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Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with the crown wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart.
For he sent letters into all the king's provinces, into every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language, that every man should bear rule in his own house, and that it should be published according to the language of every people.
Therefore we said, Let us now prepare to build us an altar, not for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice:
And the man that stood among the myrtle trees answered and said, These are they whom the LORD hath sent to walk to and fro through the earth.
And unto David were sons born in Hebron: and his firstborn was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess;
And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?
And he enquired of the LORD for him, and gave him victuals, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.
And when the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine, and his servant, his father in law, the damsel's father, said unto him, Behold, now the day draweth toward evening, I pray you tarry all night: behold, the day groweth to an end, lodge here, that thine heart may be merry; and to morrow get you early on your way, that thou mayest go home.
In mine ears said the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.
And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother's wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother.
Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are?
Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.
Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the LORD, since I have shewed you kindness, that ye will also shew kindness unto my father's house, and give me a true token:
They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever.
And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea: for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and brought no present to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year: therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison.
And whosoever lieth carnally with a woman, that is a bondmaid, betrothed to an husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her; she shall be scourged; they shall not be put to death, because she was not free.
Then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the LORD, before the priests and the judges, which shall be in those days;
Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.
And they arose, and went to Ziph before Saul: but David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the plain on the south of Jeshimon.
Asshur is there and all her company: his graves are about him: all of them slain, fallen by the sword:
O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help.
Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like:
And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man.
