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Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh.
Greet Amplias my beloved in the Lord.
But he passing through the midst of them went his way,
Yea, truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey: and the LORD saw it, and it displeased him that there was no judgment.
And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing: nevertheless, if thou see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if not, it shall not be so.
It came even to pass on the third day, that, behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul with his clothes rent, and earth upon his head: and so it was, when he came to David, that he fell to the earth, and did obeisance.
And they brought him upon horses, and buried him with his fathers in the city of Judah.
And the king said unto Esther the queen, The Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men in Shushan the palace, and the ten sons of Haman; what have they done in the rest of the king's provinces? now what is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: or what is thy request further? and it shall be done.
The Lord hath trodden under foot all my mighty men in the midst of me: he hath called an assembly against me to crush my young men: the Lord hath trodden the virgin, the daughter of Judah, as in a winepress.
A wise son heareth his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.
That whosoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.
Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies' sake.
And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the family of the Ardites: and of Naaman, the family of the Naamites.
Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Antothite,
Said with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet. And he leaped and walked.
He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder.
For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,
Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.
And keep the charge of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself:
But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no presents. But he held his peace.
And the crowns shall be to Helem, and to Tobijah, and to Jedaiah, and to Hen the son of Zephaniah, for a memorial in the temple of the LORD.
And the Jews also assented, saying that these things were so.
Whereas thou camest but yesterday, should I this day make thee go up and down with us? seeing I go whither I may, return thou, and take back thy brethren: mercy and truth be with thee.
All the firstling males that come of thy herd and of thy flock thou shalt sanctify unto the LORD thy God: thou shalt do no work with the firstling of thy bullock, nor shear the firstling of thy sheep.
