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When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are:
Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together:
Now these are the chief of the province that dwelt in Jerusalem: but in the cities of Judah dwelt every one in his possession in their cities, to wit, Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants.
The children of Senaah, three thousand and six hundred and thirty.
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The children of Israel and the children of Judah were oppressed together: and all that took them captives held them fast; they refused to let them go.
The people answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who goeth about to kill thee?
He made the pillars thereof of silver, the bottom thereof of gold, the covering of it of purple, the midst thereof being paved with love, for the daughters of Jerusalem.
For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.
And when the people complained, it displeased the LORD: and the LORD heard it; and his anger was kindled; and the fire of the LORD burnt among them, and consumed them that were in the uttermost parts of the camp.
He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river.
And it shall be forgiven all the congregation of the children of Israel, and the stranger that sojourneth among them; seeing all the people were in ignorance.
And this shall be a sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas; in one day they shall die both of them.
And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den.
He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with the finest of the wheat.
But there was a strong tower within the city, and thither fled all the men and women, and all they of the city, and shut it to them, and gat them up to the top of the tower.
Now these are the things wherein Solomon was instructed for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure was threescore cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.
And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods.
And afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessings and cursings, according to all that is written in the book of the law.
The LORD hath heard my supplication; the LORD will receive my prayer.
He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.
Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom unto his house, and said unto him, Wherefore have thy servants set my field on fire?
Hear ye now what the LORD saith; Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.
And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon with her suburbs, Dabareh with her suburbs,
Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my curtains in a moment.
