watch, and slew the Ammonites until the heat of the day: and it came to pass, that they which remained were scattered, so that two of them were not left together.
|
||||
12| And the people said unto Samuel, Who is he that said, Shall Saul reign over us? bring the men, that we may put them to death.
|
||||
13| And Saul said, There shall not a man be put to death this day: for to day the LORD hath wrought salvation in Israel.
|
||||
14| Then said Samuel to the people, Come, and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there.
|
||||
15| And all the people went to Gilgal; and there they made Saul king before the LORD in Gilgal; and there they sacrificed sacrifices of peace offerings before the LORD; and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.
|
||||
#12
|
||||
1| And Samuel said unto all Israel, Behold, I have hearkened unto your voice in all that ye said unto me, and have made a king over you.
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||||
2| And now, behold, the king walketh before you: and I am old and grayheaded; and, behold, my sons are with you: and I have walked before you from my childhood unto this day.
|
||||
3| Behold, here I am: witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.
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||||
4| And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken ought of any man's hand.
|
||||
5| And he said unto them, The LORD is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that ye have not found ought in my hand. And they answered, He is witness.
|
||||
6| And Samuel said unto the people, It is the LORD that advanced Moses and Aaron, and that brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt.
|
||||
7| Now therefore stand still, that I may reason with you before the LORD of all the righteous acts of the LORD, which he did to you and to your fathers.
|
||||
8| When Jacob was come into Egypt, and your fathers cried unto the LORD, then the LORD sent Moses and Aaron, which brought forth your fathers out of Egypt, and made them dwell in this place.
|
||||
9| And when they forgat the LORD their God, he sold them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the host of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them.
|
||||
10| And they cried unto the LORD, and said, We have sinned, because we have forsaken the LORD, and have served Baalim and Ashtaroth: but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve thee.
|
||||
11| And the LORD sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side, and ye dwelled safe.
|
||||
12| And when ye saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, ye said unto me, Nay; but a king shall reign over us: when the LORD your God was your king.
|
||||
13| Now therefore behold the king whom ye have chosen, and whom ye have desired! and, behold, the LORD hath set a king over you.
|
||||
14| If ye will fear the LORD, and serve him, and obey his voice, and not rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall both ye and also the king that reigneth over you continue following the LORD your God:
|
||||
15| But if ye will not obey the voice of the LORD, but rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall the hand of the LORD be against you, as it was against your fathers.
|
||||
16| Now therefore stand and see this great thing, which the LORD will do before your eyes.
|
||||
17| Is it not wheat harvest to day? I will call unto the LORD, and he shall send thunder and rain; that ye may perceive and see that your wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of the LORD, in asking you a king.
|
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18| So Samuel called unto the LORD; and the LORD sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel.
|
||||
19| And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for thy servants unto the LORD thy God, that we die not: for we have added unto all our sins this evil, to ask us a king.
|
||||
20| And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: ye have done all this wickedness: yet turn not aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart;
|
||||
21| And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.
|
||||
22| For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name's sake: because it hath pleased the LORD to make you his people.
|
||||
23| Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way:
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24| Only fear the LORD, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you.
|
||||
25| But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both ye and your king.
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#13
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1| Saul reigned one year; and when he had reigned two years over Israel,
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2| Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel; whereof two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in mount Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent.
|
||||
3| And Jonathan smote the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. And Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, Let the Hebrews hear.
|
||||
4| And all Israel heard say that Saul had smitten a garrison of the Philistines, and that Israel also was had in abomination with the Philistines. And the people were called together after Saul to Gilgal.
|
||||
5| And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the sea shore in multitude: and they came up, and pitched in Michmash, eastward from Bethaven.
|
||||
6| When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait, (for the people were distressed,) then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in high places, and in pits.
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7| And some of the Hebrews went over Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead. As for Saul, he was yet in Gilgal, and all the people followed him trembling.
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8| And he tarried seven days, according to the set time that Samuel had appointed: but Samuel came not to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from him.
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9| And Saul said, Bring hither a burnt offering to me, and peace offerings. And he offered the burnt offering.
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10| And it came to pass, that as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him, that he might salute him.
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11| And Samuel said, What hast thou done? And Saul said, Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that thou camest not within the days appointed, and that the Philistines gathered themselves together at Michmash;
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12| Therefore said I, The Philistines will come down now upon me to Gilgal, and I have not made supplication unto the LORD: I forced myself therefore, and offered a burnt offering.
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13| And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept the commandment of the LORD thy God, which he commanded thee: for now would the LORD have established thy kingdom upon Israel for ever.
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14| But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the LORD hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the LORD hath commanded him to be captain over his people, because thou hast not kept that which the LORD commanded thee.
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15| And Samuel arose, and gat him up from Gilgal unto Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people that were present with him, about six hundred men.
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16| And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people that were present with them, abode in Gibeah of Benjamin: but the Philistines encamped in Michmash.
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17| And the spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies: one company turned unto the way that leadeth to Ophrah, unto the land of Shual:
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18| And another company turned the way to Bethhoron: and another company turned to the way of the border that looketh to the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness.
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19| Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel: for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears:
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20| But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock.
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21| Yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads.
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22| So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that were with Saul and Jonathan: but with Saul and with Jonathan his son was there found.
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23| And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the passage of Michmash.
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#14
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1| Now it came to pass upon a day, that Jonathan the son of Saul said unto the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over to the Philistines' garrison, that is on the other side. But he told not his father.
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2| And Saul tarried in the uttermost part of Gibeah under a pomegranate tree which is in Migron: and the people that were with him were about six hundred men;
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3| And Ahiah, the son of Ahitub, Ichabod's brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the LORD's priest in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. And the people knew not that Jonathan was gone.
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4| And between the passages, by which Jonathan sought to go over unto the Philistines' garrison, there was a sharp rock on the one side, and a sharp rock on the other side: and the name of the one was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh.
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5| The forefront of the one was situate northward over against Michmash, and the other southward over against Gibeah.
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6| And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may be that the LORD will work for us: for there is no restraint to the LORD to save by many or by few.
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7| And his armourbearer said unto him, Do all that is in thine heart: turn thee; behold, I am with thee according to thy heart.
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8| Then said Jonathan, Behold, we will pass over unto these men, and we will discover ourselves unto them.
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9| If they say thus unto us, Tarry until we come to you; then we will stand still in our place, and will not go up unto them.
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10| But if they say thus, Come up unto us; then we will go up: for the LORD hath delivered them into our hand: and this shall be a sign unto us.
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11| And both of them discovered themselves unto the garrison of the Philistines: and the Philistines said, Behold, the Hebrews come forth out of the holes where they had hid themselves.
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12| And the men of the garrison answered Jonathan and his armourbearer, and said, Come up to us, and we will shew you a thing. And Jonathan said unto his armourbearer, Come up after me: for the LORD hath delivered them into the hand of Israel.
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13| And Jonathan climbed up upon his hands and upon his feet, and his armourbearer after him: and they fell before Jonathan; and his armourbearer slew after him.
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14| And that first slaughter, which Jonathan and his armourbearer made, was about twenty men, within as it were an half acre of land, which a yoke of oxen might plow.
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15| And there was trembling in the host, in the field, and among all the people: the garrison, and the spoilers, they also trembled, and the earth quaked: so it was a very great trembling.
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16| And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and, behold, the multitude melted away, and they went on beating down one another.
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17| Then said Saul unto the people that were with him, Number now, and see who is gone from us. And when they had numbered, behold, Jonathan and his armourbearer were not there.
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18| And Saul said unto Ahiah, Bring hither the ark of God. For the ark of God was at that time with the children of Israel.
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19| And it came to pass, while Saul talked unto the priest, that the noise that was in the host of the Philistines went on and increased: and Saul said unto the priest, Withdraw thine hand.
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20| And Saul and all the people that were with him assembled themselves, and they came to the battle: and, behold, every man's sword was against his fellow, and there was a very great discomfiture.
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21| Moreover the Hebrews that were with the Philistines before that time, which went up with them into the camp from the country round about, even they also turned to be with the Israelites that were with Saul and Jonathan.
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22| Likewise all the men of Israel which had hid themselves in mount Ephraim, when they heard that the Philistines fled, even they also followed hard after them in the battle.
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23| So the LORD saved Israel that day: and the battle passed over unto Bethaven.
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24| And the men of Israel were distressed that day: for Saul had adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food until evening, that I may be avenged on mine enemies. So none of the people tasted any food.
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25| And all they of the land came to a wood; and there was honey upon the ground.
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26| And when the people were come into the wood, behold, the honey dropped; but no man put his hand to his mouth: for the people feared the oath.
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27| But Jonathan heard not when his father charged the people with the oath: wherefore he put forth the end of the rod that was in his hand, and dipped it in an honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes were enlightened.
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28| Then answered one of the people, and said, Thy father straitly charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food this day. And the people were faint.
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29| Then said Jonathan, My father hath troubled the land: see, I pray you, how mine eyes have been enlightened, because I tasted a little of this honey.
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30| How much more, if haply the people had eaten freely to day of the spoil of their enemies which they found? for had there not been now a much greater slaughter among the Philistines?
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31| And they smote the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon: and the people were very faint.
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32| And the people flew upon the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, and calves, and slew them on the ground: and the people did eat them with the blood.
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33| Then they told Saul, saying, Behold, the people sin against the LORD, in that they eat with the blood. And he said, Ye have transgressed: roll a great stone unto me this day.
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34| And Saul said, Disperse yourselves among the people, and say unto them, Bring me hither every man his ox, and every man his sheep, and slay them here, and eat; and sin not against the LORD in eating with the blood. And all the people brought every man his ox with him that night, and slew them there.
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35| And Saul built an altar unto the LORD: the same was the first altar that he built unto the LORD.
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36| And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and spoil them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man of them. And they said, Do whatsoever seemeth good unto thee. Then said the priest, Let us draw near hither unto God.
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37| And Saul asked counsel of God, Shall I go down after the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into the hand of Israel? But he answered him not that day.
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38| And Saul said, Draw ye near hither, all the chief of the people: and know and see wherein this sin hath been this day.
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39| For, as the LORD liveth, which saveth Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die. But there was not a man among all the people that answered him.
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40| Then said he unto all Israel, Be ye on one side, and I and Jonathan my son will be on the other side. And the people said unto Saul, Do what seemeth good unto thee.
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41| Therefore Saul said unto the LORD God of Israel, Give a perfect lot. And Saul and Jonathan were taken: but the people escaped.
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42| And Saul said, Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son. And Jonathan was taken.
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43| Then Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me what thou hast done. And Jonathan told him, and said, I did but taste a little honey with the end of the rod that was in mine hand, and, lo, I must die.
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44| And Saul answered, God do so and more also: for thou shalt surely die, Jonathan.
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45| And the people said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought this great salvation in Israel? God forbid: as the LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground; for he hath wrought with God this day. So the people rescued Jonathan, that he died not.
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46| Then Saul went up from following the Philistines: and the Philistines went to their own place.
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47| So Saul took the kingdom over Israel, and fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, and against the children of Ammon, and against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines: and whithersoever he turned himself, he vexed them.
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48| And he gathered an host, and smote the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of them that spoiled them.
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49| Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and Ishui, and Melchishua: and the names of his two daughters were these; the name of the firstborn Merab, and the name of the younger Michal:
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50| And the name of Saul's wife was Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz: and the name of the captain of his host was Abner, the son of Ner, Saul's uncle.
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51| And Kish was the father of Saul; and Ner the father of Abner was the son of Abiel.
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52| And there was sore war against the Philistines all the days of Saul: and when Saul saw any strong man, or any valiant man, he took him unto him.
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#15
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1| Samuel also said unto Saul, The LORD sent me to anoint thee to be king over his people, over Israel: now therefore hearken thou unto the voice of the words of the LORD.
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2| Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I remember that which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt.
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3| Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.
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4| And Saul gathered the people together, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah.
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5| And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley.
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6| And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them: for ye shewed kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.
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7| And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to Shur, that is over against Egypt.
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8| And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.
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9| But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.
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10| Then came the word of the LORD unto Samuel, saying,
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11| It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the LORD all night.
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12| And when Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning, it was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and, behold, he set him up a place, and is gone about, and passed on, and gone down to Gilgal.
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13| And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said unto him, Blessed be thou of the LORD: I have performed the commandment of the LORD.
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14| And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?
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15| And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.
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16| Then Samuel said unto Saul, Stay, and I will tell thee what the LORD hath said to me this night. And he said unto him, Say on.
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17| And Samuel said, When thou wast little in thine own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and the LORD anointed thee king over Israel?
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18| And the LORD sent thee on a journey, and said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they be consumed.
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||||
19| Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the LORD, but didst fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of the LORD?
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20| And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the LORD, and have gone the way which the LORD sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.
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21| But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God in Gilgal.
|
||||
22| And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.
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||||
23| For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king.
|
||||
24| And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the LORD, and thy words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice.
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||||
25| Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD.
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||||
26| And Samuel said unto Saul, I will not return with thee: for thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD hath rejected thee from being king over Israel.
|
||||
27| And as Samuel turned about to go away, he laid hold upon the skirt of his mantle, and it rent.
|
||||
28| And Samuel said unto him, The LORD hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbour of thine, that is better than thou.
|
||||
29| And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent.
|
||||
30| Then he said, I have sinned: yet honour me now, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD thy God.
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||||
31| So Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul worshipped the LORD.
|
||||
32| Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came unto him delicately. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past.
|
||||
33| And Samuel said, As the sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the LORD in Gilgal.
|
||||
34| Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul.
|
||||
35| And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death: nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul: and the LORD repented that he had made Saul king over Israel.
|
||||
#16
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1| And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.
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2| And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear it, he will kill me. And the LORD said, Take an heifer with thee, and say, I am come to sacrifice to the LORD.
|
||||
3| And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will shew thee what thou shalt do: and thou shalt anoint unto me him whom I name unto thee.
|
||||
4| And Samuel did that which the LORD spake, and came to Bethlehem. And the elders of the town trembled at his coming, and said, Comest thou peaceably?
|
||||
5| And he said, Peaceably: I am come to sacrifice unto the LORD: sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice. And he sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice.
|
||||
6| And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the LORD's anointed is before him.
|
||||
7| But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.
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8| Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this.
|
||||
9| Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this.
|
||||
10| Again, Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. And Samuel said unto Jesse, The LORD hath not chosen these.
|
||||
11| And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children? And he said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we will not sit down till he come hither.
|
||||
12| And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to. And the LORD said, Arise, anoint him: for this is he.
|
||||
13| Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.
|
||||
14| But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD troubled him.
|
||||
15| And Saul's servants said unto him, Behold now, an evil spirit from God troubleth thee.
|
||||
16| Let our lord now command thy servants, which are before thee, to seek out a man, who is a cunning player on an harp: and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be well.
|
||||
17| And Saul said unto his servants, Provide me now a man that can play well, and bring him to me.
|
||||
18| Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, that is cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the LORD is with him.
|
||||
19| Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me David thy son, which is with the sheep.
|
||||
20| And Jesse took an ass laden with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent them by David his son unto Saul.
|
||||
21| And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him greatly; and he became his armourbearer.
|
||||
22| And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Let David, I pray thee, stand before me; for he hath found favour in my sight.
|
||||
23| And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.
|
||||
#17
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1| Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, and were gathered together at Shochoh, which belongeth to Judah, and pitched between Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephesdammim.
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2| And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and pitched by the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines.
|
||||
3| And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them.
|
||||
4| And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.
|
||||
5| And he had an helmet of brass upon his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass.
|
||||
6| And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of brass between his shoulders.
|
||||
7| And the staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam; and his spear's head weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing a shield went before him.
|
||||
8| And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said unto them, Why are ye come out to set your battle in array? am not I a Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me.
|
||||
9| If he be able to fight with me, and to kill me, then will we be your servants: but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then shall ye be our servants, and serve us.
|
||||
10| And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.
|
||||
11| When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid.
|
||||
12| Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehemjudah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul.
|
||||
13| And the three eldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next unto him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.
|
||||
14| And David was the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul.
|
||||
15| But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Bethlehem.
|
||||
16| And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.
|
||||
17| And Jesse said unto David his son, Take now for thy brethren an ephah of this parched corn, and these ten loaves, and run to the camp of thy brethren;
|
||||
18| And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge.
|
||||
19| Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.
|
||||
20| And David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him; and he came to the trench, as the host was going forth to the fight, and shouted for the battle.
|
||||
21| For Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in array, army against army.
|
||||
22| And David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the carriage, and ran into the army, and came and saluted his brethren.
|
||||
23| And as he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the armies of the Philistines, and spake according to the same words: and David heard them.
|
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24| And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were sore afraid.
|
||||
25| And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that the man who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father's house free in Israel.
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26| And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?
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27| And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that killeth him.
|
||||
28| And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.
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29| And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause?
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30| And he turned from him toward another, and spake after the same manner: and the people answered him again after the former manner.
|
||||
31| And when the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed them before Saul: and he sent for him.
|
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32| And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail because of him; thy servant will go and fight with this Philistine.
|
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33| And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him: for thou art but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth.
|
||||
34| And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock:
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35| And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him.
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36| Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.
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37| David said moreover, The LORD that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said unto David, Go, and the LORD be with thee.
|
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38| And Saul armed David with his armour, and he put an helmet of brass upon his head; also he armed him with a coat of mail.
|
||||
39| And David girded his sword upon his armour, and he assayed to go; for he had not proved it. And David said unto Saul, I cannot go with these; for I have not proved them. And David put them off him.
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40| And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd's bag which he had, even in a scrip; and his sling was in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine.
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41| And the Philistine came on and drew near unto David; and the man that bare the shield went before him.
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42| And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him: for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair countenance.
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43| And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
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44| And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field.
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45| Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
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46| This day will the LORD deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcases of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel.
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47| And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the LORD's, and he will give you into our hands.
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48| And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came, and drew nigh to meet David, that David hastened, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine.
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49| And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth.
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50| So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David.
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51| Therefore David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they fled.
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52| And the men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted, and pursued the Philistines, until thou come to the valley, and to the gates of Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way to Shaaraim, even unto Gath, and unto Ekron.
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53| And the children of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines, and they spoiled their tents.
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54| And David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem; but he put his armour in his tent.
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55| And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said unto Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son is this youth? And Abner said, As thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell.
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56| And the king said, Enquire thou whose son the stripling is.
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57| And as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand.
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58| And Saul said to him, Whose son art thou, thou young man? And David answered, I am the son of thy servant Jesse the Bethlehemite.
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#18
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1| And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
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2| And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father's house.
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3| Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
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4| And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle.
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5| And David went out whithersoever Saul sent him, and behaved himself wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul's servants.
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6| And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of musick.
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7| And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.
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8| And Saul was very wroth, and the saying displeased him; and he said, They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands: and what can he have more but the kingdom?
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9| And Saul eyed David from that day and forward.
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10| And it came to pass on the morrow, that the evil spirit from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the house: and David played with his hand, as at other times: and there was a javelin in Saul's hand.
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11| And Saul cast the javelin; for he said, I will smite David even to the wall with it. And David avoided out of his presence twice.
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12| And Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with him, and was departed from Saul.
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13| Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.
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14| And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the LORD was with him.
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15| Wherefore when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he was afraid of him.
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16| But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out and came in before them.
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17| And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and fight the LORD's battles. For Saul said, Let not mine hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him.
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18| And David said unto Saul, Who am I? and what is my life, or my father's family in Israel, that I should be son in law to the king?
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19| But it came to pass at the time when Merab Saul's daughter should have been given to David, that she was given unto Adriel the Meholathite to wife.
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20| And Michal Saul's daughter loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.
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21| And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son in law in the one of the twain.
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22| And Saul commanded his servants, saying, Commune with David secretly, and say, Behold, the king hath delight in thee, and all his servants love thee: now therefore be the king's son in law.
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23| And Saul's servants spake those words in the ears of David. And David said, Seemeth it to you a light thing to be a king's son in law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed?
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24| And the servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner spake David.
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25| And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any dowry, but an hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.
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26| And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king's son in law: and the days were not expired.
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27| Wherefore David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full tale to the king, that he might be the king's son in law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wife.
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28| And Saul saw and knew that the LORD was with David, and that Michal Saul's daughter loved him.
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29| And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul became David's enemy continually.
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30| Then the princes of the Philistines went forth: and it came to pass, after they went forth, that David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was much set by.
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#19
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1| And Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should kill David.
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2| But Jonathan Saul's son delighted much in David: and Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeketh to kill thee: now therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself until the morning, and abide in a secret place, and hide thyself:
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3| And I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where thou art, and I will commune with my father of thee; and what I see, that I will tell thee.
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4| And Jonathan spake good of David unto Saul his father, and said unto him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David; because he hath not sinned against thee, and because his works have been to thee-ward very good:
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5| For he did put his life in his hand, and slew the Philistine, and the LORD wrought a great salvation for all Israel: thou sawest it, and didst rejoice: wherefore then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause?
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6| And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul sware, As the LORD liveth, he shall not be slain.
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7| And Jonathan called David, and Jonathan shewed him all those things. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence, as in times past.
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8| And there was war again: and David went out, and fought with the Philistines, and slew them with a great slaughter; and they fled from him.
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9| And the evil spirit from the LORD was upon Saul, as he sat in his house with his javelin in his hand: and David played with his hand.
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10| And Saul sought to smite David even to the wall with the javelin: but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, and he smote the javelin into the wall: and David fled, and escaped that night.
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11| Saul also sent messengers unto David's house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning: and Michal David's wife told him, saying, If thou save not thy life to night, to morrow thou shalt be slain.
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12| So Michal let David down through a window: and he went, and fled, and escaped.
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13| And Michal took an image, and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow of goats' hair for his bolster, and covered it with a cloth.
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14| And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick.
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15| And Saul sent the messengers again to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may slay him.
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16| And when the messengers were come in, behold, there was an image in the bed, with a pillow of goats' hair for his bolster.
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17| And Saul said unto Michal, Why hast thou deceived me so, and sent away mine enemy, that he is escaped? And Michal answered Saul, He said unto me, Let me go; why should I kill thee?
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18| So David fled, and escaped, and came to Samuel to Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and dwelt in Naioth.
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19| And it was told Saul, saying, Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah.
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20| And Saul sent messengers to take David: and when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as appointed over them, the Spirit of God was upon the messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied.
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21| And when it was told Saul, he sent other messengers, and they prophesied likewise. And Saul sent messengers again the third time, and they prophesied also.
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22| Then went he also to Ramah, and came to a great well that is in Sechu: and he asked and said, Where are Samuel and David? And one said, Behold, they be at Naioth in Ramah.
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23| And he went thither to Naioth in Ramah: and the Spirit of God was upon him also, and he went on, and prophesied, until he came to Naioth in Ramah.
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24| And he stripped off his clothes also, and prophesied before Samuel in like manner, and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Wherefore they say, Is Saul also among the prophets?
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#20
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1| And David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, What have I done? what is mine iniquity? and what is my sin before thy father, that he seeketh my life?
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2| And he said unto him, God forbid; thou shalt not die: behold, my father will do nothing either great or small, but that he will shew it me: and why should my father hide this thing from me? it is not so.
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3| And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death.
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4| Then said Jonathan unto David, Whatsoever thy soul desireth, I will even do it for thee.
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5| And David said unto Jonathan, Behold, to morrow is the new moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king at meat: but let me go, that I may hide myself in the field unto the third day at even.
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6| If thy father at all miss me, then say, David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Bethlehem his city: for there is a yearly sacrifice there for all the family.
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7| If he say thus, It is well; thy servant shall have peace: but if he be very wroth, then be sure that evil is determined by him.
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8| Therefore thou shalt deal kindly with thy servant; for thou hast brought thy servant into a covenant of the LORD with thee: notwithstanding, if there be in me iniquity, slay me thyself; for why shouldest thou bring me to thy father?
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9| And Jonathan said, Far be it from thee: for if I knew certainly that evil were determined by my father to come upon thee, then would not I tell it thee?
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10| Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me? or what if thy father answer thee roughly?
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11| And Jonathan said unto David, Come, and let us go out into the field. And they went out both of them into the field.
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12| And Jonathan said unto David, O LORD God of Israel, when I have sounded my father about to morrow any time, or the third day, and, behold, if there be good toward David, and I then send not unto thee, and shew it thee;
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13| The LORD do so and much more to Jonathan: but if it please my father to do thee evil, then I will shew it thee, and send thee away, that thou mayest go in peace: and the LORD be with thee, as he hath been with my father.
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14| And thou shalt not only while yet I live shew me the kindness of the LORD, that I die not:
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15| But also thou shalt not cut off thy kindness from my house for ever: no, not when the LORD hath cut off the enemies of David every one from the face of the earth.
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16| So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, Let the LORD even require it at the hand of David's enemies.
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17| And Jonathan caused David to swear again, because he loved him: for he loved him as he loved his own soul.
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18| Then Jonathan said to David, To morrow is the new moon: and thou shalt be missed, because thy seat will be empty.
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19| And when thou hast stayed three days, then thou shalt go down quickly, and come to the place where thou didst hide thyself when the business was in hand, and shalt remain by the stone Ezel.
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20| And I will shoot three arrows on the side thereof, as though I shot at a mark.
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21| And, behold, I will send a lad, saying, Go, find out the arrows. If I expressly say unto the lad, Behold, the arrows are on this side of thee, take them; then come thou: for there is peace to thee, and no hurt; as the LORD liveth.
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||||
22| But if I say thus unto the young man, Behold, the arrows are beyond thee; go thy way: for the LORD hath sent thee away.
|
||||
23| And as touching the matter which thou and I have spoken of, behold, the LORD be between thee and me for ever.
|
||||
24| So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon was come, the king sat him down to eat meat.
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||||
25| And the king sat upon his seat, as at other times, even upon a seat by the wall: and Jonathan arose, and Abner sat by Saul's side, and David's place was empty.
|
||||
26| Nevertheless Saul spake not any thing that day: for he thought, Something hath befallen him, he is not clean; surely he is not clean.
|
||||
27| And it came to pass on the morrow, which was the second day of the month, that David's place was empty: and Saul said unto Jonathan his son, Wherefore cometh not the son of Jesse to meat, neither yesterday, nor to day?
|
||||
28| And Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Bethlehem:
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29| And he said, Let me go, I pray thee; for our family hath a sacrifice in the city; and my brother, he hath commanded me to be there: and now, if I have found favour in thine eyes, let me get away, I pray thee, and see my brethren. Therefore he cometh not unto the king's table.
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30| Then Saul's anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto him, Thou son of the perverse rebellious woman, do not I know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine own confusion, and unto the confusion of thy mother's nakedness?
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31| For as long as the son of Jesse liveth upon the ground, thou shalt not be established, nor thy kingdom. Wherefore now send and fetch him unto me, for he shall surely die.
|
||||
32| And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said unto him, Wherefore shall he be slain? what hath he done?
|
||||
33| And Saul cast a javelin at him to smite him: whereby Jonathan knew that it was determined of his father to slay David.
|
||||
34| So Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and did eat no meat the second day of the month: for he was grieved for David, because his father had done him shame.
|
||||
35| And it came to pass in the morning, that Jonathan went out into the field at the time appointed with David, and a little lad with him.
|
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36| And he said unto his lad, Run, find out now the arrows which I shoot. And as the lad ran, he shot an arrow beyond him.
|
||||
37| And when the lad was come to the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot, Jonathan cried after the lad, and said, Is not the arrow beyond thee?
|
||||
38| And Jonathan cried after the lad, Make speed, haste, stay not. And Jonathan's lad gathered up the arrows, and came to his master.
|
||||
39| But the lad knew not any thing: only Jonathan and David knew the matter.
|
||||
40| And Jonathan gave his artillery unto his lad, and said unto him, Go, carry them to the city.
|
||||
41| And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of a place toward the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded.
|
||||
42| And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, forasmuch as we have sworn both of us in the name of the LORD, saying, The LORD be between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed for ever. And he arose and departed: and Jonathan went into the city.
|
||||
#21
|
||||
1| Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech was afraid at the meeting of David, and said unto him, Why art thou alone, and no man with thee?
|
||||
2| And David said unto Ahimelech the priest, The king hath commanded me a business, and hath said unto me, Let no man know any thing of the business whereabout I send thee, and what I have commanded thee: and I have appointed my servants to such and such a place.
|
||||
3| Now therefore what is under thine hand? give me five loaves of bread in mine hand, or what there is present.
|
||||
4| And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread under mine hand, but there is hallowed bread; if the young men have kept themselves at least from women.
|
||||
5| And David answered the priest, and said unto him, Of a truth women have been kept from us about these three days, since I came out, and the vessels of the young men are holy, and the bread is in a manner common, yea, though it were sanctified this day in the vessel.
|
||||
6| So the priest gave him hallowed bread: for there was no bread there but the shewbread, that was taken from before the LORD, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away.
|
||||
7| Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before the LORD; and his name was Doeg, an Edomite, the chiefest of the herdmen that belonged to Saul.
|
||||
8| And David said unto Ahimelech, And is there not here under thine hand spear or sword? for I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king's business required haste.
|
||||
9| And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou slewest in the valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod: if thou wilt take that, take it: for there is no other save that here. And David said, There is none like that; give it me.
|
||||
10| And David arose and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.
|
||||
11| And the servants of Achish said unto him, Is not this David the king of the land? did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands?
|
||||
12| And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath.
|
||||
13| And he changed his behaviour before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his beard.
|
||||
14| Then said Achish unto his servants, Lo, ye see the man is mad: wherefore then have ye brought him to me?
|
||||
15| Have I need of mad men, that ye have brought this fellow to play the mad man in my presence? shall this fellow come into my house?
|
||||
#22
|
||||
1| David therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave Adullam: and when his brethren and all his father's house heard it, they went down thither to him.
|
||||
2| And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.
|
||||
3| And David went thence to Mizpeh of Moab: and he said unto the king of Moab, Let my father and my mother, I pray thee, come forth, and be with you, till I know what God will do for me.
|
||||
4| And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the hold.
|
||||
5| And the prophet Gad said unto David, Abide not in the hold; depart, and get thee into the land of Judah. Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hareth.
|
||||
6| When Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men that were with him, (now Saul abode in Gibeah under a tree in Ramah, having his spear in his hand, and all his servants were standing about him;)
|
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7| Then Saul said unto his servants that stood about him, Hear now, ye Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards, and make you all captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds;
|
||||
8| That all of you have conspired against me, and there is none that sheweth me that my son hath made a league with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you that is sorry for me, or sheweth unto me that my son hath stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?
|
||||
9| Then answered Doeg the Edomite, which was set over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.
|
||||
10| And he enquired of the LORD for him, and gave him victuals, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.
|
||||
11| Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father's house, the priests that were in Nob: and they came all of them to the king.
|
||||
12| And Saul said, Hear now, thou son of Ahitub. And he answered, Here I am, my lord.
|
||||
13| And Saul said unto him, Why have ye conspired against me, thou and the son of Jesse, in that thou hast given him bread, and a sword, and hast enquired of God for him, that he should rise against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?
|
||||
14| Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who is so faithful among all thy servants as David, which is the king's son in law, and goeth at thy bidding, and is honourable in thine house?
|
||||
15| Did I then begin to enquire of God for him? be it far from me: let not the king impute any thing unto his servant, nor to all the house of my father: for thy servant knew nothing of all this, less or more.
|
||||
16| And the king said, Thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all thy father's house.
|
||||
17| And the king said unto the footmen that stood about him, Turn, and slay the priests of the LORD: because their hand also is with David, and because they knew when he fled, and did not shew it to me. But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall upon the priests of the LORD.
|
||||
18| And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod.
|
||||
19| And Nob, the city of the priests, smote he with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and sucklings, and oxen, and asses, and sheep, with the edge of the sword.
|
||||
20| And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David.
|
||||
21| And Abiathar shewed David that Saul had slain the LORD's priests.
|
||||
22| And David said unto Abiathar, I knew it that day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would surely tell Saul: I have occasioned the death of all the persons of thy father's house.
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||||
23| Abide thou with me, fear not: for he that seeketh my life seeketh thy life: but with me thou shalt be in safeguard.
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#23
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1| Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and they rob the threshingfloors.
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2| Therefore David enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go and smite these Philistines? And the LORD said unto David, Go, and smite the Philistines, and save Keilah.
|
||||
3| And David's men said unto him, Behold, we be afraid here in Judah: how much more then if we come to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?
|
||||
4| Then David enquired of the LORD yet again. And the LORD answered him and said, Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will deliver the Philistines into thine hand.
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5| So David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and smote them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.
|
||||
6| And it came to pass, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand.
|
||||
7| And it was told Saul that David was come to Keilah. And Saul said, God hath delivered him into mine hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a town that hath gates and bars.
|
||||
8| And Saul called all the people together to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men.
|
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9| And David knew that Saul secretly practised mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod.
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10| Then said David, O LORD God of Israel, thy servant hath certainly heard that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake.
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11| Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? will Saul come down, as thy servant hath heard? O LORD God of Israel, I beseech thee, tell thy servant. And the LORD said, He will come down.
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12| Then said David, Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul? And the LORD said, They will deliver thee up.
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13| Then David and his men, which were about six hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah, and went whithersoever they could go. And it was told Saul that David was escaped from Keilah; and he forbare to go forth.
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14| And David abode in the wilderness in strong holds, and remained in a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God delivered him not into his hand.
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15| And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood.
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16| And Jonathan Saul's son arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God.
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17| And he said unto him, Fear not: for the hand of Saul my father shall not find thee; and thou shalt be king over Israel, and I shall be next unto thee; and that also Saul my father knoweth.
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18| And they two made a covenant before the LORD: and David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house.
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19| Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself with us in strong holds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon?
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20| Now therefore, O king, come down according to all the desire of thy soul to come down; and our part shall be to deliver him into the king's hand.
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21| And Saul said, Blessed be ye of the LORD; for ye have compassion on me.
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22| Go, I pray you, prepare yet, and know and see his place where his haunt is, and who hath seen him there: for it is told me that he dealeth very subtilly.
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23| See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hideth himself, and come ye again to me with the certainty, and I will go with you: and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will search him out throughout all the thousands of Judah.
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24| And they arose, and went to Ziph before Saul: but David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the plain on the south of Jeshimon.
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25| Saul also and his men went to seek him. And they told David; wherefore he came down into a rock, and abode in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard that, he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon.
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26| And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain: and David made haste to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men compassed David and his men round about to take them.
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27| But there came a messenger unto Saul, saying, Haste thee, and come; for the Philistines have invaded the land.
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28| Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Selahammahlekoth.
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29| And David went up from thence, and dwelt in strong holds at Engedi.
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#24
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1| And it came to pass, when Saul was returned from following the Philistines, that it was told him, saying, Behold, David is in the wilderness of Engedi.
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2| Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and went to seek David and his men upon the rocks of the wild goats.
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3| And he came to the sheepcotes by the way, where was a cave; and Saul went in to cover his feet: and David and his men remained in the sides of the cave.
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4| And the men of David said unto him, Behold the day of which the LORD said unto thee, Behold, I will deliver thine enemy into thine hand, that thou mayest do to him as it shall seem good unto thee. Then David arose, and cut off the skirt of Saul's robe privily.
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5| And it came to pass afterward, that David's heart smote him, because he had cut off Saul's skirt.
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6| And he said unto his men, The LORD forbid that I should do this thing unto my master, the LORD's anointed, to stretch forth mine hand against him, seeing he is the anointed of the LORD.
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7| So David stayed his servants with these words, and suffered them not to rise against Saul. But Saul rose up out of the cave, and went on his way.
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8| David also arose afterward, and went out of the cave, and cried after Saul, saying, My lord the king. And when Saul looked behind him, David stooped with his face to the earth, and bowed himself.
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9| And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearest thou men's words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt?
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10| Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that the LORD had delivered thee to day into mine hand in the cave: and some bade me kill thee: but mine eye spared thee; and I said, I will not put forth mine hand against my lord; for he is the LORD's anointed.
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11| Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand: for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not, know thou and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in mine hand, and I have not sinned against thee; yet thou huntest my soul to take it.
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12| The LORD judge between me and thee, and the LORD avenge me of thee: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
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13| As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
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14| After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.
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15| The LORD therefore be judge, and judge between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thine hand.
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16| And it came to pass, when David had made an end of speaking these words unto Saul, that Saul said, Is this thy voice, my son David? And Saul lifted up his voice, and wept.
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17| And he said to David, Thou art more righteous than I: for thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil.
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18| And thou hast shewed this day how that thou hast dealt well with me: forasmuch as when the LORD had delivered me into thine hand, thou killedst me not.
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19| For if a man find his enemy, will he let him go well away? wherefore the LORD reward thee good for that thou hast done unto me this day.
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20| And now, behold, I know well that thou shalt surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in thine hand.
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21| Swear now therefore unto me by the LORD, that thou wilt not cut off my seed after me, and that thou wilt not destroy my name out of my father's house.
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22| And David sware unto Saul. And Saul went home; but David and his men gat them up unto the hold.
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#25
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1| And Samuel died; and all the Israelites were gathered together, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran.
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2| And there was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.
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3| Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail: and she was a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance: but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of Caleb.
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4| And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep.
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5| And David sent out ten young men, and David said unto the young men, Get you up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name:
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6| And thus shall ye say to him that liveth in prosperity, Peace be both to thee, and peace be to thine house, and peace be unto all that thou hast.
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7| And now I have heard that thou hast shearers: now thy shepherds which were with us, we hurt them not, neither was there ought missing unto them, all the while they were in Carmel.
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8| Ask thy young men, and they will shew thee. Wherefore let the young men find favour in thine eyes: for we come in a good day: give, I pray thee, whatsoever cometh to thine hand unto thy servants, and to thy son David.
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9| And when David's young men came, they spake to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased.
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10| And Nabal answered David's servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there be many servants now a days that break away every man from his master.
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11| Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men, whom I know not whence they be?
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12| So David's young men turned their way, and went again, and came and told him all those sayings.
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13| And David said unto his men, Gird ye on every man his sword. And they girded on every man his sword; and David also girded on his sword: and there went up after David about four hundred men; and two hundred abode by the stuff.
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14| But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master; and he railed on them.
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15| But the men were very good unto us, and we were not hurt, neither missed we any thing, as long as we were conversant with them, when we were in the fields:
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16| They were a wall unto us both by night and day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.
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17| Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his household: for he is such a son of Belial, that a man cannot speak to him.
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18| Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and an hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses.
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19| And she said unto her servants, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she told not her husband Nabal.
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20| And it was so, as she rode on the ass, that she came down by the covert on the hill, and, behold, David and his men came down against her; and she met them.
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21| Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained unto him: and he hath requited me evil for good.
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22| So and more also do God unto the enemies of David, if I leave of all that pertain to him by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.
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23| And when Abigail saw David, she hasted, and lighted off the ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground,
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24| And fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my lord, upon me let this iniquity be: and let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak in thine audience, and hear the words of thine handmaid.
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25| Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this man of Belial, even Nabal: for as his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him: but I thine handmaid saw not the young men of my lord, whom thou didst send.
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26| Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, seeing the LORD hath withholden thee from coming to shed blood, and from avenging thyself with thine own hand, now let thine enemies, and they that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal.
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27| And now this blessing which thine handmaid hath brought unto my lord, let it even be given unto the young men that follow my lord.
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28| I pray thee, forgive the trespass of thine handmaid: for the LORD will certainly make my lord a sure house; because my lord fighteth the battles of the LORD, and evil hath not been found in thee all thy days.
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29| Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as out of the middle of a sling.
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30| And it shall come to pass, when the LORD shall have done to my lord according to all the good that he hath spoken concerning thee, and shall have appointed thee ruler over Israel;
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31| That this shall be no grief unto thee, nor offence of heart unto my lord, either that thou hast shed blood causeless, or that my lord hath avenged himself: but when the LORD shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember thine handmaid.
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32| And David said to Abigail, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which sent thee this day to meet me:
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33| And blessed be thy advice, and blessed be thou, which hast kept me this day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself with mine own hand.
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34| For in very deed, as the LORD God of Israel liveth, which hath kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.
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35| So David received of her hand that which she had brought him, and said unto her, Go up in peace to thine house; see, I have hearkened to thy voice, and have accepted thy person.
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36| And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.
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37| But it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, and his wife had told him these things, that his heart died within him, and he became as a stone.
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38| And it came to pass about ten days after, that the LORD smote Nabal, that he died.
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39| And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the LORD, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his servant from evil: for the LORD hath returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and communed with Abigail, to take her to him to wife.
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40| And when the servants of David were come to Abigail to Carmel, they spake unto her, saying, David sent us unto thee, to take thee to him to wife.
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41| And she arose, and bowed herself on her face to the earth, and said, Behold, let thine handmaid be a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.
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42| And Abigail hasted, and arose and rode upon an ass, with five damsels of hers that went after her; and she went after the messengers of David, and became his wife.
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43| David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they were also both of them his wives.
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44| But Saul had given Michal his daughter, David's wife, to Phalti the son of Laish, which was of Gallim.
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#26
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1| And the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon?
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2| Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.
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||||
3| And Saul pitched in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon, by the way. But David abode in the wilderness, and he saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness.
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||||
4| David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come in very deed.
|
||||
5| And David arose, and came to the place where Saul had pitched: and David beheld the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his host: and Saul lay in the trench, and the people pitched round about him.
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6| Then answered David and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother to Joab, saying, Who will go down with me to Saul to the camp? And Abishai said, I will go down with thee.
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||||
7| So David and Abishai came to the people by night: and, behold, Saul lay sleeping within the trench, and his spear stuck in the ground at his bolster: but Abner and the people lay round about him.
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||||
8| Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered thine enemy into thine hand this day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear even to the earth at once, and I will not smite him the second time.
|
||||
9| And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not: for who can stretch forth his hand against the LORD's anointed, and be guiltless?
|
||||
10| David said furthermore, As the LORD liveth, the LORD shall smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle, and perish.
|
||||
11| The LORD forbid that I should stretch forth mine hand against the LORD's anointed: but, I pray thee, take thou now the spear that is at his bolster, and the cruse of water, and let us go.
|
||||
12| So David took the spear and the cruse of water from Saul's bolster; and they gat them away, and no man saw it, nor knew it, neither awaked: for they were all asleep; because a deep sleep from the LORD was fallen upon them.
|
||||
13| Then David went over to the other side, and stood on the top of an hill afar off; a great space being between them:
|
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14| And David cried to the people, and to Abner the son of Ner, saying, Answerest thou not, Abner? Then Abner answered and said, Who art thou that criest to the king?
|
||||
15| And David said to Abner, Art not thou a valiant man? and who is like to thee in Israel? wherefore then hast thou not kept thy lord the king? for there came one of the people in to destroy the king thy lord.
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16| This thing is not good that thou hast done. As the LORD liveth, ye are worthy to die, because ye have not kept your master, the LORD's anointed. And now see where the king's spear is, and the cruse of water that was at his bolster.
|
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17| And Saul knew David's voice, and said, Is this thy voice, my son David? And David said, It is my voice, my lord, O king.
|
||||
18| And he said, Wherefore doth my lord thus pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in mine hand?
|
||||
19| Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If the LORD have stirred thee up against me, let him accept an offering: but if they be the children of men, cursed be they before the LORD; for they have driven me out this day from abiding in the inheritance of the LORD, saying, Go, serve other gods.
|
||||
20| Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth before the face of the LORD: for the king of Israel is come out to seek a flea, as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains.
|
||||
21| Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David: for I will no more do thee harm, because my soul was precious in thine eyes this day: behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly.
|
||||
22| And David answered and said, Behold the king's spear! and let one of the young men come over and fetch it.
|
||||
23| The LORD render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness; for the LORD delivered thee into my hand to day, but I would not stretch forth mine hand against the LORD's anointed.
|
||||
24| And, behold, as thy life was much set by this day in mine eyes, so let my life be much set by in the eyes of the LORD, and let him deliver me out of all tribulation.
|
||||
25| Then Saul said to David, Blessed be thou, my son David: thou shalt both do great things, and also shalt still prevail. So David went on his way, and Saul returned to his place.
|
||||
#27
|
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1| And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.
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2| And David arose, and he passed over with the six hundred men that were with him unto Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath.
|
||||
3| And David dwelt with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, even David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal's wife.
|
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4| And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought no more again for him.
|
||||
5| And David said unto Achish, If I have now found grace in thine eyes, let them give me a place in some town in the country, that I may dwell there: for why should thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee?
|
||||
6| Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: wherefore Ziklag pertaineth unto the kings of Judah unto this day.
|
||||
7| And the time that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months.
|
||||
8| And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those nations were of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt.
|
||||
9| And David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel, and returned, and came to Achish.
|
||||
10| And Achish said, Whither have ye made a road to day? And David said, Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the Jerahmeelites, and against the south of the Kenites.
|
||||
11| And David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring tidings to Gath, saying, Lest they should tell on us, saying, So did David, and so will be his manner all the while he dwelleth in the country of the Philistines.
|
||||
12| And Achish believed David, saying, He hath made his people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant for ever.
|
||||
#28
|
||||
1| And it came to pass in those days, that the Philistines gathered their armies together for warfare, to fight with Israel. And Achish said unto David, Know thou assuredly, that thou shalt go out with me to battle, thou and thy men.
|
||||
2| And David said to Achish, Surely thou shalt know what thy servant can do. And Achish said to David, Therefore will I make thee keeper of mine head for ever.
|
||||
3| Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had lamented him, and buried him in Ramah, even in his own city. And Saul had put away those that had familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land.
|
||||
4| And the Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and pitched in Shunem: and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they pitched in Gilboa.
|
||||
5| And when Saul saw the host of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart greatly trembled.
|
||||
6| And when Saul enquired of the LORD, the LORD answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets.
|
||||
7| Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and enquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar spirit at Endor.
|
||||
8| And Saul disguised himself, and put on other raiment, and he went, and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night: and he said, I pray thee, divine unto me by the familiar spirit, and bring me him up, whom I shall name unto thee.
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||||
9| And the woman said unto him, Behold, thou knowest what Saul hath done, how he hath cut off those that have familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land: wherefore then layest thou a snare for my life, to cause me to die?
|
||||
10| And Saul sware to her by the LORD, saying, As the LORD liveth, there shall no punishment happen to thee for this thing.
|
||||
11| Then said the woman, Whom shall I bring up unto thee? And he said, Bring me up Samuel.
|
||||
12| And when the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a loud voice: and the woman spake to Saul, saying, Why hast thou deceived me? for thou art Saul.
|
||||
13| And the king said unto her, Be not afraid: for what sawest thou? And the woman said unto Saul, I saw gods ascending out of the earth.
|
||||
14| And he said unto her, What form is he of? And she said, An old man cometh up; and he is covered with a mantle. And Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he stooped with his face to the ground, and bowed himself.
|
||||
15| And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up? And Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me, and answereth me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called thee, that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do.
|
||||
16| Then said Samuel, Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing the LORD is departed from thee, and is become thine enemy?
|
||||
17| And the LORD hath done to him, as he spake by me: for the LORD hath rent the kingdom out of thine hand, and given it to thy neighbour, even to David:
|
||||
18| Because thou obeyedst not the voice of the LORD, nor executedst his fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore hath the LORD done this thing unto thee this day.
|
||||
19| Moreover the LORD will also deliver Israel with thee into the hand of the Philistines: and to morrow shalt thou and thy sons be with me: the LORD also shall deliver the host of Israel into the hand of the Philistines.
|
||||
20| Then Saul fell straightway all along on the earth, and was sore afraid, because of the words of Samuel: and there was no strength in him; for he had eaten no bread all the day, nor all the night.
|
||||
21| And the woman came unto Saul, and saw that he was sore troubled, and said unto him, Behold, thine handmaid hath obeyed thy voice, and I have put my life in my hand, and have hearkened unto thy words which thou spakest unto me.
|
||||
22| Now therefore, I pray thee, hearken thou also unto the voice of thine handmaid, and let me set a morsel of bread before thee; and eat, that thou mayest have strength, when thou goest on thy way.
|
||||
23| But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants, together with the woman, compelled him; and he hearkened unto their voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat upon the bed.
|
||||
24| And the woman had a fat calf in the house; and she hasted, and killed it, and took flour, and kneaded it, and did bake unleavened bread thereof:
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25| And she brought it before Saul, and before his servants; and they did eat. Then they rose up, and went away that night.
|
||||
#29
|
||||
1| Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek: and the Israelites pitched by a fountain which is in Jezreel.
|
||||
2| And the lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds, and by thousands: but David and his men passed on in the rereward with Achish.
|
||||
3| Then said the princes of the Philistines, What do these Hebrews here? And Achish said unto the princes of the Philistines, Is not this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, which hath been with me these days, or these years, and I have found no fault in him since he fell unto me unto this day?
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4| And the princes of the Philistines were wroth with him; and the princes of the Philistines said unto him, Make this fellow return, that he may go again to his place which thou hast appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he be an adversary to us: for wherewith should he reconcile himself unto his master? should it not be with the heads of these men?
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5| Is not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying, Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten thousands?
|
||||
6| Then Achish called David, and said unto him, Surely, as the LORD liveth, thou hast been upright, and thy going out and thy coming in with me in the host is good in my sight: for I have not found evil in thee since the day of thy coming unto me unto this day: nevertheless the lords favour thee not.
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||||
7| Wherefore now return, and go in peace, that thou displease not the lords of the Philistines.
|
||||
8| And David said unto Achish, But what have I done? and what hast thou found in thy servant so long as I have been with thee unto this day, that I may not go fight against the enemies of my lord the king?
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9| And Achish answered and said to David, I know that thou art good in my sight, as an angel of God: notwithstanding the princes of the Philistines have said, He shall not go up with us to the battle.
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10| Wherefore now rise up early in the morning with thy master's servants that are come with thee: and as soon as ye be up early in the morning, and have light, depart.
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11| So David and his men rose up early to depart in the morning, to return into the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jezreel.
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#30
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1| And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire;
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2| And had taken the women captives, that were therein: they slew not any, either great or small, but carried them away, and went on their way.
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3| So David and his men came to the city, and, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captives.
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4| Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.
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5| And David's two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
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6| And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God.
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7| And David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech's son, I pray thee, bring me hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought thither the ephod to David.
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8| And David enquired at the LORD, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for thou shalt surely overtake them, and without fail recover all.
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9| So David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those that were left behind stayed.
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10| But David pursued, he and four hundred men: for two hundred abode behind, which were so faint that they could not go over the brook Besor.
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11| And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they made him drink water;
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12| And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him: for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights.
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13| And David said unto him, To whom belongest thou? and whence art thou? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and my master left me, because three days agone I fell sick.
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14| We made an invasion upon the south of the Cherethites, and upon the coast which belongeth to Judah, and upon the south of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire.
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15| And David said to him, Canst thou bring me down to this company? And he said, Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt neither kill me, nor deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee down to this company.
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16| And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad upon all the earth, eating and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.
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17| And David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of the next day: and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men, which rode upon camels, and fled.
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18| And David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away: and David rescued his two wives.
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19| And there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor any thing that they had taken to them: David recovered all.
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20| And David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drave before those other cattle, and said, This is David's spoil.
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21| And David came to the two hundred men, which were so faint that they could not follow David, whom they had made also to abide at the brook Besor: and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people that were with him: and when David came near to the people, he saluted them.
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22| Then answered all the wicked men and men of Belial, of those that went with David, and said, Because they went not with us, we will not give them ought of the spoil that we have recovered, save to every man his wife and his children, that they may lead them away, and depart.
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23| Then said David, Ye shall not do so, my brethren, with that which the LORD hath given us, who hath preserved us, and delivered the company that came against us into our hand.
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24| For who will hearken unto you in this matter? but as his part is that goeth down to the battle, so shall his part be that tarrieth by the stuff: they shall part alike.
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25| And it was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel unto this day.
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26| And when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil unto the elders of Judah, even to his friends, saying, Behold a present for you of the spoil of the enemies of the LORD;
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27| To them which were in Bethel, and to them which were in south Ramoth, and to them which were in Jattir,
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28| And to them which were in Aroer, and to them which were in Siphmoth, and to them which were in Eshtemoa,
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29| And to them which were in Rachal, and to them which were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to them which were in the cities of the Kenites,
|
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30| And to them which were in Hormah, and to them which were in Chorashan, and to them which were in Athach,
|
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31| And to them which were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men were wont to haunt.
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#31
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1| Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.
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2| And the Philistines followed hard upon Saul and upon his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Melchishua, Saul's sons.
|
||||
3| And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him; and he was sore wounded of the archers.
|
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4| Then said Saul unto his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.
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5| And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise upon his sword, and died with him.
|
||||
6| So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer, and all his men, that same day together.
|
||||
7| And when the men of Israel that were on the other side of the valley, and they that were on the other side Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.
|
||||
8| And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen in mount Gilboa.
|
||||
9| And they cut off his head, and stripped off his armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to publish it in the house of their idols, and among the people.
|
||||
10| And they put his armour in the house of Ashtaroth: and they fastened his body to the wall of Bethshan.
|
||||
11| And when the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead heard of that which the Philistines had done to Saul;
|
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12| All the valiant men arose, and went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Bethshan, and came to Jabesh, and burnt them there.
|
||||
13| And they took their bones, and buried them under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
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#1
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1| And it happened, after that Alexander son of Philip, the Macedonian, who came out of the land of Chettiim, had smitten Darius king of the Persians and Medes, that he reigned in his stead, the first over Greece,
|
||||
2| And made many wars, and won many strong holds, and slew the kings of the earth,
|
||||
3| And went through to the ends of the earth, and took spoils of many nations, insomuch that the earth was quiet before him; whereupon he was exalted and his heart was lifted up.
|
||||
4| And he gathered a mighty strong host and ruled over countries, and nations, and kings, who became tributaries unto him.
|
||||
5| And after these things he fell sick, and perceived that he should die.
|
||||
6| Wherefore he called his servants, such as were honourable, and had been brought up with him from his youth, and parted his kingdom among them, while he was yet alive.
|
||||
7| So Alexander reigned twelves years, and then died.
|
||||
8| And his servants bare rule every one in his place.
|
||||
9| And after his death they all put crowns upon themselves; so did their sons after them many years: and evils were multiplied in the earth.
|
||||
10| And there came out of them a wicked root Antiochus surnamed Epiphanes, son of Antiochus the king, who had been an hostage at Rome, and he reigned in the hundred and thirty and seventh year of the kingdom of the Greeks.
|
||||
11| In those days went there out of Israel wicked men, who persuaded many, saying, Let us go and make a covenant with the heathen that are round about us: for since we departed from them we have had much sorrow.
|
||||
12| So this device pleased them well.
|
||||
13| Then certain of the people were so forward herein, that they went to the king, who gave them licence to do after the ordinances of the heathen:
|
||||
14| Whereupon they built a place of exercise at Jerusalem according to the customs of the heathen:
|
||||
15| And made themselves uncircumcised, and forsook the holy covenant, and joined themselves to the heathen, and were sold to do mischief.
|
||||
16| Now when the kingdom was established before Antiochus, he thought to reign over Egypt that he might have the dominion of two realms.
|
||||
17| Wherefore he entered into Egypt with a great multitude, with chariots, and elephants, and horsemen, and a great navy,
|
||||
18| And made war against Ptolemee king of Egypt: but Ptolemee was afraid of him, and fled; and many were wounded to death.
|
||||
19| Thus they got the strong cities in the land of Egypt and he took the spoils thereof.
|
||||
20| And after that Antiochus had smitten Egypt, he returned again in the hundred forty and third year, and went up against Israel and Jerusalem with a great multitude,
|
||||
21| And entered proudly into the sanctuary, and took away the golden altar, and the candlestick of light, and all the vessels thereof,
|
||||
22| And the table of the shewbread, and the pouring vessels, and the vials. and the censers of gold, and the veil, and the crown, and the golden ornaments that were before the temple, all which he pulled off.
|
||||
23| He took also the silver and the gold, and the precious vessels: also he took the hidden treasures which he found.
|
||||
24| And when he had taken all away, he went into his own land, having made a great massacre, and spoken very proudly.
|
||||
25| Therefore there was a great mourning in Israel, in every place where they were;
|
||||
26| So that the princes and elders mourned, the virgins and young men were made feeble, and the beauty of women was changed.
|
||||
27| Every bridegroom took up lamentation, and she that sat in the marriage chamber was in heaviness,
|
||||
28| The land also was moved for the inhabitants thereof, and all the house of Jacob was covered with confusion.
|
||||
29| And after two years fully expired the king sent his chief collector of tribute unto the cities of Juda, who came unto Jerusalem with a great multitude,
|
||||
30| And spake peaceable words unto them, but all was deceit: for when they had given him credence, he fell suddenly upon the city, and smote it very sore, and destroyed much people of Israel.
|
||||
31| And when he had taken the spoils of the city, he set it on fire, and pulled down the houses and walls thereof on every side.
|
||||
32| But the women and children took they captive, and possessed the cattle.
|
||||
33| Then builded they the city of David with a great and strong wall, and with mighty towers, and made it a strong hold for them.
|
||||
34| And they put therein a sinful nation, wicked men, and fortified themselves therein.
|
||||
35| They stored it also with armour and victuals, and when they had gathered together the spoils of Jerusalem, they laid them up there, and so they became a sore snare:
|
||||
36| For it was a place to lie in wait against the sanctuary, and an evil adversary to Israel.
|
||||
37| Thus they shed innocent blood on every side of the sanctuary, and defiled it:
|
||||
38| Insomuch that the inhabitants of Jerusalem fled because of them: whereupon the city was made an habitation of strangers, and became strange to those that were born in her; and her own children left her.
|
||||
39| Her sanctuary was laid waste like a wilderness, her feasts were turned into mourning, her sabbaths into reproach her honour into contempt.
|
||||
40| As had been her glory, so was her dishonour increased, and her excellency was turned into mourning.
|
||||
41| Moreover king Antiochus wrote to his whole kingdom, that all should be one people,
|
||||
42| And every one should leave his laws: so all the heathen agreed according to the commandment of the king.
|
||||
43| Yea, many also of the Israelites consented to his religion, and sacrificed unto idols, and profaned the sabbath.
|
||||
44| For the king had sent letters by messengers unto Jerusalem and the cities of Juda that they should follow the strange laws of the land,
|
||||
45| And forbid burnt offerings, and sacrifice, and drink offerings, in the temple; and that they should profane the sabbaths and festival days:
|
||||
46| And pollute the sanctuary and holy people:
|
||||
47| Set up altars, and groves, and chapels of idols, and sacrifice swine's flesh, and unclean beasts:
|
||||
48| That they should also leave their children uncircumcised, and make their souls abominable with all manner of uncleanness and profanation:
|
||||
49| To the end they might forget the law, and change all the ordinances.
|
||||
50| And whosoever would not do according to the commandment of the king, he said, he should die.
|
||||
51| In the selfsame manner wrote he to his whole kingdom, and appointed overseers over all the people, commanding the cities of Juda to sacrifice, city by city.
|
||||
52| Then many of the people were gathered unto them, to wit every one that forsook the law; and so they committed evils in the land;
|
||||
53| And drove the Israelites into secret places, even wheresoever they could flee for succour.
|
||||
54| Now the fifteenth day of the month Casleu, in the hundred forty and fifth year, they set up the abomination of desolation upon the altar, and builded idol altars throughout the cities of Juda on every side;
|
||||
55| And burnt incense at the doors of their houses, and in the streets.
|
||||
56| And when they had rent in pieces the books of the law which they found, they burnt them with fire.
|
||||
57| And whosoever was found with any the book of the testament, or if any committed to the law, the king's commandment was, that they should put him to death.
|
||||
58| Thus did they by their authority unto the Israelites every month, to as many as were found in the cities.
|
||||
59| Now the five and twentieth day of the month they did sacrifice upon the idol altar, which was upon the altar of God.
|
||||
60| At which time according to the commandment they put to death certain women, that had caused their children to be circumcised.
|
||||
61| And they hanged the infants about their necks, and rifled their houses, and slew them that had circumcised them.
|
||||
62| Howbeit many in Israel were fully resolved and confirmed in themselves not to eat any unclean thing.
|
||||
63| Wherefore the rather to die, that they might not be defiled with meats, and that they might not profane the holy covenant: so then they died.
|
||||
64| And there was very great wrath upon Israel.
|
||||
#2
|
||||
1| In those days arose Mattathias the son of John, the son of Simeon, a priest of the sons of Joarib, from Jerusalem, and dwelt in Modin.
|
||||
2| And he had five sons, Joannan, called Caddis:
|
||||
3| Simon; called Thassi:
|
||||
4| Judas, who was called Maccabeus:
|
||||
5| Eleazar, called Avaran: and Jonathan, whose surname was Apphus.
|
||||
6| And when he saw the blasphemies that were committed in Juda and Jerusalem,
|
||||
7| He said, Woe is me! wherefore was I born to see this misery of my people, and of the holy city, and to dwell there, when it was delivered into the hand of the enemy, and the sanctuary into the hand of strangers?
|
||||
8| Her temple is become as a man without glory.
|
||||
9| Her glorious vessels are carried away into captivity, her infants are slain in the streets, her young men with the sword of the enemy.
|
||||
10| What nation hath not had a part in her kingdom and gotten of her spoils?
|
||||
11| All her ornaments are taken away; of a free woman she is become a bondslave.
|
||||
12| And, behold, our sanctuary, even our beauty and our glory, is laid waste, and the Gentiles have profaned it.
|
||||
13| To what end therefore shall we live any longer?
|
||||
14| Then Mattathias and his sons rent their clothes, and put on sackcloth, and mourned very sore.
|
||||
15| In the mean while the king's officers, such as compelled the people to revolt, came into the city Modin, to make them sacrifice.
|
||||
16| And when many of Israel came unto them, Mattathias also and his sons came together.
|
||||
17| Then answered the king's officers, and said to Mattathias on this wise, Thou art a ruler, and an honourable and great man in this city, and strengthened with sons and brethren:
|
||||
18| Now therefore come thou first, and fulfil the king's commandment, like as all the heathen have done, yea, and the men of Juda also, and such as remain at Jerusalem: so shalt thou and thy house be in the number of the king's friends, and thou and thy children shall be honoured with silver and gold, and many rewards.
|
||||
19| Then Mattathias answered and spake with a loud voice, Though all the nations that are under the king's dominion obey him, and fall away every one from the religion of their fathers, and give consent to his commandments:
|
||||
20| Yet will I and my sons and my brethren walk in the covenant of our fathers.
|
||||
21| God forbid that we should forsake the law and the ordinances.
|
||||
22| We will not hearken to the king's words, to go from our religion, either on the right hand, or the left.
|
||||
23| Now when he had left speaking these words, there came one of the Jews in the sight of all to sacrifice on the altar which was at Modin, according to the king's commandment.
|
||||
24| Which thing when Mattathias saw, he was inflamed with zeal, and his reins trembled, neither could he forbear to shew his anger according to judgment: wherefore he ran, and slew him upon the altar.
|
||||
25| Also the king's commissioner, who compelled men to sacrifice, he killed at that time, and the altar he pulled down.
|
||||
26| Thus dealt he zealously for the law of God like as Phinees did unto Zambri the son of Salom.
|
||||
27| And Mattathias cried throughout the city with a loud voice, saying, Whosoever is zealous of the law, and maintaineth the covenant, let him follow me.
|
||||
28| So he and his sons fled into the mountains, and left all that ever they had in the city.
|
||||
29| Then many that sought after justice and judgment went down into the wilderness, to dwell there:
|
||||
30| Both they, and their children, and their wives; and their cattle; because afflictions increased sore upon them.
|
||||
31| Now when it was told the king's servants, and the host that was at Jerusalem, in the city of David, that certain men, who had broken the king's commandment, were gone down into the secret places in the wilderness,
|
||||
32| They pursued after them a great number, and having overtaken them, they camped against them, and made war against them on the sabbath day.
|
||||
33| And they said unto them, Let that which ye have done hitherto suffice; come forth, and do according to the commandment of the king, and ye shall live.
|
||||
34| But they said, We will not come forth, neither will we do the king's commandment, to profane the sabbath day.
|
||||
35| So then they gave them the battle with all speed.
|
||||
36| Howbeit they answered them not, neither cast they a stone at them, nor stopped the places where they lay hid;
|
||||
37| But said, Let us die all in our innocency: heaven and earth will testify for us, that ye put us to death wrongfully.
|
||||
38| So they rose up against them in battle on the sabbath, and they slew them, with their wives and children and their cattle, to the number of a thousand people.
|
||||
39| Now when Mattathias and his friends understood hereof, they mourned for them right sore.
|
||||
40| And one of them said to another, If we all do as our brethren have done, and fight not for our lives and laws against the heathen, they will now quickly root us out of the earth.
|
||||
41| At that time therefore they decreed, saying, Whosoever shall come to make battle with us on the sabbath day, we will fight against him; neither will we die all, as our brethren that were murdered im the secret places.
|
||||
42| Then came there unto him a company of Assideans who were mighty men of Israel, even all such as were voluntarily devoted unto the law.
|
||||
43| Also all they that fled for persecution joined themselves unto them, and were a stay unto them.
|
||||
44| So they joined their forces, and smote sinful men in their anger, and wicked men in their wrath: but the rest fled to the heathen for succour.
|
||||
45| Then Mattathias and his friends went round about, and pulled down the altars:
|
||||
46| And what children soever they found within the coast of Israel uncircumcised, those they circumcised valiantly.
|
||||
47| They pursued also after the proud men, and the work prospered in their hand.
|
||||
48| So they recovered the law out of the hand of the Gentiles, and out of the hand of kings, neither suffered they the sinner to triumph.
|
||||
49| Now when the time drew near that Mattathias should die, he said unto his sons, Now hath pride and rebuke gotten strength, and the time of destruction, and the wrath of indignation:
|
||||
50| Now therefore, my sons, be ye zealous for the law, and give your lives for the covenant of your fathers.
|
||||
51| Call to remembrance what acts our fathers did in their time; so shall ye receive great honour and an everlasting name.
|
||||
52| Was not Abraham found faithful in temptation, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness?
|
||||
53| Joseph in the time of his distress kept the commandment and was made lord of Egypt.
|
||||
54| Phinees our father in being zealous and fervent obtained the covenant of an everlasting priesthood.
|
||||
55| Jesus for fulfilling the word was made a judge in Israel.
|
||||
56| Caleb for bearing witness before the congregation received the heritage of the land.
|
||||
57| David for being merciful possessed the throne of an everlasting kingdom.
|
||||
58| Elias for being zealous and fervent for the law was taken up into heaven.
|
||||
59| Ananias, Azarias, and Misael, by believing were saved out of the flame.
|
||||
60| Daniel for his innocency was delivered from the mouth of lions.
|
||||
61| And thus consider ye throughout all ages, that none that put their trust in him shall be overcome.
|
||||
62| Fear not then the words of a sinful man: for his glory shall be dung and worms.
|
||||
63| To day he shall be lifted up and to morrow he shall not be found, because he is returned into his dust, and his thought is come to nothing.
|
||||
64| Wherefore, ye my sons, be valiant and shew yourselves men in the behalf of the law; for by it shall ye obtain glory.
|
||||
65| And behold, I know that your brother Simon is a man of counsel, give ear unto him alway: he shall be a father unto you.
|
||||
66| As for Judas Maccabeus, he hath been mighty and strong, even from his youth up: let him be your captain, and fight the battle of the people.
|
||||
67| Take also unto you all those that observe the law, and avenge ye the wrong of your people.
|
||||
68| Recompense fully the heathen, and take heed to the commandments of the law.
|
||||
69| So he blessed them, and was gathered to his fathers.
|
||||
70| And he died in the hundred forty and sixth year, and his sons buried him in the sepulchres of his fathers at Modin, and all Israel made great lamentation for him.
|
||||
#3
|
||||
1| Then his son Judas, called Maccabeus, rose up in his stead.
|
||||
2| And all his brethren helped him, and so did all they that held with his father, and they fought with cheerfulness the battle of Israel.
|
||||
3| So he gat his people great honour, and put on a breastplate as a giant, and girt his warlike harness about him, and he made battles, protecting the host with his sword.
|
||||
4| In his acts he was like a lion, and like a lion's whelp roaring for his prey.
|
||||
5| For He pursued the wicked, and sought them out, and burnt up those that vexed his people.
|
||||
6| Wherefore the wicked shrunk for fear of him, and all the workers of iniquity were troubled, because salvation prospered in his hand.
|
||||
7| He grieved also many kings, and made Jacob glad with his acts, and his memorial is blessed for ever.
|
||||
8| Moreover he went through the cities of Juda, destroying the ungodly out of them, and turning away wrath from Israel:
|
||||
9| So that he was renowned unto the utmost part of the earth, and he received unto him such as were ready to perish.
|
||||
10| Then Apollonius gathered the Gentiles together, and a great host out of Samaria, to fight against Israel.
|
||||
11| Which thing when Judas perceived, he went forth to meet him, and so he smote him, and slew him: many also fell down slain, but the rest fled.
|
||||
12| Wherefore Judas took their spoils, and Apollonius' sword also, and therewith he fought all his life long.
|
||||
13| Now when Seron, a prince of the army of Syria, heard say that Judas had gathered unto him a multitude and company of the faithful to go out with him to war;
|
||||
14| He said, I will get me a name and honour in the kingdom; for I will go fight with Judas and them that are with him, who despise the king's commandment.
|
||||
15| So he made him ready to go up, and there went with him a mighty host of the ungodly to help him, and to be avenged of the children of Israel.
|
||||
16| And when he came near to the going up of Bethhoron, Judas went forth to meet him with a small company:
|
||||
17| Who, when they saw the host coming to meet them, said unto Judas, How shall we be able, being so few, to fight against so great a multitude and so strong, seeing we are ready to faint with fasting all this day?
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18| Unto whom Judas answered, It is no hard matter for many to be shut up in the hands of a few; and with the God of heaven it is all one, to deliver with a great multitude, or a small company:
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19| For the victory of battle standeth not in the multitude of an host; but strength cometh from heaven.
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20| They come against us in much pride and iniquity to destroy us, and our wives and children, and to spoil us:
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21| But we fight for our lives and our laws.
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22| Wherefore the Lord himself will overthrow them before our face: and as for you, be ye not afraid of them.
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23| Now as soon as he had left off speaking, he leapt suddenly upon them, and so Seron and his host was overthrown before him.
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24| And they pursued them from the going down of Bethhoron unto the plain, where were slain about eight hundred men of them; and the residue fled into the land of the Philistines.
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25| Then began the fear of Judas and his brethren, and an exceeding great dread, to fall upon the nations round about them:
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26| Insomuch as his fame came unto the king, and all nations talked of the battles of Judas.
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27| Now when king Antiochus heard these things, he was full of indignation: wherefore he sent and gathered together all the forces of his realm, even a very strong army.
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28| He opened also his treasure, and gave his soldiers pay for a year, commanding them to be ready whensoever he should need them.
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29| Nevertheless, when he saw that the money of his treasures failed and that the tributes in the country were small, because of the dissension and plague, which he had brought upon the land in taking away the laws which had been of old time;
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30| He feared that he should not be able to bear the charges any longer, nor to have such gifts to give so liberally as he did before: for he had abounded above the kings that were before him.
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31| Wherefore, being greatly perplexed in his mind, he determined to go into Persia, there to take the tributes of the countries, and to gather much money.
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32| So he left Lysias, a nobleman, and one of the blood royal, to oversee the affairs of the king from the river Euphrates unto the borders of Egypt:
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33| And to bring up his son Antiochus, until he came again.
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34| Moreover he delivered unto him the half of his forces, and the elephants, and gave him charge of all things that he would have done, as also concerning them that dwelt in Juda and Jerusalem:
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35| To wit, that he should send an army against them, to destroy and root out the strength of Israel, and the remnant of Jerusalem, and to take away their memorial from that place;
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36| And that he should place strangers in all their quarters, and divide their land by lot.
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37| So the king took the half of the forces that remained, and departed from Antioch, his royal city, the hundred forty and seventh year; and having passed the river Euphrates, he went through the high countries.
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38| Then Lysias chose Ptolemee the son of Dorymenes, Nicanor, and Gorgias, mighty men of the king's friends:
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39| And with them he sent forty thousand footmen, and seven thousand horsemen, to go into the land of Juda, and to destroy it, as the king commanded.
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40| So they went forth with all their power, and came and pitched by Emmaus in the plain country.
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41| And the merchants of the country, hearing the fame of them, took silver and gold very much, with servants, and came into the camp to buy the children of Israel for slaves: a power also of Syria and of the land of the Philistines joined themselves unto them.
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42| Now when Judas and his brethren saw that miseries were multiplied, and that the forces did encamp themselves in their borders: for they knew how the king had given commandment to destroy the people, and utterly abolish them;
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43| They said one to another, Let us restore the decayed fortune of our people, and let us fight for our people and the sanctuary.
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44| Then was the congregation gathered together, that they might be ready for battle, and that they might pray, and ask mercy and compassion.
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45| Now Jerusalem lay void as a wilderness, there was none of her children that went in or out: the sanctuary also was trodden down, and aliens kept the strong hold; the heathen had their habitation in that place; and joy was taken from Jacob, and the pipe with the harp ceased.
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46| Wherefore the Israelites assembled themselves together, and came to Maspha, over against Jerusalem; for in Maspha was the place where they prayed aforetime in Israel.
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47| Then they fasted that day, and put on sackcloth, and cast ashes upon their heads, and rent their clothes,
|
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48| And laid open the book of the law, wherein the heathen had sought to paint the likeness of their images.
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49| They brought also the priests' garments, and the firstfruits, and the tithes: and the Nazarites they stirred up, who had accomplished their days.
|
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50| Then cried they with a loud voice toward heaven, saying, What shall we do with these, and whither shall we carry them away?
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51| For thy sanctuary is trodden down and profaned, and thy priests are in heaviness, and brought low.
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52| And lo, the heathen are assembled together against us to destroy us: what things they imagine against us, thou knowest.
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53| How shall we be able to stand against them, except thou, O God, be our help?
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54| Then sounded they with trumpets, and cried with a loud voice.
|
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55| And after this Judas ordained captains over the people, even captains over thousands, and over hundreds, and over fifties, and over tens.
|
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56| But as for such as were building houses, or had betrothed wives, or were planting vineyards, or were fearful, those he commanded that they should return, every man to his own house, according to the law.
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57| So the camp removed, and pitched upon the south side of Emmaus.
|
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58| And Judas said, arm yourselves, and be valiant men, and see that ye be in readiness against the morning, that ye may fight with these nations, that are assembled together against us to destroy us and our sanctuary:
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59| For it is better for us to die in battle, than to behold the calamities of our people and our sanctuary.
|
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60| Nevertheless, as the will of God is in heaven, so let him do.
|
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#4
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1| Then took Gorgias five thousand footmen, and a thousand of the best horsemen, and removed out of the camp by night;
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2| To the end he might rush in upon the camp of the Jews, and smite them suddenly. And the men of the fortress were his guides.
|
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3| Now when Judas heard thereof he himself removed, and the valiant men with him, that he might smite the king's army which was at Emmaus,
|
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4| While as yet the forces were dispersed from the camp.
|
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5| In the mean season came Gorgias by night into the camp of Judas: and when he found no man there, he sought them in the mountains: for said he, These fellows flee from us
|
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6| But as soon as it was day, Judas shewed himself in the plain with three thousand men, who nevertheless had neither armour nor swords to their minds.
|
||||
7| And they saw the camp of the heathen, that it was strong and well harnessed, and compassed round about with horsemen; and these were expert of war.
|
||||
8| Then said Judas to the men that were with him, Fear ye not their multitude, neither be ye afraid of their assault.
|
||||
9| Remember how our fathers were delivered in the Red sea, when Pharaoh pursued them with an army.
|
||||
10| Now therefore let us cry unto heaven, if peradventure the Lord will have mercy upon us, and remember the covenant of our fathers, and destroy this host before our face this day:
|
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11| That so all the heathen may know that there is one who delivereth and saveth Israel.
|
||||
12| Then the strangers lifted up their eyes, and saw them coming over against them.
|
||||
13| Wherefore they went out of the camp to battle; but they that were with Judas sounded their trumpets.
|
||||
14| So they joined battle, and the heathen being discomfited fled into the plain.
|
||||
15| Howbeit all the hindmost of them were slain with the sword: for they pursued them unto Gazera, and unto the plains of Idumea, and Azotus, and Jamnia, so that there were slain of them upon a three thousand men.
|
||||
16| This done, Judas returned again with his host from pursuing them,
|
||||
17| And said to the people, Be not greedy of the spoil inasmuch as there is a battle before us,
|
||||
18| And Gorgias and his host are here by us in the mountain: but stand ye now against our enemies, and overcome them, and after this ye may boldly take the spoils.
|
||||
19| As Judas was yet speaking these words, there appeared a part of them looking out of the mountain:
|
||||
20| Who when they perceived that the Jews had put their host to flight and were burning the tents; for the smoke that was seen declared what was done:
|
||||
21| When therefore they perceived these things, they were sore afraid, and seeing also the host of Judas in the plain ready to fight,
|
||||
22| They fled every one into the land of strangers.
|
||||
23| Then Judas returned to spoil the tents, where they got much gold, and silver, and blue silk, and purple of the sea, and great riches.
|
||||
24| After this they went home, and sung a song of thanksgiving, and praised the Lord in heaven: because it is good, because his mercy endureth forever.
|
||||
25| Thus Israel had a great deliverance that day.
|
||||
26| Now all the strangers that had escaped came and told Lysias what had happened:
|
||||
27| Who, when he heard thereof, was confounded and discouraged, because neither such things as he would were done unto Israel, nor such things as the king commanded him were come to pass.
|
||||
28| The next year therefore following Lysias gathered together threescore thousand choice men of foot, and five thousand horsemen, that he might subdue them.
|
||||
29| So they came into Idumea, and pitched their tents at Bethsura, and Judas met them with ten thousand men.
|
||||
30| And when he saw that mighty army, he prayed and said, Blessed art thou, O Saviour of Israel, who didst quell the violence of the mighty man by the hand of thy servant David, and gavest the host of strangers into the hands of Jonathan the son of Saul, and his armourbearer;
|
||||
31| Shut up this army in the hand of thy people Israel, and let them be confounded in their power and horsemen:
|
||||
32| Make them to be of no courage, and cause the boldness of their strength to fall away, and let them quake at their destruction:
|
||||
33| Cast them down with the sword of them that love thee, and let all those that know thy name praise thee with thanksgiving.
|
||||
34| So they joined battle; and there were slain of the host of Lysias about five thousand men, even before them were they slain.
|
||||
35| Now when Lysias saw his army put to flight, and the manliness of Judas' soldiers, and how they were ready either to live or die valiantly, he went into Antiochia, and gathered together a company of strangers, and having made his army greater than it was, he purposed to come again into Judea.
|
||||
36| Then said Judas and his brethren, Behold, our enemies are discomfited: let us go up to cleanse and dedicate the sanctuary.
|
||||
37| Upon this all the host assembled themselves together, and went up into mount Sion.
|
||||
38| And when they saw the sanctuary desolate, and the altar profaned, and the gates burned up, and shrubs growing in the courts as in a forest, or in one of the mountains, yea, and the priests' chambers pulled down;
|
||||
39| They rent their clothes, and made great lamentation, and cast ashes upon their heads,
|
||||
40| And fell down flat to the ground upon their faces, and blew an alarm with the trumpets, and cried toward heaven.
|
||||
41| Then Judas appointed certain men to fight against those that were in the fortress, until he had cleansed the sanctuary.
|
||||
42| So he chose priests of blameless conversation, such as had pleasure in the law:
|
||||
43| Who cleansed the sanctuary, and bare out the defiled stones into an unclean place.
|
||||
44| And when as they consulted what to do with the altar of burnt offerings, which was profaned;
|
||||
45| They thought it best to pull it down, lest it should be a reproach to them, because the heathen had defiled it: wherefore they pulled it down,
|
||||
46| And laid up the stones in the mountain of the temple in a convenient place, until there should come a prophet to shew what should be done with them.
|
||||
47| Then they took whole stones according to the law, and built a new altar according to the former;
|
||||
48| And made up the sanctuary, and the things that were within the temple, and hallowed the courts.
|
||||
49| They made also new holy vessels, and into the temple they brought the candlestick, and the altar of burnt offerings, and of incense, and the table.
|
||||
50| And upon the altar they burned incense, and the lamps that were upon the candlestick they lighted, that they might give light in the temple.
|
||||
51| Furthermore they set the loaves upon the table, and spread out the veils, and finished all the works which they had begun to make.
|
||||
52| Now on the five and twentieth day of the ninth month, which is called the month Casleu, in the hundred forty and eighth year, they rose up betimes in the morning,
|
||||
53| And offered sacrifice according to the law upon the new altar of burnt offerings, which they had made.
|
||||
54| Look, at what time and what day the heathen had profaned it, even in that was it dedicated with songs, and citherns, and harps, and cymbals.
|
||||
55| Then all the people fell upon their faces, worshipping and praising the God of heaven, who had given them good success.
|
||||
56| And so they kept the dedication of the altar eight days and offered burnt offerings with gladness, and sacrificed the sacrifice of deliverance and praise.
|
||||
57| They decked also the forefront of the temple with crowns of gold, and with shields; and the gates and the chambers they renewed, and hanged doors upon them.
|
||||
58| Thus was there very great gladness among the people, for that the reproach of the heathen was put away.
|
||||
59| Moreover Judas and his brethren with the whole congregation of Israel ordained, that the days of the dedication of the altar should be kept in their season from year to year by the space of eight days, from the five and twentieth day of the month Casleu, with mirth and gladness.
|
||||
60| At that time also they builded up the mount Sion with high walls and strong towers round about, lest the Gentiles should come and tread it down as they had done before.
|
||||
61| And they set there a garrison to keep it, and fortified Bethsura to preserve it; that the people might have a defence against Idumea.
|
||||
#5
|
||||
1| Now when the nations round about heard that the altar was built and the sanctuary renewed as before, it displeased them very much.
|
||||
2| Wherefore they thought to destroy the generation of Jacob that was among them, and thereupon they began to slay and destroy the people.
|
||||
3| Then Judas fought against the children of Esau in Idumea at Arabattine, because they besieged Gael: and he gave them a great overthrow, and abated their courage, and took their spoils.
|
||||
4| Also he remembered the injury of the children of Bean, who had been a snare and an offence unto the people, in that they lay in wait for them in the ways.
|
||||
5| He shut them up therefore in the towers, and encamped against them, and destroyed them utterly, and burned the towers of that place with fire, and all that were therein.
|
||||
6| Afterward he passed over to the children of Ammon, where he found a mighty power, and much people, with Timotheus their captain.
|
||||
7| So he fought many battles with them, till at length they were discomfited before him; and he smote them.
|
||||
8| And when he had taken Jazar, with the towns belonging thereto, he returned into Judea.
|
||||
9| Then the heathen that were at Galaad assembled themselves together against the Israelites that were in their quarters, to destroy them; but they fled to the fortress of Dathema.
|
||||
10| And sent letters unto Judas and his brethren, The heathen that are round about us are assembled together against us to destroy us:
|
||||
11| And they are preparing to come and take the fortress whereunto we are fled, Timotheus being captain of their host.
|
||||
12| Come now therefore, and deliver us from their hands, for many of us are slain:
|
||||
13| Yea, all our brethren that were in the places of Tobie are put to death: their wives and their children also they have carried away captives, and borne away their stuff; and they have destroyed there about a thousand men.
|
||||
14| While these letters were yet reading, behold, there came other messengers from Galilee with their clothes rent, who reported on this wise,
|
||||
15| And said, They of Ptolemais, and of Tyrus, and Sidon, and all Galilee of the Gentiles, are assembled together against us to consume us.
|
||||
16| Now when Judas and the people heard these words, there assembled a great congregation together, to consult what they should do for their brethren, that were in trouble, and assaulted of them.
|
||||
17| Then said Judas unto Simon his brother, Choose thee out men, and go and deliver thy brethren that are in Galilee, for I and Jonathan my brother will go into the country of Galaad.
|
||||
18| So he left Joseph the son of Zacharias, and Azarias, captains of the people, with the remnant of the host in Judea to keep it.
|
||||
19| Unto whom he gave commandment, saying, Take ye the charge of this people, and see that ye make not war against the heathen until the time that we come again.
|
||||
20| Now unto Simon were given three thousand men to go into Galilee, and unto Judas eight thousand men for the country of Galaad.
|
||||
21| Then went Simon into Galilee, where he fought many battles with the heathen, so that the heathen were discomfited by him.
|
||||
22| And he pursued them unto the gate of Ptolemais; and there were slain of the heathen about three thousand men, whose spoils he took.
|
||||
23| And those that were in Galilee, and in Arbattis, with their wives and their children, and all that they had, took he away with him, and brought them into Judea with great joy.
|
||||
24| Judas Maccabeus also and his brother Jonathan went over Jordan, and travelled three days' journey in the wilderness,
|
||||
25| Where they met with the Nabathites, who came unto them in a peaceable manner, and told them every thing that had happened to their brethren in the land of Galaad:
|
||||
26| And how that many of them were shut up in Bosora, and Bosor, and Alema, Casphor, Maked, and Carnaim; all these cities are strong and great:
|
||||
27| And that they were shut up in the rest of the cities of the country of Galaad, and that against to morrow they had appointed to bring their host against the forts, and to take them, and to destroy them all in one day.
|
||||
28| Hereupon Judas and his host turned suddenly by the way of the wilderness unto Bosora; and when he had won the city, he slew all the males with the edge of the sword, and took all their spoils, and burned the city with fire,
|
||||
29| From whence he removed by night, and went till he came to the fortress.
|
||||
30| And betimes in the morning they looked up, and, behold, there was an innumerable people bearing ladders and other engines of war, to take the fortress: for they assaulted them.
|
||||
31| When Judas therefore saw that the battle was begun, and that the cry of the city went up to heaven, with trumpets, and a great sound,
|
||||
32| He said unto his host, Fight this day for your brethren.
|
||||
33| So he went forth behind them in three companies, who sounded their trumpets, and cried with prayer.
|
||||
34| Then the host of Timotheus, knowing that it was Maccabeus, fled from him: wherefore he smote them with a great slaughter; so that there were killed of them that day about eight thousand men.
|
||||
35| This done, Judas turned aside to Maspha; and after he had assaulted it he took and slew all the males therein, and received the spoils thereof and and burnt it with fire.
|
||||
36| From thence went he, and took Casphon, Maged, Bosor, and the other cities of the country of Galaad.
|
||||
37| After these things gathered Timotheus another host and encamped against Raphon beyond the brook.
|
||||
38| So Judas sent men to espy the host, who brought him word, saying, All the heathen that be round about us are assembled unto them, even a very great host.
|
||||
39| He hath also hired the Arabians to help them and they have pitched their tents beyond the brook, ready to come and fight against thee. Upon this Judas went to meet them.
|
||||
40| Then Timotheus said unto the captains of his host, When Judas and his host come near the brook, if he pass over first unto us, we shall not be able to withstand him; for he will mightily prevail against us:
|
||||
41| But if he be afraid, and camp beyond the river, we shall go over unto him, and prevail against him.
|
||||
42| Now when Judas came near the brook, he caused the scribes of the people to remain by the brook: unto whom he gave commandment, saying, Suffer no man to remain in the camp, but let all come to the battle.
|
||||
43| So he went first over unto them, and all the people after him: then all the heathen, being discomfited before him, cast away their weapons, and fled unto the temple that was at Carnaim.
|
||||
44| But they took the city, and burned the temple with all that were therein. Thus was Carnaim subdued, neither could they stand any longer before Judas.
|
||||
45| Then Judas gathered together all the Israelites that were in the country of Galaad, from the least unto the greatest, even their wives, and their children, and their stuff, a very great host, to the end they might come into the land of Judea.
|
||||
46| Now when they came unto Ephron, (this was a great city in the way as they should go, very well fortified) they could not turn from it, either on the right hand or the left, but must needs pass through the midst of it.
|
||||
47| Then they of the city shut them out, and stopped up the gates with stones.
|
||||
48| Whereupon Judas sent unto them in peaceable manner, saying, Let us pass through your land to go into our own country, and none shall do you any hurt; we will only pass through on foot: howbeit they would not open unto him.
|
||||
49| Wherefore Judas commanded a proclamation to be made throughout the host, that every man should pitch his tent in the place where he was.
|
||||
50| So the soldiers pitched, and assaulted the city all that day and all that night, till at the length the city was delivered into his hands:
|
||||
51| Who then slew all the males with the edge of the sword, and rased the city, and took the spoils thereof, and passed through the city over them that were slain.
|
||||
52| After this went they over Jordan into the great plain before Bethsan.
|
||||
53| And Judas gathered together those that came behind, and exhorted the people all the way through, till they came into the land of Judea.
|
||||
54| So they went up to mount Sion with joy and gladness, where they offered burnt offerings, because not one of them were slain until they had returned in peace.
|
||||
55| Now what time as Judas and Jonathan were in the land of Galaad, and Simon his brother in Galilee before Ptolemais,
|
||||
56| Joseph the son of Zacharias, and Azarias, captains of the garrisons, heard of the valiant acts and warlike deeds which they had done.
|
||||
57| Wherefore they said, Let us also get us a name, and go fight against the heathen that are round about us.
|
||||
58| So when they had given charge unto the garrison that was with them, they went toward Jamnia.
|
||||
59| Then came Gorgias and his men out of the city to fight against them.
|
||||
60| And so it was, that Joseph and Azaras were put to flight, and pursued unto the borders of Judea: and there were slain that day of the people of Israel about two thousand men.
|
||||
61| Thus was there a great overthrow among the children of Israel, because they were not obedient unto Judas and his brethren, but thought to do some valiant act.
|
||||
62| Moreover these men came not of the seed of those, by whose hand deliverance was given unto Israel.
|
||||
63| Howbeit the man Judas and his brethren were greatly renowned in the sight of all Israel, and of all the heathen, wheresoever their name was heard of;
|
||||
64| Insomuch as the the people assembled unto them with joyful acclamations.
|
||||
65| Afterward went Judas forth with his brethren, and fought against the children of Esau in the land toward the south, where he smote Hebron, and the towns thereof, and pulled down the fortress of it, and burned the towers thereof round about.
|
||||
66| From thence he removed to go into the land of the Philistines, and passed through Samaria.
|
||||
67| At that time certain priests, desirous to shew their valour, were slain in battle, for that they went out to fight unadvisedly.
|
||||
68| So Judas turned to Azotus in the land of the Philistines, and when he had pulled down their altars, and burned their carved images with fire, and spoiled their cities, he returned into the land of Judea.
|
||||
#6
|
||||
1| About that time king Antiochus travelling through the high countries heard say, that Elymais in the country of Persia was a city greatly renowned for riches, silver, and gold;
|
||||
2| And that there was in it a very rich temple, wherein were coverings of gold, and breastplates, and shields, which Alexander, son of Philip, the Macedonian king, who reigned first among the Grecians, had left there.
|
||||
3| Wherefore he came and sought to take the city, and to spoil it; but he was not able, because they of the city, having had warning thereof,
|
||||
4| Rose up against him in battle: so he fled, and departed thence with great heaviness, and returned to Babylon.
|
||||
5| Moreover there came one who brought him tidings into Persia, that the armies, which went against the land of Judea, were put to flight:
|
||||
6| And that Lysias, who went forth first with a great power was driven away of the Jews; and that they were made strong by the armour, and power, and store of spoils, which they had gotten of the armies, whom they had destroyed:
|
||||
7| Also that they had pulled down the abomination, which he had set up upon the altar in Jerusalem, and that they had compassed about the sanctuary with high walls, as before, and his city Bethsura.
|
||||
8| Now when the king heard these words, he was astonished and sore moved: whereupon he laid him down upon his bed, and fell sick for grief, because it had not befallen him as he looked for.
|
||||
9| And there he continued many days: for his grief was ever more and more, and he made account that he should die.
|
||||
10| Wherefore he called for all his friends, and said unto them, The sleep is gone from mine eyes, and my heart faileth for very care.
|
||||
11| And I thought with myself, Into what tribulation am I come, and how great a flood of misery is it, wherein now I am! for I was bountiful and beloved in my power.
|
||||
12| But now I remember the evils that I did at Jerusalem, and that I took all the vessels of gold and silver that were therein, and sent to destroy the inhabitants of Judea without a cause.
|
||||
13| I perceive therefore that for this cause these troubles are come upon me, and, behold, I perish through great grief in a strange land.
|
||||
14| Then called he for Philip, one of his friends, who he made ruler over all his realm,
|
||||
15| And gave him the crown, and his robe, and his signet, to the end he should bring up his son Antiochus, and nourish him up for the kingdom.
|
||||
16| So king Antiochus died there in the hundred forty and ninth year.
|
||||
17| Now when Lysias knew that the king was dead, he set up Antiochus his son, whom he had brought up being young, to reign in his stead, and his name he called Eupator.
|
||||
18| About this time they that were in the tower shut up the Israelites round about the sanctuary, and sought always their hurt, and the strengthening of the heathen.
|
||||
19| Wherefore Judas, purposing to destroy them, called all the people together to besiege them.
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20| So they came together, and besieged them in the hundred and fiftieth year, and he made mounts for shot against them, and other engines.
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21| Howbeit certain of them that were besieged got forth, unto whom some ungodly men of Israel joined themselves:
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22| And they went unto the king, and said, How long will it be ere thou execute judgment, and avenge our brethren?
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23| We have been willing to serve thy father, and to do as he would have us, and to obey his commandments;
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24| For which cause they of our nation besiege the tower, and are alienated from us: moreover as many of us as they could light on they slew, and spoiled our inheritance.
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25| Neither have they stretched out their hand against us only, but also against their borders.
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26| And, behold, this day are they besieging the tower at Jerusalem, to take it: the sanctuary also and Bethsura have they fortified.
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27| Wherefore if thou dost not prevent them quickly, they will do the greater things than these, neither shalt thou be able to rule them.
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28| Now when the king heard this, he was angry, and gathered together all his friends, and the captains of his army, and those that had charge of the horse.
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29| There came also unto him from other kingdoms, and from isles of the sea, bands of hired soldiers.
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30| So that the number of his army was an hundred thousand footmen, and twenty thousand horsemen, and two and thirty elephants exercised in battle.
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31| These went through Idumea, and pitched against Bethsura, which they assaulted many days, making engines of war; but they of Bethsura came out, and burned them with fire, and fought valiantly.
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32| Upon this Judas removed from the tower, and pitched in Bathzacharias, over against the king's camp.
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33| Then the king rising very early marched fiercely with his host toward Bathzacharias, where his armies made them ready to battle, and sounded the trumpets.
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34| And to the end they might provoke the elephants to fight, they shewed them the blood of grapes and mulberries.
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35| Moreover they divided the beasts among the armies, and for every elephant they appointed a thousand men, armed with coats of mail, and with helmets of brass on their heads; and beside this, for every beast were ordained five hundred horsemen of the best.
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36| These were ready at every occasion: wheresoever the beast was, and whithersoever the beast went, they went also, neither departed they from him.
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37| And upon the beasts were there strong towers of wood, which covered every one of them, and were girt fast unto them with devices: there were also upon every one two and thirty strong men, that fought upon them, beside the Indian that ruled him.
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38| As for the remnant of the horsemen, they set them on this side and that side at the two parts of the host giving them signs what to do, and being harnessed all over amidst the ranks.
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39| Now when the sun shone upon the shields of gold and brass, the mountains glistered therewith, and shined like lamps of fire.
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40| So part of the king's army being spread upon the high mountains, and part on the valleys below, they marched on safely and in order.
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41| Wherefore all that heard the noise of their multitude, and the marching of the company, and the rattling of the harness, were moved: for the army was very great and mighty.
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42| Then Judas and his host drew near, and entered into battle, and there were slain of the king's army six hundred men.
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43| Eleazar also, surnamed Savaran, perceiving that one of the beasts, armed with royal harness, was higher than all the rest, and supposing that the king was upon him,
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44| Put himself in jeopardy, to the end he might deliver his people, and get him a perpetual name:
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45| Wherefore he ran upon him courageously through the midst of the battle, slaying on the right hand and on the left, so that they were divided from him on both sides.
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46| Which done, he crept under the elephant, and thrust him under, and slew him: whereupon the elephant fell down upon him, and there he died.
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47| Howbeit the rest of the Jews seeing the strength of the king, and the violence of his forces, turned away from them.
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48| Then the king's army went up to Jerusalem to meet them, and the king pitched his tents against Judea, and against mount Sion.
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49| But with them that were in Bethsura he made peace: for they came out of the city, because they had no victuals there to endure the siege, it being a year of rest to the land.
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50| So the king took Bethsura, and set a garrison there to keep it.
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51| As for the sanctuary, he besieged it many days: and set there artillery with engines and instruments to cast fire and stones, and pieces to cast darts and slings.
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52| Whereupon they also made engines against their engines, and held them battle a long season.
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53| Yet at the last, their vessels being without victuals, (for that it was the seventh year, and they in Judea that were delivered from the Gentiles, had eaten up the residue of the store;)
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54| There were but a few left in the sanctuary, because the famine did so prevail against them, that they were fain to disperse themselves, every man to his own place.
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55| At that time Lysias heard say, that Philip, whom Antiochus the king, whiles he lived, had appointed to bring up his son Antiochus, that he might be king,
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56| Was returned out of Persia and Media, and the king's host also that went with him, and that he sought to take unto him the ruling of the affairs.
|
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57| Wherefore he went in all haste, and said to the king and the captains of the host and the company, We decay daily, and our victuals are but small, and the place we lay siege unto is strong, and the affairs of the kingdom lie upon us:
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58| Now therefore let us be friends with these men, and make peace with them, and with all their nation;
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59| And covenant with them, that they shall live after their laws, as they did before: for they are therefore displeased, and have done all these things, because we abolished their laws.
|
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60| So the king and the princes were content: wherefore he sent unto them to make peace; and they accepted thereof.
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61| Also the king and the princes made an oath unto them: whereupon they went out of the strong hold.
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62| Then the king entered into mount Sion; but when he saw the strength of the place, he broke his oath that he had made, and gave commandment to pull down the wall round about.
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63| Afterward departed he in all haste, and returned unto Antiochia, where he found Philip to be master of the city: so he fought against him, and took the city by force.
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#7
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1| In the hundred and one and fiftieth year Demetrius the son of Seleucus departed from Rome, and came up with a few men unto a city of the sea coast, and reigned there.
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2| And as he entered into the palace of his ancestors, so it was, that his forces had taken Antiochus and Lysias, to bring them unto him.
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3| Wherefore, when he knew it, he said, Let me not see their faces.
|
||||
4| So his host slew them. Now when Demetrius was set upon the throne of his kingdom,
|
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5| There came unto him all the wicked and ungodly men of Israel, having Alcimus, who was desirous to be high priest, for their captain:
|
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6| And they accused the people to the king, saying, Judas and his brethren have slain all thy friends, and driven us out of our own land.
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7| Now therefore send some man whom thou trustest, and let him go and see what havock he hath made among us, and in the king's land, and let him punish them with all them that aid them.
|
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8| Then the king chose Bacchides, a friend of the king, who ruled beyond the flood, and was a great man in the kingdom, and faithful to the king,
|
||||
9| And him he sent with that wicked Alcimus, whom he made high priest, and commanded that he should take vengeance of the children of Israel.
|
||||
10| So they departed, and came with a great power into the land of Judea, where they sent messengers to Judas and his brethren with peaceable words deceitfully.
|
||||
11| But they gave no heed to their words; for they saw that they were come with a great power.
|
||||
12| Then did there assemble unto Alcimus and Bacchides a company of scribes, to require justice.
|
||||
13| Now the Assideans were the first among the children of Israel that sought peace of them:
|
||||
14| For said they, One that is a priest of the seed of Aaron is come with this army, and he will do us no wrong.
|
||||
15| So he spake unto them, peaceably, and sware unto them, saying, we will procure the harm neither of you nor your friends.
|
||||
16| Whereupon they believed him: howbeit he took of them threescore men, and slew them in one day, according to the words which he wrote,
|
||||
17| The flesh of thy saints have they cast out, and their blood have they shed round about Jerusalem, and there was none to bury them.
|
||||
18| Wherefore the fear and dread of them fell upon all the people, who said, There is neither truth nor righteousness in them; for they have broken the covenant and oath that they made.
|
||||
19| After this, removed Bacchides from Jerusalem, and pitched his tents in Bezeth, where he sent and took many of the men that had forsaken him, and certain of the people also, and when he had slain them, he cast them into the great pit.
|
||||
20| Then committed he the country to Alcimus, and left with him a power to aid him: so Bacchides went to the king.
|
||||
21| But Alcimus contended for the high priesthood.
|
||||
22| And unto him resorted all such as troubled the people, who, after they had gotten the land of Juda into their power, did much hurt in Israel.
|
||||
23| Now when Judas saw all the mischief that Alcimus and his company had done among the Israelites, even above the heathen,
|
||||
24| He went out into all the coasts of Judea round about, and took vengeance of them that had revolted from him, so that they durst no more go forth into the country.
|
||||
25| On the other side, when Alcimus saw that Judas and his company had gotten the upper hand, and knew that he was not able to abide their force, he went again to the king, and said all the worst of them that he could.
|
||||
26| Then the king sent Nicanor, one of his honourable princes, a man that bare deadly hate unto Israel, with commandment to destroy the people.
|
||||
27| So Nicanor came to Jerusalem with a great force; and sent unto Judas and his brethren deceitfully with friendly words, saying,
|
||||
28| Let there be no battle between me and you; I will come with a few men, that I may see you in peace.
|
||||
29| He came therefore to Judas, and they saluted one another peaceably. Howbeit the enemies were prepared to take away Judas by violence.
|
||||
30| Which thing after it was known to Judas, to wit, that he came unto him with deceit, he was sore afraid of him, and would see his face no more.
|
||||
31| Nicanor also, when he saw that his counsel was discovered, went out to fight against Judas beside Capharsalama:
|
||||
32| Where there were slain of Nicanor's side about five thousand men, and the rest fled into the city of David.
|
||||
33| After this went Nicanor up to mount Sion, and there came out of the sanctuary certain of the priests and certain of the elders of the people, to salute him peaceably, and to shew him the burnt sacrifice that was offered for the king.
|
||||
34| But he mocked them, and laughed at them, and abused them shamefully, and spake proudly,
|
||||
35| And sware in his wrath, saying, Unless Judas and his host be now delivered into my hands, if ever I come again in safety, I will burn up this house: and with that he went out in a great rage.
|
||||
36| Then the priests entered in, and stood before the altar and the temple, weeping, and saying,
|
||||
37| Thou, O Lord, didst choose this house to be called by thy name, and to be a house of prayer and petition for thy people:
|
||||
38| Be avenged of this man and his host, and let them fall by the sword: remember their blasphemies, and suffer them not to continue any longer.
|
||||
39| So Nicanor went out of Jerusalem, and pitched his tents in Bethhoron, where an host out of Syria met him.
|
||||
40| But Judas pitched in Adasa with three thousand men, and there he prayed, saying,
|
||||
41| O Lord, when they that were sent from the king of the Assyrians blasphemed, thine angel went out, and smote an hundred fourscore and five thousand of them.
|
||||
42| Even so destroy thou this host before us this day, that the rest may know that he hath spoken blasphemously against thy sanctuary, and judge thou him according to his wickedness.
|
||||
43| So the thirteenth day of the month Adar the hosts joined battle: but Nicanor's host was discomfited, and he himself was first slain in the battle.
|
||||
44| Now when Nicanor's host saw that he was slain, they cast away their weapons, and fled.
|
||||
45| Then they pursued after them a day's journey, from Adasa unto Gazera, sounding an alarm after them with their trumpets.
|
||||
46| Whereupon they came forth out of all the towns of Judea round about, and closed them in; so that they, turning back upon them that pursued them, were all slain with the sword, and not one of them was left.
|
||||
47| Afterwards they took the spoils, and the prey, and smote off Nicanors head, and his right hand, which he stretched out so proudly, and brought them away, and hanged them up toward Jerusalem.
|
||||
48| For this cause the people rejoiced greatly, and they kept that day a day of great gladness.
|
||||
49| Moreover they ordained to keep yearly this day, being the thirteenth of Adar.
|
||||
50| Thus the land of Juda was in rest a little while.
|
||||
#8
|
||||
1| Now Judas had heard of the the Romans, that they were mighty and valiant men, and such as would lovingly accept all that joined themselves unto them, and make a league of amity with all that came unto them;
|
||||
2| And that they were men of great valour. It was told him also of their wars and noble acts which they had done among the Galatians, and how they had conquered them, and brought them under tribute;
|
||||
3| And what they had done in the country of Spain, for the winning of the mines of the silver and gold which is there;
|
||||
4| And that by their policy and patience they had conquered all the place, though it were very far from them; and the kings also that came against them from the uttermost part of the earth, till they had discomfited them, and given them a great overthrow, so that the rest did give them tribute every year:
|
||||
5| Beside this, how they had discomfited in battle Philip, and Perseus, king of the Citims, with others that lifted up themselves against them, and had overcome them:
|
||||
6| How also Antiochus the great king of Asia, that came against them in battle, having an hundred and twenty elephants, with horsemen, and chariots, and a very great army, was discomfited by them;
|
||||
7| And how they took him alive, and covenanted that he and such as reigned after him should pay a great tribute, and give hostages, and that which was agreed upon,
|
||||
8| And the country of India, and Media and Lydia and of the goodliest countries, which they took of him, and gave to king Eumenes:
|
||||
9| Moreover how the Grecians had determined to come and destroy them;
|
||||
10| And that they, having knowledge thereof sent against them a certain captain, and fighting with them slew many of them, and carried away captives their wives and their children, and spoiled them, and took possession of their lands, and pulled down their strong holds, and brought them to be their servants unto this day:
|
||||
11| It was told him besides, how they destroyed and brought under their dominion all other kingdoms and isles that at any time resisted them;
|
||||
12| But with their friends and such as relied upon them they kept amity: and that they had conquered kingdoms both far and nigh, insomuch as all that heard of their name were afraid of them:
|
||||
13| Also that, whom they would help to a kingdom, those reign; and whom again they would, they displace: finally, that they were greatly exalted:
|
||||
14| Yet for all this none of them wore a crown or was clothed in purple, to be magnified thereby:
|
||||
15| Moreover how they had made for themselves a senate house, wherein three hundred and twenty men sat in council daily, consulting alway for the people, to the end they might be well ordered:
|
||||
16| And that they committed their government to one man every year, who ruled over all their country, and that all were obedient to that one, and that there was neither envy nor emmulation among them.
|
||||
17| In consideration of these things, Judas chose Eupolemus the son of John, the son of Accos, and Jason the son of Eleazar, and sent them to Rome, to make a league of amity and confederacy with them,
|
||||
18| And to intreat them that they would take the yoke from them; for they saw that the kingdom of the Grecians did oppress Israel with servitude.
|
||||
19| They went therefore to Rome, which was a very great journey, and came into the senate, where they spake and said.
|
||||
20| Judas Maccabeus with his brethren, and the people of the Jews, have sent us unto you, to make a confederacy and peace with you, and that we might be registered your confederates and friends.
|
||||
21| So that matter pleased the Romans well.
|
||||
22| And this is the copy of the epistle which the senate wrote back again in tables of brass, and sent to Jerusalem, that there they might have by them a memorial of peace and confederacy:
|
||||
23| Good success be to the Romans, and to the people of the Jews, by sea and by land for ever: the sword also and enemy be far from them,
|
||||
24| If there come first any war upon the Romans or any of their confederates throughout all their dominion,
|
||||
25| The people of the Jews shall help them, as the time shall be appointed, with all their heart:
|
||||
26| Neither shall they give any thing unto them that make war upon them, or aid them with victuals, weapons, money, or ships, as it hath seemed good unto the Romans; but they shall keep their covenants without taking any thing therefore.
|
||||
27| In the same manner also, if war come first upon the nation of the Jews, the Romans shall help them with all their heart, according as the time shall be appointed them:
|
||||
28| Neither shall victuals be given to them that take part against them, or weapons, or money, or ships, as it hath seemed good to the Romans; but they shall keep their covenants, and that without deceit.
|
||||
29| According to these articles did the Romans make a covenant with the people of the Jews.
|
||||
30| Howbeit if hereafter the one party or the other shall think to meet to add or diminish any thing, they may do it at their pleasures, and whatsoever they shall add or take away shall be ratified.
|
||||
31| And as touching the evils that Demetrius doeth to the Jews, we have written unto him, saying, Wherefore thou made thy yoke heavy upon our friends and confederates the Jews?
|
||||
32| If therefore they complain any more against thee, we will do them justice, and fight with thee by sea and by land.
|
||||
#9
|
||||
1| Furthermore, when Demetrius heard the Nicanor and his host were slain in battle, he sent Bacchides and Alcimus into the land of Judea the second time, and with them the chief strength of his host:
|
||||
2| Who went forth by the way that leadeth to Galgala, and pitched their tents before Masaloth, which is in Arbela, and after they had won it, they slew much people.
|
||||
3| Also the first month of the hundred fifty and second year they encamped before Jerusalem:
|
||||
4| From whence they removed, and went to Berea, with twenty thousand footmen and two thousand horsemen.
|
||||
5| Now Judas had pitched his tents at Eleasa, and three thousand chosen men with him:
|
||||
6| Who seeing the multitude of the other army to he so great were sore afraid; whereupon many conveyed themselves out of the host, insomuch as abode of them no more but eight hundred men.
|
||||
7| When Judas therefore saw that his host slipt away, and that the battle pressed upon him, he was sore troubled in mind, and much distressed, for that he had no time to gather them together.
|
||||
8| Nevertheless unto them that remained he said, Let us arise and go up against our enemies, if peradventure we may be able to fight with them.
|
||||
9| But they dehorted him, saying, We shall never be able: let us now rather save our lives, and hereafter we will return with our brethren, and fight against them: for we are but few.
|
||||
10| Then Judas said, God forbid that I should do this thing, and flee away from them: if our time be come, let us die manfully for our brethren, and let us not stain our honour.
|
||||
11| With that the host of Bacchides removed out of their tents, and stood over against them, their horsemen being divided into two troops, and their slingers and archers going before the host and they that marched in the foreward were all mighty men.
|
||||
12| As for Bacchides, he was in the right wing: so the host drew near on the two parts, and sounded their trumpets.
|
||||
13| They also of Judas' side, even they sounded their trumpets also, so that the earth shook at the noise of the armies, and the battle continued from morning till night.
|
||||
14| Now when Judas perceived that Bacchides and the strength of his army were on the right side, he took with him all the hardy men,
|
||||
15| Who discomfited the right wing, and pursued them unto the mount Azotus.
|
||||
16| But when they of the left wing saw that they of the right wing were discomfited, they followed upon Judas and those that were with him hard at the heels from behind:
|
||||
17| Whereupon there was a sore battle, insomuch as many were slain on both parts.
|
||||
18| Judas also was killed, and the remnant fled.
|
||||
19| THen Jonathan and Simon took Judas their brother, and buried him in the sepulchre of his fathers in Modin.
|
||||
20| Moreover they bewailed him, and all Israel made great lamentation for him, and mourned many days, saying,
|
||||
21| How is the valiant man fallen, that delivered Israel!
|
||||
22| As for the other things concerning Judas and his wars, and the noble acts which he did, and his greatness, they are not written: for they were very many.
|
||||
23| Now after the death of Judas the wicked began to put forth their heads in all the coasts of Israel, and there arose up all such as wrought iniquity.
|
||||
24| In those days also was there a very great famine, by reason whereof the country revolted, and went with them.
|
||||
25| Then Bacchides chose the wicked men, and made them lords of the country.
|
||||
26| And they made enquiry and search for Judas' friends, and brought them unto Bacchides, who took vengeance of them, and used them despitefully.
|
||||
27| So was there a great affliction in Israel, the like whereof was not since the time that a prophet was not seen among them.
|
||||
28| For this cause all Judas' friends came together, and said unto Jonathan,
|
||||
29| Since thy brother Judas died, we have no man like him to go forth against our enemies, and Bacchides, and against them of our nation that are adversaries to us.
|
||||
30| Now therefore we have chosen thee this day to be our prince and captain in his stead, that thou mayest fight our battles.
|
||||
31| Upon this Jonathan took the governance upon him at that time, and rose up instead of his brother Judas.
|
||||
32| But when Bacchides gat knowledge thereof, he sought for to slay him
|
||||
33| Then Jonathan, and Simon his brother, and all that were with him, perceiving that, fled into the wilderness of Thecoe, and pitched their tents by the water of the pool Asphar.
|
||||
34| Which when Bacchides understood, he came near to Jordan with all his host upon the sabbath day.
|
||||
35| Now Jonathan had sent his brother John, a captain of the people, to pray his friends the Nabathites, that they might leave with them their carriage, which was much.
|
||||
36| But the children of Jambri came out of Medaba, and took John, and all that he had, and went their way with it.
|
||||
37| After this came word to Jonathan and Simon his brother, that the children of Jambri made a great marriage, and were bringing the bride from Nadabatha with a great train, as being the daughter of one of the great princes of Chanaan.
|
||||
38| Therefore they remembered John their brother, and went up, and hid themselves under the covert of the mountain:
|
||||
39| Where they lifted up their eyes, and looked, and, behold, there was much ado and great carriage: and the bridegroom came forth, and his friends and brethren, to meet them with drums, and instruments of musick, and many weapons.
|
||||
40| Then Jonathan and they that were with him rose up against them from the place where they lay in ambush, and made a slaughter of them in such sort, as many fell down dead, and the remnant fled into the mountain, and they took all their spoils.
|
||||
41| Thus was the marriage turned into mourning, and the noise of their melody into lamentation.
|
||||
42| So when they had avenged fully the blood of their brother, they turned again to the marsh of Jordan.
|
||||
43| Now when Bacchides heard hereof, he came on the sabbath day unto the banks of Jordan with a great power.
|
||||
44| Then Jonathan said to his company, Let us go up now and fight for our lives, for it standeth not with us to day, as in time past:
|
||||
45| For, behold, the battle is before us and behind us, and the water of Jordan on this side and that side, the marsh likewise and wood, neither is there place for us to turn aside.
|
||||
46| Wherefore cry ye now unto heaven, that ye may be delivered from the hand of your enemies.
|
||||
47| With that they joined battle, and Jonathan stretched forth his hand to smite Bacchides, but he turned back from him.
|
||||
48| Then Jonathan and they that were with him leapt into Jordan, and swam over unto the other bank: howbeit the other passed not over Jordan unto them.
|
||||
49| So there were slain of Bacchides' side that day about a thousand men.
|
||||
50| Afterward returned Bacchides to Jerusalem and repaired the strong cites in Judea; the fort in Jericho, and Emmaus, and Bethhoron, and Bethel, and Thamnatha, Pharathoni, and Taphon, these did he strengthen with high walls, with gates and with bars.
|
||||
51| And in them he set a garrison, that they might work malice upon Israel.
|
||||
52| He fortified also the city Bethsura, and Gazera, and the tower, and put forces in them, and provision of victuals.
|
||||
53| Besides, he took the chief men's sons in the country for hostages, and put them into the tower at Jerusalem to be kept.
|
||||
54| Moreover in the hundred fifty and third year, in the second month, Alcimus commanded that the wall of the inner court of the sanctuary should be pulled down; he pulled down also the works of the prophets
|
||||
55| And as he began to pull down, even at that time was Alcimus plagued, and his enterprizes hindered: for his mouth was stopped, and he was taken with a palsy, so that he could no more speak any thing, nor give order concerning his house.
|
||||
56| So Alcimus died at that time with great torment.
|
||||
57| Now when Bacchides saw that Alcimus was dead, he returned to the king: whereupon the land of Judea was in rest two years.
|
||||
58| Then all the ungodly men held a council, saying, Behold, Jonathan and his company are at ease, and dwell without care: now therefore we will bring Bacchides hither, who shall take them all in one night.
|
||||
59| So they went and consulted with him.
|
||||
60| Then removed he, and came with a great host, and sent letters privily to his adherents in Judea, that they should take Jonathan and those that were with him: howbeit they could not, because their counsel was known unto them.
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61| Wherefore they took of the men of the country, that were authors of that mischief, about fifty persons, and slew them.
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62| Afterward Jonathan, and Simon, and they that were with him, got them away to Bethbasi, which is in the wilderness, and they repaired the decays thereof, and made it strong.
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63| Which thing when Bacchides knew, he gathered together all his host, and sent word to them that were of Judea.
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64| Then went he and laid siege against Bethbasi; and they fought against it a long season and made engines of war.
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65| But Jonathan left his brother Simon in the city, and went forth himself into the country, and with a certain number went he forth.
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66| And he smote Odonarkes and his brethren, and the children of Phasiron in their tent.
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67| And when he began to smite them, and came up with his forces, Simon and his company went out of the city, and burned up the engines of war,
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68| And fought against Bacchides, who was discomfited by them, and they afflicted him sore: for his counsel and travail was in vain.
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69| Wherefore he was very wroth at the wicked men that gave him counsel to come into the country, inasmuch as he slew many of them, and purposed to return into his own country.
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70| Whereof when Jonathan had knowledge, he sent ambassadors unto him, to the end he should make peace with him, and deliver them the prisoners.
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71| Which thing he accepted, and did according to his demands, and sware unto him that he would never do him harm all the days of his life.
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72| When therefore he had restored unto him the prisoners that he had taken aforetime out of the land of Judea, he returned and went his way into his own land, neither came he any more into their borders.
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73| Thus the sword ceased from Israel: but Jonathan dwelt at Machmas, and began to govern the people; and he destroyed the ungodly men out of Israel.
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#10
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1| In the hundred and sixtieth year Alexander, the son of Antiochus surnamed Epiphanes, went up and took Ptolemais: for the people had received him, by means whereof he reigned there,
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2| Now when king Demetrius heard thereof, he gathered together an exceeding great host, and went forth against him to fight.
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3| Moreover Demetrius sent letters unto Jonathan with loving words, so as he magnified him.
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4| For said he, Let us first make peace with him, before he join with Alexander against us:
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5| Else he will remember all the evils that we have done against him, and against his brethren and his people.
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6| Wherefore he gave him authority to gather together an host, and to provide weapons, that he might aid him in battle: he commanded also that the hostages that were in the tower should be delivered him.
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7| Then came Jonathan to Jerusalem, and read the letters in the audience of all the people, and of them that were in the tower:
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8| Who were sore afraid, when they heard that the king had given him authority to gather together an host.
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9| Whereupon they of the tower delivered their hostages unto Jonathan, and he delivered them unto their parents.
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10| This done, Jonathan settled himself in Jerusalem, and began to build and repair the city.
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11| And he commanded the workmen to build the walls and the mount Sion and about with square stones for fortification; and they did so.
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12| Then the strangers, that were in the fortresses which Bacchides had built, fled away;
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13| Insomuch as every man left his place, and went into his own country.
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14| Only at Bethsura certain of those that had forsaken the law and the commandments remained still: for it was their place of refuge.
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15| Now when king Alexander had heard what promises Demetrius had sent unto Jonathan: when also it was told him of the battles and noble acts which he and his brethren had done, and of the pains that they had endured,
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16| He said, Shall we find such another man? now therefore we will make him our friend and confederate.
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17| Upon this he wrote a letter, and sent it unto him, according to these words, saying,
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18| King Alexander to his brother Jonathan sendeth greeting:
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19| We have heard of thee, that thou art a man of great power, and meet to be our friend.
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20| Wherefore now this day we ordain thee to be the high priest of thy nation, and to be called the king's friend; (and therewithal he sent him a purple robe and a crown of gold:) and require thee to take our part, and keep friendship with us.
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21| So in the seventh month of the hundred and sixtieth year, at the feast of the tabernacles, Jonathan put on the holy robe, and gathered together forces, and provided much armour.
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22| Whereof when Demetrius heard, he was very sorry, and said,
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23| What have we done, that Alexander hath prevented us in making amity with the Jews to strengthen himself?
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24| I also will write unto them words of encouragement, and promise them dignities and gifts, that I may have their aid.
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25| He sent unto them therefore to this effect: King Demetrius unto the people of the Jews sendeth greeting:
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26| Whereas ye have kept covenants with us, and continued in our friendship, not joining yourselves with our enemies, we have heard hereof, and are glad.
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27| Wherefore now continue ye still to be faithful unto us, and we will well recompense you for the things ye do in our behalf,
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28| And will grant you many immunities, and give you rewards.
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29| And now do I free you, and for your sake I release all the Jews, from tributes, and from the customs of salt, and from crown taxes,
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30| And from that which appertaineth unto me to receive for the third part or the seed, and the half of the fruit of the trees, I release it from this day forth, so that they shall not be taken of the land of Judea, nor of the three governments which are added thereunto out of the country of Samaria and Galilee, from this day forth for evermore.
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31| Let Jerusalem also be holy and free, with the borders thereof, both from tenths and tributes.
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32| And as for the tower which is at Jerusalem, I yield up authority over it, and give the high priest, that he may set in it such men as he shall choose to keep it.
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33| Moreover I freely set at liberty every one of the Jews, that were carried captives out of the land of Judea into any part of my kingdom, and I will that all my officers remit the tributes even of their cattle.
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34| Furthermore I will that all the feasts, and sabbaths, and new moons, and solemn days, and the three days before the feast, and the three days after the feast shall be all of immunity and freedom for all the Jews in my realm.
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35| Also no man shall have authority to meddle with or to molest any of them in any matter.
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36| I will further, that there be enrolled among the king's forces about thirty thousand men of the Jews, unto whom pay shall be given, as belongeth to all king's forces.
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37| And of them some shall be placed in the king's strong holds, of whom also some shall be set over the affairs of the kingdom, which are of trust: and I will that their overseers and governors be of themselves, and that they live after their own laws, even as the king hath commanded in the land of Judea.
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38| And concerning the three governments that are added to Judea from the country of Samaria, let them be joined with Judea, that they may be reckoned to be under one, nor bound to obey other authority than the high priest's.
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39| As for Ptolemais, and the land pertaining thereto, I give it as a free gift to the sanctuary at Jerusalem for the necessary expences of the sanctuary.
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40| Moreover I give every year fifteen thousand shekels of silver out of the king's accounts from the places appertaining.
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41| And all the overplus, which the officers payed not in as in former time, from henceforth shall be given toward the works of the temple.
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42| And beside this, the five thousand shekels of silver, which they took from the uses of the temple out of the accounts year by year, even those things shall be released, because they appertain to the priests that minister.
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43| And whosoever they be that flee unto the temple at Jerusalem, or be within the liberties hereof, being indebted unto the king, or for any other matter, let them be at liberty, and all that they have in my realm.
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44| For the building also and repairing of the works of the sanctuary expences shall be given of the king's accounts.
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45| Yea, and for the building of the walls of Jerusalem, and the fortifying thereof round about, expences shall be given out of the king's accounts, as also for the building of the walls in Judea.
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46| Now when Jonathan and the people heard these words, they gave no credit unto them, nor received them, because they remembered the great evil that he had done in Israel; for he had afflicted them very sore.
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47| But with Alexander they were well pleased, because he was the first that entreated of true peace with them, and they were confederate with him always.
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48| Then gathered king Alexander great forces, and camped over against Demetrius.
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49| And after the two kings had joined battle, Demetrius' host fled: but Alexander followed after him, and prevailed against them.
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50| And he continued the battle very sore until the sun went down: and that day was Demetrius slain.
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51| Afterward Alexander sent ambassadors to Ptolemee king of Egypt with a message to this effect:
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52| Forasmuch as I am come again to my realm, and am set in the throne of my progenitors, and have gotten the dominion, and overthrown Demetrius, and recovered our country;
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53| For after I had joined battle with him, both he and his host was discomfited by us, so that we sit in the throne of his kingdom:
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54| Now therefore let us make a league of amity together, and give me now thy daughter to wife: and I will be thy son in law, and will give both thee and her as according to thy dignity.
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55| Then Ptolemee the king gave answer, saying, Happy be the day wherein thou didst return into the land of thy fathers, and satest in the throne of their kingdom.
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56| And now will I do to thee, as thou hast written: meet me therefore at Ptolemais, that we may see one another; for I will marry my daughter to thee according to thy desire.
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57| So Ptolemee went out of Egypt with his daughter Cleopatra, and they came unto Ptolemais in the hundred threescore and second year:
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58| Where king Alexander meeting him, he gave unto him his daughter Cleopatra, and celebrated her marriage at Ptolemais with great glory, as the manner of kings is.
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59| Now king Alexander had written unto Jonathan, that he should come and meet him.
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60| Who thereupon went honourably to Ptolemais, where he met the two kings, and gave them and their friends silver and gold, and many presents, and found favour in their sight.
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61| At that time certain pestilent fellows of Israel, men of a wicked life, assembled themselves against him, to accuse him: but the king would not hear them.
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62| Yea more than that, the king commanded to take off his garments, and clothe him in purple: and they did so.
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63| And he made him sit by himself, and said into his princes, Go with him into the midst of the city, and make proclamation, that no man complain against him of any matter, and that no man trouble him for any manner of cause.
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64| Now when his accusers saw that he was honored according to the proclamation, and clothed in purple, they fled all away.
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65| So the king honoured him, and wrote him among his chief friends, and made him a duke, and partaker of his dominion.
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66| Afterward Jonathan returned to Jerusalem with peace and gladness.
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67| Furthermore in the; hundred threescore and fifth year came Demetrius son of Demetrius out of Crete into the land of his fathers:
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68| Whereof when king Alexander heard tell, he was right sorry, and returned into Antioch.
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69| Then Demetrius made Apollonius the governor of Celosyria his general, who gathered together a great host, and camped in Jamnia, and sent unto Jonathan the high priest, saying,
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70| Thou alone liftest up thyself against us, and I am laughed to scorn for thy sake, and reproached: and why dost thou vaunt thy power against us in the mountains?
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71| Now therefore, if thou trustest in thine own strength, come down to us into the plain field, and there let us try the matter together: for with me is the power of the cities.
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72| Ask and learn who I am, and the rest that take our part, and they shall tell thee that thy foot is not able to to flight in their own land.
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73| Wherefore now thou shalt not be able to abide the horsemen and so great a power in the plain, where is neither stone nor flint, nor place to flee unto.
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74| So when Jonathan heard these words of Apollonius, he was moved in his mind, and choosing ten thousand men he went out of Jerusalem, where Simon his brother met him for to help him.
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75| And he pitched his tents against Joppa: but; they of Joppa shut him out of the city, because Apollonius had a garrison there.
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76| Then Jonathan laid siege unto it: whereupon they of the city let him in for fear: and so Jonathan won Joppa.
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77| Whereof when Apollonius heard, he took three thousand horsemen, with a great host of footmen, and went to Azotus as one that journeyed, and therewithal drew him forth into the plain. because he had a great number of horsemen, in whom he put his trust.
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78| Then Jonathan followed after him to Azotus, where the armies joined battle.
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79| Now Apollonius had left a thousand horsemen in ambush.
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80| And Jonathan knew that there was an ambushment behind him; for they had compassed in his host, and cast darts at the people, from morning till evening.
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81| But the people stood still, as Jonathan had commanded them: and so the enemies' horses were tired.
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82| Then brought Simon forth his host, and set them against the footmen, (for the horsemen were spent) who were discomfited by him, and fled.
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83| The horsemen also, being scattered in the field, fled to Azotus, and went into Bethdagon, their idol's temple, for safety.
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84| But Jonathan set fire on Azotus, and the cities round about it, and took their spoils; and the temple of Dagon, with them that were fled into it, he burned with fire.
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85| Thus there were burned and slain with the sword well nigh eight thousand men.
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86| And from thence Jonathan removed his host, and camped against Ascalon, where the men of the city came forth, and met him with great pomp.
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87| After this returned Jonathan and his host unto Jerusalem, having any spoils.
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88| Now when king ALexander heard these things, he honoured Jonathan yet more.
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89| And sent him a buckle of gold, as the use is to be given to such as are of the king's blood: he gave him also Accaron with the borders thereof in possession.
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#11
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1| And the king of Egypt gathered together a great host, like the sand that lieth upon the sea shore, and many ships, and went about through deceit to get Alexander's kingdom, and join it to his own.
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2| Whereupon he took his journey into Spain in peaceable manner, so as they of the cities opened unto him, and met him: for king Alexander had commanded them so to do, because he was his brother in law.
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3| Now as Ptolemee entered into the cities, he set in every one of them a garrison of soldiers to keep it.
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4| And when he came near to Azotus, they shewed him the temple of Dagon that was burnt, and Azotus and the suburbs thereof that were destroyed, and the bodies that were cast abroad and them that he had burnt in the battle; for they had made heaps of them by the way where he should pass.
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5| Also they told the king whatsoever Jonathan had done, to the intent he might blame him: but the king held his peace.
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6| Then Jonathan met the king with great pomp at Joppa, where they saluted one another, and lodged.
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7| Afterward Jonathan, when he had gone with the king to the river called Eleutherus, returned again to Jerusalem.
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8| King Ptolemee therefore, having gotten the dominion of the cities by the sea unto Seleucia upon the sea coast, imagined wicked counsels against Alexander.
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9| Whereupon he sent ambasadors unto king Demetrius, saying, Come, let us make a league betwixt us, and I will give thee my daughter whom Alexander hath, and thou shalt reign in thy father's kingdom:
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10| For I repent that I gave my daughter unto him, for he sought to slay me.
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11| Thus did he slander him, because he was desirous of his kingdom.
|
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12| Wherefore he took his daughter from him, and gave her to Demetrius, and forsook Alexander, so that their hatred was openly known.
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13| Then Ptolemee entered into Antioch, where he set two crowns upon his head, the crown of Asia, and of Egypt.
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14| In the mean season was king Alexander in Cilicia, because those that dwelt in those parts had revolted from him.
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15| But when Alexander heard of this, he came to war against him: whereupon king Ptolemee brought forth his host, and met him with a mighty power, and put him to flight.
|
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16| So Alexander fled into Arabia there to be defended; but king Ptolemee was exalted:
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17| For Zabdiel the Arabian took off Alexander's head, and sent it unto Ptolemee.
|
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18| King Ptolemee also died the third day after, and they that were in the strong holds were slain one of another.
|
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19| By this means Demetrius reigned in the hundred threescore and seventh year.
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20| At the same time Jonathan gathered together them that were in Judea to take the tower that was in Jerusalem: and he made many engines of war against it.
|
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21| Then came ungodly persons, who hated their own people, went unto the king, and told him that Jonathan besieged the tower,
|
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22| Whereof when he heard, he was angry, and immediately removing, he came to Ptolemais, and wrote unto Jonathan, that he should not lay siege to the tower, but come and speak with him at Ptolemais in great haste.
|
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23| Nevertheless Jonathan, when he heard this, commanded to besiege it still: and he chose certain of the elders of Israel and the priests, and put himself in peril;
|
||||
24| And took silver and gold, and raiment, and divers presents besides, and went to Ptolemais unto the king, where he found favour in his sight.
|
||||
25| And though certain ungodly men of the people had made complaints against him,
|
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26| Yet the king entreated him as his predecessors had done before, and promoted him in the sight of all his friends,
|
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27| And confirmed him in the high priesthood, and in all the honours that he had before, and gave him preeminence among his chief friends.
|
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28| Then Jonathan desired the king, that he would make Judea free from tribute, as also the three governments, with the country of Samaria; and he promised him three hundred talents.
|
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29| So the king consented, and wrote letters unto Jonathan of all these things after this manner:
|
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30| King Demetrius unto his brother Jonathan, and unto the nation of the Jews, sendeth greeting:
|
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31| We send you here a copy of the letter which we did write unto our cousin Lasthenes concerning you, that ye might see it.
|
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32| King Demetrius unto his father Lasthenes sendeth greeting:
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33| We are determined to do good to the people of the Jews, who are our friends, and keep covenants with us, because of their good will toward us.
|
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34| Wherefore we have ratified unto them the borders of Judea, with the three governments of Apherema and Lydda and Ramathem, that are added unto Judea from the country of Samaria, and all things appertaining unto them, for all such as do sacrifice in Jerusalem, instead of the payments which the king received of them yearly aforetime out of the fruits of the earth and of trees.
|
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35| And as for other things that belong unto us, of the tithes and customs pertaining unto us, as also the saltpits, and the crown taxes, which are due unto us, we discharge them of them all for their relief.
|
||||
36| And nothing hereof shall be revoked from this time forth for ever.
|
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37| Now therefore see that thou make a copy of these things, and let it be delivered unto Jonathan, and set upon the holy mount in a conspicuous place.
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38| After this, when king Demetrius saw that the land was quiet before him, and that no resistance was made against him, he sent away all his forces, every one to his own place, except certain bands of strangers, whom he had gathered from the isles of the heathen: wherefore all the forces of his fathers hated him.
|
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39| Moreover there was one Tryphon, that had been of Alexander's part afore, who, seeing that all the host murmured against Demetrius, went to Simalcue the Arabian that brought up Antiochus the young son of Alexander,
|
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40| And lay sore upon him to deliver him this young Antiochus, that he might reign in his father's stead: he told him therefore all that Demetrius had done, and how his men of war were at enmity with him, and there he remained a long season.
|
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41| In the mean time Jonathan sent unto king Demetrius, that he would cast those of the tower out of Jerusalem, and those also in the fortresses: for they fought against Israel.
|
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42| So Demetrius sent unto Jonathan, saying, I will not only do this for thee and thy people, but I will greatly honour thee and thy nation, if opportunity serve.
|
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43| Now therefore thou shalt do well, if thou send me men to help me; for all my forces are gone from me.
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44| Upon this Jonathan sent him three thousand strong men unto Antioch: and when they came to the king, the king was very glad of their coming.
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45| Howbeit they that were of the city gathered themselves together into the midst of the city, to the number of an hundred and twenty thousand men, and would have slain the king.
|
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46| Wherefore the king fled into the court, but they of the city kept the passages of the city, and began to fight.
|
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47| Then the king called to the Jews for help, who came unto him all at once, and dispersing themselves through the city slew that day in the city to the number of an hundred thousand.
|
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48| Also they set fire on the city, and gat many spoils that day, and delivered the king.
|
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49| So when they of the city saw that the Jews had got the city as they would, their courage was abated: wherefore they made supplication to the king, and cried, saying,
|
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50| Grant us peace, and let the Jews cease from assaulting us and the city.
|
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51| With that they cast away their weapons, and made peace; and the Jews were honoured in the sight of the king, and in the sight of all that were in his realm; and they returned to Jerusalem, having great spoils.
|
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52| So king Demetrius sat on the throne of his kingdom, and the land was quiet before him.
|
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53| Nevertheless he dissembled in all that ever he spake, and estranged himself from Jonathan, neither rewarded he him according to the benefits which he had received of him, but troubled him very sore.
|
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54| After this returned Tryphon, and with him the young child Antiochus, who reigned, and was crowned.
|
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55| Then there gathered unto him all the men of war, whom Demetrius had put away, and they fought against Demetrius, who turned his back and fled.
|
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56| Moreover Tryphon took the elephants, and won Antioch.
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57| At that time young Antiochus wrote unto Jonathan, saying, I confirm thee in the high priesthood, and appoint thee ruler over the four governments, and to be one of the king's friends.
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58| Upon this he sent him golden vessels to be served in, and gave him leave to drink in gold, and to be clothed in purple, and to wear a golden buckle.
|
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59| His brother Simon also he made captain from the place called The ladder of Tyrus unto the borders of Egypt.
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60| Then Jonathan went forth, and passed through the cities beyond the water, and all the forces of Syria gathered themselves unto him for to help him: and when he came to Ascalon, they of the city met him honourably.
|
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61| From whence he went to Gaza, but they of Gaza shut him out; wherefore he laid siege unto it, and burned the suburbs thereof with fire, and spoiled them.
|
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62| Afterward, when they of Gaza made supplication unto Jonathan, he made peace with them, and took the sons of their chief men for hostages, and sent them to Jerusalem, and passed through the country unto Damascus.
|
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63| Now when Jonathan heard that Demetrius' princes were come to Cades, which is in Galilee, with a great power, purposing to remove him out of the country,
|
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64| He went to meet them, and left Simon his brother in the country.
|
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65| Then Simon encamped against Bethsura and fought against it a long season, and shut it up:
|
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66| But they desired to have peace with him, which he granted them, and then put them out from thence, and took the city, and set a garrison in it.
|
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67| As for Jonathan and his host, they pitched at the water of Gennesar, from whence betimes in the morning they gat them to the plain of Nasor.
|
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68| And, behold, the host of strangers met them in the plain, who, having laid men in ambush for him in the mountains, came themselves over against him.
|
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69| So when they that lay in ambush rose out of their places and joined battle, all that were of Jonathan's side fled;
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70| Insomuch as there was not one of them left, except Mattathias the son of Absalom, and Judas the son of Calphi, the captains of the host.
|
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71| Then Jonathan rent his clothes, and cast earth upon his head, and prayed.
|
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72| Afterwards turning again to battle, he put them to flight, and so they ran away.
|
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73| Now when his own men that were fled saw this, they turned again unto him, and with him pursued them to Cades, even unto their own tents, and there they camped.
|
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74| So there were slain of the heathen that day about three thousand men: but Jonathan returned to Jerusalem.
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#12
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1| Now when Jonathan saw that time served him, he chose certain men, and sent them to Rome, for to confirm and renew the friendship that they had with them.
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2| He sent letters also to the Lacedemonians, and to other places, for the same purpose.
|
||||
3| So they went unto Rome, and entered into the senate, and said, Jonathan the high priest, and the people of the Jews, sent us unto you, to the end ye should renew the friendship, which ye had with them, and league, as in former time.
|
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4| Upon this the Romans gave them letters unto the governors of every place that they should bring them into the land of Judea peaceably.
|
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5| And this is the copy of the letters which Jonathan wrote to the Lacedemonians:
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6| Jonathan the high priest, and the elders of the nation, and the priests, and the other of the Jews, unto the Lacedemonians their brethren send greeting:
|
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7| There were letters sent in times past unto Onias the high priest from Darius, who reigned then among you, to signify that ye are our brethren, as the copy here underwritten doth specify.
|
||||
8| At which time Onias entreated the ambassador that was sent honourably, and received the letters, wherein declaration was made of the league and friendship.
|
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9| Therefore we also, albeit we need none of these things, that we have the holy books of scripture in our hands to comfort us,
|
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10| Have nevertheless attempted to send unto you for the renewing of brotherhood and friendship, lest we should become strangers unto you altogether: for there is a long time passed since ye sent unto us.
|
||||
11| We therefore at all times without ceasing, both in our feasts, and other convenient days, do remember you in the sacrifices which we offer, and in our prayers, as reason is, and as it becometh us to think upon our brethren:
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12| And we are right glad of your honour.
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13| As for ourselves, we have had great troubles and wars on every side, forsomuch as the kings that are round about us have fought against us.
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14| Howbeit we would not be troublesome unto you, nor to others of our confederates and friends, in these wars:
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15| For we have help from heaven that succoureth us, so as we are delivered from our enemies, and our enemies are brought under foot.
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16| For this cause we chose Numenius the son of Antiochus, and Antipater he son of Jason, and sent them unto the Romans, to renew the amity that we had with them, and the former league.
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17| We commanded them also to go unto you, and to salute and to deliver you our letters concerning the renewing of our brotherhood.
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18| Wherefore now ye shall do well to give us an answer thereto.
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19| And this is the copy of the letters which Oniares sent.
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20| Areus king of the Lacedemonians to Onias the high priest, greeting:
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21| It is found in writing, that the Lacedemonians and Jews are brethren, and that they are of the stock of Abraham:
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22| Now therefore, since this is come to our knowledge, ye shall do well to write unto us of your prosperity.
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23| We do write back again to you, that your cattle and goods are our's, and our's are your's We do command therefore our ambassadors to make report unto you on this wise.
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24| Now when Jonathan heard that Demebius' princes were come to fight against him with a greater host than afore,
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25| He removed from Jerusalem, and met them in the land of Amathis: for he gave them no respite to enter his country.
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26| He sent spies also unto their tents, who came again, and told him that they were appointed to come upon them in the night season.
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27| Wherefore so soon as the sun was down, Jonathan commanded his men to watch, and to be in arms, that all the night long they might be ready to fight: also he sent forth centinels round about the host.
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28| But when the adversaries heard that Jonathan and his men were ready for battle, they feared, and trembled in their hearts, and they kindled fires in their camp.
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29| Howbeit Jonathan and his company knew it not till the morning: for they saw the lights burning.
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30| Then Jonathan pursued after them, but overtook them not: for they were gone over the river Eleutherus.
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31| Wherefore Jonathan turned to the Arabians, who were called Zabadeans, and smote them, and took their spoils.
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32| And removing thence, he came to Damascus, and so passed through all the country,
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33| Simon also went forth, and passed through the country unto Ascalon, and the holds there adjoining, from whence he turned aside to Joppa, and won it.
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34| For he had heard that they would deliver the hold unto them that took Demetrius' part; wherefore he set a garrison there to keep it.
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35| After this came Jonathan home again, and calling the elders of the people together, he consulted with them about building strong holds in Judea,
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36| And making the walls of Jerusalem higher, and raising a great mount between the tower and the city, for to separate it from the city, that so it might be alone, that men might neither sell nor buy in it.
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37| Upon this they came together to build up the city, forasmuch as part of the wall toward the brook on the east side was fallen down, and they repaired that which was called Caphenatha.
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38| Simon also set up Adida in Sephela, and made it strong with gates and bars.
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39| Now Tryphon went about to get the kingdom of Asia, and to kill Antiochus the king, that he might set the crown upon his own head.
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40| Howbeit he was afraid that Jonathan would not suffer him, and that he would fight against him; wherefore he sought a way how to take Jonathan, that he might kill him. So he removed, and came to Bethsan.
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41| Then Jonathan went out to meet him with forty thousand men chosen for the battle, and came to Bethsan.
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42| Now when Tryphon saw Jonathan came with so great a force, he durst not stretch his hand against him;
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43| But received him honourably, and commended him unto all his friends, and gave him gifts, and commanded his men of war to be as obedient unto him, as to himself.
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44| Unto Jonathan also he said, Why hast thou brought all this people to so great trouble, seeing there is no war betwixt us?
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45| Therefore send them now home again, and choose a few men to wait on thee, and come thou with me to Ptolemais, for I will give it thee, and the rest of the strong holds and forces, and all that have any charge: as for me, I will return and depart: for this is the cause of my coming.
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46| So Jonathan believing him did as he bade him, and sent away his host, who went into the land of Judea.
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47| And with himself he retained but three thousand men, of whom he sent two thousand into Galilee, and one thousand went with him.
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48| Now as soon as Jonathan entered into Ptolemais, they of Ptolemais shut the gates and took him, and all them that came with him they slew with the sword.
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49| Then sent Tryphon an host of footmen and horsemen into Galilee, and into the great plain, to destroy all Jonathan's company.
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50| But when they knew that Jonathan and they that were with him were taken and slain, they encouraged one another; and went close together, prepared to fight.
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51| They therefore that followed upon them, perceiving that they were ready to fight for their lives, turned back again.
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52| Whereupon they all came into the land of Judea peaceably, and there they bewailed Jonathan, and them that were with him, and they were sore afraid; wherefore all Israel made great lamentation.
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53| Then all the heathen that were round about then sought to destroy them: for said they, They have no captain, nor any to help them: now therefore let us make war upon them, and take away their memorial from among men.
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#13
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1| Now when Simon heard that Tryphon had gathered together a great host to invade the land of Judea, and destroy it,
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2| And saw that the people was in great trembling and fear, he went up to Jerusalem, and gathered the people together,
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3| And gave them exhortation, saying, Ye yourselves know what great things I, and my brethren, and my father's house, have done for the laws and the sanctuary, the battles also and troubles which we have seen.
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4| By reason whereof all my brethren are slain for Israel's sake, and I am left alone.
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5| Now therefore be it far from me, that I should spare mine own life in any time of trouble: for I am no better than my brethren.
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6| Doubtless I will avenge my nation, and the sanctuary, and our wives, and our children: for all the heathen are gathered to destroy us of very malice.
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7| Now as soon as the people heard these words, their spirit revived.
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8| And they answered with a loud voice, saying, Thou shalt be our leader instead of Judas and Jonathan thy brother.
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9| Fight thou our battles, and whatsoever, thou commandest us, that will we do.
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10| So then he gathered together all the men of war, and made haste to finish the walls of Jerusalem, and he fortified it round about.
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11| Also he sent Jonathan the son of Absolom, and with him a great power, to Joppa: who casting out them that were therein remained there in it.
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12| So Tryphon removed from Ptolemaus with a great power to invade the land of Judea, and Jonathan was with him in ward.
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13| But Simon pitched his tents at Adida, over against the plain.
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14| Now when Tryphon knew that Simon was risen up instead of his brother Jonathan, and meant to join battle with him, he sent messengers unto him, saying,
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15| Whereas we have Jonathan thy brother in hold, it is for money that he is owing unto the king's treasure, concerning the business that was committed unto him.
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16| Wherefore now send an hundred talents of silver, and two of his sons for hostages, that when he is at liberty he may not revolt from us, and we will let him go.
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17| Hereupon Simon, albeit he perceived that they spake deceitfully unto him yet sent he the money and the children, lest peradventure he should procure to himself great hatred of the people:
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18| Who might have said, Because I sent him not the money and the children, therefore is Jonathan dead.
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19| So he sent them the children and the hundred talents: howbeit Tryphon dissembled neither would he let Jonathan go.
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20| And after this came Tryphon to invade the land, and destroy it, going round about by the way that leadeth unto Adora: but Simon and his host marched against him in every place, wheresoever he went.
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21| Now they that were in the tower sent messengers unto Tryphon, to the end that he should hasten his coming unto them by the wilderness, and send them victuals.
|
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22| Wherefore Tryphon made ready all his horsemen to come that night: but there fell a very great snow, by reason whereof he came not. So he departed, and came into the country of Galaad.
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23| And when he came near to Bascama he slew Jonathan, who was buried there.
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24| Afterward Tryphon returned and went into his own land.
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25| Then sent Simon, and took the bones of Jonathan his brother, and buried them in Modin, the city of his fathers.
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26| And all Israel made great lamentation for him, and bewailed him many days.
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27| Simon also built a monument upon the sepulchre of his father and his brethren, and raised it aloft to the sight, with hewn stone behind and before.
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28| Moreover he set up seven pyramids, one against another, for his father, and his mother, and his four brethren.
|
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29| And in these he made cunning devices, about the which he set great pillars, and upon the pillars he made all their armour for a perpetual memory, and by the armour ships carved, that they might be seen of all that sail on the sea.
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30| This is the sepulchre which he made at Modin, and it standeth yet unto this day.
|
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31| Now Tryphon dealt deceitfully with the young king Antiochus, and slew him.
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32| And he reigned in his stead, and crowned himself king of Asia, and brought a great calamity upon the land.
|
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33| Then Simon built up the strong holds in Judea, and fenced them about with high towers, and great walls, and gates, and bars, and laid up victuals therein.
|
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34| Moreover Simon chose men, and sent to king Demetrius, to the end he should give the land an immunity, because all that Tryphon did was to spoil.
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35| Unto whom king Demetrius answered and wrote after this manner:
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36| King Demetrius unto Simon the high priest, and friend of kings, as also unto the elders and nation of the Jews, sendeth greeting:
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37| The golden crown, and the scarlet robe, which ye sent unto us, we have received: and we are ready to make a stedfast peace with you, yea, and to write unto our officers, to confirm the immunities which we have granted.
|
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38| And whatsoever covenants we have made with you shall stand; and the strong holds, which ye have builded, shall be your own.
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39| As for any oversight or fault committed unto this day, we forgive it, and the crown tax also, which ye owe us: and if there were any other tribute paid in Jerusalem, it shall no more be paid.
|
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40| And look who are meet among you to be in our court, let then be enrolled, and let there be peace betwixt us.
|
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41| Thus the yoke of the heathen was taken away from Israel in the hundred and seventieth year.
|
||||
42| Then the people of Israel began to write in their instruments and contracts, In the first year of Simon the high priest, the governor and leader of the Jews.
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43| In those days Simon camped against Gaza and besieged it round about; he made also an engine of war, and set it by the city, and battered a certain tower, and took it.
|
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44| And they that were in the engine leaped into the city; whereupon there was a great uproar in the city:
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45| Insomuch as the people of the city rent their clothes, and climbed upon the walls with their wives and children, and cried with a loud voice, beseeching Simon to grant them peace.
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46| And they said, Deal not with us according to our wickedness, but according to thy mercy.
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47| So Simon was appeased toward them, and fought no more against them, but put them out of the city, and cleansed the houses wherein the idols were, and so entered into it with songs and thanksgiving.
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48| Yea, he put all uncleanness out of it, and placed such men there as would keep the law, and made it stronger than it was before, and built therein a dwellingplace for himself.
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||||
49| They also of the tower in Jerusalem were kept so strait, that they could neither come forth, nor go into the country, nor buy, nor sell: wherefore they were in great distress for want of victuals, and a great number of them perished through famine.
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50| Then cried they to Simon, beseeching him to be at one with them: which thing he granted them; and when he had put them out from thence, he cleansed the tower from pollutions:
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51| And entered into it the three and twentieth day of the second month in the hundred seventy and first year, with thanksgiving, and branches of palm trees, and with harps, and cymbals, and with viols, and hymns, and songs: because there was destroyed a great enemy out of Israel.
|
||||
52| He ordained also that that day should be kept every year with gladness. Moreover the hill of the temple that was by the tower he made stronger than it was, and there he dwelt himself with his company.
|
||||
53| And when Simon saw that John his son was a valiant man, he made him captain of all the hosts; and he dwelt in Gazera.
|
||||
#14
|
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1| Now in the hundred threescore and twelfth year king Demetrius gathered his forces together, and went into Media to get him help to fight against Tryphone.
|
||||
2| But when Arsaces, the king of Persia and Media, heard that Demetrius was entered within his borders, he sent one of his princes to take him alive:
|
||||
3| Who went and smote the host of Demetrius, and took him, and brought him to Arsaces, by whom he was put in ward.
|
||||
4| As for the land of Judea, that was quiet all the days of Simon; for he sought the good of his nation in such wise, as that evermore his authority and honour pleased them well.
|
||||
5| And as he was honourable in all his acts, so in this, that he took Joppa for an haven, and made an entrance to the isles of the sea,
|
||||
6| And enlarged the bounds of his nation, and recovered the country,
|
||||
7| And gathered together a great number of captives, and had the dominion of Gazera, and Bethsura, and the tower, out of the which he took all uncleaness, neither was there any that resisted him.
|
||||
8| Then did they till their ground in peace, and the earth gave her increase, and the trees of the field their fruit.
|
||||
9| The ancient men sat all in the streets, communing together of good things, and the young men put on glorious and warlike apparel.
|
||||
10| He provided victuals for the cities, and set in them all manner of munition, so that his honourable name was renowned unto the end of the world.
|
||||
11| He made peace in the land, and Israel rejoiced with great joy:
|
||||
12| For every man sat under his vine and his fig tree, and there was none to fray them:
|
||||
13| Neither was there any left in the land to fight against them: yea, the kings themselves were overthrown in those days.
|
||||
14| Moreover he strengthened all those of his people that were brought low: the law he searched out; and every contemner of the law and wicked person he took away.
|
||||
15| He beautified the sanctuary, and multiplied vessels of the temple.
|
||||
16| Now when it was heard at Rome, and as far as Sparta, that Jonathan was dead, they were very sorry.
|
||||
17| But as soon as they heard that his brother Simon was made high priest in his stead, and ruled the country, and the cities therein:
|
||||
18| They wrote unto him in tables of brass, to renew the friendship and league which they had made with Judas and Jonathan his brethren:
|
||||
19| Which writings were read before the congregation at Jerusalem.
|
||||
20| And this is the copy of the letters that the Lacedemonians sent; The rulers of the Lacedemonians, with the city, unto Simon the high priest, and the elders, and priests, and residue of the people of the Jews, our brethren, send greeting:
|
||||
21| The ambassadors that were sent unto our people certified us of your glory and honour: wherefore we were glad of their coming,
|
||||
22| And did register the things that they spake in the council of the people in this manner; Numenius son of Antiochus, and Antipater son of Jason, the Jews' ambassadors, came unto us to renew the friendship they had with us.
|
||||
23| And it pleased the people to entertain the men honourably, and to put the copy of their ambassage in publick records, to the end the people of the Lacedemonians might have a memorial thereof: furthermore we have written a copy thereof unto Simon the high priest.
|
||||
24| After this Simon sent Numenius to Rome with a great shield of gold of a thousand pound weight to confirm the league with them.
|
||||
25| Whereof when the people heard, they said, What thanks shall we give to Simon and his sons?
|
||||
26| For he and his brethren and the house of his father have established Israel, and chased away in fight their enemies from them, and confirmed their liberty.
|
||||
27| So then they wrote it in tables of brass, which they set upon pillars in mount Sion: and this is the copy of the writing; The eighteenth day of the month Elul, in the hundred threescore and twelfth year, being the third year of Simon the high priest,
|
||||
28| At Saramel in the great congregation of the priests, and people, and rulers of the nation, and elders of the country, were these things notified unto us.
|
||||
29| Forasmuch as oftentimes there have been wars in the country, wherein for the maintenance of their sanctuary, and the law, Simon the son of Mattathias, of the posterity of Jarib, together with his brethren, put themselves in jeopardy, and resisting the enemies of their nation did their nation great honour:
|
||||
30| (For after that Jonathan, having gathered his nation together, and been their high priest, was added to his people,
|
||||
31| Their enemies prepared to invade their country, that they might destroy it, and lay hands on the sanctuary:
|
||||
32| At which time Simon rose up, and fought for his nation, and spent much of his own substance, and armed the valiant men of his nation and gave them wages,
|
||||
33| And fortified the cities of Judea, together with Bethsura, that lieth upon the borders of Judea, where the armour of the enemies had been before; but he set a garrison of Jews there:
|
||||
34| Moreover he fortified Joppa, which lieth upon the sea, and Gazera, that bordereth upon Azotus, where the enemies had dwelt before: but he placed Jews there, and furnished them with all things convenient for the reparation thereof.)
|
||||
35| The people therefore sang the acts of Simon, and unto what glory he thought to bring his nation, made him their governor and chief priest, because he had done all these things, and for the justice and faith which he kept to his nation, and for that he sought by all means to exalt his people.
|
||||
36| For in his time things prospered in his hands, so that the heathen were taken out of their country, and they also that were in the city of David in Jerusalem, who had made themselves a tower, out of which they issued, and polluted all about the sanctuary, and did much hurt in the holy place:
|
||||
37| But he placed Jews therein. and fortified it for the safety of the country and the city, and raised up the walls of Jerusalem.
|
||||
38| King Demetrius also confirmed him in the high priesthood according to those things,
|
||||
39| And made him one of his friends, and honoured him with great honour.
|
||||
40| For he had heard say, that the Romans had called the Jews their friends and confederates and brethren; and that they had entertained the ambassadors of Simon honourably;
|
||||
41| Also that the Jews and priests were well pleased that Simon should be their governor and high priest for ever, until there should arise a faithful prophet;
|
||||
42| Moreover that he should be their captain, and should take charge of the sanctuary, to set them over their works, and over the country, and over the armour, and over the fortresses, that, I say, he should take charge of the sanctuary;
|
||||
43| Beside this, that he should be obeyed of every man, and that all the writings in the country should be made in his name, and that he should be clothed in purple, and wear gold:
|
||||
44| Also that it should be lawful for none of the people or priests to break any of these things, or to gainsay his words, or to gather an assembly in the country without him, or to be clothed in purple, or wear a buckle of gold;
|
||||
45| And whosoever should do otherwise, or break any of these things, he should be punished.
|
||||
46| Thus it liked all the people to deal with Simon, and to do as hath been said.
|
||||
47| Then Simon accepted hereof, and was well pleased to be high priest, and captain and governor of the Jews and priests, and to defend them all.
|
||||
48| So they commanded that this writing should be put in tables of brass, and that they should be set up within the compass of the sanctuary in a conspicuous place;
|
||||
49| Also that the copies thereof should be laid up in the treasury, to the end that Simon and his sons might have them.
|
||||
#15
|
||||
1| Moreover Antiochus son of Demetrius the king sent letters from the isles of the sea unto Simon the priest and prince of the Jews, and to all the people;
|
||||
2| The contents whereof were these: King Antiochus to Simon the high priest and prince of his nation, and to the people of the Jews, greeting:
|
||||
3| Forasmuch as certain pestilent men have usurped the kingdom of our fathers, and my purpose is to challenge it again, that I may restore it to the old estate, and to that end have gathered a multitude of foreign soldiers together, and prepared ships of war;
|
||||
4| My meaning also being to go through the country, that I may be avenged of them that have destroyed it, and made many cities in the kingdom desolate:
|
||||
5| Now therefore I confirm unto thee all the oblations which the kings before me granted thee, and whatsoever gifts besides they granted.
|
||||
6| I give thee leave also to coin money for thy country with thine own stamp.
|
||||
7| And as concerning Jerusalem and the sanctuary, let them be free; and all the armour that thou hast made, and fortresses that thou hast built, and keepest in thine hands, let them remain unto thee.
|
||||
8| And if anything be, or shall be, owing to the king, let it be forgiven thee from this time forth for evermore.
|
||||
9| Furthermore, when we have obtained our kingdom, we will honour thee, and thy nation, and thy temple, with great honour, so that your honour shall be known throughout the world.
|
||||
10| In the hundred threescore and fourteenth year went Antiochus into the land of his fathers: at which time all the forces came together unto him, so that few were left with Tryphon.
|
||||
11| Wherefore being pursued by king Antiochus, he fled unto Dora, which lieth by the sea side:
|
||||
12| For he saw that troubles came upon him all at once, and that his forces had forsaken him.
|
||||
13| Then camped Antiochus against Dora, having with him an hundred and twenty thousand men of war, and eight thousand horsemen.
|
||||
14| And when he had compassed the city round about, and joined ships close to the town on the sea side, he vexed the city by land and by sea, neither suffered he any to go out or in.
|
||||
15| In the mean season came Numenius and his company from Rome, having letters to the kings and countries; wherein were written these things:
|
||||
16| Lucius, consul of the Romans unto king Ptolemee, greeting:
|
||||
17| The Jews' ambassadors, our friends and confederates, came unto us to renew the old friendship and league, being sent from Simon the high priest, and from the people of the Jews:
|
||||
18| And they brought a shield of gold of a thousand pound.
|
||||
19| We thought it good therefore to write unto the kings and countries, that they should do them no harm, nor fight against them, their cities, or countries, nor yet aid their enemies against them.
|
||||
20| It seemed also good to us to receive the shield of them.
|
||||
21| If therefore there be any pestilent fellows, that have fled from their country unto you, deliver them unto Simon the high priest, that he may punish them according to their own law.
|
||||
22| The same things wrote he likewise unto Demetrius the king, and Attalus, to Ariarathes, and Arsaces,
|
||||
23| And to all the countries and to Sampsames, and the Lacedemonians, and to Delus, and Myndus, and Sicyon, and Caria, and Samos, and Pamphylia, and Lycia, and Halicarnassus, and Rhodus, and Aradus, and Cos, and Side, and Aradus, and Gortyna, and Cnidus, and Cyprus, and Cyrene.
|
||||
24| And the copy hereof they wrote to Simon the high priest.
|
||||
25| So Antiochus the king camped against Dora the second day, assaulting it continually, and making engines, by which means he shut up Tryphon, that he could neither go out nor in.
|
||||
26| At that time Simon sent him two thousand chosen men to aid him; silver also, and gold, and much armour.
|
||||
27| Nevertheless he would not receive them, but brake all the covenants which he had made with him afore, and became strange unto him.
|
||||
28| Furthermore he sent unto him Athenobius, one of his friends, to commune with him, and say, Ye withhold Joppa and Gazera; with the tower that is in Jerusalem, which are cities of my realm.
|
||||
29| The borders thereof ye have wasted, and done great hurt in the land, and got the dominion of many places within my kingdom.
|
||||
30| Now therefore deliver the cities which ye have taken, and the tributes of the places, whereof ye have gotten dominion without the borders of Judea:
|
||||
31| Or else give me for them five hundred talents of silver; and for the harm that ye have done, and the tributes of the cities, other five hundred talents: if not, we will come and fight against you
|
||||
32| So Athenobius the king's friend came to Jerusalem: and when he saw the glory of Simon, and the cupboard of gold and silver plate, and his great attendance, he was astonished, and told him the king's message.
|
||||
33| Then answered Simon, and said unto him, We have neither taken other men's land, nor holden that which appertaineth to others, but the inheritance of our fathers, which our enemies had wrongfully in possession a certain time.
|
||||
34| Wherefore we, having opportunity, hold the inheritance of our fathers.
|
||||
35| And whereas thou demandest Joppa and Gazera, albeit they did great harm unto the people in our country, yet will we give thee an hundred talents for them. Hereunto Athenobius answered him not a word;
|
||||
36| But returned in a rage to the king, and made report unto him of these speeches, and of the glory of Simon, and of all that he had seen: whereupon the king was exceeding wroth.
|
||||
37| In the mean time fled Tryphon by ship unto Orthosias.
|
||||
38| Then the king made Cendebeus captain of the sea coast, and gave him an host of footmen and horsemen,
|
||||
39| And commanded him to remove his host toward Judea; also he commanded him to build up Cedron, and to fortify the gates, and to war against the people; but as for the king himself, he pursued Tryphon.
|
||||
40| So Cendebeus came to Jamnia and began to provoke the people and to invade Judea, and to take the people prisoners, and slay them.
|
||||
41| And when he had built up Cedrou, he set horsemen there, and an host of footmen, to the end that issuing out they might make outroads upon the ways of Judea, as the king had commanded him.
|
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#1
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1| Adam, Sheth, Enosh,
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2| Kenan, Mahalaleel, Jered,
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3| Henoch, Methuselah, Lamech,
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4| Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
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5| The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
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6| And the sons of Gomer; Ashchenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.
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7| And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
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8| The sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
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9| And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raamah, and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.
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10| And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon the earth.
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11| And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,
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12| And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (of whom came the Philistines,) and Caphthorim.
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13| And Canaan begat Zidon his firstborn, and Heth,
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14| The Jebusite also, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite,
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15| And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,
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16| And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite.
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17| The sons of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech.
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18| And Arphaxad begat Shelah, and Shelah begat Eber.
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19| And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg; because in his days the earth was divided: and his brother's name was Joktan.
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20| And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,
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21| Hadoram also, and Uzal, and Diklah,
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22| And Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba,
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23| And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.
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24| Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah,
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25| Eber, Peleg, Reu,
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26| Serug, Nahor, Terah,
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27| Abram; the same is Abraham.
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28| The sons of Abraham; Isaac, and Ishmael.
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29| These are their generations: The firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth; then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,
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30| Mishma, and Dumah, Massa, Hadad, and Tema,
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31| Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These are the sons of Ishmael.
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32| Now the sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine: she bare Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan; Sheba, and Dedan.
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33| And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Henoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these are the sons of Keturah.
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34| And Abraham begat Isaac. The sons of Isaac; Esau and Israel.
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35| The sons of Esau; Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah.
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36| The sons of Eliphaz; Teman, and Omar, Zephi, and Gatam, Kenaz, and Timna, and Amalek.
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37| The sons of Reuel; Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.
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38| And the sons of Seir; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, and Dishon, and Ezar, and Dishan.
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39| And the sons of Lotan; Hori, and Homam: and Timna was Lotan's sister.
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40| The sons of Shobal; Alian, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shephi, and Onam. and the sons of Zibeon; Aiah, and Anah.
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41| The sons of Anah; Dishon. And the sons of Dishon; Amram, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran.
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42| The sons of Ezer; Bilhan, and Zavan, and Jakan. The sons of Dishan; Uz, and Aran.
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43| Now these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the children of Israel; Bela the son of Beor: and the name of his city was Dinhabah.
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44| And when Bela was dead, Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.
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45| And when Jobab was dead, Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his stead.
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46| And when Husham was dead, Hadad the son of Bedad, which smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Avith.
|
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47| And when Hadad was dead, Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead.
|
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48| And when Samlah was dead, Shaul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead.
|
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49| And when Shaul was dead, Baalhanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead.
|
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50| And when Baalhanan was dead, Hadad reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Pai; and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab.
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51| Hadad died also. And the dukes of Edom were; duke Timnah, duke Aliah, duke Jetheth,
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52| Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon,
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53| Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar,
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54| Duke Magdiel, duke Iram. These are the dukes of Edom.
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#2
|
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1| These are the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,
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2| Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
|
||||
3| The sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: which three were born unto him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the LORD; and he slew him.
|
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4| And Tamar his daughter in law bore him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.
|
||||
5| The sons of Pharez; Hezron, and Hamul.
|
||||
6| And the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all.
|
||||
7| And the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the thing accursed.
|
||||
8| And the sons of Ethan; Azariah.
|
||||
9| The sons also of Hezron, that were born unto him; Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai.
|
||||
10| And Ram begat Amminadab; and Amminadab begat Nahshon, prince of the children of Judah;
|
||||
11| And Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat Boaz,
|
||||
12| And Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse,
|
||||
13| And Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma the third,
|
||||
14| Nethaneel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,
|
||||
15| Ozem the sixth, David the seventh:
|
||||
16| Whose sisters were Zeruiah, and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.
|
||||
17| And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmeelite.
|
||||
18| And Caleb the son of Hezron begat children of Azubah his wife, and of Jerioth: her sons are these; Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon.
|
||||
19| And when Azubah was dead, Caleb took unto him Ephrath, which bare him Hur.
|
||||
20| And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezaleel.
|
||||
21| And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he married when he was threescore years old; and she bare him Segub.
|
||||
22| And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead.
|
||||
23| And he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from them, with Kenath, and the towns thereof, even threescore cities. All these belonged to the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.
|
||||
24| And after that Hezron was dead in Calebephratah, then Abiah Hezron's wife bare him Ashur the father of Tekoa.
|
||||
25| And the sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron were, Ram the firstborn, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, and Ahijah.
|
||||
26| Jerahmeel had also another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam.
|
||||
27| And the sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel were, Maaz, and Jamin, and Eker.
|
||||
28| And the sons of Onam were, Shammai, and Jada. And the sons of Shammai; Nadab and Abishur.
|
||||
29| And the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail, and she bare him Ahban, and Molid.
|
||||
30| And the sons of Nadab; Seled, and Appaim: but Seled died without children.
|
||||
31| And the sons of Appaim; Ishi. And the sons of Ishi; Sheshan. And the children of Sheshan; Ahlai.
|
||||
32| And the sons of Jada the brother of Shammai; Jether, and Jonathan: and Jether died without children.
|
||||
33| And the sons of Jonathan; Peleth, and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel.
|
||||
34| Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. And Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha.
|
||||
35| And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant to wife; and she bare him Attai.
|
||||
36| And Attai begat Nathan, and Nathan begat Zabad,
|
||||
37| And Zabad begat Ephlal, and Ephlal begat Obed,
|
||||
38| And Obed begat Jehu, and Jehu begat Azariah,
|
||||
39| And Azariah begat Helez, and Helez begat Eleasah,
|
||||
40| And Eleasah begat Sisamai, and Sisamai begat Shallum,
|
||||
41| And Shallum begat Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begat Elishama.
|
||||
42| Now the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were, Mesha his firstborn, which was the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron.
|
||||
43| And the sons of Hebron; Korah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and Shema.
|
||||
44| And Shema begat Raham, the father of Jorkoam: and Rekem begat Shammai.
|
||||
45| And the son of Shammai was Maon: and Maon was the father of Bethzur.
|
||||
46| And Ephah, Caleb's concubine, bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez: and Haran begat Gazez.
|
||||
47| And the sons of Jahdai; Regem, and Jotham, and Gesham, and Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph.
|
||||
48| Maachah, Caleb's concubine, bare Sheber, and Tirhanah.
|
||||
49| She bare also Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbenah, and the father of Gibea: and the daughter of Caleb was Achsa.
|
||||
50| These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah; Shobal the father of Kirjathjearim.
|
||||
51| Salma the father of Bethlehem, Hareph the father of Bethgader.
|
||||
52| And Shobal the father of Kirjathjearim had sons; Haroeh, and half of the Manahethites.
|
||||
53| And the families of Kirjathjearim; the Ithrites, and the Puhites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of them came the Zareathites, and the Eshtaulites,
|
||||
54| The sons of Salma; Bethlehem, and the Netophathites, Ataroth, the house of Joab, and half of the Manahethites, the Zorites.
|
||||
55| And the families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez; the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and Suchathites. These are the Kenites that came of Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab.
|
||||
#3
|
||||
1| Now these were the sons of David, which were born unto him in Hebron; the firstborn Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the second Daniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess:
|
||||
2| The third, Absalom the son of Maachah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur: the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith:
|
||||
3| The fifth, Shephatiah of Abital: the sixth, Ithream by Eglah his wife.
|
||||
4| These six were born unto him in Hebron; and there he reigned seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years.
|
||||
5| And these were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bathshua the daughter of Ammiel:
|
||||
6| Ibhar also, and Elishama, and Eliphelet,
|
||||
7| And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia,
|
||||
8| And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine.
|
||||
9| These were all the sons of David, beside the sons of the concubines, and Tamar their sister.
|
||||
10| And Solomon's son was Rehoboam, Abia his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son,
|
||||
11| Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son,
|
||||
12| Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son,
|
||||
13| Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son,
|
||||
14| Amon his son, Josiah his son.
|
||||
15| And the sons of Josiah were, the firstborn Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.
|
||||
16| And the sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son.
|
||||
17| And the sons of Jeconiah; Assir, Salathiel his son,
|
||||
18| Malchiram also, and Pedaiah, and Shenazar, Jecamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah.
|
||||
19| And the sons of Pedaiah were, Zerubbabel, and Shimei: and the sons of Zerubbabel; Meshullam, and Hananiah, and Shelomith their sister:
|
||||
20| And Hashubah, and Ohel, and Berechiah, and Hasadiah, Jushabhesed, five.
|
||||
21| And the sons of Hananiah; Pelatiah, and Jesaiah: the sons of Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the sons of Shechaniah.
|
||||
22| And the sons of Shechaniah; Shemaiah: and the sons of Shemaiah; Hattush, and Igeal, and Bariah, and Neariah, and Shaphat, six.
|
||||
23| And the sons of Neariah; Elioenai, and Hezekiah, and Azrikam, three.
|
||||
24| And the sons of Elioenai were, Hodaiah, and Eliashib, and Pelaiah, and Akkub, and Johanan, and Dalaiah, and Anani, seven.
|
||||
#4
|
||||
1| The sons of Judah; Pharez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal.
|
||||
2| And Reaiah the son of Shobal begat Jahath; and Jahath begat Ahumai, and Lahad. These are the families of the Zorathites.
|
||||
3| And these were of the father of Etam; Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash: and the name of their sister was Hazelelponi:
|
||||
4| And Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah, the father of Bethlehem.
|
||||
5| And Ashur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.
|
||||
6| And Naarah bare him Ahuzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah.
|
||||
7| And the sons of Helah were, Zereth, and Jezoar, and Ethnan.
|
||||
8| And Coz begat Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum.
|
||||
9| And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow.
|
||||
10| And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested.
|
||||
11| And Chelub the brother of Shuah begat Mehir, which was the father of Eshton.
|
||||
12| And Eshton begat Bethrapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of Irnahash. These are the men of Rechah.
|
||||
13| And the sons of Kenaz; Othniel, and Seraiah: and the sons of Othniel; Hathath.
|
||||
14| And Meonothai begat Ophrah: and Seraiah begat Joab, the father of the valley of Charashim; for they were craftsmen.
|
||||
15| And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh; Iru, Elah, and Naam: and the sons of Elah, even Kenaz.
|
||||
16| And the sons of Jehaleleel; Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asareel.
|
||||
17| And the sons of Ezra were, Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon: and she bare Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.
|
||||
18| And his wife Jehudijah bare Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Socho, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. And these are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, which Mered took.
|
||||
19| And the sons of his wife Hodiah the sister of Naham, the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite.
|
||||
20| And the sons of Shimon were, Amnon, and Rinnah, Benhanan, and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi were, Zoheth, and Benzoheth.
|
||||
21| The sons of Shelah the son of Judah were, Er the father of Lecah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of them that wrought fine linen, of the house of Ashbea,
|
||||
22| And Jokim, and the men of Chozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who had the dominion in Moab, and Jashubilehem. And these are ancient things.
|
||||
23| These were the potters, and those that dwelt among plants and hedges: there they dwelt with the king for his work.
|
||||
24| The sons of Simeon were, Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul:
|
||||
25| Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son.
|
||||
26| And the sons of Mishma; Hamuel his son, Zacchur his son, Shimei his son.
|
||||
27| And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters: but his brethren had not many children, neither did all their family multiply, like to the children of Judah.
|
||||
28| And they dwelt at Beersheba, and Moladah, and Hazarshual,
|
||||
29| And at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad,
|
||||
30| And at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag,
|
||||
31| And at Bethmarcaboth, and Hazarsusim, and at Bethbirei, and at Shaaraim. These were their cities unto the reign of David.
|
||||
32| And their villages were, Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities:
|
||||
33| And all their villages that were round about the same cities, unto Baal. These were their habitations, and their genealogy.
|
||||
34| And Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah, the son of Amaziah,
|
||||
35| And Joel, and Jehu the son of Josibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel,
|
||||
36| And Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah,
|
||||
37| And Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah;
|
||||
38| These mentioned by their names were princes in their families: and the house of their fathers increased greatly.
|
||||
39| And they went to the entrance of Gedor, even unto the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.
|
||||
40| And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for they of Ham had dwelt there of old.
|
||||
41| And these written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and smote their tents, and the habitations that were found there, and destroyed them utterly unto this day, and dwelt in their rooms: because there was pasture there for their flocks.
|
||||
42| And some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men, went to mount Seir, having for their captains Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi.
|
||||
43| And they smote the rest of the Amalekites that were escaped, and dwelt there unto this day.
|
||||
#5
|
||||
1| Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was the firstborn; but forasmuch as he defiled his father's bed, his birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel: and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright.
|
||||
2| For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the chief ruler; but the birthright was Joseph's:)
|
||||
3| The sons, I say, of Reuben the firstborn of Israel were, Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
|
||||
4| The sons of Joel; Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,
|
||||
5| Micah his son, Reaia his son, Baal his son,
|
||||
6| Beerah his son, whom Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria carried away captive: he was prince of the Reubenites.
|
||||
7| And his brethren by their families, when the genealogy of their generations was reckoned, were the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah,
|
||||
8| And Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who dwelt in Aroer, even unto Nebo and Baalmeon:
|
||||
9| And eastward he inhabited unto the entering in of the wilderness from the river Euphrates: because their cattle were multiplied in the land of Gilead.
|
||||
10| And in the days of Saul they made war with the Hagarites, who fell by their hand: and they dwelt in their tents throughout all the east land of Gilead.
|
||||
11| And the children of Gad dwelt over against them, in the land of Bashan unto Salcah:
|
||||
12| Joel the chief, and Shapham the next, and Jaanai, and Shaphat in Bashan.
|
||||
13| And their brethren of the house of their fathers were, Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jachan, and Zia, and Heber, seven.
|
||||
14| These are the children of Abihail the son of Huri, the son of Jaroah, the son of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of Jeshishai, the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz;
|
||||
15| Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, chief of the house of their fathers.
|
||||
16| And they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan, and in her towns, and in all the suburbs of Sharon, upon their borders.
|
||||
17| All these were reckoned by genealogies in the days of Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.
|
||||
18| The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to shoot with bow, and skilful in war, were four and forty thousand seven hundred and threescore, that went out to the war.
|
||||
19| And they made war with the Hagarites, with Jetur, and Nephish, and Nodab.
|
||||
20| And they were helped against them, and the Hagarites were delivered into their hand, and all that were with them: for they cried to God in the battle, and he was intreated of them; because they put their trust in him.
|
||||
21| And they took away their cattle; of their camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of asses two thousand, and of men an hundred thousand.
|
||||
22| For there fell down many slain, because the war was of God. And they dwelt in their steads until the captivity.
|
||||
23| And the children of the half tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land: they increased from Bashan unto Baalhermon and Senir, and unto mount Hermon.
|
||||
24| And these were the heads of the house of their fathers, even Epher, and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, mighty men of valour, famous men, and heads of the house of their fathers.
|
||||
25| And they transgressed against the God of their fathers, and went a whoring after the gods of the people of the land, whom God destroyed before them.
|
||||
26| And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, and brought them unto Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan, unto this day.
|
||||
#6
|
||||
1| The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
|
||||
2| And the sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.
|
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3| And the children of Amram; Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. The sons also of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
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4| Eleazar begat Phinehas, Phinehas begat Abishua,
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5| And Abishua begat Bukki, and Bukki begat Uzzi,
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6| And Uzzi begat Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begat Meraioth,
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7| Meraioth begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub,
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8| And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Ahimaaz,
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9| And Ahimaaz begat Azariah, and Azariah begat Johanan,
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10| And Johanan begat Azariah, (he it is that executed the priest's office in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem:)
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11| And Azariah begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub,
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12| And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Shallum,
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13| And Shallum begat Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begat Azariah,
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14| And Azariah begat Seraiah, and Seraiah begat Jehozadak,
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15| And Jehozadak went into captivity, when the LORD carried away Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.
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16| The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
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17| And these be the names of the sons of Gershom; Libni, and Shimei.
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18| And the sons of Kohath were, Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.
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19| The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. And these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers.
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20| Of Gershom; Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,
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21| Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeaterai his son.
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22| The sons of Kohath; Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son,
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23| Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir his son,
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24| Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son.
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25| And the sons of Elkanah; Amasai, and Ahimoth.
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26| As for Elkanah: the sons of Elkanah; Zophai his son, and Nahath his son,
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27| Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son.
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28| And the sons of Samuel; the firstborn Vashni, and Abiah.
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29| The sons of Merari; Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzza his son,
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30| Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son.
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31| And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of the LORD, after that the ark had rest.
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32| And they ministered before the dwelling place of the tabernacle of the congregation with singing, until Solomon had built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem: and then they waited on their office according to their order.
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33| And these are they that waited with their children. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman a singer, the son of Joel, the son of Shemuel,
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34| The son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah,
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35| The son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai,
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36| The son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah,
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37| The son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah,
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38| The son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel.
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39| And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaph the son of Berachiah, the son of Shimea,
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40| The son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchiah,
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41| The son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah,
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42| The son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei,
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43| The son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.
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44| And their brethren the sons of Merari stood on the left hand: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,
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45| The son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah,
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46| The son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shamer,
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47| The son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.
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48| Their brethren also the Levites were appointed unto all manner of service of the tabernacle of the house of God.
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49| But Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of the burnt offering, and on the altar of incense, and were appointed for all the work of the place most holy, and to make an atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.
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50| And these are the sons of Aaron; Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son,
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51| Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son,
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52| Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son,
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53| Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son.
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54| Now these are their dwelling places throughout their castles in their coasts, of the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites: for theirs was the lot.
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55| And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs thereof round about it.
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56| But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
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57| And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah, namely, Hebron, the city of refuge, and Libnah with her suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa, with their suburbs,
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58| And Hilen with her suburbs, Debir with her suburbs,
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59| And Ashan with her suburbs, and Bethshemesh with her suburbs:
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60| And out of the tribe of Benjamin; Geba with her suburbs, and Alemeth with her suburbs, and Anathoth with her suburbs. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities.
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61| And unto the sons of Kohath, which were left of the family of that tribe, were cities given out of the half tribe, namely, out of the half tribe of Manasseh, by lot, ten cities.
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62| And to the sons of Gershom throughout their families out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.
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63| Unto the sons of Merari were given by lot, throughout their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.
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64| And the children of Israel gave to the Levites these cities with their suburbs.
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65| And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, these cities, which are called by their names.
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66| And the residue of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their coasts out of the tribe of Ephraim.
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67| And they gave unto them, of the cities of refuge, Shechem in mount Ephraim with her suburbs; they gave also Gezer with her suburbs,
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68| And Jokmeam with her suburbs, and Bethhoron with her suburbs,
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69| And Aijalon with her suburbs, and Gathrimmon with her suburbs:
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70| And out of the half tribe of Manasseh; Aner with her suburbs, and Bileam with her suburbs, for the family of the remnant of the sons of Kohath.
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71| Unto the sons of Gershom were given out of the family of the half tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, and Ashtaroth with her suburbs:
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72| And out of the tribe of Issachar; Kedesh with her suburbs, Daberath with her suburbs,
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73| And Ramoth with her suburbs, and Anem with her suburbs:
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74| And out of the tribe of Asher; Mashal with her suburbs, and Abdon with her suburbs,
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75| And Hukok with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs:
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76| And out of the tribe of Naphtali; Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, and Hammon with her suburbs, and Kirjathaim with her suburbs.
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77| Unto the rest of the children of Merari were given out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmon with her suburbs, Tabor with her suburbs:
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78| And on the other side Jordan by Jericho, on the east side of Jordan, were given them out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness with her suburbs, and Jahzah with her suburbs,
|
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79| Kedemoth also with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs:
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80| And out of the tribe of Gad; Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, and Mahanaim with her suburbs,
|
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81| And Heshbon with her suburbs, and Jazer with her suburbs.
|
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#7
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1| Now the sons of Issachar were, Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimrom, four.
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2| And the sons of Tola; Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Jibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their father's house, to wit, of Tola: they were valiant men of might in their generations; whose number was in the days of David two and twenty thousand and six hundred.
|
||||
3| And the sons of Uzzi; Izrahiah: and the sons of Izrahiah; Michael, and Obadiah, and Joel, Ishiah, five: all of them chief men.
|
||||
4| And with them, by their generations, after the house of their fathers, were bands of soldiers for war, six and thirty thousand men: for they had many wives and sons.
|
||||
5| And their brethren among all the families of Issachar were valiant men of might, reckoned in all by their genealogies fourscore and seven thousand.
|
||||
6| The sons of Benjamin; Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three.
|
||||
7| And the sons of Bela; Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, and Iri, five; heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valour; and were reckoned by their genealogies twenty and two thousand and thirty and four.
|
||||
8| And the sons of Becher; Zemira, and Joash, and Eliezer, and Elioenai, and Omri, and Jerimoth, and Abiah, and Anathoth, and Alameth. All these are the sons of Becher.
|
||||
9| And the number of them, after their genealogy by their generations, heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valour, was twenty thousand and two hundred.
|
||||
10| The sons also of Jediael; Bilhan: and the sons of Bilhan; Jeush, and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tharshish, and Ahishahar.
|
||||
11| All these the sons of Jediael, by the heads of their fathers, mighty men of valour, were seventeen thousand and two hundred soldiers, fit to go out for war and battle.
|
||||
12| Shuppim also, and Huppim, the children of Ir, and Hushim, the sons of Aher.
|
||||
13| The sons of Naphtali; Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah.
|
||||
14| The sons of Manasseh; Ashriel, whom she bare: (but his concubine the Aramitess bare Machir the father of Gilead:
|
||||
15| And Machir took to wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister's name was Maachah;) and the name of the second was Zelophehad: and Zelophehad had daughters.
|
||||
16| And Maachah the wife of Machir bare a son, and she called his name Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Rakem.
|
||||
17| And the sons of Ulam; Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh.
|
||||
18| And his sister Hammoleketh bare Ishod, and Abiezer, and Mahalah.
|
||||
19| And the sons of Shemidah were, Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi, and Aniam.
|
||||
20| And the sons of Ephraim; Shuthelah, and Bered his son, and Tahath his son, and Eladah his son, and Tahath his son,
|
||||
21| And Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and Elead, whom the men of Gath that were born in that land slew, because they came down to take away their cattle.
|
||||
22| And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him.
|
||||
23| And when he went in to his wife, she conceived, and bare a son, and he called his name Beriah, because it went evil with his house.
|
||||
24| (And his daughter was Sherah, who built Bethhoron the nether, and the upper, and Uzzensherah.)
|
||||
25| And Rephah was his son, also Resheph, and Telah his son, and Tahan his son.
|
||||
26| Laadan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son.
|
||||
27| Non his son, Jehoshuah his son.
|
||||
28| And their possessions and habitations were, Bethel and the towns thereof, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with the towns thereof; Shechem also and the towns thereof, unto Gaza and the towns thereof:
|
||||
29| And by the borders of the children of Manasseh, Bethshean and her towns, Taanach and her towns, Megiddo and her towns, Dor and her towns. In these dwelt the children of Joseph the son of Israel.
|
||||
30| The sons of Asher; Imnah, and Isuah, and Ishuai, and Beriah, and Serah their sister.
|
||||
31| And the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel, who is the father of Birzavith.
|
||||
32| And Heber begat Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham, and Shua their sister.
|
||||
33| And the sons of Japhlet; Pasach, and Bimhal, and Ashvath. These are the children of Japhlet.
|
||||
34| And the sons of Shamer; Ahi, and Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram.
|
||||
35| And the sons of his brother Helem; Zophah, and Imna, and Shelesh, and Amal.
|
||||
36| The sons of Zophah; Suah, and Harnepher, and Shual, and Beri, and Imrah,
|
||||
37| Bezer, and Hod, and Shamma, and Shilshah, and Ithran, and Beera.
|
||||
38| And the sons of Jether; Jephunneh, and Pispah, and Ara.
|
||||
39| And the sons of Ulla; Arah, and Haniel, and Rezia.
|
||||
40| All these were the children of Asher, heads of their father's house, choice and mighty men of valour, chief of the princes. And the number throughout the genealogy of them that were apt to the war and to battle was twenty and six thousand men.
|
||||
#8
|
||||
1| Now Benjamin begat Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third,
|
||||
2| Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth.
|
||||
3| And the sons of Bela were, Addar, and Gera, and Abihud,
|
||||
4| And Abishua, and Naaman, and Ahoah,
|
||||
5| And Gera, and Shephuphan, and Huram.
|
||||
6| And these are the sons of Ehud: these are the heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Geba, and they removed them to Manahath:
|
||||
7| And Naaman, and Ahiah, and Gera, he removed them, and begat Uzza, and Ahihud.
|
||||
8| And Shaharaim begat children in the country of Moab, after he had sent them away; Hushim and Baara were his wives.
|
||||
9| And he begat of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, and Zibia, and Mesha, and Malcham,
|
||||
10| And Jeuz, and Shachia, and Mirma. These were his sons, heads of the fathers.
|
||||
11| And of Hushim he begat Abitub, and Elpaal.
|
||||
12| The sons of Elpaal; Eber, and Misham, and Shamed, who built Ono, and Lod, with the towns thereof:
|
||||
13| Beriah also, and Shema, who were heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who drove away the inhabitants of Gath:
|
||||
14| And Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth,
|
||||
15| And Zebadiah, and Arad, and Ader,
|
||||
16| And Michael, and Ispah, and Joha, the sons of Beriah;
|
||||
17| And Zebadiah, and Meshullam, and Hezeki, and Heber,
|
||||
18| Ishmerai also, and Jezliah, and Jobab, the sons of Elpaal;
|
||||
19| And Jakim, and Zichri, and Zabdi,
|
||||
20| And Elienai, and Zilthai, and Eliel,
|
||||
21| And Adaiah, and Beraiah, and Shimrath, the sons of Shimhi;
|
||||
22| And Ishpan, and Heber, and Eliel,
|
||||
23| And Abdon, and Zichri, and Hanan,
|
||||
24| And Hananiah, and Elam, and Antothijah,
|
||||
25| And Iphedeiah, and Penuel, the sons of Shashak;
|
||||
26| And Shamsherai, and Shehariah, and Athaliah,
|
||||
27| And Jaresiah, and Eliah, and Zichri, the sons of Jeroham.
|
||||
28| These were heads of the fathers, by their generations, chief men. These dwelt in Jerusalem.
|
||||
29| And at Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon; whose wife's name was Maachah:
|
||||
30| And his firstborn son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab,
|
||||
31| And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zacher.
|
||||
32| And Mikloth begat Shimeah. And these also dwelt with their brethren in Jerusalem, over against them.
|
||||
33| And Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchishua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal.
|
||||
34| And the son of Jonathan was Meribbaal; and Meribbaal begat Micah.
|
||||
35| And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, and Tarea, and Ahaz.
|
||||
36| And Ahaz begat Jehoadah; and Jehoadah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza,
|
||||
37| And Moza begat Binea: Rapha was his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son:
|
||||
38| And Azel had six sons, whose names are these, Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel.
|
||||
39| And the sons of Eshek his brother were, Ulam his firstborn, Jehush the second, and Eliphelet the third.
|
||||
40| And the sons of Ulam were mighty men of valour, archers, and had many sons, and sons' sons, an hundred and fifty. All these are of the sons of Benjamin.
|
||||
#9
|
||||
1| So all Israel were reckoned by genealogies; and, behold, they were written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah, who were carried away to Babylon for their transgression.
|
||||
2| Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in their cities were, the Israelites, the priests, Levites, and the Nethinims.
|
||||
3| And in Jerusalem dwelt of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin, and of the children of Ephraim, and Manasseh;
|
||||
4| Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, of the children of Pharez the son of Judah.
|
||||
5| And of the Shilonites; Asaiah the firstborn, and his sons.
|
||||
6| And of the sons of Zerah; Jeuel, and their brethren, six hundred and ninety.
|
||||
7| And of the sons of Benjamin; Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Hodaviah, the son of Hasenuah,
|
||||
8| And Ibneiah the son of Jeroham, and Elah the son of Uzzi, the son of Michri, and Meshullam the son of Shephathiah, the son of Reuel, the son of Ibnijah;
|
||||
9| And their brethren, according to their generations, nine hundred and fifty and six. All these men were chief of the fathers in the house of their fathers.
|
||||
10| And of the priests; Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, and Jachin,
|
||||
11| And Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the ruler of the house of God;
|
||||
12| And Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashur, the son of Malchijah, and Maasiai the son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer;
|
||||
13| And their brethren, heads of the house of their fathers, a thousand and seven hundred and threescore; very able men for the work of the service of the house of God.
|
||||
14| And of the Levites; Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari;
|
||||
15| And Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Micah, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph;
|
||||
16| And Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites.
|
||||
17| And the porters were, Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren: Shallum was the chief;
|
||||
18| Who hitherto waited in the king's gate eastward: they were porters in the companies of the children of Levi.
|
||||
19| And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brethren, of the house of his father, the Korahites, were over the work of the service, keepers of the gates of the tabernacle: and their fathers, being over the host of the LORD, were keepers of the entry.
|
||||
20| And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the ruler over them in time past, and the LORD was with him.
|
||||
21| And Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
|
||||
22| All these which were chosen to be porters in the gates were two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by their genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their set office.
|
||||
23| So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the house of the LORD, namely, the house of the tabernacle, by wards.
|
||||
24| In four quarters were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south.
|
||||
25| And their brethren, which were in their villages, were to come after seven days from time to time with them.
|
||||
26| For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in their set office, and were over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God.
|
||||
27| And they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge was upon them, and the opening thereof every morning pertained to them.
|
||||
28| And certain of them had the charge of the ministering vessels, that they should bring them in and out by tale.
|
||||
29| Some of them also were appointed to oversee the vessels, and all the instruments of the sanctuary, and the fine flour, and the wine, and the oil, and the frankincense, and the spices.
|
||||
30| And some of the sons of the priests made the ointment of the spices.
|
||||
31| And Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, had the set office over the things that were made in the pans.
|
||||
32| And other of their brethren, of the sons of the Kohathites, were over the shewbread, to prepare it every sabbath.
|
||||
33| And these are the singers, chief of the fathers of the Levites, who remaining in the chambers were free: for they were employed in that work day and night.
|
||||
34| These chief fathers of the Levites were chief throughout their generations; these dwelt at Jerusalem.
|
||||
35| And in Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jehiel, whose wife's name was Maachah:
|
||||
36| And his firstborn son Abdon, then Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab.
|
||||
37| And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zechariah, and Mikloth.
|
||||
38| And Mikloth begat Shimeam. And they also dwelt with their brethren at Jerusalem, over against their brethren.
|
||||
39| And Ner begat Kish; and Kish begat Saul; and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchishua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal.
|
||||
40| And the son of Jonathan was Meribbaal: and Meribbaal begat Micah.
|
||||
41| And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, and Tahrea, and Ahaz.
|
||||
42| And Ahaz begat Jarah; and Jarah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza;
|
||||
43| And Moza begat Binea; and Rephaiah his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son.
|
||||
44| And Azel had six sons, whose names are these, Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan: these were the sons of Azel.
|
||||
#10
|
||||
1| Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.
|
||||
2| And the Philistines followed hard after Saul, and after his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, the sons of Saul.
|
||||
3| And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him, and he was wounded of the archers.
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4| Then said Saul to his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. So Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.
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5| And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise on the sword, and died.
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6| So Saul died, and his three sons, and all his house died together.
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7| And when all the men of Israel that were in the valley saw that they fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, then they forsook their cities, and fled: and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.
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8| And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his sons fallen in mount Gilboa.
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9| And when they had stripped him, they took his head, and his armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to carry tidings unto their idols, and to the people.
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10| And they put his armour in the house of their gods, and fastened his head in the temple of Dagon.
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11| And when all Jabeshgilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul,
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12| They arose, all the valiant men, and took away the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh, and buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
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13| So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the LORD, even against the word of the LORD, which he kept not, and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to enquire of it;
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14| And enquired not of the LORD: therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse.
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#11
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1| Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.
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2| And moreover in time past, even when Saul was king, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD thy God said unto thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be ruler over my people Israel.
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3| Therefore came all the elders of Israel to the king to Hebron; and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the LORD; and they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of the LORD by Samuel.
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4| And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus; where the Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the land.
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5| And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, Thou shalt not come hither. Nevertheless David took the castle of Zion, which is the city of David.
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6| And David said, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain. So Joab the son of Zeruiah went first up, and was chief.
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7| And David dwelt in the castle; therefore they called it the city of David.
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8| And he built the city round about, even from Millo round about: and Joab repaired the rest of the city.
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9| So David waxed greater and greater: for the LORD of hosts was with him.
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10| These also are the chief of the mighty men whom David had, who strengthened themselves with him in his kingdom, and with all Israel, to make him king, according to the word of the LORD concerning Israel.
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11| And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had; Jashobeam, an Hachmonite, the chief of the captains: he lifted up his spear against three hundred slain by him at one time.
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12| And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was one of the three mighties.
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13| He was with David at Pasdammim, and there the Philistines were gathered together to battle, where was a parcel of ground full of barley; and the people fled from before the Philistines.
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14| And they set themselves in the midst of that parcel, and delivered it, and slew the Philistines; and the LORD saved them by a great deliverance.
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15| Now three of the thirty captains went down to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam; and the host of the Philistines encamped in the valley of Rephaim.
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16| And David was then in the hold, and the Philistines' garrison was then at Bethlehem.
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17| And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, that is at the gate!
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18| And the three brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: but David would not drink of it, but poured it out to the LORD.
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19| And said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this thing: shall I drink the blood of these men that have put their lives in jeopardy? for with the jeopardy of their lives they brought it. Therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mightiest.
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20| And Abishai the brother of Joab, he was chief of the three: for lifting up his spear against three hundred, he slew them, and had a name among the three.
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21| Of the three, he was more honourable than the two; for he was their captain: howbeit he attained not to the first three.
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22| Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done many acts; he slew two lionlike men of Moab: also he went down and slew a lion in a pit in a snowy day.
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23| And he slew an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits high; and in the Egyptian's hand was a spear like a weaver's beam; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear.
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24| These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among the three mighties.
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25| Behold, he was honourable among the thirty, but attained not to the first three: and David set him over his guard.
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26| Also the valiant men of the armies were, Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
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27| Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite,
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28| Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Antothite,
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29| Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite,
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30| Maharai the Netophathite, Heled the son of Baanah the Netophathite,
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31| Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah, that pertained to the children of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite,
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32| Hurai of the brooks of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite,
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33| Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite,
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34| The sons of Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan the son of Shage the Hararite,
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35| Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur,
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36| Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite,
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37| Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai the son of Ezbai,
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38| Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the son of Haggeri,
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39| Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, the armourbearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah,
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40| Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,
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41| Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai,
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42| Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a captain of the Reubenites, and thirty with him,
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43| Hanan the son of Maachah, and Joshaphat the Mithnite,
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44| Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jehiel the sons of Hothan the Aroerite,
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45| Jediael the son of Shimri, and Joha his brother, the Tizite,
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46| Eliel the Mahavite, and Jeribai, and Joshaviah, the sons of Elnaam, and Ithmah the Moabite,
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47| Eliel, and Obed, and Jasiel the Mesobaite.
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#12
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1| Now these are they that came to David to Ziklag, while he yet kept himself close because of Saul the son of Kish: and they were among the mighty men, helpers of the war.
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2| They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in hurling stones and shooting arrows out of a bow, even of Saul's brethren of Benjamin.
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3| The chief was Ahiezer, then Joash, the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite; and Jeziel, and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; and Berachah, and Jehu the Antothite.
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4| And Ismaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty, and over the thirty; and Jeremiah, and Jahaziel, and Johanan, and Josabad the Gederathite,
|
||||
5| Eluzai, and Jerimoth, and Bealiah, and Shemariah, and Shephatiah the Haruphite,
|
||||
6| Elkanah, and Jesiah, and Azareel, and Joezer, and Jashobeam, the Korhites,
|
||||
7| And Joelah, and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor.
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||||
8| And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David into the hold to the wilderness men of might, and men of war fit for the battle, that could handle shield and buckler, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and were as swift as the roes upon the mountains;
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9| Ezer the first, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third,
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10| Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth,
|
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11| Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh,
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12| Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth,
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||||
13| Jeremiah the tenth, Machbanai the eleventh.
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14| These were of the sons of Gad, captains of the host: one of the least was over an hundred, and the greatest over a thousand.
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15| These are they that went over Jordan in the first month, when it had overflown all his banks; and they put to flight all them of the valleys, both toward the east, and toward the west.
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16| And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the hold unto David.
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17| And David went out to meet them, and answered and said unto them, If ye be come peaceably unto me to help me, mine heart shall be knit unto you: but if ye be come to betray me to mine enemies, seeing there is no wrong in mine hands, the God of our fathers look thereon, and rebuke it.
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18| Then the spirit came upon Amasai, who was chief of the captains, and he said, Thine are we, David, and on thy side, thou son of Jesse: peace, peace be unto thee, and peace be to thine helpers; for thy God helpeth thee. Then David received them, and made them captains of the band.
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19| And there fell some of Manasseh to David, when he came with the Philistines against Saul to battle: but they helped them not: for the lords of the Philistines upon advisement sent him away, saying, He will fall to his master Saul to the jeopardy of our heads.
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20| As he went to Ziklag, there fell to him of Manasseh, Adnah, and Jozabad, and Jediael, and Michael, and Jozabad, and Elihu, and Zilthai, captains of the thousands that were of Manasseh.
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21| And they helped David against the band of the rovers: for they were all mighty men of valour, and were captains in the host.
|
||||
22| For at that time day by day there came to David to help him, until it was a great host, like the host of God.
|
||||
23| And these are the numbers of the bands that were ready armed to the war, and came to David to Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the word of the LORD.
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||||
24| The children of Judah that bare shield and spear were six thousand and eight hundred, ready armed to the war.
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||||
25| Of the children of Simeon, mighty men of valour for the war, seven thousand and one hundred.
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||||
26| Of the children of Levi four thousand and six hundred.
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27| And Jehoiada was the leader of the Aaronites, and with him were three thousand and seven hundred;
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28| And Zadok, a young man mighty of valour, and of his father's house twenty and two captains.
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||||
29| And of the children of Benjamin, the kindred of Saul, three thousand: for hitherto the greatest part of them had kept the ward of the house of Saul.
|
||||
30| And of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand and eight hundred, mighty men of valour, famous throughout the house of their fathers.
|
||||
31| And of the half tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, which were expressed by name, to come and make David king.
|
||||
32| And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their commandment.
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||||
33| Of Zebulun, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, with all instruments of war, fifty thousand, which could keep rank: they were not of double heart.
|
||||
34| And of Naphtali a thousand captains, and with them with shield and spear thirty and seven thousand.
|
||||
35| And of the Danites expert in war twenty and eight thousand and six hundred.
|
||||
36| And of Asher, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, forty thousand.
|
||||
37| And on the other side of Jordan, of the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and of the half tribe of Manasseh, with all manner of instruments of war for the battle, an hundred and twenty thousand.
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||||
38| All these men of war, that could keep rank, came with a perfect heart to Hebron, to make David king over all Israel: and all the rest also of Israel were of one heart to make David king.
|
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39| And there they were with David three days, eating and drinking: for their brethren had prepared for them.
|
||||
40| Moreover they that were nigh them, even unto Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, and meat, meal, cakes of figs, and bunches of raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep abundantly: for there was joy in Israel.
|
||||
#13
|
||||
1| And David consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds, and with every leader.
|
||||
2| And David said unto all the congregation of Israel, If it seem good unto you, and that it be of the LORD our God, let us send abroad unto our brethren every where, that are left in all the land of Israel, and with them also to the priests and Levites which are in their cities and suburbs, that they may gather themselves unto us:
|
||||
3| And let us bring again the ark of our God to us: for we enquired not at it in the days of Saul.
|
||||
4| And all the congregation said that they would do so: for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.
|
||||
5| So David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor of Egypt even unto the entering of Hemath, to bring the ark of God from Kirjathjearim.
|
||||
6| And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, that is, to Kirjathjearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up thence the ark of God the LORD, that dwelleth between the cherubims, whose name is called on it.
|
||||
7| And they carried the ark of God in a new cart out of the house of Abinadab: and Uzza and Ahio drave the cart.
|
||||
8| And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, and with singing, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.
|
||||
9| And when they came unto the threshingfloor of Chidon, Uzza put forth his hand to hold the ark; for the oxen stumbled.
|
||||
10| And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzza, and he smote him, because he put his hand to the ark: and there he died before God.
|
||||
11| And David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breach upon Uzza: wherefore that place is called Perezuzza to this day.
|
||||
12| And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God home to me?
|
||||
13| So David brought not the ark home to himself to the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of Obededom the Gittite.
|
||||
14| And the ark of God remained with the family of Obededom in his house three months. And the LORD blessed the house of Obededom, and all that he had.
|
||||
#14
|
||||
1| Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and timber of cedars, with masons and carpenters, to build him an house.
|
||||
2| And David perceived that the LORD had confirmed him king over Israel, for his kingdom was lifted up on high, because of his people Israel.
|
||||
3| And David took more wives at Jerusalem: and David begat more sons and daughters.
|
||||
4| Now these are the names of his children which he had in Jerusalem; Shammua, and Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon,
|
||||
5| And Ibhar, and Elishua, and Elpalet,
|
||||
6| And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia,
|
||||
7| And Elishama, and Beeliada, and Eliphalet.
|
||||
8| And when the Philistines heard that David was anointed king over all Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David. And David heard of it, and went out against them.
|
||||
9| And the Philistines came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
|
||||
10| And David enquired of God, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? And wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the LORD said unto him, Go up; for I will deliver them into thine hand.
|
||||
11| So they came up to Baalperazim; and David smote them there. Then David said, God hath broken in upon mine enemies by mine hand like the breaking forth of waters: therefore they called the name of that place Baalperazim.
|
||||
12| And when they had left their gods there, David gave a commandment, and they were burned with fire.
|
||||
13| And the Philistines yet again spread themselves abroad in the valley.
|
||||
14| Therefore David enquired again of God; and God said unto him, Go not up after them; turn away from them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees.
|
||||
15| And it shall be, when thou shalt hear a sound of going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt go out to battle: for God is gone forth before thee to smite the host of the Philistines.
|
||||
16| David therefore did as God commanded him: and they smote the host of the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gazer.
|
||||
17| And the fame of David went out into all lands; and the LORD brought the fear of him upon all nations.
|
||||
#15
|
||||
1| And David made him houses in the city of David, and prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent.
|
||||
2| Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites: for them hath the LORD chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister unto him for ever.
|
||||
3| And David gathered all Israel together to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the LORD unto his place, which he had prepared for it.
|
||||
4| And David assembled the children of Aaron, and the Levites:
|
||||
5| Of the sons of Kohath; Uriel the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twenty:
|
||||
6| Of the sons of Merari; Asaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred and twenty:
|
||||
7| Of the sons of Gershom; Joel the chief and his brethren an hundred and thirty:
|
||||
8| Of the sons of Elizaphan; Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred:
|
||||
9| Of the sons of Hebron; Eliel the chief, and his brethren fourscore:
|
||||
10| Of the sons of Uzziel; Amminadab the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twelve.
|
||||
11| And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab,
|
||||
12| And said unto them, Ye are the chief of the fathers of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel unto the place that I have prepared for it.
|
||||
13| For because ye did it not at the first, the LORD our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order.
|
||||
14| So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel.
|
||||
15| And the children of the Levites bare the ark of God upon their shoulders with the staves thereon, as Moses commanded according to the word of the LORD.
|
||||
16| And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers with instruments of musick, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy.
|
||||
17| So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;
|
||||
18| And with them their brethren of the second degree, Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, the porters.
|
||||
19| So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed to sound with cymbals of brass;
|
||||
20| And Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries on Alamoth;
|
||||
21| And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to excel.
|
||||
22| And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was for song: he instructed about the song, because he was skilful.
|
||||
23| And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.
|
||||
24| And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow with the trumpets before the ark of God: and Obededom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark.
|
||||
25| So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the house of Obededom with joy.
|
||||
26| And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, that they offered seven bullocks and seven rams.
|
||||
27| And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the song with the singers: David also had upon him an ephod of linen.
|
||||
28| Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, making a noise with psalteries and harps.
|
||||
29| And it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of the LORD came to the city of David, that Michal, the daughter of Saul looking out at a window saw king David dancing and playing: and she despised him in her heart.
|
||||
#16
|
||||
1| So they brought the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it: and they offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings before God.
|
||||
2| And when David had made an end of offering the burnt offerings and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD.
|
||||
3| And he dealt to every one of Israel, both man and woman, to every one a loaf of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine.
|
||||
4| And he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD, and to record, and to thank and praise the LORD God of Israel:
|
||||
5| Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obededom: and Jeiel with psalteries and with harps; but Asaph made a sound with cymbals;
|
||||
6| Benaiah also and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets continually before the ark of the covenant of God.
|
||||
7| Then on that day David delivered first this psalm to thank the LORD into the hand of Asaph and his brethren.
|
||||
8| Give thanks unto the LORD, call upon his name, make known his deeds among the people.
|
||||
9| Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him, talk ye of all his wondrous works.
|
||||
10| Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD.
|
||||
11| Seek the LORD and his strength, seek his face continually.
|
||||
12| Remember his marvellous works that he hath done, his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;
|
||||
13| O ye seed of Israel his servant, ye children of Jacob, his chosen ones.
|
||||
14| He is the LORD our God; his judgments are in all the earth.
|
||||
15| Be ye mindful always of his covenant; the word which he commanded to a thousand generations;
|
||||
16| Even of the covenant which he made with Abraham, and of his oath unto Isaac;
|
||||
17| And hath confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant,
|
||||
18| Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance;
|
||||
19| When ye were but few, even a few, and strangers in it.
|
||||
20| And when they went from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people;
|
||||
21| He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes,
|
||||
22| Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.
|
||||
23| Sing unto the LORD, all the earth; shew forth from day to day his salvation.
|
||||
24| Declare his glory among the heathen; his marvellous works among all nations.
|
||||
25| For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised: he also is to be feared above all gods.
|
||||
26| For all the gods of the people are idols: but the LORD made the heavens.
|
||||
27| Glory and honour are in his presence; strength and gladness are in his place.
|
||||
28| Give unto the LORD, ye kindreds of the people, give unto the LORD glory and strength.
|
||||
29| Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come before him: worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.
|
||||
30| Fear before him, all the earth: the world also shall be stable, that it be not moved.
|
||||
31| Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice: and let men say among the nations, The LORD reigneth.
|
||||
32| Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof: let the fields rejoice, and all that is therein.
|
||||
33| Then shall the trees of the wood sing out at the presence of the LORD, because he cometh to judge the earth.
|
||||
34| O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.
|
||||
35| And say ye, Save us, O God of our salvation, and gather us together, and deliver us from the heathen, that we may give thanks to thy holy name, and glory in thy praise.
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36| Blessed be the LORD God of Israel for ever and ever. And all the people said, Amen, and praised the LORD.
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37| So he left there before the ark of the covenant of the LORD Asaph and his brethren, to minister before the ark continually, as every day's work required:
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38| And Obededom with their brethren, threescore and eight; Obededom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be porters:
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39| And Zadok the priest, and his brethren the priests, before the tabernacle of the LORD in the high place that was at Gibeon,
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40| To offer burnt offerings unto the LORD upon the altar of the burnt offering continually morning and evening, and to do according to all that is written in the law of the LORD, which he commanded Israel;
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41| And with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest that were chosen, who were expressed by name, to give thanks to the LORD, because his mercy endureth for ever;
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42| And with them Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals for those that should make a sound, and with musical instruments of God. And the sons of Jeduthun were porters.
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43| And all the people departed every man to his house: and David returned to bless his house.
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#17
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1| Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in an house of cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the LORD remaineth under curtains.
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2| Then Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in thine heart; for God is with thee.
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3| And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying,
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4| Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in:
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5| For I have not dwelt in an house since the day that I brought up Israel unto this day; but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to another.
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6| Wheresoever I have walked with all Israel, spake I a word to any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why have ye not built me an house of cedars?
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7| Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, even from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be ruler over my people Israel:
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8| And I have been with thee whithersoever thou hast walked, and have cut off all thine enemies from before thee, and have made thee a name like the name of the great men that are in the earth.
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9| Also I will ordain a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, and they shall dwell in their place, and shall be moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness waste them any more, as at the beginning,
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10| And since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel. Moreover I will subdue all thine enemies. Furthermore I tell thee that the LORD will build thee an house.
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11| And it shall come to pass, when thy days be expired that thou must go to be with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom.
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12| He shall build me an house, and I will stablish his throne for ever.
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13| I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was before thee:
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14| But I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom for ever: and his throne shall be established for evermore.
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15| According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.
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16| And David the king came and sat before the LORD, and said, Who am I, O LORD God, and what is mine house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?
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17| And yet this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God; for thou hast also spoken of thy servant's house for a great while to come, and hast regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, O LORD God.
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18| What can David speak more to thee for the honour of thy servant? for thou knowest thy servant.
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19| O LORD, for thy servant's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all this greatness, in making known all these great things.
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20| O LORD, there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
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21| And what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem to be his own people, to make thee a name of greatness and terribleness, by driving out nations from before thy people whom thou hast redeemed out of Egypt?
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22| For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people for ever; and thou, LORD, becamest their God.
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23| Therefore now, LORD, let the thing that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant and concerning his house be established for ever, and do as thou hast said.
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24| Let it even be established, that thy name may be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel: and let the house of David thy servant be established before thee.
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25| For thou, O my God, hast told thy servant that thou wilt build him an house: therefore thy servant hath found in his heart to pray before thee.
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26| And now, LORD, thou art God, and hast promised this goodness unto thy servant:
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27| Now therefore let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may be before thee for ever: for thou blessest, O LORD, and it shall be blessed for ever.
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#18
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1| Now after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them, and took Gath and her towns out of the hand of the Philistines.
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2| And he smote Moab; and the Moabites became David's servants, and brought gifts.
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3| And David smote Hadarezer king of Zobah unto Hamath, as he went to stablish his dominion by the river Euphrates.
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4| And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: David also houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them an hundred chariots.
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5| And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadarezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.
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6| Then David put garrisons in Syriadamascus; and the Syrians became David's servants, and brought gifts. Thus the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went.
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7| And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadarezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.
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8| Likewise from Tibhath, and from Chun, cities of Hadarezer, brought David very much brass, wherewith Solomon made the brasen sea, and the pillars, and the vessels of brass.
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9| Now when Tou king of Hamath heard how David had smitten all the host of Hadarezer king of Zobah;
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10| He sent Hadoram his son to king David, to enquire of his welfare, and to congratulate him, because he had fought against Hadarezer, and smitten him; (for Hadarezer had war with Tou;) and with him all manner of vessels of gold and silver and brass.
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11| Them also king David dedicated unto the LORD, with the silver and the gold that he brought from all these nations; from Edom, and from Moab, and from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from Amalek.
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12| Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in the valley of salt eighteen thousand.
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13| And he put garrisons in Edom; and all the Edomites became David's servants. Thus the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went.
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14| So David reigned over all Israel, and executed judgment and justice among all his people.
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15| And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, recorder.
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16| And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Shavsha was scribe;
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17| And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief about the king.
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#19
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1| Now it came to pass after this, that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon died, and his son reigned in his stead.
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2| And David said, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father shewed kindness to me. And David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. So the servants of David came into the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun, to comfort him.
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3| But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? are not his servants come unto thee for to search, and to overthrow, and to spy out the land?
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4| Wherefore Hanun took David's servants, and shaved them, and cut off their garments in the midst hard by their buttocks, and sent them away.
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5| Then there went certain, and told David how the men were served. And he sent to meet them: for the men were greatly ashamed. And the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return.
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6| And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire them chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, and out of Syriamaachah, and out of Zobah.
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7| So they hired thirty and two thousand chariots, and the king of Maachah and his people; who came and pitched before Medeba. And the children of Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities, and came to battle.
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8| And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men.
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9| And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array before the gate of the city: and the kings that were come were by themselves in the field.
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10| Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him before and behind, he chose out of all the choice of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians.
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11| And the rest of the people he delivered unto the hand of Abishai his brother, and they set themselves in array against the children of Ammon.
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12| And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou shalt help me: but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will help thee.
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13| Be of good courage, and let us behave ourselves valiantly for our people, and for the cities of our God: and let the LORD do that which is good in his sight.
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14| So Joab and the people that were with him drew nigh before the Syrians unto the battle; and they fled before him.
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15| And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, they likewise fled before Abishai his brother, and entered into the city. Then Joab came to Jerusalem.
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16| And when the Syrians saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they sent messengers, and drew forth the Syrians that were beyond the river: and Shophach the captain of the host of Hadarezer went before them.
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17| And it was told David; and he gathered all Israel, and passed over Jordan, and came upon them, and set the battle in array against them. So when David had put the battle in array against the Syrians, they fought with him.
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18| But the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew of the Syrians seven thousand men which fought in chariots, and forty thousand footmen, and killed Shophach the captain of the host.
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19| And when the servants of Hadarezer saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they made peace with David, and became his servants: neither would the Syrians help the children of Ammon any more.
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#20
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1| And it came to pass, that after the year was expired, at the time that kings go out to battle, Joab led forth the power of the army, and wasted the country of the children of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried at Jerusalem. And Joab smote Rabbah, and destroyed it.
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2| And David took the crown of their king from off his head, and found it to weigh a talent of gold, and there were precious stones in it; and it was set upon David's head: and he brought also exceeding much spoil out of the city.
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3| And he brought out the people that were in it, and cut them with saws, and with harrows of iron, and with axes. Even so dealt David with all the cities of the children of Ammon. And David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.
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4| And it came to pass after this, that there arose war at Gezer with the Philistines; at which time Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Sippai, that was of the children of the giant: and they were subdued.
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5| And there was war again with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear staff was like a weaver's beam.
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6| And yet again there was war at Gath, where was a man of great stature, whose fingers and toes were four and twenty, six on each hand, and six on each foot and he also was the son of the giant.
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7| But when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David's brother slew him.
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8| These were born unto the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.
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#21
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1| And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.
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2| And David said to Joab and to the rulers of the people, Go, number Israel from Beersheba even to Dan; and bring the number of them to me, that I may know it.
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||||
3| And Joab answered, The LORD make his people an hundred times so many more as they be: but, my lord the king, are they not all my lord's servants? why then doth my lord require this thing? why will he be a cause of trespass to Israel?
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4| Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against Joab. Wherefore Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem.
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5| And Joab gave the sum of the number of the people unto David. And all they of Israel were a thousand thousand and an hundred thousand men that drew sword: and Judah was four hundred threescore and ten thousand men that drew sword.
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6| But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them: for the king's word was abominable to Joab.
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||||
7| And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote Israel.
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||||
8| And David said unto God, I have sinned greatly, because I have done this thing: but now, I beseech thee, do away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.
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||||
9| And the LORD spake unto Gad, David's seer, saying,
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||||
10| Go and tell David, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I offer thee three things: choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee.
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||||
11| So Gad came to David, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Choose thee
|
||||
12| Either three years' famine; or three months to be destroyed before thy foes, while that the sword of thine enemies overtaketh thee; or else three days the sword of the LORD, even the pestilence, in the land, and the angel of the LORD destroying throughout all the coasts of Israel. Now therefore advise thyself what word I shall bring again to him that sent me.
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||||
13| And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall now into the hand of the LORD; for very great are his mercies: but let me not fall into the hand of man.
|
||||
14| So the LORD sent pestilence upon Israel: and there fell of Israel seventy thousand men.
|
||||
15| And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was destroying, the LORD beheld, and he repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed, It is enough, stay now thine hand. And the angel of the LORD stood by the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.
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||||
16| And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of the LORD stand between the earth and the heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders of Israel, who were clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces.
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17| And David said unto God, Is it not I that commanded the people to be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done evil indeed; but as for these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, O LORD my God, be on me, and on my father's house; but not on thy people, that they should be plagued.
|
||||
18| Then the angel of the LORD commanded Gad to say to David, that David should go up, and set up an altar unto the LORD in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.
|
||||
19| And David went up at the saying of Gad, which he spake in the name of the LORD.
|
||||
20| And Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and his four sons with him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat.
|
||||
21| And as David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David, and went out of the threshingfloor, and bowed himself to David with his face to the ground.
|
||||
22| Then David said to Ornan, Grant me the place of this threshingfloor, that I may build an altar therein unto the LORD: thou shalt grant it me for the full price: that the plague may be stayed from the people.
|
||||
23| And Ornan said unto David, Take it to thee, and let my lord the king do that which is good in his eyes: lo, I give thee the oxen also for burnt offerings, and the threshing instruments for wood, and the wheat for the meat offering; I give it all.
|
||||
24| And king David said to Ornan, Nay; but I will verily buy it for the full price: for I will not take that which is thine for the LORD, nor offer burnt offerings without cost.
|
||||
25| So David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of gold by weight.
|
||||
26| And David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called upon the LORD; and he answered him from heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt offering.
|
||||
27| And the LORD commanded the angel; and he put up his sword again into the sheath thereof.
|
||||
28| At that time when David saw that the LORD had answered him in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrificed there.
|
||||
29| For the tabernacle of the LORD, which Moses made in the wilderness, and the altar of the burnt offering, were at that season in the high place at Gibeon.
|
||||
30| But David could not go before it to enquire of God: for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of the LORD.
|
||||
#22
|
||||
1| Then David said, This is the house of the LORD God, and this is the altar of the burnt offering for Israel.
|
||||
2| And David commanded to gather together the strangers that were in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God.
|
||||
3| And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the joinings; and brass in abundance without weight;
|
||||
4| Also cedar trees in abundance: for the Zidonians and they of Tyre brought much cedar wood to David.
|
||||
5| And David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be builded for the LORD must be exceeding magnifical, of fame and of glory throughout all countries: I will therefore now make preparation for it. So David prepared abundantly before his death.
|
||||
6| Then he called for Solomon his son, and charged him to build an house for the LORD God of Israel.
|
||||
7| And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God:
|
||||
8| But the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Thou hast shed blood abundantly, and hast made great wars: thou shalt not build an house unto my name, because thou hast shed much blood upon the earth in my sight.
|
||||
9| Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about: for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness unto Israel in his days.
|
||||
10| He shall build an house for my name; and he shall be my son, and I will be his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel for ever.
|
||||
11| Now, my son, the LORD be with thee; and prosper thou, and build the house of the LORD thy God, as he hath said of thee.
|
||||
12| Only the LORD give thee wisdom and understanding, and give thee charge concerning Israel, that thou mayest keep the law of the LORD thy God.
|
||||
13| Then shalt thou prosper, if thou takest heed to fulfil the statutes and judgments which the LORD charged Moses with concerning Israel: be strong, and of good courage; dread not, nor be dismayed.
|
||||
14| Now, behold, in my trouble I have prepared for the house of the LORD an hundred thousand talents of gold, and a thousand thousand talents of silver; and of brass and iron without weight; for it is in abundance: timber also and stone have I prepared; and thou mayest add thereto.
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||||
15| Moreover there are workmen with thee in abundance, hewers and workers of stone and timber, and all manner of cunning men for every manner of work.
|
||||
16| Of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there is no number. Arise therefore, and be doing, and the LORD be with thee.
|
||||
17| David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomon his son, saying,
|
||||
18| Is not the LORD your God with you? and hath he not given you rest on every side? for he hath given the inhabitants of the land into mine hand; and the land is subdued before the LORD, and before his people.
|
||||
19| Now set your heart and your soul to seek the LORD your God; arise therefore, and build ye the sanctuary of the LORD God, to bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built to the name of the LORD.
|
||||
#23
|
||||
1| So when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king over Israel.
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||||
2| And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.
|
||||
3| Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand.
|
||||
4| Of which, twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work of the house of the LORD; and six thousand were officers and judges:
|
||||
5| Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith.
|
||||
6| And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
|
||||
7| Of the Gershonites were, Laadan, and Shimei.
|
||||
8| The sons of Laadan; the chief was Jehiel, and Zetham, and Joel, three.
|
||||
9| The sons of Shimei; Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the chief of the fathers of Laadan.
|
||||
10| And the sons of Shimei were, Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and Beriah. These four were the sons of Shimei.
|
||||
11| And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second: but Jeush and Beriah had not many sons; therefore they were in one reckoning, according to their father's house.
|
||||
12| The sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.
|
||||
13| The sons of Amram; Aaron and Moses: and Aaron was separated, that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons for ever, to burn incense before the LORD, to minister unto him, and to bless in his name for ever.
|
||||
14| Now concerning Moses the man of God, his sons were named of the tribe of Levi.
|
||||
15| The sons of Moses were, Gershom, and Eliezer.
|
||||
16| Of the sons of Gershom, Shebuel was the chief.
|
||||
17| And the sons of Eliezer were, Rehabiah the chief. And Eliezer had none other sons; but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.
|
||||
18| Of the sons of Izhar; Shelomith the chief.
|
||||
19| Of the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.
|
||||
20| Of the sons of Uzziel; Micah the first and Jesiah the second.
|
||||
21| The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. The sons of Mahli; Eleazar, and Kish.
|
||||
22| And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters: and their brethren the sons of Kish took them.
|
||||
23| The sons of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three.
|
||||
24| These were the sons of Levi after the house of their fathers; even the chief of the fathers, as they were counted by number of names by their polls, that did the work for the service of the house of the LORD, from the age of twenty years and upward.
|
||||
25| For David said, The LORD God of Israel hath given rest unto his people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem for ever:
|
||||
26| And also unto the Levites; they shall no more carry the tabernacle, nor any vessels of it for the service thereof.
|
||||
27| For by the last words of David the Levites were numbered from twenty years old and above:
|
||||
28| Because their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the LORD, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, and the work of the service of the house of God;
|
||||
29| Both for the shewbread, and for the fine flour for meat offering, and for the unleavened cakes, and for that which is baked in the pan, and for that which is fried, and for all manner of measure and size;
|
||||
30| And to stand every morning to thank and praise the LORD, and likewise at even:
|
||||
31| And to offer all burnt sacrifices unto the LORD in the sabbaths, in the new moons, and on the set feasts, by number, according to the order commanded unto them, continually before the LORD:
|
||||
32| And that they should keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the holy place, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren, in the service of the house of the LORD.
|
||||
#24
|
||||
1| Now these are the divisions of the sons of Aaron. The sons of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
|
||||
2| But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children: therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest's office.
|
||||
3| And David distributed them, both Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, according to their offices in their service.
|
||||
4| And there were more chief men found of the sons of Eleazar than of the sons of Ithamar, and thus were they divided. Among the sons of Eleazar there were sixteen chief men of the house of their fathers, and eight among the sons of Ithamar according to the house of their fathers.
|
||||
5| Thus were they divided by lot, one sort with another; for the governors of the sanctuary, and governors of the house of God, were of the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar.
|
||||
6| And Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel the scribe, one of the Levites, wrote them before the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and before the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites: one principal household being taken for Eleazar, and one taken for Ithamar.
|
||||
7| Now the first lot came forth to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah,
|
||||
8| The third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim,
|
||||
9| The fifth to Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamin,
|
||||
10| The seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah,
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||||
11| The ninth to Jeshuah, the tenth to Shecaniah,
|
||||
12| The eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim,
|
||||
13| The thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab,
|
||||
14| The fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer,
|
||||
15| The seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Aphses,
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16| The nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezekel,
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17| The one and twentieth to Jachin, the two and twentieth to Gamul,
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18| The three and twentieth to Delaiah, the four and twentieth to Maaziah.
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19| These were the orderings of them in their service to come into the house of the LORD, according to their manner, under Aaron their father, as the LORD God of Israel had commanded him.
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20| And the rest of the sons of Levi were these: Of the sons of Amram; Shubael: of the sons of Shubael; Jehdeiah.
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21| Concerning Rehabiah: of the sons of Rehabiah, the first was Isshiah.
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22| Of the Izharites; Shelomoth: of the sons of Shelomoth; Jahath.
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23| And the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth.
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24| Of the sons of Uzziel; Michah: of the sons of Michah; Shamir.
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25| The brother of Michah was Isshiah: of the sons of Isshiah; Zechariah.
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26| The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi: the sons of Jaaziah; Beno.
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27| The sons of Merari by Jaaziah; Beno, and Shoham, and Zaccur, and Ibri.
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28| Of Mahli came Eleazar, who had no sons.
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29| Concerning Kish: the son of Kish was Jerahmeel.
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30| The sons also of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites after the house of their fathers.
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31| These likewise cast lots over against their brethren the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites, even the principal fathers over against their younger brethren.
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#25
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1| Moreover David and the captains of the host separated to the service of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: and the number of the workmen according to their service was:
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2| Of the sons of Asaph; Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asarelah, the sons of Asaph under the hands of Asaph, which prophesied according to the order of the king.
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3| Of Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun; Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with a harp, to give thanks and to praise the LORD.
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4| Of Heman: the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamtiezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth:
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5| All these were the sons of Heman the king's seer in the words of God, to lift up the horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.
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6| All these were under the hands of their father for song in the house of the LORD, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God, according to the king's order to Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman.
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7| So the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed in the songs of the LORD, even all that were cunning, was two hundred fourscore and eight.
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8| And they cast lots, ward against ward, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.
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9| Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph: the second to Gedaliah, who with his brethren and sons were twelve:
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10| The third to Zaccur, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
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11| The fourth to Izri, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
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12| The fifth to Nethaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
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13| The sixth to Bukkiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
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14| The seventh to Jesharelah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
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15| The eighth to Jeshaiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
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16| The ninth to Mattaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
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17| The tenth to Shimei, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
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18| The eleventh to Azareel, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
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19| The twelfth to Hashabiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
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20| The thirteenth to Shubael, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
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21| The fourteenth to Mattithiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
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22| The fifteenth to Jeremoth, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
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23| The sixteenth to Hananiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
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24| The seventeenth to Joshbekashah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
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25| The eighteenth to Hanani, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
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26| The nineteenth to Mallothi, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
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27| The twentieth to Eliathah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
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28| The one and twentieth to Hothir, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
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29| The two and twentieth to Giddalti, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
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30| The three and twentieth to Mahazioth, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
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31| The four and twentieth to Romamtiezer, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve.
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#26
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1| Concerning the divisions of the porters: Of the Korhites was Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.
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2| And the sons of Meshelemiah were, Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth,
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3| Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Elioenai the seventh.
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4| Moreover the sons of Obededom were, Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth, and Nethaneel the fifth.
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5| Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peulthai the eighth: for God blessed him.
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6| Also unto Shemaiah his son were sons born, that ruled throughout the house of their father: for they were mighty men of valour.
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7| The sons of Shemaiah; Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad, whose brethren were strong men, Elihu, and Semachiah.
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8| All these of the sons of Obededom: they and their sons and their brethren, able men for strength for the service, were threescore and two of Obededom.
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9| And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, strong men, eighteen.
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10| Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons; Simri the chief, (for though he was not the firstborn, yet his father made him the chief;)
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11| Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all the sons and brethren of Hosah were thirteen.
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12| Among these were the divisions of the porters, even among the chief men, having wards one against another, to minister in the house of the LORD.
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13| And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to the house of their fathers, for every gate.
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14| And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his son, a wise counsellor, they cast lots; and his lot came out northward.
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15| To Obededom southward; and to his sons the house of Asuppim.
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16| To Shuppim and Hosah the lot came forth westward, with the gate Shallecheth, by the causeway of the going up, ward against ward.
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17| Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and toward Asuppim two and two.
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18| At Parbar westward, four at the causeway, and two at Parbar.
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19| These are the divisions of the porters among the sons of Kore, and among the sons of Merari.
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20| And of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasures of the house of God, and over the treasures of the dedicated things.
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21| As concerning the sons of Laadan; the sons of the Gershonite Laadan, chief fathers, even of Laadan the Gershonite, were Jehieli.
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22| The sons of Jehieli; Zetham, and Joel his brother, which were over the treasures of the house of the LORD.
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23| Of the Amramites, and the Izharites, the Hebronites, and the Uzzielites:
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24| And Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was ruler of the treasures.
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25| And his brethren by Eliezer; Rehabiah his son, and Jeshaiah his son, and Joram his son, and Zichri his son, and Shelomith his son.
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26| Which Shelomith and his brethren were over all the treasures of the dedicated things, which David the king, and the chief fathers, the captains over thousands and hundreds, and the captains of the host, had dedicated.
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27| Out of the spoils won in battles did they dedicate to maintain the house of the LORD.
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28| And all that Samuel the seer, and Saul the son of Kish, and Abner the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruiah, had dedicated; and whosoever had dedicated any thing, it was under the hand of Shelomith, and of his brethren.
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29| Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons were for the outward business over Israel, for officers and judges.
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30| And of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his brethren, men of valour, a thousand and seven hundred, were officers among them of Israel on this side Jordan westward in all the business of the LORD, and in the service of the king.
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31| Among the Hebronites was Jerijah the chief, even among the Hebronites, according to the generations of his fathers. In the fortieth year of the reign of David they were sought for, and there were found among them mighty men of valour at Jazer of Gilead.
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32| And his brethren, men of valour, were two thousand and seven hundred chief fathers, whom king David made rulers over the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, for every matter pertaining to God, and affairs of the king.
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#27
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1| Now the children of Israel after their number, to wit, the chief fathers and captains of thousands and hundreds, and their officers that served the king in any matter of the courses, which came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year, of every course were twenty and four thousand.
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2| Over the first course for the first month was Jashobeam the son of Zabdiel: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
|
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3| Of the children of Perez was the chief of all the captains of the host for the first month.
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4| And over the course of the second month was Dodai an Ahohite, and of his course was Mikloth also the ruler: in his course likewise were twenty and four thousand.
|
||||
5| The third captain of the host for the third month was Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, a chief priest: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
|
||||
6| This is that Benaiah, who was mighty among the thirty, and above the thirty: and in his course was Ammizabad his son.
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7| The fourth captain for the fourth month was Asahel the brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
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||||
8| The fifth captain for the fifth month was Shamhuth the Izrahite: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
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||||
9| The sixth captain for the sixth month was Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
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||||
10| The seventh captain for the seventh month was Helez the Pelonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
|
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11| The eighth captain for the eighth month was Sibbecai the Hushathite, of the Zarhites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
|
||||
12| The ninth captain for the ninth month was Abiezer the Anetothite, of the Benjamites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
|
||||
13| The tenth captain for the tenth month was Maharai the Netophathite, of the Zarhites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
|
||||
14| The eleventh captain for the eleventh month was Benaiah the Pirathonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
|
||||
15| The twelfth captain for the twelfth month was Heldai the Netophathite, of Othniel: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
|
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16| Furthermore over the tribes of Israel: the ruler of the Reubenites was Eliezer the son of Zichri: of the Simeonites, Shephatiah the son of Maachah:
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17| Of the Levites, Hashabiah the son of Kemuel: of the Aaronites, Zadok:
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18| Of Judah, Elihu, one of the brethren of David: of Issachar, Omri the son of Michael:
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||||
19| Of Zebulun, Ishmaiah the son of Obadiah: of Naphtali, Jerimoth the son of Azriel:
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||||
20| Of the children of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Azaziah: of the half tribe of Manasseh, Joel the son of Pedaiah:
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21| Of the half tribe of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo the son of Zechariah: of Benjamin, Jaasiel the son of Abner:
|
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22| Of Dan, Azareel the son of Jeroham. These were the princes of the tribes of Israel.
|
||||
23| But David took not the number of them from twenty years old and under: because the LORD had said he would increase Israel like to the stars of the heavens.
|
||||
24| Joab the son of Zeruiah began to number, but he finished not, because there fell wrath for it against Israel; neither was the number put in the account of the chronicles of king David.
|
||||
25| And over the king's treasures was Azmaveth the son of Adiel: and over the storehouses in the fields, in the cities, and in the villages, and in the castles, was Jehonathan the son of Uzziah:
|
||||
26| And over them that did the work of the field for tillage of the ground was Ezri the son of Chelub:
|
||||
27| And over the vineyards was Shimei the Ramathite: over the increase of the vineyards for the wine cellars was Zabdi the Shiphmite:
|
||||
28| And over the olive trees and the sycomore trees that were in the low plains was Baalhanan the Gederite: and over the cellars of oil was Joash:
|
||||
29| And over the herds that fed in Sharon was Shitrai the Sharonite: and over the herds that were in the valleys was Shaphat the son of Adlai:
|
||||
30| Over the camels also was Obil the Ishmaelite: and over the asses was Jehdeiah the Meronothite:
|
||||
31| And over the flocks was Jaziz the Hagerite. All these were the rulers of the substance which was king David's.
|
||||
32| Also Jonathan David's uncle was a counsellor, a wise man, and a scribe: and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni was with the king's sons:
|
||||
33| And Ahithophel was the king's counsellor: and Hushai the Archite was the king's companion:
|
||||
34| And after Ahithophel was Jehoiada the son of Benaiah, and Abiathar: and the general of the king's army was Joab.
|
||||
#28
|
||||
1| And David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the tribes, and the captains of the companies that ministered to the king by course, and the captains over the thousands, and captains over the hundreds, and the stewards over all the substance and possession of the king, and of his sons, with the officers, and with the mighty men, and with all the valiant men, unto Jerusalem.
|
||||
2| Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my brethren, and my people: As for me, I had in mine heart to build an house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and for the footstool of our God, and had made ready for the building:
|
||||
3| But God said unto me, Thou shalt not build an house for my name, because thou hast been a man of war, and hast shed blood.
|
||||
4| Howbeit the LORD God of Israel chose me before all the house of my father to be king over Israel for ever: for he hath chosen Judah to be the ruler; and of the house of Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he liked me to make me king over all Israel:
|
||||
5| And of all my sons, (for the LORD hath given me many sons,) he hath chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the LORD over Israel.
|
||||
6| And he said unto me, Solomon thy son, he shall build my house and my courts: for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father.
|
||||
7| Moreover I will establish his kingdom for ever, if he be constant to do my commandments and my judgments, as at this day.
|
||||
8| Now therefore in the sight of all Israel the congregation of the LORD, and in the audience of our God, keep and seek for all the commandments of the LORD your God: that ye may possess this good land, and leave it for an inheritance for your children after you for ever.
|
||||
9| And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
|
||||
10| Take heed now; for the LORD hath chosen thee to build an house for the sanctuary: be strong, and do it.
|
||||
11| Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch, and of the houses thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and of the upper chambers thereof, and of the inner parlours thereof, and of the place of the mercy seat,
|
||||
12| And the pattern of all that he had by the spirit, of the courts of the house of the LORD, and of all the chambers round about, of the treasuries of the house of God, and of the treasuries of the dedicated things:
|
||||
13| Also for the courses of the priests and the Levites, and for all the work of the service of the house of the LORD, and for all the vessels of service in the house of the LORD.
|
||||
14| He gave of gold by weight for things of gold, for all instruments of all manner of service; silver also for all instruments of silver by weight, for all instruments of every kind of service:
|
||||
15| Even the weight for the candlesticks of gold, and for their lamps of gold, by weight for every candlestick, and for the lamps thereof: and for the candlesticks of silver by weight, both for the candlestick, and also for the lamps thereof, according to the use of every candlestick.
|
||||
16| And by weight he gave gold for the tables of shewbread, for every table; and likewise silver for the tables of silver:
|
||||
17| Also pure gold for the fleshhooks, and the bowls, and the cups: and for the golden basons he gave gold by weight for every bason; and likewise silver by weight for every bason of silver:
|
||||
18| And for the altar of incense refined gold by weight; and gold for the pattern of the chariot of the cherubims, that spread out their wings, and covered the ark of the covenant of the LORD.
|
||||
19| All this, said David, the LORD made me understand in writing by his hand upon me, even all the works of this pattern.
|
||||
20| And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good courage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed: for the LORD God, even my God, will be with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until thou hast finished all the work for the service of the house of the LORD.
|
||||
21| And, behold, the courses of the priests and the Levites, even they shall be with thee for all the service of the house of God: and there shall be with thee for all manner of workmanship every willing skilful man, for any manner of service: also the princes and all the people will be wholly at thy commandment.
|
||||
#29
|
||||
1| Furthermore David the king said unto all the congregation, Solomon my son, whom alone God hath chosen, is yet young and tender, and the work is great: for the palace is not for man, but for the LORD God.
|
||||
2| Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for things to be made of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and the brass for things of brass, the iron for things of iron, and wood for things of wood; onyx stones, and stones to be set, glistering stones, and of divers colours, and all manner of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance.
|
||||
3| Moreover, because I have set my affection to the house of my God, I have of mine own proper good, of gold and silver, which I have given to the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house.
|
||||
4| Even three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the houses withal:
|
||||
5| The gold for things of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and for all manner of work to be made by the hands of artificers. And who then is willing to consecrate his service this day unto the LORD?
|
||||
6| Then the chief of the fathers and princes of the tribes of Israel and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, with the rulers of the king's work, offered willingly,
|
||||
7| And gave for the service of the house of God of gold five thousand talents and ten thousand drams, and of silver ten thousand talents, and of brass eighteen thousand talents, and one hundred thousand talents of iron.
|
||||
8| And they with whom precious stones were found gave them to the treasure of the house of the LORD, by the hand of Jehiel the Gershonite.
|
||||
9| Then the people rejoiced, for that they offered willingly, because with perfect heart they offered willingly to the LORD: and David the king also rejoiced with great joy.
|
||||
10| Wherefore David blessed the LORD before all the congregation: and David said, Blessed be thou, LORD God of Israel our father, for ever and ever.
|
||||
11| Thine, O LORD is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exalted as head above all.
|
||||
12| Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over all; and in thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all.
|
||||
13| Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious name.
|
||||
14| But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee.
|
||||
15| For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding.
|
||||
16| O LORD our God, all this store that we have prepared to build thee an house for thine holy name cometh of thine hand, and is all thine own.
|
||||
17| I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee.
|
||||
18| O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and prepare their heart unto thee:
|
||||
19| And give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and to do all these things, and to build the palace, for the which I have made provision.
|
||||
20| And David said to all the congregation, Now bless the LORD your God. And all the congregation blessed the LORD God of their fathers, and bowed down their heads, and worshipped the LORD, and the king.
|
||||
21| And they sacrificed sacrifices unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings unto the LORD, on the morrow after that day, even a thousand bullocks, a thousand rams, and a thousand lambs, with their drink offerings, and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel:
|
||||
22| And did eat and drink before the LORD on that day with great gladness. And they made Solomon the son of David king the second time, and anointed him unto the LORD to be the chief governor, and Zadok to be priest.
|
||||
23| Then Solomon sat on the throne of the LORD as king instead of David his father, and prospered; and all Israel obeyed him.
|
||||
24| And all the princes, and the mighty men, and all the sons likewise of king David, submitted themselves unto Solomon the king.
|
||||
25| And the LORD magnified Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all Israel, and bestowed upon him such royal majesty as had not been on any king before him in Israel.
|
||||
26| Thus David the son of Jesse reigned over all Israel.
|
||||
27| And the time that he reigned over Israel was forty years; seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem.
|
||||
28| And he died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and honour: and Solomon his son reigned in his stead.
|
||||
29| Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of Samuel the seer, and in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer,
|
||||
30| With all his reign and his might, and the times that went over him, and over Israel, and over all the kingdoms of the countries.
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#1
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1| Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,
|
||||
2| Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.
|
||||
3| Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
|
||||
4| To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,
|
||||
5| Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
|
||||
6| Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:
|
||||
7| That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:
|
||||
8| Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
|
||||
9| Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.
|
||||
10| Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you:
|
||||
11| Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.
|
||||
12| Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.
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13| Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
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14| As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:
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15| But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;
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16| Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
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17| And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear:
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18| Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;
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19| But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
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20| Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,
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21| Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.
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22| Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:
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23| Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
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24| For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:
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25| But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.
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#2
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1| Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, all evil speakings,
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2| As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:
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3| If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.
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4| To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious,
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5| Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
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6| Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded.
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7| Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner,
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8| And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.
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9| But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light;
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10| Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
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11| Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
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12| Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.
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13| Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;
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14| Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well.
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15| For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:
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16| As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.
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17| Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.
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18| Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.
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19| For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully.
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20| For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.
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21| For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:
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22| Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:
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23| Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:
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24| Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.
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25| For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.
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#3
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1| Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;
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2| While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear.
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3| Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;
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4| But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
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5| For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands:
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6| Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement.
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7| Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.
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8| Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
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9| Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.
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10| For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:
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11| Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.
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12| For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.
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13| And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good?
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14| But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;
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15| But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:
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16| Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.
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17| For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.
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18| For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:
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19| By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;
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20| Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.
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21| The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:
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22| Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.
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#4
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1| Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;
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2| That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.
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3| For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:
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4| Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you:
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5| Who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the quick and the dead.
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6| For for this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.
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7| But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
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8| And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
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9| Use hospitality one to another without grudging.
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10| As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.
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11| If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
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12| Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:
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13| But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.
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14| If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.
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15| But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men's matters.
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16| Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.
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17| For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?
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18| And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?
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19| Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.
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#5
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1| The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:
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2| Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;
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3| Neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.
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4| And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.
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5| Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
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6| Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:
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7| Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
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8| Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
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9| Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.
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10| But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.
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11| To him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
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12| By Silvanus, a faithful brother unto you, as I suppose, I have written briefly, exhorting, and testifying that this is the true grace of God wherein ye stand.
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13| The church that is at Babylon, elected together with you, saluteth you; and so doth Marcus my son.
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14| Greet ye one another with a kiss of charity. Peace be with you all that are in Christ Jesus. Amen.
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#1
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1| Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians which is in God the Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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2| We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers;
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3| Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;
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4| Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God.
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5| For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as ye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake.
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6| And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost.
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7| So that ye were ensamples to all that believe in Macedonia and Achaia.
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8| For from you sounded out the word of the Lord not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith to God-ward is spread abroad; so that we need not to speak any thing.
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9| For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God;
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10| And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.
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#2
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1| For yourselves, brethren, know our entrance in unto you, that it was not in vain:
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2| But even after that we had suffered before, and were shamefully entreated, as ye know, at Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak unto you the gospel of God with much contention.
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3| For our exhortation was not of deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile:
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4| But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts.
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||||
5| For neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloke of covetousness; God is witness:
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6| Nor of men sought we glory, neither of you, nor yet of others, when we might have been burdensome, as the apostles of Christ.
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||||
7| But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children:
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8| So being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us.
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9| For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: for labouring night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.
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10| Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe:
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11| As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children,
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12| That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory.
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13| For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.
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14| For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of God which in Judaea are in Christ Jesus: for ye also have suffered like things of your own countrymen, even as they have of the Jews:
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15| Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men:
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16| Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.
|
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17| But we, brethren, being taken from you for a short time in presence, not in heart, endeavoured the more abundantly to see your face with great desire.
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||||
18| Wherefore we would have come unto you, even I Paul, once and again; but Satan hindered us.
|
||||
19| For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?
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20| For ye are our glory and joy.
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#3
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1| Wherefore when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left at Athens alone;
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2| And sent Timotheus, our brother, and minister of God, and our fellowlabourer in the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith:
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3| That no man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto.
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4| For verily, when we were with you, we told you before that we should suffer tribulation; even as it came to pass, and ye know.
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5| For this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter have tempted you, and our labour be in vain.
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6| But now when Timotheus came from you unto us, and brought us good tidings of your faith and charity, and that ye have good remembrance of us always, desiring greatly to see us, as we also to see you:
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7| Therefore, brethren, we were comforted over you in all our affliction and distress by your faith:
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||||
8| For now we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord.
|
||||
9| For what thanks can we render to God again for you, for all the joy wherewith we joy for your sakes before our God;
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||||
10| Night and day praying exceedingly that we might see your face, and might perfect that which is lacking in your faith?
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||||
11| Now God himself and our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way unto you.
|
||||
12| And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you:
|
||||
13| To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.
|
||||
#4
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1| Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more.
|
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2| For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.
|
||||
3| For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:
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4| That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;
|
||||
5| Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:
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||||
6| That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.
|
||||
7| For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.
|
||||
8| He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.
|
||||
9| But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.
|
||||
10| And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren which are in all Macedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and more;
|
||||
11| And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
|
||||
12| That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing.
|
||||
13| But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.
|
||||
14| For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
|
||||
15| For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.
|
||||
16| For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
|
||||
17| Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
|
||||
18| Wherefore comfort one another with these words.
|
||||
#5
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||||
1| But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you.
|
||||
2| For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
|
||||
3| For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
|
||||
4| But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.
|
||||
5| Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
|
||||
6| Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
|
||||
7| For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.
|
||||
8| But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.
|
||||
9| For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,
|
||||
10| Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.
|
||||
11| Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.
|
||||
12| And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;
|
||||
13| And to esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake. And be at peace among yourselves.
|
||||
14| Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men.
|
||||
15| See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men.
|
||||
16| Rejoice evermore.
|
||||
17| Pray without ceasing.
|
||||
18| In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.
|
||||
19| Quench not the Spirit.
|
||||
20| Despise not prophesyings.
|
||||
21| Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
|
||||
22| Abstain from all appearance of evil.
|
||||
23| And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
|
||||
24| Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it.
|
||||
25| Brethren, pray for us.
|
||||
26| Greet all the brethren with an holy kiss.
|
||||
27| I charge you by the Lord that this epistle be read unto all the holy brethren.
|
||||
28| The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.
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#1
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1| Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope;
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||||
2| Unto Timothy, my own son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord.
|
||||
3| As I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus, when I went into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge some that they teach no other doctrine,
|
||||
4| Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do.
|
||||
5| Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:
|
||||
6| From which some having swerved have turned aside unto vain jangling;
|
||||
7| Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm.
|
||||
8| But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully;
|
||||
9| Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,
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||||
10| For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine;
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||||
11| According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.
|
||||
12| And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry;
|
||||
13| Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.
|
||||
14| And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
|
||||
15| This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.
|
||||
16| Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.
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||||
17| Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.
|
||||
18| This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare;
|
||||
19| Holding faith, and a good conscience; which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck:
|
||||
20| Of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I have delivered unto Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme.
|
||||
#2
|
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1| I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;
|
||||
2| For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
|
||||
3| For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;
|
||||
4| Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.
|
||||
5| For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
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6| Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.
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7| Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, and lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity.
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8| I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.
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9| In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;
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10| But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works.
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11| Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.
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12| But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.
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13| For Adam was first formed, then Eve.
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14| And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.
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15| Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.
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1| This is a true saying, if a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
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2| A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
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3| Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
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4| One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
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5| (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
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6| Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.
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7| Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
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8| Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
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9| Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
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10| And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless.
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11| Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
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12| Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
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13| For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase to themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
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14| These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly:
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15| But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
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16| And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.
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1| Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
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2| Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;
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3| Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.
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4| For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:
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5| For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
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6| If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained.
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7| But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness.
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8| For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.
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9| This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation.
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10| For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe.
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11| These things command and teach.
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12| Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
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13| Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.
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14| Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.
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15| Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all.
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16| Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.
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1| Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren;
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2| The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.
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3| Honour widows that are widows indeed.
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4| But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.
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5| Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day.
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6| But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth.
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7| And these things give in charge, that they may be blameless.
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8| But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
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9| Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man.
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10| Well reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints' feet, if she have relieved the afflicted, if she have diligently followed every good work.
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11| But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to wax wanton against Christ, they will marry;
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12| Having damnation, because they have cast off their first faith.
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13| And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.
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14| I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.
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15| For some are already turned aside after Satan.
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16| If any man or woman that believeth have widows, let them relieve them, and let not the church be charged; that it may relieve them that are widows indeed.
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17| Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.
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18| For the scripture saith, thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn. And, The labourer is worthy of his reward.
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19| Against an elder receive not an accusation, but before two or three witnesses.
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20| Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear.
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21| I charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality.
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22| Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men's sins: keep thyself pure.
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23| Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities.
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24| Some men's sins are open beforehand, going before to judgment; and some men they follow after.
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25| Likewise also the good works of some are manifest beforehand; and they that are otherwise cannot be hid.
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#6
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1| Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed.
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2| And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren; but rather do them service, because they are faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit. These things teach and exhort.
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3| If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness;
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4| He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,
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5| Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself.
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6| But godliness with contentment is great gain.
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7| For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.
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8| And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.
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9| But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
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10| For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
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11| But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.
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12| Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.
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13| I give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession;
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14| That thou keep this commandment without spot, unrebukable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ:
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15| Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;
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16| Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.
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17| Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;
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18| That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate;
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19| Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.
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20| O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called:
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21| Which some professing have erred concerning the faith. Grace be with thee. Amen.
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1| James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.
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2| My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
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3| Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
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4| But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
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5| If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
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6| But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.
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7| For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.
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8| A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.
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9| Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted:
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10| But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
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11| For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.
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12| Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
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13| Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:
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14| But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
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15| Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
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16| Do not err, my beloved brethren.
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17| Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
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18| Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
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19| Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
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20| For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
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21| Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
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22| But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
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23| For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:
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24| For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
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25| But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
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26| If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.
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27| Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
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#2
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1| My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons.
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2| For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment;
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3| And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto him, Sit thou here in a good place; and say to the poor, Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool:
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4| Are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts?
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5| Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
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6| But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?
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7| Do not they blaspheme that worthy name by the which ye are called?
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8| If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:
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9| But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors.
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10| For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.
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11| For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law.
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12| So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.
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13| For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.
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14| What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?
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15| If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,
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16| And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?
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17| Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
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18| Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.
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19| Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.
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20| But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?
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21| Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?
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22| Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect?
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23| And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.
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24| Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.
|
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25| Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way?
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26| For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
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#3
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1| My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.
|
||||
2| For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.
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||||
3| Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.
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||||
4| Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth.
|
||||
5| Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!
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||||
6| And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
|
||||
7| For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind:
|
||||
8| But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
|
||||
9| Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.
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||||
10| Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.
|
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11| Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter?
|
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12| Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.
|
||||
13| Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.
|
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14| But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
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15| This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.
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16| For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.
|
||||
17| But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
|
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18| And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.
|
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#4
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1| From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?
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2| Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.
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||||
3| Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
|
||||
4| Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
|
||||
5| Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?
|
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6| But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.
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7| Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
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||||
8| Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
|
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9| Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
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10| Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
|
||||
11| Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.
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12| There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?
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13| Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:
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14| Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
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15| For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.
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16| But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.
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17| Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
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#5
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1| Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
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2| Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
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3| Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.
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4| Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.
|
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5| Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.
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6| Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.
|
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7| Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.
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8| Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
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9| Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.
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10| Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.
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11| Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
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12| But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.
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13| Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.
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14| Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:
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15| And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
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16| Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
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17| Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.
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18| And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
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19| Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him;
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20| Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.
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1| (1) ** (1) On the Holy and Great Sunday of Pascha, at Liturgy ** In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
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2| The same was in the beginning with God.
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3| All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
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4| In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
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5| And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
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6| There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
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7| The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.
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8| He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.
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9| That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
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10| He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.
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11| He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
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12| But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
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13| Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
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14| And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
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15| John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.
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16| And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.
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17| For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. *(End for Pascha)*
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18| (2) ** (2) On Bright Monday ** No man hath seen God at any time, the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
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19| And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou?
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20| And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ.
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21| And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No.
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22| Then said they unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself?
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23| He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.
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24| And they which were sent were of the Pharisees.
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25| And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet?
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26| John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not;
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27| He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose.
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28| These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing. *(End for Monday)*
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29| The next day (3) ** (3) On the day after Theophany (Synaxis of St John the Baptist): "At that time, ..." ** John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
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30| This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me.
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31| And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water.
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32| And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him.
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33| And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost.
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34| And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God. *(End for St John the Baptist)*
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35| Again the next day (4) ** (4) Wednesday of Bright Week; To the Holy Apostle Andrew: "At that time, ..." ** after John stood, and two of his disciples;
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36| And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God!
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37| And the two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus.
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38| Then Jesus turned, and saw them following, and saith unto them, What seek ye? They said unto him, Rabbi, (which is to say, being interpreted, Master,) where dwellest thou?
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39| He saith unto them, Come and see. They came and saw where he dwelt, and abode with him that day: for it was about the tenth hour.
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40| One of the two which heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother.
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41| He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.
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42| And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone.
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43| The day following (5) ** (5) The First Week of Lent; To the Holy Apostle Philip: "At that time, ..." ** Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and findeth Philip, and saith unto him, Follow me.
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44| Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.
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45| Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.
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46| And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see.
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47| Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!
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48| Nathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said unto him, Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee.
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49| Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel.
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50| Jesus answered and said unto him, Because I said unto thee, I saw thee under the fig tree, believest thou? thou shalt see greater things than these.
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51| And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man. *(End for Wednesday, Sunday, St Andrew, and St Philip)*
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#2
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1| And the third day (6) ** (6) Monday of the Second Week: "At that time, ..." ** there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there:
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2| And both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage.
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3| And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, They have no wine.
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4| Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come.
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5| His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it.
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6| And there were set there six waterpots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece.
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7| Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. And they filled them up to the brim.
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8| And he saith unto them, Draw out now, and bear unto the governor of the feast. And they bare it.
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9| When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and knew not whence it was: (but the servants which drew the water knew;) the governor of the feast called the bridegroom,
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10| And saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine; and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse: but thou hast kept the good wine until now.
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11| This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory; and his disciples believed on him. *(Emd for Monday)*
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12| After this he (7) ** (7) Friday of Bright Week: "At that time, Jesus ..." ** went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, and his brethren, and his disciples: and they continued there not many days.
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13| And the Jews' passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
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14| And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting:
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15| And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers' money, and overthrew the tables;
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16| And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father's house an house of merchandise.
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17| And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up.
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18| Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things?
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19| Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.
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20| Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?
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21| But he spake of the temple of his body.
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22| When therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this unto them; and they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said. *(End for Friday)*
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23| Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in the feast day, many believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which he did.
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24| But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men,
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25| And needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man.
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#3
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1| (8) ** (8) Thursday of Bright Week: "At that time, ... " ** There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:
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2| The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.
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3| Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
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4| Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born?
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5| Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
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6| That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
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7| Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
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8| The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
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9| Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?
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10| Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things?
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11| Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.
|
||||
12| If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?
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13| And (9) ** (9) Sunday before the Exaltation: "The Lord said: ..." ** no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.
|
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14| And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:
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15| That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. *(End for Thursday)*
|
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16| For (10) ** (10) Tuesday of the Second Week: "The Lord said: ..." ** God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
|
||||
17| For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. *(End for Sunday before the Exaltation)*
|
||||
18| He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
|
||||
19| And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
|
||||
20| For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
|
||||
21| But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God. *(End for Tuesday)*
|
||||
22| After these things (11) ** (11) Saturday of Bright Week: "At that time, ..." ** came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judaea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized.
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23| And John also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized.
|
||||
24| For John was not yet cast into prison.
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25| Then there arose a question between some of John's disciples and the Jews about purifying.
|
||||
26| And they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come to him.
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27| John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.
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28| Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him.
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29| He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.
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30| He must increase, but I must decrease.
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31| He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he that cometh from heaven is above all.
|
||||
32| And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; and no man receiveth his testimony.
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33| He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true. *(End for Saturday)*
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34| For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him.
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||||
35| The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand.
|
||||
36| He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.
|
||||
#4
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1| When therefore the LORD knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John,
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2| (Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples,)
|
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3| He left Judaea, and departed again into Galilee.
|
||||
4| And he must needs go through Samaria.
|
||||
5| Then cometh he (12) ** (12) Fifth Sunday after Pascha: "At that time, Jesus cometh..." ** to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
|
||||
6| Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour.
|
||||
7| There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink.
|
||||
8| (For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.)
|
||||
9| Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans.
|
||||
10| Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.
|
||||
11| The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water?
|
||||
12| Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle?
|
||||
13| Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again:
|
||||
14| But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.
|
||||
15| The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw.
|
||||
16| Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither.
|
||||
17| The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband:
|
||||
18| For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly.
|
||||
19| The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet.
|
||||
20| Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.
|
||||
21| Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father.
|
||||
22| Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.
|
||||
23| But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
|
||||
24| God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
|
||||
25| The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things.
|
||||
26| Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he.
|
||||
27| And upon this came his disciples, and marvelled that he talked with the woman: yet no man said, What seekest thou? or, Why talkest thou with her?
|
||||
28| The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men,
|
||||
29| Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?
|
||||
30| Then they went out of the city, and came unto him.
|
||||
31| In the mean while his disciples prayed him, saying, Master, eat.
|
||||
32| But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of.
|
||||
33| Therefore said the disciples one to another, Hath any man brought him ought to eat?
|
||||
34| Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
|
||||
35| Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.
|
||||
36| And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.
|
||||
37| And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth.
|
||||
38| I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours.
|
||||
39| And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for the saying of the woman, which testified, He told me all that ever I did.
|
||||
40| So when the Samaritans were come unto him, they besought him that he would tarry with them: and he abode there two days.
|
||||
41| And many more believed because of his own word;
|
||||
42| And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world. *(End for Sunday)*
|
||||
43| Now after two days he departed thence, and went into Galilee.
|
||||
44| For Jesus himself testified, that a prophet hath no honour in his own country.
|
||||
45| Then when he was come into Galilee, the Galilaeans received him, having seen all the things that he did at Jerusalem at the feast: for they also went unto the feast.
|
||||
46| So Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine. And (13) ** (13) Monday of the Third Week: "At that time, ..." ** there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at Capernaum.
|
||||
47| When he heard that Jesus was come out of Judaea into Galilee, he went unto him, and besought him that he would come down, and heal his son: for he was at the point of death.
|
||||
48| Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe.
|
||||
49| The nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come down ere my child die.
|
||||
50| Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way; thy son liveth. And the man believed the word that Jesus had spoken unto him, and he went his way.
|
||||
51| And as he was now going down, his servants met him, and told him, saying, Thy son liveth.
|
||||
52| Then enquired he of them the hour when he began to amend. And they said unto him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.
|
||||
53| So the father knew that it was at the same hour, in the which Jesus said unto him, Thy son liveth: and himself believed, and his whole house.
|
||||
54| This is again the second miracle that Jesus did, when he was come out of Judaea into Galilee. *(End for Monday)*
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#5
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1| After this there was a feast of the Jews; and (14) ** (14) The Fourth Sunday after Pascha; For the Blessing of the Waters: "At that time, ..." ** Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
|
||||
2| Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.
|
||||
3| In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water.
|
||||
4| For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had. *(End for Blessing of Waters)*
|
||||
5| And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years.
|
||||
6| When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he saith unto him, Wilt thou be made whole?
|
||||
7| The impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me.
|
||||
8| Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk.
|
||||
9| And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked: and on the same day was the sabbath.
|
||||
10| The Jews therefore said unto him that was cured, It is the sabbath day: it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed.
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||||
11| He answered them, He that made me whole, the same said unto me, Take up thy bed, and walk.
|
||||
12| Then asked they him, What man is that which said unto thee, Take up thy bed, and walk?
|
||||
13| And he that was healed wist not who it was: for Jesus had conveyed himself away, a multitude being in that place.
|
||||
14| Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.
|
||||
15| The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus, which had made him whole. *(End for Sunday)*
|
||||
16| And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day.
|
||||
17| But Jesus answered them, (15) ** (15) Wednesday of the Second Week; For the reposed on Monday: "Jesus said to the Jews that came to Him: ..." ** My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.
|
||||
18| Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.
|
||||
19| Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.
|
||||
20| For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that himself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye may marvel.
|
||||
21| For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.
|
||||
22| For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son:
|
||||
23| That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.
|
||||
24| (16) ** (16) Thursday of the Second Week; For the dead on Tuesday and Saturday: "Jesus said to the Jews that came to Him: ..." ** Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life. *(End for Wednesday)*
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||||
25| Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.
|
||||
26| For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;
|
||||
27| And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man.
|
||||
28| Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,
|
||||
29| And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.
|
||||
30| I can of mine own self do nothing: (17) ** (17) Friday of the Second Week: "Jesus said to the Jews that came to Him..." ** as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me. *(End for Thursday and the Reposed)*
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31| If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.
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||||
32| There is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true.
|
||||
33| Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth.
|
||||
34| But I receive not testimony from man: but these things I say, that ye might be saved.
|
||||
35| He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.
|
||||
36| But I have greater witness than that of John: for the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me.
|
||||
37| And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape.
|
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38| And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye believe not.
|
||||
39| Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
|
||||
40| And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.
|
||||
41| I receive not honour from men.
|
||||
42| But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you.
|
||||
43| I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.
|
||||
44| How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only?
|
||||
45| Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust.
|
||||
46| For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me; for he wrote of me.
|
||||
47| But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?
|
||||
#6
|
||||
1| After these things Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias.
|
||||
2| And a great multitude followed him, because they saw his miracles which he did on them that were diseased. *(End for Friday)*
|
||||
3| And Jesus went up into a mountain, and there he sat with his disciples.
|
||||
4| And the passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh.
|
||||
5| When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat?
|
||||
6| And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he would do.
|
||||
7| Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little.
|
||||
8| One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, saith unto him,
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9| There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?
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10| And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.
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11| And Jesus took the loaves; and when he had given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were set down; and likewise of the fishes as much as they would.
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12| When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost.
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13| Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over and above unto them that had eaten.
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14| Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that prophet that should come into the world.
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15| When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone.
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16| And when even was now come, his disciples went down unto the sea,
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17| And entered into a ship, and went over the sea toward Capernaum. And it was now dark, and Jesus was not come to them.
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18| And the sea arose by reason of a great wind that blew.
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19| So when they had rowed about five and twenty or thirty furlongs, they see Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing nigh unto the ship: and they were afraid.
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20| But he saith unto them, It is I; be not afraid.
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21| Then they willingly received him into the ship: and immediately the ship was at the land whither they went.
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22| The day following, when the people which stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was none other boat there, save that one whereinto his disciples were entered, and that Jesus went not with his disciples into the boat, but that his disciples were gone away alone;
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23| (Howbeit there came other boats from Tiberias nigh unto the place where they did eat bread, after that the Lord had given thanks:)
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24| When the people therefore saw that Jesus was not there, neither his disciples, they also took shipping, and came to Capernaum, seeking for Jesus.
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25| And when they had found him on the other side of the sea, they said unto him, Rabbi, when camest thou hither?
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26| Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled.
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27| Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.
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28| Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God?
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29| Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.
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30| They said therefore unto him, What sign shewest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work?
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31| Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat.
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32| Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven.
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33| For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.
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34| Then said they unto him, Lord, evermore give us this bread.
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35| And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.
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36| But I said unto you, That ye also have seen me, and believe not.
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37| All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.
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38| For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.
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39| And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.
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40| And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.
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41| The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven.
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42| And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how is it then that he saith, I came down from heaven?
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43| Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, Murmur not among yourselves.
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44| No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.
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45| It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me.
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46| Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father.
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47| Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.
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48| I am that bread of life.
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49| Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead.
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50| This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.
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51| I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
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52| The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?
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53| Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.
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54| Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.
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55| For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.
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56| He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.
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57| As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.
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58| This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever.
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59| These things said he in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum.
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60| Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it?
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61| When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured at it, he said unto them, Doth this offend you?
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62| What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before?
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63| It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
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64| But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who should betray him.
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65| And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father.
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66| From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.
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67| Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away?
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68| Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.
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69| And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God.
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70| Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?
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71| He spake of Judas Iscariot the son of Simon: for he it was that should betray him, being one of the twelve.
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#7
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1| After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him.
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2| Now the Jew's feast of tabernacles was at hand.
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3| His brethren therefore said unto him, Depart hence, and go into Judaea, that thy disciples also may see the works that thou doest.
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4| For there is no man that doeth any thing in secret, and he himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou do these things, shew thyself to the world.
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5| For neither did his brethren believe in him.
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6| Then Jesus said unto them, My time is not yet come: but your time is alway ready.
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7| The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.
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8| Go ye up unto this feast: I go not up yet unto this feast: for my time is not yet full come.
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9| When he had said these words unto them, he abode still in Galilee.
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10| But when his brethren were gone up, then went he also up unto the feast, not openly, but as it were in secret.
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11| Then the Jews sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he?
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12| And there was much murmuring among the people concerning him: for some said, He is a good man: others said, Nay; but he deceiveth the people.
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13| Howbeit no man spake openly of him for fear of the Jews.
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14| Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught.
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15| And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?
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16| Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.
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17| If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.
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18| He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.
|
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19| Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me?
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20| The people answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who goeth about to kill thee?
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21| Jesus answered and said unto them, I have done one work, and ye all marvel.
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22| Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision; (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers;) and ye on the sabbath day circumcise a man.
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23| If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day?
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24| Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
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25| Then said some of them of Jerusalem, Is not this he, whom they seek to kill?
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26| But, lo, he speaketh boldly, and they say nothing unto him. Do the rulers know indeed that this is the very Christ?
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27| Howbeit we know this man whence he is: but when Christ cometh, no man knoweth whence he is.
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28| Then cried Jesus in the temple as he taught, saying, Ye both know me, and ye know whence I am: and I am not come of myself, but he that sent me is true, whom ye know not.
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29| But I know him: for I am from him, and he hath sent me.
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30| Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come.
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31| And many of the people believed on him, and said, When Christ cometh, will he do more miracles than these which this man hath done?
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32| The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things concerning him; and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take him.
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33| Then said Jesus unto them, Yet a little while am I with you, and then I go unto him that sent me.
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34| Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come.
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35| Then said the Jews among themselves, Whither will he go, that we shall not find him? will he go unto the dispersed among the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles?
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36| What manner of saying is this that he said, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come?
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37| In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.
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38| He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
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39| (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)
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40| Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet.
|
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41| Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee?
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42| Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?
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43| So there was a division among the people because of him.
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44| And some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands on him.
|
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45| Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why have ye not brought him?
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46| The officers answered, Never man spake like this man.
|
||||
47| Then answered them the Pharisees, Are ye also deceived?
|
||||
48| Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him?
|
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49| But this people who knoweth not the law are cursed.
|
||||
50| Nicodemus saith unto them, (he that came to Jesus by night, being one of them,)
|
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51| Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth?
|
||||
52| They answered and said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee? Search, and look: for out of Galilee ariseth no prophet.
|
||||
53| And every man went unto his own house.
|
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#8
|
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1| Jesus went unto the mount of Olives.
|
||||
2| And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them.
|
||||
3| And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst,
|
||||
4| They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act.
|
||||
5| Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou?
|
||||
6| This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not.
|
||||
7| So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.
|
||||
8| And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground.
|
||||
9| And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.
|
||||
10| When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee?
|
||||
11| She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.
|
||||
12| Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
|
||||
13| The Pharisees therefore said unto him, Thou bearest record of thyself; thy record is not true.
|
||||
14| Jesus answered and said unto them, Though I bear record of myself, yet my record is true: for I know whence I came, and whither I go; but ye cannot tell whence I come, and whither I go.
|
||||
15| Ye judge after the flesh; I judge no man.
|
||||
16| And yet if I judge, my judgment is true: for I am not alone, but I and the Father that sent me.
|
||||
17| It is also written in your law, that the testimony of two men is true.
|
||||
18| I am one that bear witness of myself, and the Father that sent me beareth witness of me.
|
||||
19| Then said they unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye neither know me, nor my Father: if ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also.
|
||||
20| These words spake Jesus in the treasury, as he taught in the temple: and no man laid hands on him; for his hour was not yet come.
|
||||
21| Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot come.
|
||||
22| Then said the Jews, Will he kill himself? because he saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come.
|
||||
23| And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.
|
||||
24| I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.
|
||||
25| Then said they unto him, Who art thou? And Jesus saith unto them, Even the same that I said unto you from the beginning.
|
||||
26| I have many things to say and to judge of you: but he that sent me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I have heard of him.
|
||||
27| They understood not that he spake to them of the Father.
|
||||
28| Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things.
|
||||
29| And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone; for I do always those things that please him.
|
||||
30| As he spake these words, many believed on him.
|
||||
31| Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;
|
||||
32| And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
|
||||
33| They answered him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?
|
||||
34| Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.
|
||||
35| And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son abideth ever.
|
||||
36| If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.
|
||||
37| I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you.
|
||||
38| I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father.
|
||||
39| They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham.
|
||||
40| But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham.
|
||||
41| Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.
|
||||
42| Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me.
|
||||
43| Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word.
|
||||
44| Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
|
||||
45| And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.
|
||||
46| Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me?
|
||||
47| He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.
|
||||
48| Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil?
|
||||
49| Jesus answered, I have not a devil; but I honour my Father, and ye do dishonour me.
|
||||
50| And I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth.
|
||||
51| Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.
|
||||
52| Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my saying, he shall never taste of death.
|
||||
53| Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself?
|
||||
54| Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God:
|
||||
55| Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying.
|
||||
56| Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.
|
||||
57| Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham?
|
||||
58| Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.
|
||||
59| Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.
|
||||
#9
|
||||
1| And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth.
|
||||
2| And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?
|
||||
3| Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.
|
||||
4| I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.
|
||||
5| As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
|
||||
6| When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay,
|
||||
7| And said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is by interpretation, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed, and came seeing.
|
||||
8| The neighbours therefore, and they which before had seen him that he was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and begged?
|
||||
9| Some said, This is he: others said, He is like him: but he said, I am he.
|
||||
10| Therefore said they unto him, How were thine eyes opened?
|
||||
11| He answered and said, A man that is called Jesus made clay, and anointed mine eyes, and said unto me, Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash: and I went and washed, and I received sight.
|
||||
12| Then said they unto him, Where is he? He said, I know not.
|
||||
13| They brought to the Pharisees him that aforetime was blind.
|
||||
14| And it was the sabbath day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes.
|
||||
15| Then again the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. He said unto them, He put clay upon mine eyes, and I washed, and do see.
|
||||
16| Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of God, because he keepeth not the sabbath day. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among them.
|
||||
17| They say unto the blind man again, What sayest thou of him, that he hath opened thine eyes? He said, He is a prophet.
|
||||
18| But the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind, and received his sight, until they called the parents of him that had received his sight.
|
||||
19| And they asked them, saying, Is this your son, who ye say was born blind? how then doth he now see?
|
||||
20| His parents answered them and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind:
|
||||
21| But by what means he now seeth, we know not; or who hath opened his eyes, we know not: he is of age; ask him: he shall speak for himself.
|
||||
22| These words spake his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess that he was Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.
|
||||
23| Therefore said his parents, He is of age; ask him.
|
||||
24| Then again called they the man that was blind, and said unto him, Give God the praise: we know that this man is a sinner.
|
||||
25| He answered and said, Whether he be a sinner or no, I know not: one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see.
|
||||
26| Then said they to him again, What did he to thee? how opened he thine eyes?
|
||||
27| He answered them, I have told you already, and ye did not hear: wherefore would ye hear it again? will ye also be his disciples?
|
||||
28| Then they reviled him, and said, Thou art his disciple; but we are Moses' disciples.
|
||||
29| We know that God spake unto Moses: as for this fellow, we know not from whence he is.
|
||||
30| The man answered and said unto them, Why herein is a marvellous thing, that ye know not from whence he is, and yet he hath opened mine eyes.
|
||||
31| Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth.
|
||||
32| Since the world began was it not heard that any man opened the eyes of one that was born blind.
|
||||
33| If this man were not of God, he could do nothing.
|
||||
34| They answered and said unto him, Thou wast altogether born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out.
|
||||
35| Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when he had found him, he said unto him, Dost thou believe on the Son of God?
|
||||
36| He answered and said, Who is he, Lord, that I might believe on him?
|
||||
37| And Jesus said unto him, Thou hast both seen him, and it is he that talketh with thee.
|
||||
38| And he said, Lord, I believe. And he worshipped him.
|
||||
39| And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind.
|
||||
40| And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also?
|
||||
41| Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth.
|
||||
#10
|
||||
1| Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
|
||||
2| But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
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3| To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.
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4| And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.
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5| And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.
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6| This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.
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7| Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.
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8| All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.
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9| I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
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10| The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
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11| I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
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12| But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.
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13| The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.
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14| I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.
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15| As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.
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16| And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.
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17| Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.
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18| No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.
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19| There was a division therefore again among the Jews for these sayings.
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20| And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him?
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21| Others said, These are not the words of him that hath a devil. Can a devil open the eyes of the blind?
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22| And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter.
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23| And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch.
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24| Then came the Jews round about him, and said unto him, How long dost thou make us to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly.
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25| Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me.
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26| But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you.
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27| My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
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28| And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
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29| My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.
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30| I and my Father are one.
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31| Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him.
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32| Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?
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33| The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.
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34| Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?
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35| If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;
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36| Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?
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37| If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not.
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38| But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him.
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39| Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their hand,
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40| And went away again beyond Jordan into the place where John at first baptized; and there he abode.
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41| And many resorted unto him, and said, John did no miracle: but all things that John spake of this man were true.
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42| And many believed on him there.
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#11
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1| Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.
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2| (It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)
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3| Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.
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4| When Jesus heard that, he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby.
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5| Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.
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6| When he had heard therefore that he was sick, he abode two days still in the same place where he was.
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7| Then after that saith he to his disciples, Let us go into Judaea again.
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8| His disciples say unto him, Master, the Jews of late sought to stone thee; and goest thou thither again?
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9| Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world.
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10| But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him.
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11| These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.
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12| Then said his disciples, Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well.
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13| Howbeit Jesus spake of his death: but they thought that he had spoken of taking of rest in sleep.
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14| Then said Jesus unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead.
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15| And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, to the intent ye may believe; nevertheless let us go unto him.
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16| Then said Thomas, which is called Didymus, unto his fellowdisciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him.
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17| Then when Jesus came, he found that he had lain in the grave four days already.
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18| Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off:
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19| And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother.
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20| Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met him: but Mary sat still in the house.
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21| Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.
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22| But I know, that even now, whatsoever thou wilt ask of God, God will give it thee.
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23| Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again.
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24| Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day.
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25| Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
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26| And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?
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27| She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world.
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28| And when she had so said, she went her way, and called Mary her sister secretly, saying, The Master is come, and calleth for thee.
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29| As soon as she heard that, she arose quickly, and came unto him.
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30| Now Jesus was not yet come into the town, but was in that place where Martha met him.
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31| The Jews then which were with her in the house, and comforted her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up hastily and went out, followed her, saying, She goeth unto the grave to weep there.
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32| Then when Mary was come where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying unto him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.
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33| When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled.
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34| And said, Where have ye laid him? They said unto him, Lord, come and see.
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35| Jesus wept.
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36| Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved him!
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37| And some of them said, Could not this man, which opened the eyes of the blind, have caused that even this man should not have died?
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38| Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it.
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39| Jesus said, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time he stinketh: for he hath been dead four days.
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40| Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?
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41| Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me.
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42| And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the people which stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me.
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43| And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth.
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44| And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go.
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45| Then many of the Jews which came to Mary, and had seen the things which Jesus did, believed on him.
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46| But some of them went their ways to the Pharisees, and told them what things Jesus had done.
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47| Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles.
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48| If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation.
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49| And one of them, named Caiaphas, being the high priest that same year, said unto them, Ye know nothing at all,
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50| Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.
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51| And this spake he not of himself: but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation;
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52| And not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad.
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53| Then from that day forth they took counsel together for to put him to death.
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54| Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews; but went thence unto a country near to the wilderness, into a city called Ephraim, and there continued with his disciples.
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55| And the Jews' passover was nigh at hand: and many went out of the country up to Jerusalem before the passover, to purify themselves.
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56| Then sought they for Jesus, and spake among themselves, as they stood in the temple, What think ye, that he will not come to the feast?
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57| Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a commandment, that, if any man knew where he were, he should shew it, that they might take him.
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#12
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1| Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead.
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2| There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him.
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3| Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.
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4| Then saith one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, which should betray him,
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||||
5| Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?
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||||
6| This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.
|
||||
7| Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this.
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||||
8| For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always.
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||||
9| Much people of the Jews therefore knew that he was there: and they came not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he had raised from the dead.
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10| But the chief priests consulted that they might put Lazarus also to death;
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11| Because that by reason of him many of the Jews went away, and believed on Jesus.
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||||
12| On the next day much people that were come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,
|
||||
13| Took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna: Blessed is the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord.
|
||||
14| And Jesus, when he had found a young ass, sat thereon; as it is written,
|
||||
15| Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass's colt.
|
||||
16| These things understood not his disciples at the first: but when Jesus was glorified, then remembered they that these things were written of him, and that they had done these things unto him.
|
||||
17| The people therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out of his grave, and raised him from the dead, bare record.
|
||||
18| For this cause the people also met him, for that they heard that he had done this miracle.
|
||||
19| The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Perceive ye how ye prevail nothing? behold, the world is gone after him.
|
||||
20| And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at the feast:
|
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21| The same came therefore to Philip, which was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and desired him, saying, Sir, we would see Jesus.
|
||||
22| Philip cometh and telleth Andrew: and again Andrew and Philip tell Jesus.
|
||||
23| And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified.
|
||||
24| Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.
|
||||
25| He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.
|
||||
26| If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour.
|
||||
27| Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour.
|
||||
28| Father, glorify thy name. Then came there a voice from heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.
|
||||
29| The people therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that it thundered: others said, An angel spake to him.
|
||||
30| Jesus answered and said, This voice came not because of me, but for your sakes.
|
||||
31| Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.
|
||||
32| And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.
|
||||
33| This he said, signifying what death he should die.
|
||||
34| The people answered him, We have heard out of the law that Christ abideth for ever: and how sayest thou, The Son of man must be lifted up? who is this Son of man?
|
||||
35| Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.
|
||||
36| While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light. These things spake Jesus, and departed, and did hide himself from them.
|
||||
37| But though he had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed not on him:
|
||||
38| That the saying of Esaias the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spake, Lord, who hath believed our report? and to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed?
|
||||
39| Therefore they could not believe, because that Esaias said again,
|
||||
40| He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.
|
||||
41| These things said Esaias, when he saw his glory, and spake of him.
|
||||
42| Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed on him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue:
|
||||
43| For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.
|
||||
44| Jesus cried and said, He that believeth on me, believeth not on me, but on him that sent me.
|
||||
45| And he that seeth me seeth him that sent me.
|
||||
46| I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.
|
||||
47| And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.
|
||||
48| He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.
|
||||
49| For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.
|
||||
50| And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.
|
||||
#13
|
||||
1| Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end.
|
||||
2| And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him;
|
||||
3| Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he was come from God, and went to God;
|
||||
4| He riseth from supper, and laid aside his garments; and took a towel, and girded himself.
|
||||
5| After that he poureth water into a bason, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he was girded.
|
||||
6| Then cometh he to Simon Peter: and Peter saith unto him, Lord, dost thou wash my feet?
|
||||
7| Jesus answered and said unto him, What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter.
|
||||
8| Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me.
|
||||
9| Simon Peter saith unto him, Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head.
|
||||
10| Jesus saith to him, He that is washed needeth not save to wash his feet, but is clean every whit: and ye are clean, but not all.
|
||||
11| For he knew who should betray him; therefore said he, Ye are not all clean.
|
||||
12| So after he had washed their feet, and had taken his garments, and was set down again, he said unto them, Know ye what I have done to you?
|
||||
13| Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am.
|
||||
14| If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another's feet.
|
||||
15| For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you.
|
||||
16| Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him.
|
||||
17| If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.
|
||||
18| I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me.
|
||||
19| Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am he.
|
||||
20| Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that receiveth whomsoever I send receiveth me; and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.
|
||||
21| When Jesus had thus said, he was troubled in spirit, and testified, and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me.
|
||||
22| Then the disciples looked one on another, doubting of whom he spake.
|
||||
23| Now there was leaning on Jesus' bosom one of his disciples, whom Jesus loved.
|
||||
24| Simon Peter therefore beckoned to him, that he should ask who it should be of whom he spake.
|
||||
25| He then lying on Jesus' breast saith unto him, Lord, who is it?
|
||||
26| Jesus answered, He it is, to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped it. And when he had dipped the sop, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon.
|
||||
27| And after the sop Satan entered into him. Then said Jesus unto him, That thou doest, do quickly.
|
||||
28| Now no man at the table knew for what intent he spake this unto him.
|
||||
29| For some of them thought, because Judas had the bag, that Jesus had said unto him, Buy those things that we have need of against the feast; or, that he should give something to the poor.
|
||||
30| He then having received the sop went immediately out: and it was night.
|
||||
31| Therefore, when he was gone out, Jesus said, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him.
|
||||
32| If God be glorified in him, God shall also glorify him in himself, and shall straightway glorify him.
|
||||
33| Little children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye shall seek me: and as I said unto the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot come; so now I say to you.
|
||||
34| A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
|
||||
35| By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
|
||||
36| Simon Peter said unto him, Lord, whither goest thou? Jesus answered him, Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now; but thou shalt follow me afterwards.
|
||||
37| Peter said unto him, Lord, why cannot I follow thee now? I will lay down my life for thy sake.
|
||||
38| Jesus answered him, Wilt thou lay down thy life for my sake? Verily, verily, I say unto thee, The cock shall not crow, till thou hast denied me thrice.
|
||||
#14
|
||||
1| Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
|
||||
2| In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
|
||||
3| And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
|
||||
4| And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.
|
||||
5| Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way?
|
||||
6| Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
|
||||
7| If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.
|
||||
8| Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us.
|
||||
9| Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?
|
||||
10| Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.
|
||||
11| Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works' sake.
|
||||
12| Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.
|
||||
13| And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
|
||||
14| If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.
|
||||
15| If ye love me, keep my commandments.
|
||||
16| And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;
|
||||
17| Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
|
||||
18| I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.
|
||||
19| Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.
|
||||
20| At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.
|
||||
21| He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
|
||||
22| Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world?
|
||||
23| Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
|
||||
24| He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me.
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25| These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you.
|
||||
26| But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
|
||||
27| Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
|
||||
28| Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I.
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29| And now I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye might believe.
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30| Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me.
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31| But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence.
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#15
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1| I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
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2| Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
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3| Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.
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4| Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
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5| I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
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6| If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
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7| If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
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8| Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.
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9| As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.
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10| If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.
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11| These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.
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12| This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
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13| Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
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14| Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
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15| Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.
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16| Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
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17| These things I command you, that ye love one another.
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18| If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.
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19| If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
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20| Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.
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21| But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me.
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22| If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloak for their sin.
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23| He that hateth me hateth my Father also.
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24| If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.
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25| But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.
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26| But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:
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27| And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.
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#16
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1| These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended.
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2| They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.
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3| And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.
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4| But these things have I told you, that when the time shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them. And these things I said not unto you at the beginning, because I was with you.
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5| But now I go my way to him that sent me; and none of you asketh me, Whither goest thou?
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6| But because I have said these things unto you, sorrow hath filled your heart.
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7| Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.
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8| And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:
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9| Of sin, because they believe not on me;
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10| Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more;
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11| Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.
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12| I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.
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13| Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.
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14| He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you.
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15| All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you.
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16| A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father.
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17| Then said some of his disciples among themselves, What is this that he saith unto us, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me: and, Because I go to the Father?
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18| They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A little while? we cannot tell what he saith.
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19| Now Jesus knew that they were desirous to ask him, and said unto them, Do ye enquire among yourselves of that I said, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me?
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20| Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.
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21| A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.
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22| And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.
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23| And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you.
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24| Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.
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25| These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall shew you plainly of the Father.
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26| At that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say not unto you, that I will pray the Father for you:
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27| For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God.
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28| I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.
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29| His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb.
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30| Now are we sure that thou knowest all things, and needest not that any man should ask thee: by this we believe that thou camest forth from God.
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31| Jesus answered them, Do ye now believe?
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32| Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.
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33| These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
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#17
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1| These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee:
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2| As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.
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3| And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
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4| I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.
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5| And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.
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6| I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word.
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7| Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee.
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8| For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.
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9| I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine.
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10| And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them.
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11| And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.
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12| While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.
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13| And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.
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14| I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
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15| I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.
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16| They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
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17| Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
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18| As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world.
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19| And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.
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20| Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word;
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21| That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
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22| And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one:
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23| I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.
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24| Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.
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25| O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.
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26| And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.
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#18
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1| When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples over the brook Cedron, where was a garden, into the which he entered, and his disciples.
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2| And Judas also, which betrayed him, knew the place: for Jesus ofttimes resorted thither with his disciples.
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3| Judas then, having received a band of men and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and torches and weapons.
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4| Jesus therefore, knowing all things that should come upon him, went forth, and said unto them, Whom seek ye?
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5| They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, I am he. And Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with them.
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6| As soon then as he had said unto them, I am he, they went backward, and fell to the ground.
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7| Then asked he them again, Whom seek ye? And they said, Jesus of Nazareth.
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8| Jesus answered, I have told you that I am he: if therefore ye seek me, let these go their way:
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9| That the saying might be fulfilled, which he spake, Of them which thou gavest me have I lost none.
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10| Then Simon Peter having a sword drew it, and smote the high priest's servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant's name was Malchus.
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11| Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?
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12| Then the band and the captain and officers of the Jews took Jesus, and bound him,
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||||
13| And led him away to Annas first; for he was father in law to Caiaphas, which was the high priest that same year.
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14| Now Caiaphas was he, which gave counsel to the Jews, that it was expedient that one man should die for the people.
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15| And Simon Peter followed Jesus, and so did another disciple: that disciple was known unto the high priest, and went in with Jesus into the palace of the high priest.
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16| But Peter stood at the door without. Then went out that other disciple, which was known unto the high priest, and spake unto her that kept the door, and brought in Peter.
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17| Then saith the damsel that kept the door unto Peter, Art not thou also one of this man's disciples? He saith, I am not.
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18| And the servants and officers stood there, who had made a fire of coals; for it was cold: and they warmed themselves: and Peter stood with them, and warmed himself.
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||||
19| The high priest then asked Jesus of his disciples, and of his doctrine.
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||||
20| Jesus answered him, I spake openly to the world; I ever taught in the synagogue, and in the temple, whither the Jews always resort; and in secret have I said nothing.
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||||
21| Why askest thou me? ask them which heard me, what I have said unto them: behold, they know what I said.
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||||
22| And when he had thus spoken, one of the officers which stood by struck Jesus with the palm of his hand, saying, Answerest thou the high priest so?
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23| Jesus answered him, If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil: but if well, why smitest thou me?
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24| Now Annas had sent him bound unto Caiaphas the high priest.
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25| And Simon Peter stood and warmed himself. They said therefore unto him, Art not thou also one of his disciples? He denied it, and said, I am not.
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||||
26| One of the servants of the high priest, being his kinsman whose ear Peter cut off, saith, Did not I see thee in the garden with him?
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27| Peter then denied again: and immediately the cock crew.
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28| Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the passover.
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29| Pilate then went out unto them, and said, What accusation bring ye against this man?
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30| They answered and said unto him, If he were not a malefactor, we would not have delivered him up unto thee.
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||||
31| Then said Pilate unto them, Take ye him, and judge him according to your law. The Jews therefore said unto him, It is not lawful for us to put any man to death:
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32| That the saying of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he spake, signifying what death he should die.
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||||
33| Then Pilate entered into the judgment hall again, and called Jesus, and said unto him, Art thou the King of the Jews?
|
||||
34| Jesus answered him, Sayest thou this thing of thyself, or did others tell it thee of me?
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||||
35| Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Thine own nation and the chief priests have delivered thee unto me: what hast thou done?
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||||
36| Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.
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||||
37| Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.
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||||
38| Pilate saith unto him, What is truth? And when he had said this, he went out again unto the Jews, and saith unto them, I find in him no fault at all.
|
||||
39| But ye have a custom, that I should release unto you one at the passover: will ye therefore that I release unto you the King of the Jews?
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||||
40| Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.
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||||
#19
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1| Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him.
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||||
2| And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on him a purple robe,
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||||
3| And said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they smote him with their hands.
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||||
4| Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith unto them, Behold, I bring him forth to you, that ye may know that I find no fault in him.
|
||||
5| Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them, Behold the man!
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||||
6| When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him, and crucify him: for I find no fault in him.
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||||
7| The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.
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||||
8| When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was the more afraid;
|
||||
9| And went again into the judgment hall, and saith unto Jesus, Whence art thou? But Jesus gave him no answer.
|
||||
10| Then saith Pilate unto him, Speakest thou not unto me? knowest thou not that I have power to crucify thee, and have power to release thee?
|
||||
11| Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin.
|
||||
12| And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not Caesar's friend: whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar.
|
||||
13| When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha.
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||||
14| And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King!
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||||
15| But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar.
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||||
16| Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified. And they took Jesus, and led him away.
|
||||
17| And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha:
|
||||
18| Where they crucified him, and two other with him, on either side one, and Jesus in the midst.
|
||||
19| And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS.
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||||
20| This title then read many of the Jews: for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city: and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin.
|
||||
21| Then said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate, Write not, The King of the Jews; but that he said, I am King of the Jews.
|
||||
22| Pilate answered, What I have written I have written.
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||||
23| Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also his coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout.
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||||
24| They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be: that the scripture might be fulfilled, which saith, They parted my raiment among them, and for my vesture they did cast lots. These things therefore the soldiers did.
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||||
25| Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene.
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||||
26| When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son!
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||||
27| Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home.
|
||||
28| After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst.
|
||||
29| Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth.
|
||||
30| When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.
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||||
31| The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.
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32| Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other which was crucified with him.
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||||
33| But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs:
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34| But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.
|
||||
35| And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe.
|
||||
36| For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken.
|
||||
37| And again another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced.
|
||||
38| And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus.
|
||||
39| And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight.
|
||||
40| Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury.
|
||||
41| Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid.
|
||||
42| There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews' preparation day; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand.
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||||
#20
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1| The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre.
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||||
2| Then she runneth, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them, They have taken away the LORD out of the sepulchre, and we know not where they have laid him.
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||||
3| Peter therefore went forth, and that other disciple, and came to the sepulchre.
|
||||
4| So they ran both together: and the other disciple did outrun Peter, and came first to the sepulchre.
|
||||
5| And he stooping down, and looking in, saw the linen clothes lying; yet went he not in.
|
||||
6| Then cometh Simon Peter following him, and went into the sepulchre, and seeth the linen clothes lie,
|
||||
7| And the napkin, that was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itself.
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||||
8| Then went in also that other disciple, which came first to the sepulchre, and he saw, and believed.
|
||||
9| For as yet they knew not the scripture, that he must rise again from the dead.
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||||
10| Then the disciples went away again unto their own home.
|
||||
11| But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping: and as she wept, she stooped down, and looked into the sepulchre,
|
||||
12| And seeth two angels in white sitting, the one at the head, and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain.
|
||||
13| And they say unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? She saith unto them, Because they have taken away my LORD, and I know not where they have laid him.
|
||||
14| And when she had thus said, she turned herself back, and saw Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus.
|
||||
15| Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? whom seekest thou? She, supposing him to be the gardener, saith unto him, Sir, if thou have borne him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will take him away.
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16| Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She turned herself, and saith unto him, Rabboni; which is to say, Master.
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||||
17| Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.
|
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18| Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the LORD, and that he had spoken these things unto her.
|
||||
19| Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.
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20| And when he had so said, he shewed unto them his hands and his side. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the LORD.
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21| Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you.
|
||||
22| And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost:
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23| Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.
|
||||
24| But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came.
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25| The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the LORD. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe.
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26| And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you.
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27| Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing.
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28| And Thomas answered and said unto him, My LORD and my God.
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29| Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.
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30| And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book:
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31| But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.
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1| After these things Jesus shewed himself again to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias; and on this wise shewed he himself.
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2| There were together Simon Peter, and Thomas called Didymus, and Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two other of his disciples.
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3| Simon Peter saith unto them, I go a fishing. They say unto him, We also go with thee. They went forth, and entered into a ship immediately; and that night they caught nothing.
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4| But when the morning was now come, Jesus stood on the shore: but the disciples knew not that it was Jesus.
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5| Then Jesus saith unto them, Children, have ye any meat? They answered him, No.
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6| And he said unto them, Cast the net on the right side of the ship, and ye shall find. They cast therefore, and now they were not able to draw it for the multitude of fishes.
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7| Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved saith unto Peter, It is the Lord. Now when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he girt his fisher's coat unto him, (for he was naked,) and did cast himself into the sea.
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8| And the other disciples came in a little ship; (for they were not far from land, but as it were two hundred cubits,) dragging the net with fishes.
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9| As soon then as they were come to land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid thereon, and bread.
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10| Jesus saith unto them, Bring of the fish which ye have now caught.
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11| Simon Peter went up, and drew the net to land full of great fishes, an hundred and fifty and three: and for all there were so many, yet was not the net broken.
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12| Jesus saith unto them, Come and dine. And none of the disciples durst ask him, Who art thou? knowing that it was the Lord.
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13| Jesus then cometh, and taketh bread, and giveth them, and fish likewise.
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14| This is now the third time that Jesus shewed himself to his disciples, after that he was risen from the dead.
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15| So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs.
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16| He saith to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my sheep.
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17| He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.
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18| Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou girdest thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest: but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not.
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19| This spake he, signifying by what death he should glorify God. And when he had spoken this, he saith unto him, Follow me.
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20| Then Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple whom Jesus loved following; which also leaned on his breast at supper, and said, Lord, which is he that betrayeth thee?
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21| Peter seeing him saith to Jesus, Lord, and what shall this man do?
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22| Jesus saith unto him, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? follow thou me.
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23| Then went this saying abroad among the brethren, that that disciple should not die: yet Jesus said not unto him, He shall not die; but, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee?
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24| This is the disciple which testifieth of these things, and wrote these things: and we know that his testimony is true.
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25| And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. Amen.
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1| The word of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.
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2| Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land. Hath this been in your days, or even in the days of your fathers?
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3| Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation.
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4| That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten.
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5| Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.
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6| For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion.
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7| He hath laid my vine waste, and barked my fig tree: he hath made it clean bare, and cast it away; the branches thereof are made white.
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8| Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.
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9| The meat offering and the drink offering is cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests, the LORD's ministers, mourn.
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10| The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.
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11| Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished.
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12| The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languisheth; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all the trees of the field, are withered: because joy is withered away from the sons of men.
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13| Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the house of your God.
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14| Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the LORD your God, and cry unto the LORD,
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15| Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.
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16| Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from the house of our God?
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17| The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.
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18| How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.
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19| O LORD, to thee will I cry: for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees of the field.
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20| The beasts of the field cry also unto thee: for the rivers of waters are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness.
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1| Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh, for it is nigh at hand;
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2| A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations.
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3| A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
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4| The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so shall they run.
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5| Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array.
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6| Before their face the people shall be much pained: all faces shall gather blackness.
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7| They shall run like mighty men; they shall climb the wall like men of war; and they shall march every one on his ways, and they shall not break their ranks:
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8| Neither shall one thrust another; they shall walk every one in his path: and when they fall upon the sword, they shall not be wounded.
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9| They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon the wall, they shall climb up upon the houses; they shall enter in at the windows like a thief.
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10| The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining:
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11| And the LORD shall utter his voice before his army: for his camp is very great: for he is strong that executeth his word: for the day of the LORD is great and very terrible; and who can abide it?
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12| Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:
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13| And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.
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14| Who knoweth if he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; even a meat offering and a drink offering unto the LORD your God?
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15| Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly:
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16| Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.
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17| Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God?
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18| Then will the LORD be jealous for his land, and pity his people.
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19| Yea, the LORD will answer and say unto his people, Behold, I will send you corn, and wine, and oil, and ye shall be satisfied therewith: and I will no more make you a reproach among the heathen:
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20| But I will remove far off from you the northern army, and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things.
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21| Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for the LORD will do great things.
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22| Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field: for the pastures of the wilderness do spring, for the tree beareth her fruit, the fig tree and the vine do yield their strength.
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23| Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month.
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24| And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the vats shall overflow with wine and oil.
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25| And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.
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26| And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of the LORD your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you: and my people shall never be ashamed.
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27| And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am the LORD your God, and none else: and my people shall never be ashamed.
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28| And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:
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29| And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit.
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30| And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.
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31| The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the LORD come.
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32| And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call.
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1| For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem,
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2| I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.
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3| And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.
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4| Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all the coasts of Palestine? will ye render me a recompence? and if ye recompense me, swiftly and speedily will I return your recompence upon your own head;
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5| Because ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my goodly pleasant things:
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6| The children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the Grecians, that ye might remove them far from their border.
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7| Behold, I will raise them out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will return your recompence upon your own head:
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8| And I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a people far off: for the LORD hath spoken it.
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9| Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up:
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10| Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong.
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11| Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, and gather yourselves together round about: thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O LORD.
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12| Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the heathen round about.
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13| Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness is great.
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14| Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.
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15| The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.
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16| The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the LORD will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel.
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17| So shall ye know that I am the LORD your God dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass through her any more.
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18| And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth out of the house of the LORD, and shall water the valley of Shittim.
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19| Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, for the violence against the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land.
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20| But Judah shall dwell for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation.
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21| For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the LORD dwelleth in Zion.
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1| Now the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,
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2| Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.
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3| But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD.
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4| But the LORD sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken.
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5| Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his god, and cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten it of them. But Jonah was gone down into the sides of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep.
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6| So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not.
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7| And they said every one to his fellow, Come, and let us cast lots, that we may know for whose cause this evil is upon us. So they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah.
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8| Then said they unto him, Tell us, we pray thee, for whose cause this evil is upon us; What is thine occupation? and whence comest thou? what is thy country? and of what people art thou?
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9| And he said unto them, I am an Hebrew; and I fear the LORD, the God of heaven, which hath made the sea and the dry land.
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10| Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said unto him. Why hast thou done this? For the men knew that he fled from the presence of the LORD, because he had told them.
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11| Then said they unto him, What shall we do unto thee, that the sea may be calm unto us? for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous.
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12| And he said unto them, Take me up, and cast me forth into the sea; so shall the sea be calm unto you: for I know that for my sake this great tempest is upon you.
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13| Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring it to the land; but they could not: for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous against them.
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14| Wherefore they cried unto the LORD, and said, We beseech thee, O LORD, we beseech thee, let us not perish for this man's life, and lay not upon us innocent blood: for thou, O LORD, hast done as it pleased thee.
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15| So they look up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging.
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16| Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice unto the LORD, and made vows.
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1| Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
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2| Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish's belly,
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3| And said, ** (Ode Six) ** I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice.
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4| For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me.
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5| Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.
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6| The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head.
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7| I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O LORD my God.
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8| When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.
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9| They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
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10| But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the LORD. *(End of Ode Six)*
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11| And the LORD spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.
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1| And the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the second time, saying,
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2| Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.
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3| So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days' journey.
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4| And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.
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5| So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.
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6| For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
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7| And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink water:
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8| But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands.
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9| Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?
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10| And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.
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#4
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1| But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry.
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2| And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil.
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3| Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.
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4| Then said the LORD, Doest thou well to be angry?
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5| So Jonah went out of the city, and sat on the east side of the city, and there made him a booth, and sat under it in the shadow, till he might see what would become of the city.
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6| And the LORD God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his grief. So Jonah was exceeding glad of the gourd.
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7| But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.
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8| And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.
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9| And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even unto death.
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10| Then said the LORD, Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night:
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11| And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more then sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?
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1| Now after the death of Moses the servant of the LORD it came to pass, that the LORD spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying,
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2| Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the land which I do give to them, even to the children of Israel.
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3| Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you, as I said unto Moses.
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4| From the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your coast.
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5| There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
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6| Be strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give them.
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7| Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper withersoever thou goest.
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8| This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
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9| Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
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10| Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying,
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11| Pass through the host, and command the people, saying, Prepare you victuals; for within three days ye shall pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land, which the LORD your God giveth you to possess it.
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12| And to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to half the tribe of Manasseh, spake Joshua, saying,
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13| Remember the word which Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, saying, The LORD your God hath given you rest, and hath given you this land.
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14| Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle, shall remain in the land which Moses gave you on this side Jordan; but ye shall pass before your brethren armed, all the mighty men of valour, and help them;
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15| Until the LORD have given your brethren rest, as he hath given you, and they also have possessed the land which the LORD your God giveth them: then ye shall return unto the land of your possession, and enjoy it, which Moses the LORD's servant gave you on this side Jordan toward the sunrising.
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16| And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou commandest us we will do, and whithersoever thou sendest us, we will go.
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17| According as we hearkened unto Moses in all things, so will we hearken unto thee: only the LORD thy God be with thee, as he was with Moses.
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18| Whosoever he be that doth rebel against thy commandment, and will not hearken unto thy words in all that thou commandest him, he shall be put to death: only be strong and of a good courage.
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#2
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1| And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot's house, named Rahab, and lodged there.
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2| And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, there came men in hither to night of the children of Israel to search out the country.
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||||
3| And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying, Bring forth the men that are come to thee, which are entered into thine house: for they be come to search out all the country.
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4| And the woman took the two men, and hid them, and said thus, There came men unto me, but I wist not whence they were:
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5| And it came to pass about the time of shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out: whither the men went I wot not: pursue after them quickly; for ye shall overtake them.
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6| But she had brought them up to the roof of the house, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof.
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7| And the men pursued after them the way to Jordan unto the fords: and as soon as they which pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gate.
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8| And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof;
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9| And she said unto the men, I know that the LORD hath given you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you.
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10| For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red sea for you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites, that were on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed.
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11| And as soon as we had heard these things, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you: for the LORD your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath.
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12| Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the LORD, since I have shewed you kindness, that ye will also shew kindness unto my father's house, and give me a true token:
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13| And that ye will save alive my father, and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death.
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14| And the men answered her, Our life for yours, if ye utter not this our business. And it shall be, when the LORD hath given us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with thee.
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15| Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house was upon the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.
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16| And she said unto them, Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers meet you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be returned: and afterward may ye go your way.
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17| And the men said unto her, We will be blameless of this thine oath which thou hast made us swear.
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18| Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by: and thou shalt bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father's household, home unto thee.
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19| And it shall be, that whosoever shall go out of the doors of thy house into the street, his blood shall be upon his head, and we will be guiltless: and whosoever shall be with thee in the house, his blood shall be on our head, if any hand be upon him.
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20| And if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.
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21| And she said, According unto your words, so be it. And she sent them away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window.
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22| And they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode there three days, until the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but found them not.
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23| So the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun, and told him all things that befell them:
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24| And they said unto Joshua, Truly the LORD hath delivered into our hands all the land; for even all the inhabitants of the country do faint because of us.
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#3
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1| And Joshua rose early in the morning; and they removed from Shittim, and came to Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and lodged there before they passed over.
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2| And it came to pass after three days, that the officers went through the host;
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3| And they commanded the people, saying, When ye see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, and the priests the Levites bearing it, then ye shall remove from your place, and go after it.
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4| Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go: for ye have not passed this way heretofore.
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5| And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves: for to morrow the LORD will do wonders among you.
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6| And Joshua spake unto the priests, saying, Take up the ark of the covenant, and pass over before the people. And they took up the ark of the covenant, and went before the people.
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7| And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day will I begin to magnify thee in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee.
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8| And thou shalt command the priests that bear the ark of the covenant, saying, When ye are come to the brink of the water of Jordan, ye shall stand still in Jordan.
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9| And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, Come hither, and hear the words of the LORD your God.
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10| And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you, and that he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Jebusites.
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11| Behold, the ark of the covenant of the LORD of all the earth passeth over before you into Jordan.
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12| Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a man.
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13| And it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of the LORD, the LORD of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of Jordan, that the waters of Jordan shall be cut off from the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand upon an heap.
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14| And it came to pass, when the people removed from their tents, to pass over Jordan, and the priests bearing the ark of the covenant before the people;
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15| And as they that bare the ark were come unto Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water, (for Jordan overfloweth all his banks all the time of harvest,)
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16| That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.
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17| And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the midst of Jordan, and all the Israelites passed over on dry ground, until all the people were passed clean over Jordan.
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#4
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1| And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over Jordan, that the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying,
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2| Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,
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3| And command ye them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of Jordan, out of the place where the priests' feet stood firm, twelve stones, and ye shall carry them over with you, and leave them in the lodging place, where ye shall lodge this night.
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4| Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of every tribe a man:
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5| And Joshua said unto them, Pass over before the ark of the LORD your God into the midst of Jordan, and take you up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder, according unto the number of the tribes of the children of Israel:
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6| That this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean ye by these stones?
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7| Then ye shall answer them, That the waters of Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD; when it passed over Jordan, the waters of Jordan were cut off: and these stones shall be for a memorial unto the children of Israel for ever.
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8| And the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of Jordan, as the LORD spake unto Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel, and carried them over with them unto the place where they lodged, and laid them down there.
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9| And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests which bare the ark of the covenant stood: and they are there unto this day.
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10| For the priests which bare the ark stood in the midst of Jordan, until everything was finished that the LORD commanded Joshua to speak unto the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua: and the people hasted and passed over.
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11| And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over, that the ark of the LORD passed over, and the priests, in the presence of the people.
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12| And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh, passed over armed before the children of Israel, as Moses spake unto them:
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13| About forty thousand prepared for war passed over before the LORD unto battle, to the plains of Jericho.
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14| On that day the LORD magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel; and they feared him, as they feared Moses, all the days of his life.
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15| And the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying,
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16| Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of Jordan.
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17| Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come ye up out of Jordan.
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18| And it came to pass, when the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD were come up out of the midst of Jordan, and the soles of the priests' feet were lifted up unto the dry land, that the waters of Jordan returned unto their place, and flowed over all his banks, as they did before.
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19| And the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, in the east border of Jericho.
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20| And those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua pitch in Gilgal.
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21| And he spake unto the children of Israel, saying, When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean these stones?
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22| Then ye shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land.
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23| For the LORD your God dried up the waters of Jordan from before you, until ye were passed over, as the LORD your God did to the Red sea, which he dried up from before us, until we were gone over:
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24| That all the people of the earth might know the hand of the LORD, that it is mighty: that ye might fear the LORD your God for ever.
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#5
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1| And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, which were on the side of Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, which were by the sea, heard that the LORD had dried up the waters of Jordan from before the children of Israel, until we were passed over, that their heart melted, neither was there spirit in them any more, because of the children of Israel.
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2| At that time the LORD said unto Joshua, Make thee sharp knives, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time.
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3| And Joshua made him sharp knives, and circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of the foreskins.
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4| And this is the cause why Joshua did circumcise: All the people that came out of Egypt, that were males, even all the men of war, died in the wilderness by the way, after they came out of Egypt.
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5| Now all the people that came out were circumcised: but all the people that were born in the wilderness by the way as they came forth out of Egypt, them they had not circumcised.
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6| For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the people that were men of war, which came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: unto whom the LORD sware that he would not shew them the land, which the LORD sware unto their fathers that he would give us, a land that floweth with milk and honey.
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7| And their children, whom he raised up in their stead, them Joshua circumcised: for they were uncircumcised, because they had not circumcised them by the way.
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8| And it came to pass, when they had done circumcising all the people, that they abode in their places in the camp, till they were whole.
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9| And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you. Wherefore the name of the place is called Gilgal unto this day.
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10| And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains of Jericho.
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11| And they did eat of the old corn of the land on the morrow after the passover, unleavened cakes, and parched corn in the selfsame day.
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12| And the manna ceased on the morrow after they had eaten of the old corn of the land; neither had the children of Israel manna any more; but they did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.
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13| And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries?
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14| And he said, Nay; but as captain of the host of the LORD am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What saith my Lord unto his servant?
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15| And the captain of the LORD's host said unto Joshua, Loose thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is holy. And Joshua did so.
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#6
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1| Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in.
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2| And the LORD said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valour.
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3| And ye shall compass the city, all ye men of war, and go round about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days.
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4| And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams' horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets.
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5| And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with the ram's horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straight before him.
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6| And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said unto them, Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of the LORD.
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7| And he said unto the people, Pass on, and compass the city, and let him that is armed pass on before the ark of the LORD.
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||||
8| And it came to pass, when Joshua had spoken unto the people, that the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams' horns passed on before the LORD, and blew with the trumpets: and the ark of the covenant of the LORD followed them.
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9| And the armed men went before the priests that blew with the trumpets, and the rereward came after the ark, the priests going on, and blowing with the trumpets.
|
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10| And Joshua had commanded the people, saying, Ye shall not shout, nor make any noise with your voice, neither shall any word proceed out of your mouth, until the day I bid you shout; then shall ye shout.
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||||
11| So the ark of the LORD compassed the city, going about it once: and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp.
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||||
12| And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of the LORD.
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||||
13| And seven priests bearing seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of the LORD went on continually, and blew with the trumpets: and the armed men went before them; but the rereward came after the ark of the LORD, the priests going on, and blowing with the trumpets.
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14| And the second day they compassed the city once, and returned into the camp: so they did six days.
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||||
15| And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they rose early about the dawning of the day, and compassed the city after the same manner seven times: only on that day they compassed the city seven times.
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16| And it came to pass at the seventh time, when the priests blew with the trumpets, Joshua said unto the people, Shout; for the LORD hath given you the city.
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||||
17| And the city shall be accursed, even it, and all that are therein, to the LORD: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.
|
||||
18| And ye, in any wise keep yourselves from the accursed thing, lest ye make yourselves accursed, when ye take of the accursed thing, and make the camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it.
|
||||
19| But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, are consecrated unto the LORD: they shall come into the treasury of the LORD.
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||||
20| So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city.
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||||
21| And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword.
|
||||
22| But Joshua had said unto the two men that had spied out the country, Go into the harlot's house, and bring out thence the woman, and all that she hath, as ye sware unto her.
|
||||
23| And the young men that were spies went in, and brought out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that she had; and they brought out all her kindred, and left them without the camp of Israel.
|
||||
24| And they burnt the city with fire, and all that was therein: only the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the LORD.
|
||||
25| And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father's household, and all that she had; and she dwelleth in Israel even unto this day; because she hid the messengers, which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.
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||||
26| And Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the LORD, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: he shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it.
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||||
27| So the LORD was with Joshua; and his fame was noised throughout all the country.
|
||||
#7
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||||
1| But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against the children of Israel.
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||||
2| And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Bethaven, on the east of Bethel, and spake unto them, saying, Go up and view the country. And the men went up and viewed Ai.
|
||||
3| And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai; and make not all the people to labour thither; for they are but few.
|
||||
4| So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai.
|
||||
5| And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men: for they chased them from before the gate even unto Shebarim, and smote them in the going down: wherefore the hearts of the people melted, and became as water.
|
||||
6| And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the LORD until the eventide, he and the elders of Israel, and put dust upon their heads.
|
||||
7| And Joshua said, Alas, O LORD God, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? would to God we had been content, and dwelt on the other side Jordan!
|
||||
8| O LORD, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs before their enemies!
|
||||
9| For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it, and shall environ us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do unto thy great name?
|
||||
10| And the LORD said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face?
|
||||
11| Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: for they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have put it even among their own stuff.
|
||||
12| Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies, but turned their backs before their enemies, because they were accursed: neither will I be with you any more, except ye destroy the accursed from among you.
|
||||
13| Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow: for thus saith the LORD God of Israel, There is an accursed thing in the midst of thee, O Israel: thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the accursed thing from among you.
|
||||
14| In the morning therefore ye shall be brought according to your tribes: and it shall be, that the tribe which the LORD taketh shall come according to the families thereof; and the family which the LORD shall take shall come by households; and the household which the LORD shall take shall come man by man.
|
||||
15| And it shall be, that he that is taken with the accursed thing shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he hath: because he hath transgressed the covenant of the LORD, and because he hath wrought folly in Israel.
|
||||
16| So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel by their tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken:
|
||||
17| And he brought the family of Judah; and he took the family of the Zarhites: and he brought the family of the Zarhites man by man; and Zabdi was taken:
|
||||
18| And he brought his household man by man; and Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken.
|
||||
19| And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to the LORD God of Israel, and make confession unto him; and tell me now what thou hast done; hide it not from me.
|
||||
20| And Achan answered Joshua, and said, Indeed I have sinned against the LORD God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done:
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||||
21| When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.
|
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22| So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran unto the tent; and, behold, it was hid in his tent, and the silver under it.
|
||||
23| And they took them out of the midst of the tent, and brought them unto Joshua, and unto all the children of Israel, and laid them out before the LORD.
|
||||
24| And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had: and they brought them unto the valley of Achor.
|
||||
25| And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled us? the LORD shall trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and burned them with fire, after they had stoned them with stones.
|
||||
26| And they raised over him a great heap of stones unto this day. So the LORD turned from the fierceness of his anger. Wherefore the name of that place was called, The valley of Achor, unto this day.
|
||||
#8
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1| And the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear not, neither be thou dismayed: take all the people of war with thee, and arise, go up to Ai: see, I have given into thy hand the king of Ai, and his people, and his city, and his land:
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2| And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst unto Jericho and her king: only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves: lay thee an ambush for the city behind it.
|
||||
3| So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up against Ai: and Joshua chose out thirty thousand mighty men of valour, and sent them away by night.
|
||||
4| And he commanded them, saying, Behold, ye shall lie in wait against the city, even behind the city: go not very far from the city, but be ye all ready:
|
||||
5| And I, and all the people that are with me, will approach unto the city: and it shall come to pass, when they come out against us, as at the first, that we will flee before them,
|
||||
6| (For they will come out after us) till we have drawn them from the city; for they will say, They flee before us, as at the first: therefore we will flee before them.
|
||||
7| Then ye shall rise up from the ambush, and seize upon the city: for the LORD your God will deliver it into your hand.
|
||||
8| And it shall be, when ye have taken the city, that ye shall set the city on fire: according to the commandment of the LORD shall ye do. See, I have commanded you.
|
||||
9| Joshua therefore sent them forth: and they went to lie in ambush, and abode between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Joshua lodged that night among the people.
|
||||
10| And Joshua rose up early in the morning, and numbered the people, and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai.
|
||||
11| And all the people, even the people of war that were with him, went up, and drew nigh, and came before the city, and pitched on the north side of Ai: now there was a valley between them and Ai.
|
||||
12| And he took about five thousand men, and set them to lie in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city.
|
||||
13| And when they had set the people, even all the host that was on the north of the city, and their liers in wait on the west of the city, Joshua went that night into the midst of the valley.
|
||||
14| And it came to pass, when the king of Ai saw it, that they hasted and rose up early, and the men of the city went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at a time appointed, before the plain; but he wist not that there were liers in ambush against him behind the city.
|
||||
15| And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.
|
||||
16| And all the people that were in Ai were called together to pursue after them: and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city.
|
||||
17| And there was not a man left in Ai or Bethel, that went not out after Israel: and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.
|
||||
18| And the LORD said unto Joshua, Stretch out the spear that is in thy hand toward Ai; for I will give it into thine hand. And Joshua stretched out the spear that he had in his hand toward the city.
|
||||
19| And the ambush arose quickly out of their place, and they ran as soon as he had stretched out his hand: and they entered into the city, and took it, and hasted and set the city on fire.
|
||||
20| And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and, behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way: and the people that fled to the wilderness turned back upon the pursuers.
|
||||
21| And when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city, and that the smoke of the city ascended, then they turned again, and slew the men of Ai.
|
||||
22| And the other issued out of the city against them; so they were in the midst of Israel, some on this side, and some on that side: and they smote them, so that they let none of them remain or escape.
|
||||
23| And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua.
|
||||
24| And it came to pass, when Israel had made an end of slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness wherein they chased them, and when they were all fallen on the edge of the sword, until they were consumed, that all the Israelites returned unto Ai, and smote it with the edge of the sword.
|
||||
25| And so it was, that all that fell that day, both of men and women, were twelve thousand, even all the men of Ai.
|
||||
26| For Joshua drew not his hand back, wherewith he stretched out the spear, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.
|
||||
27| Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took for a prey unto themselves, according unto the word of the LORD which he commanded Joshua.
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28| And Joshua burnt Ai, and made it an heap for ever, even a desolation unto this day.
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29| And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until eventide: and as soon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take his carcase down from the tree, and cast it at the entering of the gate of the city, and raise thereon a great heap of stones, that remaineth unto this day.
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30| Then Joshua built an altar unto the LORD God of Israel in mount Ebal,
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31| As Moses the servant of the LORD commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of whole stones, over which no man hath lift up any iron: and they offered thereon burnt offerings unto the LORD, and sacrificed peace offerings.
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32| And he wrote there upon the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he wrote in the presence of the children of Israel.
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33| And all Israel, and their elders, and officers, and their judges, stood on this side the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, as well the stranger, as he that was born among them; half of them over against mount Gerizim, and half of them over against mount Ebal; as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded before, that they should bless the people of Israel.
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34| And afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessings and cursings, according to all that is written in the book of the law.
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35| There was not a word of all that Moses commanded, which Joshua read not before all the congregation of Israel, with the women, and the little ones, and the strangers that were conversant among them.
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#9
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1| And it came to pass, when all the kings which were on this side Jordan, in the hills, and in the valleys, and in all the coasts of the great sea over against Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard thereof;
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2| That they gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord.
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3| And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai,
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4| They did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine bottles, old, and rent, and bound up;
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5| And old shoes and clouted upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and mouldy.
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6| And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said unto him, and to the men of Israel, We be come from a far country: now therefore make ye a league with us.
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7| And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell among us; and how shall we make a league with you?
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8| And they said unto Joshua, We are thy servants. And Joshua said unto them, Who are ye? and from whence come ye?
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9| And they said unto him, From a very far country thy servants are come because of the name of the LORD thy God: for we have heard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt,
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10| And all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites, that were beyond Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon, and to Og king of Bashan, which was at Ashtaroth.
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11| Wherefore our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spake to us, saying, Take victuals with you for the journey, and go to meet them, and say unto them, We are your servants: therefore now make ye a league with us.
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12| This our bread we took hot for our provision out of our houses on the day we came forth to go unto you; but now, behold, it is dry, and it is mouldy:
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13| And these bottles of wine, which we filled, were new; and, behold, they be rent: and these our garments and our shoes are become old by reason of the very long journey.
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14| And the men took of their victuals, and asked not counsel at the mouth of the LORD.
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15| And Joshua made peace with them, and made a league with them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation sware unto them.
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16| And it came to pass at the end of three days after they had made a league with them, that they heard that they were their neighbours, and that they dwelt among them.
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17| And the children of Israel journeyed, and came unto their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kirjathjearim.
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18| And the children of Israel smote them not, because the princes of the congregation had sworn unto them by the LORD God of Israel. And all the congregation murmured against the princes.
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19| But all the princes said unto all the congregation, We have sworn unto them by the LORD God of Israel: now therefore we may not touch them.
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20| This we will do to them; we will even let them live, lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we sware unto them.
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21| And the princes said unto them, Let them live; but let them be hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation; as the princes had promised them.
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22| And Joshua called for them, and he spake unto them, saying, Wherefore have ye beguiled us, saying, We are very far from you; when ye dwell among us?
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23| Now therefore ye are cursed, and there shall none of you be freed from being bondmen, and hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God.
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24| And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told thy servants, how that the LORD thy God commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you, therefore we were sore afraid of our lives because of you, and have done this thing.
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25| And now, behold, we are in thine hand: as it seemeth good and right unto thee to do unto us, do.
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26| And so did he unto them, and delivered them out of the hand of the children of Israel, that they slew them not.
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27| And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of the LORD, even unto this day, in the place which he should choose.
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#10
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1| Now it came to pass, when Adonizedec king of Jerusalem had heard how Joshua had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed it; as he had done to Jericho and her king, so he had done to Ai and her king; and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel, and were among them;
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2| That they feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all the men thereof were mighty.
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3| Wherefore Adonizedec king of Jerusalem, sent unto Hoham king of Hebron, and unto Piram king of Jarmuth, and unto Japhia king of Lachish, and unto Debir king of Eglon, saying,
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4| Come up unto me, and help me, that we may smite Gibeon: for it hath made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel.
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5| Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon, gathered themselves together, and went up, they and all their hosts, and encamped before Gibeon, and made war against it.
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6| And the men of Gibeon sent unto Joshua to the camp to Gilgal, saying, Slack not thy hand from thy servants; come up to us quickly, and save us, and help us: for all the kings of the Amorites that dwell in the mountains are gathered together against us.
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7| So Joshua ascended from Gilgal, he, and all the people of war with him, and all the mighty men of valour.
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8| And the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear them not: for I have delivered them into thine hand; there shall not a man of them stand before thee.
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9| Joshua therefore came unto them suddenly, and went up from Gilgal all night.
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10| And the LORD discomfited them before Israel, and slew them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them along the way that goeth up to Bethhoron, and smote them to Azekah, and unto Makkedah.
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11| And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, and were in the going down to Bethhoron, that the LORD cast down great stones from heaven upon them unto Azekah, and they died: they were more which died with hailstones than they whom the children of Israel slew with the sword.
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12| Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.
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13| And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day.
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14| And there was no day like that before it or after it, that the LORD hearkened unto the voice of a man: for the LORD fought for Israel.
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15| And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to Gilgal.
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16| But these five kings fled, and hid themselves in a cave at Makkedah.
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17| And it was told Joshua, saying, The five kings are found hid in a cave at Makkedah.
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18| And Joshua said, Roll great stones upon the mouth of the cave, and set men by it for to keep them:
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19| And stay ye not, but pursue after your enemies, and smite the hindmost of them; suffer them not to enter into their cities: for the LORD your God hath delivered them into your hand.
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20| And it came to pass, when Joshua and the children of Israel had made an end of slaying them with a very great slaughter, till they were consumed, that the rest which remained of them entered into fenced cities.
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21| And all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in peace: none moved his tongue against any of the children of Israel.
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22| Then said Joshua, Open the mouth of the cave, and bring out those five kings unto me out of the cave.
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23| And they did so, and brought forth those five kings unto him out of the cave, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon.
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24| And it came to pass, when they brought out those kings unto Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said unto the captains of the men of war which went with him, Come near, put your feet upon the necks of these kings. And they came near, and put their feet upon the necks of them.
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25| And Joshua said unto them, Fear not, nor be dismayed, be strong and of good courage: for thus shall the LORD do to all your enemies against whom ye fight.
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26| And afterward Joshua smote them, and slew them, and hanged them on five trees: and they were hanging upon the trees until the evening.
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27| And it came to pass at the time of the going down of the sun, that Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees, and cast them into the cave wherein they had been hid, and laid great stones in the cave's mouth, which remain until this very day.
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28| And that day Joshua took Makkedah, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof he utterly destroyed, them, and all the souls that were therein; he let none remain: and he did to the king of Makkedah as he did unto the king of Jericho.
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29| Then Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, unto Libnah, and fought against Libnah:
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30| And the LORD delivered it also, and the king thereof, into the hand of Israel; and he smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein; he let none remain in it; but did unto the king thereof as he did unto the king of Jericho.
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31| And Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, unto Lachish, and encamped against it, and fought against it:
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32| And the LORD delivered Lachish into the hand of Israel, which took it on the second day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein, according to all that he had done to Libnah.
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33| Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua smote him and his people, until he had left him none remaining.
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34| And from Lachish Joshua passed unto Eglon, and all Israel with him; and they encamped against it, and fought against it:
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35| And they took it on that day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein he utterly destroyed that day, according to all that he had done to Lachish.
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36| And Joshua went up from Eglon, and all Israel with him, unto Hebron; and they fought against it:
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37| And they took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof, and all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining, according to all that he had done to Eglon; but destroyed it utterly, and all the souls that were therein.
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38| And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to Debir; and fought against it:
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39| And he took it, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof; and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining: as he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir, and to the king thereof; as he had done also to Libnah, and to her king.
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40| So Joshua smote all the country of the hills, and of the south, and of the vale, and of the springs, and all their kings: he left none remaining, but utterly destroyed all that breathed, as the LORD God of Israel commanded.
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41| And Joshua smote them from Kadeshbarnea even unto Gaza, and all the country of Goshen, even unto Gibeon.
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42| And all these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time, because the LORD God of Israel fought for Israel.
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43| And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to Gilgal.
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#11
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1| And it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor had heard those things, that he sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph,
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2| And to the kings that were on the north of the mountains, and of the plains south of Chinneroth, and in the valley, and in the borders of Dor on the west,
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3| And to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and to the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the mountains, and to the Hivite under Hermon in the land of Mizpeh.
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4| And they went out, they and all their hosts with them, much people, even as the sand that is upon the sea shore in multitude, with horses and chariots very many.
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5| And when all these kings were met together, they came and pitched together at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel.
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6| And the LORD said unto Joshua, Be not afraid because of them: for to morrow about this time will I deliver them up all slain before Israel: thou shalt hough their horses, and burn their chariots with fire.
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||||
7| So Joshua came, and all the people of war with him, against them by the waters of Merom suddenly; and they fell upon them.
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||||
8| And the LORD delivered them into the hand of Israel, who smote them, and chased them unto great Zidon, and unto Misrephothmaim, and unto the valley of Mizpeh eastward; and they smote them, until they left them none remaining.
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9| And Joshua did unto them as the LORD bade him: he houghed their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.
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10| And Joshua at that time turned back, and took Hazor, and smote the king thereof with the sword: for Hazor beforetime was the head of all those kingdoms.
|
||||
11| And they smote all the souls that were therein with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying them: there was not any left to breathe: and he burnt Hazor with fire.
|
||||
12| And all the cities of those kings, and all the kings of them, did Joshua take, and smote them with the edge of the sword, and he utterly destroyed them, as Moses the servant of the LORD commanded.
|
||||
13| But as for the cities that stood still in their strength, Israel burned none of them, save Hazor only; that did Joshua burn.
|
||||
14| And all the spoil of these cities, and the cattle, the children of Israel took for a prey unto themselves; but every man they smote with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them, neither left they any to breathe.
|
||||
15| As the LORD commanded Moses his servant, so did Moses command Joshua, and so did Joshua; he left nothing undone of all that the LORD commanded Moses.
|
||||
16| So Joshua took all that land, the hills, and all the south country, and all the land of Goshen, and the valley, and the plain, and the mountain of Israel, and the valley of the same;
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||||
17| Even from the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir, even unto Baalgad in the valley of Lebanon under mount Hermon: and all their kings he took, and smote them, and slew them.
|
||||
18| Joshua made war a long time with all those kings.
|
||||
19| There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel, save the Hivites the inhabitants of Gibeon: all other they took in battle.
|
||||
20| For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts, that they should come against Israel in battle, that he might destroy them utterly, and that they might have no favour, but that he might destroy them, as the LORD commanded Moses.
|
||||
21| And at that time came Joshua, and cut off the Anakims from the mountains, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the mountains of Judah, and from all the mountains of Israel: Joshua destroyed them utterly with their cities.
|
||||
22| There was none of the Anakims left in the land of the children of Israel: only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, there remained.
|
||||
23| So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the LORD said unto Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. And the land rested from war.
|
||||
#12
|
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1| Now these are the kings of the land, which the children of Israel smote, and possessed their land on the other side Jordan toward the rising of the sun, from the river Arnon unto mount Hermon, and all the plain on the east:
|
||||
2| Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and from the middle of the river, and from half Gilead, even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;
|
||||
3| And from the plain to the sea of Chinneroth on the east, and unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea on the east, the way to Bethjeshimoth; and from the south, under Ashdothpisgah:
|
||||
4| And the coast of Og king of Bashan, which was of the remnant of the giants, that dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei,
|
||||
5| And reigned in mount Hermon, and in Salcah, and in all Bashan, unto the border of the Geshurites and the Maachathites, and half Gilead, the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.
|
||||
6| Them did Moses the servant of the LORD and the children of Israel smite: and Moses the servant of the LORD gave it for a possession unto the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh.
|
||||
7| And these are the kings of the country which Joshua and the children of Israel smote on this side Jordan on the west, from Baalgad in the valley of Lebanon even unto the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir; which Joshua gave unto the tribes of Israel for a possession according to their divisions;
|
||||
8| In the mountains, and in the valleys, and in the plains, and in the springs, and in the wilderness, and in the south country; the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites:
|
||||
9| The king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one;
|
||||
10| The king of Jerusalem, one; the king of Hebron, one;
|
||||
11| The king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one;
|
||||
12| The king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one;
|
||||
13| The king of Debir, one; the king of Geder, one;
|
||||
14| The king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;
|
||||
15| The king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;
|
||||
16| The king of Makkedah, one; the king of Bethel, one;
|
||||
17| The king of Tappuah, one; the king of Hepher, one;
|
||||
18| The king of Aphek, one; the king of Lasharon, one;
|
||||
19| The king of Madon, one; the king of Hazor, one;
|
||||
20| The king of Shimronmeron, one; the king of Achshaph, one;
|
||||
21| The king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one;
|
||||
22| The king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam of Carmel, one;
|
||||
23| The king of Dor in the coast of Dor, one; the king of the nations of Gilgal, one;
|
||||
24| The king of Tirzah, one: all the kings thirty and one.
|
||||
#13
|
||||
1| Now Joshua was old and stricken in years; and the LORD said unto him, Thou art old and stricken in years, and there remaineth yet very much land to be possessed.
|
||||
2| This is the land that yet remaineth: all the borders of the Philistines, and all Geshuri,
|
||||
3| From Sihor, which is before Egypt, even unto the borders of Ekron northward, which is counted to the Canaanite: five lords of the Philistines; the Gazathites, and the Ashdothites, the Eshkalonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avites:
|
||||
4| From the south, all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah that is beside the Sidonians unto Aphek, to the borders of the Amorites:
|
||||
5| And the land of the Giblites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrising, from Baalgad under mount Hermon unto the entering into Hamath.
|
||||
6| All the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon unto Misrephothmaim, and all the Sidonians, them will I drive out from before the children of Israel: only divide thou it by lot unto the Israelites for an inheritance, as I have commanded thee.
|
||||
7| Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance unto the nine tribes, and the half tribe of Manasseh,
|
||||
8| With whom the Reubenites and the Gadites have received their inheritance, which Moses gave them, beyond Jordan eastward, even as Moses the servant of the LORD gave them;
|
||||
9| From Aroer, that is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain of Medeba unto Dibon;
|
||||
10| And all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, unto the border of the children of Ammon;
|
||||
11| And Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maachathites, and all mount Hermon, and all Bashan unto Salcah;
|
||||
12| All the kingdom of Og in Bashan, which reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei, who remained of the remnant of the giants: for these did Moses smite, and cast them out.
|
||||
13| Nevertheless the children of Israel expelled not the Geshurites, nor the Maachathites: but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell among the Israelites until this day.
|
||||
14| Only unto the tribes of Levi he gave none inheritance; the sacrifices of the LORD God of Israel made by fire are their inheritance, as he said unto them.
|
||||
15| And Moses gave unto the tribe of the children of Reuben inheritance according to their families.
|
||||
16| And their coast was from Aroer, that is on the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain by Medeba;
|
||||
17| Heshbon, and all her cities that are in the plain; Dibon, and Bamothbaal, and Bethbaalmeon,
|
||||
18| And Jahaza, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath,
|
||||
19| And Kirjathaim, and Sibmah, and Zarethshahar in the mount of the valley,
|
||||
20| And Bethpeor, and Ashdothpisgah, and Bethjeshimoth,
|
||||
21| And all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses smote with the princes of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, which were dukes of Sihon, dwelling in the country.
|
||||
22| Balaam also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did the children of Israel slay with the sword among them that were slain by them.
|
||||
23| And the border of the children of Reuben was Jordan, and the border thereof. This was the inheritance of the children of Reuben after their families, the cities and the villages thereof.
|
||||
24| And Moses gave inheritance unto the tribe of Gad, even unto the children of Gad according to their families.
|
||||
25| And their coast was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the children of Ammon, unto Aroer that is before Rabbah;
|
||||
26| And from Heshbon unto Ramathmizpeh, and Betonim; and from Mahanaim unto the border of Debir;
|
||||
27| And in the valley, Betharam, and Bethnimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, Jordan and his border, even unto the edge of the sea of Chinnereth on the other side Jordan eastward.
|
||||
28| This is the inheritance of the children of Gad after their families, the cities, and their villages.
|
||||
29| And Moses gave inheritance unto the half tribe of Manasseh: and this was the possession of the half tribe of the children of Manasseh by their families.
|
||||
30| And their coast was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, which are in Bashan, threescore cities:
|
||||
31| And half Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were pertaining unto the children of Machir the son of Manasseh, even to the one half of the children of Machir by their families.
|
||||
32| These are the countries which Moses did distribute for inheritance in the plains of Moab, on the other side Jordan, by Jericho, eastward.
|
||||
33| But unto the tribe of Levi Moses gave not any inheritance: the LORD God of Israel was their inheritance, as he said unto them.
|
||||
#14
|
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1| And these are the countries which the children of Israel inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed for inheritance to them.
|
||||
2| By lot was their inheritance, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half tribe.
|
||||
3| For Moses had given the inheritance of two tribes and an half tribe on the other side Jordan: but unto the Levites he gave none inheritance among them.
|
||||
4| For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim: therefore they gave no part unto the Levites in the land, save cities to dwell in, with their suburbs for their cattle and for their substance.
|
||||
5| As the LORD commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did, and they divided the land.
|
||||
6| Then the children of Judah came unto Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite said unto him, Thou knowest the thing that the LORD said unto Moses the man of God concerning me and thee in Kadeshbarnea.
|
||||
7| Forty years old was I when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from Kadeshbarnea to espy out the land; and I brought him word again as it was in mine heart.
|
||||
8| Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt: but I wholly followed the LORD my God.
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9| And Moses sware on that day, saying, Surely the land whereon thy feet have trodden shall be thine inheritance, and thy children's for ever, because thou hast wholly followed the LORD my God.
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10| And now, behold, the LORD hath kept me alive, as he said, these forty and five years, even since the LORD spake this word unto Moses, while the children of Israel wandered in the wilderness: and now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old.
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11| As yet I am as strong this day as I was in the day that Moses sent me: as my strength was then, even so is my strength now, for war, both to go out, and to come in.
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12| Now therefore give me this mountain, whereof the LORD spake in that day; for thou heardest in that day how the Anakims were there, and that the cities were great and fenced: if so be the LORD will be with me, then I shall be able to drive them out, as the LORD said.
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13| And Joshua blessed him, and gave unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh Hebron for an inheritance.
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14| Hebron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite unto this day, because that he wholly followed the LORD God of Israel.
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15| And the name of Hebron before was Kirjatharba; which Arba was a great man among the Anakims. And the land had rest from war.
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#15
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1| This then was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah by their families; even to the border of Edom the wilderness of Zin southward was the uttermost part of the south coast.
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2| And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the bay that looketh southward:
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3| And it went out to the south side to Maalehacrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and ascended up on the south side unto Kadeshbarnea, and passed along to Hezron, and went up to Adar, and fetched a compass to Karkaa:
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4| From thence it passed toward Azmon, and went out unto the river of Egypt; and the goings out of that coast were at the sea: this shall be your south coast.
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5| And the east border was the salt sea, even unto the end of Jordan. And their border in the north quarter was from the bay of the sea at the uttermost part of Jordan:
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6| And the border went up to Bethhogla, and passed along by the north of Betharabah; and the border went up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben:
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7| And the border went up toward Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward, looking toward Gilgal, that is before the going up to Adummim, which is on the south side of the river: and the border passed toward the waters of Enshemesh, and the goings out thereof were at Enrogel:
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8| And the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom unto the south side of the Jebusite; the same is Jerusalem: and the border went up to the top of the mountain that lieth before the valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the end of the valley of the giants northward:
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9| And the border was drawn from the top of the hill unto the fountain of the water of Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of mount Ephron; and the border was drawn to Baalah, which is Kirjathjearim:
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10| And the border compassed from Baalah westward unto mount Seir, and passed along unto the side of mount Jearim, which is Chesalon, on the north side, and went down to Bethshemesh, and passed on to Timnah:
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11| And the border went out unto the side of Ekron northward: and the border was drawn to Shicron, and passed along to mount Baalah, and went out unto Jabneel; and the goings out of the border were at the sea.
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12| And the west border was to the great sea, and the coast thereof. This is the coast of the children of Judah round about according to their families.
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13| And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a part among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of the LORD to Joshua, even the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron.
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14| And Caleb drove thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.
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15| And he went up thence to the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kirjathsepher.
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16| And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjathsepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.
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17| And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.
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18| And it came to pass, as she came unto him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she lighted off her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wouldest thou?
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19| Who answered, Give me a blessing; for thou hast given me a south land; give me also springs of water. And he gave her the upper springs, and the nether springs.
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20| This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families.
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21| And the uttermost cities of the tribe of the children of Judah toward the coast of Edom southward were Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur,
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22| And Kinah, and Dimonah, and Adadah,
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23| And Kedesh, and Hazor, and Ithnan,
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24| Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth,
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25| And Hazor, Hadattah, and Kerioth, and Hezron, which is Hazor,
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26| Amam, and Shema, and Moladah,
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27| And Hazargaddah, and Heshmon, and Bethpalet,
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28| And Hazarshual, and Beersheba, and Bizjothjah,
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29| Baalah, and Iim, and Azem,
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30| And Eltolad, and Chesil, and Hormah,
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31| And Ziklag, and Madmannah, and Sansannah,
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32| And Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon: all the cities are twenty and nine, with their villages:
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33| And in the valley, Eshtaol, and Zoreah, and Ashnah,
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34| And Zanoah, and Engannim, Tappuah, and Enam,
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35| Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah,
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36| And Sharaim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim; fourteen cities with their villages:
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37| Zenan, and Hadashah, and Migdalgad,
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38| And Dilean, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel,
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39| Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon,
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40| And Cabbon, and Lahmam, and Kithlish,
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41| And Gederoth, Bethdagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities with their villages:
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42| Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan,
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43| And Jiphtah, and Ashnah, and Nezib,
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44| And Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities with their villages:
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45| Ekron, with her towns and her villages:
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46| From Ekron even unto the sea, all that lay near Ashdod, with their villages:
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47| Ashdod with her towns and her villages, Gaza with her towns and her villages, unto the river of Egypt, and the great sea, and the border thereof:
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48| And in the mountains, Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh,
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49| And Dannah, and Kirjathsannah, which is Debir,
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50| And Anab, and Eshtemoh, and Anim,
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51| And Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh; eleven cities with their villages:
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52| Arab, and Dumah, and Eshean,
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53| And Janum, and Bethtappuah, and Aphekah,
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54| And Humtah, and Kirjatharba, which is Hebron, and Zior; nine cities with their villages:
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55| Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Juttah,
|
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56| And Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and Zanoah,
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57| Cain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities with their villages:
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58| Halhul, Bethzur, and Gedor,
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59| And Maarath, and Bethanoth, and Eltekon; six cities with their villages:
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60| Kirjathbaal, which is Kirjathjearim, and Rabbah; two cities with their villages:
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61| In the wilderness, Betharabah, Middin, and Secacah,
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62| And Nibshan, and the city of Salt, and Engedi; six cities with their villages.
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63| As for the Jebusites the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah could not drive them out; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem unto this day.
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#16
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1| And the lot of the children of Joseph fell from Jordan by Jericho, unto the water of Jericho on the east, to the wilderness that goeth up from Jericho throughout mount Bethel,
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2| And goeth out from Bethel to Luz, and passeth along unto the borders of Archi to Ataroth,
|
||||
3| And goeth down westward to the coast of Japhleti, unto the coast of Bethhoron the nether, and to Gezer; and the goings out thereof are at the sea.
|
||||
4| So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance.
|
||||
5| And the border of the children of Ephraim according to their families was thus: even the border of their inheritance on the east side was Atarothaddar, unto Bethhoron the upper;
|
||||
6| And the border went out toward the sea to Michmethah on the north side; and the border went about eastward unto Taanathshiloh, and passed by it on the east to Janohah;
|
||||
7| And it went down from Janohah to Ataroth, and to Naarath, and came to Jericho, and went out at Jordan.
|
||||
8| The border went out from Tappuah westward unto the river Kanah; and the goings out thereof were at the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim by their families.
|
||||
9| And the separate cities for the children of Ephraim were among the inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all the cities with their villages.
|
||||
10| And they drave not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites unto this day, and serve under tribute.
|
||||
#17
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1| There was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was the firstborn of Joseph; to wit, for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead: because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan.
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||||
2| There was also a lot for the rest of the children of Manasseh by their families; for the children of Abiezer, and for the children of Helek, and for the children of Asriel, and for the children of Shechem, and for the children of Hepher, and for the children of Shemida: these were the male children of Manasseh the son of Joseph by their families.
|
||||
3| But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but daughters: and these are the names of his daughters, Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
|
||||
4| And they came near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua the son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, The LORD commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brethren. Therefore according to the commandment of the LORD he gave them an inheritance among the brethren of their father.
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||||
5| And there fell ten portions to Manasseh, beside the land of Gilead and Bashan, which were on the other side Jordan;
|
||||
6| Because the daughters of Manasseh had an inheritance among his sons: and the rest of Manasseh's sons had the land of Gilead.
|
||||
7| And the coast of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethah, that lieth before Shechem; and the border went along on the right hand unto the inhabitants of Entappuah.
|
||||
8| Now Manasseh had the land of Tappuah: but Tappuah on the border of Manasseh belonged to the children of Ephraim;
|
||||
9| And the coast descended unto the river Kanah, southward of the river: these cities of Ephraim are among the cities of Manasseh: the coast of Manasseh also was on the north side of the river, and the outgoings of it were at the sea:
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||||
10| Southward it was Ephraim's, and northward it was Manasseh's, and the sea is his border; and they met together in Asher on the north, and in Issachar on the east.
|
||||
11| And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Bethshean and her towns, and Ibleam and her towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Endor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and her towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns, even three countries.
|
||||
12| Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
|
||||
13| Yet it came to pass, when the children of Israel were waxen strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute, but did not utterly drive them out.
|
||||
14| And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given me but one lot and one portion to inherit, seeing I am a great people, forasmuch as the LORD hath blessed me hitherto?
|
||||
15| And Joshua answered them, If thou be a great people, then get thee up to the wood country, and cut down for thyself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the giants, if mount Ephraim be too narrow for thee.
|
||||
16| And the children of Joseph said, The hill is not enough for us: and all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron, both they who are of Bethshean and her towns, and they who are of the valley of Jezreel.
|
||||
17| And Joshua spake unto the house of Joseph, even to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying, Thou art a great people, and hast great power: thou shalt not have one lot only:
|
||||
18| But the mountain shall be thine; for it is a wood, and thou shalt cut it down: and the outgoings of it shall be thine: for thou shalt drive out the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots, and though they be strong.
|
||||
#18
|
||||
1| And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there. And the land was subdued before them.
|
||||
2| And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes, which had not yet received their inheritance.
|
||||
3| And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How long are ye slack to go to possess the land, which the LORD God of your fathers hath given you?
|
||||
4| Give out from among you three men for each tribe: and I will send them, and they shall rise, and go through the land, and describe it according to the inheritance of them; and they shall come again to me.
|
||||
5| And they shall divide it into seven parts: Judah shall abide in their coast on the south, and the house of Joseph shall abide in their coasts on the north.
|
||||
6| Ye shall therefore describe the land into seven parts, and bring the description hither to me, that I may cast lots for you here before the LORD our God.
|
||||
7| But the Levites have no part among you; for the priesthood of the LORD is their inheritance: and Gad, and Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh, have received their inheritance beyond Jordan on the east, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave them.
|
||||
8| And the men arose, and went away: and Joshua charged them that went to describe the land, saying, Go and walk through the land, and describe it, and come again to me, that I may here cast lots for you before the LORD in Shiloh.
|
||||
9| And the men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven parts in a book, and came again to Joshua to the host at Shiloh.
|
||||
10| And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD: and there Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel according to their divisions.
|
||||
11| And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families: and the coast of their lot came forth between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph.
|
||||
12| And their border on the north side was from Jordan; and the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north side, and went up through the mountains westward; and the goings out thereof were at the wilderness of Bethaven.
|
||||
13| And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side of Luz, which is Bethel, southward; and the border descended to Atarothadar, near the hill that lieth on the south side of the nether Bethhoron.
|
||||
14| And the border was drawn thence, and compassed the corner of the sea southward, from the hill that lieth before Bethhoron southward; and the goings out thereof were at Kirjathbaal, which is Kirjathjearim, a city of the children of Judah: this was the west quarter.
|
||||
15| And the south quarter was from the end of Kirjathjearim, and the border went out on the west, and went out to the well of waters of Nephtoah:
|
||||
16| And the border came down to the end of the mountain that lieth before the valley of the son of Hinnom, and which is in the valley of the giants on the north, and descended to the valley of Hinnom, to the side of Jebusi on the south, and descended to Enrogel,
|
||||
17| And was drawn from the north, and went forth to Enshemesh, and went forth toward Geliloth, which is over against the going up of Adummim, and descended to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben,
|
||||
18| And passed along toward the side over against Arabah northward, and went down unto Arabah:
|
||||
19| And the border passed along to the side of Bethhoglah northward: and the outgoings of the border were at the north bay of the salt sea at the south end of Jordan: this was the south coast.
|
||||
20| And Jordan was the border of it on the east side. This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin, by the coasts thereof round about, according to their families.
|
||||
21| Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho, and Bethhoglah, and the valley of Keziz,
|
||||
22| And Betharabah, and Zemaraim, and Bethel,
|
||||
23| And Avim, and Pharah, and Ophrah,
|
||||
24| And Chepharhaammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba; twelve cities with their villages:
|
||||
25| Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth,
|
||||
26| And Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah,
|
||||
27| And Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah,
|
||||
28| And Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, which is Jerusalem, Gibeath, and Kirjath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.
|
||||
#19
|
||||
1| And the second lot came forth to Simeon, even for the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families: and their inheritance was within the inheritance of the children of Judah.
|
||||
2| And they had in their inheritance Beersheba, and Sheba, and Moladah,
|
||||
3| And Hazarshual, and Balah, and Azem,
|
||||
4| And Eltolad, and Bethul, and Hormah,
|
||||
5| And Ziklag, and Bethmarcaboth, and Hazarsusah,
|
||||
6| And Bethlebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities and their villages:
|
||||
7| Ain, Remmon, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities and their villages:
|
||||
8| And all the villages that were round about these cities to Baalathbeer, Ramath of the south. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families.
|
||||
9| Out of the portion of the children of Judah was the inheritance of the children of Simeon: for the part of the children of Judah was too much for them: therefore the children of Simeon had their inheritance within the inheritance of them.
|
||||
10| And the third lot came up for the children of Zebulun according to their families: and the border of their inheritance was unto Sarid:
|
||||
11| And their border went up toward the sea, and Maralah, and reached to Dabbasheth, and reached to the river that is before Jokneam;
|
||||
12| And turned from Sarid eastward toward the sunrising unto the border of Chislothtabor, and then goeth out to Daberath, and goeth up to Japhia,
|
||||
13| And from thence passeth on along on the east to Gittahhepher, to Ittahkazin, and goeth out to Remmonmethoar to Neah;
|
||||
14| And the border compasseth it on the north side to Hannathon: and the outgoings thereof are in the valley of Jiphthahel:
|
||||
15| And Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Bethlehem: twelve cities with their villages.
|
||||
16| This is the inheritance of the children of Zebulun according to their families, these cities with their villages.
|
||||
17| And the fourth lot came out to Issachar, for the children of Issachar according to their families.
|
||||
18| And their border was toward Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem,
|
||||
19| And Haphraim, and Shihon, and Anaharath,
|
||||
20| And Rabbith, and Kishion, and Abez,
|
||||
21| And Remeth, and Engannim, and Enhaddah, and Bethpazzez;
|
||||
22| And the coast reacheth to Tabor, and Shahazimah, and Bethshemesh; and the outgoings of their border were at Jordan: sixteen cities with their villages.
|
||||
23| This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Issachar according to their families, the cities and their villages.
|
||||
24| And the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families.
|
||||
25| And their border was Helkath, and Hali, and Beten, and Achshaph,
|
||||
26| And Alammelech, and Amad, and Misheal; and reacheth to Carmel westward, and to Shihorlibnath;
|
||||
27| And turneth toward the sunrising to Bethdagon, and reacheth to Zebulun, and to the valley of Jiphthahel toward the north side of Bethemek, and Neiel, and goeth out to Cabul on the left hand,
|
||||
28| And Hebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and Kanah, even unto great Zidon;
|
||||
29| And then the coast turneth to Ramah, and to the strong city Tyre; and the coast turneth to Hosah; and the outgoings thereof are at the sea from the coast to Achzib:
|
||||
30| Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty and two cities with their villages.
|
||||
31| This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families, these cities with their villages.
|
||||
32| The sixth lot came out to the children of Naphtali, even for the children of Naphtali according to their families.
|
||||
33| And their coast was from Heleph, from Allon to Zaanannim, and Adami, Nekeb, and Jabneel, unto Lakum; and the outgoings thereof were at Jordan:
|
||||
34| And then the coast turneth westward to Aznothtabor, and goeth out from thence to Hukkok, and reacheth to Zebulun on the south side, and reacheth to Asher on the west side, and to Judah upon Jordan toward the sunrising.
|
||||
35| And the fenced cities are Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and Chinnereth,
|
||||
36| And Adamah, and Ramah, and Hazor,
|
||||
37| And Kedesh, and Edrei, and Enhazor,
|
||||
38| And Iron, and Migdalel, Horem, and Bethanath, and Bethshemesh; nineteen cities with their villages.
|
||||
39| This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali according to their families, the cities and their villages.
|
||||
40| And the seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families.
|
||||
41| And the coast of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Irshemesh,
|
||||
42| And Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, and Jethlah,
|
||||
43| And Elon, and Thimnathah, and Ekron,
|
||||
44| And Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, and Baalath,
|
||||
45| And Jehud, and Beneberak, and Gathrimmon,
|
||||
46| And Mejarkon, and Rakkon, with the border before Japho.
|
||||
47| And the coast of the children of Dan went out too little for them: therefore the children of Dan went up to fight against Leshem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and possessed it, and dwelt therein, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father.
|
||||
48| This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families, these cities with their villages.
|
||||
49| When they had made an end of dividing the land for inheritance by their coasts, the children of Israel gave an inheritance to Joshua the son of Nun among them:
|
||||
50| According to the word of the LORD they gave him the city which he asked, even Timnathserah in mount Ephraim: and he built the city, and dwelt therein.
|
||||
51| These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, divided for an inheritance by lot in Shiloh before the LORD, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. So they made an end of dividing the country.
|
||||
#20
|
||||
1| The LORD also spake unto Joshua, saying,
|
||||
2| Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Moses:
|
||||
3| That the slayer that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.
|
||||
4| And when he that doth flee unto one of those cities shall stand at the entering of the gate of the city, and shall declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that city, they shall take him into the city unto them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them.
|
||||
5| And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver the slayer up into his hand; because he smote his neighbour unwittingly, and hated him not beforetime.
|
||||
6| And he shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the congregation for judgment, and until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days: then shall the slayer return, and come unto his own city, and unto his own house, unto the city from whence he fled.
|
||||
7| And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjatharba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah.
|
||||
8| And on the other side Jordan by Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness upon the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh.
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9| These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them, that whosoever killeth any person at unawares might flee thither, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the congregation.
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#21
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1| Then came near the heads of the fathers of the Levites unto Eleazar the priest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun, and unto the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel;
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2| And they spake unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, The LORD commanded by the hand of Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for our cattle.
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3| And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance, at the commandment of the LORD, these cities and their suburbs.
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4| And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the priest, which were of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.
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5| And the rest of the children of Kohath had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh, ten cities.
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6| And the children of Gershon had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.
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7| The children of Merari by their families had out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.
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8| And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these cities with their suburbs, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.
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9| And they gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which are here mentioned by name.
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10| Which the children of Aaron, being of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi, had: for theirs was the first lot.
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11| And they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with the suburbs thereof round about it.
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12| But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
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13| Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Libnah with her suburbs,
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14| And Jattir with her suburbs, and Eshtemoa with her suburbs,
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15| And Holon with her suburbs, and Debir with her suburbs,
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16| And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, and Bethshemesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.
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17| And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with her suburbs,
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18| Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her suburbs; four cities.
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19| All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their suburbs.
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20| And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites which remained of the children of Kohath, even they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.
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21| For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with her suburbs,
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22| And Kibzaim with her suburbs, and Bethhoron with her suburbs; four cities.
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23| And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with her suburbs, Gibbethon with her suburbs,
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24| Aijalon with her suburbs, Gathrimmon with her suburbs; four cities.
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25| And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Tanach with her suburbs, and Gathrimmon with her suburbs; two cities.
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26| All the cities were ten with their suburbs for the families of the children of Kohath that remained.
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27| And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the other half tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Beeshterah with her suburbs; two cities.
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28| And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon with her suburbs, Dabareh with her suburbs,
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29| Jarmuth with her suburbs, Engannim with her suburbs; four cities.
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30| And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with her suburbs, Abdon with her suburbs,
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31| Helkath with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs; four cities.
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32| And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Hammothdor with her suburbs, and Kartan with her suburbs; three cities.
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33| All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with their suburbs.
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34| And unto the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with her suburbs, and Kartah with her suburbs,
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35| Dimnah with her suburbs, Nahalal with her suburbs; four cities.
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36| And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with her suburbs, and Jahazah with her suburbs,
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37| Kedemoth with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs; four cities.
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38| And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim with her suburbs,
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39| Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer with her suburbs; four cities in all.
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40| So all the cities for the children of Merari by their families, which were remaining of the families of the Levites, were by their lot twelve cities.
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41| All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were forty and eight cities with their suburbs.
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42| These cities were every one with their suburbs round about them: thus were all these cities.
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43| And the LORD gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.
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44| And the LORD gave them rest round about, according to all that he sware unto their fathers: and there stood not a man of all their enemies before them; the LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand.
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45| There failed not ought of any good thing which the LORD had spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass.
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#22
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1| Then Joshua called the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh,
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2| And said unto them, Ye have kept all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, and have obeyed my voice in all that I commanded you:
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3| Ye have not left your brethren these many days unto this day, but have kept the charge of the commandment of the LORD your God.
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4| And now the LORD your God hath given rest unto your brethren, as he promised them: therefore now return ye, and get you unto your tents, and unto the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave you on the other side Jordan.
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5| But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of the LORD charged you, to love the LORD your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.
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6| So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away: and they went unto their tents.
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7| Now to the one half of the tribe of Manasseh Moses had given possession in Bashan: but unto the other half thereof gave Joshua among their brethren on this side Jordan westward. And when Joshua sent them away also unto their tents, then he blessed them,
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8| And he spake unto them, saying, Return with much riches unto your tents, and with very much cattle, with silver, and with gold, and with brass, and with iron, and with very much raiment: divide the spoil of your enemies with your brethren.
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9| And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh returned, and departed from the children of Israel out of Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go unto the country of Gilead, to the land of their possession, whereof they were possessed, according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
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10| And when they came unto the borders of Jordan, that are in the land of Canaan, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh built there an altar by Jordan, a great altar to see to.
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11| And the children of Israel heard say, Behold, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh have built an altar over against the land of Canaan, in the borders of Jordan, at the passage of the children of Israel.
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12| And when the children of Israel heard of it, the whole congregation of the children of Israel gathered themselves together at Shiloh, to go up to war against them.
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13| And the children of Israel sent unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, into the land of Gilead, Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest,
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14| And with him ten princes, of each chief house a prince throughout all the tribes of Israel; and each one was an head of the house of their fathers among the thousands of Israel.
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15| And they came unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, unto the land of Gilead, and they spake with them, saying,
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16| Thus saith the whole congregation of the LORD, What trespass is this that ye have committed against the God of Israel, to turn away this day from following the LORD, in that ye have builded you an altar, that ye might rebel this day against the LORD?
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17| Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we are not cleansed until this day, although there was a plague in the congregation of the LORD,
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18| But that ye must turn away this day from following the LORD? and it will be, seeing ye rebel to day against the LORD, that to morrow he will be wroth with the whole congregation of Israel.
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19| Notwithstanding, if the land of your possession be unclean, then pass ye over unto the land of the possession of the LORD, wherein the LORD's tabernacle dwelleth, and take possession among us: but rebel not against the LORD, nor rebel against us, in building you an altar beside the altar of the LORD our God.
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20| Did not Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the accursed thing, and wrath fell on all the congregation of Israel? and that man perished not alone in his iniquity.
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21| Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh answered, and said unto the heads of the thousands of Israel,
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22| The LORD God of gods, the LORD God of gods, he knoweth, and Israel he shall know; if it be in rebellion, or if in transgression against the LORD, (save us not this day,)
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23| That we have built us an altar to turn from following the LORD, or if to offer thereon burnt offering or meat offering, or if to offer peace offerings thereon, let the LORD himself require it;
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24| And if we have not rather done it for fear of this thing, saying, In time to come your children might speak unto our children, saying, What have ye to do with the LORD God of Israel?
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25| For the LORD hath made Jordan a border between us and you, ye children of Reuben and children of Gad; ye have no part in the LORD: so shall your children make our children cease from fearing the LORD.
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26| Therefore we said, Let us now prepare to build us an altar, not for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice:
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27| But that it may be a witness between us, and you, and our generations after us, that we might do the service of the LORD before him with our burnt offerings, and with our sacrifices, and with our peace offerings; that your children may not say to our children in time to come, Ye have no part in the LORD.
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28| Therefore said we, that it shall be, when they should so say to us or to our generations in time to come, that we may say again, Behold the pattern of the altar of the LORD, which our fathers made, not for burnt offerings, nor for sacrifices; but it is a witness between us and you.
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29| God forbid that we should rebel against the LORD, and turn this day from following the LORD, to build an altar for burnt offerings, for meat offerings, or for sacrifices, beside the altar of the LORD our God that is before his tabernacle.
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30| And when Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the congregation and heads of the thousands of Israel which were with him, heard the words that the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the children of Manasseh spake, it pleased them.
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31| And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the children of Manasseh, This day we perceive that the LORD is among us, because ye have not committed this trespass against the LORD: now ye have delivered the children of Israel out of the hand of the LORD.
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32| And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and the princes, returned from the children of Reuben, and from the children of Gad, out of the land of Gilead, unto the land of Canaan, to the children of Israel, and brought them word again.
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33| And the thing pleased the children of Israel; and the children of Israel blessed God, and did not intend to go up against them in battle, to destroy the land wherein the children of Reuben and Gad dwelt.
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34| And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad called the altar Ed: for it shall be a witness between us that the LORD is God.
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#23
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1| And it came to pass a long time after that the LORD had given rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua waxed old and stricken in age.
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2| And Joshua called for all Israel, and for their elders, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and said unto them, I am old and stricken in age:
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3| And ye have seen all that the LORD your God hath done unto all these nations because of you; for the LORD your God is he that hath fought for you.
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4| Behold, I have divided unto you by lot these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even unto the great sea westward.
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5| And the LORD your God, he shall expel them from before you, and drive them from out of your sight; and ye shall possess their land, as the LORD your God hath promised unto you.
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6| Be ye therefore very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left;
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7| That ye come not among these nations, these that remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them, neither serve them, nor bow yourselves unto them:
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8| But cleave unto the LORD your God, as ye have done unto this day.
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9| For the LORD hath driven out from before you great nations and strong: but as for you, no man hath been able to stand before you unto this day.
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10| One man of you shall chase a thousand: for the LORD your God, he it is that fighteth for you, as he hath promised you.
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11| Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the LORD your God.
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12| Else if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and shall make marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you:
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13| Know for a certainty that the LORD your God will no more drive out any of these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you.
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14| And, behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth: and ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the LORD your God spake concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing hath failed thereof.
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15| Therefore it shall come to pass, that as all good things are come upon you, which the LORD your God promised you; so shall the LORD bring upon you all evil things, until he have destroyed you from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you.
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16| When ye have transgressed the covenant of the LORD your God, which he commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them; then shall the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land which he hath given unto you.
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#24
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1| And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God.
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2| And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods.
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3| And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac.
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||||
4| And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it; but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.
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5| I sent Moses also and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to that which I did among them: and afterward I brought you out.
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||||
6| And I brought your fathers out of Egypt: and ye came unto the sea; and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and horsemen unto the Red sea.
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7| And when they cried unto the LORD, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes have seen what I have done in Egypt: and ye dwelt in the wilderness a long season.
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8| And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, which dwelt on the other side Jordan; and they fought with you: and I gave them into your hand, that ye might possess their land; and I destroyed them from before you.
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9| Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and warred against Israel, and sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you:
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10| But I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he blessed you still: so I delivered you out of his hand.
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11| And you went over Jordan, and came unto Jericho: and the men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I delivered them into your hand.
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12| And I sent the hornet before you, which drave them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; but not with thy sword, nor with thy bow.
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13| And I have given you a land for which ye did not labour, and cities which ye built not, and ye dwell in them; of the vineyards and oliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat.
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14| Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the LORD.
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15| And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.
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16| And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should forsake the LORD, to serve other gods;
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17| For the LORD our God, he it is that brought us up and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and which did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way wherein we went, and among all the people through whom we passed:
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18| And the LORD drave out from before us all the people, even the Amorites which dwelt in the land: therefore will we also serve the LORD; for he is our God.
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19| And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the LORD: for he is an holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins.
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20| If ye forsake the LORD, and serve strange gods, then he will turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he hath done you good.
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21| And the people said unto Joshua, Nay; but we will serve the LORD.
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22| And Joshua said unto the people, Ye are witnesses against yourselves that ye have chosen you the LORD, to serve him. And they said, We are witnesses.
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23| Now therefore put away, said he, the strange gods which are among you, and incline your heart unto the LORD God of Israel.
|
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24| And the people said unto Joshua, The LORD our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey.
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25| So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.
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26| And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and took a great stone, and set it up there under an oak, that was by the sanctuary of the LORD.
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27| And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us; for it hath heard all the words of the LORD which he spake unto us: it shall be therefore a witness unto you, lest ye deny your God.
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28| So Joshua let the people depart, every man unto his inheritance.
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29| And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being an hundred and ten years old.
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30| And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnathserah, which is in mount Ephraim, on the north side of the hill of Gaash.
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31| And Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that overlived Joshua, and which had known all the works of the LORD, that he had done for Israel.
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32| And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for an hundred pieces of silver: and it became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.
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33| And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in a hill that pertained to Phinehas his son, which was given him in mount Ephraim.
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#1
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1| (77) ** (77) On Tuesday of Cheesfare ** Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called:
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2| Mercy unto you, and peace, and love, be multiplied.
|
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3| Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.
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4| For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.
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5| I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not.
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6| And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.
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||||
7| Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.
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8| Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities.
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||||
9| Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.
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10| But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves. *(End for Tuesday)*
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11| (78) ** (78) On Thursday of Cheesfare ** Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.
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12| These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;
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13| Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.
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14| And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,
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15| To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.
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16| These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men's persons in admiration because of advantage.
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17| But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;
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18| How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts.
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19| These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit.
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||||
20| But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,
|
||||
21| Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
|
||||
22| And of some have compassion, making a difference:
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23| And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.
|
||||
24| Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,
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25| To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen. *(End for Cheese Thursday)*
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