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On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven chamberlains that served in the presence of Ahasuerus the king,
And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for twenty's sake.
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Now when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went out to the cities of Judah, and brake the images in pieces, and cut down the groves, and threw down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities.
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of his father, and in the way of his mother, and in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin:
And the firepans, and the bowls, and such things as were of gold, in gold, and of silver, in silver, the captain of the guard took away.
Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep;
And he said unto them, What manner of communications are these that ye have one to another, as ye walk, and are sad?
Notwithstanding ye have well done, that ye did communicate with my affliction.
They took therefore two chariot horses; and the king sent after the host of the Syrians, saying, Go and see.
In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall howl, weeping abundantly.
So when they were dismissed, they came to Antioch: and when they had gathered the multitude together, they delivered the epistle:
Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom unto his house, and said unto him, Wherefore have thy servants set my field on fire?
Be silent, O all flesh, before the LORD: for he is raised up out of his holy habitation.
Of Jashub, the family of the Jashubites: of Shimron, the family of the Shimronites.
And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:
But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed.
And I charged Baruch before them, saying,
But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as their's also was.
And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead.
But Pharaoh's daughter came up out of the city of David unto her house which Solomon had built for her: then did he build Millo.
For I will promote thee unto very great honour, and I will do whatsoever thou sayest unto me: come therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people.
Zedekiah was twenty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more;
