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Thus shalt thou say unto him, The LORD saith thus; Behold, that which I have built will I break down, and that which I have planted I will pluck up, even this whole land.
If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
Moreover in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set of the Levites, and of the priests, and of the chief of the fathers of Israel, for the judgment of the LORD, and for controversies, when they returned to Jerusalem.
And he beheld them, and said, What is this then that is written, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner?
The table, and his staves, and all his vessels, and the shewbread,
I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest.
The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;
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.
And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad called the altar Ed: for it shall be a witness between us that the LORD is God.
As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.
And with them Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals for those that should make a sound, and with musical instruments of God. And the sons of Jeduthun were porters.
And Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites.
If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
And Abiathar shewed David that Saul had slain the LORD'S priests.
And thou shalt make fifty taches of brass, and put the taches into the loops, and couple the tent together, that it may be one.
Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God?
For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it.
For I know the forwardness of your mind, for which I boast of you to them of Macedonia, that Achaia was ready a year ago; and your zeal hath provoked very many.
Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.
Until thy brother's anger turn away from thee, and he forget that which thou hast done to him: then I will send, and fetch thee from thence: why should I be deprived also of you both in one day?
These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly:
But the word of God came unto Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that he might know your estate, and comfort your hearts;
And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority?
