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I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon, whereby they have reproached my people, and magnified themselves against their border.
And Nob, the city of the priests, smote he with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and sucklings, and oxen, and asses, and sheep, with the edge of the sword.
But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.
Then he said, God do so and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day.
They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.
And, lo, a spirit taketh him, and he suddenly crieth out; and it teareth him that he foameth again, and bruising him hardly departeth from him.
Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
And the king of Israel said unto his servants, Know ye that Ramoth in Gilead is our's, and we be still, and take it not out of the hand of the king of Syria?
And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shining garments:
And I will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel to return, and will build them, as at the first.
Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths.
In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword.
For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth.
Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more.
With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity.
And the men of Israel went out to battle against Benjamin; and the men of Israel put themselves in array to fight against them at Gibeah.
Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, that the land be not desolate.
But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou.
And said, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant:
And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honourable than they.
And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,
For he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for Baalim.
