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Now after this he built a wall without the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entering in at the fish gate, and compassed about Ophel, and raised it up a very great height, and put captains of war in all the fenced cities of Judah.
Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse;
There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards.
Of the children of Simeon, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, those that were numbered of them, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
The word of the LORD which came unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hizkiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah.
He shall not search whether it be good or bad, neither shall he change it: and if he change it at all, then both it and the change thereof shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed.
And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.
That thine eyes may be open upon this house day and night, upon the place whereof thou hast said that thou wouldest put thy name there; to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant prayeth toward this place.
By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.
So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet.
And many of the brethren in the Lord, waxing confident by my bonds, are much more bold to speak the word without fear.
But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, so that he would not let the children of Israel go.
And when Shaul was dead, Baal-hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead.
Their children also shall be as aforetime, and their congregation shall be established before me, and I will punish all that oppress them.
But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace,
(For the men of war had taken spoil, every man for himself.)
And he said, This is wickedness. And he cast it into the midst of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof.
But of all clean fowls ye may eat.
No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.
For on that day shall the priest make an atonement for you, to cleanse you, that ye may be clean from all your sins before the LORD.
The LORD shall smite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore botch that cannot be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the top of thy head.
Partly, whilst ye were made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, whilst ye became companions of them that were so used.
And it came to pass, when Ben-hadad heard this message, as he was drinking, he and the kings in the pavilions, that he said unto his servants, Set yourselves in array. And they set themselves in array against the city.
And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:
