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When I applied mine heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth: (for also there is that neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes:)
And Joash slept with his fathers; and Jeroboam sat upon his throne: and Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.
Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying, If ye be mine, and if ye will hearken unto my voice, take ye the heads of the men your master's sons, and come to me to Jezreel by to morrow this time. Now the king's sons, being seventy persons, were with the great men of the city, which brought them up.
But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me?
And their possessions and habitations were, Beth-el and the towns thereof, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with the towns thereof; Shechem also and the towns thereof, unto Gaza and the towns thereof:
And ye have seen their abominations, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which were among them:)
Then sent the king an answer unto Rehum the chancellor, and to Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their companions that dwell in Samaria, and unto the rest beyond the river, Peace, and at such a time.
This city shall not be your caldron, neither shall ye be the flesh in the midst thereof; but I will judge you in the border of Israel:
Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.
Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite; for he is thy brother: thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian; because thou wast a stranger in his land.
So all the cities for the children of Merari by their families, which were remaining of the families of the Levites, were by their lot twelve cities.
And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and overcame them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.
And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had: and they brought them unto the valley of Achor.
And the damsel's father shall say unto the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man to wife, and he hateth her;
But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing.
So I got a girdle according to the word of the LORD, and put it on my loins.
And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother's name was Joktan.
Greet Amplias my beloved in the Lord.
Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;
The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people.
And the water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench also with water.
