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And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused.
And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,
I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.
But all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we took for a prey to ourselves.
For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh: and the slain of the LORD shall be many.
The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
And they said unto Jephthah, Come, and be our captain, that we may fight with the children of Ammon.
Then the people rejoiced, for that they offered willingly, because with perfect heart they offered willingly to the LORD: and David the king also rejoiced with great joy.
Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.
And hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am the LORD your God.
And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, Now will I praise the LORD: therefore she called his name Judah; and left bearing.
But we trusted that it had been he which should have redeemed Israel: and beside all this, to day is the third day since these things were done.
And all the people that were left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which were not of the children of Israel,
And he shall lead Zedekiah to Babylon, and there shall he be until I visit him, saith the LORD: though ye fight with the Chaldeans, ye shall not prosper.
What knowest thou, that we know not? what understandest thou, which is not in us?
In that thou lovest thine enemies, and hatest thy friends. For thou hast declared this day, that thou regardest neither princes nor servants: for this day I perceive, that if Absalom had lived, and all we had died this day, then it had pleased thee well.
And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam.
And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.
For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee:
And as I was considering, behold, an he goat came from the west on the face of the whole earth, and touched not the ground: and the goat had a notable horn between his eyes.
Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah.
Some therefore cried one thing, and some another: for the assembly was confused; and the more part knew not wherefore they were come together.
So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath.
The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.
