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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.
The copy of the letter that Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shethar-boznai, and his companions the Apharsachites, which were on this side the river, sent unto Darius the king:
Wherefore comfort one another with these words.
And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel; and he said, Because that this people hath transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened unto my voice;
And he put forth the form of an hand, and took me by a lock of mine head; and the spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the inner gate that looketh toward the north; where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provoketh to jealousy.
This is the law of jealousies, when a wife goeth aside to another instead of her husband, and is defiled;
And if any part of their carcase fall upon any sowing seed which is to be sown, it shall be clean.
And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, recorder.
I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the LORD.
But I trust in the Lord that I also myself shall come shortly.
O thou inhabitant of Lachish, bind the chariot to the swift beast: she is the beginning of the sin to the daughter of Zion: for the transgressions of Israel were found in thee.
And the priest shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar of the LORD at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and burn the fat for a sweet savour unto the LORD.
He spake unto them in the cloudy pillar: they kept his testimonies, and the ordinance that he gave them.
And if a woman approach unto any beast, and lie down thereto, thou shalt kill the woman, and the beast: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
Thou hast forsaken me, saith the LORD, thou art gone backward: therefore will I stretch out my hand against thee, and destroy thee; I am weary with repenting.
Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious name.
But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren?
And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them Havoth-jair.
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.
Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
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.
Also Judah kept not the commandments of the LORD their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.
And after they were brought to Babylon, Jechonias begat Salathiel; and Salathiel begat Zorobabel;
And they appointed two, Joseph called Barsabas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias.
