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And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that wine was before him: and I took up the wine, and gave it unto the king. Now I had not been beforetime sad in his presence.
Now when every maid's turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of the women, (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odours, and with other things for the purifying of the women;)
And on the third day eleven bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish;
And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
And there was a very sore battle that day; and Abner was beaten, and the men of Israel, before the servants of David.
Therefore, when they were come hither, without any delay on the morrow I sat on the judgment seat, and commanded the man to be brought forth.
I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts.
And unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a fair countenance.
Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a commandment, that, if any man knew where he were, he should shew it, that they might take him.
Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known.
And if any one of the common people sin through ignorance, while he doeth somewhat against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which ought not to be done, and be guilty;
Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that is put away: but they shall take maidens of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow that had a priest before.
So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house; he took all: he carried away also the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
Give out from among you three men for each tribe: and I will send them, and they shall rise, and go through the land, and describe it according to the inheritance of them; and they shall come again to me.
And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son:
And David said unto Saul, Who am I? and what is my life, or my father's family in Israel, that I should be son in law to the king?
One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
The sons of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three.
Neither carry forth a burden out of your houses on the sabbath day, neither do ye any work, but hallow ye the sabbath day, as I commanded your fathers.
Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?
Praise ye the LORD. Praise, O ye servants of the LORD, praise the name of the LORD.
And when her sister Aholibah saw this, she was more corrupt in her inordinate love than she, and in her whoredoms more than her sister in her whoredoms.
And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Abijah his son reigned in his stead.
When the princes of Judah heard these things, then they came up from the king's house unto the house of the LORD, and sat down in the entry of the new gate of the LORD'S house.
