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Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the remnant of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all they that were come out of the captivity unto Jerusalem; and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to set forward the work of the house of the LORD.
And he said unto them, Can ye make the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them?
Then Solomon offered burnt offerings unto the LORD on the altar of the LORD, which he had built before the porch,
In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah.
And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
But the field, when it goeth out in the jubile, shall be holy unto the LORD, as a field devoted; the possession thereof shall be the priest's.
For, lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this.
Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?
For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment.
And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Michaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asahiah a servant of the king's, saying,
And ye are risen up against my father's house this day, and have slain his sons, threescore and ten persons, upon one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his maidservant, king over the men of Shechem, because he is your brother;)
And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.
But they presumed to go up unto the hill top: nevertheless the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and Moses, departed not out of the camp.
He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes,
Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
Preserve my soul; for I am holy: O thou my God, save thy servant that trusteth in thee.
And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up.
And thou shalt set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and shalt put water therein.
Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the LORD that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself;
For except we had lingered, surely now we had returned this second time.
And this shall be a sign unto thee from the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing that he hath spoken;
Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they carried away captive the whole captivity, to deliver them up to Edom:
And thou, son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning the Ammonites, and concerning their reproach; even say thou, The sword, the sword is drawn: for the slaughter it is furbished, to consume because of the glittering:
