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And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.
When they had heard these words, they marvelled, and left him, and went their way.
In the house of the righteous is much treasure: but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.
Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
And Hukok with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs:
I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.
Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah,
And he took a yoke of oxen, and hewed them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the coasts of Israel by the hands of messengers, saying, Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done unto his oxen. And the fear of the LORD fell on the people, and they came out with one consent.
Thou art my battle axe and weapons of war: for with thee will I break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms;
Ebed-melech went forth out of the king's house, and spake to the king, saying,
For in that day every man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made unto you for a sin.
Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased.
But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.
Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan unto the habitation of the strong: but I will make them suddenly run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me?
And king Rehoboam took counsel with the old men that had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel give ye me to return answer to this people?
So they hired thirty and two thousand chariots, and the king of Maachah and his people; who came and pitched before Medeba. And the children of Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities, and came to battle.
Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.
But howsoever, said he, let me run. And he said unto him, Run. Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain, and overran Cushi.
But he forsook the counsel of the old men, which they had given him, and consulted with the young men that were grown up with him, and which stood before him:
The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;
Pass through the host, and command the people, saying, Prepare you victuals; for within three days ye shall pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land, which the LORD your God giveth you to possess it.
And Jonathan gave his artillery unto his lad, and said unto him, Go, carry them to the city.
And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.
When they heard that, they were cut to the heart, and took counsel to slay them.
