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And he set a carved image, the idol which he had made, in the house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen before all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:
He trusted in the LORD God of Israel; so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor any that were before him.
So Solomon built the house, and finished it.
And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;
And David comforted Bath-sheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her: and she bare a son, and he called his name Solomon: and the LORD loved him.
There were they in great fear, where no fear was: for God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee: thou hast put them to shame, because God hath despised them.
And on the fifth day nine bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year without spot:
And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?
Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?
Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.
And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.
And when the man rose up to depart, his father in law urged him: therefore he lodged there again.
And if a stranger sojourn with you, or whosoever be among you in your generations, and will offer an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD; as ye do, so he shall do.
Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.
For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the top of a rock; she poured it not upon the ground, to cover it with dust;
Yea, so have I strived to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build upon another man's foundation:
For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the LORD made the heavens.
By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
Yet the LORD would not destroy Judah for David his servant's sake, as he promised him to give him alway a light, and to his children.
And he said unto them, Behold, when ye are entered into the city, there shall a man meet you, bearing a pitcher of water; follow him into the house where he entereth in.
Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say unto him, What doest thou?
And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?
And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honourable.
The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt.
