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In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abel-beth-maachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.
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:
Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not an hoof be left behind; for thereof must we take to serve the LORD our God; and we know not with what we must serve the LORD, until we come thither.
And if it be from five years old even unto twenty years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male twenty shekels, and for the female ten shekels.
And he shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.
He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.
But they set their abominations in the house, which is called by my name, to defile it.
Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am understanding; I have strength.
Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.
And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains;
Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.
A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake.
He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through.
I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son's name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael.
And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.
Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.
And all the elders of Israel came; and the Levites took up the ark.
Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil counsel against thee, saying,
And I, behold, I have given with him Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan: and in the hearts of all that are wise hearted I have put wisdom, that they may make all that I have commanded thee;
And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried.
For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:
