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Thou knowest how that David my father could not build an house unto the name of the LORD his God for the wars which were about him on every side, until the LORD put them under the soles of his feet.
And straightway all the people, when they beheld him, were greatly amazed, and running to him saluted him.
On the thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth day of the same rested they, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.
In the house of the righteous is much treasure: but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.
It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.
And hath extended mercy unto me before the king, and his counsellors, and before all the king's mighty princes. And I was strengthened as the hand of the LORD my God was upon me, and I gathered together out of Israel chief men to go up with me.
Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.
Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah,
Of the sons of Pahath-moab; Elihoenai the son of Zerahiah, and with him two hundred males.
O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee.
But God clave an hollow place that was in the jaw, and there came water thereout; and when he had drunk, his spirit came again, and he revived: wherefore he called the name thereof En-hakkore, which is in Lehi unto this day.
Now at that feast the governor was wont to release unto the people a prisoner, whom they would.
And two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, such as he is able to get; and the one shall be a sin offering, and the other a burnt offering.
And that which is left of the meat offering shall be Aaron's and his sons': it is a thing most holy of the offerings of the LORD made by fire.
Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.
For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.
Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger in the top of every street.
And among the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites there shall be six cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint for the manslayer, that he may flee thither: and to them ye shall add forty and two cities.
I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love: and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat unto them.
And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of the lasting hills,
And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days' journey; and they overtook him in the mount Gilead.
For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
And all the rulers of the provinces, and the lieutenants, and the deputies, and officers of the king, helped the Jews; because the fear of Mordecai fell upon them.
By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, saith the LORD.
