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Then sent the king an answer unto Rehum the chancellor, and to Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their companions that dwell in Samaria, and unto the rest beyond the river, Peace, and at such a time.
And the LORD called yet again, Samuel. And Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And he answered, I called not, my son; lie down again.
Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuseth to be healed? wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar, and as waters that fail?
That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour:
There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?
From the south, all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah that is beside the Sidonians, unto Aphek, to the borders of the Amorites:
And the LORD said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.
So the posts went with the letters from the king and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of the king, saying, Ye children of Israel, turn again unto the LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and he will return to the remnant of you, that are escaped out of the hand of the kings of Assyria.
Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession.
Consider mine enemies; for they are many; and they hate me with cruel hatred.
And it shall be on the day when ye shall pass over Jordan unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, that thou shalt set thee up great stones, and plaister them with plaister:
Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;
And he ordained twelve, that they should be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach,
And, behold, the whole family is risen against thine handmaid, and they said, Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may kill him, for the life of his brother whom he slew; and we will destroy the heir also: and so they shall quench my coal which is left, and shall not leave to my husband neither name nor remainder upon the earth.
For thy name's sake, O LORD, pardon mine iniquity; for it is great.
Moreover I said unto the king, If it please the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the river, that they may convey me over till I come into Judah;
The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children: they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask counsel at Abel: and so they ended the matter.
Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from the house of our God?
And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred.
What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid.
He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.
Will he esteem thy riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of strength.
