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But a prophet of the LORD was there, whose name was Oded: and he went out before the host that came to Samaria, and said unto them, Behold, because the LORD God of your fathers was wroth with Judah, he hath delivered them into your hand, and ye have slain them in a rage that reacheth up unto heaven.
(For the men of war had taken spoil, every man for himself.)
And from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea, and from beyond Jordan; and they about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, when they had heard what great things he did, came unto him.
Receive him therefore in the Lord with all gladness; and hold such in reputation:
Notwithstanding the cities of the Levites, and the houses of the cities of their possession, may the Levites redeem at any time.
And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:
And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?
Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud.
And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him.
The LORD your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.
For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision.
Which bare him children; Jeush, and Shamariah, and Zaham.
Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against thee.
My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed.
If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;
Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination is he that chooseth you.
And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the LORD, in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God; and they shall abide: for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth.
So Gad came to David, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Choose thee
And to esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake. And be at peace among yourselves.
And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to all that were in his house.
Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
And the LORD said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them?
The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the LORD of hosts: and in this place will I give peace, saith the LORD of hosts.
If this man were not of God, he could do nothing.
