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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.
They were all ashamed of a people that could not profit them, nor be an help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.
How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is a worm?
He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him unto me.
But the dung gate repaired Malchiah the son of Rechab, the ruler of part of Beth-haccerem; he built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.
And he measured the breadth of the entry of the gate, ten cubits; and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits.
And these things hast thou hid in thine heart: I know that this is with thee.
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.
Because the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have performed the commandment of their father, which he commanded them; but this people hath not hearkened unto me:
Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the wicked;
For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
For if I be an offender, or have committed any thing worthy of death, I refuse not to die: but if there be none of these things whereof these accuse me, no man may deliver me unto them. I appeal unto Caesar.
The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.
Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
And I will cut off the cities of thy land, and throw down all thy strong holds:
And over the vineyards was Shimei the Ramathite: over the increase of the vineyards for the wine cellars was Zabdi the Shiphmite:
And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.
Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and others smote him with the palms of their hands,
Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom old age was perished?
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?
When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.
Who hitherto waited in the king's gate eastward: they were porters in the companies of the children of Levi.
The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan:
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.
