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But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands.
Then the king made a great feast unto all his princes and his servants, even Esther's feast; and he made a release to the provinces, and gave gifts, according to the state of the king.
When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid.
In the two and fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekah the son of Remaliah began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned twenty years.
And they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the LORD is among them: wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the congregation of the LORD?
And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us; for it hath heard all the words of the LORD which he spake unto us: it shall be therefore a witness unto you, lest ye deny your God.
King Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon.
The fifth captain for the fifth month was Shamhuth the Izrahite: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in my face.
Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised.
The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness.
Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:
The altar also was rent, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the LORD.
I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
And in the fifth year shall ye eat of the fruit thereof, that it may yield unto you the increase thereof: I am the LORD your God.
And Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, namely, Elnathan the son of Achbor, and certain men with him into Egypt.
And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.
For there is no respect of persons with God.
Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
He built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.
And after him was Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite. And the Philistines were gathered together into a troop, where was a piece of ground full of lentiles: and the people fled from the Philistines.
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.
And that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, every family, every province, and every city; and that these days of Purim should not fail from among the Jews, nor the memorial of them perish from their seed.
And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down astonied.
