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Wherefore Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem sent unto Hoham king of Hebron, and unto Piram king of Jarmuth, and unto Japhia king of Lachish, and unto Debir king of Eglon, saying,
Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,
As a piece of a pomegranate are thy temples within thy locks.
And he set the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, and of Gad the king's seer, and Nathan the prophet: for so was the commandment of the LORD by his prophets.
Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for the LORD will do great things.
And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give you straw.
Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.
Lo, when the wall is fallen, shall it not be said unto you, Where is the daubing wherewith ye have daubed it?
A man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.
Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out.
And they that did eat of the loaves were about five thousand men.
And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
And he wrote a letter after this manner:
These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise out of the earth.
He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters;
The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks for the conies.
Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spanned the heavens: when I call unto them, they stand up together.
Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion.
Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
I have given him the land of Egypt for his labour wherewith he served against it, because they wrought for me, saith the Lord GOD.
And said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.
They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy.
Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?
