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And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of the LORD, saying,
Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing:
And from Lachish Joshua passed unto Eglon, and all Israel with him; and they encamped against it, and fought against it:
We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old.
Gather the people together, men, and women, and children, and thy stranger that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear the LORD your God, and observe to do all the words of this law:
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar doth inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains.
The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.
Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nought? neither do ye kindle fire on mine altar for nought. I have no pleasure in you, saith the LORD of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand.
And to pass by you into Macedonia, and to come again out of Macedonia unto you, and of you to be brought on my way toward Judaea.
And Jobab died, and Husham of the land of Temani reigned in his stead.
There be three things which go well, yea, four are comely in going:
Thou hast increased the nation, O LORD, thou hast increased the nation: thou art glorified: thou hadst removed it far unto all the ends of the earth.
Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.
Then he remembered the days of old, Moses, and his people, saying, Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of his flock? where is he that put his holy Spirit within him?
But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works.
They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.
And the kine took the straight way to the way of Beth-shemesh, and went along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them unto the border of Beth-shemesh.
Who among you will give ear to this? who will hearken and hear for the time to come?
But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him.
So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward.
The carpenter stretcheth out his rule; he marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man; that it may remain in the house.
