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Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver; and thy raiment was of fine linen, and silk, and broidered work; thou didst eat fine flour, and honey, and oil: and thou wast exceeding beautiful, and thou didst prosper into a kingdom.
Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king's house, over against the king's house: and the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house, over against the gate of the house.
And there was war again with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear staff was like a weaver's beam.
And the Avims which dwelt in Hazerim, even unto Azzah, the Caphtorims, which came forth out of Caphtor, destroyed them, and dwelt in their stead.)
Now when the copy of king Artaxerxes' letter was read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went up in haste to Jerusalem unto the Jews, and made them to cease by force and power.
For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you.
And see the land, what it is; and the people that dwelleth therein, whether they be strong or weak, few or many;
And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day will I begin to magnify thee in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee.
The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.
Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made:
But if they say thus, Come up unto us; then we will go up: for the LORD hath delivered them into our hand: and this shall be a sign unto us.
And the children of Israel gave to the Levites these cities with their suburbs.
And it was told king Solomon that Joab was fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD; and, behold, he is by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall upon him.
And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place shall be, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, it shall even be for briers and thorns.
And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
And he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD, and to record, and to thank and praise the LORD God of Israel:
And Adamah, and Ramah, and Hazor,
The children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha.
And Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and Aspatha,
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.
Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off? and wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our hosts?
And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?
And the king of Babylon smote them, and put them to death in Riblah in the land of Hamath. Thus Judah was carried away captive out of his own land.
And he prepared great provision for them: and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. So the bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel.
