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Then answered one of the people, and said, Thy father straitly charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food this day. And the people were faint.
Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
But when Herod's birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod.
And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him.
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man of you bring an offering unto the LORD, ye shall bring your offering of the cattle, even of the herd, and of the flock.
And divide the prey into two parts; between them that took the war upon them, who went out to battle, and between all the congregation:
And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.
The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they said, Behold, we be thy servants.
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast set thine heart as the heart of God;
Now they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem: and he fled to Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there.
And God said to Solomon, Because this was in thine heart, and thou hast not asked riches, wealth, or honour, nor the life of thine enemies, neither yet hast asked long life; but hast asked wisdom and knowledge for thyself, that thou mayest judge my people, over whom I have made thee king:
I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts.
And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the joinings; and brass in abundance without weight;
Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Beth-shean and her towns, and Ibleam and her towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, and the inhabitants of En-dor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and her towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns, even three countries.
Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the LORD of hosts. Because of mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house.
Then Jehoram went forth with his princes, and all his chariots with him: and he rose up by night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him in, and the captains of the chariots.
Nevertheless mine eye spared them from destroying them, neither did I make an end of them in the wilderness.
Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
And this shall be an everlasting statute unto you, to make an atonement for the children of Israel for all their sins once a year. And he did as the LORD commanded Moses.
Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?
And it was so, that when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication unto the LORD, he arose from before the altar of the LORD, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread up to heaven.
