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Then wrote Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions; the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Susanchites, the Dehavites, and the Elamites,
And he said, Take the arrows. And he took them. And he said unto the king of Israel, Smite upon the ground. And he smote thrice, and stayed.
Thou lovest evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.
And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers:
And all the people of the land rejoiced: and the city was quiet, after that they had slain Athaliah with the sword.
And they that kept them fled, and went their ways into the city, and told every thing, and what was befallen to the possessed of the devils.
And they tarried till they were ashamed: and, behold, he opened not the doors of the parlour; therefore they took a key, and opened them: and, behold, their lord was fallen down dead on the earth.
And for those that are to be redeemed of the two hundred and threescore and thirteen of the firstborn of the children of Israel, which are more than the Levites;
LORD, I have hoped for thy salvation, and done thy commandments.
Then said I unto her that was old in adulteries, Will they now commit whoredoms with her, and she with them?
For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.)
The fruit of thy land, and all thy labours, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway:
And the cities which ye shall give shall be of the possession of the children of Israel: from them that have many ye shall give many; but from them that have few ye shall give few: every one shall give of his cities unto the Levites according to his inheritance which he inheriteth.
Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst.
And lo Zadok also, and all the Levites were with him, bearing the ark of the covenant of God: and they set down the ark of God; and Abiathar went up, until all the people had done passing out of the city.
Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.
Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.
All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O LORD, when they hear the words of thy mouth.
And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer unto the LORD;
And hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, neither hath defiled his neighbour's wife, neither hath come near to a menstruous woman,
And he washed the inwards and the legs in water; and Moses burnt the whole ram upon the altar: it was a burnt sacrifice for a sweet savour, and an offering made by fire unto the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses.
For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body.
For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.
