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Now the rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
And some of the chief of the fathers, when they came to the house of the LORD which is at Jerusalem, offered freely for the house of God to set it up in his place:
Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the LORD.
Say thou unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; This burden concerneth the prince in Jerusalem, and all the house of Israel that are among them.
No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.
And, behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field at even, which was also of mount Ephraim; and he sojourned in Gibeah: but the men of the place were Benjamites.
And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:
Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of Uz; the cup also shall pass through unto thee: thou shalt be drunken, and shalt make thyself naked.
And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, and Tahrea, and Ahaz.
I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not.
Hezrai the Carmelite, Paarai the Arbite,
He took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the waters of the fountains which were without the city: and they did help him.
Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth.
I have even heard of thee, that the spirit of the gods is in thee, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom is found in thee.
And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.
Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:
In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years.
And God said to Solomon, Because this was in thine heart, and thou hast not asked riches, wealth, or honour, nor the life of thine enemies, neither yet hast asked long life; but hast asked wisdom and knowledge for thyself, that thou mayest judge my people, over whom I have made thee king:
And Nob, the city of the priests, smote he with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and sucklings, and oxen, and asses, and sheep, with the edge of the sword.
For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith: and much people was added unto the Lord.
And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David;
And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man: and every living soul died in the sea.
Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.
