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For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they be mighty men, and they be chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field: and thy father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.
Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were porters keeping the ward at the thresholds of the gates.
For every head shall be bald, and every beard clipped: upon all the hands shall be cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth.
And the soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape.
The children of Bazlith, the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha,
And he said unto him, Well, thou good servant: because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities.
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, am against thee, and will execute judgments in the midst of thee in the sight of the nations.
And he came to the ram that had two horns, which I had seen standing before the river, and ran unto him in the fury of his power.
And all the firstborn males by the number of names, from a month old and upward, of those that were numbered of them, were twenty and two thousand two hundred and threescore and thirteen.
How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger.
The appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto the colour of a beryl: and they four had one likeness: and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel.
Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled.
For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator.
And it was told David; and he gathered all Israel, and passed over Jordan, and came upon them, and set the battle in array against them. So when David had put the battle in array against the Syrians, they fought with him.
And the seven thin and ill favoured kine that came up after them are seven years; and the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind shall be seven years of famine.
But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no presents. But he held his peace.
They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.
And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of their companions, unto Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the writing of the letter was written in the Syrian tongue, and interpreted in the Syrian tongue.
Then the king made a great feast unto all his princes and his servants, even Esther's feast; and he made a release to the provinces, and gave gifts, according to the state of the king.
So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed to sound with cymbals of brass;
The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.
And Bath-sheba said, Well; I will speak for thee unto the king.
Declare ye in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, Blow ye the trumpet in the land: cry, gather together, and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the defenced cities.
