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Now when the copy of king Artaxerxes' letter was read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went up in haste to Jerusalem unto the Jews, and made them to cease by force and power.
And the uttermost cities of the tribe of the children of Judah toward the coast of Edom southward were Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur,
The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth; and not I only, but also all they that have known the truth;
I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little children, because ye have known the Father.
That our garners may be full, affording all manner of store: that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets:
The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the LORD lighteneth both their eyes.
Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.
These likewise cast lots over against their brethren the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites, even the principal fathers over against their younger brethren.
Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price.
Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground, and took up her son, and went out.
And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died.
But I trust in the Lord that I also myself shall come shortly.
Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty men which are in the city.
Every man is brutish by his knowledge; every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak comfortably unto thy servants: for I swear by the LORD, if thou go not forth, there will not tarry one with thee this night: and that will be worse unto thee than all the evil that befell thee from thy youth until now.
And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways, and his sayings, are written in the story of the prophet Iddo.
Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps.
Which bringeth forth the chariot and horse, the army and the power; they shall lie down together, they shall not rise: they are extinct, they are quenched as tow.
How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy!
Thou shalt not delay to offer the first of thy ripe fruits, and of thy liquors: the firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto me.
But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.
And they came and besieged him in Abel of Beth-maachah, and they cast up a bank against the city, and it stood in the trench: and all the people that were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down.
A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer.
And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me.
