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Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king's chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther obtained favour in the sight of all them that looked upon her.
And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.
There is a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.
And he brought his household man by man; and Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken.
And the LORD sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side, and ye dwelled safe.
Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:
Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.
And Azariah begat Helez, and Helez begat Eleasah,
He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.
Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
He shall not alter it, nor change it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a good: and if he shall at all change beast for beast, then it and the exchange thereof shall be holy.
Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.
Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself?
The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good.
And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;
But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it.
Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.
Behold, the Lord will cast her out, and he will smite her power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire.
And their border was toward Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem,
And I will be found of you, saith the LORD: and I will turn away your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith the LORD; and I will bring you again into the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive.
And the Gibeonites said unto him, We will have no silver nor gold of Saul, nor of his house; neither for us shalt thou kill any man in Israel. And he said, What ye shall say, that will I do for you.
The third captain of the host for the third month was Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, a chief priest: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba unto this day.
For thou art my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness.
