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When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant which the LORD made with you, then I abode in the mount forty days and forty nights, I neither did eat bread nor drink water:
Then the king arose, and tare his garments, and lay on the earth; and all his servants stood by with their clothes rent.
Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are your's;
And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.
For thus hath the LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end.
And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:
Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of them.
There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before their faces all these words which the LORD commanded him.
That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.
So the spirit took me up, and brought me into the inner court; and, behold, the glory of the LORD filled the house.
According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day, wherewith they have forsaken me, and served other gods, so do they also unto thee.
For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; I have put a yoke of iron upon the neck of all these nations, that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and they shall serve him: and I have given him the beasts of the field also.
For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live:
But he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as did Manasseh his father: for Amon sacrificed unto all the carved images which Manasseh his father had made, and served them;
I sent him therefore the more carefully, that, when ye see him again, ye may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful.
Then rose up certain of the elders of the land, and spake to all the assembly of the people, saying,
I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled?
And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them.
Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith the LORD, whose name is The God of hosts.
And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem unto his mother's brethren, and communed with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother's father, saying,
And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.
Therefore thy gates shall be open continually; they shall not be shut day nor night; that men may bring unto thee the forces of the Gentiles, and that their kings may be brought.
And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray thee, at the word of the LORD to day.
