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Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,
The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD.
And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.
Salute Herodion my kinsman. Greet them that be of the household of Narcissus, which are in the Lord.
And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now thine hand. And the angel of the LORD was by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite.
Behold, at that time I will undo all that afflict thee: and I will save her that halteth, and gather her that was driven out; and I will get them praise and fame in every land where they have been put to shame.
Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate because of them that dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings.
And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob: And I said, Here am I.
And I stayed in the mount, according to the first time, forty days and forty nights; and the LORD hearkened unto me at that time also, and the LORD would not destroy thee.
O LORD, for thy servant's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all this greatness, in making known all these great things.
The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty and three.
So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, went down, and caused Solomon to ride upon king David's mule, and brought him to Gihon.
And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God's sake,
Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Asher, were forty and one thousand and five hundred.
A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.
Nebuchadnezzar spake and said unto them, Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, do not ye serve my gods, nor worship the golden image which I have set up?
And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madest strong for thyself.
But if he shall any ways make them void after that he hath heard them; then he shall bear her iniquity.
Thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren the children of Israel: return every man to his house; for this thing is from me. They hearkened therefore to the word of the LORD, and returned to depart, according to the word of the LORD.
He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him unto me.
And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD hath put in my mouth?
Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake.
Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!
And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: also they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.
