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Then sent the king an answer unto Rehum the chancellor, and to Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their companions that dwell in Samaria, and unto the rest beyond the river, Peace, and at such a time.
Make ye mention to the nations; behold, publish against Jerusalem, that watchers come from a far country, and give out their voice against the cities of Judah.
Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great?
Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and toward Asuppim two and two.
Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.
The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Philistines, before that Pharaoh smote Gaza.
Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!
He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.
Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:
And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth; and the mule that was under him went away.
And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the ruler over them in time past, and the LORD was with him.
I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.
But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;
And the number of them, after their genealogy by their generations, heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valour, was twenty thousand and two hundred.
And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.
The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.
If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses:
And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife.
Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!
The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her pleasant things: for she hath seen that the heathen entered into her sanctuary, whom thou didst command that they should not enter into thy congregation.
And Isaac said unto his son, How is it that thou hast found it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because the LORD thy God brought it to me.
Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels;
Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people are as they that strive with the priest.
He arose, and smote the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand clave unto the sword: and the LORD wrought a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to spoil.
