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In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abel-beth-maachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.
Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this.
They reap every one his corn in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked.
Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it.
This thou knowest, that all they which are in Asia be turned away from me; of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes.
Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.
And Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war which went to the battle, This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD commanded Moses;
Notwithstanding ye would not go up, but rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God:
Then said Jesus unto them, Yet a little while am I with you, and then I go unto him that sent me.
O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.
But if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them;
I will abundantly bless her provision: I will satisfy her poor with bread.
Four tables were on this side, and four tables on that side, by the side of the gate; eight tables, whereupon they slew their sacrifices.
And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed.
And Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and Elead, whom the men of Gath that were born in that land slew, because they came down to take away their cattle.
But if all prophesy, and there come in one that believeth not, or one unlearned, he is convinced of all, he is judged of all:
There is Elam and all her multitude round about her grave, all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which are gone down uncircumcised into the nether parts of the earth, which caused their terror in the land of the living; yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit.
The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.
And he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go over, he shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel.
And he went up from thence to Beer-sheba.
And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray thee, at the word of the LORD to day.
And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and build the house that was builded these many years ago, which a great king of Israel builded and set up.
In the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant it: and it shall bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a goodly cedar: and under it shall dwell all fowl of every wing; in the shadow of the branches thereof shall they dwell.
