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Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king's commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them, (though it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them;)
And David said, Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul, that I may shew him kindness for Jonathan's sake?
Then the angel of the LORD answered and said, O LORD of hosts, how long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which thou hast had indignation these threescore and ten years?
And the elders of his house arose, and went to him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them.
Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
And it came to pass, when the time was come that he should be received up, he stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem,
Their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel also were not able utterly to destroy, upon those did Solomon levy a tribute of bondservice unto this day.
These are the names of the men which shall divide the land unto you: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun.
Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it unto the end.
He shall build me an house, and I will stablish his throne for ever.
The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.
And they made upon the hems of the robe pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen.
Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any that come into Dagon's house, tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod unto this day.
And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, of Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and of Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, which prophesy a lie unto you in my name; Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall slay them before your eyes;
Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world.
Israel then shall dwell in safety alone: the fountain of Jacob shall be upon a land of corn and wine; also his heavens shall drop down dew.
And Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go and see him before I die.
Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid.
They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be: that the scripture might be fulfilled, which saith, They parted my raiment among them, and for my vesture they did cast lots. These things therefore the soldiers did.
And the table and all his vessels, and the candlestick and his vessels, and the altar of incense,
(And his daughter was Sherah, who built Beth-horon the nether, and the upper, and Uzzen-sherah.)
Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses' hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind:
