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Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request:
And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to excel.
For they are wholly given unto me from among the children of Israel; instead of such as open every womb, even instead of the firstborn of all the children of Israel, have I taken them unto me.
Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field.
And as I may so say, Levi also, who receiveth tithes, payed tithes in Abraham.
For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.
Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? and what have I offended thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done.
And pray ye that your flight be not in the winter.
These six were born unto him in Hebron; and there he reigned seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years.
Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil concerning thee.
O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
And they shall keep thy charge, and the charge of all the tabernacle: only they shall not come nigh the vessels of the sanctuary and the altar, that neither they, nor ye also, die.
Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.
Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield.
And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your other brother, and Benjamin. If I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.
As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all them that trust in him.
And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, that I may set mine eyes upon him.
Whosoever shall receive one of such children in my name, receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me, receiveth not me, but him that sent me.
And if a Levite come from any of thy gates out of all Israel, where he sojourned, and come with all the desire of his mind unto the place which the LORD shall choose;
Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem.
I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.
But Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz.
I will freely sacrifice unto thee: I will praise thy name, O LORD; for it is good.
