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And Abel also presented an offering ​— ​some of the firstborn of his flock and their fat portions. The LORD had regard for Abel and his offering,

Abram went up from Egypt to the Negev ​— ​he, his wife, and all he had, and Lot with him.

One of the survivors came and told Abram the Hebrew, who lived near the oaks belonging to Mamre the Amorite, the brother of Eshcol and the brother of Aner. They were bound by a treaty with Abram.

And he and his servants deployed against them by night, defeated them, and pursued them as far as Hobah to the north of Damascus.

Then Abraham took curds[fn] and milk, as well as the calf that he had prepared, and set them before the men. He served[fn] them as they ate under the tree.

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.

“The LORD, the God of heaven, who took me from my father's house and from my native land, who spoke to me and swore to me, ‘I will give this land to your offspring'[fn] ​— ​he will send his angel before you, and you can take a wife for my son from there.

“He said to me, ‘The LORD before whom I have walked will send his angel with you and make your journey a success, and you will take a wife for my son from my clan and from my father's family.

Then he and the men with him ate and drank and spent the night.

When they got up in the morning, he said, “Send me to my master.”

Now Isaac was returning from Beer-lahai-roi,[fn] for he was living in the Negev region.

He had also made some delicious food and brought it to his father. He said to his father, “Let my father get up and eat some of his son's game, so that you may bless me.”

He fled with all his possessions, crossed the Euphrates, and headed for[fn] the hill country of Gilead.

When the messengers returned to Jacob, they said, “We went to your brother Esau; he is coming to meet you ​— ​and he has four hundred men with him.”

“then tell him, ‘They belong to your servant Jacob. They are a gift sent to my lord Esau. And look, he is behind us.' ”

So the gift was sent on ahead of him while he remained in the camp that night.

The sun shone on him as he passed by Penuel[fn] ​— ​limping because of his hip.

He himself went on ahead and bowed to the ground seven times until he approached his brother.

The young man did not delay doing this, because he was delighted with Jacob's daughter. Now he was the most important in all his father's family.

So Jacob and all who were with him came to Luz (that is, Bethel) in the land of Canaan.

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.

So she took off her widow's clothes, veiled her face, covered herself, and sat at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the way to Timnah. For she saw that, though Shelah had grown up, she had not been given to him as a wife.

The warden did not bother with anything under Joseph's authority,[fn] because the LORD was with him, and the LORD made everything that he did successful.

But Jacob answered, “My son will not go down with you, for his brother is dead and he alone is left. If anything happens to him on your journey, you will bring my gray hairs down to Sheol in sorrow.”

“Isn't this the cup that my master drinks from and uses for divination? What you have done is wrong! ' ”

The steward replied, “What you have said is right, but only the one who is found to have it will be my slave, and the rest of you will be blameless.”

Then Joseph said, “I swear that I will not do this. The man in whose possession the cup was found will be my slave. The rest of you can go in peace to your father.”

“and we answered my lord, ‘We have an elderly father and a younger brother, the child of his old age. The boy's brother is dead. He is the only one of his mother's sons left, and his father loves him.'

They said, “Joseph is still alive, and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt! ” Jacob was stunned,[fn] for he did not believe them.

Israel set out with all that he had and came to Beer-sheba, and he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.

“The scepter will not depart from Judah

or the staff from between his feet

until he whose right it is comes[fn]

and the obedience of the peoples belongs to him.

“Zebulun will live by the seashore

and will be a harbor for ships,

and his territory will be next to Sidon.

“Gad will be attacked by raiders,

but he will attack their heels.

After Joseph buried his father, he returned to Egypt with his brothers and all who had gone with him to bury his father.

Joseph and his father's family remained in Egypt. Joseph lived 110 years.

Then the LORD's anger burned against Moses, and he said, “Isn't Aaron the Levite your brother? I know that he can speak well. And also, he is on his way now to meet you. He will rejoice when he sees you.

“He will speak to the people for you. He will serve as a mouth for you, and you will serve as God to him.

Moses and Aaron were the ones who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt in order to bring the Israelites out of Egypt.

“Go to Pharaoh in the morning. When you see him walking out to the water, stand ready to meet him by the bank of the Nile. Take in your hand the staff that turned into a snake.

The LORD said to Moses, “Get up early in the morning and present yourself to Pharaoh when you see him going out to the water. Tell him: This is what the LORD says: Let my people go, so that they may worship[fn] me.

“Understand that the LORD has given you the Sabbath; therefore on the sixth day he will give you two days' worth of bread. Each of you stay where you are; no one is to leave his place on the seventh day.”

“If he arrives alone, he is to leave alone; if he arrives with[fn] a wife, his wife is to leave with him.

“If the thief is not caught, the owner of the house must present himself to the judges[fn] to determine[fn] whether or not he has taken his neighbor's property.

“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.

And he replied, “My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”

“He must bring an unblemished ram from the flock according to your assessment of its value as a guilt offering to the priest. Then the priest will make atonement on his behalf for the error he has committed unintentionally, and he will be forgiven.

“As for the priest who presents someone's burnt offering, the hide of the burnt offering he has presented belongs to him; it is the priest's.

“If he is not redeemed in any of these ways, he and his children are to be released at the Year of Jubilee.

“I will act with furious hostility toward you; I will also discipline you seven times for your sins.

“This is the law of the Nazirite: On the day his time of consecration is completed, he is to be brought to the entrance to the tent of meeting.

The LORD answered Moses, “Bring me seventy men from Israel known to you as elders and officers of the people. Take them to the tent of meeting and have them stand there with you.

Then Moses returned to the camp along with the elders of Israel.

“The Levites will do the work of the tent of meeting, and they will bear the consequences of their iniquity. The Levites will not receive an inheritance among the Israelites; this is a permanent statute throughout your generations.

But God was incensed that Balaam was going, and the angel of the LORD took his stand on the path to oppose him. Balaam was riding his donkey, and his two servants were with him.

God is not a man, that he might lie,

or a son of man, that he might change his mind.

Does he speak and not act,

or promise and not fulfill?

“Our father died in the wilderness, but he was not among Korah's followers, who gathered together against the LORD. Instead, he died because of his own sin, and he had no sons.

“He will stand before the priest Eleazar who will consult the LORD for him with the decision of the Urim. He and all the Israelites with him, even the entire community, will go out and come back in at his command.”

“or without looking drops a stone that could kill a person and he dies, but he was not his enemy and didn't intend to harm him,

“The LORD your God who goes before you will fight for you, just as you saw him do for you in Egypt.

“Joshua son of Nun, who attends you, will enter it. Encourage him, for he will enable Israel to inherit it.

“So Sihon and his whole army came out against us for battle at Jahaz.

“Then we turned and went up the road to Bashan, and King Og of Bashan came out against us with his whole army to do battle at Edrei.

“Don't be afraid of them, for the LORD your God fights for you.

“But commission Joshua and encourage and strengthen him, for he will cross over ahead of the people and enable them to inherit this land that you will see.'

“Because he loved your ancestors, he chose their descendants after them and brought you out of Egypt by his presence and great power,

“For this reason, Levi does not have a portion or inheritance like his brothers; the LORD is his inheritance, as the LORD your God told him.

“Then his heart will not be exalted above his countrymen, he will not turn from this command to the right or the left, and he and his sons will continue reigning many years[fn] in Israel.

“Although Levi has no inheritance among his brothers, the LORD is his inheritance, as he promised him.

“For the LORD your God has chosen him and his sons from all your tribes to stand and minister in his name from now on.[fn]

“He has accused her of shameful conduct, saying, “I didn't find any evidence of your daughter's virginity,” but here is the evidence of my daughter's virginity.' They will spread out the cloth before the city elders.

“Then the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a strong hand and an outstretched arm, with terrifying power, and with signs and wonders.

“and so that he may establish you today as his people and he may be your God as he promised you and as he swore to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

“The LORD your God is the one who will cross ahead of you. He will destroy these nations before you, and you will drive them out. Joshua is the one who will cross ahead of you, as the LORD has said.

The LORD commissioned Joshua son of Nun, “Be strong and courageous, for you will bring the Israelites into the land I swore to them, and I will be with you.”

Is this how you repay the LORD,

you foolish and senseless people?

Isn't he your Father and Creator?[fn]

Didn't he make you and sustain you?

Moses came with Joshua[fn] son of Nun and recited all the words of this song in the presence of the people.

But Joshua had commanded the troops, “Do not shout or let your voice be heard. Don't let one word come out of your mouth until the time I say, ‘Shout! ' Then you are to shout.”

Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell facedown to the ground before the ark of the LORD until evening, as did the elders of Israel; they all put dust on their heads.

Joshua started early the next morning and mobilized them. Then he and the elders of Israel led the people up to Ai.

When the king of Ai saw the Israelites, the men of the city hurried and went out early in the morning so that he and all his people could engage Israel in battle at a suitable place facing the Arabah. But he did not know there was an ambush waiting for him behind the city.

So Joshua and all his troops, including all his best soldiers, came from Gilgal.

“The Mighty One, God, the LORD! The Mighty One, God, the LORD![fn] He knows, and may Israel also know. Do not spare us today, if it was in rebellion or treachery against the LORD

“For the LORD our God brought us and our ancestors out of the land of Egypt, out of the place of slavery, and performed these great signs before our eyes. He also protected us all along the way we went and among all the peoples whose lands we traveled through.

And Joshua said to all the people, “You see this stone ​— ​it will be a witness against us, for it has heard all the words the LORD said to us, and it will be a witness against you, so that you will not deny your God.”

Then Ehud approached him while he was sitting alone in his upstairs room where it was cool. Ehud said, “I have a message from God for you,” and the king stood up from his throne.

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.

Ehud escaped while the servants waited. He passed the Jordan near the carved images and reached Seirah.

After Ehud, Shamgar son of Anath became judge. He also delivered Israel, striking down six hundred Philistines with a cattle prod.

So the LORD sold them to King Jabin of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor. The commander of his army was Sisera who lived in Harosheth of the Nations.[fn]

While he was sleeping from exhaustion, Heber's wife, Jael, took a tent peg, grabbed a hammer, and went silently to Sisera. She hammered the peg into his temple and drove it into the ground, and he died.

But Joash said to all who stood against him, “Would you plead Baal's case for him? Would you save him? Whoever pleads his case will be put to death by morning! If he is a god, let him plead his own case because someone tore down his altar.”

He sent messengers throughout all of Manasseh, who rallied behind him. He also sent messengers throughout Asher, Zebulun, and Naphtali, who also came to meet him.

Then the LORD said to Gideon, “There are still too many troops. Take them down to the water, and I will test them for you there. If I say to you, ‘This one can go with you,' he can go. But if I say about anyone, ‘This one cannot go with you,' he cannot go.”

“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.

Gideon and the three hundred men came to the Jordan and crossed it. They were exhausted but still in pursuit.

“so if you have acted faithfully and honestly with Jerubbaal and his house this day, rejoice in Abimelech and may he also rejoice in you.

“Then get up early, and at sunrise attack the city. When he and the troops who are with him come out against you, do to him whatever you can.”

So Abimelech and all the troops who were with him went up to Mount Zalmon. Abimelech took his ax in his hand and cut a branch from the trees. He picked up the branch, put it on his shoulder, and said to the troops who were with him, “Hurry and do what you have seen me do.”

After Abimelech, Tola son of Puah, son of Dodo became judge and began to deliver Israel. He was from Issachar and lived in Shamir in the hill country of Ephraim.

Jephthah the Gileadite was a valiant warrior, but he was the son of a prostitute, and Gilead was his father.

“for indeed, you will conceive and give birth to a son. You must never cut his hair,[fn] because the boy will be a Nazirite to God from birth, and he will begin to save Israel from the power of the Philistines.”

Now his father and mother did not know this was from the LORD, who wanted the Philistines to provide an opportunity for a confrontation.[fn] At that time, the Philistines were ruling Israel.

When he came to Lehi, the Philistines came to meet him shouting. The Spirit of the LORD came powerfully on him, and the ropes that were on his arms and wrists became like burnt flax and fell off.

Then she cried, “Samson, the Philistines are here! ” When he awoke from his sleep, he said, “I will escape as I did before and shake myself free.” But he did not know that the LORD had left him.

Then his brothers and his father's whole family came down, carried him back, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of his father Manoah. So he judged Israel twenty years.

There was a young man, a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah, who was staying within the clan of Judah.

The Danites set up the carved image for themselves. Jonathan son of Gershom, son of Moses,[fn] and his sons were priests for the Danite tribe until the time of the exile from the land.

The man got up to go with his concubine and his servant, when his father-in-law, the girl's father, said to him, “Look, night is coming. Please spend the night. See, the day is almost over. Spend the night here, enjoy yourself, then you can get up early tomorrow for your journey and go home.”

In the evening, an old man came in from his work in the field. He was from the hill country of Ephraim, but he was residing in Gibeah where the people were Benjaminites.

During the time[fn] of the judges, there was a famine in the land. A man left Bethlehem in Judah with his wife and two sons to stay in the territory of Moab for a while.

“Now isn't Boaz our relative? Haven't you been working with his female servants? This evening he will be winnowing barley on the threshing floor.

“When he lies down, notice the place where he's lying, go in and uncover his feet, and lie down. Then he will explain to you what you should do.”

Those who oppose the LORD will be shattered;[fn]

he will thunder in the heavens against them.

The LORD will judge the ends of the earth.

He will give power to his king;

he will lift up the horn of his anointed.[fn]

When he mentioned the ark of God, Eli fell backward off the chair by the city gate, and since he was old and heavy, his neck broke and he died. Eli had judged Israel forty years.

“Then watch: If it goes up the road to its homeland toward Beth-shemesh, it is the LORD who has made this terrible trouble for us. However, if it doesn't, we will know that it was not his hand that punished us ​— ​it was just something that happened to us by chance.”

They got up early, and just before dawn, Samuel called to Saul on the roof, “Get up, and I'll send you on your way! ” Saul got up, and both he and Samuel went outside.

Everyone who knew him previously and saw him prophesy with the prophets asked each other, “What has happened to the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets? ”

They again inquired of the LORD, “Has the man come here yet? ”

The LORD replied, “There he is, hidden among the supplies.”

Saul told Ahijah, “Bring the ark of God,” for it was with the Israelites[fn] at that time.

Early in the morning Samuel got up to confront Saul, but it was reported to Samuel, “Saul went to Carmel where he set up a monument for himself. Then he turned around and went down to Gilgal.”

and wore a bronze helmet and bronze scale armor that weighed one hundred twenty-five pounds.[fn]

But Saul replied, “You can't go fight this Philistine. You're just a youth, and he's been a warrior since he was young.”

Then David said, “The LORD who rescued me from the paw of the lion and the paw of the bear will rescue me from the hand of this Philistine.”

Saul said to David, “Go, and may the LORD be with you.”

When the Philistine looked and saw David, he despised him because he was just a youth, healthy[fn] and handsome.

When Saul observed that David was very successful, he dreaded him.

David and his men went out and killed two hundred[fn] Philistines. He brought their foreskins and presented them as full payment to the king to become his son-in-law. Then Saul gave his daughter Michal to David as his wife.

Now an evil spirit sent from the LORD came on Saul as he was sitting in his palace holding a spear. David was playing the lyre,

Then Saul himself went to Ramah. He came to the large cistern at Secu and asked, “Where are Samuel and David? ”

“At Naioth in Ramah,” someone said.

He said to the servant, “Run and find the arrows I'm shooting.” As the servant ran, Jonathan shot an arrow beyond him.

Abiathar son of Ahimelech fled to David at Keilah, and he brought an ephod with him.

Then Abigail went to Nabal, and there he was in his house, holding a feast fit for a king. Nabal's heart was cheerful,[fn] and he was very drunk, so she didn't say anything[fn] to him until morning light.

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.

Saul disguised himself by putting on different clothes and set out with two of his men. They came to the woman at night, and Saul said, “Consult a spirit for me. Bring up for me the one I tell you.”

So David and his men got up early in the morning to return to the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jezreel.

So David and the six hundred men with him went. They came to the Wadi Besor, where some stayed behind.

to those in Hebron, and to those in all the places where David and his men had roamed.

When his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell on his own sword and died with him.

Abner glanced back and said, “Is that you, Asahel? ”

“Yes it is,” Asahel replied.

Rechab and Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, set out and arrived at Ish-bosheth's house during the heat of the day while the king was taking his midday nap.

“when the person told me, ‘Look, Saul is dead,' he thought he was a bearer of good news, but I seized him and put him to death at Ziklag. That was my reward to him for his news!

“He is the one who will build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.

However, Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem because he always ate at the king's table. His feet had been injured.

“But now that he is dead, why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I'll go to him, but he will never return to me.”

Then Tamar went to his house while Amnon was lying down. She took dough, kneaded it, made cakes in his presence, and baked them.

The king asked, “Did Joab put you up to[fn] all this? ”

The woman answered. “As you live, my lord the king, no one can turn to the right or left from all my lord the king says. Yes, your servant Joab is the one who gave orders to me; he told your servant exactly what to say.[fn]

David was climbing the slope of the Mount of Olives, weeping as he ascended. His head was covered, and he was walking barefoot. All of the people with him covered their heads and went up, weeping as they ascended.

“I will attack him while he is weary and discouraged,[fn] throw him into a panic, and all the people with him will scatter. I will strike down only the king

“He's probably already hiding in one of the caves[fn] or some other place. If some of our troops fall[fn] first, someone is sure to hear and say, ‘There's been a slaughter among the people who follow Absalom.'

David had arrived at Mahanaim by the time Absalom crossed the Jordan with all the men of Israel.

People throughout all the tribes of Israel were arguing among themselves, saying, “The king rescued us from the grasp of our enemies, and he saved us from the grasp of the Philistines, but now he has fled from the land because of Absalom.

Mephibosheth, Saul's grandson, also went down to meet the king. He had not taken care of his feet, trimmed his mustache, or washed his clothes from the day the king left until the day he returned safely.

Barzillai was a very old man ​— ​eighty years old ​— ​and since he was a very wealthy man, he had provided for the needs of the king while he stayed in Mahanaim.

Then Ishbi-benob, one of the descendants of the giant,[fn] whose bronze spear weighed about eight pounds[fn] and who wore new armor, intended to kill David.

At Gath there was still another battle. A huge man was there with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot ​— ​twenty-four in all. He, too, was descended from the giant.

but Eleazar stood his ground and attacked the Philistines until his hand was tired and stuck to his sword. The LORD brought about a great victory that day. Then the troops came back to him, but only to plunder the dead.

Abishai, Joab's brother and son of Zeruiah, was leader of the Three.[fn] He wielded his spear against three hundred men and killed them, gaining a reputation among the Three.

Benaiah son of Jehoiada was the son of a brave man from Kabzeel, a man of many exploits. Benaiah killed two sons[fn] of Ariel[fn] of Moab, and he went down into a pit on a snowy day and killed a lion.

But his father had never once infuriated him by asking, “Why did you do that? ” In addition, he was quite handsome and was born after Absalom.

“Go, approach King David and say to him, ‘My lord the king, did you not swear to your servant: Your son Solomon is to become king after me, and he is the one who is to sit on my throne? So why has Adonijah become king? '

She replied, “My lord, you swore to your servant by the LORD your God, ‘Your son Solomon is to become king after me, and he is the one who is to sit on my throne.'

“My lord the king,” Nathan said, “did you say, ‘Adonijah is to become king after me, and he is the one who is to sit on my throne'?

“just as I swore to you by the LORD God of Israel: Your son Solomon is to become king after me, and he is the one who is to sit on my throne in my place, that is exactly what I will do this very day.”

“You are to come up after him, and he is to come in and sit on my throne. He is the one who is to become king in my place; he is the one I have commanded to be ruler over Israel and Judah.”

“Keep an eye on Shimei son of Gera, the Benjaminite from Bahurim who is with you. He uttered malicious curses against me the day I went to Mahanaim. But he came down to meet me at the Jordan River, and I swore to him by the LORD, ‘I will never kill you with the sword.'

“And now, as the LORD lives ​— ​the one who established me, seated me on the throne of my father David, and made me a dynasty as he promised ​— ​I swear Adonijah will be put to death today! ”

“May all the peoples of the earth know that the LORD is God. There is no other!

Hadad fled to Egypt, along with some Edomites from his father's servants. At the time Hadad was a small boy.

His servant Zimri, commander of half his chariots, conspired against him while Elah was in Tirzah getting drunk in the house of Arza, who was in charge of the household at Tirzah.

So she proceeded to do according to the word of Elijah. Then the woman, Elijah, and her household ate for many days.

But Elijah said to her, “Give me your son.” So he took him from her arms, brought him up to the upstairs room where he was staying, and laid him on his own bed.

When Ahab saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, “Is that you, the one ruining Israel? ”

When all the people saw it, they fell facedown and said, “The LORD, he is God! The LORD, he is God! ”

but he went on a day's journey into the wilderness. He sat down under a broom tree and prayed that he might die. He said, “I have had enough! LORD, take my life, for I'm no better than my ancestors.”

Elijah left there and found Elisha son of Shaphat as he was plowing. Twelve teams of oxen were in front of him, and he was with the twelfth team. Elijah walked by him and threw his mantle over him.

When Ben-hadad heard this response, while he and the kings were drinking in their quarters,[fn] he said to his servants, “Take your positions.” So they took their positions against the city.

They marched out at noon while Ben-hadad and the thirty-two kings who were helping him were getting drunk in their quarters.

When they returned to him in Jericho where he was staying, he said to them, “Didn't I tell you not to go? ”

Then Naaman and his whole company went back to the man of God, stood before him, and declared, “I know there's no God in the whole world except in Israel. Therefore, please accept a gift from your servant.”

Gehazi came and stood by his master. “Where did you go, Gehazi? ” Elisha asked him.

He replied, “Your servant didn't go anywhere.”

When the king heard the woman's words, he tore his clothes. Then, as he was passing by on the wall, the people saw that there was sackcloth under his clothes next to his skin.

Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. The king sent a man ahead of him, but before the messenger got to him, Elisha said to the elders, “Do you see how this murderer has sent someone to remove my head? Look, when the messenger comes, shut the door to keep him out. Isn't the sound of his master's feet behind him? ”

Then Jehu son of Jehoshaphat, son of Nimshi, conspired against Joram. Joram and all Israel had been at Ramoth-gilead on guard against King Hazael of Aram.

Jehu got into his chariot and went to Jezreel since Joram was laid up there and King Ahaziah of Judah had gone down to visit Joram.

Then he set out and went to Samaria. On the way, while he was at Beth-eked of the Shepherds,

Amaziah killed ten thousand Edomites in Salt Valley. He took Sela in battle and called it Joktheel, which is still its name today.

But Amaziah would not listen, so King Jehoash of Israel advanced. He and King Amaziah of Judah met face to face at Beth-shemesh that belonged to Judah.

Then all the people of Judah took Azariah,[fn] who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.

He restored Israel's border from Lebo-hamath as far as the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word the LORD, the God of Israel, had spoken through his servant, the prophet Jonah son of Amittai from Gath-hepher.

Yet the high places were not taken away; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense on the high places.

Jotham built the Upper Gate of the LORD's temple.

“but fear the LORD your God, and he will rescue you from all your enemies.”

He removed the high places, shattered the sacred pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles. He broke into pieces the bronze snake that Moses made, for until then the Israelites were burning incense to it. It was called Nehushtan.[fn]

He defeated the Philistines as far as Gaza and its borders, from watchtower to fortified city.

“Suppose you say to me, “We rely on the LORD our God.” Isn't he the one whose high places and altars Hezekiah has removed, saying to Judah and to Jerusalem, “You must worship at this altar in Jerusalem” ? '

After this, Hezron slept with the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead. Hezron had married her when he was sixty years old, and she bore Segub to him.

When his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell on his own sword and died.

He is the LORD our God;

his judgments govern the whole earth.

“He is the one who will build a house for me, and I will establish his throne forever.

LORD, you indeed are God, and you have promised this good thing to your servant.

Amram's sons: Aaron and Moses.

Aaron, along with his descendants, was set apart forever to consecrate the most holy things, to burn incense in the presence of the LORD, to minister to him, and to pronounce blessings in his name forever.

This Shelomith and his relatives were in charge of all the treasuries of what had been dedicated by King David, by the family heads who were the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and by the army commanders.

This Benaiah was a mighty man among the Thirty and over the Thirty, and his son Ammizabad was in charge[fn] of his division.

Even for the foreigner who is not of your people Israel

but has come from a distant land

because of your great name

and your strong hand and outstretched arm:

when he comes and prays toward this temple,

When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard about it ​— ​for he was in Egypt where he had fled from King Solomon's presence ​— ​Jeroboam returned from Egypt.

Jehoram also built high places in the hills[fn] of Judah, and he caused the inhabitants of Jerusalem to prostitute themselves, and he led Judah astray.

After Amaziah came from the attack on the Edomites, he brought the gods of the Seirites and set them up as his gods. He worshiped before them and burned incense to them.

So King Jehoash of Israel advanced. He and King Amaziah of Judah met face to face at Beth-shemesh that belonged to Judah.

All the people of Judah took Uzziah,[fn] who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah.

Then Azariah the chief priest and all the priests turned to him and saw that he was diseased on his forehead. They rushed him out of there. He himself also hurried to get out because the LORD had afflicted him.

Jotham built the Upper Gate of the LORD's temple, and he built extensively on the wall of Ophel.

He waged war against the king of the Ammonites. He overpowered the Ammonites, and that year they gave him 7,500 pounds[fn] of silver, 60,000 bushels[fn] of wheat, and 60,000 bushels of barley. They paid him the same in the second and third years.

After this, while King Sennacherib of Assyria with all his armed forces besieged[fn] Lachish, he sent his servants to Jerusalem against King Hezekiah of Judah and against all those of Judah who were in Jerusalem, saying,

This same Hezekiah blocked the upper outlet of the water from the Gihon Spring and channeled it smoothly downward and westward to the city of David. Hezekiah succeeded in everything he did.

He passed his sons through the fire in Ben Hinnom Valley. He practiced witchcraft, divination, and sorcery, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did a huge amount of evil in the LORD's sight, angering him.

In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still a youth, Josiah began to seek the God of his ancestor David, and in the twelfth year he began to cleanse Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the Asherah poles, the carved images, and the cast images.

This is what King Cyrus of Persia says: The LORD, the God of the heavens, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth and has appointed me to build him a temple at Jerusalem in Judah. Any of his people among you may go up, and may the LORD his God be with him.

This is what King Cyrus of Persia says: “The LORD, the God of the heavens, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth and has appointed me to build him a house at Jerusalem in Judah.

Let it be known to the king that we went to the house of the great God in the province of Judah. It is being built with cut[fn] stones, and its beams are being set in the walls. This work is being done diligently and succeeding through the people's efforts.

 ​— ​came up from Babylon. He was a scribe skilled in the law of Moses, which the LORD, the God of Israel, had given. The king had granted him everything he requested because the hand of the LORD his God was on him.

He began the journey from Babylon on the first day of the first month and arrived in Jerusalem on the first day of the fifth month since the gracious hand of his God was on him.

Whoever did not come within three days would forfeit all his possessions,[fn] according to the decision of the leaders and elders, and would be excluded from the assembly of the exiles.

The Levites:

Jozabad, Shimei, Kelaiah (that is Kelita), Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.

Hanani, one of my brothers, arrived with men from Judah, and I questioned them about Jerusalem and the Jewish remnant that had survived the exile.

I gave them this reply, “The God of the heavens is the one who will grant us success. We, his servants, will start building, but you have no share, right, or historic claim in Jerusalem.”

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

Malchijah son of Rechab, ruler of the district of Beth-haccherem, repaired the Dung Gate. He rebuilt it and installed its doors, bolts, and bars.

I went to the house of Shemaiah son of Delaiah, son of Mehetabel, who was restricted to his house. He said:

Let's meet at the house of God,

inside the temple.

Let's shut the temple doors

because they're coming to kill you.

They're coming to kill you tonight![fn]

Then I put my brother Hanani in charge of Jerusalem, along with Hananiah, commander of the fortress, because he was a faithful man who feared God more than most.

Ezra opened the book in full view of all the people, since he was elevated above everyone. As he opened it, all the people stood up.

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 Levites:

Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel,

Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah —

he and his relatives were in charge of the songs of praise.

Drinks were served in an array of gold goblets, each with a different design. Royal wine flowed freely, according to the king's bounty.

On the third day, Esther dressed in her royal clothing and stood in the inner courtyard of the palace facing it. The king was sitting on his royal throne in the royal courtroom,[fn] facing its entrance.

“If it pleases the king,” Esther replied, “may the king and Haman come today to the banquet I have prepared for them.”

But when the matter was brought before the king, he commanded by letter that the evil plan Haman had devised against the Jews return on his own head and that he should be hanged with his sons on the gallows.

saying:

Naked I came from my mother's womb,

and naked I will leave this life.[fn]

The LORD gives, and the LORD takes away.

Blessed be the name of the LORD.

His wife said to him, “Are you still holding on to your integrity? Curse God and die! ”

For he wounds but he also bandages;

he strikes, but his hands also heal.

God does not hold back his anger;

Rahab's assistants cringe in fear beneath him!

Surely he knows which people are worthless.

If he sees iniquity, will he not take note of it?

Can anyone teach God knowledge,

since he judges the exalted ones?[fn]

Who would denounce his behavior to his face?

Who would repay him for what he has done?

But he is unchangeable; who can oppose him?

He does what he desires.

From the city, men[fn] groan;

the mortally wounded cry for help,

yet God pays no attention to this crime.

A miner puts an end to the darkness;

he probes[fn] the deepest recesses

for ore in the gloomy darkness.

But God understands the way to wisdom,

and he knows its location.

Does he not see my ways

and number all my steps?

He will look at men and say,

“I have sinned and perverted what was right;

yet I did not get what I deserved.[fn]

For his eyes watch over a man's ways,

and he observes all his steps.

But when God is silent, who can declare him guilty?

When he hides his face, who can see him?

Yet he watches over both individuals and nations,

Indeed, God does not listen to empty cries,

and the Almighty does not take note of it —

They swirl about,

turning round and round at his direction,

accomplishing everything he commands them

over the surface of the inhabited world.

He surveys everything that is haughty;

he is king over all the proud beasts.[fn]

Then Job died, old and full of days.

And he judges the world with righteousness;

he executes judgment on the nations with fairness.

It is like a bridegroom coming from his home;

it rejoices like an athlete running a course.

for kingship belongs to the LORD;

he rules the nations.

for he laid its foundation on the seas

and established it on the rivers.

My eyes are always on the LORD,

for he will pull my feet out of the net.

For he spoke, and it came into being;

he commanded, and it came into existence.

Commit your way to the LORD;

trust in him, and he will act,

You are my King, my God,

who ordains[fn] victories for Jacob.

wouldn't God have found this out,

since he knows the secrets of the heart?

“This God, our God forever and ever —

he will always lead us.”[fn]

With God we will perform valiantly;

he will trample our foes.

He alone is my rock and my salvation,

my stronghold; I will never be shaken.

He alone is my rock and my salvation,

my stronghold; I will not be shaken.

God, you are awe-inspiring in your sanctuaries.

The God of Israel gives power and strength to his people.

Blessed be God!

Yet he was compassionate;

he atoned for their iniquity

and did not destroy them.

He often turned his anger aside

and did not unleash[fn] all his wrath.

And it will be said of Zion,

“This one and that one were born in her.”

The Most High himself will establish her.

“He will call to me, ‘You are my Father,

my God, the rock of my salvation.'

He himself will rescue you from the bird trap,

from the destructive plague.

The sea is his; he made it.

His hands formed the dry land.

Moses and Aaron were among his priests;

Samuel also was among those calling on his name.

They called to the LORD and he answered them.

Acknowledge that the LORD is God.

He made us, and we are his[fn]—

his people, the sheep of his pasture.

“But you are the same,

and your years will never end.

For he knows what we are made of,

remembering that we are dust.

He is the LORD our God;

his judgments govern the whole earth.

With God we will perform valiantly;

he will trample our foes.

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

keep your feet away from evil.

winking his eyes, signaling with his feet,

and gesturing with his fingers.

“If you are wise, you are wise for your own benefit;

if you mock, you alone will bear the consequences.”

The one who shuts his ears to the cry of the poor

will himself also call out and not be answered.

A wicked person puts on a bold face,

but the upright one considers his way.

A sensible person sees danger and takes cover,

but the inexperienced keep going and are punished.

A generous person[fn] will be blessed,

for he shares his food with the poor.

If you say, “But we didn't know about this,”

won't he who weighs hearts consider it?

Won't he who protects your life know?

Won't he repay a person according to his work?

Anyone who turns his ear away from hearing the law —

even his prayer is detestable.

Every word of God is pure;[fn]

he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.

Gusting to the south,

turning to the north,

turning, turning, goes the wind,

and the wind returns in its cycles.

For what does a person get with all his work and all his efforts that he labors at under the sun?

What does the worker gain from his struggles?

But there is hope for whoever is joined[fn] with all the living, since a live dog is better than a dead lion.

Now a poor wise man was found in the city, and he delivered the city by his wisdom. Yet no one remembered that poor man.

If the ax is dull, and one does not sharpen its edge,

then one must exert more strength;

however, the advantage of wisdom is that it brings success.

The LORD brings this charge

against the elders and leaders of his people:

“You have devastated the vineyard.

The plunder from the poor is in your houses.

“Therefore, the Lord himself will give you[fn] a sign: See, the virgin will conceive,[fn] have a son, and name him Immanuel.[fn]

You are to regard only the LORD of Armies as holy.

Only he should be feared;

only he should be held in awe.

But this is not what he intends;

this is not what he plans.

It is his intent to destroy

and to cut off many nations.

On that day Egypt will be like women and will tremble with fear because of the threatening hand of the LORD of Armies when he raises it against them.

“Look, riders come —

horsemen in pairs.”

And he answered, saying,

“Babylon has fallen, has fallen.

All the images of her gods

have been shattered on the ground.”

He will spread out his arms in the middle of it,

as a swimmer spreads out his arms to swim.

His pride will be brought low,

along with the trickery of his hands.

Did the LORD strike Israel

as he struck the one who struck Israel?

Was Israel killed like those killed by the LORD?

And every stroke of the appointed[fn] staff

that the LORD brings down on him

will be to the sound of tambourines and lyres;

he will fight against him with brandished weapons.

But he also is wise and brings disaster.

He does not go back on what he says;

he will rise up against the house of the wicked

and against the allies of evildoers.

He has cast the lot for them;

his hand allotted their portion with a measuring line.

They will possess it forever;

they will dwell in it from generation to generation.

Say to the cowardly:

“Be strong; do not fear!

Here is your God; vengeance is coming.

God's retribution is coming; he will save you.”

For this is what the LORD says —

the Creator of the heavens,

the God who formed the earth and made it,

the one who established it

(he did not create it to be a wasteland,

but formed it to be inhabited) —

he says, “I am the LORD,

and there is no other.

“Therefore my people will know my name;

therefore they will know on that day

that I am he who says,

‘Here I am.' ”

But he was pierced because of our rebellion,

crushed because of our iniquities;

punishment for our peace was on him,

and we are healed by his wounds.

He was oppressed and afflicted,

yet he did not open his mouth.

Like a lamb led to the slaughter

and like a sheep silent before her shearers,

he did not open his mouth.

After his anguish,

he will see light[fn] and be satisfied.

By his knowledge,

my righteous servant will justify many,

and he will carry their iniquities.

“Indeed, your husband is your Maker —

his name is the LORD of Armies —

and the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer;

he is called the God of the whole earth.

In all their suffering, he suffered,[fn]

and the angel of his presence saved them.

He redeemed them

because of his love and compassion;

he lifted them up and carried them

all the days of the past.

Jacob's Portion[fn] is not like these

because he is the one who formed all things.

Israel is the tribe of his inheritance;

the LORD of Armies is his name.

So I went down to the potter's house, and there he was, working away at the wheel.[fn]

“The tumult reaches to the ends of the earth

because the LORD brings a case against the nations.

He enters into judgment with all humanity.

As for the wicked, he hands them over to the sword —

this is the LORD's declaration.

While he was still confined in the guard's courtyard, the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah a second time:

He and his officers and the people of the land did not obey the words of the LORD that he spoke through the prophet Jeremiah.

But when he was at the Benjamin Gate, an officer of the guard was there, whose name was Irijah son of Shelemiah, son of Hananiah, and he apprehended the prophet Jeremiah, saying, “You are defecting to the Chaldeans.”

The officials then said to the king, “This man ought to die, because he is weakening the morale[fn] of the warriors who remain in this city and of all the people by speaking to them in this way. This man is not pursuing the welfare of this people, but their harm.”

But Ebed-melech, a Cushite court official in the king's palace, heard Jeremiah had been put into the cistern. While the king was sitting at the Benjamin Gate,

Leave Babylon;

save your lives, each of you!

Don't perish because of her guilt.

For this is the time of the LORD's vengeance —

he will pay her what she deserves.

“Now if a righteous person turns from his righteousness and acts unjustly, and I put a stumbling block in front of him, he will die. If you did not warn him, he will die because of his sin, and the righteous acts he did will not be remembered. Yet I will hold you responsible for his blood.

“The prince who is among them will lift his bags to his shoulder in the dark and go out. They[fn] will dig through the wall to bring him out through it. He will cover his face so he cannot see the land with his eyes.

“It will seem like false divination to those who have sworn an oath to the Babylonians,[fn] but it will draw attention to their guilt so that they will be captured.

“If I say to the wicked, ‘Wicked one, you will surely die,' but you do not speak out to warn him about his way, that wicked person will die for his iniquity, yet I will hold you responsible for his blood.

But if a wicked person turns from his wickedness and does what is just and right, he will live because of it.

He brought me there, and I saw a man whose appearance was like bronze, with a linen cord and a measuring rod in his hand. He was standing by the city gate.

“Then the burnt offerings, grain offerings, and drink offerings for the festivals, New Moons, and Sabbaths ​— ​for all the appointed times of the house of Israel ​— ​will be the prince's responsibility. He will provide the sin offerings, grain offerings, burnt offerings, and fellowship offerings to make atonement on behalf of the house of Israel.

He changes the times and seasons;

he removes kings and establishes kings.

He gives wisdom to the wise

and knowledge to those

who have understanding.

“Because of the greatness he gave him, all peoples, nations, and languages were terrified and fearful of him. He killed anyone he wanted and kept alive anyone he wanted; he exalted anyone he wanted and humbled anyone he wanted.

So the king gave the order, and they brought Daniel and threw him into the lions' den. The king said to Daniel, “May your God, whom you continually serve, rescue you! ”

“He will take even their gods captive to Egypt, with their metal images and their precious articles of silver and gold. For some years he will stay away from the king of the North,

I will sow her[fn] in the land for myself,

and I will have compassion

on Lo-ruhamah;

I will say to Lo-ammi:

You are my people,

and he will say, “You are my God.”

When Ephraim saw his sickness

and Judah his wound,

Ephraim went to Assyria

and sent a delegation to the great king.[fn]

But he cannot cure you or heal your wound.

Come, let's return to the LORD.

For he has torn us,

and he will heal us;

he has wounded us,

and he will bind up our wounds.

Foreigners consume his strength,

but he does not notice.

Even his hair is streaked with gray,

but he does not notice.

Their hearts are devious;[fn]

now they must bear their guilt.

The LORD will break down their altars

and demolish their sacred pillars.

Israel will not return to the land of Egypt

and Assyria will be his king,

because they refused to repent.

They will follow the LORD;

he will roar like a lion.

When he roars,

his children will come trembling from the west.

When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling;

he was exalted in Israel.

But he incurred guilt through Baal and died.

Although he flourishes among his brothers,[fn]

an east wind will come,

a wind from the LORD rising up from the desert.

His water source will fail,

and his spring will run dry.

The wind[fn] will plunder the treasury

of every precious item.

He will again have compassion on us;

he will vanquish our iniquities.

You will cast all our[fn] sins

into the depths of the sea.

The LORD is a jealous and avenging God;

the LORD takes vengeance

and is fierce in[fn] wrath.

The LORD takes vengeance against his foes;

he is furious with his enemies.

Whatever you[fn] plot against the LORD,

he will bring it to complete destruction;

oppression will not rise up a second time.

They mock kings,

and rulers are a joke to them.

They laugh at every fortress

and build siege ramps to capture it.

“Yes, he will build the LORD's temple; he will bear royal splendor and will sit on his throne and rule. There will be a priest on his throne, and there will be peaceful counsel between the two of them.

“I will put this third through the fire;

I will refine them as silver is refined

and test them as gold is tested.

They will call on my name,

and I will answer them.

I will say, ‘They are my people,'

and they will say, ‘The LORD is our God.' ”

You have wearied the LORD with your words.

Yet you ask, “How have we wearied him? ”

When you say, “Everyone who does what is evil is good in the LORD's sight, and he is delighted with them, or else where is the God of justice? ”

But who can endure the day of his coming? And who will be able to stand when he appears? For he will be like a refiner's fire and like launderer's bleach.[fn]

Saul asked Michal, “Why did you deceive me like this? You sent my enemy away, and he has escaped! ”

She answered him, “He said to me, ‘Let me go! Why should I kill you? ' ”

King Jehoiachin of Judah, along with his mother, his servants, his commanders, and his officials,[fn] surrendered to the king of Babylon.

So the king of Babylon took him captive in the eighth year of his reign.

On the seventh day of the fifth month ​— ​which was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon ​— ​Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guards, a servant of the king of Babylon, entered Jerusalem.

And he will redeem Israel

from all its iniquities.

Let them praise the name of the LORD,

for he commanded, and they were created.

for receiving prudent instruction

in righteousness, justice, and integrity;