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And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said unto him, Because thou hast relied on the king of Syria, and not relied on the LORD thy God, therefore is the host of the king of Syria escaped out of thine hand.
And it came to pass, as they sat at the table, that the word of the LORD came unto the prophet that brought him back:
And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.
For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear:
The children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Thamah,
My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.
If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.
Also he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall that was broken, and raised it up to the towers, and another wall without, and repaired Millo in the city of David, and made darts and shields in abundance.
And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate.
And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.
Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed:
And his house where he dwelt had another court within the porch, which was of the like work. Solomon made also an house for Pharaoh's daughter, whom he had taken to wife, like unto this porch.
Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.
They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.
Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,
A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.
Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelt in that hill, and smote them, and discomfited them, even unto Hormah.
Thou answeredst them, O LORD our God: thou wast a God that forgavest them, though thou tookest vengeance of their inventions.
Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.
Thrice in the year shall all your men children appear before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel.
And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus.
Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.
And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God, said he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house.
The LORD repented for this: It shall not be, saith the LORD.
