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Adam H121 [fn]had H3045 relations H3045 with his wife H802 again H5750; and she gave H3205 birth H3205 to a son H1121, and named H7121 H8034 him [fn]Seth H8352, for, she said, “God H430 [fn]has appointed H7896 me another H312 [fn]child H2233 in H8478 place H8478 of H8478 Abel H1893, because H3588 Cain H7014 killed H2026 him.”
Now Terah H8646 took H3947 his son H1121 Abram H87, and Lot H3876 the son H1121 of Haran H2039, his grandson H1121, and his daughter-in-law H3618 Sarai H8297, his son H1121 Abram's H87 wife H802, and they departed H3318 [fn]together H854 from Ur H218 of the Chaldeans H3778 to go H1980 to the land H776 of Canaan H3667; and they went H935 as far H5704 as Haran H2771 and [fn]settled H3427 there H8033.
Then Abraham H85 took H3947 his son H1121 Ishmael H3458, and all H3605 the slaves who were born H3211 in his house H1004 and all H3605 who were bought H4736 with his money H3701, every H3605 male H2145 among the men H376 of Abraham's H85 household H1004, and circumcised H4135 the flesh H1320 of their foreskin H6190 on this H2088 very H6106 same H6106 day H3117, as God H430 had said H1696 to him.
So Ephron's H6085 field H7704, which H834 was in Machpelah H4375, which H834 faced H6440 Mamre H4471, the field H7704 and the cave H4631 which H834 was in it, and all H3605 the trees H6086 which H834 were in the field H7704, that were [fn]within all H3605 the confines H5439 of its border H1366, [fn]were deeded H6965 over H6965
Then the servant H5650 took H3947 ten H6235 camels H1581 from the camels H1581 of his master H113, and went H1980 out with a variety H3605 of good H2898 things H2898 of his master's H113 in his hand H3027; so he set H6965 out H6965 and went H1980 to [fn]Mesopotamia H763, to the city H5892 of Nahor H5152.
Then Isaac H3327 dug H2658 again H7725 the wells H875 of water H4325 which H834 [fn]had been dug H2658 in the days H3117 of his father H1 Abraham H85, for the Philistines H6430 had stopped H5640 them up H5640 after H310 the death H4194 of Abraham H85; and he [fn]gave H7121 them the same H8034 names H8034 which H834 his father H1 had [fn]given H7121 them.
Now it came H1961 about H1961, as H834 soon H834 as H834 Isaac H3327 had finished H3615 blessing H1288 Jacob H3290, and Jacob H3290 had hardly H389 H3318 gone H3318 out H3318 from the presence H6440 of his father H1 Isaac H3327, that his brother H251 Esau H6215 came H935 in H935 from his hunting H6718.
So Esau H6215 held H7852 a H7852 grudge H7852 against H7852 Jacob H3290 because H5921 of the blessing H1293 with which H834 his father H1 had blessed H1288 him; and Esau H6215 said H559 [fn]to himself H3820, “The days H3117 of mourning H60 for my father H1 are near H7126; then I will kill H2026 my brother H251 Jacob H3290.”
Now in the days H3117 of wheat H2406 harvest H7105 Reuben H7205 went H1980 and found H4672 mandrake H1736 fruits H1736 in the field H7704, and brought H935 them to his mother H517 Leah H3812. Then Rachel H7354 said H559 to Leah H3812, “Please H4994 give H5414 me some H4480 of your son's H1121 mandrakes H1736.”
Now it came H1961 about H1961 on the third H7992 day H3117, when they were H3510 in H3510 pain H3510, that two H8147 of Jacob's H3290 sons H1121—Simeon H8095 and Levi H3878, Dinah's H1783 brothers H251—each H376 took H3947 his sword H2719 and came H935 upon the city H5892 undetected H983, and killed H2026 every H3605 male H2145.
Then Esau H6215 took H3947 his wives H802, his sons H1121, his daughters H1323, and all H3605 [fn]his household H1004, and his livestock H4735 and all H3605 his cattle H929, and all H3605 his property H7075 which H834 he had acquired H7408 in the land H776 of Canaan H3667, and went H1980 to another land H776 away from his brother H251 Jacob H3290.
Joseph H3130, when he was seventeen H7651 H6240 years H8141 of age H1121, was pasturing H7462 the flock H6629 with his brothers H251, while he was still a youth H5288, along with the sons H1121 of Bilhah H1090 and the sons H1121 of Zilpah H2153, his father's H1 wives H802. And Joseph H3130 brought H935 back a bad H1681 H7451 report H1681 about them to their father H1.
Then he [fn]had H2492 yet H5750 another H312 dream H2472, and informed H5608 his brothers H251 of it, and said H559, “Behold H2009, I have [fn]had H2492 yet H5750 another dream H2472; and behold H2009, the sun H8121 and the moon H3394, and eleven H259 H6240 stars H3556 were bowing H2331 down H2331 to me.”
Now [fn]after a considerable H7235 time H3117 Shua's H7770 daughter H1323, the wife H802 of Judah H3063, died H4191; and when [fn]the time H5162 of H5162 mourning H5162 was ended H5162, Judah H3063 went H5927 up H5927 to his sheepshearers H6629 H1494 at Timnah H8553, he and his friend H7453 Hirah H2437 the Adullamite H5726.
So it came H1961 about H1961 on the third H7992 day H3117, which was Pharaoh's H6547 birthday H3205 H3117, that he held H6213 a feast H4960 for all H3605 his servants H5650; and he lifted H5375 up H5375 the head H7218 of the chief H8269 cupbearer H4945 and the head H7218 of the chief H8269 baker H644 among H8432 his servants H5650.
When [fn]the time H3117 for Israel H3478 to die H4191 drew H7126 near H7126, he called H7121 his son H1121 Joseph H3130 and said H559 to him, “Please H4994, if H518 I have found H4672 favor H2580 in your sight H5869, place H7760 your hand H3027 under H8478 my thigh H3409 now H4994 and deal H6213 with me in kindness H2617 and [fn]faithfulness H571: please H4994 do not bury H6912 me in Egypt H4714,
Now it came H1961 about H1961 in those H1992 days H3117, when Moses H4872 had grown H1431 up H1431, that he went H3318 out H3318 to his [fn]fellow H251 Hebrews H251 and looked H7200 at their [fn]hard H5450 labors H5450; and he saw H7200 an Egyptian H4713 beating H5221 a Hebrew H5680, one H4480 of his [fn]fellow H251 Hebrews H251.
Then Moses H4872 departed H1980 and returned H7725 to his father-in-law H2859 [fn]Jethro H3500, and said H559 to him, “Please H4994, let me go H1980, that I may return H7725 to my brothers H251 who H834 are in Egypt H4714, and see H7200 if they are still H5750 alive H2416.” And Jethro H3503 said H559 to Moses H4872, “Go H1980 in peace H7965.”
And the LORD H3068 said H559 to Moses H4872, “When you go H1980 [fn]back H7725 to Egypt H4714, see H7200 that you perform H6213 before H6440 Pharaoh H6547 all H3605 the wonders H4159 which H834 I have put H7760 in your [fn]power H3027; but I will harden H2388 his heart H3820 so that he will not let H7971 the people H5971 go H7971.
So Moses H4872 and Aaron H175 did H6213 just H3651 H834 as the LORD H3068 had commanded H6680. And he lifted H7311 up H7311 [fn]the staff H4294 and struck H5221 the water H4325 that was in the Nile H2975 in the sight H5869 of Pharaoh H6547 and in the sight H5869 of his servants H5650; and all H3605 the water H4325 that was in the Nile H2975 was turned H2015 into blood H1818.
When the king H4428 of Egypt H4714 was told H5046 that the people H5971 had fled H1272, [fn]Pharaoh H6547 and his servants H5650 had H2015 a H2015 change H2015 of heart H3824 toward H413 the people H5971, and they said H559, “What H4100 is this H2088 that we have done H6213, that we have let H7971 Israel H3478 go H7971 from serving H5647 us?”
“If H3588 someone H376 lets a field H7704 or H176 vineyard H3754 be grazed H1197 bare and lets H7971 his animal H1165 loose H7971 so that it grazes H1197 in another H312 person's H312 field H7704, he shall make H7999 restitution H7999 from the best H4315 of his own field H7704 and the best H4315 of his own vineyard H3754.
“You shall also take H3947 the fat H2459 from the ram H352 and the fat H451 tail H451, and the fat H2459 that covers H3680 the entrails H7130 and the [fn]lobe H3508 of the liver H3516, and the two H8147 kidneys H3629 and the fat H2459 that is on them, and the right H3225 thigh H7785 (for it is a ram H352 of [fn]ordination H4394),
And it came H1961 about H1961, as H834 soon H834 as H834 [fn]Moses approached H7126 the camp H4264, that he saw H7200 the calf H5695 and the people dancing H4246; and Moses' H4872 anger H639 burned H2734, and he threw H7993 the tablets H3871 from his hands H3027 and shattered H7665 them to H7665 pieces H7665 [fn]at H8478 the H8478 foot H8478 of H8478 the mountain H2022.
Now Moses H4872 used to take H3947 the tent H168 and pitch H5186 it outside H4480 H2351 the camp H4264, a good H7368 distance H7368 from the camp H4264, and he called H7121 it the tent H168 of meeting H4150. And everyone H3605 who sought H1245 the LORD H3068 would go H3318 out H3318 to the tent H168 of meeting H4150 which H834 was outside H4480 H2351 the camp H4264.
And it came H1961 about H1961, when Moses H4872 was coming H3381 down H3381 from Mount H2022 Sinai H5514 (and the two H8147 tablets H3871 of the testimony H5715 were in Moses' H4872 hand H3027 as he was coming H3381 down H3381 from the mountain H2022), that Moses H4872 did not know H3045 that the skin H5785 of his face H6440 shone H7160 because of his speaking H1696 with Him.
‘But if H518 [fn]he cannot H3808 afford H5060 H3027 a lamb H7716, then he shall bring H935 to the LORD H3068 his guilt H817 offering H817 for that in which H834 he has sinned H2398, two H8147 turtledoves H8449 or H176 two H8147 young H1121 doves H3123, one H259 as a sin H2403 offering H2403 and the other H259 as a burnt H5930 offering H5930.
‘But if H518 his [fn]means H3027 are H5381 insufficient H3808 H5381 for two H8147 turtledoves H8449 or H176 two H8147 young H1121 doves H3123, then for his offering H7133 for that which H834 he has sinned H2398, he shall bring H935 the tenth H6224 of an [fn]ephah H374 of fine H5560 flour H5560 as a sin H2403 offering H2403; he shall not put H7760 oil H8081 on it or place H5414 incense H3828 on it, for it is a sin H2403 offering H2403.
So Moses H4872 took H3947 some H4480 of the anointing H4888 oil H8081 and some H4480 of the blood H1818 which H834 was on the altar H4196, and sprinkled H5137 it on Aaron H175, on his garments H899, on his sons H1121, and on the garments H899 of his sons H1121 with him; and he consecrated H6942 Aaron H175, his garments H899, and his sons H1121, and the garments H899 of his sons H1121 with him.
Then Moses H4872 said H559 to Aaron H175 and to his sons H1121, “Boil H1310 the flesh H1320 at the doorway H6607 of the tent H168 of meeting H4150, and eat H398 it there H8033 together with the bread H3899 which H834 is in the basket H5536 of the ordination H4394 offering H4394, just H834 as H834 I commanded H6680, saying H559, ‘Aaron H175 and his sons H1121 shall eat H398 it.'
Now Nadab H5070 and Abihu H30, the sons H1121 of Aaron H175, took H3947 their respective H376 firepans H4289, and after putting H5414 fire H784 in them, placed H7760 incense H7004 on [fn]the fire and offered H7126 [fn]strange H2114 fire H784 before H6440 the LORD H3068, which H834 He had not commanded H6680 them.
“But if H518 he is poor H1800 and his [fn]means H3027 are H369 insufficient H369 H5381, then he is to take H3947 one H259 male H3532 lamb H3532 for a guilt H817 offering H817 as a wave H8573 offering H8573 to make H3722 atonement H3722 for him, and a tenth H6241 of an [fn]ephah of fine H5560 flour H5560 mixed H1101 with oil H8081 as a grain offering H4503, and a [fn]log H3849 of oil H8081,
‘Now when H3588 the man H2100 with the discharge H2100 becomes H2891 cleansed H2891 from his discharge H2101, then he shall count H5608 off for himself seven H7651 days H3117 for his cleansing H2893; he shall then wash H3526 his clothes H899 and bathe H7364 his body H1320 in [fn]running H2416 water H4325 and will become H2891 clean H2891.
“Then he shall slaughter H7819 the goat H5795 of the sin H2403 offering H2403, which H834 is for the people H5971, and bring H935 its blood H1818 inside H413 H4480 H1004 the veil H6532 and do H6213 with its blood H1818 as he did H6213 with the blood H1818 of the bull H6499, and sprinkle H5137 it on the atoning H3727 cover H3727 and in front H6440 of the atoning H3727 cover H3727.
“For as for the [fn]life H5315 of all H3605 flesh H1320, its blood H1818 is identified with its [fn]life H5315. Therefore I said H559 to the sons H1121 of Israel H3478, ‘You are not to eat H398 the blood H1818 of any H3605 flesh H1320, for the [fn]life H5315 of all H3605 flesh H1320 is its blood H1818; whoever H3605 eats H398 it shall be cut H3772 off H3772.'
‘Anyone H376 from the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 or from the strangers H1616 residing H1481 in Israel H3478 who H834 gives H5414 any H4480 of his [fn]children H2233 to Molech H4432, shall certainly H4191 be put H4191 to H4191 death H4191; the people H5971 of the land H776 shall stone H7275 him with stones H68.
‘If there is a man H376 who H834 takes H3947 his sister H269, his father's H1 daughter H1323 or H176 his mother's H517 daughter H1323, so that he sees H7200 her nakedness H6172 and she sees H7200 his nakedness H6172, it is a disgrace H2617; and they shall be cut H3772 off H3772 in the sight H5869 of the sons H1121 of their people H5971. He has uncovered H1540 his sister's H269 nakedness H6172; he bears H5375 his guilt H5771.
‘The priest H3548 who is [fn]highest H1419 among H4480 his brothers H251, on whose H834 head H7218 the anointing H4888 oil H8081 has been poured H3332 and [fn]who has been consecrated H4390 H3027 to wear H3847 the garments H899, shall not [fn]uncover H6544 his head H7218 nor H3808 tear H6533 his clothes H899;
‘Nevertheless H389, [fn]anything H3605 which H834 someone H376 sets H2763 apart H2763 to the LORD H3068 for H2763 [fn]destruction H2763 out of all H3605 that he has, of man H120 or animal H929 or of the field H7704 of his own property H272, shall not be sold H4376 nor redeemed H1350. Anything H3605 set H2764 apart H2764 for H2764 destruction H2764 is most H6944 holy H6944 to the LORD H3068.
Now those who were to camp H2583 in front H6440 of the tabernacle H4908 eastward H6924, in front H6440 of the tent H168 of meeting H4150 toward the sunrise H4217, were Moses H4872 and Aaron H175 and his sons H1121, performing H8104 the duties H4931 of the sanctuary H4720 for the obligation H4931 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478; but the [fn]layman H2114 coming H7131 near H7131 was to be put H4191 to H4191 death H4191.
‘All H3605 the days H3117 of his vow H5088 of consecration H5145 no H3808 razor H8593 shall pass H5674 over H5921 his head H7218. He shall be holy H6918 until H5704 the days H3117 are fulfilled H4390 which H834 he lives H5144 as H5144 a H5144 Nazirite H5144 for the LORD H3068; he shall let the locks H6545 of hair H8181 on his head H7218 grow H1431 long H1431.
“This H2088 is the law H8451 of the Nazirite H5139 who H834 vows H5087 his offering H7133 to the LORD H3068 according H5921 to his consecration H5145, in H4480 H905 addition H4480 H905 to H4480 H905 what H834 else [fn]he can afford H5381; corresponding H6310 to his vow H5088 which H834 he makes H5087, so H3651 he shall do H6213 according H5921 to the law H8451 of his consecration H5145.”
Then they came H935 to the [fn]Valley H5158 of [fn]Eshcol H812, and from there H8033 they cut H3772 off H3772 a branch H2156 with a single H259 cluster H811 of grapes H6025; and they carried H5375 it on a pole H4132 between two H8147 men, with some H4480 of the pomegranates H7416 and the figs H8384.
Then Balak H1111 said H559 to him, “Please H4994 come H1980 with me to another H312 place H4725 from where H834 H8033 you may see H7200 them, although you will only H657 see H7200 the extreme H7097 end H7097 of them and will not see H7200 all H3605 of them; and put H6895 a H6895 curse H6895 on them for me from there H8033.”
Then Balak's H1111 anger H639 burned H2734 against H413 Balaam H1109, and he struck H5606 his [fn]hands H3709 together H5606; and Balak H1111 said H559 to Balaam H1109, “I called H7121 you to curse H6895 my enemies H340, but behold H2009, you have persisted H1288 in blessing H1288 them these H2088 three H7969 times H6471!
Then behold H2009, one H376 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 came H935 and brought H7126 to his relatives H251 a Midianite H4084 woman H4084, in the sight H5869 of Moses H4872 and in the sight H5869 of the whole H3605 congregation H5712 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478, while they were weeping H1058 at the entrance H6607 of the tent H168 of meeting H4150.
“Then you replied H6030 H559 to me, ‘We have sinned H2398 against the LORD H3068; we ourselves H587 will go H5927 up H5927 and fight H3898, just H3605 H834 as the LORD H3068 our God H430 commanded H6680 us.' And every H376 man H376 of you strapped H2296 on H2296 his weapons H3627 of war H4421, and you viewed H1951 it as H1951 easy H1951 to go H5927 up H5927 into the hill H2022 country H2022.
“And now H6258, Israel H3478, what H4100 does the LORD H3068 your God H430 require H7592 of you, but to [fn]fear H3372 the LORD H3068 your God H430, to walk H1980 in all H3605 His ways H1870 and love H157 Him, and to serve H5647 the LORD H3068 your God H430 with all H3605 your heart H3824 and with all H3605 your soul H5315,
“You shall not eat H398 anything H3605 which H5038 dies H5038 of itself. You may give H5414 it to the stranger H1616 who H834 is in your [fn]town H8179, so that he may eat H398 it, or H176 you may sell H4376 it to a stranger H5237; for you are a holy H6918 people H5971 to the LORD H3068 your God H430. You shall not boil H1310 a young H1423 goat H1423 in its mother's H517 milk H2461.
“If H3588 there is found H4672 in your midst H7130, in any H259 of your [fn]towns H8179 which H834 the LORD H3068 your God H430 is giving H5414 you, a man H376 or H176 a woman H802 who H834 does H6213 what H7451 is H7451 evil H7451 in the sight H5869 of the LORD H3068 your God H430, by violating H5674 His covenant H1285,
“If H3588 a case H1697 is H6381 too H4480 difficult H6381 for you to decide H4941, between H996 [fn]one kind of homicide H1818 or another H1818, between H996 [fn]one kind of lawsuit H1779 or another H1779, and between H996 [fn]one kind of assault H5061 or another H5061, that are cases H1697 of dispute H7379 in your [fn]courts H8179, then you shall arise H6965 and go H5927 up H5927 to the place H4725 which H834 the LORD H3068 your God H430 chooses H977.
“When H3588 you besiege H6696 a city H5892 for a long H7227 time H3117, to make H3898 war H3898 against H5921 it in order to capture H8610 it, you shall not destroy H7843 its trees H6086 by swinging H5080 an axe H1631 against H5921 them; for you may eat H398 from them, so you shall not cut H3772 them down H3772. For [fn]is the tree H6086 of the field H7704 a human H120, that it should [fn]be besieged H4692 by you?
“When H3588 a man H376 takes H3947 a wife H802 and marries H1166 her, and it happens H1961, if she finds H4672 no H3808 favor H2580 in his eyes H5869 because H3588 he has found H4672 some H1697 indecency H6172 in her, that he writes H3789 her a certificate H5612 of divorce H3748, puts H5414 it in her hand H3027, and [fn]sends H7971 her away H7971 from his house H1004,
“If H3588 someone H376 is [fn]caught H4672 kidnapping H1589 any H5315 of his countrymen H251 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478, and he treats H6014 him as H6014 merchandise H6014 and sells H4376 him, then that thief H1590 shall die H4191; so you shall eliminate H1197 the evil H7451 from among H7130 you.
“If H3588 two men H376, a man H376 and his countryman H251, have H5327 a H5327 fight H5327 [fn]with H3162 each H3162 other H3162, and the wife H802 of one H259 comes H7126 up H7126 to save H5337 her husband H376 from the hand H3027 of the one who is hitting H5221 him, and she reaches H7971 out H7971 with her hand H3027 and grasps H2388 [fn]that man's genitals H4016,
“Now it shall be, if H518 you diligently H8085 [fn]obey H8085 H6963 the LORD H3068 your God H430, being H8104 careful H8104 to do H6213 all H3605 His commandments H4687 which H834 I am commanding H6680 you today H3117, that the LORD H3068 your God H430 will put H5414 you high H5945 above H5921 all H3605 the nations H1471 of the earth H776.
“But it shall come H1961 about H1961, if H518 you do not [fn]obey H8085 H6963 the LORD H3068 your God H430, to be H8104 careful H8104 to [fn]follow H6213 all H3605 His commandments H4687 and His statutes H2708 which H834 I am commanding H6680 you today H3117, that all H3605 these H428 curses H7045 will come H935 upon you and overtake H5381 you:
“So all H3605 these H428 curses H7045 shall come H935 upon you and pursue H7291 you and overtake H5381 you until H5704 you are destroyed H8045, because H3588 you would not [fn]obey H8085 H6963 the LORD H3068 your God H430 by keeping H8104 His commandments H4687 and His statutes H2708 which H834 He commanded H6680 you.
“The LORD H3068 came H935 from Sinai H5514,
And [fn]dawned H2224 on them from Seir H8165;
He shone H3313 from Mount H2022 Paran H6290,
And He came H857 from the midst of myriads H7233 of [fn]holy H6944 ones H6944;
At His right H3225 hand H3225 there was [fn]flashing H799 lightning H799 for them.
“As the firstborn H1060 of his ox H7794, majesty H1926 is his,
And his horns H7161 are the horns H7161 of the wild H7214 ox H7214;
With them he will gore H5055 the peoples H5971
All H3162 [fn]at H3162 once H3162, to the ends H657 of the earth H776.
And those H1992 are the ten H7233 thousands H7233 of Ephraim H669,
Now it came H1961 about H1961 when Joshua H3091 was by Jericho H3405, he raised H5375 his eyes H5869 and looked H7200, and behold H2009, a man H376 was standing H5975 opposite H5048 him with his sword H2719 drawn H8025 in his hand H3027, and Joshua H3091 went H1980 to him and said H559 to him, “Are you for us or H518 for our enemies H6862?”
Then Joshua H3091 made them take H7650 an H7650 oath H7650 at that time H6256, saying H559, “Cursed H779 before H6440 the LORD H3068 is the man H376 who H834 rises H6965 up H6965 and builds H1129 this H2088 city H5892 Jericho H3405; with the loss of his firstborn H1060 he will lay H3245 its foundation H3245, and with the loss of his youngest H6810 son H6810 he will set H5324 up H5324 its gates H1817.”
Now the LORD H3068 said H559 to Joshua H3091, “Do not fear H3372 or be dismayed H2865. Take H3947 all H3605 the people H5971 of war H4421 with you. Arise H6965, go H5927 up H5927 to Ai H5857; see H7200, I have handed H5414 H3027 over H5414 to you the king H4428 of Ai H5857, his people H5971, his city H5892, and his land H776.
Then the LORD H3068 said H559 to Joshua H3091, “Reach H5186 out H5186 with the sword H3591 that is in your hand H3027 toward H413 Ai H5857, for I will hand H5414 H3027 it over H5414 to you.” So Joshua H3091 reached H5186 out H5186 with the sword H3591 that was in his hand H3027 toward H413 the city H5892.
Now to the one half-tribe H2677 H7626 of Manasseh H4519 Moses H4872 had given H5414 a possession in Bashan H1316, but to the other half H2677 Joshua H3091 gave H5414 a possession among H5973 their brothers H251 westward H3220 beyond H5676 the Jordan H3383. So when H3588 Joshua H3091 sent H7971 them away H7971 to their tents H168, he also blessed H1288 them,
So when Phinehas H6372 the priest H3548 and the leaders H5387 of the congregation H5712, that is, the heads H7218 of the [fn]families H505 of Israel H3478 who H834 were with him, heard H8085 the words H1697 which H834 the sons H1121 of Reuben H7205, the sons H1121 of Gad H1410, and the sons H1121 of Manasseh H4519 spoke H1696, it pleased H3190 H5869 them.
But when the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 cried H2199 out H2199 to the LORD H3068, the LORD H3068 raised H6965 up H6965 a deliverer H3467 for them, Ehud H164 the son H1121 of Gera H1617, the Benjaminite H1145, a left-handed H334 H3225 H3027 man H376. And the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 sent H7971 tribute H4503 by [fn]him to Eglon H5700 the king H4428 of Moab H4124.
“At the sound H6963 of those who distribute H2686 water among H996 the watering H4857 places H4857,
There H8033 they will recount H8567 the righteous H6666 deeds H6666 of the LORD H3068,
The righteous H6666 deeds H6666 for His [fn]peasantry H6520 in Israel H3478.
Then H227 the people H5971 of the LORD H3068 went H3381 down H3381 to the gates H8179.
‘Are they not finding H4672, are they not dividing H2505 the spoils H7998?
A concubine H7358, two concubines H7358 for every H7218 warrior H1397;
To Sisera H5516 a spoil H7998 of dyed H6648 cloth H6648,
A spoil H7998 of dyed H6648 cloth H6648 embroidered H7553,
Dyed H6648 cloth H6648 of double embroidery H7553 on the [fn]neck H6677 of the plunderer H7998?'
Then the angel H4397 of the LORD H3068 came H935 and sat H3427 under H8478 the [fn]oak H424 that was in Ophrah H6084, which H834 belonged to Joash H3060 the Abiezrite H33, as his son H1121 Gideon H1439 was beating H2251 out H2251 wheat H2406 in the wine H1660 press H1660 in order to save H5127 it from the Midianites H4080.
Then Jerubbaal H3378 (that is, Gideon H1439) and all H3605 the people H5971 who H834 were with him got H7925 up H7925 early H7925, and camped H2583 beside H5921 [fn]the spring H5869 of Harod H5878; and the camp H4264 of Midian H4080 was on the north H6828 side H6828 of [fn]them by the hill H1389 of Moreh H4176 in the valley H6010.
When Gideon H1439 heard H8085 the account H4557 of the dream H2472 and its interpretation H7667, he bowed H2331 in H2331 worship H2331. Then he returned H7725 to the camp H4264 of Israel H3478 and said H559, “Arise H6965, for the LORD H3068 has handed H5414 H3027 over H5414 to you the camp H4264 of Midian H4080!”
So Gideon H1439 and the hundred H3967 men H376 who H834 were with him came H935 to the outskirts H7097 of the camp H4264 at the beginning H7218 of the middle H8484 night H821 watch H821, when H389 they had just H389 posted H6965 the watch H8104; and they blew H8628 the trumpets H7782 and smashed H5310 the pitchers H3537 that were in their hands H3027.
Now when they told H5046 Jotham H3147, he went H1980 and stood H5975 on the top H7218 of Mount H2022 Gerizim H1630, and raised H5375 his voice H6963 and called H7121 out H7121. And he said H559 to them, “Listen H8085 to me, you [fn]leaders H1167 of Shechem H7927, that God H430 may listen H8085 to you.
But Jephthah H3316 came H935 to his house H1004 at Mizpah H4709, and behold H2009, his daughter H1323 was coming H3318 out H3318 to meet H7122 him with tambourines H8596 and with dancing H4246. And she was his one H7534 and only H3173 child H3173; besides H4480 her he had H369 no H369 son H1121 or H176 daughter H1323.
Then the Spirit H7307 of the LORD H3068 rushed H6743 upon H5921 him, and he went H3381 down H3381 to Ashkelon H831 and killed H5221 thirty H7970 men H376 of them and took H3947 what H2488 they were wearing H2488 and gave H5414 the outfits H2487 of H2487 clothes H2487 to those who told H5046 the riddle H2420. And his anger H639 burned H2734, and he went H5927 up H5927 to his father's H1 house H1004.
When he came H935 to Lehi H3896, the Philistines H6430 shouted H7321 as they met H7122 him. And the Spirit H7307 of the LORD H3068 rushed H6743 upon H5921 him so that the ropes H5688 that were on his arms H2220 were like flax H6593 that has burned H1197 with fire H784, and his restraints H612 [fn]dropped H4549 from his hands H3027.
When Delilah H1807 saw H7200 that he had told H5046 her all H3605 that was in his heart H3820, she sent H7971 word and called H7121 the governors H5633 of the Philistines H6430, saying H559, “Come H5927 up H5927 once H6471 more H6471, for he has told H5046 me all H3605 that is in his heart H3820.” Then the governors H5633 of the Philistines H6430 came H5927 up H5927 to her and brought H5927 up H5927 the money H3701 in their hands H3027.
But the man H376 was unwilling H3808 H14 to spend H3885 the H3885 night H3885, so he got H6965 up H6965 and left H1980, and came H935 to a place opposite H5227 Jebus H2982 (that is, Jerusalem H3389). And with him was a pair H6776 of saddled H2280 donkeys H2543; his concubine H6370 also was with him.
When her master H113 got H6965 up H6965 in the morning H1242 and opened H6605 the doors H1817 of the house H1004 and went H3318 out H3318 to go H1980 on his way H1870, then behold H2009, his concubine H6370 was lying H5307 at the doorway H6607 of the house H1004 with her hands H3027 on the threshold H5592.
Now this H2088 was the custom in former H6440 times H6440 in Israel H3478 concerning H5921 the redemption H1353 and the exchange H8545 of land to confirm H6965 any H3605 matter H1697: a man H376 removed H8025 his sandal H5275 and gave H5414 it to another H7453; and this H2088 was the way of confirmation H8584 in Israel H3478.
Then they got H7925 up H7925 early H7925 in the morning H1242 and worshiped H2331 before H6440 the LORD H3068, and returned H7725 H935 again H7725 to their house H1004 in Ramah H7414. And Elkanah H511 [fn]had H3045 relations H3045 with Hannah H2584 his wife H802, and the LORD H3068 remembered H2142 her.
“Those who contend H7378 with the LORD H3068 will be terrified H2865;
Against H5921 them He will thunder H7481 in the heavens H8064,
The LORD H3068 will judge H1777 the ends H657 of the earth H776;
And He will give H5414 strength H5797 to His king H4428,
And will exalt H7311 the [fn]horn H7161 of His anointed H4899.”
Now his daughter-in-law H3618, Phinehas' H6372 wife H802, was pregnant H2030 and about to give H3205 birth H3205; and when she heard H8085 the news H8052 that the ark H727 of God H430 had been taken H3947 and that her father-in-law H2524 and her husband H376 had died H4191, she kneeled H3766 down H3766 and gave H3205 birth H3205, because H3588 her pains H6735 came H2015 upon her.
Now Saul H7586 chose H977 for himself three H7969 thousand H505 men of Israel H3478, of whom two H505 thousand H505 were with Saul H7586 in Michmash H4363 and in the hill H2022 country H2022 of Bethel H1008, while a thousand H505 were with Jonathan H3083 at Gibeah H1390 of Benjamin H1144. But he sent H7971 the rest H3499 of the people H5971 away H7971, each H376 to his tent H168.
Now the day H3117 came H1961 that Jonathan H3083, the son H1121 of Saul H7586, said H559 to the young H5288 man H5288 who was carrying H5375 his armor H3627, “Come H1980, and let's cross H5674 over H5674 to the Philistines' H6430 garrison H4673 that is on the other H1975 side H5676.” But he did not tell H5046 his father H1.
Then Jonathan H3083 said H559 to the young H5288 man H5288 who was carrying H5375 his armor H3627, “Come H1980, and let's cross H5674 over H5674 to the garrison H4673 of these H428 uncircumcised H6189 men; perhaps H194 the LORD H3068 will work H6213 for us, because H3588 the LORD H3068 is not limited H4622 to saving H3467 by many H7227 or H176 by few H4592!”
Now when Saul H7586 had taken H3920 control H3920 of the kingdom H4410 over H5921 Israel H3478, he fought H3898 against all H3605 his enemies H340 on every H5439 side H5439, against Moab H4124, the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983, Edom H123, the kings H4428 of Zobah H6678, and the Philistines H6430; and wherever H3605 H834 he turned H6437, he [fn]inflicted H7561 punishment H7561.
Now the LORD H3068 said H559 to Samuel H8050, “How H4970 long H5704 are you going to mourn H56 for [fn]Saul H7586, since I have rejected H3988 him from being H4427 king H4427 over H5921 Israel H3478? Fill H4390 your horn H7161 with oil H8081 and go H1980; I will send H7971 you to Jesse H3448 the Bethlehemite H1022, because H3588 I have chosen H7200 a king H4428 for Myself among his sons H1121.”
Then Saul H7586 sent H7971 messengers H4397 to David's H1732 house H1004 to watch H8104 him, in order to put H4191 him to H4191 death H4191 in the morning H1242. But Michal H4324, David's H1732 wife H802, informed H5046 him, saying H559, “If H518 you do not save H4422 your life H5315 tonight H3915, tomorrow H4279 you will be put H4191 to H4191 death H4191!”
Then Saul H7586 heard H8085 that David H1732 and the men H376 who H834 were with him had been discovered H3045. Now Saul H7586 was in Gibeah H1390, sitting H3427 under H8478 the tamarisk H815 tree H815 on the height H7413 with his spear H2595 in his hand H3027, and all H3605 his servants H5650 were standing H5324 in front H5921 of him.
Afterward H310 H3651, however, David H1732 got H6965 up H6965 and went H3318 out H3318 of the cave H4631, and called H7121 after H310 Saul H7586, saying H559, “My lord H113 the king H4428!” And when Saul H7586 looked H5027 behind H310 him, David H1732 bowed H6915 with his face H639 to the ground H776 and prostrated H2331 himself.
Now there was a man H376 in Maon H4584 whose business H4639 was in Carmel H3760; and the man H376 was very H3966 [fn]rich H1419, and he had three H7969 thousand H505 sheep H6629 and a thousand H505 goats H5795. And it came H1961 about H1961 while he was shearing H1494 his sheep H6629 in Carmel H3760
Then Abigail H26 came H935 to Nabal H5037, and behold H2009, he was having a feast H4960 in his house H1004, like the feast H4960 of a king H4428. And Nabal's H5037 heart H3820 was cheerful H2895 within H5921 him, for he was very H5704 H3966 drunk H7910; so she did not tell H5046 him anything H1697 [fn]at all H6996 H1419 until H5704 the morning H1242 light H216.
When David H1732 heard H8085 that Nabal H5037 was dead H4191, he said H559, “Blessed H1288 be the LORD H3068, who H834 has pleaded H7378 the cause H7379 of the shame H2781 inflicted H2781 on me by the hand H3027 of Nabal H5037, and has kept H2820 back H2820 His servant H5650 from evil H7451. The LORD H3068 has also returned H7725 the evildoing H7451 of Nabal H5037 on his own head H7218.” Then David H1732 sent H7971 [fn]a proposal H1696 to Abigail H26, to take H3947 her as his wife H802.
Then David H1732 said H559 to [fn]himself H3820, “Now H6258 I will [fn]perish H5595 one H259 day H3117 by the hand H3027 of Saul H7586. There H369 is H369 nothing H369 better H2896 for me than H3588 to safely H4422 escape H4422 into the land H776 of the Philistines H6430. Then Saul H7586 will despair H2976 of searching H1245 for me anymore H5750 in all H3605 the territory H1366 of Israel H3478, and I will escape H4422 from his hand H3027.”
Now David H1732 and his men H376 went H5927 up H5927 and attacked H6584 the Geshurites H1651, the Girzites H1630, and the Amalekites H6003; for they were the inhabitants H3427 of the land H776 from ancient H5769 times H5769, as you come H935 to Shur H7793 even as far H5704 as the land H776 of Egypt H4714.
Then Saul H7586 disguised H2664 himself by putting H3847 on H3847 different H312 clothes H899, and went H1980, he and two H8147 men H376 with him, and they came H935 to the woman H802 by night H3915; and he said H559, “Consult H7080 the spirit H178 for me, please H4994, and bring H5927 up H5927 for me the one whom H834 I shall [fn]name H559 for you.”
Then it happened H1961, when David H1732 and his men H376 came H935 to Ziklag H6860 on the third H7992 day H3117, that the Amalekites H6003 had carried H6584 out H6584 an H6584 attack H6584 on the [fn]Negev H5045 and on Ziklag H6860, and had [fn]overthrown H5221 Ziklag H6860 and burned H8313 it with fire H784;
When David H1732 came H935 to the two hundred H3967 men H376 who H834 were too H4480 exhausted H6296 to follow H1980 H310 David H1732 and [fn]had been left H3427 behind H3427 at the brook H5158 Besor H1308, and they went H3318 out H3318 to meet H7122 David H1732 and to meet H7122 the people H5971 who H834 were with him, then David H1732 approached H5066 the people H5971 and greeted H7592 H7965 them.
Now when the people H376 of Israel H3478 who H834 were on the other H5676 side H5676 of the valley H6010, with those who H834 were beyond H5676 the Jordan H3383, saw H7200 that the men H376 of Israel H3478 had fled H5127 and that Saul H7586 and his sons H1121 were dead H4191, they abandoned H5800 the cities H5892 and fled H5127; then the Philistines H6430 came H935 and settled H3427 in them.
Now Jonathan H3083, Saul's H7586 son H1121, had a son H1121 who was disabled H5223 in both feet H7272. He was five H2568 years H8141 old H1121 when the news H8052 of Saul H7586 and Jonathan H3083 came H935 from Jezreel H3157, and his nurse H539 picked H5375 him up H5375 and fled H5127. But it happened H1961 that in her hurry H2648 to flee H5127, he fell H5307 and could H6452 no H6452 longer H6452 walk H6452. And his name H8034 was [fn]Mephibosheth H4648.
Now the king H4428 and his men H376 went H1980 to Jerusalem H3389 against H413 the Jebusites H2983, the inhabitants H3427 of the land H776; and they said H559 to [fn]David H1732, “You shall not come H935 in H935 here H2008, but even those who are blind H5787 and those who limp H6455 will turn H5493 you away H5493,” [fn]thinking H559, “David H1732 cannot H3808 enter H935 here H2008.”
Now it was reported H5046 to King H4428 David H1732, saying H559, “The LORD H3068 has blessed H1288 the house H1004 of Obed-edom H5654 and all H3605 that belongs to him, on account H5668 of the ark H727 of God H430.” So David H1732 went H1980 and brought H5927 the ark H727 of God H430 up H5927 from the house H1004 of Obed-edom H5654 to the city H5892 of David H1732 with joy H8057.
But when David H1732 returned H7725 to bless H1288 his own household H1004, Michal H4324 the daughter H1323 of Saul H7586 came H3318 out H3318 to meet H7122 David H1732 and said H559, “How H4100 the king H4428 of Israel H3478 dignified H3513 himself today H3117! For he exposed H1540 himself today H3117 in the sight H5869 of his servants' H5650 female H519 slaves H519, as one H259 of the rabble H7386 shamelessly H1540 exposes H1540 himself!”
Then it happened H1961 [fn]in the spring H8666, at the time H6256 when kings H4428 go H3318 out H3318 to battle, that David H1732 sent H7971 Joab H3097 and his servants H5650 with him and all H3605 Israel H3478, and they brought H7843 destruction H7843 on the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983 and besieged H6696 H5921 Rabbah H7237. But David H1732 stayed H3427 in Jerusalem H3389.
“But the poor H7326 man had nothing H369 at all H3605 except H3588 H518 one H259 little H6996 ewe H3535 lamb H3535
Which H834 he bought H7069 and nurtured H2421;
And it grew H1431 up H1431 together H3162 with him and his children H1121.
It would eat H398 [fn]scraps H6595 from him and drink H8354 from his cup H3563 and lie H7901 [fn]in his lap H2436,
And was like a daughter H1323 to him.
“Now a visitor H1982 came H935 to the wealthy H6223 man H376,
And he could H2550 not bring H2550 himself H2550 to take H3947 any animal from his own flock H6629 or his own herd H1241,
To prepare H6213 for the traveler H732 who had come H935 to him;
So he took H3947 the poor H7326 man's H376 ewe H3535 lamb H3535 and prepared H6213 it for the man H376 who had come H935 to him.”
Then Absalom H53 commanded H6680 his servants H5288, saying H559, “See H7200 now H4994, when Amnon's H550 heart H3820 is cheerful H2895 with wine H3196, and I say H559 to you, ‘Strike H5221 Amnon H550,' then put H4191 him to H4191 death H4191. Do not fear H3372; have I not commanded H6680 you myself H595? Be H2388 courageous H2388 and be [fn]valiant H1121 H2428.”
Now behold H2009, Zadok H6659 also H1571 came, and all H3605 the Levites H3881 with him, carrying H5375 the ark H727 of the covenant H1285 of God H430. And they set H3322 down H3322 the ark H727 of God H430, and Abiathar H54 came H5927 up H5927 until H5704 all H3605 the people H5971 had finished H8552 crossing H5674 over H5674 from the city H5892.
And David H1732 was going H5927 up H5927 the ascent H4608 of the Mount of Olives H2132, weeping H1058 as he went H5927, and his head H7218 was covered H2645, and he was walking H1980 barefoot H3182. Then all H3605 the people H5971 who H834 were with him each H376 covered H2645 his own head H7218, and they were going H5927 up H5927, weeping H1058 as they went H5927.
Now when David H1732 had gone H5674 on H5674 a little H4592 beyond H4480 the summit H7218, behold H2009, Ziba H6717 the servant H5288 of Mephibosheth H4648 met H7122 him with a team H6776 of saddled H2280 donkeys H2543, and on them were two H3967 hundred H3967 loaves of bread H3899, a hundred H3967 cakes H6778 of H6778 raisins H6778, a hundred H3967 summer H7019 fruits H7019, and a jug H5035 of wine H3196.
Now when H834 Ahithophel H302 saw H7200 that his advice H6098 had not been [fn]followed H6213, he saddled H2280 his donkey H2543 and set H6965 out H6965 and went H1980 to his home H1004, to his city H5892, and [fn]set H6680 his house H1004 in H6680 order H6680, and hanged H2614 himself; so he died H4191 and was buried H6912 in his father's H1 grave H6913.
Now Absalom H53 encountered H7122 the servants H5650 of David H1732. Absalom H53 was riding H7392 on his mule H6505, and the mule H6505 went H935 under H8478 the branches H7730 of a massive H1419 oak H424. Then his head H7218 caught H2388 firmly H2388 in the oak H424, and he was [fn]left H5414 hanging H5414 between H996 the sky H8064 and earth H776, while the mule H6505 that was under H8478 him kept H5674 going H5674.
Then Ahimaaz H290 called H7121 out H7121 and said H559 to the king H4428, “[fn]All is well H7965.” And he prostrated H2331 himself before the king H4428 with his face H639 to the ground H776. And he said H559, “Blessed H1288 is the LORD H3068 your God H430, who H834 has turned H5462 over H5462 the men H376 who H834 raised H5375 their hands H3027 against my lord H113 the king H4428.”
Now Israel H3478 had fled H5127, each H376 to his tent H168.
Then King H4428 David H1732 sent H7971 word to Zadok H6659 and Abiathar H54 the priests H3548, saying H559, “Speak H1696 to the elders H2205 of Judah H3063, saying H559, ‘Why H4100 are you the last H314 to bring H7725 the king H4428 back H7725 to his house H1004, since the word H1697 of all H3605 Israel H3478 has come H935 to the king H4428, even to his house H1004?
Then Mephibosheth H4648 the [fn]grandson H1121 of Saul H7586 came H3381 down H3381 to meet H7122 the king H4428; but he had neither H3808 [fn]tended H6213 to H6213 his feet H7272, nor H3808 [fn]trimmed H6213 his mustache H8222, nor H3808 washed H3526 his clothes H899 since H4480 the day H3117 the king H4428 departed H1980 until H5704 the day H3117 he came H935 home in peace H7965.
Then David H1732 came H935 to his house H1004 in Jerusalem H3389, and the king H4428 took H3947 the ten H6235 women H802, the concubines H6370 whom H834 he had left H5117 behind H5117 to take H8104 care H8104 of the house H1004, and put H5414 them in custody H1004 H4931 and provided H3557 them with H3557 food H3557, but did not [fn]have H935 relations H935 with H935 them. So they were locked H6887 up H6887 until H5704 the day H3117 of their death H4191, living H2424 as widows H491.
Now there was a famine H7458 in the days H3117 of David H1732 for three H7969 years H8141, year H8141 after H310 year H8141; and David H1732 sought H1245 the presence H6440 of the LORD H3068. And the LORD H3068 said H559, “It is because H413 of Saul H7586 and his bloody H1818 house H1004, because H5921 H834 he put H4191 the Gibeonites H1393 to H4191 death H4191.”
These H428 are the names H8034 of the mighty H1368 men H1368 whom H834 David H1732 had: Josheb-basshebeth H3429, a Tahchemonite H8461, chief H7218 of the [fn]captains H7991; he was called Adino H5722 the Eznite H6112 because H5921 of eight H8083 hundred H3967 who were killed H2491 by him at one H259 time H6471.
Adonijah H138 sacrificed H2076 sheep H6629, oxen H1241, and fattened H4806 steers H4806 by the [fn]stone H68 of Zoheleth H2120, which H834 is beside H681 En-rogel H5883; and he invited H7121 all H3605 his brothers H251, the king's H4428 sons H1121, and all H3605 the men H376 of Judah H3063, the king's H4428 servants H5650.
“Now you yourself H859 also H1571 know H3045 what H834 Joab H3097 the son H1121 of Zeruiah H6870 did H6213 to me, what H834 he did H6213 to the two H8147 commanders H8269 of the armies H6635 of Israel H3478, to Abner H74 the son H1121 of Ner H5369 and to Amasa H6021 the son H1121 of Jether H3500, whom he killed H2026; he also [fn]shed H7760 the blood H1818 of war H4421 in peace H7965. And he put H5414 the blood H1818 of war H4421 on his belt H2290 that was on his waist H4975, and on his sandals H5275 that were on his feet H7272.
So Bathsheba H1339 went H935 to King H4428 Solomon H8010, to speak H1696 to him for Adonijah H138. And the king H4428 stood H6965 to meet H7122 her, bowed H2331 to her, and sat H3427 on his throne H3678; then he had a throne H3678 set H7760 up H7760 for the king's H4428 mother H517, and she sat H3427 on his right H3225.
Then Solomon H8010 awoke H3364, and behold H2009, it was a dream H2472. And he came H935 to Jerusalem H3389 and stood H5975 before H6440 the ark H727 of the covenant H1285 of the Lord H136, and offered H5927 burnt H5930 offerings H5930 and made H6213 peace H8002 offerings H8002, and held H6213 a feast H4960 for all H3605 his servants H5650.
Now it came H1961 about H1961 in the four H702 hundred H3967 and eightieth H8084 year H8141 after the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 came H3318 out H3318 of the land H776 of Egypt H4714, in the fourth H7243 year H8141 of Solomon's H8010 reign H4427 over H5921 Israel H3478, in the month H2320 of Ziv H2099, that is, the second H8145 month H2320, that he [fn]began to build H1129 the house H1004 of the LORD H3068.
So all H3605 the work H4399 that King H4428 Solomon H8010 performed H6213 in the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 was finished H7999. And Solomon H8010 brought H935 in H935 the offerings H6944 vowed H6944 by his father H1 David H1732, the silver H3701 and the gold H2091 and the utensils H3627, and he put H5414 them in the treasuries H214 of the house H1004 of the LORD H3068.
“If H3588 there is a famine H7458 in the land H776, if H3588 there is a plague H1698, if H3588 there is [fn]blight H7711 or mildew H3420, locust H697 or grasshopper H2625, if H3588 their enemy H340 harasses H6887 them in the land H776 of their [fn]cities H8179, whatever H3605 plague H5061, whatever H3605 sickness H4245 there is,
“When H3588 Your people H5971 go H3318 out H3318 to battle H4421 against H5921 [fn]their enemy H340, by whatever H834 way H1870 You send H7971 them, and they pray H6419 to the LORD H3068 [fn]toward H1870 the city H5892 which H834 You have chosen H977 and the house H1004 which H834 I have built H1129 for Your name H8034,
“Blessed H1288 be the LORD H3068, who H834 has given H5414 rest H4496 to His people H5971 Israel H3478 in accordance with everything H3605 that He [fn]promised H1696; not one H259 word H1697 has [fn]failed H5307 of all H3605 His good H2896 [fn]promise H1697, which H834 He [fn]promised H1696 through H3027 Moses H4872 His servant H5650.
So Solomon H8010 held H6213 the [fn]feast H2282 at that time H6256, and all H3605 Israel H3478 with him, a great H1419 assembly H6951 from the entrance H935 of Hamath H2574 to the brook H5158 of Egypt H4714, before H6440 the LORD H3068 our God H430, for seven H7651 days H3117 and seven H7651 more days H3117, that is, fourteen H702 H6240 days H3117.
When all H3605 Israel H3478 saw H7200 that the king H4428 had not listened H8085 to them, the people H5971 replied H7725 H1697 to the king H4428, saying H559,
“What H4100 share H2506 do we have in David H1732?
We have no H3808 inheritance H5159 in the son H1121 of Jesse H3448;
To your tents H168, Israel H3478!
Now H6258 look H7200 after your own house H1004, David H1732!”
Now an old H2205 prophet H5030 was living H3427 in Bethel H1008; and his [fn]sons H1121 came H935 and told H5608 him all H3605 the deeds H4639 which H834 the man H376 of God H430 had done H6213 that day H3117 in Bethel H1008; the words H1697 which H834 he had spoken H1696 to the king H4428, these also they reported H5608 to their father H1.
After H310 this H2088 event H1697, Jeroboam H3379 did not [fn]abandon H7725 his evil H7451 way H1870, but he again H7725 [fn]appointed H6213 priests H3548 of the high H1116 places H1116 from [fn]all H7098 the people H5971; anyone who wanted H2655, he ordained H4390 H3027, and he became [fn]one of the priests H3548 of the high H1116 places H1116.
Now Rehoboam H7346 the son H1121 of Solomon H8010 reigned H4427 in Judah H3063. Rehoboam H7346 was forty-one H705 H259 years H8141 old H1121 when he became H4427 king H4427, and he reigned H4427 for seventeen H7651 H6240 years H8141 in Jerusalem H3389, the city H5892 which H834 the LORD H3068 had chosen H977 from all H3605 the tribes H7626 of Israel H3478 to put H7760 His name H8034 there H8033. And his mother's H517 name H8034 was Naamah H5279 the Ammonitess H5985.
Now as for the rest H3499 of all H3605 the acts H1697 of Asa H609 and all H3605 his might H1369, and all H3605 that he did H6213 and the cities H5892 which H834 he built H1129, are they not written H3789 in the Book H5612 of the Chronicles H1697 H3117 of the Kings H4428 of Judah H3063? But in the time H6256 of his old H2209 age H2209 he was H2470 diseased H2470 in his feet H7272.
Now Elijah H452 the Tishbite H8664, who was of [fn]the settlers H8453 of Gilead H1568, said H559 to Ahab H256, “As the LORD H3068, the God H430 of Israel H3478 lives H2416, before H6440 whom H834 I stand H5975, there shall certainly H518 be neither H518 dew H2919 nor rain H4306 during these H428 years H8141, except H3588 H518 by my word H1697.”
Now it happened H1961 after H310 these H428 things H1697 that the son H1121 of the woman H802, the mistress H1172 of the house H1004, became H2470 sick H2470; and his [fn]condition H2483 became H1961 very H3966 grave H2389, until H5704 at the end [fn]he was H3498 no H3808 longer H3498 breathing H5397.
So he departed H1980 from there H8033 and found H4672 Elisha H477 the son H1121 of Shaphat H8202 while he was plowing H2790, with twelve H8147 H6240 yoke H6776 of oxen in front H6440 of him, and he with the twelfth H8147 H6240. And Elijah H452 came H5674 over H5674 to him and threw H7993 his cloak H155 on him.
Then the king H4428 of Israel H3478 summoned H7121 all H3605 the elders H2205 of the land H776 and said H559, “Please H4994 be H3045 aware H3045 and see H7200 that this H2088 man is looking H1245 for H1245 trouble H7451; for he sent H7971 me his demand for my wives H802, my children H1121, my silver H3701, and my gold H2091, and I did not refuse H4513 him.”
But his servants H5650 said H559 to him, “Behold H2009 now H4994, we have heard H8085 that the kings H4428 of the house H1004 of Israel H3478 are merciful H2617 kings H4428. Please H4994 let's put H7760 sackcloth H8242 [fn]around our waists H4975 and ropes H2256 on our heads H7218, and go H3318 out H3318 to the king H4428 of Israel H3478; perhaps H194 he will let H2421 [fn]you live H2421.”
Now one man H376 drew H4900 his bow H7198 at random H8537 and struck H5221 the king H4428 of Israel H3478 [fn]in a joint H1694 of the armor H8302. So he said H559 to the driver H7395 of H7395 his chariot H7395, “Turn H2015 [fn]around H3027 and take H3318 me out H3318 of the battle H4264, for I am H2470 severely H2470 wounded H2470.”
Then the king sent H7971 to him a captain H8269 of fifty H2572 with his fifty H2572 men. And he went H5927 up H5927 to him, and behold H2009, he was sitting H3427 on the top H7218 of the hill H2022. And he said H1696 to him, “You man H376 of God H430, the king H4428 says H1696, ‘Come H3381 down H3381.'”
So the king again H7725 sent H7971 the captain H8269 of a third H7992 fifty H2572 with his fifty H2572 men. When the third H7992 captain H8269 of fifty H2572 went H5927 up H5927, he came H935 and bowed H3766 down H3766 on his knees H1290 before H5048 Elijah H452, and begged H2603 him and said H1696 to him, “You man H376 of God H430, please H4994 let my life H5315 and the lives H5315 of these H428 fifty H2572 servants H5650 of yours be H3365 precious H3365 in your sight H5869.
Now he went H5927 up H5927 from there H8033 to Bethel H1008; and as he was going H5927 up H5927 by the road H1870, some young H6996 boys H5288 came H3318 out H3318 from the city H5892 and ridiculed H7046 him and said H559 to him, “Go H5927 up H5927, you baldhead H7142; go H5927 up H5927, you baldhead H7142!”
When Elisha H477 returned H7725 to Gilgal H1537, there was a famine H7458 in the land H776. [fn]As the sons H1121 of the prophets H5030 were sitting H3427 in front H6440 of him, he said H559 to his servant H5288, “Put H8239 on the large H1419 pot H5518 and boil H1310 stew H5138 for the sons H1121 of the prophets H5030.”
Now Naaman H5283, commander H8269 of the army H6635 of the king H4428 of Aram H758, was a great H1419 man H376 [fn]in the view of his master H113, and eminent H5375 H6440, because H3588 by him the LORD H3068 had given H5414 victory H8668 to Aram H758. The man H376 was also a valiant H2428 warrior H1368, but afflicted H6879 with H6879 leprosy H6879.
Then he returned H7725 to the man H376 of God H430 [fn]with all H3605 his company H4264, and came H935 and stood H5975 before H6440 him. And he said H559, “Behold H2009 now H4994, I know H3045 that there H369 is H369 no H369 God H430 in all H3605 the earth H776, except H3588 H518 in Israel H3478; so please H4994 accept H3947 a [fn]gift H1293 from your servant H5650 now H6258.”
But Gehazi H1522, the servant H5288 of Elisha H477 the man H376 of God H430, [fn]thought H559, “Behold H2009, my master H113 has spared H2820 this H2088 Naaman H5283 the Aramean H761, [fn]by not accepting H3947 from his hand H3027 what H834 he brought H935. As the LORD H3068 lives H2416, I will run H7323 after H310 him and take H3947 something H3972 from him.”
Now Elisha H477 was sitting H3427 in his house H1004, and the elders H2205 were sitting H3427 with him. And the king sent H7971 a man H376 from his presence H6440; but before H2962 the messenger H4397 came H935 to him, he said H559 to the elders H2205, “Do you see H7200 how H3588 this H2088 son H1121 of a murderer H7523 has sent H7971 a man to cut H5493 off H5493 my head H7218? Look H7200, when the messenger H4397 comes H935, shut H5462 the door H1817 and [fn]hold H3905 the door H1817 shut H3905 against him. Is the sound H6963 of his master's H113 feet H7272 not behind H310 him?”
Then they said H559 to one H376 another H7453, “We are not doing H6213 the right H3651 thing. This H2088 day H3117 is a day H3117 of good H1309 news H1309, but we are keeping H2814 silent H2814 about it; if we wait H2442 until H5704 the morning H1242 light H216, punishment H5771 will [fn]overtake H4672 us. Now H6258 then come H1980, let's go H935 and inform H5046 the king's H4428 household H1004.”
Then [fn]Joram H3088 said H559, “[fn]Get H631 ready H631.” And they [fn]made H631 his chariot H7393 ready H631. Then [fn]Joram H3088 king H4428 of Israel H3478 and Ahaziah H274 king H4428 of Judah H3063 went H3318 out H3318, each H376 in his chariot H7393, and they went H3318 out H3318 to meet H7122 Jehu H3058 and found H4672 him on the [fn]property H2513 of Naboth H5022 the Jezreelite H3158.
When Ahaziah H274 the king H4428 of Judah H3063 saw H7200 this, he fled H5127 by way H1870 of the garden H1588 house H1004. But Jehu H3058 pursued H7291 him and said H559, “[fn]Shoot H5221 him too H1571, in the chariot H4818.” So they shot him at the ascent H4608 of Gur H1483, which H834 is at Ibleam H2991. But he fled H5127 to Megiddo H4023 and died H4191 there H8033.
Now when he had gone H1980 from there H8033, he [fn]encountered H4672 Jehonadab H3082 the son H1121 of Rechab H7394 coming to meet H7122 him; and he [fn]greeted H1288 him and said H559 to him, “Is your heart H3824 right H3477, just H834 as H834 my heart H3824 is with your heart H3824?” And Jehonadab H3082 [fn]answered H559, “It is.” Jehu said, “If it is, give H5414 me your hand H3027.” And he gave H5414 him his hand H3027, and he pulled H5927 him up H5927 to him into the chariot H4818.
Now Jehu H3058 had stationed H7760 for himself eighty H8084 men H376 outside H2351, and he had said H559, “The one H376 who H834 allows any H4480 of the men H376 whom H834 I bring H935 into your hands H3027 to escape H4422 [fn]shall give up his life H5315 in exchange H8478.”
So the captains H8269 of hundreds H3967 acted H6213 in accordance with everything H3605 that Jehoiada H3077 the priest H3548 commanded H6680. And each H376 one H376 of them took H3947 his men H376 who were to come H935 in H935 on the Sabbath H7676, along H5973 with H5973 those who were to go H3318 out H3318 on the Sabbath H7676, and they came H935 to Jehoiada H3077 the priest H3548.
When Elisha H477 [fn]became H2470 sick H2470 with the illness H2483 of which H834 he was to die H4191, Joash H3060 the king H4428 of Israel H3478 came H3381 down H3381 to him, and wept H1058 over H5921 [fn]him and said H559, “My father H1, my father H1, the chariots H7393 of Israel H3478 and its horsemen H6571!”
Now as for the rest H3499 of the acts H1697 of Jeroboam H3379 and all H3605 that he did H6213 and his might H1369, how H834 he fought H3898 and how H834 he recovered H7725 for Israel H3478 Damascus H1834 and Hamath H2574, which had belonged to Judah H3063, are they not written H3789 in the Book H5612 of the Chronicles H1697 H3117 of the Kings H4428 of Israel H3478?
Now King H4428 Ahaz H271 went H1980 to Damascus H1834 to meet H7122 Tiglath-pileser H8407 king H4428 of Assyria H804, and he saw H7200 the altar H4196 which H834 was at Damascus H1834; and King H4428 Ahaz H271 sent H7971 to Urijah H223 the priest H3548 the [fn]pattern H1823 of the altar H4196 and its model H8403, according to all H3605 its workmanship H4639.
To this H2088 day H3117 they act H6213 in accordance with the earlier H7223 customs H4941: they do not fear H3372 the LORD H3068, nor H369 do they [fn]follow H6213 their statutes H2708, their ordinances H4941, the Law H8451, or the commandments H4687 which H834 the LORD H3068 commanded H6680 the sons H1121 of Jacob H3290, whom H834 He named H7760 H8034 Israel H3478.
‘Through H3027 your messengers H4397 you have taunted H2778 the Lord H136,
And you have said H559, “With my many H7230 chariots H7393
I went H5927 up H5927 to the heights H4791 of the mountains H2022,
To the remotest H3411 parts H3411 of Lebanon H3844;
And I cut H3772 down H3772 its tall H6967 cedars H730 and its choicest H4004 junipers H1265.
And I entered H935 its farthest H7093 resting H4411 place H4411, its thickest H3759 forest H3293.
Now the rest H3499 of the acts H1697 of Hezekiah H2396 and all H3605 his might H1369, and how H834 he constructed H6213 the pool H1295 and the conduit H8585 and brought H935 water H4325 into the city H5892, are they not written H3789 in the Book H5612 of the Chronicles H1697 H3117 of the Kings H4428 of Judah H3063?
Furthermore H1571, Manasseh H4519 shed H8210 very H3966 much H7235 innocent H5355 blood H1818 until H5704 H834 he had filled H4390 Jerusalem H3389 [fn]from one H6310 end H6310 to another H6310, besides H905 H4480 his sin H2403 into which H834 he misled H2398 Judah H3063, in doing H6213 evil H7451 in the sight H5869 of the LORD H3068.
Furthermore H1571, the altar H4196 that was at Bethel H1008 and the high H1116 place H1116 which H834 Jeroboam H3379 the son H1121 of Nebat H5028, who H834 misled H2398 Israel H3478 into H2398 sin H2398, had made H6213, even H1571 that altar H4196 and the high H1116 place H1116 he tore H5422 down H5422. Then he burned H8313 the high H1116 place H1116, ground H1854 the remains to dust H6083, and burned H8313 the Asherah H842.
Now the sons H1121 of Reuben H7205, the firstborn H1060 of Israel H3478 (for he was the firstborn H1060, but because he defiled H2490 his father's H1 bed H3326, his birthright H1062 was given H5414 to the sons H1121 of Joseph H3130, the son H1121 of Israel H3478; so he is not enrolled H3187 in H3187 the H3187 genealogy H3187 according to the birthright H1062.
But Aaron H175 and his sons H1121 [fn]offered H6999 on the altar H4196 of burnt H5930 offering H5930 and on the altar H4196 of incense H7004, for all H3605 the work H4399 of the Most H6944 Holy H6944 Place H6944, and to make H3722 atonement H3722 for Israel H3478, in accordance with everything H3605 that Moses H4872 the servant H5650 of God H430 had commanded H6680.
Now these H428 are the heads H7218 of the mighty H1368 men H1368 whom H834 David H1732 had, who remained H2388 faithful H2388 to him in his kingdom H4438, together H5973 with H5973 all H3605 Israel H3478, to make H4427 him king H4427, in accordance with the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 concerning H5921 Israel H3478.
Benaiah H1141 the son H1121 of Jehoiada H3077, the son H1121 of a warrior H376 H2428 of Kabzeel H6909, mighty H7227 in deeds H6467, struck H5221 and H5221 killed H5221 the [fn]two H8147 sons of Ariel H739 of Moab H4124. He also went H3381 down H3381 and struck H5221 and H5221 killed H5221 a lion H738 inside H8432 a pit H953 on a snowy H7950 day H3117.
From Manasseh H4519 some H4480 also defected H5307 to David H1732 when he was about to go H935 to battle H4421 with the Philistines H6430 against H5921 Saul H7586. But they did not help H5826 them, because H3588 the governors H5633 of the Philistines H6430 sent H7971 him away H7971 after consultation H6098, saying H559, “At the cost of our heads H7218 he might defect H5307 to his master H113 Saul H7586.”
And it came H1961 about H1961, when H834 David H1732 lived H3427 in his house H1004, that David H1732 said H559 to Nathan H5416 the prophet H5030, “Look H2009, I am living H3427 in a house H1004 of cedar H730, but the ark H727 of the covenant H1285 of the LORD H3068 is under H8478 tent H3407 curtains H3407.”
Now David H1732 assembled H6950 at Jerusalem H3389 all H3605 the officials H8269 of Israel H3478, the leaders H8269 of the tribes H7626, and the commanders H8269 of the divisions H4256 that served H8334 the king H4428, the commanders H8269 of thousands H505, and the commanders H8269 of hundreds H3967, and the overseers H8269 of all H3605 the property H7399 and livestock H4735 belonging to the king H4428 and his sons H1121, with the officials H5631 and the mighty H1368 men H1368, all H3605 the valiant H2428 warriors H1368.
Then David H1732 said H559 to his son H1121 Solomon H8010, “Be strong H2388 and courageous H553, and act H6213; do not fear H3372 nor H408 be dismayed H2865, for the LORD H3068 God H430, my God H430, is with you. He will not fail H7503 you nor H3808 forsake H5800 you until H5704 all H3605 the work H4399 for the service H5656 of the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 is finished H3615.
Then Solomon H8010 began H2490 to build H1129 the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 in Jerusalem H3389 on Mount H2022 Moriah H4179, where H834 the LORD had appeared H7200 to his father H1 David H1732, at the place H4725 that David H1732 had prepared H3559 on the threshing H1637 floor H1637 of [fn]Ornan H771 the Jebusite H2983.
Then he made H6213 the [fn]room H1004 of the Most H6944 Holy H6944 Place H6944: its length H753 across H5921 H6440 the width H7341 of the house H1004 was [fn]twenty H6242 cubits H520, and its width H7341 was twenty H6242 cubits H520; and he overlaid H2645 it with fine H2896 gold H2091, amounting to [fn]six H8337 hundred H3967 talents H3603.
So all H3605 the work H4399 that Solomon H8010 performed H6213 for the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 was finished H7999. And Solomon H8010 brought H935 in H935 the [fn]things that his father H1 David H1732 had dedicated H6944, the silver H3701, the gold H2091, and all H3605 the utensils H3627, and he put H5414 them in the treasuries H214 of the house H1004 of God H430.
“When H3588 Your people H5971 go H3318 out H3318 to battle H4421 against H5921 their enemies H340, by whatever H834 way H1870 You send H7971 them, and they pray H6419 to You toward H1870 this H2088 city H5892 which H834 You have chosen H977 and the house H1004 which H834 I have built H1129 for Your name H8034,
When all H3605 Israel H3478 saw that the king H4428 had not listened H8085 to them, the people H5971 replied H7725 to the king H4428, saying H559,
“What H4100 share H2506 do we have in David H1732?
We have no H3808 inheritance H5159 in the son H1121 of Jesse H3448.
Everyone H376 to your tents H168, Israel H3478!
Now H6258 look H7200 after your own house H1004, David H1732!”
So all H3605 Israel H3478 went H1980 away to their tents H168.
So King H4428 Rehoboam H7346 became H2388 powerful H2388 in Jerusalem H3389 and reigned H4427 there. For Rehoboam H7346 was forty-one H705 H259 years H8141 old H1121 when he began to reign H4427, and he reigned H4427 for seventeen H7651 H6240 years H8141 in Jerusalem H3389, the city H5892 which H834 the LORD H3068 had chosen H977 from all H3605 the tribes H7626 of Israel H3478, to put H7760 His name H8034 there H8033. And his mother's H517 name H8034 was Naamah H5279 the Ammonitess H5985.
Now the acts H1697 of Rehoboam H7346, from the first H7223 to the last H314, are they not written H3789 in the [fn]records H1697 of Shemaiah H8098 the prophet H5030 and of Iddo H5714 the seer H2374, according to genealogical H3187 enrollment H3187? And there were wars H4421 between Rehoboam H7346 and Jeroboam H3379 continually H3605 H3117.
He also H1571 removed H5493 Maacah H4601, the mother H517 of King H4428 Asa H609, from the position of queen H1377 mother H1377, because H834 she had made H6213 an abominable H4656 image H4656 [fn]as an Asherah H842, and Asa H609 cut H3772 down H3772 her abominable H4656 image H4656, crushed H1854 it, and burned H8313 it at the brook H5158 Kidron H6939.
They rose H7925 early H7925 in the morning H1242 and went H3318 out H3318 to the wilderness H4057 of Tekoa H8620; and when they went H3318 out, Jehoshaphat H3092 stood H5975 and said H559, “Listen H8085 to me, Judah H3063 and inhabitants H3427 of Jerusalem H3389: Put H539 your trust H539 in the LORD H3068 your God H430 and you will endure H539. Put H539 your trust H539 in His prophets H5030, and succeed H6743.”
Now Jehoshaphat H3092 reigned H4427 over H5921 Judah H3063. He was thirty-five H7970 H2568 years H8141 old H1121 when he became H4427 king H4427, and he reigned H4427 in Jerusalem H3389 for twenty-five H6242 H2568 years H8141. And his mother's H517 name H8034 was Azubah H5806 the daughter H1323 of Shilhi H7977.
Then the inhabitants H3427 of Jerusalem H3389 made H4427 [fn]Ahaziah H274, his youngest H6996 son H1121, king H4427 in H8478 his place H8478, for the band H1416 of H1416 men H1416 who came H935 with the Arabs H6163 to the camp H4264 had killed H2026 all H3605 the older H7223 sons. So Ahaziah H274 the son H1121 of Jehoram H3088 king H4428 of Judah H3063 began to reign H4427.
Now the destruction H8395 of Ahaziah H274 was from God H430, in that [fn]he went H935 to Joram H3141. For when he arrived H935, he went H3318 out H3318 with Jehoram H3088 against H413 Jehu H3058 the son H1121 of Nimshi H5250, whom H834 the LORD H3068 had anointed H4886 to eliminate H3772 the house H1004 of Ahab H256.
Now in the seventh H7637 year H8141, Jehoiada H3077 gathered H2388 his courage H2388, and took H3947 captains H8269 of hundreds H3967: Azariah H5838 the son H1121 of Jeroham H3395, Ishmael H3458 the son H1121 of Johanan H3076, Azariah H5838 the son H1121 of Obed H5744, Maaseiah H4641 the son H1121 of Adaiah H5718, and Elishaphat H478 the son H1121 of Zichri H2147, and they entered into a covenant H1285 with him.
The Levites H3881 and all H3605 Judah H3063 did H6213 according to all H3605 that Jehoiada H3077 the priest H3548 commanded H6680. And each H376 one H376 of them took H3947 his men H376 who were to come H935 in H935 on the Sabbath H7676, with those who were to go H3318 out H3318 on the Sabbath H7676, for Jehoiada H3077 the priest H3548 did not dismiss H6362 any of the divisions H4256.
When they left H1980 him (for they left H5800 him very H7227 sick H4251), his own servants H5650 conspired H7194 against H5921 him because of the blood H1818 of the [fn]son H1121 of Jehoiada H3077 the priest H3548, and they murdered H2026 him on his bed H4296. So he died H4191, and they buried H6912 him in the city H5892 of David H1732, but they did not bury H6912 him in the tombs H6913 of the kings H4428.
But when he became H2393 strong H2393, his heart H3820 was H1361 so [fn]proud H1361 that he acted H7843 corruptly H7843, and he was H4603 untrue H4603 to the LORD H3068 his God H430, for he entered H935 the temple H1964 of the LORD H3068 to burn H6999 incense H6999 on the altar H4196 of incense H7004.
Therefore the LORD H3068 his God H430 handed H5414 H3027 him over H5414 to the king H4428 of Aram H758; and they [fn]defeated H5221 him and carried H7617 from him a great H1419 number of captives H7633, and brought H935 them to Damascus H1834. And he was also H1571 handed H5414 H3027 over H5414 to the king H4428 of Israel H3478, who struck H5221 him with heavy H1419 casualties H4347.
Now when all H3605 this H2088 was finished H3615, all H3605 Israel H3478 who were H4672 present H4672 went H3318 out H3318 to the cities H5892 of Judah H3063, broke H7665 the memorial H4676 stones H4676 in H7665 pieces H7665, cut H1438 down H1438 the [fn]Asherim H842 and pulled H5422 down H5422 the high H1116 places H1116 and the altars H4196 throughout H4480 H3605 Judah H3063 and Benjamin H1144, as well as in Ephraim H669 and Manasseh H4519, until H5704 [fn]they had destroyed H3615 them all H3615. Then all H3605 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 returned H7725 to their cities H5892, each H376 to his possession H272.
After H310 this H2088 Sennacherib H5576 king H4428 of Assyria H804 sent H7971 his servants H5650 to Jerusalem H3389 while he was [fn]besieging H5921 Lachish H3923 with all H3605 his forces H4475 with him, against H5921 Hezekiah H2396 king H4428 of Judah H3063 and against H5921 all H3605 of Judah H3063 who H834 were in Jerusalem H3389, saying H559,
Now the rest H3499 of the acts H1697 of Manasseh H4519 and his prayer H8605 to his God H430, and the words H1697 of the seers H2374 who spoke H1696 to him in the name H8034 of the LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel H3478, behold H2009, they are among H5921 the records H1697 of the kings H4428 of Israel H3478.
Now in the eighteenth H8083 H6240 year H8141 of his reign H4427, when he had purged H2891 the land H776 and the house H1004, he sent H7971 Shaphan H8227 the son H1121 of Azaliah H683, Maaseiah H4641 an official H8269 of the city H5892, and Joah H3098 the son H1121 of Joahaz H3099 the secretary H4206, to repair H2388 the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 his God H430.
Now in the first H259 year H8141 of Cyrus H3566 king H4428 of Persia H6539—in order to fulfill H3615 the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 by the mouth H6310 of Jeremiah H3414—the LORD H3068 stirred H5782 up H5782 the spirit H7307 of Cyrus H3566 king H4428 of Persia H6539 so that he sent H5674 a proclamation H6963 throughout H3605 his kingdom H4438, and also H1571 put it in writing H4385, saying H559,
Now in the first H259 year H8141 of Cyrus H3566 king H4428 of Persia H6539, in order to fulfill H3615 the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 by the mouth H6310 of Jeremiah H3414, the LORD H3068 stirred H5782 up H5782 the spirit H7307 of Cyrus H3566 king H4428 of Persia H6539, so that he sent H5674 a proclamation H6963 throughout H3605 his kingdom H4438, and also H1571 put it in writing H4385, saying H559:
Now these H428 are the [fn]people H1121 of the province H4082 who came H5927 up H5927 out of the captivity H7628 of the exiles H1473 whom H834 Nebuchadnezzar H5019 the king H4428 of Babylon H894 had taken H1540 into H1540 exile H1540 to Babylon H894, and they returned H7725 to Jerusalem H3389 and Judah H3063, each H376 to his city H5892.
And in the days H3117 of [fn]Artaxerxes H783, Bishlam H1312, Mithredath H4990, Tabeel H2870, and the rest H7605 of his colleagues H3674 wrote H3789 to Artaxerxes H783 king H4428 of Persia H6539; and the [fn]text H3791 of the letter H5406 was written H3789 in Aramaic H762 and translated H8638 from Aramaic H762.
And it came H1961 about H1961 in the month H2320 Nisan H5212, in the twentieth H6242 year H8141 of King H4428 Artaxerxes H783, that wine H3196 was before H6440 him, and I picked H5375 up H5375 the wine H3196 and gave H5414 it to the king H4428. Now I had not been H1961 sad H7451 in his presence H6440.
Then Eliashib H475 the high H1419 priest H3548 arose H6965 with his brothers H251 the priests H3548 and built H1129 the Sheep H6629 Gate H8179; they consecrated H6942 it and installed H5975 its doors H1817. They consecrated H6942 [fn]the wall to the Tower H4026 of the Hundred H3968 and the Tower H4026 of Hananel H2606.
When I entered H935 the house H1004 of Shemaiah H8098 the son H1121 of Delaiah H1806, son H1121 of Mehetabel H4105, who H1931 was confined H6113 at home, he said H559, “Let's meet H3259 together H3259 in the house H1004 of God H430, within H8432 the temple H1964, and let's close H5462 the doors H1817 of the temple H1964, for they are coming H935 to kill H2026 you, and they are coming H935 to kill H2026 you at night H3915.”
These H428 are the [fn]people H1121 of the province H4082 who came H5927 up H5927 from the captivity H7628 of the exiles H1473 whom H834 Nebuchadnezzar H5019 the king H4428 of Babylon H894 had taken H1540 into H1540 exile H1540, and who returned H7725 to Jerusalem H3389 and Judah H3063, each H376 to his city H5892,
“You found H4672 his heart H3824 faithful H539 before H6440 You,
And made H3772 a covenant H1285 with him
To give H5414 him the land H776 of the Canaanite H3669,
Of the Hittite H2850 and the Amorite H567,
Of the Perizzite H6522, the Jebusite H2983, and the Girgashite H1622—
To give H5414 it to his [fn]descendants H2233.
“Then You performed H5414 signs H226 and wonders H4159 against Pharaoh H6547,
Against all H3605 his servants H5650 and all H3605 the people H5971 of his land H776;
For You knew H3045 that they acted H2102 arrogantly H2102 toward H5921 them,
And You made H6213 a name H8034 for Yourself as it is this H2088 day H3117.
Now these H428 are the heads H7218 of the provinces H4082 who H834 lived H3427 in Jerusalem H3389, but in the cities H5892 of Judah H3063 each H376 lived H3427 on his own property H272 in their cities H5892—the [fn]Israelites H3478, the priests H3548, the Levites H3881, the [fn]temple H5411 servants H5411, and the [fn]descendants H1121 of Solomon's H8010 servants H5650.
Then Esther's H635 attendants H5291 and her eunuchs H5631 came H935 and informed H5046 her, and the queen H4436 was seized H2342 by H2342 great H3966 fear H2342. And she sent H7971 garments H899 to clothe H3847 Mordecai H4782 so that he would remove H5493 his sackcloth H8242 from him, but he did not accept H6901 them.
Now it came H1961 about H1961 on the third H7992 day H3117 that Esther H635 put H3847 on H3847 her royal H4438 robes H3847 and stood H5975 in the inner H6442 courtyard H2691 of the king's H4428 palace H1004 in front H5227 of the king's H4428 [fn]rooms H1004, and the king H4428 was sitting H3427 on his royal H4438 throne H3678 in the [fn]throne H4438 room H1004, opposite H5227 the entrance H6607 to the palace H1004.
Then Esther H635 spoke H1696 again H3254 [fn]to the king H4428, fell H5307 at his feet H7272, wept H1058, and pleaded H2603 for H2603 his compassion H2603 to avert H5674 the evil H7451 scheme of Haman H2001 the Agagite H91 and his plot H4284 which H834 he had devised H2803 against H5921 the Jews H3064.
Now when Job's H347 three H7969 friends H7453 heard H8085 about all H3605 this H2088 adversity H7451 that had come H935 upon H935 him, they came H935, each H376 one H376 from his own place H4725—Eliphaz H464 the Temanite H8489, Bildad H1085 the Shuhite H7747, and Zophar H6691 the Naamathite H5284; and they made H3259 an H3259 appointment H3259 together H3162 to come H935 to sympathize H5110 with him and comfort H5162 him.
For the music director; according to [fn]Mahalath. A [fn]Maskil of David.
The fool H5036 has said H559 in his heart H3820, “There H369 is H369 no H369 God H430.”
They are H7843 corrupt H7843, and have committed H8581 abominable H8581 injustice H5766;
There H369 is H369 no H369 one H369 who does H6213 good H2896.
Who H4310 has ascended H5927 into heaven H8064 and descended H3381?
Who H4310 has gathered H622 the wind H7307 in His fists H2651?
Who H4310 has wrapped H6887 the waters H4325 in [fn]His garment H8071?
Who H4310 has established H6965 all H3605 the ends H657 of the earth H776?
What H4100 is His name H8034 or His [fn]Son's H1121 name H8034?
Here H2009 is what H834 I have seen H7200 to be good H2896 and [fn]fitting H3303: to eat H398, to drink H8354, and [fn]enjoy H7200 H2896 oneself in all H3605 one's labor H5999 in which H7945 he labors H5998 under H8478 the sun H8121 during the few H4557 [fn]years H3117 of his life H2416 which H834 God H430 has given H5414 him; for this H1931 is his [fn]reward H2506.
And many H7227 peoples H5971 will come H1980 and say H559,
“Come H1980, let's go H5927 up H5927 to the mountain H2022 of the LORD H3068,
To the house H1004 of the God H430 of Jacob H3290;
So that He may teach H3384 us [fn]about H4480 His ways H1870,
And that we may walk H1980 in His paths H734.”
For [fn]the law H8451 will go H3318 out H3318 from Zion H6726
He dug H5823 it all H5823 around H5823, cleared H5619 it of H5619 stones H5619,
And planted H5193 it with [fn]the choicest H8321 vine H8321.
And He built H1129 a tower H4026 in the middle H8432 of it,
And also H1571 carved H2672 out H2672 a [fn]wine H3342 vat H3342 in it;
Then He expected H6960 it to produce H6213 good grapes H6025,
For this H3651 reason H3651 the anger H639 of the LORD H3068 has burned H2734 against His people H5971,
And He has stretched H5186 out H5186 His hand H3027 against H5921 them and struck H5221 them.
And the mountains H2022 quaked H7264, and their corpses H5038 [fn]lay H1961 like refuse H5478 in the middle H7130 of the streets H2351.
Despite all H3605 this H2088, His anger H639 [fn]is H7725 not spent H7725,
But His hand H3027 is still H5750 stretched H5186 out H5186.
Now therefore H3651, behold H2009, the Lord H136 is about to bring H5927 on them the strong H6099 and abundant H7227 waters H4325 of the Euphrates River H5104,
That is, the king H4428 of Assyria H804 and all H3605 his glory H3519;
And it will rise H5927 over H5921 all H3605 its channels H650 and go H1980 over H5921 all H3605 its banks H1415.
There H369 will H369 be H369 no H369 end H7093 to the increase H4766 of His government H4951 or of peace H7965
On the throne H3678 of David H1732 and over H5921 [fn]his kingdom H4467,
To establish H3559 it and to uphold H5582 it with justice H4941 and righteousness H6666
From then H6258 on and forevermore H5703 H5769.
The zeal H7068 of the LORD H3068 of armies H6635 will accomplish H6213 this H2088.
So it will be that when H3588 the Lord H136 has completed H1214 all H3605 His work H4639 on Mount H2022 Zion H6726 and on Jerusalem H3389, He will say, “I will [fn]punish H6485 the fruit H6529 of the arrogant H1433 heart H3824 of the king H4428 of Assyria H804 and the arrogant H7312 pride H8597 of his eyes H5869.”
Then it will happen H1961 on that day H3117 that the Lord H136
Will again H3254 recover H7069 with His hand H3027 the second H8145 time H8145
The remnant H7605 of His people H5971 who H834 will remain H7604,
From Assyria H804, Egypt H4714, Pathros H6624, Cush H3568, Elam H5867, Shinar H8152, Hamath H2574,
Which sends H7971 messengers H6735 by the sea H3220,
Even in papyrus H1573 vessels H3627 on the surface H6440 of the waters H4325.
Go H1980, swift H7031 messengers H4397, to a nation H1471 [fn]tall H4900 and smooth H4803,
To a people H5971 feared H3372 [fn]far H4480 H1931 and wide H1973,
At that time H6256 a gift H7862 of H7862 tribute H7862 will be brought H2986 to the LORD H3068 of armies H6635
[fn]From a people H5971 [fn]tall H4900 and smooth H4803,
From a people H5971 feared H3372 [fn]far H4480 H1931 and wide H1973,
A powerful H6978 and oppressive H4001 nation H1471,
Whose H834 land H776 the rivers H5104 divide H958—
To the place H4725 of the name H8034 of the LORD H3068 of armies H6635, to Mount H2022 Zion H6726.
The pronouncement H4853 concerning Egypt H4714:
Behold H2009, the LORD H3068 is riding H7392 on a swift H7031 cloud H5645 and is about to come H935 to Egypt H4714;
The idols H457 of Egypt H4714 will tremble H5128 at His presence H6440,
And the heart H3824 of the Egyptians H4714 will melt H4549 within H7130 them.
Therefore H3651 through this H2088 Jacob's H3290 wrongdoing H5771 will be forgiven H3722;
And this H2088 will be [fn]the full H3605 price H6529 of the [fn]pardoning H5493 of his sin H2403:
When he makes H7760 all H3605 the altar H4196 stones H68 like pulverized H5310 chalk H1615 stones H68;
When [fn]Asherim H842 and incense H2553 altars H2553 will not stand H6965.
And the fading H5034 flower H6731 of its glorious H6643 beauty H6643,
Which H834 is at the head H7218 of the [fn]fertile H8081 valley H1516,
Will be like the first-ripe H1063 fig H1063 prior H2962 to the summer H7019,
Which H834 [fn]one sees H7200,
And [fn]as soon H5750 as it is in his [fn]hand H3709,
He swallows H1104 it.
It will be as when H834 a hungry H7457 person H7457 dreams H2492—
And behold H2009, he is eating H398;
But when he awakens H6974, his [fn]hunger H5315 is not satisfied H7386,
Or as when H834 a thirsty H6771 person H6771 dreams H2492—
And behold H2009, he is drinking H8354,
But when he awakens H6974, behold H2009, he is faint H5889
And his [fn]thirst H5315 is not quenched H8264.
So H3651 will the multitude H1995 of all H3605 the nations H1471 be
Who wage H6633 war H6633 against H5921 Mount H2022 Zion H6726.
Now the Egyptians H4714 are human H120 and not God H410,
And their horses H5483 are flesh H1320 and not spirit H7307;
So the LORD H3068 will stretch H5186 out H5186 His hand H3027,
And any helper H5826 will stumble H3782,
And one who is helped H5826 will fall H5307.
And all H3605 of them will come H3615 to H3615 an H3615 end H3615 together H3162.
For this H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 says H559 to me:
“As the lion H738 or the young H3715 lion H3715 growls H1897 over H5921 his prey H2964,
Against H5921 which H834 a band H4393 of shepherds H7462 is called H7121 out H7121,
And he will not be terrified H2865 at their voice H6963 nor H3808 disturbed H6031 at their noise H1995,
So H3651 will the LORD H3068 of armies H6635 come H3381 down H3381 to wage H6633 war H6633 on Mount H2022 Zion H6726 and on its hill H1389.”
For a fool H5036 speaks H1696 nonsense H5039,
And his heart H3820 [fn]inclines H6213 toward wickedness H205:
To practice H6213 ungodliness H2612 and to speak H1696 error H8442 against H413 the LORD H3068,
To [fn]keep H7324 the hungry H7457 person H5315 unsatisfied H7324
And [fn]to withhold H2637 drink H4945 from the thirsty H6771.
“Through H3027 your servants H5650 you have taunted H2778 the Lord H136,
And you have said H559, ‘With my many H7230 chariots H7393 I came H5927 up H5927 to the heights H4791 of the mountains H2022,
To the remotest H3411 parts H3411 of Lebanon H3844;
And I cut H3772 down H3772 its tall H6967 cedars H730 and its choice H4004 junipers H1265.
And I will come H935 to its [fn]highest H4791 peak H7093, its thickest H3759 forest H3293.
Raise H5375 your eyes H5869 on high H4791
And see H7200 who H4310 has created H1254 these H428 stars,
The One who brings H3318 out H3318 their [fn]multitude H6635 by number H4557,
He calls H7121 them all H3605 by name H8034;
Because H4480 of the greatness H7230 of His might H202 and the [fn]strength H533 of His power H3581,
The craftsman H2796 of iron H1270 shapes a cutting H4621 tool H4621 and does H6466 his work H6466 over the coals H6352, [fn]fashioning H3335 it with hammers H4717 and working H6466 it with his strong H3581 arm H2220. He also H1571 gets H7456 hungry H7456 and [fn]his strength H3581 fails H369; he drinks H8354 no H3808 water H4325 and becomes H3286 weary H3286.
This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 says H559 to Cyrus H3566 His anointed H4899,
Whom H834 I have taken H2388 by the right H3225 hand H3225,
To subdue H7286 nations H1471 before H6440 him
And [fn]to undo H6605 the weapons belt on the waist H4975 of kings H4428;
To open H6605 doors H1817 before H6440 him so that gates H8179 will not be shut H5462:
Go H3318 out H3318 from Babylon H894! Flee H1272 from the Chaldeans H3778!
Declare H5046 with the sound H6963 of joyful H7440 shouting H7440, proclaim H8085 this H2088,
Send H3318 it out H3318 to the end H7097 of the earth H776;
Say H559, “The LORD H3068 has redeemed H1350 His servant H5650 Jacob H3290.”
This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068, the Redeemer H1350 of Israel H3478 and its Holy H6918 One H6918,
Says H559 to the [fn]despised H960 One,
To the One abhorred H8581 by the nation H1471,
To the Servant H5650 of rulers H4910:
“Kings H4428 will see H7200 and arise H6965,
Princes H8269 will also bow H2331 down H2331,
Because H4616 of the LORD H3068 who H834 is faithful H539, the Holy H6918 One H6918 of Israel H3478 who has chosen H977 You.”
Therefore H3651, I will allot H2505 Him a H2505 portion H2505 with the great H7227,
And He will divide H2505 the plunder H7998 with the strong H6099,
Because H8478 H834 He poured H6168 out H6168 His [fn]life H5315 unto death H4194,
And was counted H4487 with wrongdoers H6586;
Yet He Himself H1931 bore H5375 the sin H2399 of many H7227,
“Is it a fast H6685 like this H2088 that I choose H977, a day H3117 for a person H120 to humble H6031 himself H5315?
Is it for bowing H3721 [fn]one's head H7218 like a reed H100
And for spreading H3331 out H3331 sackcloth H8242 and ashes H665 as H3331 a H3331 bed H3331?
Will you call H7121 this H2088 a fast H6685, even an acceptable H7522 day H3117 to the LORD H3068?
The LORD H3068 has sworn H7650 by His right H3225 hand H3225 and by His mighty H5797 arm H2220:
“I will never H518 again H5750 give H5414 your grain H1715 as food H3978 for your enemies H340,
Nor H518 will [fn]foreigners H1121 H5236 drink H8354 your new H8492 wine H8492 for which H834 you have labored H3021.”
I will make H2142 mention H2142 of the mercies H2617 of the LORD H3068, and the praises H8416 of the LORD H3068,
According H5921 to all H3605 that the LORD H3068 has granted H1580 us,
And the great H7227 goodness H2898 toward the house H1004 of Israel H3478,
Which H834 He has granted H1580 them according to His compassion H7356
“No H3808 longer H5750 will there be [fn]in it an infant H5764 who lives only a few days H3117,
Or an old H2205 person H2205 who H834 does not [fn]live H4390 out H4390 his days H3117;
For the youth H5288 will die H4191 at the age H1121 of a hundred H3967,
And the [fn]one who does H2398 not H2398 reach H2398 the age H1121 of a hundred H3967
God [fn]says H559, “If H2005 a husband H376 divorces H7971 his wife H802
And she leaves H1980 H4480 him
And becomes H1961 another H312 man's H376 wife,
Will he return H7725 to her again H570?
Would that land H776 not be completely H2610 defiled H2610?
But you are a prostitute H2181 with many H7227 [fn]lovers H7453;
“At that time H6256,” declares H5002 the LORD H3068, “they will bring H3318 out H3318 the bones H6106 of the kings H4428 of Judah H3063, the bones H6106 of its leaders H8269, the bones H6106 of the priests H3548, the bones H6106 of the prophets H5030, and the bones H6106 of the inhabitants H3427 of Jerusalem H3389 from their graves H6913.
But I was like a gentle H441 lamb H3532 led H2986 to the slaughter H2873;
And I did not know H3045 that they had devised H2803 plots H4284 against H5921 me, saying,
“Let's destroy H7843 the tree H6086 with its [fn]fruit H3899,
And let's cut H3772 him off H3772 from the land H776 of the living H2416,
So that his name H8034 will no H3808 longer H5750 be remembered H2142.”
Are H3426 there H3426 any H3426 among the [fn]idols H1892 of the nations H1471 who give H1652 rain H1652?
Or H518 can the heavens H8064 grant H5414 showers H7241?
Is it not You, LORD H3068 our God H430?
Therefore we wait H6960 for You,
For You are the one who has done H6213 all H3605 these H428 things H428.
Then they said H559, “Come H1980 and let's devise H2803 plans H4284 against H5921 Jeremiah H3414. Certainly H3588 the Law H8451 is not going to be lost H6 by the priest H3548, nor H3808 advice H6098 by the wise H2450, nor H3808 the divine word H1697 by the prophet H5030! Come H1980, and let's strike H5221 at him with our tongue H3956, and let's pay H7181 no H408 attention H7181 to any H3605 of his words H1697.”
For I have heard H8085 the whispering H1681 of many H7227,
“Terror H4032 on every H5439 side H5439!
Denounce H5046 him; let's denounce H5046 him!”
[fn]All H3605 my trusted H7965 friends H582 H7965,
Watching H8104 for my fall H6761, say:
“Perhaps H194 he will be persuaded H6601, so that we may prevail H3201 against him
For this H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 says H559 regarding H413 [fn]Shallum H7967 the son H1121 of Josiah H2977, king H4428 of Judah H3063, who became H4427 king H4427 in H8478 the place H8478 of H8478 his father H1 Josiah H2977, who H834 went H3318 out H3318 from this H2088 place H4725: “He will never H3808 H5750 return H7725 there H8033;
“Also among the prophets H5030 of Jerusalem H3389 I have seen H7200 a horrible H8186 thing H8186:
The committing H5003 of H5003 adultery H5003 and walking H1980 in deceit H8267;
And they strengthen H2388 the hands H3027 of evildoers H7489,
So that no H1115 one H376 has turned H7725 back H7725 from his wickedness H7451.
‘But like the bad H7451 figs H8384 which H834 cannot H3808 be eaten H398 due H4480 to rottenness H7455,' indeed H3588, this H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 says H559, ‘so H3651 will I give H5414 up H5414 Zedekiah H6667 king H4428 of Judah H3063 and his officials H8269, and the remnant H7611 of Jerusalem H3389 who remain H7604 in this H2088 land H776, and the ones who live H3427 in the land H776 of Egypt H4714.
“Therefore you shall prophesy H5012 against H413 them all H3605 these H428 words H1697, and you shall say H559 to them,
‘The LORD H3068 will roar H7580 from on high H4791
And raise H5414 His voice H6963 from His holy H6944 dwelling H4583;
He will roar H7580 forcefully H7580 against H5921 His [fn]fold H5116.
He will shout H1959 like those who tread H1869 the grapes,
Against H413 all H3605 the inhabitants H3427 of the earth H776.
‘And it will be that the nation H1471 or the kingdom H4467 which H834 will not serve H5647 him, Nebuchadnezzar H5019 king H4428 of Babylon H894, and will not put H5414 its neck H6677 under the yoke H5923 of the king H4428 of Babylon H894, I will punish H6485 that nation H1471 with the sword H2719, with famine H7458, and with plague H1698,' declares H5002 the LORD H3068, ‘until H5704 I have eliminated H8552 [fn]it by his hand H3027.
“This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 says H559:
‘Behold H2009, I will restore H7725 the fortunes H7622 of the tents H168 of Jacob H3290
And have H7355 compassion H7355 on H7355 his dwellings H4908;
And the city H5892 will be rebuilt H1129 on its ruins H8510,
And the palace H759 will stand H3427 on its rightful H4941 place H4941.
‘[fn]Their leader H117 shall be one of them,
And [fn]their ruler H4910 will come H3318 out H3318 from [fn]their midst H7130;
And I will bring H7126 him near H7126 and he shall approach H5066 Me;
For [fn]who H4310 would dare H6148 to H6148 risk H6148 his life H3820 to approach H5066 Me?' declares H5002 the LORD H3068.
“Is Ephraim H669 My dear H3357 son H1121?
Is he a delightful H8191 child H3206?
Indeed H3588, as often H1767 as I have spoken H1696 against him,
I certainly H2142 still remember H2142 him;
Therefore H5921 H3651 My [fn]heart H4578 yearns H1993 for him;
I will certainly H7355 have H7355 mercy H7355 on H7355 him,” declares H5002 the LORD H3068.
This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 of armies H6635, the God H430 of Israel H3478 says H559: “Once again H5750 they will speak H559 this H2088 word H1697 in the land H776 of Judah H3063 and in its cities H5892 when I restore H7725 their fortunes H7622,
‘The LORD H3068 bless H1288 you, O place H5116 of righteousness H6664,
“Give H3034 thanks H3034 to the LORD H3068 of armies H6635,
For the LORD H3068 is good H2896,
For His mercy H2617 is everlasting H5769,”
as they bring H935 a thanksgiving H8426 offering H8426 into the house H1004 of the LORD H3068. For I will restore H7725 the fortunes H7622 of the land H776 as they were at first H7223,' says H559 the LORD H3068.
The word H1697 that came H1961 to Jeremiah H3414 from the LORD H3068, when Nebuchadnezzar H5019 king H4428 of Babylon H894 and all H3605 his army H2428, with all H3605 the kingdoms H4467 of the earth H776 that were under his [fn]control H4475 and all H3605 the peoples H5971, were fighting H3898 against H5921 Jerusalem H3389 and all H3605 its cities H5892, saying H559,
“Therefore H3651 this H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 says H559: ‘You have not obeyed H8085 Me in proclaiming H7121 [fn]release H1865, each H376 one H376 to his brother H251 and each H376 to his neighbor H7453. Behold H2009, I am proclaiming H7121 a [fn]release H1865 to you,' declares H5002 the LORD H3068, ‘to the sword H2719, to the plague H1698, and to the famine H7458; and I will make H5414 you a terror H2113 to all H3605 the kingdoms H4467 of the earth H776.
[fn]Now when H834 Jerusalem H3389 was captured H3920 [fn]in the ninth H8671 year H8141 of Zedekiah H6667 king H4428 of Judah H3063, in the tenth H6224 month H2320, Nebuchadnezzar H5019 king H4428 of Babylon H894 and all H3605 his army H2428 came H935 to Jerusalem H3389 and laid H6696 siege H6696 to it;
Now in the seventh H7637 month H2320 Ishmael H3458 the son H1121 of Nethaniah H5418, the son H1121 of Elishama H476, of the royal H4410 [fn]family H2233 and one of the chief H7227 officers H7227 of the king H4428, along with ten H6235 men H376, came H935 to Mizpah H4709 to Gedaliah H1436 the son H1121 of Ahikam H296. While they were eating H398 bread H3899 together H3162 there H8033 in Mizpah H4709,
For that day H3117 belongs to the Lord H136 [fn]GOD H3068 of armies H6635,
A day H3117 of vengeance H5360, so as to avenge H5358 Himself on His foes H6862;
And the sword H2719 will devour H398 and be H7646 satisfied H7646,
And [fn]drink H7301 its fill H7301 of their blood H1818;
For there will be a slaughter H2077 for the Lord H136 [fn]GOD H3068 of armies H6635,
In the land H776 of the north H6828 at the river H5104 Euphrates H6578.
“Moab H4124 has been H7599 at H7599 ease H7599 since H4480 his youth H5271;
He has also been H8252 peaceful H8252, like wine on [fn]its dregs H8105,
And he has not been poured H7324 from vessel H3627 to vessel H3627,
Nor H3808 has he gone H1980 into exile H1473.
Therefore H5921 H3651 [fn]he retains H5975 his flavor H2940,
“Therefore H3651 behold H2009, the days H3117 are coming H935,” declares H5002 the LORD H3068,
“When I will cause an alarm H8643 of war H4421 to be heard H8085
Against H413 Rabbah H7237 of the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983;
And it will become H1961 a desolate H8077 heap H8510,
And her towns H1323 will be set H3341 on fire H784.
Then Israel H3478 will take H3423 possession H3423 of his possessors H3423,”
“Wail H3213, Heshbon H2809, for Ai H5857 has been destroyed H7703!
Cry H6817 out H6817, daughters H1323 of Rabbah H7237,
Put H2296 on H2296 sackcloth H8242 and mourn H5594,
And move H7751 about H7751 inside the walls H1448;
For [fn]Malcam H4445 will go H1980 into exile H1473
Together H3162 with his priests H3548 and his leaders H8269.
“Behold H2009, I am going to bring H935 terror H6343 upon you,”
Declares H5002 the Lord H136 [fn]GOD H3068 of armies H6635,
“From all H3605 directions around H5439 you;
And you will be driven H5080 away H5080 [fn]one H376 after H6440 another,
With no H369 one H369 to gather H6908 the fugitives H5074 together.
“As for the terror H8606 you cause H8606,
The arrogance H2087 of your heart H3820 has deceived H5378 you,
You who live H7931 in the clefts H2288 of [fn]the rock H5553,
Who occupy H8610 the height H4791 of the hill H1389.
Though H3588 you make H1361 your nest H7064 as high H1361 as an eagle's H5404,
I will bring H3381 you down H3381 from there H8033,” declares H5002 the LORD H3068.
Therefore H3651 hear H8085 the plan H6098 of the LORD H3068 which H834 He has planned H3289 against H413 Edom H123, and His purposes H4284 which H834 He has H2803 in H2803 mind H2803 against H413 the inhabitants H3427 of Teman H8487: they will certainly H518 H3808 drag H5498 them off H5498, even the little H6810 ones H6810 of the flock H6629; He will certainly H518 H3808 make H8074 their pasture H5116 desolate H8074 because H5921 of them.
“Israel H3478 is a scattered H6340 [fn]flock H7716, the lions H738 have driven H5080 them away H5080. The first H7223 one H7223 who devoured H398 him was the king H4428 of Assyria H804, and this H2088 last H314 one H314 who has gnawed H6105 his bones H6105 is Nebuchadnezzar H5019 king H4428 of Babylon H894.
Sharpen H1305 the arrows H2671, fill H4390 the quivers H7982!
The LORD H3068 has stirred H5782 up H5782 the spirit H7307 of the kings H4428 of the Medes H4074,
Because H3588 His plan H4209 is against H5921 Babylon H894 to destroy H7843 it;
For it is the vengeance H5360 of the LORD H3068, vengeance H5360 for His temple H1964.
The [fn]command H1697 that H834 Jeremiah H3414 the prophet H5030 [fn]gave H6680 Seraiah H8304 the son H1121 of Neriah H5374, the grandson H1121 of Mahseiah H4271, when he went H1980 with Zedekiah H6667 the king H4428 of Judah H3063 to Babylon H894 in the fourth H7243 year H8141 of his reign H4427. (And Seraiah H8304 was quartermaster H8269 H4496.)
Zion H6726 stretches H6566 out H6566 with her hands H3027;
There H369 is H369 no H369 one H369 to comfort H5162 her;
The LORD H3068 has commanded H6680 regarding Jacob H3290
That those around H5439 him become his adversaries H6862;
Jerusalem H3389 has become H1961 a filthy H5079 thing H5079 among H996 them.
The Lord H136 has [fn]destroyed H1104; He has not spared H2550
All H3605 the settlements H4999 of Jacob H3290.
In His wrath H5678 He has overthrown H2040
The strongholds H4013 of the daughter H1323 of Judah H3063,
He has hurled H5060 them down H5060 to the ground H776;
He has profaned H2490 the kingdom H4467 and its leaders H8269.
He has bent H1869 His bow H7198 like an enemy H340;
His right H3225 hand H3225 is positioned H5324 like an adversary H6862,
And He has killed H2026 everything H3605 that was pleasant H4261 to the eye H5869.
In the tent H168 of the daughter H1323 of Zion H6726
He has poured H8210 out H8210 His wrath H2534 like fire H784.
And He has treated H2554 His [fn]tabernacle H7900 violently H2554, like a despised garden H1588;
He has destroyed H7843 His appointed H4150 [fn]meeting H4150 place H4150.
The LORD H3068 has caused
The appointed H4150 feast H4150 and Sabbath H7676 in Zion H6726 to be forgotten H7911,
The LORD H3068 has done H6213 what H834 He determined H2161;
He has accomplished H1214 His word H565
Which H834 He commanded H6680 from days H3117 of old H6924.
He has torn H2040 down H2040 without H3808 sparing H2550,
And He has helped the enemy H340 to rejoice H8055 over H5921 you;
He has exalted H7311 the [fn]might H7161 of your adversaries H6862.
As I looked H7200, behold H2009, a high H5591 wind H7307 was coming H935 from the north H6828, a great H1419 cloud H6051 with fire H784 flashing H3947 intermittently H3947 and a bright H5051 light H5051 around H5439 it, and in its midst H8432 something like gleaming H5869 [fn]metal H2830 in the midst H8432 of the fire H784.
Now above H4480 H4605 the expanse H7549 that was over H5921 their heads H7218 there was something H1823 resembling H1823 a throne H3678, like [fn]lapis H68 H5601 lazuli H68 H5601 in appearance H4758; and on that which H1823 resembled H1823 a throne H3678, high H4480 H4605 up, was a figure H1823 with the appearance H4758 of a man H120.
“But when a righteous H6662 person H6662 turns H7725 away H7725 from his righteousness H6666, commits H6213 injustice H5766 and does H6213 according to all H3605 the abominations H8441 that the wicked H7563 person H7563 does H6213, will he live H2421? All H3605 his righteous H6666 deeds H6666 which H834 he has done H6213 will not be remembered H2142 for his treachery H4603 H4604 which H834 he has committed H4603 and his sin H2403 which H834 he has committed H2398; for them he will die H4191.
“Therefore H3651 I will judge H8199 you, house H1004 of Israel H3478, each H376 according to his conduct H1870,” declares H5002 the Lord H136 GOD H3068. “Repent H7725 and turn H7725 away H7725 from all H3605 your offenses H6588, so that wrongdoing H5771 does not become H1961 a stumbling H4383 block H4383 to you.
“As for you, house H1004 of Israel H3478,” this H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the Lord H136 GOD H3068 says H559: “Go H1980, serve H5647, everyone H376 of you his idols H1544; [fn]but later H310 you will certainly H518 H369 listen H8085 to Me, and My holy H6944 name H8034 you will no H3808 longer H5750 defile H2490 with your gifts H4979 and your idols H1544.
“Behold H2009, I am against H5921 you, Pharaoh H6547 king H4428 of Egypt H4714,
The great H1419 [fn]monster H8577 that lies H7257 in the midst H8432 of his [fn]canals H2975,
That has said H559, ‘My Nile H2975 is mine, and I myself H589 have made H6213 it.'
‘The cedars H730 in God's H430 garden H1588 [fn]could not match H6004 it;
The junipers H1265 [fn]could not compare H1819 with its branches H5589,
And the plane H6196 trees H6196 [fn]could not match its branches H6288.
No H3605 H3808 tree H6086 in God's H430 garden H1588 [fn]could compare H1819 with it in its beauty H3308.
“To which H4310 among the trees H6086 of Eden H5731 are H1819 you so H3602 alike H1819 in glory H3519 and greatness H1433? Yet you will be brought H3381 down H3381 with the trees H6086 of Eden H5731 to the earth H776 beneath H8482; you will lie H7901 in the midst H8432 of the uncircumcised H6189 with those who were killed H2491 by the sword H2719. This H1931 is Pharaoh H6547 and all H3605 his hordes H1995!”' declares H5002 the Lord H136 GOD H3068.”
“Elam H5867 is there H8033 and all H3605 her hordes H1995 around H5439 her grave H6900; all H3605 of them killed H2491, fallen H5307 by the sword H2719, who H834 went H3381 down H3381 uncircumcised H6189 to the lower H8482 parts H8482 of the earth H776, who H834 inflicted H5414 their terror H2851 on the land H776 of the living H2416, and bore H5375 their disgrace H3639 with those who go H3381 down H3381 to the pit H953.
“But as for you, son H1121 of man H120, [fn]your fellow H1121 H5971 citizens H5971 who talk H1696 with one H2297 another H259 about you by the walls H7023 and in the doorways H6607 of the houses H1004, speak H1696 one H2297 with another H259, each H376 with his brother H251, saying H559, ‘Come H935 now H4994 and hear H8085 what H4100 the [fn]message H1697 is that comes H3318 from the LORD H3068.'
“On that day H3117 I will give H5414 Gog H1463 a burial H6913 place H4725 there H8033 in Israel H3478, the valley H1516 of those who pass H5674 by H5674 east H6926 of the sea H3220, and it will block H2629 the way H2629 of those who would pass H5674 by H5674. So they will bury H6912 Gog H1463 there H8033 with all H3605 his horde H1995, and they will call H7121 it the Valley H1516 of [fn]Hamon-gog H1996.
And behold H2009, there was a wall H2346 on the outside H2351 of the [fn]temple H1004 all H5439 around H5439, and in the man's H376 hand H3027 was a measuring H4060 rod H7070 of six H8337 [fn]cubits H520, [fn]each of which was a [fn]cubit H520 and a hand H2948 width H2948. So he measured H4058 the thickness H7341 of the [fn]wall H2346, one H259 rod H7070; and the height H6967, one H259 rod H7070.
The building H1146 that was in front H6440 of the separate H1508 area H1508 at the side H6285 toward H1870 the west H3220 was seventy H7657 cubits H520 wide H7341; and the wall H7023 of the building H1146 was five H2568 cubits H520 [fn]thick H7341 all H5439 around H5439, and its length H753 was ninety H8673 cubits H520.
“And these H428 are the measurements H4060 of the altar H4196 by cubits H520 (the cubit H520 being a [fn]cubit H520 and a hand H2948 width H2948): the [fn]base H2436 shall be a cubit H520 and the width H7341 a cubit H520, and its border H1366 on its edge H8193 all H5439 around H5439 one H259 span H2239; and this H2088 shall be the height of the [fn]base H1354 of the altar H4196.
“Now when you divide H5307 the land H776 by H5307 lot H5307 for inheritance H5159, you shall offer H7311 [fn]an allotment H8641 to the LORD H3068, a holy H6944 portion H6944 of the land H776; the length H753 shall be a length H753 of twenty-five H2568 H6242 thousand H505 [fn]cubits, and the width H7341 shall be [fn]twenty H6235 thousand H505. It shall be holy H6944 within its entire H3605 surrounding H5439 boundary H1366.
“At the festivals H2282 and the appointed H4150 feasts H4150, the grain offering H4503 shall be an ephah H374 [fn]with a bull H6499 and an ephah H374 [fn]with a ram H352, and [fn]with the lambs H3532 as [fn]much H3027 as one is able H3027 to give H4991, and a hin H1969 of oil H8081 [fn]with an ephah H374.
But Daniel H1840 [fn]made H7760 up H7760 his mind H3820 that he would not defile H1351 himself with the king's H4428 choice H6598 food H6598 or with the wine H3196 which he drank H4960; so he sought H1245 permission from the commander H8269 of the officials H5631 that he might not defile H1351 himself.
Then H116 Nebuchadnezzar H5020 was filled H4391 with wrath H2528, and his facial H600 expression H6755 was changed H8133 toward H5922 Shadrach H7715, Meshach H4336, and Abed-nego H5665. He answered H6032 [fn]by giving H560 orders H560 to heat H228 the furnace H861 seven H7655 times H2298 more H5922 than H5922 H1768 it was usually H2370 heated H228.
Then H116 Nebuchadnezzar H5020 the king H4430 was astounded H8429 and stood H6966 up H6966 quickly H927; he said H560 to his counselors H1907, “Was it not three H8532 men H1400 that we threw H7412 bound H3729 into the middle H1459 of the fire H5135?” They replied H6032 to the king H4430, “Absolutely H3330, O king H4430.”
Nebuchadnezzar H5020 responded H6032 and said H560, “Blessed H1289 be the God H426 of Shadrach H7715, Meshach H4336, and Abed-nego H5665, who H1768 has sent H7972 His angel H4398 and rescued H7804 His servants H5649 who H1768 put H7365 their trust H7365 in Him, [fn]violating H8133 the king's H4430 command H4406, and surrendered H3052 their bodies H1655 rather H1768 H3809 than H3809 serve H6399 or worship H5457 any H3606 god H426 except H3861 their own God H426.
“Yet H1297 leave H7662 the stump H6136 [fn]with its roots H8330 in the ground H772,
But with a band H613 of iron H6523 and bronze H5174 around it
In the new H1883 grass H1883 of the field H1251;
And let him be drenched H6647 with the dew H2920 of heaven H8065,
And let [fn]him share H2508 with the animals H2423 in the grass H6212 of the earth H772.
“Then H116 Daniel H1841, whose H1768 name H8036 is Belteshazzar H1096, was appalled H8075 for a while H8160 as his thoughts H7476 alarmed H927 him. The king H4430 responded H6032 and said H560, ‘Belteshazzar H1096, do not let the dream H2493 or its interpretation H6591 alarm H927 you.' Belteshazzar H1096 replied H6032, ‘My lord H4756, if only the dream H2493 applied to those who hate H8131 you, and its interpretation H6591 to your adversaries H6146!
“But at the end H7118 of [fn]that period H3118, I, Nebuchadnezzar H5020, raised H5191 my eyes H5870 toward heaven H8065 and my [fn]reason H4486 returned H8421 to me, and I blessed H1289 the Most H5943 High H5943 and praised H7624 and honored H1922 Him who H2417 lives H2417 forever H5957;
For His dominion H7985 is an everlasting H5957 dominion H7985,
And His kingdom H4437 endures from generation H1859 to generation H1859.
Then H116 Belshazzar H1113 gave H560 orders H560, and they clothed H3848 Daniel H1841 with purple H711 and put a necklace H2002 of gold H1722 around H5922 his neck H6676, and issued H3745 a H3745 proclamation H3745 concerning H5922 him that he now had H1934 authority H7990 as the third H8531 ruler in the kingdom H4437.
Now when H1768 Daniel H1841 learned H3046 that the document H3792 was signed H7560, he entered H5954 his house H1005 (and in H5954 his roof H5952 chamber H5952 he had windows H3551 open H6606 toward H5049 Jerusalem H3390); and he continued kneeling H1289 on his knees H1291 three H8532 times H2166 a day H3118, praying H6739 and offering H3029 praise H3029 before H6925 his God H426, just H6903 as he had been doing H5648 previously H4481 H6928.
For He is the living H2417 God H426 and enduring H7011 forever H5957,
And His kingdom H4437 is one which H1768 will not be destroyed H2255,
“And to Him was given H3052 dominion H7985,
Honor H3367, and [fn]a kingdom H4437,
So that all H3606 the peoples H5972, nations H524, and populations of all [fn]languages H3961
Might serve H6399 Him.
His dominion H7985 is an everlasting H5957 dominion H7985
Which H1768 will not pass H5709 away H5709;
And His kingdom H4437 is one
“And his power H3581 will be H6105 mighty H6105, but not by his own power H3581,
And he will [fn]destroy H7843 to H6381 an H6381 extraordinary H6381 degree H6381
And be H6743 successful H6743 and do H6213 as he pleases;
He will [fn]destroy H7843 mighty H6099 men H6099 and [fn]the holy H6918 people H5971.
“And through H5921 his shrewdness H7922
He will make H6743 deceit H4820 a H6743 success H6743 by his [fn]influence H3027;
And he will make H1431 himself great H1431 in his [fn]own mind H3824,
And he will [fn]destroy H7843 many H7227 while they are [fn]at ease H7962.
He will even [fn]oppose H5975 H5921 the Prince H8269 of princes H8269,
But he will be broken H7665 without H657 [fn]human H3027 agency H3027.
“Then the king H4428 will do H6213 as he pleases H7522, and he will exalt H7311 himself and boast H1431 against H5921 every H3605 god H410 and will speak H1696 [fn]dreadful H6381 things H6381 against H5921 the God H410 of gods H410; and he will be H6743 successful H6743 until H5704 the indignation H2195 is finished H3615, because H3588 that which is determined H2782 will be done H6213.
Though H3588 he flourishes H6509 among H996 the [fn]reeds H260,
An east H6921 wind H6921 will come H935,
The wind H7307 of the LORD H3068 coming H5927 up H5927 from the wilderness H4057;
And his fountain H4726 will become H3001 dry H3001
And his spring H4599 will dry H2717 up H2717;
It will plunder H8154 his treasury H214 of every H3605 precious H2532 article H3627.
The LORD H3068 utters H5414 His voice H6963 before H6440 His army H2428;
His camp H4264 is indeed H3588 very H3966 great H7227,
For mighty H6099 is one who carries H6213 out H6213 His word H1697.
The day H3117 of the LORD H3068 is indeed H3588 great H1419 and very H3966 awesome H3372,
And who can endure H3557 it?
The LORD H3068 [fn]will answer H6030 and say H559 to His people H5971,
“Behold H2009, I am going to send H7971 you grain H1715, new H8492 wine H8492, and oil H3323,
And you will be H7646 satisfied H7646 in full with [fn]them;
And I will never H3808 again H5750 make H5414 you a disgrace H2781 among the nations H1471.
“But I will remove H7368 the northern H6830 army far H7368 from you,
And I will drive H5080 it into a dry H6723 and desolate H8077 land H776,
Its advance H6440 guard H6440 into the eastern H6931 sea H3220,
And its rear H5490 guard H5490 into the western H314 sea H3220.
And its stench H889 will ascend H5927 and its odor H6709 of H6709 decay H6709 will come H5927 up H5927,
This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 says H559:
“For three H7969 offenses H6588 of Edom H123, and for four H702,
I will not revoke H7725 its punishment,
Because H5921 he pursued H7291 his brother H251 with the sword H2719
And stifled H7843 his compassion H7356;
This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 says H559:
“For three H7969 offenses H6588 of Judah H3063, and for four H702,
I will not revoke H7725 its punishment,
Because H5921 they rejected H3988 the Law H8451 of the LORD H3068
And have not kept H8104 His statutes H2706;
The Lord H136 [fn]GOD H3068 has sworn H7650 by Himself H5315, the LORD H3068 God H430 of armies H6635 has declared H5002:
“I loathe H8374 the arrogance H1347 of Jacob H3290,
And [fn]detest H8130 his citadels H759;
Therefore I will give H5462 up H5462 the city H5892 and [fn]all H4393 it contains H4393.”
Then Amaziah H558, the priest H3548 of Bethel H1008, sent H7971 word to Jeroboam H3379 king H4428 of Israel H3478, saying H559, “Amos H5986 has conspired H7194 against H5921 you in the midst H7130 of the house H1004 of Israel H3478; the land H776 is H3201 unable H3808 H3201 to endure H3557 all H3605 his words H1697.
“Then I will turn H2015 your festivals H2282 into mourning H60,
And all H3605 your songs H7892 into songs H7015 of H7015 mourning H7015;
And I will put H5927 sackcloth H8242 around H5921 everyone's H3605 waist H4975,
And [fn]baldness H7144 on every H3605 head H7218.
And I will make H7760 it like a time of mourning H60 for an only H3173 son H3173,
And the end H319 of it will be like a bitter H4751 day H3117.
Many H7227 nations H1471 will come H1980 and say H559,
“Come H1980 and let's go H5927 up H5927 to the mountain H2022 of the LORD H3068
And to the house H1004 of the God H430 of Jacob H3290,
So that He may teach H3384 us about H4480 His ways H1870,
And that we may walk H1980 in His paths H734.”
For from Zion H6726 will go H3318 forth H3318 the law H8451,
Neither H1571 H3808 their silver H3701 nor H1571 their gold H2091
Will be H3201 able H3201 to save H5337 them
On the day H3117 of the LORD'S H3068 anger H5678;
And all H3605 the earth H776 will be devoured H398
By the fire H784 of His jealousy H7068,
For He will make H6213 a complete H3617 end H3617,
This H2088 is the presumptuous H5947 city H5892
That dwells H3427 securely H983,
Who says H559 in her heart H3824,
“I am, and there H657 is no H657 one H657 besides H5750 me.”
How H349 she has become H1961 a desolation H8047,
A resting H4769 place H4769 for animals H2416!
“‘A son H1121 honors H3513 his father H1, and a servant H5650 his master H113. Then if H518 I am a father H1, where H346 is My honor H3519? And if H518 I am a master H113, where H346 is My [fn]respect H4172?' says H559 the LORD H3068 of armies H6635 to you, the priests H3548 who despise H959 My name H8034! But you say H559, ‘How H4100 have we despised H959 Your name H8034?'
Then H227 those who [fn]feared H3372 the LORD H3068 spoke H1696 to one H376 another H7453, and the LORD H3068 listened H7181 attentively H7181 and heard H8085 it, and a book H5612 of remembrance H2146 was written H3789 before H6440 Him for those who [fn]fear H3372 the LORD H3068 and esteem H2803 His name H8034.
Then to Adam H121 He said H559, “Because H3588 you have listened H8085 to the voice H6963 of your wife H802, and have eaten H398 from the tree H6086 about which H834 I commanded H6680 you, saying H559, ‘You shall not eat H398 from it';
Cursed H779 is the ground H127 because H5668 of you;
So the king's H4428 scribes H5608 were summoned H7121 at that time H6256 in the third H7992 month H2320 (that is, the month H2320 Sivan H5510), on the twenty-third H6242 H7969 [fn]day; and it was written H3789 in accordance with everything H3605 that Mordecai H4782 commanded H6680 the Jews H3064, the satraps H323, the governors H6346, and the officials H8269 of the provinces H4082 which H834 extended from India H1912 to [fn]Cush H3568, 127 H7651 H6242 H3967 provinces H4082, to every H4082 province H4082 according to its script H3791, and to every H5971 people H5971 according to their language H3956, as well as to the Jews H3064 according to their script H3791 and their language H3956.
“Behold H2009, I am bringing H935 a nation H1471 against H5921 you from far H4801 away H4801, you house H1004 of Israel H3478,” declares H5002 the LORD H3068.
“It is an enduring H386 nation H1471,
It is an ancient H5769 nation H1471,
A nation H1471 whose language H3956 you do not know H3045,
Nor H3808 can you understand H8085 what H4100 they say H1696.
‘Its foliage H6074 was beautiful H8209 and its fruit H4 abundant H7690,
And in it was food H4203 for all H3606.
The animals H2423 of the field H1251 [fn]found H2927 shade H2927 under H8460 it,
And the birds H6853 of the sky H8065 lived H1753 in its branches H6056,
And all H3606 [fn]living H1321 creatures H1321 fed H2110 from it.
“Yet H1297 leave H7662 the stump H6136 [fn]with its roots H8330 in the ground H772,
But with a band H613 of iron H6523 and bronze H5174 around it
In the new H1883 grass H1883 of the field H1251;
And let him be drenched H6647 with the dew H2920 of heaven H8065,
And let [fn]him share H2508 with the animals H2423 in the grass H6212 of the earth H772.
‘This H1836 is the dream H2493 that I, King H4430 Nebuchadnezzar H5020, have seen H2370. Now you, Belteshazzar H1096, tell H560 me its interpretation H6591, since H6903 H1768 none H3606 H3809 of the wise H2445 men H2445 of my kingdom H4437 is able H3202 to make H3046 known H3046 to me the interpretation H6591; but you are able H3546, because H1768 a spirit H7308 of the holy H6922 gods H426 is in you.'
“Then H116 Daniel H1841, whose H1768 name H8036 is Belteshazzar H1096, was appalled H8075 for a while H8160 as his thoughts H7476 alarmed H927 him. The king H4430 responded H6032 and said H560, ‘Belteshazzar H1096, do not let the dream H2493 or its interpretation H6591 alarm H927 you.' Belteshazzar H1096 replied H6032, ‘My lord H4756, if only the dream H2493 applied to those who hate H8131 you, and its interpretation H6591 to your adversaries H6146!
“Then H116 I kept H1934 looking H2370 because H4481 of the sound H7032 of the [fn]boastful H7229 words H4406 which H1768 the horn H7162 was speaking H4449; I kept H1934 looking H2370 until H5705 H1768 the beast H2423 was killed H6992, and its body H1655 was destroyed H7 and given H3052 to the burning H3346 [fn]fire H785.
“Then H116 I desired H6634 to know H3321 the H3321 [fn]exact H3321 meaning H3321 of the fourth H7244 beast H2423, which H1768 was different H8133 from all H3606 [fn]the others, exceedingly H3493 dreadful H1763, with its teeth H8128 of iron H6523 and its claws H2953 of bronze H5174, and which devoured H399, crushed H1855, and trampled H7512 down H7512 the remainder H7606 with its feet H7271,
“Their horses H5483 are H7043 faster H7043 than H4480 leopards H5246,
And quicker H2300 than H4480 wolves H2061 in the evening H6153.
Their [fn]horsemen H6571 charge H6335 along H6335,
Their [fn]horsemen H6571 come H935 from afar H7350;
They fly H5774 like an eagle H5404 [fn]swooping H2363 down H2363 to devour H398.
Now in the ninth H8671 year H8141 of his reign H4427, on the tenth H6218 day of the tenth H6224 month H2320, Nebuchadnezzar H5019 the king H4428 of Babylon H894 came H935, he and all H3605 his army H2428, against H5921 Jerusalem H3389, camped H2583 against H5921 it, and built H1129 a siege H1785 wall H1785 all H5439 around H5439 [fn]it.
But it happened H1961 in the seventh H7637 month H2320, that Ishmael H3458 the son H1121 of Nethaniah H5418, the son H1121 of Elishama H476, of the royal H4410 [fn]family H2233, came H935 [fn]with ten H6235 men H376 and struck H5221 Gedaliah H1436 down so that he died H4191 along with the Jews H3064 and the Chaldeans H3778 who H834 were with him at Mizpah H4709.
Now it came H1961 about H1961 in the thirty-seventh H7970 H7651 year H8141 of the exile H1546 of Jehoiachin H3078 king H4428 of Judah H3063, in the twelfth H8147 H6240 month H2320, on the twenty-seventh H6242 H7651 day of the month H2320, that Evil-merodach H192 king H4428 of Babylon H894, in the year H8141 that he became H4427 king H4427, [fn]released H5375 H7218 Jehoiachin H3078 king H4428 of Judah H3063 from prison H1004 H3608;
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