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For thus saith the LORD touching Shallum the son of Josiah king of Judah, which reigned instead of Josiah his father, which went forth out of this place; He shall not return thither any more:
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.
And ye shall have on the tenth day of this seventh month an holy convocation; and ye shall afflict your souls: ye shall not do any work therein:
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.
Then the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him, (which is the sect of the Sadducees,) and were filled with indignation,
This is the burnt offering of every sabbath, beside the continual burnt offering, and his drink offering.
And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work: it is a day of blowing the trumpets unto you.
And the king of Israel went to his house heavy and displeased, and came to Samaria.
But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
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.
Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.
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;
Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;
Honour widows that are widows indeed.
He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while, and then took his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence into Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila; having shorn his head in Cenchrea: for he had a vow.
I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
Thou hast shewed thy people hard things: thou hast made us to drink the wine of astonishment.
The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: they shall lay their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be deaf.
And they brought it. And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? And they said unto him, Caesar's.
For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.
Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went out.
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.
