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Now it came to pass, after that Amaziah was come from the slaughter of the Edomites, that he brought the gods of the children of Seir, and set them up to be his gods, and bowed down himself before them, and burned incense unto them.
Ye that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.
There was a certain creditor which had two debtors: the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty.
And so it was, that all that fell that day, both of men and women, were twelve thousand, even all the men of Ai.
LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:
And I charged Baruch before them, saying,
Sing unto the LORD, all the earth; shew forth from day to day his salvation.
All the males among the children of Aaron shall eat of it. It shall be a statute for ever in your generations concerning the offerings of the LORD made by fire: every one that toucheth them shall be holy.
Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them,
Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the LORD their God, and David their king; and shall fear the LORD and his goodness in the latter days.
And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.
So they established a decree to make proclamation throughout all Israel, from Beer-sheba even to Dan, that they should come to keep the passover unto the LORD God of Israel at Jerusalem: for they had not done it of a long time in such sort as it was written.
And it came to pass, that at midnight the LORD smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle.
And the men did so; and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home:
As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.
This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel is twenty gerahs:) an half shekel shall be the offering of the LORD.
Therefore said we, that it shall be, when they should so say to us or to our generations in time to come, that we may say again, Behold the pattern of the altar of the LORD, which our fathers made, not for burnt offerings, nor for sacrifices; but it is a witness between us and you.
Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy.
And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the LORD.
And their eyes were opened; and Jesus straitly charged them, saying, See that no man know it.
(Which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion; and the Amorites call it Shenir;)
Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.
The sons also of Jediael; Bilhan: and the sons of Bilhan; Jeush, and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tharshish, and Ahishahar.
