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Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks;
And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bare him a son, whose name he called Abimelech.
But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say unto them, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that ye go to enquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron?
The hangings of the one side of the gate were fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.
Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites:
Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were dim, that he could not see.
For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.
For he had one only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she lay a dying. But as he went the people thronged him.
And Gaal the son of Ebed came with his brethren, and went over to Shechem: and the men of Shechem put their confidence in him.
Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent unto the prayer that is made in this place.
For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.
And the pavement by the side of the gates over against the length of the gates was the lower pavement.
For what thanks can we render to God again for you, for all the joy wherewith we joy for your sakes before our God;
And the people asked him, saying, What shall we do then?
Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made:
For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
And the LORD rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as it is this day.
And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.
Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people.
I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people,
In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted.
(For ye know how we have dwelt in the land of Egypt; and how we came through the nations which ye passed by;
Thou knowest how that David my father could not build an house unto the name of the LORD his God for the wars which were about him on every side, until the LORD put them under the soles of his feet.
Then I testified against them, and said unto them, Why lodge ye about the wall? if ye do so again, I will lay hands on you. From that time forth came they no more on the sabbath.
