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Therefore the heart of the king of Syria was sore troubled for this thing; and he called his servants, and said unto them, Will ye not shew me which of us is for the king of Israel?
There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.
And they thirsted not when he led them through the deserts: he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them: he clave the rock also, and the waters gushed out.
And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shining garments:
Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.
Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste?
For, behold, the LORD commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.
And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.
And when he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the ward was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he took Jeremiah the prophet, saying, Thou fallest away to the Chaldeans.
As for the rest of the tribes, from the east side unto the west side, Benjamin shall have a portion.
And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.
And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.
Thus shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast laboured, even thy merchants, from thy youth: they shall wander every one to his quarter; none shall save thee.
Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast.
Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death.
But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? are not his servants come unto thee for to search, and to overthrow, and to spy out the land?
When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands.
And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!
And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them.
And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this Joseph's son?
But God said unto me, Thou shalt not build an house for my name, because thou hast been a man of war, and hast shed blood.
