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But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land;
Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother:
And the people repented them for Benjamin, because that the LORD had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.
Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold the great tumults in the midst thereof, and the oppressed in the midst thereof.
For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.
And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it better for thee to be a priest unto the house of one man, or that thou be a priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel?
The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every province was published unto all people, and that the Jews should be ready against that day to avenge themselves on their enemies.
That saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers:
And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods.
I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, and they shall trust in the name of the LORD.
If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.
He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.
And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died.
The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.
These were the renowned of the congregation, princes of the tribes of their fathers, heads of thousands in Israel.
And he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish: and they made the ships in Ezion-geber.
And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, yet not like David his father: he did according to all things as Joash his father did.
And it was known unto all the dwellers at Jerusalem; insomuch as that field is called in their proper tongue, Aceldama, that is to say, The field of blood.
And it shall be unto them for an inheritance: I am their inheritance: and ye shall give them no possession in Israel: I am their possession.
And the LORD'S tribute of the sheep was six hundred and threescore and fifteen.
Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.
Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help me.
To the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves for their height, neither shoot up their top among the thick boughs, neither their trees stand up in their height, all that drink water: for they are all delivered unto death, to the nether parts of the earth, in the midst of the children of men, with them that go down to the pit.
Now concerning his sons, and the greatness of the burdens laid upon him, and the repairing of the house of God, behold, they are written in the story of the book of the kings. And Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.
