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Then Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard carried away captive into Babylon the remnant of the people that remained in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to him, with the rest of the people that remained.
And he said, I may not return with thee, nor go in with thee: neither will I eat bread nor drink water with thee in this place:
And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in thine heart; for the LORD is with thee.
For the LORD'S portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.
What, my son? and what, the son of my womb? and what, the son of my vows?
Who are they among all the gods of the countries, that have delivered their country out of mine hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of mine hand?
Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
The sons of Elpaal; Eber, and Misham, and Shamed, who built Ono, and Lod, with the towns thereof:
So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood.
And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, the king of Heshbon; and Israel said unto him, Let us pass, we pray thee, through thy land into my place.
And these written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and smote their tents, and the habitations that were found there, and destroyed them utterly unto this day, and dwelt in their rooms: because there was pasture there for their flocks.
For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me.
Then I commanded, and they cleansed the chambers: and thither brought I again the vessels of the house of God, with the meat offering and the frankincense.
But I say unto you, That in this place is one greater than the temple.
And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say, What is your occupation?
The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.
His troops come together, and raise up their way against me, and encamp round about my tabernacle.
The two pillars, one sea, and the bases which Solomon had made for the house of the LORD; the brass of all these vessels was without weight.
Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their lands, their vineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money, and of the corn, the wine, and the oil, that ye exact of them.
Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.
A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan,
