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And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea and Samaria, except the apostles.
Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts.
Behold, there came fire down from heaven, and burnt up the two captains of the former fifties with their fifties: therefore let my life now be precious in thy sight.
Arise, and let us go by night, and let us destroy her palaces.
For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the LORD made the heavens.
Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.
Then took Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, all the remnant of the people whom he had recovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, from Mizpah, after that he had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, even mighty men of war, and the women, and the children, and the eunuchs, whom he had brought again from Gibeon:
And they fetched up, and brought forth out of Egypt a chariot for six hundred shekels of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and so brought they out horses for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, by their means.
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might.
And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.
Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;
And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared unto them.
And he set the one in Beth-el, and the other put he in Dan.
For I will defend this city to save it for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go: for ye have not passed this way heretofore.
And Saul said, Bring hither a burnt offering to me, and peace offerings. And he offered the burnt offering.
But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.
I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.
And his sister Hammoleketh bare Ishod, and Abiezer, and Mahalah.
They shall teach Jacob thy judgments, and Israel thy law: they shall put incense before thee, and whole burnt sacrifice upon thine altar.
And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.
For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;
Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:
And it was revealed in mine ears by the LORD of hosts, Surely this iniquity shall not be purged from you till ye die, saith the Lord GOD of hosts.
