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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:
And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they pleased him not.
And he that burneth them shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp.
One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
And they were astonished at his doctrine: for his word was with power.
Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles.
And he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign: howbeit the kingdom is turned about, and is become my brother's: for it was his from the LORD.
Praying us with much intreaty that we would receive the gift, and take upon us the fellowship of the ministering to the saints.
So ye abode in Kadesh many days, according unto the days that ye abode there.
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
But they had heard only, That he which persecuted us in times past now preacheth the faith which once he destroyed.
And they that serve the city shall serve it out of all the tribes of Israel.
Abide thou with me, fear not: for he that seeketh my life seeketh thy life: but with me thou shalt be in safeguard.
His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.
But he spake the more vehemently, If I should die with thee, I will not deny thee in any wise. Likewise also said they all.
For they were in three stories, but had not pillars as the pillars of the courts: therefore the building was straitened more than the lowest and the middlemost from the ground.
Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.
My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.
And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord GOD; but thou hast spoken also of thy servant's house for a great while to come. And is this the manner of man, O Lord GOD?
Then the king's servants, which were in the king's gate, said unto Mordecai, Why transgressest thou the king's commandment?
And there were set there six waterpots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece.
If thou shalt keep all these commandments to do them, which I command thee this day, to love the LORD thy God, and to walk ever in his ways; then shalt thou add three cities more for thee, beside these three:
Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.
