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Be it known unto the king, that the Jews which came up from thee to us are come unto Jerusalem, building the rebellious and the bad city, and have set up the walls thereof, and joined the foundations.
Both the great and the small shall die in this land: they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them:
After them repaired Zadok the son of Immer over against his house. After him repaired also Shemaiah the son of Shechaniah, the keeper of the east gate.
And it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of the LORD, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of Jordan, that the waters of Jordan shall be cut off from the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand upon an heap.
When thy wares went forth out of the seas, thou filledst many people; thou didst enrich the kings of the earth with the multitude of thy riches and of thy merchandise.
And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared:
And Judah said unto Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go; that we may live, and not die, both we, and thou, and also our little ones.
And Jehoshaphat said, The word of the LORD is with him. So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.
Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah.
For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with the ram's horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straight before him.
Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets.
The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits.
And Saul sent the messengers again to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may slay him.
And Alammelech, and Amad, and Misheal; and reacheth to Carmel westward, and to Shihor-libnath;
Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared:
Thus saith the LORD; Stand in the court of the LORD'S house, and speak unto all the cities of Judah, which come to worship in the LORD'S house, all the words that I command thee to speak unto them; diminish not a word:
And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace be to this house.
Then shall there enter into the gates of this city kings and princes sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they, and their princes, the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem: and this city shall remain for ever.
A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
And there shall cleave nought of the cursed thing to thine hand: that the LORD may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and shew thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers;
When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes?
That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies, and the tongue of thy dogs in the same.
Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?
