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And when these days were expired, the king made a feast unto all the people that were present in Shushan the palace, both unto great and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king's palace;
But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not;
Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons or daughters in this place.
Moreover I call God for a record upon my soul, that to spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth.
But as for the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.
For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood; I will even set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people.
Whosoever toucheth the dead body of any man that is dead, and purifieth not himself, defileth the tabernacle of the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from Israel: because the water of separation was not sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is yet upon him.
He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.
Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king's commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them, (though it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them;)
Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee.
And when he came, behold, the captains of the host were sitting; and he said, I have an errand to thee, O captain. And Jehu said, Unto which of all us? And he said, To thee, O captain.
And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that are on the four feet thereof.
And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you.
For, lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this.
Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praise unto the LORD with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshipped.
And over the host of the tribe of the children of Manasseh was Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.
In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not: and to Zion, Let not thine hands be slack.
And Bath-sheba went in unto the king into the chamber: and the king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite ministered unto the king.
So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll: and he took it out of Elishama the scribe's chamber. And Jehudi read it in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the princes which stood beside the king.
And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side of mount Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Beth-lehem-judah.
