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Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that were therein, how they dwelt careless, after the manner of the Zidonians, quiet and secure; and there was no magistrate in the land, that might put them to shame in any thing; and they were far from the Zidonians, and had no business with any man.
And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and smote him before the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.
And the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.
The Lord was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath swallowed up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.
So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: for their sakes therefore return thou on high.
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.
Then said I, What come these to do? And he spake, saying, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, so that no man did lift up his head: but these are come to fray them, to cast out the horns of the Gentiles, which lifted up their horn over the land of Judah to scatter it.
Only unto the tribe 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.
He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.
But in all this time was not I at Jerusalem: for in the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon came I unto the king, and after certain days obtained I leave of the king:
And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD.
I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the LORD, and by his fierce anger.
And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house?
(Also he bade them teach the children of Judah the use of the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jasher.)
But as for the children of Israel which dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.
I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.
But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,
Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped,
If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.
Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people.
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:
They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble.
But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation?
I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.
