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For we were bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.
This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me.
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD; he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin: but he walked therein.
Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how that the LORD had visited his people in giving them bread.
And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.
Also he gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that was given at Shushan to destroy them, to shew it unto Esther, and to declare it unto her, and to charge her that she should go in unto the king, to make supplication unto him, and to make request before him for her people.
And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah, namely, Hebron, the city of refuge, and Libnah with her suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa, with their suburbs,
And Achish believed David, saying, He hath made his people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant for ever.
And they came unto their brethren to Zorah and Eshtaol: and their brethren said unto them, What say ye?
And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
Seeing he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, when, lo, he had given his hand, and hath done all these things, he shall not escape.
So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the trespass of thy brethren, and their sin; for they did unto thee evil: and now, we pray thee, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they spake unto him.
And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory,
But she had brought them up to the roof of the house, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof.
He gave also their increase unto the caterpiller, and their labour unto the locust.
Now it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, and the princes of the king, even ten men with him, came unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and there they did eat bread together in Mizpah.
And it came to pass after ten days, that the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah.
Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, The LORD look upon it, and require it.
Render unto them a recompence, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.
And Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
There were present at that season some that told him of the Galilaeans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.
Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and intreat the LORD your God, that he may take away from me this death only.
But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
