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And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for the LORD had made them joyful, and turned the heart of the king of Assyria unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.
Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;
There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.
Therefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; There shall none of my words be prolonged any more, but the word which I have spoken shall be done, saith the Lord GOD.
Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name.
He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord; and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it. He that eateth, eateth to the Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that eateth not, to the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks.
At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick.
And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you.
It is a trespass offering: he hath certainly trespassed against the LORD.
For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.
Then they took all the men, and went to fight with Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and found him by the great waters that are in Gibeon.
Then brought he me into the outward court, and, lo, there were chambers, and a pavement made for the court round about: thirty chambers were upon the pavement.
But God shall wound the head of his enemies, and the hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses.
All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: there is a time wherein one man ruleth over another to his own hurt.
And fear came on all that dwelt round about them: and all these sayings were noised abroad throughout all the hill country of Judaea.
Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.
I and my Father are one.
For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your prophets and your diviners, that be in the midst of you, deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed.
And the LORD commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear the LORD our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as it is at this day.
For I also am a man set under authority, having under me soldiers, and I say unto one, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.
O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me.
But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, or of man's judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self.
And no man taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron.
And when he came upon the stairs, so it was, that he was borne of the soldiers for the violence of the people.
