LXX Concordance for αἱ

Adam lived 800 years after he fathered Seth, and he fathered other sons and daughters.

So Seth's life lasted 912 years; then he died.

So Enosh's life lasted 905 years; then he died.

So Kenan's life lasted 910 years; then he died.

So Mahalalel's life lasted 895 years; then he died.

So Jared's life lasted 962 years; then he died.

So Enoch's life lasted 365 years.

So Methuselah's life lasted 969 years; then he died.

So Lamech's life lasted 777 years; then he died.

And the LORD said, “My Spirit will not remain[fn] with[fn] mankind forever, because they are corrupt.[fn] Their days will be 120 years.”

When the LORD saw that human wickedness was widespread on the earth and that every inclination of the human mind was nothing but evil all the time,

These are the family records of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless among his contemporaries; Noah walked with God.

“But I will establish my covenant with you, and you will enter the ark with your sons, your wife, and your sons' wives.

So Noah, his sons, his wife, and his sons' wives entered the ark because of the floodwaters.

In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the sources of the vast watery depths burst open, the floodgates of the sky were opened,

On that same day Noah and his three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth, entered the ark, along with Noah's wife and his three sons' wives.

The sources of the watery depths and the floodgates of the sky were closed, and the rain from the sky stopped.

The water continued to recede until the tenth month; in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains were visible.

“Come out of the ark, you, your wife, your sons, and your sons' wives with you.

So Noah, along with his sons, his wife, and his sons' wives, came out.

So Noah's life lasted 950 years; then he died.

These are the family records of Noah's sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. They also had sons after the flood.

the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. Afterward the Canaanite clans scattered.

These are the clans of Noah's sons, according to their family records, in their nations. The nations on earth spread out from these after the flood.

These are the family records of Shem. Shem lived 100 years and fathered Arpachshad two years after the flood.

These are the family records of Terah. Terah fathered Abram, Nahor, and Haran, and Haran fathered Lot.

Terah lived 205 years and died in Haran.

I will bless those who bless you,

I will curse anyone who treats you with contempt,

and all the peoples on earth

will be blessed[fn] through you.[fn]

“In the fourth generation they will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites has not yet reached its full measure.”[fn]

“This man will be like a wild donkey. His hand will be against everyone, and everyone's hand will be against him; he will settle near all his relatives.”

Then the LORD said, “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is immense, and their sin is extremely serious.

Lot departed from Zoar and lived in the mountains along with his two daughters, because he was afraid to live in Zoar. Instead, he and his two daughters lived in a cave.

So both of Lot's daughters became pregnant by their father.

And Abimelech said to Abraham, “Why have you separated these seven ewe lambs? ”

At evening, the time when women went out to draw water, he made the camels kneel beside a well outside the town.

“I am standing here at the spring where the daughters of the men of the town are coming out to draw water.

As the camels finished drinking, the man took a gold ring weighing half a shekel, and for her wrists two bracelets weighing ten shekels of gold.

“I am standing here at a spring. Let the young woman[fn] who comes out to draw water, and I say to her, ‘Please let me drink a little water from your jug,'

Then Rebekah and her female servants got up, mounted the camels, and followed the man. So the servant took Rebekah and left.

These are the family records of Abraham's son Ishmael, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's slave, bore to Abraham.

These are the family records of Isaac son of Abraham. Abraham fathered Isaac.

When her time came to give birth, there were indeed twins in her womb.

So Jacob came closer to his father Isaac. When he touched him, he said, “The voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Esau.”

Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. And Esau determined in his heart, “The days of mourning for my father are approaching; then I will kill my brother Jacob.”

Esau realized that his father Isaac disapproved of the Canaanite women,

“Your offspring will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out toward the west, the east, the north, and the south. All the peoples on earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.

Then Jacob said to Laban, “Since my time is complete, give me my wife, so I can sleep with[fn] her.”

Leah said, “I am happy that the women call me happy,” so she named him Asher.[fn]

“Are we not regarded by him as outsiders? For he has sold us and has certainly spent our purchase price.

“I've been with you these twenty years. Your ewes and female goats have not miscarried, and I have not eaten the rams from your flock.

Then Laban answered Jacob, “The daughters are my daughters; the children, my children; and the flocks, my flocks! Everything you see is mine! But what can I do today for these daughters of mine or for the children they have borne?

Then the slaves and their children approached him and bowed down.

So Esau said, “What do you mean by this whole procession[fn] I met? ”

“To find favor with you, my lord,” he answered.

Jacob replied, “My lord knows that the children are weak, and I have nursing flocks and herds. If they are driven hard for one day, the whole herd will die.

Isaac lived 180 years.

These are the family records of Esau (that is, Edom).

These are the family records of Esau, father of the Edomites in the mountains of Seir.

These are the family records of Jacob.

At seventeen years of age, Joseph tended sheep with his brothers. The young man was working with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives, and he brought a bad report about them to their father.

They sat down to eat a meal, and when they looked up, there was a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying aromatic gum, balsam, and resin, going down to Egypt.

“Come on, let's sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay a hand on him, for he is our brother, our own flesh,” and his brothers agreed.

All his sons and daughters tried to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. “No,” he said. “I will go down to Sheol to my son, mourning.” And his father wept for him.

After a long time[fn] Judah's wife, the daughter of Shua, died. When Judah had finished mourning, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite went up to Timnah to his sheepshearers.

The sickly, thin cows ate the healthy, well-fed cows. Then Pharaoh woke up.

“Then the thin, sickly cows ate the first seven well-fed cows.

“The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven good heads are seven years. The dreams mean the same thing.

Every land came to Joseph in Egypt to buy grain, for the famine was severe in every land.

“You can settle in the land of Goshen and be near me ​— ​you, your children, and your grandchildren, your flocks, your herds, and all you have.

These were Leah's sons born to Jacob in Paddan-aram, as well as his daughter Dinah. The total number of persons:[fn] thirty-three.

The total number of persons belonging to Jacob ​— ​his direct descendants,[fn] not including the wives of Jacob's sons ​— ​who came to Egypt: sixty-six.

Jacob said to Pharaoh, “My pilgrimage has lasted 130 years. My years have been few and hard, and they have not reached the years of my ancestors during their pilgrimages.”

Now Jacob lived in the land of Egypt 17 years, and his life span was 147 years.

“Judah, your brothers will praise you.

Your hand will be on the necks of your enemies;

your father's sons will bow down to you.

They took forty days to complete this, for embalming takes that long, and the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.

The midwives, however, feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt had told them; they let the boys live.

The midwives said to Pharaoh, “The Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women, for they are vigorous and give birth before the midwife can get to them.”

Since the midwives feared God, he gave them families.

Pharaoh's daughter went down to bathe at the Nile while her servant girls walked along the riverbank. She saw the basket among the reeds, sent her slave girl, took it,

They answered, “An Egyptian rescued us from the shepherds. He even drew water for us and watered the flock.”

The sons of Simeon:

Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin,

Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman.

These are the clans of Simeon.

The sons of Korah:

Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph.

These are the clans of the Korahites.

“But if you will not let my people go, then I will send swarms of flies[fn] against you, your officials, your people, and your houses. The Egyptians' houses will swarm with flies, and so will the land where they live.[fn]

Moses said to him, “When I have left the city, I will spread out my hands to the LORD. The thunder will cease, and there will be no more hail, so that you may know the earth[fn] belongs to the LORD.

Moses left Pharaoh and the city, and spread out his hands to the LORD. Then the thunder and hail ceased, and rain no longer poured down on the land.

“They will fill your houses, all your officials' houses, and the houses of all the Egyptians ​— ​something your fathers and grandfathers never saw since the time they occupied the land until today.” Then he turned and left Pharaoh's presence.

“Here is how you must eat it: You must be dressed for travel,[fn] your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand. You are to eat it in a hurry; it is the LORD's Passover.

You will bring them in and plant them

on the mountain of your possession;

LORD, you have prepared the place

for your dwelling;

Lord,[fn] your hands have established the sanctuary.

Then the prophetess Miriam, Aaron's sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women came out following her with tambourines and dancing.

When Moses's hands grew heavy, they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat down on it. Then Aaron and Hur supported his hands, one on one side and one on the other so that his hands remained steady until the sun went down.

“No hand may touch him;[fn] instead he will be stoned or shot with arrows and not live, whether animal or human. When the ram's horn sounds a long blast, they may go up the mountain.”

As the sound of the ram's horn grew louder and louder, Moses spoke and God answered him in the thunder.

“When a man sells his daughter as a concubine,[fn] she is not to leave as the male slaves do.

“My anger will burn, and I will kill you with the sword; then your wives will be widows and your children fatherless.

“There are to be eight supports with their silver bases: sixteen bases; two bases under the first support and two bases under each support.

“Hang it on four gold-plated pillars of acacia wood that have gold hooks and that stand on four silver bases.

“Make five pillars of acacia wood for the screen and overlay them with gold; their hooks are to be gold, and you are to cast five bronze bases for them.

“including twenty posts and twenty bronze bases, with silver hooks and silver bands[fn] for the posts.

“These are the garments that they must make: a breastpiece, an ephod, a robe, a specially woven tunic,[fn] a turban, and a sash. They are to make holy garments for your brother Aaron and his sons so that they may serve me as priests.

“Take some of the blood that is on the altar and some of the anointing oil, and sprinkle them on Aaron and his garments, as well as on his sons and their garments. So he and his garments will be holy, as well as his sons and their garments.

Then Moses turned and went down the mountain with the two tablets of the testimony in his hands. They were inscribed on both sides ​— ​inscribed front and back.

The LORD said to Moses, “Cut two stone tablets like the first ones, and I will write on them the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke.

“No one may go up with you; in fact, no one should be seen anywhere on the mountain. Even the flocks and herds are not to graze in front of that mountain.”

“Then you will take some of their daughters as brides for your sons. Their daughters will prostitute themselves with their gods and cause your sons to prostitute themselves with their gods.

As Moses descended from Mount Sinai ​— ​with the two tablets of the testimony in his hands as he descended the mountain ​— ​he did not realize that the skin of his face shone as a result of his speaking with the LORD.[fn]

And all the women whose hearts were moved spun the goat hair by virtue of their skill.

He made four pillars of acacia wood for it and overlaid them with gold; their hooks were of gold. And he cast four silver bases for the pillars.

together with its five pillars and their hooks. He overlaid the tops of the pillars and their bands with gold, but their five bases were bronze.

including their twenty posts and their twenty bronze bases, with silver hooks and silver bands[fn] for the posts.

the hangings on one side of the gate were 22½ feet,[fn] including their three posts and their three bases.

It had four posts with their four bronze bases. Their hooks were silver, and their top plating and their bands were silver.

“His own hands will bring the food offerings to the LORD. He will bring the fat together with the breast. The breast is to be presented as a presentation offering before the LORD.

“She will continue in purification from her bleeding for thirty-three days. She must not touch any holy thing or go into the sanctuary until completing her days of purification.

“When her days of purification are complete, whether for a son or daughter, she is to bring to the priest at the entrance to the tent of meeting a year-old male lamb for a burnt offering, and a young pigeon or a turtledove for a sin[fn] offering.

“This is uncleanness of his discharge: Whether his member secretes the discharge or retains it, he is unclean. All the days that his member secretes or retains anything because of his discharge,[fn] he is unclean.

“When a woman has a discharge of her blood for many days, though it is not the time of her menstruation, or if she has a discharge beyond her period, she will be unclean all the days of her unclean discharge, as she is during the days of her menstruation.

“Any person who does any of these detestable practices is to be cut off from his people.

“Anyone who eats it will bear his iniquity, for he has profaned what is holy to the LORD. That person is to be cut off from his people.

“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: These are my appointed times, the times of the LORD that you will proclaim as sacred assemblies.

“These are the LORD's appointed times, the sacred assemblies you are to proclaim at their appointed times.

“You are to present with the bread seven unblemished male lambs a year old, one young bull, and two rams. They will be a burnt offering to the LORD, with their grain offerings and drink offerings, a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

“These are the LORD's appointed times that you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies for presenting food offerings to the LORD, burnt offerings and grain offerings, sacrifices and drink offerings, each on its designated day.

“so that your generations may know that I made the Israelites live in shelters when I brought them out of the land of Egypt; I am the LORD your God.”

“But houses in settlements that have no walls around them are to be classified as open fields. The right to redeem such houses stays in effect, and they are to be released at the Jubilee.

“I will send wild animals against you that will deprive you of your children, ravage your livestock, and reduce your numbers until your roads are deserted.

“But I will scatter you among the nations, and I will draw a sword to chase after you. So your land will become desolate, and your cities will become ruins.

These are the commands the LORD gave Moses for the Israelites on Mount Sinai.

These are the family records of Aaron and Moses at the time the LORD spoke with Moses on Mount Sinai.

“This is what they are responsible to carry as the whole of their service at the tent of meeting: the supports of the tabernacle, with its crossbars, pillars, and bases,

“You must not cut his hair[fn] throughout the time of his vow of consecration. He may be holy until the time is completed during which he consecrates himself to the LORD; he is to let the hair of his head grow long.

“He is to rededicate his time of consecration to the LORD and to bring a year-old male lamb as a guilt offering. But do not count the initial period of consecration because it became defiled.

All the livestock for the burnt offering totaled twelve bulls, twelve rams, and twelve male lambs a year old, with their grain offerings, and twelve male goats for the sin offering.

“When you sound short blasts, the camps pitched on the east are to set out.

This was the order of march for the Israelites by their military divisions as they set out.

“Is the land they live in good or bad? Are the cities they live in encampments or fortifications?

“However, the people living in the land are strong, and the cities are large and fortified. We also saw the descendants of Anak there.

“Why is the LORD bringing us into this land to die by the sword? Our wives and children will become plunder. Wouldn't it be better for us to go back to Egypt? ”

So they got away from the dwellings of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. Meanwhile, Dathan and Abiram came out and stood at the entrance of their tents with their wives, children, and infants.

Woe to you, Moab!

You have been destroyed, people of Chemosh!

He gave up his sons as refugees,

and his daughters into captivity

to Sihon the Amorite king.

How beautiful are your tents, Jacob,

your dwellings, Israel.

The daughters of Zelophehad approached; Zelophehad was the son of Hepher, son of Gilead, son of Machir, son of Manasseh from the clans of Manasseh, the son of Joseph. These were the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

“These are in addition to the monthly and regular burnt offerings with their prescribed grain offerings and drink offerings. They are a pleasing aroma, a food offering to the LORD.

“Their grain offering is to be of fine flour mixed with oil, six quarts with each of the thirteen bulls, four quarts with each of the two rams,

“Also offer one male goat as a sin offering. These are in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain and drink offerings.

“Also offer one male goat as a sin offering. These are in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain and drink and their drink offerings.

“Also offer one male goat as a sin offering. These are in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain and drink offerings.

“with their grain and drink offerings for the bulls, rams, and lambs, in proportion to their number.

“with their grain and drink offerings for the bulls, rams, and lambs, in proportion to their number.

“with their grain and drink offerings for the bulls, rams, and lambs, in proportion to their number.

“with their grain and drink offerings for the bulls, rams, and lambs, in proportion to their number.

“with their grain and drink offerings for the bulls, rams, and lambs, in proportion to their number.

“and her father hears about her vow or the obligation she put herself under, and he says nothing to her, all her vows and every obligation she put herself under are binding.

“If a woman marries while her vows or the rash commitment she herself made are binding,

“and her husband hears about it, says nothing to her, and does not prohibit her, all her vows are binding, and every obligation she put herself under is binding.

Moses sent one thousand from each tribe to war. They went with Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest, in whose care were the holy objects and signal trumpets.

“Our dependents, wives, livestock, and all our animals will remain here in the cities of Gilead,

“The cities will be for them to live in, and their pasturelands will be for their herds, flocks, and all their other animals.

“You will have the cities as a refuge from the avenger, so that the one who kills someone will not die until he stands trial before the assembly.

“These six cities will serve as a refuge for the Israelites and for the alien or temporary resident among them, so that anyone who kills a person unintentionally may flee there.

These are the commands and ordinances the LORD commanded the Israelites through Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho.

“Then the Amorites who lived there came out against you and chased you like a swarm of bees. They routed you from Seir as far as Hormah.

“The time we spent traveling from Kadesh-barnea until we crossed the Zered Valley was thirty-eight years until the entire generation of fighting men had perished from the camp, as the LORD had sworn to them.

“But your wives, dependents, and livestock ​— ​I know that you have a lot of livestock ​— ​will remain in the cities I have given you

“This is the command ​— ​the statutes and ordinances ​— ​the LORD your God has commanded me to teach you, so that you may follow them in the land you are about to enter and possess.

“So I went back down the mountain, while it was blazing with fire, and the two tablets of the covenant were in my hands.

“So I made an ark of acacia wood, cut two stone tablets like the first ones, and climbed the mountain with the two tablets in my hand.

“so that as long as the heavens are above the earth, your days and those of your children may be many in the land the LORD swore to give your ancestors.

“Be careful to follow these statutes and ordinances in the land that the LORD, the God of your ancestors, has given you to possess all the days you live on the earth.

“You will rejoice before the LORD your God ​— ​you, your sons and daughters, your male and female slaves, and the Levite who is within your city gates, since he has no portion or inheritance among you.

“Instead, you must kill him. Your hand is to be the first against him to put him to death, and then the hands of all the people.

“They will declare, ‘Our hands did not shed this blood; our eyes did not see it.

“All these blessings will come and overtake you, because you obey the LORD your God:

“Your basket and kneading bowl will be blessed.

“But if you do not obey the LORD your God by carefully following all his commands and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come and overtake you:

“Your basket and kneading bowl will be cursed.

“Your sons and daughters will be given to another people, while your eyes grow weary looking for them every day. But you will be powerless to do anything.

“All these curses will come, pursue, and overtake you until you are destroyed, since you did not obey the LORD your God and keep the commands and statutes he gave you.

“your dependents, your wives, and the resident aliens in your camps who cut your wood and draw your water ​— ​

“The LORD will not be willing to forgive him. Instead, his anger and jealousy will burn against that person, and every curse written in this scroll will descend on him. The LORD will blot out his name under heaven,

The LORD said to Moses, “The time of your death is now approaching. Call Joshua and present yourselves at the tent of meeting so that I may commission him.” When Moses and Joshua went and presented themselves at the tent of meeting,

The Rock ​— ​his work is perfect;

all his ways are just.

A faithful God, without bias,

he is righteous and true.

He said this about Judah:

LORD, hear Judah's cry and bring him to his people.

He fights for his cause[fn] with his own hands,

but may you be a help against his foes.

May the bolts of your gate be iron and bronze,

and your strength last as long as you live.

The Israelites wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days. Then the days of weeping and mourning for Moses came to an end.

“Your wives, dependents, and livestock may remain in the land Moses gave you on this side of the Jordan. But your best soldiers must cross over in battle formation[fn] ahead of your brothers and help them

When all the Amorite kings across the Jordan to the west and all the Canaanite kings near the sea heard how the LORD had dried up the water of the Jordan before the Israelites until they had crossed over, they lost heart and their courage failed because of the Israelites.

So the Israelites set out and reached the Gibeonite cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, Chephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath-jearim.

The border of the Reubenites was the Jordan and its plain. This was the inheritance of the Reubenites by their clans, with the cities and their settlements.

this as their territory:

Jazer and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the Ammonites to Aroer, near Rabbah;

This was the inheritance of the Gadites by their clans, with the cities and their settlements.

These were the outermost cities of the tribe of the descendants of Judah toward the border of Edom in the Negev: Kabzeel, Eder, Jagur,

Ziph, Telem, Bealoth,

Hazar-shual, Beer-sheba, Biziothiah,

Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and Rimmon ​— ​twenty-nine cities in all, with their settlements.

Shaaraim, Adithaim, Gederah, and Gederothaim ​— ​fourteen cities, with their settlements;

Gederoth, Beth-dagon, Naamah, and Makkedah ​— ​sixteen cities, with their settlements;

Keilah, Achzib, and Mareshah ​— ​nine cities, with their settlements;

Goshen, Holon, and Giloh ​— ​eleven cities, with their settlements;

Humtah, Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), and Zior ​— ​nine cities, with their settlements;

Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah ​— ​ten cities, with their settlements;

Maarath, Beth-anoth, and Eltekon ​— ​six cities, with their settlements;[fn]

Nibshan, the City of Salt,[fn] and En-gedi ​— ​six cities, with their settlements.

From Janoah it descended to Ataroth and Naarah, and then reached Jericho and went to the Jordan.

the cities set apart for the descendants of Ephraim within the inheritance of the descendants of Manasseh ​— ​all these cities with their settlements.

Within Issachar and Asher, Manasseh had Beth-shean, Ibleam, and the inhabitants of Dor with their surrounding villages; the inhabitants of En-dor, Taanach, and Megiddo ​— ​the three cities of[fn] Naphath ​— ​with their surrounding villages.

These were the cities of the tribe of Benjamin's descendants by their clans:

Jericho, Beth-hoglah, Emek-keziz,

Chephar-ammoni, Ophni, and Geba ​— ​twelve cities, with their settlements;

Zela, Haeleph, Jebus[fn] (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah, and Kiriath[fn] ​— ​fourteen cities, with their settlements.

This was the inheritance for Benjamin's descendants by their clans.

Beth-lebaoth, and Sharuhen ​— ​thirteen cities, with their settlements;

This was the inheritance of Zebulun's descendants by their clans, these cities, with their settlements.

This was the inheritance of the tribe of Issachar's descendants by their clans, the cities, with their settlements.

This was the inheritance of the tribe of Asher's descendants by their clans, these cities with their settlements.

Their boundary went from Heleph and from the oak in Zaanannim, including Adami-nekeb and Jabneel, as far as Lakkum, and ended at the Jordan.

The fortified cities were Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, Chinnereth,

This was the inheritance of the tribe of Dan's descendants by their clans, these cities with their settlements.

These were the portions that the priest Eleazar, Joshua son of Nun, and the family heads distributed to the Israelite tribes by lot at Shiloh in the LORD's presence at the entrance to the tent of meeting. So they finished dividing up the land.

“so that a person who kills someone unintentionally or accidentally may flee there. These will be your refuge from the avenger of blood.

These are the cities appointed for all the Israelites and the aliens residing among them, so that anyone who kills a person unintentionally may flee there and not die at the hand of the avenger of blood until he stands before the assembly.

All thirteen cities with their pasturelands were for the priests, the descendants of Aaron.

All thirteen cities with their pasturelands were for the Gershonites by their clans.

Heshbon with its pasturelands, and Jazer with its pasturelands ​— ​four cities in all.

Within the Israelite possession there were forty-eight cities in all with their pasturelands for the Levites.

The Amorites were determined to stay in Har-heres, Aijalon, and Shaalbim. When the house of Joseph got the upper hand, the Amorites were made to serve as forced labor.

Ehud was gone when Eglon's servants came in. They looked and found the doors of the upstairs room locked and thought he was relieving himself[fn] in the cool room.

LORD, when you came from Seir,

when you marched from the fields of Edom,

the earth trembled,

the skies poured rain,

and the clouds poured water.

“Listen to what they say, and then you will be encouraged to attack the camp.” So he went down with Purah his servant to the outpost of the troops[fn] who were in the camp.

The three companies blew their rams' horns and shattered their pitchers. They held their torches in their left hands and their rams' horns to blow in their right hands, and they shouted, “A sword for the LORD and for Gideon! ”

When Gideon's men blew their three hundred rams' horns, the LORD caused the men in the whole army to turn on each other with their swords. They fled to Acacia House[fn] in the direction of Zererah as far as the border of Abel-meholah near Tabbath.

Then Abimelech and the units that were with him rushed forward and took their stand at the entrance of the city gate. The other two units rushed against all who were in the countryside and struck them down.

There was a strong tower inside the city, and all the men, women, and citizens of the city fled there. They locked themselves in and went up to the roof of the tower.

She also said to her father, “Let me do this one thing: Let me wander two months through the mountains with my friends and mourn my virginity.”

that four days each year the young women of Israel would commemorate the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite.

When Delilah realized that he had told her the whole truth, she sent this message to the Philistine leaders: “Come one more time, for he has told me the whole truth.” The Philistine leaders came to her and brought the silver with them.

When her master got up in the morning, opened the doors of the house, and went out to leave on his journey, there was the woman, his concubine, collapsed near the doorway of the house with her hands on the threshold.

The leaders of all the people and of all the tribes of Israel presented themselves in the assembly of God's people: four hundred thousand armed foot soldiers.

Then the tribes of Israel sent men throughout the tribe of Benjamin, saying, “What is this evil act that has happened among you?

“Watch, and when you see the young women of Shiloh come out to perform the dances, each of you leave the vineyards and catch a wife for yourself from the young women of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.

She and her daughters-in-law set out to return from the territory of Moab, because she had heard in Moab that the LORD had paid attention to his people's need by providing them food.

The women said to Naomi, “Blessed be the LORD, who has not left you without a family redeemer today. May his name become well known in Israel.

The neighbor women said, “A son has been born to Naomi,” and they named him Obed. He was the father of Jesse, the father of David.

“No, my sons, the news I hear the LORD's people spreading is not good.

As she was dying,[fn] the women taking care of her said, “Don't be afraid. You've given birth to a son! ” But she did not respond or pay attention.

The cows went straight up the road to Beth-shemesh. They stayed on that one highway, lowing as they went; they never strayed to the right or to the left. The Philistine rulers were walking behind them to the territory of Beth-shemesh.

As a guilt offering to the LORD, the Philistines had sent back one gold tumor for each city: Ashdod, Gaza, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron.

Time went by until twenty years had passed since the ark had been taken to Kiriath-jearim. Then the whole house of Israel longed for the LORD.

The cities from Ekron to Gath, which they had taken from Israel, were restored; Israel even rescued their surrounding territories from Philistine control. There was also peace between Israel and the Amorites.

One day the donkeys of Saul's father Kish wandered off. Kish said to his son Saul, “Take one of the servants with you and go look for the donkeys.”

“Today when you leave me, you'll find two men at Rachel's Grave at Zelzah in the territory of Benjamin. They will say to you, ‘The donkeys you went looking for have been found, and now your father has stopped being concerned about the donkeys and is worried about you, asking: What should I do about my son? '

Saul told him, “He assured us the donkeys had been found.” However, Saul did not tell him what Samuel had said about the matter of kingship.

As the troops were coming back, when David was returning from killing the Philistine, the women came out from all the cities of Israel to meet King Saul, singing and dancing with tambourines, with shouts of joy, and with three-stringed instruments.

But Achish's servants said to him, “Isn't this David, the king of the land? Don't they sing about him during their dances:

Saul has killed his thousands,

but David his tens of thousands? ”

David and his men stayed with Achish in Gath. Each man had his family with him, and David had his two wives: Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail of Carmel, Nabal's widow.

When David and his men arrived at the town, they found it burned. Their wives, sons, and daughters had been kidnapped.

David's two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelite and Abigail the widow of Nabal the Carmelite, had also been kidnapped.

So David went there with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelite and Abigail, the widow of Nabal the Carmelite.

“Therefore, be strong[fn] and valiant, for though Saul your lord is dead, the house of Judah has anointed me king over them.”

The length of time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.

Your hands were not bound,

your feet not placed in bronze shackles.

You fell like one who falls victim to criminals.

And all the people wept over him even more.

When Saul's son Ish-bosheth heard that Abner had died in Hebron, he gave up,[fn] and all Israel was dismayed.

All the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, “Here we are, your own flesh and blood.[fn]

“When your time comes and you rest with your ancestors, I will raise up after you your descendant, who will come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom.

Amnon's servant threw her out and bolted the door behind her. Now Tamar was wearing a long-sleeved[fn] robe, because this is what the king's virgin daughters wore.

Ahithophel replied to Absalom, “Sleep with your father's concubines whom he left to take care of the palace. When all Israel hears that you have become repulsive to your father, everyone with you will be encouraged.”[fn]

As the time approached for David to die, he ordered his son Solomon,

The length of time David reigned over Israel was forty years: he reigned seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.

Then he put the cherubim inside the inner temple. Since their wings were spread out, the first one's wing touched one wall while the second cherub's wing touched the other[fn] wall, and in the middle of the temple their wings were touching wing to wing.

All the doors and doorposts had rectangular frames, the openings facing each other[fn] in three tiers.

The wheels' design was similar to that of chariot wheels: their axles, rims, spokes, and hubs were all of cast metal.

the pure gold ceremonial bowls, wick trimmers, sprinkling basins, ladles,[fn] and firepans; and the gold hinges for the doors of the inner temple (that is, the most holy place) and for the doors of the temple sanctuary.

The poles were so long that their ends were seen from the holy place in front of the inner sanctuary, but they were not seen from outside the sanctuary; they are still there today.

When Solomon finished praying this entire prayer and petition to the LORD, he got up from kneeling before the altar of the LORD, with his hands spread out toward heaven,

“Be wholeheartedly devoted to the LORD our God to walk in his statutes and to keep his commands, as it is today.”

So he said, “What are these towns you've given me, my brother? ” So he called them the Land of Cabul,[fn] as they are still called today.

“How happy are your men.[fn] How happy are these servants of yours, who always stand in your presence hearing your wisdom.

When Solomon was old, his wives turned his heart away to follow other gods. He was not wholeheartedly devoted to the LORD his God, as his father David had been.

The length of Solomon's reign in Jerusalem over all Israel totaled forty years.

The rest of the events of Baasha's reign, along with all his accomplishments and might, are written in the Historical Record of Israel's Kings.

“‘Your silver and your gold are mine! And your best wives and children are mine as well! ' ”

“Tell him, ‘This is what the LORD says: Have you murdered and also taken possession? ' Then tell him, ‘This is what the LORD says: In the place where the dogs licked up Naboth's blood, the dogs will also lick up your blood! ' ”

Then someone washed the chariot at the pool of Samaria. The dogs licked up his blood, and the prostitutes bathed in it, according to the word of the LORD that he had spoken.

The rest of the events of Jehoshaphat's reign, along with the might he exercised and how he waged war, are written in the Historical Record of Judah's Kings.

“For the LORD says, ‘You will not see wind or rain, but the wadi will be filled with water, and you will drink ​— ​you and your cattle and your animals.'

The diseased men came and called to the city's gatekeepers and told them, “We went to the Aramean camp and no one was there ​— ​no human sounds. There was nothing but tethered horses and donkeys, and the tents were intact.”

When Joram saw Jehu he asked, “Do you come in peace, Jehu? ”

He answered, “What peace can there be as long as there is so much prostitution and sorcery from your mother Jezebel? ”

but he did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit ​— ​worshiping the gold calves that were in Bethel and Dan.

The length of Jehu's reign over Israel in Samaria was twenty-eight years.

She looked, and there was the king standing by the pillar according to the custom. The commanders and the trumpeters were by the king, and all the people of the land were rejoicing and blowing trumpets. Athaliah tore her clothes and screamed “Treason! Treason! ”

The rest of the events of Jehoahaz's reign, along with all his accomplishments and his might, are written in the Historical Record of Israel's Kings.

The rest of the events of Jehoash's reign, along with all his accomplishments and the power he had to wage war against Judah's King Amaziah, are written in the Historical Record of Israel's Kings.

The rest of the events of Jeroboam's reign ​— ​along with all his accomplishments, the power he had to wage war, and how he recovered for Israel Damascus and Hamath, which had belonged to Judah[fn] — are written in the Historical Record of Israel's Kings.

Now, LORD our God, please save us from his power so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you, LORD, are God ​— ​you alone.

He also tore down the houses of the male cult prostitutes that were in the LORD's temple, in which the women were weaving tapestries[fn] for Asherah.

These are their family records: Nebaioth, Ishmael's firstborn, Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,

Reaiah son of Shobal fathered Jahath, and Jahath fathered Ahumai and Lahad.

These were the families of the Zorathites.

Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters, but his brothers did not have many children, so their whole family did not become as numerous as the Judeans.

and all their surrounding villages as far as Baal. These were their settlements, and they kept a genealogical record for themselves.

Merari's sons: Mahli and Mushi.

These are the Levites' families according to their fathers:

These were the places assigned to Aaron's descendants from the Kohathite family for their settlements in their territory, because the first lot was for them.

From the tribe of Benjamin they were given Geba and its pasturelands, Alemeth and its pasturelands, and Anathoth and its pasturelands. They had thirteen towns in all among their families.

Their holdings and settlements were Bethel and its surrounding villages; Naaran to the east, Gezer and its villages to the west, and Shechem and its villages as far as Ayyah and its villages,

he was previously stationed at the King's Gate on the east side. These were the gatekeepers from the camp of the Levites.

The gatekeepers were on the four sides: east, west, north, and south.

“When your time comes to be with your ancestors, I will raise up after you your descendant, who is one of your own sons, and I will establish his kingdom.

These divisions of the gatekeepers, under their leading men, had duties for ministering in the LORD's temple, just as their relatives did.

Those were the divisions of the gatekeepers from the descendants of the Korahites and Merarites.

“Here are the divisions of the priests and the Levites for all the service of God's house. Every willing person of any skill will be at your disposal for the work, and the leaders and all the people are at your every command.”

For we are aliens and temporary residents in your presence as were all our ancestors. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.

The overall length of the wings of the cherubim was 30 feet: the wing of one was 7½ feet,[fn] touching the wall of the room; its other wing was 7½ feet, touching the wing of the other cherub.

The wingspan of these cherubim was 30 feet. They stood on their feet and faced the larger room.[fn]

The poles were so long that their ends were seen from the holy place[fn] in front of the inner sanctuary, but they were not seen from outside; they are still there today.

“Look, God and his priests are with us at our head. The trumpets are ready to sound the charge against you. Israelites, don't fight against the LORD God of your ancestors, for you will not succeed.”

The rest of the events of Abijah's reign, along with his ways and his sayings, are written in the Writing of the Prophet Iddo.

“But as for you, be strong; don't give up,[fn] for your work has a reward.”

The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “There is still one man who can inquire of the LORD, but I hate him because he never prophesies good about me, but only disaster. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.”

“The king shouldn't say that,” Jehoshaphat replied.

All Judah was standing before the LORD with their dependents, their wives, and their children.

As she looked, there was the king standing by his pillar[fn] at the entrance. The commanders and the trumpeters were by the king, and all the people of the land were rejoicing and blowing trumpets while the singers with musical instruments were leading the praise. Athaliah tore her clothes and screamed, “Treason! Treason! ”

As for the rest of the events of Jotham's reign, along with all his wars and his ways, note that they are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah.

As for the rest of his deeds and all his ways, from beginning to end, they are written in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel.

“Our fathers fell by the sword, and our sons, our daughters, and our wives are in captivity because of this.

Then Hezekiah ordered that the burnt offering be offered on the altar. When the burnt offerings began, the song of the LORD and the trumpets began, accompanied by the instruments of King David of Israel.

His prayer and how God was receptive to his prayer, and all his sin and unfaithfulness and the sites where he built high places and set up Asherah poles and carved images before he humbled himself, they are written in the Events of Hozai.

Jeremiah chanted a dirge over Josiah, and all the male and female singers still speak of Josiah in their dirges today. They established them as a statute for Israel, and indeed they are written in the Dirges.

And I said:

My God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift my face toward you, my God, because our iniquities are higher than our heads and our guilt is as high as the heavens.

They said to me, “The remnant in the province, who survived the exile, are in great trouble and disgrace. Jerusalem's wall has been broken down, and its gates have been burned.”

and replied to the king, “May the king live forever! Why should I[fn] not be sad when the city where my ancestors are buried lies in ruins and its gates have been destroyed by fire? ”

So I said to them, “You see the trouble we are in. Jerusalem lies in ruins and its gates have been burned. Come, let's rebuild Jerusalem's wall, so that we will no longer be a disgrace.”

Beside him Shallum son of Hallohesh, ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, made repairs ​— ​he and his daughters.

When Sanballat, Tobiah, and the Arabs, Ammonites, and Ashdodites heard that the repair to the walls of Jerusalem was progressing and that the gaps were being closed, they became furious.

For they were all trying to intimidate us, saying, “They will drop their hands from[fn] the work, and it will never be finished.”

But now, my God, strengthen my hands.

During those days, the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobiah, and Tobiah's letters came to them.

I said to them, “Do not open the gates of Jerusalem until the sun is hot, and let the doors be shut and securely fastened while the guards are on duty. Station the citizens of Jerusalem as guards, some at their posts and some at their homes.”

You,[fn] LORD, are the only God.[fn]

You created the heavens,

the highest heavens with all their stars,

the earth and all that is on it,

the seas and all that is in them.

You give life to all of them,

and all the stars of heaven worship you.

The two thanksgiving processions stood in the house of God. So did I and half of the officials accompanying me,

On that day they offered great sacrifices and rejoiced because God had given them great joy. The women and children also celebrated, and Jerusalem's rejoicing was heard far away.

“Didn't King Solomon of Israel sin in matters like this? There was not a king like him among many nations. He was loved by his God, and God made him king over all Israel, yet foreign women drew him into sin.

At the end of this time, the king held a week-long banquet in the garden courtyard of the royal palace for all the people, from the greatest to the least, who were present in the fortress of Susa.

“Before this day is over, the noble women of Persia and Media who hear about the queen's act will say the same thing to all the king's officials, resulting in more contempt and fury.

“The decree the king issues will be heard throughout his vast kingdom, so all women will honor their husbands, from the greatest to the least.”

During the year before each young woman's turn to go to King Ahasuerus, the harem regulation required her to receive beauty treatments with oil of myrrh for six months and then with perfumes and cosmetics for another six months.

Esther's female servants and her eunuchs came and reported the news to her, and the queen was overcome with fear. She sent clothes for Mordecai to wear so that he would take off his sackcloth, but he did not accept them.

“Go and assemble all the Jews who can be found in Susa and fast for me. Don't eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my female servants will also fast in the same way. After that, I will go to the king even if it is against the law. If I perish, I perish.”

For this reason these days are called Purim, from the word pur. Because of all the instructions in this letter as well as what they had witnessed and what had happened to them,

Whenever a round of banqueting was over, Job would send for his children and purify them, rising early in the morning to offer burnt offerings for[fn] all of them. For Job thought, “Perhaps my children have sinned, having cursed God in their hearts.” This was Job's regular practice.

One day when Job's sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother's house,

He frustrates the schemes of the crafty

so that they[fn] achieve no success.

For he wounds but he also bandages;

he strikes, but his hands also heal.

Is my strength that of stone,

or my flesh made of bronze?

“Your hands shaped me and formed me.

Will you now turn and destroy me?

How many iniquities and sins have I committed?[fn]

Reveal to me my transgression and sin.

He feels only the pain of his own body

and mourns only for himself.

My days have slipped by;

my plans have been ruined,

even the things dear to my heart.

His roots below dry up,

and his branches above wither away.

My skin and my flesh cling to my bones;

I have escaped with only the skin of my teeth.

His children will beg from[fn] the poor,

for his own hands must give back his wealth.

Isn't your wickedness abundant

and aren't your iniquities endless?

Terrors overtake him like a flood;

a storm wind sweeps him away at night.

when my feet were bathed in curds

and the rock poured out streams of oil for me!

Terrors are turned loose against me;

they chase my dignity away like the wind,

and my prosperity has passed by like a cloud.

Haven't the members of my household said,

“Who is there who has not had enough to eat at Job's table? ”

His flesh wastes away to nothing,[fn]

and his unseen bones stick out.

His bones are bronze tubes;

his limbs are like iron rods.

All his brothers, sisters, and former acquaintances came to him and dined with him in his house. They sympathized with him and comforted him concerning all the adversity the LORD had brought on him. Each one gave him a piece of silver[fn] and a gold earring.

The enemy has come to eternal ruin;

you have uprooted the cities,

and the very memory of them has perished.

His ways are always secure;[fn]

your lofty judgments have no effect on him;[fn]

he scoffs at all his adversaries.

Help, LORD, for no faithful one remains;

the loyal have disappeared from the human race.[fn]

The sorrows of those who take another god

for themselves will multiply;

I will not pour out their drink offerings of blood,

and I will not speak their names with my lips.

From the radiance of his presence,

his clouds swept onward with hail and blazing coals.

The depths of the sea became visible,

the foundations of the world were exposed,

at your rebuke, LORD,

at the blast of the breath of your nostrils.

There is no speech; there are no words;

their voice is not heard.

The humble will eat and be satisfied;

those who seek the LORD will praise him.

May your hearts live forever!

All the LORD's ways show faithful love and truth

to those who keep his covenant and decrees.

The distresses of my heart increase;[fn]

bring me out of my sufferings.

How joyful is the one

whose transgression is forgiven,

whose sin is covered!

Many pains come to the wicked,

but the one who trusts in the LORD

will have faithful love surrounding him.

One who is righteous has many adversities,

but the LORD rescues him from them all.

For my iniquities have flooded over my head;

they are a burden too heavy for me to bear.

For my insides are full of burning pain,

and there is no soundness in my body.

For troubles without number have surrounded me;

my iniquities have overtaken me; I am unable to see.

They are more than the hairs of my head,

and my courage leaves me.

In colorful garments she is led to the king;

after her, the virgins, her companions, are brought to you.

Mount Zion is glad.

Judah's villages[fn] rejoice

because of your judgments.

I am obligated by vows[fn] to you, God;

I will make my thanksgiving sacrifices to you.

No, you practice injustice in your hearts;

with your hands you weigh out violence in the land.

But God will shoot them with arrows;

suddenly, they will be wounded.

The pastures are clothed with flocks

and the valleys covered with grain.

They shout in triumph; indeed, they sing.

Our God is a God of salvation,

and escape from death belongs to the LORD my Lord.

People have seen your procession, God,

the procession of my God,

my King, in the sanctuary.

Sing to God, you kingdoms of the earth;

sing praise to the Lord,Selah

God, you know my foolishness,

and my guilty acts are not hidden from you.

for God will save Zion

and build up[fn] the cities of Judah.

They will live there and possess it.

May the kings of Tarshish

and the coasts and islands bring tribute,

the kings of Sheba and Seba offer gifts.

May his name endure forever;

as long as the sun shines,

may his fame increase.

May all nations be blessed by him

and call him blessed.

The clouds poured down water.

The storm clouds thundered;

your arrows flashed back and forth.

He made their days end in futility,

their years in sudden disaster.

Fire consumed his chosen young men,

and his young women had no wedding songs.[fn]

The mountains were covered by its shade,

and the mighty cedars[fn] with its branches.

“I relieved his shoulder from the burden;

his hands were freed from carrying the basket.

Your wrath sweeps over me;

your terrors destroy me.

For all our days ebb away under your wrath;

we end our years like a sigh.

When I am filled with cares,

your comfort brings me joy.

The sea is his; he made it.

His hands formed the dry land.

Ascribe to the LORD, you families of the peoples,

ascribe to the LORD glory and strength.

His lightning lights up the world;

the earth sees and trembles.

Zion hears and is glad,

Judah's villages[fn] rejoice

because of your judgments, LORD.

For my days vanish like smoke,

and my bones burn like a furnace.

My days are like a lengthening shadow,

and I wither away like grass.

As for man, his days are like grass —

he blooms like a flower of the field;

Bless the LORD, all his armies,

his servants who do his will.

The trees of the LORD flourish,[fn]

the cedars of Lebanon that he planted.

Let his days be few;

let another take over his position.

The works of his hands are truth and justice;

all his instructions are trustworthy.

If only my ways were committed

to keeping your statutes!

your decrees are my delight

and my counselors.

Your hands made me and formed me;

give me understanding

so that I can learn your commands.

How many days must your servant wait?

When will you execute judgment on my persecutors?

All your commands are true;

people persecute me with lies ​— ​help me!

Trouble and distress have overtaken me,

but your commands are my delight.

You are near, LORD,

and all your commands are true.

I obey your precepts and decrees,

for all my ways are before you.

My tongue sings about your promise,

for all your commands are righteous.

where the tribes, the LORD's tribes, go up

to give thanks to the name of the LORD.

(This is an ordinance for Israel.)

God, how precious[fn] your thoughts are to me;

how vast their sum is!

A human is like a breath;

his days are like a passing shadow.

Then our sons will be like plants

nurtured in their youth,

our daughters, like corner pillars

that are carved in the palace style.

Praise him, all his angels;

praise him, all his heavenly armies.

Let the exaltation of God be in their mouths[fn]

and a double-edged sword in their hands,

For learning wisdom and discipline;

for understanding insightful sayings;

Such are the paths of all who make profit dishonestly;

it takes the lives of those who receive it.[fn]

whose paths are crooked,

and whose ways are devious.

then your barns will be completely filled,

and your vats will overflow with new wine.

Her ways are pleasant,

and all her paths, peaceful.

The path of the righteous is like the light of dawn,

shining brighter and brighter until midday.

Don't lose sight of them;

keep them within your heart.

Don't turn to the right or to the left;

keep your feet away from evil.

She doesn't consider the path of life;

she doesn't know that her ways are unstable.

“For the one who finds me finds life

and obtains favor from the LORD,

No one can be made secure by wickedness,

but the root of the righteous is immovable.

The wicked desire what evil people have caught,[fn]

but the root of the righteous is productive.

A righteous person is careful in dealing with his neighbor,[fn]

but the ways of the wicked lead them astray.

Sheol and Abaddon lie open before the LORD — 

how much more, human hearts.

A slacker's way is like a thorny hedge,

but the path of the upright is a highway.

Whoever curses his father or mother ​— ​

his lamp will go out in deep darkness.

A slacker's craving will kill him

because his hands refuse to work.

These too are proverbs of Solomon,

which the men of King Hezekiah of Judah copied.

As water reflects the face,

so the heart reflects the person.

The leech has two daughters: “Give, Give! ”

Three things are never satisfied;

four never say, “Enough! ”:

When I considered all that I had accomplished[fn] and what I had labored to achieve, I found everything to be futile and a pursuit of the wind.[fn] There was nothing to be gained under the sun.