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Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Beth-lehem-judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.
Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.
Joash was seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Zibiah of Beer-sheba.
The LORD hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thine enemies; and the sons of the stranger shall not drink thy wine, for the which thou hast laboured:
Iniquities prevail against me: as for our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away.
And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea the brother of David slew him.
For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.
And these are the golden emerods which the Philistines returned for a trespass offering unto the LORD; for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Askelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one;
Elkanah, and Jesiah, and Azareel, and Joezer, and Jashobeam, the Korhites,
We have therefore brought an oblation for the LORD, what every man hath gotten, of jewels of gold, chains, and bracelets, rings, earrings, and tablets, to make an atonement for our souls before the LORD.
And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them.
The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, even the prophecy: the man spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal,
Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man tame him.
And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;
All they that know thee among the people shall be astonished at thee: thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt thou be any more.
The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord GOD hath spoken, who can but prophesy?
And he ran before, and climbed up into a sycomore tree to see him: for he was to pass that way.
And Peter said, Man, I know not what thou sayest. And immediately, while he yet spake, the cock crew.
Not of works, lest any man should boast.
So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest fourscore years.
And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem:
And the men of Israel, beside Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword: all these were men of war.
But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
The second woe is past; and, behold, the third woe cometh quickly.
