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lesserot@Joshua:1:1 @ And it came to pass after the death of Moses, the servant of the Lord, that the Lord spoke unto Joshua the son of Nun, the minister of Moses, saying,

lesserot@Joshua:1:2 @ Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, pass over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the land which I do give to them, to the children of Israel.

lesserot@Joshua:1:3 @ Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you, as I said unto Moses.

lesserot@Joshua:1:4 @ From the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your boundary.

lesserot@Joshua:1:5 @ No man shall be able to stand up before thee all the days of thy life; as I was with Moses, so will I be with thee: I will not let thee fail, nor forsake thee.

lesserot@Joshua:1:6 @ Be strong and of a good courage; for thou shalt divide for an inheritance unto this people the land, which I swore unto their fathers to give to them.

lesserot@Joshua:1:7 @ Only be thou strong and very courageous, to observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant hath commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left; in order that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest.

lesserot@Joshua:1:8 @ This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, in order that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein; for then shalt thou make thy way prosperous, and then shalt thou have good success.

lesserot@Joshua:1:9 @ Behold, I have commanded thee, Be strong and of good courage; be not dismayed, neither be thou discouraged; for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.

lesserot@Joshua:1:10 @ Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying,

lesserot@Joshua:1:11 @ Pass through the midst of the camp, and command the people, saying, Prepare yourselves provisions; for after only three days more ye shall pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land, which the Lord your God giveth you, to possess it.

lesserot@Joshua:1:12 @ And to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to half the tribe of Menasseh, spoke Joshua, saying,

lesserot@Joshua:1:13 @ Remember the word which Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you, saying, The Lord your God hath granted you rest, and hath given you this land;

lesserot@Joshua:1:14 @ Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle, shall remain in the land which Moses gave you on this side of the Jordan; but ye shall pass over armed before your brethren, all the mighty men of valor, and help them;

lesserot@Joshua:1:15 @ Until the Lord shall have granted your brethren rest, as he hath done to you, and they also have taken possession of the land which the Lord your God giveth them: then shall ye return unto the land of your possession, and possess it, which Moses the servant of the Lord gave you on this side of the Jordan, toward the rising of the sun.

lesserot@Joshua:1:16 @ And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou hast commanded us will we do, and whithersoever thou wilt send us will we go.

lesserot@Joshua:1:17 @ Entirely so as we have hearkened unto Moses, thus will we hearken unto thee: only the Lord thy God be with thee, as he was with Moses.

lesserot@Joshua:1:18 @ Every man that doth rebel against thy order, and will not hearken unto thy words in all that thou mayest command him, shall be put to death: only be strong and of a good courage.

lesserot@Joshua:2:1 @ And Joshua, the son of Nun, had sent out from Shittim two men as spies, secretly, saying, Go ye, view the land and especially Jericho; and they went, and came unto the house of a woman, a harlot, whose name was Rachab, and they lodged there.

lesserot@Joshua:2:2 @ And it was told unto the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, men came in hither this night, of the children of Israel, to search out the country.

lesserot@Joshua:2:3 @ And the king of Jericho sent to Rachab, saying, Bring forth the men who are come to thee, who came to thy house; for, to search out all the country are they come.

lesserot@Joshua:2:4 @ But the woman had taken the two men, and hidden them; and she said, It is true, the men came unto me, but I knew not whence they were.

lesserot@Joshua:2:5 @ And it came to pass, about the time of shutting the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out; I know not whither the men are gone: pursue quickly after them, for ye can overtake them.

lesserot@Joshua:2:6 @ But she had brought them up to the roof, and had hidden them among the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof.

lesserot@Joshua:2:7 @ And the men pursued after them, by the way to the Jordan unto the fords; and the gate was closed, as soon as those who pursued after them were gone out.

lesserot@Joshua:2:8 @ But they had not yet laid themselves down, when she came up unto them upon the roof.

lesserot@Joshua:2:9 @ And she said unto them, I know that the Lord hath given you the land, and that the terror of you hath fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land are become faint–hearted, because of you.

lesserot@Joshua:2:10 @ For we have heard, how that the Lord dried up the waters of the Red Sea before you, when ye went forth out of Egypt; and what ye have done unto the two kings of the Emorites, who were on the other side of the Jordan, unto Sichon and ‘Og, whom ye have utterly destroyed.

lesserot@Joshua:2:11 @ And when we heard this, our heart melted, and there remained not any more courage in any man, because of you; for the Lord your God is alone God in the heavens above, and upon the earth beneath.

lesserot@Joshua:2:12 @ And now swear, I pray you, unto me by the Lord, because I have shown you kindness, that ye will also, for your part, show kindness, unto my father’s house; and give me a sure token,

lesserot@Joshua:2:13 @ That ye will preserve the life of my father, and my mother, and my brothers, and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death.

lesserot@Joshua:2:14 @ And the men said unto her, Our life shall be to death instead of yours, if ye tell not this our business; and it shall be, when the Lord giveth us the land, that we will show thee kindness and truth.

lesserot@Joshua:2:15 @ Then she let them down by a cord through the window; for her house was within the town wall, and within the wall she dwelt.

lesserot@Joshua:2:16 @ And she said unto them, Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers meet with you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be returned; and afterward ye may go your way.

lesserot@Joshua:2:17 @ And the men said unto her, We will be blameless of this thy oath which thou hast caused us to swear.

lesserot@Joshua:2:18 @ Behold, when we come into the land, this line of scarlet thread shalt thou bind in the window by which thou hast let us down; and thy father, and thy mother, and thy brothers, and all thy father’s household, thou must bring together unto thee into the house.

lesserot@Joshua:2:19 @ And it shall be, that whosoever will go out of the doors of thy house into the street, his blood shall be upon his head, and we will be guiltless; and whosoever will remain with thee in the house, his blood shall be on our head, if a hand be laid upon him.

lesserot@Joshua:2:20 @ And if thou tell this our business, then will we be free of thy oath which thou hast caused us to swear.

lesserot@Joshua:2:21 @ And she said, According unto your words, so be it; and she dismissed them, and they departed; and she bound the scarlet line in the window.

lesserot@Joshua:2:22 @ And they went, and came unto the mountain, and they remained there three days, until the pursuers were returned; and the pursuers sought throughout all the way, but found nothing.

lesserot@Joshua:2:23 @ And the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun, and related to him all the things that had befallen them.

lesserot@Joshua:2:24 @ And they said unto Joshua, Truly the Lord hath given up into our hand all the country; for all the inhabitants of the country are already become faint–hearted because of us.

lesserot@Joshua:3:1 @ And Joshua rose early in the morning; and they broke up from Shittim, and came close to the Jordan, he and all the children of Israel; and they lodged there before they passed over.

lesserot@Joshua:3:2 @ And it came to pass at the end of three days, that the officers passed through the midst of the camp.

lesserot@Joshua:3:3 @ And they commanded the people, saying, When ye see the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, and the priests the Levites bearing it, then shall ye break up from your place, and go after it.

lesserot@Joshua:3:4 @ Nevertheless there shall be a space between you and it, of about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, in order that ye may know the way by which ye must go; for ye have not passed this way heretofore.

lesserot@Joshua:3:5 @ And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves; for tomorrow will the Lord do wonders in the midst of you.

lesserot@Joshua:3:6 @ And Joshua said unto the priests, as followeth, Take up the ark of the covenant, and pass over before the people. And they took up the ark of the covenant, and went before the people.

lesserot@Joshua:3:7 @ And the Lord said unto Joshua, This day will I begin to make thee great in the eyes of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was with Moses, so will I be with thee.

lesserot@Joshua:3:8 @ And thou shalt command the priests that bear the ark of the covenant, saying, When ye are come to the brink of the waters of the Jordan, ye shall stand still in the Jordan.

lesserot@Joshua:3:9 @ And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, Approach hither, and hear the words of the Lord your God.

lesserot@Joshua:3:10 @ And Joshua said, Hereby shall ye know that the living God is in the midst of you, and that he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, and the Girgashites, and the Emorites, and the Jebusites.

lesserot@Joshua:3:11 @ Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth passeth over before you into the Jordan.

lesserot@Joshua:3:12 @ And now take yourselves twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, one man each out of every tribe.

lesserot@Joshua:3:13 @ And it shall come to pass, that as soon as the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of the Lord, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan shall be cut off, namely, the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand up as a wall.

lesserot@Joshua:3:14 @ And it came to pass, when the people broke up from their tents, to pass over the Jordan, and the priests the bearers of the ark of the covenant were before the people;

lesserot@Joshua:3:15 @ And as they that bore the ark were come up to the Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bore the ark were dipped in the edge of the water,

lesserot@Joshua:3:16 @ That the waters which came down from above stood still and rose up as a wall, very far from the city Adam, which is beside Zarethan; and those that ran down toward the sea of the plain, the salt sea, failed, were cut off; and the people passed over opposite to Jericho.

lesserot@Joshua:3:17 @ And the priests that bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord stood firm on dry ground in the midst of the Jordan, and all the Israelites passed over on dry ground, until all the people had finished passing over the Jordan.

lesserot@Joshua:4:1 @ And it came to pass, when all the people had finished passing over the Jordan, That the Lord said unto Joshua, as followeth,

lesserot@Joshua:4:2 @ Take yourselves twelve men out of the people, one man each out of every tribe,

lesserot@Joshua:4:3 @ And command ye them, saying, Take yourselves hence out of the midst of the Jordan, out of the place where the priests’ feet stood firmly, twelve stones, and ye shall carry them over with you, and leave them in the lodging–place, where ye will lodge this night.

lesserot@Joshua:4:4 @ Then did Joshua call the twelve men, whom he had appointed out of the children of Israel, one man each out of every tribe:

lesserot@Joshua:4:5 @ And Joshua said unto them, Pass over before the ark of the Lord your God into the midst of the Jordan, and take yourselves up every man one stone upon his shoulder, according unto the number of the tribes of the children of Israel;

lesserot@Joshua:4:6 @ In order that this may be a sign among you, when your children ask in time to come, saying, What mean ye by these stones?

lesserot@Joshua:4:7 @ That ye shall answer them, That the waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the Lord; when it passed over the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off; and these stones shall be for a memorial unto the children of Israel for ever.

lesserot@Joshua:4:8 @ And the children of Israel did so as Joshua had commanded; and they took up twelve stones out of the midst of the Jordan, as the Lord had spoken unto Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel; and they carried them over with them unto the place where they lodged, and laid them down there.

lesserot@Joshua:4:9 @ Twelve stones also did Joshua set up in the midst of the Jordan, on the spot where the feet of the priests who bore the ark of the covenant had stood: and they have remained there unto this day.

lesserot@Joshua:4:10 @ But the priests who bore the ark stood in the midst of the Jordan, until every thing was finished that the Lord had commanded Joshua to speak unto the people, according to all that Moses had commanded Joshua; and the people hastened and passed over.

lesserot@Joshua:4:11 @ And it came to pass, when all the people had finished passing over, that the ark of the Lord passed over with the priests in the presence of the people.

lesserot@Joshua:4:12 @ And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and the half tribe of Menasseh, passed over armed before the children of Israel, as Moses had spoken unto them:

lesserot@Joshua:4:13 @ About forty thousand ready armed for war, did they pass over before the Lord unto battle, to the plains of Jericho.

lesserot@Joshua:4:14 @ On that day the Lord made Joshua great in the eyes of all Israel; and they feared him, as they had feared Moses, all the days of his life.

lesserot@Joshua:4:15 @ And the Lord said unto Joshua, as followeth,

lesserot@Joshua:4:16 @ Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of the Jordan.

lesserot@Joshua:4:17 @ And Joshua commanded the priests, saying, Come ye up out of the Jordan.

lesserot@Joshua:4:18 @ And it came to pass, when the priests that bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord were come up out of the midst of the Jordan, the soles of the feet of the priests were lifted up unto the dry land, that the waters of the Jordan returned unto their place, and flowed over all its banks, as on the preceding days.

lesserot@Joshua:4:19 @ And the people came up out of the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, on the extreme eastern border of Jericho.

lesserot@Joshua:4:20 @ And those twelve stones, which they had taken out of the Jordan, did Joshua set up in Gilgal.

lesserot@Joshua:4:21 @ And he said unto the children of Israel, thus, When your children shall ask in time to come their fathers, saying, What mean these stones?

lesserot@Joshua:4:22 @ Then shall ye let your children know, saying, On dry land did Israel pass over this Jordan;

lesserot@Joshua:4:23 @ That the Lord your God dried up the waters of the Jordan from before you, until ye were passed over, as the Lord your God did to the Red Sea, which he dried up from before us, until we were gone over;

lesserot@Joshua:4:24 @ In order that all the nations of the earth may know the hand of the Lord, that it is mighty; in order that ye may fear the Lord your God all the days.

lesserot@Joshua:5:1 @ And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Emorites, who were on the side of the Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, who were by the sea, heard that the Lord had dried up the waters of the Jordan from before the children of Israel, until they were passed over, that their heart melted, and there remained no more any courage in them, because of the children of Israel.

lesserot@Joshua:5:2 @ At that time the Lord said unto Joshua, Make thee sharp knives, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time.

lesserot@Joshua:5:3 @ And Joshua made himself sharp knives, and circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of ‘Araloth.

lesserot@Joshua:5:4 @ And this is the cause why Joshua did circumcise: All the people that came out of Egypt, the males, all the men of war, died in the wilderness on the way, after their going forth out of Egypt.

lesserot@Joshua:5:5 @ For all the people that came out were circumcised; but all the people that were born in the wilderness on the way at their going forth out of Egypt, they had not circumcised.

lesserot@Joshua:5:6 @ For during forty years the children of Israel wandered in the wilderness, till there was an end of all the people, the men of war, who were come out of Egypt, who had not obeyed the voice of the Lord; unto whom the Lord had sworn that he would not let them see the land, which the Lord had sworn unto their fathers that he would give unto us, a land flowing with milk and honey.

lesserot@Joshua:5:7 @ But their children he raised up in their stead: these did Joshua circumcise; for they were uncircumcised, because they had not circumcised them on the way.

lesserot@Joshua:5:8 @ And it came to pass, when the whole people had all been circumcised, that they abode in their places in the camp till they were healed.

lesserot@Joshua:5:9 @ And the Lord said unto Joshua, This day have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you. And he called the name of the place Gilgal unto this day.

lesserot@Joshua:5:10 @ And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and they prepared the passover–offering on the fourteenth day of the month at evening in the plains of Jericho.

lesserot@Joshua:5:11 @ And they ate of the corn of the land on the morrow after the passover–offering, unleavened cakes and parched corn, on the selfsame day.

lesserot@Joshua:5:12 @ And the manna ceased on the morrow after they had eaten of the corn of the land; and the children of Israel had not any more manna; but they did eat of the product of the land of Canaan during that year.

lesserot@Joshua:5:13 @ And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, a man was standing over against him with his sword drawn in his hand; and Joshua went unto him, and said to him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries?

lesserot@Joshua:5:14 @ And he said, No; for I am a captain of the host of the Lord: now am I come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and bowed himself, and said to him, What doth my lord speak unto his servant?

lesserot@Joshua:5:15 @ And the captain of the Lord’s host said unto Joshua, Put off thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is holy. And Joshua did so.

lesserot@Joshua:6:1 @ Now Jericho was shut up, and barred up, because of the children of Israel: no one went out, and no one came in.

lesserot@Joshua:6:2 @ And the Lord said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thy hand Jericho and its king, even the mighty men of valor.

lesserot@Joshua:6:3 @ And ye shall compass the city, all the men of war, going round about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days.

lesserot@Joshua:6:4 @ And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven cornets of rams’ horns; and on the seventh day shall ye compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the cornets.

lesserot@Joshua:6:5 @ And it shall come to pass, that, when they blow a long blast with the ram’s horn, when ye hear the sound of the cornet all the people shall utter a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straight before him.

lesserot@Joshua:6:6 @ And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said unto them, Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven cornets of rams’ horns before the ark of the Lord.

lesserot@Joshua:6:7 @ And he said unto the people, Pass on, and compass the city, and let the armed men pass on before the ark of the Lord.

lesserot@Joshua:6:8 @ And it came to pass, when Joshua had spoken unto the people, that the seven priests, bearing the seven cornets of rams’ horns before the Lord, passed on and blew with the cornets; and the ark of the covenant of the Lord followed them.

lesserot@Joshua:6:9 @ And the armed men went before the priests that blew the cornets, and the rereward came after the ark, going on, and blowing with the cornets.

lesserot@Joshua:6:10 @ And Joshua had commanded the people, saying, Ye shall not shout, nor let your voice be heard, neither shall any word proceed out of your mouth, until the day I bid you, Shout; and then shall ye shout.

lesserot@Joshua:6:11 @ So the ark of the Lord compassed the city, going round it once; and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp.

lesserot@Joshua:6:12 @ And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of the Lord.

lesserot@Joshua:6:13 @ And the seven priests bearing the seven cornets of rams’ horns before the ark of the Lord went on continually, and blew with the cornets; and the armed men went before them; and the rereward came after the ark of the Lord, going on, and blowing with the cornets.

lesserot@Joshua:6:14 @ And they compassed the city on the second day once, and returned into the camp: so did they six days.

lesserot@Joshua:6:15 @ And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they rose early about the dawning of the day, and compassed the city after this manner seven times; only on that day they compassed the city seven times.

lesserot@Joshua:6:16 @ And it came to pass at the seventh time, when the priest blew with the cornets, that Joshua’ said unto the people, Shout; for the Lord hath given you the city.

lesserot@Joshua:6:17 @ And the city shall be devoted, it, and all that is therein, to the Lord: only Rachab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house; because she did hide the messengers that we sent.

lesserot@Joshua:6:18 @ But ye, keep yourselves from the devoted things, lest ye devote and yet take of the devoted things, and make the camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it.

lesserot@Joshua:6:19 @ And all the silver, and gold, and vessels of copper and iron, shall be holy unto the Lord: into the treasury of the Lord shall they come.

lesserot@Joshua:6:20 @ So the people shouted, when they blew with the cornets; and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the cornet, that the people uttered a great shout, and the wall fell down flat, and the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they captured the city.

lesserot@Joshua:6:21 @ And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and lamb, and ass, with the edge of the sword.

lesserot@Joshua:6:22 @ But unto the two men that had spied out the country, Joshua said, Go into the house of the woman, the harlot, and bring out thence the woman, and all belonging to her, as ye have sworn unto her.

lesserot@Joshua:6:23 @ And the young men, the spies, went in, and brought out Rachab, and her father, and her mother, and her brothers, and all belonging to her: and they brought out all her kindred, and they left them without the camp of Israel.

lesserot@Joshua:6:24 @ And the city they burnt with fire, and all that was therein: only the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of copper and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the Lord.

lesserot@Joshua:6:25 @ And Rachab the harlot did Joshua save alive, and her father’s household, and all belonging to her; and she dwelt in the midst of Israel even unto this day; because she had hidden the messengers, whom Joshua had sent to spy out Jericho.

lesserot@Joshua:6:26 @ And Joshua adjured at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the Lord, that will rise up and build this city Jericho: with his first–born shall he lay its foundation, and with his youngest shall he set up its gates.

lesserot@Joshua:6:27 @ And the Lord was with Joshua; and his fame was spread throughout all the country.

lesserot@Joshua:7:1 @ But the children of Israel committed a trespass on the devoted things; for ‘Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerach, of the tribe of Judah, took of the devoted things: and the anger of the Lord was kindled against the children of Israel.

lesserot@Joshua:7:2 @ And Joshua sent men from Jericho to ‘Ai, which is beside Beth–aven, on the east side of Beth–el, and said unto them, thus, Go up and spy out the country. And the men went up and spied out ‘Ai.

lesserot@Joshua:7:3 @ And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite ‘Ai: do not fatigue all the people thither; for they are but few.

lesserot@Joshua:7:4 @ So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men; and they fled before the men of ‘Ai.

lesserot@Joshua:7:5 @ And the men of ‘Ai smote of them about thirty and six men; and they chased them from before the gate unto the stone–quarries, and smote them on the declivity; wherefore the heart of the people melted, and became as water.

lesserot@Joshua:7:6 @ And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell upon his face to the earth before the ark of the Lord until the evening, he with the elders of Israel, and they put dust upon their head.

lesserot@Joshua:7:7 @ And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord Eternal, wherefore hast thou caused this people to pass over the Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Emorites, to destroy us? and oh! that we had been content, and dwelt on the other side of the Jordan!

lesserot@Joshua:7:8 @ I pray thee, O Lord, what shall I say, since Israel have turned their back before their enemies!

lesserot@Joshua:7:9 @ And when the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear of it, they will environ us round, and cut off our name from the earth; and what wilt thou do for thy great name?

lesserot@Joshua:7:10 @ And the Lord said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore liest thou upon thy face.

lesserot@Joshua:7:11 @ Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I have commanded them; and they have also taken of the devoted things, and have also stolen, and have also dissembled, and they have also put it into their own vessels.

lesserot@Joshua:7:12 @ Therefore will the children of Israel not be able to stand up before their enemies; their back will they turn before their enemies, because they have become accursed: I will not be any more with you, except ye destroy the accursed from among you.

lesserot@Joshua:7:13 @ Rise up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against tomorrow; for thus hath said the Lord the God of Israel, An accursed thing is in the midst of thee, O Israel: thou shalt not be able to stand up before thy enemies, until ye have removed the accursed from among you.

lesserot@Joshua:7:14 @ And ye shall be brought near in the morning according to your tribes: and it shall be, that the tribe which the Lord will seize shall come near according to its families; and the family which the Lord will seize shall come near by households; and the household which the Lord shall seize will come near by its men.

lesserot@Joshua:7:15 @ And it shall be, that he that is seized with the accursed thing shall be burnt with fire, he, and all that he hath; because he hath transgressed the covenant of the Lord, and because he hath wrought wickedness in Israel.

lesserot@Joshua:7:16 @ So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel near by their tribes, and the tribe of Judah was seized;

lesserot@Joshua:7:17 @ And he brought near the family of Judah, and he seized the family of the Zarchites; and he brought near the family of the Zarchites by its men, and Zabdi was seized;

lesserot@Joshua:7:18 @ And he brought near his household by its men, and ‘Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerach, of the tribe of Judah, was seized.

lesserot@Joshua:7:19 @ And Joshua said unto ‘Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to the Lord, the God of Israel, and make confession unto him; and tell me, I pray thee, what thou hast done: hide nothing from me.

lesserot@Joshua:7:20 @ And ‘Achan answered Joshua, and said, Truly! I have indeed sinned against the Lord the God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done:

lesserot@Joshua:7:21 @ I saw among the spoil a handsome Babylonish mantle, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels in weight, and I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hidden in the earth in the midst of my tent, with the silver beneath the same.

lesserot@Joshua:7:22 @ Joshua thereupon sent messengers, and they ran unto the tent; and, behold, it was hidden in his tent, and the silver beneath it.

lesserot@Joshua:7:23 @ And they took them out of the midst of the tent, and brought them unto Joshua, and unto all the children of Israel, and they laid them out before the Lord.

lesserot@Joshua:7:24 @ And Joshua took ‘Achan the son of Zerach, and the silver, and the mantle, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his ox, and his ass, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had, and all Israel were with him, and they brought them up unto the valley of ‘Achor.

lesserot@Joshua:7:25 @ And Joshua said, How hast thou troubled us! so shall the Lord trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and burnt them with fire, after they had stoned them with stones.

lesserot@Joshua:7:26 @ And they raised over him a great heap of stones unto this day; and the Lord turned from the fierceness of his anger. Wherefore the name of that place was called, The valley of ‘Achor, unto this day.

lesserot@Joshua:8:1 @ And the Lord said unto Joshua, Fear not, neither be thou discouraged: take with thee all the people of war, and arise, go up to ‘Ai; see, I have given into thy hand the king of ‘Ai, and his people, and his city, and his land.

lesserot@Joshua:8:2 @ And thou shalt do to ‘Ai and to its king as thou hast done unto Jericho and its king; only its spoil and its cattle shall ye take for booty unto yourselves; but lay thee an ambush for the city in its rear.

lesserot@Joshua:8:3 @ So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up against ‘Ai: and Joshua chose out thirty thousand mighty men of valor, and sent them away by night.

lesserot@Joshua:8:4 @ And he commanded them, saying, Behold, ye shall lie in wait against the city, in the rear of the city; go not very far from the city; and be ye all ready;

lesserot@Joshua:8:5 @ And I, and all the people that are with me, will approach unto the city; and it shall come to pass that, when they come out against us, as at the first time, we will flee before them;

lesserot@Joshua:8:6 @ And they will come out after us, till we have drawn them from the city; for they will say, They flee from us as at the first time: and we will flee before them.

lesserot@Joshua:8:7 @ And then shall ye rise up from the ambush, and take possession of the city; and the Lord your God will deliver it in into your hand.

lesserot@Joshua:8:8 @ And it shall be, that as soon as ye have seized the city, ye shall set the city on fire; according to the word of the Lord shall ye do: see, I have commanded you.

lesserot@Joshua:8:9 @ And Joshua sent them off: and they went to lie in ambush, and remained between Beth–el and ‘Ai, on the west side of ‘Ai; but Joshua lodged that night among the people.

lesserot@Joshua:8:10 @ And Joshua rose up early in the morning, and numbered the people, and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people, toward ‘Ai.

lesserot@Joshua:8:11 @ And all the people of war that were with him went up, and drew nigh, and came opposite the city, and encamped on the north side of ‘Ai; and the valley was between them and ‘Ai.

lesserot@Joshua:8:12 @ And he took about five thousand men, and set them as an ambush between Beth–el and ‘Ai, on the west side of ‘Ai.

lesserot@Joshua:8:13 @ And the people, all the camp that was on the north of the city, and its ambush on the west of the city got ready; and Joshua went that night into the midst of the valley.

lesserot@Joshua:8:14 @ And it came to pass, when the king of ‘Ai saw this, the men of the city hastened and rose up early, and went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at the time appointed, before the plain; but he knew not that there was an ambush against him in the rear of the city.

lesserot@Joshua:8:15 @ And Joshua and Israel feigned themselves beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.

lesserot@Joshua:8:16 @ And all the people that were in ‘Ai were called together to pursue after them; and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city.

lesserot@Joshua:8:17 @ And there was not a man left in ‘Ai or Beth–el, that went not out after Israel; and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.

lesserot@Joshua:8:18 @ And the Lord said unto Joshua, Stretch out the spear that is in thy hand toward ‘Ai; for into thy hand will I give it. And Joshua stretched out the spear which was in his hand toward the city.

lesserot@Joshua:8:19 @ And the ambush arose quickly out of their place, and they ran as soon as he stretched out his hand; and they entered into the city, and took possession of it, and hastened and set the city on fire.

lesserot@Joshua:8:20 @ And the men of ‘Ai turned behind them, and they saw, and, behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven; and they had no power to flee this way or that way; and the people that had fled to the wilderness turned back upon the pursuers.

lesserot@Joshua:8:21 @ For when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had seized the city, and that the smoke of the city ascended: they turned back, and smote the men of ‘Ai.

lesserot@Joshua:8:22 @ And the others issued out of the city against them; so that the Israelites had them in the middle, some on this side, and some on that side; and they smote them, until there was not left of them one that remained or escaped.

lesserot@Joshua:8:23 @ And the king of ‘Ai they caught alive, and brought him to Joshua.

lesserot@Joshua:8:24 @ And it came to pass, that, when Israel had made an end of slaying all the inhabitants of ‘Ai in the field, in the wilderness wherein they had pursued them, and when they were all fallen by the edge of the sword, until they were consumed, All the Israelites returned unto ‘Ai, and smote it with the edge of the sword.

lesserot@Joshua:8:25 @ And all that fell in that day, both of men and women, was twelve thousand, all the people of ‘Ai.

lesserot@Joshua:8:26 @ And Joshua drew not back his hand, wherewith he had stretched out the spear, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of ‘Ai.

lesserot@Joshua:8:27 @ Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took as booty unto themselves, according to the word of the Lord which he had commanded Joshua.

lesserot@Joshua:8:28 @ And Joshua burnt ‘Ai, and made it a ruinous heap of desolation for ever, even unto this day,

lesserot@Joshua:8:29 @ And the king of ‘Ai he hanged on a tree until eventide; and at the going down of the sun, Joshua commanded, and they took his carcass down from the tree and cast it at the entrance of the city gate, and they raised over him a great heap of stones, even unto this day.

lesserot@Joshua:8:30 @ Then did Joshua build an altar unto the Lord, the God of Israel on mount ‘Ebal,

lesserot@Joshua:8:31 @ As Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of whole stones, over which no one had lifted up any iron tool; and they offered thereon burnt–offerings unto the Lord, and sacrificed peace–offerings.

lesserot@Joshua:8:32 @ And he wrote there upon the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he wrote in the presence of the children of Israel.

lesserot@Joshua:8:33 @ And all Israel, and their elders, and the officers, and their judges, stood on this side and on that side of the ark, opposite the priests the Levites, who bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord, the stranger no less than the native born: half of them turned toward mount Gerizzim, and the other half of them turned toward mount ‘Ebal; as Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded, to bless the people of Israel at first.

lesserot@Joshua:8:34 @ And afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessing and the curse, all, just as it is written in the book of the law.

lesserot@Joshua:8:35 @ There was not a word of all that Moses had commanded, which Joshua did not read before all the congregation of Israel, with the women, and the little ones, and the stranger that walked in the midst of them.

lesserot@Joshua:9:1 @ And it came to pass, when all the kings that were on this side of the Jordan, in the mountain, and in the lowlands, and in all the coast of the great sea opposite Lebanon, the Hittites, and the Emorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, heard this,

lesserot@Joshua:9:2 @ That they assembled themselves all together, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord.

lesserot@Joshua:9:3 @ And when the inhabitants of Gib’on heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and unto ‘Ai,

lesserot@Joshua:9:4 @ They also did work wilily, and went and feigned to be messengers, and took old sacks for their asses, and wine–bottles, old, and rent, and bound up;

lesserot@Joshua:9:5 @ And old and patched–up shoes upon their feet, and old garments upon themselves; and all the bread of their provision was dry and mouldy.

lesserot@Joshua:9:6 @ And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said unto him, and to the men of Israel, We are come from a far–off country; and now make ye a covenant with us.

lesserot@Joshua:9:7 @ And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell in the midst of us; and how can we make a covenant with you:

lesserot@Joshua:9:8 @ And they said unto Joshua, We are thy servants. And Joshua said unto them, Who are ye? and whence come ye!

lesserot@Joshua:9:9 @ And they said unto him, From a very far–off country are thy servants come, because of the name of the Lord thy God; for we have heard his fame, and all that he hath done in Egypt;

lesserot@Joshua:9:10 @ And all that he hath done to the two kings of the Emorites, that were beyond the Jordan, to Sichon the king of Cheshbon, and to ‘Og the king of Bashan, who was at ‘Ashtaroth.

lesserot@Joshua:9:11 @ Wherefore our elders and all the inhabitants of our country said to us, as followeth, Take provisions with you for the journey, and go to meet them, and say unto them, Your servants are we: and now make ye with us a covenant.

lesserot@Joshua:9:12 @ This our bread we took hot for our provision out of our houses on the day we came forth to go unto you; and now, behold, it is dry, and it is become mouldy:

lesserot@Joshua:9:13 @ And these wine–bottles, which we filled, when new,–– but behold, they are now become rent; and these our garments and our shoes are become worn out by reason of the very long journey.

lesserot@Joshua:9:14 @ And the men took of their provisions, but the decision of the Lord they did not ask.

lesserot@Joshua:9:15 @ And Joshua made peace with them, and made a covenant with them, to let them live; and the princes of the congregation swore unto them.

lesserot@Joshua:9:16 @ And it came to pass at the end of three days after they had made a covenant with them, that they heard that they were their neighbors, and that they dwelt in the midst of them.

lesserot@Joshua:9:17 @ And the children of Israel broke up, and came unto their cities on the third day; and their cities were Gib’on, and Kephirah, and Beeroth, and Kiryath–ye’arim.

lesserot@Joshua:9:18 @ And the children of Israel smote them not; because the princes of the congregation had sworn unto them by the Lord, the God of Israel; but all the congregation murmured against the princes.

lesserot@Joshua:9:19 @ And all the princes said unto all the congregation, We have sworn unto them by the Lord the God of Israel: and now we cannot touch them.

lesserot@Joshua:9:20 @ This will we do to them, and we will let them live, that there be no wrath upon us, on account of the oath which we have sworn unto them.

lesserot@Joshua:9:21 @ And the princes said unto them, Let them live: and they became hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation, as the princes had spoken unto them.

lesserot@Joshua:9:22 @ And Joshua called for them, and he spoke unto them, saying, Wherefore have ye deceived us, saying, We are very far from you: whereas ye dwell in the midst of us?

lesserot@Joshua:9:23 @ And now be ye cursed, and there shall not cease to be of you servants and hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God.

lesserot@Joshua:9:24 @ And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told thy servants, how that the Lord thy God had commanded his servant Moses to give unto you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you; wherefore we were sore afraid for our lives because of you, and we have done this thing.

lesserot@Joshua:9:25 @ And now, behold, we are in thy hand; as it seemeth good and right in thy eyes to do unto us, so do.

lesserot@Joshua:9:26 @ And he did unto them thus; and he delivered them out of the hand of the children of Israel, and they slew them not.

lesserot@Joshua:9:27 @ And Joshua appointed them on that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of the Lord, even unto this day, for the place which he should choose.

lesserot@Joshua:10:1 @ Now it came to pass, when Adoni–zedek, the king of Jerusalem heard that Joshua had captured ‘Ai, and had utterly destroyed it; as he had done to Jericho and its king, so had he done to ‘Ai and its king; and that the inhabitants of Gib’on had made peace with Israel, and were in the midst of them:

lesserot@Joshua:10:2 @ That they were greatly afraid; because Gib’on was a great city, like one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than ‘Ai, and all the men thereof were mighty.

lesserot@Joshua:10:3 @ Therefore Adoni–zedek the king of Jerusalem sent unto Hoham the king of Hebron, and unto Piram the king of Yarmuth, and unto Yaphia’, the king of Lachish, and unto Debir the king of ‘Eglon, saying,

lesserot@Joshua:10:4 @ Come up unto me, and help me, that we may smite Gib’on; for it hath made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel.

lesserot@Joshua:10:5 @ And the five kings of the Emorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Yarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of ‘Eglon, assembled themselves together, and went up, they and all their camps, and encamped before Gib’on, and made war against it.

lesserot@Joshua:10:6 @ And the men of Gib’on sent unto Joshua to the camp to Gilgal, saying, Do not withdraw thy hand from thy servants: come up to us quickly, and save us, and help us; for all the kings of the Emorites that dwell in the mountains are assembled together against us.

lesserot@Joshua:10:7 @ And Joshua went up from Gilgal, he, and all the people of war with him, and all the mighty men of valor.

lesserot@Joshua:10:8 @ And the Lord said unto Joshua, Be not afraid of them; for into thy hand have I delivered them: there shall not stand a man of them before thee.

lesserot@Joshua:10:9 @ And Joshua came unto them suddenly; the whole night he went up from Gilgal.

lesserot@Joshua:10:10 @ And the Lord brought them in confusion before Israel, and they smote them with a great slaughter at Gib’on, and pursued them by the way of the ascent to Beth–choron, and smote them up to ‘Azekah, and up to Makkedah.

lesserot@Joshua:10:11 @ And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, while they were in the declivity of Beth–choron, that the Lord cast down upon them great stones from heaven, up to ‘Azekah, and they died: there were more who died by means of the hailstones than those whom the children of Israel had slain with the sword.

lesserot@Joshua:10:12 @ Then spoke Joshua to the Lord on the day when the Lord delivered up the Emorites before the children of Israel, and he said before the eyes of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gib’on; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ayalon.

lesserot@Joshua:10:13 @ And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Yashar? And the sun stood still in the midst of the heavens, and hastened not to go down about a whole day.

lesserot@Joshua:10:14 @ And there was no day like that before it or after it, that the Lord hearkened unto the voice of a man; for the Lord fought for Israel.

lesserot@Joshua:10:15 @ And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to Gilgal.

lesserot@Joshua:10:16 @ But these five kings fled, and hid themselves in the cave at Makkedah.

lesserot@Joshua:10:17 @ And it was told to Joshua, saying, The five kings have been found hidden in the cave at Makkedah.

lesserot@Joshua:10:18 @ And Joshua said, Roll great stones to the mouth of the cave, and set men over it to guard them;

lesserot@Joshua:10:19 @ But you, do ye not stay, pursue after your enemies, and smite the hindmost of them: suffer them not to enter into their cities; for the Lord your God hath delivered them into your hand.

lesserot@Joshua:10:20 @ And it came to pass, when Joshua and the children of Israel had made an end of smiting them with a very great defeat, till they were all spent, and those that escaped had fled from them and entered into the fortified cities,

lesserot@Joshua:10:21 @ That all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in peace: no one pointed against any man of the children of Israel his tongue.

lesserot@Joshua:10:22 @ Then said Joshua, Open the mouth of the cave, and bring out unto me those five kings out of the cave.

lesserot@Joshua:10:23 @ And they did so, and brought forth unto him those five kings out of the cave, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Yarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of ‘Eglon.

lesserot@Joshua:10:24 @ And it came to pass, when they brought out those kings unto Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said unto the chiefs of the men of war who had gone with him, Come near, put your feet upon the necks of these kings. And they came near, and put their feet upon their necks.

lesserot@Joshua:10:25 @ And Joshua said unto them, Fear not, nor be disheartened, be strong and of good courage; for thus will the Lord do unto all your enemies against whom ye fight.

lesserot@Joshua:10:26 @ And Joshua smote them afterward, and slew them, and hanged them on five trees; and they remained hanging upon the trees until the evening.

lesserot@Joshua:10:27 @ And it came to pass at the time of the going down of the sun, that Joshua commanded, and they took them down from the trees, and cast them into the cave wherein they had been hidden; and they placed great stones upon the mouth of the cave, even until this very day.

lesserot@Joshua:10:28 @ And Joshua captured Makkedah on that day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and its king he devoted, them, and all the souls that were therein; he left none that escaped; and he did to the king of Makkedah as he had done unto the king of Jericho.

lesserot@Joshua:10:29 @ Then did Joshua, and all Israel with him, pass from Makkedah unto Libnah; and he fought against Libnah;

lesserot@Joshua:10:30 @ And the Lord delivered it also into the hand of Israel, with its king; and he smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein; he left none in it that escaped; and he did unto its king as he had done unto the king of Jericho.

lesserot@Joshua:10:31 @ And Joshua, and all Israel with him, passed from Libnah unto Lachish, and encamped against it, and fought against it;

lesserot@Joshua:10:32 @ And the Lord delivered Lachish into the hand of Israel; and he captured it on the second day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein: just as he had done to Libnah.

lesserot@Joshua:10:33 @ Then came up Horam the king of Gezer to help Lachish; and Joshua smote him and his people, until he had left him none that escaped.

lesserot@Joshua:10:34 @ And Joshua and all Israel with him passed from Lachish unto ‘Eglon; and they encamped against it, and fought against it;

lesserot@Joshua:10:35 @ And they captured it on that day, and smote it with the edge of the sword; and all the souls that were therein he devoted on that day: just as he had done to Lachish.

lesserot@Joshua:10:36 @ And Joshua and all Israel with him went up from ‘Eglon unto Hebron; and they fought against it;

lesserot@Joshua:10:37 @ And they captured it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and its king, and all its cities, and all the souls that were therein; he left none that escaped, just as he had done to ‘Eglon; and he devoted it, and all the souls that were therein.

lesserot@Joshua:10:38 @ And Joshua and all Israel with him returned to Debir; and fought against it;

lesserot@Joshua:10:39 @ And he captured it, and its king, and all its cities; and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and devoted all the souls that were therein; he left none that escaped: as he had done to Hebron, so did he to Debir and to its king; and as he had done to Libnah and to its king.

lesserot@Joshua:10:40 @ And Joshua smote all the country, the mountain, and the south, and the lowlands, and the declivities, and all their kings; he left none that escaped; and all that breathed he utterly destroyed, as the Lord, the God of Israel had commanded.

lesserot@Joshua:10:41 @ And Joshua smote them from Kadesh–barnea’ even unto Gazzah, and all the country of Goshen, even up to Gib’on.

lesserot@Joshua:10:42 @ And all these kings and their land did Joshua capture at one time; because the Lord, the God of Israel fought for Israel.

lesserot@Joshua:10:43 @ And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to Gilgal.

lesserot@Joshua:11:1 @ And it came to pass, that, when Yabin the king of Chazor heard these things, he sent to Yobab the king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph,

lesserot@Joshua:11:2 @ And to the kings that were at the north, on the mountains, and in the plains, south of Kinneroth, and in the lowlands, and in the district of Dor on the west,

lesserot@Joshua:11:3 @ To the Canaanites on the east and on the west, and to the Emorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites in the mountains, and to the Hivites under Chermon in the land of Mizpah.

lesserot@Joshua:11:4 @ And they went out, they and all their camps with them, much people, even as the sand that is upon the sea–shore in multitude, and with very many horses and chariots.

lesserot@Joshua:11:5 @ And all these kings assembled themselves together, and they came and encamped together at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel.

lesserot@Joshua:11:6 @ And the Lord said unto Joshua, Be not afraid because of them; for tomorrow about this time will I give all of them up slain before Israel: their horses shalt thou hamstring and their chariots shalt thou burn with fire.

lesserot@Joshua:11:7 @ And Joshua and all the people of war with him came upon them by the waters of Merom suddenly; and they fell upon them.

lesserot@Joshua:11:8 @ And the Lord delivered them into the hand of Israel, who smote them, and pursued them unto great Zidon, and unto Missrephoth–mayim, and unto the valley of Mizpeh eastward; and they smote them, until they left them none that escaped.

lesserot@Joshua:11:9 @ And Joshua did unto them as the Lord had said unto him: their horses he hamstringed and their chariots he burnt with fire.

lesserot@Joshua:11:10 @ And Joshua at that time turned back, and captured Chazor, and its kings he smote with the sword; for Chazor aforetimes was the head of all these kingdoms.

lesserot@Joshua:11:11 @ And they smote all the souls that were therein with the edge of the sword, and devoted them; there was not left any one having breath; and Chazor he burnt with fire.

lesserot@Joshua:11:12 @ And all the cities of these kings, and all their kings, did Joshua capture, and he smote them with the edge of the sword, and he devoted them, as Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded.

lesserot@Joshua:11:13 @ But as for the cities that had been left standing in their strength, these did Israel not burn: save Chazor only did Joshua burn.

lesserot@Joshua:11:14 @ And all the spoil of these cities, and the cattle, did the children of Israel take as booty unto themselves; but all the men they smote with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them: they left not any one having breath.

lesserot@Joshua:11:15 @ As the Lord had commanded Moses his servant, so did Moses command Joshua, and so did Joshua: he left nothing undone of all that the Lord had commanded Moses.

lesserot@Joshua:11:16 @ And Joshua took all that land, the mountain, and all the south country, and all the land of Goshen, and the lowlands, and the plain, and the mountain of Israel, and its lowlands;

lesserot@Joshua:11:17 @ From the bald mountain that goeth up to Seir, even unto Baal–gad in the valley of Lebanon under mount Chermon; and all their kings he captured, and smote them, and slew them.

lesserot@Joshua:11:18 @ A long time did Joshua make war with all these kings.

lesserot@Joshua:11:19 @ There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel, save the Hivites the inhabitants of Gib’on: the whole they took by war.

lesserot@Joshua:11:20 @ For of the Lord it was to harden their heart, that they should come against Israel in battle, in order to destroy them utterly, that they might obtain no favor: but in order that he might exterminate them, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

lesserot@Joshua:11:21 @ And Joshua came at that time, and cut off the ‘Anakim from the mountains, from Hebron, from Debir, from ‘Anab, and from the whole mountain of Judah, and from the whole mountain of Israel: with their cities did Joshua destroy them utterly.

lesserot@Joshua:11:22 @ There was none of the ‘Anakim left in the land of the children of Israel: only in Gazzah, in Gath, and in Ashdod, there remained some.

lesserot@Joshua:11:23 @ And Joshua’ took the whole land, all just as the Lord had spoken unto Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel, according to their divisions by their tribes. And the land rested from war.

lesserot@Joshua:12:1 @ And these are the kings of the land whom the children of Israel smote, and whose land they took possession of on the other side of the Jordan, toward the rising of the sun, from the river Arnon unto mount Chermon, and all the plain on the east:

lesserot@Joshua:12:2 @ Sichon the king of the Emorites, who dwelt in Cheshbon, and ruled from ‘Aro’er, which is upon the bank of the brook Arnon, and over the land in the middle of the brook, and from half Gil’ad, even unto the brook Yabbok, the boundary of the children of ‘Ammon;

lesserot@Joshua:12:3 @ And over the plain up to the sea of Kinneroth on the east, and up to the sea of the plain, the salt sea on the east, on the way to Beth–hayeshimoth; and at the south, under the declivities of Pisgah;

lesserot@Joshua:12:4 @ And the territory of ‘Og the king of Bashan, who was of the remnant of the Rephaim, that dwelt at ‘Ashtaroth and at Edre’i,

lesserot@Joshua:12:5 @ And reigned over mount Chermon, and over Salchah, and over all Bashan, unto the border of the Geshurites and the Ma’achathites, and half Gil’ad, the boundary of Sichon the king of Cheshbon.

lesserot@Joshua:12:6 @ These did Moses the servant of the Lord and the children of Israel smite; and Moses the servant of the Lord gave it for a possession unto the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Menasseh.

lesserot@Joshua:12:7 @ And these are the kings of the country whom Joshua and the children of Israel smote on this side of the Jordan on the west, from Baal–gad in the valley of Lebanon as far as the bald mountain, that goeth up to Seir; and Joshua gave it unto the tribes of Israel for a possession, according to their divisions;

lesserot@Joshua:12:8 @ In the mountains, and in the lowlands, and in the plain, and in the declivities, and in the wilderness, and in the south country: the Hittites, the Emorites, and the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.

lesserot@Joshua:12:9 @ The king of Jericho, one; the king of ‘Ai, which was beside Bethel one;

lesserot@Joshua:12:10 @ The king of Jerusalem, one; the king of Hebron, one;

lesserot@Joshua:12:11 @ The king of Yarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one;

lesserot@Joshua:12:12 @ The king of ‘Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one;

lesserot@Joshua:12:13 @ The king of Debir, one; the king of Geder, one;

lesserot@Joshua:12:14 @ The king of Chormah, one; the king of ‘Arad, one;

lesserot@Joshua:12:15 @ The king of Libnah, one; the king of ‘Adullam, one;

lesserot@Joshua:12:16 @ The king of Makkedah, one; the king of Beth’el, one;

lesserot@Joshua:12:17 @ The king of Tappuach, one; the king of Chepher, one;

lesserot@Joshua:12:18 @ The king of Aphek, one; the king of Lasharon, one;

lesserot@Joshua:12:19 @ The king of Madon, one; the king of Chazor, one;

lesserot@Joshua:12:20 @ The king of Shimron–meron, one; the king of Achshaph, one;

lesserot@Joshua:12:21 @ The king of Ta’anach, one; the king of Megiddo, one;

lesserot@Joshua:12:22 @ The king of Kedesh, one; the king of Yokne’am on Carmel, one;

lesserot@Joshua:12:23 @ The king of Dor in the district of Dor, one; the king of Goyim in Gilgal, one;

lesserot@Joshua:12:24 @ The king of Tirzah, one: in all thirty and one kings.

lesserot@Joshua:13:1 @ Now Joshua was old, well stricken in years; and the Lord said unto him, Thou art old, stricken in years, and of the land there remaineth yet very much to be taken possession of.

lesserot@Joshua:13:2 @ This is the land that yet remaineth: All the circles of the Philistines, and all Geshurites,

lesserot@Joshua:13:3 @ From the Shichor, which runneth before Egypt, even unto the boundary of ‘Ekron northward, is counted to the Canaanites; the five lords of the Philistines; the Gazzathites, and the Ashdodites, the Eshkelonites, the Gittites, and the ‘Ekronites; also the ‘Avvim;

lesserot@Joshua:13:4 @ On the south, all the land of the Canaanites, and Me’arah that belongeth to the Zidonians, up to Aphek, up to the border of the Emorites;

lesserot@Joshua:13:5 @ And the land of the Giblites, and all Lebanon, toward the rising of the sun, from Ba’al–gad under mount Chermon up to the entrance of Chamath.

lesserot@Joshua:13:6 @ All the inhabitants of the mountain from Lebanon unto Missrephoth–mayim, all the Zidonians: these will I drive out from before the children of Israel; only divide thou it by lot unto the Israelites for an inheritance, as I have commanded thee.

lesserot@Joshua:13:7 @ And now divide this land for an inheritance unto the nine tribes, and the half tribe of Menasseh.

lesserot@Joshua:13:8 @ With him the Reubenites and the Gadites have received their inheritance, which Moses gave unto them, beyond the Jordan eastward, as Moses the servant of the Lord hath given them;

lesserot@Joshua:13:9 @ From ‘Aro’er, that is upon the bank of the brook Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the brook, and all the plain of Medeba up to Dibon;

lesserot@Joshua:13:10 @ And all the cities of Sichon the king of the Emorites, who reigned over Cheshbon, up to the border of the children of ‘Ammon;

lesserot@Joshua:13:11 @ And Gil’ad, and the territory of the Geshurites and Ma’achathites, and all mount Chermon, and all Bashan up to Salchah;

lesserot@Joshua:13:12 @ All the kingdom of ‘Og in Bashan, who reigned in ‘Ashtaroth and in Edre’i; who had been left of the remnant of the Rephaim; and Moses smote them, and cast them out.

lesserot@Joshua:13:13 @ Nevertheless the children of Israel expelled not the Geshurites and the Ma’achathites; but the Geshurites and the Ma’achathites continued to dwell in the midst of the Israelites until this day.

lesserot@Joshua:13:14 @ Only unto the tribe of Levi he gave no inheritance: the fire–offerings of the Lord, the God of Israel, are their inheritance, as he hath spoken unto them.

lesserot@Joshua:13:15 @ And Moses gave unto the tribe of the children of Reuben according to their families;

lesserot@Joshua:13:16 @ And their territory was from ‘Aro’er, that is on the bank of the brook Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the brook, and all the plain by Medeba;

lesserot@Joshua:13:17 @ Cheshbon, and all its cities that are in the plain; Dibon, and Bamoth–ba’al, and Beth–ba’al–me’on,

lesserot@Joshua:13:18 @ And Yahzah, and Kedemoth, and Mepha’ath,

lesserot@Joshua:13:19 @ And Kiryathayim, and Sibmah, and Zereth–hashachar on the mount of the valley,

lesserot@Joshua:13:20 @ And Beth–pe’or, and the declivities of Pisgah, and Beth–hayeshimoth,

lesserot@Joshua:13:21 @ And all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sichon the king of the Emorites, who reigned in Cheshbon, whom Moses smote with the princes of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Chur, and Reba’, the dukes of Sichon, the dwellers of the country.

lesserot@Joshua:13:22 @ And Bil’am the son of Be’or, the soothsayer, did the children of Israel slay with the sword among their slain.

lesserot@Joshua:13:23 @ And the boundary of the children of Reuben was the Jordan, and its bordering territory. This was the inheritance of the children of Reuben after their families, the cities and their villages.

lesserot@Joshua:13:24 @ And Moses gave unto the tribe of Gad, unto the children of Gad according to their families;

lesserot@Joshua:13:25 @ And their territory was Ya’zer, and all the cities of Gil’ad, and half the land of the children of ‘Ammon, up to ‘Aro’er that is before Rabbah;

lesserot@Joshua:13:26 @ And from Cheshbon unto Ramath–mizpeh, and Betonim; and from Machanayim up to the border of Debir;

lesserot@Joshua:13:27 @ And in the valley, Beth–haram, and Beth–nimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sichon the king of Cheshbon, the Jordan and its bordering territory, up to the edge of the sea of Kinnereth on the other side of the Jordan eastward.

lesserot@Joshua:13:28 @ This is the inheritance of the children of Gad after their families, the cities and their villages.

lesserot@Joshua:13:29 @ And Moses gave unto the half tribe of Menasseh; and it belonged to the half tribe of the children of Menasseh after their families;

lesserot@Joshua:13:30 @ And their territory was from Machanayim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of ‘Og the king of Bashan, and all the villages of Ya’ir, which are in Bashan, sixty cities;

lesserot@Joshua:13:31 @ And half Gil’ad and ‘Ashtaroth, and Edre’i, the cities of the kingdom of ‘Og in Bashan, unto the children of Machir the son of Menasseh, even to the one half of the children of Machir after their families.

lesserot@Joshua:13:32 @ These are they to whom Moses did distribute an inheritance in the plans of Moab, on the other side of the Jordan, by Jericho, eastward.

lesserot@Joshua:13:33 @ But unto the tribe of Levi Moses gave not any inheritance: the Lord the God of Israel is himself their inheritance, as he hath spoken unto them.

lesserot@Joshua:14:1 @ And these are the countries which the children of Israel obtained as an inheritance in the land of Canaan, which Elazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the divisions of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed for an inheritance unto them,

lesserot@Joshua:14:2 @ By the lot as their inheritance: as the Lord had commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes, and the half tribe.

lesserot@Joshua:14:3 @ For Moses had given the inheritance of the two tribes and the half tribe on the other side of the Jordan; but unto the Levites he had given no inheritance among them.

lesserot@Joshua:14:4 @ For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Menasseh and Ephraim; therefore they gave no portion unto the Levites in the land, save cities to dwell in, with their open spaces for their cattle and for their substance.

lesserot@Joshua:14:5 @ As the Lord had commanded Moses, so did the children of Israel, and so divided they the land.

lesserot@Joshua:14:6 @ And the children of Judah came near unto Joshua in Gilgal; and Caleb the son of Yephunneh the Kenizzite said unto him, Thou well knowest the word which the Lord spoke unto Moses the man of God concerning me and thyself in Kadesh–barnea’.

lesserot@Joshua:14:7 @ Forty years old was I when Moses the servant of the Lord sent me from Kadesh–barnea’ to spy out the land; and I brought him word again as it was in my heart.

lesserot@Joshua:14:8 @ But my brethren who had gone up with me caused the heart of the people to be faint; but I wholly followed the Lord my God.

lesserot@Joshua:14:9 @ And Moses swore on that day, saying, Surely the land whereon thy foot hath trodden shall belong to thee for an inheritance, and to thy children for ever; because thou hast wholly followed the Lord my God.

lesserot@Joshua:14:10 @ And now, behold, the Lord hath kept me alive, as he hath spoken: it is now forty and five years since the Lord spoke this word unto Moses, while Israel wandered in the wilderness; and now, behold, I am this day eighty and five years old.

lesserot@Joshua:14:11 @ I am yet this day as strong as I was on the day that Moses sent me: as my strength was then, even so is my strength now, for war, and to go out, and to come in.

lesserot@Joshua:14:12 @ Now therefore give me this mountain, whereof the Lord spoke on that day; for thou didst hear on that day that the ‘Anakim were there, and great fortified cities: perhaps the Lord will be with me, and I shall drive them out, as the Lord hath spoken.

lesserot@Joshua:14:13 @ And Joshua blessed him, and gave Hebron unto Caleb the son of Yephunneh for an inheritance.

lesserot@Joshua:14:14 @ Therefore did Hebron become the inheritance of Caleb the son of Yephunneh the Kenizzite unto this day; for the cause that he had wholly followed the Lord the God of Israel.

lesserot@Joshua:14:15 @ And the name of Hebron was aforetimes Kiryatharba’, who was the greatest man among the ‘Anakim. And the land had rest from war.

lesserot@Joshua:15:1 @ And the lot for the tribe of the children of Judah after their families came by the border of Edom, with the wilderness of Zin, southward, as the uttermost southern boundary.

lesserot@Joshua:15:2 @ And their southern boundary was from the end of the salt sea, from the bay that bendeth southward:

lesserot@Joshua:15:3 @ And it went out to the south of the heights of ‘Akrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and ascended up on the south side unto Kadesh–barnea, and passed along to Chezron, and went up to Adar, and fetched a compass to Karka’;

lesserot@Joshua:15:4 @ And it passed on toward ‘Azmon, and went out unto the river of Egypt; and the terminations of the boundary were at the sea: this shall be your southern boundary.

lesserot@Joshua:15:5 @ And the east boundary was the salt sea, unto the end of the Jordan. And the boundary in the north quarter was from the bay of the sea at the end of the Jordan;

lesserot@Joshua:15:6 @ And the boundary went up to Beth–choglah, and passed along by the north of Beth’arabah; and the boundary went up to Ebenbohan the son of Reuben;

lesserot@Joshua:15:7 @ And the boundary went up toward Debir from the Valley of ‘Achor, and at the north it bent toward Gilgal, that is opposite the heights of Adummim, which is on the south side of the valley; and the boundary passed toward the waters of ‘En–shemesh, and its terminations were at En–rogel;

lesserot@Joshua:15:8 @ And the boundary went up to the valley of the son of Hinnom unto the south side of the Jebusite, the same is Jerusalem; and the boundary went up to the top of the mount that lieth before the valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the end of the valley of Rephaim northward;

lesserot@Joshua:15:9 @ And the boundary extended from the top of the mount unto the spring of the waters of Nephtoach, and went out to the cities of mount ‘Ephron; and the boundary extended to Ba’alah, which is Kiryath–ye’arim;

lesserot@Joshua:15:10 @ And the boundary compassed from Ba’alah westward unto mount Seir, and passed along unto the side of mount Ye’arim, which is Kessalon, on the north side, and went down to Beth–shemesh, and passed on to Timnah;

lesserot@Joshua:15:11 @ And the boundary went out unto the side of ‘Ekron northward; and the boundary extended to Shikron, and passed along to the mount of Ba’alah, and went out unto Yabneel; and the terminations of the boundary were at the sea.

lesserot@Joshua:15:12 @ And the west boundary was by the great sea, and the coast thereof. This is the boundary of the children of Judah round about according to their families.

lesserot@Joshua:15:13 @ And unto Caleb the son of Yephunneh he gave as a portion among the children of Judah, according to the order of the Lord to Joshua, Kiryath–arba’ the father of ‘Anak, which is Hebron.

lesserot@Joshua:15:14 @ And Caleb drove out from there the three sons of ‘Anak, Sheshai, and Achiman, and Talmai, the children of ‘Anak.

lesserot@Joshua:15:15 @ And he went up from there to the inhabitants of Debir; and the name of Debir before was Kiryath–sepher.

lesserot@Joshua:15:16 @ And Caleb said, He that will smite Kiryath–sepher, and capture it, to him will I give ‘Achsah my daughter for wife.

lesserot@Joshua:15:17 @ And ‘Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, captured it; and he gave him ‘Achsah his daughter for wife.

lesserot@Joshua:15:18 @ And it came to pass, as she came thither, that she persuaded him to ask of her father a field: and she alighted from her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What aileth thee?

lesserot@Joshua:15:19 @ And she said, Give me a blessing; for a dry land hast thou given me: give me then also springs of water. And he gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.

lesserot@Joshua:15:20 @ This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families.

lesserot@Joshua:15:21 @ And the cities of the boundary line of the tribe of the children of Judah toward the border of Edom, on the south, were Kabzeel, and ‘Eder, and Yagur,

lesserot@Joshua:15:22 @ And Kinah, and Dimonah, and ‘Ad’adah,

lesserot@Joshua:15:23 @ And Kedesh, and Chazor, and Yithnan,

lesserot@Joshua:15:24 @ Ziph, and Telem, and Be’aloth,

lesserot@Joshua:15:25 @ And Chazor–chadattah, and Keriyoth–chezron, which is Chazor,

lesserot@Joshua:15:26 @ Amam, and Shema’, and Moladah,

lesserot@Joshua:15:27 @ And Chazar–gaddah, and Cheshmon, and Beth–palet,

lesserot@Joshua:15:28 @ And Chazar–shual, and Beer–sheba, and Bizyotheyah,

lesserot@Joshua:15:29 @ Ba’alah, and ‘Iyim, and ‘Azem,

lesserot@Joshua:15:30 @ And Eltolad, and Kessil, and Chormah,

lesserot@Joshua:15:31 @ And Ziklag, and Madmannah, and Sansannah,

lesserot@Joshua:15:32 @ And Lebaoth, and Shilchim, and ‘Ayin, and Rimmon: in all twenty and nine cities, with their villages.

lesserot@Joshua:15:33 @ And in the lowlands, Eshtaol, and Zor’ah, and Ashnah.

lesserot@Joshua:15:34 @ And Zanoach, and ‘En–gannim, Tappuach, and ‘Enam,

lesserot@Joshua:15:35 @ Yarmuth, and ‘Adullam, Sochoh, and ‘Azekah,

lesserot@Joshua:15:36 @ And Sha’arayim, and ‘Adithayim, and Gederah, and Gede–rothayim: fourteen cities with their villages.

lesserot@Joshua:15:37 @ Zenan, and Chadashah, and Migdalgad,

lesserot@Joshua:15:38 @ And Dil’an, and Mizpeh, and Yoktheel,

lesserot@Joshua:15:39 @ Lachish, and Bozkath, and ‘Eglon,

lesserot@Joshua:15:40 @ And Cabbon, and Lachmass, and Kithlish,

lesserot@Joshua:15:41 @ And Gederoth, Beth–dagon, and Na’amah, and Makkedah: sixteen cities with their villages.

lesserot@Joshua:15:42 @ Libnah, and ‘Ether, and ‘Ashan,

lesserot@Joshua:15:43 @ And Yiphtach, and Ashnah, and Nezib,

lesserot@Joshua:15:44 @ And Ke’ilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah: nine cities with their villages.

lesserot@Joshua:15:45 @ ‘Ekron, with its towns and its villages:

lesserot@Joshua:15:46 @ From ‘Ekron even unto the sea, all that lay alongside of Ashdod, with their villages.

lesserot@Joshua:15:47 @ Ashdod with its towns and its villages, Gazzah, with its towns and its villages, up to the brook of Egypt, and the great sea, and its territory.

lesserot@Joshua:15:48 @ And in the mountains, Shamir, and Yattir, and Sochoh,

lesserot@Joshua:15:49 @ And Dannah and Kiryath–sannah, which is Debir,

lesserot@Joshua:15:50 @ And ‘Anab, and Eshtemoh, and ‘Anim.

lesserot@Joshua:15:51 @ And Goshen, and Cholon, and Giloh: eleven cities with their villages.

lesserot@Joshua:15:52 @ Arab, and Dumah, and Esh’an,

lesserot@Joshua:15:53 @ And Vanum, and Beth–tappuach, and Aphekah,

lesserot@Joshua:15:54 @ And Chumtah, and Kiryath–arba’, which is Hebron, and Zi’or: nine cities with their villages.

lesserot@Joshua:15:55 @ Ma’on, Carmel, and Ziph, and Yutah,

lesserot@Joshua:15:56 @ And Yizre’el, and Yokde’am, and Zanoach,

lesserot@Joshua:15:57 @ Kayin, Gib’ah, and Timnah: ten cities with their villages.

lesserot@Joshua:15:58 @ Chatchul, Beth–zur, and Gedor,

lesserot@Joshua:15:59 @ And Ma’arath, and Beth–’anoth, and Eltekon: six cities with their village.

lesserot@Joshua:15:60 @ Kiryath–baal, which is Kiryath–ye’arim, and Rabbah; two cities with their villages.

lesserot@Joshua:15:61 @ In the wilderness, Beth–ha’arabah, Middin, and Sechachah,

lesserot@Joshua:15:62 @ And Nibshan, and ‘Ir–hammelach, and ‘En–gedi: six cities with their villages.

lesserot@Joshua:15:63 @ As for the Jebusites the inhabitants of Jerusalem, these the children of Judah could not drive out; but the Jebusites dwelt with the children of Judah at Jerusalem, even unto this day.

lesserot@Joshua:16:1 @ And the lot of the children of Joseph fell from the Jordan by Jericho, unto the waters of Jericho on the east, to the wilderness that goeth up from Jericho by the mount Beth–el,

lesserot@Joshua:16:2 @ And went out from Beth–el to Luz, and passed along unto the boundary of the Arkites to ‘Ataroth,

lesserot@Joshua:16:3 @ And went down westward to the boundary of the Yaphleti, unto the border of Beth–choron the lower, and to Gezer; and its terminations were toward the sea.

lesserot@Joshua:16:4 @ This did the children of Joseph, Menasseh and Ephraim, take as their inheritance.

lesserot@Joshua:16:5 @ And was the boundary of the children of Ephraim according to their families; and the boundary of their inheritance on the east side was ‘Atroth–addar, up to Beth–choron the upper;

lesserot@Joshua:16:6 @ And the boundary went out toward the sea to Michmethath on the north; and the boundary fetched a compass eastward unto Taanathshiloh, and passed by it on the east to Yanochah;

lesserot@Joshua:16:7 @ And it went down from Yanochah to ‘Ataroth, and to Na’arath, and touched on Jericho, and went out at the Jordan.

lesserot@Joshua:16:8 @ From Tappuach westward the border went out unto the brook Kanah; and its terminations were toward the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim after their families;

lesserot@Joshua:16:9 @ And the cities which were separated for the children of Ephraim in the midst of the inheritance of the children of Menasseh, all the cities with their villages.

lesserot@Joshua:16:10 @ And they drove not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt among the Ephraimites until this day, and became tributary servants.

lesserot@Joshua:17:1 @ And then came the lot for the tribe of Menasseh; for he was the first–born of Joseph: to wit, for Machir the first–born of Menasseh, the father of Gil’ad; because he was a man of war, therefore he obtained Gil’ad and Bashan.

lesserot@Joshua:17:2 @ There was also a lot for the rest of the children of Menasseh after their families; for the children of Abi’ezer, and for the children of Chelek, and for the children of Assriel, and for the children of Shechem, and for the children of Chepher, and for the children of Shemida’: these were the male children of Menasseh the son of Joseph after their families.

lesserot@Joshua:17:3 @ But Zelophchad, the son of Chepher, the son of Gil’ad, the son of Machir, the son of Menasseh, had no sons, but only daughters, and these are the names of his daughters, Machlah, and No’ah, Choglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

lesserot@Joshua:17:4 @ And they came near before Elazar the priest, and before Joshua the son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, The Lord commanded Moses to give unto us an inheritance among our brethren. And he gave them, according to the order of the Lord, an inheritance among the brethren of their father.

lesserot@Joshua:17:5 @ And there fell ten portions of Menasseh, beside the lands of Gil’ad and Bashan, which were on the other side of the Jordan;

lesserot@Joshua:17:6 @ Because the daughters of Menasseh obtained an inheritance among his sons: and the land of Gil’ad belonged to the rest of the sons of Manasseh.

lesserot@Joshua:17:7 @ And the boundary of Menasseh was from Asher to Michmethath, that lieth before Shechem; and the boundary went along on the right hand unto the inhabitants of ‘En–tappuach.

lesserot@Joshua:17:8 @ To Menasseh belonged the land of Tappuach; but Tappuach on the borders of Menasseh belonged to the children of Ephraim;

lesserot@Joshua:17:9 @ And the boundary descended unto the brook Kanah, southward of the brook; these cities belonging to Ephraim are in the midst of the cities of Menasseh; and the boundary of Menasseh was on the north side of the river, and its terminations were toward the sea:

lesserot@Joshua:17:10 @ Southward it was Ephraim’s, and northward it was Menasseh’s, and the sea was his boundary; and on Asher they touched on the north, and on Issachar on the east.

lesserot@Joshua:17:11 @ And to Menasseh belonged in Issachar and in Asher Beth–shean and its towns, and Yible’am and its towns, together with the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of ‘En–dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of Ta’anach and its towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns, namely the three districts.

lesserot@Joshua:17:12 @ Yet the children of Menasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of these cities; but the Canaanites succeeded to dwell in this land;

lesserot@Joshua:17:13 @ Yet it came to pass, when the children of Israel were become strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute; but they did not drive them out.

lesserot@Joshua:17:14 @ And the children of Joseph spoke unto Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given me but one lot and one portion as an inheritance, seeing I am a numerous people, to which extent the Lord hath hitherto blessed me?

lesserot@Joshua:17:15 @ And Joshua said unto them, If thou art a numerous people, then get thee up to the wood country, and cut down for thyself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the Rephaim, if the mountain of Ephraim be too narrow for thee.

lesserot@Joshua:17:16 @ And the children of Joseph said, The mountain will not be enough for us; and chariots of iron are belonging to all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley, to those who are at Beth–shean and its towns, and to those who are in the valley of Yizre’el.

lesserot@Joshua:17:17 @ And Joshua said unto the house of Joseph, to Ephraim and to Menasseh, as followeth, Thou art a numerous people, and hast great power; thou shalt not have one lot only;

lesserot@Joshua:17:18 @ But the mountain shall be thine; it is indeed a wood, yet thou canst cut it down; and the terminations of it shall be thine; for thou shalt drive out the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots, though they be strong.

lesserot@Joshua:18:1 @ And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up there the tabernacle of the congregation. And the land was subdued before them.

lesserot@Joshua:18:2 @ And there remained among the children of Israel, that had not yet received their inheritance, seven tribes.

lesserot@Joshua:18:3 @ And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How long will ye show yourselves slack to go to take possession of the land, which the Lord the God of your fathers hath given to you!

lesserot@Joshua:18:4 @ Furnish for yourselves three men for each tribe; and I will send them out, and they shall arise, and walk through the land, and describe it according to their inheritance, and come again to me.

lesserot@Joshua:18:5 @ And they shall divide it into seven parts: Judah shall remain on his boundary at the south, and the house of Joseph shall remain on their boundary at the north.

lesserot@Joshua:18:6 @ But you shall make a description of the land in seven parts, and bring it hither to me; and I will cast the lot for you here, before the Lord our God.

lesserot@Joshua:18:7 @ For to the Levites there is no portion among you; for the priesthood of the Lord is their inheritance; and Gad, and Reuben, and half the tribe of Menasseh have already received their inheritance beyond the Jordan, at the east, which Moses the servant of the Lord gave to them.

lesserot@Joshua:18:8 @ And the men arose, and went away; and Joshua charged those that went to describe the land, saying, Go and walk through the land, and describe it, and return again to me; and here will I cast the lot for you before the Lord, in Shiloh.

lesserot@Joshua:18:9 @ And the men went and passed through the land, and described it according to the cities in seven parts in a book; and they came again to Joshua to the camp at Shiloh.

lesserot@Joshua:18:10 @ And Joshua cast the lot for them in Shiloh before the Lord; and Joshua divided there the land unto the children of Israel according to their divisions.

lesserot@Joshua:18:11 @ And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families; and the boundary of their lot came forth between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph.

lesserot@Joshua:18:12 @ And their boundary was on the north side from the Jordan; and the boundary went up to the side of Jericho on the north, and went up through the mountains westward; and its terminations were at the wilderness of Beth–aven.

lesserot@Joshua:18:13 @ And the boundary went over from there toward Luz, to the south side of Luz, which is Beth–el; and the boundary descended to ‘Atroth–addar, upon the mount that is on the south side of the lower Beth–choron.

lesserot@Joshua:18:14 @ And the border extended, and fetched a compass to the west side, to the south of the mount that is before Beth–choron at the south; and its terminations were at Kiryath–ba’al, which is Kiryath–ye’arim, a city of the children of Judah: this was the west side.

lesserot@Joshua:18:15 @ And the south side commenced from the end of Kiryath–ye’arim, and the boundary went out on the west, and went out to the spring of the waters of Nephtoach:

lesserot@Joshua:18:16 @ And the boundary went down to the end of the mountain that is before the valley of the son of Hinnom, and which is in the valley of Rephaim at the north, and descended to the valley of Hinnom, to the side of the Jebusi on the south, and descended to ‘Enrogel,

lesserot@Joshua:18:17 @ And extended northwardly, and went forth to ‘En–shemesh, and went forth toward Geliloth, which is opposite to the ascent of Adummim, and descended to Eben–bohan the son of Reuben,

lesserot@Joshua:18:18 @ And passed along on this side opposite to ‘Arabah northward; and went down unto ‘Arabah;

lesserot@Joshua:18:19 @ And the boundary passed along to the side of Beth–choglah northward; and the terminations of the border were at the north bay of the Salt Sea at the south end of the Jordan: this was the south boundary.

lesserot@Joshua:18:20 @ And the Jordan bounded it on the east side. This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin, by its boundaries round about, according to their families.

lesserot@Joshua:18:21 @ Now these were the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to their families, Jericho, and Beth–choglah, and ‘Emekkeziz,

lesserot@Joshua:18:22 @ And Beth–ha’arabah, and Zemarayim, and Beth–el,

lesserot@Joshua:18:23 @ And Avvim, and Parah, and ‘Ophrah,

lesserot@Joshua:18:24 @ And Kephar–ha’ammonah, and ‘Ophni, and Geba’: twelve cities with their villages.

lesserot@Joshua:18:25 @ Gib’on, and Ramah, and Beeroth,

lesserot@Joshua:18:26 @ And Mizpeh, and Kephirah, and Mozah,

lesserot@Joshua:18:27 @ And Rekem, and Yirpeel, and Taralah,

lesserot@Joshua:18:28 @ And Zela’, Eleph, and Jebusi, which is Jerusalem, Gib’ath, and Kiryath: fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.

lesserot@Joshua:19:1 @ And then came forth the second lot for Simeon, for the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families; and their inheritance was within the inheritance of the children of Judah.

lesserot@Joshua:19:2 @ And they obtained in their inheritance Beer–sheba’, Sheba’, and Moladah,

lesserot@Joshua:19:3 @ And Chazar–shu’al, and Balah, and ‘Ezem,

lesserot@Joshua:19:4 @ And Eltolad, and Bethul, and Chormah,

lesserot@Joshua:19:5 @ And Ziklag, and Beth–hamarcaboth, and Chazar–sussah,

lesserot@Joshua:19:6 @ And Beth–lebaoth, and Sharuchen: thirteen cities and their villages.

lesserot@Joshua:19:7 @ ‘Ayin, Rimmon, and ‘Ether, and ‘Ashan; four cities and their villages.

lesserot@Joshua:19:8 @ And all the villages that were round about these cities up to Ba’alath–beer, South Ramah. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families.

lesserot@Joshua:19:9 @ Out of the portion of the children of Judah was the inheritance of the children of Simeon; for the portion of the children of Judah was too much for them; therefore the children of Simeon obtained their inheritance within their inheritance.

lesserot@Joshua:19:10 @ And then came up the third lot for the children of Zebulun according to their families; and the boundary of their inheritance extended up to Sarid;

lesserot@Joshua:19:11 @ And their boundary went up toward the sea, and Mar’alah, and touched on Dabbesheth, and touched on the brook that is before Yokne’am;

lesserot@Joshua:19:12 @ And turned from Sarid eastward toward the rising of the sun unto the border of Kisloth–tabor, and then went out to Daberath, and went up to Yaphia’;

lesserot@Joshua:19:13 @ And from there it passed on in front to the east unto Gath–Chepher, to ‘Eth–kazin, and went out to Rimmon, whence it extended to Ne’ah;

lesserot@Joshua:19:14 @ And this boundary turned about on the north side to Channathon; and its terminations were in the valley of Yiph–thach–el;

lesserot@Joshua:19:15 @ And Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and Yidalah, and Beth–lechem: twelve cities with their villages.

lesserot@Joshua:19:16 @ This is the inheritance of the children of Zebulun according to their families, these cities with their villages.

lesserot@Joshua:19:17 @ For Issachar came out the fourth lot, for the children of Issachar according to their families.

lesserot@Joshua:19:18 @ And their boundary went to Yizre’el, and Kessulloth, and Shunem,

lesserot@Joshua:19:19 @ And Chapharayim, and Shion, and Anacharath,

lesserot@Joshua:19:20 @ And Rabbith, and Kishyon, and Abez,

lesserot@Joshua:19:21 @ And Remeth, and ‘En–gannim, and ‘En–chaddah, and Beth–pazazz;

lesserot@Joshua:19:22 @ And the boundary touched on Tabor, and Shachazimah, and Beth–shemesh; and the terminations of their boundaries were at the Jordan: sixteen cities with their villages.

lesserot@Joshua:19:23 @ This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Issachar according to their families, the cities and their villages.

lesserot@Joshua:19:24 @ And then came out the fifth lot for the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families.

lesserot@Joshua:19:25 @ And their boundary was Chelkath, and Chali, and Beten, and Achshaph,

lesserot@Joshua:19:26 @ And Allammelech, and ‘Am’ad, and Mishal; and it touched on Carmel at the sea, and on Shichor–libnath;

lesserot@Joshua:19:27 @ And it turned toward the rising of the sun to Beth–dagon, and touched on Zebulun, and on the valley of Yiphthach–el at the north, on Beth–ha’emek, and Ne’iel, and went out to Cabul on the left,

lesserot@Joshua:19:28 @ And ‘Ebron, and Rechob, and Chammon, and Kanah, up to Zidon the great city,

lesserot@Joshua:19:29 @ And then the boundary turned back to Ramah, and to the city of Mibzar–zor; and then the boundary turned back to Chossah; and the terminations were by the sea in the district toward Achzib;

lesserot@Joshua:19:30 @ And ‘Ummah and Aphek, and Rechob: twenty and two cities with their villages.

lesserot@Joshua:19:31 @ This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families, these cities with their villages.

lesserot@Joshua:19:32 @ Unto the children of Naphtali came out the sixth lot, for the children of Naphtali according to their families.

lesserot@Joshua:19:33 @ And their boundary was from Cheleph, from Allon–beza–’anannim, and Adami–hanekeb, and Yabneel, as far as Lakkum; and its terminations were at the Jordan;

lesserot@Joshua:19:34 @ And then the boundary turned westward to Aznoth–tabor, and went out from there to Chukkok, and touched on Zebulun on the south, and touched on Asher on the west, and on Judah upon the Jordan toward the rising of the sun.

lesserot@Joshua:19:35 @ And fortified cities, Ziddim, Zer, and Chammath, Rakkath, and Kinnereth,

lesserot@Joshua:19:36 @ And Adamah, and Ramah, and Chazor,

lesserot@Joshua:19:37 @ And Kedesh, and Edre’i, and ‘En–chazor,

lesserot@Joshua:19:38 @ And Yiron, and Migdal–el, Chorem, and Beth–’anath, and Beth–shemesh: nineteen cities with their villages.

lesserot@Joshua:19:39 @ This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali according to their families, the cities and their villages.

lesserot@Joshua:19:40 @ For the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families came out of the seventh lot.

lesserot@Joshua:19:41 @ And the boundary of their inheritance was Zor’ah, and Eshtaol, and ‘Ir–shemesh,

lesserot@Joshua:19:42 @ And Sha’alabbin, and Ayalon, and Yithlah,

lesserot@Joshua:19:43 @ And Elon, and Thimnathah, and ‘Ekron,

lesserot@Joshua:19:44 @ And Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, and Ba’alath,

lesserot@Joshua:19:45 @ And Yehud, and Bene–berak, and Gathrimmon.

lesserot@Joshua:19:46 @ And Me–hayarkon, and Rakkon, with the boundary before Yapho.

lesserot@Joshua:19:47 @ And the territory of the children of Dan went out beyond these; for the children of Dan went up and fought against Leshem, and captured it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and took possession of it, and dwelt therein, and they called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father.

lesserot@Joshua:19:48 @ This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families, these cities with their villages.

lesserot@Joshua:19:49 @ And they made an end of dividing the land for inheritance after its boundaries; and the children of Israel gave an inheritance to Joshua the son of Nun among them;

lesserot@Joshua:19:50 @ By the order of the Lord did they give him the city which he had asked, Timnathserach on the mountain of Ephraim: and he built the city, and dwelt therein.

lesserot@Joshua:19:51 @ These are the inheritances, which Elazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the divisions of the tribes of the children of Israel, divided for an inheritance by lot, at Shiloh before the Lord, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. So they made an end of dividing the country.

lesserot@Joshua:20:1 @ And the Lord spoke unto Joshua, saying,

lesserot@Joshua:20:2 @ speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint for yourselves the cities of refuge, whereof I have spoken unto you by the hand of Moses;

lesserot@Joshua:20:3 @ That thither may flee the manslayer that killeth any person unawares, without knowledge; and they shall be unto you for a refuge from the avenger of the blood.

lesserot@Joshua:20:4 @ And he shall flee unto one of those cities, and he shall stand at the entrance of the gate of the city, and speak in the ears of the elders of that city his words; and they shall take him into the city unto them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them.

lesserot@Joshua:20:5 @ And if the avenger of the blood should pursue after him, then shall they not deliver the manslayer up into his hand; because without knowledge did he smite his neighbor, and he was not an enemy to him in time past.

lesserot@Joshua:20:6 @ And he shall dwell in that city, until he shall have stood before the congregation for judgment, until the death of the high–priest that may be in those days: then shall the manslayer return, and come unto his own house, unto the city whence he hath fled.

lesserot@Joshua:20:7 @ And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in the mountain of Naphtali, and Shechem in the mountain of Ephraim, and Kiryath–arba’, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah.

lesserot@Joshua:20:8 @ And on the other side of the Jordan by Jericho eastward, they appointed Bezer in the wilderness in the plain from the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gil’ad from the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan from the tribe of Menasseh.

lesserot@Joshua:20:9 @ These were the cities assigned for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them, that thither might flee whosoever killeth any person at unawares, and that he should not die by the hand of the avenger of the blood, until he have stood before the congregation.

lesserot@Joshua:21:1 @ Then came near the heads of the divisions of the Levites unto Elazar the priest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun, and unto the heads of the divisions of the tribes of the children of Israel;

lesserot@Joshua:21:2 @ And they spoke unto them at Shiloh, in the land of Canaan, saying, The Lord commanded by the hand of Moses to give unto us cities to dwell in, with the open spaces thereof for our cattle.

lesserot@Joshua:21:3 @ And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites from their inheritance, at the order of the Lord, these cities and their open spaces.

lesserot@Joshua:21:4 @ And the lot came out for the families of the Kehathites: and the children of Aaron the priest, who were of the Levites, obtained from the tribe of Judah, and from the tribe of Simeon, and from the tribe of Benjamin, by lot, thirteen cities.

lesserot@Joshua:21:5 @ And the rest of the children of Kehath obtained from the families of the tribe of Ephraim, and from the tribe of Dan, and from the half tribe of Menasseh, by lot, ten cities.

lesserot@Joshua:21:6 @ And the children of Gershon obtained from the families of the tribe of Issachar, and from the tribe of Asher, and from the tribe of Naphtali, and from the half tribe of Menasseh in Bashan, by lot, thirteen cities.

lesserot@Joshua:21:7 @ The children of Merari after their families obtained from the tribe of Reuben, and from the tribe of Gad, and from the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.

lesserot@Joshua:21:8 @ And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites these cities with their open spaces, as the Lord had commanded by the hand of Moses, by lot.

lesserot@Joshua:21:9 @ And they gave from the tribe of the children of Judah, and from the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which are called by name.

lesserot@Joshua:21:10 @ And the children of Aaron, of the families of the Kehathites, of the children of Levi, obtained them; ––for they had the first lot.

lesserot@Joshua:21:11 @ And they gave unto them Kiryath–arba’, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah, with the open spaces thereof round about it;

lesserot@Joshua:21:12 @ But the fields of the city, and its villages, they gave to Caleb the son of Yephunneh for his possession.

lesserot@Joshua:21:13 @ And to the children of Aaron the priest they gave the city of refuge for the manslayer, Hebron with its open spaces, and Libnah with its open spaces,

lesserot@Joshua:21:14 @ And Yattir with its open spaces, and Eshtemoa’ with its open spaces.

lesserot@Joshua:21:15 @ And Cholon with its open spaces, and Debir with its open spaces,

lesserot@Joshua:21:16 @ And ‘Ayin with its open spaces, and Yuttah with its open spaces, and Beth–shemesh with its open spaces: nine cities from those two tribes.

lesserot@Joshua:21:17 @ And from the tribe of Benjamin, Gib’on with its open spaces, Geba’ with its open spaces,

lesserot@Joshua:21:18 @ ‘Anathoth with its open spaces, and ‘Almon with its open spaces: four cities.

lesserot@Joshua:21:19 @ All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their open spaces.

lesserot@Joshua:21:20 @ And the families of the children of Kehath, the Levites, who remained of the children of Kehath, obtained the cities of their lot from the tribe of Ephraim.

lesserot@Joshua:21:21 @ And they gave to them the city of refuge for the manslayer, Shechem with its open spaces in the mountain of Ephraim, and Gezer with its open spaces,

lesserot@Joshua:21:22 @ And Kibzayim with its open spaces, and Beth–choron with its open spaces: four cities.

lesserot@Joshua:21:23 @ And from the tribe of Dan, Elteke with its open spaces, Gibbethon with its open spaces,

lesserot@Joshua:21:24 @ Ayalon with its open spaces, Gath–rimmon with its open spaces: four cities.

lesserot@Joshua:21:25 @ And from the half tribe of Menasseh, Ta’nach with its open spaces, and Gath–rimmon with its open spaces: two cities.

lesserot@Joshua:21:26 @ All the cities were ten with their open spaces for the families of the children of Kehath that remained.

lesserot@Joshua:21:27 @ And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, from the other half tribe of Menasseh the city of refuge for the manslayer, Golan in Bashan with its open spaces, and Be’eshterah with its open spaces: two cities.

lesserot@Joshua:21:28 @ And from the tribe of Issachar, Kishyon with its open spaces, Daberath with its open spaces,

lesserot@Joshua:21:29 @ Yarmuth with its open spaces, ‘En–gannim with its open spaces: four cities.

lesserot@Joshua:21:30 @ And from the tribe of Asher, Mishal with its open spaces, Abdon with its open spaces.

lesserot@Joshua:21:31 @ Chelkath with its open spaces, and Rechob with its open spaces: four cities.

lesserot@Joshua:21:32 @ And from the tribe of Naphtali, the city of refuge for the manslayer, Kedesh in Galilee with its open spaces, and Chammothdor with its open spaces, and Karthan with its open spaces: three cities.

lesserot@Joshua:21:33 @ All the cities of the Gershunites according to their families were thirteen cities with their open spaces.

lesserot@Joshua:21:34 @ And unto the families of the children of Merari, the remainder of the Levites, from the tribe of Zebulun, Yokne’am with its open spaces, and Karthah with its open spaces,

lesserot@Joshua:21:35 @ Dimnah with its open spaces, Nahalal with its open spaces: four cities.

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lesserot@Joshua:22:1 @ Then did Joshua call the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Menasseh,

lesserot@Joshua:22:2 @ And he said unto them, Ye have indeed kept all that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you, and ye have obeyed my voice in all that I commanded you:

lesserot@Joshua:22:3 @ Ye have not forsaken your brethren these many days, until this day; but ye have kept the obligation of the commandment of the Lord your God.

lesserot@Joshua:22:4 @ And now the Lord your God hath given rest unto your brethren, as he promised them; therefore now turn yourselves, and get you unto your tents, unto the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of the Lord gave unto you on the other side of the Jordan.

lesserot@Joshua:22:5 @ Only take diligent heed to practise the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of the Lord hath commanded you, to love the Lord your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.

lesserot@Joshua:22:6 @ And Joshua blessed them, and sent them away; and they went unto their tents.

lesserot@Joshua:22:7 @ Now to the one half of the tribe of Menasseh Moses had given possession in Bashan; but unto the other half thereof gave Joshua with their brethren on this side of the Jordan westward; and when Joshua sent them also away unto their tents, he blessed them;

lesserot@Joshua:22:8 @ And he said unto them, as followeth, With much riches return unto your tents, and with very much cattle, with silver, and with gold, and with copper, and with iron, and with very many garments: divide the spoil of your enemies with your brethren.

lesserot@Joshua:22:9 @ And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Menasseh returned, and departed from the children of Israel from Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go unto the country of Gil’ad, to the land of their possession, whereof they were possessed, according to the order of the Lord by the hand of Moses.

lesserot@Joshua:22:10 @ And when they came unto the districts of the Jordan, that are in the land of Canaan, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Menasseh built there an altar by the Jordan, a great altar for a show.

lesserot@Joshua:22:11 @ And the children of Israel heard, as followeth, Behold, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Menasseh have built an altar in the front of the land of Canaan, in the districts of the Jordan, at the side belonging to the children of Israel.

lesserot@Joshua:22:12 @ And when the children of Israel heard it, the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled themselves together at Shiloh, to go up against them to war.

lesserot@Joshua:22:13 @ And the children of Israel sent unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and the half tribe of Menasseh, into the land of Gil’ad, Phinehas the son of Elazar the priest.

lesserot@Joshua:22:14 @ And ten princes with him, one prince each for every division of all the tribes of Israel; and each one was a head of their family divisions among the thousands of Israel.

lesserot@Joshua:22:15 @ And they came unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half tribe of Menasseh, unto the land of Gil’ad, and they spoke with them, saying:

lesserot@Joshua:22:16 @ Thus have said the whole congregation of the Lord, What trespass is this that ye have committed against the God of Israel to turn away this day from following the Lord, in that ye have built yourselves an altar, that ye might rebel this day against the Lord?

lesserot@Joshua:22:17 @ Have we had too little in the iniquity of Peor,––from which we are not yet cleansed until this day,––when there was a plague in the congregation of the Lord?

lesserot@Joshua:22:18 @ And will ye turn away this day from following the Lord? and it will be, that when ye will rebel this day against the Lord, tomorrow he will be wroth with the whole congregation of Israel.

lesserot@Joshua:22:19 @ But not with standing, if the land of your possession be unclean, then pass ye over unto the land of the possession of the Lord, wherein dwelleth the tabernacle of the Lord, and take possession in the midst of us; but rebel not against the Lord and against us do not rebel, in building yourselves an altar beside the altar of the Lord our God.

lesserot@Joshua:22:20 @ Did not ‘Achan the son of Zerach commit a trespass on the devoted things, and wrath fell on all the congregation of Israel? and he, though but one man, perished not alone in his iniquity.

lesserot@Joshua:22:21 @ But the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Menasseh answered, and they spoke unto the heads of the thousands of Israel,

lesserot@Joshua:22:22 @ The God of gods, the Eternal, the God of gods, the Eternal, he knoweth, and Israel also shall know: if it be in rebellion, or if in transgression against the Lord,

lesserot@Joshua:22:23 @ That we have built us an altar to turn away from following the Lord; or if to offer thereon burnt–offering or meat–offering, or if to offer thereon peace–offerings, may the Lord himself require it;

lesserot@Joshua:22:24 @ Or whether we have not done it for fear of this thing, saying, In time to come your children might say unto our children, as followeth, What have ye to do with the Lord, the God of Israel?

lesserot@Joshua:22:25 @ For the Lord hath made a boundary between us and you, ye children of Reuben and children of Gad,––the Jordan; ye have no part in the Lord: thus might your children make our children cease so as not to fear the Lord.

lesserot@Joshua:22:26 @ Wherefore we said, Let us now act for ourselves to build this altar, not for burnt–offering, nor for sacrifice;

lesserot@Joshua:22:27 @ But it shall be a witness between us, and you, and our generations after us, that we may perform the service of the Lord before him with our burnt–offerings, and with our sacrifices, and with our, peace–offerings; and that your children may not say in time to come to our children, Ye have no portion in the Lord.

lesserot@Joshua:22:28 @ And we said, that it shall be when they should say this to us and to our generations in time to come, that we may say, Behold the pattern of the altar of the Lord, which our fathers made, not for burnt–offering, nor for sacrifice; but it is a witness between us and you.

lesserot@Joshua:22:29 @ Far be it from us that we should rebel against the Lord, and turn away this day from following the Lord, to build an altar for burnt–offering, for meat–offering, or for sacrifice, beside the altar of the Lord our God that is before his dwelling.

lesserot@Joshua:22:30 @ And when Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the congregation and the heads of the thousands of Israel who were with him, heard the words which the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the children of Menasseh had spoken, it was pleasing in their eyes.

lesserot@Joshua:22:31 @ And Phinehas the son of Elazar the priest said unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the children of Menasseh, This day do we know that the Lord is in our midst, because ye have not committed this trespass against the Lord: now have ye delivered the children of Israel out of the hand of the Lord.

lesserot@Joshua:22:32 @ And Phinehas the son of Elazar the priest, and the princes, returned from the children of Reuben, and from the children of Gad, out of the land of Gil’ad, unto the land of Canaan, to the children of Israel, and they brought them word again.

lesserot@Joshua:22:33 @ And the thing was pleasing in the eyes of the children of Israel; and the children of Israel blessed God; and they did not speak any more to go up against them to battle, to destroy the land wherein the children of Reuben and Gad dwelt.

lesserot@Joshua:22:34 @ And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad called the altar; for it is a witness between us that the Eternal is God.

lesserot@Joshua:23:1 @ And it came to pass after many days, after the Lord had given rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about, and Joshua had grown old and was well stricken in age,

lesserot@Joshua:23:2 @ That Joshua called for all Israel, for their elders, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and said unto them, I am become old and well stricken in age;

lesserot@Joshua:23:3 @ And ye have yourselves seen all that the Lord your God hath done unto all these nations, because of you; for the Lord your God it is that hath fought for you.

lesserot@Joshua:23:4 @ Behold, I have divided unto you by lot those nations that yet remain, to be an inheritance according to your tribes, from the Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, as far as the great sea, toward the setting of the sun.

lesserot@Joshua:23:5 @ And the Lord your God will indeed expel them from before you, and drive them out from before you; and ye shall possess their land, as the Lord your God hath spoken unto you.

lesserot@Joshua:23:6 @ But be ye very steadfast to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, so as not to turn aside therefrom to the right or to the left;

lesserot@Joshua:23:7 @ So as not to come among these nations, those that are left remaining near you; and of the name of their gods shall ye not make mention, nor cause any to swear thereby, neither shall ye serve them, nor bow yourselves down unto them;

lesserot@Joshua:23:8 @ But unto the Lord your God shall ye cleave, as ye have done unto this day.

lesserot@Joshua:23:9 @ And the Lord drove out from before you great and mighty nations; but as for you, no man hath been able to stand up before you unto this day.

lesserot@Joshua:23:10 @ One man of you can chase a thousand; for the Lord your God it is that fighteth for you, as he hath spoken unto you.

lesserot@Joshua:23:11 @ Take good heed therefore for your souls’ sake, to love the Lord your God.

lesserot@Joshua:23:12 @ For if ye do in any wise turn back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, those that are left remaining near you, and make marriages with them, and come in among them, and they among you:

lesserot@Joshua:23:13 @ Know for a certainty that the Lord your God will no more drive out these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and stings in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which the Lord your God hath given you.

lesserot@Joshua:23:14 @ And, behold, I am going this day the way of all the earth; and ye know with all your heart and with all your soul, that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the Lord your God spoke concerning you: all are come to pass unto you, not one thing thereof hath failed.

lesserot@Joshua:23:15 @ But it shall come to pass, that as every good thing is come upon you, which the Lord your God spoke unto you: so will the Lord bring upon you every evil thing, until he have destroyed you from off this good land which the Lord your God hath given unto you.

lesserot@Joshua:23:16 @ When ye transgress the covenant of the Lord your God, which he hath commanded you, and go and serve other gods, and bow yourselves down to them: then will the anger of the Lord be kindled against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land which he hath given unto you.

lesserot@Joshua:24:1 @ And Joshua assembled all the tribes of Israel to Shechem; and he called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and they presented themselves before God.

lesserot@Joshua:24:2 @ And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus hath said the Lord the God of Israel, On the other side of the river did your fathers dwell in old time, even Terach, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor; and they served other gods.

lesserot@Joshua:24:3 @ And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the river, and I led him throughout all the land of Canaan; and I multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac.

lesserot@Joshua:24:4 @ And I gave unto Isaac, Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it; but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.

lesserot@Joshua:24:5 @ And I sent Moses and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt in the manner as I have done among them; and after that I brought you out.

lesserot@Joshua:24:6 @ And I brought your fathers out of Egypt; and ye came unto the sea; and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and horsemen unto the Red Sea.

lesserot@Joshua:24:7 @ And they cried unto the Lord, and he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and he brought the sea over them, and covered them; and your eyes saw what I had done on Egypt; and ye dwelt in the wilderness many days.

lesserot@Joshua:24:8 @ And I brought you into the land of the Emorites, that dwelt on the other side of the Jordan; and they fought with you: and I gave them into your hand, and ye took possession of their land; and I destroyed them from before you.

lesserot@Joshua:24:9 @ Then Balak the son of Zippor, the king of Moab, arose and warred against Israel; and he sent and called Bil’am the son of Beor to curse you;

lesserot@Joshua:24:10 @ And I would not hearken unto Bil’am; but he had to bless you instead: and I delivered you out of his hand.

lesserot@Joshua:24:11 @ And ye passed over the Jordan, and came unto Jericho; and then fought the men of Jericho against you, the Emorites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites: and I gave them up into your hand.

lesserot@Joshua:24:12 @ And I sent before you the hornet which drove them out from before you, even the two kings of the Emorites: not with thy sword, and not with thy bow.

lesserot@Joshua:24:13 @ And I gave you a land for which ye had not toiled, and cities which ye had not built, and ye dwell in them; of vineyards and oliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat.

lesserot@Joshua:24:14 @ Now therefore fear the Lord, and serve him in sincerity and truth; and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the river and in Egypt, and serve the Lord.

lesserot@Joshua:24:15 @ And if it be displeasing in your eyes to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves this day whom ye will serve: whether the gods which your fathers that were on the other side of the river served, or the gods of the Emorites, in whose land ye dwell; but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

lesserot@Joshua:24:16 @ And the people answered and said, Far be it from us to forsake the Lord, to serve other gods;

lesserot@Joshua:24:17 @ For the Lord our God it is that hath brought us and our fathers up out of the land of Egypt, from the house of slavery, and who hath done those great signs before our eyes, and preserved us upon all the way whereon we have gone, and among all the people through the midst of whom we have passed:

lesserot@Joshua:24:18 @ And the Lord hath driven out all the nations, and the Emorites who dwelt in the land, from before us; therefore also will we serve the Lord; for he is our God.

lesserot@Joshua:24:19 @ And Joshua said unto the people, Ye will not be able to serve the Lord; for he is a holy God; he is a watchful God; he will not have any indulgence for your transgressions and for your sins;

lesserot@Joshua:24:20 @ If ye forsake the Lord, and serve strange gods, then will he again do ye evil, and consume ye, after that he hath done you good.

lesserot@Joshua:24:21 @ And the people said unto Joshua, No; nevertheless the Lord will we serve.

lesserot@Joshua:24:22 @ And Joshua said unto the people, Ye are witnesses against yourselves that ye yourselves have chosen for you the Lord, to serve him. And they said, We are witnesses.

lesserot@Joshua:24:23 @ And now put away the strange gods which are in the midst of you, and incline your heart unto the Lord the God of Israel.

lesserot@Joshua:24:24 @ And the people said unto Joshua, The Lord our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey.

lesserot@Joshua:24:25 @ And Joshua made a covenant with the people on that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.

lesserot@Joshua:24:26 @ And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God; and he took a great stone, and set it up there under the oak, that was by the sanctuary of the Lord.

lesserot@Joshua:24:27 @ And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be among us as a witness; for it hath heard all the words of the Lord which he spoke unto us: it shall be therefore as a witness against you, that ye may not deny your God.

lesserot@Joshua:24:28 @ And Joshua let the people depart, every man unto his inheritance.

lesserot@Joshua:24:29 @ And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died, one hundred and ten years old.

lesserot@Joshua:24:30 @ And they buried him on the border of his inheritance at Timnath–serach, which is on the mountain of Ephraim, on the north side of mount Ga’ash.

lesserot@Joshua:24:31 @ And Israel served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who lived many days after Joshua, and who had known all the deeds of the Lord, that he had done for Israel.

lesserot@Joshua:24:32 @ And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel had brought up out of Egypt, they buried in Shechem, in a parcel of the field which Jacob had bought of the sons of Chamor the father of Shechem for one hundred kessitah: and it remained the inheritance of the children of Joseph.

lesserot@Joshua:24:33 @ And Elazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him on the hill of Phinehas his son, which was given him in the mountain of Ephraim.

lesserot@Judges:1:1 @ And it came to pass after the death of Joshua, that the children of Israel asked the Lord, saying, Who shall go up for us against the Canaanites at the first, to fight against them?

lesserot@Judges:1:2 @ And the Lord said, Judah shall go up; behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.

lesserot@Judges:1:3 @ And Judah said unto Simeon his brother, Come up with me into my lot, and we will fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with thee into thy lot. So Simeon went with him.

lesserot@Judges:1:4 @ And Judah went up; and the Lord delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand; and they smote them in Bezek ten thousand men.

lesserot@Judges:1:5 @ And they found Adoni–bezek in Bezek; and they fought against him, and they smote the Canaanites and the Perizzites.

lesserot@Judges:1:6 @ But Adoni–bezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.

lesserot@Judges:1:7 @ And Adoni–bezek said, Seventy kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered food under my table: as I have done, so hath God requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.

lesserot@Judges:1:8 @ And the children of Judah fought against Jerusalem, and captured it, and they smote it with the edge of the sword, and the city they set on fire.

lesserot@Judges:1:9 @ And afterward did the children of Judah go down to fight against the Canaanites, that dwelt in the mountain, and in the south, and in the lowlands.

lesserot@Judges:1:10 @ And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron; and they smote Sheshai, and Achiman, and Talmai.

lesserot@Judges:1:11 @ And he went from there against the inhabitants of Debir; and the name of Debir was formerly Kiryath–sepher:

lesserot@Judges:1:12 @ And Caleb said, He that will smite Kiryath–sepher, and capture it, to him will I give ‘Achsah my daughter for wife.

lesserot@Judges:1:13 @ And ‘Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother, captured it: and he gave him ‘Achsah his daughter for wife.

lesserot@Judges:1:14 @ And it came to pass, when she came to him, that she persuaded him to ask of her father a field: and she alighted from off her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What aileth thee?

lesserot@Judges:1:15 @ And she said unto him, Give me a blessing; for thou hast given me a dry land: give me also springs of water. And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the nether springs.

lesserot@Judges:1:16 @ And the children of the Kenite, the father–in–law of Moses, went up out of the city of palm–trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which is at the south of ‘Arad; and they went and dwelt with the people.

lesserot@Judges:1:17 @ And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they smote the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath, and devoted it. And the name of the city was called Chormah.

lesserot@Judges:1:18 @ And Judah captured Gazzah with its territory, and Ashkelon with its territory, and ‘Ekron with its territory.

lesserot@Judges:1:19 @ And the Lord was with Judah; and he took possession of the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron.

lesserot@Judges:1:20 @ And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses had spoken; and he drove out thence the three sons of ‘Anak.

lesserot@Judges:1:21 @ And the Jebusites that inhabited Jerusalem, the children of Benjamin did not drive out; but the Jebusites dwelt with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem until this day.

lesserot@Judges:1:22 @ And the house of Joseph, these also, went up against Beth–el; and the Lord was with them.

lesserot@Judges:1:23 @ And the house of Joseph sent to spy out Beth–el: now the name of the city formerly was Luz.

lesserot@Judges:1:24 @ And the watchers saw a man coming forth out of the city, and they said unto him, Show us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city, and we will show thee kindness.

lesserot@Judges:1:25 @ And he showed them the entrance into the city, and they smote the city with the edge of the sword; but the man and all his family they let go free.

lesserot@Judges:1:26 @ And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called its name Luz: this is its name unto this day.

lesserot@Judges:1:27 @ Neither did Menasseh drive out Beth–shean and its towns, nor Ta’anach and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Yible’am and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns; but the Canaanites succeeded to remain in this land.

lesserot@Judges:1:28 @ And it came to pass, when Israel became strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute; but they did not drive them out entirely.

lesserot@Judges:1:29 @ Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; and the Canaanites dwelt in the midst of them at Gezer.

lesserot@Judges:1:30 @ Zebulun did not drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol; and the Canaanites dwelt in the midst of them, and became tributary.

lesserot@Judges:1:31 @ Asher did not drive out the inhabitants of ‘Akko, nor the inhabitants of Zidon, nor of Achlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Chelbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rechob;

lesserot@Judges:1:32 @ And the Asherites dwelt in the midst of the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land; for they did not drive them out.

lesserot@Judges:1:33 @ Naphtali did not drive out the inhabitants of Beth–shemesh, nor the inhabitants of Beth–’anath; and he dwelt in the midst of the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land; nevertheless the inhabitants of Beth–shemesh and of Beth–anath became tributary unto them.

lesserot@Judges:1:34 @ And the Emorites forced the children of Dan into the mountain; for they would not suffer them to come down into the valley;

lesserot@Judges:1:35 @ And the Emorites succeeded to remain on mount Cheres, in Ayalon, and in Sha’albim; but when the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, they became tributary.

lesserot@Judges:1:36 @ And the territory of the Emorites was from the ascent of ‘Akrabbim, from the Rock upward.

lesserot@Judges:2:1 @ And a messenger of the Lord came up from Gilgal to Bochim, And he said, I caused you to go up out of Egypt, and I brought you unto the land which I had sworn unto your fathers; and I said, I will not break my covenant with you for ever.

lesserot@Judges:2:2 @ But ye for your part shall make no covenant with the inhabitants of this land; their altars shall ye throw down; but ye have not obeyed my voice: what is this ye have done?

lesserot@Judges:2:3 @ And I also have said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be evil neighbors to you, and their gods shall become a snare unto you.

lesserot@Judges:2:4 @ And it came to pass, when the messenger of the Lord spoke these words unto all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept.

lesserot@Judges:2:5 @ And they called the name of that place, Bochim; and they sacrificed there unto the Lord.

lesserot@Judges:2:6 @ And when Joshua had let the people go, the children of Israel went every man unto his inheritance to take possession of the land.

lesserot@Judges:2:7 @ And the people served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that lived many days after Joshua, who had seen all the great deeds of the Lord, which he had done for Israel.

lesserot@Judges:2:8 @ Then died Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, being one hundred and ten years old.

lesserot@Judges:2:9 @ And they buried him on the border of his inheritance in Timnath–cheres, in the mountain of Ephraim, on the north side of mount Ga’ash.

lesserot@Judges:2:10 @ And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers; and there arose another generation after them, who knew not the Lord, and likewise not the deeds which he had done for Israel.

lesserot@Judges:2:11 @ And the children of Israel did the evil in the eyes of the Lord, and served the Be’alim:

lesserot@Judges:2:12 @ And they forsook the Lord the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt, and they went after other gods, of the gods of the nations that were round about them, and they bowed themselves unto them, and incensed the Lord.

lesserot@Judges:2:13 @ And they forsook the Lord, and served Baal and ‘Ashtaroth.

lesserot@Judges:2:14 @ And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he delivered them into the hand of spoilers who spoiled them, and he sold them into the hand of their enemies round about, and they were not able any longer to stand before their enemies.

lesserot@Judges:2:15 @ Whithersoever they went out, the hand of the Lord was against them for evil, as the Lord had spoken, and as the Lord had sworn unto them: and they were greatly distressed.

lesserot@Judges:2:16 @ And the Lord raised up judges, and they delivered them out of the hand of those that spoiled them.

lesserot@Judges:2:17 @ But also unto their judges they did not hearken; but they went astray after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turned quickly out of the way which their fathers had walked in, to obey the commandments of the Lord; they did not so.

lesserot@Judges:2:18 @ And when the Lord raised them up judges, then was the Lord with the judge, and he delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge; for the Lord bethought himself because of their groaning by reason of those that oppressed them and ill–treated them.

lesserot@Judges:2:19 @ And it came to pass, when the judge died, that they returned, and became more corrupt than their fathers, in going after other gods to serve them, and to bow down unto them: they omitted nothing from their doings, and from their stubborn way.

lesserot@Judges:2:20 @ And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel; and he said, For the cause that this people have transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened unto my voice:

lesserot@Judges:2:21 @ So will I also for my part not drive out henceforth any man from before them out of the nations which Joshua left when he died;

lesserot@Judges:2:22 @ In order to prove through them the Israelites, whether they will keep the way of the Lord, to walk therein, as their fathers did keep it, or not.

lesserot@Judges:2:23 @ And thus did the Lord leave these nations, so as not to drive them out speedily; and he delivered them not into the hand of Joshua.

lesserot@Judges:3:1 @ Now these are the nations that the Lord left, to prove by them the Israelites, namely, all those who had not experienced all the wars of Canaan;

lesserot@Judges:3:2 @ Only in order that the future generations of the children of Israel might obtain knowledge, to teach them war; but only such as before had learned nothing thereof;

lesserot@Judges:3:3 @ Namely, the five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Zidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt on mount Lebanon, from mount Ba’al–chermon unto the entrance of Chamath.

lesserot@Judges:3:4 @ And they were left to prove by them the Israelites, to know whether they would hearken unto the commandments of the Lord, which he had commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses.

lesserot@Judges:3:5 @ And the children of Israel dwelt in the midst of the Canaanites, the Hittites, and the Emorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites;

lesserot@Judges:3:6 @ And they took their daughters to themselves for wives, and their daughters they gave to their sons; and they served their gods.

lesserot@Judges:3:7 @ And the children of Israel did the evil in the eyes of the Lord, and forgot the Lord their God, and served the Be’alim and the groves.

lesserot@Judges:3:8 @ Wherefore the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Cushan–rish’athayim the king of Mesopotamia; and the children of Israel served Cushan–rish’athayim eight years.

lesserot@Judges:3:9 @ And the children of Israel cried then unto the Lord, and the Lord raised up a deliverer to the children of Israel, who delivered them, namely, ‘Othniel the son of Kenaz, the younger brother of Caleb.

lesserot@Judges:3:10 @ And the spirit of the Lord came over him, and he judged Israel, and went out to battle: and the Lord delivered Cushan–rish’athayim the king of Mesopotamia into his hand; and his hand prevailed over Cushan–rish’athayim.

lesserot@Judges:3:11 @ And the land had rest forty years; and then died ‘Othniel the son of Kenaz.

lesserot@Judges:3:12 @ And the children of Israel did again the evil in the eyes of the Lord; and the Lord strengthened ‘Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done the evil in the eyes of the Lord.

lesserot@Judges:3:13 @ And he gathered unto him the children of ‘Ammon and ‘Amalek, and they went and smote Israel, and took possession of the city of palm–trees.

lesserot@Judges:3:14 @ And the children of Israel served ‘Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.

lesserot@Judges:3:15 @ But the children of Israel cried then unto the Lord; and the Lord raised up unto them a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera a Benjamite, a man who was lamed in his right hand; and the children of Israel sent by him a present unto ‘Eglon the king of Moab.

lesserot@Judges:3:16 @ But Ehud made himself a sword which had two edges, of a cubit length; and he girded it under his garments upon his right thigh.

lesserot@Judges:3:17 @ And he brought the present near unto ‘Eglon the king of Moab; now ‘Eglon was a very fat man.

lesserot@Judges:3:18 @ And it came to pass when he had made an end to offer the present, that he sent away the people who had borne the present.

lesserot@Judges:3:19 @ But he himself returned again from the quarries that were by Gilgal, and said, I have a secret word unto thee, O King. And he said, Keep silence. And thereupon went out from his presence all that stood by him.

lesserot@Judges:3:20 @ And Ehud came in unto him; and he was sitting in the summer upper chamber, which was for himself alone. And Ehud said, I have a word of God unto thee. And he arose out of his chair.

lesserot@Judges:3:21 @ And Ehud stretched forth his left hand, and took the sword from his right thigh, and thrust it into his body.

lesserot@Judges:3:22 @ And the haft also went in after the blade; and the fat closed upon the blade; for he did not draw the sword out of his body, and it passed into the fundament.

lesserot@Judges:3:23 @ And Ehud went forth into the ante–room, and shut the doors of the upper chamber after him, and locked them.

lesserot@Judges:3:24 @ He was just gone out, when his servants came; and they saw, behold, the doors of the upper chamber were locked; and they said, Surely he covereth his feet in the summer chamber.

lesserot@Judges:3:25 @ And they tarried till they were ashamed; and behold, he opened not the doors of the upper chamber; wherefore they took the key and opened them: and, behold, their lord was lying dead on the floor.

lesserot@Judges:3:26 @ And Ehud had escaped while they were tarrying, and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped unto Se’irah.

lesserot@Judges:3:27 @ And it came to pass, when he was come, that he blew the cornet on the mountain of Ephraim, and the children of Israel went down with him from the mountain, and he before them.

lesserot@Judges:3:28 @ And he said unto them, Pursue after me; for the Lord hath delivered your enemies, the Moabites, into your hand. And they went down after him, and seized on the fords of the Jordan toward Moab, and suffered not a man to pass over.

lesserot@Judges:3:29 @ And they smote of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, all lusty, and all men of valor; and there escaped not a man.

lesserot@Judges:3:30 @ And Moab was humbled that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest eighty years.

lesserot@Judges:3:31 @ And after him was Shamgar the son of ‘Anath, who smote of the philistines six hundred men with an ox–goad; and he also delivered Israel.

lesserot@Judges:4:1 @ And the children of Israel again did the evil in the eyes of the Lord, when Ehud was dead.

lesserot@Judges:4:2 @ And the Lord sold them into the hand of Yabin the king of Canaan, that reigned in Chazor; and the captain of his army was Sissera, who dwelt in Charosheth–hagoyim.

lesserot@Judges:4:3 @ And the children of Israel cried unto the Lord; for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and he oppressed the children of Israel with might twenty years.

lesserot@Judges:4:4 @ And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth,––she judged Israel at that time.

lesserot@Judges:4:5 @ And she held her sitting under the palm–tree of Deborah between Ramah and Beth–el on the mountain of Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.

lesserot@Judges:4:6 @ And she sent and called Barak the son of Abino’am out of Kedesh–naphtali; and she said unto him, Behold, the Lord the God of Israel hath commanded, Go and lead on toward mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun.

lesserot@Judges:4:7 @ And I will draw unto thee, to the brook Kishon, Sissera, the captain of Yabin’s army, and his chariots and his multitude; and I will give him up into thy hand.

lesserot@Judges:4:8 @ And Barak said unto her, If thou wilt go with me, then will I go; but if thou wilt not go with me, I will not go.

lesserot@Judges:4:9 @ And she said, I will indeed go with thee; nevertheless it will not be for thy honor, on the way which thou goest; for into the hand of a woman will the Lord deliver Sissera; and Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh.

lesserot@Judges:4:10 @ And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali together to Kedesh; and there went up in his train ten thousand men; also Deborah went up with him.

lesserot@Judges:4:11 @ Now Cheber the Kenite had severed himself from the Kenites, from the children of Chobab the father–in–law of Moses; and he had pitched his tent as far as Elon–beza’anannim, which is near Kedesh.

lesserot@Judges:4:12 @ And they told Sissera that Barak the son of Abino’am was gone up to mount Tabor.

lesserot@Judges:4:13 @ And Sissera called together all his chariots, nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people that were with him, from Charosheth–hagoyim unto the brook Kishon.

lesserot@Judges:4:14 @ And Deborah said unto Barak, Up! for this is the day on which the Lord hath given Sissera into thy hand; behold, the Lord is gone out before thee: so Barak went down from mount Tabor, with ten thousand men after him.

lesserot@Judges:4:15 @ And the Lord confounded Sissera, and all his chariots, and all his army, with the edge of the sword before Barak; and Sissera alighted from his chariot, and fled away on foot.

lesserot@Judges:4:16 @ And Barak pursued after the chariots, and after the army, unto Charosheth–hagoyim: and all the army of Sissera fell by the edge of the sword; there was not left even one.

lesserot@Judges:4:17 @ But Sissera had fled away on foot to the tent of Ja’el the wife of Cheber the Kenite; for there was peace between Yabin the king of Chazor and the house of Cheber the Kenite.

lesserot@Judges:4:18 @ And Ja’el went out to meet Sissera, and said unto him, Turn in, my lord, turn in unto me, fear not: and he turned in unto her into the tent, and she covered him with a blanket.

lesserot@Judges:4:19 @ And he said unto her, Give me to drink, I pray thee, a little water; for I am thirsty: and she opened a bottle of milk, and gave him to drink, and covered him up.

lesserot@Judges:4:20 @ And he said unto her, Stand at the door of the tent; and it shall be, that, when any man should come and ask of thee, and say, Is there any man here? thou shalt say, No.

lesserot@Judges:4:21 @ And Ja’el the wife of Cheber took thereupon the nail of the tent, and placed a hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and struck the nail into his temple, and it became fastened in the ground; but he was fast asleep and weary; so he died.

lesserot@Judges:4:22 @ And, behold, Barak came in pursuit of Sissera, and Ja’el came out to meet him, and said unto him, Come, and I will show thee the man whom thou art seeking: and he came to her, and behold, Sissera was lying dead, with the nail in his temple.

lesserot@Judges:4:23 @ So did God humble on that day Yabin the king of Canaan before the children of Israel.

lesserot@Judges:4:24 @ And the hand of the children of Israel became constantly heavier upon Yabin the king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Yabin the king of Canaan.

lesserot@Judges:5:1 @ Then sang Deborah with Barak the son of Abino’am on that day, saying,

lesserot@Judges:5:2 @ When depravity had broken out in Israel, then did the people offer themselves willingly; praise ye the Lord.

lesserot@Judges:5:3 @ Hear, O kings; give ear, O princes; I––unto the Lord will I sing; I will sing praise to the Lord, the God of Israel.

lesserot@Judges:5:4 @ Lord, at thy going forth out of Seir, at thy marching along out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, also the heavens dropped, also the clouds dropped water.

lesserot@Judges:5:5 @ The mountains melted away because of the presence of the Lord, yonder Sinai, because of the presence of the Lord, the God of Israel.

lesserot@Judges:5:6 @ In the days of Shamgar the son of ‘Anath, in the days of Ja’el, the highways were unoccupied, and those who travelled on roads walked through crooked by–paths.

lesserot@Judges:5:7 @ Desolate were the open towns in Israel, they were desolate, until that I arose, Deborah, that I arose a mother in Israel.

lesserot@Judges:5:8 @ They chose new gods, then was there war in the gates: was there a shield seen or a spear among forty thousand in Israel?

lesserot@Judges:5:9 @ My heart to the governors of Israel, that offered themselves willingly among the people: praise ye the Lord.

lesserot@Judges:5:10 @ Ye that ride on white asses, ye that sit in judgment, and ye who walk on the way, utter praise!

lesserot@Judges:5:11 @ by the voice of those who divide between the watering wells, there shall they rehearse the benefits of the Lord, the benefits toward his open towns in Israel; now go down to the gates the people of the Lord.

lesserot@Judges:5:12 @ Awake, awake, Deborah! awake, awake, utter a song! up, Barak, and lead away thy captives, son of Abino’am.

lesserot@Judges:5:13 @ Then obtained dominion a few that had escaped for the nobles among the people––the Lord gave me dominion over the mighty.

lesserot@Judges:5:14 @ They whose root is out of Ephraim were against ‘Amalek; after thee, Benjamin, with thy armies; out of Machir came down lawgivers, and out of Zebulun they that handle the pen of the writer.

lesserot@Judges:5:15 @ And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah; yea Issachar, the support of Barak; into the valley he hastened down in his train; at the streams of Reuben there were great thoughts of heart.

lesserot@Judges:5:16 @ Why didst thou sit among the sheepfolds to hear the bleatings of the flocks? At the streams of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.

lesserot@Judges:5:17 @ Gil’ad abode beyond the Jordan; and Dan––why would he tarry in ships? Asher remained on the seashore, and abode near his bays.

lesserot@Judges:5:18 @ Zebulun is a people that jeoparded its life unto death, and Naphtali––on the high places of the field.

lesserot@Judges:5:19 @ There came kings, fought, then fought the kings of Canaan, in Ta’anach by the waters of Megiddo: gain of money they took not away.

lesserot@Judges:5:20 @ From heaven they fought––the stars in their courses fought against Sissera.

lesserot@Judges:5:21 @ The stream of Kishon swept them away, that ancient stream, the stream of Kishon: step along, O my soul, in victorious strength.

lesserot@Judges:5:22 @ Then were crushed the hoofs of the horses, through the prancings, the prancings of their mighty ones.

lesserot@Judges:5:23 @ Curse ye Meroz, saith the messenger of the Lord, yea, curse ye bitterly its inhabitants; because they came not to the help of the Lord, to the help of the Lord among the mighty.

lesserot@Judges:5:24 @ Blessed above women shall be Ja’el the wife of Cheber the Kenite, above women in the tent may she be blessed.

lesserot@Judges:5:25 @ Water he asked, milk she gave: in a lordly dish she brought him cream.

lesserot@Judges:5:26 @ Her hand she put forth to the nail, and her right hand to the laborious workmen’s hammer; and she hammered Sissera, she struck his head, and crushed and smote through his temple.

lesserot@Judges:5:27 @ Between her feet he bent, he fell, he lay; between her feet he bent, he fell: where he had bent, there he fell down, bereft of life.

lesserot@Judges:5:28 @ Out of the window looked and moaned the mother of Sissera, through the lattice, Why tarrieth his chariot so long in coming? why lag the wheels of his chariot?

lesserot@Judges:5:29 @ The wise among her ladies answered her, she also returned a reply to herself.

lesserot@Judges:5:30 @ Will they not find,––divide booty? one maiden, two maidens for every man, a booty of colored garments for Sissera, a booty of colored embroidered garments, colored, double–worked garments round the necks of the captives!

lesserot@Judges:5:31 @ Thus may perish all thy enemies, O Lord; but may those that love him be as the rising of the sun in his might. And the land had rest forty years.

lesserot@Judges:6:1 @ And the children of Israel did the evil in the eyes of the Lord: and the Lord delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years.

lesserot@Judges:6:2 @ And the hand of Midian prevailed over Israel; and because of the Midianites the children of Israel made for themselves the passes which are in the mountains, and the caves, and the strongholds.

lesserot@Judges:6:3 @ And it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the ‘Amalekites, and the children of the east, and they went up against them;

lesserot@Judges:6:4 @ And they encamped against them, and destroyed the products of the earth, as far as Gazzah, and they left no sustenance for Israel, neither lamb, nor ox, nor ass.

lesserot@Judges:6:5 @ For they came up with their cattle and their tents, and came as locusts in multitude; and both they and their camels were without number; and they came into the land to destroy it.

lesserot@Judges:6:6 @ And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites; and the children of Israel cried unto the Lord.

lesserot@Judges:6:7 @ And it came to pass, when the children of Israel had cried unto the Lord because of the Midianites,

lesserot@Judges:6:8 @ That the Lord sent a prophet unto the children of Israel, and he said unto them, Thus hath said the Lord the God of Israel, I led you forth out of Egypt, and brought you out of the house of slavery;

lesserot@Judges:6:9 @ And I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all that oppressed you, and I drove them out from before you, and gave you their land;

lesserot@Judges:6:10 @ And I said unto you, I am the Lord your God: ye shall not fear the gods of the Emorites, in whose land ye dwell; but ye have not obeyed my voice.

lesserot@Judges:6:11 @ And there came an angel of the Lord, and sat down under the oak which was in ‘Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abi’ezrite; and Gid’on his son was beating out wheat in the wine–press, to hide it from the Midianites.

lesserot@Judges:6:12 @ And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him, and said unto him, The Lord is with thee, thou mighty man of valor.

lesserot@Judges:6:13 @ And Gid’on said unto him, Pardon, my lord, if the Lord be indeed with us, why then hath all this befallen us? and where are all his wonders of which our fathers have told us, saying, Did not the Lord bring us up from Egypt! But now the Lord hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hand of Midian.

lesserot@Judges:6:14 @ And the Lord turned toward him, and said, Go in this thy might, and thou shalt save Israel from the hand of the Midianites: behold, I have sent thee.

lesserot@Judges:6:15 @ And he said unto him, Pardon my Lord, wherewith shall I save Israel? behold, my family is the weakest in Menasseh, and I am the youngest of my father’s house.

lesserot@Judges:6:16 @ And the Lord said unto him, Because I will be with thee, and thou shalt smite the Midianites as one man.

lesserot@Judges:6:17 @ And he said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy eyes, then give me a sign that thou hast been speaking with me;

lesserot@Judges:6:18 @ Depart not hence, I pray thee, until I come unto thee, and bring forth my present, and set it before thee. And he said, I will tarry until thy return.

lesserot@Judges:6:19 @ And Gid’on went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of flour: the flesh he put in a basket, and the broth he put in a pot, and brought it out unto him under the oak, and presented it.

lesserot@Judges:6:20 @ And the angel of God said unto him, Take the flesh and the unleavened cakes, and lay them upon this rock, and the broth pour out. And he did so.

lesserot@Judges:6:21 @ Then the angel of the Lord put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and there rose up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes. And the angel of the Lord departed out of his sight.

lesserot@Judges:6:22 @ And when Gid’on perceived that it was an angel of the Lord, Gid’on said, Alas, O Lord Eternal! because I have surely seen an angel of the Lord face to face.

lesserot@Judges:6:23 @ And the Lord said unto him, Peace be unto thee; fear not: thou shalt not die.

lesserot@Judges:6:24 @ And Gid’on built there an altar unto the Lord, and called it Adonay–shalom unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abi’ezrites.

lesserot@Judges:6:25 @ And it came to pass in the same night, that the Lord said unto him, Take thy father’s young bullock, and the second bullock of seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal which belongeth to thy father, and the grove that is around it shalt thou cut down.

lesserot@Judges:6:26 @ And build an altar unto the Lord thy God upon the top of this rock, on the level place, and take the second bullock, and offer a burnt–sacrifice with the wood of the grove which thou shalt cut down.

lesserot@Judges:6:27 @ And Gid’on took ten men of his servants, and did as the Lord had spoken unto him; but it came to pass, because he feared his father’s household, and the men of the city, to do it by day, that he did it by night.

lesserot@Judges:6:28 @ And when the men of the city arose early in the morning, behold, the altar of Baal was overthrown, and the grove that was around it was cut down, and the second bullock was offered upon the altar which had been built.

lesserot@Judges:6:29 @ And they said one to another, Who hath done this thing? And they inquired and searched, and then said, Gid’on the son of Joash hath done this thing.

lesserot@Judges:6:30 @ Thereupon said the men of the city unto Joash, Bring out thy son, that he may die; because he hath overthrown the altar of Baal, and because he hath cut down the grove that was around it.

lesserot@Judges:6:31 @ But Joash said unto all that stood around him, Will ye indeed contend for Baal? will ye assist him? he that will contend for him, shall be put to death; until morning: if he be a god, let him contend for himself, because one hath overthrown his altar.

lesserot@Judges:6:32 @ And the people called him on that day Yerubba’al, saying, Let Baal contend against him, because he hath overthrown his altar.

lesserot@Judges:6:33 @ And all the Midianites and ‘Amalekites and the children of the east assembled together, and went over and encamped in the valley of Yizre’el.

lesserot@Judges:6:34 @ But the Spirit of the Lord endued Gid’on, and he blew the cornet: and Abi’ezer assembled and followed him.

lesserot@Judges:6:35 @ And he sent messengers throughout all Menasseh, who also assembled and followed him; and he sent messengers through Asher, and through Zebulun, and through Naphtali, and they came up to meet them.

lesserot@Judges:6:36 @ And Gid’on said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by my hand, as thou hast spoken,

lesserot@Judges:6:37 @ Behold, I set up this fleece of wool in the threshing floor: if now there be dew on the fleece alone, and it be dry upon all the ground, then shall I know that thou wilt save Israel by my hand, as thou hast spoken.

lesserot@Judges:6:38 @ And it was so; and when he rose up early on the morrow, he squeezed the fleece together, and wrung dew out of the fleece, a bowl full of water.

lesserot@Judges:6:39 @ And Gid’on said unto God, Let not thy anger be kindled against me, and I will speak but this once; let me have a proof, I pray thee, but this once more with the fleece; let it, I pray, be dry upon the fleece alone, and upon all the ground let there be dew.

lesserot@Judges:6:40 @ And God did so that night; and it was dry upon the fleece alone, and on all the ground there was dew.

lesserot@Judges:7:1 @ Then Yerubba’al, who is Gid’on, and all the people that were with him, rose up early, and encamped beside the spring of Charod; and the camp of the Midianites was on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley.

lesserot@Judges:7:2 @ And the Lord said unto Gid’on, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hand: lest Israel should vaunt themselves against me, saying, my own hand hath saved me.

lesserot@Judges:7:3 @ Now therefore, do proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whosoever is fearful and afraid, let him return and depart early from mount Gil’ad. And there returned of the people twenty and two thousand; and ten thousand remained.

lesserot@Judges:7:4 @ And the Lord said unto Gid’on, The people are yet too many; let them go down unto the water, and I will try them for thee there: and it shall be, that of whom I will say unto thee, This one shall go with thee, the same shall go with thee: and of whomsoever I will say unto thee, This one shall not go with thee, the same shall not go.

lesserot@Judges:7:5 @ So he caused the people to go down unto the water: and the Lord said unto Gid’on, Every one that lappeth of the water with his tongue, as the dog lappeth, him shalt thou set by himself; likewise every one that bendeth down upon his knees to drink.

lesserot@Judges:7:6 @ And the number of those that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, was three hundred men; but all the rest of the people bent down upon their knees to drink water.

lesserot@Judges:7:7 @ And the Lord said unto Gid’on, By the three hundred men that lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into thy hand; and let all the other people go every man unto his place.

lesserot@Judges:7:8 @ And they took the provision of the people in their hand, and their cornets; and all the rest of Israel he dismissed, every man unto his tent; but those three hundred men he retained: and the camp of Midian was beneath him in the valley.

lesserot@Judges:7:9 @ And it came to pass, during the same night, that the Lord said unto him, Arise, get thee down into the camp; for I have delivered it into thy hand.

lesserot@Judges:7:10 @ And if thou fear to go down, then go thou down with Purah thy servant to the camp.

lesserot@Judges:7:11 @ And thou shalt hear what they will say; and after that shall thy hands be strengthened, and thou wilt go down unto the camp. And he went down with Purah his servant unto the outside of the armed men that were in the camp.

lesserot@Judges:7:12 @ And the Midianites and the ‘Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like the locusts for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand which is by the seaside for multitude.

lesserot@Judges:7:13 @ And when Gid’on was come, behold, a man was telling a dream unto his fellow, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream, and, lo, a baked cake of barley bread was rolling round through the camp of Midian, and came unto the tent, and struck against it so that it fell, and it turned it bottom upward, and the tent thus tumbled down.

lesserot@Judges:7:14 @ And his fellow answered and said, This is nothing else save the sword of Gid’on the son of Joash, a man of Israel; into whose hand God hath delivered Midian, and the whole camp.

lesserot@Judges:7:15 @ And it was, when Gid’on heard the narration of the dream, and its interpretation, that he prostrated himself, and returned unto the camp of Israel, and said, Arise; for the Lord hath delivered into your hand the camp of Midian.

lesserot@Judges:7:16 @ And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put cornets in the hand of all of them, with empty pitchers, and torches in the pitchers.

lesserot@Judges:7:17 @ And he said unto them, What you see me do, do ye likewise; and, behold, when I am come to the edge of the camp, it shall be that, as I do, so shall ye do.

lesserot@Judges:7:18 @ When I blow the cornet, I and all that are with me, then shall ye blow the cornets also on every side of all the camp, and say, For the Lord, and for Gid’on.

lesserot@Judges:7:19 @ And Gid’on, and the hundred men that were with him, came unto the edge of the camp in the bcginning of the middle watch; when they had but newly set the sentinels: and they blew the cornets, and broke the pitchers that were in their hand.

lesserot@Judges:7:20 @ And the three companies blew the cornets, and broke the pitchers, and seized with their left hand the torches, and with their right hand the cornets to blow; and they cried, The sword for the Lord, and for Gid’on.

lesserot@Judges:7:21 @ And they remained standing every man in his place round about the camp; and all the camp ran, and shouted, and fled.

lesserot@Judges:7:22 @ And as the three hundred cornets sounded, the Lord set every man’s sword against his fellow, even throughout all the camp; and the camp fled as far as Beth–hashittah to Zererah, up to the border of Abelmecholah, near Tabbath.

lesserot@Judges:7:23 @ And the men of Israel were called together out of Naphtali, and out of Asher, and out of all Menasseh, and they pursued after the Midianites.

lesserot@Judges:7:24 @ And Gid’on sent messengers throughout all the mountain of Ephraim, saying, Come down against the Midianites, and seize from them the waters as far as Beth–barah and the Jordan. And all the men of Ephraim assembled themselves, and seized on the waters as far as Beth–barah and the Jordan.

lesserot@Judges:7:25 @ And they captured two princes of the Midianites, ‘Oreb and Zeeb; and they slew ‘Oreb upon the rock ‘Oreb, and Zeeb they slew at the winepress of Zeeb, and pursued the Midianites; and the heads of ‘Oreb and Zeeb they brought to Gid’on from the other side of the Jordan.

lesserot@Judges:8:1 @ And the men of Ephraim said unto him, What is this thing that thou hast done unto us, not to call for us, when thou wentest to fight with the Midianites? And they quarrelled with him vehemently.

lesserot@Judges:8:2 @ And he said unto them, What have I done now in comparison with you? Is not the gleaning of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abi’ezer?

lesserot@Judges:8:3 @ Into your hand God delivered the princes of Midian, ‘Oreb and Zeeb: and what have I been able to do in comparison with you? Then was their anger abated from him, when he had spoken this speech.

lesserot@Judges:8:4 @ And Gid’on came to the Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three hundred men that were with him, faint, and in pursuit.

lesserot@Judges:8:5 @ And he said unto the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, a few loaves of bread unto the people that are in my train; for they are faint, and I am pursuing after Zebach and Zalmunna,’ the kings of Midian.

lesserot@Judges:8:6 @ And the princes of Succoth said, Is the sole of the foot of Zebach and Zalmunna’ now already in thy hand, that we should give unto thy army bread?

lesserot@Judges:8:7 @ And Gid’on said, Therefore when the Lord hath delivered Zebach and Zalmunna’ into my hand, then will I thresh your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers.

lesserot@Judges:8:8 @ And he went up thence to Penuel, and spoke unto them in the same manner: and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered.

lesserot@Judges:8:9 @ And he said also unto the men of Penuel thus, When I return again in peace, I will break down this tower.

lesserot@Judges:8:10 @ Now Zebach and Zalmunna’ were in Karkor, and their camps with them, about fifteen thousand men, all that had been left of all the camp of the children of the east; but those who had fallen were one hundred and twenty thousand men that drew the sword.

lesserot@Judges:8:11 @ And Gid’on went up by the way of those that dwelt in tents, to the east of Nobach and Yogbehah, and smote the camp; but the camp thought itself secure.

lesserot@Judges:8:12 @ And Zebach and Zalmunna’ fled; but he pursued after them, and captured the two kings of Midian, Zebach and Zalmunna’, and all the camp he discomfited.

lesserot@Judges:8:13 @ And Gid’on the son of Joash returned from the battle before the rising of the sun,

lesserot@Judges:8:14 @ And he caught a young man of the people of Succoth, and inquired of him: and he wrote down for him the princes of Succoth, and the elders thereof, seventy and seven men.

lesserot@Judges:8:15 @ And he came unto the men of Succoth, and said, Behold here are Zebach and Zalmunna’, with whom ye derided me, saying, Is the sole of the foot of Zebach and Zalmunna’ now already in thy hand, that we should give unto thy weary men bread?

lesserot@Judges:8:16 @ And he took the elders of the city, and the thorns of the wilderness and briers, and chastised with them the men of Succoth.

lesserot@Judges:8:17 @ And the tower of Penuel he beat down, and slew the men of the city.

lesserot@Judges:8:18 @ And he said unto Zebach and Zalmunna’, What kind of men were those whom ye slew at Tabor! And they answered, As thou art, so were they; one was in form like that of the children of a king.

lesserot@Judges:8:19 @ And he said, They were my brothers, the sons of my mother; as the Lord liveth, if ye had spared them alive, I would not slay you.

lesserot@Judges:8:20 @ And he said unto Yether his first–born, Rise up, and slay them. But the youth drew not his sword; for he was afraid, because he was yet a youth.

lesserot@Judges:8:21 @ Then said Zebach and Zalmunna’, Rise thou, and fall upon us; for as the man is, so is his strength. And Gid’on arose, and slew Zebach and Zalmunna’; and he took away the crescent ornaments that were on the necks of their camels.

lesserot@Judges:8:22 @ And the men of Israel said unto Gid’on, Rule thou over us, both thou and thy son, and thy son’s son also; for thou hast delivered us out of the hand of Midian.

lesserot@Judges:8:23 @ And Gid’on said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: the Lord shall rule over you.

lesserot@Judges:8:24 @ And Gid’on said unto them, I would ask one request of you, that ye should give me every man the earring of his booty; for they had had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.

lesserot@Judges:8:25 @ And they answered, We will willingly give. And they spread out a garment, and they cast therein every man the earring of his booty.

lesserot@Judges:8:26 @ And the weight of the golden earrings that he had requested was a thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold; besides the crescent ornaments, and ear–drops, and purple garments that were on the kings of Midian, and besides the chains that were about their camels’ necks.

lesserot@Judges:8:27 @ And Gid’on made thereof an ephod, and set it up in his city, in ‘Ophrah: and all Israel went astray after it thither; and it became a snare unto Gid’on, and to his house.

lesserot@Judges:8:28 @ And Midian was humbled before the children of Israel, so that they lifted not up their head any more. And the country was quiet forty years in the days of Gid’on.

lesserot@Judges:8:29 @ And Yerubba’al the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house.

lesserot@Judges:8:30 @ And Gid’on had seventy sons begotten of his body; for he had many wives.

lesserot@Judges:8:31 @ And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bore him a son, and he gave him the name, Abimelech.

lesserot@Judges:8:32 @ And Gid’on the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulchre of Joash his father, in ‘Ophrah of the Abi’ezrites.

lesserot@Judges:8:33 @ And it came to pass, when Gid’on was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and went astray after the Be’alim, and made themselves Ba’al–berith for a god.

lesserot@Judges:8:34 @ And the children of Israel remembered not the Lord their God, who delivered them out of the hand of all their enemies on every side.

lesserot@Judges:8:35 @ Neither showed they kindness to the house of Yerubba’al, namely, Gid’on, in accordance with all the good which he had done unto Israel.

lesserot@Judges:9:1 @ And Abimelech the son of Yerubba’al went to Shechem unto his mother’s brothers, and spoke unto them, and unto all the family of the house of his mother’s father, saying,

lesserot@Judges:9:2 @ Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, What is better for you, either that there should rule over you seventy men, all the sons of Yerubba’al, or that there reign over you one man? and remember that I am your bone and your flesh.

lesserot@Judges:9:3 @ And his mother’s brothers spoke concerning him in the ears of all the men of Shechem all these words; and their heart became inclined after Abimelech; for they said, He is our brother.

lesserot@Judges:9:4 @ And they gave him seventy pieces of silver out of the house of Ba’al–berith; and Abimelech hired therewith idle and heedless persons, who followed him.

lesserot@Judges:9:5 @ And he came unto his father’s house at ‘Ophrah, and slew his brothers the sons of Yeruhba’al, seventy persons, upon one stone; and there was yet left Yotham the youngest son of Yerubba’al; for he had hidden himself.

lesserot@Judges:9:6 @ And all the men of Shechem and all Beth–millo assembled together, and went, and made Abimelech king, by the oak of the pillar that was by Shechem.

lesserot@Judges:9:7 @ And they told it to Yotham; and he went and stood on the top of mount Gerizzim, and he lifted up his voice, and cried; and he said unto them, Hearken unto me, ye men of Shechem, so that God may hearken unto you.

lesserot@Judges:9:8 @ The trees went once forth to anoint a king over them; and they said unto the olive–tree, Reign thou over us.

lesserot@Judges:9:9 @ But the olive–tree said unto them, Should I give up my fatness, wherewith through me they honor God and men, and shall I go to be promoted over the trees!

lesserot@Judges:9:10 @ And the trees said to the fig–tree, Come thou, reign over us.

lesserot@Judges:9:11 @ But the fig–tree said unto them, Should I give up my sweetness, and my good productiveness, and go to be promoted over the trees?

lesserot@Judges:9:12 @ Then said the trees unto the vine, Come thou, reign over us.

lesserot@Judges:9:13 @ But the vine said unto them, Should I give up my fresh wine, which rejoiceth God and men, and go to be promoted over the trees!

lesserot@Judges:9:14 @ Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou, reign over us.

lesserot@Judges:9:15 @ And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me as king over you, then come seek protection in my shadow; and if not, then let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of the Lebanon.

lesserot@Judges:9:16 @ And now, if ye have acted in truth and sincerity, when ye made Abimelech king, and if ye have dealt well with Yerubba’al and his house, and have done unto him according to the merit of his hands;

lesserot@Judges:9:17 @ (In that my father fought for you, and cast his life far away, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian;

lesserot@Judges:9:18 @ While ye are risen up against my father’s house this day, and have slain his sons, seventy men, upon one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his maid–servant, king over the men of Shechem, because he is your brother;)

lesserot@Judges:9:19 @ If ye have thus acted in truth and sincerity with Yerubba’al and with his house this day: then rejoice ye in Abimelech, and let him also rejoice in you.

lesserot@Judges:9:20 @ But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the men of Shechem and Beth–millo; and let fire come out from the men of Shechem, and from Beth–millo, and devour Abimelech.

lesserot@Judges:9:21 @ And Yotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech his brother.

lesserot@Judges:9:22 @ And Abimelech ruled over Israel three years;

lesserot@Judges:9:23 @ And then did God send an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem; and the men of Shechem became unfaithful toward Abimelech;

lesserot@Judges:9:24 @ So that the violence to the seventy sons of Yerubba’al might come, and their blood be laid upon Abimelech their brother, who had slain them; and upon the men of Shechem, who had strengthened his hands to slay his brothers.

lesserot@Judges:9:25 @ And the men of Shechem set persons to lie in wait for him on the tops of the mountains, and they robbed all that passed by them on that way: and it was told unto Abimelech.

lesserot@Judges:9:26 @ And there came Ga’al the son of ‘Ebed with his brothers, and passed through Shechem: and the men of Shechem put their confidence in him.

lesserot@Judges:9:27 @ And they went out into the field, and gathered their vineyards, and trod, and made joyful feasts, and went into the house of their god, and ate and drank, and cursed Abimelech.

lesserot@Judges:9:28 @ And Ga’al the son of ‘Ebed said, Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? is not he the son of Yerubba’al? and Zebul his superintendent? serve the men of Chamor the father of Shechem; for why indeed should we serve him?

lesserot@Judges:9:29 @ And O that some one would put this people into my power! and I would remove Abimelech. And he let it be said to Abimelech, Increase thy army, and come out.

lesserot@Judges:9:30 @ And when Zebul the ruler of the city heard the words of Ga’al the son of ‘Ebed, his anger was kindled.

lesserot@Judges:9:31 @ And he sent messengers unto Abimelech privately, saying, Behold, Ga’al the son of ‘Ebed and his brothers are come to Shechem; and, behold, they incite the city to enmity against thee.

lesserot@Judges:9:32 @ And now rise up by night, thou and the people that are with thee, and lie in wait in the field:

lesserot@Judges:9:33 @ And it shall be, in the morning, the moment the sun shineth, that thou shalt rise early, and set upon the city; and, behold, when he and the people that are with him come out against thee, then mayest thou do to him as thy means may let thee.

lesserot@Judges:9:34 @ And Abimelech rose up, and all the people that were with him, by night, and they lay in wait against Shechem in four companies.

lesserot@Judges:9:35 @ And Ga’al the son of ‘Ebed went out, and stood in the entrance of the city–gate: and Abimelech rose up, and the people that were with him, from the ambush.

lesserot@Judges:9:36 @ And when Ga’al saw the people, he said to Zebul, Behold, people are coming down from the tops of the mountains. And Zebul said unto him, Thou regardest the shadow of the mountains as men.

lesserot@Judges:9:37 @ And Ga’al spoke again and said, See people are coming down from the highest point of the land, and one company is coming along by the way of the grove of Me’onenim.

lesserot@Judges:9:38 @ Then said Zebul unto him, Where is now thy mouth, wherewith thou saidst, Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him! is not this the people that thou hast despised? go out now, I pray, and fight with them.

lesserot@Judges:9:39 @ And Ga’al went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech.

lesserot@Judges:9:40 @ And Abimelech pursued him, and he fled before him, and many fell slain, even as far as the entrance of the gate.

lesserot@Judges:9:41 @ And Abimelech remained at Arumah: and Zebul banished Ga’al and his brothers, that they should not remain in Shechem.

lesserot@Judges:9:42 @ And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people went out into the field; and it was told to Abimelech.

lesserot@Judges:9:43 @ And he took the people, and divided them into three companies, and lay in wait in the field; and as he saw, and, behold, that the people were coming forth out of the city, he rose up against them, and smote them.

lesserot@Judges:9:44 @ And Abimelech, and the companies that were with him, spread forward, and took position in the entrance of the city–gate: and the two other companies spread over all that were in the fields, and smote them.

lesserot@Judges:9:45 @ And Ahimelech fought against the city all that day; and he captured the city, and the people that were therein he slew; and he beat down the city, and sowed it with salt.

lesserot@Judges:9:46 @ And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard this, they entered into the stronghold of the house of the god Berith.

lesserot@Judges:9:47 @ And it was told unto Abimelech, that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together.

lesserot@Judges:9:48 @ And Abimelech went thereupon up to mount Zalmon, he and all the people that were with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand, and cut down a bough from a tree, and bore it, and laid it on his shoulder; and he said unto the people that were with him, What ye have seen that I have done, make haste, and do like me.

lesserot@Judges:9:49 @ And all the people also cut down every man his bough, and followed Abimelech, and put the same to the stronghold, and set the stronghold over them on fire: and thus died also all the people of the tower of Shechem, about a thousand men and women.

lesserot@Judges:9:50 @ And Abimelech went then to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez, and captured it.

lesserot@Judges:9:51 @ But there was a strong tower within the city, and thither fled all the men and the women, and all the chief persons of the city, and shut the doors behind them, and went up to the roof of the tower.

lesserot@Judges:9:52 @ And Abimelech came up to the tower, and fought against it, and approached as far as the door of the tower to burn it with fire.

lesserot@Judges:9:53 @ But a certain woman cast a piece of an upper millstone upon Abimelech’s head, and crushed his skull.

lesserot@Judges:9:54 @ Then called he hastily unto the young man that bore his armor, and said unto him, Draw thy sword, and slay me, that people may not say of me, A woman hath slain him. And his young man thrust him through, and he died.

lesserot@Judges:9:55 @ And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they departed every man to his place.

lesserot@Judges:9:56 @ Thus did God compensate the evil of Abimelech, which he had done unto his father, in slaying his seventy brothers:

lesserot@Judges:9:57 @ And all the evil of the men of Shechem did God bring back upon their own head; and there came upon them the curse of Yotham the son of Yerubba’al.

lesserot@Judges:10:1 @ And there arose after Abimelech to deliver Israel Tola’ the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir in the mountain of Ephraim.

lesserot@Judges:10:2 @ And he judged Israel twenty and three years, and then died, and was buried in Shamir.

lesserot@Judges:10:3 @ And after him arose Yair, the Gil’adite, and judged Israel twenty and two years;

lesserot@Judges:10:4 @ And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass–colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Chavvoth–yair unto this day, which are in the land of Gil’ad.

lesserot@Judges:10:5 @ And Yair died, and was buried in Kamon.

lesserot@Judges:10:6 @ And the children of Israel repeated to do the evil in the eyes of the Lord, and they served the Be’alim, and ‘Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the gods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children of ‘Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines, and they forsook the Lord, and served not him.

lesserot@Judges:10:7 @ And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the children of ‘Ammon.

lesserot@Judges:10:8 @ And they afflicted and oppressed the children of Israel that year; for eighteen years all the children of Israel that were on the other side of the Jordan in the land of the Emorites, which is in Gil’ad.

lesserot@Judges:10:9 @ And the children of ‘Ammon passed over the Jordan to fight also against Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim; so that Israel was sorely distressed.

lesserot@Judges:10:10 @ And the children of Israel cried unto the Lord, saying, We have sinned against thee, because we have forsaken our God, and have served the Be’alim.

lesserot@Judges:10:11 @ And the Lord said unto the children of Israel, Behold from the Egyptians, and from the Emorites, from the children of ‘Ammon, and from the Philistines.

lesserot@Judges:10:12 @ And when the Zidonians, and the ‘Amalekites, and the Ma’onites did oppress you, and ye cried to me, I delivered you also out of their hand.

lesserot@Judges:10:13 @ And yet ye have forsaken me, and served other gods; wherefore I will deliver you no more.

lesserot@Judges:10:14 @ Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let these deliver you in the time of your tribulation.

lesserot@Judges:10:15 @ And the children of Israel said unto the Lord, We have sinned: do thou unto us entirely as it seemeth good in thy eyes; only deliver us, we pray thee, this time.

lesserot@Judges:10:16 @ And they put away the strange gods from their midst, and served the Lord; and his soul was grieved for the trouble of Israel.

lesserot@Judges:10:17 @ And the children of ‘Ammon were called together, and they encamped in Gil’ad. And the children of Israel also assembled themselves together, and encamped in Mizpah.

lesserot@Judges:10:18 @ And the people, the princes of Gil’ad, said one to another, Whatever man it be that will begin to fight against the children of ‘Ammon, shall become the head over all the inhabitants of Gil’ad.

lesserot@Judges:11:1 @ Now Yiphthach the Gil’adite was a mighty man of valor, but he was the son of a harlot; and Gil’ad had begotten Yiphthach.

lesserot@Judges:11:2 @ And the wife of Gil’ad also bore him sons; and when the sons of the wife were grown up, they drove away Yiphthach, and said unto him, Thou shalt not inherit in the house of our father: for the son of another woman art thou.

lesserot@Judges:11:3 @ And Yiphthach fled away from his brothers, and dwelt in the land of Tob; and there gathered themselves to Yiphthach idle men, and they went out with him.

lesserot@Judges:11:4 @ And it came to pass after some time, that the children of ‘Ammon made war against Israel.

lesserot@Judges:11:5 @ And it was so, when the children of ‘Ammon made war against Israel, that the elders of Gil’ad went to fetch Yiphthach out of the land of Tob.

lesserot@Judges:11:6 @ And they said unto Yiphthach, Come, and become a leader unto us, that we may fight with the children of ‘Ammon.

lesserot@Judges:11:7 @ And Yiphthach said unto the elders of Gil’ad, Did ye not hate me, and drive me away out of my father’s house? and why are ye come unto me now, when ye are in distress?

lesserot@Judges:11:8 @ And the elders of Gil’ad said unto Yiphthach, Therefore are we now come back to thee, that thou mayest go with us, and fight against the children of ‘Ammon; and thou shalt become unto us a head, unto all the inhabitants of Gil’ad.

lesserot@Judges:11:9 @ And Yiphthach said unto the elders of Gil’ad, If ye bring me home again to fight against the children of ‘Ammon, and the Lord give them up before me, shall I remain your head?

lesserot@Judges:11:10 @ And the elders of Gil’ad said unto Yiphthach, The Lord shall be a hearer between us, if we do not so according to thy word.

lesserot@Judges:11:11 @ Then went Yiphthach with the elders of Gil’ad, and the people appointed him over them as head and as leader; and Yiphthach spoke all his words before the Lord in Mitzpah.

lesserot@Judges:11:12 @ And Yiphthach sent messengers unto the king of the children of ‘Ammon, saying, What have I to do with thee, that thou art come unto me to fight against my land?

lesserot@Judges:11:13 @ And the king of the children of ‘Ammon said unto the messengers of Yiphthach, Because Israel took away my land, when they came up out of Egypt, from the Arnon even unto the Yabbok, and unto the Jordan: and now restore these again in peace.

lesserot@Judges:11:14 @ And Yiphthach again sent messengers unto the king of the children of ‘Ammon;

lesserot@Judges:11:15 @ And he said unto him, Thus hath said Yiphthach, Israel did not take away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of ‘Ammon;

lesserot@Judges:11:16 @ For when they came up out of Egypt, Israel walked through the wilderness unto the Red Sea, and came to Kadesh;

lesserot@Judges:11:17 @ And Israel then sent messengers unto the king of Edom, saying, Let me pass, I pray thee, through thy land; but the king of Edom would not hearken; and also to the king of Moab they sent; but he would not consent: and Israel remained in Kadesh.

lesserot@Judges:11:18 @ Then they wandered through the wilderness, and traveled round the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came from the rising of the sun to the land of Moab, and encamped on the other side of the Arnon: but they came not within the border of Moab; for the Arnon is the boundary of Moab.

lesserot@Judges:11:19 @ And Israel sent messengers unto Sichon the king of the Emorites, the king of Cheshbon; and Israel said unto him, Let us pass, we pray thee, through thy land unto my place.

lesserot@Judges:11:20 @ But Sichon trusted not Israel to pass through his territory; and Sichon assembled all his people, and encamped in Yahaz, and fought against Israel.

lesserot@Judges:11:21 @ and the Lord the God of Israel delivered Sichon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they smote them; and Israel took possession of all the land of the Emorites, the inhabitants of that country.

lesserot@Judges:11:22 @ And they took possession of all the territory of the Emorites, from the Arnon even unto the Yabbok, and from the wilderness even unto the Jordan.

lesserot@Judges:11:23 @ So now the Lord the God of Israel hath dispossessed the Emorites from before his people Israel, and shouldst thou possess it?

lesserot@Judges:11:24 @ Truly! that which Kemosh thy god may give thee to possess, even that canst thou possess; but whatsoever the Lord our God hath driven out from before us, even that will we possess.

lesserot@Judges:11:25 @ And now art thou then any better than Balak the son of Zippor, the king of Moab? did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fight against them?

lesserot@Judges:11:26 @ while Israel hath dwelt in Cheshbon and in its towns, and in ‘Ar’or and in its towns, and in all the cities that are along the margins of the Arnon, three hundred years: why did ye not recover them within that time?

lesserot@Judges:11:27 @ Whereas I myself have not sinned against thee, and thou doest me wrong to war against me: may the Lord, the Judge, decide this day between the children of Israel and the children of ‘Ammon.

lesserot@Judges:11:28 @ Nevertheless the king of the children of ‘Ammon hearkened not unto the words of Yiphthach which he had sent to him.

lesserot@Judges:11:29 @ Then came upon Yiphthach the spirit of the Lord, and he passed through Gil’ad and Menasseh, and passed through Mitzpeh of Gil’ad, and from Mitzpeh of Gil’ad he passed over unto the children of Ammon.

lesserot@Judges:11:30 @ And Yiphthach made a vow unto the Lord, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver the children of ‘Ammon into my hand,

lesserot@Judges:11:31 @ Then shall it be, that whatsoever cometh forth out of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of ‘Ammon, shall belong to the Lord, and I will offer it up for a burnt–offering.

lesserot@Judges:11:32 @ So Yiphthach passed over unto the children of ‘Ammon to fight against them: and the Lord delivered them into his hand.

lesserot@Judges:11:33 @ And he smote them from ‘Aro’er, even till thou comest to Minnith, twenty cities, and unto Abel–keramin, with a very great defeat; and the children of ‘Ammon were humbled before the children of Israel.

lesserot@Judges:11:34 @ And Yiphthach came to Mizpah unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she was his sole child; he had beside her neither son nor daughter.

lesserot@Judges:11:35 @ And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his garments, and said, Alas, my daughter! thou hast bent me down very low, and thou art one of those that trouble me; for I have opened my mouth unto the Lord, and I cannot go back.

lesserot@Judges:11:36 @ And she said unto him, My father, if thou hast opened thy mouth unto the Lord, do to me in accordance with what hath proceeded out of thy mouth; since the Lord hath taken vengeance for thee on thy enemies, on the children of ‘Ammon.

lesserot@Judges:11:37 @ And she said unto her father, Let this thing be done for me: Let me alone two months, that I may descend to the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I with my companions.

lesserot@Judges:11:38 @ And he aid, Go. And he sent her away for two months: and she went with her companions, and bewailed her virginity on the mountains.

lesserot@Judges:11:39 @ And it came to pass at the end of two months, that she returned unto her father, and he fulfilled on her his vow which he had vowed; and she knew no man; and it became a custom in Israel,

lesserot@Judges:11:40 @ That the daughters of Israel went from year to year to lament for the daughter of Yiphthach the Gil’adite four days in the year.

lesserot@Judges:12:1 @ And the men of Ephraim were called together, and went northward, and said unto Yiphthach, Wherefore didst thou pass over to fight against the children of ‘Ammon, and didst not call for us to go with thee? thy house will we burn over thee with fire.

lesserot@Judges:12:2 @ And Yiphthach said unto them, I and my people were greatly engaged in strife with the children of ‘Ammon; and I called you, but ye helped me not out of their hand.

lesserot@Judges:12:3 @ And when I saw that ye helped me not, I put my life in my hand, and passed over to the children of ‘Ammon, and the Lord delivered them into my hand; and why then are ye come up unto me this day, to fight against me?

lesserot@Judges:12:4 @ Then Yiphthach gathered together all the men of Gil’ad, and fought with Ephraim; and the men of Gil’ad smote Ephraim, because they said, Ye are fugitives of Ephraim: Gil’ad is in the midst, between Ephraim and Menasseh.

lesserot@Judges:12:5 @ And the Gil’adites seized on the passages of the Jordan before the Ephraimites: and it came to pass, when the Ephraimites who had escaped said, Let me pass over; that the men of Gil’ad said unto him, Art thou an Ephrathite? and if he said, No;

lesserot@Judges:12:6 @ Then said they unto him, Do say, Shibboleth; but when he said, Sibboleth, and was not able to pronounce it correctly, they laid hold of him and slew him on the passages of the Jordan; and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty and two thousand.

lesserot@Judges:12:7 @ And Yiphthach judged Israel six years; and then died Yiphthach the Gil’adite, and was buried in the cities of Gil’ad.

lesserot@Judges:12:8 @ And after him there judged Israel Ibzan of Beth–lechem.

lesserot@Judges:12:9 @ And he had thirty sons; and thirty daughters he sent abroad, and thirty daughters he brought in for his sons from abroad: and he judged Israel seven years.

lesserot@Judges:12:10 @ Then died Ibzan, and was buried at Beth–lechem.

lesserot@Judges:12:11 @ And after him there judged Israel Elon the Zebulonite; and he judged Israel ten years.

lesserot@Judges:12:12 @ Then died Elon the Zebulonite, and was buried in Ayalon in the country of Zebulun.

lesserot@Judges:12:13 @ And after him there judged Israel ‘Abdon the son of Hillel the Pir’athonite.

lesserot@Judges:12:14 @ And he had forty sons and thirty grandsons, that rode on seventy ass–colts; and he judged Israel eight years.

lesserot@Judges:12:15 @ Then died ‘Abdon the son of Hillel the Pir’athonite, and was buried in Pir’athon in the land of Ephraim, in the mountain of the ‘Amalekites.

lesserot@Judges:13:1 @ And the children of Israel did again the evil in the eyes of the Lord; and the Lord delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years.

lesserot@Judges:13:2 @ And there was a certain man of Zor’ah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoach; and his wife was barren, and did not bear.

lesserot@Judges:13:3 @ And there appeared an angel of the Lord unto the woman, and he said unto her, Behold, thou art barren, and hast not born; but thou wilt conceive, and bear a son.

lesserot@Judges:13:4 @ And now do beware, and drink neither wine nor strong drink, and eat not any thing unclean.

lesserot@Judges:13:5 @ For, lo, thou wilt conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come on his head; for a Nazarite of God shall the lad be from the womb: and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.

lesserot@Judges:13:6 @ And the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came unto me, and his appearance was like the appearance of an angel of God, very terrible; but I asked him not whence he might be, and his name he did not tell me.

lesserot@Judges:13:7 @ And he said unto me, Behold, thou wilt conceive, and bear a son; and now thou must drink neither wine nor strong drink, and not eat anything unclean; for the child shall be a Nazarite of God from the womb until the day of his death.

lesserot@Judges:13:8 @ And Manoach entreated the Lord, and said, Hear me, O Lord, let the man of God, whom thou didst send, come again unto us, and instruct us what we shall do unto the child that is to be born.

lesserot@Judges:13:9 @ And God hearkened to the voice of Manoach; and the angel of God came again unto the woman, as she was sitting in the field; and Manoach her husband was not with her.

lesserot@Judges:13:10 @ And the woman made haste, and ran, and informed her husband; and she said unto him, Behold, there hath appeared unto me the man, that came unto me the other day.

lesserot@Judges:13:11 @ And Manoach arose, and went after his wife; and he came to the man, and said unto him, Art thou the man that spokest unto the woman? and he said, I am.

lesserot@Judges:13:12 @ And Manoach said, If now thy words come to pass, what shall be proceeding with the child, and what shall be done unto him?

lesserot@Judges:13:13 @ And the angel of the Lord said unto Manoach, Of all that I have said unto the woman must she beware.

lesserot@Judges:13:14 @ Of any thing that cometh of the grape–vine she may not eat, and wine or strong drink she may not drink, and any thing unclean she may not eat: all that I commanded her must she observe.

lesserot@Judges:13:15 @ And Manoach said unto the angel of the Lord, Let us, I pray thee, detain thee, and we will make a kid ready for thee.

lesserot@Judges:13:16 @ And the angel of the Lord said unto Manoach, Though thou detain me, I will not eat of thy bread; but if thou wilt offer a burnt–offering, thou must offer it unto the Lord; for Manoach knew not that he was an angel of the Lord.

lesserot@Judges:13:17 @ And Manoach said unto the angel of the Lord, What is thy name, that, when thy word cometh to pass, we may do thee honor?

lesserot@Judges:13:18 @ And the angel of the Lord said unto him, Why is it that thou wilt ask after my name, seeing it is secret?

lesserot@Judges:13:19 @ And Manoach took the kid and the meat–offering, and offered it upon the rock unto the Lord: and he did wondrously; and Manoach and his wife looked on.

lesserot@Judges:13:20 @ And it came to pass, when the flame went up from off the altar toward heaven, that the angel of the Lord ascended in the flame of the altar; and Manoach and his wife looked on, and they fell on their faces to the ground.

lesserot@Judges:13:21 @ And the angel of the Lord was no longer visible to Manoach and to his wife: then knew Manoach that he was an angel of the Lord.

lesserot@Judges:13:22 @ And Manoach said unto his wife, We shall surely die, because a divine being have we seen.

lesserot@Judges:13:23 @ But his wife said unto him, If the Lord were pleased to kill us, he would not have received from our hand a burnt–offering and a meat–offering, nor would he have let us see all these things, and at this time he would not have let us hear as this.

lesserot@Judges:13:24 @ And the woman bore a son, and called his name Samson; and the child grew up, and the Lord blessed him.

lesserot@Judges:13:25 @ And the Spirit of the Lord began to move him in Machaneh–dan between Zor’ah and Eshtaol.

lesserot@Judges:14:1 @ And Samson went down to Timnathah, and saw a woman in Timnathah of the daughters of the Philistines.

lesserot@Judges:14:2 @ And he went up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Timnathah of the daughters of the Philistines; and now take her to me for wife.

lesserot@Judges:14:3 @ Then said unto him his father and his mother, Is there not among the daughters of thy brethren, or among all my people, a woman, that thou art going to take a wife from the Philistines, the uncircumcised? And Samson said unto his father, This one take for me; for she pleaseth me well.

lesserot@Judges:14:4 @ But his father and his mother knew not that it was from the Lord, that he sought but an occasion against the Philistines; and at that time the Philistines had dominion over Israel.

lesserot@Judges:14:5 @ And Samson thus went down, with his father and his mother, to Timnathah; and when they were come as far as the vineyards of Timnathah, behold, a young lion came roaring toward him.

lesserot@Judges:14:6 @ And the Spirit of the Lord came suddenly over him, and he rent him as he would have rent a kid, and he had nothing in his hand; but he told not his father or his mother what he had done.

lesserot@Judges:14:7 @ And he went down, and spoke unto the woman; and she pleased Samson well.

lesserot@Judges:14:8 @ And when he returned after a time to take her, he turned aside to see the carcass of the lion: and, behold, there was a swarm of bees in the carcass of the lion and honey likewise.

lesserot@Judges:14:9 @ And he took it out in his hands, and went on, eating as he was going, and came to his father and mother, and he gave unto them, and they did eat; but he told them not that out of the carcass of the lion he had taken the honey.

lesserot@Judges:14:10 @ And his father went down unto the woman; and Samson made there a feast; for so used the young men to do.

lesserot@Judges:14:11 @ And it came to pass, when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions, and they remained with him.

lesserot@Judges:14:12 @ And Samson said unto them, I will now propound unto you a riddle; if ye can in anywise tell it me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then will I give you thirty shirts and thirty changes of garments;

lesserot@Judges:14:13 @ But if ye will not be able to tell it to me, then shall ye give me thirty shirts and thirty changes of garments. And they said unto him, Propound thy riddle, that we may hear it.

lesserot@Judges:14:14 @ And he said unto them, Out of the eater came forth food, and out of the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not solve the riddle in three days.

lesserot@Judges:14:15 @ And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said unto Samson’s wife, Persuade thy husband, that he may solve unto us the riddle, lest we burn thee and thy father’s house with fire: have ye invited us to impoverish us? is it not so?

lesserot@Judges:14:16 @ And Samson’s wife wept before him, and said, Thou doest but hate me, and lovest me not: that riddle hast thou propounded unto the children of my people, and me hast thou not told. And he said unto her, Behold, I have not told it to my father and to my mother, and thee shall I tell it?

lesserot@Judges:14:17 @ And she wept before him the seven days, while their feast lasted; and it came to pass on the seventh day, that he told her, because she had worried him: and she told the riddle to the children of her people.

lesserot@Judges:14:18 @ Then said unto him the men of the city on the seventh day before the sun was yet gone down, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said unto them, If ye had not ploughed with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle.

lesserot@Judges:14:19 @ And the Spirit of the Lord came suddenly over him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and slew of them thirty men, and he took their apparel, and gave the changes of garments unto the expounders of the riddle; but his anger was kindled, and he went up to his father’s house.

lesserot@Judges:14:20 @ And Samson’s wife was given to his companion who had been given him as his associate.

lesserot@Judges:15:1 @ And it came to pass after some time, in the time of wheat–harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid; and he said, Let me go in to my wife into the chamber; but her father would not suffer him to go in.

lesserot@Judges:15:2 @ And her father said, I verily thought that thou didst utterly hate her; therefore I gave her to thy companion: is not her younger sister fairer than she? Let her be thine, I pray thee, instead of her.

lesserot@Judges:15:3 @ And Samson said to them, Now shall I be more blameless than the Philistines, though I do them evil.

lesserot@Judges:15:4 @ And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took torches, and turned tail to tail, and put one torch between two tails in the midst;

lesserot@Judges:15:5 @ And he set the torches on fire, and let them go into the standing corn of the Philistines, and burnt up both shocks and standing corn, as also olive–yards.

lesserot@Judges:15:6 @ Then said the Philistines, Who hath done this! And they answered, Samson, the son–in–law of the Thimnite, because he hath taken his wife, and given her to his companion. And the Philistines went up, and burnt her and her father with fire.

lesserot@Judges:15:7 @ And Samson said unto them, Since ye will do the like of this, I will surely be avenged on you, and after that will I cease.

lesserot@Judges:15:8 @ And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter; and he went down and tarried in the cleft of the rock ‘Etam.

lesserot@Judges:15:9 @ And the Philistines went up, and encamped in Judah, and spread themselves in Lechi.

lesserot@Judges:15:10 @ And the men of Judah said, Why are ye come up against us? And they answered, To bind Samson are we come up, to do to him as he hath done to us.

lesserot@Judges:15:11 @ Thereupon went three thousand men of Judah down to the cleft of the rock ‘Etam, and said to Samson, Knowest thou not that the Philistines rule over us? and what is this that thou hast done unto us? And he said unto them, As they did unto me, so have I done unto them.

lesserot@Judges:15:12 @ And they said unto him, To bind thee are we come down, to deliver thee into the hand of the Philistines. And Samson said unto them, Swear unto me, that ye will not assail me yourselves.

lesserot@Judges:15:13 @ And they said unto him, thus, No; for we will bind thee fast, and deliver thee into their hand; but we will in no–wise kill thee. And they bound him with two new cords, and brought him up from the rock.

lesserot@Judges:15:14 @ When he was come unto Lechi, the Philistines shouted against him; but the Spirit of the Lord came suddenly over him, and the cords that were upon his arms became as flax threads that are burnt with fire, and his bands melted from off his hands.

lesserot@Judges:15:15 @ And he found a fresh jaw–bone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and smote therewith a thousand men.

lesserot@Judges:15:16 @ And Samson said, With a jaw–bone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw–bone of an ass have I smitten a thousand men.

lesserot@Judges:15:17 @ And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking, that he cast away the jaw–bone out of his hand, and called that place Ramath–lechi.

lesserot@Judges:15:18 @ And he became very thirsty, and he called on the Lord, and said, Thou hast granted through the hand of thy servant this great deliverance; and now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised?

lesserot@Judges:15:19 @ But God clave a hollow place that was at Lechi, and there came forth water out of it; and he drank, and his spirit came again, and he revived; wherefore he called the name thereof ‘En–hakkore, which is in Lechi unto this day.

lesserot@Judges:15:20 @ And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.

lesserot@Judges:16:1 @ Then went Samson to Gazzah, and saw there a harlot, and went in unto her.

lesserot@Judges:16:2 @ And it was told to the Gazzites, saying, Samson is come hither: and they compassed him in, and lay in wait for him all the night in the gate of the city, and held themselves quiet all the night, saying, By the time it is light in the morning will we kill him.

lesserot@Judges:16:3 @ And Samson lay till midnight; but he arose at midnight, and took hold of the doors of the city–gate, and the two door–posts, and tore them away with the bolt, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of the mount that is before Hebron.

lesserot@Judges:16:4 @ And it came to pass after this, that he loved a woman in the valley of Shorek, whose name was Delilah.

lesserot@Judges:16:5 @ And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her, Persuade him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by what means we may prevail over him, that we may bind him to subdue him: and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver.

lesserot@Judges:16:6 @ And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, and wherewith thou canst be bound to subdue thee.

lesserot@Judges:16:7 @ And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven moist cords which have not yet been dried, then shall I become weak, and be like any other of mankind.

lesserot@Judges:16:8 @ And the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven moist cords which had not yet been dried, and she bound him with them.

lesserot@Judges:16:9 @ And she had men lying in wait, sitting near her in the chamber. And she said unto him, The Philistines are upon thee, Samson. And he tore the cords, as a thread of tow is torn when it toucheth the fire; and his strength was not perceived.

lesserot@Judges:16:10 @ And Delilah said unto Samson, Behold, thou hast deceived me, and told me lies; now do tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou canst be bound.

lesserot@Judges:16:11 @ And he said unto her, If they bind me fast with new ropes that have never been used in work, then shall I become weak, and be like any other of mankind.

lesserot@Judges:16:12 @ And Delilah took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said unto him, The Philistines are upon thee, Samson. And the liers in wait were sitting in the chamber. But he tore them from off his arms like a thread.

lesserot@Judges:16:13 @ And Delilah said unto Samson, Hitherto thou hast deceived me, and told me lies; do tell me wherewith thou canst be bound. And he said unto her, If thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web.

lesserot@Judges:16:14 @ And she fastened it with the pin, and said unto him, The Philistines are upon thee, Samson. And he awakened out of his sleep, and tore away the pin of the loom, with the web.

lesserot@Judges:16:15 @ And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thy heart is not with me? these three times hast thou deceived me, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth.

lesserot@Judges:16:16 @ And it came to pass, when she worried him daily with her words, and urged him, that his soul became impatient to die;

lesserot@Judges:16:17 @ And he told her all his heart, and said unto her, A razor hath not passed over my head; for a Nazarite of God have I been from my mother’s womb; if I were shaved, my strength would depart from me, and I should become weak, and be like all other men.

lesserot@Judges:16:18 @ And when Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, Come up this once; for he hath told me all his heart. Then came the lords of the Philistines up unto her, and brought the money in their hand.

lesserot@Judges:16:19 @ And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called a man, and caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she began to subdue him, and his strength departed from him.

lesserot@Judges:16:20 @ And she said, The Philistines are upon thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and thought, I will go out as at other times before, and shake myself free. But he knew not that the Lord had departed from him.

lesserot@Judges:16:21 @ And the Philistines seized him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gazzah, and bound him with fetters of copper; and he had to grind in the prison–house.

lesserot@Judges:16:22 @ But the hair of his head began to grow again after it was shaved off.

lesserot@Judges:16:23 @ And the lords of the Philistines gathered themselves together to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice; and they said, Our god hath delivered into our hand Samson our enemy.

lesserot@Judges:16:24 @ And when the people saw him, they praised their god; for they said, Our god hath delivered into our hand our enemy, and the destroyer of our country, and him who hath slain so many of us.

lesserot@Judges:16:25 @ And it came to pass, when their heart was merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make sport for us. And they called for Samson out of the prison–house; and he made sport before them; and they placed him between the pillars.

lesserot@Judges:16:26 @ And Samson said unto the lad that held him by the hand, Suffer me and let me feel the pillars whereupon the house is supported, that I may lean upon them.

lesserot@Judges:16:27 @ Now the house was full of men and women; and there were all the lords of the Philistines; and upon the roof were about three thousand men and women, that looked on while Samson made sport.

lesserot@Judges:16:28 @ And Samson called unto the Lord, and said, O Lord Eternal, remember me, I pray thee, and do thou strengthen me only this once, O God, that I may be avenged for one of my two eyes on the Philistines.

lesserot@Judges:16:29 @ And Samson threw his arms around the two middle pillars upon which the house was supported, and he leaned on them, one with his right hand, and the other with his left.

lesserot@Judges:16:30 @ And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bent with might, and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead whom he slew at his death were more than those whom he had slain in his life.

lesserot@Judges:16:31 @ Then came down his brothers and all the house of his father, and they took him up, and carried him up, and buried him between Zor’ah and Eshtaol, in the burying–place of Manoach his father. And he had judged Israel twenty years.

lesserot@Judges:17:1 @ And there was a man of the mountain of Ephraim, whose name was Michayhu.

lesserot@Judges:17:2 @ And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou cursedst, and spokest of also in my ears,––behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed be my son unto the Lord.

lesserot@Judges:17:3 @ And he restored the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother; and his mother said, I had wholly dedicated the silver unto the Lord from my hand, for my son, to make a graven and molten image; and now I will give it back unto thee.

lesserot@Judges:17:4 @ Yet he gave the money back unto his mother; and his mother took two hundred shekels of silver, and gave them to the silversmith, who made thereof a graven and molten image; and it was in the house of Micah.

lesserot@Judges:17:5 @ And the man Micah had a house of god, and he made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.

lesserot@Judges:17:6 @ In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did what seemed right in his own eyes.

lesserot@Judges:17:7 @ And there was a young man out of Beth–lechem–judah of the family of Judah, but he was a Levite, and sojourned there.

lesserot@Judges:17:8 @ And the man departed from the city, from Beth–lechem–judah, to sojourn where he could find; and he came to the mountain of Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he was pursuing his journey.

lesserot@Judges:17:9 @ And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I am a Levite from Beth–lechem–judah, and I go to sojourn where I may find.

lesserot@Judges:17:10 @ And Micah said unto him, Remain with me, and become unto me a father and a priest, and I will give thee ten shekels of silver for the year, and suitable apparel, and thy victuals. And the Levite went in.

lesserot@Judges:17:11 @ And the Levite consented to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons.

lesserot@Judges:17:12 @ And Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man became his priest, and remained in the house of Micah.

lesserot@Judges:17:13 @ Then said Micah, Now I know that the Lord will do me good, seeing I have obtained a Levite for priest.

lesserot@Judges:18:1 @ In those days there was no king in Israel; and in those days the tribe of the Danites were seeking for themselves an inheritance to dwell in; for there had not fallen to their share up to that day among the tribes of Israel a inheritance.

lesserot@Judges:18:2 @ And the children of Dan sent from their family five men from among themselves, men of valor, from Zor’ah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said unto them, Go, search the land. And they came to the mountain of Ephraim, as far as the house of Micah, and lodged there.

lesserot@Judges:18:3 @ They were just by the house of Micah, when they recognized the voice of the young man the Levite; and they turned in thither, and said unto him, Who brought thee hither? and what doest thou in this place? and what hast thou here?

lesserot@Judges:18:4 @ And he said unto them, Thus and thus hath Micah done unto me; and he hired me, and I became his priest.

lesserot@Judges:18:5 @ And they said unto him, Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that we may know whether our way on which we are going shall be prosperous.

lesserot@Judges:18:6 @ And the priest said unto them, Go in peace: before the Lord is your way on which ye will go.

lesserot@Judges:18:7 @ And the five men departed, and came to Layish, and saw the people that were therein, dwelling in security, after the manner of the Zidonians, quiet and secure; and no one inflicted any wrong in the land, as hereditary ruler; and they were far from the Zidonians, and had no concern with any man.

lesserot@Judges:18:8 @ And they came unto their brethren to Zor’ah and Eshtaol: and their brethren said unto them, What ye?

lesserot@Judges:18:9 @ And they said, Arise, and let us go up against them; for we have seen the land, and, behold, it is very good: and you keep still! be not slothful, to go, to enter to take possession of the land.

lesserot@Judges:18:10 @ When ye enter, ye will come unto a secure people, and the land is roomy; for God hath given it into your hand; a place where there is no want of anything that is on the earth.

lesserot@Judges:18:11 @ And there went from there of the family of the Danites, out of Zor’ah and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men girded with weapons of war.

lesserot@Judges:18:12 @ And they went up, and encamped in Kiryath–ye’arim, in Judah; wherefore they called that place Machaneh–dan until this day; behold, it is behind Kiryath–ye’arim.

lesserot@Judges:18:13 @ And they passed thence unto the mountain of Ephraim, and came as far as the house of Micah.

lesserot@Judges:18:14 @ Then commenced the five men that had gone to spy out the country of Layish, and said unto their brethren, Do ye know that there are in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven and molten image? and now consider what ye have to do.

lesserot@Judges:18:15 @ And they turned thitherward, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, unto the house of Micah, and asked him after his welfare.

lesserot@Judges:18:16 @ And the six hundred men who were of the children of Dan, girded with their weapons of war, remained standing by the entrance of the gate.

lesserot@Judges:18:17 @ And the five men that had gone to spy out the land went up, and came in thither, and took the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image; and the priest stood in the entrance of the gate with the six hundred men that were girded with the weapons of war.

lesserot@Judges:18:18 @ And these went into Micah’s house, and took the graven image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image; and the priest said unto them, What are ye doing?

lesserot@Judges:18:19 @ And they said unto him, Be still, lay thy hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and become to us a father and a priest: is it better that thou be a priest unto the house of one man, or that thou be a priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel?

lesserot@Judges:18:20 @ And the priest’s heart became glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and came into the midst of the people.

lesserot@Judges:18:21 @ And they turned and went away, and placed the little ones and the cattle and the heavy things before them.

lesserot@Judges:18:22 @ When they were at a distance from the house of Micah, the men that were in the houses near to Micah’s house were called together, and they overtook the children of Daniel.

lesserot@Judges:18:23 @ And they called unto the children of Dan, who turned their faces, and said unto Micah, What aileth thee, that thou hast called out thy people?

lesserot@Judges:18:24 @ And he said, My god which I made have ye taken away, and the priest, and are gone away; and what have I more? and what is this ye say unto me, What aileth thee?

lesserot@Judges:18:25 @ And the children of Dan said unto him, Cause not thy voice to be heard among us, lest men of an embittered spirit assail thee, and thou lose thy life, with the life of thy household.

lesserot@Judges:18:26 @ And the children of Dan went on their way; and when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back unto his house.

lesserot@Judges:18:27 @ And they took what Micah had made, and the priest whom he had had, and came over Layish, over a people that were quiet and secure; and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and the city they burnt with fire.

lesserot@Judges:18:28 @ And there was no deliverer; because it was far from Zidon, and the people had no business with any man; and it was in the valley that lieth by Beth–rechob. And they rebuilt the city, and dwelt therein.

lesserot@Judges:18:29 @ And they called the name of the city, Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born unto Israel: nevertheless, Layish was the name of the city at first.

lesserot@Judges:18:30 @ And the children of Dan erected for themselves the graven image: and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Menasseh, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan until the day of the exile of the land.

lesserot@Judges:18:31 @ And they set up for themselves Micah’s graven image, which he had made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.

lesserot@Judges:19:1 @ And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the lower edge of the mountain of Ephraim, who took to himself a concubine out of Beth–lechem–judah.

lesserot@Judges:19:2 @ And his concubine became faithless unto him, and she went away from him unto her father’s house to Beth–lechem–judah, and was there one year and four months.

lesserot@Judges:19:3 @ And then her husband arose, and went after her, to speak friendly unto her, to bring her back; and he had his servant with him, and a couple of asses: and she brought him into her father’s house; and when the father of the damsel saw him, he rejoiced to meet him.

lesserot@Judges:19:4 @ And his father–in–law, the damsel’s father, detained him; and he abode with him three days: and they ate and drank, and lodged there.

lesserot@Judges:19:5 @ And it came to pass on the fourth day, that they arose early in the morning, and he rose up to depart; but the damsel’s father said unto his son–in–law, Comfort thy heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward can ye go your way.

lesserot@Judges:19:6 @ And they sat down, and both of them ate together and drank; and the damsel’s father said unto the man, Do consent, I pray thee, and tarry all night, and let thy heart be merry.

lesserot@Judges:19:7 @ Still the man rose up to depart; but his father–in–law urged him, and he turned back and lodged there.

lesserot@Judges:19:8 @ And when he arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart, the damsel’s father said, Comfort thy heart, I pray thee, and tarry until the decline of the day: and both of them did eat.

lesserot@Judges:19:9 @ And when the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine, and his servant, his father–in–law, the damsel’s father, said unto him, Behold, now the day draweth toward evening, tarry all night, I pray you: behold, it is the resting time of day, lodge here, and let thy heart be merry; and you may get early tomorrow on your way, and go then to thy tent.

lesserot@Judges:19:10 @ But the man would not tarry that night, but he rose up and went away, and came as far as opposite Jebus, which is Jerusalem; and he had with him two saddled asses, and his concubine also was with him.

lesserot@Judges:19:11 @ When they were by Jebus, the day was far spent; and the servant said unto his master, Come, I pray thee, and let us turn in unto this city of the Jebusites, and lodge in it.

lesserot@Judges:19:12 @ And his master said unto him, We will not turn into one of the cities of the stranger, that are not belonging to the children of Israel; but we will pass on as far as Gib’ah.

lesserot@Judges:19:13 @ And he said unto his servant, Come, and let us draw near to one of these places; and let us lodge all night in Gib’ah, or in Ramah.

lesserot@Judges:19:14 @ And they passed on and went forward; and the sun went down unto them by Gib’ah, which belongeth to Benjamin.

lesserot@Judges:19:15 @ And they turned aside thither, to go in to lodge in Gib’ah; and when he went in, he sat down in the street of the city; for there was no man that brought them into his house to lodge.

lesserot@Judges:19:16 @ And, behold, an old man was coming from his work out of the field at evening, and this man was from the mountain of Ephraim, and he sojourned in Gib’ah; but the men of the place were Benjamites.

lesserot@Judges:19:17 @ And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the wayfaring man in the street of the city: and then said the old man, Whither goest thou? and whence comest thou?

lesserot@Judges:19:18 @ And he said unto him, We are passing from Beth–lechem–judah toward the lower edge of the mountain of Ephraim; from there am I, and I went as far as Beth–lechem–judah; but I am going to the house of the Lord; and there is no man that bringeth me into his house.

lesserot@Judges:19:19 @ Yet there is both straw and provender for our asses; and there are also bread and wine for me, and for thy handmaid, and for the young man who is with thy servants; there is no want of any thing.

lesserot@Judges:19:20 @ And the old man said, Peace be with thee; only let all thy wants lie upon me; at least lodge not in the street.

lesserot@Judges:19:21 @ So he brought him to his house, and gave provender unto the asses: and they washed their feet, and they ate and drank.

lesserot@Judges:19:22 @ As they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, worthless people, beset the house round about, knocking at the door; and they said to the master of the house, the old man, thus, Bring forth the man that in come to thy house, that we may know him.

lesserot@Judges:19:23 @ And the man, the master of the house, went out unto them, and said unto them, No, my brethren, I pray you, act not wickedly; since this man is once come into my house, do not this scandalous thing.

lesserot@Judges:19:24 @ Behold, here is my daughter a virgin, and his concubine; let me bring them out now, and humble ye them, and do to them what seemeth good in your eyes; but unto this man do not this scandalous thing.

lesserot@Judges:19:25 @ But the men would not hearken to him; so the man took hold of his concubine, and brought her forth unto them into the street; and they knew her, and ill–used her all the night until the morning; and they let her go when the day began to dawn.

lesserot@Judges:19:26 @ Then came the woman in the early part of the morning, and fell down at the door of the man’s house where her lord was, till it was light.

lesserot@Judges:19:27 @ And when her lord rose up in the morning, and opened the doors of the house, and went out to go on his way: behold, the woman, his concubine, was lying at the door of the house, with her hands upon the threshold.

lesserot@Judges:19:28 @ And he said unto her, Rise up, and let us be going; but no one answered. Then he took her upon the ass, and the man rose up, and went unto his place.

lesserot@Judges:19:29 @ And when he was come into his house, he took a knife, and laid hold on his concubine, and divided her, according to her bones, into twelve pieces, and sent her about in all the territory of Israel.

lesserot@Judges:19:30 @ And it happened, that whoever saw it said, There hath no such deed been done or seen from the day that the children of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt until this day: reflect well on it, give advice, and speak.

lesserot@Judges:20:1 @ Then went out all the children of Israel, and the congregation was assembled together as one man, from Dan even to Beer–sheba’, with the land of Gil’ad, unto the Lord in Mizpah.

lesserot@Judges:20:2 @ and there presented themselves the chiefs of all the people, of all the tribes of Israel, in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand men on foot that drew the sword.

lesserot@Judges:20:3 @ (And the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel were gone up to Mizpah.) And the children of Israel said, Speak, how did this wickedness take place?

lesserot@Judges:20:4 @ And the Levite, the husband of the woman that was murdered, answered and said, I came to Gib’ah that belongeth to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to stay one night,

lesserot@Judges:20:5 @ When the men of Gib’ah rose against me, and beset the house round about against me by night; me they intended to slay; and my concubine they humbled, so that she died.

lesserot@Judges:20:6 @ And I took hold of my concubine and cut her in pieces, and sent her about throughout all the fields of the inheritance of Israel; for they had committed incest and scandal in Israel.

lesserot@Judges:20:7 @ Behold, ye are all here children of Israel: furnish for yourselves here advice and counsel.

lesserot@Judges:20:8 @ And all the people then arose as one man, saying, We will not go any of us to his tent, neither will we turn any of us into his house.

lesserot@Judges:20:9 @ And now this shall be the thing which we will do to Gib’ah: We will go up against it by lot;

lesserot@Judges:20:10 @ And we will take ten men out of every hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred out of every thousand, and a thousand out of every ten thousand, to procure provisions for the people; that they may do, when they come to Gib’ah of Benjamin, in accordance with all the scandalous deed that they have wrought in Israel.

lesserot@Judges:20:11 @ So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, associated together as one man.

lesserot@Judges:20:12 @ And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the divisions of Benjamin, saying, What wickedness is this that hath been done among you?

lesserot@Judges:20:13 @ Now therefore deliver up the men, those worthless people, who are in Gib’ah, that we may put them to death, and remove evil from Israel. But the children of Benjamin would not hearken to the voice of their brethren the children of Israel.

lesserot@Judges:20:14 @ And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities unto Gib’ah, to go out to battle with the children of Israel.

lesserot@Judges:20:15 @ And at that time there were numbered of the children of Benjamin out of the cities twenty and six thousand men that drew the sword, beside the inhabitants of Gib’ah, who were numbered seven hundred chosen men.

lesserot@Judges:20:16 @ Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men lame in the right hand: every one of these could sling a stone at a hair, and would not miss.

lesserot@Judges:20:17 @ And the men of Israel, beside Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men that drew the sword: all these were men of war.

lesserot@Judges:20:18 @ And they arose, and went up to Beth–el, and asked counsel of God; and the children of Israel said, Who of us shall go up at first to the battle with the children of Benjamin? And the Lord said, Judah, at first.

lesserot@Judges:20:19 @ And the children of Israel rose up in the morning, and encamped against Gib’ah.

lesserot@Judges:20:20 @ And the men of Israel went out to battle with Benjamin; and the men of Israel put themselves in battle–array against them by Gib’ah.

lesserot@Judges:20:21 @ And the Children of Benjamin came forth out of Gib’ah, and struck down to the ground of the Israelites on that day twenty and two thousand men.

lesserot@Judges:20:22 @ And the people the men of Israel took courage, and set themselves again in battle–array in the place where they had arrayed themselves on the first day.

lesserot@Judges:20:23 @ And the children of Israel went up and wept before the Lord until the evening, and asked counsel of the Lord, saying, Shall I again approach to battle with the children of Benjamin my brother? And the Lord said, Go up against him.

lesserot@Judges:20:24 @ And the children of Israel came near against the children of Benjamin on the second day.

lesserot@Judges:20:25 @ And Benjamin went forth against them out of Gib’ah on the second day, and struck down to the ground of the children of Israel again eighteen thousand men: all these were men that drew the sword.

lesserot@Judges:20:26 @ Now all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and came unto Beth–el, and wept, and sat there before the Lord, and fasted on that day until the evening, and offered burnt–offerings and peace–offerings before the Lord.

lesserot@Judges:20:27 @ And the children of Israel inquired of the Lord, (for there was the ark of the covenant of God in those days,

lesserot@Judges:20:28 @ And Phinehas, the son of Elazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in those days,) saying, shall I yet continue to go out to battle with the children of Benjamin my brother, or shall I forbear? And the Lord said, Go up; for tomorrow will I deliver him into thy hand.

lesserot@Judges:20:29 @ And Israel sent men to lie in wait round about Gib’ah.

lesserot@Judges:20:30 @ And the children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on the third day, and put themselves in array against Gib’ah, as at previous times.

lesserot@Judges:20:31 @ And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city; and they began to smite some of the people, and kill, as at previous times, in the highways, of which one goeth up to Beth–el, and the other to Gib’ah in the field, about thirty men of Israel.

lesserot@Judges:20:32 @ And the children of Benjamin said, They are defeated before us, as at the first. But the children of Israel said, Let us flee, and draw them from the city unto the highways.

lesserot@Judges:20:33 @ And all the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and put themselves in array at Ba’al–thamar: and those that lay in wait of Israel rushed forth out of their place, out of the meadows of Gib’ah.

lesserot@Judges:20:34 @ And there came against Gib’ah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was severe; but they knew not that the evil was overtaking them.

lesserot@Judges:20:35 @ And the Lord smote Benjamin before Israel; and the children of Israel destroyed of the Benjamites on that day twenty and five thousand and one hundred men: all these were those that drew the sword.

lesserot@Judges:20:36 @ And the children of Benjamin saw that they were defeated; for the men of Israel gave place to the Benjamites, because they trusted unto those that lay in wait whom they had set against Gib’ah.

lesserot@Judges:20:37 @ And those in ambush hastened, and spread themselves over Gib’ah; and those that lay in wait moved along, and smote all the city with the edge of the sword.

lesserot@Judges:20:38 @ Now there was an understanding between the men of Israel and those that lay in wait, that they should make an abundance of columns of smoke rise up out of the city.

lesserot@Judges:20:39 @ And when the men of Israel turned round in the battle, and Benjamin began to smite and kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons; for they said, Surely they are entirely defeated before us, as in the first battle:

lesserot@Judges:20:40 @ Then began the cloud to arise up out of the city as a pillar of smoke; and when the Benjamites looked behind them, behold, the flames of all the city were ascending up to heaven.

lesserot@Judges:20:41 @ And when the men of Israel turned again, the men of Benjamin were amazed; for they saw that the evil had overtaken them.

lesserot@Judges:20:42 @ Therefore they turned round before the men of Israel unto the way to the wilderness; but the battle overtook them; and those who came out of the cities destroyed them in the midst of them.

lesserot@Judges:20:43 @ They enclosed the Benjamites round about, chased them, they overtook them in their places of rest, as far as opposite to Gib’ah toward the rising of the sun.

lesserot@Judges:20:44 @ And there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men: all these were men of valor.

lesserot@Judges:20:45 @ And they turned and fled toward the wilderness unto the rock of Rimmon; and they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men; and they pursued hard after them as far as Gid’om, and slew of them two thousand men.

lesserot@Judges:20:46 @ So that all who fell on that day of Benjamin were twenty and five thousand men that drew the sword: all these were men of valor.

lesserot@Judges:20:47 @ But six hundred men turned and fled into the wilderness unto the rock Rimmon, and they abode on the rock Rimmon four months.

lesserot@Judges:20:48 @ And the men of Israel turned again upon the children of Benjamin, and smote them with the edge of the sword, as well the men of every city, as the beasts, and all that was found: also all the cities that they came upon did they set on fire.

lesserot@Judges:21:1 @ Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpah, saying, Not any of us shall give his daughter unto Benjamin for wife.

lesserot@Judges:21:2 @ And the people came to Beth–el, and abode there till the evening, before God, and they lifted up their voices, and wept with a great lamentation;

lesserot@Judges:21:3 @ And they said, Wherefore, O Lord, God of Israel, is this come to pass in Israel, that there should be lacking this day out of Israel one tribe?

lesserot@Judges:21:4 @ And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people rose early, and built there an altar, and offered burnt–offerings and peace–offerings.

lesserot@Judges:21:5 @ And the children of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes of Israel that came not up with the congregation unto the Lord? For there had been taken the great oath concerning him that came not up to the Lord to Mizpah, saying, He shall surely be put to death.

lesserot@Judges:21:6 @ And the children of Israel felt regret for Benjamin their brother, and they said, One tribe hath this day been cut down from Israel.

lesserot@Judges:21:7 @ What shall we do as respecteth wives for those that remain, since we have sworn by the Lord that we will give none of our daughters unto them for wives?

lesserot@Judges:21:8 @ And they said, what one is there of the tribes of Israel that came not up unto the Lord to Mizpah? And, behold, there had not come to the camp a man from Yabesh–gil’ad to the assembly.

lesserot@Judges:21:9 @ For the people were numbered, and, behold, there was not present a man of the inhabitants of Yabesh–gil’ad.

lesserot@Judges:21:10 @ And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand persons of the valiant men, and commanded them, saying, Go and smite the inhabitants of Yabesh–gil’ad with the edge of the sword, with the women and the children.

lesserot@Judges:21:11 @ And this is the thing that ye shall do, every male, and every woman that hath known by lying with him, shall ye devote.

lesserot@Judges:21:12 @ And they found among the inhabitants of Yabesh–gil’ad four hundred young virgins that had not known man by lying with any male: and they brought them unto the camp to Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.

lesserot@Judges:21:13 @ And the whole congregation sent and spoke to the children of Benjamin that were on the rock Rimmon, and offered them peace.

lesserot@Judges:21:14 @ And Benjamin returned at that time: and they gave unto them the wives whom they had saved alive out of the women of Yabesh–gil’ad; but they found not sufficient for them in this way.

lesserot@Judges:21:15 @ And the people felt regret for Benjamin; because that the Lord had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.

lesserot@Judges:21:16 @ And the elders of the congregation said, What shall we do for those that remain as respecteth wives; because the women have been destroyed out of Benjamin?

lesserot@Judges:21:17 @ And they said, Their inheritance must be secured for Benjamin, that not a tribe may be blotted out from Israel.

lesserot@Judges:21:18 @ Nevertheless we ourselves are not able to give them wives of our daughters; for the children of Israel have sworn, saying, Cursed be he that giveth a wife to Benjamin.

lesserot@Judges:21:19 @ And they said, Behold, there is a feast of the Lord in Shiloh from year to year which is on the north side of Beth–el, on the east side of the highway that goeth up from Beth–el to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.

lesserot@Judges:21:20 @ And they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go ye and lie in wait in the vineyards;

lesserot@Judges:21:21 @ And look out, and, behold, if the daughters of Shiloh go out to dance in dances: then come ye forth out of the vineyards, and snatch you every man his wife from the daughters of Shiloh, and go then to the land of Benjamin.

lesserot@Judges:21:22 @ And it shall be, when their fathers or their brothers come to contend with us, that we will say unto them, Be favorable unto them for our sakes; because we took not for each man his wife in the war; because ye yourselves did not give them unto them, that ye should at this time be guilty.

lesserot@Judges:21:23 @ And the children of Benjamin did so, and took themselves wives, according to their number, from the dancers whom they had stolen away; and they went and returned unto their inheritance, and rebuilt the cities, and dwelt in them.

lesserot@Judges:21:24 @ And the children of Israel departed thence at that time, every man to his tribe and to his family, and they went out from there every man to his inheritance.

lesserot@Judges:21:25 @ In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did what was right in his own eyes.

lesserot@Ruth:1:1 @ And it came to pass in the days when the judges judged, that there was a famine in the land: and there went a certain man of Beth–lechem–judah to sojourn in the fields of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.

lesserot@Ruth:1:2 @ And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Na’omi, and the name of his two sons Machlon and Kilyon, Ephrathites of Beth–lechem–judah. And they came into the fields of Moab, and remained there.

lesserot@Ruth:1:3 @ Thereupon died Elimelech Na’omi’s husband; and she was left, with her two sons.

lesserot@Ruth:1:4 @ And they took themselves wives of the women of Moab; the name of one was ‘Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelt there about ten years.

lesserot@Ruth:1:5 @ And then died also both of these, Machlon and Kilyon, and the woman was left of her two children and her husband.

lesserot@Ruth:1:6 @ Then did she arise with her daughters–in–law, and returned homeward from the fields of Moab; for she had heard in the fields of Moab that the Lord had thought of his people in giving them bread.

lesserot@Ruth:1:7 @ Therefore she went forth out of the place where she had been, and her two daughters–in–law with her; and they went on their way to return unto the land of Judah.

lesserot@Ruth:1:8 @ Then said Na’omi unto her two daughters–in–law, Go, return each one to her mother’s house: may the Lord deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the dead, and with me.

lesserot@Ruth:1:9 @ May the Lord grant unto you that ye may find rest, each one in the house of her husband. Then she kissed them, and they lifted up their voice, and wept.

lesserot@Ruth:1:10 @ And they said unto her, for truly we will return with thee unto thy people.

lesserot@Ruth:1:11 @ Then said Na’omi, Return back, my daughters; why will ye go with me? are there yet any more sons in my womb, that they may become your husbands?

lesserot@Ruth:1:12 @ Return back, my daughters, go; for I am too old to become of any man; yea, if I were even to think, I have hope; should I even obtain this night a husband, and should also bear sons:

lesserot@Ruth:1:13 @ Would ye wait in hopes for them till they were grown? would ye debar yourselves for them so as not to become the wives of any man? not so, my daughters; for I feel much more bitter pain than you; because the hand of the Lord is gone out against me.

lesserot@Ruth:1:14 @ And they lifted up their voice and wept a long time; and Orpah kissed her mother–in–law; but Ruth cleaved unto her.

lesserot@Ruth:1:15 @ And she said, Behold, thy sister–in–law is returned back unto her people, and unto her gods; return thou after thy sister–in–law.

lesserot@Ruth:1:16 @ But Ruth said, Urge me not to leave thee, to return from following thee; for whither thou goest, will I go; and where thou lodgest, will I lodge; thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God.

lesserot@Ruth:1:17 @ Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried; may the Lord do so to me, and may he so continue, if aught but death shall part me from thee.

lesserot@Ruth:1:18 @ When she thus saw that she was persisting to go with her, she left off speaking unto her.

lesserot@Ruth:1:19 @ So these two went until they came to Beth–lechem. And it came to pass, when they entered Beth–lechem, that all the city was in commotion about them, and people said, Is this Na’omi?

lesserot@Ruth:1:20 @ And she said unto them, Call me not Na’omi, call me Mara; for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.

lesserot@Ruth:1:21 @ I went out full, but empty hath the Lord brought me home again; why then will ye call me Na’omi, seeing the Lord hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath sent me affliction?

lesserot@Ruth:1:22 @ So did Na’omi return, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter–in–law, with her, who had returned out of the fields of Moab; and they came to Beth–lechem at the beginning of the barley–harvest.

lesserot@Ruth:2:1 @ And Na’omi had a kinsman of her husband’s, a mighty, valiant man, of the family of Elimelech, whose name was Bo’az.

lesserot@Ruth:2:2 @ And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Na’omi, Let me go, I pray thee, into the field, and glean ears of corn after him in whose eyes I shall find grace. And she said unto her, Go, my daughter.

lesserot@Ruth:2:3 @ And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers; and the accident happened to her, that it was a part of the field belonging unto Bo’az, who was of the family of Elimelech.

lesserot@Ruth:2:4 @ And, behold, Bo’az came from Beth–lechem, and he said unto the reapers, The Lord be with you. And they said unto him, May the Lord bless thee.

lesserot@Ruth:2:5 @ Then said Bo’az unto his young man that was appointed over the reapers, Whose maiden is this?

lesserot@Ruth:2:6 @ And the young man that was appointed over the reapers answered and said, It is a Moabitish maiden that is returned with Na’omi out of the fields of Moab;

lesserot@Ruth:2:7 @ And she said, Let me glean, I pray you, and gather among the sheaves after the reapers: so she came, and hath remained ever from the morning even until now; it is but a little while that she hath sat down in the house.

lesserot@Ruth:2:8 @ Then said Bo’az unto Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not to glean in another field, neither go away from this; but keep close company with my own maidens.

lesserot@Ruth:2:9 @ Let thy eyes be on the field which they may reap, and go thou after them; behold, I have charged the young men that they shall not touch thee: and when thou art thirsty, go unto the vessels, and drink of that which the young men may draw.

lesserot@Ruth:2:10 @ Thereupon she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found grace in thy eyes, that thou shouldst take cognizance of me, seeing I am but a stranger?

lesserot@Ruth:2:11 @ But Bo’az answered and said unto her, It hath fully been told me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother–in–law after the death of thy husband; and how thou hast forsaken thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy birth, and art come unto a people which thou knewest not yesterday or the day before.

lesserot@Ruth:2:12 @ May the Lord recompense thy work, and may thy reward be complete from the Lord the God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to seek shelter.

lesserot@Ruth:2:13 @ Then said she, Let me find grace in thy eyes, my lord; for thou hast comforted me, and because thou hast spoken unto the heart of thy handmaid, though I be not like one of thy handmaids.

lesserot@Ruth:2:14 @ And Bo’az said unto her, At mealtime come near hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she seated herself beside the reapers: and he reached her parched corn, and she ate, and was satisfied, and had some left.

lesserot@Ruth:2:15 @ Then did she arise to glean: and Bo’az commanded his young men, saying, Even between the sheaves let her glean, and do not cause her to feel any shame;

lesserot@Ruth:2:16 @ And ye shall also draw out some for her from the bundles on purpose, and leave it, that she may glean it, and ye shall not rebuke her.

lesserot@Ruth:2:17 @ So she gleaned in the field until the evening; and when she beat out what she had gleaned, it was about an ephah of barley.

lesserot@Ruth:2:18 @ And she took it up, and she went into the city; and her mother–in–law saw what she had gleaned; and she brought forth and gave to her what she had left over after she was satisfied.

lesserot@Ruth:2:19 @ And her mother–in–law said unto her, Where hast thou gleaned today? and where hast thou wrought? may he that took cognizance of thee be blessed. And she told her mother–in–law with whom she had wrought, and said, The name of the man with whom I wrought today is Bo’az.

lesserot@Ruth:2:20 @ Then said Na’omi unto her daughter–in–law, Blessed be he unto the Lord, who hath not withheld his kindness from the living and from the dead. And Na’omi said unto her, The man is nearly related unto us, he is one of our next kinsmen.

lesserot@Ruth:2:21 @ And Ruth the Moabitess said, He hath also said unto me, Thou shalt keep close company with my young men, until they have ended all my harvest.

lesserot@Ruth:2:22 @ Then said Na’omi unto Ruth her daughter–in–law, It is good, my daughter, that thou go out with his maidens, and that men may not meet with thee in any other field.

lesserot@Ruth:2:23 @ So she kept close company with the maidens of Bo’az in gleaning until the end of the barley–harvest and of the wheat–harvest; and she dwelt with her mother–in–law.

lesserot@Ruth:3:1 @ Then said Na’omi her mother–in–law unto her, My daughter, behold I will seek for thee a resting–place, where it may be well with thee.

lesserot@Ruth:3:2 @ And now, behold, Bo’az is our kinsman, he with whose maidens thou hast been. Lo, he is winnowing the barley to–night in the threshing–floor.

lesserot@Ruth:3:3 @ Therefore bathe, and anoint thyself, and put thy garments upon thee, and go down to the threshing–floor; make thyself not known unto the man, until he shall have finished eating and drinking.

lesserot@Ruth:3:4 @ And it shall be, when he lieth down, that thou shalt note the place where he will lie, and thou shalt then go in, and lift up the covering that is on his feet, and lay thyself down: and he will tell thee what thou shalt do.

lesserot@Ruth:3:5 @ And she said unto her, All that thou sayest unto me will I do.

lesserot@Ruth:3:6 @ And she went down unto the threshing–floor, and did in accordance with all that her mother–in–law had commanded her.

lesserot@Ruth:3:7 @ And Bo’az ate and drank, and his heart became merry; and he then went in to lie down at the end of the heap of corn: and she came in softly, and lifted up the covering that was on his feet, and laid herself down.

lesserot@Ruth:3:8 @ And it came to pass at midnight, that the man became terrified, and bent himself forward; and, behold, a woman was lying at his feet.

lesserot@Ruth:3:9 @ And he said, Who art thou? And she said, I am Ruth thy handmaid: spread therefore thy skirt over thy handmaid; for thou art a near kinsman.

lesserot@Ruth:3:10 @ And he said, Blessed be thou unto the Lord, my daughter; for thou hast shown more kindness in the last instance than the first, by not going after the young men, whether they be poor or rich.

lesserot@Ruth:3:11 @ And now, my daughter, fear not: all that thou mayest say will I do for thee; for all the gate of my people know that thou art a virtuous woman.

lesserot@Ruth:3:12 @ And now, it is indeed true that I am thy near kinsman; nevertheless, there is a kinsman nearer than I.

lesserot@Ruth:3:13 @ Remain here this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he will redeem thee, well, let him redeem; but if he be not willing to redeem thee, then will I redeem thee, as the Lord liveth: lie still until the morning.

lesserot@Ruth:3:14 @ And she lay at his feet until the morning; and she rose up before one could know another. And he said, It must not be known that this woman came into the threshing–floor.

lesserot@Ruth:3:15 @ Also he said, Bring hither the cloak that thou hast upon thee, and lay hold of it. And she laid hold of it, and he measured six of barley, and laid it on her, and went into the city.

lesserot@Ruth:3:16 @ And she came to her mother–in–law, and she said, How is it with thee, my daughter? And she told her all that the man had done to her.

lesserot@Ruth:3:17 @ And she said, These six measures of barley gave he unto me; for he said to me, Thou shalt not come empty to thy mother–in–law.

lesserot@Ruth:3:18 @ Then said she, Remain still, my daughter, until thou know how the matter will fall out; for the man will not rest, until he have finished the matter this day.

lesserot@Ruth:4:1 @ But Bo’az went up to the gate, and sat down there; and, behold, the kinsman of whom Bo’az had spoken came passing by; and he said unto him, Turn aside hither, sit down here, such a one. And he turned aside, and sat down.

lesserot@Ruth:4:2 @ And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye down here. And they sat down.

lesserot@Ruth:4:3 @ And he said unto the kinsman, Na’omi, that is returned out of the field of Moab, hath to sell a parcel of land, which was our brother Elimelech’s.

lesserot@Ruth:4:4 @ And I thought to inform thee of it, saying, Buy it before those sitting here, and before the elders of my people. If thou wilt redeem it, redeem it; but if thou wilt not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know; for there is none beside thee to redeem it, and I am after thee. And he said, I will redeem it.

lesserot@Ruth:4:5 @ Then said Bo’az, On the day that thou buyest the field out of the hand of Na’omi, thou buyest it also from Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance.

lesserot@Ruth:4:6 @ And the kinsman said, I am not able to redeem it for myself, lest I injure my own inheritance: redeem thou what I should redeem for thyself; for I am not able to redeem it.

lesserot@Ruth:4:7 @ Now this was formerly the custom in Israel at a redeeming and at an exchanging, to confirm any thing, that a man pulled off his shoe, and gave it to the other; and this was the manner of testimony in Israel.

lesserot@Ruth:4:8 @ Thereupon said the kinsman unto Bo’az, Buy it for thee. And he pulled off his shoe.

lesserot@Ruth:4:9 @ And Bo’az said unto the elders, and unto all the people, Ye are witnesses this day, that I have bought all that belonged to Elimelech, and all that belonged to Kilyon and Machlon, out of the hand of Na’omi.

lesserot@Ruth:4:10 @ And also Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Machlon, have I obtained for myself as my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead may not be cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day.

lesserot@Ruth:4:11 @ And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, witnesses. The Lord grant that the woman that is coming into thy house be like Rachel and like Leah, who did both build up the house of Israel: and acquire thou wealth in Ephrathah, and let thy name become famous in Beth–lechem;

lesserot@Ruth:4:12 @ And may thy house be like the house of Perez, whom Thamar bore unto Judah, through the seed which the Lord will give thee of this young woman.

lesserot@Ruth:4:13 @ And Bo’az took Ruth, and she became his wife, and he went in unto her: and the Lord gave her conception, and she bore a son.

lesserot@Ruth:4:14 @ And the women said unto Na’omi, Blessed be the Lord, who hath not allowed to be wanting unto thee a kinsman this day: and may his name become famous in Israel.

lesserot@Ruth:4:15 @ And may he be unto thee one who refresheth thy soul, and who nourisheth thy old age; for thy daughter–in–law, who loveth thee, hath born him, she who is better to thee than seven sons.

lesserot@Ruth:4:16 @ And Na’omi took the child, and laid it in her lap, and she became a nurse unto it.

lesserot@Ruth:4:17 @ And the neighboring women gave him a name, saying, There hath been a son born unto Na’omi: and they called his name ‘Obed, who is the father of Jesse, the father of David.

lesserot@Ruth:4:18 @ And these are the generations of Perez: Perez begat Chezron;

lesserot@Ruth:4:19 @ And Chezron begat Ram; and Ram begat ‘Amminadab;

lesserot@Ruth:4:20 @ And ‘Amminadab begat Nachshon; and Nachshon begat Salmah;

lesserot@Ruth:4:21 @ And Salmon begat Bo’az; and Bo’az begat ‘Obed;

lesserot@Ruth:4:22 @ And ‘Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.

lesserot@1Samuel:1:1 @ And there was a certain man of Rama–thayim–zophim, of the mountain of Ephraim, whose name was Elkanah, the son of Yerocham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tochu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite.

lesserot@1Samuel:1:2 @ And he had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah: Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.

lesserot@1Samuel:1:3 @ And this man went up out of his city from year to year to prostrate himself and to sacrifice unto the Lord of hosts in Shiloh. And at that place were the two sons of ‘Eli, Chophni and Phinehas, priests of the Lord.

lesserot@1Samuel:1:4 @ And when the day was come that Elkanah offered, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions;

lesserot@1Samuel:1:5 @ But unto Hannah he gave a double portion; for Hannah he loved; but the Lord had shut up her womb.

lesserot@1Samuel:1:6 @ And her rival also provoked her continually, in order to make her fret; because the Lord had shut up her womb.

lesserot@1Samuel:1:7 @ And he did so year by year, as often as she went up to the house of the Lord, so did she provoke her; wherefore she wept, and did not eat.

lesserot@1Samuel:1:8 @ Then said to her Elkanah her husband, Hannah, why wilt thou weep? and why wilt thou not eat? and why should thy heart be grieved? am not I better to thee than ten sons?

lesserot@1Samuel:1:9 @ And Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk; and ‘Eli the priest was sitting upon a chair by the door–post of the temple of the Lord.

lesserot@1Samuel:1:10 @ But she had bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the Lord, and wept greatly.

lesserot@1Samuel:1:11 @ And she vowed a vow, and said, O Lord of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thy handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thy handmaid, but wilt give unto thy handmaid a man–child: then will I give him unto the Lord all the days of his life, and no razor shall come upon his head.

lesserot@1Samuel:1:12 @ And it came to pass, as she continued praying long before the Lord, that ‘Eli watched her mouth.

lesserot@1Samuel:1:13 @ Now as for Hannah, she spoke in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice could not be heard; wherefore ‘Eli regarded her as a drunken woman.

lesserot@1Samuel:1:14 @ And ‘Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from off thee.

lesserot@1Samuel:1:15 @ And Hannah answered and said, No, my Lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit; but neither wine nor strong drink have I drunk, and I have poured out my soul before the Lord.

lesserot@1Samuel:1:16 @ Esteem not thy handmaid as a worthless woman; for out of the abundance of my grief and vexation have I spoken hitherto.

lesserot@1Samuel:1:17 @ Then ‘Eli answered and said, Go in peace; and may the God of Israel grant thy petition which thou hast asked of him.

lesserot@1Samuel:1:18 @ And she said, Let thy handmaid find grace in thy eyes. The woman then went on her way, and did eat, and her countenance was no longer as before.

lesserot@1Samuel:1:19 @ And they rose up early in the morning, and prostrated themselves before the Lord, and returned, and came to their house at Ramah; and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the Lord remembered her.

lesserot@1Samuel:1:20 @ And it came to pass, after the lapse of some time, that Hannah conceived, and bore a son; and she called his name Samuel, saying, Because from the Lord have I asked him.

lesserot@1Samuel:1:21 @ And the man Elkanah went up, with all his house, to offer unto the Lord the yearly sacrifice, and his vow.

lesserot@1Samuel:1:22 @ But Hannah did not go up; for she said unto her husband, So soon as the child shall be weaned, then I will bring him, that he may appear before the Lord, and abide there for ever.

lesserot@1Samuel:1:23 @ And Elkanah her husband said unto her, Do what seemeth good in thy eyes; tarry until thou hast weaned him; only may the Lord fulfill his word. So the woman remained behind, and gave her son suck until she weaned him.

lesserot@1Samuel:1:24 @ And she took him up with her, when she had weaned him, with three bullocks, and one ephah of flour, and a bottle of wine, and she brought him unto the house of the Lord at Shiloh; although the child was yet young.

lesserot@1Samuel:1:25 @ And they slew a bullock, and brought the child to ‘Eli.

lesserot@1Samuel:1:26 @ And she said, Pardon, my Lord, as thy soul liveth, my Lord, I am the woman that stood by thee here, to pray unto the Lord.

lesserot@1Samuel:1:27 @ For this lad did I pray; and the Lord hath granted me my petition which I asked of him;

lesserot@1Samuel:1:28 @ Therefore also have I lent him, for my part, to the Lord; all the days that have been assigned to him shall he be lent to the Lord. And he bowed himself there before the Lord.

lesserot@1Samuel:2:1 @ And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart is glad in the Lord, my horn is exalted through the Lord: my mouth is enlarged over my enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation.

lesserot@1Samuel:2:2 @ There is none holy like the Lord; for there is none beside thee; and there is not any rock like our God.

lesserot@1Samuel:2:3 @ Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogance come out of your mouth; for a God of knowledge is the Lord, and by him are actions weighed.

lesserot@1Samuel:2:4 @ The bow of the mighty is broken, and those that stumbled are girded with strength.

lesserot@1Samuel:2:5 @ They that were full hire themselves out for bread; and they that were hungry cease: while the barren hath born seven, she that hath many children fadeth away.

lesserot@1Samuel:2:6 @ The Lord killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.

lesserot@1Samuel:2:7 @ The Lord maketh poor and maketh rich: he bringeth low and also lifteth up.

lesserot@1Samuel:2:8 @ He raiseth up out of the dust the poor, from the dunghill he lifteth up the needy, to set them among nobles, and he assigneth them the throne of glory; for the Lord’s are the pillars of the earth, on which he hath set the world.

lesserot@1Samuel:2:9 @ He ever guardeth the feet of his pious ones, and the wicked shall be made silent in darkness; for not by strength can man prevail.

lesserot@1Samuel:2:10 @ The Lord––his adversaries will be crushed; out of heaven will he thunder upon them: the Lord will judge the ends of the earth; and he will give strength unto his king, and lift up the horn of his anointed.

lesserot@1Samuel:2:11 @ And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the lad was ministering unto the Lord before ‘Eli the priest.

lesserot@1Samuel:2:12 @ And the sons of ‘Eli were worthless men: they knew not the Lord.

lesserot@1Samuel:2:13 @ And the custom of the priests with the people was, that, when any man offered a sacrifice, the priest’s servant came, while was seething the flesh, with a fork with three teeth in his hand;

lesserot@1Samuel:2:14 @ And he struck it into the pan, or the kettle, or the caldron, or the pot; all that the fork brought up the priest took away with it. So did they unto all the Israelites that came thither, to Shiloh.

lesserot@1Samuel:2:15 @ Even before they had yet burnt the fat, the priest’s servant would come, and say to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest; for he will not take from thee sodden flesh, but raw.

lesserot@1Samuel:2:16 @ And if the man said unto him, They will surely presently burn the fat, and then take whatever thy soul may long for: then would he say, No; but thou shalt give it me now; and if not, I will take it by force.

lesserot@1Samuel:2:17 @ And the sin of the young men was very great before the Lord; for the men despised the offering of the Lord.

lesserot@1Samuel:2:18 @ But Samuel was ministering before the Lord, being a lad, girded with a linen ephod.

lesserot@1Samuel:2:19 @ Moreover his mother used to make him a little overcoat, and brought it to him from year to year, when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.

lesserot@1Samuel:2:20 @ And ‘Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, May the Lord give thee seed from this woman instead of the loan who is lent to the Lord. And they went back unto his place.

lesserot@1Samuel:2:21 @ And truly the Lord visited Hannah, and she conceived, and bore three sons and two daughters. And the lad Samuel grew up before the Lord.

lesserot@1Samuel:2:22 @ Now ‘Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons were in the habit of doing unto all Israel; and how they would lie with the women that assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

lesserot@1Samuel:2:23 @ And he said unto them, Why will ye do such things? for I hear of your evil dealings from all this people.

lesserot@1Samuel:2:24 @ No, my sons; for the report that I hear is not good, which the Lord’s people spread abroad.

lesserot@1Samuel:2:25 @ If one man sin against another, the judge shall judge him; but if against the Lord a man should sin, who shall pray for him? Nevertheless would they not hearken unto the voice of their father, because the Lord desired to slay them.

lesserot@1Samuel:2:26 @ And the lad Samuel was constantly growing and increasing in favor both with the Lord, and also with men.

lesserot@1Samuel:2:27 @ And there came a man of God unto ‘Eli, and said unto him, Thus hath said the Lord, Did I appear unto the house of thy father, when they were in Egypt, in Pharaoh’s house?

lesserot@1Samuel:2:28 @ And did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to me as a priest, to offer upon my altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did I give unto the house of thy father all the fire–offerings of the children of Israel?

lesserot@1Samuel:2:29 @ Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at my meat–offering, which I have commanded in habitation? and honoredst thou thy sons above me, to fatten yourselves with the first of every offering of Israel my people?

lesserot@1Samuel:2:30 @ Therefore saith the Lord the God of Israel, I had indeed said, Thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever; but now, saith the Lord, Be it far from me; for those that honor me will I honor, and those that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.

lesserot@1Samuel:2:31 @ Behold, days are coming, that I will hew off thy arm, and the arm of thy father’s house, so that there shall not be an old man in thy house.

lesserot@1Samuel:2:32 @ And thou shalt behold a rival in my habitation, in all that by which he will do good for Israel: and there shall not be an old man in thy house in all times.

lesserot@1Samuel:2:33 @ And yet I will not cut off the men descended from thee from my altar, to consume thy eyes, and to grieve thy soul: and all the increase of thy house shall die as men.

lesserot@1Samuel:2:34 @ And this shall be unto thee the sign, that shall happen on thy two sons, on Chophni and Phinehas: On one day shall they, both of them, die.

lesserot@1Samuel:2:35 @ And I will raise up to me a faithful priest, who shall do in accordance with what is in my heart and in my mind; and I will build for him an enduring house; and he shall walk before my anointed in all times.

lesserot@1Samuel:2:36 @ And it shall come to pass, that whoever is left in thy house shall come to bow down to him for a gera of silver and a loaf of bread, and shall say, Attach me, I pray thee, unto one of the priestly offices, that I may eat a piece of bread.

lesserot@1Samuel:3:1 @ And the lad Samuel was ministering unto the Lord before ‘Eli. And the word of the Lord was scarce in those days: prophecy was not extended.

lesserot@1Samuel:3:2 @ And it came to pass one day, when ‘Eli was lying down in his place, and his eyes had begun to grow dim, he could not see;

lesserot@1Samuel:3:3 @ And the lamp of God had not yet gone out, while Samuel was lying down in the temple of the Lord, where the ark of God was;

lesserot@1Samuel:3:4 @ That the Lord called Samuel: and he said, Here am I.

lesserot@1Samuel:3:5 @ And he ran unto ‘Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And he said, I did not call: lie down again. And he went and lay down.

lesserot@1Samuel:3:6 @ And the Lord continued to call again, Samuel. And Samuel arose and went to ‘Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And he answered, I did not call, my son: lie down again.

lesserot@1Samuel:3:7 @ And Samuel knew not yet the Lord, nor had the word of the Lord been as yet revealed unto him.

lesserot@1Samuel:3:8 @ And the Lord continued to call, Samuel, the third time; and he arose and went to ‘Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And ‘Eli then perceived that the Lord was calling the lad.

lesserot@1Samuel:3:9 @ And ‘Eli said unto Samuel, Go, lie down; and it shall be, if he call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, Lord; for thy servant heareth. And Samuel went and lay down in his place.

lesserot@1Samuel:3:10 @ And the Lord came, and placed himself, and called as at previous times, Samuel, Samuel. And Samuel said, Speak; for thy servant heareth.

lesserot@1Samuel:3:11 @ And the Lord said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle.

lesserot@1Samuel:3:12 @ On that day will I fulfill on ‘Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house: I will begin and finish.

lesserot@1Samuel:3:13 @ And I tell him that I will judge his house for ever; for the iniquity that he knew that his sons were drawing a curse on themselves, and he restrained them not.

lesserot@1Samuel:3:14 @ And therefore have I sworn unto the house of ‘Eli, that the iniquity of ‘Eli’s house shall not be atoned for with sacrifice or meat–offering for ever.

lesserot@1Samuel:3:15 @ And Samuel lay until the morning, when he opened the doors of the house of the Lord; and Samuel feared to tell the vision unto ‘Eli.

lesserot@1Samuel:3:16 @ But ‘Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And he said, Here am I.

lesserot@1Samuel:3:17 @ And he said, What is the word which he hath spoken unto thee? do not, I pray thee, conceal it from me: may God do to thee thus, and continue to do so, if thou conceal any thing from me of all the word that he hath spoken unto thee.

lesserot@1Samuel:3:18 @ And Samuel told him all the words, and concealed nothing from him. And he said, He is the Lord: let him do what seemeth good in his eyes.

lesserot@1Samuel:3:19 @ And Samuel grew up, and the Lord was with him, and he did not let fall any one of all his words to the ground.

lesserot@1Samuel:3:20 @ And thus knew all Israel from Dan even to Beer–sheba’ that Samuel was accredited as a prophet of the Lord.

lesserot@1Samuel:3:21 @ And the Lord continued to appear in Shiloh; for the Lord revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of the Lord.

lesserot@1Samuel:4:1 @ And the word of Samuel became known to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and encamped beside Eben–ha’ezer; and the Philistines encamped in Aphek.

lesserot@1Samuel:4:2 @ And the Philistines put themselves in battle–array against Israel; and the battle became general, and Israel was smitten before the Philistines: and they slew on the battle–ground, in the field, about four thousand men.

lesserot@1Samuel:4:3 @ And when the people were come back into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath the Lord smitten us this day before the Philistines? Let us bring over to us out of Shiloh the ark of the covenant of the Lord, that it may come in the midst of us, and deliver us out of the hand of our enemies.

lesserot@1Samuel:4:4 @ So the people sent to Shiloh, and they brought away from there the ark of the covenant of the Lord of hosts, who dwelleth over the cherubim: and the two sons of ‘Eli, Chophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.

lesserot@1Samuel:4:5 @ And it happened when the ark of the covenant of the Lord came into the camp, that all Israel set up a great shout, so that the earth trembled.

lesserot@1Samuel:4:6 @ And when the Philistines heard the noise of the shouting, they said, What meaneth the noise of this great shouting in the camp of the Hebrews? And they understood that the ark of the Lord was come into the camp.

lesserot@1Samuel:4:7 @ And the Philistines were afraid; for they said, God is come into the camp. And they said, Woe unto us! for the like of this hath not been, yesterday or the day before.

lesserot@1Samuel:4:8 @ Woe unto us! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty Gods? these are the Gods that smote the Egyptians with every plague in the wilderness.

lesserot@1Samuel:4:9 @ Be strong, and act like men, O Philistines, so that ye become not servants unto the Hebrews, as they have been servants to you: therefore act like men, and fight.

lesserot@1Samuel:4:10 @ And the Philistines fought, and the Israelites were smitten, and they fled every man unto his tent: and the defeat was very great; and there fell of Israel thirty thousand men on foot.

lesserot@1Samuel:4:11 @ And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of ‘Eli, Chophni and Phinehas, died also.

lesserot@1Samuel:4:12 @ And there ran a man of Benjamin from the battlefield, and came to Shiloh on the same day, with his clothes rent, and earth upon his head.

lesserot@1Samuel:4:13 @ And when he came, lo, ‘Eli was sitting upon a chair by the wayside watching; for his heart was anxious for the ark of God. And when the man came to tell it in the city, all the city cried out.

lesserot@1Samuel:4:14 @ And when ‘Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, What meaneth the noise of this multitude? And the man came in hastily, and told it to ‘Eli.

lesserot@1Samuel:4:15 @ Now ‘Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were fixed, so that he could not see.

lesserot@1Samuel:4:16 @ And the man said unto ‘Eli, I am the person that came from the battlefield, and I myself fled from the battlefield today. And he said, What was it that took place, my son?

lesserot@1Samuel:4:17 @ And the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there hath also been a great slaughter among the people, and also thy two sons, Chophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God hath been taken.

lesserot@1Samuel:4:18 @ And it came to pass, when he mentioned the ark of God, that he fell from off the chair backward by the side of the gate, and his neck was broken, and he died; for the man was old, and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years.

lesserot@1Samuel:4:19 @ And his daughter–in–law, the wife of Phinehas, was with child, near to be delivered: and when she heard the tidings concerning that the ark of God had been taken, and that her father–in–law and her husband were dead, she sank down and gave birth; for her pains came suddenly upon her.

lesserot@1Samuel:4:20 @ And at the moment of her dying, the women that stood around her spoke, Fear not; for a son hast thou born. But she answered not, nor did she take it to heart.

lesserot@1Samuel:4:21 @ And she named the child I–chabod, saying, Glory is departed from Israel; because of the taking away of the ark of God, and because of her father–in–law and her husband.

lesserot@1Samuel:4:22 @ And she said, Glory is departed from Israel; for the ark of God hath been taken away.

lesserot@1Samuel:5:1 @ And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Eben–ha’ezer unto Ashdod.

lesserot@1Samuel:5:2 @ And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.

lesserot@1Samuel:5:3 @ And when the people of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon was lying upon his face on the earth before the ark of the Lord. And they took Dagon, and set him again in his place.

lesserot@1Samuel:5:4 @ And when they arose early on the morning of the following day, behold, Dagon was lying upon his face on the ground before the ark of the Lord; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon the threshold; only the fish portion was left on him.

lesserot@1Samuel:5:5 @ Therefore do the priests of Dagon, and all that come into Dagon’s house, not step on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod even until this day.

lesserot@1Samuel:5:6 @ And the hand of the Lord became heavy upon the people of Ashdod, and he destroyed them, and smote them with hemorrhoids, even Ashdod and its territory.

lesserot@1Samuel:5:7 @ And when the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The ark of the God of Israel shall not remain with us; for his hand is sore upon us, and upon Dagon our God.

lesserot@1Samuel:5:8 @ And they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines unto them, and said, What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel? And they answered, Let the ark of the God of Israel be removed unto Gath. And they removed the ark of the God of Israel thither.

lesserot@1Samuel:5:9 @ And it happened, after they had removed it, that the hand of the Lord was against the city with a very great confusion; and he smote the men of the city, both small and great, and they had hemorrhoids in their secret parts.

lesserot@1Samuel:5:10 @ And they sent away the ark of God to ‘Ekron. And it came to pass, as the ark of God came to ‘Ekron, that the ‘Ekronites cried out, saying, They have removed to us the ark of the God of Israel, to slay us and our people.

lesserot@1Samuel:5:11 @ So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, that it may return to its own place, so that it may not slay us, and our people; for there was a confusion of death throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there.

lesserot@1Samuel:5:12 @ And the people that did not die were smitten with the hemorrhoids; and the lamentation of the city went up to heaven.

lesserot@1Samuel:6:1 @ And the ark of the Lord was in the fields of the Philistines seven months.

lesserot@1Samuel:6:2 @ And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying, What shall we do with the ark of the Lord? let us know wherewith we shall send off it to its place.

lesserot@1Samuel:6:3 @ And they said, If ye send away the ark of the God of Israel, send it not away empty; but ye must to a certainty return him a trespass–offering: then will ye be healed, and it will be known to you why his hand is not removed from you.

lesserot@1Samuel:6:4 @ And they said, What shall be the trespass–offering that we shall return to him? And they answered, According to the number of the lords of the Philistines, five golden hemorrhoids, and five golden mice; for one plague affected them all, and your lords.

lesserot@1Samuel:6:5 @ Therefore make images of your hemorrhoids, and images of your mice that devastate the land; and give glory unto the God of Israel: perhaps he will lighten his hand from off you, and from off your gods, and from off your land.

lesserot@1Samuel:6:6 @ And why will ye harden your heart, just as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their heart? Did not they, when he had wrought wonderful deeds among them, dismiss them, and they departed?

lesserot@1Samuel:6:7 @ And now make a new wagon, and take two milch–cows, on which there hath come no yoke, and harness the cows to the wagon, and bring their calves home away from them:

lesserot@1Samuel:6:8 @ And take the ark of the Lord, and place it into the wagon; and the articles of gold, which ye return him as a trespass–offering, ye must put in a casket alongside of it; and then send it away, that it may go.

lesserot@1Samuel:6:9 @ And then see, if it go up by the way to its own boundary, to Beth–shemesh, then hath he done us this great evil; but if not, then shall we know that not his hand hath smitten us; it is a chance which hath happened to us.

lesserot@1Samuel:6:10 @ And the men did so; and they took two milch–cows, and harnessed them to the wagon, and their calves they shut up at home:

lesserot@1Samuel:6:11 @ And they placed the ark of the Lord in the wagon, and the casket with the mice of gold and images of their hemorrhoids.

lesserot@1Samuel:6:12 @ And the cows went straight forward on the way on the road to Beth–shemesh: on one highway they did go along, lowing as they went, and turned not aside to the right or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them as far as the border of Beth–shemesh.

lesserot@1Samuel:6:13 @ And they of Beth–shemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley; and when they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, they rejoiced to see it.

lesserot@1Samuel:6:14 @ And the wagon came to the field of Joshua, the Beth–shemite, and stood still there; and there was a great stone; and they split the wood of the wagon, and the cows they offered as a burnt–offering unto the Lord.

lesserot@1Samuel:6:15 @ And the Levites took down the ark of the Lord, and the casket that was with it, wherein were the articles of gold, and put them on the great stone; and the men of Beth–shemesh offered bunt–offerings and sacrificed sacrifices on the same day unto the Lord.

lesserot@1Samuel:6:16 @ And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to ‘Ekron on the same day.

lesserot@1Samuel:6:17 @ And these are the golden hemorrhoids which the Philistines returned as a trespass–offering unto the Lord: For Ashdod one, for Gazzah one, for Ashkelon one, for Gath one, for ‘Ekron one.

lesserot@1Samuel:6:18 @ And the golden mice were according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines under the five lords, from the fortified city, down to the open village, even unto the great stone whereon they had set down the ark of the Lord, and which is unto this day in the field of Joshua, the Beth–shemite.

lesserot@1Samuel:6:19 @ And he smote among the men of Beth–shemesh, because they had looked into the ark of the Lord, namely, he smote among the people seventy men and fifty thousand men: and the people mourned because the Lord had caused among the people a great slaughter.

lesserot@1Samuel:6:20 @ And the men of Beth–shemesh said, Who is able to stand before the Lord, this holy God? and to whom shall it go up away from us?

lesserot@1Samuel:6:21 @ And they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kiryath–ye’arim, saying, The Philistines have brought back the ark of the Lord: come ye down, and fetch it up to you.

lesserot@1Samuel:7:1 @ And the men of Kiryath–ye’arim came, and fetched up the ark of the Lord, and brought it unto the house of Abinadab on the hill, and Elazar his son they sanctified to guard the ark of the Lord.

lesserot@1Samuel:7:2 @ And it came to pass, from the time the ark remained in Kiryath–ye’arim, and the time was long, and it was twenty years: that all the house of Israel followed anxiously after the Lord.

lesserot@1Samuel:7:3 @ And Samuel said unto all the house of Israel, as followeth, If with all your heart ye do return unto the Lord, then put away the gods of the stranger and the ‘Ashtaroth from your midst, and direct your heart unto the Lord, and serve him alone: and then will he deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.

lesserot@1Samuel:7:4 @ Then did the children of Israel put away the Be’alim and the ‘Ashtaroth, and served the Lord alone.

lesserot@1Samuel:7:5 @ And Samuel said, Assemble all Israel together at Mizpah, and I will pray in your behalf unto the Lord.

lesserot@1Samuel:7:6 @ And they assembled themselves together at Mizpah, and drew water, and poured it out before the Lord, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against the Lord. And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpah.

lesserot@1Samuel:7:7 @ And when the Philistines heard that the children of Israel had assembled themselves at Mizpah, the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. And when the children of Israel heard it, they were afraid of the Philistines.

lesserot@1Samuel:7:8 @ And the children of Israel said to Samuel, Do not abstain, so as not to cry for us unto the Lord our God, that he may help us out of the hand of the Philistines.

lesserot@1Samuel:7:9 @ And Samuel took one sucking lamb, and offered it for an entire burnt–offering unto the Lord: and Samuel cried unto the Lord in behalf of Israel; and the Lord answered him.

lesserot@1Samuel:7:10 @ And as Samuel was offering up the burnt–offering, the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel; but the Lord thundered with a loud noise on that day over the Philistines, and brought them into confusion, and they were smitten before Israel.

lesserot@1Samuel:7:11 @ And the men of Israel went out of Mizpah, and pursued the Philistines, and smote them, as far as below Beth–car.

lesserot@1Samuel:7:12 @ And Samuel took one stone, and set it between Mizpah and Shen, and called its name Eben–ha’ezer, saying, As far as this hath the Lord helped us.

lesserot@1Samuel:7:13 @ So were the Philistines humbled, and they came no more into the territory of Israel; and the hand of the Lord was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.

lesserot@1Samuel:7:14 @ And the cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel came again to Israel, from ‘Ekron even unto Gath, and their territory did Israel deliver out of the hand of the Philistines. And there was peace between Israel and the Emorites.

lesserot@1Samuel:7:15 @ And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.

lesserot@1Samuel:7:16 @ And he went from year to year and traveled in circuit to Beth–el, and Gilgal, and Mizpah, and judged Israel in all these places.

lesserot@1Samuel:7:17 @ And his return was to Ramah; for there was his house; and there he judged Israel: and he built there an altar unto the Lord.

lesserot@1Samuel:8:1 @ And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he appointed his sons judges over Israel.

lesserot@1Samuel:8:2 @ And the name of his first–born was Joel; and the name of his second Abiyah: they judged in Beer–sheba’.

lesserot@1Samuel:8:3 @ But his sons walked not in his ways, and they inclined after their own advantage, and took bribes, and perverted justice.

lesserot@1Samuel:8:4 @ Then did all the elders of Israel assemble themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah,

lesserot@1Samuel:8:5 @ And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons have not walked in thy ways: now appoint for us a king to judge us like all the nations.

lesserot@1Samuel:8:6 @ But the thing was displeasing in the eyes of Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the Lord.

lesserot@1Samuel:8:7 @ And the Lord said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they may say unto thee; for not thee have they rejected, but me have they rejected, that I should not reign over them.

lesserot@1Samuel:8:8 @ In accordance with all the deeds which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even until this day, when they forsook me, and served other gods: so do they also unto thee.

lesserot@1Samuel:8:9 @ And now hearken unto their voice: nevertheless thou must still solemnly forewarn them, and tell them the manner of the king that will reign over them.

lesserot@1Samuel:8:10 @ And Samuel said all the words of the Lord unto the people that had asked of him a king.

lesserot@1Samuel:8:11 @ And he said, This will be the manner of the king that will reign over you: Your sons will he take, and appoint them for himself with his chariots, and among his horsemen; and they will have to run before his chariot;

lesserot@1Samuel:8:12 @ And to appoint for himself captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and to plough his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and the instruments of his chariots.

lesserot@1Samuel:8:13 @ And your daughters will he take for ointment makers, and for cooks, and for bakers.

lesserot@1Samuel:8:14 @ And your fields, and your vineyards, and your olive–yards, yea the best, will he take, and give them to his servants.

lesserot@1Samuel:8:15 @ And of your seeds, and of your vineyards will he take the tenth, and give to his officers, and to his servants.

lesserot@1Samuel:8:16 @ And your men–servants, and your maid–servants, and your best young men, and your asses will he take, and employ for his work.

lesserot@1Samuel:8:17 @ Of your flocks will he take the tenth: and ye yourselves will become his servants.

lesserot@1Samuel:8:18 @ And ye will cry out on that day because of your king whom ye will have chosen for yourselves, but the Lord will not answer you on that day.

lesserot@1Samuel:8:19 @ Nevertheless the people refused to listen to the voice of Samuel; and they said, No; but a king shall be over us;

lesserot@1Samuel:8:20 @ That we also may ourselves be like all the nations: and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.

lesserot@1Samuel:8:21 @ And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he spoke them before the ears of the Lord.

lesserot@1Samuel:8:22 @ And the Lord said to Samuel, Hearken unto their voice, and appoint them a king. And Samuel said unto the men of Israel, Go ye every man unto his city.

lesserot@1Samuel:9:1 @ Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Bechorath, the son of Aphiach, the son of a Benjamite, a mighty man of valor.

lesserot@1Samuel:9:2 @ And he had a son whose name was Saul, young and handsome; and there was not a man among the children of Israel handsomer than he: from his shoulders and upward he was taller than any of the people.

lesserot@1Samuel:9:3 @ And there were lost the asses belonging to Kish, Saul’s father; and Kish said to Saul his son, Do take with thee one of the servants, and arise, go seek the asses.

lesserot@1Samuel:9:4 @ And he passed through the mountain of Ephraim, and passed through the land of Shalisha, but they found not; then they passed through the land of Sha’alim, and there was nothing there; and he passed through the land of Benjamin, but they found them not.

lesserot@1Samuel:9:5 @ When they were come in the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant that was with him, Come, and let us return; lest my father relinquish the care for the asses, and become anxious for us.

lesserot@1Samuel:9:6 @ And the other said unto him, Behold now, a man of God is in this city, and the man is honored; all that he ever saith will surely come to pass: now let us go thither; perhaps he can tell us our way that we should go.

lesserot@1Samuel:9:7 @ Then said Saul to his servant, But, behold, if we should go, what shall we bring to the man? for the bread is spent out of our vessels, and there is not a present to bring to the man of God: what have we with us?

lesserot@1Samuel:9:8 @ And the servant answered Saul again, and said, Behold, I have here in my hand the fourth part of a shekel of silver; and I will give this to the man of God, that he may tell us our way.

lesserot@1Samuel:9:9 @ In former times it was custom in Israel, that when a man went to inquire of God, he said thus, Come, and let us go as far as the seer; for the Prophet of the present day was in former times called a Seer.

lesserot@1Samuel:9:10 @ Then said Saul to his servant, Thy word is good: come, let us go. So they went unto the city where the man of God was.

lesserot@1Samuel:9:11 @ As they went up the ascent to the city, they found some maidens going out to draw water; and they said unto them, Is the seer here?

lesserot@1Samuel:9:12 @ And they answered them, and said, He is; behold, he is before you: make haste now, for this day came he to the city; because the people have a sacrifice today on the high–place;

lesserot@1Samuel:9:13 @ As soon as ye are come into the city, ye will straightway find him, before yet he can go up to the high–place to eat; for the people will not eat until he be come, because he always blesseth the sacrifice; afterward eat those that are invited; and now go you up; for just today will ye surely find him.

lesserot@1Samuel:9:14 @ And they went up into the city. They were entering into the city, when, behold, Samuel came out toward them, to go up to the high–place.

lesserot@1Samuel:9:15 @ And the Lord had revealed to Samuel’s ear one day before Saul’s coming, saying,

lesserot@1Samuel:9:16 @ About this time tomorrow will I send unto thee a man out of the land of Benjamin, and thou shalt anoint him as chief over my people Israel, that he may save my people out of the hand of the Philistines; for I have beheld my people, because their cry is come unto me.

lesserot@1Samuel:9:17 @ And when Samuel saw Saul, the Lord addressed him, Behold, the man of whom I spoke to thee, This one shall rule over my people.

lesserot@1Samuel:9:18 @ And Saul drew near to Samuel within the gate, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, where is the house of the seer.

lesserot@1Samuel:9:19 @ And Samuel answered Saul, and said, I am the seer: go up before me unto the high–place, and ye shall eat with me today; and I will let thee go in the morning, and all that is in thy heart will I tell thee.

lesserot@1Samuel:9:20 @ And as for thy asses that were lost unto thee this day three days ago, do not set thy heart on them; for they have been found. And to whom belongeth all that is desirable in Israel? Is it not to thee, and to all thy father’s house?

lesserot@1Samuel:9:21 @ And Saul answered and said, Am not I a son of Benjamin, of one of the smallest tribes of Israel? and my family the least of all the families of the tribes of Benjamin? wherefore then hast thou spoken to me such thing?

lesserot@1Samuel:9:22 @ And Samuel took Saul and his servant, and brought them into the apartment; and he assigned them a place at the head of the invited guests, who were about thirty persons.

lesserot@1Samuel:9:23 @ And Samuel said unto the cook, Hand here the portion which I gave thee, of which I said unto thee, Put it away by thee.

lesserot@1Samuel:9:24 @ And the cook took up the shoulder, and that which was on it, and set it before Saul; and he said, Behold what is left! set it before thee, and eat; for unto this time hath it been kept from thee, since I said, I have invited the people. And Saul ate with Samuel on that day.

lesserot@1Samuel:9:25 @ And they went down from the high–place into the city, and he spoke with Saul upon the roof.

lesserot@1Samuel:9:26 @ And they got up early; and it came to pass when the morning–dawn arose, that Samuel called Saul to the roof, saying, Up, that I may send thee away. And Saul arose, and they went out, both of them, he and Samuel, into the street.

lesserot@1Samuel:9:27 @ As they were going down to the end of the city, Samuel said to Saul, Say to the servant that he pass on before us,––and he passed on,––but thou remain standing a while, and I will let thee hear the word of God.

lesserot@1Samuel:10:1 @ And Samuel took a flask of oil, and poured it upon his head, and kissed him, and said, Behold, it is because the Lord hath anointed thee over his inheritance as chief.

lesserot@1Samuel:10:2 @ When thou goest this day away from me, thou wilt find two men who are now by Rachel’s sepulchre, on the boundary of Benjamin at Zelzach; and they will say unto thee, The asses which thou wentest to seek are found: and, lo, thy father hath given up the matter of the asses, and is anxious for you, saying, What shall I do for my son?

lesserot@1Samuel:10:3 @ Then shalt thou go on forward from there, and thou shalt come as far as the grove of Tabor, and there shall meet thee three men going up to God to Beth–el, one carrying three kids, and another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a bottle of wine:

lesserot@1Samuel:10:4 @ And they will ask thee after thy welfare, and give thee two loaves of bread, which thou must take from their hand.

lesserot@1Samuel:10:5 @ After that shalt thou come to the hill of God, where the outposts of the Philistines are; and it shall come to pass, when thou art come thither to the city, that thou wilt meet a company of prophets coming down from the high–place, having before them a psaltery, and a tambourine, and a pipe, and a harp; and they will be prophesying;

lesserot@1Samuel:10:6 @ And the Spirit of the Lord will suddenly come over thee, and thou shalt prophesy with them, and thou shalt be changed into another man.

lesserot@1Samuel:10:7 @ And it shall be, that, when these signs are come unto thee, then do thou what thy hand may be able to effect; for God is with thee.

lesserot@1Samuel:10:8 @ And thou shalt go down before me to Gilgal; and, behold, I will come down unto thee, to offer burnt–offerings, to sacrifice sacrifices of peace–offerings: seven days shalt thou tarry, till I come to thee, and then will I tell thee what thou shalt do.

lesserot@1Samuel:10:9 @ And it happened, that, as he turned his back to go away from Samuel, God changed his heart into another; and all these signs came to pass on that same day.

lesserot@1Samuel:10:10 @ And when they came thither to the hill, behold, a company of prophets met him; and the Spirit of God came suddenly over him, and he prophesied in the midst of them.

lesserot@1Samuel:10:11 @ And it came to pass, when all that knew him before saw, that, behold, he prophesied with the prophets, then said the people one to another, What is this that hath happened to the son of Kish? is Saul also among the prophets?

lesserot@1Samuel:10:12 @ And one of that place answered and said, And who is their father? Therefore it became a proverb, Is Saul also among the prophets?

lesserot@1Samuel:10:13 @ And when he had made an end of prophesying, he came to the high–place.

lesserot@1Samuel:10:14 @ And Saul’s uncle said unto him and to his servant, Whither were ye gone? And he said, To seek the asses; and when we saw that they were nowhere, we went to Samuel.

lesserot@1Samuel:10:15 @ And Saul’s uncle said, Do tell me, I pray thee, what did Samuel say unto you.

lesserot@1Samuel:10:16 @ And Saul said unto his uncle, He told us plainly that the asses had been found. But of the matter of the kingdom, whereof Samuel had spoken, he told him not.

lesserot@1Samuel:10:17 @ And Samuel called the people together unto the Lord to Mizpah;

lesserot@1Samuel:10:18 @ And he said unto the children of Israel, Thus hath said the Lord the God of Israel, I brought up Israel from Egypt, and delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all the kingdoms that oppressed you;

lesserot@1Samuel:10:19 @ And ye for your part have this day rejected your God, he who hath saved you out of all your misfortunes and your tribulations; and ye have said unto him, Nevertheless, thou must set a king over us: and now present yourselves before the Lord according to your tribes, and according to your thousands.

lesserot@1Samuel:10:20 @ And Samuel caused all the tribes of Israel to come near; and the tribe of Benjamin was seized.

lesserot@1Samuel:10:21 @ And he caused the tribe of Benjamin to come near according to its families, and the family of Matri was seized, and then was seized Saul the son of Kish: and they sought him, but he could not be found.

lesserot@1Samuel:10:22 @ And they inquired again of the Lord, Is the man yet come hither? And the Lord said, Behold, he hath hidden himself among the vessels.

lesserot@1Samuel:10:23 @ And they ran and fetched him thence, and he placed himself erect in the midst of the people, and he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward.

lesserot@1Samuel:10:24 @ And Samuel said to all the people, Have ye seen him whom the Lord hath made choice of, that there is none like him among all the people? And all the people shouted, and said, Long live the king.

lesserot@1Samuel:10:25 @ Then did Samuel speak to the people the rights of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and laid it down before the Lord. And Samuel sent away all the people, every man to his house.

lesserot@1Samuel:10:26 @ And Saul also went to his home to Gib’ah; and there went with him a large crowd, whose heart God had touched.

lesserot@1Samuel:10:27 @ But the worthless men said, In what can this help us? And they despised him, and brought him no present. But he acted as though he were deaf.

lesserot@1Samuel:11:1 @ Then came up Nachash the ‘Ammonite, and encamped against Yabesh–gil’ad: and all the men of Yabesh said unto Nachash, Make a covenant with us, and we will serve thee.

lesserot@1Samuel:11:2 @ And Nachash the ‘Ammonite said unto them, On this condition will I make it with you, that ye all have put out the right eye, that I may lay it as a reproach upon all Israel.

lesserot@1Samuel:11:3 @ And the elders of Yabesh said unto him, Grant us seven days’ respite, that we may send messengers throughout all the boundary of Israel; and then, if there be none to save us, will we come out to thee.

lesserot@1Samuel:11:4 @ And the messengers came to Gib’ah of Saul, and spoke the words in the ears of the people; and all the people lifted up their voice, and wept.

lesserot@1Samuel:11:5 @ And, behold, Saul was coming after the herds out of the field; and Saul said, What aileth the people that they weep? And they told him the words of the men of Yabesh.

lesserot@1Samuel:11:6 @ And the spirit of God came suddenly over Saul when he heard these words, and his anger was kindled greatly,

lesserot@1Samuel:11:7 @ And he took a yoke of oxen, and cut them in pieces, and sent them about throughout all the boundary of Israel by the hand of the messengers, saying, Whosoever goeth not forth after Saul and after Samuel, shall have his herds thus treated. And the dread of the Lord fell on the people, and they went out as one man.

lesserot@1Samuel:11:8 @ And he numbered them in Bezek; and the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.

lesserot@1Samuel:11:9 @ And they said unto the messengers that were come, Thus shall ye say unto the men of Yabesh–gil’ad, Tomorrow shall ye have help, when the sun shineth hot. And the messengers came and told it to the men of Yabesh; and these were glad.

lesserot@1Samuel:11:10 @ And the men of Yabesh said, Tomorrow will we go out unto you, and ye can do unto us in accordance with all that seemeth good in your eyes.

lesserot@1Samuel:11:11 @ And it happened on the morrow, that Saul put the people in three companies; and they came into the midst of the camp in the morning watch, and they smote the ‘Ammonites until the heat of the day: and it came to pass, that those that remained were scattered, and no two among them were left together.

lesserot@1Samuel:11:12 @ And the people said unto Samuel, Who is there that saith, Shall Saul reign over us? give up the men, and we will put them to death.

lesserot@1Samuel:11:13 @ And Saul said, There shall not a man be put to death on this day; for today the Lord hath wrought deliverance in Israel.

lesserot@1Samuel:11:14 @ And Samuel said to the people, Come and let us go to Gilgal, and renew there the choice of the king.

lesserot@1Samuel:11:15 @ And all the people went to Gilgal; and they appointed there Saul as king before the Lord in Gilgal; and they sacrificed there sacrifices of peace–offerings before the Lord; and Saul with all the men of Israel rejoiced there very greatly.

lesserot@1Samuel:12:1 @ And Samuel said unto all Israel, Behold, I have hearkened unto your voice in all that ye said unto me, and I have set a king over you.

lesserot@1Samuel:12:2 @ And now, behold, the king is walking before you; and I am old and gray–headed; and my sons, behold, they are with you; and I have walked before you from my youth even until this day.

lesserot@1Samuel:12:3 @ Behold, here am I; testify against me in the presence of the Lord, and in the presence of his anointed: Whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or from whose hand have I received any ransom so that I withdrew my eyes from him? and I will restore it you.

lesserot@1Samuel:12:4 @ And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor hast thou oppressed us, and thou hast not taken from any man’s hand the least.

lesserot@1Samuel:12:5 @ And he said unto them, The Lord is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that ye have not found in my hand the least: and they answered, He is witness.

lesserot@1Samuel:12:6 @ And Samuel said unto the people, It is the Lord who did Moses and Aaron, and who brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt.

lesserot@1Samuel:12:7 @ And now stand up, that I may hold judgment with you before the Lord concerning all the benefits of the Lord, which he hath done to you and to your fathers.

lesserot@1Samuel:12:8 @ When Jacob was come into Egypt, then did your fathers cry unto the Lord, and the Lord sent Moses and Aaron, and they brought forth your fathers out of Egypt, and caused them to dwell in this place.

lesserot@1Samuel:12:9 @ And when they forgot the Lord their God, he sold them into the hand of Sissera, the chief of the host of Chazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they made war against them.

lesserot@1Samuel:12:10 @ And they cried unto the Lord, and said, We have sinned, because we have forsaken the Lord, and have served the Be’alim and the ‘Ashtaroth; and now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve thee.

lesserot@1Samuel:12:11 @ And the Lord sent Yerubba’al, and Bedan, and Yiphthach, and Samuel, and he delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side, so that ye dwelt safely.

lesserot@1Samuel:12:12 @ But when ye saw that Nachash the king of the children of ‘Ammon came against you, ye said unto me, No; but a king shall reign over us: when the Lord your God is your king.

lesserot@1Samuel:12:13 @ And now here is the king whom ye have chosen, whom ye have asked for! and, behold, the Lord hath set over you a king.

lesserot@1Samuel:12:14 @ If ye will fear the Lord, and serve him, and obey his voice, and will not rebel against the will of the Lord: then shall both ye and also the king that reigneth over you continue following the Lord your God.

lesserot@1Samuel:12:15 @ But if ye will not hearken to the voice of the Lord, and rebel against the will of the Lord: then will the hand of the Lord be against you, as it was against your fathers.

lesserot@1Samuel:12:16 @ And now stand up and see this great thing, which the Lord is about doing before your eyes.

lesserot@1Samuel:12:17 @ Is there not wheat–harvest today? I will call unto the Lord, and he will send thunders and rain; and ye will perceive and see that your wickedness is great, which ye have done, in the eyes of the Lord, to ask for yourselves a king.

lesserot@1Samuel:12:18 @ And Samuel called unto the Lord; and the Lord sent thunders and rain on that day: and all the people feared greatly the Lord and Samuel.

lesserot@1Samuel:12:19 @ And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray in behalf of thy servants unto the Lord thy God, that we may not die; for we have added unto all our sins yet this evil, to ask for ourselves a king.

lesserot@1Samuel:12:20 @ And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not; ye have indeed done all this evil: yet turn not aside from following the Lord, and serve ye the Lord with all your heart;

lesserot@1Samuel:12:21 @ And turn ye not aside; for then would ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; because they are vain.

lesserot@1Samuel:12:22 @ For the Lord will not forsake his people for the sake of his great name; because it hath pleased the Lord to make you a people unto himself.

lesserot@1Samuel:12:23 @ Moreover as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord by ceasing to pray in behalf of you; but I will teach you the good and the right way:

lesserot@1Samuel:12:24 @ Only fear the Lord, and serve him in truth with all your heart; for see what great things he hath done with you.

lesserot@1Samuel:12:25 @ But if ye will in any wise do wickedly, both ye yourselves as also your king shall perish.

lesserot@1Samuel:13:1 @ When Saul had reigned one year,––and two years he reigned over Israel,––

lesserot@1Samuel:13:2 @ Saul chose for himself three thousand men out of Israel; and there were with Saul two thousand in Michmash and on the mountain of Beth–el, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gib’ah of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent away every man to his tents.

lesserot@1Samuel:13:3 @ And Jonathan smote the outpost of the Philistines that was at Geba’, and the Philistines heard of it. And Saul blew the cornet throughout all the land, saying, Let the Hebrews hear it.

lesserot@1Samuel:13:4 @ And all Israel heard it, saying, Saul hath smitten the outpost of the Philistines, and the Israelites also have put themselves in ill–favor with the Philistines. And the people were called together after Saul to Gilgal.

lesserot@1Samuel:13:5 @ And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the sea–shore in multitude; and they came up, and encamped in Michmash, eastward from Bethaven.

lesserot@1Samuel:13:6 @ And when the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait, then did the people hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in strongholds, and in pits.

lesserot@1Samuel:13:7 @ And some of the Hebrews passed over the Jordan to the land of Gad and Gil’ad. As for Saul, he was still in Gilgal, and all the people followed him hastily.

lesserot@1Samuel:13:8 @ And he tarried seven days, according to the set time that Samuel had appointed; but Samuel came not to Gilgal; and the people were scattering themselves from him.

lesserot@1Samuel:13:9 @ And Saul said, Bring hither to me the burnt–offering and the peace–offerings. And he offered the burnt–offering.

lesserot@1Samuel:13:10 @ And it came to pass, that, as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt–offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him, that he might greet him.

lesserot@1Samuel:13:11 @ And Samuel said, What hast thou done: And Saul said, Because I saw that the people were scattering themselves from me, whereas thou camest not at the appointed day, and the Philistines are gathering themselves together at Michmash;

lesserot@1Samuel:13:12 @ And I said, The Philistines will now come down unto me to Gilgal, and I have not yet made supplication unto the Lord: wherefore I forced myself, and offered the burnt–offering.

lesserot@1Samuel:13:13 @ And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept the commandment of the Lord thy God, which he had commanded thee; for now would the Lord have established thy government over Israel for ever.

lesserot@1Samuel:13:14 @ But now thy government shall not endure: the Lord hath sought out for himself a man after his own heart, and the Lord hath ordained him to be chief over his people; because thou hast not kept what the Lord had commanded thee.

lesserot@1Samuel:13:15 @ And Samuel arose, and went up from Gilgal unto Gib’ah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people that were to be found with him, about six hundred men.

lesserot@1Samuel:13:16 @ And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people that were to be found with them, were lying in Geba’ of Benjamin; but the Philistines were encamped in Michmash.

lesserot@1Samuel:13:17 @ And the troop of freebooters went out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies: one company turned into the way to ‘Ophrah, unto the land of Shu’al;

lesserot@1Samuel:13:18 @ And another company turned into the way to Beth–choron; and the other company turned into the way to the frontier that looketh over the valley of Zebo’im toward the wilderness.

lesserot@1Samuel:13:19 @ Now there was no smith to be found throughout all the land of Israel; for the Philistines said, So that the Hebrews shall not make themselves swords or spears.

lesserot@1Samuel:13:20 @ But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his plough–share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock.

lesserot@1Samuel:13:21 @ And they used a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the three–pronged forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads.

lesserot@1Samuel:13:22 @ So it came to pass on the day of battle, that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that were with Saul and Jonathan; but they were found with Saul and with Jonathan his son.

lesserot@1Samuel:13:23 @ And the outpost of the Philistines went out to the pass of Michmash.

lesserot@1Samuel:14:1 @ Now it happened one day, that Jonathan the son of Saul said unto the young man that bore his armor, Come, and let us go over to the Philistines’ outpost, that is on the other side yonder. But unto his father he told nothing.

lesserot@1Samuel:14:2 @ And Saul tarried in the lower part of Gib’ah under the pomegranate tree which is by Migron: and the people that were with him were about six hundred men.

lesserot@1Samuel:14:3 @ And Achiyah, the son of Achitub, the brother of I–chabod, the son of Phinehas, the son of ‘Eli, the priest of the Lord in Shiloh, wore the ephod. And the people knew not that Jonathan was gone.

lesserot@1Samuel:14:4 @ And between the passes, by which Jonathan sought to go over unto the outpost of the Philistines, there was a sharp point of rock on the one side, and a sharp point of rock on the other side: and the name of the one was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh.

lesserot@1Samuel:14:5 @ The one point rose up abruptly northward opposite Michmash, and the other southward opposite Geba’.

lesserot@1Samuel:14:6 @ And Jonathan said to the young man that bore his armor, Come, and let us go over unto the outpost of these uncircumcised: it may be that the Lord will work for us; for there is no restraint to the Lord to save by means of many or by means of few.

lesserot@1Samuel:14:7 @ And his armor–bearer said unto him, Do all that is in thy heart: turn thee; behold, I am with thee according to thy heart.

lesserot@1Samuel:14:8 @ Then said Jonathan, Behold, we will pass over unto these men, and we will show ourselves unto them.

lesserot@1Samuel:14:9 @ If they say thus unto us, Stand still until we come to you: then will we remain standing in our places, and will not go up unto them.

lesserot@1Samuel:14:10 @ But if they say thus, Come up unto us: then will we go up; for the Lord hath delivered them into our hand; and this shall be unto us the sign.

lesserot@1Samuel:14:11 @ And when both of them showed themselves unto the outpost of the Philistines, the Philistines said, Behold, Hebrews are coming forth out of the holes wherein they have hidden themselves.

lesserot@1Samuel:14:12 @ And the men of the outpost addressed Jonathan and his armor–bearer, and said, Come up to us, and we will let you know something. Then said Jonathan unto his armor–bearer, Come up after me; for the Lord hath given them up into the hand of Israel.

lesserot@1Samuel:14:13 @ And Jonathan then ascended upon his hands and upon his feet, and his armor–bearer after him: and they fell before Jonathan, and his armor–bearer was killing after him.

lesserot@1Samuel:14:14 @ And that first defeat, which Jonathan and his armor–bearer caused, was about twenty men, within about the half of a field, which a yoke of oxen might plough.

lesserot@1Samuel:14:15 @ And there arose a terror in the camp, in the field, and among all the people; the outposts, and the free–booters, they also were terrified, and the earth quaked; and it became a very great terror.

lesserot@1Samuel:14:16 @ And the watchers of Saul in Gib’ah of Benjamin looked; and, behold, the multitude became scattered, and ran hither and thither.

lesserot@1Samuel:14:17 @ Then said Saul unto the people that were with him, Muster now, and see who is gone away from us. And they mustered, and, behold, there was neither Jonathan nor his armor–bearer.

lesserot@1Samuel:14:18 @ And Saul said unto Achiyah, Bring hither the ark of God; for the ark of God was on that day with the children of Israel.

lesserot@1Samuel:14:19 @ And it happened, while Saul was speaking unto the priest, that the confusion which was in the camp of the Philistines went on and increased more and more: And Saul said unto the priest, Withdraw thy hand.

lesserot@1Samuel:14:20 @ And Saul and all the people that were with him were called together, and they came to the battle; and, behold, the sword of every man was against his fellow, the disorder being very great.

lesserot@1Samuel:14:21 @ And the Hebrews that were with the Philistines as before that time, those namely who had gone up with them, were in the camp round about; but these also resolved to be with the Israelites that were with Saul and Jonathan.

lesserot@1Samuel:14:22 @ And all the men of Israel who had hidden themselves on the mountain of Ephraim, heard that the Philistines had fled; and they also followed hard after them in the battle.

lesserot@1Samuel:14:23 @ So the Lord saved Israel that day: and the battle passed over unto Beth–aven.

lesserot@1Samuel:14:24 @ And the men of Israel were hard urged that day; and Saul adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man that will eat food until the evening, until I have been avenged on my enemies. And the whole people tasted thus no food.

lesserot@1Samuel:14:25 @ And all the land came to a forest; and there was honey upon the surface of the field.

lesserot@1Samuel:14:26 @ And when the people were come into the forest, behold, there was a stream of honey; but no one put his hand to his mouth; for the people feared the oath.

lesserot@1Samuel:14:27 @ But Jonathan had not heard his father charging the people with the oath; he therefore put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and dipped it in a honey–comb, and carried his hand again to his mouth; and his eyes became clear.

lesserot@1Samuel:14:28 @ Then commenced one of the people, and said, Thy father strictly charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man that will eat food this day; though the people were faint.

lesserot@1Samuel:14:29 @ Then said Jonathan, My father hath troubled the land: see, I pray you, how my eyes become clear, because I have tasted a little of this honey.

lesserot@1Samuel:14:30 @ How much more, if haply the people had eaten freely this day of the spoil of their enemies which they found? for would there not have been now a greater defeat among the Philistines?

lesserot@1Samuel:14:31 @ And they smote on that day among the Philistines from Michmash to Ayalon; and the people were very faint.

lesserot@1Samuel:14:32 @ And the people flew upon the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, and young steers, and slew them on the ground: and the people did eat upon the blood.

lesserot@1Samuel:14:33 @ And they told Saul, saying, Behold, the people are sinning against the Lord, in eating upon the blood. And he said, Ye have acted treacherously: roll unto me this day a great stone.

lesserot@1Samuel:14:34 @ And Saul said, Disperse yourselves among the people, and say unto them, Bring near unto me every man his ox, and every man his lamb, and slaughter here, and eat; and sin not against the Lord in eating by the blood. And all the people brought near every man his ox by his hand that night, and slaughtered there.

lesserot@1Samuel:14:35 @ And Saul built an altar unto the Lord: the same was the first altar that he built unto the Lord.

lesserot@1Samuel:14:36 @ And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and spoil them until the morning–light, and let us not leave a man of them. And they said, Do whatsoever seemeth good in thy eyes. Then said the priest, Let us draw near hither unto God.

lesserot@1Samuel:14:37 @ And Saul asked counsel of God, Shall I go down after the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into the hand of Israel? But he answered him not on that day.

lesserot@1Samuel:14:38 @ And Saul said, Draw ye near hither all the chief of the people: and know and see through what this sin hath happened this day.

lesserot@1Samuel:14:39 @ For, as the Lord liveth, who saveth Israel, that if it be in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die. But no one answered him among all the people.

lesserot@1Samuel:14:40 @ Then said he unto all Israel, Ye shall be on one side, and I and Jonathan my son will be on the other side. And the people said unto Saul, Do what seemeth good in thy eyes.

lesserot@1Samuel:14:41 @ And Saul said unto the Lord, God of Israel, O, show forth the perfect truth. And Jonathan and Saul were seized; but the people came forth.

lesserot@1Samuel:14:42 @ And Saul said, Cast the lot between me and Jonathan my son. And Jonathan was seized.

lesserot@1Samuel:14:43 @ Then said Saul to Jonathan, Do tell me what thou hast done. And Jonathan told him, and said, I did but taste with the end of the staff that was in my hand a little honey: lo, I am willing to die.

lesserot@1Samuel:14:44 @ And Saul said, May God do thus now, and in future also; for thou shalt surely die, Jonathan.

lesserot@1Samuel:14:45 @ And the people said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought this great salvation in Israel? This shall not be: as the Lord liveth, there shall not fall one hair of his head to the ground; for with God hath he wrought this day. So the people rescued Jonathan, and he died not.

lesserot@1Samuel:14:46 @ Then went Saul up from following the Philistines; and the Philistines went to their own place.

lesserot@1Samuel:14:47 @ So Saul strengthened himself in the government over Israel; and he fought on every side against all his enemies, against Moab, and against the children of ‘Ammon, and against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines: and whithersoever he turned himself, he caused terror.

lesserot@1Samuel:14:48 @ And he gathered an army, and he smote the ‘Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of those that spoiled them.

lesserot@1Samuel:14:49 @ Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and Yishvi, and Malkishua’: and the names of his two daughters––the name of the first–born was Merab, and the name of the younger Michal.

lesserot@1Samuel:14:50 @ And the name of Saul’s wife was Achino’am, the daughter of Achima’az: and the name of the captain of his army was Abner, the son of Ner, Saul’s uncle.

lesserot@1Samuel:14:51 @ And Kish the father of Saul, and Ner the father of Abner, were each the son of Abiel.

lesserot@1Samuel:14:52 @ And the war against the Philistines was violent all the days of Saul: and when Saul saw any strong man, or any valiant man, he took him unto himself.

lesserot@1Samuel:15:1 @ And Samuel said unto Saul, Me did the Lord send to anoint thee as king over his people, over Israel; and now hearken thou unto the voice of the words of the Lord.

lesserot@1Samuel:15:2 @ Thus hath said the Lord of hosts, I remember what Amalek did to Israel, how he lay in wait for him on the way, when he came up from Egypt.

lesserot@1Samuel:15:3 @ Now go and smite ‘Amalek, and devote all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and lamb, camel and ass.

lesserot@1Samuel:15:4 @ And Saul ordered the people to assemble, and he numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand men on foot, and ten thousand of the men of Judah.

lesserot@1Samuel:15:5 @ And Saul came to the city of ‘Amalek, and he fought in the valley.

lesserot@1Samuel:15:6 @ And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from the midst of the ‘Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them; whereas ye acted kindly with all the children of Israel, at their coming up out of Egypt. And the Kenites departed from the midst of the ‘Amalekites.

lesserot@1Samuel:15:7 @ And Saul smote the ‘Amalekites from Chavilah until thou comest to Shur, that is before Egypt.

lesserot@1Samuel:15:8 @ And he caught Agag the king of the ‘Amalekites alive, and all the people he devoted to the edge of the sword.

lesserot@1Samuel:15:9 @ But Saul together with the people had pity on Agag, and on the best of the flocks, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the fat lambs, and all that was good, and they would not destroy them; but all the cattle that was of little value and weak, that they destroyed.

lesserot@1Samuel:15:10 @ And the word of the Lord came unto Samuel, saying,

lesserot@1Samuel:15:11 @ I repent that I have set up Saul as king; for he hath turned back from following me, and my word hath he not performed: and it displeased Samuel, and he cried unto the Lord all the night.

lesserot@1Samuel:15:12 @ And Samuel rose up early to meet Saul in the morning; and it was told to Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and, behold, he set himself up a monument, and then went about, and passed on, and went down to Gilgal.

lesserot@1Samuel:15:13 @ And Samuel came to Saul; and Saul said unto him, Blessed be thou unto the Lord, I have performed the word of the Lord.

lesserot@1Samuel:15:14 @ And Samuel said, What is then this bleating of the flocks in my ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?

lesserot@1Samuel:15:15 @ And Saul said, From the ‘Amalekites have they brought them; because the people had pity on the best of the flocks and of the oxen, in order to sacrifice unto the Lord thy God; and the rest have we destroyed.

lesserot@1Samuel:15:16 @ And Samuel said unto Saul, Stay, and I will tell thee what the Lord said to me this night: and he said unto him, Speak.

lesserot@1Samuel:15:17 @ And Samuel said, Is it not that, however little thou wast in thy own eyes, thou art the head of the tribes of Israel? and the Lord anointed thee as king over Israel?

lesserot@1Samuel:15:18 @ And the Lord sent thee on a journey, and said, Go and destroy the sinners, the ‘Amalekites, and thou shalt fight against them until they be consumed.

lesserot@1Samuel:15:19 @ Wherefore then didst thou not hearken unto the voice of the Lord, and didst fly upon the spoil, and didst the evil in the eyes of the Lord?

lesserot@1Samuel:15:20 @ And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have fully hearkened unto the voice of the Lord; and I went on the way which the Lord had sent me; and I have brought Agag the king of ‘Amalek; and the ‘Amalekites have I destroyed.

lesserot@1Samuel:15:21 @ And the people took of the spoil, of the flocks and oxen, the chief of the devoted things, to sacrifice unto the Lord thy God in Gilgal.

lesserot@1Samuel:15:22 @ And Samuel said, Hath the Lord as much delight in burnt–offerings and in sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to attend more than the fat of the rams.

lesserot@1Samuel:15:23 @ For the sin of witchcraft is rebellion, and idolatry and image–worship, stubbornness; inasmuch as thou hast despised the word of the Lord, he hath also despised thee that thou shalt not be king.

lesserot@1Samuel:15:24 @ And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned; for I have transgressed the will of the Lord, and thy words; because I feared the people, and I hearkened to their voice.

lesserot@1Samuel:15:25 @ And now, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and return with me, that I may prostrate myself to the Lord.

lesserot@1Samuel:15:26 @ And Samuel said unto Saul, I will not return with thee; for thou didst despise the word of the Lord, and the Lord hath despised thee, that thou shalt not be king over Israel.

lesserot@1Samuel:15:27 @ And Samuel turned about to go: and he laid hold on the corner of his mantle, and it was rent.

lesserot@1Samuel:15:28 @ And Samuel said unto him, The Lord hath rent the kingdom of Israel from off thee this day, and hath given it to thy associate, who is better than thou.

lesserot@1Samuel:15:29 @ And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent; for he is not a man, that he should repent.

lesserot@1Samuel:15:30 @ And he said, I have sinned; honor me now, I pray thee, in the presence of the elders of my people, and in the presence of Israel, and return with me, that I may prostrate myself unto the Lord thy God.

lesserot@1Samuel:15:31 @ So Samuel returned, following Saul; and Saul prostrated himself to the Lord.

lesserot@1Samuel:15:32 @ And Samuel said, Bring ye hither unto me Agag the king of the ‘Amalekites: and Agag came unto him cheerfully; and Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past.

lesserot@1Samuel:15:33 @ And Samuel said, As thy sword did make women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women; and Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the Lord in Gilgal.

lesserot@1Samuel:15:34 @ Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house at Gib’ah of Saul.

lesserot@1Samuel:15:35 @ And Samuel did not see Saul any more until the day of his death; because Samuel mourned for Saul; and the Lord repented that he had made Saul king over Israel.

lesserot@1Samuel:16:1 @ And the Lord said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him so as not to reign over Israel? fill thy horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Beth–lechemite; for I have selected among his sons unto myself a king.

lesserot@1Samuel:16:2 @ And Samuel said, How shall I go? if Saul should hear it, he would kill me. And the Lord said, Take a heifer with thee, and say, To sacrifice unto the Lord am I come.

lesserot@1Samuel:16:3 @ And invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will let thee know what thou shalt do; and thou shalt anoint unto me the one whom I will say unto thee.

lesserot@1Samuel:16:4 @ And Samuel did that which the Lord had spoken, and came to Beth–lechem. And the elders of the town came hastily to meet him, and said, Peace to thee at thy coming.

lesserot@1Samuel:16:5 @ And he said, Peace: to sacrifice unto the Lord am I come; sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice. And he sanctified Jesse and his sons, and invited them to the sacrifice.

lesserot@1Samuel:16:6 @ And it came to pass, when they came, that he saw Eliab, and said, Surely the Lord’s anointed is before him.

lesserot@1Samuel:16:7 @ But the Lord said unto Samuel, Regard not his appearance, nor the height of his stature; because I have rejected him; for not what man looketh on; ––for man looketh on the eyes, but the Lord looketh on the heart.

lesserot@1Samuel:16:8 @ Then Jesse called Abinadab, and caused him to pass before Samuel. And he said, This one also hath the Lord not chosen.

lesserot@1Samuel:16:9 @ Then Jesse caused Shammah to pass by. And he said, This one also hath the Lord not chosen.

lesserot@1Samuel:16:10 @ And Jesse caused seven of his sons to pass before Samuel: and Samuel said unto Jesse, The Lord hath not made choice of these.

lesserot@1Samuel:16:11 @ And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are there not more young men? And he said, There is yet left behind the youngest, and, behold, he is feeding the flocks. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him; for we will not sit down till he have come hither.

lesserot@1Samuel:16:12 @ And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, having withal handsome eyes, and being of a goodly appearance. And the Lord said, Arise, anoint him; for this is he.

lesserot@1Samuel:16:13 @ Then took Samuel the horn of oil, and anointed him from among his brothers; and the Spirit of the Lord came suddenly upon David from that day and forward. And Samuel then rose up, and went to Ramah.

lesserot@1Samuel:16:14 @ And the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul, and there troubled him an evil spirit from the Lord.

lesserot@1Samuel:16:15 @ And Saul’s servants said unto him, Behold now, an evil spirit from God troubleth thee.

lesserot@1Samuel:16:16 @ Let our Lord but say, and thy servants, now before thee, will seek out a man, who is skilful as a player on the harp; and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall play with his hand, that thou mayest be well.

lesserot@1Samuel:16:17 @ And Saul said unto his servants, Select for me, I pray you, a man that can play well, and bring him to me.

lesserot@1Samuel:16:18 @ Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Beth–lechemite, who is skilful as a player, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and intelligent in speech, and a person of a good form, and the Lord is with him.

lesserot@1Samuel:16:19 @ Thereupon Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me David thy son, who is with the flocks.

lesserot@1Samuel:16:20 @ And Jesse took an ass laden with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent them through David his son unto Saul.

lesserot@1Samuel:16:21 @ And David came to Saul, and stood before him; and he loved him greatly, and he became his armor–bearer.

lesserot@1Samuel:16:22 @ And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Let David, I pray thee, stand before me; for he hath found favor in my eyes.

lesserot@1Samuel:16:23 @ And it came to pass, when the spirit of God was upon Saul, that David took the harp, and played with his hand; so Saul became relieved, and he felt well, and the evil spirit departed from him.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:1 @ And the Philistines gathered together their camps to battle, and they gathered themselves together at Sochoh, which belongeth to Judah; and they encamped between Sochoh and ‘Azekah, at Ephess–dammim.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:2 @ And Saul and the men of Israel gathered themselves together, and encamped in the valley of Elah, and put themselves in battle–array opposite to the Philistines.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:3 @ And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side, and the Israelites stood on a mountain on the other side: and the valley was between them.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:4 @ And there went out the champion out of the camp of the Philistines, Goliath of Gath was his name, whose height was six cubits and a span.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:5 @ And he had a helmet of copper upon his head, and he was clothed with a scaly coat of mail; and the weight of the coat of mail was five thousand shekels of copper.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:6 @ And he had greaves of copper upon his legs, and a javelin of copper between his shoulders.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:7 @ And the staff of his spear was like a weaver’s beam; and the blade of his spear six hundred shekels of iron: and the shield–bearer was walking before him.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:8 @ And he stood and calleth unto the arrays of Israel, and said unto them, Why will ye come out to put yourselves in battle–array? Behold: I am the Philistine, and ye are servants to Saul! select for yourselves one man, and let him come down to me;

lesserot@1Samuel:17:9 @ If he be able to fight with me, and he kill me, then will we be unto you as servants; but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then shall ye be unto us as servants, and ye shall serve us.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:10 @ And the Philistine said, I have defied the arrays of Israel this day; give me a man, and let us fight together.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:11 @ When Saul and all Israel heard these words of the Philistine, they were disheartened, and became greatly afraid.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:12 @ Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Beth–lechem–judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man was old in the days of Saul, belonging to the persons.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:13 @ And the three eldest sons of Jesse were gone following Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons that were gone to the battle were Eliab the first–born, and the next to him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:14 @ And David was the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:15 @ But David kept going and returning from Saul to feed his father’s flocks at Beth–lechem.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:16 @ And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:17 @ And Jesse said unto David his son, Take, I pray thee, for thy brothers an ephah of this parched corn, and these ten loaves, and run to the camp to thy brothers;

lesserot@1Samuel:17:18 @ And these ten cheeses shalt thou bring unto the captain of the thousand, and inquire of thy brothers how they fare, and take away their pledge.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:19 @ Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:20 @ And David rose up early in the morning, and gave up the flocks to a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him; and he came to the entrenchment, as the host was going forth in battle–array, and shouted the battle–cry.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:21 @ And the Israelites and the Philistines put themselves in battle–array, army against army.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:22 @ And David left the articles which he had on him in the hand of the keeper of the baggage, and ran into the array, and came and asked of his brothers after their welfare.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:23 @ And as he was speaking with them, behold, there came up the champion, Goliath the Philistine, by name, of Gath, out of the battle–arrays of the Philistines, and spoke in accordance with these same words: and David heard it.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:24 @ And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from before him, and were greatly afraid.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:25 @ And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is coming forth? for to defy Israel is he coming forth; and it shall be, that the man who killeth him,––him will the king enrich with great riches, and his daughter will he give him, and his father’s house will he make free in Israel.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:26 @ And David said to the men that stood by him, thus, What shall be done to the man that may smite yon Philistine, and take away the reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the arrays of the living God?

lesserot@1Samuel:17:27 @ And the people spoke to him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that may smite him.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:28 @ And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he was speaking unto the men; and Eliab’s anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why didst thou come down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy presumption, and the wickedness of thy heart; for in order to see the battle art thou come down.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:29 @ And David said, What have I now done? It is nothing but a word.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:30 @ And he turned from him toward another, and spoke after the same manner: and the people made him again a reply after the former manner.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:31 @ And the words which David had spoken were heard, and they told them in the presence of Saul, who sent for him.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:32 @ And David said to Saul, Let no man’s heart fail because of him: thy servant will go and fight with this Philistine.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:33 @ And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go unto this Philistine to fight with him; for thou art but a lad, and he a man of war from his youth.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:34 @ And David said unto Saul, Thy servant was feeding his father’s flocks, and there came a lion, and a bear, and bore off a lamb out of the drove;

lesserot@1Samuel:17:35 @ And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth: and when he rose up against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:36 @ Both the lion and the bear did thy servant smite: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall become as one of them; because he hath defied the arrays of the living God.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:37 @ Moreover David said, The Lord who hath delivered me out of the power of the lion, and out of the power of the bear, will also surely deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said unto David, Go, and may the Lord be with thee.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:38 @ And Saul clothed David with his garments, and he put a helmet of copper upon his head; and he clothed him also with a coat of mail.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:39 @ And David girded his sword over his garments, and he essayed to go; for he had not tried it. And David said unto Saul, I cannot walk in these; for I have never tried it before. And David put them off from him.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:40 @ And he took his staff in his hand, and chose himself five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in the shepherd’s pouch which be had, even in a scrip, with his sling in his hand; and he approached to the Philistine.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:41 @ And the Philistine went and drew nearer and nearer unto David; and the man that bore the shield went before him.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:42 @ And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him; for he was but a lad, and ruddy, with a fair appearance.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:43 @ And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that thou comest unto me with sticks? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:44 @ And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the heavens, and to the beasts of the field.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:45 @ Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest unto me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a javelin; but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the arrays of Israel, that thou hast defied.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:46 @ This day will the Lord deliver thee into my hand; and I will smite thee, and remove thy head from thee; and I will give the carcasses of the army of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; and all the earth shall know that there is a God for Israel.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:47 @ And all this assembly shall know that the Lord saveth not through sword and spear; for the battle is the Lord’s, and he will give you up into our hand.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:48 @ And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and went and drew nigh to meet David, that David hastened, and ran toward the battle–array to meet the Philistine.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:49 @ And David put his hand into the pouch, and took thence a stone, and slung it, and he struck the Philistine on his forehead, and the stone sunk into his forehead: and he fell upon his face to the ground.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:50 @ So David prevailed over the Philistine with the sling and with the stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:51 @ And David ran, and stood by the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of its sheath, and slew him, and cut off his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw that their hero was dead, they fled.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:52 @ And then arose the men of Israel and of Judah, and shouted, and pursued the Philistines, until thou comest to the valley, and to the gates of ‘Ekron. And the slain of the Philistines fell down by the way to Sha’arayim, even as far as Gath, and up to ‘Ekron.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:53 @ And the children of Israel returned from hotly pursuing after the Philistines, and they spoiled their camps.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:54 @ And David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem; but his weapons he placed in his tent.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:55 @ And when Saul saw David going forth against the Philistine, he said unto Abner, the captain of the army, Abner, whose son is this lad? And Abner said, As thy soul liveth, O king, I know it not.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:56 @ And the king said, Ask thou whose son this youth is.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:57 @ And as David returned from smiting the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand.

lesserot@1Samuel:17:58 @ And Saul said to him, Whose son art thou, young man? And David answered, The son of thy servant Jesse the Beth–lechemite.

lesserot@1Samuel:18:1 @ And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit on the soul of David; and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.

lesserot@1Samuel:18:2 @ And Saul took him on that day, and would not permit him to go home to his father’s house.

lesserot@1Samuel:18:3 @ Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because of his loving him as his own soul.

lesserot@1Samuel:18:4 @ And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that he had upon him, and gave it to David, and likewise his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle.

lesserot@1Samuel:18:5 @ And David went out; whithersoever Saul used to send him, he was successful; and Saul set him over the men of war; and he was accepted in the eyes of all the people, and also in the eyes of the servants of Saul.

lesserot@1Samuel:18:6 @ And it came to pass as they came home, when David returned from smiting the Philistines, that the women came forth out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tambourines, with joy, and with triangles.

lesserot@1Samuel:18:7 @ And the women that played answered one another, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.

lesserot@1Samuel:18:8 @ And Saul was very wroth, and this saying was displeasing in his eyes; and he said, They have given unto David ten thousands, and to me they have given the thousands: and all that he lacketh now yet is only the kingdom.

lesserot@1Samuel:18:9 @ And Saul looked jealous on David from that day and forward.

lesserot@1Samuel:18:10 @ And it came to pass on the morrow, that an evil spirit from God came suddenly over Saul, and he spoke foolish things in the midst of the house: while David was playing with his hand, as on previous days; and the spear was in the hand of Saul.

lesserot@1Samuel:18:11 @ And Saul cast the spear; and he thought, I will strike David through even on the wall. And David turned aside out of his presence twice.

lesserot@1Samuel:18:12 @ And Saul was afraid of David; because the Lord was with him, and from Saul he was departed.

lesserot@1Samuel:18:13 @ Therefore Saul removed him from himself, and made him his captain over a thousand: and he went out and came in before the people.

lesserot@1Samuel:18:14 @ And David was successful on all his ways; and the Lord was with him.

lesserot@1Samuel:18:15 @ And when Saul saw that he was very successful, he was in dread of him.

lesserot@1Samuel:18:16 @ But all Israel and Judah loved David; because he went out and came in before them.

lesserot@1Samuel:18:17 @ And Saul said to David, Behold, here is my eldest daughter Merab, her will I give to thee for wife: only be thou unto me a man of valor, and fight the Lord’s battles. And Saul thought, Let not my hand be against him, but let the hand of the Philistines be against him.

lesserot@1Samuel:18:18 @ And David said unto Saul, Who am I? and what is my life, my father’s family in Israel, that I should be a son–in–law to the king?

lesserot@1Samuel:18:19 @ But it happened at the time when Merab, Saul’s daughter should have been given to David, that she was given unto ‘Adriel the Mecholathite for wife.

lesserot@1Samuel:18:20 @ And Michal Saul’s daughter loved David: and they told it to Saul, and the thing was right in his eyes.

lesserot@1Samuel:18:21 @ And Saul said, I will give her to him, that she may become unto him a snare, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to David, Through the second shalt thou this day become my son–in–law.

lesserot@1Samuel:18:22 @ And Saul commanded his servants, Speak to David secretly, saying, Behold, the king hath delight in thee, and all his servants love thee; and now thou must become the king’s son–in–law.

lesserot@1Samuel:18:23 @ And the servants of Saul spoke in the ears of David these words. And David said, Doth it seem so light in your eyes to become the king’s son–in–law, seeing that I am a poor man, and of light esteem?

lesserot@1Samuel:18:24 @ And the servants of Saul told him, saying, Words such as these David hath spoken.

lesserot@1Samuel:18:25 @ And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any dowry, but a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged on the king’s enemies. But Saul thought to cause David to fall by the hand of the Philistines.

lesserot@1Samuel:18:26 @ And when his servants told David these words, the thing was pleasing in the eyes of David to become the king’s son–in–law: and the days were not complete,

lesserot@1Samuel:18:27 @ When David arose and went, he and his men, and smote of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they counted them out in full to the king, that he might become the king’s son–in–law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter for wife.

lesserot@1Samuel:18:28 @ And Saul saw and understood that the Lord was with David: and Michal, Saul’s daughter, loved him.

lesserot@1Samuel:18:29 @ And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul was David’s enemy all the time.

lesserot@1Samuel:18:30 @ And the princes of the Philistines went forth; and it came to pass, whenever they went forth, that David was more successful than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was highly prized.

lesserot@1Samuel:19:1 @ And Saul spoke to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that he would kill David. But Jonathan the son of Saul delighted greatly in David.

lesserot@1Samuel:19:2 @ And Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeketh to kill thee; now therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself in the morning, and abide in a secret place, and hide thyself:

lesserot@1Samuel:19:3 @ And I will go out and stand by the side of my father in the field where thou art, and I myself will speak of thee to my father; and I will see what it is, and I will tell thee.

lesserot@1Samuel:19:4 @ And Jonathan spoke favorably of David unto Saul his father, and said unto him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David; since he hath not sinned against thee, and because his deeds are very good for thee;

lesserot@1Samuel:19:5 @ And he did put his life in his hand, and he slew the Philistine, and the Lord wrought a great salvation for all Israel; thou sawest it, and wast rejoiced: wherefore then wilt thou commit sin on innocent blood, by slaying David without a cause?

lesserot@1Samuel:19:6 @ And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul swore, As the Lord liveth, he shall not be put to death.

lesserot@1Samuel:19:7 @ And Jonathan called David, and Jonathan told him all these words. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence, as in times past.

lesserot@1Samuel:19:8 @ And the war occurred again: and David went out, and fought with the Philistines, and smote them with a great defeat, and they fled from before him.

lesserot@1Samuel:19:9 @ And the evil spirit from the Lord came upon Saul, and he was sitting in his house with his spear in his hand; and David was playing with his hand.

lesserot@1Samuel:19:10 @ And Saul sought to strike David through with the spear even to the wall; but he slipped away from before Saul, who struck the spear into the wall: and David fled, and escaped that night.

lesserot@1Samuel:19:11 @ But Saul sent messengers unto David’s house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning; and Michal his wife told it to David, saying, If thou save not thy life this night, tomorrow thou wilt be put to death.

lesserot@1Samuel:19:12 @ And Michal let David down through the window: and he went, and fled, and escaped.

lesserot@1Samuel:19:13 @ And Michal took an image, and put it in the bed, and a pillow of goats’ hair she put for its head to rest on, and covered it with a cloth.

lesserot@1Samuel:19:14 @ And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick.

lesserot@1Samuel:19:15 @ And Saul sent the messengers to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may put him to death.

lesserot@1Samuel:19:16 @ And when the messengers were come in, behold, there was an image in the bed, with a pillow of goats’ hair for its head to rest on.

lesserot@1Samuel:19:17 @ And Saul said unto Michal, Why hast thou thus deceived me, and sent away my enemy, that he is escaped? And Michal said to Saul, He said unto me, Let me go away: why should I kill thee?

lesserot@1Samuel:19:18 @ So David fled, and escaped, and came unto Samuel to Ramah, and he told him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and remained in Nayoth.

lesserot@1Samuel:19:19 @ And it was told unto Saul, saying, Behold, David is at Nayoth near Ramah.

lesserot@1Samuel:19:20 @ And Saul sent messengers to take David; and when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as superintendent over them: then came upon the messengers of Saul the spirit of God, and they also prophesied.

lesserot@1Samuel:19:21 @ And when it was told to Saul, he sent other messengers, and these prophesied likewise. And Saul sent again messengers the third time, and these also prophesied.

lesserot@1Samuel:19:22 @ Then went he himself also to Ramah, and came as far as the great well that is in Sechu: and he asked and said, Where are Samuel and David? And some one said, Behold, they are at Nayoth near Ramah.

lesserot@1Samuel:19:23 @ And he went thither to Nayoth near Ramah: and there came upon him also the Spirit of God, and he went on, and prophesied as he went, until he came to Nayoth near Ramah.

lesserot@1Samuel:19:24 @ And he also stripped off his clothes, and he also prophesied himself before Samuel, and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Therefore people are in the habit of saying, Is Saul too among the prophets?

lesserot@1Samuel:20:1 @ And David fled from Nayoth near Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, What have I done? what is my iniquity? and what is my sin before thy father, that he seeketh my life?

lesserot@1Samuel:20:2 @ And he said unto him, God forbid; thou shalt not die: behold, my father is not wont to do a great thing or a small thing, which he doth not inform me of; and why should my father conceal this thing from me? it is not so.

lesserot@1Samuel:20:3 @ But David swore again, and said, Thy father well knoweth that I have found grace in thy eyes; wherefore he said, Jonathan must not know this, lest he be grieved: nevertheless, as truly as the Lord liveth, and thy soul liveth, there was but one step between me and death.

lesserot@1Samuel:20:4 @ Then said Jonathan unto David, Whatsoever thy soul sayeth will I do for thee.

lesserot@1Samuel:20:5 @ And David said unto Jonathan, Behold, tomorrow is the new–moon, and I should as usual sit with the king to eat; but let me go, that I may hide myself in the field until the third evening.

lesserot@1Samuel:20:6 @ If thy father at all miss me, then do thou say, David asked earnestly leave of me that he might run to Beth–lechem his city; for there is a yearly sacrifice there for all the family.

lesserot@1Samuel:20:7 @ If he should say thus, It is well: then shall thy servant have peace; but if it be at all displeasing to him, then know that the evil is determined on by him.

lesserot@1Samuel:20:8 @ And do thou deal kindly with thy servant; for into a covenant of the Lord hast thou brought thy servant with thee; but if there be in me any iniquity, slay me thyself; for why shouldst thou bring me to thy father?

lesserot@1Samuel:20:9 @ And Jonathan said, Far be it from thee; for if I should know for certain that evil were determined on by my father to come upon thee, would I not tell it thee?

lesserot@1Samuel:20:10 @ Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell it me? or what, if thy father answer thee roughly?

lesserot@1Samuel:20:11 @ And Jonathan said unto David, Come, let us go out into the field. And they went out, both of them, into the field.

lesserot@1Samuel:20:12 @ And Jonathan said unto David, May the God of Israel if, when I have sounded my father about this time tomorrow, or of the third day, and, behold, if he be good toward David, I do not then send unto thee, and inform thee of it.

lesserot@1Samuel:20:13 @ May the Lord do so to Jonathan and continue so yet farther, that, if it please my father thee evil, I will inform thee of it, and send thee away, that thou mayest go in peace; and may the Lord be with thee, as he hath been with my father.

lesserot@1Samuel:20:14 @ And wilt thou not, should I be yet alive, show me the kindness of the Lord, that I may not die?

lesserot@1Samuel:20:15 @ But, surely, thou wilt not withdraw thy kindness from my house for ever, not even when the Lord cutteth off the enemies of David, every one, from off the face of the earth.

lesserot@1Samuel:20:16 @ So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, May the Lord require it at the hand of David’s enemies.

lesserot@1Samuel:20:17 @ And Jonathan caused David to swear again, by his love for him; for he loved him as he loved his own soul.

lesserot@1Samuel:20:18 @ Then Jonathan said to David, Tomorrow is the new–moon: and thou wilt be missed, because thy seat will be left empty.

lesserot@1Samuel:20:19 @ And when thou hast stayed till the third day, then shalt thou go down greatly, and come to the place where thou didst hide thyself on the work–day; and thou shalt remain by the stone Ezel.

lesserot@1Samuel:20:20 @ And I will myself shoot three arrows on the side thereof, as though I were shooting at a mark.

lesserot@1Samuel:20:21 @ And, behold, I will send the lad, saying, Go, find the arrows; if I should now say unto the lad, Behold, the arrows are on this side of thee: then take him and come; for there is peace to thee, and it is nothing; as the Lord liveth.

lesserot@1Samuel:20:22 @ But if thus I should say unto the young man, Behold, the arrows are beyond thee: then go thy way, for the Lord hath sent thee off.

lesserot@1Samuel:20:23 @ And touching the matter of which we have spoken, thou and I, behold, the Lord is between me and thee for ever.

lesserot@1Samuel:20:24 @ So David hid himself in the field: and when the new–moon was come, the king set himself down to the repast to eat.

lesserot@1Samuel:20:25 @ And the king sat upon his seat, as at other times, upon the seat by the wall: and when Jonathan arose, Abner seated himself by the side of Saul, and David’s place was left empty.

lesserot@1Samuel:20:26 @ Nevertheless Saul spoke not the least on that day; for he thought, Something hath befallen him, he is not clean; because he hath not yet purified himself.

lesserot@1Samuel:20:27 @ And it came to pass on the morrow, the second day of the new–moon, that David’s place was left empty; and Saul said unto Jonathan his son, Wherefore is the son of Jesse not come, both yesterday and today, to the repast?

lesserot@1Samuel:20:28 @ And Jonathan answered Saul, David asked earnestly leave of me to go as far as Beth–lechem.

lesserot@1Samuel:20:29 @ And he said, Let me go, I pray thee; for we have a family–sacrifice in the city, and my brother himself hath commanded it to me; and now, if I have found favor in thy eyes, let me get away, I pray thee, that I may see my brothers: therefore is he not come unto the king’s table.

lesserot@1Samuel:20:30 @ And the anger of Saul was kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto him, Thou son of perverse rebelliousness! do I not know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thy own shame, and to the shame of thy mother’s nakedness?

lesserot@1Samuel:20:31 @ For all the days that the son of Jesse liveth upon the ground, thou wilt not have any permanence with thy kingdom: therefore now send and fetch him unto me, for he shall surely die.

lesserot@1Samuel:20:32 @ And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said unto him, Wherefore shall he be put to death? what hath he done?

lesserot@1Samuel:20:33 @ And Saul cast his spear at him to smite him: and Jonathan understood that it was determined on by his father to put David to death.

lesserot@1Samuel:20:34 @ And Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and did eat no food on the second day of the new–moon; for he was grieved for David; because his father had made him feel ashamed.

lesserot@1Samuel:20:35 @ And it came to pass in the morning, that Jonathan went out into the field to the place appointed with David, and a little lad was with him.

lesserot@1Samuel:20:36 @ And he said unto his lad, Run, do find out the arrows which I shoot: and the lad ran, and he shot the arrow so as to pass beyond him.

lesserot@1Samuel:20:37 @ And when the lad was come to the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot, Jonathan called after the lad, and said, Behold, the arrow is beyond thee!

lesserot@1Samuel:20:38 @ And Jonathan called after the lad, Make haste, speed, stay not: and Jonathan’s lad gathered up the arrows, and came to his master.

lesserot@1Samuel:20:39 @ But the lad knew not the least: only Jonathan and David knew the matter.

lesserot@1Samuel:20:40 @ And Jonathan gave his weapons unto the lad who was with him, and said unto him, Go, carry them to the city.

lesserot@1Samuel:20:41 @ And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose from the south side, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded.

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lesserot@1Samuel:22:1 @ And David departed thence, and escaped to the cave ‘Adullam: and when his brothers and all his father’s house heard it, they went down to him thither.

lesserot@1Samuel:22:2 @ And there gathered themselves unto him every one that was in distress, and every one that had a creditor, and every one that had an embittered spirit; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.

lesserot@1Samuel:22:3 @ And David went thence to Mizpeh of Moab: and he said unto the king of Moab, Let my father and my mother, I pray thee, go forth with you, until I can know what God will do for me.

lesserot@1Samuel:22:4 @ And he conducted them to the presence of the king of Moab: and they remained with him all the time that David was in the strong–hold.

lesserot@1Samuel:22:5 @ And the prophet Gad said unto David, Thou must not remain in the strong–hold: depart, and get thee into the land of Judah. Then David departed, and came into the forest of Chereth.

lesserot@1Samuel:22:6 @ And Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men that were with him,

lesserot@1Samuel:22:7 @ Then said Saul unto his servants that stood about him, Hear, I pray you, men of Benjamin! will the son of Jesse give, indeed, to every one of you fields and vineyards? will he appoint you all captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds?

lesserot@1Samuel:22:8 @ That ye have conspired, all of you, against me, and there is none that informeth me, while my son hath made a covenant with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you that is concerned for me, or informeth me that my son hath stirred up my servant to lie in wait against me, as it is this day?

lesserot@1Samuel:22:9 @ Then answered Doeg the Edomite, who was set over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Achimelech the son of Achitub.

lesserot@1Samuel:22:10 @ And he asked counsel for him of the Lord, and he gave him provision, and gave him also the sword of Goliath the philistine.

lesserot@1Samuel:22:11 @ Then sent the king to call Achimelech, the son of Achitub, the priest, and all his father’s house, the priests that were in Nob: and they came, all of them, to the king.

lesserot@1Samuel:22:12 @ And Saul said, Hear now, thou son of Achitub. And he said, here am I, my Lord.

lesserot@1Samuel:22:13 @ And Saul said unto him, Why have ye conspired against me, thou and the son of Jesse, in that thou didst give him bread, and a sword, and hast asked counsel for him of God, that he should rise to lie in wait against me, as it is this day!

lesserot@1Samuel:22:14 @ Then answered Achimelech the king, and said, And who is among all thy servants so trusted as David, and the king’s son–in–law, and freely admitted to thy private council, and is honored in thy house?

lesserot@1Samuel:22:15 @ Did I this day then begin to ask counsel for him of God? far be it from me; let not the king impute any thing unto his servant, to all the house of my father; for thy servant knew not of all this, either a little or great thing.

lesserot@1Samuel:22:16 @ And the king said, Thou shalt surely die, Achimelech, thou, and all thy father’s house.

lesserot@1Samuel:22:17 @ And the king said unto the runners that stood about him, Turn round and slay the priests of the Lord; because their hand also is with David, and because they knew that he was fleeing, and did not disclose it to me. But the servants of the king would not stretch forth their hand to fall upon the priests of the Lord.

lesserot@1Samuel:22:18 @ And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou round, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned round, and he fell upon the priests, and slew on that day eighty and five persons that did wear a linen ephod.

lesserot@1Samuel:22:19 @ And Nob, the city of the priests, he smote with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and sucklings, and oxen, and asses, and lambs, with the edge of the sword.

lesserot@1Samuel:22:20 @ And there escaped one of the sons of Achimelech the son of Achitub, whose name was Ebyathar, and he fled after David.

lesserot@1Samuel:22:21 @ And Ebyathar told David that Saul had slain the priests of the Lord.

lesserot@1Samuel:22:22 @ And David said unto Ebyathar, I knew on that day, because Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would surely tell Saul: I have myself occasioned the death of all the persons of thy father’s house.

lesserot@1Samuel:22:23 @ Remain thou with me, fear nothing; for he that will seek my life will seek thy life; but thou shalt be well guarded with me.

lesserot@1Samuel:23:1 @ Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines are fighting against Ke’ilah, and they are plundering the threshing–floors.

lesserot@1Samuel:23:2 @ Thereupon David asked counsel of the Lord, saying, Shall I go and smite among these Philistines? And the Lord said unto David, Go and smite among the Philistines, and deliver Ke’ilah.

lesserot@1Samuel:23:3 @ And David’s men said unto him, Behold, here in Judah are we afraid: how much more then if we should go to Ke’ilah against the battle–arrays of the Philistines?

lesserot@1Samuel:23:4 @ Then David asked yet again counsel of the Lord. And the Lord answered him and said, Arise, Go down to Ke’ilah; for I deliver the Philistines into thy hand.

lesserot@1Samuel:23:5 @ So David and his men went to Ke’ilah; and he fought with the Philistines, and lead away their cattle, and smote among them a great slaughter. So David delivered the inhabitants of Ke’ilah.

lesserot@1Samuel:23:6 @ And it came to pass, when Ebyathar the son of Achimelech, fled over to David, to Ke’ilah, that the ephod came down with him.

lesserot@1Samuel:23:7 @ And it was told to Saul that David was come to Ke’ilah. And Saul said, God hath delivered him into my hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a town that hath gates and bars.

lesserot@1Samuel:23:8 @ And Saul called all the people together to war, to go down to Ke’ilah, to besiege David and his men.

lesserot@1Samuel:23:9 @ And David understood that Saul secretly devised mischief against him; and he said to Ebyathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod.

lesserot@1Samuel:23:10 @ Then said David, O Lord, God of Israel, thy servant hath heard for certain that Saul seeketh to come to Ke’ilah, to destroy the city for my sake.

lesserot@1Samuel:23:11 @ Will the men of Ke’ilah surrender me into his hand? will Saul come down as thy servant hath heard? O Lord, God of Israel, I beseech thee, tell thy servant. And the Lord said, He will come down.

lesserot@1Samuel:23:12 @ Then said David, Will the men of Ke’ilah surrender me and my men into the hand of Saul! And the Lord said, They will surrender.

lesserot@1Samuel:23:13 @ Then arose David and his men, about six hundred men, and departed out of Ke’ilah, and wandered about whithersoever they could go. And when it was told to Saul that David was escaped from Ke’ilah, he forbore to go forth.

lesserot@1Samuel:23:14 @ And David remained in the wilderness in strong–holds, and abode on the mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him all the time, but God delivered him not into his hand.

lesserot@1Samuel:23:15 @ And David saw that Saul was gone forth to seek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in the forest.

lesserot@1Samuel:23:16 @ And Jonathan, the son of Saul, arose and went to David into the forest, and strengthened his hand in God.

lesserot@1Samuel:23:17 @ And he said unto him, Fear not; for the hand of Saul my father will not find thee; and thou wilt be king over Israel, and I will be next unto thee; and also Saul my father knoweth this.

lesserot@1Samuel:23:18 @ And they made, both of them, a covenant before the Lord: and David remained in the forest; but Jonathan went to his house.

lesserot@1Samuel:23:19 @ Then came up the Ziphites unto Saul to Gib’ah, saying, Behold, David is hiding himself with us in the strong–holds in the forest, on the hill of Chachilah, which is on the right of the desert.

lesserot@1Samuel:23:20 @ And now in accordance with all the longing of thy soul, O king, to come down, come down; and our part shall be to surrender him into the king’s hand.

lesserot@1Samuel:23:21 @ And Saul said, Blessed be ye of the Lord; for ye have pity on me.

lesserot@1Samuel:23:22 @ Go, I pray you, make yet more preparations, and remark and see his place where his foot may be, who hath seen him there; for I am told that he dealeth with great subtilty.

lesserot@1Samuel:23:23 @ See therefore, and remark every one of all the lurking–places where he usually hideth himself, and come ye again to me with the certainty, and I will go with you; and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will search him out throughout all the thousands of Judah.

lesserot@1Samuel:23:24 @ And they arose, and went to Ziph before Saul; but David and his men were in the wilderness of Ma’on, in the plain on the right of the desert.

lesserot@1Samuel:23:25 @ And Saul and his men went to make a search. And they told it to David: wherefore he came down to the rock, and abode in the wilderness of Ma’on. And when Saul heard this, he pursued after David into the wilderness of Ma’on.

lesserot@1Samuel:23:26 @ And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain; and David made haste to get away from before Saul; and Saul and his men were compassing David and his men to seize them.

lesserot@1Samuel:23:27 @ But a messenger came unto Saul, saying, Haste thee, and come; for the Philistines have invaded the land.

lesserot@1Samuel:23:28 @ Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Sela–hammachlekoth.

lesserot@1Samuel:23:29 @ And David went up from there, and dwelt in strong–holds of ‘En–gedi.

lesserot@1Samuel:24:1 @ And it came to pass, when Saul was returned from pursuing the Philistines, that it was told to him, saying, Behold, David is in the wilderness of ‘En–gedi.

lesserot@1Samuel:24:2 @ Then took Saul three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and went to seek David and his men upon the rocks of the wild goats.

lesserot@1Samuel:24:3 @ And he came to the sheepfolds by the way, and there was a cave; and Saul went in to cover his feet: and David and his men were sitting in the lower end of the cave.

lesserot@1Samuel:24:4 @ And the men of David said unto him, Behold, this is the day of which the Lord hath said unto thee, Behold, I will deliver thy enemy into thy hand, that thou mayest do to him as it shall seem good in thy eyes. And David arose, and cut off the corner of the robe which Saul wore, unperceived.

lesserot@1Samuel:24:5 @ And it came to pass afterward, that David’s heart smote him, because he had cut off the corner of Saul’s.

lesserot@1Samuel:24:6 @ And he said unto his men, Far be it from me for the Lord’s sake, that I should do this thing unto my master, the Lord’s anointed, to stretch forth my hand against him; because he is the anointed of the Lord.

lesserot@1Samuel:24:7 @ So David restrained his servants with these words, and suffered them not to rise against Saul. But Saul rose up out of the cave, and went on his way.

lesserot@1Samuel:24:8 @ David also arose afterward, and went forth out of the cave, and called after Saul, saying, My Lord, the king! And Saul then looked behind him, and David bowed his face to the earth, and prostrated himself.

lesserot@1Samuel:24:9 @ And David said to Saul, Wherefore wilt thou listen to men’s words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy injury?

lesserot@1Samuel:24:10 @ Behold, this day thy eyes have seen how that the Lord had delivered thee today into my hand in the cave, and some one said that I should kill thee: but my soul felt compassion for thee: and I said, I will not stretch forth my hand against my Lord; because he is the anointed of the Lord.

lesserot@1Samuel:24:11 @ And now, my father, see, yea, see the corner of thy robe in my hand; for in that I cut off the corner of thy robe, and killed thee not, know thou and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in my hand, and that I have not sinned against thee: yet thou liest in wait for my soul to take it.

lesserot@1Samuel:24:12 @ May the Lord judge between me and thee, and may the Lord avenge me on thee; but my hand shall not be against thee.

lesserot@1Samuel:24:13 @ As saith the proverb of the ancients, From the wicked proceedeth wickedness; but my hand shall not be against thee.

lesserot@1Samuel:24:14 @ After whom is the king of Israel gone out? after whom art thou pursuing? after a dead dog, after a single flea.

lesserot@1Samuel:24:15 @ May the Lord therefore be judge, and decide between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and obtain me justice out of thy hand.

lesserot@1Samuel:24:16 @ And it came to pass, When David had finished speaking these words unto Saul, that Saul said, Is this thy voice, my son David? And Saul lifted up his voice, and wept.

lesserot@1Samuel:24:17 @ And he said to David, Thou art more righteous than I; for thou hast done for me only what is good, whereas I have rewarded thee only with what is evil.

lesserot@1Samuel:24:18 @ And thou hast proved this day, that thou hast dealt well with me; forasmuch as when the Lord had surrendered me into thy hand, thou didst not kill me.

lesserot@1Samuel:24:19 @ For if a man find his enemy, will he let him go away on a good road? so may the Lord reward thee with good for what thou hast done unto me this day.

lesserot@1Samuel:24:20 @ And now, behold, I know that thou wilt surely become king, and that the kingdom of Israel will stand firmly in thy hand.

lesserot@1Samuel:24:21 @ And now swear unto me by the Lord, that thou wilt not cut off my seed after me, and that thou wilt not destroy my name out of my father’s house.

lesserot@1Samuel:24:22 @ And David swore unto Saul; and Saul went to his house; but David and his men went up into the strong–hold.

lesserot@1Samuel:25:1 @ And Samuel died; and all the Israelites assembled themselves together, and lamented for him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran.

lesserot@1Samuel:25:2 @ And there was a man in Ma’on, whose business was in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was, while they were shearing his sheep, at Carmel.

lesserot@1Samuel:25:3 @ Now the name of the man was Nabal, and the name of his wife Abigayil: and the woman was of good understanding, and of a beautiful form; but the man was hard–hearted and evil in his deeds; and he was of the house of Caleb.

lesserot@1Samuel:25:4 @ And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep.

lesserot@1Samuel:25:5 @ And David sent out ten young men, and David said unto the young men, Get you up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and ask him in my name after his well–being.

lesserot@1Samuel:25:6 @ And ye shall say, May it thus be throughout thy life; and peace be to thee, and peace be to thy house, and unto all that thou hast be peace.

lesserot@1Samuel:25:7 @ And now have I heard that thou hast sheep–shearers: now thy shepherds have been with us, we have not injured them, neither hath there aught been missing unto them, all the time they were at Carmel.

lesserot@1Samuel:25:8 @ Ask thy young men, and they will tell it thee. Therefore let the young men find favor in thy eyes; for on a festive day are we come: give, I pray thee, whatsoever thy hand is capable of unto thy servants, and to thy son, to David.

lesserot@1Samuel:25:9 @ And David’s young men came, and they spoke to Nabal in accordance with all these words in the name of David; and then they ceased.

lesserot@1Samuel:25:10 @ And Nabal answered the servants of David, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? now–a–days there are many servants that break away every one from his master.

lesserot@1Samuel:25:11 @ Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my sheep–shearers, and give it unto men, whom I know not whence they are?

lesserot@1Samuel:25:12 @ And David’s young men turned about on their way, and returned, and came and told him in accordance with all these words.

lesserot@1Samuel:25:13 @ And David said unto his men, Gird ye on, every man, his sword. And they girded on, every man, his sword; and David also girded on his sword: and there went up after David about four hundred men, and two hundred abode by the baggage.

lesserot@1Samuel:25:14 @ But one of the young men told Abigayil, Nabal’s wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to greet our master; but he hath spoken rudely to them.

lesserot@1Samuel:25:15 @ Whereas the men have been very good unto us; and we have not been injured, neither have we missed any thing, all the time that we went about with them, while we were in the field:

lesserot@1Samuel:25:16 @ A wall were they around us both by night and by day, all the time we were with them, feeding the flocks.

lesserot@1Samuel:25:17 @ And now know and consider what thou canst do; for evil is determined on against our master, and against all his household; and he is too greatly a worthless man for me to speak to him.

lesserot@1Samuel:25:18 @ And Abigayil made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and a hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses.

lesserot@1Samuel:25:19 @ And she said unto her young men, Pass on before me: behold, I come after you. But to her husband Nabal she told nothing.

lesserot@1Samuel:25:20 @ And it was so, as she was riding on the ass, and coming down by the covert of the mount, that, behold, David and his men came down toward her; and she met them.

lesserot@1Samuel:25:21 @ Now David had said, Yea, for naught only have I guarded all that belongeth to this fellow in the wilderness, so that not the least was missed of all that pertained unto him; and he hath requited me evil instead of good.

lesserot@1Samuel:25:22 @ So may God do unto the enemies of David, and do so yet farther, if I leave of all that pertaineth to him by the morning light, as much as a dog.

lesserot@1Samuel:25:23 @ And when Abigayil saw David, she hastened, and alighted off the ass, and fell down before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground.

lesserot@1Samuel:25:24 @ And she fell at his feet, and said, On me, me, my lord, is the fault: and let thy hand–maid, I pray thee, speak in thy hearing, and listen to the words of thy hand–maid.

lesserot@1Samuel:25:25 @ Let not my Lord, I pray thee, turn his heart unto this worthless man, unto Nabal; for as his name is, so is he: Nabal is his name, and meanness is with him; but I thy hand–maid did not see the young men of my Lord, whom thou didst send.

lesserot@1Samuel:25:26 @ And now, my lord, as the Eternal liveth, and as thy soul liveth, it is the Lord who hath withholden thee from coming to blood–guiltiness, and from helping thyself with thy own hand; and now may like Nabal be thy enemies, and those that seek my Lord evil.

lesserot@1Samuel:25:27 @ And now this present which thy hand–maid hath brought unto my Lord, let it even be given unto the young men that follow in the train my Lord.

lesserot@1Samuel:25:28 @ Pardon, I pray thee, the trespass of thy hand–maid; for the Lord will certainly make for my lord an enduring house; because the battles of the Lord doth my lord fight, and evil will not be found in thee all thy days.

lesserot@1Samuel:25:29 @ And though a man is risen up to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: yet will the soul of my Lord be bound in the bond of life with the Lord thy God; and the soul of thy enemies will he hurl away, as out of the middle of the sling.

lesserot@1Samuel:25:30 @ And it shall come to pass, when the Lord will do to my lord, in accordance with all the good that he hath spoken concerning thee, and will ordain thee as ruler over Israel,

lesserot@1Samuel:25:31 @ That this shall not be unto thee as a cause of offense and as a reproach of heart unto my lord, both by having shed blood without cause, and by my lord having righted himself; and when the Lord will do good unto my lord, then do thou remember thy hand–maid.

lesserot@1Samuel:25:32 @ And David said to Abigayil, Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who sent thee this day to meet me;

lesserot@1Samuel:25:33 @ And blessed be thy intelligence, and blessed be thou, who hast prevented me this day from coming unto blood–guiltiness, and from helping myself with my own hand.

lesserot@1Samuel:25:34 @ But truly, as the Lord the God of Israel liveth, who hath withdrawn me from injuring thee, except thou hadst hastened and come to meet me, surely there would not have been left unto Nabal by the morning–light so much as a dog.

lesserot@1Samuel:25:35 @ And David took out of her hand that which she had brought him; and unto her he said, Go up in peace to thy house: see, I have hearkened to thy voice, and have respected thy presence.

lesserot@1Samuel:25:36 @ And Abigayil came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal’s heart was merry within him, and he was exceedingly drunken; wherefore she told him not a word, either little or great, until the morning–light.

lesserot@1Samuel:25:37 @ But it happened in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, that his wife told him these things; and his heart died within him, and he became as a stone.

lesserot@1Samuel:25:38 @ And it came to pass in about ten days thereafter, that the Lord struck Nabal, and he died.

lesserot@1Samuel:25:39 @ And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the Lord, who hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath withheld his servant from evil; and the wickedness of Nabal hath the Lord returned upon his own head. And David sent and applied for Abigayil, to take her to himself for wife.

lesserot@1Samuel:25:40 @ And the servants of David came to Abigayil to Carmel, and they spoke unto her, saying, David hath sent us unto thee, to take thee to himself for wife.

lesserot@1Samuel:25:41 @ Thereupon she arose, and bowed herself with her face to the earth, and said, Behold, let thy hand–maid be a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.

lesserot@1Samuel:25:42 @ And Abigayil hastened, and arose, and rode upon an ass, with her five damsels that went in her train; and she went after the messengers of David, and she became his wife.

lesserot@1Samuel:25:43 @ David also took Achino’am of Yizre’el; and both of them became thus his wives.

lesserot@1Samuel:25:44 @ But Saul had given Michal his daughter, David’s wife, to Palti, the son of Layish, who was of Gallim.

lesserot@1Samuel:26:1 @ And the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gib’ah, saying, Behold, David hideth himself on the hill of Chachilah, before the desert.

lesserot@1Samuel:26:2 @ Then arose Saul, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, and with him were three thousand men chosen out of Israel, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.

lesserot@1Samuel:26:3 @ And Saul encamped on the hill of Chachilah, which is before the desert by the way; but David abode in the wilderness, and he saw that Saul was coming after him into the wilderness.

lesserot@1Samuel:26:4 @ David thereupon sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come for a certainty.

lesserot@1Samuel:26:5 @ And David arose, and came to the place where Saul was encamped; and David beheld the place where Saul lay, with Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his army; and Saul was lying in the midst of the ring, and the people were encamped round about him.

lesserot@1Samuel:26:6 @ Then commenced David and said to Achimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruyah, the brother of Joab, saying, Who will go down with me to Saul to the camp? And Abishai said, I will readily go down with thee.

lesserot@1Samuel:26:7 @ So David and Abishai came to the people by night: and, behold, Saul lay sleeping within the ring, with his spear stuck in the ground by his head; but Abner and the people were lying round about him.

lesserot@1Samuel:26:8 @ Then said Abishai to David, God hath surrendered this day thy enemy into thy hand: and now let me strike him through, I pray thee, with the spear, even to the earth with one blow, and I will not give him a second one.

lesserot@1Samuel:26:9 @ But David said to Abishai, Destroy him not; for who hath stretched forth his hand against the Lord’s anointed, and remained guiltless?

lesserot@1Samuel:26:10 @ David said farthermore, As the Lord liveth, the Lord alone shall strike him down: either his day shall come that he die; or he shall go down into battle, and perish.

lesserot@1Samuel:26:11 @ Far be this from me for the sake of the Lord, that I should stretch forth my hand against the Lord’s anointed; but now, I pray thee, take thou the spear that is by his head, and the cruise of water, and let us go our way.

lesserot@1Samuel:26:12 @ So David took the spear and the cruise of water by the head of Saul, and they went their way; and no one saw it, and no one perceived it, and–no one awaked; for they were all sleeping; because a deep sleep from the Lord was fallen upon them.

lesserot@1Samuel:26:13 @ Then went David over to the other side, and stood on the top of the mount afar off, the space between them being great.

lesserot@1Samuel:26:14 @ And David called to the people, and to Abner the son of Ner, saying, Wilt thou not answer, Abner? And Abner answered and said, Who art thou that callest to the king?

lesserot@1Samuel:26:15 @ And David said to Abner, Art thou not a man? and who is like to thee in Israel? why then hast thou not kept guard over thy lord the king? for there came one of the people to destroy the king thy lord.

lesserot@1Samuel:26:16 @ This thing which thou hast done is not good. As the Lord liveth, ye deserve to die; because ye have not kept guard over your master, over the Lord’s anointed. And now see, where is the king’s spear, and the cruise of water that was by his head?

lesserot@1Samuel:26:17 @ And Saul recognized David’s voice, and he said, Is this thy voice, my son David? And David said, It is my voice, my Lord, O king.

lesserot@1Samuel:26:18 @ And he said, Why is this that my lord doth pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in my hand?

lesserot@1Samuel:26:19 @ And now, I pray thee, let my Lord the king hear the words of his servant! If the Lord have stirred thee up against me, then may he accept the savor of an offering; but if they be the children of men, then be they cursed before the Lord; because they have driven me out this day so that I cannot attach myself on the inheritance of the Lord, saying, Go, serve other gods.

lesserot@1Samuel:26:20 @ Now, therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth far from the presence of the Lord; for the king of Israel is come out to seek a single flea, as one doth usually pursue a partridge on the mountains.

lesserot@1Samuel:26:21 @ Then said Saul, I have sinned; return, my son David; for I will not do thee harm any more, for the cause that my life was precious in thy eyes this day: behold, I have acted foolishly, and have erred exceedingly much.

lesserot@1Samuel:26:22 @ And David answered and said, Behold, here is the king’s spear! and let one of the young men come over and fetch it.

lesserot@1Samuel:26:23 @ And may the Lord recompense to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness; since the Lord delivered thee into my hand today, and I would not stretch forth my hand against the anointed of the Lord.

lesserot@1Samuel:26:24 @ And behold, as thy life was highly valued this day in my eyes, so may my life be highly valued in the eyes of the Lord, and may he deliver me out of all tribulation.

lesserot@1Samuel:26:25 @ Then said Saul to David, Blessed be thou my son David: thou wilt both do great things, and wilt also surely prevail. And David went then on his way, and Saul returned to his place.

lesserot@1Samuel:27:1 @ And David said in his heart, Now I may yet perish suddenly one day by the hand of Saul; there is nothing better for me than that I should escape at once into the land of the Philistines, then Saul will abstain from me, to seek me any more in all the territory of Israel: and so shall I escape out of his hand.

lesserot@1Samuel:27:2 @ And David arose, and he passed over himself with the six hundred men that were with him unto Achish, the son of Ma’och, the king of Gath.

lesserot@1Samuel:27:3 @ And David remained with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, also David with his two wives, Achino’am the Yizre’elitess, and Abigayil, Nabal’s wife, the Carmelitess.

lesserot@1Samuel:27:4 @ And when it was told unto Saul that David was fled to Gath, he continued no more to seek for him.

lesserot@1Samuel:27:5 @ And David said unto Achish, If now I have found grace in thy eyes, let them give me a place in some one of the country–towns, that I may dwell there; for why should thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee?

lesserot@1Samuel:27:6 @ Then gave Achish unto him on that day Ziklag: therefore hath Ziklag pertained unto the kings of Judah until this day.

lesserot@1Samuel:27:7 @ And the number of the days that David dwelt in the fields of the Philistines was a full year and four months.

lesserot@1Samuel:27:8 @ And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and the Gizrites, and the ‘Amalekites; for these nations were of old the inhabitants of the land, till thou comest to Shur, and as far as the land of Egypt.

lesserot@1Samuel:27:9 @ And David smote the land, and left not alive either man or woman, and took away the flocks, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel, and returned, and came to Achish.

lesserot@1Samuel:27:10 @ And Achish said, Whither have ye made an inroad today? And David said, Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the Yerachmeelites, and against the south of the Kenites.

lesserot@1Samuel:27:11 @ And David left not alive either man or woman, to bring to Gath, saying, That they may not tell on us, saying, So hath David done, and so is his custom all the days he hath dwelt in the fields of the Philistines.

lesserot@1Samuel:27:12 @ And Achish had confidence in David, saying, He hath surely spoiled his odor among his people, among Israel; and he will become unto me a servant for ever.

lesserot@1Samuel:28:1 @ And it came to pass in those days, that the Philistines gathered their camps together for warfare, to fight with Israel; and Achish said unto David, Thou must know that thou shalt go out with me into the camp, thou and thy men.

lesserot@1Samuel:28:2 @ And David said to Achish, By reason of this wilt thou thyself ascertain what thy servant will do. And Achish said to David, Therefore will I make thee the guard of my head for all times.

lesserot@1Samuel:28:3 @ Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had lamented him, and buried him in Ramah, even in his own city; and Saul had removed those that had familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land.

lesserot@1Samuel:28:4 @ And the Philistines assembled themselves together, and came and encamped at Shunem: and Saul assembled together all Israel, and they encamped at Gilboa’.

lesserot@1Samuel:28:5 @ And when Saul saw the camp of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart trembled greatly.

lesserot@1Samuel:28:6 @ And Saul asked counsel of the Lord; but the Lord answered him not, either by means of dreams, or by means of the Urim, or by means of the prophets.

lesserot@1Samuel:28:7 @ Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek out for me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her and inquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar spirit at ‘En–dor.

lesserot@1Samuel:28:8 @ And Saul disguised himself, and put on other garments, and he went, he and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night: and he said, Divine, I pray thee, unto me by the familiar spirit, and bring up for me the one whom I shall say unto thee.

lesserot@1Samuel:28:9 @ And the woman said unto him, Behold, thou well knowest that which Saul hath done, that he hath cut off those that have familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land; wherefore then layest thou a snare for my life, to cause me to die?

lesserot@1Samuel:28:10 @ And Saul swore to her by the Lord, saying, As the Lord liveth, there shall no guilt attach to thee for this thing.

lesserot@1Samuel:28:11 @ Then said the woman, Whom shall I bring up for thee? And he said, Samuel thou must bring up for me.

lesserot@1Samuel:28:12 @ And when the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a loud voice: and the woman said to Saul thus, Why hast thou deceived me? since thou art Saul.

lesserot@1Samuel:28:13 @ And the king said unto her, Be not afraid; however, what hast thou seen? And the woman said unto Saul, A divine being have I seen ascending out of the earth.

lesserot@1Samuel:28:14 @ And he said unto her, What is his form? And she said, An old man is coming up; and he is wrapt in a mantle. And so Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he bowed with his face to the ground, and prostrated himself.

lesserot@1Samuel:28:15 @ And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up? And Saul answered, I am greatly distressed, and the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me, and hath not answered me any more, either by the agency of the prophets, or by means of dreams; wherefore I have called thee, to make known unto me what I shall do.

lesserot@1Samuel:28:16 @ Then said Samuel, And why wilt thou ask me, seeing the Lord is departed from thee, and is become thy enemy?

lesserot@1Samuel:28:17 @ And the Lord hath done for himself as he hath spoken through my agency; and the Lord hath rent the government out of thy hand, and hath given it to thy associate, to David;

lesserot@1Samuel:28:18 @ As thou didst not obey the voice of the Lord, and didst not execute his fierce wrath upon ‘Amalek; therefore hath the Lord done this thing unto thee this day.

lesserot@1Samuel:28:19 @ And the Lord will deliver also Israel with thee into the hand of the Philistines; and tomorrow shalt thou and thy sons be with me: also the camp of Israel will the Lord deliver into the hand of the Philistines.

lesserot@1Samuel:28:20 @ Then fell Saul hastily with his full length to the earth, and was greatly afraid, because of the words of Samuel: there was also no strength in him; for he had not eaten any food all that day, and all that night.

lesserot@1Samuel:28:21 @ And the woman came unto Saul, and saw that he was greatly terrified; and she said unto him, Behold, thy hand–maid hath obeyed thy voice; and I put my life in my hand, and hearkened unto thy words which thou spokest unto me.

lesserot@1Samuel:28:22 @ And now, hearken thou also, I pray thee, unto the voice of thy hand–maid, and let me set before thee a morsel of bread, and eat; that thou mayest have strength when thou goest on the way.

lesserot@1Samuel:28:23 @ But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants urged him much, as also the woman; and he hearkened unto their voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat upon the bed.

lesserot@1Samuel:28:24 @ And the woman had a fatted calf in the house; and she hastened, and slaughtered it, and took flour, and kneaded it, and baked unleavened bread thereof:

lesserot@1Samuel:28:25 @ And she brought it near before Saul, and before his servants; and they ate. Then they rose up, and went away that night.

lesserot@1Samuel:29:1 @ Now the Philistines assembled together all their camps at Aphek: and the Israelites encamped by the spring which is by Yizre’el.

lesserot@1Samuel:29:2 @ And the lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds, and by thousands; but David and his men passed on at the last with Achish.

lesserot@1Samuel:29:3 @ Then said the princes of the Philistines, What are these Hebrews to do? And Achish said unto the princes of the Philistines, Behold, this is David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, who hath been with me already a year, or even years, and I have not found the least in him from the day of his joining until this day?

lesserot@1Samuel:29:4 @ And the princes of the Philistines were angry with him; and the princes of the Philistines said unto him, Cause this man to go back, that he may return to his place whither thou hast assigned him; but he shall not go down with us to the battle, that he may not become an adversary to us in the battle; for wherewith could this person reconcile himself unto his master? is it not by means of the heads of these men?

lesserot@1Samuel:29:5 @ Is not this David, of whom they sang one to another in the dances, saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands?

lesserot@1Samuel:29:6 @ Then did Achish call David, and say unto him, As the Lord liveth, that thou art upright, and that thy going out and thy coming in with me in the camp is good in my eyes; for I have not found in thee any evil from the day of thy coming unto me until this day; nevertheless in the eyes of the lords thou art not good.

lesserot@1Samuel:29:7 @ And now return, and go in peace, that thou mayest not do any evil in the eyes of the lords of the Philistines.

lesserot@1Samuel:29:8 @ And David said unto Achish, But what have I done? and what hast thou found in thy servant from the day that I have been before thee, until this day, that I shall not go to fight against the enemies of my Lord the king?

lesserot@1Samuel:29:9 @ And Achish answered and said to David, I know that thou art good in my eyes, as an angel of God; nevertheless, the princes of the Philistines have said, He shall not go up with us to the battle.

lesserot@1Samuel:29:10 @ And now rise up early in the morning with the servants of thy master that are come with thee: and rise then up early in the morning, and when ye have light, go away.

lesserot@1Samuel:29:11 @ And David and his men rose up early to go away in the morning, to return unto the land of the Philistines; but the Philistines went up to Yizre’el.

lesserot@1Samuel:30:1 @ And it came to pass when David and his men came to Ziklag on the third day, that the ‘Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burnt it with fire;

lesserot@1Samuel:30:2 @ And had taken captive the women that were therein, both great and small: they had not slain any one, but had led them off, and gone on their way.

lesserot@1Samuel:30:3 @ When therefore David and his men came to the city, behold, it was burnt with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, had been taken captive.

lesserot@1Samuel:30:4 @ And David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.

lesserot@1Samuel:30:5 @ And the two wives of David were also taken captive, Achino’am the Yizre’elitess, and Abigayil the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.

lesserot@1Samuel:30:6 @ And David was greatly distressed; for the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was imbittered, every man for his sons and for his daughters; but David fortified himself in the Lord his God.

lesserot@1Samuel:30:7 @ And David said to Ebyathar the priest, the son of Achimelech, Bring hither, I pray thee, unto me the ephod. And Ebyathar brought the ephod near unto David.

lesserot@1Samuel:30:8 @ And David asked counsel of the Lord, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop! shall I overtake them? And he said to him, Pursue; for thou wilt surely overtake them, and certainly recover.

lesserot@1Samuel:30:9 @ So David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him, and came up to the brook Bessor, where those that were left behind stayed.

lesserot@1Samuel:30:10 @ But David pursued on, he and four hundred men; and there stayed behind two hundred men, who were too fatigued to go over the brook Bessor.

lesserot@1Samuel:30:11 @ And they found an Egyptian man in the field, and took him to David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they made him drink water;

lesserot@1Samuel:30:12 @ And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins, and he ate, and then his spirit returned to him; for he had not eaten any bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights.

lesserot@1Samuel:30:13 @ And David said unto him, To whom belongest thou? and whence art thou? And he said, I am a young Egyptian man, the servant to an ‘Amalekite; and my master left me behind, because I fell sick, today three days ago.

lesserot@1Samuel:30:14 @ We made an invasion upon the south of the Kerethites, and upon that which belongeth to Judah, and upon the south of Caleb; and Ziklag did we burn with fire.

lesserot@1Samuel:30:15 @ And David said to him, Wilt thou bring me down to this troop? And he said, Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt not kill me, and that thou wilt not surrender me into the hand of my master, and then will I bring thee down to this troop.

lesserot@1Samuel:30:16 @ And he brought him down; and behold, they were scattered over the face of all the country, eating and drinking, and dancing for joy, because of all the great spoil which they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.

lesserot@1Samuel:30:17 @ And David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of the next day; and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men, who rode upon camels, and fled.

lesserot@1Samuel:30:18 @ And David recovered all that the ‘Amalekites had taken away; and his two wives also did David rescue.

lesserot@1Samuel:30:19 @ And there was nothing missing to them, from small to great, as also sons and daughters, and spoil, down to every thing that they had taken from them: the whole did David bring back.

lesserot@1Samuel:30:20 @ And David took all the flocks and the herds: these they drove before those other cattle, and said, This is David’s spoil.

lesserot@1Samuel:30:21 @ And David came to the two hundred men, who had been too fatigued to follow after David, and whom they had left to remain at the brook Bessor: and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people that were with him; and David came near to the people, and asked them after their well–being.

lesserot@1Samuel:30:22 @ Then exclaimed every wicked and worthless man, of those that had gone with David, and said, Because they went not with us, we will not give them aught of the spoil that we have recovered, save to every man his wife and his children, and these they may lead away, and go.

lesserot@1Samuel:30:23 @ Then said David, Ye must not do so, my brethren; since the Lord hath given us this, and guarded us, and delivered the troop that came against us into our hand.

lesserot@1Samuel:30:24 @ And who will hearken unto you in this matter? but as is the part of him that went down to the battle, so shall be the part of him that remained with the baggage: together must they share.

lesserot@1Samuel:30:25 @ And it happened from that day and forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel until this day.

lesserot@1Samuel:30:26 @ And when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil unto the elders of Judah, to his friends, saying, Behold, here is a present for you from the spoil of the enemies of the Lord:

lesserot@1Samuel:30:27 @ To those who were in Beth–el, and to those who were in south Ramoth, and to those who were in Yattir,

lesserot@1Samuel:30:28 @ And to those who were in ‘Aro’er, and to those who were in Siphmoth, and to those who were in Eshtemoa’,

lesserot@1Samuel:30:29 @ And to those who were in Rachal, and to those who were in the cities of Yerach–meelites, and to those who were in the cities of the Kenites,

lesserot@1Samuel:30:30 @ And to those who were in Chormah, and to those who were in Kor–’ashan, and to those who were in ‘Athach,

lesserot@1Samuel:30:31 @ And to those who were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men had wandered about.

lesserot@1Samuel:31:1 @ Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and there fell down slain on mount Gilboa’.

lesserot@1Samuel:31:2 @ And the Philistines overtook Saul and his sons; and the Philistines smote Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malkishua’, the sons of Saul.

lesserot@1Samuel:31:3 @ And the battle was heavy against Saul, and he was found by the archers, the men with bows; and he was greatly in dread of the archers.

lesserot@1Samuel:31:4 @ And Saul said unto his armor–bearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and wantonly ill–use me. But his armor–bearer would not; for he was greatly afraid; wherefore Saul took the sword, and fell upon it.

lesserot@1Samuel:31:5 @ And when his armor–bearer saw that Saul was dead, then fell he likewise upon his sword, and died with him.

lesserot@1Samuel:31:6 @ Thus died Saul, and his three sons, and his armor–bearer, also all his men, on that same day together.

lesserot@1Samuel:31:7 @ And when the men of Israel that were on the other side of the valley, and those that were on the other side of the Jordan, saw that the men of Israel had fled, and that Saul and his sons had died: they forsook the cities, and fled away; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.

lesserot@1Samuel:31:8 @ And it came to pass on the morrow, that the Philistines came to strip the slain; and they found Saul and his three sons fallen on mount Gilboa’.

lesserot@1Samuel:31:9 @ And they cut off his head, and stripped off his armor, and sent it into the land of the Philistines round about, to publish it in the house of their idols, and among the people.

lesserot@1Samuel:31:10 @ And they put his armor in the house of ‘Ashtaroth; and his body they fastened to the wall of Beth–shan.

lesserot@1Samuel:31:11 @ And when the inhabitants of Yabeshgil’ad heard concerning him that which the Philistines had done to Saul:

lesserot@1Samuel:31:12 @ Then arose all the valiant men, and walked all the night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth–shan, and they came to Yabesh, and burnt them there.

lesserot@1Samuel:31:13 @ And they took their bones, and buried them under the tamarisk–tree at Yabesh, and they fasted seven days.

lesserot@2Samuel:1:1 @ Now it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David was returned from smiting the ‘Amalekites, that David abode in Ziklag two days.

lesserot@2Samuel:1:2 @ And it came to pass on the third day, that, behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul with his clothes rent, and earth upon his head: and it happened, when he came to David, that he fell to the earth, and prostrated himself.

lesserot@2Samuel:1:3 @ And David said unto him, From where comest thou? And he said unto him, Out of the camp of Israel am I escaped.

lesserot@2Samuel:1:4 @ And David said unto him, What took place there? I pray thee, tell me. And he said, That the people are fled from the battle, and that also many of the people are fallen and have died; and that also Saul and Jonathan his son are dead.

lesserot@2Samuel:1:5 @ And David said unto the young man that told him, How knowest thou that Saul is dead as also Jonathan his son?

lesserot@2Samuel:1:6 @ And the young man that told him said, I happened entirely by chance to be upon mount Gilboa’, when, behold, there was Saul leaning upon his spear; and, lo, the chariots and horsemen had overtaken him.

lesserot@2Samuel:1:7 @ And he turned round, and he saw me, and called unto me, And I said, Here am I.

lesserot@2Samuel:1:8 @ And he said unto me, Who art thou! And I answered him, An ‘Amalekite am I.

lesserot@2Samuel:1:9 @ And he said unto me, Place thyself, I pray thee, by me, and slay me; for a mortal tremor hath seized on me, although my life is yet whole in me.

lesserot@2Samuel:1:10 @ So I placed myself by him, and slew him, because I was sure that he could not live after his fall; and I took the crown that was upon his head, and the bracelet that was on his arm, and I have brought them unto my lord hither.

lesserot@2Samuel:1:11 @ David thereupon took hold of his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that were with him:

lesserot@2Samuel:1:12 @ And they lamented, and wept, and fasted until the evening, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the Lord, and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword.

lesserot@2Samuel:1:13 @ And David said unto the young man that told him, Whence art thou? And he said, The son of a stranger, an ‘Amalekite, am I.

lesserot@2Samuel:1:14 @ And David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to stretch forth thy hand to destroy the Lord’s anointed?

lesserot@2Samuel:1:15 @ And David called one of the young men, and said, Come near, and fall upon him. And he smote him that he died.

lesserot@2Samuel:1:16 @ And David said unto him, Thy blood is upon thy own head; for thy mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I myself have slain the Lord’s anointed.

lesserot@2Samuel:1:17 @ And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son:

lesserot@2Samuel:1:18 @ And he said, That the children of Judah should be taught the bow; behold it is written in the book of Yashar.

lesserot@2Samuel:1:19 @ O beauty of Israel! upon the high places slain: how are the mighty fallen!

lesserot@2Samuel:1:20 @ Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Ashkelon; that the daughters of the Philistines may not be glad, that the daughters of the uncircumcised may not rejoice.

lesserot@2Samuel:1:21 @ O mountains of Gilboa’, no dew, nor rain be upon you, nor fields of offerings; for there the shield of the mighty was stained, the shield of Saul, as though it had not been anointed with oil.

lesserot@2Samuel:1:22 @ From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan turned never back, and the sword of Saul never returned empty.

lesserot@2Samuel:1:23 @ Saul and Jonathan, the beloved and the dear in their lives, were even in their death not divided: more than eagles were they swift, more than lions were they strong.

lesserot@2Samuel:1:24 @ O daughters of Israel, weep for Saul, who clothed you in scarlet, with beautiful dresses, who put on ornaments of gold upon your apparel.

lesserot@2Samuel:1:25 @ How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! O Jonathan, on thy high places slain.

lesserot@2Samuel:1:26 @ I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan; very dear hast thou been unto me: wonderful was thy love for me, passing the love of women.

lesserot@2Samuel:1:27 @ How are the mighty fallen, and lost the instruments of war!

lesserot@2Samuel:2:1 @ And it came to pass after this, that David asked counsel of the Lord, saying, Shall I go up into one of the cities of Judah? And the Lord said unto him, Go up. And David said, Whither shall I go up? And he said, Unto Hebron.

lesserot@2Samuel:2:2 @ So David went up thither, and his two wives also, Achino’am the Yizre’elitess, and Abigayil, Nabal’s wife, the Carmelite.

lesserot@2Samuel:2:3 @ And his men that were with him did David bring up, every man with his household; and they dwelt in the cities of Hebron.

lesserot@2Samuel:2:4 @ And then came the men of Judah, and they anointed there David as king over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, The men of Yabesh–gil’ad were those that buried Saul.

lesserot@2Samuel:2:5 @ And David thereupon sent messengers unto the men of Yabesh–gil’ad, and said unto them, Blessed be ye of the Lord, that ye have done this kindness unto your Lord, unto Saul, and have buried him.

lesserot@2Samuel:2:6 @ And now may the Lord deal with you in kindness and truth: and as for me also, I will requite you this good deed, because ye have done this thing.

lesserot@2Samuel:2:7 @ And now let your hands be strengthened, and be ye valiant men; for your lord Saul is dead; and also me have the house of Judah anointed as king over them.

lesserot@2Samuel:2:8 @ But Abner, the son of Ner, the captain of the army of Saul, took Ish–bosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Machanayim;

lesserot@2Samuel:2:9 @ And made him king over Gil’ad, and over the Ashurites, and over Yizre’el, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.

lesserot@2Samuel:2:10 @ Forty years old was Ish–bosheth the son of Saul, when he became king over Israel, and two years he reigned. But the house of Judah followed David.

lesserot@2Samuel:2:11 @ And the number of days that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.

lesserot@2Samuel:2:12 @ And there went out Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ish–bosheth the son of Saul, from Machanayim to Gib’on.

lesserot@2Samuel:2:13 @ And Joab the son of Zeruyah and the servants of David also went out, and they met together by the pool of Gib’on: and they sat down, these on the one side of the pool, and the others on the other side of the pool.

lesserot@2Samuel:2:14 @ And Abner said to Joab, Do let the young men rise up and play before us. And Joab said, They may rise up.

lesserot@2Samuel:2:15 @ Then they rose up and went over by number: twelve for Benjamin, and for Ish–bosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David.

lesserot@2Samuel:2:16 @ And they grasped every one his fellow by the head, and thrust his sword in his fellow’s side; and they fell down together: wherefore that place was called Chelkath–hazzurim, which is by Gib’on.

lesserot@2Samuel:2:17 @ And the battle was exceedingly fierce on that day; and Abner with the men of Israel was beaten, before the servants of David.

lesserot@2Samuel:2:18 @ And there were at that place three sons of Zeruyah, Joab, and Abishai, and ‘Asahel: and ‘Asahel was as fleet of foot as any roe in the field.

lesserot@2Samuel:2:19 @ And ‘Asahel pursued after Abner; and he turned not in going to the right hand or to the left from following Abner.

lesserot@2Samuel:2:20 @ And Abner turned round and said, Art thou ‘Asahel? And he answered, I am.

lesserot@2Samuel:2:21 @ And Abner said to him, Turn thee aside to thy right hand or to thy left, and lay hold for thyself on one of the young men, and take thyself his armor. But ‘Asahel would not turn aside from following him.

lesserot@2Samuel:2:22 @ And Abner repeated again to say unto ‘Asahel, Turn thee aside from following me: wherefore should I smite thee to the ground? and how should I then lift up my face to Joab thy brother?

lesserot@2Samuel:2:23 @ But he refused to turn aside; and Abner smote him with the hinder end of the spear under the fifth rib, so that the spear came out behind him; and he fell down there, and died on the spot: and it came to pass, that all who came to the place where ‘Asahel had fallen down and died remained standing still.

lesserot@2Samuel:2:24 @ But Joab and Abishai pursued after Abner: and the sun went down when they were come to the hill of Ammah, that lieth before Giach on the way to the wilderness of Gib’on.

lesserot@2Samuel:2:25 @ And the children of Benjamin assembled themselves together behind Abner, and formed one solid body, and posted themselves on the top of a certain hill.

lesserot@2Samuel:2:26 @ And Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall for everlasting the sword devour? knowest thou not that it will be bitter in the end? and how long shall it be, ere thou wilt bid the people to return from pursuing their brethren?

lesserot@2Samuel:2:27 @ And Joab said, As God liveth, unless thou hadst spoken, surely then already in the morning would the people have gone away every one from pursuing his brother.

lesserot@2Samuel:2:28 @ So Joab blew the cornet, and all the people remained standing still, and pursued no more after Israel, and they continued no more to fight.

lesserot@2Samuel:2:29 @ And Abner and his men walked through the plain all that night, and they passed over the Jordan, and went through all Bithron, and they came to Machanayim.

lesserot@2Samuel:2:30 @ And Joab returned from pursuing Abner; and he gathered all the people together; and there were missed of David’s servants nineteen men and ‘Asahel.

lesserot@2Samuel:2:31 @ But the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner’s men: three hundred and sixty men died.

lesserot@2Samuel:2:32 @ And they took up ‘Asahel, and buried him in the sepulchre of his father, which was in Beth–lechem. And Joab and his men went all that night, and the day broke on them at Hebron.

lesserot@2Samuel:3:1 @ And the war lasted a long time between the house of Saul and the house of David; but David became continually stronger and stronger, and the house of Saul became continually weaker and weaker.

lesserot@2Samuel:3:2 @ And there were born unto David sons in Hebron: and his first–born was Amnon, of Achino’am the Yizre’elitess;

lesserot@2Samuel:3:3 @ And his second was Kilab, of Abigayil the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Abshalom, the son of Ma’achah the daughter of Talmai the king of Geshur;

lesserot@2Samuel:3:4 @ And the fourth, Adoniyah, the son of Chaggith; and the fifth, Shephatyah, the son of Abital;

lesserot@2Samuel:3:5 @ And the sixth, Yithre’am, by ‘Eglah, David’s wife. These were born to David in Hebron.

lesserot@2Samuel:3:6 @ And it came to pass, while the war lasted between the house of Saul and the house of David, that Abner upheld with all his strength the house of Saul.

lesserot@2Samuel:3:7 @ And Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Ayah: and Ish–bosheth said to Abner, Wherefore hast thou gone in unto my father’s concubine?

lesserot@2Samuel:3:8 @ And Abner became very wroth because of the words of Ish–bosheth, and said, Am I the chief of the dogs which belong to Judah? unto this day have I shown kindness unto the house of Saul thy father, to his brothers, and to his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of David; and yet thou chargest me today with a wrong committed with this woman?

lesserot@2Samuel:3:9 @ May God do so to Abner, and continue to do yet more to him, that, as the Lord hath sworn to David, even so will I surely do to him;

lesserot@2Samuel:3:10 @ To transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul, and to establish the throne of David over Israel and over Judah, from Dan even to Beer–sheba’.

lesserot@2Samuel:3:11 @ And he could not answer Abner a word more in reply, because of his fear of him.

lesserot@2Samuel:3:12 @ And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose is the land? saying Make thy covenant with me, and, behold, my hand shall be with thee, to bring round unto thee all Israel.

lesserot@2Samuel:3:13 @ And he said, Well: I will indeed make a covenant with thee; but one thing I require of thee, namely, Thou shalt not see my face, except thou first bring Michal, Saul’s daughter, when thou comest to see my face.

lesserot@2Samuel:3:14 @ And David sent messengers to Ish–bosheth, the son of Saul, saying, Give up to me my wife Michal, whom I espoused to me for a hundred foreskins of the Philistines.

lesserot@2Samuel:3:15 @ And Ish–bosheth sent, and took her from the man, from Paltiel the son of Layish.

lesserot@2Samuel:3:16 @ And her husband went with her going along and weeping behind her as far as Bachurim: when Abner said unto him, Go, return. And he returned.

lesserot@2Samuel:3:17 @ And Abner had used these words with the elders of Israel, saying, Already yesterday and even before ye have been desiring David as king over you:

lesserot@2Samuel:3:18 @ And now do it; for the Lord hath said of David thus, By the hand of my servant David will I save my people Israel out of the hand of the Philistines, and out of the hand of all their enemies.

lesserot@2Samuel:3:19 @ And Abner also spoke in the ears of Benjamin; and Abner went also to speak in the ears of David in Hebron all that seemed good in the eyes of Israel, and in the eyes of the whole house of Benjamin.

lesserot@2Samuel:3:20 @ And Abner came to David to Hebron, and with him were twenty men; and David made for Abner and for the men that were with him a feast.

lesserot@2Samuel:3:21 @ And Abner said unto David, I will now arise and go, and I will assemble unto my Lord the king all Israel, that they may make a covenant with thee, and that thou mayest reign over all that thy soul longeth for. And David dismissed Abner: and he went in peace.

lesserot@2Samuel:3:22 @ And, behold, the servants of David and Joab came from a predatory excursion, and brought in much booty with them; but Abner was no more with David in Hebron; for he had dismissed him, and he was gone in peace.

lesserot@2Samuel:3:23 @ When Joab and all the army that was with him were come, they told Joab, saying, Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he hath dismissed him, and he is gone in peace.

lesserot@2Samuel:3:24 @ Then came Joab to the king, and said, What hast thou done? behold, Abner came unto thee: why is it that thou hast dismissed him, that he went freely away?

lesserot@2Samuel:3:25 @ Thou knowest Abner the son of Ner, that to deceive thee did he come, and to know thy going out and thy coming in, and to know all that thou art doing.

lesserot@2Samuel:3:26 @ And Joab went out from David, and he sent messengers after Abner, who brought him back from the well of Sirah; but David knew it not.

lesserot@2Samuel:3:27 @ And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate to speak with him in private; and he smote him there under the fifth rib, and he died, for the blood of ‘Asahel his brother.

lesserot@2Samuel:3:28 @ And when David heard it afterward, he said, I and my kingdom are guiltless before the Lord for ever of the blood of Abner the son of Ner:

lesserot@2Samuel:3:29 @ May it rest on the head of Joab, and on all his father’s house; and may there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an issue, or that is a leper, or that leaneth on a crutch, or that falleth by the sword, or that lacketh bread.

lesserot@2Samuel:3:30 @ But Joab and Abishai his brother slew Abner, because he had killed their brother ‘Asahel at Gib’on in the battle.

lesserot@2Samuel:3:31 @ And David said to Joab, and to all the people that were with him, Rend your clothes, and gird yourselves with sackcloth, and mourning before Abner. And king David walked behind the bier.

lesserot@2Samuel:3:32 @ And they buried Abner in Hebron: and the king lifted up his voice, and wept at the grave of Abner; and all the people wept.

lesserot@2Samuel:3:33 @ And the king lamented over Abner, and said, O, that Abner had to die, as the worthless dieth!

lesserot@2Samuel:3:34 @ Thy hands were not bound, and thy feet were not put into fetters: as one falleth before men of wickedness art thou fallen. And all the people wept again over him.

lesserot@2Samuel:3:35 @ And all the people came to cause David to eat food while it was yet day; but David swore, saying, So do God to me, and thus may he continue, if before the sun be down I taste bread, or the least else.

lesserot@2Samuel:3:36 @ And all the people took notice of it, and it was pleasing in their eyes: as whatsoever the king did was pleasing in the eyes of all the people.

lesserot@2Samuel:3:37 @ And all the people and all Israel understood on that day that it had not been of the king to slay Abner the son of Ner.

lesserot@2Samuel:3:38 @ And the king said unto his servants, Know ye not that a prince and a great man hath fallen this day in Israel?

lesserot@2Samuel:3:39 @ And I am this day yet weak, and just anointed king; and these men, the sons of Zeruyah, are too strong for me: may the Lord pay the doer of evil according to his wickedness.

lesserot@2Samuel:4:1 @ And when Saul’s son heard that Abner had died in Hebron, his hands became enfeebled, and all the Israelites were troubled.

lesserot@2Samuel:4:2 @ And Saul’s son had two men who were captains of bands; the name of the one was Ba’anah, and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin: (for Beeroth also was reckoned to Benjamin:

lesserot@2Samuel:4:3 @ And the Beerothites had fled to Gittayim, and remained sojourners there until this day.)

lesserot@2Samuel:4:4 @ And Jonathan, Saul’s son, had a son that was lame on both feet. He was five years old when the tidings came of Saul and Jonathan from Yizre’el, and his nurse took him up and fled: and it came to pass, in her haste to flee, that he fell, and was rendered lame. And his name was Mephibosheth.

lesserot@2Samuel:4:5 @ And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Ba’anah, went, and came at the heat of the day to the house of Ish–bosheth, who was just lying in bed as usual at noon.

lesserot@2Samuel:4:6 @ And they came thither into the interior of the house, as buyers of wheat; and they smote him under the fifth rib: and Rechab and Ba’anah his brother escaped.

lesserot@2Samuel:4:7 @ Namely, they came into the house, while he was lying on his bed in his sleeping–chamber, and they smote him, and slew him, and cut off his head, and took his head, and went by the way of the plain all the night.

lesserot@2Samuel:4:8 @ And they brought the head of Ish–bosheth unto David to Hebron, and they said to the king, Behold, here is the head of Ish–bosheth the son of Saul thy enemy, who sought thy life: and the Lord hath granted to my lord the king vengeance this day on Saul, and on his seed.

lesserot@2Samuel:4:9 @ But David answered Rechab and Ba’anah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said unto them, As the Lord liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity,

lesserot@2Samuel:4:10 @ When one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, and he was in his own eyes as though he brought good tidings, I took hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag, who that I should give him a reward for his tidings:

lesserot@2Samuel:4:11 @ How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous man in his own house upon his bed? and now, behold, I will require his blood of your hand, and I will remove you away from the earth.

lesserot@2Samuel:4:12 @ And David gave the command to the young men, and they slew them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up by the pool in Hebron. But the head of Ish–bosheth they took, and buried it in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron.

lesserot@2Samuel:5:1 @ Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spoke, saying, Behold us, thy bone and thy flesh are we;

lesserot@2Samuel:5:2 @ Already yesterday, and even before, when Saul was king over us, thou wast the one that led out and brought in Israel: And the Lord said to thee, Thou shalt indeed feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be a chief over Israel.

lesserot@2Samuel:5:3 @ Thus came all the elders of Israel to the king unto Hebron; and king David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the Lord: and they anointed David as king over Israel.

lesserot@2Samuel:5:4 @ Thirty years was David old when he became king, forty years he reigned.

lesserot@2Samuel:5:5 @ In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah.

lesserot@2Samuel:5:6 @ And the king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land; who said unto David, as followeth, Thou shalt not come in hither, except thou remove away the blind and the lame: meaning, David cannot come in hither.

lesserot@2Samuel:5:7 @ Nevertheless David captured the strong–hold of Zion; the same is the city of David.

lesserot@2Samuel:5:8 @ And David said on that day, Whosoever will smite the Jebusites, and reach the aqueduct and the lame and the blind, that are hateful to David’s soul,––Wherefore people usually say, The blind and the lame shall not come into the house.

lesserot@2Samuel:5:9 @ And David dwelt in the fort, and he called it "The City of David." And David built round about from the Millo and inward.

lesserot@2Samuel:5:10 @ And David went on, and became greater and greater, and the Lord the God of hosts was with him.

lesserot@2Samuel:5:11 @ And Hiram the king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar–trees, and carpenters, and stone–masons: and they built a house for David.

lesserot@2Samuel:5:12 @ And David felt conscious that the Lord has established him as king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for the sake of his people Israel.

lesserot@2Samuel:5:13 @ And David took yet more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron; and there were born to David yet sons and daughters.

lesserot@2Samuel:5:14 @ And these are the names of those that were born unto him in Jerusalem: Shammua’, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon,

lesserot@2Samuel:5:15 @ And Yibchar, and Elishua’, and Nepheg, and Yaphia’,

lesserot@2Samuel:5:16 @ And Elishama’, and Elyada’, and Eliphelet.

lesserot@2Samuel:5:17 @ But when the Philistines heard that the people had anointed David as king over Israel, all the Philistines came up to seek David: and David heard of it, and went down to the strong–hold.

lesserot@2Samuel:5:18 @ The Philistines also came and spread themselves out in the valley of Rephaim.

lesserot@2Samuel:5:19 @ And David asked counsel of the Lord, saying, shall I go up against the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into my hand? And the Lord said unto David, Go up; for I will certainly deliver the Philistines into thy hand.

lesserot@2Samuel:5:20 @ And David came to Ba’al–perazim, and David smote them there, and said, The Lord hath broken down my enemies before me, as a breach water. Wherefore he called the name of that place Ba’al–perazim.

lesserot@2Samuel:5:21 @ And they left behind there their idols, and David and his men burnt them.

lesserot@2Samuel:5:22 @ And the Philistines came up once again, and spread themselves out in the valley of Rephaim.

lesserot@2Samuel:5:23 @ And when David asked counsel of the Lord, he said, Thou shalt not go up; but turn about and fall in the rear of them, and come upon them opposite to the mulberry–trees.

lesserot@2Samuel:5:24 @ And it shall be, when thou hearest the sound of walking on the top of the mulberry–trees, that thou shalt then bestir thyself; for then will the Lord go out before thee, to smite in the camp of the Philistines.

lesserot@2Samuel:5:25 @ And David did so, as the Lord had commanded him; and he smote the Philistines from Geba’ until thou comest to Gezer.

lesserot@2Samuel:6:1 @ And David assembled again all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand.

lesserot@2Samuel:6:2 @ And David arose, and went with all the people who were with him from Ba’ale–yehudah, to bring up from there the ark of God, the name of which was called by the name of the Lord of hosts, that dwelleth over the cherubim.

lesserot@2Samuel:6:3 @ And they conveyed the ark of God in a new wagon, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab that was on the hill; and ‘Uzzah and Achyo, the sons of Abinadab, guided the new wagon.

lesserot@2Samuel:6:4 @ When they brought it out of the house of Abinadab which was on the hill, near the ark of God; but Achyo went before the ark.

lesserot@2Samuel:6:5 @ And David and all the house of Israel played before the Lord on all manner of instruments made of fir–wood, and on harps, and on psalteries, and on tambourines, and with bells, and with cymbals.

lesserot@2Samuel:6:6 @ And when they came to the threshing–floor of Nachon, ‘Uzzah put forth to the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen shook it.

lesserot@2Samuel:6:7 @ And the anger of the Lord was kindled against ‘Uzzah; and God smote him there for the error; and he died there by the ark of God.

lesserot@2Samuel:6:8 @ And it was grievous to David, because the Lord had suddenly taken away ‘Uzzah; and he called that place Perez–’uzzah until this day.

lesserot@2Samuel:6:9 @ And David was afraid of the Lord on that day, and said, How shall the ark of the Lord come to me?

lesserot@2Samuel:6:10 @ So David would not allow to have the ark of the Lord removed unto him into the city of David; but David had it carried round into the house of ‘Obed–edom the Gittite.

lesserot@2Samuel:6:11 @ And the ark of the Lord remained in the house of ‘Obed–edom the Gittite three months: and the Lord blessed ‘Obed–edom, and all his household.

lesserot@2Samuel:6:12 @ And it was told to king David, saying, The Lord hath blessed the house of ‘Obed–edom, and all that pertaineth unto him, because of the ark of God: and David then went and brought up the ark of God from the house of ‘Obed–edom into the city of David with joy.

lesserot@2Samuel:6:13 @ And it happened, that when the bearers of the ark of the Lord had progressed six paces, he sacrificed an ox and a fatling.

lesserot@2Samuel:6:14 @ And David danced with all his might before the Lord; and David was girded with a linen ephod.

lesserot@2Samuel:6:15 @ So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the Lord with shouting, and with the sound of the cornet.

lesserot@2Samuel:6:16 @ And it happened, as the ark of the Lord came into the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looked through the window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the Lord; and she despised him in her heart.

lesserot@2Samuel:6:17 @ And they brought in the ark of the Lord, and set it in its place, in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it: and David offered burnt–offerings before the Lord and peace–offerings.

lesserot@2Samuel:6:18 @ And when David had made an end of offering the burnt–offerings and the peace–offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the Lord of hosts.

lesserot@2Samuel:6:19 @ And he dealt out to all the people, to the whole multitude of Israel, to both men and women, to every person one cake of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine: and all the people departed every one to his house.

lesserot@2Samuel:6:20 @ And David then returned to bless his household. But Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and she said, How honored was today the king of Israel, who uncovered himself today before the eyes of the hand–maids of his servants, as only one of the low fellows can uncover himself!

lesserot@2Samuel:6:21 @ And David said unto Michal, Before the Lord, who chose me before thy father, and before all his house, to ordain me ruler over the people of the Lord, over Israel:––yea, before the Lord will I yet farther play.

lesserot@2Samuel:6:22 @ And should I be yet more vile than thus, and should I be base in my own eyes: yet among the maid–servants of whom thou hast spoken, yea, among them would I still be honored.

lesserot@2Samuel:6:23 @ And Michal the daughter of Saul had no child until the day of her death.

lesserot@2Samuel:7:1 @ And it came to pass, when the king dwelt in his house, and the Lord had given him rest round about from all his enemies;

lesserot@2Samuel:7:2 @ That the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, while the ark of God dwelleth within curtains.

lesserot@2Samuel:7:3 @ And Nathan said to the king, all that is in thy heart go and do; for the Lord is with thee.

lesserot@2Samuel:7:4 @ And it came to pass during that night, That the word of the Lord came unto Nathan, saying,

lesserot@2Samuel:7:5 @ Go and say unto my servant, unto David, Thus hath said the Lord, Wilt thou indeed build me a house for my dwelling?

lesserot@2Samuel:7:6 @ For I have not dwelt in a house since the day that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even until this day; but have been moving about in a tent and in a tabernacle.

lesserot@2Samuel:7:7 @ In all the places where I moved about among all the children of Israel, did I speak a word to any one of the tribes of Israel, whom I ordained to feed my people Israel, saying, Why have ye not built for me a house of cedar?

lesserot@2Samuel:7:8 @ Now therefore, thus shalt thou say unto my servant, to David, Thus hath said the Lord of hosts, I took thee from the sheep–cote, from behind the flocks, to be a ruler over my people, over Israel;

lesserot@2Samuel:7:9 @ And I have been with thee whithersoever thou didst go, and I have cut off all thy enemies from thy presence, and I have made thee a great name, like the name of the great who are on the earth;

lesserot@2Samuel:7:10 @ And I have procured a place for my people, for Israel, and I have planted them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and be no more troubled; and that the children of wickedness shall not afflict them any more as aforetimes,

lesserot@2Samuel:7:11 @ And since the day that I ordained judges to be over my people Israel; and I have caused thee to rest from all thy enemies; and the Lord telleth thee that he, the Lord, will make thee a house.

lesserot@2Samuel:7:12 @ When thy days will be completed, and thou wilt sleep with thy fathers: then will I set up thy seed after thee, who shall proceed out of thy body, and I will establish his kingdom.

lesserot@2Samuel:7:13 @ He it is that shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever.

lesserot@2Samuel:7:14 @ I too will be to him as a father, and he shall indeed be to me as a son: so that when he committeth iniquity, I will chastise him with the rod of men, and with the plagues of the children of man;

lesserot@2Samuel:7:15 @ But my kindness shall not depart from him, as I caused it to depart from Saul, whom I removed from before thee.

lesserot@2Samuel:7:16 @ And thy house and thy kingdom shall be steadfast for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.

lesserot@2Samuel:7:17 @ In accordance with all these words, and in accordance with all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.

lesserot@2Samuel:7:18 @ Then went king David in, and sat down before the Lord, and he said, Who am I, O Lord Eternal? and what is my house, that thou hast brought me as far as hitherward?

lesserot@2Samuel:7:19 @ And this was yet too small a thing in thine eyes, O Lord Eternal; and thou hast spoken also of thy servant’s house for a distant time. And is this the desert of man, O Lord Eternal?

lesserot@2Samuel:7:20 @ And what can David add yet more to speak unto thee? since thou, O Lord Eternal, knowest well thy servant?

lesserot@2Samuel:7:21 @ For the sake of thy word, and in accordance with thy own heart, hast thou done all this great thing, so as to let thy servant know it.

lesserot@2Samuel:7:22 @ Therefore art thou great, O Eternal God; for there is none like thee, and there is no God beside thee, in accordance with all that we have heard with our ears.

lesserot@2Samuel:7:23 @ And who is like thy people, like Israel, the only nation on the earth, which God went to redeem for himself as a people, and to acquire for himself a name, and to do for you this great deed, and fearful things for thy land, from before thy people which thou hast redeemed for thyself from Egypt, nations and their gods.

lesserot@2Samuel:7:24 @ For thou hast established for thyself thy people Israel as a people unto thee for ever; and thou, O Lord, art indeed become their God.

lesserot@2Samuel:7:25 @ And now, O Eternal God, let the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, stand firm for ever, and do as thou hast spoken.

lesserot@2Samuel:7:26 @ And let thy name be magnified unto everlasting, that men may say, The Lord of hosts is the God over Israel: and may the house of thy servant David be established before thee.

lesserot@2Samuel:7:27 @ For thou, O Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, hast revealed to the ear of thy servant, saying, A house will be built up for thee; therefore hath thy servant found the heart to pray unto thee this prayer.

lesserot@2Samuel:7:28 @ And now, O Lord Eternal, thou art the God, and thy words must become the truth, and thou hast spoken unto thy servant this goodness:

lesserot@2Samuel:7:29 @ And now let it please thee and bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee; for thou, O Lord Eternal, hast spoken it; and from thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever.

lesserot@2Samuel:8:1 @ And it came to pass after this, that David smote the Philistines, and humbled them: and David took Metheg–haammah out of the hand of the Philistines.

lesserot@2Samuel:8:2 @ And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, laying them down on the ground; and he measured with two lines to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive. And the Moabites became David’s servants, bringing presents.

lesserot@2Samuel:8:3 @ David smote also Hadad’ezer, the son of Rechob, the king of Zobah, as he went to extend his territory at the river Euphrates.

lesserot@2Samuel:8:4 @ And David captured from him a thousand and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand men on foot: and David hamstringed all the chariot–teams, but reserved of them a hundred chariot–teams.

lesserot@2Samuel:8:5 @ And the Syrians of Damascus then came to aid Hadad’ezer, the king of Zobah, when David slew of the Syrians twenty and two thousand men.

lesserot@2Samuel:8:6 @ And David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus: and the Syrians became servants to David, bearing presents. And the Lord helped David whithersoever he went.

lesserot@2Samuel:8:7 @ And David took the shields of gold that belonged to the servants of Hadad’ezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.

lesserot@2Samuel:8:8 @ And from Betach, and from Berothai, cities of Hadad’ezer, did king David take exceedingly much copper.

lesserot@2Samuel:8:9 @ And when To’i the king of Chamath heard that David had smitten all the host of Hadad’ezer,

lesserot@2Samuel:8:10 @ Then did To’i send Yoram his son unto king David, to ask him after his well–being, and to bless him, because that he had fought against Hadad’ezer, and smitten him; for Hadad’ezer had been engaged in wars with To’i; and he had in his hand vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of copper:

lesserot@2Samuel:8:11 @ These also did king David sanctify unto the Lord, with the silver and gold that he had sanctified from all the nations which he subdued;

lesserot@2Samuel:8:12 @ From Syria, and from Moab, and from the children of ‘Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from ‘Amalek, and from the spoil of Hadad’ezer, the son of Rechob, the king of Zobah.

lesserot@2Samuel:8:13 @ And David acquired a name when he returned from his smiting the Syrians in the valley of salt, eighteen thousand men.

lesserot@2Samuel:8:14 @ And he put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom put he garrisons, and all the Edomites became servants to David. And the Lord helped David whithersoever he went.

lesserot@2Samuel:8:15 @ And David reigned over all Israel; and David did what is just and right unto all his people.

lesserot@2Samuel:8:16 @ And Joab the son of Zeruyah was over the army; and Jehoshaphat the son of Achilud was recorder;

lesserot@2Samuel:8:17 @ And Zadok the son of Achitub, and Achimelech the son of Ebyathar, were priests; and Serayah was scribe;

lesserot@2Samuel:8:18 @ And Banayahu the son of Yehoyada’ was over both the Kerethites and the Pelethites; and David’s sons were officers of state.

lesserot@2Samuel:9:1 @ And David said, Is there yet any one that is left of the house of Saul, that I may show him kindness for the sake of Jonathan?

lesserot@2Samuel:9:2 @ And the house of Saul had a servant whose name was Ziba; and they called him unto David; and the king said unto him, Art thou Ziba? And be said, Thy servant.

lesserot@2Samuel:9:3 @ And the king said, Is there no one left any more of the house of Saul, that I may show him the kindness of God! And Ziba said unto the king, There is yet a son of Jonathan, lame on both feet.

lesserot@2Samuel:9:4 @ And the king said unto him, Where is he? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he is in the house of Machir, the son of ‘Ammiel, in Lo–debar.

lesserot@2Samuel:9:5 @ And king David sent, and had him taken out of the house of Machir, the son of ‘Ammiel, from Lo–debar.

lesserot@2Samuel:9:6 @ And Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came unto David, and he fell on his face, and bowed himself. And David said, Mephibosheth; And he answered, Here is thy servant!

lesserot@2Samuel:9:7 @ And David said unto him, Fear not; for I will surely show thee kindness for the sake of Jonathan thy father, and I will restore unto thee all the land of Saul thy father; and thou shalt eat bread at my table continually.

lesserot@2Samuel:9:8 @ And he bowed himself, and said, What is thy servant, that thou shouldst turn thy regard unto such a dead dog as I am?

lesserot@2Samuel:9:9 @ Then called the king for Ziba, Saul’s servant, and said unto him, all that hath pertained to Saul and to all his house have I given unto thy master’s son.

lesserot@2Samuel:9:10 @ And thou shalt till for him the land, thou, and thy sons, and thy servants, and thou shalt bring in, that thy master’s son may have bread which he can eat; but Mephibosheth thy master’s son shall eat continually bread at my table. Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.

lesserot@2Samuel:9:11 @ And Ziba said unto the king, In accordance with all that my Lord the king may command his servant, so will thy servant do. And Mephibosheth shall eat at my table, as one of the king’s sons.

lesserot@2Samuel:9:12 @ And Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name was Micha. And all that dwelt in the house of Ziba were servants unto Mephibosheth.

lesserot@2Samuel:9:13 @ And Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem; for he ate continually at the king’s table; and he was lame on both his feet.

lesserot@2Samuel:10:1 @ And it came to pass after this, that the king of the children of ‘Ammon died, and Chanun his son reigned in his stead.

lesserot@2Samuel:10:2 @ Then said David, I will show kindness unto Chanun the son of Nachash, as his father showed me kindness. And David sent to comfort him by the hand of his servants for his father. And David’s servants came unto the land of the children of ‘Ammon.

lesserot@2Samuel:10:3 @ And the princes of the children of ‘Ammon said unto Chanun their Lord, Doth David honor thy father in thy eyes, that he hath sent comforters unto thee! hath David not sent his servants unto thee, in order to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it?

lesserot@2Samuel:10:4 @ Chanun thereupon took David’s servants, and shaved off the one–half of their beard, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away.

lesserot@2Samuel:10:5 @ When they told it unto David, he sent to meet them, because the men were greatly ashamed; and the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beard be grown, and then return.

lesserot@2Samuel:10:6 @ And when the children of ‘Ammon saw that they were become in bad odor with David, the children of ‘Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Beth–rechob, and the Syrians of Zoba, twenty thousand men on foot, and the king of Ma’achah with a thousand men, and of the people of Tob twelve thousand men.

lesserot@2Samuel:10:7 @ And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the army, the mighty men.

lesserot@2Samuel:10:8 @ And the children of ‘Ammon came out, and put themselves in battle–array at the entrance of the gate: and the Syrians of Zoba, and of Rechob, and the people of Tob and Ma’achah, were by themselves in the field.

lesserot@2Samuel:10:9 @ When now Joab saw that the front of the battle was against him before and behind, he selected from all the chosen men of Israel, and arrayed himself against the Syrians:

lesserot@2Samuel:10:10 @ And the rest of the people he delivered into the hand of Abishai his brother, who arrayed himself against the children of ‘Ammon.

lesserot@2Samuel:10:11 @ And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then shalt thou bring me help; but if the children of ‘Ammon be too strong for thee, then will I go to help thee.

lesserot@2Samuel:10:12 @ Be strong, and let us strengthen ourselves in behalf of our people, and in behalf of the cities of our God: and may the Lord do that which seemeth good in his eyes.

lesserot@2Samuel:10:13 @ And Joab drew nigh, and the people that were with him, unto the battle against the Syrians; and they fled from before him.

lesserot@2Samuel:10:14 @ And when the children of ‘Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, then did they also fly before Abishai, and entered into the city. Joab then returned from the children of ‘Ammon, and came to Jerusalem.

lesserot@2Samuel:10:15 @ And when the Syrians saw that they were smitten before Israel, they gathered themselves altogether.

lesserot@2Samuel:10:16 @ And Hadar’ezer sent, and brought out the Syrians that were beyond the river, and they came to Chelam; and Shobach the captain of the army of Hadar’ezer went before them.

lesserot@2Samuel:10:17 @ And when it was told to David, he gathered all Israel together, and passed over the Jordan, and came to Chelam. And the Syrians set themselves in battle–array against David, and fought with him.

lesserot@2Samuel:10:18 @ And the Syrians fled from before Israel; and David slew of the Syrians of seven hundred chariots, and forty thousand horsemen; and Shobach also the captain of their army he smote, and he died there.

lesserot@2Samuel:10:19 @ And when all the kings, the vassals to Hadar’ezer saw that they were smitten before Israel, they made peace with Israel, and served them: and the Syrians feared to help the children of ‘Ammon any more.

lesserot@2Samuel:11:1 @ And it came to pass, at the return of the same season of the year, at the time when kings go forth, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of ‘Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David remained behind at Jerusalem.

lesserot@2Samuel:11:2 @ And it happened at evening–tide, that David arose from off his couch, and walked upon the roof of the king’s house: and he saw from the roof a woman bathing herself; and the woman was of a very beautiful appearance.

lesserot@2Samuel:11:3 @ And David sent and inquired after the woman; and some one said, Behold, this is Beth–sheba’, the daughter of Eli’am, the wife of Uriyah the Hittite.

lesserot@2Samuel:11:4 @ And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in unto him, and he lay with her, and she had just purified herself from her uncleanness; and she returned unto her house.

lesserot@2Samuel:11:5 @ And the woman conceived; and she sent and told David, and said, I am with child.

lesserot@2Samuel:11:6 @ And David sent to Joab, Send unto me Uriyah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriyah to David.

lesserot@2Samuel:11:7 @ And when Uriyah was come unto him, David asked after the well–being of Joab, and after the well–being of the people, and how the war prospered.

lesserot@2Samuel:11:8 @ And David said to Uriyah, Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet. And Uriyah went forth out of the king’s house, and there followed him a mess of food from the king.

lesserot@2Samuel:11:9 @ But Uriyah laid himself down at the door of the king’s house with all the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house.

lesserot@2Samuel:11:10 @ And they told David, saying, Uriyah is not gone down unto his house: and David said unto Uriyah, Art thou not come from a journey? why then art thou not gone down unto thy own house?

lesserot@2Samuel:11:11 @ Then said Uriyah unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah abide in booths; and my Lord Joab and the servants of my Lord are encamped in the open field: and should I alone go unto my house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? as thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing.

lesserot@2Samuel:11:12 @ And David said unto Uriyah, Tarry here also this day, and tomorrow will I send thee off. So Uriyah remained in Jerusalem on that day and the following.

lesserot@2Samuel:11:13 @ And David invited him, and he ate and drank before him, and he made him drunken; and he went out in the evening to lie down on his resting–place with the servants of his lord; but to his house he did not go down.

lesserot@2Samuel:11:14 @ And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriyah.

lesserot@2Samuel:11:15 @ And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set Uriyah in front, opposite to the hottest fight, and then withdraw from behind him, that he may be smitten and die.

lesserot@2Samuel:11:16 @ And it came to pass, when Joab was enclosing the city, that he placed Uriyah toward the spot of which he knew that valiant men were there.

lesserot@2Samuel:11:17 @ And the men of the city went out and fought with Joab; and there fell some of the people, of the servants of David, and there died also Uriyah the Hittite.

lesserot@2Samuel:11:18 @ Then did Joab send, and told unto David all the events of the war.

lesserot@2Samuel:11:19 @ And he charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast finished telling all the events of the war to the king,

lesserot@2Samuel:11:20 @ And it happen that the king’s wrath arise, and he say unto thee, Wherefore did you approach unto the city to fight? knew ye not, that they would shoot down from off the wall?

lesserot@2Samuel:11:21 @ Who smote Abimelech the son of Yerubbesheth? did not a woman throw down upon him a piece of an upper mill–stone from off the wall so that he died at Thebez? why did ye approach unto the wall? then must thou say, Also thy servant Uriyah the Hittite is dead.

lesserot@2Samuel:11:22 @ And the messenger went, and came and told unto David all for which Joab had sent him.

lesserot@2Samuel:11:23 @ And the messenger said unto David, Because the men overpowered us and came out against us into the field; but we set upon them, as far as the entrance of the gate.

lesserot@2Samuel:11:24 @ And the archers then shot at thy servants from off the wall; and there died some of the servants of the king, and also thy servant Uriyah the Hittite is dead.

lesserot@2Samuel:11:25 @ Then said David to the messenger, Thus shalt thou say to Joab, Let this thing not be displeasing in thy eyes; for at times this, at other times the other will the sword devour; continue firmly in thy war against the city, and overthrow it: and thus do thou encourage him.

lesserot@2Samuel:11:26 @ And when the wife of Uriyah heard that Uriyah her husband had died, she mourned for her lord.

lesserot@2Samuel:11:27 @ And when the mourning was past, David sent and took her to his house, and she became his wife; and she bore him a son. But the thing which David had done was displeasing in the eyes of the Lord.

lesserot@2Samuel:12:1 @ And the Lord sent Nathan unto David, and he came unto him and said to him, Two men were once in one city, the one rich and the other poor.

lesserot@2Samuel:12:2 @ The rich man had flocks and herds, in great abundance.

lesserot@2Samuel:12:3 @ But the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe, which he had bought; and he nourished it, and it grew up with him and with his children together; of his bread it used to eat, and out of his cup it used to drink, and in his bosom it used to lie, and it was to him as a daughter.

lesserot@2Samuel:12:4 @ And there came a traveler unto the rich man; and he felt compunction to take from his own flocks and from his own herds to dress for the wayfarer that was come to him; but he took the ewe of the poor man, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.

lesserot@2Samuel:12:5 @ And the anger of David was greatly kindled against the man; and he said to Nathan, As the Lord liveth, surely the man that hath done this deserveth to die;

lesserot@2Samuel:12:6 @ And the ewe he shall pay fourfold, for punishment that he hath done this thing, and because he had no compassion.

lesserot@2Samuel:12:7 @ Then said Nathan to David, Thou art the man! Thus hath said the Lord, the God of Israel, It is I who anointed thee as king over Israel, and it is I who delivered thee out of the hand of Saul;

lesserot@2Samuel:12:8 @ And I gave unto thee the house of thy master, and the wives of thy master into thy bosom, and gave unto thee the house of Israel and Judah: and if this be too little, I could bestow on thee yet many more like these things.

lesserot@2Samuel:12:9 @ Wherefore hast thou despised the word of the Lord to do what is evil in his eyes? Uriyah the Hittite hast thou smitten with the sword, and his wife hast thou taken unto thee for wife; but him hast thou slain with the sword of the children of ‘Ammon.

lesserot@2Samuel:12:10 @ And now, the sword shall not depart from thy house for ever; for the reason that thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriyah the Hittite to be thy wife.

lesserot@2Samuel:12:11 @ Thus hath said the Lord, Behold, I will raise up against thee evil out of thy own house, and I will take away thy wives before thy eyes, and I will give them unto thy neighbor; and he shall lie with thy wives before the face of this sun.

lesserot@2Samuel:12:12 @ For thou hast done it in secret; but I will surely do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.

lesserot@2Samuel:12:13 @ Then said David unto Nathan, I have sinned against the Lord. And Nathan said to David, Also the Lord hath caused thy sin to pass away: thou shalt not die.

lesserot@2Samuel:12:14 @ Nevertheless, because thou hast given great cause to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme through this thing, the child also that hath been born unto thee shall surely die.

lesserot@2Samuel:12:15 @ And Nathan went to his house; and the Lord struck the child that Uriyah’s wife had born unto David, that it became very sick.

lesserot@2Samuel:12:16 @ And David besought God in behalf of the lad; and David kept a fast, and came home, and lay over night upon the earth.

lesserot@2Samuel:12:17 @ And the elders of the house arose about him, to raise him up from the earth; but he would not, and he did not partake of any bread with them.

lesserot@2Samuel:12:18 @ And it came to pass on the seventh day that the child died; and the servants of David were afraid to tell him, that the child was dead; for they said, Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spoke to him, and he would not hearken to our voice: how then shall we say to him, The child is dead! he might do a hurt.

lesserot@2Samuel:12:19 @ But when David saw that his servants were whispering to each other, David understood that the child was dead; wherefore David said unto his servants, Is the child dead? and they said, he is dead.

lesserot@2Samuel:12:20 @ David then rose up from the earth, and washed and anointed himself, and changed his garments, and went into the house of the Lord and prostrated himself; and then he came to his own house, and asked that they should set food before him, and he ate.

lesserot@2Samuel:12:21 @ And his servants then said unto him, What is this thing which thou hast done? On account of the child when living thou didst fast and weep; but as soon as the child was dead thou didst arise and eat bread!

lesserot@2Samuel:12:22 @ And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept; because I said, Who knoweth, but that the Lord will be gracious to me, that the child may live?

lesserot@2Samuel:12:23 @ But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast then? can I restore him again? I am going to him; but he will not return to me.

lesserot@2Samuel:12:24 @ And David comforted Bath–sheba’ his wife, and he went in unto her, and lay with her; and she bore a son, and called his name Solomon; and the Lord loved him.

lesserot@2Samuel:12:25 @ And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet, and called his name, Yedideyah in behalf of the Lord.

lesserot@2Samuel:12:26 @ And Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of ‘Ammon, and captured the royal city.

lesserot@2Samuel:12:27 @ And Joab sent messengers to David; and said, I have fought against Rabbah, and have also captured the water–town.

lesserot@2Samuel:12:28 @ And now gather the rest of the people together, and encamp against the city, and capture it: lest I capture the city myself, and it be called by my name.

lesserot@2Samuel:12:29 @ And David gathered all the people together and went to Rabbah, and fought against it, and captured it.

lesserot@2Samuel:12:30 @ And he took the crown of Malkam from off his head, and its weight was a talent of gold, and a precious stone, and it was set on the head of David; and the booty of the city he brought out in great abundance.

lesserot@2Samuel:12:31 @ And the people that were therein he brought forward, and put them under saws, and under iron threshing–wagons, and under axes of iron, and made them pass through brick–kilns; and thus did he unto all the cities of the children of ‘Ammon: and David returned with them with all the people unto Jerusalem.

lesserot@2Samuel:13:1 @ And it came to pass after this, that Abshalom the son of David had a handsome sister, whose name was Thamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her.

lesserot@2Samuel:13:2 @ And Amnon worried himself so that he fell sick on account of Thamar his sister; for she was a virgin; and it was impossible in the eyes of Amnon to do her the least.

lesserot@2Samuel:13:3 @ But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Yonadab, the son of Shim’ah, David’s brother; and Yonadab was a very sensible man.

lesserot@2Samuel:13:4 @ And he said to him, Why art thou so wasted, O prince, morning after morning? Wilt thou not tell me? Then said Amnon to him, Thamar the sister of Abshalom my brother do I love.

lesserot@2Samuel:13:5 @ And Yonadab said to him, Lie down on thy couch, and feign thyself sick; and when thy father cometh to see thee, thou must say unto him, Let, I pray thee, Thamar my sister come, and give me some food, and prepare the refreshment before my eyes, in order that I may see it, and eat it out of her hand.

lesserot@2Samuel:13:6 @ So Amnon lay down, and feigned himself sick; and when the king came to see him, Amnon said to the king, Let, I pray thee, Thamar my sister come, and mix up before my eyes a couple of cakes, that I may enjoy them out of her hand.

lesserot@2Samuel:13:7 @ Then did David send home to Thamar, saying, Do go now to thy brother Amnon’s house, and prepare for him the refreshment.

lesserot@2Samuel:13:8 @ So Thamar went to the house of Amnon her brother, and he was lying down; and she took the dough and kneaded, and mixed it up before his eyes, and baked the cakes;

lesserot@2Samuel:13:9 @ And she took the pan, and poured them out before him; but he refused to eat; and Amnon said, Cause every man to go out from me; and they went out, every man, from him.

lesserot@2Samuel:13:10 @ And Amnon said to Thamar, Bring the refreshment into the chamber, that I may enjoy it out of thy hand. So Thamar took the cakes which she had made, and brought them unto Amnon her brother into the chamber.

lesserot@2Samuel:13:11 @ And when she had brought them near unto him to eat, he took hold of her, and said unto her, Come, lie with me, my sister.

lesserot@2Samuel:13:12 @ But she said to him, No, my brother, do not violate me; for such a deed ought not to be done in Israel; do not this scandalous act!

lesserot@2Samuel:13:13 @ And I, whither should I carry my shame? and as for thee, thou wouldst be like one of the worthless in Israel; but now, O speak, I pray thee, unto the king, for he will not withhold me from thee.

lesserot@2Samuel:13:14 @ Nevertheless, he would not hearken unto her voice; but he overpowered her, and violated her, and lay with her.

lesserot@2Samuel:13:15 @ Then did Amnon hate her with a very great hatred; so that the hatred with which he hated her was greater than the love with which he had loved her; and Amnon said unto her, Arise, be gone.

lesserot@2Samuel:13:16 @ And she said unto him, not add this yet greater wrong than the other which thou hast done with me, to send me away! But he would not listen to her;

lesserot@2Samuel:13:17 @ And he called his young man, his servant, and said, Do send this woman away from me, into the street, and lock the door behind her.

lesserot@2Samuel:13:18 @ And she had on a garment of divers colors; for thus were usually appareled the king’s daughters when virgins, in robes; and his servant brought her out into the street, and locked the door behind her.

lesserot@2Samuel:13:19 @ And Thamar put ashes on her head, and the garment of divers colors which was on her she rent: and she placed her hand on her head, and went away and cried as she went along.

lesserot@2Samuel:13:20 @ Then said to her Abshalom her brother, Hath Amnon thy brother been with thee? but now, my sister, keep silence, he is thy brother, take this thing not to thy heart. So Thamar remained, and was secluded in the house of Abshalom her brother.

lesserot@2Samuel:13:21 @ And when king David heard all these things, it displeased him greatly.

lesserot@2Samuel:13:22 @ And Abshalom spoke not with Amnon either bad or good; for Abshalom hated Amnon, because he had violated Thamar his sister.

lesserot@2Samuel:13:23 @ And it came to pass after two full years, that Abshalom had sheep–shearers at Ba’al–chazor, which is near Ephraim; and Abshalom invited all the king’s sons.

lesserot@2Samuel:13:24 @ And Abshalom came to the king, and said, Behold, now, thy servant hath sheep–shearers; let the king, I pray thee, and his servants go with thy servant.

lesserot@2Samuel:13:25 @ And the king said to Abshalom, No, my son, do not let us all go now, that we may not be a burden upon thee. And he urged him much, but he would not go, and he blessed him.

lesserot@2Samuel:13:26 @ And Abshalom said, If not, let, I pray thee, Amnon my brother go with us. And the king said to him, Why should he go with thee?

lesserot@2Samuel:13:27 @ But Abshalom urged him greatly, and he sent with him Amnon and all the sons of the king.

lesserot@2Samuel:13:28 @ Now Abshalom commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye, I pray you, when Annon’s heart is merry with wine, and I say unto you, Smite Amnon: then kill him, fear not; behold, it is I who command it you; be firm and show yourselves men of valor.

lesserot@2Samuel:13:29 @ And the servants of Abshalom did unto Amnon as Abshalom had commanded. Then arose all the king’s sons, and they rode off, every man on his mule, and fled.

lesserot@2Samuel:13:30 @ And it happened, while they were on the way, that the report came to David, saying, Abshalom hath smitten all the king’s sons, and there is not one of them left.

lesserot@2Samuel:13:31 @ Then arose the king and rent his garments, and laid himself on the earth: and all his servants were standing by with their garments rent.

lesserot@2Samuel:13:32 @ But Yonadab the son of Shim’ah, David’s brother, commenced and said, Let not my Lord suppose that they have slain all the young men, the king’s sons; since Amnon alone is dead; for by the command of Abshalom was this ordained from the day that he violated Thamar his sister.

lesserot@2Samuel:13:33 @ And now let not my Lord the king take the thing to his heart, thinking, that all the king’s sons are dead; for Amnon alone is dead.

lesserot@2Samuel:13:34 @ And Abshalom flew away. And the young man that was watching lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold, many people were coming by the way behind him, by the side of the mount.

lesserot@2Samuel:13:35 @ And Yonadab said to the king, The king’s sons are come: according to the word of thy servant, so hath it come to pass.

lesserot@2Samuel:13:36 @ And it happened, as he had just finished speaking, that, behold, the king’s sons came, and they lifted up their voice and wept; and also the king and all his servants wept very much.

lesserot@2Samuel:13:37 @ But Abshalom had fled; and he went to Talmai, the son of ‘Ammihud, the king of Geshur: and mourned for his son all the time.

lesserot@2Samuel:13:38 @ So did Abshalom fly, and go to Geshur, and he remained there three years.

lesserot@2Samuel:13:39 @ And king David longed to go forth unto Abshalom; for he was comforted concerning Amnon, that he was dead.

lesserot@2Samuel:14:1 @ And when now Joab the son of Zeruyah perceived that the heart of the king was toward Abshalom:

lesserot@2Samuel:14:2 @ Then sent Joab to Tekoa’, and he fetched thence a wise woman, and said to her, Feign. I pray thee, as though thou mournest, and do put on mourning garments, and anoint thyself not with oil; but be as a woman that hath these many days been mourning for the dead.

lesserot@2Samuel:14:3 @ And thou must come to the king and speak with him after these words: and Joab put the words into her mouth.

lesserot@2Samuel:14:4 @ And the woman from Tekoa’ spoke to the king, and fell on her face to the ground, and bowed herself, and said, Help, O king!

lesserot@2Samuel:14:5 @ And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she said, Truly, I am a widow–woman; since my husband is dead.

lesserot@2Samuel:14:6 @ And thy hand–maid had two sons, and they two quarreled together in the field, and there was no one between them to help; so the one smote the other, and slew him.

lesserot@2Samuel:14:7 @ And, behold, the whole family is risen up against thy handmaid, and they said, Give up the slayer of his brother, that we may have him put to death, for the life of his brother whom he hath killed; and we will destroy also the heir: and thus they will quench my coal which is remaining, so as not to allow to my husband either name or remainder upon the face of the earth.

lesserot@2Samuel:14:8 @ And the king said unto the woman, Go to thy house, and I will issue charge concerning thee.

lesserot@2Samuel:14:9 @ Then said the woman of Tekoa unto the king, On me, my Lord, O king, be the iniquity, and on my father’s house: and may the king and his throne be guiltless.

lesserot@2Samuel:14:10 @ And the king said, Whosoever speaketh aught unto thee, bring him to me, and he shall not touch thee any more.

lesserot@2Samuel:14:11 @ Then said she, Let the king, I pray thee, remember the Lord thy God, so as not to suffer the avenger of the blood to cause yet more destruction, and that they may not destroy my son. And he said, As the Lord liveth, there shall not fall one hair of thy son to the earth.

lesserot@2Samuel:14:12 @ Then said the woman, Let thy hand–maid, I pray thee, speak unto my Lord the king one word. And he said, Speak on.

lesserot@2Samuel:14:13 @ And the woman said, Wherefore then hast thou thought such a thing against the people of God? and since the king doth speak this thing, he is as a guilty man, if the king do not permit his banished one to return home.

lesserot@2Samuel:14:14 @ For we must needs die, and are as water which is spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; and yet doth God not take away life; and he deviseth thoughts, so that the banished one may not remain banished from him.

lesserot@2Samuel:14:15 @ And now that I am come to speak unto my Lord the king of this thing, because the people made me afraid; and therefore thy hand–maid said, I will still speak unto the king; perhaps the king may act the word of his hand–maid.

lesserot@2Samuel:14:16 @ For the king may hear, to deliver his hand–maid out of the hand of the man to exterminate me and my son together out of the inheritance of God.

lesserot@2Samuel:14:17 @ And thy hand–maid said, May the word of my Lord the king now become repose; for as an angel of God, so is my Lord the king to comprehend the good and the bad: and may the Lord thy God be with thee.

lesserot@2Samuel:14:18 @ Then answered the king and said unto the woman, Conceal not, I pray thee, from me a word concerning what I am going to ask thee. And the woman said, Let my Lord the king but speak.

lesserot@2Samuel:14:19 @ And the king said, Is not the hand of Joab with thee in all this? And the woman answered and said, As thy soul liveth, my Lord, O king! none can turn to the right or to the left from all that my Lord the king hath spoken; for it was thy servant Joab who hath bidden me, and it was he that hath put in the mouth of thy hand–maid all these words.

lesserot@2Samuel:14:20 @ In order to change the appearance of the matter hath thy servant Joab done this thing: and my Lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all that is on the earth.

lesserot@2Samuel:14:21 @ And the king said unto Joab, Behold, now, thou hast done this thing: go then, bring back the young man Abshalom.

lesserot@2Samuel:14:22 @ And Joab fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself, and blessed the king: and Joab said, Today is thy servant convinced that I have found grace in thy eyes, my Lord, O king; since the king hath acted in accordance with the word of thy servant.

lesserot@2Samuel:14:23 @ And Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Abshalom to Jerusalem.

lesserot@2Samuel:14:24 @ And the king said, Let him repair to his own house, but my face he shall not see. So Abshalom repaired to his own house, but the king’s face he did not see.

lesserot@2Samuel:14:25 @ And like Abshalom there was no man as handsome in all Israel, so that he was greatly praised: from the sole of his foot up to the crown of his head there was no blemish on him.

lesserot@2Samuel:14:26 @ And when he shaved off his head he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels by the king’s weight.

lesserot@2Samuel:14:27 @ And there was born unto Abshalom three sons and one daughter, whose name was Thamar: this one was a woman of handsome appearance.

lesserot@2Samuel:14:28 @ And Abshalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and the king’s face he did not see.

lesserot@2Samuel:14:29 @ Abshalom sent out therefore for Joab, to send him to the king; but he would not come to him: and he sent again the second time; but he would not come.

lesserot@2Samuel:14:30 @ He thereupon said unto his servants, See, Joab’s field is alongside of mine, and he hath barley there: go and set it on fire. And Abshalom’s servants set the field on fire.

lesserot@2Samuel:14:31 @ Then did Joab arise, and he went to Abshalom unto his house, and said unto him, Wherefore have thy servants set the field belonging to me on fire?

lesserot@2Samuel:14:32 @ And Abshalom said to Joab, Behold, I had sent unto thee, saying, Come hither, that I may send thee to the king, to say, Wherefore am I come from Geshur? it would be better for me were I yet there: and now let me see the king’s face; and if there be any iniquity in me, let him put me to death.

lesserot@2Samuel:14:33 @ So Joab went to the king, and told it to him: and he called for Abshalom, who came to the king, and bowed himself on his face to the ground before the king; and the king kissed Abshalom.

lesserot@2Samuel:15:1 @ And it came to pass after this, that Abshalom provided for himself a chariot and horses, and fifty men who ran before him.

lesserot@2Samuel:15:2 @ And Abshalom rose up early, and stood on the side of the way to the gate: and it happened, that whenever a man who had a controversy came to the king for judgment, Abshalom called to him, and said, From what city art thou? And he said, Thy servant is from one of the tribes of Israel.

lesserot@2Samuel:15:3 @ And Abshalom said unto him, See, thy words are good and right; but no one listeneth to thee on the part of the king.

lesserot@2Samuel:15:4 @ And Abshalom said, Oh, if there were but one to appoint me judge in the land, so that every man who may have any controversy or cause might come unto me, and I would do him justice!

lesserot@2Samuel:15:5 @ And it happened, that when a man came nigh to bow down to him, he used to put forth his hand, and laid hold of him, and kissed him.

lesserot@2Samuel:15:6 @ And Abshalom did after this manner to all Israel that came to the king for judgment: and thus did Abshalom steal the heart of the men of Israel.

lesserot@2Samuel:15:7 @ And it came to pass at the end of forty years, that Abshalom said unto the king, Let me go, I pray thee, and fulfill my vow, which I have vowed unto the Lord, at Hebron.

lesserot@2Samuel:15:8 @ For thy servant vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur in Syria, saying, If the Lord will ever bring me back again to Jerusalem, then will I serve the Lord.

lesserot@2Samuel:15:9 @ And the king said unto him, Go in peace: and he arose, and went to Hebron.

lesserot@2Samuel:15:10 @ But Abshalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, When ye hear the sound of the cornet, then shall ye say, Abshalom is become king at Hebron.

lesserot@2Samuel:15:11 @ And with Abshalom went two hundred men out of Jerusalem, who were invited, and going in their simplicity; and they knew of nothing whatever.

lesserot@2Samuel:15:12 @ And Abshalom sent for Achithophel the Gilomite, David’s counsellor, from his city, from Giloh, while he offered the sacrifices. And the conspiracy became strong; and the people increased continually with Abshalom.

lesserot@2Samuel:15:13 @ And there came a news–bearer to David, saying, the heart of the men of Israel is turned after Abshalom.

lesserot@2Samuel:15:14 @ And David said unto all his servants that were with him at Jerusalem, Arise, and let us flee; for there will not be any escape for us from Abshalom: make haste, to depart, lest he make haste and overtake us suddenly and overwhelm us with evil, and smite the city with the edge of the sword.

lesserot@2Samuel:15:15 @ And the king’s servants said unto the king, In accordance with all that my Lord the king may choose, are thy servants ready.

lesserot@2Samuel:15:16 @ And the king went forth, and all his household in his train. And the king left behind ten women, who were concubines, to guard the house.

lesserot@2Samuel:15:17 @ And the king went forth, and all the people in his train, and tarried in a place that was far off.

lesserot@2Samuel:15:18 @ And all his servants passed on alongside of him, and all the Kerethites, and all the Pelethites; and all the Gittites, six hundred men, who were come in his train from Gath, passed on before the king.

lesserot@2Samuel:15:19 @ Then said the king to Ittai the Gittite, Wherefore wilt thou also go with us? turn back and abide with the king; for thou art a stranger, and also an exile from thy place.

lesserot@2Samuel:15:20 @ Yesterday thou camest; and today should I move thee about with us to wander? seeing that I go whither I may: return thou, and take back thy brethren with thee, in kindness and truth.

lesserot@2Samuel:15:21 @ And Ittai answered the king, and said, As the Lord liveth, and as my Lord the king liveth, surely in whatever place my Lord the king may be, whether for death or for life, even there will thy servant be.

lesserot@2Samuel:15:22 @ And David said then to Ittai, Go and pass on. And Ittai the Gittite passed on, and all his men, and all the little ones that were with him.

lesserot@2Samuel:15:23 @ And all the country wept with a loud voice, as all the people passed on: and the king passed over the brook Kidron, and all the people passed over, along the way to the wilderness.

lesserot@2Samuel:15:24 @ And lo, Zadok also, and all the Levites with him, were bearing the ark of the covenant of God; and they set down the ark of God; and Ebyathar went up, until all the people had finished passing out of the city.

lesserot@2Samuel:15:25 @ And the king said unto Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the city; if I shall find favor in the eyes of the Lord, he will bring me back again, and show me both it, and his dwelling;

lesserot@2Samuel:15:26 @ But if he should thus say, I have no delight in thee: here am I, let him do to me as seemeth good in his eyes.

lesserot@2Samuel:15:27 @ The king said also unto Zadok the priest, If thou see the justice of this, return to the city in peace: and your two sons, Achima’az thy son, and Jonathan the son of Ebyathar, are with you.

lesserot@2Samuel:15:28 @ See, I will tarry in the plain of the wilderness, until there come word from you to bring me news.

lesserot@2Samuel:15:29 @ Zadok therefore and Ebyathar carried the ark of God again to Jerusalem: and they remained there.

lesserot@2Samuel:15:30 @ And David went up by the ascent of the mount of Olives, weeping as he went up, and had his head covered, and he was walking barefoot: and all the people that were with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up.

lesserot@2Samuel:15:31 @ And some one told David, saying, Achithophel is among the conspirators with Abshalom. And David said, I pray thee, turn into foolishness the counsel of Achithophel, O Lord!

lesserot@2Samuel:15:32 @ And it came to pass, that, when David was come to the top, where he used to bow himself down to God, behold, Chushai the Arkite came to meet him with his coat rent, and earth upon his head.

lesserot@2Samuel:15:33 @ And David said unto him, If thou passest on with me, thou wouldst be a burden unto me;

lesserot@2Samuel:15:34 @ But if thou shouldst return to the city, and say unto Abshalom, Thy servant will I be, O king; thy father’s servant have I been this long time past, and now will I also be thy servant: then mightest thou defeat for me the counsel of Achithophel.

lesserot@2Samuel:15:35 @ And, behold, thou hast with thee there Zadok and Ebyathar the priests; therefore shall it be, that what thing soever thou mayest hear out of the king’s house, shalt thou tell to Zadok and Ebyathar the priests.

lesserot@2Samuel:15:36 @ Behold, they have there with them their two sons. Achima’az for Zadok, and Jonathan for Ebyathar: and ye shall send by means of them unto me whatever thing ye can hear.

lesserot@2Samuel:15:37 @ So Chushai, David’s friend, came into the city, as Abshalom had just resolved to enter into Jerusalem.

lesserot@2Samuel:16:1 @ And when David was passed a little beyond the top, behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth came toward him, with a couple of asses saddled, and upon them two hundred loaves of bread, and a hundred bunches of raisins, and a hundred of dried figs, and a bottle of wine.

lesserot@2Samuel:16:2 @ And the king said unto Ziba, What meanest thou with these? And Ziba said, The asses are for the king’s household to ride on; and the bread and the dried figs for the young men to eat; and the wine to drink for such as may be faint in the wilderness.

lesserot@2Samuel:16:3 @ And the king said, And where is thy master’s son? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he remaineth at Jerusalem; for he said, Today will the house of Israel restore unto me the kingdom of my father.

lesserot@2Samuel:16:4 @ Then said the king to Ziba, Behold, thine shall be all that pertaineth unto Mephibosheth. And Ziba said, I prostrate myself; let me but find grace in thy eyes, my Lord, O king.

lesserot@2Samuel:16:5 @ And when King David came as far as Bachurim, behold, there came out thence a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shim’i, the son of Gera, coming forth, and cursing.

lesserot@2Samuel:16:6 @ And he cast stones at David, and at all the servants of king David: and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right and on his left.

lesserot@2Samuel:16:7 @ And thus said Shim’i as he cursed, Away, away, thou man of blood, and thou worthless man!

lesserot@2Samuel:16:8 @ The Lord hath brought back upon thee all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou didst reign; and the Lord hath placed the kingdom into the hand of Abshalom thy son; and, behold, thou art now in thy misfortune, because a man of blood art thou.

lesserot@2Samuel:16:9 @ Then said Abishai the son of Zeruyah unto the king, Why should this dead dog curse my Lord the king? let me go over, I pray thee, and remove his head.

lesserot@2Samuel:16:10 @ And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruyah? so let him curse; because the Lord hath said unto him, Curse David. Who shall then say, Wherefore hast thou done so?

lesserot@2Samuel:16:11 @ And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, who hath come forth out of my own body, seeketh my life: how much more now this Benjamite? let him alone, and let him curse; for the Lord hath said it to him.

lesserot@2Samuel:16:12 @ Perhaps the Lord will look on my affliction, and the Lord will requite me good instead of his cursing this day.

lesserot@2Samuel:16:13 @ And David and his men went on the way. And Shim’i went on the side of the mount opposite to him, and cursed as he went, and threw stones toward him, and cast dust.

lesserot@2Samuel:16:14 @ And the king, and all the people that were with him, arrived weary, and refreshed themselves there.

lesserot@2Samuel:16:15 @ And Abshalom, and all the people the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Achithophel with him.

lesserot@2Samuel:16:16 @ And it came to pass, when Chushai the Arkite, David’s friend, was come unto Abshalom, that Chushai said unto Abshalom, Long live the king! Long live the king!

lesserot@2Samuel:16:17 @ And Abshalom said to Chushai, Is this thy kindness for thy friend? why art thou not gone with thy friend?

lesserot@2Samuel:16:18 @ And Chushai said unto Abshalom, No; but whom the Lord, and this people, and all the men of Israel have chosen, his will I be, and with him will I remain.

lesserot@2Samuel:16:19 @ And secondly, who is it whom I shall serve? is it not in the presence of his son? as I have served in thy father’s presence, so will I be in thy presence.

lesserot@2Samuel:16:20 @ Then said Abshalom to Achithophel, Hold counsel among yourselves as to what we shall do.

lesserot@2Samuel:16:21 @ And Achithophel said unto Abshalom, Go in unto thy father’s concubines, whom he hath left to guard the house; and all Israel will hear that thou art in bad odor with thy father: and then will the hands of all that are with thee become strong.

lesserot@2Samuel:16:22 @ So they spread for Abshalom a tent upon the roof; and Abshalom went in unto his father’s concubines before the eyes of all Israel.

lesserot@2Samuel:16:23 @ And the counsel of Achithophel, which he counseled in those days, was as if a man had asked advice of the word of God: so was all the counsel of Achithophel both with David and with Abshalom.

lesserot@2Samuel:17:1 @ Moreover Achithophel said unto Abshalom, Do let me now select twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night;

lesserot@2Samuel:17:2 @ And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak–handed, and will terrify him; so that all the people that are with him will flee; and I will smite the king alone;

lesserot@2Samuel:17:3 @ And I will bring back all the people unto thee: when all return the man whom thou seekest, all the people will be in peace.

lesserot@2Samuel:17:4 @ And the thing was pleasing in the eyes of Abshalom, and in the eyes of all the elders of Israel.

lesserot@2Samuel:17:5 @ Then said Abshalom, Do call now also Chushai the Arkite, and let us hear what he likewise beareth in his mouth.

lesserot@2Samuel:17:6 @ And when Chushai was come to Abshalom, Abshalom said unto him, as followeth, Such words as these hath Achithophel spoken: shall we do after his words? if not, do thou speak.

lesserot@2Samuel:17:7 @ And Chushai said unto Abshalom, The counsel that Achithophel hath given at this time is not good.

lesserot@2Samuel:17:8 @ And Chushai said, Thou well knowest thy father and his men, that they are mighty men, and are of an embittered spirit, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field: and thy father is also a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.

lesserot@2Samuel:17:9 @ Behold, he is now hidden in some one of the pits, or in some one of the places: and it will come to pass, when some of them should fall at the first onset, that whosoever heareth it would say, There hath been slaughter among the people that follow Abshalom.

lesserot@2Samuel:17:10 @ And he also that is most valiant, whose heart is as the heart of the lion, would become quite discouraged; for all Israel knoweth that thy father is a mighty man, and they who are with him are valiant persons.

lesserot@2Samuel:17:11 @ But I counsel that all Israel be gathered together unto thee, from Dan even to Beer–sheba’, like the sand that is by the sea in multitude: while thou in thy own person goest into the fight.

lesserot@2Samuel:17:12 @ And when we come upon him in some one of the places where he may be found, we will encamp around him as the dew falleth on the earth: and there shall not be left of him and of all the men that are with him so much as one.

lesserot@2Samuel:17:13 @ And if he should withdraw into a city, then shall all Israel bring ropes to that city, and we will drag it into the stream, until there be not found there even one small stone.

lesserot@2Samuel:17:14 @ And Abshalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Chushai the Arkite is better than the counsel of Achithophel. But the Lord had ordained to frustrate the good counsel of Achithophel, to the intent that the Lord might bring the evil upon Abshalom.

lesserot@2Samuel:17:15 @ Then said Chushai unto Zadok and to Ebyathar the priests, Thus and thus did Achithophel counsel Abshalom and the elders of Israel; and thus and thus have I counseled.

lesserot@2Samuel:17:16 @ Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, Lodge not this night in the plains of the wilderness, but rather pass over at once; lest the king be entirely ruined, and all the people that are with him.

lesserot@2Samuel:17:17 @ Now Jonathan and Achima’az were staying by ‘En–rogel; and a maid–servant had to go and tell them, that they should go and tell king David; for they dared not be seen to come into the city.

lesserot@2Samuel:17:18 @ Nevertheless a lad saw them, and told it to Abshalom; but they went, both of them, quickly away, and came to the house of a man in Bachurim, who had a well in his court; and they went down thither.

lesserot@2Samuel:17:19 @ And the wife took and spread a covering over the well’s mouth, and scattered ground corn thereupon; so that nothing was perceived.

lesserot@2Samuel:17:20 @ And Abshalom’s servants came to the woman into the house, and they said, Where are Achima’az and Jonathan? And the woman said unto them, They are passed over the brook of water. And they sought, but could not find them; and they returned to Jerusalem.

lesserot@2Samuel:17:21 @ And it came to pass, after they were gone, that they came up out of the well, and went and told it to king David, and they said unto David, Arise, and pass quickly over the water; for thus hath Achithophel counseled against you.

lesserot@2Samuel:17:22 @ Then did David arise, and all the people that were with him, and they passed over the Jordan: by the time the morning was light, not even one was lacking who had not passed over the Jordan.

lesserot@2Samuel:17:23 @ And when Achithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled the ass, and arose, and went home to his house, to his city, and gave his charge to his household, and hanged himself; and he died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.

lesserot@2Samuel:17:24 @ Then came David to Machanayim: and Abshalom passed over the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.

lesserot@2Samuel:17:25 @ And Abshalom placed ‘Amassa instead of Joab as captain over the army: and ‘Amassa was the son of a man, whose name was Yithra the Israelite, who had gone in to Abigal the daughter of Nachash, the sister of Zeruyah Joab’s mother.

lesserot@2Samuel:17:26 @ And Israel and Abshalom encamped in the land of Gil’ad.

lesserot@2Samuel:17:27 @ And it came to pass, when David was come to Machanayim, that Shobi the son of Nachash of Rabbah of the children of ‘Ammon, and Machir the son of ‘Ammiel of Lo–debar, and Barzillai the Gil’adite of Rogelim,

lesserot@2Samuel:17:28 @ Brought beds, and bowls, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and parched corn, and beans, and lentils, and parched pulse,

lesserot@2Samuel:17:29 @ And honey, and cream, and sheep, and cow’s cheese, for David, and for the people that were with him, to eat; for they said, The people are hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.

lesserot@2Samuel:18:1 @ And David numbered the people that were with him, and he set over them captains of thousands and captains of hundreds.

lesserot@2Samuel:18:2 @ And David sent forth the people a third part under the command of Joab, and a third part under the command of Abishai the son of Zeruyah, Joab’s brother, and a third part under the command of Ittai the Gittite. And the king said unto the people, I myself also will without fail go forth with you.

lesserot@2Samuel:18:3 @ But the people said, Thou shalt not go forth; for if we should have to flee away, they will not care for us; and if half of us die, they will not care for us; for now thou art worth ten thousand of us: therefore now it is better that thou shouldst be a succor to us out of the city.

lesserot@2Samuel:18:4 @ And the king said unto them, What seemeth good in your eyes will I do. And the king placed himself by the side of the gate, and all the people went out by hundreds and by thousands.

lesserot@2Samuel:18:5 @ And the king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Deal gently for my sake with the young man, with Abshalom. And all the people heard when the king charged all the captains with respect to Abshalom.

lesserot@2Samuel:18:6 @ So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle took place in the forest of Ephraim.

lesserot@2Samuel:18:7 @ And the people of Israel were smitten there before David’s servants, and the slaughter was great there on that day––twenty thousand men.

lesserot@2Samuel:18:8 @ And the battle became extended there over the face of all the country: and the forest devoured yet more of the people than the sword had devoured on that day.

lesserot@2Samuel:18:9 @ And Abshalom happened to come before the servants of David. And Abshalom was riding upon a mule, and the mule came under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was left hanging between the heaven and the earth: and the mule that was under him passed on.

lesserot@2Samuel:18:10 @ And a certain man saw, and told it to Joab, and said, Behold, I have seen Abshalom hanging on an oak.

lesserot@2Samuel:18:11 @ And Joab said unto the man that told him, And, behold, thou sawest him: why then didst thou not smite him there to the ground? and it would have been obligatory on me to give thee ten shekels of silver and a girdle.

lesserot@2Samuel:18:12 @ And the man said unto Joab, And though I should weigh on my hands a thousand shekels of silver, I would not stretch forth my hand against the king’s son; for before our ears did the king charge thee and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Take heed, whoever it be, of the young man, of Abshalom.

lesserot@2Samuel:18:13 @ Or should I even have acted with falsehood against my own life, since there is no matter which can be hidden from the king; thou wouldst surely have placed thyself aloof.

lesserot@2Samuel:18:14 @ Then said Joab, I will not wait thus before thee. And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them into the heart of Abshalom, who was yet alive in the midst of the oak.

lesserot@2Samuel:18:15 @ And ten young men, Joab’s armor–bearers, encompassed and smote Abshalom, and slew him.

lesserot@2Samuel:18:16 @ And Joab blew the cornet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel; for Joab restrained the people.

lesserot@2Samuel:18:17 @ And they took Abshalom, and cast him down in the forest, into the large pit, and erected upon him a very great heap of stones: and all Israel fled, every one, to his tents.

lesserot@2Samuel:18:18 @ Now Abshalom had taken and reared up for himself in his lifetime, the pillar, which is in the king’s dale; for he said, I have no son, so as to keep my name in remembrance; and he called the pillar after his own name: and it was called Abshalom’s monument, even until this day.

lesserot@2Samuel:18:19 @ And Achima’az the son of Zadok said, Do let me run, I pray thee, and bear the king tidings, that the Lord hath done him justice from the power of his enemies.

lesserot@2Samuel:18:20 @ And Joab said unto him, Thou art not the man to bear tidings this day, and thou shalt bear tidings another day; but this day thou shalt bear no tidings, because the king’s son is dead.

lesserot@2Samuel:18:21 @ Then said Joab to the Cushi, Go tell the king what thou hast seen, And Cushi bowed himself unto Joab, and ran.

lesserot@2Samuel:18:22 @ Then said Achima’az the son of Zadok yet again to Joab, Be it as it may, let me, I pray thee, run also after the Cushi. And Joab said, Wherefore is it that thou wilt run, my son, seeing that thou hast no profitable tidings?

lesserot@2Samuel:18:23 @ But be it as it may, let me run. And he said unto him, Run. And Achima’az ran by the way of the plain, and passed the Cushi.

lesserot@2Samuel:18:24 @ And David was sitting between the two gates: and the watchman went up to the roof of the gate, upon the wall, and as he lifted up his eyes, he saw, and behold, a man was running alone.

lesserot@2Samuel:18:25 @ And the watchman cried, and told it to the king. And the king said, If he be alone, there are tidings in his mouth. And he came nearer and nearer continually.

lesserot@2Samuel:18:26 @ And the watchman saw another man running: and the watchman called unto the gate–keeper, and said, Behold, here is a man running alone. And the king said, Also this one bringeth tidings.

lesserot@2Samuel:18:27 @ And the watchman said, I regard the running of the foremost as the running of Achima’az the son of Zadok. And the king said, That is a good man, and with good tidings must he come.

lesserot@2Samuel:18:28 @ And Achima’az called, and said unto the king, Peace. And he prostrated himself to the king with his face to the earth, and said, Blessed be the Lord thy God, who hath surrendered the men that had lifted up their hand against my Lord the king.

lesserot@2Samuel:18:29 @ And the king said, Is the young man Abshalom safe? And Achima’az answered, I saw the greatest crowd when Joab sent off the king’s servant, and thy servant; but I know not what hath happened.

lesserot@2Samuel:18:30 @ And the king said, Turn aside, place thyself here. And he turned aside, and remained standing.

lesserot@2Samuel:18:31 @ And, behold, the Cushi came; and the Cushi said, Let my lord the king receive the tidings, that the Lord hath done thee justice this day from the power of all those that had risen up against thee.

lesserot@2Samuel:18:32 @ And the king said unto the Cushi, Is the young man Abshalom safe? And the Cushi answered, May like the young man be the enemies of my Lord the king, and all that have risen up against thee for evil.

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lesserot@2Samuel:20:1 @ And there happened to be a worthless man, whose name was Sheba’, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite; and he blew the cornet, and said, We have no part in David, nor have we any inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel!

lesserot@2Samuel:20:2 @ So every man of Israel went off from David, following Sheba’ the son of Bichri; but the men of Judah adhered unto their king, from the Jordan even to Jerusalem.

lesserot@2Samuel:20:3 @ And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women, the concubines, whom he had left to guard the house, and put them in a guard–house, and provided for them, but went not in unto them. So they were confined until the day of their death, living in widowhood.

lesserot@2Samuel:20:4 @ Then said the king to ‘Amassa, Call together for me the men of Judah within three days, and thou present thyself here.

lesserot@2Samuel:20:5 @ So ‘Amassa went to call Judah together; but he remained out longer than the set time which he had appointed him.

lesserot@2Samuel:20:6 @ And David said to Abishai, Now will Sheba’ the son of Bichri do us more harm than Abshalom: take thou the servants of thy Lord, and pursue after him, lest he succeed in reaching fortified cities, and withdraw himself from our eyes.

lesserot@2Samuel:20:7 @ And there went out after him Joab’s men, and the Kerethites, and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men: and they went forth out of Jerusalem, to pursue after Sheba’ the son of Bichri.

lesserot@2Samuel:20:8 @ They were close by the great stone which is at Gib’on, as ‘Amassa came before them. And Joab was girded with his coat, his garment, and upon it the girdle of the sword which was fastened upon his loins in its sheath; and as he went forth it fell out.

lesserot@2Samuel:20:9 @ And Joab said to ‘Amassa, Art thou in health, my brother? And Joab’s right hand took hold of ‘Amassa’s beard to kiss him.

lesserot@2Samuel:20:10 @ And ‘Amassa did not guard himself against the sword that was in Joab’s hand: so he smote him therewith in the fifth rib and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. But Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba’ the son of Bichri.

lesserot@2Samuel:20:11 @ And one man of Joab’s people remained standing by him, and said, He that favoreth Joab, and he that is for David, follow Joab.

lesserot@2Samuel:20:12 @ And ‘Amassa was wallowing in his blood in the midst of the highway. And when the man saw that all the people stood still, he put ‘Amassa aside out of the highway into the field, and threw a garment over him, when he saw that every one that came by him stood still.

lesserot@2Samuel:20:13 @ When he was removed out of the highway, every man passed on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba’ the son of Bichri.

lesserot@2Samuel:20:14 @ And this one passed through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, which is of Beth–ma’achah, and all the Berim: and they assembled themselves together, and went also after him.

lesserot@2Samuel:20:15 @ And they came and besieged him in Abel of Beth–ma’achah, and they cast up a trench against the city, and it stood enclosed by the troops: and all the people that were with Joab were battering to throw down the wall.

lesserot@2Samuel:20:16 @ Then called a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear: say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near as far as hither, that I may speak with thee.

lesserot@2Samuel:20:17 @ And when he was come near unto her, the woman said, Art thou Joab? And he said, I am. Then said she unto him, Hear the words of thy hand–maid. And he said, I do hear.

lesserot@2Samuel:20:18 @ Then said she, thus, They ought surely first to have spoken, saying, "Let them ask at least in Abel:" and so would they have come to an end.

lesserot@2Samuel:20:19 @ I am one of the peaceful and faithful in Israel; thou seekest to overthrow a city and a metropolis in Israel: why wilt thou destroy the inheritance of the Lord?

lesserot@2Samuel:20:20 @ And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should destroy or ruin.

lesserot@2Samuel:20:21 @ The matter is not so; but a man from the mountains of Ephraim, Sheba’ the son of Bichri is his name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, against David: give him up alone, and I will withdraw from the city. And the woman said unto Joab, Behold, his head shall be cast down to thee over the wall.

lesserot@2Samuel:20:22 @ And the woman came unto all the people with her wisdom; and they cut off the head of Sheba’ the son of Bichri, and cast it down to Joab: and he blew the cornet, and they scattered themselves from the city, every man to his tents. And Joab returned to Jerusalem unto the king.

lesserot@2Samuel:20:23 @ Now Joab was over all the army of Israel; and Benayah the son of Yehoyada’ was over the Kerethites and over the Pelethites;

lesserot@2Samuel:20:24 @ And Adoram was over the tribute; and Jehoshaphat the son of Achilud was recorder;

lesserot@2Samuel:20:25 @ And Sheva was scribe; and Zadok and Ebyathar were priests;

lesserot@2Samuel:20:26 @ And ‘Ira also the Yairite was an officer of state unto David.

lesserot@2Samuel:21:1 @ And there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David besought the presence of the Lord. And the Lord said, On account of Saul, and on account of the house of blood, is this; because he hath slain the Gib’onites.

lesserot@2Samuel:21:2 @ And the king called for the Gib’onites, and said unto them:

lesserot@2Samuel:21:3 @ Wherefore David said unto the Gib’onites, What shall I do for you? and wherewith shall I make the atonement, that ye may bless the inheritance of the Lord?

lesserot@2Samuel:21:4 @ And the Gib’onites said unto him, We have no concern of silver or gold with Saul and with his house: nor do we wish to kill any man in Israel. And he said, What ye say, will I do for you.

lesserot@2Samuel:21:5 @ And they said to the king, The man that consumed us, and that devised against us that we should be destroyed, so that we should have no footing in all the boundaries of Israel.

lesserot@2Samuel:21:6 @ Let there be delivered unto us seven men of his sons, and we will hang them up unto the Lord in Gib’ah of Saul, the chosen of the Lord. And the king said, I will give them.

lesserot@2Samuel:21:7 @ But the king had pity on Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the Lord’s oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.

lesserot@2Samuel:21:8 @ And the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Ayah, whom she had born unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she had brought up for ‘Adriel the son of Barzillai the Mecholathite:

lesserot@2Samuel:21:9 @ And he delivered them into the hand of the Gib’onites, and they hanged them on the mount before the Lord; and they fell, these seven, together; and they were put to death in the first days of harvest, in the beginning of the barley–harvest.

lesserot@2Samuel:21:10 @ And Rizpah the daughter of Ayah took sackcloth, and spread out it for herself upon the rock, from the beginning of the harvest until water dropped down upon them out of heaven, and she suffered neither the birds of heaven to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.

lesserot@2Samuel:21:11 @ And it was told to David what Rizpah the daughter of Ayah, the concubine of Saul, had done.

lesserot@2Samuel:21:12 @ And David then went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Yabeshgil’ad, who had stolen them from the market–place of Bethshan, where the Philistines had hanged them up, at the time the Philistines had smitten Saul at Gilboa’:

lesserot@2Samuel:21:13 @ And he brought up from there the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son; and they gathered up the bones of those that had been hanged.

lesserot@2Samuel:21:14 @ And they buried the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son in the country of Benjamin at Zela’, in the sepulchre of Kish his father: and they performed all that the king had commanded. And after that God was entreated for the land.

lesserot@2Samuel:21:15 @ And the Philistines had again a war with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines: and David became fatigued.

lesserot@2Samuel:21:16 @ And Yishbi at Nob, who was of the children of the Raphah, the weight of whose spear was three hundred shekels of copper, he being girded with a new armor, thought to slay David.

lesserot@2Samuel:21:17 @ But Abishai the son of Zeruyah succored him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then swore the men of David unto him, saying, Thou shalt go out no more with us to battle, that thou mayest not quench the lamp of Israel.

lesserot@2Samuel:21:18 @ And it came to pass after this, that there was again a battle at Gob, with the Philistines: then smote Sibbechai the Chushathite Saph, who was of the children of the Raphah.

lesserot@2Samuel:21:19 @ And there was again a battle at Gob with the Philistines, when Elchanan the son of Ya’are–oregim, the Bethlechemite, slew Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.

lesserot@2Samuel:21:20 @ And there was again a battle in Gath, where was a man of stature, that had on every hand six fingers, and on every foot six toes, four and twenty in number; and he also was born to the Raphah.

lesserot@2Samuel:21:21 @ And he defied Israel; but Jonathan the son of Shim’ah, the brother of David, slew him.

lesserot@2Samuel:21:22 @ These four were born to the Raphah in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.

lesserot@2Samuel:22:1 @ And David spoke unto the Lord the words of this song, and on the day that the Lord had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul.

lesserot@2Samuel:22:2 @ And he said, Lord, my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer;

lesserot@2Samuel:22:3 @ God, my rock, in whom I trust; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour! from violence dost thou save me!

lesserot@2Samuel:22:4 @ Praised, I cried, be the Lord, and from my enemies was I saved.

lesserot@2Samuel:22:5 @ For the waves of death encompassed me, the floods of destruction made me afraid;

lesserot@2Samuel:22:6 @ The bonds of hell encircled me, the snares of death seized on me:

lesserot@2Samuel:22:7 @ in my distress I called upon the Lord, and to my God I cried; and he heard from his temple my voice, and my complaint into his ears.

lesserot@2Samuel:22:8 @ Then shook and trembled the earth; the foundations of the heavens were moved; and they shook, because he was wroth.

lesserot@2Samuel:22:9 @ Smoke went up in his anger, and consuming fire out of his mouth, coals flamed forth from him.

lesserot@2Samuel:22:10 @ And he bent the heavens, and came down, and thick darkness was under his feet.

lesserot@2Samuel:22:11 @ And he rode upon a cherub, and flew along, and he was seen upon the wings of the wind.

lesserot@2Samuel:22:12 @ And he made darkness round about him into pavilions, heavy masses of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

lesserot@2Samuel:22:13 @ From the brightness before him flamed forth coals of fire.

lesserot@2Samuel:22:14 @ The Lord thundered from heaven, and the Most High uttered forth his voice.

lesserot@2Samuel:22:15 @ And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them.

lesserot@2Samuel:22:16 @ And then were seen the channels of the sea, there were laid open the foundations of the world; at the rebuke of the Lord, through the blast of the breath of his nostrils.

lesserot@2Samuel:22:17 @ He stretched out from above, he took me; he drew me out from the mighty waters.

lesserot@2Samuel:22:18 @ He delivered me from my enemy, the strong, from those that hated me, when they were too mighty for me.

lesserot@2Samuel:22:19 @ They overcame me on the day of my calamity; but the Lord became my stay;

lesserot@2Samuel:22:20 @ And he brought me forth into a large space: he delivered me, because he had delight in me.

lesserot@2Samuel:22:21 @ The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the purity of my hands did he recompense me.

lesserot@2Samuel:22:22 @ For I had kept the ways of the Lord, and had not wickedly departed from my God.

lesserot@2Samuel:22:23 @ For all his ordinances were before me, and from none of his statutes did I depart.

lesserot@2Samuel:22:24 @ I was also upright toward him, and I guarded myself against my iniquity.

lesserot@2Samuel:22:25 @ Therefore did the Lord recompense me according to my righteousness, according to my purity before his eyes.

lesserot@2Samuel:22:26 @ With the kind thou wilt show thyself kind; with the upright mighty man thou wilt show thyself upright.

lesserot@2Samuel:22:27 @ With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; and with the perverse thou wilt wage a contest.

lesserot@2Samuel:22:28 @ And the afflicted people thou wilt save; but thy eyes are upon the haughty, thou mayest bring down.

lesserot@2Samuel:22:29 @ For thou art my lamp, O Lord! and the Lord will enlighten my darkness.

lesserot@2Samuel:22:30 @ For by thee I run through a troop: by my God I leap over a wall.

lesserot@2Samuel:22:31 @ As for God––his way is perfect; the word of the Lord is tried; he is a shield to all that trust in him.

lesserot@2Samuel:22:32 @ For who is God, save the Lord? and who is a rock, save our God?

lesserot@2Samuel:22:33 @ God is my strength and power; and he rendereth free from obstruction my way.

lesserot@2Samuel:22:34 @ He maketh my feet like those of the hinds, and upon my high places he causeth me to stand.

lesserot@2Samuel:22:35 @ He teaches my hands for the war, so that a brazen bow is bent by my arms.

lesserot@2Samuel:22:36 @ And thou gavest me the shield of thy salvation; and thy assistance hath made me great.

lesserot@2Samuel:22:37 @ Thou enlargest my steps under me, so that my joints do not slip.

lesserot@2Samuel:22:38 @ I pursue my enemies and destroy them; and I return not again until I have made an end of them.

lesserot@2Samuel:22:39 @ And I make an end of them, and I crush them, that they cannot rise; and they fall under my feet.

lesserot@2Samuel:22:40 @ For thou hast girded me with strength for the war; thou subduest my opponents under me.

lesserot@2Samuel:22:41 @ And my enemies thou causest to turn their back to me; those that hate me,––that I may destroy them.

lesserot@2Samuel:22:42 @ They look about, but there is none to help; unto the Lord––but he answereth them not.

lesserot@2Samuel:22:43 @ And I beat them small as the dust of the earth; as the mire of the street, I stamp them, I tread them down.

lesserot@2Samuel:22:44 @ Thou hast also delivered me from the contests of my people: thou preservest me to be the head of nations, a people which I know not shall serve me.

lesserot@2Samuel:22:45 @ The children of the stranger shall utter flattery unto me; as soon as their ear heareth they shall be obedient unto me.

lesserot@2Samuel:22:46 @ The children of the stranger shall fade away, and come forth tottering out of their close places.

lesserot@2Samuel:22:47 @ The Lord liveth, and blessed be my Rock; and exalted be the God, the Rock of my salvation;

lesserot@2Samuel:22:48 @ The God, that granteth me vengeance, and bringeth down nations under me;

lesserot@2Samuel:22:49 @ And that bringeth me forth from my enemies: also above my opponents thou liftest me up, from the man of violence thou deliverest me.

lesserot@2Samuel:22:50 @ Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O Lord, among the nations, and unto thy name will I sing praises;

lesserot@2Samuel:22:51 @ the tower of salvation of his king, and who showeth kindness to his anointed, to David and to his seed forever.

lesserot@2Samuel:23:1 @ And these are the last words of David. Thus saith David the son of Jesse, and thus saith the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet singer of Israel:

lesserot@2Samuel:23:2 @ The Spirit of the Lord spoke through me, and his word was upon my tongue.

lesserot@2Samuel:23:3 @ said the God of Israel, concerning me spoke the Rock of Israel, That ruler over men, be righteous, ruling in the fear of God;

lesserot@2Samuel:23:4 @ And as in the light of morning the sun riseth, in a morning without clouds, with more than the brightness by rain on the herbs that spring from the earth.

lesserot@2Samuel:23:5 @ Truly is not so my house with God? since he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, firm in all, and sure? yea, will he not cause to grow all my salvation, and all my desire?

lesserot@2Samuel:23:6 @ But the godless are all of them as waving thorns, which cannot be taken in the hand;

lesserot@2Samuel:23:7 @ But the man that will touch them must protect his hand with iron and the staff of a spear: and they will be utterly burnt with fire in the dwelling.

lesserot@2Samuel:23:8 @ These are the names of the mighty men whom David had: Yosheb–bashebeth, the Thachkemonite, the chief among the captains,––the same as ‘Adino the ‘Eznite,––because of eight hundred slain at one time.

lesserot@2Samuel:23:9 @ And after him was El’azar the son of Dodo, the son of Achochi, one of the three mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines that were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel had withdrawn themselves;

lesserot@2Samuel:23:10 @ He then arose, and smote the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand did cleave unto the sword: and the Lord wrought a great victory on that day; and the people returned after him only to strip.

lesserot@2Samuel:23:11 @ And after him was Shammah the son of Age the Hararite. The Philistines were gathered together into a troop, and there was a piece of ground full of lentiles; and the people had fled from the Philistines;

lesserot@2Samuel:23:12 @ But he placed himself in the midst of the ground, and delivered it, and smote the Philistines: and the Lord wrought a great victory.

lesserot@2Samuel:23:13 @ And these three, the chiefs of the thirty, went down, and came to David at harvest–time unto the cave of ‘Adullam: and the troop of the Philistines was encamped in the valley of Rephaim.

lesserot@2Samuel:23:14 @ And David was then in the strong–hold, and an outpost of the Philistines was then in Beth–lechem.

lesserot@2Samuel:23:15 @ And David longed, and said, Oh that one would bring me water to drink out of the well at Beth–lechem, which is by the gate!

lesserot@2Samuel:23:16 @ And the three mighty men broke through the camp of the Philistines; and drew water out of the well of Beth–lechem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David; but he would not drink thereof, and poured it out unto the Lord.

lesserot@2Samuel:23:17 @ And he said, Far be it from me, O Lord, that I should do this: the blood of the men that went at the risk of their life? and thus he would not drink it. These things did the three mighty men.

lesserot@2Samuel:23:18 @ And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruyah, was the chief of these three; and he lifted up his spear against three hundred slain, and had a name among the three.

lesserot@2Samuel:23:19 @ Although he was the most honored of the three, wherefore he became their captain: he nevertheless attained not unto the three.

lesserot@2Samuel:23:20 @ And Benayahu the son of Yehoyada’, the son of a valiant man, great in many acts of Kabzeel; he it was that smote the two lion–like heroes of Moab; he also went down and slew a lion in the midst of a pit on a day when it snowed;

lesserot@2Samuel:23:21 @ And he slew an Egyptian, a man of good appearance; and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand; but he went down to him with a staff, and he snatched the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand, and slew him with his own spear.

lesserot@2Samuel:23:22 @ These things did Benayahu the son of Yehoyada’, and he had a name among the three mighty men.

lesserot@2Samuel:23:23 @ He was more honored than the thirty; but he attained not to these three. And David appointed him in his private council.

lesserot@2Samuel:23:24 @ ‘Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elchanan the son of Dodo of Beth–lechem,

lesserot@2Samuel:23:25 @ Shammah the Charodite, Elika the Charodite,

lesserot@2Samuel:23:26 @ Chelez the Paltite, ‘Ira the son of ‘Ikkesh the Teko’ite,

lesserot@2Samuel:23:27 @ Abi’ezer the ‘Anethothite, Mebunnai the Chushathite,

lesserot@2Samuel:23:28 @ Zalmon the Achochite, Maharai the Netophathite,

lesserot@2Samuel:23:29 @ Cheleb the son of Ba’anah, the Netophathite, Ittai the son of Ribai of Gib’ah of the children of Benjamin,

lesserot@2Samuel:23:30 @ Benayahu the Pir’athonite, Hiddai of Nachale–Ga’ash,

lesserot@2Samuel:23:31 @ Abi–’albon the ‘Arbathite, ‘Azmaveth the Barchumite,

lesserot@2Samuel:23:32 @ Elyachba the Sha’albonite, Bne–yashen, Jonathan,

lesserot@2Samuel:23:33 @ Shammah the Hararite, Achiam the son of Sharar the Ararite,

lesserot@2Samuel:23:34 @ Eliphelet the son of Achasbai, the son of the Ma’achathite, Eli’am the son of Achithophel the Gilonite,

lesserot@2Samuel:23:35 @ Chezrai, the Carmelite, Pa’arai the Arbite,

lesserot@2Samuel:23:36 @ Yigal the son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite,

lesserot@2Samuel:23:37 @ Zelek the ‘Ammonite, Nacharai the Beerothite, the armor–bearer of Joab the son of Zeruyah,

lesserot@2Samuel:23:38 @ ‘Ira the Yithrite, Gareb the Yithrite,

lesserot@2Samuel:23:39 @ Uriyah the Hittite: in all thirty and seven.

lesserot@2Samuel:24:1 @ And again was the anger of the Lord kindled against Israel, and he incited David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah.

lesserot@2Samuel:24:2 @ And the king said to Joab the captain of the army, who was with him, Traverse, I pray thee, all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beer–sheba’, and number ye the people, that I may know the number of the people.

lesserot@2Samuel:24:3 @ Then said Joab unto the king, Now may the Lord thy God add unto the people, how many soever they be, a hundred–fold more, and may the eyes of my Lord the king see it; but why doth my Lord the king find delight in this thing?

lesserot@2Samuel:24:4 @ Nevertheless the king’s word remained firm against Joab, and against the captains of the army: and Joab and the captains of the army went out from the presence of the king, to number the people of Israel.

lesserot@2Samuel:24:5 @ And they passed over the Jordan, and encamped in ‘Aro’er, on the right side of the city that lieth in the midst of the valley of Gad, and toward Ya’zer:

lesserot@2Samuel:24:6 @ Then they came to Gil’ad, and to the land of Tachtimchodshi; and they came to Dan–ya’an, and about to Zidon;

lesserot@2Samuel:24:7 @ And they came to the strong–hold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites; and they went out to the south of Judah, up to Beer–sheba’.

lesserot@2Samuel:24:8 @ And so they traversed all the land, and they came at the end of nine months and twenty days to Jerusalem.

lesserot@2Samuel:24:9 @ And Joab gave up the sum of the number of the people unto the king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.

lesserot@2Samuel:24:10 @ And David’s heart smote him after that he had numbered the people. And David said unto the Lord, I have sinned greatly in what I have done; and now, I beseech thee, O Lord, cause the iniquity of thy servant to pass away; for I have acted very foolishly.

lesserot@2Samuel:24:11 @ And when David was arisen in the morning, The word of the Lord came unto Gad the prophet, David’s seer, saying,

lesserot@2Samuel:24:12 @ Go and speak unto David, Thus hath said the Lord, Three things do I offer thee: choose for thyself one of them, and I will do it unto thee.

lesserot@2Samuel:24:13 @ So Gad came to David, and told it unto him; and he said unto him, Shall there come unto thee seven years of famine in thy land? or three months, that thou flee before thy enemies, while they pursue thee? or that there be for three days a pestilence in thy land? now consider and see what word I shall bring back to him that hath sent me.

lesserot@2Samuel:24:14 @ And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall then into the hand of the Lord,––for his mercies are great; but let me not fall into the hand of man.

lesserot@2Samuel:24:15 @ And the Lord sent a pestilence in Israel from the morning even to the time appointed: and there died of the people from Dan even to Beer–sheba’ seventy thousand men.

lesserot@2Samuel:24:16 @ And when the angel stretched out his hand over Jerusalem to destroy it, the Lord bethought himself of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed among the people, It is enough: now stay thy hand. And the angel of the Lord was by the threshingfloor of Aravnah the Jebusite.

lesserot@2Samuel:24:17 @ And David spoke unto the Lord when he saw the angel that smote among the people, and said, Lo, I have indeed sinned, and I have truly done wickedly; but these sheep, what have they done? let thy hand, I pray thee, be against me, and against my father’s house.

lesserot@2Samuel:24:18 @ And Gad came to David on that day, and said unto him, Go up, erect an altar unto the Lord on the threshing–floor of Aravnah the Jebusite.

lesserot@2Samuel:24:19 @ And David went up, according to the word of Gad, as the Lord had commanded.

lesserot@2Samuel:24:20 @ And Aravnah looked up, and saw the king and his servants coming on toward him: and Aravnah went out, and bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.

lesserot@2Samuel:24:21 @ And Aravnah said, Wherefore is my Lord the king come to his servant? And David said, To buy from thee the threshingfloor, to build an altar unto the Lord, that the plague may be stayed from the people.

lesserot@2Samuel:24:22 @ And Aravnah said unto David, Let my Lord the king take and offer up what seemeth good in his eyes: behold, the oxen are here for burnt–offerings, and the threshing rollers and the harness of the oxen for wood.

lesserot@2Samuel:24:23 @ All these things did Aravnah, the king, give unto the king. And Aravnah said unto the king, May the Lord thy God receive thee favorably.

lesserot@2Samuel:24:24 @ And the king said unto Aravnah, No; but I will surely buy it from thee at the value; for I will not offer burnt–offerings unto the Lord my God without paying therefor. So David bought the threshing–floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.

lesserot@2Samuel:24:25 @ And David built there an altar unto the Lord, and offered burnt–offerings and peace–offerings: and the Lord was entreated for the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel.

lesserot@1Kings:1:1 @ Now king David was old, stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he could not become warm.

lesserot@1Kings:1:2 @ Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let them seek out for my lord the king a young virgin, and let her stand before the king, and let her be an attendant on him; and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord the king may become warm.

lesserot@1Kings:1:3 @ So they sought for a fair maiden throughout all the territory of Israel; and they found Abishag the Shunammite, and brought her to the king.

lesserot@1Kings:1:4 @ And the maiden was exceedingly fair; and she became an attendant on the king, and ministered to him; but the king knew her not.

lesserot@1Kings:1:5 @ And Adoniyah the son of Chaggith exalted himself, saying, I shall be king: and he procured himself a chariot and horsemen, and fifty men who ran before him.

lesserot@1Kings:1:6 @ And his father had never grieved him in all his life by saying, Why hast thou done so? and he also was of a very goodly form; and his mother had born him after Abshalom.

lesserot@1Kings:1:7 @ And he had conferences with Joab the son of Zeruyah, and with Ebyathar the priest: and they, following Adoniyah, helped him.

lesserot@1Kings:1:8 @ But Zadok the priest, and Benayahu the son of Yehoyada’, and Nathan the prophet, and Shim’i, and Re’i, and the mighty men that belonged to David, were not with Adoniyah.

lesserot@1Kings:1:9 @ And Adoniyah slaughtered sheep and oxen and fatted cattle by the stone Zocheleth, which is by ‘En–rogel; and he invited all his brothers the king’s sons, and all the men of Judah the king’s servants;

lesserot@1Kings:1:10 @ But Nathan the prophet, and Benayahu, and the mighty men, and Solomon his brother, he invited not.

lesserot@1Kings:1:11 @ And Nathan spoke unto Bath–sheba’ the mother of Solomon, saying, Hast thou not heard that Adoniyah the son of Chaggith is become king, and David our lord knoweth it not?

lesserot@1Kings:1:12 @ And now come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thy own life, and the life of thy son Solomon.

lesserot@1Kings:1:13 @ Go and get thee in unto king David, and say unto him, Didst not thou, my lord, O king, swear unto thy hand–maid, saying, Assuredly, Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and only he shall sit upon my throne? why then is Adoniyah become king?

lesserot@1Kings:1:14 @ And, lo, while thou shalt be yet speaking there with the king, I myself will come in after thee, and confirm thy words.

lesserot@1Kings:1:15 @ And Bath–sheba’ went in unto the king into the chamber, and the king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite was ministering unto the king.

lesserot@1Kings:1:16 @ And Bath–sheba’ bowed, and prostrated herself unto the king: and the king said, What wouldst thou?

lesserot@1Kings:1:17 @ And she said unto him, My lord, thou thyself didst swear by the Lord thy God unto thy hand–maid, Assuredly, Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and only he shall sit upon my throne.

lesserot@1Kings:1:18 @ And now, behold, Adoniyah is become king; and now, my lord, O king, thou knowest it not:

lesserot@1Kings:1:19 @ And he hath slaughtered oxen and fatted cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath invited all the sons of the king, and Ebyathar the priest, and Joab the captain of the army; but Solomon thy servant hath he not invited.

lesserot@1Kings:1:20 @ And as for thee, my lord, O king, the eyes of all Israel are upon thee, to tell them, who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.

lesserot@1Kings:1:21 @ Otherwise it would come to pass, when my lord the king sleepeth with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon may be counted offenders.

lesserot@1Kings:1:22 @ And, lo, while she was yet speaking with the king, Nathan the prophet also came in.

lesserot@1Kings:1:23 @ And they told the king, saying, Behold, here is Nathan the prophet: and when he was come in before the king, he prostrated himself before the king with his face to the ground.

lesserot@1Kings:1:24 @ And Nathan said, My lord, O king, hast thou then said, Adoniyah shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne?

lesserot@1Kings:1:25 @ For he is gone down this day, and hath slaughtered oxen and fatted cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath invited all the king’s sons, and the captains of the army, and Ebyathar the priest: and, behold, they are eating and drinking before him, and they say, Long live king Adoniyah.

lesserot@1Kings:1:26 @ But as for me, me thy servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benayahu the son of Yehoyada’, and thy servant Solomon, hath he not invited.

lesserot@1Kings:1:27 @ Can it be that this hath been done by order of my lord the king, and thou hast not informed thy servant, who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?

lesserot@1Kings:1:28 @ Then answered king David, and said, Call me Bath–sheba’; and she came into the king’s presence, and stood before the king.

lesserot@1Kings:1:29 @ And the king swore and said, As the Lord liveth, that hath redeemed my soul out of all distress,

lesserot@1Kings:1:30 @ Even as I have sworn unto thee by the Lord the God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and only he shall sit upon my throne in my stead: even so will I certainly do this day.

lesserot@1Kings:1:31 @ Then did Bath–sheba’ bow herself with her face to the earth, and prostrate herself unto the king; and she said, May my lord, the king David, live for ever!

lesserot@1Kings:1:32 @ And king David said, Call unto me Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benayahu the son of Yehoyada’. And they came before the king.

lesserot@1Kings:1:33 @ And the king said unto them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride upon my own mule, and conduct him down to Gichon:

lesserot@1Kings:1:34 @ And let Zadok the priest with Nathan the prophet anoint him there as king over Israel; and blow ye with the cornet, and say, Long live king Solomon.

lesserot@1Kings:1:35 @ Then shall ye go up after him, and he shall come and sit upon my throne; and he shall be king in my stead: and him have I ordained to be ruler over Israel and over Judah.

lesserot@1Kings:1:36 @ And Benayahu the son of Yehoyada’ answered the king, and said, Amen: May thus say the Eternal the God of my lord the king.

lesserot@1Kings:1:37 @ As the Eternal hath been with my lord the king, even so may he be with Solomon, and may he make his throne greater than the throne of my lord the king David.

lesserot@1Kings:1:38 @ Thereupon Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benayahu the son of Yehoyada’, and the Kerethites, and the Pelethites, went down, and caused Solomon to ride upon king David’s mule, and conducted him to Gichon.

lesserot@1Kings:1:39 @ And Zadok the priest took the horn of oil out of the tabernacle, and anointed Solomon. And they blew with the cornet; and all the people said, Long live king Solomon.

lesserot@1Kings:1:40 @ And all the people went up after him, and the people blew on flutes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth was rent at their noise.

lesserot@1Kings:1:41 @ And Adoniyah and all the guests that were with him heard it as they had just finished eating: and when Joab heard the sound of the cornet, he said, Wherefore is this noise of the city in an uproar?

lesserot@1Kings:1:42 @ And while he was yet speaking, behold, Jonathan the son of Ebyathar the priest came in: and Adoniyah said, Come in; for thou art a worthy man, and must bring good tidings.

lesserot@1Kings:1:43 @ And Jonathan answered and said to Adoniyah, Alas, no; our lord king David hath made Solomon king;

lesserot@1Kings:1:44 @ And the king hath sent with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benayahu the son of Yehoyada’, and the Kerethites, and the Pelethites, and they have caused him to ride upon the king’s mule;

lesserot@1Kings:1:45 @ And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him as king on the Gichon; and they are come up from there rejoicing, and the city hath been set in commotion. This is the noise that ye have heard.

lesserot@1Kings:1:46 @ And Solomon hath also sat on the kingly throne.

lesserot@1Kings:1:47 @ And also the king’s servants are come to bless our lord king David, saying, May God make the name of Solomon more famous than thy name, and make his throne greater than thy throne: and the king hath bowed himself upon the bed.

lesserot@1Kings:1:48 @ And also thus hath the king said, Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel, who hath given this day one who sitteth on my throne, while my eyes see it.

lesserot@1Kings:1:49 @ And all the guests that were with Adoniyah were terrified, and rose up, and went, every man, on his own way.

lesserot@1Kings:1:50 @ And Adoniyah was afraid because of Solomon; and he arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.

lesserot@1Kings:1:51 @ And it was told unto Solomon, saying, Behold, Adoniyah feareth king Solomon; and, behold, he hath caught hold on the horns of the altar, saying, Let king Solomon swear unto me today that he will not slay his servant with the sword.

lesserot@1Kings:1:52 @ And Solomon said, If he will become a worthy man, there shall not a hair of his fall to the earth; but if any wrong shall be found on him, then shall he die.

lesserot@1Kings:1:53 @ So king Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar; and he came and bowed himself to king Solomon; and Solomon said unto him, Go to thy house.

lesserot@1Kings:2:1 @ And when the days of David drew near that he should die, he charged Solomon his son, saying,

lesserot@1Kings:2:2 @ I am going the way of all the earth; but be thou strong, and become a man;

lesserot@1Kings:2:3 @ And keep the charge of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, his commandments, and his ordinances, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses; in order that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself;

lesserot@1Kings:2:4 @ In order that the Lord may fulfill his word which he hath spoken concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall never fail thee, said he, a man on the throne of Israel.

lesserot@1Kings:2:5 @ And thou also knowest well what Joab the son of Zeruyah hath done to me, what he did to the two captains of the armies of Israel, unto Abner the son of Ner, and unto ‘Amassa the son of Yether, whom he slew, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his girdle that was about his loins, and on his shoes that were on his feet.

lesserot@1Kings:2:6 @ Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoary head go down in peace to the grave.

lesserot@1Kings:2:7 @ But unto the sons of Barzillai the Gil’adite show thou kindness, and let them be of those that eat at thy table; for so they came near to me when I fled from before Abshalom thy brother.

lesserot@1Kings:2:8 @ And, behold, thou hast with thee Shim’i the son of Gera, the Benjamite of Bachurim, who cursed me with a grievous curse on the day when I went to Machanayim; but who came down to meet me at the Jordan, and I swore to him by the Lord, saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword.

lesserot@1Kings:2:9 @ But now leave him not unpunished; for thou art a wise man; know then what thou oughtest to do unto him, and bring thou down his hoary head with blood to the grave.

lesserot@1Kings:2:10 @ And David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.

lesserot@1Kings:2:11 @ And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years: in Hebron he reigned seven years, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years.

lesserot@1Kings:2:12 @ Then sat Solomon upon the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was established greatly.

lesserot@1Kings:2:13 @ And Adoniyah the son of Chaggith came to Bath–sheba’ the mother of Solomon: and she said, Is thy coming for peace? And he said, For peace.

lesserot@1Kings:2:14 @ He said moreover, I have a word for thee. And she said, Speak.

lesserot@1Kings:2:15 @ And he said, Thou well knowest that mine was the kingdom, and that on me all Israel had set their faces, that I should reign: nevertheless the kingdom was turned about, and became my brother’s; for from the Lord was it his.

lesserot@1Kings:2:16 @ And now there is one petition I am going to ask of thee, do not turn me away. And she said unto him, Speak.

lesserot@1Kings:2:17 @ And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon the king, that he may give me Abishag the Shunammite for wife.

lesserot@1Kings:2:18 @ And Bath–sheba’ said, Well: I will speak for thee unto the king.

lesserot@1Kings:2:19 @ Bath–sheba’ thereupon went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for Adoniyah; and the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and then sat down on his throne, and placed a chair for the king’s mother; and she sat on his right hand.

lesserot@1Kings:2:20 @ Then said she, There is one small petition I am going to ask of thee; do not turn me away. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother; for I will not turn thee away.

lesserot@1Kings:2:21 @ And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adoniyah thy brother for wife.

lesserot@1Kings:2:22 @ And king Solomon answered and said unto his mother, And why dost thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adoniyah? rather ask for him the kingdom; for he is my elder brother; ––even for him, and for Ebyathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruyah.

lesserot@1Kings:2:23 @ Then swore king Solomon by the Lord, saying, May God do so to me, and may he thus continue, if Adoniyah have not spoken this word against his own life.

lesserot@1Kings:2:24 @ And now, as the Lord liveth, who hath established me, and seated me on the throne of David my father, and who hath made me a house, as he hath spoken, this very day shall Adoniyah be put to death.

lesserot@1Kings:2:25 @ And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benayahu the son of Yehoyada’; and he fell upon him so that he died.

lesserot@1Kings:2:26 @ And unto Ebyathar the priest said the king, Go to ‘Anathoth, unto thy own fields; for thou art a man worthy of death; but on this day will I not put thee to death; because thou hast borne the ark of the Lord Eternal before David my father, and because thou was afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted.

lesserot@1Kings:2:27 @ So Solomon banished Ebyathar that he should not be priest unto the Lord, to fulfill the word of the Lord, which he had spoken concerning the house of ‘Eli in Shiloh.

lesserot@1Kings:2:28 @ And the report came to Joab; for Joab had turned after Adoniyah, though he had not turned after Abshalom. And Joab fled unto the tabernacle of the Lord, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.

lesserot@1Kings:2:29 @ And it was told to king Solomon that Joab had fled unto the tabernacle of the Lord; and that, behold, he was close by the altar. Then sent Solomon Benayahu the son of Yehoyada,’ saying, Go, fall upon him.

lesserot@1Kings:2:30 @ And Benayahu came to the tabernacle of the Lord, and said unto him, Thus hath said the king, Come forth. And he said, No; but here will I die. And Benayahu brought the king word again, saying, Thus hath Joab spoken, and thus hath he answered me.

lesserot@1Kings:2:31 @ Then said the king unto him, Do as he hath spoken, and fall upon him, and bury him; and remove the innocent blood, which Joab hath shed, from me, and from the house of my father.

lesserot@1Kings:2:32 @ And may the Lord bring back his blood–guiltiness upon his own head, because he fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, while my father David knew it not, Abner the son of Ner, the captain of the army of Israel, and ‘Amassa the son of Yether, the captain of the army of Judah.

lesserot@1Kings:2:33 @ And their blood shall return upon the head of Joab, and upon the head of his seed for ever; but unto David, and unto his seed, and unto his house, and unto his throne, may there be peace for ever from the Lord.

lesserot@1Kings:2:34 @ So Benayahu the son of Yehoyada’ went up, and fell upon him, and slew him: and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.

lesserot@1Kings:2:35 @ And the king appointed Benayahu the son of Yehoyada’ in his place over the army; and Zadok the priest did the king appoint in the place of Ebyathar.

lesserot@1Kings:2:36 @ And the king sent and called for Shim’i, and said unto him, Build thee a house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and thou shalt not go forth from there hither or thither.

lesserot@1Kings:2:37 @ And it shall be, that on the day thou goest out, and passest over the brook Kidron, thou shalt know for certain that thou shalt surely die: thy blood shall be upon thy own head.

lesserot@1Kings:2:38 @ And Shim’i said unto the king, It is well: as my Lord the king hath spoken, so will thy servant do. And Shim’i dwelt in Jerusalem many days.

lesserot@1Kings:2:39 @ And it came to pass at the end of three years, that two servants of Shim’i ran away unto Achish the son of Ma’achah the king of Gath: and they told unto Shim’i, saying, Behold, thy servants are in Gath.

lesserot@1Kings:2:40 @ And Shim’i arose, and saddled his ass, and went to Gath to Achish to seek his servants; and Shim’i went, and brought his servants from Gath.

lesserot@1Kings:2:41 @ And it was told to Solomon that Shim’i had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and had returned.

lesserot@1Kings:2:42 @ And the king sent and called for Shim’i, and said unto him, Did I not make thee swear by the Lord, and warned thee, saying, On that day thou goest out, and walkest abroad hither or thither, know for certain that thou shalt surely die? and thou saidst unto me, It is well, I have heard?

lesserot@1Kings:2:43 @ Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the Lord, and the commandment with which I charged thee?

lesserot@1Kings:2:44 @ The king said moreover to Shim’i, Thou well knowest all the wickedness of which thy heart is conscious, that thou hast done to David my father: and the Lord bringeth back thy wickedness upon thy own head;

lesserot@1Kings:2:45 @ But king Solomon will be blessed, and the throne of David will be established before the Lord for ever.

lesserot@1Kings:2:46 @ So the king commanded Benayahu the son of Yehoyada’, who went out, and fell upon him, so that he died. And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.

lesserot@1Kings:3:1 @ And Solomon intermarried with Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and took the daughter of Pharaoh, and brought her into the city of David, until he had finished building his own house, and the house of the Lord, and the wall of Jerusalem round about.

lesserot@1Kings:3:2 @ But the people sacrificed still on the high–places; because there was no house built unto the name of the Lord, until those days.

lesserot@1Kings:3:3 @ And Solomon loved the Lord, walking in the statutes of David his father: only that he sacrificed and burnt incense on the high–places.

lesserot@1Kings:3:4 @ And the king went to Gib’on to sacrifice there; for that was the great high–place: one thousand burnt–offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar.

lesserot@1Kings:3:5 @ In Gib’on the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream of the night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.

lesserot@1Kings:3:6 @ And Solomon said, Thou hast shown unto thy servant David my father great kindness, just as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, and thou hast given him a son who sitteth on his throne, as it is this day.

lesserot@1Kings:3:7 @ And now, O Lord my God, thou hast made thy servant king in the place of David my father: and I am but a young lad; I know not how to go out or come in.

lesserot@1Kings:3:8 @ And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot he numbered nor counted for multitude.

lesserot@1Kings:3:9 @ Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, to discern between good and bad; for who would be able to judge this thy great people?

lesserot@1Kings:3:10 @ And the speech was pleasing in the eyes of the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing.

lesserot@1Kings:3:11 @ And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life; and hast not asked for thyself riches, nor hast asked the life of thy enemies; but hast asked for thyself discernment to understand judgment:

lesserot@1Kings:3:12 @ Behold, I have done according to thy word; lo, I have given thee a wise and a discerning heart; so that like unto thee there was none before thee, nor after thee shall any one arise like unto thee.

lesserot@1Kings:3:13 @ And also what thou hast not asked have I given thee, both riches and honor: so that like unto thee there shall not have been any one among the kings all thy days.

lesserot@1Kings:3:14 @ And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then will I lengthen thy days.

lesserot@1Kings:3:15 @ And Solomon awoke, and, behold, it was a dream; and he went to Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and offered up burnt–offerings, and prepared peace–offerings, and made a feast to all his servants.

lesserot@1Kings:3:16 @ Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and placed themselves before him.

lesserot@1Kings:3:17 @ And the one woman said, Pardon, my Lord, I and this woman dwell in one house; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house.

lesserot@1Kings:3:18 @ And it came to pass on the third day after I was delivered, that also this woman was delivered: and we were together, there was no stranger with us in the house, only we two were in the house.

lesserot@1Kings:3:19 @ And this woman’s son died in the night; because she had overlaid him.

lesserot@1Kings:3:20 @ And she arose in the midst of the night, and took my son from beside me, while thy hand–maid slept, and laid him in her bosom, and her dead son she laid in my bosom.

lesserot@1Kings:3:21 @ And when I rose in the morning to give my son suck, behold, he was dead; but when I looked at him carefully in the morning, behold, it was not my son, whom I had born.

lesserot@1Kings:3:22 @ And the other woman said, It is not so; my son is the living one, and thy son is the dead; and this one said, It is not so; thy son is the dead, and my son is the living: thus they spoke before the king.

lesserot@1Kings:3:23 @ Then said the king, This one saith, This is my son that liveth, and thy son is dead: and the other saith, It is not so; thy son is the dead, and my son is the living.

lesserot@1Kings:3:24 @ And the king said, Fetch me a sword: and they brought the sword before the king.

lesserot@1Kings:3:25 @ And the king said, Hew the living child in two, and give the one half to one, and the other half to the other.

lesserot@1Kings:3:26 @ Then spoke the woman whose son was the living unto the king, for her love had become enkindled for her son, and she said, O pardon, my Lord, give her the living child, and only do not slay it; but the other said, Neither mine nor thine shall it be, hew it asunder.

lesserot@1Kings:3:27 @ The king then answered and said, Give her the living child, and do not slay it: she is its mother.

lesserot@1Kings:3:28 @ And when all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had given, they feared the king; for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to exercise justice.

lesserot@1Kings:4:1 @ Thus was king Solomon king over all Israel.

lesserot@1Kings:4:2 @ And these were the princes whom he had: ‘Azaryahu the son of Zadok the priest;

lesserot@1Kings:4:3 @ Elichoreph and Achiyah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Achilud, the recorder;

lesserot@1Kings:4:4 @ And Benayahu the son of Yehoyada’ over the army; and Zadok and Ebyathar priests;

lesserot@1Kings:4:5 @ And Azaryahu the son of Nathan was over the superintendents; and Zabud the son of Nathan was an officer of state and the king’s friend;

lesserot@1Kings:4:6 @ And Achishar was over the household; and Adoniram the son of ‘Abda was over the tribute.

lesserot@1Kings:4:7 @ And Solomon had twelve superintendents over all Israel, who provided for the king and his household: one month in the year had the particular one to procure provisions.

lesserot@1Kings:4:8 @ And these are their names: Ben–chur on the mountain of Ephraim;

lesserot@1Kings:4:9 @ Ben–deker, in Makaz, and in Sha’albim, and Beth–shemesh, and Elon–beth–chanan;

lesserot@1Kings:4:10 @ Ben–chessed, in Arubboth; to him pertained Sochoh and all the land of Chepher;

lesserot@1Kings:4:11 @ Ben–abinadab, in all the district of Dor; he had Taphath the daughter of Solomon for wife;

lesserot@1Kings:4:12 @ Ba’ana the son of Achilud in Tha’anach and Megiddo, and all Beth–shean, which is by Zarethanah beneath Yizre’el, from Beth–shean to Abel–mecholah, as far as beyond Yokme’am;

lesserot@1Kings:4:13 @ Ben–geber, in Ramoth–gil’ad; to him pertained the villages of Ya’ir the son of Menasseh, which are in Gil’ad; to him also pertained the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls and brazen bars;

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lesserot@1Kings:4:15 @ Achima’az in Naphtali; he also took Bahsemath the daughter of Solomon for wife;

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lesserot@1Kings:4:17 @ Jehoshaphat the son of Paruach, in Issachar;

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lesserot@1Kings:6:1 @ And it came to pass, in the four hundred and eightieth year after the going forth of the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year, in the month Ziv, which is the second month, of the reign of Solomon over Israel, that he built the house unto the Lord.

lesserot@1Kings:6:2 @ And the house which king Solomon built unto the Lord, was sixty cubits in length, and twenty in breadth, and thirty cubits in height.

lesserot@1Kings:6:3 @ And the porch before the temple of the house, was twenty cubits in length, in front of the breadth of the house; and ten cubits in breadth at the east side of the house.

lesserot@1Kings:6:4 @ And he made for the house windows wide without and narrow within.

lesserot@1Kings:6:5 @ And he built on the wall of the house a gallery round about, on the walls of the house round about, of the temple and of the most holy place: and he made side–chambers round about.

lesserot@1Kings:6:6 @ The nethermost gallery was five cubits in breadth, and the middle was six cubits in breadth, and the third was seven cubits in breadth; for projections had he made to the house round about on the outside, so as to fasten nothing in the walls of the house.

lesserot@1Kings:6:7 @ And the house, when it was in building, was built of entire stones as they had been prepared at the quarry: so that neither hammer, nor axe, nor any tool of iron was heard in the house, while it was in building.

lesserot@1Kings:6:8 @ The door for the middle sidechamber was in the right side of the house: and with winding stairs they went up into the middle chamber, and out of the middle into the third.

lesserot@1Kings:6:9 @ So he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with hollow tiles, and with boards of cedar.

lesserot@1Kings:6:10 @ And he built the gallery against all the house, five cubits in height; and it was fastened on to the house with timber of cedar.

lesserot@1Kings:6:11 @ And the word of the Lord came to Solomon, saying,

lesserot@1Kings:6:12 @ This house which thou art building––if thou wilt walk in my statutes, and execute my ordinances, and keep all my commandments to walk in them: then will I perform my word with thee, which I have spoken unto David thy father.

lesserot@1Kings:6:13 @ And I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel, and I will not forsake my people Israel.

lesserot@1Kings:6:14 @ So did Solomon build the house, and finish it.

lesserot@1Kings:6:15 @ And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar; from the floor of the house to where the walls touched the ceiling did he overlay it on the inside with wood; and he overlaid the floor of the house with boards of fir.

lesserot@1Kings:6:16 @ And he built the twenty cubits on the lower side of the house with boards of cedar, from the floor to the battlements; and he built it within, for the debir, for the holy of holies.

lesserot@1Kings:6:17 @ And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits long.

lesserot@1Kings:6:18 @ And the cedar on the house within was carved with colocynths and opening flowers; all was cedar, no stone was seen.

lesserot@1Kings:6:19 @ And the debir in the house within did he prepare, to set therein the ark of the covenant of the Lord.

lesserot@1Kings:6:20 @ And the interior of the debir was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits was its height: and he overlaid it with pure gold; and he overlaid the altar with cedar–wood.

lesserot@1Kings:6:21 @ And Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold: and he barred by means of chains of gold the front of the debir; and he overlaid it with gold.

lesserot@1Kings:6:22 @ And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until all the house was finished: also the whole altar that was before the debir did he overlay with gold.

lesserot@1Kings:6:23 @ And within the debir he made two cherubims of oleaster–wood, each ten cubits high.

lesserot@1Kings:6:24 @ And five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub: ten cubits from the uttermost part of the one wing unto the uttermost part of the other.

lesserot@1Kings:6:25 @ And the other cherub was also ten cubits: both the cherubim were of one measure and one form.

lesserot@1Kings:6:26 @ The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so that of the other cherub.

lesserot@1Kings:6:27 @ And he set the cherubim within the innermost part of the house: and they spread forth the wings of the cherubim, so that the wing of the one touched the one wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; and their wings toward the middle of the house touched one another.

lesserot@1Kings:6:28 @ And he overlaid the cherubim with gold.

lesserot@1Kings:6:29 @ And on all the wall of the house round about he carved figures of cherubim and palm–trees and opening flowers, in the debir and in the temple.

lesserot@1Kings:6:30 @ And the floor of the house he overlaid with gold for the debir and for the temple.

lesserot@1Kings:6:31 @ And for the entrance of the debir he made doors of oleaster–wood: the lintel with the side–posts forming five sides.

lesserot@1Kings:6:32 @ And also upon the two doors of oleaster–wood he carved figures of cherubim and palm–trees and opening flowers, and overlaid them with gold, and spread the gold, by beating, upon the cherubim, and upon the palm–trees.

lesserot@1Kings:6:33 @ So also made he for the entrance of the temple door–posts of oleaster–wood in shape of a square;

lesserot@1Kings:6:34 @ And two doors of fir–wood: the one door having two leaves which were folding, and the other door having two leaves which were folding.

lesserot@1Kings:6:35 @ And he carved thereon cherubim, and palm–trees and opening flowers: and he overlaid them with gold fitting upon the carved work.

lesserot@1Kings:6:36 @ And he built the inner court of three rows of hewn stone, and one row of cedar beams.

lesserot@1Kings:6:37 @ In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the Lord laid, in the month Ziv;

lesserot@1Kings:6:38 @ And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, was the house finished throughout all its parts, and according to all its requirements. So was he building it seven years.

lesserot@1Kings:7:1 @ But his own house was Solomon building thirteen years, and then he finished all his house.

lesserot@1Kings:7:2 @ He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon: a hundred cubits was its length, and fifty cubits was its breadth, and thirty cubits was its height, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars.

lesserot@1Kings:7:3 @ And it was covered with cedar above over the beams, that lay on the forty–five pillars, fifteen in a row.

lesserot@1Kings:7:4 @ And there were window–spaces in three rows, and windows were opposite each other in three ranks.

lesserot@1Kings:7:5 @ And all the entrances and door–posts formed a square in shape: and windows were opposite windows in three ranks.

lesserot@1Kings:7:6 @ And he made a porch of pillars: fifty cubits was its length, and thirty cubits its breadth; and the porch was before them; and the other pillars with an entablature before them.

lesserot@1Kings:7:7 @ Then he made a porch for the throne where he might judge, the porch of judgment: and it was covered with cedar from one side of the floor to the other.

lesserot@1Kings:7:8 @ And his house where he dwelt in another court within the porch, was of the like work: and Solomon made also a house for Pharaoh’s daughter, whom he had taken for wife, like unto this porch.

lesserot@1Kings:7:9 @ All these were of heavy stones, hewn after a fixed measure, sawed with the saw inside and outside, even from the foundation unto the coping, and from the outside unto the great court.

lesserot@1Kings:7:10 @ And the foundation was of heavy stones, large stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.

lesserot@1Kings:7:11 @ And above were heavy stones, hewn after a fixed measure, and cedars.

lesserot@1Kings:7:12 @ And the great court round about was of three rows of hewn stones, and one row of cedar beams, both for the inner court of the house of the Lord, and for the porch of the house.

lesserot@1Kings:7:13 @ And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre.

lesserot@1Kings:7:14 @ He was the son of a widow of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in copper: and he was filled with wisdom, and understanding, and knowledge, to make every work in copper; and he came to king Solomon, and did all his work.

lesserot@1Kings:7:15 @ And he cast two pillars of copper, eighteen cubits was the height of the one pillar; and a line of twelve cubits did encompass the second pillar.

lesserot@1Kings:7:16 @ And he made two capitals, to set upon the tops of the pillars, of molten copper; five cubits was the height of the one capital, and five cubits was the height of the other capital;

lesserot@1Kings:7:17 @ And nets of checker–work, and wreaths of chain–work, for the capitals which were upon the top of the pillars; seven for the one capital, and seven for the other capital.

lesserot@1Kings:7:18 @ And he made the pillars, so that two rows of pomegranates were round about upon the one net–work, to cover the capitals that were upon the top: and the same he made for the other capital.

lesserot@1Kings:7:19 @ And the capitals, that were upon the top of the pillars, furnished with lily–work, those in the porch, were four cubits.

lesserot@1Kings:7:20 @ And the capitals upon the two pillars rose also above, close by the rounding which was on the side of the network: and the pomegranates were two hundred, in rows round about, upon either capital.

lesserot@1Kings:7:21 @ And he set up the pillars for the porch of the temple; and he set up the right pillar, and called its name Yachin; and he set up the left pillar, and called its name Boaz.

lesserot@1Kings:7:22 @ And upon the top of the pillars there was lily–work: and so was finished the work of the pillars.

lesserot@1Kings:7:23 @ And he made the molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other, rounded all about, and it was five cubits in height: and a line of thirty cubits did encompass it round about.

lesserot@1Kings:7:24 @ And colocynth–shaped knobs were under its brim round about encompassing it, ten in a cubit, encircling the sea round about: the colocynths were in two rows, and were cast when it was cast.

lesserot@1Kings:7:25 @ It was standing upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east; and the sea was resting above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward.

lesserot@1Kings:7:26 @ And its thickness was a hand’s breadth, and its brim was wrought like the brim of a cup, with lily–buds: it could contain two thousand baths.

lesserot@1Kings:7:27 @ And he made ten bases of copper: four cubits was the length of each one base, and four cubits its breadth, and three cubits its height.

lesserot@1Kings:7:28 @ And this was the workmanship of the bases: They had borders, and the borders were between the corner ledges;

lesserot@1Kings:7:29 @ And on the borders that were between the ledges were lions, oxen, and cherubim; and upon the corner ledges it was thus also above; and likewise beneath the lions and oxen were pendant wreaths of plated work.

lesserot@1Kings:7:30 @ And every base had four copper wheels, and axles of copper; and its four corners had undersetters; under the laver were the undersetters cast on; at the side of each were pendants.

lesserot@1Kings:7:31 @ And its mouth was within the capital and above a cubit in height; but the mouth of this was rounded after the work of the base, a cubit and a half cubit; and also upon its mouth were carvings; and their borders were square, not rounded.

lesserot@1Kings:7:32 @ And the four wheels were under the borders; and the axletrees of the wheels were joined to the base: and the height of each one wheel was a cubit and a half cubit.

lesserot@1Kings:7:33 @ And the workmanship of the wheels was like the workmanship of a chariot–wheel: their axletrees, and their naves, and their felloes, and their spokes, were all cast.

lesserot@1Kings:7:34 @ And there were four undersetters to the four corners of each one base; the undersetters were of one piece with the base itself.

lesserot@1Kings:7:35 @ And on the top of the base was a rounded compass of half a cubit high: and on the top of the base were its side–ledges; and its borders were of one piece with itself.

lesserot@1Kings:7:36 @ And he engraved on the plates of its side–ledges and on its borders, cherubim, lions, and palm–trees: and in the open space of every one were pendant wreaths round about.

lesserot@1Kings:7:37 @ After this manner did he make the ten bases: one casting, one measure, one form, was there for all of them.

lesserot@1Kings:7:38 @ Then made he ten lavers of copper; forty baths could each one laver contain; every laver was four cubits: each one laver was upon each one base of the ten bases.

lesserot@1Kings:7:39 @ And he put the bases, five on the right side of the house, and five on the left side of the house: and the sea he set on the right side of the house eastward opposite the south.

lesserot@1Kings:7:40 @ And Hiram made the lavers, and the shovels, and the basins; so Hiram made an end of doing all the work that he made for king Solomon for the house of the Lord.

lesserot@1Kings:7:41 @ The two pillars, and the two bowl–shaped capitals that were on the top of the two pillars; and the two net–works, to cover the two bowl–shaped capitals which were upon the top of the pillars;

lesserot@1Kings:7:42 @ And the four hundred pomegranates for the two net–works, two rows of pomegranates for each one net–work, to cover the two bowl–shaped, capitals that were upon the front of the pillars;

lesserot@1Kings:7:43 @ And the ten bases, and the ten lavers upon the bases;

lesserot@1Kings:7:44 @ And the one sea, and the twelve oxen under the sea;

lesserot@1Kings:7:45 @ And the pots, and the shovels, and the basins; and all these vessels, which Hiram had made for king Solomon for the house of the Lord, were of polished copper.

lesserot@1Kings:7:46 @ In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay–ground between Succoth and Zarethan.

lesserot@1Kings:7:47 @ And Solomon set down all the vessels, because they were exceedingly many: the weight of the copper was not inquired into.

lesserot@1Kings:7:48 @ And Solomon made all the vessels that pertained unto the house of the Lord: The altar of gold, and the table whereupon the show–bread was, of gold,

lesserot@1Kings:7:49 @ And the candlesticks, five on the right side, and five on the left, before the debir, of pure gold, with the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs of gold,

lesserot@1Kings:7:50 @ And the bowls, and the knives, and the basins, and the spoons, and the censers of pure gold; and the hinges, for the doors of the inner house, for the holy of holies, for the doors of the house, and for the temple, of gold.

lesserot@1Kings:7:51 @ And so was ended all the work that king Solomon made for the house of the Lord: and Solomon brought in the things sanctified by David his father, the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, he placed in the treasuries of the house of the Lord.

lesserot@1Kings:8:1 @ Then did Solomon assemble the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the princes of the divisions of the children of Israel, unto king Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the city of David, which is Zion.

lesserot@1Kings:8:2 @ And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto king Solomon at the feast in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month.

lesserot@1Kings:8:3 @ And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark.

lesserot@1Kings:8:4 @ And they brought up the ark of the Lord, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle: even these did the priests and the Levites bring up.

lesserot@1Kings:8:5 @ And king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel, that were assembled unto him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, that could not be told nor numbered for multitude.

lesserot@1Kings:8:6 @ And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the Lord unto its place, into the debir of the house, into the most holy place, under the wings of the cherubim.

lesserot@1Kings:8:7 @ For the cherubim spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and its staves from above.

lesserot@1Kings:8:8 @ And they had made the staves so long, that the ends of the staves were seen out in the holy place in the front of the debir, but they were not seen without; and they have remained there until this day.

lesserot@1Kings:8:9 @ There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, which Moses had placed therein at Horeb, where the Lord made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.

lesserot@1Kings:8:10 @ And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of the Lord:

lesserot@1Kings:8:11 @ And the priests were not able to stand to minister because of the cloud; for the glory of the Lord had filled the house of the Lord.

lesserot@1Kings:8:12 @ Then said Solomon, The Lord said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.

lesserot@1Kings:8:13 @ I have indeed built a dwelling–house for thee, a settled place for thy abode for ever.

lesserot@1Kings:8:14 @ And the king turned his face about, and blessed all the congregation of Israel; and all the congregation of Israel was standing;

lesserot@1Kings:8:15 @ And he said, Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who spoke with his mouth unto David my father, and hath with his hand fulfilled it, when he said,

lesserot@1Kings:8:16 @ Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I did not make choice of any city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house, that my name might be therein; but I made choice of David to be over my people Israel.

lesserot@1Kings:8:17 @ And it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.

lesserot@1Kings:8:18 @ But the Lord said unto David my father, Whereas it was in thy heart to build a house unto my name, thou didst well that it was in thy heart:

lesserot@1Kings:8:19 @ Nevertheless, thou shalt not thyself build the house; but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house unto my name.

lesserot@1Kings:8:20 @ And the Lord hath fulfilled his word that he hath spoken: and I am risen up in the room of David my father, and I sit on the throne of Israel, as the Lord hath spoken, and I have built the house for the name of the Lord the God of Israel.

lesserot@1Kings:8:21 @ And I have assigned there a place for the ark, wherein is the covenant of the Lord, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them forth out of the land of Egypt.

lesserot@1Kings:8:22 @ And Solomon now placed himself before the altar of the Lord in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven;

lesserot@1Kings:8:23 @ And he said, O Lord, the God of Israel, there is no god like thee, in the heavens above, and on the earth beneath, thou who keepest the covenant and the kindness for thy servants that walk before thee with all their heart;

lesserot@1Kings:8:24 @ Who hast kept for thy servant David my father what thou hadst promised him; and thou spokest with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thy hand, as it is this day.

lesserot@1Kings:8:25 @ And now, O Lord, the God of Israel, keep for thy servant David my father what thou hast spoken concerning him, saying, There shall never fail thee a man in my sight who sitteth on the throne of Israel; if thy children but take heed to their way to walk before me, as thou hast walked before me.

lesserot@1Kings:8:26 @ And now, O God of Israel, I pray thee, let thy word be verified, which thou hast spoken unto thy servant David my father.

lesserot@1Kings:8:27 @ For in truth will God then dwell on the earth? behold, the heavens and the heavens of heavens cannot contain thee: how much less then this house that I have built!

lesserot@1Kings:8:28 @ Yet wilt thou turn thy regard unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O Lord my God, to listen unto the entreaty and unto the prayer, which thy servant prayeth before thee today;

lesserot@1Kings:8:29 @ That thy eyes may be open toward this house night and day, toward the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there; that thou mayest listen unto the prayer which thy servant shall pray at this place.

lesserot@1Kings:8:30 @ And listen thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, which they will pray at this place: and oh, do thou hear in heaven thy dwelling–place; and hear, and forgive.

lesserot@1Kings:8:31 @ If any man trespass against his neighbor, and an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear, and the oath come before thy altar in this house:

lesserot@1Kings:8:32 @ Then do thou hear in heaven, and act, and judge thy servants, by condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his head; and by justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.

lesserot@1Kings:8:33 @ When thy people Israel are struck down before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee, and they return then to thee, and confess thy name, and pray, and make supplication unto thee in this house:

lesserot@1Kings:8:34 @ Then do thou hear in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and cause them to return unto the land which thou hast given unto their fathers.

lesserot@1Kings:8:35 @ When the heavens be shut up, and there be no rain, because they have sinned against thee, and they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, because thou hast afflicted them:

lesserot@1Kings:8:36 @ Then do thou hear in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel; for thou wilt teach them the good way wherein they should walk; and give then rain upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy people for an inheritance.

lesserot@1Kings:8:37 @ If there be a famine in the land, if there be pestilence, blasting, mildew, or if there be locust, caterpillar, if their enemy besiege them in the land of their gates; at whatsoever plague, whatsoever sickness;

lesserot@1Kings:8:38 @ What prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, of all thy people Israel, when they shall be conscious every man of the plague of his own heart, and he then spread forth his hands toward this house:

lesserot@1Kings:8:39 @ Then do thou hear in heaven the place of thy dwelling, and forgive, and act, and give to every man in accordance with all his ways, as thou mayest know his heart; for thou, thyself alone, knowest the heart of all the children of men;

lesserot@1Kings:8:40 @ In order that they may fear thee all the days that they live on the face of the land which thou hast given unto our fathers.

lesserot@1Kings:8:41 @ But also to the stranger, who is not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far–off country for the sake of thy name;

lesserot@1Kings:8:42 @ For they will hear of thy great name, and of thy strong hand, and of thy outstretched arm; when he will come and pray at this house:

lesserot@1Kings:8:43 @ Mayest thou listen in heaven the place of thy dwelling, and do according to all that the stranger will call on thee for; in order that all the nations of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as thy people Israel; and that they may understand that this house, which I have built, is called by thy name.

lesserot@1Kings:8:44 @ If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, on the way on which thou mayest send them, and they do pray unto the Lord in the direction of the city which thou hast chosen, and of the house that I have built for thy name:

lesserot@1Kings:8:45 @ Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and procure them justice.

lesserot@1Kings:8:46 @ If they sin against thee, and thou be angry with them, and give them up before the enemy, so that their captors carry them away captive unto the land of the enemy, far or near;

lesserot@1Kings:8:47 @ And if they then take it to their heart in the land whither they have been carried captive, and repent, and make supplication unto thee in the land of their captors, saying, We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, we have acted wickedly;

lesserot@1Kings:8:48 @ And they return unto thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their enemies, who have led them away captive, and they pray unto thee in the direction of their land, which thou hast given unto their fathers, of the city which thou hast chosen, and of the house which I have built for thy name:

lesserot@1Kings:8:49 @ Then hear thou in heaven the place of thy dwelling their prayer and their supplication, and procure them justice;

lesserot@1Kings:8:50 @ And forgive thy people for what they have sinned against thee, and all their transgressions whereby they have transgressed against thee, and cause them to find mercy before their captors, that they may have mercy on them;

lesserot@1Kings:8:51 @ For they are thy people, and thy heritage, whom thou hast brought forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the iron furnace;

lesserot@1Kings:8:52 @ That thy eyes may be open unto the supplication of thy servant, and unto the supplication of thy people Israel, to listen unto them in all for which they call unto thee;

lesserot@1Kings:8:53 @ For thou hast separated them unto thee as a heritage from all the people of the earth, as thou spokest by the hand of Moses thy servant, when thou broughtest forth our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord Eternal.

lesserot@1Kings:8:54 @ And it happened, that, when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication unto the Lord, he arose from before the altar of the Lord from kneeling on his knees, with his hands spread out toward heaven.

lesserot@1Kings:8:55 @ And he stood up, and blessed all the congregation of Israel with a loud voice, saying,

lesserot@1Kings:8:56 @ Blessed be the Lord, who hath given rest unto his people Israel, in accordance with all that he hath spoken: there hath not failed one word of all his good promise, which he spoke by the hand of Moses his servant.

lesserot@1Kings:8:57 @ The Lord our God be with us, as he was with our fathers; oh may he not leave us, nor forsake us;

lesserot@1Kings:8:58 @ That he may incline our heart unto him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his ordinances, which he commanded our fathers.

lesserot@1Kings:8:59 @ And may these my words, wherewith I have made supplication before the Lord, be nigh unto the Lord our God day and night, that he may maintain the cause of his servant, and the cause of his people Israel in their daily requirements;

lesserot@1Kings:8:60 @ In order that all the nations of the earth may know that the Lord is the God, and none else.

lesserot@1Kings:8:61 @ Let your heart therefore be entire with the Lord our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.

lesserot@1Kings:8:62 @ And the king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifices before the Lord.

lesserot@1Kings:8:63 @ And Solomon offered the sacrifice of peace–offering which he offered unto the Lord, two and twenty thousand oxen, and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep. And thus did the king and all the children of Israel dedicate the house of the Lord.

lesserot@1Kings:8:64 @ On the same day did the king hallow the interior of the court that was before the house of the Lord; for he prepared there the burnt–offerings, and the meat–offerings, and the fat of the peace–offerings; because the copper altar that was before the Lord was too small to contain the burnt–offerings, and the meat–offerings, and the fat of the peace–offerings.

lesserot@1Kings:8:65 @ And Solomon held at that time the feast, and all Israel with him, a great assembly, from the entrance of Chamath unto the river of Egypt, before the Lord our God, seven days and seven days, even fourteen days.

lesserot@1Kings:8:66 @ On the eighth day he dismissed the people, and they blessed the king; and they went unto their tents joyful and glad of heart, because of all the good that the Lord had done for David his servant, and for Israel his people.

lesserot@1Kings:9:1 @ And it came to pass, when Solomon had finished building the house of the Lord, and the king’s house, and all Solomon’s desire which he was pleased to execute:

lesserot@1Kings:9:2 @ That the Lord appeared to Solomon the second time, as he had appeared unto him at Gib’on.

lesserot@1Kings:9:3 @ And the Lord said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast offered before me; I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and my eyes and my heart shall be there at all times.

lesserot@1Kings:9:4 @ And as for thee, if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in rectitude, to do in accordance with all that I have commanded thee, wilt keep my statutes and my ordinances:

lesserot@1Kings:9:5 @ Then will I establish the throne of thy kingdom over Israel for ever; as I have spoken concerning David thy father, saying, There shall never fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel.

lesserot@1Kings:9:6 @ But if ye will at all turn away, ye or your children, from following me, and will not keep my commandments my statutes which I have set before you, and go and serve other gods, and bow down to them:

lesserot@1Kings:9:7 @ Then will I cut off Israel from the face of the land which I have given them; and the house, which I have hallowed unto my name, will I cast away from my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a by–word among all the nations;

lesserot@1Kings:9:8 @ And at this house, should be so exalted, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and men will say, Why hath the Lord done thus unto this land, and unto this house?

lesserot@1Kings:9:9 @ And they shall say, For the cause that they forsook the Lord their God, who had brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and took hold of other gods, and bowed down to them, and served them: therefore hath the Lord brought upon them all this evil.

lesserot@1Kings:9:10 @ And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, when Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the Lord, and the king’s house,

lesserot@1Kings:9:11 @ (Now Hiram the king of Tyre had supplied Solomon with cedar–trees and fir–trees, and with gold, according to all his desire,) that king Solomon then gave to Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.

lesserot@1Kings:9:12 @ And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; but they were not right in his eyes.

lesserot@1Kings:9:13 @ And he said, What kind of cities are these which thou hast given me, my brother? And he called them, The land of Cabul, until this day.

lesserot@1Kings:9:14 @ And Hiram sent to the king one hundred and twenty talents of gold.

lesserot@1Kings:9:15 @ And this is the manner of the levy which king Solomon raised, to build the house of the Lord, and his own house, and the Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Chazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.

lesserot@1Kings:9:16 @ (Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, and captured Gezer, and burnt it with fire, and slain the Canaanites that dwelt in the city, and given it as a marriage–present unto his daughter, Solomon’s wife.

lesserot@1Kings:9:17 @ And Solomon built Gezer, and lower Beth–choron,

lesserot@1Kings:9:18 @ And Ba’alath, and Thadmor in the wilderness, in the land,

lesserot@1Kings:9:19 @ And all the treasure–cities that Solomon had, and the cities for the chariots, and the cities for the horsemen, and the desire of Solomon which he desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.)

lesserot@1Kings:9:20 @ All the people that were left of the Emorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, who were not of the children of Israel,

lesserot@1Kings:9:21 @ Their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel had not been able utterly to destroy, these did Solomon levy as tributary laborers until this day.

lesserot@1Kings:9:22 @ Yet of the children of Israel did Solomon make no one a bond–man; but they were the men of war, and his servants, and his princes, and his captains, and the officers of his chariots, and of his horsemen.

lesserot@1Kings:9:23 @ These were the chiefs of the superintendents that were over Solomon’s work, five hundred and fifty, who ruled over the people that wrought on the work.

lesserot@1Kings:9:24 @ But Pharaoh’s daughter came up out of the city of David unto her house which he had built for her: then did he build the Millo.

lesserot@1Kings:9:25 @ And Solomon did offer three times in every year burnt–offerings and peace–offerings upon the altar which he had built unto the Lord, and he burnt incense upon the one that was before the Lord. So he finished the house.

lesserot@1Kings:9:26 @ And king Solomon made a ship in ‘Ezyon–geber, which is near Eloth, on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom.

lesserot@1Kings:9:27 @ And Hiram sent in the ship his servants, seamen, that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.

lesserot@1Kings:9:28 @ And they came to Ophir, and fetched from there gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.

lesserot@1Kings:10:1 @ And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon in connection with the name of the Lord, she came to prove him with riddles.

lesserot@1Kings:10:2 @ And she came to Jerusalem with an exceedingly great train, with camels bearing spices, and gold in great abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she spoke with him of all that was on her heart.

lesserot@1Kings:10:3 @ And Solomon solved her all her questions: nothing remained hidden from the king, which he did not tell her.

lesserot@1Kings:10:4 @ And when the queen of Sheba saw all Solomon’s wisdom, and the house that he had built,

lesserot@1Kings:10:5 @ And the food of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cup–bearers, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of the Lord: there was no more spirit in her.

lesserot@1Kings:10:6 @ And she said to the king, The truth only was the word that I heard in my own land of thy acts and of thy wisdom.

lesserot@1Kings:10:7 @ And I believed not in the words, until I came, and my eyes saw: and, behold, the half hath not been told me; thou excellest in wisdom and prosperity the report which I have heard.

lesserot@1Kings:10:8 @ Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, who stand before thee continually, who hear thy wisdom.

lesserot@1Kings:10:9 @ Blessed be the Lord thy God, who hath had delight in thee, to place thee on the throne of Israel; because the Lord loveth Israel for ever, therefore hath he made thee king, to do justice and righteousness.

lesserot@1Kings:10:10 @ And she gave to the king one hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices a very great store, and precious stones: there came no more spices in such abundance as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.

lesserot@1Kings:10:11 @ And also the ship of Hiram, that fetched gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir in great abundance sandal–wood and precious stones.

lesserot@1Kings:10:12 @ And the king made of the sandal–wood a railing for the house of the Lord, and for the king’s house, and harps and psalteries for the singers: there came no such sandal–wood, nor was it seen until this day.

lesserot@1Kings:10:13 @ And king Solomon gave unto the queen of Sheba all her pleasure, whatsoever she asked, beside what Solomon gave her of his royal bounty. So she turned about and went to her own country, she and her servants.

lesserot@1Kings:10:14 @ Now the weight of the gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and sixty and six talents of gold,

lesserot@1Kings:10:15 @ Beside of the traveling tradesmen, and of the traffic of the merchants, and of the kings of confederate nations, and of the governors of the country.

lesserot@1Kings:10:16 @ And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of gold he used for each one target.

lesserot@1Kings:10:17 @ And three hundred shields of beaten gold; three manehs of gold he used for each one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.

lesserot@1Kings:10:18 @ The king also made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the best gold.

lesserot@1Kings:10:19 @ The throne had six steps, and there was a round top on the throne behind; and there were arms on either side on the place of the seat, and two lions stood beside the arms.

lesserot@1Kings:10:20 @ And twelve lions stood there upon the six steps on both sides: there was not the like made in any other kingdom.

lesserot@1Kings:10:21 @ And all king Solomon’s drinking–vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold; none were of silver; it was not valued in the days of Solomon at the least.

lesserot@1Kings:10:22 @ For the king had a Tharshish–ship at sea with the ship of Hiram: once in three years the Tharshish–ship used to come home, laden with gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.

lesserot@1Kings:10:23 @ And king Solomon became greater than all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom.

lesserot@1Kings:10:24 @ And all the earth sought the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.

lesserot@1Kings:10:25 @ And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, and armor, and spices, horses, and mules: and so year by year.

lesserot@1Kings:10:26 @ And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he quartered in the cities for chariots, and near the king at Jerusalem.

lesserot@1Kings:10:27 @ And the king rendered the silver in Jerusalem like stones, and the cedars he rendered like the sycamore–trees that are in the lowlands, for abundance.

lesserot@1Kings:10:28 @ And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt; and a company of the king’s merchants bought a quantity at a price.

lesserot@1Kings:10:29 @ And a chariot–team came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty: and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, did they bring them out by their means.

lesserot@1Kings:11:1 @ But king Solomon loved many strange women, beside the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, ‘Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites.

lesserot@1Kings:11:2 @ From the nations concerning which the Lord had said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in among them, nor shall they come in among you; surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: unto these Solomon did cleave to love them.

lesserot@1Kings:11:3 @ And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.

lesserot@1Kings:11:4 @ And it came to pass, at the time that Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods; and his heart was not undivided with the Lord his God, like the heart of David his father.

lesserot@1Kings:11:5 @ And Solomon went after ‘Ashtoreth the divinity of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the ‘Ammonites.

lesserot@1Kings:11:6 @ And Solomon did what is evil in the eyes of the Lord, and went not fully after the Lord, like David his father.

lesserot@1Kings:11:7 @ Then did Solomon build a high–place for Kemosh, the abomination of Moab, on the mount that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of ‘Ammon.

lesserot@1Kings:11:8 @ And so did he for all his strange wives, who burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods.

lesserot@1Kings:11:9 @ And the Lord was angry with Solomon; because his heart was turned away from the Lord the God of Israel, who had appeared unto him twice;

lesserot@1Kings:11:10 @ And had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods; but he did not keep that which the Lord had commanded.

lesserot@1Kings:11:11 @ And the Lord said unto Solomon, Forasmuch as this is in thy mind, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I commanded concerning thee: I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and will give it to thy servant.

lesserot@1Kings:11:12 @ Nevertheless in thy days will I not do it, for the sake of David thy father; out of the hand of thy son will I rend it.

lesserot@1Kings:11:13 @ Still all the kingdom will I not rend away: one tribe will I give to thy son on account of David my servant, and on account of Jerusalem which I have chosen.

lesserot@1Kings:11:14 @ And the Lord stirred up an adversary unto Solomon, Hadad the Edomite: he was of the king’s seed in Edom.

lesserot@1Kings:11:15 @ It came to pass, namely, when David was in Edom, when Joab the captain of the army was gone up to bury the slain, after he had smitten every male in Edom;

lesserot@1Kings:11:16 @ (For six months did Joab remain there with all Israel, until he had cut off every male in Edom:)

lesserot@1Kings:11:17 @ That Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites of his father’s servants with him, to go into Egypt; but Hadad was then yet a young lad.

lesserot@1Kings:11:18 @ And they arose from Midian, and came to Paran; and they took men with them from Paran, and came to Egypt, unto Pharaoh the king of Egypt; who gave him a house, and decreed him a support, and gave him land.

lesserot@1Kings:11:19 @ And Hadad found great favor in the eyes of Pharaoh, so that he gave him for wife the sister of his own wife, the sister of Thachpeness the queen.

lesserot@1Kings:11:20 @ And the sister of Thachpeness bore him Genubath his son, whom Thachpeness brought up in Pharaoh’s house; and Genubath remained in Pharaoh’s house among the sons of Pharaoh.

lesserot@1Kings:11:21 @ And when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers, and that Joab the captain of the army was dead: Hadad said to Pharaoh, Dismiss me, that I may go to my own country.

lesserot@1Kings:11:22 @ Then said Pharaoh unto him, But what dost thou lack with me, that, behold, thou seekest to go to thy own country? And he answered, Nothing: nevertheless thou must let me go away.

lesserot@1Kings:11:23 @ And God stirred him up adversary, Rezon the son of Elyada’, who had fled from Hadad’ezer the king of Zobah his lord;

lesserot@1Kings:11:24 @ And he gathered around him some men, and became captain over a band, when David slew those; and they went to Damascus, and dwelt therein, and reigned in Damascus.

lesserot@1Kings:11:25 @ And he was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon, beside the mischief that Hadad did: and he abhorred Israel, and reigned over Syria.

lesserot@1Kings:11:26 @ Also Jerobo’am the son of Nebat, an Ephrathite of Zeredah, the name of whose mother was Zeru’ah, a widow woman, was a servant of Solomon, and he lifted up his hand against the king.

lesserot@1Kings:11:27 @ And this was the occasion that he lifted up his hand against the king: Solomon built up the Millo, and closed up the breach of the city of David his father.

lesserot@1Kings:11:28 @ And the man Jerobo’am was a mighty man of valor: and Solomon seeing the young man that he was an industrious worker, he appointed him over all the charge of the house of Joseph.

lesserot@1Kings:11:29 @ And it came to pass at that time when Jerobo’am went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet Achiyah the Shilonite found him on the way; and he had clad himself with a new garment; and these two were alone by themselves in the field;

lesserot@1Kings:11:30 @ And Achiyah caught hold of the new garment that was on him, and rent it in twelve pieces;

lesserot@1Kings:11:31 @ And he said to Jerobo’am, Take thee ten pieces; for thus hath said the Lord, the God of Israel, Behold, I will rend the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and I will give to thee the ten tribes;

lesserot@1Kings:11:32 @ But the one tribe shall remain for him, on account of my servant David, and on account of Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel;

lesserot@1Kings:11:33 @ For the cause that they have forsaken me, and have bowed down to ‘Ashtoreth the divinity of the Zidonians, to Kemosh the god of Moab, and to Milcom the god of the children of ‘Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, to do what is right in my eyes, and my statutes and my ordinances, like David his father.

lesserot@1Kings:11:34 @ Nevertheless will I not take the whole kingdom out of his hand; but I will let him remain prince all the days of his life for the sake of David my servant, whom I chose, who kept my commandments and my statutes;

lesserot@1Kings:11:35 @ But I will take the kingdom out of the hand of his son, and I will give it unto thee, even the ten tribes.

lesserot@1Kings:11:36 @ And unto his son will I give one tribe; so that there may remain a government for David my servant at all times before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen for me, to put my name there.

lesserot@1Kings:11:37 @ But thee will I take, and thou shalt reign over all that thy soul may long for; and thou shalt be king over Israel.

lesserot@1Kings:11:38 @ And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I shall command thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do what is right in my eyes, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did: that I will be with thee, and build thee a permanent house, as I have built for David, and I will give Israel unto thee.

lesserot@1Kings:11:39 @ And I will afflict the seed of David for this; but not for all times.

lesserot@1Kings:11:40 @ Solomon thereupon sought to put Jerobo’am to death; but Jerobo’am arose, and fled into Egypt, unto Shishak the king of Egypt, and remained in Egypt until the death of Solomon.

lesserot@1Kings:11:41 @ And the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all that he did and his wisdom, behold, they are written in the book of the history of Solomon.

lesserot@1Kings:11:42 @ And the days that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel were forty years.

lesserot@1Kings:11:43 @ And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father; and Rehobo’am his son became king in his stead.

lesserot@1Kings:12:1 @ And Rehobo’am went to Shechem; for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.

lesserot@1Kings:12:2 @ And it came to pass, when Jerobo’am the son of Nebat, heard of it, (but he was yet in Egypt, whither he was fled from the presence of king Solomon, and Jerobo’am dwelt in Egypt;

lesserot@1Kings:12:3 @ And they had sent and called him;) that Jerobo’am and all the congregation of Israel came, and spoke unto Rehobo’am, saying,

lesserot@1Kings:12:4 @ Thy father made our yoke hard; but do thou now make lighter the hard service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, and we will serve thee.

lesserot@1Kings:12:5 @ And he said unto them, Go away yet for three days, and then return to me. And the people went away.

lesserot@1Kings:12:6 @ Then consulted king Rehobo’am with the old men, that had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, and said, How do ye advise that I should give an answer to this people?

lesserot@1Kings:12:7 @ And they spoke unto him, saying, If thou wilt this day be a servant unto this people, and wilt serve them, and be attentive to them, and speak to them good words; then will they be servants unto thee for all times.

lesserot@1Kings:12:8 @ But he forsook the counsel of the old men, which they had given him, and consulted with the young men that were grown up with him, those who stood before him:

lesserot@1Kings:12:9 @ And he said unto them, What do you counsel how we should give an answer to this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make lighter the yoke which thy father did put upon us?

lesserot@1Kings:12:10 @ Then spoke unto him the young men that were grown up with him, saying, Thus must thou say unto this people that have spoken unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but do thou make it lighter unto us: thus must thou speak unto them, My little finger is thicker than my father’s loins.

lesserot@1Kings:12:11 @ And now, if my father hath burdened you with a heavy yoke, I will even add to your yoke; if my father hath chastised you with whips, then will I chastise you with scorpion–thorns.

lesserot@1Kings:12:12 @ When now Jerobo’am and all the people came to Rehobo’am on the third day, as the king had spoken, saying, Return to me on the third day.

lesserot@1Kings:12:13 @ The king answered the people harshly, and forsook the old men’s counsel that they had advised him;

lesserot@1Kings:12:14 @ And he spoke to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and I will even add to your yoke; my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpion–thorns.

lesserot@1Kings:12:15 @ Thus the king hearkened not unto the people; for it was so brought about from the Lord, in order that he might fulfill his word, which the Lord had spoken by means of Achiyah the Shilonite unto Jerobo’am the son of Nebat.

lesserot@1Kings:12:16 @ So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people gave the king an answer saying, What portion have we in David? nor have we an inheritance in the son of Jesse; to your tents, O Israel: now see to thy own house, David. So did Israel go away unto their tents.

lesserot@1Kings:12:17 @ But as for the children of Israel who dwelt in the cities of Judah, over them did Rehobo’am reign.

lesserot@1Kings:12:18 @ Then sent king Rehobo’am Adoram, who was over the tribute; but all Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. Therefore king Rehobo’am made speed with all his might to get up into his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.

lesserot@1Kings:12:19 @ So did Israel rebel against the house of David unto this day.

lesserot@1Kings:12:20 @ And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jerobo’am was returned, that they sent and called him unto the congregation, and made him king over all Israel: there was none that followed the house of David, save the tribe of Judah alone.

lesserot@1Kings:12:21 @ And when Rehobo’am was come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah, with the tribe of Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand chosen men, warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, to bring back the kingdom to Rehobo’am the son of Solomon.

lesserot@1Kings:12:22 @ But the word of God came unto Shema’yah the man of God, saying,

lesserot@1Kings:12:23 @ Say unto Rehobo’am, the son of Solomon, the king of Judah, and unto all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the remnant of the people, saying,

lesserot@1Kings:12:24 @ Thus hath said the Lord, Ye shall not go up, nor fight with your brethren the children of Israel: return every man to his house; for from me hath this thing been brought about. And they hearkened to the word of the Lord, and returned to go home, according to the word of the Lord.

lesserot@1Kings:12:25 @ And Jerobo’am built Shechem in the mountain of Ephraim, and dwelt therein; and he went out from there and built Penuel.

lesserot@1Kings:12:26 @ And Jerobo’am said in his heart, Now may the kingdom return to the house of David:

lesserot@1Kings:12:27 @ If this people go up to prepare sacrifices in the house of the Lord at Jerusalem, then may the heart of this people turn again unto their Lord, even unto Rehobo’am the king of Judah, and they might kill me, and return to Rehobo’am the king of Judah.

lesserot@1Kings:12:28 @ Whereupon the king took counsel, and he made two calves of gold, and said unto the people, You have been long enough going up to Jerusalem: behold, here are thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

lesserot@1Kings:12:29 @ And he placed the one in Beth–el, and the other put he in Daniel.

lesserot@1Kings:12:30 @ And this thing became a sin; and the people went before the one, as far as Daniel.

lesserot@1Kings:12:31 @ And he made a house of the high–places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, who were not of the sons of Levi.

lesserot@1Kings:12:32 @ And Jerobo’am made a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, and he offered upon the altar; so did he in Beth–el, sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and he stationed at Beth–el the priests of the high–places whom he had made.

lesserot@1Kings:12:33 @ So he offered upon the altar which he had made in Beth–el on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, in the month which he had falsely devised of his own heart; and he ordained a feast unto the children of Israel, and he went up to the altar, to burn incense.

lesserot@1Kings:13:1 @ And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the Lord unto Beth–el: while Jerobo’am was standing upon the altar to burn incense.

lesserot@1Kings:13:2 @ And he called out against the altar by the word of the Lord, and he said, O altar, altar, thus hath said the Lord, Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name, and he shall sacrifice upon thee the priests of the high–places that burn incense upon thee, and men’s bones shall be burnt upon thee.

lesserot@1Kings:13:3 @ And he gave on the same day a token, saying, This is the token that the Lord hath spoken, Behold, the altar shall be rent, and the ashes which are upon it shall be spilled about.

lesserot@1Kings:13:4 @ And it came to pass, when the king heard the word of the man of God, which he had called out against the altar in Beth–el, that Jerobo’am stretched forth his hand from off the altar, saying, Seize him. And his hand, which he had put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not draw it back to himself.

lesserot@1Kings:13:5 @ The altar also was rent, and the ashes were spilled about from the altar, according to the token which the man of God had given by the word of the Lord.

lesserot@1Kings:13:6 @ And the king commenced and said unto the man of God, Offer but entreaty before the Lord thy God, and pray in behalf of me, that my hand may return to me again. And the man of God offered his entreaty before the Lord, and the king’s hand returned to him again, and became as it was before.

lesserot@1Kings:13:7 @ And the king spoke unto the man of God, Come home with me, and take some refreshment, and I will give thee a present.

lesserot@1Kings:13:8 @ But the man of God said unto the king, If thou wert to give me the half of thy house, I would not go in with thee, neither would I eat bread nor drink water in this place;

lesserot@1Kings:13:9 @ For so was it charged me by the word of the Lord, saying, Thou shalt not eat bread, nor drink water, nor return by the way that thou camest.

lesserot@1Kings:13:10 @ So he went by another way, and returned not by the way on which he was come to Beth–el.

lesserot@1Kings:13:11 @ Now there dwelt a certain old prophet in Beth–el; and his son came and told him all the deed that the man of God had done that day in Beth–el: the words which he had spoken unto the king, these too they told to their father.

lesserot@1Kings:13:12 @ And their father spoke unto them, What way did he go? His sons however had seen what way had gone the man of God, who had come from Judah.

lesserot@1Kings:13:13 @ And he said unto his sons, Saddle me the ass. So they saddled him the ass, and he rode away thereon,

lesserot@1Kings:13:14 @ And he went after the man of God, and found him sitting under the oak; and he said unto him, Art thou the man of God that camest from Judah? And he said, I am.

lesserot@1Kings:13:15 @ Then said he unto him, Come with me home, and eat bread.

lesserot@1Kings:13:16 @ And he said, I cannot return with thee, nor go in with thee: neither will I eat bread nor drink water with thee in this place;

lesserot@1Kings:13:17 @ For a command came to me by the word of the Lord, Thou shalt not eat bread nor drink water there; thou shalt not return to go by the way by which thou camest.

lesserot@1Kings:13:18 @ And he said unto him, I also am a prophet like thee; and an angel spoke unto me by the word of the Lord, saying, Bring him back with thee unto thy house, that he may eat bread and drink water. But he lied unto him.

lesserot@1Kings:13:19 @ So he returned with him, and ate bread in his house, and drank water.

lesserot@1Kings:13:20 @ And it came to pass, as they were sitting at the table, That the word of the Lord came unto the prophet who had brought him back;

lesserot@1Kings:13:21 @ And he called unto the man of God that was come from Judah, saying, Thus hath said the Lord, Forasmuch as thou hast disobeyed the order of the Lord, and hast not kept the commandment which the Lord thy God had commanded thee;

lesserot@1Kings:13:22 @ But didst return, and hast eaten bread and drunk water in the place, of which he had spoken to thee, Thou shalt not eat bread, nor drink water: thy dead body shall not come unto the sepulchre of thy fathers.

lesserot@1Kings:13:23 @ And it came to pass, after he had eaten bread, and after he had drunk, that he saddled for him the ass, for the prophet whom he had brought back.

lesserot@1Kings:13:24 @ And when he was gone, a lion met him on the way, and slew him; and his corpse remained cast down on the way, and the ass stood by it, the lion also stood by the corpse.

lesserot@1Kings:13:25 @ And, behold, men passed by, and saw the corpse cast down on the way, and the lion standing by the corpse; and they came and spoke of it in the city where the old prophet dwelt.

lesserot@1Kings:13:26 @ And when the prophet that had brought him back from the way heard it, he said, It is the man of God who was disobedient unto the order of the Lord; wherefore the Lord hath given him up unto the lion, who hath torn him, and slain him, according to the word of the Lord, which he had spoken unto him.

lesserot@1Kings:13:27 @ And he spoke to his sons, saying, Saddle me the ass. And they saddled him.

lesserot@1Kings:13:28 @ And he went and found his corpse cast down on the way, and the ass and the lion standing by the corpse: the lion had not eaten the corpse, nor torn the ass.

lesserot@1Kings:13:29 @ And the prophet took up the corpse of the man of God, and laid it upon the ass, and brought it back; and he came to the city of the old prophet, to lament for, and to bury him.

lesserot@1Kings:13:30 @ And he laid his corpse in his own sepulchre; and they lamented over him, "Alas, my brother!"

lesserot@1Kings:13:31 @ And it came to pass, after he had buried him, that he spoke to his sons, saying, When I am dead, then bury me in the sepulchre wherein the man of God is buried; beside his bones lay ye my bones;

lesserot@1Kings:13:32 @ For the thing which he called out by the word of the Lord against the altar which is in Beth–el, and against all the houses of the high–places which are in the cities of Samaria, will surely come to pass.

lesserot@1Kings:13:33 @ After this event Jerobo’am returned not from his evil way; but made again of the lowest of the people priests of the high–places: whosoever desired it, he consecrated, that he might become one of the priests of the high–places.

lesserot@1Kings:13:34 @ And he became through this thing the cause of sin unto the house of Jerobo’am, and to cause that it was blotted out, and destroyed from off the face of the earth.

lesserot@1Kings:14:1 @ At that time Abiyah the son of Jerobo’am fell sick.

lesserot@1Kings:14:2 @ And Jerobo’am said to his wife, Arise, I pray thee, and disguise thyself, that people may not know that thou art the wife of Jerobo’am; and go to Shiloh: behold, there is Achiyahu the prophet, who spoke of me that king over this people.

lesserot@1Kings:14:3 @ And take with thee ten loaves of bread and spice–cakes, and a cruise of honey, and go to him: he will tell thee what is to become of the lad.

lesserot@1Kings:14:4 @ And Jerobo’am’s wife did so, and arose, and went to Shiloh, and came to the house of Achiyahu. But Achiyahu was not able to see; for his eyes were set by reason of his high age.

lesserot@1Kings:14:5 @ And the Lord had said unto Achiyahu, Behold the wife of Jerobo’am is coming to inquire a word of thee about her son; for he is sick: thus and thus shalt thou speak unto her; for it will be, when she cometh in, that she will feign to be another.

lesserot@1Kings:14:6 @ And it happened, when Achiyahu heard the sound of her feet, as she came in at the door, that he said, Come in, thou wife of Jerobo’am; why is this, that thou feignest to be another? but I am sent to thee with a hard message.

lesserot@1Kings:14:7 @ Go, say to Jerobo’am, Thus hath said the Lord the God of Israel, Forasmuch as I exalted thee from the midst of the people, and made thee prince over my people Israel,

lesserot@1Kings:14:8 @ And I rent the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it unto thee; whereas thou hast not been like my servant David, who kept my commandments, and who followed after me with all his heart, to do only what is right in my eyes;

lesserot@1Kings:14:9 @ And thou hast done more evil than all that were before thee; and thou art gone and hast made unto thyself other gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and me hast thou cast behind thy back:

lesserot@1Kings:14:10 @ Therefore, behold, will I bring evil upon the house of Jerobo’am, and will cut off from Jerobo’am every male, the guarded and fortified in Israel; and I will sweep out after the house of Jerobo’am as one sweepeth away the dung till there be nothing left of it.

lesserot@1Kings:14:11 @ Him that dieth of Jerobo’am in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the heavens eat; for the Lord hath spoken it.

lesserot@1Kings:14:12 @ But thou, arise now, go to thy own house: when thy feet enter into the city, the child shall die.

lesserot@1Kings:14:13 @ And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him; for this one alone shall come of Jerobo’am’s to the grave; because there hath been found in him some good thing toward the Lord the God of Israel in the house of Jerobo’am.

lesserot@1Kings:14:14 @ And the Lord will raise up unto himself a king over Israel, who shall cut off the house of Jerobo’am what is here this day, and what will be after this.

lesserot@1Kings:14:15 @ And the Lord will smite Israel, as the reed is shaken in the water, and he will pull up Israel out of this good land, which he gave to their fathers, and will scatter them on the other side of the river; because they have made their groves, provoking the Lord to anger.

lesserot@1Kings:14:16 @ And he will give Israel up for the sake of the sins of Jerobo’am, who did sin, and who induced Israel to sin.

lesserot@1Kings:14:17 @ And Jerobo’am’s wife arose, and departed, and came to Thirzah; as she came to the threshold of the door, the lad died:

lesserot@1Kings:14:18 @ And they buried him; and all Israel mourned for him, according to the word of the Lord, which he had spoken by the hand of his servant Achiyahu the prophet.

lesserot@1Kings:14:19 @ And the rest of the acts of Jerobo’am, how he warred, and how he reigned, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

lesserot@1Kings:14:20 @ And the days which Jerobo’am reigned were two and twenty years; and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son became king in his stead.

lesserot@1Kings:14:21 @ And Rehobo’am the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehobo’am was forty and one years old when he became king, and seventeen years did he reign in Jerusalem, the city which the Lord had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother’s name was Na’amah the ‘Ammonitess.

lesserot@1Kings:14:22 @ And Judah did what is evil in the eyes of the Lord, and they moved him to wrath more than all that their fathers had done, with their sins which they committed.

lesserot@1Kings:14:23 @ And they also built themselves high–places, and standing images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree.

lesserot@1Kings:14:24 @ And sodomites also were in the land: they acted in accordance with all the abominable deeds of the nations which the Lord had driven out before the children of Israel.

lesserot@1Kings:14:25 @ And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehobo’am, that Shishak the king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem:

lesserot@1Kings:14:26 @ And he took away the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king’s house; yea, every thing did he take away; and he took away all the shields of gold which Solomon had made.

lesserot@1Kings:14:27 @ And king Rehobo’am made in their stead shields of copper, and committed them for keeping into the hand of the chiefs of the runners, who kept guard at the door of the king’s house.

lesserot@1Kings:14:28 @ And it happened whenever the king went into the house of the Lord, that the runners used to bear them, and carried them then back into the apartment of the runners.

lesserot@1Kings:14:29 @ And the rest of the acts of Rehobo’am, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah.

lesserot@1Kings:14:30 @ And there was war between Rehobo’am and Jerobo’am all the days.

lesserot@1Kings:14:31 @ And Rehobo’am slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And his mother’s name was Na’amah the ‘Ammonitess. And Abiyam his son became king in his stead.

lesserot@1Kings:15:1 @ Now in the eighteenth year of king Jerobo’am the son of Nebat became Abiyam king over Judah.

lesserot@1Kings:15:2 @ Three years he reigned in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Ma’achah, the daughter of Abishalom.

lesserot@1Kings:15:3 @ And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him; and his heart was not entire with the Lord his God, like the heart of David his father.

lesserot@1Kings:15:4 @ Nevertheless for the sake of David did the Lord his God give him a rule in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to allow Jerusalem to exist.

lesserot@1Kings:15:5 @ Because David did what is right in the eyes of the Lord, and turned not aside from all that he had commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriyah the Hittite.

lesserot@1Kings:15:6 @ And there had been war between Rehobo’am and Jerobo’am all the days of his life.

lesserot@1Kings:15:7 @ And the rest of the acts of Abiyam, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah. And there was war between Abiyam and Jerobo’am.

lesserot@1Kings:15:8 @ And Abiyam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David: and Assa his son became king in his stead.

lesserot@1Kings:15:9 @ And in the twentieth year of Jerobo’am the king of Israel became Assa king over Judah.

lesserot@1Kings:15:10 @ And forty and one years did he reign in Jerusalem. And the name of his mother was Ma’achah, the daughter of Abishalom.

lesserot@1Kings:15:11 @ And Assa did what is right in the eyes of the Lord, like David his father.

lesserot@1Kings:15:12 @ And he put away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols which his fathers had made.

lesserot@1Kings:15:13 @ And also Ma’achah his mother, even her he removed from being queen; because she had made a scandalous image for the grove; and Assa cut down her scandalous image, and burnt it by the brook Kidron.

lesserot@1Kings:15:14 @ But the high–places were not removed; nevertheless Assa’s heart was entire with the Lord all his days.

lesserot@1Kings:15:15 @ And he brought the things which his father had sanctified, and his own sanctified things, into the house of the Lord, silver, and gold, and vessels.

lesserot@1Kings:15:16 @ And there was war between Assa and Ba’sha the king of Israel all their days.

lesserot@1Kings:15:17 @ And Ba’sha the king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, in order not to suffer any one to go out or come in to Assa the king of Judah.

lesserot@1Kings:15:18 @ Then did Assa take all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king’s house, and gave them into the hand of his servants; and king Assa sent them to Ben–hadad, the son of Tabrimmon, the son of Chesyon, the king of Syria, who dwelt in Damascus, saying,

lesserot@1Kings:15:19 @ A covenant is between me and thee, between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent unto thee a present of silver and gold; go and do break thy covenant with Ba’sha the king of Israel, that he may withdraw from me.

lesserot@1Kings:15:20 @ And Ben–hadad hearkened unto king Assa, and sent the captains of the armies which he had against the cities of Israel, and smote ‘Iyon, and Dan, and Abel–beth–ma’achah, and the whole of Kinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali.

lesserot@1Kings:15:21 @ And it came to pass, when Ba’sha heard this, that he left off the building of Ramah, and remained in Tirzah.

lesserot@1Kings:15:22 @ Then king Assa called together by proclamation all Judah, none being exempted: and they took away the stones of Ramah, and its timber, wherewith Ba’sha had built; and king Assa built with them Geba’ of Benjamin, and Mizpah.

lesserot@1Kings:15:23 @ And the rest of all the acts of Assa, and all his mighty deeds, and all that he did, and the cities which he built, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah. Nevertheless in the time of his old age he became diseased in his feet.

lesserot@1Kings:15:24 @ And Assa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoshaphat his son became king in his stead.

lesserot@1Kings:15:25 @ And Nadab the son of Jerobo’am became king over Israel in the second year of Assa the king of Judah; and he reigned over Israel two years.

lesserot@1Kings:15:26 @ And he did what is evil in the eyes of the Lord, and he walked in the way of his father, and in his sin wherewith he had induced Israel to sin.

lesserot@1Kings:15:27 @ And Ba’sha the son of Achiyah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him; and Ba’sha smote him at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines: while Nadab and all Israel were besieging Gibbethon.

lesserot@1Kings:15:28 @ And Ba’sha slew him in the third year of Assa the king of Judah, and became king in his stead.

lesserot@1Kings:15:29 @ And it came to pass, when he reigned, that he smote all the house of Jerobo’am; he left not any that breathed unto Jerobo’am, until he had destroyed him, according to the word of the Lord, which he had spoken by his servant Achiyah the Shilonite;

lesserot@1Kings:15:30 @ Because of the sins of Jerobo’am which he had sinned, and through which he had induced Israel to sin, by his provoking wherewith he provoked the Lord the God of Israel to anger.

lesserot@1Kings:15:31 @ And the rest of the acts of Nadab, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

lesserot@1Kings:15:32 @ And there was war between Assa and Ba’sha the king of Israel all their days.

lesserot@1Kings:15:33 @ In the third year of Assa the king of Judah became Ba’sha the son of Achiyah king over all Israel, in Thirzah, twenty and four years.

lesserot@1Kings:15:34 @ And he did what is evil in the eyes of the Lord, and walked in the way of Jerobo’am, and in his sin wherewith he had induced Israel to sin.

lesserot@1Kings:16:1 @ Then came the word of the Lord to Jehu the son of Chanani against Ba’sha, saying,

lesserot@1Kings:16:2 @ Forasmuch as I lifted thee up out of the dust, and I set thee as prince over my people Israel; and thou hast walked in the way of Jerobo’am, and hast induced my people Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger with their sins:

lesserot@1Kings:16:3 @ Behold, I will sweep out after Ba’sha, and after his house; and I will render thy house like the house of Jerobo’am the son of Nebat;

lesserot@1Kings:16:4 @ Him that dieth of Ba’sha in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth of his in the field shall the fowls of the heavens eat.

lesserot@1Kings:16:5 @ And the rest of the acts of Ba’sha, and what he did, and his mighty deeds, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

lesserot@1Kings:16:6 @ And Ba’sha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Thirzah: and Elah his son became king in his stead.

lesserot@1Kings:16:7 @ And also by the hand of Jehu the son of Chanani, the prophet, came the word of the Lord against Ba’sha, and against his house, both for all the evil that he did in the eyes of the Lord, to provoke him to anger with the work of his hands, thus being like the house of Jerobo’am; and because he had killed him.

lesserot@1Kings:16:8 @ In the twenty and sixth year of Assa the king of Judah became Elah the son of Ba’sha king over Israel in Thirzah, two years.

lesserot@1Kings:16:9 @ And there conspired against him his servant Zimri, captain of half the chariots, as he was in Thirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, who was set over the house in Thirzah.

lesserot@1Kings:16:10 @ And Zimri went in and smote him, and killed him, in the twenty and seventh year of Assa the king of Judah, and became king in his stead.

lesserot@1Kings:16:11 @ And it came to pass, when he began to reign, as soon as he sat on his throne, that he slew all the house of Ba’sha: he left him not a single male, neither of his kinsfolks, nor of his friends.

lesserot@1Kings:16:12 @ Thus did Zimri exterminate all the house of Ba’sha, according to the word of the Lord, which he had spoken against Ba’sha by the agency of Jehu the prophet,

lesserot@1Kings:16:13 @ For all the sins of Ba’sha, and the sins of Elah his son, by which they had sinned, and by which they had induced Israel to sin, to provoke the Lord the God of Israel to anger with their vanities.

lesserot@1Kings:16:14 @ Now the rest of the acts of Elah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

lesserot@1Kings:16:15 @ In the twenty and seventh year of Assa the king of Judah did Zimri reign seven days in Thirzah: and the people were encamped against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines.

lesserot@1Kings:16:16 @ And when the people that were encamped heard it said, Zimri hath conspired, and hath also slain the king: all Israel made ‘Omri, the captain of the army, king over Israel on that day in the camp.

lesserot@1Kings:16:17 @ And ‘Omri went up, and all Israel with him from Gibbethon, and they besieged Thirzah.

lesserot@1Kings:16:18 @ And it came to pass, when Zimri saw that the city was captured, that he went into the strong–hold of the king’s house, and burnt the king’s house over him with fire, and he died;

lesserot@1Kings:16:19 @ For his sins which he had sinned, in doing what is evil in the eyes of the Lord, to walk in the way of Jerobo’am, and in his sin which he did, to induce Israel to sin.

lesserot@1Kings:16:20 @ And the rest of the acts of Zimri, and his conspiracy that he contrived, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

lesserot@1Kings:16:21 @ At that time were the people of Israel divided into two parts: one half of the people followed Thibni the son of Ginath, to make him king; and the other half followed ‘Omri.

lesserot@1Kings:16:22 @ But the people that followed ‘Omri prevailed against the people that followed Thibni the son of Ginath: and Thibni died, and ‘Omri became king.

lesserot@1Kings:16:23 @ In the thirty and first year of Assa the king of Judah became ‘Omri king over Israel, twelve years; in Thirzah he reigned six years.

lesserot@1Kings:16:24 @ And he bought the mount Samaria, of Shemer for two talents of silver, and built on the mount, and called the name of the city which he had built, after the name of Shemer, the Lord of the mount, Samaria.

lesserot@1Kings:16:25 @ And ‘Omri did what is evil in the eyes of the Lord, and did worse than all that were before him.

lesserot@1Kings:16:26 @ And he walked in all the way of Jerobo’am the son of Nebat, and in his sin wherewith he induced Israel to sin, to provoke the Lord God of Israel to anger with their vanities.

lesserot@1Kings:16:27 @ Now the rest of the acts of ‘Omri which he did, and his mighty deeds that he displayed, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

lesserot@1Kings:16:28 @ And ‘Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria: and Achab his son became king in his stead.

lesserot@1Kings:16:29 @ And Achab the son of ‘omri became king over Israel in the thirty and eighth year of Assa the king of Judah; and Achab the son of ‘Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty and two years.

lesserot@1Kings:16:30 @ And Achab the son of ‘Omri did what is evil in the eyes of the Lord more than all that had been before him.

lesserot@1Kings:16:31 @ And it came to pass, as if it had been too light a thing for him to walk in the sins of Jerobo’am the son of Nebat, that he took for wife Izebel the daughter of Ethba’al the king of the Zidonians, and went and served Ba’al, and worshipped him.

lesserot@1Kings:16:32 @ And he erected an altar for Ba’al in the house of Ba’al, which he had built in Samaria.

lesserot@1Kings:16:33 @ And Achab made a grove; and Achab did yet more, so as to provoke the Lord the God of Israel to anger, than all the kings of Israel that had been before him.

lesserot@1Kings:16:34 @ In his days did Chiel the Beth–elite build Jericho: with Abiram his first–born laid he the foundation thereof, and with Segub his youngest son set he up the gates thereof, according to the word of the Lord, which he had spoken by means of Joshua the son of Nun.

lesserot@1Kings:17:1 @ Then said Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gil’ad, unto Achab, As the Lord the God of Israel liveth, before whom I have stood, there shall not be in these years dew or rain, except according to my word.

lesserot@1Kings:17:2 @ And the word of the Lord came unto him, saying,

lesserot@1Kings:17:3 @ Go away from here, and turn thyself eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Kerith, which is to the east of the Jordan.

lesserot@1Kings:17:4 @ And it shall be, that out of the brook shalt thou drink; and the ravens have I ordained to sustain thee there.

lesserot@1Kings:17:5 @ And he went and did according to the word of the Lord; and he went and remained by the brook Kerith, that is to the east of the Jordan.

lesserot@1Kings:17:6 @ And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening: and out of the brook he used to drink.

lesserot@1Kings:17:7 @ And it came to pass after a while that the brook dried up; because there had been no rain in the land.

lesserot@1Kings:17:8 @ And the word of the Lord came unto him, saying,

lesserot@1Kings:17:9 @ Arise, go unto Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and remain there: behold, I have ordained there a widow–woman to sustain thee.

lesserot@1Kings:17:10 @ So he arose and went to Zarephath; and when he came to the gate of the city, behold, there was there a widow–woman gathering sticks of wood: and he called her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.

lesserot@1Kings:17:11 @ And as she went to fetch it, he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thy hand.

lesserot@1Kings:17:12 @ And she said, As the Lord thy God liveth, I have nothing baked, but a handful of meal in a jar, and a little oil in a cruise: and, behold, I am gathering a couple of sticks, that I may go in and prepare it for me and my son; and when we have eaten it, we shall have to die.

lesserot@1Kings:17:13 @ And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go and do as thou hast said; but make me thereof a little cake at first, and bring it out unto me, and for thee and for thy son shalt thou prepare afterward.

lesserot@1Kings:17:14 @ For thus hath said the Lord the God of Israel, The jar of meal shall not fail, neither shall the cruise of oil diminish, until the day that the Lord giveth rain upon the face of the earth.

lesserot@1Kings:17:15 @ And she went and did according to the word of Elijah: and she, and he, and her household, did eat days.

lesserot@1Kings:17:16 @ The jar of meal failed not, nor did the cruise of oil diminish, according to the word of the Lord, which he had spoken through means of Elijah.

lesserot@1Kings:17:17 @ And it came to pass after these events, that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness became very severe, until that at length there was no breath left in him.

lesserot@1Kings:17:18 @ And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O man of God? thou art come unto me to call my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son!

lesserot@1Kings:17:19 @ And he said unto her, Give me thy son. And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into the upper chamber, in which he abode, and he laid him upon his own bed.

lesserot@1Kings:17:20 @ And he called unto the Lord, and said, O Lord my God, hast thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son?

lesserot@1Kings:17:21 @ And he stretched himself out over the child three times, and called unto the Lord, and said, O Lord my God, let, I pray thee, the soul of this child return again within him.

lesserot@1Kings:17:22 @ And the Lord listened to the voice of Elijah: and the soul of the child returned into him, and he revived.

lesserot@1Kings:17:23 @ And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the upper chamber into the house, and gave him unto his mother; and Elijah said, See, thy son liveth.

lesserot@1Kings:17:24 @ And the woman said to Elijah, Now by this do I know, that thou art a man of God, and the word of the Lord in thy mouth is truth.

lesserot@1Kings:18:1 @ And it lasted many days, when the word of the Lord came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, show thyself unto Achab; and I will give rain upon the face of the earth.

lesserot@1Kings:18:2 @ And Elijah went to show himself unto Achab; and the famine was grievous in Samaria.

lesserot@1Kings:18:3 @ And Achab called ‘Obadiah, who was the superintendent of the house; ––(now ‘Obadiah feared the Lord greatly;

lesserot@1Kings:18:4 @ And it happened, when Izebel cut off the prophets of the Lord, that ‘Obadiah took a hundred prophets, and hid them fifty each in one cave, and provided them with bread and water;)

lesserot@1Kings:18:5 @ And Achab said unto ‘Obadiah, Go through the land, unto all the springs of water, and unto all the brooks, peradventure we may find grass and keep alive horse and mule, that we lose not all the cattle.

lesserot@1Kings:18:6 @ So they divided between them the land to pass through it: Achab went one way by himself alone, and ‘Obadiah went another way by himself alone.

lesserot@1Kings:18:7 @ And as ‘Obadiah was on the way, behold, Elijah came toward him; and he recognized him, and fell on his face, and said, Art thou here indeed, my Lord Elijah?

lesserot@1Kings:18:8 @ And he said unto him, I am: go, say unto thy Lord, Behold, Elijah is here.

lesserot@1Kings:18:9 @ And he said, What have I sinned, that thou wouldst deliver thy servant into the hand of Achab, to slay me?

lesserot@1Kings:18:10 @ As the Lord thy God liveth, there is not a nation or kingdom whither my Lord hath not sent to seek thee; and when they said, He is not here: he caused that kingdom and nation to take an oath, that no one could find thee.

lesserot@1Kings:18:11 @ And now thou sayest, Go, say unto thy Lord, Behold, here is Elijah.

lesserot@1Kings:18:12 @ And it may come to pass, that, when I go from thee, the spirit of the Lord may carry thee whither I know not; and when I come to inform Achab, and he cannot find thee, he will slay me; but I thy servant have feared the Lord from my youth.

lesserot@1Kings:18:13 @ Hath it not been told unto my Lord what I did when Izebel slew the prophets of the Lord, how I hid a hundred men of the prophets of the Lord, fifty each in one cave, and provided them with bread and water?

lesserot@1Kings:18:14 @ And now thou sayest, Go say to thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here: and he will slay me.

lesserot@1Kings:18:15 @ Then said Elijah, As the Lord of hosts liveth, before whom I have stood, surely today will I show myself unto him.

lesserot@1Kings:18:16 @ So ‘Ohadiah went to meet Achab, and he told it to him; and Achab went to meet Elijah.

lesserot@1Kings:18:17 @ And it came to pass, when Achab saw Elijah, that Achab said unto him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel?

lesserot@1Kings:18:18 @ And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father’s house, through your forsaking the commandments of the Lord, and because thou hast followed the Be’alim.

lesserot@1Kings:18:19 @ And now send, assemble unto me all Israel at Mount Carmel, and the prophets of Ba’al four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the grove four hundred, who eat at the table of Izebel.

lesserot@1Kings:18:20 @ And Achab sent round among all the children of Israel, and he assembled the prophets at Mount Carmel.

lesserot@1Kings:18:21 @ And Elijah approached unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between the two opinions? if the Lord be the God, follow him; and if Ba’al––follow him. And the people answered him not a word.

lesserot@1Kings:18:22 @ And Elijah said unto the people, I have been left a prophet of the Lord by myself alone; but the prophets of Ba’al are four hundred and fifty men.

lesserot@1Kings:18:23 @ Therefore let there be given unto us two bullocks; and let them choose for themselves the one bullock, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on wood, and put no fire to it: and I will prepare the other bullock, and lay it on wood, and put no fire to it.

lesserot@1Kings:18:24 @ And do ye call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of the Lord: and it shall be that the God who answereth by fire, he shall be the God. And all the people answered and said, The proposal is good.

lesserot@1Kings:18:25 @ And Elijah said unto the prophets of Ba’al, Choose you for yourselves the one bullock, and prepare it first; for ye are the many; and call on the name of your god, but put no fire to it.

lesserot@1Kings:18:26 @ And they took the bullock which he had given to them, and they prepared it; and they called on the name of Ba’al from morning even until noon, saying, O Ba’al, answer us; but there was no voice, nor any answer: and they danced about the altar which had been made.

lesserot@1Kings:18:27 @ And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked at them, and said, Call with a loud voice; for he is a god; either he is holding council, or he is busy in some pursuit, or he is on a journey; or peradventure he sleepeth, and may thus awaken.

lesserot@1Kings:18:28 @ And they called with a loud voice and cut themselves after their custom with knives and spears, till the blood gushed out over them.

lesserot@1Kings:18:29 @ And it came to pass, when midday was past, that they practised their follies until near the offering of the evening–sacrifice; but there was neither voice, nor any answer, nor any perceptible sound.

lesserot@1Kings:18:30 @ And Elijah said unto all the people, Come near unto me: and all the people came near unto him; and he repaired the altar of the Lord that had been torn down.

lesserot@1Kings:18:31 @ And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the Lord was come, saying, Israel shall be thy name.

lesserot@1Kings:18:32 @ And he built of the stones an altar in the name of the Lord; and he made a trench as great as would contain two seahs of seed round about the altar.

lesserot@1Kings:18:33 @ And he put in order the wood, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid them on the wood,

lesserot@1Kings:18:34 @ And he said. Fill four jars with water; and they had to pour it on the burnt–offering, and on the wood: and he said, Do it the second time: and they did it the second time: and he said, Do it the third time; and they did it the third time.

lesserot@1Kings:18:35 @ And the water ran round about the altar; and the trench also he filled with water.

lesserot@1Kings:18:36 @ And it came to pass, at the offering of the evening–sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, O Lord, God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, this day let it be known that thou art God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that at thy word I have done all these things.

lesserot@1Kings:18:37 @ Answer me, O Lord, answer me, and let all this people know that thou, O Lord, art the God, and thou wilt have turned their heart back again.

lesserot@1Kings:18:38 @ And there fell a fire of the Lord, and consumed the burnt–offering, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust; and the water also that was in the trench did it lick up.

lesserot@1Kings:18:39 @ And when all the people saw this, they fell on their faces; and they said, the Lord––he is the God; the Lord––he is the God.

lesserot@1Kings:18:40 @ And Elijah said unto them, Seize the prophets of Ba’al; not one of them must escape; and they seized them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slaughtered them there.

lesserot@1Kings:18:41 @ And Elijah said unto Achab, Go up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of abundance of rain.

lesserot@1Kings:18:42 @ So Achab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he cast himself down toward the earth, and put his face between his knees;

lesserot@1Kings:18:43 @ And he said to his servant, Go up, I pray thee, look in the direction of the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, Not the least. And he said, Go again, seven times.

lesserot@1Kings:18:44 @ And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there is a little cloud like a man’s hand arising out of the sea. And he said, Go up, say unto Achab, Harness up, and come down, that the rain may not detain thee.

lesserot@1Kings:18:45 @ And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heavens were blackened with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Achab rode, and went to Yizre’el.

lesserot@1Kings:18:46 @ And the inspiration of the Lord came over Elijah, and he girded up his loins; and he ran before Achab up to the entrance of Yizre’el.

lesserot@1Kings:19:1 @ And Achab told Izebel all that Elijah had done, and withal that he had slain all the prophets with the sword.

lesserot@1Kings:19:2 @ Then sent Izebel a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So may the gods do to me, and may they thus continue, if about this time tomorrow I do not render thy life as the life of any one of them.

lesserot@1Kings:19:3 @ And when he saw this, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beer–sheba’, which belongeth to Judah, and he left his young man there.

lesserot@1Kings:19:4 @ But he himself went forward into the wilderness a day’s journey, and he came and sat down under a certain broom–bush: and he requested for himself to die; and he said, It is enough, now, O Lord, take away my soul; for I am not better than my fathers.

lesserot@1Kings:19:5 @ And he laid himself down and slept under a certain broom–bush, and, behold then, an angel was touching him, and said unto him, Arise, eat.

lesserot@1Kings:19:6 @ And he looked about, and, behold, there was at his head a cake baked on coals, and a cruise of water; and he ate and drank, and laid himself down again.

lesserot@1Kings:19:7 @ And the angel of the Lord came again, the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise, eat; because the journey is yet far for thee.

lesserot@1Kings:19:8 @ And he arose, and ate and drank; and he went on the strength of that eating forty days and forty nights unto the mount of God, Horeb.

lesserot@1Kings:19:9 @ And he came there unto a cave, and remained there over night: and, behold, the word of the Lord came to him, and said unto him, What dost thou here, Elijah?

lesserot@1Kings:19:10 @ And he said, I have been very zealous for the Lord, the God of hosts; for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thy altars have they thrown down, and thy prophets have they slain with the sword: and I am left by myself alone, and they have sought my life, to take it away.

lesserot@1Kings:19:11 @ And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the Lord: and, behold, the Lord passed by, and a wind, great and strong, rending the mountains, and breaking in pieces the rocks before the Lord; but not in the wind was the Lord: and after the wind was an earthquake: but not in the earthquake was the Lord;

lesserot@1Kings:19:12 @ And after the earthquake was a fire; but not in the fire was the Lord; and after the fire was the sound of a soft whisper.

lesserot@1Kings:19:13 @ And it came to pass, when Elijah heard it, that he concealed his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entrance of the cave: and, behold, there came a voice unto him, and said, What dost thou here, Elijah?

lesserot@1Kings:19:14 @ And he said, I have been very zealous for the Lord, the God of hosts; because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thy altars have they thrown down, and thy prophets have they slain with the sword: and I am left by myself alone, and they have sought my life, to take it away.

lesserot@1Kings:19:15 @ And the Lord said unto him, Go, return on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus; and go, anoint Chazael to be king over Syria;

lesserot@1Kings:19:16 @ And Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel; and Elisha’ the son of Shaphat of Abel–mecholah shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy stead.

lesserot@1Kings:19:17 @ And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth the sword of Chazael shall Jehu slay; and him that escapeth the sword of Jehu shall Elisha’ slay.

lesserot@1Kings:19:18 @ And I will leave in Israel seven thousand, all the knees which have not been bent unto Ba’al, and every mouth which hath not kissed him.

lesserot@1Kings:19:19 @ And he departed thence, and found Elisha’ the son of Shaphat, who was ploughing; twelve yoke of oxen were before him, and he was with the twelfth: and Elijah passed up to him, and cast his mantle toward him.

lesserot@1Kings:19:20 @ And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss but my father and my mother, and I will follow thee: and he said unto him, Go, return; for what have I done to thee?

lesserot@1Kings:19:21 @ And he returned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen, and slew them, and with the instruments of the oxen he boiled the flesh for them, and he gave it unto the people, and they did eat; and then he arose, and went after Elijah, and ministered unto him.

lesserot@1Kings:20:1 @ And Ben–hadad the king of Syria assembled all his host together: and thirty and two kings were with him, and horses, and chariots; and he went up and besieged Samaria, and made war against it.

lesserot@1Kings:20:2 @ And he sent messengers to Achab the king of Israel into the city;

lesserot@1Kings:20:3 @ And he said unto him, Thus hath said Ben–hadad, Thy silver and thy gold are mine; thy wives also and thy children, even the best, are mine.

lesserot@1Kings:20:4 @ And the king of Israel answered and said, According to thy word, my Lord, O king, thine am I, and all that I have.

lesserot@1Kings:20:5 @ And the messengers returned, and said, Thus hath said Ben–hadad, to say, I have indeed sent unto thee, saying, Thou shalt give unto me thy silver, and thy gold, and thy wives, and thy children;

lesserot@1Kings:20:6 @ Nevertheless, about this time tomorrow will I send my servants unto thee, and they shall search through thy house, and the houses of thy servants; and it shall be, that whatsoever is pleasant in thy eyes, they shall place it in their hand, and take it away.

lesserot@1Kings:20:7 @ Then did the king of Israel call for all the elders of the land, and said, Mark, I pray you, and see that this man seeketh mischief; for he hath sent unto me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold, and I have not refused them to him.

lesserot@1Kings:20:8 @ And all the elders and all the people said unto him, Thou must not hearken, nor consent.

lesserot@1Kings:20:9 @ Wherefore he said unto the messengers of Ben–hadad, Say to my lord the king, all that thou didst send for to thy servant at the first will I do; but this thing I am not able to do. And the messengers went away, and brought him word again.

lesserot@1Kings:20:10 @ And Ben–hadad then sent unto him, and said, May the gods do so unto me, and continue to do so, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that are in my train.

lesserot@1Kings:20:11 @ And the king of Israel answered and said, Speak, Let him that girdeth on the armor not boast himself as he that putteth it off.

lesserot@1Kings:20:12 @ And it came to pass, when he heard this message, as he was drinking, he and the kings in the pavilions, that he said unto his servants, Get ready for the attack. And they got ready for the attack against the city.

lesserot@1Kings:20:13 @ And, behold, there approached a certain prophet unto Achab the king of Israel, and said, Thus hath said the Lord, Hast thou seen all this great multitude? behold, I will deliver it into thy hand this day; and thou shalt know that I am the Lord.

lesserot@1Kings:20:14 @ And Achab said, By whom? And he said, Thus hath said the Lord, By means of the young men of the princes of the provinces. Then said he, Who shall order the battle? And he said, Thou.

lesserot@1Kings:20:15 @ He then numbered the young men of the princes of the provinces, and they were two hundred and thirty–two: and after them he numbered all the people, all the children of Israel, seven thousand strong.

lesserot@1Kings:20:16 @ And they went out at midday; while Ben–hadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings that helped him.

lesserot@1Kings:20:17 @ And the young men of the princes of the provinces went out at first; and Ben–hadad sent out, and they told him, saying, Some men are come out of Samaria.

lesserot@1Kings:20:18 @ And he said, If they be come out for peace, catch them alive; and if they be come out for war, alive must ye catch them.

lesserot@1Kings:20:19 @ So these, the young men of the princes of the provinces, came out of the city, with the army which followed them.

lesserot@1Kings:20:20 @ And they slew every one his man; and the Syrians fled, and Israel pursued them: and Ben–hadad the king of Syria escaped on a horse with the horsemen.

lesserot@1Kings:20:21 @ And the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and chariots, and inflicted on the Syrians a great defeat.

lesserot@1Kings:20:22 @ And the prophet approached unto the king of Israel, and said unto him, Go, strengthen thyself, and mark, and see what thou hast to do; for at the return of the year the king of Syria will come up against thee.

lesserot@1Kings:20:23 @ And the servants of the king of Syria said unto him, Gods of the mountains are their gods; therefore they prevailed over us; but let us fight against them in the plain, whether we shall not prevail over them.

lesserot@1Kings:20:24 @ But do this thing, Remove the kings, every one from his place, and appoint governors in their rooms;

lesserot@1Kings:20:25 @ And thou, number for thyself an army, like the army that thou hast lost, horse for horse, and chariot for chariot: and we will fight against them in the plain, whether we shall prevail over them. And he hearkened unto their voice, and did so.

lesserot@1Kings:20:26 @ And it came to pass at the return of the year, that Ben–hadad numbered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to the war with Israel.

lesserot@1Kings:20:27 @ And the children of Israel were numbered, and provisioned, and went against them: and the children of Israel encamped opposite to them like two little flocks of goats; but the Syrians filled the country.

lesserot@1Kings:20:28 @ And there approached the man of God, and spoke unto the king of Israel, and said, Thus hath said the Lord, Forasmuch as the Syrians have said, "A God of the hills is the Lord, but he is not God of the valleys": will I deliver all this great multitude into thy hand; and ye shall know that I am the Lord.

lesserot@1Kings:20:29 @ And they encamped one opposite the other for seven days. And it happened, that on the seventh day the battle took place: and the children of Israel smote the Syrians a hundred thousand men on foot in one day.

lesserot@1Kings:20:30 @ But those that were left fled to Aphek, into the city; but the city–wall fell upon the twenty and seven thousand men that had been left. And Ben–hadad fled, and came into the city, into an innermost chamber.

lesserot@1Kings:20:31 @ And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are kindly kings; let us, we pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel; peradventure he may save thy life.

lesserot@1Kings:20:32 @ So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Thy servant Ben–hadad hath said, I pray thee, let me live. And he said, Is he yet alive? he is my brother.

lesserot@1Kings:20:33 @ Now the men took it for a good sign, and hastened and caught at his word, whether it was his earnest; and they said, Thy brother Ben–hadad! But he said, Go ye, bring him. Then came Ben–hadad forth to him; and he caused him to come up into the chariot.

lesserot@1Kings:20:34 @ And he said unto him, The cities, which my father took from thy father, will I restore; and thou canst lay out for thyself streets in Damascus, as my father laid out in Samaria. "And I for my part will send thee away with this covenant." So he made a covenant with him, and sent him away.

lesserot@1Kings:20:35 @ And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said unto his companion, By the word of the Lord, smite me, I pray thee. But the man refused to smite him.

lesserot@1Kings:20:36 @ Then said he unto him, Forasmuch as thou hast not obeyed the voice of the Lord, behold, when thou goest away from me, a lion shall slay thee. And he went away from him, when a lion found him, and slew him.

lesserot@1Kings:20:37 @ Then he met with another man, and said, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man smote him, smiting and wounding.

lesserot@1Kings:20:38 @ And the prophet then went, and placed himself before the king on the way, and disguised himself with a bandage over his eyes.

lesserot@1Kings:20:39 @ And as the king passed by, he cried unto the king, and said, Thy servant went out into the midst of the battle; and, behold, a man turned aside, and brought unto me a man, and said, Guard this man; if by any means he be missing, then shall thy life be for his life, or else thou shalt weigh me down a talent of silver.

lesserot@1Kings:20:40 @ But it happened as thy servant was Busy here and there, that he was gone. And the king of Israel said unto him, So is thy sentence: thou thyself hast decided it.

lesserot@1Kings:20:41 @ And he hastened, and removed the bandage from his eyes; and the king of Israel recognized him that he was one of the prophets.

lesserot@1Kings:20:42 @ And he said unto him, Thus hath said the Lord, Because thou hast let go out of thy hand the man whom I had caught in my net, therefore shall thy life be the forfeit for his life, and thy people for his people.

lesserot@1Kings:20:43 @ And the king of Israel went to his house low–spirited and displeased, and he came to Samaria.

lesserot@1Kings:21:1 @ And it came to pass after these events, that Naboth the Yizre’elite had a vineyard, which was in Yizre’el, near the palace of Achab the king of Samaria.

lesserot@1Kings:21:2 @ And Achab spoke unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that it may serve me for a herb–garden, because it is near unto my house; and I will give thee in its stead a vineyard better than it; if it seem good in thy eyes, I will give thee the money, the value of the same.

lesserot@1Kings:21:3 @ And Naboth said to Achab, Far be it from me before the Lord, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee.

lesserot@1Kings:21:4 @ And Achab came into his house low–spirited and displeased because of the word which Naboth the Yizre’elite had spoken to him, when he said, I will not give unto thee the inheritance of my fathers. And he laid himself down upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no food.

lesserot@1Kings:21:5 @ But Izebel his wife came to him, and spoke unto him, Why is thy spirit so sad! and why eatest thou no food?

lesserot@1Kings:21:6 @ And he said unto her, Because I spoke unto Naboth the Yizre’elite, and said unto him, Give me thy vineyard for money; or else, if it please thee, I will give thee a vineyard in its stead; but he hath said, I will not give unto thee my vineyard.

lesserot@1Kings:21:7 @ Then said unto him Izebel his wife, Dost thou now govern the kingdom of Israel? arise, eat bread, and let thy heart be merry: I will myself give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Yizre’elite.

lesserot@1Kings:21:8 @ So she wrote letters in Achab’s name, and sealed them with his seal; and she sent the letters unto the elders and unto the nobles who were in his city, and who dwelt near Naboth.

lesserot@1Kings:21:9 @ And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and cause Naboth to sit at the head of the people;

lesserot@1Kings:21:10 @ And seat two men, worthless fellows, opposite to him, and let them bear witness against him, saying, Thou hast blasphemed God and the king; and then lead him forth, and stone him, that he may die.

lesserot@1Kings:21:11 @ And the men of his city, the elders and the nobles, those who dwelt in his city, did as Izebel had sent unto them, as was written in the letters which she had sent unto them.

lesserot@1Kings:21:12 @ They proclaimed a fast, and caused Naboth to sit at the head of the people.

lesserot@1Kings:21:13 @ And there came in two men, worthless fellows, and seated themselves opposite to him; and these worthless men testified against him, against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth hath blasphemed God and the king. Then they led him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died.

lesserot@1Kings:21:14 @ And they sent to Izebel, saying, Naboth hath been stoned, and is dead.

lesserot@1Kings:21:15 @ And it came to pass, when Izebel heard that Naboth had been stoned, and was dead, that Izebel said to Achab, Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Yizre’elite, which he refused to give thee for money; for Naboth is not alive, but dead.

lesserot@1Kings:21:16 @ And it came to pass, when Achab heard that Naboth was dead, that Achab rose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Yizre’elite, to take possession of it.

lesserot@1Kings:21:17 @ And the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

lesserot@1Kings:21:18 @ Arise, go down to meet Achab the king of Israel, who is in Samaria; behold he is in the vineyard of Naboth, whither he is gone down to take possession of it.

lesserot@1Kings:21:19 @ And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus hath said the Lord, Hast thou murdered, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus hath said the Lord, In the place where the dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall the dogs lick thy blood, yes, thine also.

lesserot@1Kings:21:20 @ And Achab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O my enemy? And he answered, I have found thee: because thou hast sold thyself to do what is evil in the eyes of the Lord.

lesserot@1Kings:21:21 @ Behold, I will bring evil upon thee, and I will sweep out after thee, and will cut off from Achab every male, and the guarded and fortified in Israel,

lesserot@1Kings:21:22 @ And I will make thy house like the house of Jerobo’am the son of Nebat, and like the house of Ba’sha the son of Achiyah, for the provocation wherewith thou hast provoked to anger, and induced Israel to sin.

lesserot@1Kings:21:23 @ And also concerning Izebel hath the Lord spoken, saying, The dogs shall eat Izebel in the valley of Yizre’el.

lesserot@1Kings:21:24 @ Him that dieth of Achab in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the heavens eat.

lesserot@1Kings:21:25 @ But indeed there was none like unto Achab, who sold himself to do what is evil in the eyes of the Lord, to which Izebel his wife incited him.

lesserot@1Kings:21:26 @ And he acted very abominably in following the idols, in all things just as had done the Emorites, whom the Lord had driven out from before the children of Israel.

lesserot@1Kings:21:27 @ And it came to pass, when Achab heard these words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and slept in the sackcloth, and walked about barefooted.

lesserot@1Kings:21:28 @ And the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

lesserot@1Kings:21:29 @ Hast thou seen how Achab hath humbled himself before me? therefore, because he hath humbled himself before me, will I not bring the evil in his days: in the days of his son will I bring the evil upon his house.

lesserot@1Kings:22:1 @ And they remained three years, there being no war between Syria and Israel.

lesserot@1Kings:22:2 @ And it came to pass in the third year that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel.

lesserot@1Kings:22:3 @ And the king of Israel said unto his servants, Know ye that Ramoth in Gil’ad is ours, and we remain idle, without taking it out of the hand of the king of Syria?

lesserot@1Kings:22:4 @ And he said unto Jehoshaphat, Wilt thou go with me to the battle against Ramoth–gil’ad? And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, I like thee, my people like thy people, my horses like thy horses.

lesserot@1Kings:22:5 @ And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Inquire, I pray thee, today of the word of the Lord.

lesserot@1Kings:22:6 @ Then assembled the king of Israel the prophets, about four hundred men, and said unto them, shall I go against Ramoth–gil’ad to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; and the Lord will deliver into the hand of the king.

lesserot@1Kings:22:7 @ And Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the Eternal besides, that we might inquire of him?

lesserot@1Kings:22:8 @ And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, by whom we might inquire of the Lord; but I hate him; for he will never prophesy good concerning me, but evil: Michayhu the son of Yimlah. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.

lesserot@1Kings:22:9 @ Then called the king of Israel a certain officer, and said, Hasten hither Michayhu the son of Yimlah.

lesserot@1Kings:22:10 @ And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah were sitting each on his throne, dressed in their regal garments, in a threshing–floor at the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them.

lesserot@1Kings:22:11 @ And Zedekiah the son of Kena’anah had made himself horns of iron; and he said, Thus hath said the Lord, With these shalt thou push the Syrians, until thou have made an end of them.

lesserot@1Kings:22:12 @ And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramoth–gil’ad, and prosper; and the Lord will deliver it into the king’s hand.

lesserot@1Kings:22:13 @ And the messenger that went to call Michayhu spoke unto him, saying, Behold now, the words of the prophets are with one voice good for the king: do let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of any one of them, and speak something good.

lesserot@1Kings:22:14 @ And Michayhu said, As the Lord liveth, truly, what the Lord may say unto me, that will I speak.

lesserot@1Kings:22:15 @ And when he was come to the king, the king said unto him, Michayhu, shall we go against Ramoth–gil’ad to battle, or shall we forbear? And he answered him, Go up, and prosper; and may the Lord deliver it into the hand of the king.

lesserot@1Kings:22:16 @ And the king said unto him, How many times yet must I adjure thee that thou shalt not speak to me anything but the truth in the name of the Lord?

lesserot@1Kings:22:17 @ And he said, I saw all Israel scattered over the mountains, as flocks that have not a shepherd: and the Lord said, These have no master; let them return every man to his house in peace.

lesserot@1Kings:22:18 @ And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, Did I not say unto thee that he would not prophesy concerning me any good, but evil?

lesserot@1Kings:22:19 @ And he said, Therefore hear thou the word of the Lord, I saw the Lord sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right and on his left.

lesserot@1Kings:22:20 @ And the Lord said, Who will persuade Achab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth–gil’ad! And one said, In this manner, and another said, In that manner.

lesserot@1Kings:22:21 @ And there came forth a spirit, and placed himself before the Lord, and said, I will persuade him. And the Lord said unto him, Wherewith?

lesserot@1Kings:22:22 @ And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou wilt persuade him, and also prevail: go forth, and do so.

lesserot@1Kings:22:23 @ And now, behold, the Lord hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets; but the Lord hath spoken evil concerning thee.

lesserot@1Kings:22:24 @ And Zedekiah, the son of Kena’anah, went near, and struck Michayhu on the cheek, and said, Which way passed the Spirit of the Lord away from me to speak with thee!

lesserot@1Kings:22:25 @ And Michayhu said, Behold, thou shalt see it on that day, when thou shalt go into the innermost chamber to hide thyself.

lesserot@1Kings:22:26 @ And the king of Israel said, Take Michayhu, and carry him back unto Amon the governor of the city, and unto Joash the king’s son;

lesserot@1Kings:22:27 @ And say, Thus hath said the king, Put this man in the prison, and feed him with sparing bread and with sparing water, until I come home in peace.

lesserot@1Kings:22:28 @ And Michayhu said, If thou return at all in peace, then hath the Lord not spoken through me. And he said, Hear it, O all ye nations!

lesserot@1Kings:22:29 @ So the king of Israel went up with Jehoshaphat the king of Judah to Ramoth–gil’ad.

lesserot@1Kings:22:30 @ And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and enter into the battle; but do thou put on thy regal garments. And the king of Israel disguised himself, and went into the battle.

lesserot@1Kings:22:31 @ And the king of Syria had commanded the captains over his chariots, thirty–two, saying, Fight neither with a small nor a great one, save only with the king of Israel alone.

lesserot@1Kings:22:32 @ And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, Surely this is the king of Israel. And they turned aside against him to fight: and Jehoshaphat cried out.

lesserot@1Kings:22:33 @ And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots perceived that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned back from following him.

lesserot@1Kings:22:34 @ But a man drew his bow at a venture, and struck the king of Israel between the joints and the armor; wherefore he said unto his chariot–driver. Turn about, and carry me out of the camp; for I am wounded.

lesserot@1Kings:22:35 @ And the battle increased on that day; and the king was stayed up in his chariot against the Syrians; but he died in the evening: and the blood of the wound flowed down into the hollow of the chariot.

lesserot@1Kings:22:36 @ And there went a proclamation throughout the camp at the going down of the sun, saying, Every man to his city, and every man to his own land.

lesserot@1Kings:22:37 @ So the king died, and was brought to Samaria; and they buried the king in Samaria.

lesserot@1Kings:22:38 @ And the chariot was washed out at the pool of Samaria; and the dogs licked up his blood, as they washed his armor: according to the word of the Lord which he had spoken.

lesserot@1Kings:22:39 @ Now the rest of the acts of Achab, and all that he did, and the ivory house which he built, and all the cities that he built, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

lesserot@1Kings:22:40 @ So Achab slept with his fathers: and Achazyahu his son became king in his stead.

lesserot@1Kings:22:41 @ And Jehoshaphat the son of Assa became king over Judah in the fourth year of Achab the king of Israel.

lesserot@1Kings:22:42 @ Jehoshaphat was thirty and five years old when he became king, and twenty and five years did he reign in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was ‘Azubah the daughter of Shilchi.

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lesserot@2Kings:1:1 @ Then did Moab rebel against Israel after the death of Achab.

lesserot@2Kings:1:2 @ And Achazyah fell down through the lattice in his upper chamber that was in Samaria, and became sick; and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go, inquire of Ba’al–zebub the god of ‘Ekron whether I shall recover from this sickness.

lesserot@2Kings:1:3 @ But an angel of the Lord spoke to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say unto them, Is it because there is not a God in Israel, that ye go to inquire of Ba’al–zebub the god of ‘Ekron?

lesserot@2Kings:1:4 @ Now therefore, thus hath said the Lord, From the bed on which thou art gone up shalt thou not come down; for thou shalt surely die. And Elijah departed.

lesserot@2Kings:1:5 @ And the messengers returned unto him, and he said unto them, Why is this that ye are already returned?

lesserot@2Kings:1:6 @ And they said unto him, There came up a man to meet us, and he said unto us, Go, return unto the king that hath sent you, and speak unto him, Thus hath said the Lord, Is it because there is not a God in Israel, that thou sendest to inquire of Ba’al–zebub the god of ‘Ekron? therefore from the bed on which thou art gone up shalt thou not come down; for thou shalt surely die.

lesserot@2Kings:1:7 @ And he spoke unto them, What is the manner of the man who came up to meet you, and spoke unto you these words?

lesserot@2Kings:1:8 @ And they said unto him, He is a hairy man, with a girdle of leather girded about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.

lesserot@2Kings:1:9 @ Then did he send unto him a captain of fifty with his fifty: and he went up to him, and, behold, he was sitting on the top of the mount; and he spoke unto him, O man of God, the king hath commanded, Come down.

lesserot@2Kings:1:10 @ And Elijah answered and spoke to the captain of the fifty, And if I be a man of God, let a fire come down from heaven and consume thee and thy fifty. And there came down a fire from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.

lesserot@2Kings:1:11 @ And he sent again unto him another captain of fifty with his fifty. And he commenced and spoke unto him, O man of God, thus hath the king said, Come down quickly.

lesserot@2Kings:1:12 @ And Elijah answered and spoke unto them, If I be a man of God, let a fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And the fire of God came down from heaven and consumed him and his fifty.

lesserot@2Kings:1:13 @ And he sent again a captain of fifty the third time with his fifty. And the third captain of fifty went up, and came and bent down on his knees before Elijah, and besought him, and spoke unto him, O man of God, I pray thee, let my life and the life of these fifty thy servants be precious in thy eyes.

lesserot@2Kings:1:14 @ Behold, there came down a fire from heaven, and consumed the two captains of the first fifties with their fifties; and now let my life be precious in thy eyes.

lesserot@2Kings:1:15 @ And the angel of the Lord spoke unto Elijah, Go down with him: be not afraid of him, and he arose, and went down with him unto the king.

lesserot@2Kings:1:16 @ And he spoke unto him, Thus hath said the Lord, Forasmuch as thou didst send messengers to inquire of Ba’al–zebub the God of ‘Ekron, as though there were no God in Israel to inquire of his word: therefore from the bed on which thou art gone up shalt thou not come down; for thou shalt surely die.

lesserot@2Kings:1:17 @ And he died, according to the word of the Lord which Elijah had spoken; and Jehoram became king in his stead in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah; because he had no son.

lesserot@2Kings:1:18 @ Now the rest of the acts of Achazyahu which he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

lesserot@2Kings:2:1 @ And it came to pass, when the Lord was about to take up Elijah by a storm–wind to heaven, that Elijah went out with Elisha’ from Gilgal.

lesserot@2Kings:2:2 @ And Elijah said unto Elisha’, Remain, I pray thee, here; for the Lord hath sent me as far as Beth–el. But Elisha’ said, As the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they went down to Beth–el.

lesserot@2Kings:2:3 @ And the sons of the prophets that were at Beth–el came forth to Elisha’, and said unto him, Knowest thou that today the Lord will take away thy master from thy head? And he said, I also know it; be still.

lesserot@2Kings:2:4 @ And Elijah said unto him, Elisha’, remain, I pray thee, here; for the Lord hath sent me to Jericho. But he said, As the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they came to Jericho.

lesserot@2Kings:2:5 @ And the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho came near to Elisha’, and said unto him, Knowest thou that today the Lord will take away thy master from thy head? And he said, I also know it; be still.

lesserot@2Kings:2:6 @ And Elijah said unto him, Remain, I pray thee, here; for the Lord hath sent me to the Jordan. But he said, As the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So these two went on.

lesserot@2Kings:2:7 @ And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood opposite afar off: and those two stood by the Jordan.

lesserot@2Kings:2:8 @ And Elijah took his mantle, and folded it together, and smote the waters, and they were divided hither and thither, and they went, both of them, over on dry ground.

lesserot@2Kings:2:9 @ And it came to pass, when they passed over, that Elijah said unto Elisha’, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I shall be taken away from thee. And Elisha’ said, Let there be, I pray thee, a double portion of thy spirit upon me.

lesserot@2Kings:2:10 @ And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing: if thou see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if not, it shall not be.

lesserot@2Kings:2:11 @ And it came to pass, as they went on, speaking as they were going, that, behold, there came a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a storm–wind to heaven.

lesserot@2Kings:2:12 @ And Elisha’ saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and their horsemen. And he saw him no more; and he took hold of his clothes, and rent them in two pieces.

lesserot@2Kings:2:13 @ And he lifted up the mantle of Elijah that had fallen from him, and went back, and stood by the border of the Jordan;

lesserot@2Kings:2:14 @ And he took the mantle of Elijah that had fallen from him, and smote the waters, and said, Where is the Lord the God of Elijah? and when he also had smitten the waters, they parted hither and thither; and Elisha’ passed over.

lesserot@2Kings:2:15 @ And when the sons of the prophets who were at Jericho, at a distance, saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah Doth rest on Elisha’. And they came forth to meet him, and bowed themselves unto him to the ground.

lesserot@2Kings:2:16 @ And they said unto him, Behold now, there are among thy servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master; peradventure the Spirit of the Lord hath taken him up, and cast him upon one of the mountains, or into one of the valleys. And he said, Ye must not send.

lesserot@2Kings:2:17 @ And they urged him till he was ashamed, when he said, Send. And they sent fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not.

lesserot@2Kings:2:18 @ And they returned again to him, for he had remained at Jericho; and he then said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Ye should not go?

lesserot@2Kings:2:19 @ And the men of the city said unto Elisha’, Behold, I pray thee, the situation of this city is good, as my Lord seeth; but the water is bad, and the land causeth untimely births.

lesserot@2Kings:2:20 @ And he said, Fetch me a new flask, and put salt therein: and they fetched it to him.

lesserot@2Kings:2:21 @ And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast therein the salt, and said, Thus hath said the Lord, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from there any more death or untimely births.

lesserot@2Kings:2:22 @ So the waters were healed unto this day, according to the word of Elisha’ which he spoke.

lesserot@2Kings:2:23 @ And he went up from there to Beth–el: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth young lads out of the city, and they mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, bald–head! go up, bald–head!

lesserot@2Kings:2:24 @ And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the Lord; and there came forth two she–bears out of the forest, and tore of them forty and two boys.

lesserot@2Kings:2:25 @ And he went from there to mount Carmel, and from there he returned to Samaria.

lesserot@2Kings:3:1 @ And Jehoram the son of Achab became king over Israel in Samaria in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, and he reigned twelve years.

lesserot@2Kings:3:2 @ And he did what is evil in the eyes of the Lord; but not like his father, and like his mother; and he removed the statue of Ba’al which his father had made.

lesserot@2Kings:3:3 @ Nevertheless unto the sins of Jerobo’am the son of Nebat, who had induced Israel to sin, did he cleave: he departed not therefrom.

lesserot@2Kings:3:4 @ And Mesha’ the king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and rendered as tribute unto the king of Israel a hundred thousand lambs, and a hundred thousand rams, with the wool.

lesserot@2Kings:3:5 @ And it came to pass, when Achab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.

lesserot@2Kings:3:6 @ And king Jehoram went out of Samaria at that time, and numbered all Israel.

lesserot@2Kings:3:7 @ And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, The king of Moab hath rebelled against me: wilt thou go with me against Moab to battle? And he said, I will go up, I as thyself, my people as thy people, my horses as thy horses.

lesserot@2Kings:3:8 @ And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he said, The way through the wilderness of Edom.

lesserot@2Kings:3:9 @ So the king of Israel went with the king of Judah, and the king of Edom: and they took a circuitous route, a seven days’ journey; and there was no water for the camp, and for the cattle that followed in their train.

lesserot@2Kings:3:10 @ And the king of Israel said, Alas! that the Lord hath called these three kings, to deliver them into the hand of Moab!

lesserot@2Kings:3:11 @ But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the Lord, that we may inquire of the Lord from him? And there answered one of the king of Israel’s servants and said, Here is Elisha’ the son of Shaphat, who poured water on the hands of Elijah.

lesserot@2Kings:3:12 @ And Jehoshaphat said, The word of the Lord is with him. And there went down to him the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom.

lesserot@2Kings:3:13 @ And Elisha’ said unto the king of Israel, What have I to do with thee? go to the prophets of thy father, and to the prophets of thy mother. And the king of Israel said unto him, Not so; for the Lord hath called these three kings, to deliver them into the hand of Moab.

lesserot@2Kings:3:14 @ And Elisha’ said, As the Lord of hosts liveth, before whom I have stood, surely, were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not look toward thee, nor see thee.

lesserot@2Kings:3:15 @ But now bring me a musician. And it came to pass, when the musician played, that the inspiration of the Lord came upon him.

lesserot@2Kings:3:16 @ And he said, Thus hath said the Lord, Make this valley full of ditches.

lesserot@2Kings:3:17 @ For thus hath said the Lord, Ye shall not perceive wind, nor shall ye see rain; yet this valley shall be filled with water, that ye may drink, yourselves, and your flocks, and your cattle.

lesserot@2Kings:3:18 @ And this is yet too light a thing in the eyes of the Lord; and he will also deliver the Moabites into your hand.

lesserot@2Kings:3:19 @ And ye shall smite every fortified city, and every choice city, and every good tree shall ye fell, and all springs of water shall ye stop, and every good piece of land shall ye spoil with stones.

lesserot@2Kings:3:20 @ And it came to pass in the morning, at the time when the meat–offering is offered, that, behold, there came water by the way from Edom, and the country was filled with the water.

lesserot@2Kings:3:21 @ And when all the Moabites heard that the kings were come up to fight against them, they were called together from every one who was girded with a sword, and upward, and they posted themselves on the border.

lesserot@2Kings:3:22 @ And when they rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone upon the water, the Moabites saw the water at a distance as red as blood.

lesserot@2Kings:3:23 @ And they said, This is blood; the kings have certainly had a contest among themselves, and they have smitten one another: and now, up to the spoil, Moab.

lesserot@2Kings:3:24 @ But when they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and smote the Moabites, so that they fled before them; and they smote the Moabites completely, even in their own country.

lesserot@2Kings:3:25 @ And the cities they pulled down, and into every good piece of land they cast every man his stone, and filled it up, and every spring of water they stopped, and every good tree they felled, until they left only its stones in Kir–chareseth, and this the slingers encompassed and smote it.

lesserot@2Kings:3:26 @ And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too strong for him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew the sword, to break through unto the king of Edom; but they could not.

lesserot@2Kings:3:27 @ Then took he his eldest son that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him for a burnt–offering upon the wall. And there was great indignation against Israel: and they departed from him, and returned to their land.

lesserot@2Kings:4:1 @ And a certain woman, of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried unto Elisha’, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou well knowest that thy servant was one who feared the Lord: and now the creditor is come to take my two sons unto himself for servants.

lesserot@2Kings:4:2 @ And Elisha’ said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me, what hast thou in the house? And she said, Thy hand–maid hath nothing in the house, save a pot of oil.

lesserot@2Kings:4:3 @ And he said, Go, borrow for thyself vessels from abroad from all thy neighbors, empty vessels, let them not be a few.

lesserot@2Kings:4:4 @ And then go home, and lock the door behind thee and behind thy sons, and then pour out into all those vessels; and that which is full thou shalt set aside.

lesserot@2Kings:4:5 @ So she went from him, and locked the door behind her and behind her sons, who brought the vessels near to her, and she poured out.

lesserot@2Kings:4:6 @ And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said unto her son, Bring near to me yet another vessel; and he said unto her, There is not a vessel more: and the oil stayed.

lesserot@2Kings:4:7 @ Then came she and told it to the man of God; and he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and thou with thy children shalt live of the rest.

lesserot@2Kings:4:8 @ And it happened one day, that Elisha’ passed over to Shunem, and there was a great woman, and she constrained him to eat bread; and it happened, that as oft as he passed by, he used to turn in thither to eat bread.

lesserot@2Kings:4:9 @ And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is a holy man of God, who passeth through by us continually.

lesserot@2Kings:4:10 @ Let us then make a little upper chamber, on the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a chair, and a candlestick: and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither.

lesserot@2Kings:4:11 @ And it happened one day, that he came thither, and he turned into the upper chamber, and lay there.

lesserot@2Kings:4:12 @ And he said to Gechazi his servant, Call this Shunammite: and he called her, and she stood before him.

lesserot@2Kings:4:13 @ And he said unto him, Say now unto her, Behold, thou hast been at pains to take all this trouble for us: what is to be done for thee? wouldst thou be spoken for to the king, or to the chief of the army? And she said, I dwell in the midst of my own people.

lesserot@2Kings:4:14 @ And he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gechazi said, Verily, she hath no son, and her husband is old.

lesserot@2Kings:4:15 @ And he said, Call her: and he called her, and she stood in the door.

lesserot@2Kings:4:16 @ And he said, At this season, next year, thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, No, my Lord, man of God, do not deceive thy hand–maid.

lesserot@2Kings:4:17 @ But the woman conceived, and bore a son at that season in the following year, as Elisha’ had spoken unto her.

lesserot@2Kings:4:18 @ And the child grew up; and it happened one day, that he went out to his father to the reapers.

lesserot@2Kings:4:19 @ And he said unto his father, My head, my head: and he said to a lad, Carry him to his mother.

lesserot@2Kings:4:20 @ And he took him up, and brought him to his mother, and he sat on her knees till noon, when he died.

lesserot@2Kings:4:21 @ And she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and locked the door behind him, and went out.

lesserot@2Kings:4:22 @ And she called unto her husband, and said, Send me, I pray thee, one of the young men, and one of the she–asses, that I may hasten as far as the man of God, and return.

lesserot@2Kings:4:23 @ And he said, Wherefore art thou going to him today? it is neither new moon, nor sabbath. And she said, It is well.

lesserot@2Kings:4:24 @ Then she saddled the she–ass, and said to her servant, Drive, and go forward; do not restrain me in riding, unless I say it to thee.

lesserot@2Kings:4:25 @ So she went and came unto the man of God to mount Carmel; and it came to pass, when the man of God saw her afar off, that he said to Gechazi his servant, Behold, yonder that Shunammite.

lesserot@2Kings:4:26 @ Now do run to meet her, and say unto her, Is it well with thee? is it well with thy husband? is it well with thy child? and she answered, It is well.

lesserot@2Kings:4:27 @ And she came to the man of God to the mount, and caught hold of his feet; and Gechazi came near to thrust her away; but the man of God said, Let her alone; for her soul is grieved within her; and the Lord hath hidden it from me, and hath not told it me.

lesserot@2Kings:4:28 @ And she said, Did I request a son from my Lord? did I not say, Do not lead me astray?

lesserot@2Kings:4:29 @ Then said he to Gechazi, Gird up thy loins, and take my staff in thy hand, and go thy way: if thou meet any man, thou shalt not salute him; and if any salute thee, thou shalt not answer him; and lay my staff upon the face of the lad.

lesserot@2Kings:4:30 @ And the mother of the lad said, As the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And he arose and followed her.

lesserot@2Kings:4:31 @ And Gechazi passed on before them, and laid the staff upon the face of the lad; but there was neither voice, nor perceptible sound; wherefore he went back to meet him, and told him, saying, The lad is not awakened.

lesserot@2Kings:4:32 @ And when Elisha’ was come into the house, behold, the lad was dead, laid upon his bed.

lesserot@2Kings:4:33 @ And he went in and locked the door behind both of them, and prayed unto the Lord.

lesserot@2Kings:4:34 @ And he went up, and laid himself upon the child, and put his mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands; and he stretched himself upon him: and the flesh of the child became warm.

lesserot@2Kings:4:35 @ Then he returned, and walked in the house to and fro; and went up, and stretched himself upon him; and the lad sneezed as many as seven times, and the lad opened his eyes.

lesserot@2Kings:4:36 @ And he called Gechazi, and said, Call this Shunammite: so he called her, and she came in unto him; and he said, Take up thy son.

lesserot@2Kings:4:37 @ Then went she in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground, and took up her son, and went out.

lesserot@2Kings:4:38 @ And Elisha’ returned to Gilgal; and there was a famine in the land; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him: and he said unto his servant, Set on the large pot, and seethe pottage for the sons of the prophets.

lesserot@2Kings:4:39 @ And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered thereof wild colocynths his garment full, and came and cut them up into the pot of pottage; for they knew them not.

lesserot@2Kings:4:40 @ And they poured it out for the men to eat; and it came to pass, as they were eating of the pottage, that they cried out, and said, Death is in the pot, O man of God. And they could not eat.

lesserot@2Kings:4:41 @ But he said, Then bring some meal. And he cast it into the pot; and he said, Pour it out for the people, that they may eat. And there was nothing bad in the pot.

lesserot@2Kings:4:42 @ And there came a man from Ba’alshalishah, and brought unto the man of God bread of the first–fruits, twenty loaves of barley bread, and fresh ears of corn in his scrip: and he said, Give it unto the people, that they may eat.

lesserot@2Kings:4:43 @ And his servitor said, What, shall I set this before a hundred men? And he said, Give it unto the people, that they may eat; for thus hath said the Lord, They shall eat, and shall leave.

lesserot@2Kings:4:44 @ So he set it before them, and they ate, and left thereof, according to the word of the Lord.

lesserot@2Kings:5:1 @ And Na’aman, the captain of the army of the king of Syria, was a great man before his Lord, and highly honored; because by him had the Lord given victory unto Syria: and this man was valiant in war, a leper.

lesserot@2Kings:5:2 @ And the Syrians had gone out in predatory troops, and had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little maiden; and she waited on Na’aman’s wife.

lesserot@2Kings:5:3 @ And she said unto her mistress, Oh that my Lord were but before the prophet that is in Samaria! then would he heal him of his leprosy.

lesserot@2Kings:5:4 @ And he went in, and told his lord, saying, Thus and thus hath spoken the maiden that is from the land of Israel.

lesserot@2Kings:5:5 @ And the king of Syria said, Go to, go, and I will send a letter unto the king of Israel. And he departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of garments.

lesserot@2Kings:5:6 @ And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, which said, And now when this letter cometh unto thee, behold, I have sent to thee Na’aman my servant, that thou mayest heal him of his leprosy.

lesserot@2Kings:5:7 @ And it came to pass, when the king of Israel read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this one doth send unto me to heal a man of his leprosy? for know to a certainty, I pray you, and see that he but seeketh a quarrel against me.

lesserot@2Kings:5:8 @ And it happened, when Elisha’ the man of God heard that the king of Israel had rent his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, Wherefore hast thou rent thy clothes? let him but come to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel.

lesserot@2Kings:5:9 @ And Na’aman came with his horses and with his chariot, and remained at the door of the house of Elisha’.

lesserot@2Kings:5:10 @ And Elisha’ sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and bathe seven times in the Jordan, and thy flesh shall be restored to thee, and thou shalt become clean.

lesserot@2Kings:5:11 @ But Na’aman became wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I had thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the Lord his God, and swing his hand over the place, and heal the leper.

lesserot@2Kings:5:12 @ Are not Amanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not bathe in them, and become clean? and he turned and went away in a rage.

lesserot@2Kings:5:13 @ And his servants came near, and spoke unto him, and they said, My father, if the prophet had bidden thee a great thing, wouldst thou not do it? how much rather then, when he hath said to thee, Bathe, and become clean?

lesserot@2Kings:5:14 @ Then went he down, and dived seven times in the Jordan, according to the word of the man of God: and his flesh was restored like the flesh of a little boy, and he became clean.

lesserot@2Kings:5:15 @ And he returned to the man of God, he with all his camp, and came and stood before him, and said, Behold, now I know that there is no god on all the earth, but in Israel; and now, I pray thee, take a present from thy servant.

lesserot@2Kings:5:16 @ But he said, As the Lord liveth before whom I have stood, I will take none: and he urged him to take it; but he refused.

lesserot@2Kings:5:17 @ And Na’aman said, If not, let there be given, I pray thee, unto thy servant two mules’ burden of earth; for thy servant will not offer henceforth either burnt–offering or peace–sacrifice unto other gods, except unto the Lord.

lesserot@2Kings:5:18 @ For this thing may the Lord pardon thy servant, that when my Lord goeth into the house of Rimmon to prostrate himself there, and he leaneth on my hand, and I prostrate myself also in the house of Rimmon: when I prostrate myself in the house of Rimmon, may the Lord pardon thy servant for this thing.

lesserot@2Kings:5:19 @ And he said unto him, Go in peace: so he departed from him some distance.

lesserot@2Kings:5:20 @ But Gechazi, the servant of Elisha’ the man of God, said, Behold, my master hath spared Na’aman, this Syrian, in not receiving from his hand what he had brought; but, as the Lord liveth, I will run after him, and take some little thing from him.

lesserot@2Kings:5:21 @ So Gechazi hurried after Na’aman; and when Na’aman saw him running after him, he lighted doom from the chariot to meet him, and said, Is well?

lesserot@2Kings:5:22 @ And he said, is well. My master hath sent me, saying, Behold, even now there are come to me from the mountain of Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets: do give them, I pray thee, a talent of silver, and two changes of garments.

lesserot@2Kings:5:23 @ And Na’aman said, Give thy assent, take two talents. And he urged him, and bound up two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of garments, and he gave them unto his two young men, and they carried them before him.

lesserot@2Kings:5:24 @ And when he came to the hill, he took them from their hand, and bestowed them in the house: and he dismissed the men, and they departed.

lesserot@2Kings:5:25 @ But he went in, and stood before his master. And Elisha’ said unto him, Whence comest thou, Gechazi? And he said, Thy servant went not hither or thither.

lesserot@2Kings:5:26 @ And he said unto him, My mind was not gone, when the man turned round from his chariot to meet thee. Is it a time to take money, and to take garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and men–servants, and maid–servants?

lesserot@2Kings:5:27 @ May then the leprosy of Na’aman cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a leper as snow.

lesserot@2Kings:6:1 @ And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha’, Behold now, the place where we dwell before thee is too narrow for us.

lesserot@2Kings:6:2 @ Let us go, we pray thee, as far as the Jordan, and take thence every man one beam, and let us prepare for us there a place to dwell therein. And he said, Go.

lesserot@2Kings:6:3 @ And one said, Give thy assent, I pray thee, and go with thy servants. And he said, I will indeed go.

lesserot@2Kings:6:4 @ So he went with them; and they came to the Jordan, and they cut down trees.

lesserot@2Kings:6:5 @ But as one was felling a beam, the axe–head fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, my Lord! it was also borrowed.

lesserot@2Kings:6:6 @ And the man of God said, Where did it fall? And he showed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither, and he caused the iron to swim.

lesserot@2Kings:6:7 @ And then said he, Lift it up to thee. And he stretched out his hand, and took it.

lesserot@2Kings:6:8 @ And the king of Syria made war against Israel, and took counsel with his servants, saying, In such and such a place shall be my camp.

lesserot@2Kings:6:9 @ And the man of God sent unto the king of Israel, saying, Beware that thou pass not that place; for thither the Syrians are come down.

lesserot@2Kings:6:10 @ And the king of Israel sent to the place, which the man of God had told him and warned him of, and he took care of himself there: not once nor twice.

lesserot@2Kings:6:11 @ Therefore the heart of the king of Syria was sorely troubled concerning this thing; and he called for his servants, and said unto them, Can ye not tell me who of us is for the king of Israel?

lesserot@2Kings:6:12 @ And one of his servants said, Not so, my Lord, O king; but Elisha’, the prophet that is in Israel, can tell unto the king of Israel the words that thou mayest speak in thy sleeping–chamber.

lesserot@2Kings:6:13 @ And he said, Go and see where he is, that I may send and fetch him. And it was told unto him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan.

lesserot@2Kings:6:14 @ And he sent thither horses, and chariots, and a strong army: and they came by night, and surrounded the city.

lesserot@2Kings:6:15 @ And the servant of the man of God rose early, and went forth, when, behold, an army compassed the city both with horses and chariots. And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how shall we do?

lesserot@2Kings:6:16 @ And he said, Fear not: for those that are with us are more than those that are with them.

lesserot@2Kings:6:17 @ And Elisha’ prayed, and said, O Lord, open, I pray thee, his eyes, that he may see. And the Lord opened the eyes of the young man: and he saw, and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha’.

lesserot@2Kings:6:18 @ And when they came down to him, Elisha’ prayed unto the Lord, and said, Smite, I pray thee, this people with blindness. And he smote them with blindness according to the word of Elisha’.

lesserot@2Kings:6:19 @ And Elisha’ said unto them, This is not the way, neither is this the city: follow me, and I will lead you to the man whom ye wish to seek. And he led them thus to Samaria.

lesserot@2Kings:6:20 @ And it came to pass, when they were come into Samaria, that Elisha’ said, Lord, open the eyes of these, that they may see. And the Lord opened their eyes, and they saw, and, behold, they were in the midst of Samaria.

lesserot@2Kings:6:21 @ And the king of Israel said unto Elisha’, when he saw them, Shall I smite them? Shall I smite them, my father?

lesserot@2Kings:6:22 @ But he said, Thou shalt not smite them: wouldst thou smite those whom thou hast taken captive with thy sword and with thy bow? set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master.

lesserot@2Kings:6:23 @ And he prepared for them a great meal; and they ate and drank, and he sent them away, and they went to their master. And the predatory bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel.

lesserot@2Kings:6:24 @ And it came to pass after this, that Ben–hadad the king of Syria assembled all his camp, and went up, and besieged Samaria.

lesserot@2Kings:6:25 @ And there was a great famine in Samaria; and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass’s head was sold for eighty pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a kab of dove’s dung for five pieces of silver.

lesserot@2Kings:6:26 @ And it happened as the king of Israel was passing along upon the wall, that a woman cried unto him, saying, Help, my Lord, O king.

lesserot@2Kings:6:27 @ And he said, If the Lord do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? shall it be out of the threshing–floor, or out of the wine–press?

lesserot@2Kings:6:28 @ And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she said, This woman said unto me, Give up thy son, that we may eat him today, and my son we will eat tomorrow.

lesserot@2Kings:6:29 @ So we boiled my son, and ate him; but when I said unto her on the next day, Give up thy son, that we may eat him: she hid her son.

lesserot@2Kings:6:30 @ And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he rent his clothes, as he was passing along upon the wall: and the people looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth beneath upon his flesh.

lesserot@2Kings:6:31 @ Then said he, May God do so unto me and continue so yet farther, if the head of Elisha’ the son of Shaphat shall remain on him this day.

lesserot@2Kings:6:32 @ But Elisha’ was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him; and he sent a man from before him; but before the messenger could yet come to him, he said to the elders, See ye how this son of the murderer hath sent to remove my head? look, when the messenger cometh, shut the door, and hold him back with the door: is not the sound of his master’s feet behind him?

lesserot@2Kings:6:33 @ And while he was yet speaking with them, behold, the messenger came down unto him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of the Lord; what shall I hope for in the Lord any longer?

lesserot@2Kings:7:1 @ Then said Elisha’, Hear ye the word of the Lord: Thus hath said the Lord, About this time tomorrow a seah of fine flour shall be sold for a shekel, and two seahs of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.

lesserot@2Kings:7:2 @ Then answered the lord of the king, on whose hand he used to lean, the man of God, and said, Behold, will the Lord make windows in the heavens, that this thing shall be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thy eyes, but thereof shalt thou not eat.

lesserot@2Kings:7:3 @ And there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate: and they said one to another, Why do we remain here until we die?

lesserot@2Kings:7:4 @ If we say, We will enter into the city, then is the famine in the city, and we shall die there; and if we remain here, we die: now therefore come, and let us go over unto the camp of the Syrians; if they will let us live, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die.

lesserot@2Kings:7:5 @ And they rose up in the twilight, to go unto the camp of the Syrians; and when they were come to the uttermost part of the camp of the Syrians, behold, there was no man there.

lesserot@2Kings:7:6 @ For the Lord had caused the camp of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, the noise of a large army: and they said one to the other, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.

lesserot@2Kings:7:7 @ And they were arisen and fled in the twilight, and had left their tents, and their horses, and their asses, the camp as it was, and fled for their life.

lesserot@2Kings:7:8 @ And so came these lepers to the uttermost part of the camp, and they went into one tent, and ate and drank, and carried away thence silver, and gold, and garments, and went and hid them; and they returned, and entered into another tent, and carried away thence, and went and hid it.

lesserot@2Kings:7:9 @ And then they said one to the other, We do not act correctly; this day is a day of good tidings; and if we remain silent, and tarry till the morning–light, we shall incur guilt: now then come, and let us go and tell it at the king’s house.

lesserot@2Kings:7:10 @ So they went and called unto one of the gate–keepers of the city, and they told them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, there was no man there, nor the voice of man; but the horses were tied, and the asses were tied, and the tents as they had been.

lesserot@2Kings:7:11 @ And he called the gate–keepers; and they told it at the king’s house within.

lesserot@2Kings:7:12 @ And the king arose in the night, and said unto his servants, I can easily tell you what the Syrians have done to us: they know that we are hungry; and they are therefore gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying, If they should come out of the city, we will catch them alive, and enter into the city.

lesserot@2Kings:7:13 @ And one of his servants answered and said, Let some take, I pray thee, five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city, let it fare with them as with all the multitude of Israel that are left in it, let it fare with them as with all the multitude of Israel that have perished: and let us send out and see.

lesserot@2Kings:7:14 @ And they took two chariots with horses; and the king sent after the camp of the Syrians, saying, Go and see.

lesserot@2Kings:7:15 @ And they went after them as far as the Jordan; and, lo, the whole way was full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their haste: and the messengers returned, and told it to the king.

lesserot@2Kings:7:16 @ And the people went out, and plundered the camp of the Syrians: and a seah of fine flour was to be had for a shekel, and two seahs of barley for a shekel, according to the word of the Lord.

lesserot@2Kings:7:17 @ And the king had appointed the lord on whose hand he used to lean to have the charge of the gate; and the people trod him down in the gate, and he died; as the man of God had spoken, which he spoke when the king came down to him.

lesserot@2Kings:7:18 @ And it came to pass as the man of God was speaking to the king, saying, Two seahs of barley for a shekel, and a seah of fine flour for a shekel, shall be about this time tomorrow in the gate of Samaria:

lesserot@2Kings:7:19 @ That the Lord had answered the man of God, and said, Now, behold, if even the Lord were to make windows in the heavens, would such a thing be? And he had said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thy eyes, but thereof shalt thou not eat.

lesserot@2Kings:7:20 @ And it happened unto him so; for the people trod him down in the gate, and he died.

lesserot@2Kings:8:1 @ And Elisha’ spoke unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go, thou and thy household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn; for the Lord hath called for a famine, and it is also coming in the land for seven years.

lesserot@2Kings:8:2 @ And the woman arose, and did after the word of the man of God; and she went, she with her household, and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years.

lesserot@2Kings:8:3 @ And it came to pass at the end of seven years, that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines; and she went forth to cry unto the king for her house and for her land.

lesserot@2Kings:8:4 @ And the king was just speaking with Gechazi the servant of the man of God, saying, Relate to me, I pray thee, all the great things that Elisha’ hath done.

lesserot@2Kings:8:5 @ And it came to pass, as he was just relating to the king how he had restored the dead to life, that, behold, the woman, whose son he had restored to life, cried to the king for her house and for her land. And Gechazi said, My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is her son, whom Elisha’ restored to life.

lesserot@2Kings:8:6 @ And the king asked of the woman, who related it to him. So the king appointed unto her a certain officer, saying, Restore all that belongeth to her, and all the products of the field since the day that she left the land, even until now.

lesserot@2Kings:8:7 @ And Elisha’ came to Damascus; and Ben–hadad, the king of Syria, was sick; and it was told him, saying, The man of God is come even hither.

lesserot@2Kings:8:8 @ And the king said unto Chazael, Take a present in thy hand, and go to meet the man of God, and inquire of the Lord from him, saying, Shall I recover from this sickness?

lesserot@2Kings:8:9 @ So Chazael went to meet him, and took a present in his hand, and all manner of good things of Damascus, a burden for forty camels, and he came and stood before him, and said, Thy son Ben–hadad the king of Syria hath sent me to thee, saying, Shall I recover from this sickness?

lesserot@2Kings:8:10 @ And Elisha’ said unto him, Go, say unto him, Thou mayest certainly recover; nevertheless the Lord hath shown me that he shall surely die.

lesserot@2Kings:8:11 @ And he restrained his countenance, and held back as long as he could: and then wept the man of God.

lesserot@2Kings:8:12 @ And Chazael said, Why doth my Lord weep? And he said, Because I know what evil thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong–holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and their children wilt thou dash, and their pregnant women wilt thou rip up.

lesserot@2Kings:8:13 @ And Chazael said, But what is thy servant, the dog, that he should do this great thing? And Elisha’ said, The Lord hath caused me to see thee as king over Syria.

lesserot@2Kings:8:14 @ So he went away from Elisha’, and came to his master; who said to him, What hath Elisha’ said to thee? And he said, he said to me that thou couldst surely recover.

lesserot@2Kings:8:15 @ And it came to pass on the morrow, that he took a cover lid, and dipped it in water, and spread it over his face, and he died: and Chazael became king in his stead.

lesserot@2Kings:8:16 @ And in the fifth year of Joram the son of Achab the king of Israel, Jehoshaphat being yet king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah became king.

lesserot@2Kings:8:17 @ Thirty and two years old was he when he became king, and eight years did he reign in Jerusalem.

lesserot@2Kings:8:18 @ And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as the house of Achab had done; for a daughter of Achab had he for wife: and he did what is evil in the eyes of the Lord.

lesserot@2Kings:8:19 @ Yet would the Lord not destroy Judah for the sake of David his servant, as he said unto him, to give him a government and to his children at all times.

lesserot@2Kings:8:20 @ In his days Edom revolted from under the power of Judah, and they appointed a king over themselves.

lesserot@2Kings:8:21 @ And Joram went over to Za’ir, and all the chariots were with him; and he rose up by night, and smote the Edomites who compassed him about, and the captains of the chariots: and the people fled unto their tents.

lesserot@2Kings:8:22 @ Yet Edom revolted from under the power of Judah even until this day; then did Libnah revolt at the same time.

lesserot@2Kings:8:23 @ And the rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah.

lesserot@2Kings:8:24 @ And Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Achazyahu his son became king in his stead.

lesserot@2Kings:8:25 @ In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Achab the king of Israel became Achazyahu, the son of Jehoram the king of Judah, king.

lesserot@2Kings:8:26 @ Two and twenty years old was Achazyahu when he became king; and one year did he reign in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was ‘Athalyahu, the daughter of ‘Omri the king of Israel.

lesserot@2Kings:8:27 @ And he walked in the way of the house of Achab, and did what is evil in the eyes of the Lord, like the house of Achab; for he was the son–in–law of the house of Achab.

lesserot@2Kings:8:28 @ And he went with Joram the son of Achab to the war against Chazael the king of Syria at Ramoth–gil’ad: and the Syrians smote Joram.

lesserot@2Kings:8:29 @ And king Joram returned to be healed in Yizre’el of the wounds which the Syrians had inflicted on him at Ramah, when he was fighting against Chazael the king of Syria. And Achazyahu the son of Jehoram the king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Achab in Yizre’el, because he was sick.

lesserot@2Kings:9:1 @ And Elisha’ the prophet called one of the children of the prophets, and said unto him, Gird up thy loins, and take this flask of oil in thy hand, and go to Ramoth–gil’ad:

lesserot@2Kings:9:2 @ And when thou art come thither, look out there for Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi, and go in, and cause him to stand up from the midst of his brethren, and bring him in to the innermost chamber;

lesserot@2Kings:9:3 @ And thou shalt then take the flask of oil, and pour it on his head, and say, Thus hath said the Lord, I have anointed thee as king over Israel. Then must thou open the door, and flee, and not wait for any thing.

lesserot@2Kings:9:4 @ So the young man, the disciple of the prophet, went to Ramoth–gil’ad.

lesserot@2Kings:9:5 @ And when he came, behold, the captains of the army were sitting; and he said, I have a word for thee, O captain. And Jehu said, For whom of all of us? And he said, For thee, O captain.

lesserot@2Kings:9:6 @ And he arose, and went into the house: and he poured the oil on his head, and said unto him, Thus hath said the Lord the God of Israel, I anoint thee as king over the people of the Lord, over Israel.

lesserot@2Kings:9:7 @ And thou shalt smite the house of Achab thy master, that I may avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the Lord, at the hand of Izebel.

lesserot@2Kings:9:8 @ And the whole house of Achab shall perish: and I will cut off from Achab every male, and the guarded and fortified in Israel;

lesserot@2Kings:9:9 @ And I will make the house of Achab like the house of Jerobo’am the son of Nebat, and like the house of Ba’sha the son of Achiyah;

lesserot@2Kings:9:10 @ And Izebel shall the dogs eat in the field of Yizre’el, with none to bury her. And he opened the door, and fled.

lesserot@2Kings:9:11 @ But Jehu came forth to the servants of his Lord: and one said unto him, Is all well? wherefore came this madman to thee? And he said unto them, Ye yourselves know the man, and his talk.

lesserot@2Kings:9:12 @ And they said, It is false: only tell us, we pray thee. And he said, So and so did he speak to me, saying, Thus hath said the Lord, I anoint thee as king over Israel.

lesserot@2Kings:9:13 @ Then they hastened, and they took every man his garment, and put it under him on the top of the stairs; and they blew the cornet, saying, Jehu is king.

lesserot@2Kings:9:14 @ So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. (Now Joram had kept guard at Ramoth–gil’ad, he and all Israel, because of Chazael the king of Syria.

lesserot@2Kings:9:15 @ But king Jehoram was returned to be healed in Yizre’el of the wounds which the Syrians had inflicted on him, when he was fighting with Chazael the king of Syria.) And Jehu said, If this be your mind, then let none that escapeth go forth out of the city to go to tell it in Yizre’el.

lesserot@2Kings:9:16 @ So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to Yizre’el; for Joram was lying there. And Achazyah the king of Judah was come down to see Joram.

lesserot@2Kings:9:17 @ And the watchman stood on the tower in Yizre’el, and he saw the company of Jehu as he came; and he said, A company do I see, And Jehoram said, Take a horseman, and send out to meet them, and let him say, Is it peace?

lesserot@2Kings:9:18 @ So there went one riding on horseback to meet him, and said, Thus hath said the king, Is it peace? And Jehu said, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee about behind me. And the watchman told, saying, The messenger came up to them, but he hath not returned.

lesserot@2Kings:9:19 @ Then sent he out a second rider on horseback, who came to them, and said, Thus hath said the king, Is it peace? And Jehu answered, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee about behind me.

lesserot@2Kings:9:20 @ And the watchman told, saying, He came up to them, but he hath not returned: and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi; for he driveth as though he were mad.

lesserot@2Kings:9:21 @ And Jehoram said, Harness up. And his chariot was harnessed up. And Jehoram the king of Israel and Achazyahu the king of Judah went out, each in his chariot, and they went out to meet Jehu, and found him in the portion of land of Naboth the Yizre’elite.

lesserot@2Kings:9:22 @ And it came to pass, when Jehoram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he said, What peace can there be with the acts of incest of thy mother Izebel and her many witchcrafts?

lesserot@2Kings:9:23 @ And Jehoram turned about, and fled, and said to Achazyahu, Treachery, Achazyahu.

lesserot@2Kings:9:24 @ And Jehu grasped the bow with his full strength, and struck Jehoram between his arms, and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot.

lesserot@2Kings:9:25 @ Then said he to Bidkar his officer, Lift up, cast him down in the part of the field that was Naboth’s the Yizre’elite; for remember how that I and thou rode alongside each other after Achab his father, when the Lord pronounced over him this fatal decree:

lesserot@2Kings:9:26 @ Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith the Lord; and I will repay thee in this part of the field, saith the Lord. And now lift up, cast him down into the field, according to the word of the Lord.

lesserot@2Kings:9:27 @ And when Achazyahu the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden–house; but Jehu pursued after him, and said, Also him smite in the chariot. on the ascent to Gur, which is by Yible’am. And he fled to Megiddo, and died there.

lesserot@2Kings:9:28 @ And his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his sepulchre with his fathers in the city of David.

lesserot@2Kings:9:29 @ And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Achab became Achazyah king over Judah.

lesserot@2Kings:9:30 @ And Jehu came to Yizre’el; and when Izebel heard of it, she painted her eyes, and ornamented her head, and looked out at the window.

lesserot@2Kings:9:31 @ And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, Is it peace, O Zimri, who hath slain his master?

lesserot@2Kings:9:32 @ And he lifted up his face to the window, and said, Who is on my side? who? And there looked out to him two or three chamberlains.

lesserot@2Kings:9:33 @ And he said, Pitch her down. So they pitched her down: and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses; and he trod her under foot.

lesserot@2Kings:9:34 @ And he came in, and ate and drank; and then said he, Look, I pray you, after this accursed one, and bury her; for she is a king’s daughter.

lesserot@2Kings:9:35 @ And they went to bury her: but they found nothing of her but the skull, and the feet, and the palms of the hands.

lesserot@2Kings:9:36 @ And they returned, and told him; and he said, It is the word of the Lord, which he spoke by means of his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the field of Yizre’el shall the dogs eat the flesh of Izebel:

lesserot@2Kings:9:37 @ And the carcass of Izebel shall be as dung upon the face of the field in the portion of Yizre’el; so that they shall not say, This is Izebel.

lesserot@2Kings:10:1 @ And Achab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote letters and sent them to Samaria, unto the rulers of Yizre’el, the elders, and to those that brought up Achab’s children, saying,

lesserot@2Kings:10:2 @ And now as soon as this letter cometh to you, seeing that there are with you your master’s sons, and there are with you the chariots and the horses, and the fortified city, and the armor:

lesserot@2Kings:10:3 @ Select then the best and the most fitting of your master’s sons, and set him on his father’s throne, and fight for your master’s house.

lesserot@2Kings:10:4 @ But they were exceedingly much afraid, and said, Behold, the two kings could not stand before him: how then shall we be able to stand?

lesserot@2Kings:10:5 @ And the superintendent over the house, and the commander over the city, and the elders, and the bringers up of the children, sent to Jehu, saying, We are thy servants, and all that thou mayest say unto us will we do; we will not set up any one as king: do what is good in thy eyes.

lesserot@2Kings:10:6 @ Then wrote he to them a letter the second time, saying, If ye be for me, and if ye will hearken unto my voice, then take the heads of the men, your master’s sons, and come to me to Yizre’el by this time tomorrow. Now the king’s sons, seventy persons, were with the great men of the city, who brought them up.

lesserot@2Kings:10:7 @ And it came to pass, when the letter came to them, that they took the king’s sons and slaughtered them, seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets, and sent them to him to Yizre’el.

lesserot@2Kings:10:8 @ And the messenger came, and told him, saying, They have brought the heads of the king’s sons. And he said, Place ye them in two heaps at the entrance of the gate until the morning.

lesserot@2Kings:10:9 @ And it came to pass in the morning, that he went out, and stood, and said to all the people, Ye are righteous: behold, I conspired against my master, and slew him; but who hath killed all these?

lesserot@2Kings:10:10 @ Know now that there shall not fall of the word of the Lord unto the earth, the least that the Lord hath spoken concerning the house of Achab; and the Lord hath done that which he spoke by means of his servant Elijah.

lesserot@2Kings:10:11 @ And Jehu smote all that yet remained of the house of Achab in Yizre’el, and all his great men, and his acquaintance, and his priests, until he had left him none that escaped.

lesserot@2Kings:10:12 @ And he arose and departed, and came to Samaria; he was just at the binding–house of the shepherds, on the way:

lesserot@2Kings:10:13 @ When Jehu met with the brothers of Achazyahu the king of Judah, and he said, Who are ye? And they said, The brothers of Achazyahu are we; and we are come down to salute the children of the king and the children of the queen.

lesserot@2Kings:10:14 @ And he said, Seize them alive. And they seized them alive, and slaughtered them at the pit of the binding–house, two and forty men; and he left not one of them remaining.

lesserot@2Kings:10:15 @ And he went away thence, and met Yehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him: and he saluted him, and said to him, Is all right in thy heart, as my heart is with thy heart? And Yehonadab answered, It is; it is: give me thy hand. And he gave him his hand; and he took him up to him into the chariot.

lesserot@2Kings:10:16 @ And he said, Come with me, and behold my zeal for the Lord. So they made him ride in his chariot.

lesserot@2Kings:10:17 @ And when he came to Samaria, he smote all that yet remained unto Achab in Samaria, till he had exterminated him, according to the word of the Lord which he had spoken to Elijah.

lesserot@2Kings:10:18 @ And Jehu assembled all the people, and said unto them, Achab hath served Ba’al a little: Jehu will serve him much.

lesserot@2Kings:10:19 @ And now call unto me all the prophets of Ba’al, all his worshippers, and all his priests: let no one be missing; for I have a great sacrifice to make for Ba’al; whosoever will be missing, shall not live. But Jehu did it in subtilty, in order to destroy the worshippers of Ba’al.

lesserot@2Kings:10:20 @ And Jehu said, Sanctify a solemn assembly for Ba’al. And they proclaimed it.

lesserot@2Kings:10:21 @ And Jehu sent throughout all Israel: and there came all the worshippers of Ba’al, so that there was not a man remaining that came not; and they came into the house of Ba’al; and the house of Ba’al was full from one end to another.

lesserot@2Kings:10:22 @ And he said unto him that was over the wardrobe, Bring forth vestments for all the worshippers of Ba’al. And he brought forth for them the vestments.

lesserot@2Kings:10:23 @ And Jehu went, with Yehonadab the son of Rechab, into the house of Ba’al, and he said unto the worshippers of Ba’al, Search, and look that there be not here with you any of the servants of the Lord, but the worshippers of Ba’al entirely alone.

lesserot@2Kings:10:24 @ And they went in to prepare sacrifices and burnt–offerings; but Jehu had set for himself without eighty men, and said, a man that escapeth from the men whom I deliver into your hands, life for his life.

lesserot@2Kings:10:25 @ And it came to pass, as soon as they had made an end of preparing the burnt–offering, that Jehu said to the runners and to the officers, Go in, smite them: let none come forth. And they smote them with the edge of the sword; and the runners and the captains cast them out, and went as far as the city of the house of Ba’al.

lesserot@2Kings:10:26 @ And they brought forth the statues out of the house of Ba’al, and burnt every one of them.

lesserot@2Kings:10:27 @ And they broke down the statue of Ba’al, and broke down the house of Ba’al, and made it a common sewer unto this day.

lesserot@2Kings:10:28 @ Thus Jehu exterminated Ba’al out of Israel.

lesserot@2Kings:10:29 @ Nevertheless the sins of Jerobo’am the son of Nebat, who induced Israel to sin, Jehu departed not from in following them, the golden calves that were in Beth–el, and that were in Daniel.

lesserot@2Kings:10:30 @ And the Lord said unto Jehu, Forasmuch as thou hast acted well in doing what is right in my eyes, and hast done in accordance with all that was in my heart unto the house of Achab: children of the fourth generation after thee shall sit upon the throne of Israel.

lesserot@2Kings:10:31 @ But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the Lord the God of Israel with all his heart: he departed not from the sins of Jerobo’am, who induced Israel to sin.

lesserot@2Kings:10:32 @ In those days the Lord began to cut Israel short; and Chazael smote them in all the boundary of Israel;

lesserot@2Kings:10:33 @ From the Jordan to the rising of the sun, all the land of Gil’ad, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the Menassites, from ‘Aro’er which is by the river Arnon, both Gil’ad and Bashan.

lesserot@2Kings:10:34 @ Now the rest of the acts of Jehu, and all that he did, and all his mighty deeds, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

lesserot@2Kings:10:35 @ And Jehu slept with his fathers, and they buried him in Samaria. And Jehoachaz his son became king in his stead.

lesserot@2Kings:10:36 @ And the time that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria was twenty and eight years.

lesserot@2Kings:11:1 @ And when ‘Athalyah the mother of Achazyahu saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal.

lesserot@2Kings:11:2 @ But Yehosheba’, the daughter of king Joram, the sister of Achazyahu, took Joash the son of Achazyahu, and stole him away from among the king’s sons that were slain, him and his nurse into the bed–chamber: and they hid him from ‘Athalyah, so that he was not slain.

lesserot@2Kings:11:3 @ And he was with her in the house of the Lord hidden for six years, while ‘Athalyah was reigning over the land.

lesserot@2Kings:11:4 @ And in the seventh year Yehoyada’ sent and fetched the rulers over the hundreds, of the guards and the runners, and brought them to him into the house of the Lord, and made a covenant with them, and made them swear in the house of the Lord, and showed them the king’s son.

lesserot@2Kings:11:5 @ And he commanded them, saying, This is the thing that ye shall do: A third part of you that enter in on the sabbath shall even be keeping watch in the king’s house;

lesserot@2Kings:11:6 @ And a third part shall be at the gate of Sur; and a third part at the gate behind the runners; so shall ye keep watch at the house, as a defence.

lesserot@2Kings:11:7 @ And two parts of you all that are relieved on the sabbath, even they shall keep watch in the house of the Lord about the king.

lesserot@2Kings:11:8 @ And ye shall encompass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand; and he that cometh within the ranges shall be put to death: and be ye with the king when he goeth out and when he cometh in.

lesserot@2Kings:11:9 @ And the captains over the hundreds did in accordance with all that Yohayada’ the priest had commanded: and they took every man his men that came in on the sabbath, with those that were to be relieved on the sabbath, and came to Yehoyada’ the priest.

lesserot@2Kings:11:10 @ And the priest gave to the captains over the hundred the spears and shields that had belonged to king David, that were in the house of the Lord.

lesserot@2Kings:11:11 @ And the runners stood every man with his weapons in his hand, from the right side of the house to the left side of the house, by the altar and within, round about the king.

lesserot@2Kings:11:12 @ And he brought forth the king’s son, and put the crown upon him, and the testimony, and they made him king, and anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said, Long live the king.

lesserot@2Kings:11:13 @ And when ‘Athalyah heard the noise of the runners of the people, she came to the people in the house of the Lord.

lesserot@2Kings:11:14 @ And she looked, and, behold, the king stood upon a stand, according to custom, and the princes and the trumpeters were by the king, and all the people of the land were rejoicing, and blowing with trumpets: and ‘Athalyah then rent her clothes, and cried, Conspiracy! conspiracy!

lesserot@2Kings:11:15 @ But Yehoyada’ the priest commanded the captains of the hundreds, the commanders of the army, and said unto them, Lead her forth to within the ranges: and him that followeth her put to death with the sword. For the priest had said, She shall not be slain in the house of the Lord.

lesserot@2Kings:11:16 @ And they made way for her; and she went by the way of the entrance of the horses into the king’s house: and she was put to death there.

lesserot@2Kings:11:17 @ And Yehoyada’ made a covenant between the Lord and between the king and between the people, that they should be a people unto the Lord; and between the king and between the people.

lesserot@2Kings:11:18 @ And then came all the people of the land into the house of Ba’al, and pulled it down: his altars and his images they broke in pieces thoroughly, and Mattan the priest of Ba’al they slew before the altars. And the priest appointed superintendents over the house of the Lord.

lesserot@2Kings:11:19 @ And he took the chiefs over hundreds, and the guards, and the runners, and all the people of the land, and they brought down the king from the house of the Lord, and came by the way of the gate of the runners to the king’s house: and he sat on the throne of the kings.

lesserot@2Kings:11:20 @ And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet; but ‘Athalyah they had slain with the sword at the king’s house.

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lesserot@2Kings:13:1 @ In the three and twentieth year of Joash the son of Achazyahu the king of Judah became Jehoachaz the son of Jehu king over Israel in Samaria seventeen years.

lesserot@2Kings:13:2 @ And he did what is evil in the eyes of the Lord, and followed the sins of Jerobo’am the son of Nebat, who induced Israel to sin: he departed not therefrom.

lesserot@2Kings:13:3 @ And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel; and he gave them up into the hand of Chazael the king of Syria, and into the hand of Ben–hadad the son of Chazael, all the time.

lesserot@2Kings:13:4 @ And Jehoachaz besought the Lord; and the Lord hearkened unto him; for he saw the oppression of Israel, how the king of Syria oppressed them.

lesserot@2Kings:13:5 @ (And the Lord gave Israel a deliverer, so that they came out from under the power of the Syrians: and the children of Israel dwelt in their tents, as in times past.

lesserot@2Kings:13:6 @ Nevertheless they departed not from the sins of the house of Jerobo’am, who induced Israel to sin, therein the people walked: and the Asherah also remained standing in Samaria.)

lesserot@2Kings:13:7 @ For he had left of people to Jehoachaz none but fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand men on foot; for the king of Syria had destroyed them, and had made them like the dust at threshing.

lesserot@2Kings:13:8 @ Now the rest of the acts of Jehoachaz, and all that he did, and his mighty deeds, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

lesserot@2Kings:13:9 @ And Jehoachaz slept with his fathers; and they buried him in Samaria: and Joash his son became king in his stead.

lesserot@2Kings:13:10 @ In the thirty and seventh year of Joash the king of Judah became Jehoash the son of Jehoachaz king over Israel in Samaria, sixteen years.

lesserot@2Kings:13:11 @ And he did what is evil in the eyes of the Lord; he departed not from all the sins of Jerobo’am the son of Nebat, who induced Israel to sin: therein he walked.

lesserot@2Kings:13:12 @ And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, and his mighty deeds wherewith he fought against Amazyah the king of Judah, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

lesserot@2Kings:13:13 @ And Joash slept with his fathers; and Jerobo’am sat upon his throne: and Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.

lesserot@2Kings:13:14 @ Now Elisha’ was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he had to die. And Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over his face, and said, O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and their horsemen.

lesserot@2Kings:13:15 @ And Elisha’ said unto him, Fetch a bow and arrows. And he fetched unto him a bow and arrows.

lesserot@2Kings:13:16 @ And he said to the king of Israel, Place thy hand upon the bow. And he placed his hand: and Elisha’ laid his hands upon the king’s hands.

lesserot@2Kings:13:17 @ And he said, Open the window eastward. And he opened it. Then said Elisha’, Shoot. And he shot. And he said, The arrow of victory from the Lord, and the arrow of victory over Syria; and thou shalt smite the Syrians in Aphek, till they be consumed.

lesserot@2Kings:13:18 @ And he said, Take the arrows. And he took them. And he said unto the king of Israel, Strike upon the ground. And he struck three times, and stopped.

lesserot@2Kings:13:19 @ And the man of God was angry with him, and said, Thou shouldst have struck five or six times; then wouldst thou have smitten the Syrians till they had been consumed: whereas now thou shalt smite the Syrians three times.

lesserot@2Kings:13:20 @ And Elisha’ died, and they buried him. And the predatory bands of Moabites frequently invaded the land at the coming in of the year.

lesserot@2Kings:13:21 @ And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold, they saw the band; and they cast down the man into the sepulchre of Elisha’: and as the man came, and touched the bones of Elisha’, he revived, and rose up on his feet.

lesserot@2Kings:13:22 @ But Chazael the king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoachaz.

lesserot@2Kings:13:23 @ And the Lord became gracious unto them, and had mercy on them, and turned his regard unto them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, and he cast them not off from his presence even until now.

lesserot@2Kings:13:24 @ And Chazael the king of Syria died: and Ben–hadad his son became king in his stead.

lesserot@2Kings:13:25 @ And Jehoash the son of Jehoachaz took again the cities out of the power of Ben–hadad the son of Chazael, which he had taken out of the power of Jehoachaz his father in the war. Three times did Joash beat him, and he recovered the cities of Israel.

lesserot@2Kings:14:1 @ In the second year of Joash the son of Joachaz the king of Israel became Amazyahu, the son of Joash the king of Judah, king.

lesserot@2Kings:14:2 @ Twenty and five years was he old when he became king, and twenty and nine years did he reign in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Yeho’addan of Jerusalem.

lesserot@2Kings:14:3 @ And he did what is right in the eyes of the Lord, yet not like David his father: in accordance with all that Joash his father had done, did he.

lesserot@2Kings:14:4 @ Nevertheless the high–places were not removed: as yet the people sacrificed and burnt incense on the high–places.

lesserot@2Kings:14:5 @ And it came to pass, when the kingdom was firmly established in his hand, that he slew his servants who had slain the king his father.

lesserot@2Kings:14:6 @ But the children of the murderers he put not to death: as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, that the Lord commanded, saying, The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor shall the children be put to death for the fathers; but every man shall be put to death for his own sin.

lesserot@2Kings:14:7 @ He it was that smote of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand men, and seized Sela’ in the war, and called its name Yoktheel until this day.

lesserot@2Kings:14:8 @ Then sent Amazyah messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoachaz the son of Jehu, the king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in the face.

lesserot@2Kings:14:9 @ And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amazyahu the king of Judah, saying, The thornbush that was in the Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in the Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son for wife. And there passed along the wild beasts that were in Lebanon, and trod down the thornbush.

lesserot@2Kings:14:10 @ Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thy heart hath lifted thee up: keep thy glory and stay in thy house; and why wilt thou meddle with misfortune, that thou mayest fall, thou, and Judah with thee?

lesserot@2Kings:14:11 @ But Amazyahu would not hear. Therefore Jehoash the king of Israel went up; and he and Amazyahu the king of Judah looked one another in the face at Beth–shemesh, which belongeth to Judah.

lesserot@2Kings:14:12 @ And Judah was defeated before Israel; and they fled every man to his tents.

lesserot@2Kings:14:13 @ And Jehoash the king of Israel caught Amazyahu the king of Judah, the son of Jehoash, the son of Achazyahu, at Beth–shemesh; and he came to Jerusalem, and made a breach in the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the corner–gate, four hundred cubits.

lesserot@2Kings:14:14 @ And he took all the gold and the silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of the Lord, and in the treasures of the king’s house, and the children of the chiefs as hostages, and returned to Samaria.

lesserot@2Kings:14:15 @ Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and his mighty deeds, and how he fought with Amazyahu the king of Judah, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

lesserot@2Kings:14:16 @ And Jehoash slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel: and Jerobo’am his son became king in his stead.

lesserot@2Kings:14:17 @ And Amazyahu the son of Joash the king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash, the son of Jehoachaz the king of Israel, fifteen years.

lesserot@2Kings:14:18 @ And the rest of the acts of Amazyahu, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah.

lesserot@2Kings:14:19 @ Now they raised a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem: wherefore he fled to Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there.

lesserot@2Kings:14:20 @ And they brought him on horses: and he was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David.

lesserot@2Kings:14:21 @ And all the people of Judah took ‘Azaryah, who was sixteen years old, and they made him king instead of his father Amazyahu.

lesserot@2Kings:14:22 @ He it was that built Elath, and brought it back to Judah, after the king slept with his fathers.

lesserot@2Kings:14:23 @ In the fifteenth year of Amazyahu the son of Joash the king of Judah became Jerobo’am the son of Joash the king of Israel king in Samaria, forty and one years.

lesserot@2Kings:14:24 @ And he did what is evil in the eyes of the Lord: he departed not from all the sins of Jerobo’am the son of Nebat, who induced Israel to sin.

lesserot@2Kings:14:25 @ He restored the boundary of Israel from the entrance of Chamath unto the sea of the plain; in accordance with the word of the Lord God of Israel, which he had spoken by means of his servant Jonah the son of Amitthai, the prophet, who was of Gathchepher.

lesserot@2Kings:14:26 @ For the Lord saw the affliction of Israel, which was very bitter; that the guarded was no more, and that the fortified was no more, and there was no helper for Israel.

lesserot@2Kings:14:27 @ And the Lord had not spoken that he would blot out the name of Israel from under the heavens; but he helped them by means of Jerobo’am the son of Joash.

lesserot@2Kings:14:28 @ Now the rest of the acts of Jerobo’am, and all that he did, and his mighty deeds, how he warred, and how he brought back Damascus and Chamath, to Judah, to Israel, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

lesserot@2Kings:14:29 @ And Jerobo’am slept with his fathers, with the kings of Israel: and Zechariah his son became king in his stead.

lesserot@2Kings:15:1 @ In the twenty and seventh year of Jerobo’am the king of Israel became ‘Azaryah, the son of Amazyah king of Judah, king.

lesserot@2Kings:15:2 @ Sixteen years old was he when he became king, and two and fifty years did he reign in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Yecholyahu of Jerusalem.

lesserot@2Kings:15:3 @ And he did what is right in the eyes of the Lord, in accordance with all that Amazyahu his father had done;

lesserot@2Kings:15:4 @ Nevertheless the high–places were not removed: as yet the people sacrificed and burnt incense on the high–places.

lesserot@2Kings:15:5 @ And the Lord afflicted the king with leprosy, and he was a leper unto the day of his death, and he dwelt in the leper–house. And Jotham the king’s son was over the house, judged the people of the land.

lesserot@2Kings:15:6 @ And the rest of the acts of ‘Azaryahu, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah.

lesserot@2Kings:15:7 @ And ‘Azaryah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Jotham his son became king in his stead.

lesserot@2Kings:15:8 @ In the thirty and eighth year of ‘Azaryahu the king of Judah became Zechariah the son of Jerobo’am king over Israel in Samaria six months.

lesserot@2Kings:15:9 @ And he did what is evil in the eyes of the Lord, as his fathers had done: he departed not from the sins of Jerobo’am the son of Nebat, who induced Israel to sin.

lesserot@2Kings:15:10 @ And Shallum the son of Yabesh conspired against him, and smote him before the people, and put him to death, and became king in his stead.

lesserot@2Kings:15:11 @ And the rest of the acts of Zechariah, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

lesserot@2Kings:15:12 @ This was the word of the Lord which he spoke unto Jehu, saying, Sons of the fourth generation shall sit after thee on the throne of Israel. And so it came to pass.

lesserot@2Kings:15:13 @ Shallum the son of Yabesh became king in the nine and thirtieth year of ‘Uzziyah the king of Judah; and he reigned for the space of one month in Samaria.

lesserot@2Kings:15:14 @ Then went up Menachem the son of Gadi from Thirzah, and came to Samaria, and smote Shallum the son of Yabesh in Samaria, and put him to death, and became king in his stead.

lesserot@2Kings:15:15 @ And the rest of the acts of Shallum, and his conspiracy which he made, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

lesserot@2Kings:15:16 @ At that time did Menachem smite Thiphsach, and all that was therein, and its territory from Thirzah; because they opened not to him, he smote it; and all the pregnant women therein he ripped up.

lesserot@2Kings:15:17 @ In the nine and thirtieth year of ‘Azaryah the king of Judah became Menachem the son of Gadi king over Israel, ten years, in Samaria.

lesserot@2Kings:15:18 @ And he did what is evil in the eyes of the Lord: he departed not from the sins of Jerobo’am the son of Nebat, who induced Israel to sin, all his days.

lesserot@2Kings:15:19 @ came Pul the king of Assyria against the land: and Menachem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to strengthen the kingdom in his hand.

lesserot@2Kings:15:20 @ And Menachem exacted the money from all Israel, from all the mighty men of the army, to give to the king of Assyria, fifty shekels of silver from every man; and the king of Assyria then returned and stayed not there in the land.

lesserot@2Kings:15:21 @ And the rest of the acts of Menachem, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

lesserot@2Kings:15:22 @ And Menachem slept with his fathers; and Pekachyah his son became king in his stead.

lesserot@2Kings:15:23 @ In the fiftieth year of ‘Azaryah the king of Judah became Pekachyah the son of Menachem king over Israel in Samaria, two years.

lesserot@2Kings:15:24 @ And he did what is evil m the eyes of the Lord: he departed not from the sins of Jerobo’am the son of Nebat, who induced Israel to sin.

lesserot@2Kings:15:25 @ And Pekach the son of Remalyahu, an officer of his, conspired against him, and smote him in Samaria, in the fortress of the king’s house, with the aid of Argob and the Aryeh, and with him were fifty men of the children of the Gil’adites: and he put him to death, and became king in his stead.

lesserot@2Kings:15:26 @ And the rest of the acts of Pekachyah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

lesserot@2Kings:15:27 @ In the fifty–second year of ‘Azaryah the king of Judah became Pekach the son of Remalyahu king over Israel in Samaria, twenty years.

lesserot@2Kings:15:28 @ And he did what is evil in the eyes of the Lord: he departed not from the sins of Jerobo’am the son of Nebat, who induced Israel to sin.

lesserot@2Kings:15:29 @ In the days of Pekach the king of Israel came Tiglath–pilesser the king of Assyria, and took ‘Iyon, and Abel–beth, ma’achah, and Yanoach, and Kedesh, and Chazor, and Gil’ad, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and led them away as exiles to Assyria.

lesserot@2Kings:15:30 @ And Hoshea’ the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekach the son of Remalyahu, and smote him, and put him to death, and became king in his stead, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of ‘Uzziyah.

lesserot@2Kings:15:31 @ And the rest of the acts of Pekach, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

lesserot@2Kings:15:32 @ In the second year of Pekach the son of Remalyahu the king of Israel became Jotham, the son of ‘Uzziyah the king of Judah, king.

lesserot@2Kings:15:33 @ Five and twenty years old was he when he became king, and sixteen years did he reign in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Yerusha, the daughter of Zadok.

lesserot@2Kings:15:34 @ And he did what is right in the eyes of the Lord: in accordance with all that ‘Uzziyahu his father had done, did he.

lesserot@2Kings:15:35 @ Nevertheless, the high–places were not removed: as yet the people sacrificed and burnt incense on the high–places. He it was that built the upper gate of the house of the Lord.

lesserot@2Kings:15:36 @ Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah.

lesserot@2Kings:15:37 @ In those days began the Lord to send against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekach the son of Remalyahu.

lesserot@2Kings:15:38 @ And Jotham slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Achaz his son became king in his stead.

lesserot@2Kings:16:1 @ In the seventeenth year of Pekach the son of Remalyahu, became Achaz, the son of Jotham the king of Judah, king.

lesserot@2Kings:16:2 @ Twenty years old was Achaz when he became king, and sixteen years did he reign in Jerusalem; and he did not what is right in the eyes of the Lord his God, like David his father.

lesserot@2Kings:16:3 @ But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and even his son he caused to pass through the fire, after the abominable acts of the nations whom the Lord had driven out from before the children of Israel.

lesserot@2Kings:16:4 @ And he sacrificed and burnt incense on the high–places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.

lesserot@2Kings:16:5 @ Then came up Rezin the king of Syria and Pekach the son of Remalyahu the king of Israel to Jerusalem to war: and they besieged Achaz, but were not able to make an attack.

lesserot@2Kings:16:6 @ At that time did Rezin the king of Syria bring Elath back to Syria, and drove the Jews from Elath: and the Edomeans came to Elath and dwelt there, even until this day.

lesserot@2Kings:16:7 @ And Achaz then sent messengers to Tiglath–pilesser the king of Assyria, saying, Thy servant and thy son am I: come up, and help me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, who rise up against me.

lesserot@2Kings:16:8 @ And Achaz took the silver and the gold that were found in the house of the Lord, and in the treasures of the king’s house, and sent to the king of Assyria as a bribe.

lesserot@2Kings:16:9 @ And the king of Assyria hearkened unto him; and the king of Assyria went up against Damascus, and captured it, and led it away captive to Kir, and Rezin did he put to death.

lesserot@2Kings:16:10 @ And King Achaz went to meet Tiglath–pilesser the king of Assyria to Damascus, and he saw the altar that was at Damascus: and king Achaz then sent to Uriyah the priest the form of the altar, and its pattern, after all its workmanship.

lesserot@2Kings:16:11 @ And Uriyah the priest built the altar; in accordance with all that king Achaz had sent from Damascus, so did Uriyah the priest make it against the arrival of king Achaz from Damascus.

lesserot@2Kings:16:12 @ And when the king came from Damascus, the king saw the altar; and the king approached to the altar and offered thereon.

lesserot@2Kings:16:13 @ And he burnt his burnt–offering and his meat–offering, and poured out his drink–offering, and sprinkled the blood of his peace offerings upon the altar.

lesserot@2Kings:16:14 @ And as respecteth the copper altar which was before the Lord, he moved it back from the forefront of the house, from between the altar and the house of the Lord, and set it on the side of the altar to the north.

lesserot@2Kings:16:15 @ And king Achaz commanded Uriyah the priest, saying, Upon the great altar burn the morning burnt–offering, and the evening meat–offering, and the king’s burnt–offering, and his meat–offering, with the burnt–offering of all the people of the land, and their meat–offering, and their drink–offerings; and all the blood of the burnt–offering, and all the blood of the sacrifices shalt thou sprinkle on it; and the copper altar shall be for me to visit occasionally.

lesserot@2Kings:16:16 @ And Uriyah the priest did in accordance with all that king Achaz had commanded.

lesserot@2Kings:16:17 @ And king Achaz cut off the borders of the bases, and removed the lavers from off them; and the sea he took down from off the copper oxen that were under it, and placed it upon a pavement of stones.

lesserot@2Kings:16:18 @ And the covered passage for the sabbath that they had built on the house, and the outer king’s entrance, turned he from the house of the Lord, on account of the king of Assyria.

lesserot@2Kings:16:19 @ Now the rest of the acts of Achaz which he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah.

lesserot@2Kings:16:20 @ And Achaz slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Hezekiah his son became king in his stead.

lesserot@2Kings:17:1 @ In the twelfth year of Achaz the king of Judah became Hoshea’ the son of Elah king in Samaria over Israel, nine years.

lesserot@2Kings:17:2 @ And he did what is evil in the eyes of the Lord, but not like the kings of Israel that were before him.

lesserot@2Kings:17:3 @ Against him came up Shalmanesser, the king of Assyria; and Hoshea’ became his servant, and rendered him tribute.

lesserot@2Kings:17:4 @ And the king of Assyria discovered a conspiracy on Hoshea’; for he had sent messengers to So the king of Egypt, and had raised no tribute for the king of Assyria, as year by year; and the king of Assyria made him prisoner, and shut him up in a prison–house.

lesserot@2Kings:17:5 @ And the king of Assyria came up over all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.

lesserot@2Kings:17:6 @ In the ninth year of Hoshea’ did the king of Assyria capture Samaria, and he led Israel away as exiles into Assyria, and settled them in Chalach and in Chabor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of Media.

lesserot@2Kings:17:7 @ This took place, because the children of Israel had sinned against the Lord their God, who had brought them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and had feared other gods,

lesserot@2Kings:17:8 @ And had walked in the customs of the nations whom the Lord had driven out from before the children of Israel, and in those of the kings of Israel, which they had made.

lesserot@2Kings:17:9 @ And the children of Israel had secretly done things that are not right against the Lord their God, and had built themselves high–places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen up to fortified cities;

lesserot@2Kings:17:10 @ And had set themselves up statues and groves on every high hill, and under every green tree;

lesserot@2Kings:17:11 @ And had burnt there incense on all the high–places, like the nations that the Lord had led away exiles before them; and wrought wicked things to provoke the Lord to anger;

lesserot@2Kings:17:12 @ And had served the idols, whereof the Lord had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing.

lesserot@2Kings:17:13 @ The Lord had indeed warned Israel and Judah, by means of all the prophets, all the seers, saying, Turn ye back from your evil ways, and keep my commandments my statutes, in accordance with all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I have sent to you by means of my servants the prophets.

lesserot@2Kings:17:14 @ But they would not hear, and hardened their neck, like the neck of their fathers, who had not believed in the Lord their God;

lesserot@2Kings:17:15 @ And they despised his statutes, and his covenant which he had made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he had entrusted to them; and they followed after what is vanity, and became vain, and followed after the nations that were round about them, concerning whom the Lord had charged them, not to do like them.

lesserot@2Kings:17:16 @ And they forsook all the commandments of the Lord their God, and made themselves molten images, two calves, and made a grove, and bowed down to all the host of the heavens, and served Ba’al;

lesserot@2Kings:17:17 @ And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divinations and enchantments, and sold themselves to do what is evil in the eyes of the Lord, to provoke him to anger.

lesserot@2Kings:17:18 @ Therefore became the Lord very angry with Israel, and he removed them from his presence: there was none left but the tribe of Judah alone.

lesserot@2Kings:17:19 @ Also Judah kept not the commandments of the Lord their God, but walked in the customs of Israel which they had made.

lesserot@2Kings:17:20 @ Therefore did the Lord reject all the seed of Israel, and he afflicted them, and gave them up into the hand of spoilers, until that he had cast them out of his presence.

lesserot@2Kings:17:21 @ For Israel had torn themselves from the house of David, and they made Jerobo’am the son of Nebat king: and Jerobo’am misled Israel from following the Lord, and caused them to commit a great sin;

lesserot@2Kings:17:22 @ And the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jerobo’am which he did; they departed not therefrom.

lesserot@2Kings:17:23 @ Until that the Lord removed Israel out of his presence, as he had spoken by means of all his servants the prophets; and Israel was led away as exiles out of their own land to Assyria even until this day.

lesserot@2Kings:17:24 @ And the king of Assyria brought from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from ‘Avva, and from Chamath, and from Sepharvayim, and settled them in the cities of Samaria in the room of the children of Israel: and they took possession of Samaria, and dwelt in its cities.

lesserot@2Kings:17:25 @ And it happened at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they feared not the Lord; wherefore the Lord sent among them lions, which slew some of them.

lesserot@2Kings:17:26 @ And they said to the king of Assyria, as followeth, The nations that thou hast led away, and settled in the cities of Samaria, know not the manner of the God of the land; wherefore he hath sent among them lions, and, behold, they are slaying them, since they know not the manner of the God of the land.

lesserot@2Kings:17:27 @ Then commanded the king of Assyria, saying, Carry thither one of the priests whom ye led away from there; and let them go and dwell there, and let him teach them the manner of the God of the land.

lesserot@2Kings:17:28 @ And there came one of the priests whom they had led away as exiles from Samaria, and dwelt in Beth–el; and he taught them how they should fear the Lord.

lesserot@2Kings:17:29 @ Yet they made, every nation, their own gods; and they put them in the houses of the high–places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities wherein they dwelt.

lesserot@2Kings:17:30 @ And the men of Babylon made Succoth–benoth, and the men of Cuth made Neregal, and the men of Chamath made Ashima.

lesserot@2Kings:17:31 @ And the ‘Avvites made Nibchaz and Tharthak, and the Sepharvites burnt their children in fire to ‘Adrammelech and ‘Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvayim.

lesserot@2Kings:17:32 @ And they feared the Lord; and they made unto themselves of the lowest of them priests of the high–places, and these sacrificed for them in the houses of the high–places.

lesserot@2Kings:17:33 @ The Lord did they fear, and their own gods did they serve, after the manner of the nations whence they had been led away.

lesserot@2Kings:17:34 @ Even until this day do they act after the former manners: they fear not the Lord, neither do they act after their own customs, and after their manner, nor after the law and after the commandment which the Lord commanded the children of Israel, whose name he styled Israel;

lesserot@2Kings:17:35 @ With whom the Lord had made a covenant, and charged them, saying, Ye shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves down to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them;

lesserot@2Kings:17:36 @ But the Lord, who hath brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great might and with an outstretched arm, him alone shall ye fear, and to him shall ye bow yourselves down, and to him shall ye sacrifice;

lesserot@2Kings:17:37 @ And the statutes, and the ordinances, and the law, and the commandment, which he hath written for you, shall ye observe to do for all time; and ye shall not fear other gods.

lesserot@2Kings:17:38 @ And the covenant that I have made with you shall ye not forget; and ye shall not fear other gods.

lesserot@2Kings:17:39 @ But the Lord your God shall ye fear; and he will deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies.

lesserot@2Kings:17:40 @ Nevertheless they have not hearkened, but they act after their former manner.

lesserot@2Kings:17:41 @ So were these nations, while they feared the Lord, also serving their graven images; and both their children and their children’s children do until this day as their fathers have done.

lesserot@2Kings:18:1 @ And it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea’ the son of Elah the king of Israel, that Hezekiah, the son of Achaz the king of Judah, became king.

lesserot@2Kings:18:2 @ Twenty and five years old was he when he became king, and twenty and nine years did he reign in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was Abi, the daughter of Zechariah.

lesserot@2Kings:18:3 @ And he did what is right in the eyes of the Lord, in accordance with all that David his father had done.

lesserot@2Kings:18:4 @ He it was that removed the high–places, and broke the statues, and cut down the groves, and stamped in pieces the copper serpent that Moses had made; for unto those days were the children of Israel burning incense to it; and he called it Nechushtan.

lesserot@2Kings:18:5 @ In the Lord the God of Israel did he trust; and after him there was not his like among all the kings of Judah, nor among those that were before him.

lesserot@2Kings:18:6 @ And he adhered to the Lord, and turned not away from following him; but he kept his commandments, which the Lord had commanded Moses.

lesserot@2Kings:18:7 @ And the Lord was with him; whithersoever he went forth he prospered: and he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and served him not.

lesserot@2Kings:18:8 @ He it was that smote the Philistines, as far as Gazzah, and its territory, from the tower of the watchmen up to the fortified city.

lesserot@2Kings:18:9 @ And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea’ the son of Elah the king of Israel, that Shalmanesser the king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it.

lesserot@2Kings:18:10 @ And they captured it at the end of three years,––in the sixth year of Hezekiah, that is the ninth year of Hoshea’ the king of Israel, was Samaria captured.

lesserot@2Kings:18:11 @ And the king of Assyria led away Israel as exiles unto Assyria, and transported them to Chalach and to Chabor, by the river of Gozan, and to the cities of Media;

lesserot@2Kings:18:12 @ Because they had not obeyed the voice of the Lord their God, but had transgressed his covenant, all that Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded; and had not obeyed, nor done accordingly.

lesserot@2Kings:18:13 @ And in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib the king of Assyria come up against all the fortified cities of Judah, and seized on them.

lesserot@2Kings:18:14 @ And Hezekiah the king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, I have sinned; retire from me: what thou wilt impose on me will I bear. And the king of Assyria exacted from Hezekiah the king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.

lesserot@2Kings:18:15 @ And Hezekiah gave up all the silver that was found in the house of the Lord, and in the treasures of the king’s house.

lesserot@2Kings:18:16 @ At that time did Hezekiah cut off the doors of the temple of the Lord, and from the door–sills which Hezekiah the king of Judah had overlaid, and gave the same to the king of Assyria.

lesserot@2Kings:18:17 @ And the king of Assyria sent Tharthan and Rub–sariss and Rabshakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a strong army against Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem; and when they were come up, they came and halted by the aqueduct of the upper pool, which is on the highway of the washer’s field.

lesserot@2Kings:18:18 @ And they called for the king, when there came out to them Elyakim the son of Chilkiyahu, who was superintendent over the house, and Shebnah the scribe, and Yoach the son of Assaph the recorder.

lesserot@2Kings:18:19 @ And Rabshakeh said unto them, Say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus hath said the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherewith thou hast trusted?

lesserot@2Kings:18:20 @ Thou saidst, but it was only a word uttered with the lips, counsel and strength for the war. Now on whom didst thou trust, that thou rebelledst against me?

lesserot@2Kings:18:21 @ Now, behold, thou trustedst thee upon yon cracked reed–staff, upon Egypt, which, if a man lean on it, will enter into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh the king of Egypt unto all that trust on him.

lesserot@2Kings:18:22 @ But if ye should say unto me, In the Lord our God have we trusted: is he not the one whose high–places and whose altars Hezekiah hath removed, when he said to Judah and to Jerusalem, Before this altar shall ye prostrate yourselves in Jerusalem?

lesserot@2Kings:18:23 @ And now, I pray thee, enter into a contest with my master the king of Assyria, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them.

lesserot@2Kings:18:24 @ How then wilt thou turn back the face of a single chieftain among the least of my master’s servants, while thou hast put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen!

lesserot@2Kings:18:25 @ Now am I come up without the Lord against this place to destroy it? The Lord hath said to me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.

lesserot@2Kings:18:26 @ Then said Elyakim the son of Chilkiyahu, and Shebnah, and Yoach, unto Rabshakeh, Speak, we pray thee, to thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and speak not with us in the Jewish language before the ears of the people that are on the wall.

lesserot@2Kings:18:27 @ But Rabshakeh said unto them, Hath my master then sent me to thy master, and to thee, to speak these words? is it not rather to the men who sit on the wall, that they may eat their own excrement, and drink their own urine with you?

lesserot@2Kings:18:28 @ Then stood Rabshakeh up and called out with a loud voice in the Jewish language, and spoke, and said, Hear ye the word of the great king, the king of Assyria:

lesserot@2Kings:18:29 @ Thus hath said the king. Let not Hezekiah deceive you; for he will not be able to deliver you out of his hand;

lesserot@2Kings:18:30 @ Neither let Hezekiah induce you to trust in the Lord, saying, The Lord will surely deliver us, and this city will not be given up into the hand of the king of Assyria:

lesserot@2Kings:18:31 @ Hearken not to Hezekiah; for thus hath said the king of Assyria, Make a treaty of peace with me, and come out to me, and eat ye every man of his own vine, and every man of his fig–tree, and drink ye every man the waters of his cistern;

lesserot@2Kings:18:32 @ Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of oil–olive trees, and of honey, that ye may live, and not die; and hearken not unto Hezekiah; for he will mislead you, saying, The Lord will deliver us.

lesserot@2Kings:18:33 @ Have the gods of the nations delivered in anywise each his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?

lesserot@2Kings:18:34 @ Where are the gods of Chamath, and of Arpad? where are the gods of Sepharvayim, Hena’, and ‘Ivvah? have they then delivered Samaria out of my hand?

lesserot@2Kings:18:35 @ Who are they among all the gods of the countries, that have delivered their country out of my hand, that the Lord should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?

lesserot@2Kings:18:36 @ But the people remained silent, and answered him not a word; for it was the king’s command, saying, Ye shall not answer him.

lesserot@2Kings:18:37 @ Then came Elyakim the son of Chilkiyah, who was superintendent over the house, and Shebnah the scribe, and Yoach the son of Assaph the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent; and they told unto him the words of Rabshakeh.

lesserot@2Kings:19:1 @ And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the Lord.

lesserot@2Kings:19:2 @ And he sent Elyakim, who was superintendent over the house, and Shebnah the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.

lesserot@2Kings:19:3 @ And they said unto him, Thus hath said Hezekiah, A day of trouble, and of rebuke, and derision is this day; for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.

lesserot@2Kings:19:4 @ Perhaps the Lord thy God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to blaspheme the living God; and who hath reproached with the words which the Lord thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up a prayer in behalf of the remnant that is still found here.

lesserot@2Kings:19:5 @ And the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah.

lesserot@2Kings:19:6 @ And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say to your master, Thus hath said the Lord, Be not afraid because of the words which thou hast heard, with which the boys of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.

lesserot@2Kings:19:7 @ Behold, I will put an spirit in him, that when he will hear a rumor, he shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.

lesserot@2Kings:19:8 @ And Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah; for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.

lesserot@2Kings:19:9 @ And he heard it said of Thirhakah the king of Ethiopia, Behold, he is come out to fight with thee; and he again sent messengers unto Hezekiah, saying,

lesserot@2Kings:19:10 @ Thus shall ye say to Hezekiah the king of Judah, as followeth, Let not thy God in whom thou trustest deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be given up into the hand of the king of Assyria.

lesserot@2Kings:19:11 @ Behold, thou thyself hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the lands, by destroying them utterly: and thou alone shouldst be delivered?

lesserot@2Kings:19:12 @ Have the gods of the nations which my fathers destroyed delivered them; as Gozan, and Charan, and Rezeph, and the children of ‘Eden, who were in Thelassar?

lesserot@2Kings:19:13 @ Where is the king of Chamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvayim, of Hena’, and ‘Ivvah?

lesserot@2Kings:19:14 @ And Hezekiah took the letters out of the hand of the messengers, and read them: and Hezekiah went up into the house of the Lord, and spread them out before the Lord.

lesserot@2Kings:19:15 @ And Hezekiah prayed before the Lord, and said, O Lord God of Israel, who dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, thou alone, for all the kingdoms of the earth; for it is thou who hast made the heavens and the earth.

lesserot@2Kings:19:16 @ Bend down, O Lord, thy ear, and hear! open, O Lord, thy eyes, and see! and hear the words of Sennacherib, that which he hath sent to blaspheme the living God.

lesserot@2Kings:19:17 @ Truly, Lord, the kings of Assyria have devastated the nations and their land,

lesserot@2Kings:19:18 @ And they have placed their gods into the fire; for they are no gods, but the work of man’s hands, wood and stone: and these have they destroyed.

lesserot@2Kings:19:19 @ And now, O Lord our God, save us, I beseech thee, out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the Lord God, thou alone.

lesserot@2Kings:19:20 @ Then sent Isaiah the son of Amoz to Hezekiah, saying, Thus hath said the Lord the God of Israel, What thou hast prayed to me concerning Sennacherib the king of Assyria have I heard.

lesserot@2Kings:19:21 @ This is the word that the Lord hath spoken over him: She despiseth thee, she laugheth thee to scorn, the virgin daughter of Zion; behind thee shaketh her head the daughter of Jerusalem.

lesserot@2Kings:19:22 @ Whom hast thou blasphemed, and hast thou scorned? and against whom hast thou raised thy voice, and lifted up thy eyes on high? against the Holy One of Israel.

lesserot@2Kings:19:23 @ By thy messengers thou hast blasphemed the Lord and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots am I indeed come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and I will cut down its tall cedars, the choice of its fir–trees: and I will enter into the lodgings on its summit, the forest of its fruitful soil.

lesserot@2Kings:19:24 @ I have dug and drunk strange waters, and I will dry up with the sole of my feet all the streams of besieged places.

lesserot@2Kings:19:25 @ Hadst thou not heard that in distant ages I had prepared this? in the times of antiquity when I formed it? now have I brought it along, and it came to pass, to desolate into ruinous heaps fortified cities.

lesserot@2Kings:19:26 @ And thus their inhabitants were short of power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the herbs of the field, and as the green grass; as the moss on the housetops, and as corn blasted before the ear appeareth.

lesserot@2Kings:19:27 @ But thy abiding and thy going out and thy coming in do I know, and thy raging against me.

lesserot@2Kings:19:28 @ Because of thy raging against me and thy tumult that is come up into my ears, will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle between thy lips; and I will cause thee to turn back on the way by which thou camest.

lesserot@2Kings:19:29 @ And this shall be unto thee the sign, Ye shall eat this year what groweth of itself, and in the second year what springeth up after the same; and in the third year sow and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat their fruit.

lesserot@2Kings:19:30 @ And the remnant of the house of Judah that is escaped shall yet again strike root downward, and bear fruit upward.

lesserot@2Kings:19:31 @ For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and that which escapeth out of mount Zion: the zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.

lesserot@2Kings:19:32 @ Therefore thus hath said the Lord concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, and he shall not shoot an arrow thereon, nor come before it with shield, nor cast up against it an embankment.

lesserot@2Kings:19:33 @ On the way by which he came, by the same shall he return, and into this city shall he not come, saith the Lord.

lesserot@2Kings:19:34 @ And I will shield this city, to save it, for my own sake, and for the sake of David my servant.

lesserot@2Kings:19:35 @ And it came to pass, on the same night, that an angel of the Lord went out and smote in the camp of the Assyrians one hundred eighty and five thousand men: and when people arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.

lesserot@2Kings:19:36 @ And Sennacherib the king of Assyria then departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.

lesserot@2Kings:19:37 @ And it came to pass, as he was prostrating himself in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Ararat. And Essar–chaddon his son became king in his stead.

lesserot@2Kings:20:1 @ In those days Hezekiah fell sick unto death; and there came to him Isaiah the son of Amoz the prophet, and said unto him, Thus hath said the Lord, Give thy charge to thy house; for thou shalt die, and not live.

lesserot@2Kings:20:2 @ Then did he turn his face to the wall, and prayed unto the Lord, saying,

lesserot@2Kings:20:3 @ I beseech thee, O Lord, remember now that I have walked before thee in truth, and with an undivided heart, and have done what is good in thy eyes. And Hezekiah wept aloud.

lesserot@2Kings:20:4 @ And it came to pass, before Isaiah was gone out into the middle court, that the word of the Lord came to him, saying,

lesserot@2Kings:20:5 @ Return, and say to Hezekiah the ruler of my people, Thus hath said the Lord, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears; behold, I will heal thee: on the third day shalt thou go up unto the house of the Lord.

lesserot@2Kings:20:6 @ And I will add unto thy days fifteen years; and out of the hand of the king of Assyria will I deliver thee and this city; and I will shield this city for my own sake, and for the sake of David my servant.

lesserot@2Kings:20:7 @ And Isaiah said, Fetch a lump of figs. And they fetched and laid it on the inflammation, and he recovered.

lesserot@2Kings:20:8 @ And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, What sign shall there be that the Lord will heal me, and that I shall go up into the house of the Lord the third day?

lesserot@2Kings:20:9 @ And Isaiah said, This shall be unto thee the sign from the Lord, that the Lord will do the thing that he hath spoken: Shall the shadow go forward ten degrees, or go back ten degrees?

lesserot@2Kings:20:10 @ And Hezekiah said, It is a light thing for the shadow to go forward ten degrees: no; but let the shadow return backward ten degrees.

lesserot@2Kings:20:11 @ And Isaiah the prophet called unto the Lord; and he caused the shadow to return, by the degrees which the was gone down on the dial of Achaz, backward, ten degrees.

lesserot@2Kings:20:12 @ And at that time sent Berodach–baladan, the son of Baladan, the king of Babylon, letters and a present unto Hezekiah; for he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick.

lesserot@2Kings:20:13 @ And Hezekiah listened unto them, and showed them the whole of his treasure–house, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious oil, and the whole of his armor–house, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing that Hezekiah showed them not, in his house and in all his dominion.

lesserot@2Kings:20:14 @ Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto him, What did these men say? and whence did they come unto thee? And Hezekiah said, From a far off country are they come, from Babylon.

lesserot@2Kings:20:15 @ And he said, What did they see in thy house? And Hezekiah answered, All that is in my house have they seen: there was nothing that I did not show them in my treasures.

lesserot@2Kings:20:16 @ And Isaiah said unto Hezekiah, Hear the word of the Lord,

lesserot@2Kings:20:17 @ Behold, days are coming, when all that is in thy house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store until this day, shall be carried to Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the Lord.

lesserot@2Kings:20:18 @ And of thy sons that will issue from thee, whom thou wilt beget, shall they take; and they shall be court–servants in the palace of the king of Babylon.

lesserot@2Kings:20:19 @ Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good is the word of the Lord which thou hast spoken. And he said, Is it not so, if there be peace and stability in my days?

lesserot@2Kings:20:20 @ And the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his mighty deeds, and how he made the pool, and the aqueduct, and brought the water into the city, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah.

lesserot@2Kings:20:21 @ And Hezekiah slept with his fathers: and Menasseh his son became king in his stead.

lesserot@2Kings:21:1 @ Twelve years old was Menasseh when he became king, and fifty and five years did he reign in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Chephzi–bah.

lesserot@2Kings:21:2 @ And he did what is evil in the eyes of the Lord, after the abominable acts of the nations whom the Lord had driven out before the children of Israel.

lesserot@2Kings:21:3 @ And he built up again the high–places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Ba’al, and made a grove, as Achab the king of Israel had done; and he bowed down to all the host of heaven, and served them.

lesserot@2Kings:21:4 @ And he built altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.

lesserot@2Kings:21:5 @ And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the Lord.

lesserot@2Kings:21:6 @ And he caused his son to pass through the fire, and observed times, and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he wrought much that is evil in the eyes of the Lord, to provoke him to anger.

lesserot@2Kings:21:7 @ And he set a hewn image of the Asherah that he had made in the house, of which the Lord had said to David, and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:

lesserot@2Kings:21:8 @ And I will not cause any more the foot of Israel to move out of the land which I gave their fathers; only if they will observe to act in accordance with all that I have commanded them, and in accordance with all the law that my servant Moses commanded them.

lesserot@2Kings:21:9 @ But they hearkened not: and Menasseh seduced them to do what is evil more than the nations whom the Lord had destroyed before the children of Israel.

lesserot@2Kings:21:10 @ And the Lord spoke by means of his servants the prophets, saying,

lesserot@2Kings:21:11 @ Forasmuch as Menasseh the king of Judah hath done these abominations, having done wickedly more than all that the Emorites had done, who were before him, and hath induced Judah also to sin with his idols:

lesserot@2Kings:21:12 @ Therefore thus hath said the Lord the God of Israel, Behold, I will bring evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle.

lesserot@2Kings:21:13 @ And I will stretch over Jerusalem the measure–line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Achab: and I will wipe off Jerusalem as one wipeth off a dish, wiping it, and turning it on its face.

lesserot@2Kings:21:14 @ And I will forsake the remnant of my inheritance, and give them up into the hand of their enemies; and they shall become a prey and a spoil to all their enemies;

lesserot@2Kings:21:15 @ Forasmuch as they have done what is evil in my eyes, and have been provoking me to anger, from the day that their fathers came forth out of Egypt, even until this day.

lesserot@2Kings:21:16 @ And also innocent blood did Menasseh shed in very great abundance, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; beside his sin wherewith he induced Judah to sin, to do what is evil in the eyes of the Lord.

lesserot@2Kings:21:17 @ Now the rest of the acts of Menasseh, and all that he did, and his sin that he committed, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah.

lesserot@2Kings:21:18 @ And Menasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of ‘Uzza: and Amon his son became king in his stead.

lesserot@2Kings:21:19 @ Twenty and two years old was Amon when he became king, and two years did he reign in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Meshullemeth, the daughter of Charuz of Yotbah.

lesserot@2Kings:21:20 @ And he did what is evil in the eyes of the Lord, as his father Menasseh had done.

lesserot@2Kings:21:21 @ And he walked in all the way that his father had walked in, and served the idols that his father had served, and bowed himself down to them;

lesserot@2Kings:21:22 @ And he forsook the Lord the God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of the Lord.

lesserot@2Kings:21:23 @ And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and put the king to death in his own house.

lesserot@2Kings:21:24 @ And the people of the land slew all those that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead.

lesserot@2Kings:21:25 @ Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah.

lesserot@2Kings:21:26 @ And they buried him in his sepulchre in the garden of ‘Uzza: and Josiah his son became king in his stead.

lesserot@2Kings:22:1 @ Eight years old was Josiah when he became king, and thirty and one years did he reign in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Yedidah, the daughter of ‘Adayah of Bozkath.

lesserot@2Kings:22:2 @ And he did what is right in the eyes of the Lord, and walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the right or to the left.

lesserot@2Kings:22:3 @ And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan the son of Azalyahu, the son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of the Lord, saying,

lesserot@2Kings:22:4 @ Go up to Chilkiyahu the high–priest, that he may collect up all the money which is brought into the house of the Lord, which the door–keepers have gathered from the people:

lesserot@2Kings:22:5 @ And let them deliver it into the hand of those who overlook the workmen, that have been appointed as overseers of the house of the Lord; and let them give it to those who do the work who are in the house of the Lord, to repair the breaches of the house:

lesserot@2Kings:22:6 @ Unto the carpenters, and the builders, and the masons, and to buy timber and hewn stones to repair the house.

lesserot@2Kings:22:7 @ Nevertheless shall there be no reckoning made with them for the money that is delivered into their hand, because they deal faithfully.

lesserot@2Kings:22:8 @ And Chilkiyahu the high–priest said unto Shaphan the scribe, A book of the law have I found in the house of the Lord. And Chilkiyah gave the book to Shaphan, and he read it.

lesserot@2Kings:22:9 @ And Shaphan the scribe came to the king, and brought the king word again, and said, Thy servants have taken out all the money that was found in the house, and have delivered it into the hand of those who overlook the workmen, that have been appointed overseers of the house of the Lord.

lesserot@2Kings:22:10 @ And Shaphan the scribe also told the king, saying, A book hath Chilkiyahu the priest given me. And Shaphan read it before the king.

lesserot@2Kings:22:11 @ And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the book of the law, that he rent his clothes.

lesserot@2Kings:22:12 @ And the king commanded Chilkiyah the priest, and Achikam the son of Shaphan, and ‘Achbor the son of Michayah, and Shaphan the scribe, and ‘Assahyah a servant of the king’s, saying,

lesserot@2Kings:22:13 @ Go ye, inquire of the Lord in my behalf, and in behalf of the people, and in behalf of all Judah, concerning the words of this book that hath been found; for great is the wrath of the Lord that hath been kindled against us, because our fathers did not hearken unto the words of this book, to do in accordance with all that is prescribed concerning us.

lesserot@2Kings:22:14 @ And Chilkiyahu the priest, and Achikam, and ‘Achbor, and Shaphan, and ‘Assahyah, went unto Chuldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah the son of Charchass, the keeper of the wardrobe; and they spoke unto her.

lesserot@2Kings:22:15 @ And she said unto them, Thus hath said the Lord the God of Israel, Say unto the man that hath sent you to me,

lesserot@2Kings:22:16 @ Thus hath said the Lord, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon its inhabitants, all the words of the book which the king of Judah hath read;

lesserot@2Kings:22:17 @ Because they have forsaken me, and have burnt incense unto other gods, in order to provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands: therefore is my wrath kindled against this place, and shall not be quenched.

lesserot@2Kings:22:18 @ But with respect to the king of Judah who sendeth you to inquire of the Lord, thus shall ye say to him, Thus hath said the Lord the God of Israel, Concerning the words which thou hast heard;

lesserot@2Kings:22:19 @ Because thy heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the Lord, when thou heardest what I had spoken against this place, and against its inhabitants, that they should become an astonishment and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me: I also have heard it, saith the Lord.

lesserot@2Kings:22:20 @ Therefore, behold, I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered unto thy graves in peace; and thy eyes shall not look on all the evil which I am bringing over this place. And they brought the king word again.

lesserot@2Kings:23:1 @ And the king sent, and they gathered unto him all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.

lesserot@2Kings:23:2 @ And the king went up into the house of the Lord, and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, from the small to the great: and he read before their ears all the words of the book of the covenant which had been found in the house of the Lord.

lesserot@2Kings:23:3 @ And the king stood upon the stand, and he made a covenant before the Lord, to walk after the Lord, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies and his statutes with all heart and all soul, to maintain the words of this covenant that are written in this book. And all the people entered into the covenant.

lesserot@2Kings:23:4 @ And the king commanded Chilkiyahu the high–priest, and the priests of the second order, and the door–keepers, to carry forth out of the temple of the Lord all the vessels that had been made for Ba’al, and for the Asherah, and for all the host of heaven: and they burnt them without Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried their ashes unto Beth–el.

lesserot@2Kings:23:5 @ And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had appointed that they might burn incense on the high–places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; those also that burnt incense unto Ba’al, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven.

lesserot@2Kings:23:6 @ And he brought out the Asherah from the house of the Lord, without Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burnt it at the brook Kidron, and ground it small to powder, and cast its powder upon the graves of the children of the people.

lesserot@2Kings:23:7 @ And he pulled down the houses of the sodomites, that were by the house of the Lord, where the women wove hangings for the Asherah.

lesserot@2Kings:23:8 @ And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high–places where the priests had burnt incense, from Geba’ to Beer–Sheba’, and he pulled down the high–places of the gates that were at the entrance of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were on a man’s left at the gate of the city.

lesserot@2Kings:23:9 @ Nevertheless the priests of the high–places came not up to the altar of the Lord in Jerusalem; but they ate unleavened bread in the midst of their brethren.

lesserot@2Kings:23:10 @ And he defiled the Thopheth, which was in the valley Ben–hinnom, so that no man should cause his son or his daughter to pass through the fire to Molech.

lesserot@2Kings:23:11 @ And he put down the horses that the kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun, from the entrance of the house of the Lord, by the chamber of Nethan–melech the chamberlain, who was over the suburbs; and the chariots of the sun he burnt with fire.

lesserot@2Kings:23:12 @ And the altars that were on the roof of the upper–chamber of Achaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Menasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the Lord, did the king pull down, and tore them away from there, and cast their dust into the brook Kidron.

lesserot@2Kings:23:13 @ And the high–places that were before Jerusalem, which were to the right of the mount of destruction, which Solomon the king of Israel had built for ‘Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Kemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of ‘Ammon, did the king defile.

lesserot@2Kings:23:14 @ And he broke in pieces the standing images, and cut down the Asherah–groves, and filled their places with the bones of men.

lesserot@2Kings:23:15 @ So also the altar that was at Beth–el, the high–place which Jerobo’am the son of Nebat, who induced Israel to sin, had made,––also that altar and the high–place did he pull down; and he burnt the high–place, ground it small to powder, and burnt then the Asherah.

lesserot@2Kings:23:16 @ And Josiah turned about, and beheld the graves that were there in the mount, and he sent, and took the bones out of the sepulchres, and burnt them upon the altar, and polluted it, according to the word of the Lord which the man of God proclaimed, who had proclaimed these events.

lesserot@2Kings:23:17 @ Then said he, What kind of monument is that which I see? And the men of the city said to him, It is the grave of the man of God, who came from Judah, and proclaimed these things which thou hast done against the altar of Beth–el.

lesserot@2Kings:23:18 @ And he said, Let him rest: no man shall disturb his bones. So they saved his bones, with the bones of the prophet that came out of Samaria.

lesserot@2Kings:23:19 @ And also all the houses of the high–places that were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made as provocations to anger, did Josiah remove, and did to them in accordance with all the acts that he had done in Beth–el.

lesserot@2Kings:23:20 @ And he slaughtered all the priests of the high–places that were there upon the altars, and burnt men’s bones upon them, and returned to Jerusalem.

lesserot@2Kings:23:21 @ And the king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the passover unto the Lord your God, as it is written in this book of the covenant.

lesserot@2Kings:23:22 @ For there had not been holden such a passover from the days of the judges that judged Israel; nor in all the days of the kings of Israel, and of the kings of Judah;

lesserot@2Kings:23:23 @ But in the eighteenth year of king Josiah was this passover holden to the Lord in Jerusalem.

lesserot@2Kings:23:24 @ And also the men of familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the teraphim, and the idols, and all the abominations that were to be seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah clear away; in order that he might accomplish the words of the law which were written in the book that Chilkiyahu the priest had found in the house of the Lord.

lesserot@2Kings:23:25 @ And like unto him there was no king before him, that returned to the Lord with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; and after him there arose none like him.

lesserot@2Kings:23:26 @ Notwithstanding this the Lord turned not from the fierceness of his great anger, since his anger was kindled against Judah, because of all the provokings wherewith Menasseh had provoked him to anger.

lesserot@2Kings:23:27 @ And the Lord said, Also Judah will I remove out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and will cast off this city which I have chosen, even Jerusalem, and the house of which I said, My name shall be there.

lesserot@2Kings:23:28 @ Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah.

lesserot@2Kings:23:29 @ In his days went up Pharaoh–nechoh the king of Egypt against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah went against him; and he slew him at Megiddo, when he saw him.

lesserot@2Kings:23:30 @ And his servants carried him dying in a chariot from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulchre. And the people of the land took Jehoachaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father’s stead.

lesserot@2Kings:23:31 @ Twenty and three years old was Jehoachaz when he became king; and three months did he reign in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Chamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

lesserot@2Kings:23:32 @ And he did what is evil in the eyes of the Lord, all just as his fathers had done.

lesserot@2Kings:23:33 @ And Pharaoh–nechoh put him in fetters at Riblah in the land of Chamath, that he should not reign in Jerusalem, and imposed a fine on the land of a hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold.

lesserot@2Kings:23:34 @ And Pharaoh–nechoh made Elyakim the son of Josiah king in the room of Josiah his father, and changed his name to Jehoyakim, and took Jehoachaz away: and he came to Egypt, and died there.

lesserot@2Kings:23:35 @ And Jehoyakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh; but he taxed the land to give the money by the order of Pharaoh: from every one according to his estimation did he exact the silver and gold from the people of the land, to give it unto Pharaoh–nechoh.

lesserot@2Kings:23:36 @ Twenty and five years old was Jehoyakim when he became king; and eleven years did be reign in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Zebudah, the daughter of Pedayah of Rumah.

lesserot@2Kings:23:37 @ And he did what is evil in the eyes of the Lord, all just as his fathers had done.

lesserot@2Kings:24:1 @ In his days came up Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and Jehoyakim became his servant for three years: and then he returned and rebelled against him.

lesserot@2Kings:24:2 @ And the Lord sent against him predatory bands of the Chaldeans, and predatory bands of the Syrians, and predatory bands of the Moabites, and predatory bands of the children of ‘Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the Lord, which he had spoken by means of his servants the prophets.

lesserot@2Kings:24:3 @ But only at the order of the Lord came this upon Judah, to remove the same out of his sight, for the sins of Menasseh, in accordance with all that he had done;

lesserot@2Kings:24:4 @ And also for the innocent blood that he had shed; for he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; wherefore the Lord would not pardon.

lesserot@2Kings:24:5 @ Now the rest of the acts of Jehoyakim, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah.

lesserot@2Kings:24:6 @ And Jehoyakim slept with his fathers: and Jehoyachin his son became king in his stead.

lesserot@2Kings:24:7 @ And the king of Egypt came no more again out of his land; for the king of Babylon had taken from the brook of Egypt unto the river Euphrates all that had pertained to the king of Egypt.

lesserot@2Kings:24:8 @ Eighteen years old was Jehoyachin when he became king, and three months did he reign in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Nechushta, the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.

lesserot@2Kings:24:9 @ And he did what is evil in the eyes of the Lord, all just as that his father had done.

lesserot@2Kings:24:10 @ At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon came up against Jerusalem, and the city was put in a state of siege.

lesserot@2Kings:24:11 @ And Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon came against the city, while his servants were besieging it.

lesserot@2Kings:24:12 @ And Jehoyachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his court–officers: and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign.

lesserot@2Kings:24:13 @ And he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king’s house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold which Solomon the king of Israel had made in the temple of the Lord, as the Lord had spoken.

lesserot@2Kings:24:14 @ And he led away as exiles all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valor, ten thousand exiles, and all the craftsmen and locksmiths: there was none left, save the poorest sort of the people of the land.

lesserot@2Kings:24:15 @ And he led away Jehoyachin as exile to Babylon; and the king’s mother, and the king’s wives, and his court–officers, and the mighty men of the land, he led into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon.

lesserot@2Kings:24:16 @ And all the men of might, seven thousand, and the craftsmen and the locksmiths a thousand, all strong men, apt for war; and the king of Babylon brought them into exile to Babylon.

lesserot@2Kings:24:17 @ And the king of Babylon made Mattanyah his uncle king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.

lesserot@2Kings:24:18 @ Twenty and one years old was Zedekiah when he became king, and eleven years did he reign in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Chamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

lesserot@2Kings:24:19 @ And he did what is evil in the eyes of the Lord, all just as Jehoyakim had done.

lesserot@2Kings:24:20 @ For through the anger of the Lord it occurred in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

lesserot@2Kings:25:1 @ And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon came, he, and all his host, against Jerusalem, and encamped against it; and they built a mound all around about it.

lesserot@2Kings:25:2 @ And the city was put in a state of siege until the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.

lesserot@2Kings:25:3 @ And on the ninth of the month, when the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land:

lesserot@2Kings:25:4 @ The city was broken into, and all the men of war in the night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king’s garden; and the people went the way toward the plain.

lesserot@2Kings:25:5 @ And the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho: and all his army were scattered from around him.

lesserot@2Kings:25:6 @ And they seized the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they called him to account.

lesserot@2Kings:25:7 @ And they slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and he blinded the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with fetters of brass, and carried him to Babylon.

lesserot@2Kings:25:8 @ And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, came Nebusaradan, the chief of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem:

lesserot@2Kings:25:9 @ And he burnt the house of the Lord, and the king’s house; also, all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great man’s house burnt he with fire.

lesserot@2Kings:25:10 @ And the walls of Jerusalem round about did all the army of the Chaldeans that were with the captain of the guard tear down.

lesserot@2Kings:25:11 @ And the rest of the people that were left in the city, and the deserters that had run over to the king of Babylon, with the remnant of the multitude, did Nebusaradan the captain of the guard lead away into exile;

lesserot@2Kings:25:12 @ But from the poorest of the land the captain of the guard left some to be vine–dressers and husbandmen.

lesserot@2Kings:25:13 @ And the pillars of copper that were in the house of the Lord, and the bases, and the copper sea that was in the house of the Lord, did the Chaldeans break up, and they carried the copper thereof to Babylon.

lesserot@2Kings:25:14 @ And the pots, and the shovels, and the knives, and the spoons, and all the vessels of copper wherewith they ministered, took they away.

lesserot@2Kings:25:15 @ And the censers, and the bowls, the gold of the golden things, and the silver of the silver things, took the captain of the guard away.

lesserot@2Kings:25:16 @ The two pillars, the one sea, and the bases which Solomon had made for the house of the Lord: the copper of all these vessels was too much to be weighed.

lesserot@2Kings:25:17 @ Eighteen cubits was the height of the one pillar, and the capital upon it was copper; and the height of the capital was three cubits; and the wreathed work, and the pomegranates upon the capitals round about, were all of copper: and the same had the second pillar together with the wreathed work.

lesserot@2Kings:25:18 @ And the captain of the guard took Serayah the chief–priest, and Zephanyahu the second priest, and the three door–keepers;

lesserot@2Kings:25:19 @ And out of the city he took one court–officer that was appointed over the men of war, and five men of those that could come into the king’s presence, who were found in the city, and the scribe of the chief of the army, who ordered to the army the people of the land, and sixty men of the people of the land that were found in the city:

lesserot@2Kings:25:20 @ And Nebusaradan the captain of the guard took these, and conducted them to the king of Babylon to Riblah;

lesserot@2Kings:25:21 @ And the king of Babylon smote them, and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Chamath. So did Judah wander away into exile out of their land.

lesserot@2Kings:25:22 @ And as for the people that were left in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had left, he appointed over them Gedalyahu the son of Achikam, the son of Shaphan.

lesserot@2Kings:25:23 @ And when all the captains of the armies, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedalyahu, they came to Gedalyahu to Mizpah; even Ishma’el the son of Nethanyah, and Jochanan the son of Kareach, and Serayah the son of Tanchumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazanyahu the son of a Ma’achathite, they and their men.

lesserot@2Kings:25:24 @ And Gedalyahu swore to them, and to their men, and said unto them, Be not afraid of the servants of the Chaldeans: remain in the land, and serve the king of Babylon; and it will be well with you.

lesserot@2Kings:25:25 @ But it happened in the seventh month, that there came Ishma’el the son of Nethanyah, the son of Elishama’, of the seed royal, and ten men with him, and they smote Gedalyahu, so that he died, also the Jews and the Chaldeans that were with him at Mizpah.

lesserot@2Kings:25:26 @ And then arose all the people, from small to great, and the captains of the armies, and went to Egypt; for they were afraid of the Chaldeans.

lesserot@2Kings:25:27 @ And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoyachin the king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth of the month, that Evil–merodach the king of Babylon in the year that he became king did lift up the head of Jehoyachin the king of Judah out of the prison;

lesserot@2Kings:25:28 @ And he spoke kindly to him, and set his chair above the chair of the kings that were with him in Babylon:

lesserot@2Kings:25:29 @ And changed his prison garments: and he ate bread continually before him all the days of his life.

lesserot@2Kings:25:30 @ And his allowance was a continual allowance given him by the king, the necessary ration for the day on its day, all the days of his life.

lesserot@1Chronicles:1:1 @ Adam, Sheth, Enosh,

lesserot@1Chronicles:1:2 @ Kenan, Mehalalel, Jered,

lesserot@1Chronicles:1:3 @ Enoch, Methushelah, Lemech,

lesserot@1Chronicles:1:4 @ Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

lesserot@1Chronicles:1:5 @ The sons of Japheth: Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Thubal, and Meshech, and Thirass.

lesserot@1Chronicles:1:6 @ And the sons of Gomer: Ashkenas, and Diphath, and Thogarmah.

lesserot@1Chronicles:1:7 @ And the sons of Javan: Elishah, and Tharshishah, Kittim, and Rodanim.

lesserot@1Chronicles:1:8 @ The sons of Ham: Cush, and Misrayim, Put, and Canaan.

lesserot@1Chronicles:1:9 @ And the sons of Cush: Seba, and Chavilah, and Sabta, and Ra’mah, and Sabtecha. And the sons of Ra’mah: Sheba, and Dedan.

lesserot@1Chronicles:1:10 @ And Cush begat Nimrod: this one began to be a mighty man upon the earth.

lesserot@1Chronicles:1:11 @ And Mizrayim begat the Ludim, and there the ‘Anamim, and the Lehabim, and the Naphtuchim,

lesserot@1Chronicles:1:12 @ And the Pathrussim, and the Cassluchim, of whom came the Philistines, and the Caphthorim.

lesserot@1Chronicles:1:13 @ And Canaan begat Zidon, his first–born, and Heth.

lesserot@1Chronicles:1:14 @ And the Jebusite, and the Emorite, and the Girgashite,

lesserot@1Chronicles:1:15 @ And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,

lesserot@1Chronicles:1:16 @ And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Chamathite.

lesserot@1Chronicles:1:17 @ The sons of Shem: ‘Elam, and Asshur, and Arpachshad, and Lud, and Aram, and ‘Uz, and Chul, and Gether, and Meshech.

lesserot@1Chronicles:1:18 @ And Arpachshad begat Shelach, and Shelach begat ‘Eber.

lesserot@1Chronicles:1:19 @ And unto ‘Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg; because in his days the earth was divided; and his brother’s name was Joktan.

lesserot@1Chronicles:1:20 @ And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Chazarmaveth, and Jerach,

lesserot@1Chronicles:1:21 @ And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah,

lesserot@1Chronicles:1:22 @ And ‘Ebal and Abimael, and Sheba,

lesserot@1Chronicles:1:23 @ And Ophir, and Chavilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.

lesserot@1Chronicles:1:24 @ Shem, Arpachshad, Shelach,

lesserot@1Chronicles:1:25 @ ‘Eber, Peleg, Re’u,

lesserot@1Chronicles:1:26 @ Serug, Nachor, Terach,

lesserot@1Chronicles:1:27 @ Abram, the same is Abraham.

lesserot@1Chronicles:1:28 @ The sons of Abraham: Isaac, and Ishma’el.

lesserot@1Chronicles:1:29 @ These are their generations: The first–born of Ishma’el, Nebayoth, then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,

lesserot@1Chronicles:1:30 @ Mishma’, and Dumah, Massa, Chadad, and Thema,

lesserot@1Chronicles:1:31 @ Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These are the sons of Ishma’el.

lesserot@1Chronicles:1:32 @ And the sons of Keturah, the concubine of Abraham: she bore Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Yishbak, and Shuach. And the sons Jokshan: Sheba, and Dedan.

lesserot@1Chronicles:1:33 @ And the sons of Midian: ‘Ephah, and ‘Epher, and Chanoch, and Abida’, and Elda’ah. All these are the sons of Keturah.

lesserot@1Chronicles:1:34 @ And Abraham begat Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau and Israel.

lesserot@1Chronicles:1:35 @ The sons of Esau: Eliphaz, Re’uel, and Ye’ush, and Ya’lam, and Korach.

lesserot@1Chronicles:1:36 @ The sons of Eliphaz: Theman, and Omar, Zephi, and Ga’tam, Kenas, and Thimna’, and ‘Amalek.

lesserot@1Chronicles:1:37 @ The sons of Re’uel: Nachath, Zerach, Shammah, and Mizzah.

lesserot@1Chronicles:1:38 @ And the sons of Se’ir: Lotan, and Shobal, and Zib’on, and ‘Anah, and Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan.

lesserot@1Chronicles:1:39 @ And the sons of Lotan: Chori, and Homam: and the sister of Lotan: Thimna’.

lesserot@1Chronicles:1:40 @ The sons of Shobal: ‘Alyan, and Manachath, and ‘Ebal, Shephi, and Onam. And the sons of Zib’on: ‘Ayah, and ‘Anah.

lesserot@1Chronicles:1:41 @ The sons of ‘Anah: Dishon. And the sons of Dishon: Chamran, and Eshban, and Yithran, and Cheran.

lesserot@1Chronicles:1:42 @ The sons of Ezer: Bilhan, and Za’avan, and Ja’akan. The sons of Dishan: ‘Uz, and Aran.

lesserot@1Chronicles:1:43 @ And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom before there reigned any king over the children of Israel: Bela’ the son of Be’or; and the name of his city was Dinhabah.

lesserot@1Chronicles:1:44 @ And Bela’ died, and there reigned in his stead Jobab the son of Zerach of Bozrah.

lesserot@1Chronicles:1:45 @ And Jobab died, and there reigned in his stead Chusham of the land of Theman.

lesserot@1Chronicles:1:46 @ And Chusham died and there reigned in his stead Hadad the son of Bedad, who smote Midian in the field of Moab; and the name of his city was ‘Avith.

lesserot@1Chronicles:1:47 @ And Hadad died, and there reigned in his stead Samlah of Massrekah.

lesserot@1Chronicles:1:48 @ And Samlah died, and there reigned in his stead Saul of Rechoboth by the river.

lesserot@1Chronicles:1:49 @ And Saul died, and there reigned in his stead Ba’al–chanan the son of ‘Achbor.

lesserot@1Chronicles:1:50 @ And Ba’al–chanan died, and there reigned in his stead Hadad; and the name of his city was Pa’i; and the name of his wife was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Me–zahab.

lesserot@1Chronicles:1:51 @ Hadad died also. And the dukes of Edom were: Thimna’, duke ‘Alvah, duke Jetheth,

lesserot@1Chronicles:1:52 @ Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon,

lesserot@1Chronicles:1:53 @ Duke Kenas, duke Theman, duke Mibzar,

lesserot@1Chronicles:1:54 @ Duke Magdiel, duke ‘Iram. These are the dukes of Edom.

lesserot@1Chronicles:2:1 @ These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,

lesserot@1Chronicles:2:2 @ Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

lesserot@1Chronicles:2:3 @ The sons of Judah: ‘Er, and Onan, and Shelah, the three were born unto him of the daughter of Shua’ the Canaanitess. And ‘Er, the first–born of Judah, was evil in the eyes of the Lord: and he slew him.

lesserot@1Chronicles:2:4 @ And Thamar his daughter–in–law bore unto him Perez and Zerach. All the sons of Judah were five.

lesserot@1Chronicles:2:5 @ The sons of Perez: Chezron and Chamul.

lesserot@1Chronicles:2:6 @ And the sons of Zerach: Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara’; all of them five.

lesserot@1Chronicles:2:7 @ And the sons of Carmi: ‘Achar the troubler of Israel, who trespassed against the devoted things.

lesserot@1Chronicles:2:8 @ And the sons of Ethan: ‘Azaryah.

lesserot@1Chronicles:2:9 @ And the sons of Chezron, that were born unto him: Jerachmeel, and Ram, and Kelubai.

lesserot@1Chronicles:2:10 @ And Ram begat ‘Amminadab, and ‘Amminadab begat Nachshon, the prince of the children of Judah;

lesserot@1Chronicles:2:11 @ And Nachshon begat Salma, and Salma begat Bo’az,

lesserot@1Chronicles:2:12 @ And Bo’az begat ‘Obed, and ‘Obed begat Jesse,

lesserot@1Chronicles:2:13 @ And Ishai begat his first–born Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shim’a the third,

lesserot@1Chronicles:2:14 @ Nathanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,

lesserot@1Chronicles:2:15 @ Ozem the sixth, David the seventh;

lesserot@1Chronicles:2:16 @ And their sisters were Zeruyah, and Abigayil. And the sons of Zeruyah: Abshai, and Joab, and ‘Assahel, three.

lesserot@1Chronicles:2:17 @ And Abigayil bore ‘Amassa: and the father of ‘Amassa was Jether the Ishme’elite.

lesserot@1Chronicles:2:18 @ And Caleb the son of Chezron begat of ‘Azubah his wife, and of Jeri’oth; and these are her sons: Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon.

lesserot@1Chronicles:2:19 @ And ‘Azubah died, when Caleb took unto himself Ephrath, who bore unto him Chur.

lesserot@1Chronicles:2:20 @ And Chur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezalel.

lesserot@1Chronicles:2:21 @ And afterward came Chezron to the daughter of Machir the father of Gil’ad, and he took her when he was sixty years old: and she bore unto him Segub.

lesserot@1Chronicles:2:22 @ And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gil’ad.

lesserot@1Chronicles:2:23 @ But Geshur and Aram took the small towns of Jair from them, with Kenath, and the villages thereof, even sixty cities. All these the sons of Machir the father of Gil’ad.

lesserot@1Chronicles:2:24 @ And after Chezron was dead in Calebephratah, then bore Chezron’s wife Abiyah unto him Ashchur the father of Thekoa’.

lesserot@1Chronicles:2:25 @ And the sons of Jerachmeel the first–born of Chezron were, Ram the first–born, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, and Achiyah.

lesserot@1Chronicles:2:26 @ Yerachmeel had also another wife, whose name was ‘Atarah; she was the mother of Onam.

lesserot@1Chronicles:2:27 @ And the sons of Ram the first–born of Jerachmeel were, Ma’az, and Jamin, and ‘Eker.

lesserot@1Chronicles:2:28 @ And the sons of Onam were, Shammai, and Jada’. And the sons of Shammai: Nadab, and Abishur.

lesserot@1Chronicles:2:29 @ And the name of the wife of Abishur was Abichayil, and she bore unto him Achban, and Molid.

lesserot@1Chronicles:2:30 @ And the sons of Nadab: Seled, and Appayim; and Seled died without children.

lesserot@1Chronicles:2:31 @ And the sons of Appayim: Yish’i. And the sons of Yish’i: Sheshan. And the sons of Sheshan: Achlai.

lesserot@1Chronicles:2:32 @ And the sons of Jada’ the brother of Shammai: Jether, and Jonathan; and Jether died without children.

lesserot@1Chronicles:2:33 @ And the sons of Jonathan: Peleth, and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerachmeel.

lesserot@1Chronicles:2:34 @ Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. And Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarcha’.

lesserot@1Chronicles:2:35 @ And Sheshan gave his daughter unto Jarcha’ his servant for wife: and she bore unto him ‘Attai.

lesserot@1Chronicles:2:36 @ And ‘Attai begat Nathan, and Nathan begat Zabad.

lesserot@1Chronicles:2:37 @ And Zabad begat Ephlal, and Ephlal begat ‘Obed.

lesserot@1Chronicles:2:38 @ And ‘Obed begat Jehu, and Jehu begat ‘Azaryah,

lesserot@1Chronicles:2:39 @ And ‘Azaryah begat Chelez, and Chelez begat El’assah,

lesserot@1Chronicles:2:40 @ And El’assah begat Sissmai, and Sissmai begat Shallum.

lesserot@1Chronicles:2:41 @ And Shallum begat Jekamyah, and Jekamyah begat Elishama’.

lesserot@1Chronicles:2:42 @ Now the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerachmeel were, Mesha’, his first–born, who was the father of Ziph, and of the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron.

lesserot@1Chronicles:2:43 @ And the sons of Hebron: Korach, and Thappuach, and Rekem, and Shema’.

lesserot@1Chronicles:2:44 @ And Shema’ begat Racham, the father of Jorke’am; and Rekem begat Shammai.

lesserot@1Chronicles:2:45 @ And the son of Shammai was Ma’on; and Ma’on was the father of Beth–zur.

lesserot@1Chronicles:2:46 @ And ‘Ephah, Caleb’s concubine, bore Charan, and Moza, and Gazez; and Charan begat Gazez.

lesserot@1Chronicles:2:47 @ And the sons of Jahdai: Regem, and Jotham, and Gesham, and Pelet, and ‘Ephah, and Sha’aph.

lesserot@1Chronicles:2:48 @ Ma’achah, Caleb’s concubine, bore Sheber, and Tirchanah.

lesserot@1Chronicles:2:49 @ She bore also Sha’aph the father of Madmannah. Sheva the father of Machbena, and the father of Gib’a: and the daughter of Caleb was ‘Achsah.

lesserot@1Chronicles:2:50 @ These were the sons of Caleb: Benchur, the first–born of Ephratah, Shobal the father of Kiryath–ye’arim,

lesserot@1Chronicles:2:51 @ Salma the father of Beth–lechem, Chareph the father of Beth–gader.

lesserot@1Chronicles:2:52 @ And Shobal the father of Kir’yath–ye’arim had sons: Haroeh, and Chazi–hammenuchoth.

lesserot@1Chronicles:2:53 @ And the families of Kir’yath–ye’arim are the Yithrites, and the Puthites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishra’ites: from these came the Zor’athites, and the Eshthaulites.

lesserot@1Chronicles:2:54 @ The sons of Salma: Beth–lechem, and the Netophathites, ‘Ataroth of the house of Joab, and Chazi–hammanachthi, the Zor’ite.

lesserot@1Chronicles:2:55 @ And the families of the scribes who dwelt at Jabez: the Thirathites, the Shim’athites, and Suchathites. These are the Kenites that came from Chammath, the father of the house of Rechab.

lesserot@1Chronicles:3:1 @ And these were the sons of David, who were born unto him in Hebron: The first–born, Amnon, of Achino’am the Jizre’elitess; the second, Daniel, of Abigayil the Carmelitess;

lesserot@1Chronicles:3:2 @ The third, Abshalom the son of Ma’achah the daughter of Thalmai the king of Geshur; the fourth, Adoniyah the son of Chaggith;

lesserot@1Chronicles:3:3 @ The fifth, Shephatyah of Abital; the sixth, Yithre’am of ‘Eglah his wife.

lesserot@1Chronicles:3:4 @ Six were born unto him in Hebron: and he reigned there seven years and six months; and thirty and three years he reigned in Jerusalem.

lesserot@1Chronicles:3:5 @ And these were born unto him in Jerusalem: Shim’a, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bathshua’ the daughter of ‘Ammiel;

lesserot@1Chronicles:3:6 @ And Yibchar, and Elishama’, and Eliphelet,

lesserot@1Chronicles:3:7 @ And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia’.

lesserot@1Chronicles:3:8 @ And Elishama’, and Elyada’, and Eliphelet, nine.

lesserot@1Chronicles:3:9 @ all the sons of David, beside the sons of the concubines, and Thamar their sister.

lesserot@1Chronicles:3:10 @ And Solomon’s son was Rehobo’am. Abiyah his son, Assa his son, Jehoshaphat his son.

lesserot@1Chronicles:3:11 @ Joram his son, Achazyahu his son, Joash his son,

lesserot@1Chronicles:3:12 @ Amazyahu his son, ‘Azaryah his son, Jotham his son,

lesserot@1Chronicles:3:13 @ Achaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Menasseh his son,

lesserot@1Chronicles:3:14 @ Amon his son, Josiah his son.

lesserot@1Chronicles:3:15 @ And the sons of Josiah were, the first–born Jochanan, the second Jehoyakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.

lesserot@1Chronicles:3:16 @ And the sons of Jehoyakim: Jechonyah his son, Zedekiah his son.

lesserot@1Chronicles:3:17 @ And the sons of Jechonyah: Assir, Shealthiel his son,

lesserot@1Chronicles:3:18 @ And Malkiram, and Pedayah, and Shenazzar, Jekamyah, Hoshama’, and Nedabyah.

lesserot@1Chronicles:3:19 @ And the sons of Pedayah were, Zerubbabel, and Shim’i: and the sons of Zerubbabel were, Meshullam, and Chananyah, and Shelomith their sister;

lesserot@1Chronicles:3:20 @ And Chashubah, and Ohel, and Berechyah, and Chassadyah, Jushab–chessed, five.

lesserot@1Chronicles:3:21 @ And the sons of Chananyah: Pelatyah, and Jesha’yah; the sons of Rephayah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of ‘Ohadiah, the sons of Shechanyah.

lesserot@1Chronicles:3:22 @ And the sons of Shechanyah: Shema’yah: and the sons of Shema’yah were Chattush, and Yigal, and Bariach, and Ne’aryah, and Shaphat, six.

lesserot@1Chronicles:3:23 @ And the sons of Ne’aryah: Elyo’enai, and Hezekiah, and ‘Azrikam, three.

lesserot@1Chronicles:3:24 @ And the sons of Elyo’enai were, Hodavyahu, and Elyashib, and Pelayah, and ‘Akkub, and Jochanan, and Delayah, and ‘Anani, seven.

lesserot@1Chronicles:4:1 @ The sons of Judah: Perez, Chezron, and Carmi, and Chur, and Shobal.

lesserot@1Chronicles:4:2 @ And Reayah the son of Shobal begat Jachath, and Jachath begat Achumai, and Lahad. These are the families of the Zor’athites.

lesserot@1Chronicles:4:3 @ And these were the father of ‘Etam, Jizre’el, and Yishma, and Yidbash: and the name of their sister was Hazzelelponi.

lesserot@1Chronicles:4:4 @ And Penuel the father of Gedor, and ‘Ezer the father of Chushah. These are the sons of Chur, the first–born of Ephratah, the father of Beth–lechem.

lesserot@1Chronicles:4:5 @ And Ashchur the father of Thekoa’ had two wives. Chelah and Na’arah.

lesserot@1Chronicles:4:6 @ And Na’arah bore him Achuzzam, and Chepher, and Themeni. and Haachashthari. These were the sons of Na’arah.

lesserot@1Chronicles:4:7 @ And the sons of Chelah were, Zereth, and Zochar, and Ethnan.

lesserot@1Chronicles:4:8 @ And Koz begat ‘Anub and Hazzobebah, and the families of Acharchel the son of Harum.

lesserot@1Chronicles:4:9 @ And Ja’bez was more honorable than his brothers; and his mother called his name Ja’bez, saying, Because I bore him in pain.

lesserot@1Chronicles:4:10 @ And Ja’bez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldst bless me indeed, and enlarge my boundary, and that thy hand might be with me, and that thou wouldst act for me against the evil, that it may not give me pain! And God granted him what he had asked for.

lesserot@1Chronicles:4:11 @ And Kelub the brother of Shuchah begat Mechir, who was the father of Eshthon.

lesserot@1Chronicles:4:12 @ And Eshthon begat Beth–rapha, and Passeach, and Techinnah the father of ‘Irnachash. These are the men of Rechah.

lesserot@1Chronicles:4:13 @ And the sons of Kenas: ‘Othniel and Serayah. And the sons of ‘Othniel: Chathath.

lesserot@1Chronicles:4:14 @ And Me’onothai begat ‘Ophrah: and Serayah begat Joab, the father of the valley of the carpenters; for they were carpenters.

lesserot@1Chronicles:4:15 @ And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh: ‘Iru, Elah, and Na’am. And the sons of Elah: Ukenas.

lesserot@1Chronicles:4:16 @ And the sons of Jehalelel: Ziph, and Ziphah, Thireya, and Assarel.

lesserot@1Chronicles:4:17 @ And the sons of ‘Ezrah: Jether, and Mered, and ‘Epher, and Jalon. And she conceived Miriam, and Shammai, and Yishbach the father of Eshthemoa’.

lesserot@1Chronicles:4:18 @ And his wife the Jewess bore Jered the father of Gedor, and Cheber the father of Socho, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoach. And these are the sons of D the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered had taken.

lesserot@1Chronicles:4:19 @ And the sons of the wife of Hodiyah the sister of Nacham: The father of Kei’lah the Garmite, and Eshthemoa’ the Ma’achathite.

lesserot@1Chronicles:4:20 @ And the sons of Shimon: Amnon, and Rinnah, Ben–chanan, and Thilon. And the sons of Yish’i were, Zocheth, and Benzocheth.

lesserot@1Chronicles:4:21 @ The sons of Shelah the son of Judah: ‘Er the father of Lechah, and La’dah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of those that wrought fine linen, of the house of Ashbea’.

lesserot@1Chronicles:4:22 @ And Jokim, and the men of Cozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who had dominion in Moab, and Jashubi–lechem. And these are ancient things.

lesserot@1Chronicles:4:23 @ There were the potters, and those that dwelt in plantations and sheepfolds: for the king’s sake to do his work they dwelt there.

lesserot@1Chronicles:4:24 @ The sons of Simeon: Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerach, and Saul.

lesserot@1Chronicles:4:25 @ Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma’ his son.

lesserot@1Chronicles:4:26 @ And the sons of Mishma’: Hamuel his son, Zaccur his son, Shim’i his son.

lesserot@1Chronicles:4:27 @ And Shim’i had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brethren had not many children, nor did all their family multiply, equal to the children of Judah.

lesserot@1Chronicles:4:28 @ And they dwelt at Beer–sheba’, and Moladah, and Chazar–shu’al.

lesserot@1Chronicles:4:29 @ And at Bilhah, and at ‘Ezem, and at Tholad,

lesserot@1Chronicles:4:30 @ And at Bethuel, and at Chormah, and at Ziklag.

lesserot@1Chronicles:4:31 @ And at Beth–marcaboth, and Chazar–sussim, and at Beth–biri, and at Sha’arayim. These were their cities until the reign of David.

lesserot@1Chronicles:4:32 @ And their villages were ‘Etam, and ‘Ayin, Rimmon, and Tochen, and ‘Ashan, five cities;

lesserot@1Chronicles:4:33 @ And all their villages that were round about these same cities as far as Ba’al. These were their dwelling–places, and after them are they recorded.

lesserot@1Chronicles:4:34 @ And Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah the son of Amazyah,

lesserot@1Chronicles:4:35 @ And Joel, and Jehu the son of Joshibyah, the son of Serayah, the son of ‘Assiel.

lesserot@1Chronicles:4:36 @ And Elyo’enai and Ja’akobah, and Jeshochayah, and ‘Assayah, and Adiel, and Jessimiel, and Benayah.

lesserot@1Chronicles:4:37 @ And Ziza the son of Shiph’i, the son of Allon, the son of Jedayah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shema’yah:

lesserot@1Chronicles:4:38 @ These mentioned by their names were princes in their families; and their family divisions spread themselves out greatly.

lesserot@1Chronicles:4:39 @ And they went to the entrance of Gedur, as far as the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.

lesserot@1Chronicles:4:40 @ And they found a fat and good pasture, and the land was roomy, and quiet, and peaceable; for descendants of Ham dwelt there before that time.

lesserot@1Chronicles:4:41 @ And then came these written down by name in the days of Hezekiah the king of Judah, and smote their tents, and the habitations that were found there, and destroyed them utterly unto this day, and dwelt in their stead; because there was pasture there for their flocks.

lesserot@1Chronicles:4:42 @ And some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men, went to mount Se’ir having at their head Pelatyah, and Ne’aryah, and Rephayah, and ‘Uzziel, the sons of Yish’i.

lesserot@1Chronicles:4:43 @ And they smote the rest of the ‘Amalekites that were escaped, and dwelt there unto this day.

lesserot@1Chronicles:5:1 @ And the sons of Reuben the first–born of Israel––for he was the first–born; but, when the defiled his father’s bed, was his birthright given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel: so that the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the first–birth.

lesserot@1Chronicles:5:2 @ For Judah became the mightiest of his brothers, and the prince descended from him: while the first–birthright belonged to Joseph,––

lesserot@1Chronicles:5:3 @ The sons of Reuben the first–born of Israel were, Chanoch, and Pallu, Chezron, and Carmi.

lesserot@1Chronicles:5:4 @ The sons of Joel: Shema’yah his son, Gog his son, Shim’i his son,

lesserot@1Chronicles:5:5 @ Michah his son, Reayah his son, Ba’al his son,

lesserot@1Chronicles:5:6 @ Beerah his son, whom Tilgath–pilneesser the king of Assyria carried into exile: he was the prince of the Reubenites.

lesserot@1Chronicles:5:7 @ And his brethren by their families, according to their genealogy after their generations, were, the chief, Je’iel, and Zecharyahu,

lesserot@1Chronicles:5:8 @ And Bela’ the son of ‘Azaz, the son of Shema’, the son of Joel, who dwelt in ‘Aro’er, and as far as Nebo and Ba’al–me’on;

lesserot@1Chronicles:5:9 @ And to the eastward he dwelt as far as the entrance of the wilderness from the river Euphrates; because their cattle were numerous in the land of Gil’ad.

lesserot@1Chronicles:5:10 @ And in the days of Saul they made war with the Hagarenes, who fell by their hand; and they dwelt in their tents in the whole front of the land to the east of Gil’ad.

lesserot@1Chronicles:5:11 @ And the children of Gad dwelt alongside of them, in the land of Bashan as far as Salchah.

lesserot@1Chronicles:5:12 @ Joel the chief, and Shapham the next, and Ja’nai, and Shaphat in Bashan.

lesserot@1Chronicles:5:13 @ And their brethren according to their family divisions were, Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba’, and Jorai, and Ya’kan, and Zia’, and ‘Eber, seven.

lesserot@1Chronicles:5:14 @ These are the children of Abichayil the son of Churi, the son of Jaroach, the son of Gil’ad, the son of Michael, the son of Jeshishai, the son of Jachdo, the son of Buz:

lesserot@1Chronicles:5:15 @ Achi the son of Abdiel the son of Guni, the chief of their family division.

lesserot@1Chronicles:5:16 @ And they dwelt in Gil’ad, in Bashan, and in its minor towns, and in all the open districts of Sharon, as far as their terminations.

lesserot@1Chronicles:5:17 @ All these were recorded by their genealogies in the days of Jotham the king of Judah, and in the days of Jerobo’am the king of Israel.

lesserot@1Chronicles:5:18 @ The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Menasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear shield and sword, and to draw the bow, and practised in war, were four and forty thousand seven hundred and sixty, that went out to the army.

lesserot@1Chronicles:5:19 @ And they made war with the Hagarenes, and Jetur, and Naphish, and Nodab.

lesserot@1Chronicles:5:20 @ And they obtained help against them, and the Hagarenes were delivered into their hand, and all that were with them; for to God they cried in the battle, and he was entreated by them; because they put their trust in him.

lesserot@1Chronicles:5:21 @ And they led away captive their cattle: of their camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of asses two thousand, and of human beings one hundred thousand.

lesserot@1Chronicles:5:22 @ For there fell down many slain; because the war was of God. And they dwelt in their stead until the exile.

lesserot@1Chronicles:5:23 @ And the children of the half tribe of Menasseh dwelt in the land: from Bashan unto Ba’al–chermon and Senir and mount Chermon were they numerous.

lesserot@1Chronicles:5:24 @ And these were the heads of their family divisions: namely, ‘Epher, and Yish’i, and Eliel, and ‘Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodavyah, and Jachdiel, mighty men of valor, famous men, heads of their family divisions.

lesserot@1Chronicles:5:25 @ But they trespassed against the God of their fathers, and went astray after the gods of the people of the land, whom God had destroyed from before them.

lesserot@1Chronicles:5:26 @ And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul the king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgath–pilnesser the king of Assyria, and he carried them into exile, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Menasseh, and brought them unto Chalach, and Chabor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan, even until this day.

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lesserot@1Chronicles:7:1 @ And the sons of Issachar were, Tola’, and Puah, Yashub, and Shimron, four.

lesserot@1Chronicles:7:2 @ And the sons of Tola’: ‘Uzzi, and Rephayah, and Jeriel, and Jachmai, and Yibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their family divisions, of Tola’, being valiant men of might, after their descent. Their number in the days of David was two and twenty thousand and six hundred.

lesserot@1Chronicles:7:3 @ And the sons of ‘Uzzi: Yizrachyah. And the sons of Yizrachyah: Michael, and ‘Obadiah, and Joel, Yishiyah, five, chief men all of them.

lesserot@1Chronicles:7:4 @ And with them according to their descent, after their family divisions, were bands of the army for war, six and thirty thousand men; for they had many wives and sons.

lesserot@1Chronicles:7:5 @ And their brethren of all the families of Issachar were valiant men of might, eighty and seven thousand reckoned by their genealogies in all.

lesserot@1Chronicles:7:6 @ Of Benjamin: Bela’, and Becher, and Jedi’ael, three.

lesserot@1Chronicles:7:7 @ And the sons of Bela’: Ezbon, and ‘Uzzi, and ‘Uzziel, and Jerimoth, and ‘Iri, five, heads of family divisions, being mighty men of valor; and they were reckoned by their genealogies twenty and two thousand and thirty and four.

lesserot@1Chronicles:7:8 @ And the sons of Becher: Zemirah, and Jo’ash, and Eli’ezer, and Elyo’enai, and ‘Omri, and Jeremoth, and Abiyah, and ‘Anathoth, and ‘Alemeth. All these are the sons of Becher.

lesserot@1Chronicles:7:9 @ And reckoned by their genealogy after their descent, heads of their family divisions, mighty men of valor, there were twenty thousand and two hundred.

lesserot@1Chronicles:7:10 @ And the sons of Jedi’ael: Bilhan. And the sons of Bilhan: Je’ush, and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Kena’anah, and Zethan, and Tharshish, and Achishachar.

lesserot@1Chronicles:7:11 @ All these the sons of Jedi’ael by the heads of their divisions, being mighty men of valor, were seventeen thousand and two hundred, fit to go out to the army for war.

lesserot@1Chronicles:7:12 @ And Shuppim, and Chuppim, the children of ‘Ir, and Chushim, the sons of Acher.

lesserot@1Chronicles:7:13 @ The sons of Naphtali: Jachziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah.

lesserot@1Chronicles:7:14 @ The sons of Menasseh: Assriel, whom bore; his concubine the Aramitess bore Machir the father of Gil’ad.

lesserot@1Chronicles:7:15 @ And Machir took for wife of Chuppim and Shuppim, whose sister’s name was Ma’achah. And the name of the second was Zelophehad: and Zelophehad had daughters.

lesserot@1Chronicles:7:16 @ And Ma’achah the wife of Machir bore a son, and she called his name Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Rekem.

lesserot@1Chronicles:7:17 @ And the sons of Ulam: Bedan. These were the sons of Gil’ad, the son of Machir, the son of Menasseh.

lesserot@1Chronicles:7:18 @ And his sister Hammolecheth bore Isshod, and Abi’ezer, and Machlah.

lesserot@1Chronicles:7:19 @ And the sons of Shemida’ were, Achyan, and Shechem, and Likchi, and Ani’am.

lesserot@1Chronicles:7:20 @ And the sons of Ephraim: Shuthelach, and Bered his son, and Tachath his son, and El’adah his son, and Tachath his son,

lesserot@1Chronicles:7:21 @ And Zabad his son, and Shuthelach his son, and ‘Ezer, and El’ad, whom the men of Gath that were born in that land slew, when they came down to take away their cattle.

lesserot@1Chronicles:7:22 @ And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him.

lesserot@1Chronicles:7:23 @ And he went in to his wife, and she conceived, and bore a son, and he called his name Beri’ah, because misfortune had come into his house.

lesserot@1Chronicles:7:24 @ And his daughter was Sheerah, who built Beth–choron the lower, and the upper, and Uzzen–sheerah.

lesserot@1Chronicles:7:25 @ And Rephach was his son, also Resheph, and Telach his son, and Tachan his son.

lesserot@1Chronicles:7:26 @ La’dan his son, ‘Ammihud his son, Elishama’ his son,

lesserot@1Chronicles:7:27 @ Non his son, Jehoshua’ his son.

lesserot@1Chronicles:7:28 @ And their possessions and dwelling–places were, Beth–el and its villages, and at the east Na’aran, and at the west Gezer, with its villages, and Shechem with its villages, as far as Gazzah and its villages.

lesserot@1Chronicles:7:29 @ And by the borders of the children of Menasseh: Beth–shean and its villages, Ta’nach and its villages, Megiddo and its villages, Dor and its villages. In these dwelt the children of Joseph the son of Israel.

lesserot@1Chronicles:7:30 @ The sons of Asher: Yimnah, and Yishvah, and Yishvi, and Beri’ah, and Serach their sister.

lesserot@1Chronicles:7:31 @ And the sons of Beri’ah: Cheber, and Malkiel, who is the father of Birzavith.

lesserot@1Chronicles:7:32 @ And Cheber begat Yaphlet, and Shomer, and Chotham, and Shu’a their sister.

lesserot@1Chronicles:7:33 @ And the sons of Yaphiet: Passach, and Bimhal, and ‘Ashvath. These are the children of Yaphlet.

lesserot@1Chronicles:7:34 @ And the sons of Shemer: Achi, and Rohgah, and Chubbah and Aram.

lesserot@1Chronicles:7:35 @ And the sons of his brother Helem: Zophach, and Yimna’, and Shelesh, and ‘Amal

lesserot@1Chronicles:7:36 @ The sons of Zophach: Suach, and Charnepher, and Shu’al, and Berl, and Yimrah,

lesserot@1Chronicles:7:37 @ Bezer, and Hod, and Shamma, and Shilshah, and Yithran, and Beera.

lesserot@1Chronicles:7:38 @ And the sons of Jether: Jephunneh, and Pisspah, and Ara.

lesserot@1Chronicles:7:39 @ And the sons of ‘Ulla: Arach, and Chaniel, and Rizya.

lesserot@1Chronicles:7:40 @ All these were the children of Asher, heads of their family divisions, selected mighty men of valor, chiefs of the princes. And being recorded according to their genealogy for the army for the war, their number was of men twenty and six thousand.

lesserot@1Chronicles:8:1 @ And Benjamin begat Bela’ his first–born, Ashbel the second, and Achrach the third,

lesserot@1Chronicles:8:2 @ Nochah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth.

lesserot@1Chronicles:8:3 @ And Bela’ had sons, Addar, and Gera, and Abihud,

lesserot@1Chronicles:8:4 @ And Abishua’, and Na’aman, and Achoach,

lesserot@1Chronicles:8:5 @ And Gera, and Shephuphan, and Churam.

lesserot@1Chronicles:8:6 @ And these are the sons of Echud: these are the heads of the family divisions of the inhabitants of Geba’, who were exiled to Manachath;

lesserot@1Chronicles:8:7 @ Both Na’aman, and Achiyah; and Gera,––he exiled them, and begat ‘Uzza, and Achichud.

lesserot@1Chronicles:8:8 @ And Shacharayim begat children in the fields of Moab, after he had sent them away––Chushim and Ba’ara his wives.

lesserot@1Chronicles:8:9 @ And he begat of Chodesh his wife, Jobab, and Zibya and Mesha, and Malkam,

lesserot@1Chronicles:8:10 @ And Je’uz, and Shabyah, and Mirmah. These were his sons, heads of family divisions.

lesserot@1Chronicles:8:11 @ And of Chushim he begat Abitub, and Elpa’al.

lesserot@1Chronicles:8:12 @ And the sons of Elpa’al: ‘Eber, and Mish’am, and Shemer, who built Ono, and Lod, with its villages;

lesserot@1Chronicles:8:13 @ And Beri’ah, and Shema’, who were the heads of the family divisions of the inhabitants of Ayalon; these were those who drove away the inhabitants of Gath;

lesserot@1Chronicles:8:14 @ And Achyo, Shashak, and Jeremoth.

lesserot@1Chronicles:8:15 @ And Zebadyah, and ‘Arad, and ‘Eder,

lesserot@1Chronicles:8:16 @ And Michael, and Yishpah, and Jocha, the sons of Beri’ah;

lesserot@1Chronicles:8:17 @ And Zebadyah, and Meshullam, and Chiski, and Cheber,

lesserot@1Chronicles:8:18 @ And Yishmerai, and Yizliah, and Jobab, the sons of Elpa’al:

lesserot@1Chronicles:8:19 @ And Jakim, and Zichri, and Zabdi,

lesserot@1Chronicles:8:20 @ And Eli’enai, and Zillethai, and Eliel,

lesserot@1Chronicles:8:21 @ And ‘Adayah, and Berayah, and Shimrath, the sons of Shim’i:

lesserot@1Chronicles:8:22 @ And Yishpan, and ‘Eber, and Eliel,

lesserot@1Chronicles:8:23 @ And ‘Abdon, and Zichri, and Chanan,

lesserot@1Chronicles:8:24 @ And Chananyah, and ‘Elam, and ‘Anthothiyah,

lesserot@1Chronicles:8:25 @ And Yiphdeyah, and Penuel, the sons of Shashak:

lesserot@1Chronicles:8:26 @ And Shamsherai, and Shecharyah, and Athalyah,

lesserot@1Chronicles:8:27 @ And Ja’areshyah, and Eliyah, and Zichri, the sons of Jerocham.

lesserot@1Chronicles:8:28 @ These were the heads of the family divisions, by their generations, chief men. These dwelt in Jerusalem.

lesserot@1Chronicles:8:29 @ And at Gib’on dwelt the father of Gib’on, whose wife’s name was Ma’achah;

lesserot@1Chronicles:8:30 @ And his first–born son ‘Abdon, then Zur, and Kish, and Ba’al, and Nadab,

lesserot@1Chronicles:8:31 @ And Gedor, and Achyo, and Zecher.

lesserot@1Chronicles:8:32 @ And Mikloth begat Shimah. And these also dwelt alongside of their brethren in Jerusalem, with their brethren.

lesserot@1Chronicles:8:33 @ And Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and Saul begat Jehonathan and Malkishua’, and Abinadab, and Eshba’al.

lesserot@1Chronicles:8:34 @ And the son of Jehonathan was Merib–ba’al; and Merib–ba’al begat Michah.

lesserot@1Chronicles:8:35 @ And the sons of Michah were, Pithon, and Melech, and Tarea’, and Achaz.

lesserot@1Chronicles:8:36 @ And Achaz begat Jeho’addah; and Jeho’addah begat ‘Alemeth, and ‘Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza;

lesserot@1Chronicles:8:37 @ And Moza begat Bin’ah; Rapha was his son, El’assah his son, Azel his son.

lesserot@1Chronicles:8:38 @ And Azel had six sons, and these are their names, ‘Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and She’aryah, and ‘Obadiah, and Chanan. All these were the sons of Azel.

lesserot@1Chronicles:8:39 @ And the sons of ‘Eshek his brother were, Ulam his first–born, Je’ush the second, and Eliphelet the third.

lesserot@1Chronicles:8:40 @ And the sons of Ulam were mighty men of valor, who drew the bow, and had many sons, and sons’ sons, one hundred and fifty. All these are of the sons of Benjamin.

lesserot@1Chronicles:9:1 @ So all Israel were recorded by their genealogies, and, behold, they are written in the book of the Kings of Israel; but Judah were carried away into exile to Babylon for their unfaithfulness.

lesserot@1Chronicles:9:2 @ And the first inhabitants that in their possessions in their cities, were the Israelites, the priests, the Levites, and the temple–servants.

lesserot@1Chronicles:9:3 @ And in Jerusalem dwelt some of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin, and of the children of Ephraim, and Menasseh.

lesserot@1Chronicles:9:4 @ ‘Uthai the son of ‘Ammihud, the son of ‘Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, of the children of Perez the son of Judah.

lesserot@1Chronicles:9:5 @ And of the Shilonites: ‘Assayah the first–born, and his sons.

lesserot@1Chronicles:9:6 @ And of the sons of Zerach: Je’uel, and their brethren, six hundred and ninety.

lesserot@1Chronicles:9:7 @ And of the sons of Benjamin: Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Hodavyah, the son of Hassenuah,

lesserot@1Chronicles:9:8 @ And Yibneyah the son of Jerocham, and Elah the son of ‘Uzzi, the son of Michri, and Meshullam the son of Shephatyah, the son of Re’uel, the son of Yibniyah;

lesserot@1Chronicles:9:9 @ And their brethren, according to their generations, nine hundred and fifty and six. All these men were chiefs of the divisions of their family divisions.

lesserot@1Chronicles:9:10 @ And of the priests: Jeda’yah, and Jehoyarib, and Jachin.

lesserot@1Chronicles:9:11 @ And ‘Azaryah the son of Chilkiyah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Merayoth, the son of Actitub, the ruler of the house of God.

lesserot@1Chronicles:9:12 @ And ‘Adayah the son of Jerocham, the son of Pashchur, the son of Malkiyah, and Ma’sai the son of ‘Adiel, the son of Jachzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer:

lesserot@1Chronicles:9:13 @ And their brethren, chiefs of their family divisions, were one thousand and seven hundred and sixty, very able men for the work of the service of the house of God.

lesserot@1Chronicles:9:14 @ And of the Levites: Shema’yah the son of Chasshub, the son of ‘Azrikam, the son of Chashabyah, of the sons of Merari;

lesserot@1Chronicles:9:15 @ And Bakbakkar, Cheresh, and Galal, and Matthanyah the son of Micha, the son of Zichri, the son of Assaph;

lesserot@1Chronicles:9:16 @ And ‘Obadiah the son of Shema’yah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun; and Berechyah the son of Assa, the son of Elkanah, that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites.

lesserot@1Chronicles:9:17 @ And the gatekeepers were Shallum, and ‘Akkub, and Talmon, and Achiman, and their brethren, Shallum being the chief;

lesserot@1Chronicles:9:18 @ And up to this time they are in the king’s gate to the eastward: they are the gatekeepers for the camps of the children of Levi.

lesserot@1Chronicles:9:19 @ And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebyassaph, the son of Korach, and his brethren, of the house of his father, the Korchites, being over the work of the service, were the watchmen at the threshold of the tabernacle: and their fathers, being over the camp of the Lord, were the watchmen at the entrance.

lesserot@1Chronicles:9:20 @ And Phinehas the son of El’azar was the ruler over them in times past; the Lord was with him.

lesserot@1Chronicles:9:21 @ Zechariah the son of Meshelemyah was gatekeeper at the entrance of the tabernacle of the congregation.

lesserot@1Chronicles:9:22 @ All of these selected to be gatekeepers at the thresholds were two hundred and twelve. These were recorded according to their genealogy in their villages; those David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their trust.

lesserot@1Chronicles:9:23 @ Both they and their children had the oversight over the gates of the house of the Lord, the house of the tabernacle, as watches.

lesserot@1Chronicles:9:24 @ On four quarters were the gatekeepers, toward the east, the west, the north, and the south.

lesserot@1Chronicles:9:25 @ And their brethren, who were in their villages, had to come after every seven days from time to time in common with these.

lesserot@1Chronicles:9:26 @ For in trust were these four chief gatekeepers–– these Levites, and they were over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God.

lesserot@1Chronicles:9:27 @ And they lodged round about the house of God; because upon them rested the duty of watching, and they had the supervision of the opening thereof each and every morning.

lesserot@1Chronicles:9:28 @ And some of them had the charge of the vessels for the service; for by number did they bring them in, and by number did they carry them out.

lesserot@1Chronicles:9:29 @ Some of them also were appointed over the vessels, and over all the vessels of the sanctuary, and over the fine flour, and the wine, and the oil, and the frankincense, and the spices.

lesserot@1Chronicles:9:30 @ And some of the sons of the priests prepared the mixture of the spices.

lesserot@1Chronicles:9:31 @ And Matthithyah, one of the Levites, who was the first–born of Shallum the Korchite, had the trust over the meat–offerings that were baked in the pans.

lesserot@1Chronicles:9:32 @ And others of their brethren, of the sons of the Kehathites, were over the orders of the shew–bread, to prepare it every sabbath.

lesserot@1Chronicles:9:33 @ But these the singers, the chiefs of the divisions of the Levites, remained in the chambers free of service; for day and night were they obliged to engage in that work.

lesserot@1Chronicles:9:34 @ These are the chiefs of the divisions of the Levites, being the chiefs for their generations: these dwelt at Jerusalem.

lesserot@1Chronicles:9:35 @ And in Gib’on dwelt the father of Gib’on, Je’iel; and the name of his wife was Ma’achah;

lesserot@1Chronicles:9:36 @ And his first–born son was ‘Abdon, then Zur, and Kish, and Ba’al, and Ner, and Nadab,

lesserot@1Chronicles:9:37 @ And Gedor, and Achyo, and Zechariah, and Mikloth.

lesserot@1Chronicles:9:38 @ And Mikloth begat Shimam. And they also dwelt alongside of their brethren at Jerusalem, with their brethren.

lesserot@1Chronicles:9:39 @ And Ner begat Kish; and Kish begat Saul; and Saul begat Jehonathan, and Malki–shua’, and Abinadab, and Eshba’al.

lesserot@1Chronicles:9:40 @ And the son of Jehonathan was Merib–ba’al: and Merib–ba’al begat Michah.

lesserot@1Chronicles:9:41 @ And the sons of Michah were, Pithon, and Melech, and Thachrea’.

lesserot@1Chronicles:9:42 @ And Achaz begat Ja’rah; and Ja’rah begat ‘Alemeth, ‘Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza;

lesserot@1Chronicles:9:43 @ And Moza begat Bin’a; and Rephayah his son, El’assah his son, Azel his son.

lesserot@1Chronicles:9:44 @ And Azel had six sons, and these are their names, ‘Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and She’aryah, and ‘Obadiah, and Chanan: these were the sons of Azel.

lesserot@1Chronicles:10:1 @ Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled before the Philistines, and there fell down slain on mount Gilboa’.

lesserot@1Chronicles:10:2 @ And the Philistines pursuing them overtook Saul and his sons; and the Philistines smote Jonathan, and ‘Abinadab, and Malkishua’, the sons of Saul.

lesserot@1Chronicles:10:3 @ And the battle was heavy against Saul, and he was found by the archers, and he was greatly in dread of the archers.

lesserot@1Chronicles:10:4 @ And Saul said to his armor–bearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and wantonly ill–use me. But his armor–bearer would not; for he was greatly afraid: wherefore Saul took the sword and fell upon it.

lesserot@1Chronicles:10:5 @ And when the armor–bearer saw that Saul was dead, then fell he likewise on the sword, and died.

lesserot@1Chronicles:10:6 @ Thus died Saul and his three sons; and all his household died together.

lesserot@1Chronicles:10:7 @ And when all the men of Israel that were in the valley saw that they had fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead: they forsook their cities, and fled, and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.

lesserot@1Chronicles:10:8 @ And it came to pass on the morrow, that the Philistines came to strip the slain; and they found Saul and his sons fallen on mount Gilboa’.

lesserot@1Chronicles:10:9 @ And they stripped him, and they carried away his head, and his armor, and sent them into the land of the Philistines round about, to publish it to their idols, and to the people.

lesserot@1Chronicles:10:10 @ And they put his armor in the house of their gods, and his skull they fastened in the temple of Dagon.

lesserot@1Chronicles:10:11 @ And when all Yabesh–gil’ad heard all the Philistines had done to Saul:

lesserot@1Chronicles:10:12 @ Then arose all the valiant men, and carried away the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Yabesh; and they buried their bones under the terebinth in Yabesh, and they fasted seven days.

lesserot@1Chronicles:10:13 @ And died Saul for his unfaithfulness which he had committed against the Lord, because of the word of the Lord which he had not kept, and also for asking one of a familiar spirit to inquire of the same;

lesserot@1Chronicles:10:14 @ And had not inquired of the Lord: therefore he slew him, and turned over the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse.

lesserot@1Chronicles:11:1 @ Then did all Israel gather themselves unto David unto Hebron, saying Behold, thy bone and thy flesh are we.

lesserot@1Chronicles:11:2 @ Already yesterday and even before, even when Saul was king, thou wast he that led out and brought in Israel; and the Lord, thy God, said unto thee, Thou shalt indeed feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be truly a chief over my people Israel.

lesserot@1Chronicles:11:3 @ Thus came all the elders of Israel to the king to Hebron; and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the Lord; and they anointed David as king over Israel, according to the word of the Lord through means of Samuel.

lesserot@1Chronicles:11:4 @ And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus; and there were the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land.

lesserot@1Chronicles:11:5 @ And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, Thou shalt not come in hither. Nevertheless David captured the strong–hold of Zion, the same is the City of David.

lesserot@1Chronicles:11:6 @ And David said, Whosoever doth smite the Jebusites at first shall be head and chief. Then did Joab the son of Zeruyah go up at first, and became head–man.

lesserot@1Chronicles:11:7 @ And David dwelt in the castle: therefore they called it, "The City of David."

lesserot@1Chronicles:11:8 @ And he built the city round about, even from the Millo as far as the surrounding district, and Joab repaired the rest of the city.

lesserot@1Chronicles:11:9 @ And David want on, and became greater and greater, and the lord of hosts was with him.

lesserot@1Chronicles:11:10 @ These also are the principals of the mighty men whom David had, who held firmly with him in his kingdom, with all Israel, to make him king, according to the word of the Lord concerning Israel.

lesserot@1Chronicles:11:11 @ And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had: Jashoh’am, the son of Chachmoni, the chief of the captains, who lifted up his spear against three hundred slain at one time.

lesserot@1Chronicles:11:12 @ And after him was El’asar the son of Dodo, the Achochite, who was one of the three mighty men.

lesserot@1Chronicles:11:13 @ He was with David at Pass–dammim, and the Philistines were gathered together there to battle, and there was a piece of ground full of barley; and the people had fled from before the Philistines.

lesserot@1Chronicles:11:14 @ And they placed themselves in the midst of that piece, and they delivered it, and smote the Philistines: and the Lord helped with a great victory.

lesserot@1Chronicles:11:15 @ And these three, the chiefs of the thirty, went down to the rock to David, to the cave of ‘Adullam; and the camp of the Philistines was pitched in the valley of Rephaim.

lesserot@1Chronicles:11:16 @ And David was then in the strong–hold, and an outpost of the Philistines was then at Beth–lechem.

lesserot@1Chronicles:11:17 @ And David longed, and said, Oh that some one would bring me water to drink out of the well of Beth–lechem, which is by the gate!

lesserot@1Chronicles:11:18 @ And the three broke through the camp of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Beth–lechem, which was by the gate, and carried it, and brought it to David; but David would not drink thereof, and poured it out unto the Lord.

lesserot@1Chronicles:11:19 @ And he said, Far be it from me, before my God, that I should do this: shall I drink the blood of these men that went at the risk of their lives? for at the risk of their lives did they bring it; and thus he would not drink it. These things did the three mighty men.

lesserot@1Chronicles:11:20 @ And Abshai the brother of Joab was the chief of these three; and he lifted up his spear against three hundred slain, and had a name among the three.

lesserot@1Chronicles:11:21 @ Of the three, he was more honored than the two, wherefore he became their captain; he nevertheless attained not unto the three.

lesserot@1Chronicles:11:22 @ Banayah the son of Jehoyada’, the son of a valiant man, great in many acts, of Kah–zeel: he it was that smote the two lion–like heroes of Moab; he also went down and smote a lion in the midst of a pit on a day when it snowed.

lesserot@1Chronicles:11:23 @ And he smote an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits high; and in the Egyptian’s hand was a spear like a weaver’s beam; and he went down to him with a staff, and he snatched the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand, and slew him with his own spear.

lesserot@1Chronicles:11:24 @ These things did Benayah the son of Jehoyada’; and he had a name among the mighty men.

lesserot@1Chronicles:11:25 @ Behold, he was indeed more honored than the thirty; but he attained not to the first three. And David appointed him over his private council.

lesserot@1Chronicles:11:26 @ And the mighty men of the armies were, ‘Assahel the brother of Joab, Elchanan the son of Dodo of Beth–lechem.

lesserot@1Chronicles:11:27 @ Shammoth the Harorite, Chelez the Pelonite,

lesserot@1Chronicles:11:28 @ ‘Ira the son of ‘Ikkesh the Theko’ite, Abi’ezer the ‘Antothite,

lesserot@1Chronicles:11:29 @ Sibbechai the Chushathite, ‘Ilai the Achochite,

lesserot@1Chronicles:11:30 @ Maharai the Netophathite, Cheled the son of Ba’anah the Netophathite,

lesserot@1Chronicles:11:31 @ Ithai the son of Ribai of Gib’ah, of the children of ‘Benjamin, Benayah the Pir’athonite.

lesserot@1Chronicles:11:32 @ Churai of the Nachale–Ga’ash, Abiel the ‘Arbathite,

lesserot@1Chronicles:11:33 @ ‘Azmaveth the Bacharumite, Elyachba the Sha’albonite,

lesserot@1Chronicles:11:34 @ Bnai–hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan the son of Shage the Hararite.

lesserot@1Chronicles:11:35 @ Achiam the son of Sachar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur,

lesserot@1Chronicles:11:36 @ Chepher the Mecherathite, Achiyah the Pelonite.

lesserot@1Chronicles:11:37 @ Chezro the Carmelite, Na’arai the son of Ezbai,

lesserot@1Chronicles:11:38 @ Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibchar the son of Hagri,

lesserot@1Chronicles:11:39 @ Zelek the ‘Ammonite, Nachrai the Berothite, the armor bearer of Joab the son of Zeruyah,

lesserot@1Chronicles:11:40 @ ‘Ira the Yithrite, Gareb the Yithrite,

lesserot@1Chronicles:11:41 @ Uriyah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Achlai,

lesserot@1Chronicles:11:42 @ ‘Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a chief of the Reubenites, and with him were thirty.

lesserot@1Chronicles:11:43 @ Chanan the son of Ma’achah, and Joshaphat the Mithnite.

lesserot@1Chronicles:11:44 @ ‘Uzziya the ‘Ashterathite, Shama’ and Je’iel the sons of Chothan the ‘Aro’erite,

lesserot@1Chronicles:11:45 @ Jedi’ael the son of Shimri, and Jocha his brother, the Thizite,

lesserot@1Chronicles:11:46 @ Eliel the Machavite, and Jerihal, and Joshavyah, the son of Elna’am, and Yithmah the Moabite,

lesserot@1Chronicles:11:47 @ Eliel, and ‘Obed, and Ja’assiel the Mezobayite.

lesserot@1Chronicles:12:1 @ And these are those that came to David to Ziklag, while he yet kept himself close because of Saul the son of Kish: and they were among the mighty men, confederates for the war,

lesserot@1Chronicles:12:2 @ Who were armed with bows, and could use both the right and the left hand in stones and shooting arrows with the bow, even of the brethren of Saul out of Benjamin.

lesserot@1Chronicles:12:3 @ The chiefs were Achi’ezer, then Joash, the sons of Hashema’ab the Gib’athite; and Jeziel, and Pelet, the sons of ‘Azmaveth; and Berachah, and Jehu the ‘Anthothite,

lesserot@1Chronicles:12:4 @ And Yishma’yah the Gib’onite, a mighty man among the thirty, and over the thirty; and Jeremiah, and Jachaziel, and Jochanan, and Jozabad the Gederathite,

lesserot@1Chronicles:12:5 @ El’uzai, and Jerimath, and Be’alyah, and Shemaryahu, and Shephatyahu, the Chariphite,

lesserot@1Chronicles:12:6 @ Elkanah, and Yishiyahu, and ‘Azarel, and Jo’ezer, and Jashob’am, the Korchites,

lesserot@1Chronicles:12:7 @ And Jo’elah, and Zebadyah, the sons of Jerocham of Gedor.

lesserot@1Chronicles:12:8 @ And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David into the strong–hold in the wilderness mighty men of valor, and men of the army for the war, that could handle shield and lance, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and were as the roebucks upon the mountains in swiftness.

lesserot@1Chronicles:12:9 @ ‘Ezer was the chief, ‘Ohadiah the second, Eliab the third,

lesserot@1Chronicles:12:10 @ Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth.

lesserot@1Chronicles:12:11 @ ‘Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh,

lesserot@1Chronicles:12:12 @ Jochanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth,

lesserot@1Chronicles:12:13 @ Jirmiyahu the tenth, Machbanai the eleventh.

lesserot@1Chronicles:12:14 @ These were of the sons of Gad, the chiefs of the army, one of the least could fight with a hundred, and the greatest with a thousand.

lesserot@1Chronicles:12:15 @ These are those that passed over the Jordan in the first month, when it had overflowed all its banks; and they put to flight all the men of the valleys, both toward the east, and toward the west.

lesserot@1Chronicles:12:16 @ And there came some of the children of Benjamin and of Judah as far as the strong–hold unto David.

lesserot@1Chronicles:12:17 @ And David went out to meet them, and commenced and said unto them. If ye be come for peace unto me, to help me, my heart shall be inclined toward you to unite with you; but if it be to betray me to my adversaries while there is no violence in my hands, then may the God of our fathers look on and decide it.

lesserot@1Chronicles:12:18 @ Then a spirit invested ‘Amassai, the chief of the captains, Thine are we, David, and with thee, O son of Jesse: peace, peace be unto thee, and peace be to every one that helpeth thee; for thy God helpeth thee. Then David received them, and placed them at the head of the troop.

lesserot@1Chronicles:12:19 @ And some of Menasseh went over to David, when he came with the Philistines against Saul to battle; but he helped them not; for upon consultation did the lords of the Philistines send him away, saying, With our heads will he go over to his master Saul.

lesserot@1Chronicles:12:20 @ As he was going over to Ziklag, there went over to him of Menasseh, ‘Adnach, and Jozabad, and Jedi’ael, and Michael, and Jozabad, and Elihu, and Zillethai, captains of the thousands that belonged to Menasseh.

lesserot@1Chronicles:12:21 @ And they were those that helped David against the band; for they were all mighty men of valor, and they became officers in the army.

lesserot@1Chronicles:12:22 @ For all the time, day by day, people used to come to David to help him, until the camp became great, like the camp of God.

lesserot@1Chronicles:12:23 @ And these are the numbers of the heads of those ready armed for the host that came to David to Hebron, to turn over the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the order of the Lord.

lesserot@1Chronicles:12:24 @ The children of Judah that bore shield and spear were six thousand and eight hundred, ready armed for the host.

lesserot@1Chronicles:12:25 @ Of the children of Simeon, mighty men of valor for the host, seven thousand and one hundred.

lesserot@1Chronicles:12:26 @ Of the children of Levi four thousand and six hundred.

lesserot@1Chronicles:12:27 @ And Jehoyada’ was the leader of the family of Aaron, and with him were three thousand and seven hundred.

lesserot@1Chronicles:12:28 @ Also Zadok, a young man, mighty of valor, and his family division twenty and two chiefs.

lesserot@1Chronicles:12:29 @ And of the children of Benjamin, the brethren of Saul, three thousand; for till that time the greatest part of them had kept the charge of the house of Saul.

lesserot@1Chronicles:12:30 @ And of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand and eight hundred, mighty men of valor, men of fame in their family divisions.

lesserot@1Chronicles:12:31 @ And of the half tribe of Menasseh eighteen thousand, who had been expressed by name, to come to make David king.

lesserot@1Chronicles:12:32 @ And of the children of Issachar, those who had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do,––their heads were two hundred; and all their brethren were ready at their order.

lesserot@1Chronicles:12:33 @ Of Zebulun, such as went forth to the host, arrayed for battle, with all manner of weapons of war, fifty thousand; and these were ready to place themselves in battle array with an undivided heart.

lesserot@1Chronicles:12:34 @ And of Naphtali one thousand captains, and with them were with shield and spear thirty and seven thousand.

lesserot@1Chronicles:12:35 @ And of the Danites arrayed for battle twenty and eight thousand and six hundred.

lesserot@1Chronicles:12:36 @ And of Asher, such as went forth to the host to put themselves in battle array, forty thousand.

lesserot@1Chronicles:12:37 @ And from the other side of the Jordan, of the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Menasseh, with all manner of weapons of the host for war, one hundred and twenty thousand.

lesserot@1Chronicles:12:38 @ All these men of war, that placed themselves in battle array, came with an entire heart to Hebron, to make David King over all Israel; and also all the rest of Israel were of one heart to make David king.

lesserot@1Chronicles:12:39 @ And they were there with David three days eating and drinking; for their brethren had prepared for them.

lesserot@1Chronicles:12:40 @ And also those that were nigh unto them, as far as Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought in bread on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, food made of meal, cakes of figs, and bunches of raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep in abundance; for there was joy in Israel.

lesserot@1Chronicles:13:1 @ And David consulted with the officers of the thousands and hundreds, and with every leader.

lesserot@1Chronicles:13:2 @ And David said unto all the congregation of Israel, if it seem good unto you, and if it be of the Lord our God, let us send widely about unto our brethren who are left in all the lands of Israel, and with them unto the priests and Levites who are in their cities and open districts, that they may gather themselves together unto us.

lesserot@1Chronicles:13:3 @ And let us bring round the ark of our God to us; for we have inquired not at it in the days of Saul.

lesserot@1Chronicles:13:4 @ And all the congregation said that this should be done; for the king was right in the eyes of all the people.

lesserot@1Chronicles:13:5 @ So David assembled all Israel together, from Shichor of Egypt even unto the entrance of Chemath, to bring the ark of God from Kiryath–ye’arim.

lesserot@1Chronicles:13:6 @ And David went up, with all Israel, to Ba’alah, to Kiryath–ye’arim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up thence the ark of God the Lord, that dwelleth between the cherubim, whose name is called.

lesserot@1Chronicles:13:7 @ And they conveyed the ark of God in a new wagon out of the house of Abinadab: and ‘Uzza and Achyo guided the wagon.

lesserot@1Chronicles:13:8 @ And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, and with singing, and on harps, and on psalteries, and on tambourines, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.

lesserot@1Chronicles:13:9 @ And when they came as far as the threshing–floor of Kidon, ‘Uzza put forth his hand to take hold of the ark; for the oxen shook it.

lesserot@1Chronicles:13:10 @ And the anger of the Lord was kindled against ‘Uzza, and he smote him, because he had put forth his hand toward the ark: and he died there before God.

lesserot@1Chronicles:13:11 @ And it was grievious to David, because the Lord had suddenly taken away ‘Uzza; and he called that place Perez–’uzza until this day.

lesserot@1Chronicles:13:12 @ And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring home to me the ark of God?

lesserot@1Chronicles:13:13 @ So David removed not the ark unto himself into the city of David, but had it carried round into the house of ‘Obed–edom the Gittite.

lesserot@1Chronicles:13:14 @ And the ark of God remained in the house of ‘Obed–edom, in his house, three months. And the Lord blessed the house of ‘Obed–edom, and all that belonged to him.

lesserot@1Chronicles:14:1 @ And Churam the king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and trees of cedars, and masons and carpenters, to build him a house.

lesserot@1Chronicles:14:2 @ And David felt conscious that the Lord had established him as king over Israel; for his kingdom was exalted on high, because of his people Israel.

lesserot@1Chronicles:14:3 @ And David took yet more wives at Jerusalem; and David begat more sons and daughters.

lesserot@1Chronicles:14:4 @ And these are the names of the children that he had in Jerusalem: Shammua’, and Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon,

lesserot@1Chronicles:14:5 @ And Yibchar, and Elishua’, and Elpalet,

lesserot@1Chronicles:14:6 @ And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Yaphia’,

lesserot@1Chronicles:14:7 @ And Elishama’, and Be’elyada’, and Eliphalet.

lesserot@1Chronicles:14:8 @ But when the Philistines heard that David had been anointed as king over all Israel, all the Philistines came up to seek David: and David heard of it, and went out against them.

lesserot@1Chronicles:14:9 @ And the Philistines came and spread themselves out in the valley of Rephaim.

lesserot@1Chronicles:14:10 @ And David asked counsel of God, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? and wilt thou deliver them into my hand? And the Lord said unto him, Go up; and I will deliver them into thy hand.

lesserot@1Chronicles:14:11 @ And they came up to Ba’al–perazim; and David smote them there. Then David said, God hath broken down my enemies through my hand as a breach by water: therefore they called the name of that place Ba’al–perazim.

lesserot@1Chronicles:14:12 @ And they left behind there their gods, and David gave the order, and they were burnt with fire.

lesserot@1Chronicles:14:13 @ And the Philistines once again, and spread themselves out in the valley.

lesserot@1Chronicles:14:14 @ And David asked again counsel of God; and God said unto him, Thou shalt not go up after them: turn about from them, and come upon them opposite the mulberry–trees,

lesserot@1Chronicles:14:15 @ And it shall be, when thou hearest the sound of walking on the tops of the mulberry–trees, that then thou shalt go out to battle; for God will be gone forth before thee to smite the camp of the Philistines.

lesserot@1Chronicles:14:16 @ And David did as God had commanded him; and they smote the camp of the Philistines from Gib’on as far as Gezer.

lesserot@1Chronicles:14:17 @ And the fame of David went out into all the lands; and the Lord laid the dread of him upon all the nations.

lesserot@1Chronicles:15:1 @ And made himself houses in the city of David, and he prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent.

lesserot@1Chronicles:15:2 @ Then said David, None shall carry the ark of God but the Levites; for of them hath the Lord made choice to carry the ark of God, and to minister unto him for ever.

lesserot@1Chronicles:15:3 @ And David assembled all Israel to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the Lord unto its place, which he had prepared for it.

lesserot@1Chronicles:15:4 @ And David gathered together the children of Aaron, and the Levites.

lesserot@1Chronicles:15:5 @ Of the sons of Kehath: Uriel the chief, and his brethren one hundred and twenty.

lesserot@1Chronicles:15:6 @ Of the sons of Merari: ‘Assayah the chief, and his brethren two hundred and twenty.

lesserot@1Chronicles:15:7 @ Of the sons of Gershom: Joel the chief, and his brethren one hundred and thirty.

lesserot@1Chronicles:15:8 @ Of the sons of Elizaphan: Shema’yah the chief, and his brethren two hundred.

lesserot@1Chronicles:15:9 @ Of the sons of Hebron: Eliel the chief, and his brethren eighty.

lesserot@1Chronicles:15:10 @ Of the sons of ‘Uzziel: ‘Amminadab the chief, and his brethren one hundred and twelve.

lesserot@1Chronicles:15:11 @ And David called for Zadok and Ebyathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, ‘Assayah, and Joel, Shema’yah, and Eliel, and ‘Amminadab,

lesserot@1Chronicles:15:12 @ And he said unto them, Ye are the chiefs of the family divisions of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, ye and your brethren, and bring up the ark of the Lord the God of Israel unto I have prepared for it.

lesserot@1Chronicles:15:13 @ For, because ye it not at the first, the Lord our God made a breach among us; because we had not sought him after the prescribed manner.

lesserot@1Chronicles:15:14 @ So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the Lord the God of Israel.

lesserot@1Chronicles:15:15 @ And the children of the Levites bore the ark of God, as Moses had commanded according to the word of the Lord, on their shoulders, by means of barrows placed upon them.

lesserot@1Chronicles:15:16 @ And David said to the chiefs of the Levites to appoint their brethren the singers with instruments of music, psalteries and harps and cymbals, to sing aloud, by lifting up the voice for joy.

lesserot@1Chronicles:15:17 @ So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel, and of his brethren, Assaph the son of Berechyahu, and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushayahu;

lesserot@1Chronicles:15:18 @ And with them their brethren of the second degree, Zecharyahu, Ben, and Ja’aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jechiel, and ‘Unni, Eliab, and Benayahu, and Ma’asseyahu, and Matthithyahu, and Eliphelehu, and Mikneyahu, and ‘Obed–edom, and Je’iel, the gatekeepers.

lesserot@1Chronicles:15:19 @ Namely, the singers, Heman, Assaph, and Ethan, to play aloud with cymbals of copper;

lesserot@1Chronicles:15:20 @ And Zechariah, and ‘Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jechiel, and ‘Unni, and Eliab, and Ma’asseyahu, and Benayahu, with psalteries on ‘Alamoth;

lesserot@1Chronicles:15:21 @ And Matthithyahu, and Eliphelehu, and Mikneyahu, and ‘Obed–edom, and Je–iel, and ‘Azazyahu, with harps on the Sheminith to play as leaders.

lesserot@1Chronicles:15:22 @ And Kenanyahu was the chief of the Levites in conducting the singing: he instructed in conducting the singing, because he was skilful.

lesserot@1Chronicles:15:23 @ And Berechyah and Elkanah were gatekeepers for the ark.

lesserot@1Chronicles:15:24 @ And Shebanyahu, and Joshaphat, and Nethanel, and ‘Amassai, and Zecharyahu, and Benayahu, and Eli’ezer, the priests, did blow on the trumpets before the ark of God; and ‘Obed–edom and Jechiyah were gatekeepers for the ark.

lesserot@1Chronicles:15:25 @ And it was David, with the elders of Israel, and the officers over the thousands, who went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the house of ‘Obed–edom with joy.

lesserot@1Chronicles:15:26 @ And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord, that they offered seven bullocks and seven rams.

lesserot@1Chronicles:15:27 @ And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites that carried the ark, and the singers, and Kenanyahu the chief in conducting the singing of the singers; but David had also upon him an ephod of linen.

lesserot@1Chronicles:15:28 @ Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the Lord with shouting, and with the sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, playing aloud on psalteries and harps.

lesserot@1Chronicles:15:29 @ And it happened, as the ark of the covenant of the Lord came as far as the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looked through the window, and saw king David dancing and playing, and she despised him in her heart.

lesserot@1Chronicles:16:1 @ And they brought in the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it; and they offered burnt–offerings and peace–offerings before God.

lesserot@1Chronicles:16:2 @ And when David had made an end of offering the burnt–offerings and the peace–offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the Lord.

lesserot@1Chronicles:16:3 @ And he dealt out to every one of Israel, both man and woman, to every one a loaf of bread, and a piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine.

lesserot@1Chronicles:16:4 @ And he placed before the ark of the Lord several of the Levites as ministers, and to chaunt hymns, and to give praise and thanks unto the Lord the God of Israel:

lesserot@1Chronicles:16:5 @ Assaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah; Je’iel, and Shemiramoth, and Jechiel, and Matthithyah, and Eliab, and Benayahu, and ‘Obed–edom; and Je’iel with psalteries and with harps; but Assaph played aloud with the cymbals.

lesserot@1Chronicles:16:6 @ And Benayahu and Jachaziel the priests were with the trumpets continually before the ark of the covenant of God.

lesserot@1Chronicles:16:7 @ On that day––then did David appoint for the first time to give thanks to the Lord through means of Assaph and his brethren.

lesserot@1Chronicles:16:8 @ O give thanks unto the Lord; call on his name; make known among the people his deeds.

lesserot@1Chronicles:16:9 @ Sing unto him, sing praises unto him: speak of all his wonderful works.

lesserot@1Chronicles:16:10 @ Glorify yourselves in his holy name: let the heart of those rejoice that seek the Lord.

lesserot@1Chronicles:16:11 @ Inquire after the Lord and his strength: seek his presence evermore.

lesserot@1Chronicles:16:12 @ Remember his wonderful works which he hath done, his tokens, and the decrees of his mouth;

lesserot@1Chronicles:16:13 @ O ye seed of Israel his servant, ye children of Jacob, his elect.

lesserot@1Chronicles:16:14 @ He is the Lord our God: over all the earth are his decrees.

lesserot@1Chronicles:16:15 @ Remember ye for ever his covenant, the word which he hath commanded to the thousandth generation.

lesserot@1Chronicles:16:16 @ Which he covenanted with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac;

lesserot@1Chronicles:16:17 @ And which he established unto Jacob as a statute, unto Israel as an everlasting covenant;

lesserot@1Chronicles:16:18 @ Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, as the portion of your inheritance;

lesserot@1Chronicles:16:19 @ When ye were but few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it.

lesserot@1Chronicles:16:20 @ And when they wandered from one nation to another, and from one kingdom to another people:

lesserot@1Chronicles:16:21 @ He suffered no man to oppress them; yea, he reproved kings for their sake.

lesserot@1Chronicles:16:22 @ Saying, "Touch not my anointed, and do my prophets no harm."––

lesserot@1Chronicles:16:23 @ Sing unto the Lord all ye lands: announce from day to day his salvation.

lesserot@1Chronicles:16:24 @ Relate among the nations his glory: among all the people his wonderful deeds.

lesserot@1Chronicles:16:25 @ For great is the Lord, and greatly praised; and he is to be feared above all gods.

lesserot@1Chronicles:16:26 @ For all the gods of the people are idols: but the Lord hath made the heavens.

lesserot@1Chronicles:16:27 @ Majesty and honor are in his presence, strength and gladness are in his place.

lesserot@1Chronicles:16:28 @ Ascribe unto the Lord, O ye families of people, ascribe unto the Lord glory and strength.

lesserot@1Chronicles:16:29 @ Ascribe unto the Lord the glory due unto his name; take up an offering, and come into his presence; bow down before the Lord in the beauty of holiness.

lesserot@1Chronicles:16:30 @ Tremble before him, all ye lands! Also the world standeth firmly, that it be not moved.

lesserot@1Chronicles:16:31 @ Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; and let men say among the nations, The Lord reigneth.

lesserot@1Chronicles:16:32 @ Let the sea roar, with all that filleth it: let the fields rejoice, and all that is therein.

lesserot@1Chronicles:16:33 @ Then shall the trees of the forest sing joyfully at the presence of the Lord; because he cometh to judge the earth.

lesserot@1Chronicles:16:34 @ O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good; because unto everlasting endureth his kindness.

lesserot@1Chronicles:16:35 @ And say ye, Save us, O God of our salvation, and gather us together, and deliver us from the nations, that we may give thanks to thy holy name, to glorify ourselves in thy praise.

lesserot@1Chronicles:16:36 @ Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel from everlasting even unto everlasting. And all the people said, Amen, and praise unto the Lord.

lesserot@1Chronicles:16:37 @ And he left there in charge before the ark of the covenant of the Lord Assaph and his brethren, to minister before the ark continually, at the work of every day on its day,

lesserot@1Chronicles:16:38 @ And ‘Obed–edom with their brethren, sixty and eight, and ‘Obed–edom the son of Jeduthun and Chossah to be gatekeepers;

lesserot@1Chronicles:16:39 @ And Zadok the priest, and his brethren the priests, before the tabernacle of the Lord, in the high–place that was at Gib’on,

lesserot@1Chronicles:16:40 @ To offer burnt–offerings unto the Lord upon the altar of the burnt–offering continually at morning and at evening, and this in accordance with all that is written in the law of the Lord which he had commanded concerning Israel;

lesserot@1Chronicles:16:41 @ And with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest that were selected who were expressed by name, to give thanks to the Lord, because unto everlasting endureth his kindness;

lesserot@1Chronicles:16:42 @ And with them, with Heman and Jeduthun, the trumpets and cymbals to play aloud, and the musical instruments of God; and the sons of Jeduthun to be for the service at the gate.

lesserot@1Chronicles:16:43 @ And all the people went every man to his house; and David turned about to bless his house.

lesserot@1Chronicles:17:1 @ And it came to pass, when David dwelt in his house, that David said unto Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in a house of cedar, while the ark of the covenant of the Lord is under curtains.

lesserot@1Chronicles:17:2 @ And Nathan said unto David, All that is in thy heart do; for God is with thee.

lesserot@1Chronicles:17:3 @ And it came to pass during that night, that the word of God came unto Nathan, saying,

lesserot@1Chronicles:17:4 @ Go and say unto David my servant, Thus hath said the Lord, Not thou shalt build for me the house to dwell in;

lesserot@1Chronicles:17:5 @ For I have not dwelt in a house since the day that I brought up Israel even until this day; but have been from tent to tent, and from tabernacle.

lesserot@1Chronicles:17:6 @ In all the places where I moved about among all Israel, did I speak a word to any one of the judges of Israel, whom I had ordained to feed my people, saying, Why have ye not built for me a house of cedar?

lesserot@1Chronicles:17:7 @ Now therefore, thus shalt thou say unto my servant, to David, Thus hath said the Lord of hosts, I took thee away from the sheepcote, from behind the flocks, to be a ruler over my people Israel;

lesserot@1Chronicles:17:8 @ And I have been with thee withersoever thou didst go, and I have cut off all thy enemies from thy presence, and I have made thee a name; like the name of the great men who are on the earth;

lesserot@1Chronicles:17:9 @ And I have procured a place for my people Israel, and I have planted them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and be no more troubled; and that the children of wickedness shall not waste them any more, as aforetimes,

lesserot@1Chronicles:17:10 @ And since the time that I ordained judges to be over my people Israel; and I have humbled all thy enemies; and now I tell thee that the Lord will build for thee a house.

lesserot@1Chronicles:17:11 @ And it shall come to pass, that, when thy days will be completed that thou must go with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, who shall be of thy sons, and I will establish his kingdom.

lesserot@1Chronicles:17:12 @ He it is that shall build for me a house, and I will establish his throne for ever.

lesserot@1Chronicles:17:13 @ I too will be to him as a father, and he shall indeed be unto me as a son: and my kindness will I not cause to depart from him, as I caused it to depart from him that was before thee;

lesserot@1Chronicles:17:14 @ But I will place him firmly in my house and in my kingdom for evermore; and his throne shall be established for ever.

lesserot@1Chronicles:17:15 @ In accordance with all these words, and in accordance with all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.

lesserot@1Chronicles:17:16 @ Then went king David in and sat down before the Lord, and he said, Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my house, that thou hast brought me as far as hitherward?

lesserot@1Chronicles:17:17 @ And this was too small a thing in thy eyes, O God, and thou hast spoken concerning thy servant’s house for a distant time, and hast regarded me as though I belonged to the rank of a man of high degree, O Lord God.

lesserot@1Chronicles:17:18 @ What can David add yet more unto thee of the honor of thy servant? since thou knowest well thy servant.

lesserot@1Chronicles:17:19 @ O Lord, for the sake of thy servant, and in accordance with thy own heart, hast thou done all this great thing, to make known all these great things.

lesserot@1Chronicles:17:20 @ O Lord, there is none like thee, and there is no god beside thee, in accordance with all that we have heard with our ears.

lesserot@1Chronicles:17:21 @ And who is like thy people Israel, the only nation on the earth which God went to redeem for himself as a people, to acquire for thyself a name for great and terrible deeds, by driving out nations from before thy people, which thou hadst redeemed out of Egypt?

lesserot@1Chronicles:17:22 @ And thou hast instituted thy people Israel unto thyself as a people for ever; and thou, Lord, art indeed become their God.

lesserot@1Chronicles:17:23 @ And now, O Lord, let the thing that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant and concerning his house be verified for ever, and do as thou hast spoken.

lesserot@1Chronicles:17:24 @ Yea, let it be verified, and let thy name be magnified unto everlasting, that men may say, The Lord of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God for Israel; and may the house of David thy servant be established before thee.

lesserot@1Chronicles:17:25 @ For thou, O my God, hast revealed to the ear of thy servant, that thou wilt build for him a house; therefore hath thy servant found himself able to pray before thee.

lesserot@1Chronicles:17:26 @ And now, O Lord, thou art the God, and thou hast spoken concerning thy servant this goodness:

lesserot@1Chronicles:17:27 @ And now hast thou been pleased to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee; for thou, O Lord, hast blessed, and blessed for ever.

lesserot@1Chronicles:18:1 @ And it came to pass after this, that David smote the Philistines, and humbled them; and he took Gath and its dependent towns out of the hand of the Philistines.

lesserot@1Chronicles:18:2 @ And he smote Moab, and the Moabites became David’s servants, bringing presents.

lesserot@1Chronicles:18:3 @ David also smote Hadar’ezer the king of Zobah, at Chamath, as he went to establish his dominion at the river Euphrates.

lesserot@1Chronicles:18:4 @ And David captured from him a thousand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand men on foot; and David hamstringed all the chariot–teams, but reserved of them a hundred chariot–teams.

lesserot@1Chronicles:18:5 @ And the Syrians of Damascus came to aid Hadar’ezer the king of Zobah, when David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.

lesserot@1Chronicles:18:6 @ Then did David put in Syria of Damascus, and the Syrians became unto David servants, bringing presents. And the Lord helped David withersoever he went.

lesserot@1Chronicles:18:7 @ And David took the quivers of gold that were on the servants of Hadar’ezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.

lesserot@1Chronicles:18:8 @ And from Tibchath, and from Kun, cities of Hadar’ezer, did David take exceedingly much copper; thereof made Solomon the copper sea, and the pillars, and the vessels of copper.

lesserot@1Chronicles:18:9 @ And when To’u the king of Chamath heard that David had smitten all the host of Hadar’ezer the king of Zobah:

lesserot@1Chronicles:18:10 @ Then did he send Hadoram his son unto king David, to ask him after his well–being, and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadar’ezer, and smitten him: for Hadar’ezer had been engaged in wars with To’u; and all manner of vessels of gold and silver and copper.

lesserot@1Chronicles:18:11 @ Also these did king David sanctify unto the Lord, with the silver and the gold that he had carried away from all the nations, from Edom, and from Moab, and from the children of ‘Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from ‘Amalek.

lesserot@1Chronicles:18:12 @ And Abshai the son of Zeruyah smote of the Edomites in the valley of salt eighteen thousand.

lesserot@1Chronicles:18:13 @ And he put garrisons in Edom, and all the Edomites became servants unto David. And the Lord helped David withersoever he went.

lesserot@1Chronicles:18:14 @ And David reigned over all Israel, and he did what is just and right unto all his people.

lesserot@1Chronicles:18:15 @ And Joab the son of Zeruyah was over the army, and Jehoshaphat the son of Achilud, recorder.

lesserot@1Chronicles:18:16 @ And Zadok the son of Achitub, and Abimelech the son of Ebyathar, were priests; and Shavsha was scribe;

lesserot@1Chronicles:18:17 @ And Benayahu the son of Jehoyada’ was over the Kerethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were the first at the side of the king.

lesserot@1Chronicles:19:1 @ And it came to pass after this, that Nachash the king of the children of ‘Ammon died, and his son became king in his stead.

lesserot@1Chronicles:19:2 @ And David said, I will show kindness unto Chanun the son of Nachash, because his father showed kindness unto me. And David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. And the servants of David came unto the land of the children of ‘Ammon to Chanun, to comfort him.

lesserot@1Chronicles:19:3 @ And the princes of the children of ‘Ammon said unto Chanun, Doth David honor thy father in thy eyes, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? are not his servants come unto thee in order to search out, and to overthrow, and to spy out the land?

lesserot@1Chronicles:19:4 @ Chanun thereupon took David’s servants, and shaved them, and cut off their garments in the middle as far as the hip–bone, and sent them away.

lesserot@1Chronicles:19:5 @ And some people went and told David concerning these men. And he sent to meet them: because the men were greatly ashamed; and the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beard be grown, and then return.

lesserot@1Chronicles:19:6 @ And when the children of ‘Ammon saw that they were become in bad odor with David, Chanun and the children of ‘Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire for themselves from Mesopotamia, and from Syria–ma’achah, and from Zobah, chariots and horsemen.

lesserot@1Chronicles:19:7 @ And they hired for themselves thirty and two thousand chariots, and the king of Ma’achah and his people: and they came and encamped before Medeba. And the children of ‘Ammon gathered themselves together out of their cities, and came to the battle.

lesserot@1Chronicles:19:8 @ And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the army the mighty men.

lesserot@1Chronicles:19:9 @ And the children of ‘Ammon came out, and put themselves in battle array at the entrance of the city: and the kings that were come were by themselves in the field.

lesserot@1Chronicles:19:10 @ When now Joab saw that the front of battle was against him before and behind, he made a selection from all the chosen men of Israel, and arrayed himself against the Syrians.

lesserot@1Chronicles:19:11 @ And the rest of the people he delivered into the hand of Abshai his brother, and they arrayed themselves against the children of ‘Ammon.

lesserot@1Chronicles:19:12 @ And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then shalt thou bring me help; but if the children of ‘Ammon be too strong for thee, then will I help thee.

lesserot@1Chronicles:19:13 @ Be strong, and let us strengthen ourselves in behalf of our people, and in behalf of the cities of our God, and may the Lord do that which seemeth good in his eyes.

lesserot@1Chronicles:19:14 @ And Joab drew nigh and the people that were with him in front of the Syrians unto the battle, and they fled from before him.

lesserot@1Chronicles:19:15 @ And when the children of ‘Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, then did they also fly before Abshai his brother, and entered into the city. And Joab went back to Jerusalem.

lesserot@1Chronicles:19:16 @ And when the Syrians saw that they were smitten before Israel, they sent messengers, and brought out the Syrians that were beyond the river: and Shophach the captain of the army of Hadar’ezer went before them.

lesserot@1Chronicles:19:17 @ And when it was told to David, he gathered all Israel together, and passed over the Jordan, and came up with them, and arrayed himself against them. So when David had arrayed himself against the Syrians battle, they fought with him.

lesserot@1Chronicles:19:18 @ And the Syrians fled from before Israel: and David slew of the Syrians seven thousand chariots, and forty thousand men on foot, and Shophach the captain of the army he put to death.

lesserot@1Chronicles:19:19 @ And when the vassals of Hadar’ezer saw that they were smitten before Israel, they made peace with David, and served him: and the Syrians would not help the children of ‘Ammon any more.

lesserot@1Chronicles:20:1 @ And it came to pass, at the time of the return of the same season of the year, at the time when kings go forth, that Joab led out the power of the army, and destroyed the country of the children of ‘Ammon, and he came and besieged Rabbah. But David remained behind at Jerusalem. And Joab smote Rabbah, and pulled it down.

lesserot@1Chronicles:20:2 @ And David took the crown of Malkam from off his head, and found it to weigh a talent of gold, and thereon a precious stone; and it was set on the head of David: and the booty of the city he brought out in great abundance.

lesserot@1Chronicles:20:3 @ And the people that were therein he brought forward, and cut them with saws, and with iron threshing–wagons, and with axes; and thus did David unto all the cities of the children of ‘Ammon; and David returned then with all the people unto Jerusalem.

lesserot@1Chronicles:20:4 @ And it came to pass after this, that there arose a battle at Gezer with the Philistines: then smote Sibbechai the Chushathite Sippai, one of the children of the Rapha; and they were humbled.

lesserot@1Chronicles:20:5 @ And there was again a battle with the Philistines, when Elchanan the son of Yair smote Lachmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.

lesserot@1Chronicles:20:6 @ And there was again a battle at Gath, where was a man of stature, whose fingers and toes were six on each, four and twenty; and he also was born to the Rapha.

lesserot@1Chronicles:20:7 @ And he defied Israel; but Jonathan the son of Shim’a the brother of David smote him.

lesserot@1Chronicles:20:8 @ These were born unto the Rapha in Gath, and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.

lesserot@1Chronicles:21:1 @ And the Accuser stood up against Israel, and incited David to count Israel.

lesserot@1Chronicles:21:2 @ And David said to Joab, and to the princes of the people, Go, number Israel from Beer–sheba’ even to Dan, and bring their number to me, that I may know it.

lesserot@1Chronicles:21:3 @ Then said Joab, May the Lord add unto his people, how many soever they be, a hundred–fold more: are they not all, my lord the king, my lord’s servants? why then will my lord require this thing? why shall it be a cause of guiltiness for Israel?

lesserot@1Chronicles:21:4 @ Nevertheless the king’s word remained firm against Joab; and Joab went out, and moved about throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem.

lesserot@1Chronicles:21:5 @ And Joab gave up the sum of the number of the people unto David: and there were all Israel a thousand times thousand and one hundred thousand men that drew the sword: and Judah were four hundred and seventy thousand men that drew the sword.

lesserot@1Chronicles:21:6 @ But Levi and Benjamin did he not count among them: for the king’s word was abominable to Joab.

lesserot@1Chronicles:21:7 @ And this thing was displeasing in the eyes of God, and he smote Israel.

lesserot@1Chronicles:21:8 @ And David said unto God, I have sinned greatly, because I have done this thing; but now, I beseech thee, cause the iniquity of thy servant to pass away; for I have acted very foolishly.

lesserot@1Chronicles:21:9 @ And the Lord spoke unto Gad, David’s seer, saying,

lesserot@1Chronicles:21:10 @ Go and speak unto David, saying, Thus hath said the Lord, Three things do I offer thee: choose for thyself one of them, and I will do it unto thee.

lesserot@1Chronicles:21:11 @ So Gad came to David, and said unto him, Thus hath said the Lord, Select for thyself,

lesserot@1Chronicles:21:12 @ Whether there shall be three years famine; or three months, to be destroyed before thy adversaries, so that the sword of thy enemies overtake thee; or that during three days the sword of the Lord, even the pestilence, shall be in the land, and an angel of the Lord destroying throughout all the boundaries of Israel? And now reflect what word I shall bring back to him that hath sent me.

lesserot@1Chronicles:21:13 @ And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall then into the hand of the Lord; for his mercies are very great; but let me not fall into the hand of man.

lesserot@1Chronicles:21:14 @ So the Lord sent a pestilence in Israel, and there fell of Israel seventy thousand men.

lesserot@1Chronicles:21:15 @ And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it; but as he was destroying, the Lord looked on, and he bethought himself of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed, It is enough: now stay thy hand. And the angel of the Lord was standing by the threshing–floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

lesserot@1Chronicles:21:16 @ And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of the Lord standing between the earth and the heavens, with his sword drawn in his hand, stretched out over Jerusalem. Then fell David, with the elders wrapt in sackcloth, upon their faces.

lesserot@1Chronicles:21:17 @ And David said unto God, Was it not I that ordered to count the people? and I am the one that have sinned and have done evil indeed; but these sheep, what have they done? O Lord my God, let thy hand, I pray thee, be against me, and against my father’s house, but not against thy people, that there should be a plague.

lesserot@1Chronicles:21:18 @ And the angel of the Lord spoke to Gad to say to David, that David should go up, to erect an altar unto the Lord on the threshing–floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

lesserot@1Chronicles:21:19 @ And David went up by the word of Gad, which he had spoken in the name of the Lord.

lesserot@1Chronicles:21:20 @ And when Ornan turned back, and saw the angel, then did he and his four sons with him hide themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat.

lesserot@1Chronicles:21:21 @ And as David came up to Ornan, Ornan looked up and saw David; and he went out of the threshing–floor, and bowed himself to David with his face to the ground.

lesserot@1Chronicles:21:22 @ Then said David to Ornan, "Grant me the site of this threshing–floor, that I may build thereon an altar unto the Lord: for the full price shalt thou give it unto me, so that the plague may be stayed from the people."

lesserot@1Chronicles:21:23 @ And Ornan said unto David, Take it for thyself, and let my lord the king do what is good in his eyes: lo, I give the oxen for burnt–offerings, and the threshing–rollers for wood, and the wheat for the meat–offering; the whole do I give.

lesserot@1Chronicles:21:24 @ And king David said to Ornan, No: but I will surely buy it at the full value; for I will not take what is thine for the Lord, so as to offer burnt–offerings without paying therefore.

lesserot@1Chronicles:21:25 @ So David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of gold by weight.

lesserot@1Chronicles:21:26 @ And David built there an altar unto the Lord, and offered burnt–offerings and peace–offerings, and he called on the Lord: and he answered him from heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt–offering.

lesserot@1Chronicles:21:27 @ And the Lord spoke to the angel, and he put back his sword into its sheath.

lesserot@1Chronicles:21:28 @ At that time when David saw that the Lord had answered him on the threshing–floor of Ornan the Jebusite, then did he sacrifice there.

lesserot@1Chronicles:21:29 @ But the tabernacle of the Lord, which Moses had made in the wilderness, and the altar of the burnt–offering, were at that time in the high–place at Gib’on.

lesserot@1Chronicles:21:30 @ But David was not able to go before it to inquire of God; for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of the Lord.

lesserot@1Chronicles:22:1 @ And David said, This is the house of the Lord the God, and this is the altar for the burnt–offering for Israel.

lesserot@1Chronicles:22:2 @ And David ordered to gather together the strangers that were in the land of Israel: and he appointed to be masons to hew cut stones to build the house of God.

lesserot@1Chronicles:22:3 @ And iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the joinings, did David prepare; and copper in abundance, could not be weighed;

lesserot@1Chronicles:22:4 @ Also cedar–trees could not be counted; for the Zidonians and the Tyrians had brought cedar–trees in abundance to David.

lesserot@1Chronicles:22:5 @ And David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be built of the Lord must be exceedingly great, for fame and for glory throughout all the countries: I will therefore make preparation for it. So David made abundant preparation before his death.

lesserot@1Chronicles:22:6 @ And he called for Solomon his son, and charged him to build a house for the Lord the God of Israel.

lesserot@1Chronicles:22:7 @ And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build a house unto the name of the Lord my God;

lesserot@1Chronicles:22:8 @ But there came concerning me the word of the Lord, saying, Blood in abundance hast thou shed, and great wars hast thou made: thou shalt not build a house unto my name, because much blood hast thou shed upon the earth before me.

lesserot@1Chronicles:22:9 @ Behold, a son will be born to thee, he it is who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies on every side; for Solomon shall be his name, and peace and quietness will I bestow on Israel in his days.

lesserot@1Chronicles:22:10 @ He it is who shall build a house unto my name; and he shall be unto me as a son, and I will be unto him as a father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel for ever.

lesserot@1Chronicles:22:11 @ Now, my son, may the Lord be with thee, that thou mayest prosper, and build the house of the Lord thy God, as he hath spoken concerning thee.

lesserot@1Chronicles:22:12 @ Only may the Lord give thee intelligence and understanding, and give thee charge over Israel, so that thou mayest observe the law of the Lord thy God.

lesserot@1Chronicles:22:13 @ Then wilt thou prosper, if thou observe to practise the statutes and the ordinances which the Lord commanded Moses concerning Israel: be strong, and of good courage; be not afraid, nor be thou dismayed.

lesserot@1Chronicles:22:14 @ And, behold, during my affliction have I prepared for the house of the Lord one hundred thousand talents of gold, and a thousand times thousand talents of silver; and of copper and iron cannot be weighed; for in abundance was it: and wood and stone have I prepared; and thou must add thereto.

lesserot@1Chronicles:22:15 @ Moreover there are with thee in abundance workmen, hewers and workers of stone and timber, and all manner of skilful men for every kind of work.

lesserot@1Chronicles:22:16 @ The gold, the silver, and the copper, and the iron cannot be numbered: arise, and be doing, and may the Lord be with thee.

lesserot@1Chronicles:22:17 @ And David gave a charge to all the princes of Israel to help Solomon his son,

lesserot@1Chronicles:22:18 @ Behold the Lord your God is with you; and he hath given you rest on every side; for he hath given up into my hand the inhabitants of the land, and the land is subdued before the Lord, and before his people.

lesserot@1Chronicles:22:19 @ Now direct your heart and your soul to seek the Lord your God; and arise, and build ye the sanctuary of the Lord the God, to bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built unto the name of the Lord.

lesserot@1Chronicles:23:1 @ And when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king over Israel.

lesserot@1Chronicles:23:2 @ And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.

lesserot@1Chronicles:23:3 @ And then were numbered the Levites from thirty years old and upward: and their number by their polls, of men, was thirty and eight thousand.

lesserot@1Chronicles:23:4 @ Of these were twenty and four thousand to superintend the work of the house of the Lord; and six thousand were officers and judges;

lesserot@1Chronicles:23:5 @ And four thousand were gatekeepers: and four thousand those who praised the Lord with the instruments which I have made, to praise therewith.

lesserot@1Chronicles:23:6 @ And David divided them into divisions after the sons of Levi, after Gershon, Kehath, and Merari.

lesserot@1Chronicles:23:7 @ Of the Gershunites: La’dan, and Shim’i.

lesserot@1Chronicles:23:8 @ The sons of La’dan: The chief was Jechiel, and Zetham, and Joel, three.

lesserot@1Chronicles:23:9 @ The sons of Shim’i: Shelomith, and Chaziel, and Haran, three. These were the chiefs of the families of La’dan.

lesserot@1Chronicles:23:10 @ And the sons of Shim’i were, Jachath, Zina, and Je’ush, and Beri’ah. These four were the sons of Shim’i.

lesserot@1Chronicles:23:11 @ And Jachath was the chief, and Zizah the second; but Je’ush and Beri’ah had not many sons: therefore were they accounted as one family division in the numbering.

lesserot@1Chronicles:23:12 @ The sons of Kehath: ‘Amram, Yizhar, Hebron, and ‘Uzziel, four.

lesserot@1Chronicles:23:13 @ The sons of ‘Amram, Aaron and Moses: and Aaron was set apart, to sanctify him as most holy, he with his sons for ever, to burn incense before the Lord, to minister unto him, and to bless in his name for ever.

lesserot@1Chronicles:23:14 @ But as regardeth Moses the man of God, his sons were named after the tribe of Levi.

lesserot@1Chronicles:23:15 @ The sons of Moses were, Gershom, and Eli’ezer.

lesserot@1Chronicles:23:16 @ Of the sons of Gershom, Shebuel was the chief.

lesserot@1Chronicles:23:17 @ And the sons of Eli’ezer were, Rechahyah the chief. And Eli’ezer had no other sons; but the sons of Rechahyah became exceedingly numerous.

lesserot@1Chronicles:23:18 @ Of the sons of Yizhar, was Shelomith the chief.

lesserot@1Chronicles:23:19 @ The sons of Hebron: Jeriyahu the chief, Amaryah the second, Jachaziel the third, and Jekam’am the fourth.

lesserot@1Chronicles:23:20 @ The sons of ‘Uzziel: Michah the chief, and Yishiyah the second.

lesserot@1Chronicles:23:21 @ The sons of Merari: Machli, and Mushi. The sons of Machli: El’azar, and Kish.

lesserot@1Chronicles:23:22 @ And El’azar died, and had no sons, but daughters; and the sons of Kish, their brethren, took them.

lesserot@1Chronicles:23:23 @ The sons of Mushi: Machli, and ‘Eder, and Jeremoth, three.

lesserot@1Chronicles:23:24 @ These were the sons of Levi after their family divisions, even the chiefs of the families, as they were counted by numbering the names after their polls, that did the work for the service of the house of the Lord, from twenty years old and upward.

lesserot@1Chronicles:23:25 @ For David said, The Lord the God of Israel hath given rest unto his people, and he dwelleth in Jerusalem for evermore.

lesserot@1Chronicles:23:26 @ And also the Levites are no more bound to carry the tabernacle, and all its vessels for the service thereof.

lesserot@1Chronicles:23:27 @ Therefore by the last words of David were there numbered of the Levites those who were from twenty years old and above;

lesserot@1Chronicles:23:28 @ Because their station was to be at the side of the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the Lord, in the courts, and in the chambers, and by the purification of all holy things, and the work of the service of the house of God;

lesserot@1Chronicles:23:29 @ And for the shew–bread, which was put in rows, and for the fine flour for meat–offering, and for the unleavened cakes, and for that which is baked in the pan, and for that which is sodden, and for all manner of dry and wet measure;

lesserot@1Chronicles:23:30 @ And to stand every morning to thank and praise the Lord, and so also at evening,

lesserot@1Chronicles:23:31 @ And at all the offering of burnt–offerings unto the Lord on the sabbaths, on the new moons, and on the appointed feasts, according to the number, and after the manner prescribed for them, continually before the Lord;

lesserot@1Chronicles:23:32 @ And that they should keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren, in the service of the house of the Lord.

lesserot@1Chronicles:24:1 @ And the divisions of the sons of Aaron were: The sons of Aaron were Nadab, and Abihu, El’azar, and Ithamar.

lesserot@1Chronicles:24:2 @ But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and they had no children: and El’azar and Ithamar became priests.

lesserot@1Chronicles:24:3 @ And David divided them off with Zadok of the sons of El’azar’, and Achimelech of the sons of Ithamar, to their office in their service.

lesserot@1Chronicles:24:4 @ And the sons of El’azar were found more numerous in the chiefs of males than the sons of Ithamar; and they divided them accordingly. Of the sons of El’azar there were sixteen chiefs of the family divisions, and of the sons of Ithamar, eight for their family divisions.

lesserot@1Chronicles:24:5 @ And they divided them off by lot, both the first and the last; for the governors of the sanctuary, and governors of God, were from the sons of El’azar, and from the sons of Ithamar.

lesserot@1Chronicles:24:6 @ And Shema’yah the son of Nethanel the scribe, one of the Levites, wrote them down before the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Achimelech the son of Ebyathar, and the chiefs of the families of the priests and Levites: one family division being drawn of El’azar, and one being equally drawn of Ithamar.

lesserot@1Chronicles:24:7 @ And there came out the first lot for Jehoyarib, for Jeda’yah the second,

lesserot@1Chronicles:24:8 @ For Charim the third, for Se’orim the fourth,

lesserot@1Chronicles:24:9 @ For Malkiyah the fifth, for Miyamin the sixth.

lesserot@1Chronicles:24:10 @ For Hakkoz the seventh, for Abiyah the eighth,

lesserot@1Chronicles:24:11 @ For Jeshua’ the ninth, for Shechanyahu the tenth,

lesserot@1Chronicles:24:12 @ For Elyashib the eleventh, for Jakim the twelfth,

lesserot@1Chronicles:24:13 @ For Chuppah the thirteenth, for Jeshehah the fourteenth,

lesserot@1Chronicles:24:14 @ For Bilgah the fifteenth, for Immer the sixteenth,

lesserot@1Chronicles:24:15 @ For Chezir the seventeenth, for Happizzez the eighteenth,

lesserot@1Chronicles:24:16 @ For Pethachyah the nineteenth, for Ezekiel the twentieth.

lesserot@1Chronicles:24:17 @ For Jachin the one and twentieth, for Gamul the two and twentieth,

lesserot@1Chronicles:24:18 @ For Delayahu the three and twentieth, for Ma’azyahu the four and twentieth.

lesserot@1Chronicles:24:19 @ This was their office in their service to come into the house of the Lord, according to the manner prescribed to them, under the supervision of Aaron their father, as the Lord the God of Israel had commanded him.

lesserot@1Chronicles:24:20 @ And of the rest of the sons of Levi there were, of the sons of ‘Amram: Shubael. Of the sons of Shubael: Jechdeyahu.

lesserot@1Chronicles:24:21 @ Concerning Rechabyahu, of the sons of Rechabyahu the chief was Yishiyah.

lesserot@1Chronicles:24:22 @ Of the Yisharites was Shelomoth: of the sons of Shelomoth was Jachath.

lesserot@1Chronicles:24:23 @ And the sons: Jeriyah, Amaryahu the second, Jachaziel the third, Jekam’am the fourth.

lesserot@1Chronicles:24:24 @ the sons of ‘Uzziel, Michah: of the sons of Michah, Shamir.

lesserot@1Chronicles:24:25 @ The brother of Michah was Yishiyah; of the sons of Yishiyah, Zecharyahu.

lesserot@1Chronicles:24:26 @ The sons of Merari were Machli and Mushi: the sons of Ja’aziyahu, Beno.

lesserot@1Chronicles:24:27 @ The sons of Merari by Ja’aziyahu: Beno, and Shoham, and Zaccur, and ‘Ibri.

lesserot@1Chronicles:24:28 @ Of Machli: El’azar, who had no sons.

lesserot@1Chronicles:24:29 @ Of Kish: The son of Kish was Jerachmeel.

lesserot@1Chronicles:24:30 @ And the sons of Mushi were Machli, and ‘Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites after their family divisions.

lesserot@1Chronicles:24:31 @ These likewise cast lots in the same manner as their brethren the sons of Aaron in the presence of king David, and Zadok, and Achimelech, and the chiefs of the families of the priests and Levites, even the principal of the families equally with his youngest brother.

lesserot@1Chronicles:25:1 @ David also divided off with the chiefs of the host for the service of the sons of Assaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, those who uttered praise with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: and their number was of the men the work in their service.

lesserot@1Chronicles:25:2 @ Of the sons of Assaph: Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethanyah, and Asharelah, the sons of Assaph under the supervision of Assaph, who uttered praise under the supervision of the king.

lesserot@1Chronicles:25:3 @ Of Jeduthun, the sons of Jeduthun: Gedalyahu, and Zeri, and Jesha’yahu, Chashahyahu, and Matthithyahu, six, under the supervision of their father Jeduthun, who uttered praise with a harp, in order to give thanks and to utter praise unto the Lord.

lesserot@1Chronicles:25:4 @ Of Heman, the sons of Heman: Bukkiyahu, Matthanyahu, ‘Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Chananyah, Chanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamti–’ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Machaz’oth;

lesserot@1Chronicles:25:5 @ All these sons of Heman the king’s seer in the words of God, were to lift up the horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.

lesserot@1Chronicles:25:6 @ All these were under the supervision of their father at the singing in the house of the Lord, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God, under the supervision of the king, Assaph, Jeduthun, and Heman.

lesserot@1Chronicles:25:7 @ And their number, with their brethren that were practised in singing unto the Lord, even all that were acquainted, was two hundred eighty and eight.

lesserot@1Chronicles:25:8 @ And they cast lots, division against, the small well as the great, the one acquainted with his business together with the scholar.

lesserot@1Chronicles:25:9 @ And there came forth the first lot for Assaph for Joseph; Gedalyahu was the second, he with his brethren and sons, being twelve:

lesserot@1Chronicles:25:10 @ The third was Zaccur, his sons, and his brethren, being twelve:

lesserot@1Chronicles:25:11 @ The fourth was for Yizri, his sons, and his brethren, being twelve;

lesserot@1Chronicles:25:12 @ The fifth was Nethanyahu, his sons, and his brethren, being twelve:

lesserot@1Chronicles:25:13 @ The sixth was Bukkiyahu, his sons, and his brethren, being twelve:

lesserot@1Chronicles:25:14 @ The seventh was Jessarelah, his sons, and his brethren, being twelve;

lesserot@1Chronicles:25:15 @ The eighth was Jesha’yahu, his sons, and his brethren, being twelve;

lesserot@1Chronicles:25:16 @ The ninth was Matthanyahu, his sons, and his brethren, being twelve;

lesserot@1Chronicles:25:17 @ The tenth was Shim’i, his sons, and his brethren, being twelve;

lesserot@1Chronicles:25:18 @ The eleventh was ‘Asarel, his sons, and his brethren, being twelve;

lesserot@1Chronicles:25:19 @ The twelfth was for Chashahyah, his sons, and his brethren, being twelve;

lesserot@1Chronicles:25:20 @ The thirteenth was Shuhael, his sons, and his brethren, being twelve;

lesserot@1Chronicles:25:21 @ The fourteenth was Matthithyahu, his sons, and his brethren, being twelve;

lesserot@1Chronicles:25:22 @ The fifteenth was for Jeremoth, his sons, and his brethren, being twelve;

lesserot@1Chronicles:25:23 @ The sixteenth was for Chananyahu, his sons, and his brethren, being twelve;

lesserot@1Chronicles:25:24 @ The seventeenth was for Joshbekashah, his sons, and his brethren, being twelve;

lesserot@1Chronicles:25:25 @ The eighteenth was for Chanani, his sons, and his brethren, being twelve;

lesserot@1Chronicles:25:26 @ The nineteenth was for Mallothi, his sons, and his brethren, being twelve;

lesserot@1Chronicles:25:27 @ The twentieth was for Eliyathah, his sons, and his brethren, being twelve;

lesserot@1Chronicles:25:28 @ The one and twentieth was for Hothir, his sons, and his brethren, being twelve;

lesserot@1Chronicles:25:29 @ The two and twentieth was for Giddalthi, his sons, and his brethren, being twelve;

lesserot@1Chronicles:25:30 @ The three and twentieth was for Machasioth, his sons, and his brethren, being twelve;

lesserot@1Chronicles:25:31 @ The four and twentieth was for Romamthi–’eser, his sons and his brethren, being twelve.

lesserot@1Chronicles:26:1 @ Concerning the divisions of the gatekeepers of the Korchites: Meshelemyahu the son of Kore, of the sons of Assaph.

lesserot@1Chronicles:26:2 @ And Meshelemyahu had sons: Zecharyahu the first–born, Jedi’ael the second, Zebaiyahu the third, Jathniel the fourth,

lesserot@1Chronicles:26:3 @ Elam the fifth, Jehochanan the sixth, Elyeho’enal the seventh,

lesserot@1Chronicles:26:4 @ And ‘Obed–edom had sons: Shema’yah the first–born, Jehosabad the second, Joach the third, and Sachar the fourth, and Nethanel the fifth,

lesserot@1Chronicles:26:5 @ ‘Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Pe’ulthai the eighth; for God had blessed him.

lesserot@1Chronicles:26:6 @ Also unto Shema’yah his son there were born sons, that were rulers for the house of their father; for they were mighty men of valor.

lesserot@1Chronicles:26:7 @ The sons of Shema’yah were ‘Othni, and Rephael, and ‘Obed, Elsahad, his brothers valiant men, Elihu, and Semachyahu.

lesserot@1Chronicles:26:8 @ All these were of the sons of ‘Obed–edom: they and their sons and their brethren were valiant men in strength for the service, being sixty and two of ‘Obed–edom.

lesserot@1Chronicles:26:9 @ And Meshelemyahu had sons and brethren, valiant men, eighteen.

lesserot@1Chronicles:26:10 @ Also Chossah, of the children of Merari, had sons: Shimri the chief, for he was not the first–born, yet his father made him the chief;

lesserot@1Chronicles:26:11 @ Chilkiyahu the second, Tehalyahu the third, Zecharyahu the fourth; all the sons and brethren of Chossah were thirteen.

lesserot@1Chronicles:26:12 @ These divisions of the gatekeepers, after the chief men, had the watch along with their brethren, to minister in the house of the Lord.

lesserot@1Chronicles:26:13 @ And they cast lots, the small as well as the great, according to their family divisions, for each and every gate.

lesserot@1Chronicles:26:14 @ And the lot at the east fell for Shelemyahu. And for Zecharyahu his son, an intelligent counsellor, they cast lots, and his lot came out at the north.

lesserot@1Chronicles:26:15 @ For ‘Obed–edom at the south; and to his sons the house of Assuppim.

lesserot@1Chronicles:26:16 @ For Shuppim and for Chossah at the west, by the gate Shallecheth, on the ascending causeway, watch alongside of watch.

lesserot@1Chronicles:26:17 @ At the east were six Levites, at the north four for every day, at the south four for every day, and for Assuppim always two.

lesserot@1Chronicles:26:18 @ At the Parbar on the west, four at the causeway, and two at the Parbar.

lesserot@1Chronicles:26:19 @ These are the divisions of the gatekeepers of the sons of the Korchites, and of the sons of Merari.

lesserot@1Chronicles:26:20 @ And of the Levites, Achiyah was over the treasuries of the house of God, and over the treasuries of the holy things.

lesserot@1Chronicles:26:21 @ the sons of La’dan, the sons of the Gershunites of La’dan, the chiefs of the families of La’dan the Gershunite, were the Jechielites.

lesserot@1Chronicles:26:22 @ The sons of Jechieli, Zetham, and Joel his brother, were over the treasuries of the house of the Lord.

lesserot@1Chronicles:26:23 @ Of the ‘Amramites, of the Yizharites, of the Hebronites, and of the ‘Uzzielites,

lesserot@1Chronicles:26:24 @ even Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, superintendent of the treasuries.

lesserot@1Chronicles:26:25 @ And his brethren by Eli’ezer: Rechabyahu his son, and Jesha’yahu his son, and Joram his son, and Zichri his son, and Shelomoth his son.

lesserot@1Chronicles:26:26 @ This Shelomoth and his brethren were over all the treasuries of the holy things, which king David had sanctified, together with the chiefs of the family divisions, the captains over the thousands and the hundreds, and the captains of the army.

lesserot@1Chronicles:26:27 @ Out of the wars, and out of the booty did they sanctify to maintain the house of the Lord.

lesserot@1Chronicles:26:28 @ And all that Samuel the seer, and Saul the son of Kish, and Abner the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruyah, had sanctified, whatsoever had sanctified, was under the supervision of Shelomoth and of his brethren.

lesserot@1Chronicles:26:29 @ Of the Yizharites were Kenanyahu and his sons for the outward business over Israel, for officers and judges.

lesserot@1Chronicles:26:30 @ Of the Hebronites were Chashabyahu and his brethren, valiant men, a thousand and seven hundred, appointed over the affairs of Israel on this side of the Jordan to the west, for all the business of the Lord, and for the service of the king.

lesserot@1Chronicles:26:31 @ Of the Hebronites was Jeriyah the chief, for the Hebronites, according to their generations by families. In the fortieth year of the reign of David were they inquired into, and there were found among them mighty men of valor at Ja’zer of Gil’ad.

lesserot@1Chronicles:26:32 @ And his brethren, valiant men, were two thousand and seven hundred chiefs of families: and king David appointed them over the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half tribe of Menasseh, for every matter pertaining to God, and the affairs of the king.

lesserot@1Chronicles:27:1 @ And the children of Israel after their number; the chiefs of the family divisions and the captains of the thousands and the hundreds, and their officers that served the king in every matter of the divisions, that came in and went out month by month, throughout all the months of the year, every division being twenty and four thousand.

lesserot@1Chronicles:27:2 @ Over the first division for the first month was Jashob’am the son of Zabdiel; and in his division were twenty and four thousand.

lesserot@1Chronicles:27:3 @ of the children of Perez was the chief of all the captains of the armies for the first month.

lesserot@1Chronicles:27:4 @ And over the division of the second month was Dodai the Achochite, and of his division was Mikloth also the ruler; and in his division were twenty and four thousand.

lesserot@1Chronicles:27:5 @ The third captain of the army for the third month was Benayahu the son of Jehoyada’, the priest, the chief; and in his division were twenty and four thousand.

lesserot@1Chronicles:27:6 @ This Benayahu was the mighty among the thirty, and over the thirty’; and of his division was ‘Ammizabad his son.

lesserot@1Chronicles:27:7 @ The fourth for the fourth month was ‘Assahel the brother of Joab, with Zebadyah his son after him; and in his division were twenty and four thousand.

lesserot@1Chronicles:27:8 @ The fifth for the fifth month was the captain Shamhuth the Yizrachite; and in his division were twenty and four thousand.

lesserot@1Chronicles:27:9 @ The sixth for the sixth month was ‘Ira the son of ‘Ikkesh the Theko’ite; and in his division were twenty and four thousand.

lesserot@1Chronicles:27:10 @ The seventh for the seventh month was Chelez the Pelonite, of the children of Ephraim; and in his division were twenty and four thousand.

lesserot@1Chronicles:27:11 @ The eighth for the eighth month was Sibbechai the Chushathite, of the Zarchites: and in his division were twenty and four thousand.

lesserot@1Chronicles:27:12 @ The ninth for the ninth month was Abi’ezer the ‘Anthothite, of Benjamin; and in his division were twenty and four thousand.

lesserot@1Chronicles:27:13 @ The tenth for the tenth month was Maharai the Netophathite, of the Zarchites; and in his division were twenty and four thousand.

lesserot@1Chronicles:27:14 @ The eleventh for the eleventh month was Benayah the Pir’athonite, of the children of Ephraim; and in his division were twenty and four thousand.

lesserot@1Chronicles:27:15 @ The twelfth for the twelfth month was Cheldai the Netophathite, of ‘Othniel; and in his division were twenty and four thousand.

lesserot@1Chronicles:27:16 @ Moreover over the tribes of Israel: Of the Reubenites was ruler Eli’ezer the son of Zichri; of the Simeonites, Shephatyahu the son of Ma’achah;

lesserot@1Chronicles:27:17 @ Of the Levites, Chashabyah the son of Kamuel; of Aaron, Zadok;

lesserot@1Chronicles:27:18 @ Of Judah, Elihu, one of the brothers of David; of Issachar, ‘Omri the son of Michael;

lesserot@1Chronicles:27:19 @ Of Zebulun, Yishma’yahu the son of ‘Obadyahu; of Naphtali, Jerimoth the son of ‘Azriel;

lesserot@1Chronicles:27:20 @ Of the children of Ephraim, Hoshea, the son of ‘Azazyahu; of the half tribe of Menasseh, Joel the son of Pedayahu;

lesserot@1Chronicles:27:21 @ Of the half tribe of Menasseh in Gil’ad, Yiddo the son of Zecharyahu; of Benjamin, ‘Ja’assiel the son of Abner;

lesserot@1Chronicles:27:22 @ Of Dan, ‘Azarel the son of Jerocham. These were the princes of the tribes of Israel.

lesserot@1Chronicles:27:23 @ But David took not their number from twenty years old and under; because the Lord had said he would multiply Israel like the stars of the heavens.

lesserot@1Chronicles:27:24 @ Joab the son of Zeruyah began to number; but he finished not, and there came wrath because of it against Israel: and the number was not entered in the account of the chronicles of king David.

lesserot@1Chronicles:27:25 @ And over the king’s treasures was ‘Azmaveth the son of ‘Adiel; and over the storehouses in the fields, in the cities, and in the villages, and in the castles, was Jehonathan the son of ‘Uzziyahu.

lesserot@1Chronicles:27:26 @ And over those that did the work of the field, in the tillage of the ground, was ‘Ezri the son of Kelub.

lesserot@1Chronicles:27:27 @ And over the vineyards was Shim’i the Ramathite; and over what was in the vineyards, as regardeth the supplies of wine, was Zabdi the Shiphmite.

lesserot@1Chronicles:27:28 @ And over the olive–trees and the sycamore–trees that were in the lowlands was Ba’al–chanan the Gederite: and over the supplies of oil was Jo’ash.

lesserot@1Chronicles:27:29 @ And over the herds that fed in Sharon was Shitrai the Sharonite; and over the herds that were in the valleys was Shaphat the son of ‘Adlai.

lesserot@1Chronicles:27:30 @ And over the camels was Obil the Ishma’elite; and over the she–asses was Yechdeyahu the Meronothite.

lesserot@1Chronicles:27:31 @ And over the flocks was Jaziz the Hagerene. All these were the rulers of the property which belonged to king David.

lesserot@1Chronicles:27:32 @ Also Jonathan David’s uncle was a counsellor, being a man of understanding and acquainted with law; and Jeshiel the son of Chachmoni was with the king’s sons;

lesserot@1Chronicles:27:33 @ And Achithophel was the king’s counsellor; and Chushai the Arkite was the king’s friend;

lesserot@1Chronicles:27:34 @ And after Achithophel Jehoyada’ the son of Benayahu and Ebyathar; and the captain of the king’s army was Joab.

lesserot@1Chronicles:28:1 @ And David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the tribes, and the captains of the divisions that ministered to the king, and the captains of the thousands, and the captains of the hundreds, and the rulers of all the property and the cattle of the king and of his sons, with the court–servants, and the mighty men, and with all the valiant men of the army, unto Jerusalem.

lesserot@1Chronicles:28:2 @ Then arose king David upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my brethren, and my people! I had in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and for the footstool of our God, and I had made preparations to build;

lesserot@1Chronicles:28:3 @ But God said unto me, Thou shalt not build a house unto my name; because thou art a man of war, and blood hast thou shed.

lesserot@1Chronicles:28:4 @ Yet the Lord the God of Israel made choice of me out of all the house of my father to be king over Israel for ever; for of Judah had he made choice as ruler, and among the house of Judah, of the house of my father; and among the sons of my father had he pleasure in me to make king over all Israel:

lesserot@1Chronicles:28:5 @ And of all my sons,––for the Lord hath given me many sons,–– hath he made choice of Solomon my son, to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel.

lesserot@1Chronicles:28:6 @ And he hath said unto me, Solomon thy son it is that shall build my house and my courts; for I have made choice of him to be as a son unto me, and I will be indeed to him as a father.

lesserot@1Chronicles:28:7 @ Moreover, I will firmly establish his kingdom for everlasting, if he be strong to execute my commandments and my ordinances as it is this day.

lesserot@1Chronicles:28:8 @ And now before the eyes of all Israel, the congregation of the Lord, and in the hearing of our God, observe and seek for all the commandments of the Lord your God: in order that ye may keep possession of this good land, and leave it for an inheritance unto your children after you forever.

lesserot@1Chronicles:28:9 @ And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with an entire heart and with a willing soul; for all hearts doth the Lord search, and every imagination of the thoughts doth he understand; if thou seek him, he will let himself be found by thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.

lesserot@1Chronicles:28:10 @ See now that the Lord hath made choice of thee to build a house for the sanctuary: be strong and do it.

lesserot@1Chronicles:28:11 @ Then gave David to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch, and of its apartments, and of its treasuries, and of upper chambers, and of its inner chambers, and of the place of the cover of the ark.

lesserot@1Chronicles:28:12 @ And the pattern of all that he had in his spirit, concerning the courts of the house of the Lord, and concerning all the chambers round about, concerning the treasuries of the house of God, and concerning the treasuries of the holy things:

lesserot@1Chronicles:28:13 @ Also concerning the divisions of the priests and the Levites, and concerning all the work of the service of the house of the Lord, and concerning all the vessels of service of the house of the Lord;

lesserot@1Chronicles:28:14 @ Concerning the golden vessels, after the weight of the gold, for all the vessels of all manner of service; concerning all the vessels of silver after the weight, for all the vessels of every kind of service;

lesserot@1Chronicles:28:15 @ Also the weight for the candlesticks of gold, and for their lamps of gold, after the weight for every candlestick, and for its lamps; and concerning the candlesticks of silver after the weight, for the candlestick, and for its lamps, according to the use of every candlestick;

lesserot@1Chronicles:28:16 @ And the gold after the weight for the tables of the rows of shewbread, for every table; and the silver for the tables of silver;

lesserot@1Chronicles:28:17 @ Also the forks, and the bowls, and the supporters of pure gold; and concerning the golden cups after the weight for every cup; and concerning the silver cups after the weight for every cup;

lesserot@1Chronicles:28:18 @ And concerning the altar of incense the refined gold after the weight; and concerning the pattern of the chariot of the golden cherubim, which spread out, and over the ark of the covenant of the Lord.

lesserot@1Chronicles:28:19 @ All was put in writing from the hand of the Lord, who gave me instruction all the works of the pattern.

lesserot@1Chronicles:28:20 @ And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong, and of good courage, and do; fear not, and be not dismayed; for the Lord God, my God is with thee: he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until thou have finished all the work for the service of the house of the Lord.

lesserot@1Chronicles:28:21 @ And, behold, the divisions of the priests and the Levites are there for all the service of the house of God; and with thee are in all manner of workmanship all kinds of men distinguished in wisdom, for every manner of service; and the princes and all the people are ready all thy words.

lesserot@1Chronicles:29:1 @ And king David said unto all the assembly, Solomon, the only son of mine whom God hath made choice of, is yet young and tender, and the work is great; because not for man is the palace to be, but for the Lord God.

lesserot@1Chronicles:29:2 @ But with all my might have I made ready for the house of my God, the gold for the things of gold, and the silver for the things of silver, and the copper for the things of copper, the iron for the things of iron, and the wood for the things of wood, onyx stones, and stones to be set, bright stones, and stones of divers colors, and all manner of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance.

lesserot@1Chronicles:29:3 @ Moreover, because I have set my affection on the house of my God, have I acquired as my own property gold and silver; have I given to the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house:

lesserot@1Chronicles:29:4 @ Three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the houses;

lesserot@1Chronicles:29:5 @ All that is needed of gold and of silver, and for every manner of work by the hands of artificers. And who is willing to consecrate his hand this day unto the Lord?

lesserot@1Chronicles:29:6 @ Thereupon offered voluntarily the chiefs of the family divisions and the princes of the tribes of Israel, and the captains of the thousands and of the hundreds, with the supervisors of the king’s work;

lesserot@1Chronicles:29:7 @ And they gave for the service of the house of God of gold five thousand talents and ten thousand drachms, and of silver ten thousand talents, and of copper eighteen thousand talents, and of iron one hundred thousand talents.

lesserot@1Chronicles:29:8 @ And those with whom stones were found gave them to the treasury of the house of the Lord, under the supervision of Jechiel the Gershunite.

lesserot@1Chronicles:29:9 @ Then did the people rejoice, because they had voluntarily offered: for with an undivided heart did they offer to the Lord: and also king David rejoiced with great joy.

lesserot@1Chronicles:29:10 @ And David blessed the Lord before the eyes of all the congregation; and David said, Blessed be thou, O Lord the God of Israel our father, from everlasting even unto everlasting.

lesserot@1Chronicles:29:11 @ Thine, O Lord, are the greatness, and the might, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty, yea, all that is in the heavens and on the earth: thine, O Lord, is the kingdom, and thou art exalted as the head above all.

lesserot@1Chronicles:29:12 @ And riches and honor come from thee, and thou rulest over all; and in thy hand are power and might; and it is in thy hand to make great, and to give strength unto all.

lesserot@1Chronicles:29:13 @ And now, O our God, we give thanks unto thee, and praise thy glorious name.

lesserot@1Chronicles:29:14 @ For who am I, and what is my people, that we should possess the power to offer voluntarily after this sort? for from thee is every thing, and out of thy own have we given unto thee.

lesserot@1Chronicles:29:15 @ For strangers are we before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: like a shadow are our days on the earth, and there is no hope.

lesserot@1Chronicles:29:16 @ O Lord our God! all this abundant store which we have prepared to build for thee a house for thy holy name, is out of thy own hand, and thine is all.

lesserot@1Chronicles:29:17 @ And I know, my God, that thou probest the heart, and uprightness thou receivest in favor. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart have I voluntarily offered all these things; and now thy people, that are present here, do I see with joy offering voluntarily unto thee.

lesserot@1Chronicles:29:18 @ O Lord, God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our father, preserve this for ever as the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and direct their heart firmly unto thee.

lesserot@1Chronicles:29:19 @ And unto Solomon my son do thou give an undivided heart to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and to do all, and to build the palace, for which I have made preparation.

lesserot@1Chronicles:29:20 @ And David said to all the assembly. Bless now the Lord your God. And all the assembly blessed the Lord the God of their fathers, and bent down their heads, and prostrated themselves to the Lord, and to the king.

lesserot@1Chronicles:29:21 @ And they sacrificed sacrifices unto the Lord, and they offered burnt–offerings unto the Lord, on the morrow after that day, one thousand bullocks, a thousand rams, a thousand sheep, with their drink–offerings, and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel;

lesserot@1Chronicles:29:22 @ And they ate and drank before the Lord on that day with great joy. And they declared the second time Solomon the son of David to be king, and they anointed him unto the Lord as chief ruler, and Zadok as priest.

lesserot@1Chronicles:29:23 @ Then sat Solomon on the throne of the Lord as king instead of David his father, and he was prosperous; and all Israel obeyed him.

lesserot@1Chronicles:29:24 @ And all the princes, and the mighty men, and also all the sons of king David, submitted themselves unto king Solomon.

lesserot@1Chronicles:29:25 @ And the Lord made Solomon exceedingly great before the eyes of all Israel; and he bestowed upon him a royal majesty such as had not been on any king over Israel before him.

lesserot@1Chronicles:29:26 @ Thus did David the son of Jesse reign over all Israel.

lesserot@1Chronicles:29:27 @ And the time that he reigned over Israel was forty years: in Hebron he reigned seven years, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three.

lesserot@1Chronicles:29:28 @ And he died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and honor: and Solomon his son became king in his stead.

lesserot@1Chronicles:29:29 @ And the acts of king David, the first and the last, behold, they are written in the history of Samuel the seer, and in the history of Nathan the prophet, and in the history of Gad the seer,

lesserot@1Chronicles:29:30 @ Together with all his reign and his mighty deeds, and the times that passed over him, and over Israel, and over all the kingdoms of the countries.

lesserot@2Chronicles:1:1 @ And Solomon the son of David strengthened himself in his kingdom, and the Lord his God was with him, and caused him to become exceedingly great.

lesserot@2Chronicles:1:2 @ Then said Solomon unto all Israel, to the captains of the thousands and of the hundreds, and to the judges, and to every prince in all Israel, the chiefs of the family divisions.

lesserot@2Chronicles:1:3 @ Thereupon went Solomon, and all the assembly with him, to the high–place that was at Gib’on; for there was the tabernacle of the congregation of God, which Moses the servant of the Lord had made in the wilderness.

lesserot@2Chronicles:1:4 @ Nevertheless the ark of God had David brought up from Kiryath–ye’arim to David had prepared for it; for he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem.

lesserot@2Chronicles:1:5 @ But the copper altar, which Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Chur, had made, he placed before the tabernacle of the Lord: and Solomon and the assembly sought for it.

lesserot@2Chronicles:1:6 @ And Solomon sacrificed there on the copper altar before the Lord, which was at the tabernacle of the congregation, and offered upon it a thousand burnt–offerings.

lesserot@2Chronicles:1:7 @ In that night did God appear unto Solomon, and said unto him, Ask what I shall give thee.

lesserot@2Chronicles:1:8 @ And Solomon said unto God, Thou hast shown unto David my father great kindness, and hast made me king in his stead.

lesserot@2Chronicles:1:9 @ Now, O Lord God, let thy word unto David my father be verified; for thou hast made me king over a people as numerous as the dust of the earth.

lesserot@2Chronicles:1:10 @ Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people; for who could judge this thy great people?

lesserot@2Chronicles:1:11 @ And God said unto Solomon, Whereas this hath been in thy heart, and thou hast not asked riches, wealth, or honor, nor the life of thy enemies, and hast not even asked long life; but hast asked for thyself wisdom and knowledge, that thou mayest judge my people, over whom I have made thee king:

lesserot@2Chronicles:1:12 @ are the wisdom and the knowledge granted unto thee; and riches, and wealth, and honor, will I give thee, such as no kings that have been before thee have had, and the like of which after thee none shall have.

lesserot@2Chronicles:1:13 @ Then came Solomon from the high–place that was at Gib’on to Jerusalem, from before the tabernacle of the congregation, and reigned over Israel.

lesserot@2Chronicles:1:14 @ And Solomon brought together chariots and horsemen; and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, and he placed them in the chariot–cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.

lesserot@2Chronicles:1:15 @ And the king rendered the silver and gold at Jerusalem like stones, and cedar–trees he rendered as the sycamore–trees that are in the lowlands for abundance.

lesserot@2Chronicles:1:16 @ And Solomon had his horses brought out of Egypt; a company of the king’s merchants bought a quantity at a price.

lesserot@2Chronicles:1:17 @ And they brought up, and fetched out of Egypt a chariot for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty; and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, did they bring them out by their means.

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lesserot@2Chronicles:3:1 @ And Solomon began to build the house of the Lord in Jerusalem on mount Moriah, where He had appeared unto David his father, on the place that David had prepared in the threshing–floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

lesserot@2Chronicles:3:2 @ And he began to build on the second day of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign.

lesserot@2Chronicles:3:3 @ Now in this manner was the foundation laid of the house of God building Solomon: The length by cubits after the first measure was sixty cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.

lesserot@2Chronicles:3:4 @ And the porch that was in the front of the length was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the height was a hundred and twenty: and he overlaid it within with pure gold.

lesserot@2Chronicles:3:5 @ And the great house he ceiled with fir–wood, which he overlaid with pure gold, and he wrought thereon palm–trees and chains.

lesserot@2Chronicles:3:6 @ And he overlaid the house with costly stones for ornament: and the gold was gold of Parvayim.

lesserot@2Chronicles:3:7 @ And he covered the house, the beams, the sills, and its walls, and its doors, with gold: and he engraved cherubim on the walls.

lesserot@2Chronicles:3:8 @ And he made the most holy house, its length being in front of the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and its breadth twenty cubits: and he covered it with fine gold, to six hundred talents.

lesserot@2Chronicles:3:9 @ And the weight of the nails to fifty shekels of gold. And the upper chambers he covered with gold.

lesserot@2Chronicles:3:10 @ And he made in the most holy house two cherubim of sculpture work, and they overlaid them with gold.

lesserot@2Chronicles:3:11 @ And regarding the wings of the cherubim their length was twenty cubits; the wing of the one amounting to five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing of five cubits, reaching to the wing of the other cherub.

lesserot@2Chronicles:3:12 @ And the wing of the other cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house; and the other wing of five cubits was joined closely to the wing of the other cherub.

lesserot@2Chronicles:3:13 @ The wings of these cherubim spread out were twenty cubits: and they were standing on their feet, and their faces were inward.

lesserot@2Chronicles:3:14 @ And he made the vail of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought thereon cherubim.

lesserot@2Chronicles:3:15 @ And he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits in length, and the capital that was on the top of each of them was five cubits.

lesserot@2Chronicles:3:16 @ And he made chains in the debir; and he placed on the top of the pillars; and he made a hundred pomegranates, and placed them on the chains.

lesserot@2Chronicles:3:17 @ And he set up the pillars in front of the temple, one on the right hand, and the other on the left; and he called the name of that on the right hand Jachin, and the name of that on the left Bo’az.

lesserot@2Chronicles:4:1 @ He made also an altar of copper, twenty cubits being its length, and twenty cubits its breadth, and ten cubits its height.

lesserot@2Chronicles:4:2 @ He made also the molten sea, being ten cubits from the one brim to the other, rounded all about, and it was five cubits in height: and a line of thirty cubits did encompass it round about.

lesserot@2Chronicles:4:3 @ And likenesses of oxen were under it, encompassing it all round about, ten in a cubit, encircling the sea round about: the oxen were in two rows cast, when it was cast.

lesserot@2Chronicles:4:4 @ It was standing upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east; and the sea was resting above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward.

lesserot@2Chronicles:4:5 @ And its thickness was a hand’s breadth, and its brim like the brim of a cup, with lily–buds; and it could hold and contain three thousand baths.

lesserot@2Chronicles:4:6 @ He made also ten lavers; and he placed five on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in them: what belonged to the burnt–offering they rinsed off at them; but the sea was for the priests to wash in.

lesserot@2Chronicles:4:7 @ And he made ten candlesticks of gold according to their prescribed manner: and he placed in the temple, five on the right side, and five on the left.

lesserot@2Chronicles:4:8 @ He made also ten tables, and he set them in the temple, five on the right side, and five on the left. And he made a hundred bowls of gold.

lesserot@2Chronicles:4:9 @ And he made the court of the priests, and the great out–court, and doors for the out–court, and their doors he overlaid with copper.

lesserot@2Chronicles:4:10 @ And the sea he placed on the right side toward the east, opposite to the south.

lesserot@2Chronicles:4:11 @ And Churam made the pots, and the shovels, and the basins. And Churam made an end of doing the work which he made for king Solomon in the house of God:

lesserot@2Chronicles:4:12 @ The two pillars, and the bowls, and the capitals on the top of the two pillars, and the two networks to cover the bowl–shaped capitals which were on the top of the pillars;

lesserot@2Chronicles:4:13 @ And the four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, two rows of pomegranates for each network, to cover the two bowl–shaped capitals which were upon the front of the pillars.

lesserot@2Chronicles:4:14 @ The bases also did he make, and the lavers made he upon the bases.

lesserot@2Chronicles:4:15 @ The one sea, and the twelve oxen under it,

lesserot@2Chronicles:4:16 @ And the pots also, and the shovels, and the forks, and all their instruments, did Churam–Abiv make for king Solomon for the house of the Lord, of polished copper.

lesserot@2Chronicles:4:17 @ In the plain of the Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay–ground between Succoth and Zeredathah.

lesserot@2Chronicles:4:18 @ And Solomon made all these vessels in very great abundance; for the weight of the copper was not inquired into.

lesserot@2Chronicles:4:19 @ And Solomon made all the vessels that pertained to the house of God; and the altar of gold also, and the tables whereon the show–bread;

lesserot@2Chronicles:4:20 @ And the candlesticks with their lamps, to light them after the prescribed manner before the debir, of pure gold.

lesserot@2Chronicles:4:21 @ And the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, were of gold, the purest of gold;

lesserot@2Chronicles:4:22 @ And the knives, and the basins, and the spoons, and the censers were of pure gold; and the entrance of the house, its inner doors for the most holy place, and the doors of the house of the temple, were of gold.

lesserot@2Chronicles:5:1 @ And so was ended all the work which Solomon made for the house of the Lord; and Solomon brought in the things sanctified by David his father; and the silver, and the gold, and all the vessels he placed in the treasuries of the house of God.

lesserot@2Chronicles:5:2 @ Then did Solomon assemble the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the princes of the divisions of the children of Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the city of David, which is Zion.

lesserot@2Chronicles:5:3 @ And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto the king at the feast which is the seventh month.

lesserot@2Chronicles:5:4 @ All the elders of Israel came, and the Levites took up the ark.

lesserot@2Chronicles:5:5 @ And they brought up the ark, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle: these did the priests and the Levites bring up.

lesserot@2Chronicles:5:6 @ And king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel that were assembled unto him were before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, which could not be numbered nor told for multitude.

lesserot@2Chronicles:5:7 @ And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the Lord unto its place, into the debir of the house, into the most holy place, under the wings of the cherubim.

lesserot@2Chronicles:5:8 @ And the cherubim spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and its staves from above.

lesserot@2Chronicles:5:9 @ And they had made the staves so long that the ends of the staves were seen from the ark in the front of the debir; but they were not seen without; and they have remained there until this day.

lesserot@2Chronicles:5:10 @ There was nothing in the ark save the two tables which Moses had placed at Horeb, where the Lord made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt.

lesserot@2Chronicles:5:11 @ And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place; for all the priests that were present had sanctified themselves, the divisions not having been observed; ––

lesserot@2Chronicles:5:12 @ And the Levites the singers, all together, of Assaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, arrayed in white linen, having cymbals and psalteries and harps, stood at the east side of the altar, and with them were one hundred and twenty priests blowing on trumpets; ––

lesserot@2Chronicles:5:13 @ And it came thus to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the Lord; and when they lifted up their voice with trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and in praising the Lord, For he is good; because unto everlasting endureth his kindness: that the house, even the house of the Lord, was filled with a cloud;

lesserot@2Chronicles:5:14 @ And the priests were not able to stand to minister because of the cloud; for the glory of the Lord had filled the house of God.

lesserot@2Chronicles:6:1 @ Then said Solomon, "The Lord said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.

lesserot@2Chronicles:6:2 @ And I have indeed built a dwelling–house for thee, and have settled a place for thy abode for ever."

lesserot@2Chronicles:6:3 @ And the king turned his face, and blessed the whole congregation of Israel, and all the congregation of Israel was standing.

lesserot@2Chronicles:6:4 @ And he said, Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who spoke with his mouth unto David my father, and hath with his hands fulfilled it, when he said,

lesserot@2Chronicles:6:5 @ Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the land of Egypt, I did not make choice of any city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house, that my name might be therein; nor did I make choice of any man to be a ruler over my people of Israel;

lesserot@2Chronicles:6:6 @ But I have made choice of Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and I have made choice of David to be over my people Israel,

lesserot@2Chronicles:6:7 @ And it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of the Lord the God of Israel.

lesserot@2Chronicles:6:8 @ But the Lord said unto David my father, Whereas it was in thy heart to build a house unto my name, thou didst well in that it was in thy heart:

lesserot@2Chronicles:6:9 @ Nevertheless thou shalt not thyself build the house; but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house unto my name.

lesserot@2Chronicles:6:10 @ And the Lord hath fulfilled his word that he hath spoken; and I am risen up in the stead of David my father, and I sit on the throne of Israel, as the Lord hath spoken, and I have built the house unto the name of the Lord the God of Israel.

lesserot@2Chronicles:6:11 @ And I have placed there the ark, wherein is the covenant of the Lord which he hath made with the children of Israel.

lesserot@2Chronicles:6:12 @ And he now placed himself before the altar of the Lord in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands;

lesserot@2Chronicles:6:13 @ For Solomon had made a laver of copper, and had placed it in the midst of the out–court, five cubits being its length, five cubits its breadth, and three cubits its height; and he placed himself upon it, and kneeled down upon his knees in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven;

lesserot@2Chronicles:6:14 @ And he said, O Lord God of Israel, there is no god like thee in the heavens, or on the earth, thou who keepest the covenant, and the kindness for thy servants that walk before thee with all their heart;

lesserot@2Chronicles:6:15 @ Who has kept for thy servant David my father that which thou hadst promised him; and thou spokest with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thy hand, as it is this day.

lesserot@2Chronicles:6:16 @ And now, O Lord, God of Israel, keep for thy servant David my father that which thou hast spoken concerning him, saying, There shall never fail thee a man in my sight who sitteth on the throne of Israel, if thy children but take heed to their way to walk in my law, as thou hast walked before me.

lesserot@2Chronicles:6:17 @ And now, O Lord, the God of Israel, let thy word be verified, which thou hast spoken unto thy servant, unto David.

lesserot@2Chronicles:6:18 @ For, in truth, will God then dwell with men on the earth? behold, the heavens and the heavens of heavens cannot contain thee: how much less then this house that I have built!

lesserot@2Chronicles:6:19 @ Yet wilt thou turn thy regard unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O Lord my God, to listen unto the entreaty and the prayer which thy servant prayeth before thee:

lesserot@2Chronicles:6:20 @ That thy eyes may be open toward this house day and night, toward the place of which thou hast said that thou wouldst put thy name there; that thou mayest listen unto the prayer which thy servant will pray at this place.

lesserot@2Chronicles:6:21 @ And listen thou to the supplications of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, which they will pray at this place: and oh, do thou hear from thy dwelling–place, from heaven; and hear, and forgive.

lesserot@2Chronicles:6:22 @ If any man trespass against his neighbor, and an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear, and the oath come before thy altar in this house:

lesserot@2Chronicles:6:23 @ Then do thou hear from heaven, and act, and judge thy servants, by requiting the wicked, to bring his way upon his own head; and by justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.

lesserot@2Chronicles:6:24 @ And if thy people Israel be struck down before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee, and they return and confess thy name, and pray, and make supplication before thee in this house:

lesserot@2Chronicles:6:25 @ Then do thou hear from heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and cause them to return unto the land which thou hast given to them and to their fathers.

lesserot@2Chronicles:6:26 @ When the heavens be shut up, and there he no rain, because they have sinned against thee, and they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, because thou hast afflicted them:

lesserot@2Chronicles:6:27 @ Then do thou hear in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel; for thou wilt direct them unto the good way, wherein they should walk; and give then rain upon thy land, which thou hast given unto thy people for an inheritance.

lesserot@2Chronicles:6:28 @ If there be famine in the land, if there be pestilence, blasting, or mildew, if there be locusts, or caterpillars; if their enemies besiege them in their land, in their gates at whatsoever plague, and at whatsoever sickness;

lesserot@2Chronicles:6:29 @ What prayer and what supplication soever be made by any man, or by all thy people Israel, when they shall be conscious every man of his plague and his pain, and he then spread forth his hands toward this house:

lesserot@2Chronicles:6:30 @ Then do thou hear from heaven the place of thy dwelling, and forgive, and give to every man in accordance with all his ways, as thou mayest know his heart; for thou, thyself alone, knowest the heart of the children of men;

lesserot@2Chronicles:6:31 @ In order that they may fear thee, to walk in thy ways, all the days that they live on the face of the land which thou hast given unto our fathers.

lesserot@2Chronicles:6:32 @ But also to the stranger, who is not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far–off country for the sake of thy great name, and of thy mighty hand, and of thy outstretched arm,–– if they come and pray in this house,––

lesserot@2Chronicles:6:33 @ Mayest thou likewise listen from heaven, from the place of thy dwelling, and do according to all that the stranger will call on thee for: in order that all people of the earth may know thy name, both to fear thee, as do thy people Israel, and to understand that this house, which I have built, is called by thy name.

lesserot@2Chronicles:6:34 @ If thy people go out to battle against their enemies on the way on which thou mayest send them, and they do pray unto thee in the direction of this city which thou hast chosen, and of the house that I have built unto thy name:

lesserot@2Chronicles:6:35 @ Then hear thou from heaven their prayer and their supplication, and procure them justice.

lesserot@2Chronicles:6:36 @ If they sin against thee––for there is no man that may not sin,––and thou be angry with them, and give them up before the enemy, so that their captors carry them away captive unto a land far off or near;

lesserot@2Chronicles:6:37 @ And if they then take it to their heart in the land whither they have been carried captive, and repent and make supplication unto thee in the land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have committed iniquity, and have acted wickedly;

lesserot@2Chronicles:6:38 @ And they return unto thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, whither they have been carried captive, and they pray in the direction of their land, which thou hast given unto their fathers, and of the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built unto thy name:

lesserot@2Chronicles:6:39 @ Then hear thou from heaven, from the place of thy dwelling, their prayer and their supplications, and procure them justice, and forgive thy people for what they have sinned against thee.

lesserot@2Chronicles:6:40 @ Now, my God, let I beseech thee, thy eyes be open, and thy ears be attentive unto the prayer on this place.

lesserot@2Chronicles:6:41 @ And now arise, O Lord God, unto thy resting–place, thou, and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O Lord God, clothe themselves with salvation, and let thy pious servants rejoice in happiness.

lesserot@2Chronicles:6:42 @ O Lord God, turn not away the face of thy anointed: remember the pious deeds of David thy servant.

lesserot@2Chronicles:7:1 @ And when Solomon had made an end of praying, a fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt–offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of the Lord filled the house.

lesserot@2Chronicles:7:2 @ And the priests were not able to enter into the house of the Lord; because the glory of the Lord had filled the Lord’s house.

lesserot@2Chronicles:7:3 @ And all the children of Israel were looking on as the fire came down, and the glory of the Lord upon the house; and they kneeled down with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and prostrated themselves, and gave thanks unto the Lord, for he is good; because unto everlasting endureth his kindness.

lesserot@2Chronicles:7:4 @ And the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the Lord.

lesserot@2Chronicles:7:5 @ And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty and two thousand oxen, and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep: and so they dedicated the house of God, the king and all the people.

lesserot@2Chronicles:7:6 @ And the priests were standing on their stations, and the Levites with the instruments of the music of the Lord, which king David had made to give thanks unto the Lord, because unto everlasting endureth his kindness, with the song of praise of David in their hand; and the priests blew the trumpets opposite to them, and all Israel were standing.

lesserot@2Chronicles:7:7 @ And Solomon hallowed the interior of the court that was before the house of the Lord; for he prepared there the burnt–offerings, and the fat of the peace–offerings; because the copper altar which Solomon had made was not able to contain the burnt–offerings, and the meat–offerings, and the fat.

lesserot@2Chronicles:7:8 @ And Solomon held the feast at that time seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great assembly, from the entrance of Chamath unto the river of Egypt.

lesserot@2Chronicles:7:9 @ And they held on the eighth day a solemn assembly; for the dedication of the altar they held seven days, and the feast seven days.

lesserot@2Chronicles:7:10 @ And on the three–and–twentieth day of the seventh month he dismissed the people unto their tents, joyful and glad of heart because of the good that the Lord had done for David, and for Solomon, and for Israel his people.

lesserot@2Chronicles:7:11 @ Thus did Solomon complete the house of the Lord, and the king’s house; and all that came into Solomon’s heart to make in the house of the Lord, and in his own house, he prospered.

lesserot@2Chronicles:7:12 @ Then appeared the Lord to Solomon during the night, and said unto him, I have heard thy prayer, and I have made choice of this place for myself as a house of sacrifice.

lesserot@2Chronicles:7:13 @ If I shut up the heavens that there be no rain, or if I give a charge to the locusts to devour off the land, or if I send a pestilence among my people:

lesserot@2Chronicles:7:14 @ And if my people, over whom my name is called, do then humble themselves, and pray, and seek my presence, and turn away from their evil ways: then will I also hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

lesserot@2Chronicles:7:15 @ Now, my eyes shall be open, and my ears attentive unto the prayer on this place.

lesserot@2Chronicles:7:16 @ And now I have chosen and hallowed this house, that my name may be there for ever; and my eyes and my heart shall be there at all times.

lesserot@2Chronicles:7:17 @ And as for thee, if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father hath walked, so as to do in accordance with all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and my ordinances:

lesserot@2Chronicles:7:18 @ Then will I establish the throne of thy kingdom, just as I have covenanted with David thy father, saying, There shall never fail thee a man to be ruler in Israel.

lesserot@2Chronicles:7:19 @ But if ye will indeed turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments, which I have set before you, and will go and serve other gods, and bow down to them:

lesserot@2Chronicles:7:20 @ Then will I pluck them up out of my land which I have given unto them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast away from my sight, and I will render it to be for a proverb and for a by–word among all the people.

lesserot@2Chronicles:7:21 @ And this house, which hath been so exalted, shall become an astonishment to every one that passeth by it: so that he will say, Why hath the Lord done thus unto this land, and unto this house?

lesserot@2Chronicles:7:22 @ And men shall then say, For the cause that they forsook the Lord the God of their fathers, who had brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, and they took hold of other gods, and bowed down to them, and served them: therefore hath he brought upon them all this evil.

lesserot@2Chronicles:8:1 @ And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, when Solomon had built the house of the Lord, and his own house,

lesserot@2Chronicles:8:2 @ That the cities which Churam had restored to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there.

lesserot@2Chronicles:8:3 @ And Solomon went to Chamath–zobah, and prevailed against it.

lesserot@2Chronicles:8:4 @ And he built Thadmor in the wilderness, and all the treasure–cities, which he built in Chamath.

lesserot@2Chronicles:8:5 @ And he built the upper Beth–choron, and the lower Beth–choron, fortified cities, with walls, gates, and bars;

lesserot@2Chronicles:8:6 @ And Ba’alath, and all the treasure–cities that Solomon had, and all the cities for chariots, and the cities for horsemen, and all the desire of Solomon which he desired to build in Jerusalem, and in the Lebanon, and throughout all the land of his dominion.

lesserot@2Chronicles:8:7 @ All the people that were left of the Hittites, and the Emorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, who were not of Israel,

lesserot@2Chronicles:8:8 @ Out of their children, who were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel had not destroyed––these did Solomon levy as tributary until this day.

lesserot@2Chronicles:8:9 @ Yet of the children of Israel did Solomon make no bondmen for his work; but they were men of war, and chiefs of his captains; and officers of his chariots and of his horsemen.

lesserot@2Chronicles:8:10 @ And these were the chiefs of the superintendents whom king Solomon had, two hundred and fifty, who ruled over the people.

lesserot@2Chronicles:8:11 @ And the daughter of Pharaoh did Solomon bring up out of the city of David unto the house that he had built for her; for he said, No wife of mine shall dwell in a house of David the king of Israel, because they are holy, because there came unto them the ark of the Lord.

lesserot@2Chronicles:8:12 @ Then did Solomon offer burnt–offerings unto the Lord on the altar of the Lord, which he had built before the porch,

lesserot@2Chronicles:8:13 @ Even according to what was the due of day on its day, offering according to the commandment of Moses, on the sabbaths, and on the new–moons, and on the stated festivals, three times in the year, on the feast of unleavened bread, and on the feast of weeks, and on the feast of tabernacles.

lesserot@2Chronicles:8:14 @ And he stationed, according to the prescription of David his father, the divisions of the priests at their service, and the Levites at their stations, to praise and minister next to the priests, in the requirement of every day on its day, and the gate–keepers in their divisions at every gate; for so was the charge of David the man of God.

lesserot@2Chronicles:8:15 @ And they departed not from the charge of the king concerning the priests and Levites respecting every matter, and respecting the treasuries.

lesserot@2Chronicles:8:16 @ And was all the work of Solomon successful from the day of founding the house of the Lord, even until it was finished. was perfected the house of the Lord.

lesserot@2Chronicles:8:17 @ Then went Solomon to ‘Ezyon–geber, and to Eloth, at the sea–shore in the land of Edom.

lesserot@2Chronicles:8:18 @ And Churam sent him by means of his servants ships, and servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they went with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and they fetched away thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought the same to king Solomon.

lesserot@2Chronicles:9:1 @ And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with riddles at Jerusalem, with a very great train, and with camels bearing spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she spoke with him of all that was on her heart.

lesserot@2Chronicles:9:2 @ And Solomon solved for her all her questions; and there was nothing hidden from Solomon which he did not tell her.

lesserot@2Chronicles:9:3 @ And when the queen of Sheba saw the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built,

lesserot@2Chronicles:9:4 @ And the food of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cup–bearers, and their apparel; and his ascent by which he went up into the house of the Lord: there was no more spirit in her.

lesserot@2Chronicles:9:5 @ And she said to the king, The truth was the word that I heard in my own land of thy acts, and of thy wisdom.

lesserot@2Chronicles:9:6 @ And I believed not in their words, until I came, and my eyes saw; and, behold, the one–half of the greatness of thy wisdom hath not been told me: thou excellest the report which I have heard.

lesserot@2Chronicles:9:7 @ Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy servants, who stand before thee continually, and hear thy wisdom.

lesserot@2Chronicles:9:8 @ Blessed be the Lord thy God, who hath had delight in thee to place thee on his throne, as a king for the Lord thy God; because thy God loved Israel, to sustain them for ever, therefore hath he placed thee over them as king, to exercise justice and righteousness.

lesserot@2Chronicles:9:9 @ And she gave to the king one hundred and twenty talents of gold, and spices in very great abundance, and precious stones: and there never were any such spices as those which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.

lesserot@2Chronicles:9:10 @ And also the servants of Churam, and the servants of Solomon, who brought gold from Ophir, brought sandal–trees and precious stones.

lesserot@2Chronicles:9:11 @ And the king made of the sandal–trees steps for the house of the Lord, and for the king’s palace, and harps and psalteries for singers: and there were never seen the like of them before in the land of Judah.

lesserot@2Chronicles:9:12 @ And king Solomon gave unto the queen of Sheba all her pleasure, whatsoever she asked, beside that which she had brought unto the king. And she turned about and went away to her own country, she and her servants.

lesserot@2Chronicles:9:13 @ Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and sixty and six talents of gold;

lesserot@2Chronicles:9:14 @ Besides what the travelling tradesmen and the merchants brought. And all the kings of Arabia and the governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon.

lesserot@2Chronicles:9:15 @ And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of beaten gold he used for each one target.

lesserot@2Chronicles:9:16 @ And three hundred shields of beaten gold; three hundred shekels of gold he used for each one shield. And the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.

lesserot@2Chronicles:9:17 @ The king also made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold.

lesserot@2Chronicles:9:18 @ And the throne had six steps, with a footstool of gold, fastened into the throne; and there were arms on either side, on the place of the seat; and two lions stood beside the arms;

lesserot@2Chronicles:9:19 @ And twelve lions stood there upon the six steps on both sides: there was not the like made in any kingdom.

lesserot@2Chronicles:9:20 @ And all king Solomon’s drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold: no silver was valued in the days of Solomon at the least.

lesserot@2Chronicles:9:21 @ For the king’s ships went to Tharshish with the servants of Churam; once in three years did the Tharshish–ships use to come home laden with gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.

lesserot@2Chronicles:9:22 @ And king Solomon became greater than all the kings of the earth for riches and wisdom.

lesserot@2Chronicles:9:23 @ And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.

lesserot@2Chronicles:9:24 @ And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, armor, and spices, horses, and mules; so year by year.

lesserot@2Chronicles:9:25 @ And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he quartered in the cities for chariots, and near the king at Jerusalem.

lesserot@2Chronicles:9:26 @ And he was ruling over all the kings from the river even unto the land of the Philistines, and as far as the boundary of Egypt.

lesserot@2Chronicles:9:27 @ And the king rendered silver in Jerusalem like stones, and the cedar–trees he rendered like the sycamore–trees that are in the lowlands, for abundance.

lesserot@2Chronicles:9:28 @ And men were bringing out horses for Solomon from Egypt and from all lands.

lesserot@2Chronicles:9:29 @ And the remainder of the acts of Solomon, the first and the last, behold, they are written in the history of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Achiyah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Ye’do the seer concerning Jerobo’am the son of Nebat.

lesserot@2Chronicles:9:30 @ And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.

lesserot@2Chronicles:9:31 @ And Solomon slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David his father: and Rehobo’am his son became king in his stead.

lesserot@2Chronicles:10:1 @ And Rehobo’am went to Shechem: for to Shechem were all Israel come to make him king.

lesserot@2Chronicles:10:2 @ And it came to pass, when Jerobo’am the son of Nebat heard of it, for he was in Egypt, whither he had fled from the presence of king Solomon, that Jerobo’am returned out of Egypt.

lesserot@2Chronicles:10:3 @ And they sent and called him: and so came Jerobo’am with all Israel and spoke to Rehobo’am, saying,

lesserot@2Chronicles:10:4 @ Thy father made our yoke hard; but now do thou make lighter the hard service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, and we will serve thee.

lesserot@2Chronicles:10:5 @ And he said unto them, After but three days, then return unto me. And the people went away.

lesserot@2Chronicles:10:6 @ Then consulted king Rehobo’am with the old men that had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, How do you advise that I should return an answer to this people?

lesserot@2Chronicles:10:7 @ And they spoke unto him, saying, If thou wilt be kind to this people, and please them, and speak to them good words: then will they be servants unto thee for all times.

lesserot@2Chronicles:10:8 @ But he forsook the counsel which the old men had given him, and consulted with the young men that were grown up with him, and who stood before him.

lesserot@2Chronicles:10:9 @ And he said unto them, How do you counsel how we should give an answer to this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make lighter the yoke which thy father did put upon us?

lesserot@2Chronicles:10:10 @ Then spoke with him the young men that were grown up with him, saying, Thus must thou say unto the people that have spoken unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but do thou make it lighter unto us: thus must thou say unto them, My little finger is thicker than my father’s loins.

lesserot@2Chronicles:10:11 @ And now my father hath burdened you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke: my father hath chastised you with whips, then will I with scorpion–thorns.

lesserot@2Chronicles:10:12 @ When now Jerobo’am and all the people came to Rehobo’am on the third day, as the king had spoken, saying, Return to me on the third day:

lesserot@2Chronicles:10:13 @ The king answered them harshly; and king Rehobo’am forsook the counsel of the old men;

lesserot@2Chronicles:10:14 @ And he spoke to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add thereto; my father chastised you with whips, but I will with scorpion–thorns.

lesserot@2Chronicles:10:15 @ And the king hearkened not unto the people; for it was so brought about from God, in order that the Lord might fulfill his word, which he had spoken by means of Achiyahu the Shilonite unto Jerobo’am the son of Nebat.

lesserot@2Chronicles:10:16 @ So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? nor have we an inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to your tents, O Israel; now, see to thy own house, David. So did all Israel go to their tents.

lesserot@2Chronicles:10:17 @ But as for the children of Israel who dwelt in the cities of Judah, over them did Rehobo’am reign.

lesserot@2Chronicles:10:18 @ Then sent king Rehobo’am Hadoram who was over the tribute; but the children of Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. Therefore king Rehobo’am made speed with his might to get upon his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.

lesserot@2Chronicles:10:19 @ So did Israel rebel against the house of David unto this day.

lesserot@2Chronicles:11:1 @ And when Rehobo’am was come to Jerusalem, he assembled the house of Judah and Benjamin a hundred and eighty thousand chosen men, warriors, to fight against Israel, to bring back the kingdom again to Rehobo’am.

lesserot@2Chronicles:11:2 @ But the word of the Lord came unto Shema’yahu the man of God, saying,

lesserot@2Chronicles:11:3 @ Say unto Rehobo’am the son of Solomon, the king of Judah and Benjamin, saying,

lesserot@2Chronicles:11:4 @ Thus hath said the Lord, Ye shall not go up, nor fight with your brethren: return every man to his house; for from me hath this thing been brought about. And they hearkened to the words of the Lord, and returned from going against Jerobo’am.

lesserot@2Chronicles:11:5 @ And Rehobo’am dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities as fortresses in Judah.

lesserot@2Chronicles:11:6 @ He built, namely, Beth–lechem, and ‘Etam, and Thekoa’.

lesserot@2Chronicles:11:7 @ And Beth–zur, and Socho, and ‘Adullam,

lesserot@2Chronicles:11:8 @ And Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,

lesserot@2Chronicles:11:9 @ And Adorayim and Lachish, and ‘Azekah,

lesserot@2Chronicles:11:10 @ And Zor’ah, and Ayalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin, fortified cities.

lesserot@2Chronicles:11:11 @ And he strengthened the strong–holds, and put commanders in them, and stores of food, and oil and wine;

lesserot@2Chronicles:11:12 @ And in each and every city shields and spears, and made them exceedingly strong: and thus remained with him Judah and Benjamin.

lesserot@2Chronicles:11:13 @ And the priests and the Levites that were in all Israel presented themselves to him out of all their territory.

lesserot@2Chronicles:11:14 @ For the Levites left their open districts and their possession, and went to Judah and Jerusalem; because Jerobo’am and his sons cast them off from executing the priest’s office unto the Lord,

lesserot@2Chronicles:11:15 @ And he ordained for himself priests for the high–places, and for the evil spirits, and for the calves which he had made.

lesserot@2Chronicles:11:16 @ And after them out of all the tribes of Israel such as directed their heart to seek the Lord the God of Israel: these came to Jerusalem, to sacrifice unto the Lord, the God of their fathers.

lesserot@2Chronicles:11:17 @ And they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and brought power to Rehobo’am, the son of Solomon, during three years; for they walked in the way of David and Solomon during three years.

lesserot@2Chronicles:11:18 @ And Rehobo’am took himself as wife Machalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David, Abichayil the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse;

lesserot@2Chronicles:11:19 @ And she bore to him sons: Je’ush, and Shamaryah, and Zaham.

lesserot@2Chronicles:11:20 @ And after her did he take Ma’achah the daughter of Abshalom; and she bore to him Abiyah, and ‘Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.

lesserot@2Chronicles:11:21 @ And Rehobo’am loved Ma’achah the daughter of Abshalom more than all his wives and his concubines; for he had taken eighteen wives and sixty concubines; and he begat twenty and eight sons, and sixty daughters.

lesserot@2Chronicles:11:22 @ And Rehobo’am appointed Abiyah the son of Ma’achah to be the chief, to be ruler among his brethren; because to make him king.

lesserot@2Chronicles:11:23 @ And he dealt understandingly, and dispersed all his children throughout all the countries of Judah and Benjamin, unto all the fortified cities; and he gave them food in abundance and he required a multitude of wives.

lesserot@2Chronicles:12:1 @ And it came to pass, when Rehobo’am had established the kingdom, and when he had become strong, that he forsook the law of the Lord, and all Israel with him.

lesserot@2Chronicles:12:2 @ And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehobo’am, that Shishak the king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem,––because they had acted faithlessly against the Lord,––

lesserot@2Chronicles:12:3 @ With twelve hundred chariots and sixty thousand horsemen: and innumerable were the people that came with him out of Egypt––the Lubim, the Sukkiyim, and the Ethiopians.

lesserot@2Chronicles:12:4 @ And he captured the fortified cities which pertained to Judah, and he came as far as Jerusalem.

lesserot@2Chronicles:12:5 @ And Shem’ayah the prophet came to Rehobo’am, and the princes of Judah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said unto them, Thus hath said the Lord, Ye have indeed forsaken me, and therefore have I also relinquished you into the hand of Shishak.

lesserot@2Chronicles:12:6 @ Thereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, The Lord is righteous.

lesserot@2Chronicles:12:7 @ And when the Lord saw that they had humbled themselves, then came the word of the Lord to Shem’ayah, saying, "They have humbled themselves: I will not destroy them; but I will permit some little to escape from them; and my wrath shall not be poured out over Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak."

lesserot@2Chronicles:12:8 @ However they shall be servants unto him, and they shall know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.

lesserot@2Chronicles:12:9 @ And so came up Shishak the king of Egypt against Jerusalem, and he took away the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king’s house: every thing did he take away; and he took away the shields of gold which Solomon had made.

lesserot@2Chronicles:12:10 @ And king Rehobo’am made in their stead shields of copper, and committed them for keeping into the hand of the chiefs of the runners, who kept guard at the door of the king’s house.

lesserot@2Chronicles:12:11 @ And it happened whenever the king went into the house of the Lord, that the runners came and bore them, and carried them back into the apartment of the runners.

lesserot@2Chronicles:12:12 @ And when he had humbled himself, the wrath of the Lord turned from him, so that he destroyed him not to make an end: and also in Judah were some good things.

lesserot@2Chronicles:12:13 @ And king Rehobo’am strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned; for Rehobo’am was one and forty years old when he became king, and seventeen years did he reign in Jerusalem, the city which the Lord had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother’s name was Na’amah the ‘Ammonitess.

lesserot@2Chronicles:12:14 @ And he did the evil; because he directed not his heart to seek the Lord.

lesserot@2Chronicles:12:15 @ And the acts of Rehobo’am, the first and the last, behold, they are written in the history of Shem’ayah the prophet, and of ‘Iddo, the seer concerning the genealogies. And the wars of Rehobo’am and Jerobo’am all the days.

lesserot@2Chronicles:12:16 @ And Rehobo’am slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Abiyah his son became king in his stead.

lesserot@2Chronicles:13:1 @ In the eighteenth year of king Jerobo’am became Abiyah king over Judah.

lesserot@2Chronicles:13:2 @ Three years he reigned in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Michayahu the daughter of Uriel of Gib’ah. And there was war between Abiyah and Jerobo’am.

lesserot@2Chronicles:13:3 @ And Abiyah joined the battle with an army of valiant men of war, even of four hundred thousand chosen men: Jerobo’am also set the battle in array against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men, being mighty men of valor.

lesserot@2Chronicles:13:4 @ And Abiyah stood up above mount Zemarayim, which is in the mountain of Ephraim, and said, Hear me, O Jerobo’am, and all Israel;

lesserot@2Chronicles:13:5 @ Ought ye not to know that the Lord the God of Israel hath given the kingdom over Israel to David for eternity, yea, to him and to his sons by a covenant of salts?

lesserot@2Chronicles:13:6 @ But there rose up Jerobo’am the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of David, and rebelled against his lord.

lesserot@2Chronicles:13:7 @ And there were gathered unto him idle men, worthless persons, and put themselves in violent resistance against Rehobo’am the son of Solomon: while Rehobo’am was young and tender hearted, and could not sustain himself before them.

lesserot@2Chronicles:13:8 @ And now ye think to sustain yourselves before the kingdom of the Lord in the hand of the sons of David; and ye are a great multitude; and with you are golden calves, which Jerobo’am hath made for you as gods.

lesserot@2Chronicles:13:9 @ Have ye not cast out the priests of the Lord, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and have made yourselves priests like the people of the lands? so that whosoever cometh to consecrate himself with a young bullock and seven rams can become a priest to things that are no gods?

lesserot@2Chronicles:13:10 @ But as for us, the Lord is our God, and we have not forsaken him; and the priests, who minister unto the Lord, are the sons of Aaron; and the Levites are at their work;

lesserot@2Chronicles:13:11 @ And they burn unto the Lord burnt–offerings every morning and every evening and incense of sweet spices; and the rows of the show–bread upon the pure table; and there is the candlestick of gold with its lamps, to light the same every evening; for we keep the charge of the Lord our God, while ye have truly forsaken him.

lesserot@2Chronicles:13:12 @ And, behold, with us at our head, is the God, with his priests with trumpets for blowing the alarm, to sound an alarm against you. O children of Israel, do not fight against the Lord the God of your fathers; for ye will not prosper.

lesserot@2Chronicles:13:13 @ But Jerobo’am caused an ambush to come around behind them: so they themselves were before Judah, and the ambush was behind them.

lesserot@2Chronicles:13:14 @ And when Judah turned round, behold, they had the battle before and behind: and they cried unto the Lord, and the priests blew with the trumpets.

lesserot@2Chronicles:13:15 @ And then gave the men of Judah a shout: and it came to pass, as the men of Judah shouted, that God struck down Jerobo’am and all Israel before Abiyah and Judah.

lesserot@2Chronicles:13:16 @ And the children of Israel fled from before Judah, and God gave them up into their hand.

lesserot@2Chronicles:13:17 @ And Abiyah and his people smote them with a great defeat, and there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.

lesserot@2Chronicles:13:18 @ Thus were the children of Israel humbled at that time: and the children of Judah became powerful, because they relied upon the Lord the God of their fathers.

lesserot@2Chronicles:13:19 @ And Abiyah made pursuit after Jerobo’am, and captured cities from him, Bethel with its villages, and Jeshanah with its villages, and ‘Ephrayin with its villages.

lesserot@2Chronicles:13:20 @ And Jerobo’am did not recover strength again in the days of Abiyahu: and the Lord struck him, and he died.

lesserot@2Chronicles:13:21 @ But Abiyahu became strong, and he took himself fourteen wives, and begat twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters.

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lesserot@2Chronicles:15:1 @ And as for ‘Azaryahu the son of ‘Oded––on him came the spirit of God;

lesserot@2Chronicles:15:2 @ And he went out to meet Assa, and said unto him, Hear me, O Assa, and all Judah and Benjamin, The Lord is with you, while ye remain with him; and if ye seek him, he will let himself be found by you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.

lesserot@2Chronicles:15:3 @ And many days for Israel, without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law.

lesserot@2Chronicles:15:4 @ But they returned when they were in distress unto the Lord, the God of Israel, and they sought him, and he let himself be found by them.

lesserot@2Chronicles:15:5 @ And in those times there was no peace to him that went out, and to him that came in; but there were great confusions among all the inhabitants of the countries.

lesserot@2Chronicles:15:6 @ And nation was dashed to pieces against nation, and city against city; for God did confound them with all kind of distress.

lesserot@2Chronicles:15:7 @ But as for you, be ye strong, and let not your hands be weak; for there is a reward for your doing.

lesserot@2Chronicles:15:8 @ And when Assa heard these words, and the prophecy of ‘Oded the prophet, he was strengthened, and he put away the abominable idols out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had captured from the mountain of Ephraim; and he renewed the altar of the Lord, that was before the porch of the Lord.

lesserot@2Chronicles:15:9 @ And he assembled all Judah and Benjamin, and those that sojourned with them out of Ephraim and Menasseh, and out of Simeon; for they had joined him out of Israel in abundance, when they saw that the Lord his God was with him.

lesserot@2Chronicles:15:10 @ And so they assembled themselves at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Assa.

lesserot@2Chronicles:15:11 @ And they sacrificed unto the Lord on the same day, of the booty which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.

lesserot@2Chronicles:15:12 @ And they entered into the covenant to seek the Lord the God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul;

lesserot@2Chronicles:15:13 @ So that whosoever would not seek the Lord the God of Israel should be put to death, from the small even up to the great, whether it be man or woman.

lesserot@2Chronicles:15:14 @ And they swore unto the Lord with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets.

lesserot@2Chronicles:15:15 @ And all Judah rejoiced because of the oath; for with all their heart had they sworn, and with their whole desire did they seek him, and he let himself be found by them: and the Lord gave them rest on every side.

lesserot@2Chronicles:15:16 @ And also concerning Ma’achah the mother of king Assa, he removed her from being queen, because she had made a scandalous image for the grove; and Assa cut down her scandalous image, and had it ground up, and burnt it by the brook Kidron.

lesserot@2Chronicles:15:17 @ But the high–places were not removed out of Israel; nevertheless the heart of Assa was entire all his days.

lesserot@2Chronicles:15:18 @ And be brought the things which his father had sanctified, and his own sanctified things, into the house of God,––silver, and gold, and vessels.

lesserot@2Chronicles:15:19 @ And there was no war until the five–and–thirtieth year of the reign of Assa.

lesserot@2Chronicles:16:1 @ In the six–and–thirtieth year of the reign of Assa, came up Ba’sha the king of Israel against Judah, and built Kamah, in order not to suffer any one to go out or come in to Assa the king of Judah.

lesserot@2Chronicles:16:2 @ Then did Assa bring out silver and gold out of the treasuries of the house of the Lord and of the king’s house, and sent to Ben–hadad the king of Syria, who dwelt at Damascus, saying,

lesserot@2Chronicles:16:3 @ A covenant is between me and thee, as between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent unto thee silver and gold; go, break thy covenant with Ba’sha the king of Israel, that he may withdraw from me.

lesserot@2Chronicles:16:4 @ And Ben–hadad hearkened unto king Assa, and sent the captains of the armies that he had against the cities of Israel, and they smote ‘Iyon, and Dan, and Abel–mayim, and all the treasure–cities of Naphtali.

lesserot@2Chronicles:16:5 @ And it came to pass, when Ba’sha heard this, that he left off the building of Ramah, and stopped his work.

lesserot@2Chronicles:16:6 @ And king Assa took then all Judah; and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and its timber, wherewith Ba’sha had built; and he built therewith Geba’ and Mizpah.

lesserot@2Chronicles:16:7 @ And at that time came Chanani the seer to Assa the king of Judah, and said unto him, Because thou hast relied on the king of Syria, and hast not relied on the Lord thy God: therefore is the army of the king of Syria escaped out of thy hands.

lesserot@2Chronicles:16:8 @ Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubim a numerous army, with chariots and horsemen in great abundance? yet, because thou didst rely on the Lord, he gave them up into thy hand.

lesserot@2Chronicles:16:9 @ For as regardeth the Lord, his eyes roam throughout the whole earth, to hold strongly with those whose heart is entire toward him: thou hast done foolishly for this reason; because from this time forth there will be wars with thee.

lesserot@2Chronicles:16:10 @ Then became Assa incensed toward the seer, and put him in a prison–house; for he was in a rage with him because of this. And Assa oppressed some of the people at the same time.

lesserot@2Chronicles:16:11 @ And, behold, the acts of Assa, the first and the last, lo, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.

lesserot@2Chronicles:16:12 @ And Assa became sick in the thirty–and–ninth year of his reign in his feet, his disease being exceedingly severe: yet even in his disease he sought not to the Lord, but to the physicians.

lesserot@2Chronicles:16:13 @ And Assa slept with his fathers, and died in the one–and–fortieth year of his reign.

lesserot@2Chronicles:16:14 @ And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had dug for himself in the city of David, and they laid him in the couch which was filled with sweet odors and divers kinds of spices mixed by the apothecary’s art; and they made for him a burning uncommonly great.

lesserot@2Chronicles:17:1 @ And Jehoshaphat his son became king in his stead, and strengthened himself against Israel.

lesserot@2Chronicles:17:2 @ And he placed forces in all the fortified cities of Judah, and placed garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim, which Assa his father had captured.

lesserot@2Chronicles:17:3 @ And the Lord was with Jehoshaphat; because he walked in the first ways of David his father, and sought not after the Be’alim;

lesserot@2Chronicles:17:4 @ On the contrary, after the God of his father did he seek, and in his commandments did he walk, but not after the doings of Israel.

lesserot@2Chronicles:17:5 @ Therefore did the Lord establish the kingdom in his hand; and all Judah gave presents to Jehoshaphat; and he had riches and honor in abundance.

lesserot@2Chronicles:17:6 @ And his heart raised itself up in the ways of the Lord, and he removed moreover the high–places and groves out of Judah.

lesserot@2Chronicles:17:7 @ And in the third year of his reign he sent his princes, even Ben–chayil, and ‘Obadiah, and Zechariah, and Nethanel, and Michayahu, to teach in the cities of Judah.

lesserot@2Chronicles:17:8 @ And with them were the Levites, Shema’yahu, and Nethanyahu, and Zebadyahu, and ‘Assahel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan, and Adoniyahu, and Tobiyahu, and Tobadoniyah, the Levites; and with them Elishama’ and Jehoram, the priests.

lesserot@2Chronicles:17:9 @ And they taught in Judah, and with them was the book of the law of the Lord, and they moved about through all the cities of Judah, and taught the people.

lesserot@2Chronicles:17:10 @ And the dread of the Lord was upon all the kingdoms of the lands that were round about Judah, so that they made no war with Jehoshaphat.

lesserot@2Chronicles:17:11 @ Also from the Philistines did people bring unto Jehoshaphat presents and silver, as tribute: also the Arabians brought him small cattle, rams seven thousand and seven hundred, and he–goats seven thousand and seven hundred.

lesserot@2Chronicles:17:12 @ And Jehoshaphat went on becoming exceedingly great, and he built in Judah castles and treasure–cities.

lesserot@2Chronicles:17:13 @ And he had great works in the cities of Judah, and men of war, mighty in valor, in Jerusalem.

lesserot@2Chronicles:17:14 @ And these are their numbers according to their family divisions: Of Judah, of the captains of the thousands was ‘Adnah the chief, and with him were mighty men of valor, three hundred thousand.

lesserot@2Chronicles:17:15 @ And next to him was Jehochanan the chief, and with him were two hundred and eighty thousand.

lesserot@2Chronicles:17:16 @ And next to him was ‘Amassyah the son of Zichri, who voluntarily offered himself unto the Lord; and with him were two hundred thousand mighty men of valor.

lesserot@2Chronicles:17:17 @ And of Benjamin, the mighty valiant Elyada’, and with him were those armed with bow and shield two hundred thousand.

lesserot@2Chronicles:17:18 @ And next him was Jehozabad, and with him were one hundred and eighty thousand ready armed for the host.

lesserot@2Chronicles:17:19 @ These were those that ministered to the king, besides those whom the king had placed in the fortified cities throughout all Judah.

lesserot@2Chronicles:18:1 @ And Jehoshaphat had riches and honor in abundance, and he intermarried with Achab.

lesserot@2Chronicles:18:2 @ And he went down after years to Achab to Samaria. And Achab killed for him sheep and oxen in abundance, and for the people that were with him, and persuaded him to go up to Ramoth–gil’ad.

lesserot@2Chronicles:18:3 @ Then said Achab the king of Israel unto Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, Wilt thou go with me against Ramoth–gil’ad! And he said to him, I like thee, and my people as thy people; and we will be with thee in the battle.

lesserot@2Chronicles:18:4 @ And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Inquire, I pray thee, today of the word of the Lord.

lesserot@2Chronicles:18:5 @ Then did the king of Israel assemble the prophets, four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall we go to Ramoth–gil’ad to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up, and God will deliver into the hand of the king.

lesserot@2Chronicles:18:6 @ And Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the Eternal besides, that we might inquire of him?

lesserot@2Chronicles:18:7 @ And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, by whom we may inquire of the Lord; but I hate him; for he never prophesieth any good concerning me, but at all times evil: it is Michayhu the son of Yimla. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.

lesserot@2Chronicles:18:8 @ Then called the king of Israel a certain court–officer, and said, "Hasten hither Michayhu the son of Yimla."

lesserot@2Chronicles:18:9 @ And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah were sitting each on his throne, dressed in their royal garments, and they were sitting in a threshing–floor at the entrance of the gate of Samaria: and all the prophets prophesied before them.

lesserot@2Chronicles:18:10 @ And Zedekiah the son of Kena’anah had made himself horns of iron; and he said, Thus hath said the Lord, With these shalt thou push the Syrians until thou have made an end of them.

lesserot@2Chronicles:18:11 @ And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up against Ramoth–gil’ad, and prosper, and the Lord will deliver it into the king’s hand.

lesserot@2Chronicles:18:12 @ And the messenger that went to call Michayhu spoke to him, saying, Behold, the words of the prophets are with one voice good for the king: so do let thy word, I pray thee, be like any one of them, and speak something good.

lesserot@2Chronicles:18:13 @ And Michayhu said, As the Lord liveth, truly what my God may say, that will I speak.

lesserot@2Chronicles:18:14 @ And when he was come to the king, the king said unto him, Michah, shall we go to Ramoth–gil’ad to battle, or shall I forbear? And he said, Go ye up, and prosper, and may they be delivered into your hand.

lesserot@2Chronicles:18:15 @ And the king said to him, How many times yet must I adjure thee that thou shalt not speak to me any thing but the truth in the name of the Lord?

lesserot@2Chronicles:18:16 @ Then said he, I saw all Israel scattered over the mountains, as flocks that have not a shepherd: and the Lord said, These have no master; let them return every man to his house in peace.

lesserot@2Chronicles:18:17 @ And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not say unto thee that he would not prophesy concerning me any good, but for evil?

lesserot@2Chronicles:18:18 @ And he said, Therefore hear ye the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing on his right and his left.

lesserot@2Chronicles:18:19 @ And the Lord said, Who will persuade Achab the king of Israel, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth–gil’ad? And one said––one saying after this manner, and another saying after that manner.

lesserot@2Chronicles:18:20 @ Then came there forth a spirit, and placed himself before the Lord, and said, I will persuade him. And the Lord said unto him, Wherewith?

lesserot@2Chronicles:18:21 @ And he said, I will go forth, and I will become a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou wilt persuade him, and also prevail: go forth, and do so.

lesserot@2Chronicles:18:22 @ And now, behold, the Lord hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of these thy prophets: but the Lord hath spoken evil concerning thee.

lesserot@2Chronicles:18:23 @ And Zedekiah the son of Kena’anah went near, and struck Michayhu on the cheek, and said, Which is the way the Spirit of the Lord passed away from me to speak with thee?

lesserot@2Chronicles:18:24 @ And Michayhu said, Behold, thou shalt see it on that day when thou shalt go into the innermost chamber to hide thyself.

lesserot@2Chronicles:18:25 @ And the king of Israel said, Take ye Michayhu, and carry him back unto Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king’s son;

lesserot@2Chronicles:18:26 @ And say ye, Thus hath said the king, Put this man in the prison, and feed him with sparing bread and with sparing water, until I return in peace.

lesserot@2Chronicles:18:27 @ And Michayhu said, If thou return at all in peace, then hath the Lord not spoken through me. And he said, Hear it, O all ye nations!

lesserot@2Chronicles:18:28 @ And the king of Israel went up with Jehoshaphat the king of Judah to Ramoth–gil’ad.

lesserot@2Chronicles:18:29 @ And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and enter into the battle; but do thou put on thy royal garments. And the king of Israel disguised himself, and they went into the battle.

lesserot@2Chronicles:18:30 @ And the king of Syria had commanded the captains of the chariots that he had, saying, Fight ye not with the small or with the great, save only with the king of Israel alone.

lesserot@2Chronicles:18:31 @ And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, This is the king of Israel. And they encompassed him to fight; and Jehoshaphat cried out, and the Lord helped him; and God induced them to go away from him.

lesserot@2Chronicles:18:32 @ And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots perceived that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned back from following him.

lesserot@2Chronicles:18:33 @ But a certain man drew his bow at a venture, and struck the king of Israel between the joints and the armor: wherefore he said to the chariot–driver, Turn about, and carry me out of the camp; for I am wounded.

lesserot@2Chronicles:18:34 @ And the battle increased on that day: and the king of Israel stayed up in the chariot against the Syrians until the evening, and he died at the time of the sun’s going down.

lesserot@2Chronicles:19:1 @ And Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned to his house in peace, to Jerusalem.

lesserot@2Chronicles:19:2 @ And there came out to meet him Jehu the son of Chanani the seer, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldst thou help the wicked, and love those that hate the Lord? and because of this there is wrath over thee from before the Lord.

lesserot@2Chronicles:19:3 @ Nevertheless there are good things found on thee; because thou hast removed the Asheroth out of the land, and hast directed thy heart firmly to seek God.

lesserot@2Chronicles:19:4 @ And Jehoshaphat remained at Jerusalem; but he went out again through the people from Beer–sheba’ as far as the mountain of Ephraim, and caused them to return unto the Lord the God of their fathers.

lesserot@2Chronicles:19:5 @ And he appointed judges in the land in all the fortified cities of Judah, in city by city.

lesserot@2Chronicles:19:6 @ And he said to the judges, Look at what ye are doing; because not for man are ye to judge, but for the Lord, who is with you in pronouncing judgment.

lesserot@2Chronicles:19:7 @ And now let the dread of the Lord be upon you: take heed and act; for with the Lord our God there is no injustice, nor respect for persons, nor taking of bribes.

lesserot@2Chronicles:19:8 @ But also in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat appoint some of the Levites, and the priests, and of the chiefs of the family divisions of Israel, for the the judgment of the Lord, and for controversies, when they returned to Jerusalem.

lesserot@2Chronicles:19:9 @ And he charged on them, saying, Thus shall ye do in the fear of the Lord, in faithfulness, and with an undivided heart.

lesserot@2Chronicles:19:10 @ And whatsoever controversy may come to you from your brethren that dwell in their cities, between blood and blood, between law and commandment, statutes and ordinances, ye shall truly warn them that they incur not guilt against the Lord, and so there come wrath over you, and over your brethren: so must ye do, and ye will not incur guilt.

lesserot@2Chronicles:19:11 @ And, behold, Amaryahu the chief priest is over you for every matter of the Lord; and Zebadyahu the son of Yishma’el, the ruler for the house of Judah, for every matter of the king; and the Levites are officers before you. Be strong and act, and may the Lord be with the good.

lesserot@2Chronicles:20:1 @ And it came to pass after this, that the children of Moab, and the children of ‘Ammon, and with them some of the ‘Ammonim, came against Jehoshaphat to battle.

lesserot@2Chronicles:20:2 @ And there came some and told unto Jehoshaphat, saying, There is coming against thee a great multitude from beyond the sea, from Syria; and, behold, they are in Chazazon–thamar, which is ‘En–gedi.

lesserot@2Chronicles:20:3 @ Then became Jehoshaphat afraid, and he directed his face to seek the Lord; and he proclaimed a fast over all Judah.

lesserot@2Chronicles:20:4 @ And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask of the Lord: also out of all the cities of Judah did they come to seek the Lord.

lesserot@2Chronicles:20:5 @ And Jehoshaphat stood forward in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the Lord, before the new court.

lesserot@2Chronicles:20:6 @ And he said, O Lord, the God of our fathers, thou art God in the heavens, and thou rulest over all the kingdoms of the nations; and in thy hand are the power and might, and there is none that can withstand thee.

lesserot@2Chronicles:20:7 @ Behold, it is thou, O our God, who hast driven out the inhabitants of this land from before thy people Israel; and thou gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend to eternity.

lesserot@2Chronicles:20:8 @ And they have dwelt therein, and have built for thee therein a sanctuary for thy name, saying,

lesserot@2Chronicles:20:9 @ If there should come over us any evil, the sword, punishment, or pestilence, or famine, will we stand before this house, and in thy presence, for thy name is in this house, and we will cry unto thee out of our distress, and thou wilt hear and help.

lesserot@2Chronicles:20:10 @ And now, behold, the children of ‘Ammon and Moab and mount Se’ir, against whom thou wouldst not suffer Israel to come, when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned aside from them, and destroyed them not:––

lesserot@2Chronicles:20:11 @ And behold, they recompense us, by coming to drive us out of thy inheritance, which thou hast given us to possess.

lesserot@2Chronicles:20:12 @ O our God, wilt thou not execute justice on them? for there is no power in us against this great multitude that is coming against us; and we indeed know not what we are to do: but upon thee are our eyes.

lesserot@2Chronicles:20:13 @ And all Judah were standing before the Lord, also their little ones, their wives, and their sons.

lesserot@2Chronicles:20:14 @ And upon Jachaziel the son of Zecharyahu, the son of Benayah, the son of Je’iel, the son of Matthanyah, the Levite, of the sons of Assaph, came the spirit of the Lord in the midst of the assembly;

lesserot@2Chronicles:20:15 @ And he said, Listen ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus hath said the Lord unto you, Be ye not afraid and be not dismayed because of this great multitude; for not unto you belongeth the battle, but unto God.

lesserot@2Chronicles:20:16 @ Tomorrow go ye down against them behold, they come up by the ascent of Ziz; and ye will find them at the end of the valley, in front of the wilderness of Jeruel.

lesserot@2Chronicles:20:17 @ Ye shall not need to fight in this place: stand firmly, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, and be not dismayed; tomorrow go out to meet them, and the Lord will be with you.

lesserot@2Chronicles:20:18 @ And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell down before the Lord, to prostrate themselves unto the Lord.

lesserot@2Chronicles:20:19 @ And then arose the Levites, of the children of the Kehathites, and of the children of the Korehites, to praise the Lord the God of Israel with a very loud voice.

lesserot@2Chronicles:20:20 @ And they rose up early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Thekoa’: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood forward and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; believe in the Lord your God, and ye will have permanence; believe his prophets, and ye will prosper.

lesserot@2Chronicles:20:21 @ And he consulted with his people, and he appointed singers unto the Lord, and those that should praise in the holy ornaments, as they went out before the armed array, and said, Give thanks unto the Lord; for unto everlasting endureth his kindness.

lesserot@2Chronicles:20:22 @ And at the time when they began with the song and the praise, the Lord set an ambush against the children of ‘Ammon, Moab, and mount Se’ir, who were come against Judah, and they were smitten.

lesserot@2Chronicles:20:23 @ And the children of ‘Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of mount Se’ir, utterly to annihilate and to destroy them; and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Se’ir, they helped to destroy one another.

lesserot@2Chronicles:20:24 @ And when Judah came toward the watchtower in the wilderness, they looked toward the multitude, and, behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and none had escaped.

lesserot@2Chronicles:20:25 @ And then came Jehoshaphat and his people to plunder their booty, and they found among them in abundance both riches and dead bodies, and costly vessels, which they stript off for themselves, more than they could carry away: and they were three days in plundering the booty, for it was so much.

lesserot@2Chronicles:20:26 @ And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of Berachah; for there they blessed the Lord: therefore did they call the name of this place, The valley of Berachah, until this day.

lesserot@2Chronicles:20:27 @ Then returned all the men of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat at their head, to return to Jerusalem with joy; for the Lord had caused them to rejoice over their enemies.

lesserot@2Chronicles:20:28 @ And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and with harps and with trumpets unto the house of the Lord.

lesserot@2Chronicles:20:29 @ And a dread from God was on all the kingdoms of countries, when they heard that the Lord had fought with the enemies of Israel.

lesserot@2Chronicles:20:30 @ So the kingdom of Jehoshaphat had repose, and his God gave him rest all round about.

lesserot@2Chronicles:20:31 @ And did Jehoshaphat reign over Judah; thirty and five years old was he when he became king, and twenty and five years did he reign in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was ‘Azubah the daughter of Shilchi.

lesserot@2Chronicles:20:32 @ And he walked in the way of his father Assa, and turned not aside from it, doing what is right in the eyes of the Lord.

lesserot@2Chronicles:20:33 @ Nevertheless the high–places were not removed; for the people had not yet directed their heart firmly unto the God of their fathers.

lesserot@2Chronicles:20:34 @ And the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, the first and the last, behold, they are written in the history of Jehu the son of Chanani, which was entered into the book of the kings of Israel.

lesserot@2Chronicles:20:35 @ And after this did Jehoshaphat the king of Judah connect himself with Achazyah the king of Israel, the same who acted very wickedly;

lesserot@2Chronicles:20:36 @ And he connected himself with him to make ships to go to Tharshish: and they made ships in ‘Ezyon–geber.

lesserot@2Chronicles:20:37 @ Then prophesied Eli’ezer the son of Dodavahu of Mareshah against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast connected thyself with Achazyahu, the Lord hath broken down thy works. And the ships were wrecked, so that they were not able to go to Tharshish.

lesserot@2Chronicles:21:1 @ And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And Jehoram his son became king in his stead.

lesserot@2Chronicles:21:2 @ And he had brothers the sons of Jehoshaphat: ‘Azaryah, and Jechiel, and Zecharyahu, and ‘Azaryahu, and Michael, and Shephatyahu, all these being sons of Jehoshaphat the king of Israel.

lesserot@2Chronicles:21:3 @ And their father gave them many gifts of silver, and of gold, and of precious things, with fortified cities in Judah; but the kingdom gave he to Jehoram; because he was the first–born.

lesserot@2Chronicles:21:4 @ Now when Jehoram was risen up over the kingdom of his father, and had strengthened himself, he slew all his brothers with the sword, and also some of the princes of Israel.

lesserot@2Chronicles:21:5 @ Thirty and two years was Jehoram old when he became king, and eight years did he reign in Jerusalem.

lesserot@2Chronicles:21:6 @ And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as had done the house of Achab; for the daughter of Achab had he for wife: and he did what is evil in the eyes of the Lord.

lesserot@2Chronicles:21:7 @ Yet would the Lord not destroy the house of David, on account of the covenant which he had made with David, and as he had said to give to him a government and to his sons at all times.

lesserot@2Chronicles:21:8 @ In his days Edom revolted from under the power of Judah, and they appointed a king over themselves.

lesserot@2Chronicles:21:9 @ Then did Jehoram go over with his princes, and all the chariots were with him; and he rose up by night, and smote the Edomites who compassed him about, and the captains of the chariots.

lesserot@2Chronicles:21:10 @ Yet Edom revolted from under the power of Judah even until this day: then did Libnah revolt at the same time from under his power; because he had forsaken the Lord the God of his fathers.

lesserot@2Chronicles:21:11 @ He also made high–places in the mountains of Judah, and caused the inhabitants of Jerusalem to go astray, and misled Judah.

lesserot@2Chronicles:21:12 @ And there came unto him a writing from Elijah the prophet, saying, Thus hath said the Lord the God of David thy father, Inasmuch as thou hast not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat thy father, and in the ways of Assa the king of Judah,

lesserot@2Chronicles:21:13 @ But hast walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and hast caused Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to go astray, as the house of Achab hath caused to go astray, and hast also slain thy brothers of thy father’s house, who were better than thyself:

lesserot@2Chronicles:21:14 @ Behold, the Lord will inflict a great plague on thy people, and on thy children, and on thy wives, and on all thy possessions;

lesserot@2Chronicles:21:15 @ And thou shalt be with great diseases by a disease of thy bowels, until thy bowels pass out by reason of the disease days upon days.

lesserot@2Chronicles:21:16 @ And the Lord stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines, and of the Arabians, that are alongside of the Cushim:

lesserot@2Chronicles:21:17 @ And they went up against Judah, and made an incursion into it, and carried away all the substance that was found in the king’s house, and also his sons, and his wives; and there was not left unto him any son, save Jehoachaz, the youngest of his sons.

lesserot@2Chronicles:21:18 @ And after all this did the Lord afflict him in his bowels with a disease which was incurable.

lesserot@2Chronicles:21:19 @ And it came to pass, from days to days, and when the time was expired, after two years, that his bowels passed out by reason of his disease: so he died of evil diseases. And his people made no burning for him, like the burning for his fathers.

lesserot@2Chronicles:21:20 @ Thirty and two years old was he when he became king, and eight years did he reign in Jerusalem, and departed without joy: and they buried him in the city of David, but not in the sepulchres of the kings.

lesserot@2Chronicles:22:1 @ And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Achazyahu his youngest son king in his stead; for the predatory band that was come with the Arabians to the camp had slain all the eldest. So became Achazyahu, the son of Jehoram the king of Judah, king.

lesserot@2Chronicles:22:2 @ Forty and two years old was Achazyahu when he became king, and one year did he reign in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Athalyahu the daughter of ‘Omri.

lesserot@2Chronicles:22:3 @ Also he walked in the ways of the house of Achab; for his mother was his counsellor to act wickedly.

lesserot@2Chronicles:22:4 @ And he did what is evil in the eyes of the Lord like the house of Achab; for these were his counsellors after the death of his father to his destruction.

lesserot@2Chronicles:22:5 @ He walked also after their counsel, and went with Jehoram the son of Achab the king of Israel to war against Chazael the king of Syria at Ramoth–gil’ad: and the Syrians smote Joram.

lesserot@2Chronicles:22:6 @ And he returned to be healed in Yizre’el because of the wounds which had been given him at Ramah, when he fought with Chazael the king of Syria. And ‘Azaryahu the son of Jehoram the king of Judah went down to see Jehoram the son of Achab at Yizre’el, because he was sick.

lesserot@2Chronicles:22:7 @ But from God was the confusion of Achazyahu that he should come to Joram: and when he was come, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom the Lord had anointed to cut off the house of Achab.

lesserot@2Chronicles:22:8 @ And it came to pass, when Jehu was executing judgment on the house of Achab, that he found the princes of Judah, and the sons of the brothers of Achazyahu, that ministered to Achazyahu, and he slew them.

lesserot@2Chronicles:22:9 @ And he sought Achazyahu, and they caught him while he was hiding himself in Samaria, and they brought him to Jehu, and they slew him, and buried him; because they said, He is son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the Lord with all his heart. And there was none of the house of Achazyahu who had sufficient power the kingdom.

lesserot@2Chronicles:22:10 @ And when ‘Athalyahu the mother of Achazyahu saw that her son was dead, she arose and exterminated all the royal seed of the house of Judah.

lesserot@2Chronicles:22:11 @ But Yehoshab’ath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Achazyahu, and stole him away from the midst of the king’s sons that were slain, and put him and his nurse into the bed–chamber. So did Yehoshab’ath, the daughter of king Jehoram, the wife of Yehoyada’ the priest,––for she was the sister of Achazyahu,––hide him from ‘Athalyahu, so that she slew him not.

lesserot@2Chronicles:22:12 @ And he was with them in the house of God hidden six years, while ‘Athalyah was reigning over the land.

lesserot@2Chronicles:23:1 @ And in the seventh year Yehoyada’ strengthened himself, and took the captains of the hundreds, ‘Azaryah the son of Jerocham and Yishma’el the son of Jehochanan, and ‘Azaryahu the son of ‘Obed, and Ma’asseyahu the son of ‘Adayahu, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri, with him into a covenant.

lesserot@2Chronicles:23:2 @ And they moved about in Judah, and gathered the Levites together out of all the cities of Judah, and the heads of the families of Israel; and they came to Jerusalem.

lesserot@2Chronicles:23:3 @ And all the congregation made a covenant in the house of God with the king. And he said unto them, Behold, the king’s son shall be king, as the Lord hath spoken concerning the sons of David.

lesserot@2Chronicles:23:4 @ This is the thing that ye shall do, A third part of you that enter in on the sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites, shall be gatekeepers at the thresholds;

lesserot@2Chronicles:23:5 @ And a third part shall be at the king’s house; and a third part at the foundation–gate; and all the people shall be in the courts of the house of the Lord.

lesserot@2Chronicles:23:6 @ But let none come into the house of the Lord, save the priests, and they that minister of the Levites: they shall enter, for they are holy; but all the people shall keep the charge of the Lord.

lesserot@2Chronicles:23:7 @ And the Levites shall encompass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand: and he who cometh into the house shall be put to death; and be ye with the king when he cometh in, and when he goeth out.

lesserot@2Chronicles:23:8 @ And the Levites and all Judah did in accordance with all that Yehoyada’ the priest had commanded, and they took every man his men that came in on the sabbath, with those that were to be relieved on the sabbath; for Yehoyada’ the priest had not dismissed the divisions.

lesserot@2Chronicles:23:9 @ And Yehoyada’ the priest gave to the captains of the hundreds the spears, and the shields, and the quivers, that belonged to king David, which were in the house of God.

lesserot@2Chronicles:23:10 @ And he placed all the people, every man having his weapon in his hand, from the right side of the house to the left side of the house, along by the altar and the temple, all round about the king,

lesserot@2Chronicles:23:11 @ Then did they bring forth the king’s son, and put upon him the crown, and the testimony, and they made him king. And Yehoyada’ and his sons anointed him, and said, Long live the king.

lesserot@2Chronicles:23:12 @ And when ‘Athalyah heard the noise of the people running and praising the king, she came to the people into the house of the Lord.

lesserot@2Chronicles:23:13 @ And she looked, and behold, the king stood upon his stand at the entrance, and the princes and the trumpets were around the king; and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew on trumpets; also the singers leading with instruments of music in the songs of praise; and ‘Athalyah rent her clothes, and said, "Treason, treason."

lesserot@2Chronicles:23:14 @ But Yehoyada’ the priest ordered the captains of the hundreds, the commanders of the army, to go out, and said unto them, Lead her forth to within the ranges; and he that followeth her shall be put to death with the sword. For the priest had said, Ye shall not put her to death in the house of the Lord.

lesserot@2Chronicles:23:15 @ And they made way for her: and she went to the entrance of the horse–gate by the king’s house, and they put her to death there.

lesserot@2Chronicles:23:16 @ And Yehoyada’ made a covenant between him, and between all the people, and between the king, that they should be a people unto the Lord.

lesserot@2Chronicles:23:17 @ And then came all the people into the house of Ba’al, and pulled it down, and his altars and his images did they break in pieces, and Mathhan the priest of Ba’al they slew before the altars.

lesserot@2Chronicles:23:18 @ And Yehoyada’ placed the supervision over the house of the Lord into the hand of the priests, the Levites, whom David had divided off over the house of the Lord, to offer the burnt–offerings of the Lord, as it is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, after the manner of David.

lesserot@2Chronicles:23:19 @ And he appointed the gatekeepers over the gates of the house of the Lord, that none unclean in any thing should enter therein.

lesserot@2Chronicles:23:20 @ And he took the captains of the hundreds, and the nobles, and the governors over the people, and all the people of the land, and he brought down the king from the house of the Lord, and they came through the midst of the upper gate into the king’s house; and they caused the king to sit upon the throne of the kingdom.

lesserot@2Chronicles:23:21 @ And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet; but ‘Athalyahu they had slain with the sword.

lesserot@2Chronicles:24:1 @ Seven years old was Joash when he became king, and forty years did he reign in Jerusalem: and the name of his mother was Zibyah of Beer–sheba’.

lesserot@2Chronicles:24:2 @ And Joash did what is right in the eyes of the Lord, all the days of Yehoyada’ the priest.

lesserot@2Chronicles:24:3 @ And Yehoyada’ took for himself two wives, and he begat sons and daughters.

lesserot@2Chronicles:24:4 @ And it came to pass after this, that Yoash had it in his mind to renew the house of the Lord.

lesserot@2Chronicles:24:5 @ And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out unto the cities of Judah, and gather from all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year, and ye shall make haste in this matter. But the Levites made no haste.

lesserot@2Chronicles:24:6 @ Then called the king for Yehoyada’ the chief, and said unto him, Why hast thou not required from the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the contribution Moses the servant of the Lord, and of the congregation of Israel, for the tabernacle of the testimony?

lesserot@2Chronicles:24:7 @ For the sons of the wicked ‘Athalyahu have made breaches the house of God; and also the holy things of the house of the Lord have they applied to the Be’alim.

lesserot@2Chronicles:24:8 @ And at the king’s order they made a chest, and placed it at the gate of the house of the Lord on the outside.

lesserot@2Chronicles:24:9 @ And they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring in to the Lord the contribution Moses the servant of God upon Israel in the wilderness.

lesserot@2Chronicles:24:10 @ And all the princes and all the people rejoiced, and they brought it in, and cast it into the chest, until it was full.

lesserot@2Chronicles:24:11 @ Now it came to pass, that at what time the chest was brought unto the king’s office by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was much money, then came the king’s scribe and the high–priest’s officer and emptied the chest, and took it up, and brought it back to its place. Thus did they day by day, and gathered money in abundance.

lesserot@2Chronicles:24:12 @ And the king and Yehoyada’ gave it to those who overlooked the service of the house of the Lord, and these hired masons and carpenters to renew the house of the Lord, and also to the workers in iron and copper to repair the house of the Lord.

lesserot@2Chronicles:24:13 @ So the workmen wrought, and the work was restored through their means, and they replaced the house of God in its state, and strengthened it.

lesserot@2Chronicles:24:14 @ And when they had completed it, they brought before the king and Yehoyada’ the rest of the money, and they made of it vessels for the house of the Lord, the vessels of the service and for the sacrificing, and the spoons, and vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt–offerings in the house of the Lord continually all the days of Yehoyada’.

lesserot@2Chronicles:24:15 @ And Yehoyada’ became old, and was full of days, and died: he was old one hundred and thirty years when he died.

lesserot@2Chronicles:24:16 @ And they buried him in the city of David among the kings; because he had done a good thing in Israel, and toward God, and his house.

lesserot@2Chronicles:24:17 @ But after the death of Yehoyada’ came the princes of Judah, and bowed themselves down to the king. Then did the king hearken unto them.

lesserot@2Chronicles:24:18 @ And they forsook the house of the Lord the God of their fathers, and served the Asherim and the idols: and there came wrath over Judah and Jerusalem for this their guiltiness.

lesserot@2Chronicles:24:19 @ And he sent prophets among them, to bring them back again unto the Lord; and they gave them warning; but they did not give ear.

lesserot@2Chronicles:24:20 @ And the spirit of God endued Zechariah the son of Yehoyada’ the priest, and he stood up above the people, and he said unto them, Thus hath said the God, Why transgress ye the commandments of the Lord? ye cannot prosper so; because ye have forsaken the Lord, he hath also forsaken you.

lesserot@2Chronicles:24:21 @ And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the command of the king in the court of the house of the Lord.

lesserot@2Chronicles:24:22 @ And king Joash did not remember the kindness which Yehoyada’ his father had shown to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, The Lord will see, and require.

lesserot@2Chronicles:24:23 @ And it came to pass at the expiration of the year, that the army of Syria came up against him: and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, and all their spoil they sent off unto the king of Damascus.

lesserot@2Chronicles:24:24 @ Indeed with a small company of men did the army of Syria come; but the Lord delivered into their hand an army exceedingly numerous; because they had forsaken the Lord the God of their fathers. And on Joash they executed punishment.

lesserot@2Chronicles:24:25 @ And when these were gone away from him––for they left him with great diseases––his own servants conspired against him because of the blood of the sons of Yehoyada’ the priest, and slew him on his bed, and he died: and they buried him in the city of David, but they buried him not in the sepulchres of the kings.

lesserot@2Chronicles:24:26 @ And these are those that conspired against him; Zabad the son of Shim’ath the ‘Ammonitess, and Yehozabad the son of Shimrith the Moabitess.

lesserot@2Chronicles:24:27 @ Now concerning his sons, and the great prophecy concerning him, and the founding of the house of God, behold, they are written in the story of the book of the kings. And Amazyahu his son became king in his stead.

lesserot@2Chronicles:25:1 @ When twenty and five years old did Amazyahu become king, and twenty and nine years did he reign in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Yeho’addan of Jerusalem.

lesserot@2Chronicles:25:2 @ And he did what is right in the eyes of the Lord, yet not with an entire heart.

lesserot@2Chronicles:25:3 @ And it came to pass, when the kingdom was firmly established to him, that he slew his servants that had killed the king his father.

lesserot@2Chronicles:25:4 @ But their children he put not to death; but as it is written in the law in the book of Moses, that the Lord had commanded, saying, The fathers shall not die for the children, nor shall the children die for the fathers, but every man shall die for his own sin.

lesserot@2Chronicles:25:5 @ And Amazyahu gathered Judah together, and stationed them after the family divisions, after the captains over the thousands, and after the captains over the hundreds, of all Judah and Benjamin; and he numbered them from twenty years old and upward, and found them three hundred thousand chosen men, able to go forth to the army, that could handle spear and shield.

lesserot@2Chronicles:25:6 @ He hired also out of Israel one hundred thousand mighty men of valor for one hundred talents of silver.

lesserot@2Chronicles:25:7 @ But a man of God came unto him, saying, O king, let not the army of Israel go with thee; for the Lord is not with Israel, all the children of Ephraim.

lesserot@2Chronicles:25:8 @ But if thou wilt go, active strong for the battle: God will cause thee to stumble before the enemy; for there is power with God to help, and to cause to stumble.

lesserot@2Chronicles:25:9 @ Then said Amazyahu to the man of God, But what is it to be done for the hundred talents which I have given to the band of Israel? And the man of God said, The Lord hath to give thee much more than this.

lesserot@2Chronicles:25:10 @ Then did Amazyahu separate them, the band that was come to him out of Ephraim, that they might go to their place: wherefore their anger was greatly kindled against Judah, and they returned to their home in burning anger.

lesserot@2Chronicles:25:11 @ And Amazyahu strengthened himself, and led forth his people, and went to the Valley of Salt, and smote of the children of Se’ir ten thousand.

lesserot@2Chronicles:25:12 @ And ten thousand did the children of Judah take captive alive, and brought them to the top of the rock, and cast them down from the top of the rock, so that they all were crushed.

lesserot@2Chronicles:25:13 @ But the men of the band whom Amazyahu had sent back, that they should not go with him to battle, spread themselves about in the cities of Judah, from Samaria even unto Beth–choron, and smote of them three thousand, and plundered much spoil.

lesserot@2Chronicles:25:14 @ And it came to pass, after Amazyahu was come home from smiting the Edomites, that he brought the gods of the children of Se’ir, and set them up unto himself as gods, and before them he used to prostrate himself and unto them he used to burn incense.

lesserot@2Chronicles:25:15 @ Wherefore the anger of the Lord was kindled against Amazyahu, and he sent unto him a prophet, who said unto him, Why hast thou sought after the gods of the people, that have not delivered their own people out of thy hand?

lesserot@2Chronicles:25:16 @ And it came to pass, as he was speaking unto him, that he said unto him, Have we ever appointed thee as a counsellor to the king? forbear this: why shouldst thou be smitten? Then did the prophet forbear; and he said, I know that God hath resolved to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel.

lesserot@2Chronicles:25:17 @ Then held Amazyahu the king of Judah a council, and sent to Joash, the son of Jehoachaz, the son of Jehu, the king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in the face.

lesserot@2Chronicles:25:18 @ And Joash the king of Israel sent to Amazyahu the king of Judah, saying, The thorn–bush that was in the Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in the Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son for wife. And there passed along the wild beasts that were in the Lebanon, and trod down the thorn–bush.

lesserot@2Chronicles:25:19 @ Thou hast thought, Lo, thou hast smitten Edom; and thy heart hath lifted thee up to acquire much glory: now stay in thy house; why wilt thou meddle with misfortune, that thou mayest fall, thou, and Judah with thee?

lesserot@2Chronicles:25:20 @ But Amazyahu would not hear; for it was by God, in order to deliver them into the hand; because they had sought after the gods of Edom.

lesserot@2Chronicles:25:21 @ Thereupon did Joash the king of Israel go up: and they looked one another in the face, he and Amazyahu the king of Judah, at Beth–shemesh, which belongeth to Judah.

lesserot@2Chronicles:25:22 @ And Judah was defeated before Israel, and they fled every man to his tents.

lesserot@2Chronicles:25:23 @ And Joash the king of Israel caught Amazyahu the king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoachaz, at Beth–shemesh; and he brought him to Jerusalem, and made a breach in the wall of Jerusalem, from the gate of Ephraim unto the corner–gate, four hundred cubits.

lesserot@2Chronicles:25:24 @ And all the gold and the silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of God with ‘Obed–edom, and the treasures of the king’s house, and the children of the chiefs as hostages, he returned to Samaria.

lesserot@2Chronicles:25:25 @ And Amazyahu the son of Joash the king of Judah lived after the death of Joash the son of Jehoachaz the king of Israel fifteen years.

lesserot@2Chronicles:25:26 @ And the rest of the acts of Amazyahu the first and the last, behold, they are fully written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.

lesserot@2Chronicles:25:27 @ Now from the time that Amazyahu departed from following the Lord, they raised a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem: wherefore he fled to Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there.

lesserot@2Chronicles:25:28 @ And they carried him on horses, and buried him with his fathers in the city of Judah.

lesserot@2Chronicles:26:1 @ And all the people of Judah took ‘Uzziyahu, who was then sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amazyahu.

lesserot@2Chronicles:26:2 @ He it was that built Eloth, and brought it back to Judah, after the king slept with his fathers.

lesserot@2Chronicles:26:3 @ Sixteen years old was ‘Uzziyahu when he became king, and fifty and two years did he reign in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Yecholyah of Jerusalem.

lesserot@2Chronicles:26:4 @ And he did what is right in the eyes of the Lord, in accordance with all that his father Amazyahu had done.

lesserot@2Chronicles:26:5 @ And he was to seek God in the days of Zecharyahu, who had understanding in the visions of God; and during the time that he sought the Lord, God caused him to prosper.

lesserot@2Chronicles:26:6 @ And he went forth and made war against the Philistines, and he broke down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod; and he built cities in Ashdod, and among the Philistines.

lesserot@2Chronicles:26:7 @ And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gur–ba’al, and the Me’unim.

lesserot@2Chronicles:26:8 @ And the ‘Ammonites gave presents to ‘Uzziyahu: and his name extended even to the entrance of Egypt; for he became exceedingly strong.

lesserot@2Chronicles:26:9 @ And ‘Uzziyahu built towers in Jerusalem, above the corner–gate, and above the valley–gate, and at the angle, and made them strong.

lesserot@2Chronicles:26:10 @ He built also towers in the desert, and hewed out many wells; for he had much cattle, both in the lowlands and in the plain; husbandmen, and vintners in the mountains, and in Carmel; for he loved husbandry.

lesserot@2Chronicles:26:11 @ Moreover ‘Uzziyah had an army of fighting men, that went out to the host by bands, according to the number of those mustered of them through the hand of Je’iel the scribe and Ma’asseyahu the overseer, under the supervision of Chananyahu, one of the king’s captains.

lesserot@2Chronicles:26:12 @ The whole number of the chiefs of the family divisions of the mighty men of valor was two thousand and six hundred.

lesserot@2Chronicles:26:13 @ And under their supervision was an efficient army, three hundred thousand and seven thousand and five hundred, that made war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy.

lesserot@2Chronicles:26:14 @ And ‘Uzziyahu prepared for them, for all the host, shields, and spears, and helmets, and coats of mail, and bows, and stones for slinging.

lesserot@2Chronicles:26:15 @ And he made in Jerusalem artificial contrivances, contrived by a skilful man, to be on the towers and upon the ramparts, to shoot off arrows and great stones. And his name extended ever so far abroad; for he was marvelously assisted, till he became strong.

lesserot@2Chronicles:26:16 @ But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction; and he became unfaithful against the Lord his God, and went into the temple of the Lord to burn incense upon the altar of incense.

lesserot@2Chronicles:26:17 @ And there went in after him ‘Azaryahu the priest, and with him were priests of the Lord, valiant men, eighty;

lesserot@2Chronicles:26:18 @ And they stood forward against king ‘Uzziyahu, and they said unto him, It is not for thee, O ‘Uzziyahu, to burn incense unto the Lord, but for the priests the sons of Aaron, who are consecrated to burn incense: go out of the sanctuary; for thou hast trespassed; and it will not be for thy honor from the Lord God.

lesserot@2Chronicles:26:19 @ But ‘Uzziyahu became wroth, and in his hand was a censer to burn incense: and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy even broke out on his forehead before the priests in the house of the Lord, above the altar of the incense.

lesserot@2Chronicles:26:20 @ And when ‘Azaryahu the chief priest, with all the priests, turned about toward him, behold, he was leprous on his forehead, and they hurried him away from there: yea, he also made haste to go out, because the Lord had afflicted him.

lesserot@2Chronicles:26:21 @ And king ‘Uzziyahu was a leper until the day of his death, and dwelt in the leper–house, as a leper; for he was excluded from the house of the Lord: and Jotham his son was over the king’s house, judged the people of the land.

lesserot@2Chronicles:26:22 @ And the rest of the acts of ‘Uzziyahu, the first and the last, did Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amos write.

lesserot@2Chronicles:26:23 @ And ‘Uzziyahu slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the burial–field which belonged to the kings; for they said, He is a leper: and Jotham his son became king in his stead.

lesserot@2Chronicles:27:1 @ Twenty and five years old was Jotham when he became king, and sixteen years did he reign in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Yerushah, the daughter of Zadok.

lesserot@2Chronicles:27:2 @ And he did what is right in the eyes of the Lord, in accordance with all that his father ‘Uzziyahu had done: only he entered not into the temple of the Lord. But the people acted still corruptly.

lesserot@2Chronicles:27:3 @ He it was that built the upper gate of the house of the Lord, and on the wall of the hill–fort he built much.

lesserot@2Chronicles:27:4 @ Moreover he built cities in the mountain of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.

lesserot@2Chronicles:27:5 @ And he likewise fought with the king of the sons of ‘Ammon, and prevailed against them. And the children of ‘Ammon gave him in that same year one hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand kors of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. So much did the children of ‘Ammon pay unto him again, both in the second year, and in the third.

lesserot@2Chronicles:27:6 @ So Jotham became strong; because he directed his ways before the Lord his God.

lesserot@2Chronicles:27:7 @ And the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all his wars, and his ways, lo, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.

lesserot@2Chronicles:27:8 @ Five and twenty years old was he when he became king, and sixteen years did he reign in Jerusalem.

lesserot@2Chronicles:27:9 @ And Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Achaz his son became king in his stead.

lesserot@2Chronicles:28:1 @ Twenty years old was Achaz when he became king, and sixteen years did he reign in Jerusalem; and he did not what is right in the eyes of the Lord, like David his father;

lesserot@2Chronicles:28:2 @ But he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for the Be’alim.

lesserot@2Chronicles:28:3 @ And he also burnt incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burnt his sons in the fire, after the abominable acts of the nations that the Lord had driven out from before the children of Israel.

lesserot@2Chronicles:28:4 @ And he sacrificed and burnt incense on the high–places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.

lesserot@2Chronicles:28:5 @ Wherefore the Lord his God gave him up into the hand of the king of Syria; and they defeated his people, and carried away a great multitude of them captives, and brought them to Damascus. And also into the hand of the king of Israel was he given up, and he defeated his people with a great slaughter.

lesserot@2Chronicles:28:6 @ And Pekach the son of Remalyahu slew in Judah one hundred and twenty thousand in one day, all being valiant men; because they had forsaken the Lord, the God of their fathers.

lesserot@2Chronicles:28:7 @ And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, slew Ma’asseyahu the king’s son, and ‘Azrikam the governor of the house, and Elkanah the second in rank to the king.

lesserot@2Chronicles:28:8 @ And the children of Israel led away captive from their brethren two hundred thousand, women, sons, and daughters, and also much booty did they plunder from them, and they brought the booty to Samaria.

lesserot@2Chronicles:28:9 @ But there was a prophet of the Lord, ‘Oded was his name; and he went out to meet the host that was coming to Samaria, and said unto them, Behold, because of the fury of the Lord the God of your fathers against Judah, hath he given them up into your hand, and ye have slain among them in a rage that reacheth as far as the heavens.

lesserot@2Chronicles:28:10 @ And now ye think to force the children of Judah and Jerusalem to become bond–men and bond–women unto you; but surely are there not with you, even with you, trespasses against the Lord your God?

lesserot@2Chronicles:28:11 @ And now hear me, and restore the captives, whom ye have taken captive from your brethren; for the fierce wrath of the Lord is over you.

lesserot@2Chronicles:28:12 @ Then arose certain men of the heads of the children of Ephraim, ‘Azaryahu the son of Jehochanan, Berechyahu the son of Meshillemoth, and Jechizkiyahu the son of Shallum, and ‘Amassa the son of Chadlai, against those that were come from the army.

lesserot@2Chronicles:28:13 @ And they said unto them, Ye shall not bring in the captives hither; for in addition to the guiltiness against the Lord on us, ye think to add unto our sins and unto our guiltiness; for great is the guiltiness on us, and there is fierce wrath over Israel.

lesserot@2Chronicles:28:14 @ So the armed men abandoned the captives and the spoil before the princes and all the assembly.

lesserot@2Chronicles:28:15 @ And then arose the men who have been expressed by name, and took hold of the captives, and all that were naked among them they clothed from the booty; and they gave them garments and shoes, and gave them to eat and to drink, and anointed them, and carried all the feeble of them upon asses, and brought them to Jericho, the city of palm–trees, near their brethren; and then did they return to Samaria.

lesserot@2Chronicles:28:16 @ At that time sent king Achaz unto the kings of Assyria to help him.

lesserot@2Chronicles:28:17 @ Moreover the Edomites came again and defeated Judah, and carried away captives.

lesserot@2Chronicles:28:18 @ And the Philistines invaded the cities of the lowlands, and of the south of Judah, and captured Beth–shemesh, and Ayalon, and Gederoth, and Socho with its villages, and Thimnah with its villages, and Gimzo with its villages; and they dwelt there.

lesserot@2Chronicles:28:19 @ For the Lord humbled Judah on account of Achaz the king of Israel; for he made Judah unruly, and acted very faithlessly against the Lord.

lesserot@2Chronicles:28:20 @ Then came against him Tilgath–pilneesser the king of Assyria, and distressed him, but strengthened him not.

lesserot@2Chronicles:28:21 @ Although Achaz took away a portion of the house of the Lord, and of the house of the king, and of the princes, and gave it unto the king of Assyria: he yet gave him no assistance.

lesserot@2Chronicles:28:22 @ And in the time that he distressed him, became he yet more faithless against the Lord,––yea, he, king Achaz;

lesserot@2Chronicles:28:23 @ And he sacrificed unto the gods of Damascus, who had smitten him; and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria do help them, will I sacrifice unto them, that they may help me. But they only became to him a stumbling–block for him and for all Israel.

lesserot@2Chronicles:28:24 @ And Achaz gathered up the vessels of the house of God, and cut in pieces the vessels of the house of God, and locked up the doors of the house of the Lord, and he made for himself altars in every corner of Jerusalem.

lesserot@2Chronicles:28:25 @ And in each and every city of Judah made he high–places to burn incense unto other gods; and he provoked to anger the Lord the God of his fathers.

lesserot@2Chronicles:28:26 @ And the rest of his acts and of all his ways, the first and the last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.

lesserot@2Chronicles:28:27 @ And Achaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, in Jerusalem; for they brought him not into the sepulchres of the kings of Israel: and Hezekiah his son became king in his stead.

lesserot@2Chronicles:29:1 @ Hezekiah became king when five and twenty years old, and twenty and nine years did he reign in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Abiyah, the daughter of Zecharyahu.

lesserot@2Chronicles:29:2 @ And he did what is right in the eyes of the Lord, in accordance with all that David his father had done.

lesserot@2Chronicles:29:3 @ He it was that in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of the Lord, and repaired them.

lesserot@2Chronicles:29:4 @ And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them together into the open place at the east;

lesserot@2Chronicles:29:5 @ And he said unto them, Hear me, ye Levites, sanctify yourselves now, and sanctity the house of the Lord the God of your fathers, and carry forth the unclean thing out of the sanctuary.

lesserot@2Chronicles:29:6 @ For our fathers have dealt faithlessly, and have done what is evil in the eyes of the Lord our God, and have forsaken him; and they have turned away their faces from the habitation of the Lord, and turned their backs.

lesserot@2Chronicles:29:7 @ They had also locked up the doors of the porch, and put out the lamps, and incense have they not burnt, and the burnt–offerings have they not offered in the sanctuary, unto the God of Israel.

lesserot@2Chronicles:29:8 @ Wherefore the wrath of the Lord is upon Judah and Jerusalem. and he hath rendered them to be a horror, an astonishment, and a hissing, as ye see with your eyes.

lesserot@2Chronicles:29:9 @ And, lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons, and our daughters, and our wives are in captivity because of this.

lesserot@2Chronicles:29:10 @ Now it is in my heart to make a covenant for the Lord the God of Israel, that his fierce wrath may turn away from us.

lesserot@2Chronicles:29:11 @ My sons, be not negligent now; for of you hath the Lord made choice to stand before him, to minister unto him, and that ye might be unto him ministers and those that burn incense.

lesserot@2Chronicles:29:12 @ Then arose the Levites, Machath the son of ‘Amassai, and Joel the son of ‘Azaryahu, of the sons of the Kehathites; and of the sons of Merari, Kish the son of ‘Abdi, and ‘Azaryahu the son of Jehallelel; and of the Gershunites, Joach the son of Zimmah, and ‘Eden the son of Joach:

lesserot@2Chronicles:29:13 @ And of the sons of Elizaphan, Shimri, and Je’iel; and of the sons of Assaph, Zecharyahu and Matthanyahu;

lesserot@2Chronicles:29:14 @ And of the sons of Heman, Jechiel and Shim’i; and of the sons of Jeduthun, Shema’yah and ‘Uzziel;

lesserot@2Chronicles:29:15 @ And they gathered together their brethren, and they sanctified themselves, and came, according to the command of the king, by the words of the Lord, to cleanse the house of the Lord.

lesserot@2Chronicles:29:16 @ And the priests went into the inner part of the house of the Lord, to cleanse it; and they brought out every thing unclean which they found in the temple of the Lord into the court of the house of the Lord; and the Levites received it, to carry it out abroad unto the brook Kidron.

lesserot@2Chronicles:29:17 @ And they commenced on the first day of the first month to sanctify; and on the eighth day of the month they came to the porch of the Lord, and they sanctified the house of the Lord in eight days; and on the sixteenth day of the first month they made an end.

lesserot@2Chronicles:29:18 @ Then went they in the inner part to king Hezekiah, and said, We have cleansed all the house of the Lord, and the altar of burnt–offering, and all its vessels, and the table of shewbread, and all its vessels.

lesserot@2Chronicles:29:19 @ Moreover all the vessels, which king Achaz had cast aside during his reign in his faithlessness, have we put in order and sanctified: and, behold, they are before the altar of the Lord.

lesserot@2Chronicles:29:20 @ Then arose king Hezekiah early, and gathered together the princes of the city, and went up to the house of the Lord.

lesserot@2Chronicles:29:21 @ And they brought seven bullocks, and seven rams, and seven sheep, and seven he–goats, as a sin–offering for the kingdom, and for the sanctuary, and for Judah. And he ordered the sons of Aaron the priests to offer on the altar of the Lord.

lesserot@2Chronicles:29:22 @ So they slaughtered the bullocks, and the priests received the blood, and sprinkled it on the altar; and they slaughtered the rams, and they sprinkled the blood upon the altar; they also slaughtered the sheep, and they sprinkled the blood upon the altar.

lesserot@2Chronicles:29:23 @ And they brought near the he–goats of the sin–offering before the king and the congregation; and they laid their hands upon them:

lesserot@2Chronicles:29:24 @ And the priests slaughtered them, and they made an expiation with their blood upon the altar, to make an atonement for all Israel; because for all the people, said the king, should be the burnt–offering and the sin–offering.

lesserot@2Chronicles:29:25 @ And he stationed the Levites in the house of the Lord with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, according to the command of David, and of Gad the king’s seer, and Nathan the prophet: because from the Lord was this commandment by means of his prophets.

lesserot@2Chronicles:29:26 @ And the Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.

lesserot@2Chronicles:29:27 @ And Hezekiah ordered to offer the burnt–offering on the altar. And when the burnt–offering began, the song of the Lord began with the trumpets, and with the instruments of David the king of Israel.

lesserot@2Chronicles:29:28 @ And all the assembly prostrated themselves, and the song sounded, and the trumpeters blew; all this until the burnt–offering was completed.

lesserot@2Chronicles:29:29 @ And when they had made an end of offering, the king and all that were present with him kneeled down and prostrated themselves.

lesserot@2Chronicles:29:30 @ And king Hezekiah and the princes then said to the Levites to sing praises unto the Lord with the words of David, and of Assaph the seer. And they sang praises with great joy, and they bowed their heads and prostrated themselves.

lesserot@2Chronicles:29:31 @ Then commenced Hezekiah, and said, Now have ye consecrated yourselves unto the Lord: come near and bring sacrifices and thanksgiving–offerings unto the house of the Lord. And the assembly brought in sacrifices and thanksgiving–offerings, and every one who was liberal of heart, burnt–offerings.

lesserot@2Chronicles:29:32 @ And the number of the burnt–offerings, which the assembly brought, was seventy bullocks, one hundred rams, two hundred sheep: as a burnt–offering unto the Lord were all these.

lesserot@2Chronicles:29:33 @ And the hallowed sacrifices were six hundred oxen and three thousand sheep.

lesserot@2Chronicles:29:34 @ Only the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all the burnt–offerings: wherefore their brethren the Levites assisted them, till the work was ended, and until the other priests could sanctify themselves, for the Levites were of upright heart to sanctify themselves more than the priests.

lesserot@2Chronicles:29:35 @ But there were also burnt–offerings in abundance, with the fat of the peace–offerings, and the drink–offerings for the burnt–offerings. So was established the service of the house of the Lord.

lesserot@2Chronicles:29:36 @ And Hezekiah rejoiced, with all the people, over that which God had prepared for the people; because the thing occurred suddenly.

lesserot@2Chronicles:30:1 @ Then sent Hezekiah to all Israel and Judah, and he also wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of the Lord at Jerusalem, to prepare the passover–sacrifice unto the Lord the God of Israel.

lesserot@2Chronicles:30:2 @ And the king held a consultation, as also his princes, and all the assembly in Jerusalem, to prepare the passover–sacrifice in the second month.

lesserot@2Chronicles:30:3 @ For they were not able to prepare it at that time; because the priests had not sanctified themselves sufficiently, nor had the people gathered themselves together to Jerusalem.

lesserot@2Chronicles:30:4 @ And the thing seemed right in the eyes of the king and in the eyes of all the assembly.

lesserot@2Chronicles:30:5 @ So they established a decree to cause a proclamation to be made throughout all Israel, from Beer–sheba’ even as far as Dan, that they should come to prepare the passover–sacrifice unto thy Lord the God of Israel at Jerusalem; because for a long time past they had not prepared it as it was written,

lesserot@2Chronicles:30:6 @ So the runners went with the letters from the hand of the king and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the command of the king, saying, O children of Israel, return unto the Lord the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, and he will return to the remnant of you, that are escaped out of the power of the kings of Assyria.

lesserot@2Chronicles:30:7 @ And be net like your fathers, and like your brethren, who acted faithlessly against the Lord the God of their fathers, wherefore he gave them up to become an astonishment, as ye see.

lesserot@2Chronicles:30:8 @ Now do ye not harden your necks, like your fathers: hold out your hand unto the Lord, and come unto his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever, and serve the Lord your God, and so will he turn away from you the fierceness of his wrath.

lesserot@2Chronicles:30:9 @ For If ye return unto the Lord, your brethren and your children will find mercy in the presence of their captors, so that they may return to this land; for the Lord your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his countenance from you, if ye return unto him.

lesserot@2Chronicles:30:10 @ And as the runners were passing from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Menasseh and as far as Zebulun, they were laughing them to scorn, and mocking at them.

lesserot@2Chronicles:30:11 @ Nevertheless some men of Asher and Menasseh and of Zebulun humbled themselves, and came to Jerusalem.

lesserot@2Chronicles:30:12 @ Also over Judah came the hand of God to give unto them one heart to do the command of the king and of the princes, by the word of the Lord.

lesserot@2Chronicles:30:13 @ And there was gathered together at Jerusalem a numerous people to keep the feast of unleavened bread in the second month, a very great assembly.

lesserot@2Chronicles:30:14 @ And they arose and removed the altars which were in Jerusalem, and all the vessels for burning incense did they take away, and they threw them into the brook Kidron.

lesserot@2Chronicles:30:15 @ And they slaughtered the passover–sacrifice on the fourteenth day of the second month: and the priests and the Levites were ashamed, and sanctified themselves, and brought burnt–offerings unto the house of the Lord.

lesserot@2Chronicles:30:16 @ And they stood on their station after their prescribed manner, according to the law of Moses the man of God, the priest sprinkling the blood, out of the hand of the Levites.

lesserot@2Chronicles:30:17 @ For there were many in the assembly that had not sanctified themselves: therefore the Levites had the charge of the slaughtering of the passover sacrifices for every one that was not clean, to sanctify unto the Lord.

lesserot@2Chronicles:30:18 @ For a large portion of the people, even many out of Ephraim, and Menasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, but ate the passover not as it is written. However Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, The Lord who is good will grant pardon for this.

lesserot@2Chronicles:30:19 @ To every one that hath directed his heart to seek God, the Lord the God of his fathers; though he be not according to the purification of the sanctuary.

lesserot@2Chronicles:30:20 @ And the Lord hearkened to Hezekiah, and he healed the people.

lesserot@2Chronicles:30:21 @ And the children of Israel that were present at Jerusalem celebrated the feast of unleavened bread seven days with great joy; and the Levites and the priests praised the Lord day by day, with loud instruments before the Lord.

lesserot@2Chronicles:30:22 @ And Hezekiah spoke comfortingly unto all the Levites that had good intelligence of the Lord: and they ate the festive–offerings during seven days, offering peace–offerings, and making confession to the Lord the God of their fathers.

lesserot@2Chronicles:30:23 @ And the whole assembly took counsel to celebrate other seven days: and they celebrated seven days with joy.

lesserot@2Chronicles:30:24 @ For Hezekiah king of Judah had provided for the assembly one thousand bullocks and seven thousand sheep; and the princes had provided for the assembly one thousand bullocks and ten thousand sheep: and the priests sanctified themselves in great numbers.

lesserot@2Chronicles:30:25 @ And thus rejoiced all the assembly of Judah, and the priests and the Levites, and all the assembly that was come out of Israel, and the strangers that were come out of the land of Israel, and those that dwelt in Judah.

lesserot@2Chronicles:30:26 @ And there was great joy in Jerusalem: for since the time of Solomon the son of David the king of Israel had the like not been in Jerusalem.

lesserot@2Chronicles:30:27 @ Then arose the priests the Levites and blessed the people: and their voice was listened to, and their prayer came to His holy dwelling–place, even unto heaven.

lesserot@2Chronicles:31:1 @ And when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went out to the cities of Judah, and broke in pieces the statues, and cut down the groves, and pulled down the high–places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, and in Ephraim and Menasseh, until they had made an end of them all. Then returned all the children of Israel every man to his possession, to their own cities.

lesserot@2Chronicles:31:2 @ And Hezekiah stationed the divisions of the priests and the Levites after their divisions, every man according to his service, of the priests and the Levites, for burnt–offerings and for peace–offerings, to minister, and to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the camps of the Lord.

lesserot@2Chronicles:31:3 @ The king also gave a portion from his own property for the burnt–offerings, for the morning and evening burnt–offerings, and the burnt–offerings for the sabbaths, and for the new–moons, and for the appointed feasts, as it is written in the law of the Lord.

lesserot@2Chronicles:31:4 @ Moreover he said to the people, to those who dwelt in Jerusalem, to give the portion of the priests and the Levites, in order that they might hold firmly to the law of the Lord.

lesserot@2Chronicles:31:5 @ And when the matter was spread abroad, the children of Israel brought in abundance the first–fruits of corn, of the new wine, and of oil, and of honey, and of all the products of the field: and the tithe of all things did they bring in abundance.

lesserot@2Chronicles:31:6 @ And as for the children of Israel and Judah, that dwelt in the cities of Judah, they also brought in the tithe of oxen and sheep, and the tithe of holy things which were hallowed unto the Lord their God, and gave by heaps.

lesserot@2Chronicles:31:7 @ In the third month did they begin to lay the foundation of the heaps, and in the seventh month did they finish them.

lesserot@2Chronicles:31:8 @ And when Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps, they blessed the Lord, and his people Israel.

lesserot@2Chronicles:31:9 @ Then made Hezekiah inquiry of the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps.

lesserot@2Chronicles:31:10 @ Then spoke to him ‘Azaryahu the chief priest of the house of Zadok, and said, Since it was begun to bring the heave–offerings into the house of the Lord, there hath been enough to eat, and to leave in great abundance; for the Lord hath blessed his people: and that which is left is this great mass.

lesserot@2Chronicles:31:11 @ Then ordered Hezekiah to prepare chambers in the house of the Lord: and they prepared them.

lesserot@2Chronicles:31:12 @ And they brought in the heave–offerings, and the tithes, and the sanctified things, in faithfulness: and over them were appointed the ruler Conanyahu the Levite, and Shim’i his brother the second in rank.

lesserot@2Chronicles:31:13 @ And Jechiel, and ‘Azazyahu, and Nachath, and ‘Assahel, and Jerimoth. and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Yissmachyahu, and Machath, and Benayahu, were overseers under the supervision of Conanyahu and Shim’i his brother, by the appointment of king Hezekiah, and ‘Azazyahu the ruler of the house of God.

lesserot@2Chronicles:31:14 @ And Kore the son of Yimnah the Levite, the gatekeeper at the east side. was over the freewill–offerings of God, to give the heave–offerings of the Lord, and the most holy things.

lesserot@2Chronicles:31:15 @ And under his supervision were ‘Eden, and Minyamin, and Jeshua’, and Shema–yahu, Amaryahu, and Shechanyahu, in the cities of the priests, in faithfulness, to give to their brethren after the divisions, equally to the great as to the small;

lesserot@2Chronicles:31:16 @ Besides to those recorded by their genealogies of males, from three years old and upward, of all that entered into the house of the Lord, the daily portion on its day, for their service in their charges according to their divisions.

lesserot@2Chronicles:31:17 @ And likewise to the priests recorded by their genealogies after their family divisions, and the Levites from twenty years old and upward, in their charges by their divisions;

lesserot@2Chronicles:31:18 @ And to those recorded by their genealogies of all their little ones, their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, of all the assembly; for in their faithfulness they devoted themselves in the sanctuary.

lesserot@2Chronicles:31:19 @ Also of the sons of Aaron the priests, who were in the fields of the open districts of their cities, in each and every city, there were men, expressed by name, who had to give portions to all the males among the priests, and to all that were recorded by their genealogies among the Levites.

lesserot@2Chronicles:31:20 @ And the like did Hezekiah in all Judah, and he did what is good and right and true before the Lord his God.

lesserot@2Chronicles:31:21 @ And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he acted with all his heart, and prospered.

lesserot@2Chronicles:32:1 @ After these things and veritable events came Sennacherib the king of Assyria, and invaded Judah, and encamped against the fortified cities, and thought to break them open for himself.

lesserot@2Chronicles:32:2 @ And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib was coming, and that his face for war against Jerusalem,

lesserot@2Chronicles:32:3 @ He consulted with his princes and his mighty men to stop up the waters of the springs which were without the city: and they helped him.

lesserot@2Chronicles:32:4 @ And there were gathered together a very numerous body of people, and they stopped up all the springs, and the brook that flowed through the midst of the land, saying, Why should the kings of Assyria come, and find much water?

lesserot@2Chronicles:32:5 @ Also he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall where it was broken down, and heightened the towers, and without another wall, and fortified the Millo of the city of David, and made weapons in abundance and shields.

lesserot@2Chronicles:32:6 @ And he appointed war–officers over the people, and gathered them together unto him in the open place at the gate of the city, and spoke comfortingly to them, saying,

lesserot@2Chronicles:32:7 @ Be strong and of good courage, do not fear and be not dismayed because of the king of Assyria, and because of all the multitude that is with him; for with us there is One greater than with him:

lesserot@2Chronicles:32:8 @ With him there is an arm of flesh; but with us is the Lord our God to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people relied upon the words of Hezekiah the king of Judah.

lesserot@2Chronicles:32:9 @ After this did Sennacherib the king of Assyria send his servants to Jerusalem, while he was himself lying before Lachish, and all his dominion with him, against Hezekiah the king of Judah, and against all Judah that were at Jerusalem, saying,

lesserot@2Chronicles:32:10 @ Thus hath said Sennacherib the king of Assyria, On what do ye trust, that ye remain besieged in Jerusalem?

lesserot@2Chronicles:32:11 @ Doth not Hezekiah mislead you to give you up to die by famine and by thirst, when he saith, The Lord our God will deliver us out of the grasp of the king of Assyria?

lesserot@2Chronicles:32:12 @ Is it not this Hezekiah that hath removed his high–places and his altars, when he said to Judah and to Jerusalem, saying, Before one altar shall ye prostrate yourselves, and upon it shall ye burn incense?

lesserot@2Chronicles:32:13 @ Know ye not what I have done, I and my fathers, unto all the people of lands? were the gods of the nations of those lands at all able to deliver their land out of my hand?

lesserot@2Chronicles:32:14 @ Who among all the gods of those nations that my fathers utterly destroyed, was it, that was able to deliver his people out of my hand, that your God should be able to deliver you out of my hand?

lesserot@2Chronicles:32:15 @ And now let not Hezekiah deceive you, and let him not mislead you in this manner, nor believe him; for no god of any nation or kingdom whatever was able to deliver his people out of my hand, and out of the hand of my fathers: how much less will you Gods, deliver you out of my hand!

lesserot@2Chronicles:32:16 @ And yet more did his servants speak against the Lord God, and against his servant Hezekiah.

lesserot@2Chronicles:32:17 @ He wrote also letters to blaspheme against the Lord the God of Israel, and to speak against him, saying, As the gods of the nations of lands, who have not delivered their people out of my hand, so will the God of Hezekiah not deliver his people out of my hand.

lesserot@2Chronicles:32:18 @ Then did they call out with a loud voice in the Jewish language unto the people of Jerusalem that were on the wall, to frighten them, and to terrify them: in order that they might capture the city.

lesserot@2Chronicles:32:19 @ And they spoke of the God of Jerusalem, as concerning the gods of the nations of the earth, the work of the hands of man.

lesserot@2Chronicles:32:20 @ And king Hezekiah and Isaiah the son of Amos the prophet prayed for this cause, and they cried to heaven.

lesserot@2Chronicles:32:21 @ And the Lord sent an angel, who cut off every mighty man of valor and leader and captain in the camp of the king of Assyria: and when he was returned with shame of face to his own land, he went into the house of his god, and that were come forth from his own bowels felled him there with the sword.

lesserot@2Chronicles:32:22 @ Thus did the Lord save Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem out of the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria, and out of the hand of all, and guided them on every side.

lesserot@2Chronicles:32:23 @ And many brought presents unto the Lord to Jerusalem, and precious things to Hezekiah the king of Judah: so that he was exalted before the eyes of all the nations after that time.

lesserot@2Chronicles:32:24 @ In those days fell Hezekiah sick to the death; and he prayed unto the Lord: and he spoke unto him, and he gave him a wonderful token.

lesserot@2Chronicles:32:25 @ But not according to the mercy shown unto him did Hezekiah act in return; for his heart was lifted up: wherefore there came wrath over him, and over Judah and Jerusalem.

lesserot@2Chronicles:32:26 @ Then became Hezekiah humbled because of the lifting up of his heart, both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and the wrath of the Lord came not upon them in the days of Hezekiah.

lesserot@2Chronicles:32:27 @ And Hezekiah had riches and honor in exceeding abundance; and he made himself treasuries for silver, and for gold, and for precious stones, and for spices, and for shields, and for all manner of costly vessels;

lesserot@2Chronicles:32:28 @ And storehouses for the produce of corn, and new wine, and oil; and stalls for all kinds of cattle, and sheepfolds for flocks.

lesserot@2Chronicles:32:29 @ Moreover he erected for himself cities, and possessions of flocks and herds in multitude; for God had given him wealth in great abundance.

lesserot@2Chronicles:32:30 @ This same Hezekiah also stopped up the upper mouth of the waters of Gichon, and brought them straight down to the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works.

lesserot@2Chronicles:32:31 @ And in the same manner in the business of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent unto him to inquire concerning the wonder that had happened in the land, God left him, to prove him, to know all that was in his heart.

lesserot@2Chronicles:32:32 @ And the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and his pious deeds, behold, they are written in the vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, the prophet, in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.

lesserot@2Chronicles:32:33 @ And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the highest place of the sepulchres of the sons of David: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem showed him honor at his death. And Manasseh his son became king in his stead.

lesserot@2Chronicles:33:1 @ Twelve years old was Manasseh when he became king, and fifty and five years did he reign in Jerusalem.

lesserot@2Chronicles:33:2 @ And he did what is evil in the eyes of the Lord, after the abominable acts of the nations whom the Lord had driven out from before the children of Israel.

lesserot@2Chronicles:33:3 @ And he built again the high–places which Hezekiah his father had broken down, and he erected altars for the Be’alim, and made Asheroth, and bowed himself down to all the host of heaven, and served them.

lesserot@2Chronicles:33:4 @ And he built altars in the house of the Lord, whereof the Lord had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.

lesserot@2Chronicles:33:5 @ And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the Lord.

lesserot@2Chronicles:33:6 @ And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of Ben–hinnom: he also observed times, and employed enchantments, and used witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit, and with wizards: he did much that is evil in the eyes of the Lord, to provoke him to anger.

lesserot@2Chronicles:33:7 @ And he placed a carved image of the idol which he had made in the house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have made choice of out of all the tribes of Israel, will I place my name for ever.

lesserot@2Chronicles:33:8 @ Nor will I any more remove the foot of Israel from off the land which I have appointed for your fathers; but only if they will take heed to do all that I have commanded them, according to the whole law and the statutes and the ordinances by the hand of Moses.

lesserot@2Chronicles:33:9 @ But Menasseh led Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem astray, to do worse than the nations whom the Lord had destroyed from before the children of Israel.

lesserot@2Chronicles:33:10 @ And the Lord spoke to Menasseh, and to his people; but they listened not.

lesserot@2Chronicles:33:11 @ Wherefore the Lord brought over them the captains of the army belonging to the king of Assyria: and they took Menasseh prisoner with chains, and bound him with fetters, and led him off to Babylon.

lesserot@2Chronicles:33:12 @ And when he was in distress, he besought the Lord his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.

lesserot@2Chronicles:33:13 @ And he prayed unto him, and he permitted himself to be entreated by him, and heard his supplication, and brought him back to Jerusalem, unto his kingdom. Then did Menasseh feel conscious that the Lord is indeed the God.

lesserot@2Chronicles:33:14 @ And after this he built a wall without the city of David, on the west side of Gichon, in the valley, even to the entrance of the fish–gate, and about the hill–fort, and raised it up to a very great height; and he placed captains of the army in all the fortified cities of Judah.

lesserot@2Chronicles:33:15 @ And he removed the strange gods and the idol out of the house of the Lord, and all the altars that he had built on the mount of the house of the Lord, and in Jerusalem, and he cast them forth to without the city.

lesserot@2Chronicles:33:16 @ And he rebuilt the altar of the Lord, and sacrificed thereupon peace–offerings and thanksgiving–offerings, and he ordered Judah to serve the Lord the God of Israel.

lesserot@2Chronicles:33:17 @ Nevertheless the people sacrificed on the high–places, but only unto the Lord their God.

lesserot@2Chronicles:33:18 @ And the rest of the acts of Menasseh, and his prayer unto his God, and the words of the seers that spoke to him in the name of the Lord the God of Israel, behold, they are in the history of the kings of Israel.

lesserot@2Chronicles:33:19 @ His prayer also, and was entreated of him, and all his sins and his faithlessness, and the places whereon he built high–places, and set up the Asherim and the graven images, before he was humbled: behold, they are written in the history of Chozai.

lesserot@2Chronicles:33:20 @ And Menasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house. And Amon his son became king in his stead.

lesserot@2Chronicles:33:21 @ Two and twenty years old was Amon when he became king, and two years did he reign in Jerusalem.

lesserot@2Chronicles:33:22 @ And he did what is evil in the eyes of the Lord, as Menasseh his father had done; and unto all the carved images which Menasseh his father had made did Amon sacrifice, and them he served;

lesserot@2Chronicles:33:23 @ But he did not humble himself before the Lord, as Menasseh his father had humbled himself; for he, Amon, made his guiltiness great.

lesserot@2Chronicles:33:24 @ And his servants conspired against him, and put him to death in his own house.

lesserot@2Chronicles:33:25 @ But the people of the land slew all those that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead.

lesserot@2Chronicles:34:1 @ Eight years old was Josiah when he became king, and thirty and one years did he reign in Jerusalem.

lesserot@2Chronicles:34:2 @ And he did what is right in the eyes of the Lord, and walked in the ways of David his father, and turned not aside to the right or to the left.

lesserot@2Chronicles:34:3 @ And in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet a lad, he began to seek after the God of David his father; and in the twelfth year he began to purify Judah and Jerusalem from the high–places, and the Asherim, and the carved images, and the molten images.

lesserot@2Chronicles:34:4 @ And they broke down in his presence the altars of the Be’alim, and the sun–images, that were set above them, he cut down; and the Asherim, and the carved images, and the molten images, he broke in pieces, and ground down, and strewed upon the graves of those that had sacrificed unto them.

lesserot@2Chronicles:34:5 @ And the bones of priests did he burn upon their altars; and he purified Judah and Jerusalem.

lesserot@2Chronicles:34:6 @ And in the cities of Menasseh and Ephraim and Simeon, even as far as Naphtali, with their mattocks, round about.

lesserot@2Chronicles:34:7 @ And when he had broken down the altars and had beaten the Asherim and the graven images into powder, and cut down all the sun–images throughout all the land of Israel, he returned to Jerusalem.

lesserot@2Chronicles:34:8 @ And in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purified the land and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azalyahu, and Ma’asseyahu the governor of the city and Joach the son of Joachaz the recorder, to repair the house of the Lord his God.

lesserot@2Chronicles:34:9 @ And they came to Chilkiyahu the high–priest, and gave up the money that had been brought into the house of God, which the Levites that watched at the threshold had gathered from the hand of Menasseh and Ephraim, and from all the remnant of Israel, and from all Judah and Benjamin, and were returned to Jerusalem.––

lesserot@2Chronicles:34:10 @ And they delivered it into the hand of those who overlooked the workmen that had been appointed as overseers of the house of the Lord: and those who overlooked the workmen, who did the work in the house of the Lord, gave it out, to repair and to restore the house,

lesserot@2Chronicles:34:11 @ And they gave it to the carpenters and to the builders to buy hewn stone and timber for joists, and to lay the beams in the houses which the kings of Judah had destroyed.

lesserot@2Chronicles:34:12 @ And the men acted faithfully in the work: and over them were appointed Jachath and ‘Obadyahu, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kehathites, to supervise; and every one of these Levites was skilful on instruments of music.

lesserot@2Chronicles:34:13 @ They were also over the bearers of burdens and supervisors over all that did the work in every manner of service: and from the Levites there were also scribes, and officers, and gatekeepers.

lesserot@2Chronicles:34:14 @ And when they took out the money that had been brought into the house of the Lord, Chilkiyahu the priest found the book of the law of the Lord through the hand of Moses.

lesserot@2Chronicles:34:15 @ Then commenced Chilkiyahu and said to Shaphan the scribe, The book of the law have I found in the house of the Lord. And Chilkiyahu gave the book to Shaphan.

lesserot@2Chronicles:34:16 @ And Shaphan carried the book to the king, and brought the king also word back again, saying, All that was put in the hand of thy servants, have they truly done.

lesserot@2Chronicles:34:17 @ And they have taken out the money that was found in the house of the Lord, and have delivered it into the hand of the appointed overseers, and into the hand of those who overlook the workmen.

lesserot@2Chronicles:34:18 @ Then told Shaphan the scribe the king, saying, A book hath Chilkiyahu the priest given me. And Shaphan read in it before the king.

lesserot@2Chronicles:34:19 @ And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the law, that he rent his clothes.

lesserot@2Chronicles:34:20 @ And the king commanded Chilkiyahu, and Achikam the son of Shaphan, and ‘Abdon the son of Michah, and Shaphan the scribe, and ‘Assayah a servant of the king’s, saying,

lesserot@2Chronicles:34:21 @ Go ye, inquire of the Lord in my behalf, and in behalf of those that are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that hath been found; for great is the fury of the Lord that is poured out against us, because our fathers did not keep the word of the Lord, to do in accordance with all that is written in this book.

lesserot@2Chronicles:34:22 @ Then went Chilkiyahu with those whom the king, to Chuldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Thoknath, the son of Chassrah, the keeper of the wardrobe; ––now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the suburb; ––and they spoke to her in that wise.

lesserot@2Chronicles:34:23 @ And she said unto them, Thus hath said the Lord the God of Israel, Say unto the man that hath sent you to me,

lesserot@2Chronicles:34:24 @ Thus hath said the Lord, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon its inhabitants, all the curses that are written in the book which they have read before the king of Judah;

lesserot@2Chronicles:34:25 @ Because they have forsaken me, and have burnt incense unto other gods, in order to provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands: therefore is my fury poured out upon this place, and it shall not be quenched.

lesserot@2Chronicles:34:26 @ And with respect to the king of Judah, who sendeth you to inquire of the Lord, thus shall ye say to him, Thus hath said the Lord the God of Israel, Concerning the words which thou hast heard;

lesserot@2Chronicles:34:27 @ Because thy heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou heardst his words against this place, and against its inhabitants, and didst humble thyself before me, and rend thy clothes, and weep before me: I have also truly heard it, saith the Lord.

lesserot@2Chronicles:34:28 @ Behold, I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy graves in peace, and thy eyes shall not look on all the evil which I am bringing over this place, and over its inhabitants. And they brought the king word again.

lesserot@2Chronicles:34:29 @ And the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.

lesserot@2Chronicles:34:30 @ And the king went up into the house of the Lord, with all the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests, and the Levites, and all the people, from the great to the small; and he read before their ears all the words of the book of the covenant which had been found in the house of the Lord.

lesserot@2Chronicles:34:31 @ And the king stood up on his stand, and he made a covenant before the Lord, to walk after the Lord, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant that are written in this book.

lesserot@2Chronicles:34:32 @ And he caused to accede to it every one that was present in Jerusalem and Benjamin. And the inhabitants of Jerusalem acted in accordance with the covenant of God, the God of their fathers.

lesserot@2Chronicles:34:33 @ And Josiah removed all the abominations out of all the countries that belonged to the children of Israel, and caused all that were present in Israel to serve, even to serve the Lord their God. All his days did they not depart from following the Lord God of their fathers.

lesserot@2Chronicles:35:1 @ And Josiah kept in Jerusalem the passover unto the Lord: and they slaughtered the passover–sacrifice on the fourteenth day of the first month.

lesserot@2Chronicles:35:2 @ And he placed the priests in their charges, and strengthened them for the service of the house of the Lord.

lesserot@2Chronicles:35:3 @ And he said unto the Levites that instructed all Israel, who were holy unto the Lord, Set the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David the king of Israel did build; you have not to carry it any more upon your shoulders; now serve the Lord your God, and his people Israel.

lesserot@2Chronicles:35:4 @ And prepare yourselves by your family divisions, according to your courses, after the written order of David the king of Israel, and after the written order of Solomon his son;

lesserot@2Chronicles:35:5 @ And stand in the holy place according to the divisions of the family divisions of your brethren the sons of the people, and after the division of the families of the Levites;

lesserot@2Chronicles:35:6 @ And slaughter the passover–sacrifice, and sanctify yourselves, and prepare it for your brethren, to do according to the word of the Lord by the hand of Moses.

lesserot@2Chronicles:35:7 @ And Josiah set apart for the sons of the people, of the flock, lambs and kids, all for the passover–sacrifices, for all that were present, to the number of thirty thousand, and of steers three thousand: these were of the king’s property.

lesserot@2Chronicles:35:8 @ And his princes set apart as a freewill gift for the people for the priests, and for the Levites: Chilkiyah, and Zecharyahu, and Jechiel, the rulers of the house of God, gave unto the priests for the passover–sacrifices two thousand and six hundred, and three hundred steers.

lesserot@2Chronicles:35:9 @ And Conanyahu, and Shema’yahu and Nethanel, his brothers, and Chashabyahu and Je’iel and Jozabad, the chiefs of the Levites, set apart unto the Levites for passover–sacrifices five thousand, and five hundred steers.

lesserot@2Chronicles:35:10 @ So the service was established, and the priests stood on their station, and the Levites in their divisions, according to the king’s command.

lesserot@2Chronicles:35:11 @ And they slaughtered the passover–sacrifice, and the priests sprinkled from their hands, and the Levites did the flaying.

lesserot@2Chronicles:35:12 @ And they removed the burnt–offerings to give them to the divisions of the family divisions of the sons of the people, to offer unto the Lord, as it is written in the book of Moses. And so did they with the steers.

lesserot@2Chronicles:35:13 @ And they roasted the passover by the fire in accordance with the prescribed manner; but the holy offerings they seethed in pots, and in caldrons, and in pans, and divided them speedily among all the sons of the people.

lesserot@2Chronicles:35:14 @ And afterward they prepared for themselves, and for the priests; because the priests the sons of Aaron in offering the burnt–offerings and the fat until night: therefore the Levites prepared for themselves and for the priests the sons of Aaron.

lesserot@2Chronicles:35:15 @ And the singers the sons of Assaph were on their station, according to the command of David, and Assaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s seer; and the gatekeepers were at every gate: they had no need to depart from their service; because their brethren the Levites prepared for them.

lesserot@2Chronicles:35:16 @ So was established all the service of the Lord on the same day, to prepare the passover–sacrifice, and to offer burnt–offerings upon the altar of the Lord, according to the command of king Josiah.

lesserot@2Chronicles:35:17 @ And the children of Israel that were present prepared the passover–sacrifice at that time, and the feast of unleavened bread seven days.

lesserot@2Chronicles:35:18 @ And there was not holden any passover like this in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet; and all the kings of Israel did not keep such a passover as Josiah kept, with the priests, and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel that were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

lesserot@2Chronicles:35:19 @ In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah was this passover holden.

lesserot@2Chronicles:35:20 @ After all this, when Josiah had restored the temple, came up Necho the king of Egypt to fight against Karkemish by the Euphrates, and Josiah went out against him.

lesserot@2Chronicles:35:21 @ But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, What have I to do with thee, thou king of Judah? I come not against thee this day, but against the house wherewith I have war, and God hath commanded me to make haste: forbear thee from meddling with God who is with me, that he may not destroy thee.

lesserot@2Chronicles:35:22 @ Nevertheless did Josiah not turn his face away from him, but disguised himself, to fight with him, and hearkened not unto the words of Necho from the mouth of God; and he came to fight in the valley of Megiddo.

lesserot@2Chronicles:35:23 @ And the archers shot at king Josiah: and the king said to his servants, Carry me away: for I am sorely wounded.

lesserot@2Chronicles:35:24 @ And his servants carried him away out of that chariot, and conveyed him in the second chariot that he had: and they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died, and was buried in the sepulchres of his fathers. And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.

lesserot@2Chronicles:35:25 @ And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah; and all the singing men and the singing women spoke of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, and they instituted them as a custom in Israel: and, behold, they are written in the lamentations.

lesserot@2Chronicles:35:26 @ And the rest of the acts of Josiah, and his pious deeds, in accordance with what is written in the law of the Lord,

lesserot@2Chronicles:35:27 @ And his acts, the first and the last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.

lesserot@2Chronicles:36:1 @ And the people of the land took Jehoachaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father’s stead in Jerusalem.

lesserot@2Chronicles:36:2 @ Twenty and three years old was Joachaz when he became king, and three months did he reign in Jerusalem.

lesserot@2Chronicles:36:3 @ And the king of Egypt deposed him at Jerusalem, and imposed a fine on the land of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.

lesserot@2Chronicles:36:4 @ And the king of Egypt made Elyakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and changed his name to Jehoyakim. And Joachaz his brother did Necho take away, and bring him to Egypt.

lesserot@2Chronicles:36:5 @ Twenty and five years old was Jehoyakim when he became king, and eleven years did he reign in Jerusalem: and he did what is evil in the eyes of the Lord his God.

lesserot@2Chronicles:36:6 @ Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and he bound him with fetters, to carry him away to Babylon.

lesserot@2Chronicles:36:7 @ And some of the vessels of the house of the Lord did Nebuchadnezzar carry to Babylon, and he placed them in his temple at Babylon.

lesserot@2Chronicles:36:8 @ And the rest of the acts of Jehoyakim, and his abominable deeds which he did, and that which was found concerning him, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah. And Jehoyachin his son became king in his stead.

lesserot@2Chronicles:36:9 @ Eight years old was Jehoyachin when he became king, and three months and ten days did he reign in Jerusalem: and he did what is evil in the eyes of the Lord.

lesserot@2Chronicles:36:10 @ And with the expiration of the year did king Nebuchadnezzar send and had him brought to Babylon, with the costly vessels of the house of the Lord: and he made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem,

lesserot@2Chronicles:36:11 @ Twenty and one years old was Zedekiah when he became king, and eleven years did he reign in Jerusalem.

lesserot@2Chronicles:36:12 @ And he did what is evil in the eyes of the Lord his God: he humbled himself not before Jeremiah the prophet, according to the order of the Lord.

lesserot@2Chronicles:36:13 @ And also against king Nebuchadnezzar did he rebel, who had made him swear by God; but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart so as not to return unto the Lord the God of Israel.

lesserot@2Chronicles:36:14 @ Also all the chiefs of the priests and the people committed manifold trespasses, like all the abominable acts of the nations: and they defiled the house of the Lord which he had hallowed in Jerusalem.

lesserot@2Chronicles:36:15 @ And the Lord the God of their fathers sent to them by means of his messengers, making rise early, and sending: because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling–place;

lesserot@2Chronicles:36:16 @ But they mocked at the messengers of God, and despised his words, and scorned his prophets, until the fury of the Lord arose against his people, till there was no remedy.

lesserot@2Chronicles:36:17 @ And he brought over them the king of the Chaldeans, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or virgin, the old man, and the aged: all did he give up into his hand.

lesserot@2Chronicles:36:18 @ And all the vessels of the house of God, the great and the small, and the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king and of his princes,––all these did he carry to Babylon.

lesserot@2Chronicles:36:19 @ And they burnt the house of God, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem, and all her palaces they burnt with fire, and all her costly vessels they gave up to destruction.

lesserot@2Chronicles:36:20 @ And those that had escaped from the sword did he carry into exile to Babylon: and they were servants to him and to his sons until the kingdom of Persia came to the government:

lesserot@2Chronicles:36:21 @ To fulfill the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had satisfied its sabbaths: all the days of its desolation it rested, till seventy years were completed.

lesserot@2Chronicles:36:22 @ And in the first year of Cyrus the king of Persia, at the completion of the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah, did the Lord stir up the spirit of Cyrus the king of Persia, so that he caused a proclamation to be made throughout all his kingdom, and also by means of writing, saying,

lesserot@2Chronicles:36:23 @ Thus hath said Cyrus the king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth hath the Lord the God of heaven given me, and he hath charged me to build him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whoever there is among you of all his people, may the Lord his God be with him, and let him go up.

lesserot@Ezra:1:1 @ And in the first year of Cyrus the king of Persia, at the time the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah was accomplished, the Lord awakened the spirit of Cyrus the king of Persia; and he caused a proclamation to be made throughout all his kingdom, and also by means of writing, saying,

lesserot@Ezra:1:2 @ Thus hath said Cyrus the king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth hath the Lord the God of heaven given unto me; and he hath directed me to build for him a house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.

lesserot@Ezra:1:3 @ Whoever among you that is of all his people, may his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of the Lord the God of Israel, he is the God who is in Jerusalem.

lesserot@Ezra:1:4 @ And whosoever remaineth out of any place where he hath sojourned, him shall the men of his place assist with silver, and with gold, and with goods, and with beasts, beside the freewill offering for the house of God which is in Jerusalem.

lesserot@Ezra:1:5 @ Then rose up the chiefs of the divisions of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, with all those whose spirit God had awakened, to go up to build the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem.

lesserot@Ezra:1:6 @ And all those that were round about them supplied them with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with beasts, and with precious things, beside all that was willingly offered.

lesserot@Ezra:1:7 @ Also king Cyrus brought forth the vessels of the house of the Lord, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought away out of Jerusalem, and had placed in the house of his god:

lesserot@Ezra:1:8 @ Even these did Cyrus the king of Persia bring forth through the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and counted them out unto Sheshbazzar the prince for Judah.

lesserot@Ezra:1:9 @ And this is their number: Thirty chargers of gold, a thousand chargers of silver, nine and twenty knives,

lesserot@Ezra:1:10 @ Thirty cups of gold, silver cups of a second degree four hundred and ten, other vessels a thousand.

lesserot@Ezra:1:11 @ All the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand and four hundred. All these did Sheshbazzar bring up with the exiles that were brought up from Babylon unto Jerusalem.

lesserot@Ezra:2:1 @ Now these are the children of the province who went up out of the captivity of the exiles, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away into exile unto Babylon, and who returned unto Jerusalem and Judah, every one unto his city;

lesserot@Ezra:2:2 @ Who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua’, Nehemiah, Serayah, Re’elayah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Misspar, Bigvai, Rechum, Ba’anah. The number of the men of the people of Israel was:

lesserot@Ezra:2:3 @ The children of Par’osh, two thousand one hundred seventy and two.

lesserot@Ezra:2:4 @ The children of Shephatyah, three hundred seventy and two.

lesserot@Ezra:2:5 @ The children of Arach, seven hundred seventy and five.

lesserot@Ezra:2:6 @ The children of Pachath–moab, of the children of Jeshua’ and Joab, two thousand eight hundred and twelve.

lesserot@Ezra:2:7 @ The children of ‘Elath, one thousand two hundred fifty and four.

lesserot@Ezra:2:8 @ The children of Zatthu, nine hundred and forty and five.

lesserot@Ezra:2:9 @ The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and sixty.

lesserot@Ezra:2:10 @ The children of Bani, six hundred forty and two.

lesserot@Ezra:2:11 @ The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty and three.

lesserot@Ezra:2:12 @ The children of ‘Azgad, one thousand two hundred twenty and two.

lesserot@Ezra:2:13 @ The children of Adonilam, six hundred sixty and six.

lesserot@Ezra:2:14 @ The children of Bigvai, two thousand fifty and six.

lesserot@Ezra:2:15 @ The children of ‘Adin, four hundred fifty and four.

lesserot@Ezra:2:16 @ The children of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety and eight.

lesserot@Ezra:2:17 @ The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty and three.

lesserot@Ezra:2:18 @ The children of Jorah, one hundred and twelve.

lesserot@Ezra:2:19 @ The children of Chashum, two hundred twenty and three.

lesserot@Ezra:2:20 @ The children of Gibbar, ninety and five.

lesserot@Ezra:2:21 @ The people of Beth–lechem, one hundred twenty and three.

lesserot@Ezra:2:22 @ The men of Netophah, fifty and six.

lesserot@Ezra:2:23 @ The men of ‘Anathoth, one hundred twenty and eight.

lesserot@Ezra:2:24 @ The people of ‘Azmaveth, forty and two.

lesserot@Ezra:2:25 @ The people of Kiryath–’arim, Kephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred and forty and three.

lesserot@Ezra:2:26 @ The people of Ramah and Geba’, six hundred twenty and one.

lesserot@Ezra:2:27 @ The men of Michmass, one hundred twenty and two.

lesserot@Ezra:2:28 @ The men of Beth–el and ‘Ai, two hundred twenty and three.

lesserot@Ezra:2:29 @ The people of Nebo, fifty and two.

lesserot@Ezra:2:30 @ The children of Magbish, one hundred fifty and six.

lesserot@Ezra:2:31 @ The children of the other ‘Elam, one thousand two hundred fifty and four.

lesserot@Ezra:2:32 @ The children of Charim, three hundred and twenty.

lesserot@Ezra:2:33 @ The people of Lod, Chadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty and five.

lesserot@Ezra:2:34 @ The people of Jericho, three hundred forty and five.

lesserot@Ezra:2:35 @ The people of Senaah, three thousand and six hundred and thirty.

lesserot@Ezra:2:36 @ The priests were: The children of Jeda’yah, of the house of Jeshua’, nine hundred seventy and three.

lesserot@Ezra:2:37 @ The children of Immer, one thousand fifty and two.

lesserot@Ezra:2:38 @ The children of Pashchur, one thousand two hundred forty and seven.

lesserot@Ezra:2:39 @ The children of Charim, one thousand and seventeen.

lesserot@Ezra:2:40 @ The Levites were: The children of Jeshua, and Kadmiel, of the children of Hodavyah, seventy and four.

lesserot@Ezra:2:41 @ The singers were: The children of Assaph, one hundred twenty and eight.

lesserot@Ezra:2:42 @ The children of the gate–keepers were: The children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of ‘Akkub, the children of Chatita, the children of Shobai, in all one hundred thirty and nine.

lesserot@Ezra:2:43 @ The temple–servants were: The children of Zicha, the children of Chassupha, the children of Tabba’oth.

lesserot@Ezra:2:44 @ The children of Keross, the children of Si’aha, the children of Padon.

lesserot@Ezra:2:45 @ The children of Lebanah, the children of Chagabah, the children of ‘Akkub.

lesserot@Ezra:2:46 @ The children of Chagab, the children of Shalmai, the children of Chanan.

lesserot@Ezra:2:47 @ The children of Giddel, the children of Gachar, the children of Reayah.

lesserot@Ezra:2:48 @ The children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda, the children of Gazzam.

lesserot@Ezra:2:49 @ The children of ‘Uzza, the children of Paseach, the children of Bessai,

lesserot@Ezra:2:50 @ The children of Assnah, the children of Me’unim, the children of Nephussim,

lesserot@Ezra:2:51 @ The children of Bakbuk, the children of Chakupha, the children of Charchur,

lesserot@Ezra:2:52 @ The children of Bazluth, the children of Mechida, the children of Charsha,

lesserot@Ezra:2:53 @ The children of Barkoss, the children of Sissera, the children of Thamach,

lesserot@Ezra:2:54 @ The children of Neziach, the children of Chatipha.

lesserot@Ezra:2:55 @ The children of Solomon’s servants were: The children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Peruda.

lesserot@Ezra:2:56 @ The children of Ja’alah, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel.

lesserot@Ezra:2:57 @ The children of Shephatyah, the children of Chattil, the children of Pochereth–hazzebayim, the children of Ami.

lesserot@Ezra:2:58 @ All the temple–servants, and the children of Solomon’s servants, were three hundred and ninety and two.

lesserot@Ezra:2:59 @ And these are those who went up from Thel–melach, Thelcharsha, Kerub, Addan, and Immer; but they could not tell their family division, and their descent, whether they were of Israel:

lesserot@Ezra:2:60 @ The children of Delayah the children of Tobiyah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred fifty and two.

lesserot@Ezra:2:61 @ And of the children of the priests: The children of Chabayah, the children of Hakkoz, the children of Barzillai, who had taken a wife from the daughters of Barzillai the Gil’adite, and was called after their name.

lesserot@Ezra:2:62 @ These sought for their family–registers, but they were not found: wherefore they were excluded, as unfit, from the priesthood.

lesserot@Ezra:2:63 @ And the Thirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there should stand up a priest with the Urim and Thummim.

lesserot@Ezra:2:64 @ The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three hundred and sixty.

lesserot@Ezra:2:65 @ Besides their men–servants and their maid–servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: they had also two hundred singing men and singing women.

lesserot@Ezra:2:66 @ Their horses were seven hundred thirty and six; their mules, two hundred forty and five;

lesserot@Ezra:2:67 @ Their camels, four hundred thirty and five; their asses, six thousand seven hundred and twenty.

lesserot@Ezra:2:68 @ And some of the chiefs of the divisions, when they came to the house of the Lord which is at Jerusalem, offered freewill gifts for the house of God to set it up in its place:

lesserot@Ezra:2:69 @ After their ability they gave unto the treasure for the work sixty and one thousand drachms of gold, and five thousand manehs of sliver, and one hundred coats for the priests.

lesserot@Ezra:2:70 @ And the priests, and the Levites, and some of the people, and the singers, and the gate–keepers, and the temple–servants, dwelt in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.

lesserot@Ezra:3:1 @ And when the seventh month drew near, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem.

lesserot@Ezra:3:2 @ Then arose Jeshua’ the son of Jozadak, and his brethren the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealthiel, and his brethren, and they built the altar of the God of Israel, to offer thereon burnt–offerings, as it is written in the law of Moses the man of God.

lesserot@Ezra:3:3 @ And they erected the altar upon its foundations; for there was fear upon them because of the people of these countries; and they offered thereon burnt–offerings unto the Lord, burnt–offerings at morning and at evening.

lesserot@Ezra:3:4 @ And they celebrated the feast of tabernacles, as it is written, and the daily burnt–offerings by number, according to the prescribed manner, the offering of every day on its day;

lesserot@Ezra:3:5 @ And afterward the continual burnt–offering, and that for the new moons, and for all the feasts of the Lord that are hallowed, and that of every one who willingly offered a free–will offering unto the Lord.

lesserot@Ezra:3:6 @ From the first day of the seventh month began they to offer burnt–offerings unto the Lord: although the foundation of the temple of the Lord had not yet been laid.

lesserot@Ezra:3:7 @ Then did they give money unto the masons, and to the carpenters; and food, and drink, and oil, unto the Zidonians and Tyrians, to bring cedar–trees from the Lebanon by sea to Joppa, according to the permission of Cyrus the king of Persia for them.

lesserot@Ezra:3:8 @ And in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, did Zerubbabel the son of Shealthiel and Jeshua’ the son of Jozadak, and the remainder of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all they that were come out of the captivity unto Jerusalem make a beginning; and they appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to superintend the work of the house of the Lord.

lesserot@Ezra:3:9 @ Then stood forward Jeshua’ with his sons and his brethren, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah, as one man, to superintend the workmen in the house of God; the sons of Chenadad, their sons and their brethren the Levites.

lesserot@Ezra:3:10 @ And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the Lord, they placed the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites the sons of Assaph with cymbals, to praise the Lord, after the manner of David the king of Israel.

lesserot@Ezra:3:11 @ And they sang responsively in praise and thanksgiving unto the Lord; because he is good, for unto everlasting endureth his kindness toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, while praising the Lord; because the foundation of the house of the Lord had been laid.

lesserot@Ezra:3:12 @ But many of the priests and Levites and chiefs of the divisions, the aged, who had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice, while many, shouting for joy, raised aloud their voice:

lesserot@Ezra:3:13 @ So that the people could not distinguish the noise of the shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of the people; for the people shouted with a loud shout, and the noise was heard ever so far off.

lesserot@Ezra:4:1 @ Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the exile were building the temple unto the Lord the God of Israel:

lesserot@Ezra:4:2 @ Then came they near to Zerubbabel, and to the chiefs of the divisions, and said unto them, Let us build with you; for like you will we seek your God; and unto him do we sacrifice since the days of Essar–chaddon the king of Asshur, who hath brought us up hither.

lesserot@Ezra:4:3 @ But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua’, and the rest of the of the divisions of Israel, said unto them, It is not obligatory on you and on us to build a house unto our God; but we ourselves together must build unto the Lord the God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia hath commanded us.

lesserot@Ezra:4:4 @ Then did the people of the land weaken the hands of the people of Judah, and frightened them off from building;

lesserot@Ezra:4:5 @ And they hired against them counsellors, to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus the king of Persia, and even until the reign of Darius the king of Persia.

lesserot@Ezra:4:6 @ And in the reign of Achashverosh, in the beginning of his reign they wrote an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.

lesserot@Ezra:4:7 @ And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of their companions, unto Artaxerxes the king of Persia: and the writing of the letter was written in Aramic, and interpreted in Aramic.

lesserot@Ezra:4:8 @ Rechum the counsellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a certain letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king, as followeth:

lesserot@Ezra:4:9 @ Then Rechum the counsellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions, from Din, and Apharsathach, Tarpel, Apharass, Erech, Babylon, Shushan, Dehav, and ‘Elam,

lesserot@Ezra:4:10 @ And the rest of the nations whom the great and honored Assnapper had brought into exile, and settled in the cities of Samaria, and the rest that are on this side the river, and so forth.

lesserot@Ezra:4:11 @ This is the copy of the letter which they sent unto him, even unto king Artaxerxes: Thy servants the men on this side the river, and so forth.

lesserot@Ezra:4:12 @ Be it made known unto the king, that the Jews who removed away from thee are come up to us unto Jerusalem: they are building the rebellious and the bad city, and are completing the walls, and are joining together the foundations.

lesserot@Ezra:4:13 @ Be it now known unto the king, that, if this city be rebuilt, and the walls be completed, they will not give tax, tribute, and toll, and the royal revenues will suffer damage.

lesserot@Ezra:4:14 @ Now because we eat the salt of the palace, and it is not proper for us to see the king’s dishonor, therefore have we sent and let the king know this:

lesserot@Ezra:4:15 @ That search may be made in the book of the memorable events of thy fathers, and thou wilt find in the book of the memorable events, and know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful unto kings and provinces, and that they have practised sedition within the same from the most ancient time; for which cause this city was destroyed.

lesserot@Ezra:4:16 @ We let the king know that, if this city be rebuilt, and its walls be completed, by this means thou wilt have no more any portion on this side of the river.

lesserot@Ezra:4:17 @ Then sent the king a reply unto Rechum the counsellor, and to Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their companions that dwell in Samaria, and unto the rest of those beyond the river, Peace, and so forth.

lesserot@Ezra:4:18 @ The letter which ye have sent unto us hath been plainly read before me.

lesserot@Ezra:4:19 @ And an order was given by me, and search was made, and it was found that this city from the most ancient time hath lifted itself up against kings, and that rebellion and sedition have been practised therein.

lesserot@Ezra:4:20 @ And that mighty kings have been over Jerusalem, who ruled over all the countries beyond the river; and that tax, tribute, and toll was given unto them.

lesserot@Ezra:4:21 @ Now give ye the order to stop these men, and this city shall not be built, until the order be given from me.

lesserot@Ezra:4:22 @ Take heed now that ye commit no error in this: that not any injury may grow to the damage of the kings.

lesserot@Ezra:4:23 @ Thereupon so soon as the copy of king Artaxerxes’ letter was read before Rechum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they did go up in haste to Jerusalem unto the Jews, and stopped them by force and power.

lesserot@Ezra:4:24 @ Then was stopped the work of the house of God which is at Jerusalem, and it remained interrupted until the second year of the reign of Darius the king of Persia.

lesserot@Ezra:5:1 @ Then prophesied Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son of ‘Iddo, the prophets, unto the Jews that were in Judah and Jerusalem, in the name of the God of Israel, concerning them.

lesserot@Ezra:5:2 @ Then rose up Zerubbabel the son of Shealthiel, and Jeshua’ the son of Jozadak, and began to build the house of God which is in Jerusalem; and with them were the prophets of God helping them.

lesserot@Ezra:5:3 @ At this same time came to them Thathnai, the governor on this side of the river, and Shethar–bozenai, and their companions, and thus they said unto them, "Who hath given you an order to build this house, and to complete these walls?"

lesserot@Ezra:5:4 @ Then said we unto them after this manner, what are the names of the men that erect this building.

lesserot@Ezra:5:5 @ But the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, so that they did not stop them, till the matter came to Darius; and they then returned an answer by letter concerning this.

lesserot@Ezra:5:6 @ A copy of the letter which Thathnai, the governor on this side of the river, and Shethar–bozenai, and his companions, the Apharsachites, who were on this side of the river, sent unto king Darius.

lesserot@Ezra:5:7 @ They sent a report unto him, and thus was it written therein: Unto king Darius be all peace.

lesserot@Ezra:5:8 @ Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province of Judah, to the house of the great God, which they are building with heavy stones, and timber is laid in the walls, and this work is urged with speed, and it prospereth in their hands.

lesserot@Ezra:5:9 @ Then asked we these elders, and after this manner said we unto them, Who hath given you the order to build this house, and to complete these walls?

lesserot@Ezra:5:10 @ Also their names did we ask of them, to let thee know them, that we might write down the names of the men that are at their head.

lesserot@Ezra:5:11 @ And in this manner did they return us answer, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we build the house that was built before this many years, and a great king of Israel built and completed it.

lesserot@Ezra:5:12 @ But since our fathers had provoked the God of heaven unto wrath, he gave them up into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, the Chaldean, and he destroyed this house, and carried the people as exiles into Babylon.

lesserot@Ezra:5:13 @ However, in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon, king Cyrus gave an order to build this house of God.

lesserot@Ezra:5:14 @ And also the vessels of gold and silver of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple that was in Jerusalem, and brought into the temple of Babylon, these did king Cyrus take out of the temple of Babylon, and gave them unto one, Sheshbazzar by name, whom he had appointed as governor;

lesserot@Ezra:5:15 @ And he said unto him, Take these vessels, go, carry them into the temple which is in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be built on its site.

lesserot@Ezra:5:16 @ Then came this same Sheshbazzar, laid the foundation of the house of God which is in Jerusalem; and from that time even until now they have been building it, but it is not yet finished.

lesserot@Ezra:5:17 @ And now, if it seem good to the king, let search be made in the king’s treasure–house, which is there at Babylon, whether it be so, that an order was given by king Cyrus to build this house of God at Jerusalem, and let the king send to us his pleasure concerning this matter.

lesserot@Ezra:6:1 @ Then gave king Darius an order, that they should make search in the house of the books, where the treasures were laid up there in Babylon.

lesserot@Ezra:6:2 @ And there was found at Achmetha, in the castle that is in the province of Media, a roll, and therein was thus written: A record.

lesserot@Ezra:6:3 @ In the first year of king Cyrus, king Cyrus gave an order concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, Let the house be built, the place where they used to offer sacrifices, and let its foundations be strongly laid: its height shall be sixty cubits, its breadth sixty cubits,

lesserot@Ezra:6:4 @ With three rows of heavy stones, and a row of new timber; and let the expenses be given out of the king’s house.

lesserot@Ezra:6:5 @ And also let the golden and silver vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took away out of the temple which is in Jerusalem, and brought unto Babylon, be restored, and brought back unto the temple which is in Jerusalem, every one to its place, and let them be put in the house of God.

lesserot@Ezra:6:6 @ Now Thathnai, governor beyond the river, Shethar–bozenai, and your companions the Apharsachites, who are beyond the river, be ye far from there:

lesserot@Ezra:6:7 @ Let the work of this house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house of God on its site.

lesserot@Ezra:6:8 @ And by me is the order given what ye shall do to the elders of these Jews for the building of this house of God, that out of the king’s property, arising out of the tax beyond the river, the expenses shall forthwith be given unto these men, that they be not hindered.

lesserot@Ezra:6:9 @ And what they have need of, both young bullocks, and rams, and lambs, for the burnt–offerings unto the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the requirement of the priests who are a Jerusalem, shall be given unto them day by day, without fail.

lesserot@Ezra:6:10 @ That they may offer sacrifices of sweet savors unto the God of heaven, and pray for the life of the king and of his sons.

lesserot@Ezra:6:11 @ Also is by me the order given, that if any man should alter this command, timber shall be pulled down from his house, and being set up, he shall be hanged thereon; and his house shall be made a dunghill for this.

lesserot@Ezra:6:12 @ And may the God that causeth his name to dwell there cast down every king and people that will stretch forth their hand to alter, to destroy this house of God which is in Jerusalem. I Darius have given the order: let it be done speedily.

lesserot@Ezra:6:13 @ Then did Thathnai the, governor on this aide of the river, Shethar–bozenai, and their companions, in accordance with what king Darius had sent, act in this manner speedily.

lesserot@Ezra:6:14 @ And the elders of the Jews built, and they prospered, through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son of ‘Iddo. And they built, and completed it, according to the order of the God of Israel, and according to the order of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes the king of Persia.

lesserot@Ezra:6:15 @ And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of king Darius.

lesserot@Ezra:6:16 @ Then celebrated the children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the rest of the children of the exile, the dedication of this house of God with joy;

lesserot@Ezra:6:17 @ And they offered for the dedication of this house of God one hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin–offering for all Israel, twelve he–goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.

lesserot@Ezra:6:18 @ And they stationed the priests in their orders, and the Levites in their divisions, for the service of God, which is in Jerusalem, as it is written in the book of Moses.

lesserot@Ezra:6:19 @ And the children of the exile prepared the passover– on the fourteenth day of the first month.

lesserot@Ezra:6:20 @ For the priests and the Levites had purified themselves, as one man were all of them clean; and they slaughtered the passover–sacrifice for all the children of the exile, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves.

lesserot@Ezra:6:21 @ And then did the children of Israel, who were returned out of the exile, and all such as had separated themselves unto them from the uncleanness of the nations of the earth, to seek the Lord the God of Israel, eat thereof.

lesserot@Ezra:6:22 @ And they celebrated the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy; for the Lord had made them joyful, and had turned the heart of the king of Asshur toward them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.

lesserot@Ezra:7:1 @ And after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king of Persia, Ezra the son of Serayah, the son of ‘Azaryah, the son of Chilkiyah,

lesserot@Ezra:7:2 @ The son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Achitub,

lesserot@Ezra:7:3 @ The son of Amaryah, the son of ‘Azaryah, the son of Merayoth,

lesserot@Ezra:7:4 @ The son of Zerachyah, the son of ‘Uzzi, the son of Bukki,

lesserot@Ezra:7:5 @ The son of Abishua’, the son of Phinehas, the son of Elazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest:

lesserot@Ezra:7:6 @ This ‘Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a practised expounder in the law of Moses, which the Lord the God of Israel hath given; and the king gave him, according to the hand of the Lord his God upon him, all his request.

lesserot@Ezra:7:7 @ And there went up some of the children of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the gate–keepers, and the temple–servants, unto Jerusalem, in the seventh year of king Artaxerxes.

lesserot@Ezra:7:8 @ And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king.

lesserot@Ezra:7:9 @ For on the first day of the first month was the commencement of the expedition from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month came he to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God upon him.

lesserot@Ezra:7:10 @ For ‘Ezra had directed his heart to inquire in the law of the Lord, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and ordinances.

lesserot@Ezra:7:11 @ Now this is the copy of the letter which king Artaxerxes gave unto ‘Ezra the priest, the expounder of the law, the expounder of the words of the commandments of the Lord, and of his statutes for Israel.

lesserot@Ezra:7:12 @ Artaxerxes, the king of kings, unto ‘Ezra the priest, the expounder of the law of the God of heaven, the perfect, and so forth.

lesserot@Ezra:7:13 @ By me is the order given, that every one who is freely willing in my kingdom out of the people of Israel, and their priests and Levites, to go up to Jerusalem, may go up with thee:

lesserot@Ezra:7:14 @ Forasmuch as thou art sent on the part of the king, and of his seven counsellors, to make inquiry concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of thy God which is in thy hand;

lesserot@Ezra:7:15 @ And to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counsellors have freely offered unto the God of Israel, whose habitation is in Jerusalem.

lesserot@Ezra:7:16 @ And all silver and gold that thou canst find in all the province of Babylon, with the freewill offerings which the people and the priests offer willingly for the house of their God which is in Jerusalem.

lesserot@Ezra:7:17 @ Therefore mayest thou buy speedily with this money bullocks, rams, lambs, with their meat–offerings and their drink–offerings, and offer them upon the altar of the house of your God which is in Jerusalem.

lesserot@Ezra:7:18 @ And whatsoever shall seem good to thee, and to thy brethren, to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, that do according to the will of your God.

lesserot@Ezra:7:19 @ And the vessels which have been given unto thee for the service of the house of thy God, deliver thou before the God of Jerusalem.

lesserot@Ezra:7:20 @ And the remainder that will yet be needful for the house of thy God, which thou shalt have occasion to procure, procure out of the King’s treasure–house.

lesserot@Ezra:7:21 @ And by me, me King Artaxerxes, is the order given unto all the treasurers who are beyond the river, that whatsoever ‘Ezra the priest, the expounder of the law of the God of heaven, may demand of you, shall be done speedily.

lesserot@Ezra:7:22 @ Up to one hundred talents of silver, and up to one hundred cors of wheat, and up to one hundred baths of wine, and up to one hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribing it.

lesserot@Ezra:7:23 @ Whatsoever is ordered by the God of heaven shall be carefully done for the house of the God of heaven; for why should there be wrath against the kingdom of the king and his sons?

lesserot@Ezra:7:24 @ And to you make we it known, that on any of the priests and Levites, singers, gate–keepers, and temple–servants, or ministers of this house of God, no one shall be empowered to impose any tax, tribute, or toll.

lesserot@Ezra:7:25 @ And thou, ‘Ezra, according to the wisdom of thy God which is in thy hand, appoint judges and magistrates, who are to judge all the people that are beyond the river, all such as know the laws of thy God; and make ye them known to those that know them not.

lesserot@Ezra:7:26 @ And if there be any one who will not execute the law of thy God, and the law of the king, let justice be speedily executed upon him, whether it be unto death or to banishment, or to a fine on goods, or to imprisonment.

lesserot@Ezra:7:27 @ Blessed be the Lord the God of our fathers, who hath put the like of this in the heart of the king, to glorify the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem;

lesserot@Ezra:7:28 @ And who hath extended kindness unto me before the king and his counsellors, and before all the mighty princes of the king: and I strengthened myself according to the hand of the Lord my God upon me, and I gathered together out of Israel principal men to go up with me.

lesserot@Ezra:8:1 @ Now these are the chiefs of their divisions, and this is the genealogy of those that went up with me, in the reign of king Artaxerxes, from Babylon.

lesserot@Ezra:8:2 @ Of these sons of Phinehas, Gershom; of the sons of Ithamar, Daniel; of the sons of David, Chattush;

lesserot@Ezra:8:3 @ Of the sons of Shechanyah, of the sons of Par’osh, Zechariah; and with him were recorded by genealogy of males one hundred and fifty.

lesserot@Ezra:8:4 @ Of the sons of Pachath–moab, Elyeho’enai the son of Zerachyah, and with him were two hundred males.

lesserot@Ezra:8:5 @ Of the sons of Shechanyah, the son of Yachaziel, and with him were three hundred males.

lesserot@Ezra:8:6 @ And of the sons of ‘Adin, ‘Ebed the son of Jonathan, and with him were fifty males.

lesserot@Ezra:8:7 @ And of the sons of ‘Elam, Jesha’yah the son of ‘Athalyah, and with him were seventy males.

lesserot@Ezra:8:8 @ And of the sons of Shephatyath, Zebadyah the son of Michael, and with him were eighty males.

lesserot@Ezra:8:9 @ Of the sons of Joab, ‘Obadiah the son of Jechiel, and with him were two hundred and eighteen males.

lesserot@Ezra:8:10 @ And of the sons of Shelomith, the son of Jossiphyah, and with him were one hundred and sixty males.

lesserot@Ezra:8:11 @ And of the sons of Bebai, Zechariah the son of Bebai, and with him were twenty and eight males.

lesserot@Ezra:8:12 @ And the sons of ‘Azgad, Jochanan the son of Hakkatan, and with him were one hundred and ten males.

lesserot@Ezra:8:13 @ And of the sons of Adonikam the last; and those are their names, Eliphelet, Je’iel, and Shema’yah, and with them were sixty males.

lesserot@Ezra:8:14 @ And of the sons of Bigvai, ‘Uthai, and Zabbur, and with them were seventy males.

lesserot@Ezra:8:15 @ And I gathered them together to the river that runneth into the Ahava, and we encamped there three days: and I looked about among the people, and the priests, but of the sons of Levi I found none there.

lesserot@Ezra:8:16 @ Then sent I for Eli’ezer, for Ariel, for Shema’yah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, the head men; also for Joyarib, and for Elnathan, men of understanding.

lesserot@Ezra:8:17 @ And I sent them with a charge unto Iddo the chief at the place Cassiphia, and I laid the words in their mouth to speak unto Iddo, and to his brother, who were appointed at the place Cassiphia, that they should bring unto us ministers for the house of our God.

lesserot@Ezra:8:18 @ And they brought unto us according to the good hand of our God upon us a man of intelligence, of the sons of Machli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel, namely, Sherebyah, with his sons and his brothers, eighteen;

lesserot@Ezra:8:19 @ And Chashabyah, and with him Jesha’yah of the sons of Merari, his brothers and their sons, twenty.

lesserot@Ezra:8:20 @ Also of the temple–servants, whom David and the princes had assigned for the service of the Levites two hundred and twenty temple–servants, all of whom were expressed by names.

lesserot@Ezra:8:21 @ Then did I proclaim a fast there, at the river Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to request from him a prosperous journey for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.

lesserot@Ezra:8:22 @ For I was ashamed to ask of the king an army and horsemen to assist us against an enemy on the way; because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all those that seek him for good; but his power and his wrath are against all those that forsake him.

lesserot@Ezra:8:23 @ So we fasted and besought our God for this, and he suffered himself to be entreated by us.

lesserot@Ezra:8:24 @ Then set I apart of the chiefs of the priests twelve persons, Sherebyah, Chashabyah, and with them ten of their brethren.

lesserot@Ezra:8:25 @ And I weighed out unto them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, the offering for the house of our God, which the king, and his counsellors, and his princes, and all Israel there present, had offered.

lesserot@Ezra:8:26 @ And I weighed out into their hand of silver six hundred and fifty talents, and of silver vessels one hundred talents, of gold one hundred talents;

lesserot@Ezra:8:27 @ Also twenty cups of gold, of a thousand drachms; and two vessels of fine polished copper, valuable as gold.

lesserot@Ezra:8:28 @ And I said unto them, Ye are holy unto the Lord; and the vessels are holy; and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering unto the Lord the God of your fathers.

lesserot@Ezra:8:29 @ Watch ye, and guard them, until ye weigh them out before the chiefs of the priests and the Levites, and the chiefs of the divisions of Israel, at Jerusalem, into the chambers of the house of the Lord.

lesserot@Ezra:8:30 @ And the priests and the Levites accepted what was weighed out of the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, to bring the same to Jerusalem to the house of our God.

lesserot@Ezra:8:31 @ And we departed from the river Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go unto Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was over us, and he delivered us from the hand of any enemy, and of such as lie in wait on the way.

lesserot@Ezra:8:32 @ And we came to Jerusalem, and remained there three days.

lesserot@Ezra:8:33 @ And on the fourth day were the silver and the gold and the vessels weighed out in the house of our God into the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriyah the priest; and with him was El’azar the son of Phinehas; and with them was Jozabad the son of Jeshua’, and No’adyah the son of Binnui, the Levites;

lesserot@Ezra:8:34 @ By number and by weight of everything: and all the weight was written down at the same time.

lesserot@Ezra:8:35 @ Those that came out of the captivity, the children of the exile, offered burnt–offerings unto the God of Israel, twelve bullocks for all Israel, ninety and six rams, seventy and seven sheep, twelve he–goats for a sin–offering: all as burnt–offerings unto the Lord.

lesserot@Ezra:8:36 @ And they delivered the king’s commands unto the king’s lieutenants, and to the governors on this side of the river; and these endowed the people, and the house of God.

lesserot@Ezra:9:1 @ Now when these things were accomplished, the princes approached me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the nations of the lands, notwithstanding their abominations, from the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the ‘Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Emorites;

lesserot@Ezra:9:2 @ For they have taken of their daughters for themselves and for their sons; and the holy seed have mingled themselves with the nations of these lands; and the hand of the princes and rulers hath been the first in this trespass.

lesserot@Ezra:9:3 @ And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and I plucked out some of the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down astounded.

lesserot@Ezra:9:4 @ And then assembled themselves unto me every one that trembled at the words of the God of Israel, because of the trespass of the exiles; and I sat astounded until the evening sacrifice.

lesserot@Ezra:9:5 @ And at the evening sacrifice I rose up from my fasting, and while rending my garment and my mantle, I knelt down upon my knees, and spread out my hands unto the Lord my God.

lesserot@Ezra:9:6 @ And I said, O my God, I am ashamed and confounded to lift up my face unto thee, my God! for our iniquities are increased above our head, and our guiltiness is grown up as far as the heavens.

lesserot@Ezra:9:7 @ From the days of our fathers have we been in a great guiltiness even until this day; and through our iniquities have we been delivered, we, our kings, and our priests, into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, and to a spoil, and to the shame of face, as it is this day.

lesserot@Ezra:9:8 @ And now for a little moment hath grace been extended from the Lord our God, to preserve us a remnant to escape, and to give us a stake in his holy place, that our God might enlighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage.

lesserot@Ezra:9:9 @ For we are bondmen: yet in our bondage hath our God not forsaken us, but hath extended unto us kindness before the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to exalt the house of our God, and to erect again its ruins, and to give us a fence in Judah and in Jerusalem.

lesserot@Ezra:9:10 @ And now what shall we say, O our God, after this? for we have forsaken thy commandments,

lesserot@Ezra:9:11 @ Which thou hast commanded through means of thy servants the prophets, saying, The land, unto which ye go to take possession thereof, is a land defiled through the defilement of the nations of the lands, through their abominations, with which they have filled it from one end to another through their uncleanness.

lesserot@Ezra:9:12 @ And now your daughters shall ye not give unto their sons, and their daughters shall ye not take for your sons, and ye shall not seek their peace and their welfare unto eternity: in order that ye may be strong, and eat the best of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children unto eternity.

lesserot@Ezra:9:13 @ And after all that is come over us for our evil deeds, and for our great guiltiness, seeing that thou our God hast spared us less than our iniquities, and hast given us such deliverance as this:

lesserot@Ezra:9:14 @ Should we again make void thy commandments, and make marriage with these people of abominations? wouldst thou not be angry with us even to make an end of us, so that there would not be any remnant or escape?

lesserot@Ezra:9:15 @ O Lord, God of Israel, thou art righteous; for we have been left a remnant that hath escaped, as it is this day; behold, we are before thee in our guiltiness; for there is no standing before thee because of this.

lesserot@Ezra:10:1 @ Now when ‘Ezra prayed, and when he made his confession, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there gathered themselves unto him out of Israel a very large assembly of men and women and children; for the people wept exceedingly much.

lesserot@Ezra:10:2 @ Thereupon commenced Shechanyah the son of Jechiel, of the sons of ‘Elam, and said unto ‘Ezra, we have indeed trespassed against our God, and have brought home strange wives of the nations of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing.

lesserot@Ezra:10:3 @ And now let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the direction of the Lord, and of those that tremble at the commandment of our God: and let it be done according to the law.

lesserot@Ezra:10:4 @ Arise; for this matter is obligatory upon thee; and we will be with thee: be strong, and do it.

lesserot@Ezra:10:5 @ Then arose ‘Ezra, and caused the princes of the priests, the Levites, and of all Israel, to swear to do according to this word. And they swore.

lesserot@Ezra:10:6 @ Then arose ‘Ezra from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Jochanan the son of Elyashib; and he went thither without having eaten bread, or having drunk water; for he was mourning because of the trespass of the exiles.

lesserot@Ezra:10:7 @ And they made proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem unto all the children of the exile, to gather themselves together at Jerusalem;

lesserot@Ezra:10:8 @ And that whosoever should not come within three days, according to the resolve of the princes and the elders, all his substance should be devoted, and himself separated from the congregation of the exiles.

lesserot@Ezra:10:9 @ Then were all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered together unto Jerusalem within three days: it was in the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month; and all the people sat in the open place before the house of God, trembling because of this matter, and by reason of the showers of rain.

lesserot@Ezra:10:10 @ And ‘Ezra the priest rose up, and said unto them, Ye have acted unfaithfully, and have brought home strange wives, to increase yet more the guiltiness of Israel.

lesserot@Ezra:10:11 @ Now therefore make confession unto the Lord the God of your fathers, and do his will; and separate yourselves from the nations of the earth, and from the strange wives.

lesserot@Ezra:10:12 @ Then answered all the assembly and said with a loud voice, So be it: according to thy word it is our duty to do.

lesserot@Ezra:10:13 @ But the people are many, and it is the rainy season, and we have not the strength to remain in the street, nor is this a work for one day or for two days; for we are many that have transgressed in this matter.

lesserot@Ezra:10:14 @ Let however our princes stand forward for all the congregation, and let all those in our cities who have brought home strange wives come at appointed times, and with them the elders of each and every city, and its judges, until the fierce wrath of our God be turned away from us for this whole matter.

lesserot@Ezra:10:15 @ Only Jonathan the son of ‘Assahel and Jachzeyah the son of Thikvah withstood this: and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite assisted them.

lesserot@Ezra:10:16 @ And the children of the exile did so. And then were set apart ‘Ezra the priest, certain chiefs of the divisions, for their family divisions, and all of them by their names; and they sat down on the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.

lesserot@Ezra:10:17 @ And they made an end with all, with the men that had brought home strange wives, not before the first day of the first month.

lesserot@Ezra:10:18 @ And there were found among the sons of the priests that had brought home strange wives, namely, of the sons of Jeshua’ the son of Jozadak, and his brethren: Ma’asseyah, and Eli’ezer, and Jarib, and Gedalyah.

lesserot@Ezra:10:19 @ And they gave their hand to put away their wives, and being guilty, a ram of the flock for their trespass.

lesserot@Ezra:10:20 @ And of the sons of Immer: Chanani, and Zebadyah.

lesserot@Ezra:10:21 @ And of the sons of Charim: Ma’asseyah, and Elijah, and Shema’yah, and Jechiel, and ‘Uzziyah.

lesserot@Ezra:10:22 @ And of the sons of Pashchur: Elyo’enai, Ma’asseyah. Ishmael, Nethanel, Jozabad, and El’assah.

lesserot@Ezra:10:23 @ Also of the Levites: Jozabad, and Shim’i, and Kelayan, the same is Kelita, Pethachyah, Judah, and Eli’ezer.

lesserot@Ezra:10:24 @ And of the singers, Elyashib; and of the gate–keepers, Shallum, and Telem, and Uri.

lesserot@Ezra:10:25 @ And of Israel: Of the sons of Par’osh, Ramyah, and Yizziyah, and Malkiyah, and Miyamin, and El’azar, and Malkiyah, and Benayah.

lesserot@Ezra:10:26 @ And of the sons of ‘Elam; Matthanyah, Zecharyah, and Jechiel, and ‘Abdi, and Jeremoth, and Eliyah.

lesserot@Ezra:10:27 @ And of the sons of Zatthu: Elyo’enai, Elyashib, Matthanyah, and Jeremoth, and Zabad, and ‘Aziza.

lesserot@Ezra:10:28 @ And of the sons of Bebai: Jehochanan, Chananyah, Zabbai, and ‘Athlai.

lesserot@Ezra:10:29 @ And of the sons of Bani: Meshullam, Malluch, and ‘Adayah, Jashub, and Sheal, and Ramoth.

lesserot@Ezra:10:30 @ And of the sons of Pachath–moab: ‘Adna, and Kelal, Benayah, Ma’asseyah, Matthanyah, Bezalel, and Binnui, and Menasseh.

lesserot@Ezra:10:31 @ And of the sons of Charim: Eli’ezer, Yishiyah, Malkiyah, Shema’yah, Shim’on,

lesserot@Ezra:10:32 @ Benjamin, Malluch, and Shemaryah.

lesserot@Ezra:10:33 @ Of the sons of Chashum: Matthenai, Matthathah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Menasseh, and Shim’i.

lesserot@Ezra:10:34 @ Of the sons of Bani: Ma’adai, ‘Amram, and Uel,

lesserot@Ezra:10:35 @ Benayah, Bedeyah, Keluhu,

lesserot@Ezra:10:36 @ Vanyah, Meremoth, Elyashib,

lesserot@Ezra:10:37 @ Matthanyah, Matthenai, and Ja’assai,

lesserot@Ezra:10:38 @ And Bani, and Binnui, and Shim’i,

lesserot@Ezra:10:39 @ And Shelemyah, and Nathan, and ‘Adayah,

lesserot@Ezra:10:40 @ Machnadbai, Shashai, Sharai,

lesserot@Ezra:10:41 @ ‘Asar’el, and Shelemyahu, Shemaryah,

lesserot@Ezra:10:42 @ Shallum, Amaryah, and Joseph.

lesserot@Ezra:10:43 @ Of the sons of Nebo: Je’iel, Matthithyah, Zabad, Zebina, Jaddai, and Joel, Benayah.

lesserot@Ezra:10:44 @ All these had taken strange wives; and some of them had wives by whom they had children.

lesserot@Nehemiah:1:1 @ The words of Nehemiah the son of Chachalyah. And it came to pass in the month Kislev, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan, the capital,

lesserot@Nehemiah:1:2 @ That there came Chanani, one of my brethren, himself with certain men of Judah: and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, who were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.

lesserot@Nehemiah:1:3 @ And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great misery and in disgrace; and the wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and her gates are burnt with fire.

lesserot@Nehemiah:1:4 @ And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned some days, and I was fasting, and praying before the God of heaven.

lesserot@Nehemiah:1:5 @ And I said, I beseech thee, O Lord the God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth the covenant and kindness for those that love him and for those that keep his commandments:

lesserot@Nehemiah:1:6 @ Let thy ear now be attentive, and thy eyes be open, I entreat thee, to hearken unto the prayer of thy servant, which I am praying this day before thee, by day and by night, in behalf of the children of Israel thy servants, and I confess for the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: yea, I also and my father’s house have sinned.

lesserot@Nehemiah:1:7 @ We have dealt very corruptly toward thee: and we have not kept the commandments, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which thou didst command Moses thy servant.

lesserot@Nehemiah:1:8 @ Remember, I beseech thee, the word with which thou didst charge Moses thy servant, saying, If ye become truly unfaithful, I will indeed scatter you among the nations.

lesserot@Nehemiah:1:9 @ But if ye return unto me, and keep my commandments, and do them: though your outcasts should be at the utmost parts of heaven, from there will I gather them, and I will bring them unto the place which I have chosen to let my name dwell there.

lesserot@Nehemiah:1:10 @ And they are thy servants and thy people, whom thou hast redeemed by thy great power, and by thy strong hand.

lesserot@Nehemiah:1:11 @ I beseech thee, O Lord, do let thy ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who are desirous to fear thy name; and grant success, I pray thee, to thy servant this day, and let him find mercy in the sight of this man ––But I was butler by the king.

lesserot@Nehemiah:2:1 @ And it came to pass in the month Nissan, in the twentieth year of king Artaxerxes, that wine before him; and I took up the wine, and gave it unto the king. But I had never been sad in his presence.

lesserot@Nehemiah:2:2 @ Then said the king unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing but an illness of heart. Then was I very greatly afraid.

lesserot@Nehemiah:2:3 @ And I said unto the king, May the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers’ sepulchres, lieth ruined, and her gates are consumed by fire?

lesserot@Nehemiah:2:4 @ Then said the king unto me, For what then dost thou make request? Then did I pray to the God of heaven.

lesserot@Nehemiah:2:5 @ And I said unto the king, If it seem good to the king, and if thy servant might be pleasing in thy presence, that thou wouldst send me unto Judah, unto the city of my fathers’ sepulchres, that I may build it.

lesserot@Nehemiah:2:6 @ And the king said unto me, while the queen was sitting beside him, When is thy journey to be undertaken? and when wilt thou return? So it pleased the king to let me go; and I indicated to him a time.

lesserot@Nehemiah:2:7 @ And I said unto the king, If it seem good to the king, let letters be given unto me for the governors beyond the river, that they may convey me over till the time that I come into Judah;

lesserot@Nehemiah:2:8 @ Also a letter unto Assaph the keeper of the king’s forests, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the fortress which appertaineth to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall move into. And the king gave to me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.

lesserot@Nehemiah:2:9 @ And came I to the governors beyond the river, and I gave them the king’s letters. Now the king had sent with me captains of the army and horsemen.

lesserot@Nehemiah:2:10 @ When Sanballat the Choronite, and Tobiyah the servant, the ‘Ammonite, heard of it, it displeased them exceedingly, that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.

lesserot@Nehemiah:2:11 @ So came I to Jerusalem, and remained there three days.

lesserot@Nehemiah:2:12 @ Then arose I in the night, I and some few men with me; but I had not told any man what my God had put in my heart to do for Jerusalem: nor was there any beast with me, save the beast on which I rode.

lesserot@Nehemiah:2:13 @ And I went out through the gate of the valley by night, even toward the direction of the dragon–well, and to the dung–gate; and I was viewing the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates whereof were consumed by fire.

lesserot@Nehemiah:2:14 @ Then passed I on to the gate of the fountain, and to the king’s pool; but there was no space for the beast that was under me to pass through.

lesserot@Nehemiah:2:15 @ Then went I up through the valley in the night, and I was viewing the wall, and I returned and entered through the gate of the valley, and so returned home.

lesserot@Nehemiah:2:16 @ And the rulers knew not whither I was gone, or what I was doing: nor had I as yet told it to the Jews, and to the priests, and to the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the superintendents of the work.

lesserot@Nehemiah:2:17 @ Then said I unto them, Ye see the misery in which we are, how Jerusalem lieth in ruins, and its gates are burnt with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we may no more be for a reproach.

lesserot@Nehemiah:2:18 @ And I told them of the hand of my God, which was good upon me, as also the king’s words which he had spoken unto me. And they said, We will rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for the good work.

lesserot@Nehemiah:2:19 @ But when Sanballat the Choronite, and Tobiyah the servant, the ‘Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye are doing? are ye rebelling against the king?

lesserot@Nehemiah:2:20 @ And I returned them an answer, and said unto them, The God of heaven will indeed give us prosperity, and we his servants will truly rise up and build; but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.

lesserot@Nehemiah:3:1 @ Then rose up Elyashib the high priest with his brethren the priests, and they built the sheep–gate; they sanctified it, and set up its doors: even as far as the tower of Meah did they sanctify it, as far as the tower of Chananel.

lesserot@Nehemiah:3:2 @ And by his side built the men of Jericho. And by his side built Zaccur the son of Imri.

lesserot@Nehemiah:3:3 @ But the fish–gate did the sons of Hassenaah build: they also laid its beams, and set up its doors, its locks, and its bars.

lesserot@Nehemiah:3:4 @ And alongside of them repaired Meremoth the son of Uriyah, the son of Kakkoz. And alongside of them repaired Meshullam the son of Berechyah, the son of Meshezabel. And alongside of them repaired Zadok the son of Ba’ana.

lesserot@Nehemiah:3:5 @ And alongside of them repaired the Teko’ites; but their principal men put not their necks to the work of their Lord.

lesserot@Nehemiah:3:6 @ Moreover the old gate repaired Yoyada’ the son of Passeach, and Meshullam the son of Bessodeyah: they laid its beams, and set up its doors, and its locks, and its bars.

lesserot@Nehemiah:3:7 @ And alongside of them repaired Melatyah the Gib’onite, and Jadon the Meronothite, men of Gib’on and of Mizpah, unto the seat of the governor on this side of the river.

lesserot@Nehemiah:3:8 @ Alongside of him repaired ‘Uzziel the son of Charhayah, of the goldsmiths. And alongside of him repaired Chananyah the son of one of the apothecaries, and they fortified Jerusalem as far as the broad wall.

lesserot@Nehemiah:3:9 @ And alongside of them repaired Rephayah the son of Chur, the chief of the half of the district of Jerusalem.

lesserot@Nehemiah:3:10 @ And alongside of them repaired Jedayah the son of Charumaph, and this opposite to his house. And alongside of him repaired Chattush the son of Chashabneyah.

lesserot@Nehemiah:3:11 @ Another division did Malkiyah the son of Charim, and Chashub the son of Pachathmoab, repair, as also the tower of the ovens.

lesserot@Nehemiah:3:12 @ And alongside of him repaired Shallum the son of Hallochesh, the chief of the other half of the district of Jerusalem, he and his daughters.

lesserot@Nehemiah:3:13 @ The gate of the valley repaired Chanun, and the inhabitants of Zanoach: they built it, and set up its doors, its locks, and its bars, and a thousand cubits of the wall as far as the dung–gate.

lesserot@Nehemiah:3:14 @ And the dung–gate repaired Malkiyah the son of Rechah, the chief of the district of Beth–hakkerem: he built it, and set up its doors, its locks, and its bars.

lesserot@Nehemiah:3:15 @ And the gate of the fountain repaired Shallum the son of Col–chozeh, the chief of the district of Mizpah: he built it and covered it, and set up its doors, its locks, and its bars, and the wall of the pool of Shelach by the king’s garden, and as far as the stairs that lead down from the city of David.

lesserot@Nehemiah:3:16 @ Next to him repaired Nehemiah the son of ‘Azbuk, the chief of the half district of Beth–zur, as far as the place opposite to the sepulchres of David, and as far as the pool that was made, and as far as the house of the mighty men.

lesserot@Nehemiah:3:17 @ Next to him repaired the Levites: Rechum the son of Bani. Alongside of him repaired Chashabyah, the chief of the half district of Ke’ilah, for his district.

lesserot@Nehemiah:3:18 @ Next to him repaired their brethren: Bavai the son of Chenadad, the chief of the half district of Ke’ilah.

lesserot@Nehemiah:3:19 @ And there repaired alongside of him ‘Ezer the son of Joshua, the chief of Mizpah, another division, opposite to the ascent to the armory at the angle.

lesserot@Nehemiah:3:20 @ Next to him did Baruch the son of Zaccai’ earnestly repair another division, from the angle as far as the door of the house of Elyashib the high priest.

lesserot@Nehemiah:3:21 @ Next to him repaired Meremoth the son of Uriyah the son of Hakkoz another division, from the door of the house of Elyashib even as far as the end of the house of Elyashib.

lesserot@Nehemiah:3:22 @ And next to him repaired the priests, the men of the plain.

lesserot@Nehemiah:3:23 @ Next to him repaired Benjamin and Chashub opposite to their house. Next to him repaired ‘Azaryah the son of Ma’aseyah the son of ‘Ananyah alongside of his house.

lesserot@Nehemiah:3:24 @ Next to him repaired Binnui the son of Chenadad another division, from the house of ‘Azaryah as far as the angle, and as far as the corner.

lesserot@Nehemiah:3:25 @ Palal the son of Uzai from opposite to the angle, and the tower which standeth out from the king’s upper house, that was by the court of the prison. Next to him Pedayah the son of Par’osh.

lesserot@Nehemiah:3:26 @ And the temple–servants dwelt on the hill fort, as far as opposite to the water–gate toward the east, and the tower that standeth out.

lesserot@Nehemiah:3:27 @ Next to them repaired the Teko’ites another division from opposite the great tower that standeth out, and as far as the wall of the hill fort.

lesserot@Nehemiah:3:28 @ From above the horse–gate repaired the priests, every one opposite to his house.

lesserot@Nehemiah:3:29 @ Next to this repaired Zadok the son of Immer opposite to his house. And next to him repaired Shema’yah the son of Schechanyah, the keeper of the east gate.

lesserot@Nehemiah:3:30 @ Next to him repaired Chananyah the son of Shelemyah, and Chanun the sixth son of Zalaph another division. Next to him repaired Meshullam the son of Berechyah opposite to his chamber.

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lesserot@Nehemiah:5:1 @ And there arose a great outcry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.

lesserot@Nehemiah:5:2 @ And there were some that said, Our sons, and our daughters, ourselves are many; and we must buy corn, that we may eat, and live.

lesserot@Nehemiah:5:3 @ And others there were that said, We must pledge our fields, our vineyards, and our houses, that we may buy corn, in the famine.

lesserot@Nehemiah:5:4 @ And others there were that said, We have borrowed money for the king’s tax on our fields and vineyards.

lesserot@Nehemiah:5:5 @ Yet now our flesh is like the flesh of our brethren, our children are like their children: and, lo, we must force our sons and our daughters to become servants, and some of our daughters are forced, and our hand is powerless; and our fields and our vineyards belong to others.

lesserot@Nehemiah:5:6 @ And it displeased me greatly when I heard their complaint and these words.

lesserot@Nehemiah:5:7 @ Then did I consult with my heart, and I upbraided the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them, "Ye exact usury, every one of his brother!" And I brought together a great assembly against them.

lesserot@Nehemiah:5:8 @ And I said unto them, We have indeed ransomed our brethren the Jews, who had been sold unto the various nations, as far as our means went: and will ye yourselves even sell your brethren, so that they will be sold again unto us? And they remained silent, and found no answer.

lesserot@Nehemiah:5:9 @ Then said I, The thing is not good which ye are doing: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God, because of the taunting of the nations, our enemies?

lesserot@Nehemiah:5:10 @ And also I, my brothers, and my young men, have lent them money and corn: I pray you, let us relinquish this loan.

lesserot@Nehemiah:5:11 @ Give back to them, I pray you, even this day, their fields, their vineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money, and of the corn, the wine, and the oil, that ye have lent them.

lesserot@Nehemiah:5:12 @ Then said they, We will give back, and of them will we require nothing: so will we do as thou sayest. Then I called the priests, and made them swear, that they would do in accordance with this promise.

lesserot@Nehemiah:5:13 @ Also my lap did I shake out, and said, So may God shake out every man that performeth not this promise, from his house and of his toil–gotten wealth, and so let him remain shaken out, and empty. And all the assembly said, Amen, and they praised the Lord. And the people did according to this promise.

lesserot@Nehemiah:5:14 @ Moreover from the day that had enjoined on me to be governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year up to the two and thirtieth year of king Artaxerxes, twelve years, neither I nor my brothers ate the food of the governor.

lesserot@Nehemiah:5:15 @ But the former governors that had been before me had made it heavy for the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver: yea, even their young men ruled over the people; but I myself did not act so, because of the fear of God.

lesserot@Nehemiah:5:16 @ And in the work of this wall also did I labor actively; and we bought not any fields; and all my young men were assembled there by the work.

lesserot@Nehemiah:5:17 @ Moreover of the Jews and rulers, one hundred and fifty men, besides those that came unto us from the nations that are about us, at my table.

lesserot@Nehemiah:5:18 @ And that which was prepared for one day was one ox and six choice sheep; also birds were prepared for me, and once in ten days all sorts of wine in abundance: yet with all this I required not the food of the governor; because the service lay heavily upon this people.

lesserot@Nehemiah:5:19 @ Remember for me, my God, for good, all that I have done for this people.

lesserot@Nehemiah:6:1 @ Now it came to pass, when it came to the hearing of Sanballat, and Tobiyah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, that I had built the wall, and that there was no breach left therein, although up to that time I had not yet set up the doors in the gates.

lesserot@Nehemiah:6:2 @ That Sanballat and Geshem sent unto me, saying, Come, let us meet together in Kephirim, in the plain of Ono. But they were thinking of doing me mischief.

lesserot@Nehemiah:6:3 @ And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, and I cannot come down: why should the work cease, while I leave it lying, and come down to you?

lesserot@Nehemiah:6:4 @ And they sent unto me after this manner four times; and I answered them after the same manner.

lesserot@Nehemiah:6:5 @ Then sent Sanballat unto me in like manner the fifth time his young man with an open letter in his hand:

lesserot@Nehemiah:6:6 @ Therein was written, It hath been heard among the nations, and Gashmu saith it, that thou and the Jews think of rebelling; wherefore thou art building up the wall; and that thou art to be king unto them, according to these reports.

lesserot@Nehemiah:6:7 @ And that thou hast also set up prophets to proclaim concerning thee at Jerusalem, saying, He is king in Judah: and now there may be reported to the king something like these words. Now therefore come, and let us take counsel together.

lesserot@Nehemiah:6:8 @ Then I sent unto him, saying, "There hath been done nothing like these reports of which thou speakest; but out of thy own heart thou inventest them."

lesserot@Nehemiah:6:9 @ For they all wished to make us afraid, thinking, Their hands will be withdrawn from the work, so that it will not be done. Now therefore, strengthen my hands.

lesserot@Nehemiah:6:10 @ And I came also into the house of Shema’yah the son of Delayah the son of Mehetabel, who had shut himself up; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us lock the doors of the temple; for they are coming to slay thee: yea, in the night are they coming to slay thee.

lesserot@Nehemiah:6:11 @ And I said, Should a man like me flee? and who is there that is like me, that would go into the temple and live? I will not go in.

lesserot@Nehemiah:6:12 @ And I perceived that, lo, God had not sent him; but that he pronounced this prophecy over me, because Tobiyah and Sanballat had hired him.

lesserot@Nehemiah:6:13 @ Therefore was he hired, in order that I should become afraid, and do so, and sin, and that it might serve them for an evil report, so that they might cast reproach upon me.

lesserot@Nehemiah:6:14 @ Think, O my God, of Tobiyah and Sanballat according to these their works, and also of No’adyah the prophetess, and the rest of the prophets, who wished to make me afraid.

lesserot@Nehemiah:6:15 @ And so was the wall finished on the twenty and fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty and two days.

lesserot@Nehemiah:6:16 @ And it came to pass, when our enemies heard this, and all the nations that were about us saw it, that they sank greatly in their own eyes; and they perceived that by the aid of our God had this work been wrought.

lesserot@Nehemiah:6:17 @ Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah despatched frequently their letters unto Tobiyah, and those of Tobiyah came unto them.

lesserot@Nehemiah:6:18 @ For many in Judah were sworn friends unto him; because he was the son–in–law of Shechanyah the son of Arach, and Jehochanan his son had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Bercehyah.

lesserot@Nehemiah:6:19 @ Also his good deeds were they reporting before me, and my words they used to carry out to him: also Tobiyah sent letters to make me afraid.

lesserot@Nehemiah:7:1 @ And it came to pass, when the wall was built, that I set up the doors; and then were appointed the gatekeepers and the singers and the Levites.

lesserot@Nehemiah:7:2 @ And I gave my brother Chanani, and Chananyah the commander of the fortress, charge over Jerusalem; for he was esteemed a faithful man, and one that feared God these many days.

lesserot@Nehemiah:7:3 @ And I said unto them, The gates of Jerusalem must not be opened until the sun be hot; and while ye stand by, let them shut the doors, and do ye bar them; and station watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, every one in his watch, and every one opposite to his house.

lesserot@Nehemiah:7:4 @ But the city was roomy in space and large: while the people therein were few, and the houses were not yet built.

lesserot@Nehemiah:7:5 @ Then did my God put it into my heart, and I assembled together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might give in their genealogy; and I found a register of the genealogy of those who were come up at the first, and I found written therein:

lesserot@Nehemiah:7:6 @ These arc the children of the province, that came up out of the captivity of the exiles, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried into exile, and who returned to Jerusalem and to Judah, every one unto his own city;

lesserot@Nehemiah:7:7 @ Who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua’, Nehemiah, ‘Azaryah, Ra’amyah, Nachamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Misspereth, Bigvai, Nechum, Ba’anah. The number of the men of the people of Israel was:

lesserot@Nehemiah:7:8 @ The children of Par’osh, two thousand one hundred and seventy and two.

lesserot@Nehemiah:7:9 @ The children of Shephatyah, three hundred seventy and two.

lesserot@Nehemiah:7:10 @ The children of Arach, six hundred fifty and two.

lesserot@Nehemiah:7:11 @ The children of Pachath–moab, of the children of Jeshua’ and Joab, two thousand and eight hundred and eighteen.

lesserot@Nehemiah:7:12 @ The children of ‘Elam, one thousand two hundred fifty and four.

lesserot@Nehemiah:7:13 @ The children of Zatthu, eight hundred forty and five.

lesserot@Nehemiah:7:14 @ The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and sixty.

lesserot@Nehemiah:7:15 @ The children of Binnui, six hundred forty and eight.

lesserot@Nehemiah:7:16 @ The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty and eight.

lesserot@Nehemiah:7:17 @ The children of ‘Azgad, two thousand three hundred twenty and two.

lesserot@Nehemiah:7:18 @ The children of Adonikam, six hundred sixty and seven.

lesserot@Nehemiah:7:19 @ The children of Bigvai, two thousand sixty and seven.

lesserot@Nehemiah:7:20 @ The children of ‘Adin, six hundred fifty and five.

lesserot@Nehemiah:7:21 @ The children of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety and eight.

lesserot@Nehemiah:7:22 @ The children of Chashum, three hundred twenty and eight.

lesserot@Nehemiah:7:23 @ The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty and four.

lesserot@Nehemiah:7:24 @ The children of Chariph, one hundred and twelve.

lesserot@Nehemiah:7:25 @ The children of Gib’on, ninety and five.

lesserot@Nehemiah:7:26 @ The men of Beth–lechem and Netophah, one hundred eighty and eight.

lesserot@Nehemiah:7:27 @ The men of ‘Anathoth, one hundred twenty and eight.

lesserot@Nehemiah:7:28 @ The men of Beth–’azmaveth, forty and two.

lesserot@Nehemiah:7:29 @ The men of Kiryath–ye’arim, Kephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred forty and three.

lesserot@Nehemiah:7:30 @ The men of Ramah and Gaba’, six hundred twenty and one,

lesserot@Nehemiah:7:31 @ The men of Michmass, one hundred twenty and two.

lesserot@Nehemiah:7:32 @ The men of Beth–el and ‘Ai, one hundred twenty and three.

lesserot@Nehemiah:7:33 @ The men of the other Nebo, fifty and two.

lesserot@Nehemiah:7:34 @ The children of the other ‘Elam, one thousand two hundred fifty and four.

lesserot@Nehemiah:7:35 @ The children of Charim, three hundred and twenty.

lesserot@Nehemiah:7:36 @ The people of Jericho, three hundred forty and five.

lesserot@Nehemiah:7:37 @ The people of Lod, Chadid, and Ono, seven hundred and twenty and one.

lesserot@Nehemiah:7:38 @ The people of Senaah, three thousand nine hundred and thirty.

lesserot@Nehemiah:7:39 @ The priests: the children of Jeda’yah, of the house of Jeshua’, nine hundred seventy and three.

lesserot@Nehemiah:7:40 @ The children of Immer, one thousand fifty and two.

lesserot@Nehemiah:7:41 @ The children of Pashchur, one thousand two hundred forty and seven.

lesserot@Nehemiah:7:42 @ The children of Charim, one thousand and seventeen.

lesserot@Nehemiah:7:43 @ The Levites: The children of Jeshua’, of Kadmiel, of the children of Hodevah, seventy and four.

lesserot@Nehemiah:7:44 @ The singers: The children of Assaph, one hundred forty and eight.

lesserot@Nehemiah:7:45 @ The gatekeepers: The children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of ‘Akkub, the children of Chatita, the children of Shobai, one hundred thirty and eight.

lesserot@Nehemiah:7:46 @ The temple–servants: The children of Zicha, the children of Chassupha, the children of Tabba’oth,

lesserot@Nehemiah:7:47 @ The children of Keross, the children of Si’a, the children of Padon,

lesserot@Nehemiah:7:48 @ The children of Lebana, the children of Chagaba, the children of Salmai,

lesserot@Nehemiah:7:49 @ The children of Chanan, the children of Giddel, the children of Gachar,

lesserot@Nehemiah:7:50 @ The children of Reayah, the children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda.

lesserot@Nehemiah:7:51 @ The children of Gazzam, the children of ‘Uzza, the children of Passeach.

lesserot@Nehemiah:7:52 @ The children of Bessai, the children of Me’unim, the children of Nephishessim,

lesserot@Nehemiah:7:53 @ The children of Bakbuk, the children of Chakupha, the children of Charchur.

lesserot@Nehemiah:7:54 @ The children of Bazlith, the children of Mechida, the children of Charsha,

lesserot@Nehemiah:7:55 @ The children of Barkoss, the children of Sissera, the children of Thamach,

lesserot@Nehemiah:7:56 @ The children of Neziach, the children of Chatipha.

lesserot@Nehemiah:7:57 @ The children of Solomon’s servants: The children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Perida,

lesserot@Nehemiah:7:58 @ The children of Ya’ala, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel,

lesserot@Nehemiah:7:59 @ The children of Shephatyah, the children of Chattil, the children of Pochereth–hazzebayim, the children of Amon.

lesserot@Nehemiah:7:60 @ All the temple–servants, and the children of Solomon’ servants, were three hundred ninety and two.

lesserot@Nehemiah:7:61 @ And these were they who came up from Thel–melach, Thelcharsha, Kerub, Addon, and Immer, but they could not tell their family division and their descent, whether they were of Israel.

lesserot@Nehemiah:7:62 @ The children of Delayah, the children of Tobiyah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred forty and two.

lesserot@Nehemiah:7:63 @ And of the priests: The children of Chobayah, the children of Hakkoz, the children of Barzillai who had taken a wife from the daughters of Barzillai the Gil’adite, and was called after their name.

lesserot@Nehemiah:7:64 @ These sought for their family register, but it was not found: wherefore they were excluded, as unfit, from the priesthood.

lesserot@Nehemiah:7:65 @ And the Thirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there should stand up a priest with the Urim and Thummim.

lesserot@Nehemiah:7:66 @ The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three hundred and sixty:

lesserot@Nehemiah:7:67 @ Besides these were their man–servants and their maid–servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and they had two hundred and forty and five singing men and singing women.

lesserot@Nehemiah:7:68 @ Their horses were seven hundred thirty and six; their mules, two hundred forty and five;

lesserot@Nehemiah:7:69 @ camels, four hundred thirty and five: asses, six thousand seven hundred and twenty.

lesserot@Nehemiah:7:70 @ And a portion of the chiefs of the divisions gave unto the work. The Thirshatha gave to the treasure, of gold one thousand drachms, fifty bowls, five hundred and thirty coats for the priests.

lesserot@Nehemiah:7:71 @ And some of the chiefs of the divisions gave to the treasury of the work, of gold twenty thousand drachms, and of silver two thousand and two hundred manehs.

lesserot@Nehemiah:7:72 @ And what the rest of the people gave was, of gold twenty thousand drachms, and of silver two thousand manehs, and priests coats sixty and seven.

lesserot@Nehemiah:7:73 @ So the priests, and the Levites, and the gatekeepers, and the singers, and some of the people, and the temple–servants, and all Israel, dwelt in their cities: and so came round the seventh month, while the children of Israel were in their cities.

lesserot@Nehemiah:8:1 @ And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the open place which is before the water–gate; and they said unto ‘Ezra the expounder that he should bring forward the book of the law of Moses, which the Lord commanded to Israel.

lesserot@Nehemiah:8:2 @ Then did ‘Ezra the priest bring forward the law before the congregation both of men and women, and every one that had understanding to listen, on the first day of the seventh month;

lesserot@Nehemiah:8:3 @ And he read therein in the open place which is before the water–gate from the first daylight until midday, before the men and the women, and those that could understand: and the ears of all the people were directed unto the book of the law.

lesserot@Nehemiah:8:4 @ And ‘Ezra the expounder stood upon an elevated stand of wood, which they had made for the purpose: and beside him stood Matthithyah, and Shema’, and ‘Anayah, and Uriyah, and Chilkiyah, and Ma’asseyah, on his right hand; and on his left, Pedayah, and Mishael, and Malkiyah, and Chashum, and Chashbadanah, Zechariah, Meshullam.

lesserot@Nehemiah:8:5 @ And ‘Ezra opened the book before the eyes of all the people; for he was higher than all the people; and as he opened it, all the people became silent.

lesserot@Nehemiah:8:6 @ And ‘Ezra blessed the Lord, the great God: and all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands; and they bowed their heads, and prostrated themselves before the Lord with their faces to the ground.

lesserot@Nehemiah:8:7 @ Also Jeshua’, and Bani, and Sherebyah, Jamin, ‘Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiyah, Ma’asseyah, Kelita, ‘Azaryah, Jozabad, Chanan, Pelayah, and the Levites, explained to the people the law: while the people remained where they stood.

lesserot@Nehemiah:8:8 @ So they read in the book, in the law of God distinctly, and exhibiting the sense: so that understood what was read.

lesserot@Nehemiah:8:9 @ Then said Nehemiah, that is the Thirshatha, and ‘Ezra the priest the expounder, and the Levites that explained to the people, unto all the people, This day is holy unto the Lord your God: mourn not, and weep not. For all the people were weeping, when they heard the words of the law.

lesserot@Nehemiah:8:10 @ Then said he unto them, Go your way, eat fat things, and drink sweet drinks, and send portions unto him for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy unto our Lord: and do not grieve yourselves; but let the joy of the Lord be your stronghold.

lesserot@Nehemiah:8:11 @ So the Levites quieted all the people, saying, Be still! for the day is holy: and do not grieve yourselves.

lesserot@Nehemiah:8:12 @ And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send out portions, and to prepare for themselves great joy: because they had understood the words which had made known unto them.

lesserot@Nehemiah:8:13 @ And on the second day there gathered themselves together the chiefs of the divisions of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, unto ‘Ezra the expounder, to obtain again intelligence of the words of the law.

lesserot@Nehemiah:8:14 @ And they found written in the law that the Lord had commanded through means of Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths during the feast in the seventh month.

lesserot@Nehemiah:8:15 @ And that they should publish and have proclamation made throughout all their cities, and through Jerusalem, saying, Go forth unto the mountain and fetch olive–leaves, and oleaster–leaves, and myrtle–leaves, and palm–leaves, and leaves of the three–leaved myrtle, to make booths, as it is written.

lesserot@Nehemiah:8:16 @ And the people went forth, and brought them; and they made themselves booths, every one upon his roof, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the open place by the water–gate, and in the open place by the gate of Ephraim.

lesserot@Nehemiah:8:17 @ And all the congregation that were returned out of the captivity made booths, and dwelt in the booths; for since the days of Jeshua’ the son of Nun until that day the children of Israel had not done so. And there was very great joy.

lesserot@Nehemiah:8:18 @ And he read in the book of the law of God, day by day, from the first day until the last day. And they celebrated the feast seven days, and on the eighth day the solemn assembly, after the prescribed manner.

lesserot@Nehemiah:9:1 @ And on the twenty and fourth day of this month were the children of Israel assembled with fasting, and in sackclothes, and with earth upon them.

lesserot@Nehemiah:9:2 @ And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all children of the strangers: and they stood forward and made confession for their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.

lesserot@Nehemiah:9:3 @ And they stood up in their standing–place, and read in the book of the law of the Lord their God the fourth part of the day; and another fourth part they made confession, and prostrated themselves before the Lord their God.

lesserot@Nehemiah:9:4 @ Then stood up upon the stairs of the Levites, Jeshua’ and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebanyah, Bunni, Sherebyah, Bani, and Kenani, and they cried with a loud voice unto the Lord their God.

lesserot@Nehemiah:9:5 @ Then said the Levites, Jeshua’, and Kadmiel, Bani, Chashabneyah, Sherebyah, Hodiyah, Shebanyah, and Pethachyah, Arise! bless ye the Lord your God from eternity to eternity. And let men bless thy glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.

lesserot@Nehemiah:9:6 @ Thou indeed art the Eternal One alone: It is thou that hast made the heavens with all their host, the earth, and all that is upon her, the seas, and all that is in them, and thou givest life to them all; and the host of the heavens bow down before thee.

lesserot@Nehemiah:9:7 @ Thou art indeed the Lord the God, who didst choose Abram, and bring him forth out of Ur of the Chaldeans, and change his name to Abraham;

lesserot@Nehemiah:9:8 @ And thou didst find his heart faithful before thee: and thou madest with him the covenant to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Emorites, and the Perizittes, and the Jebusites, and the Girgashite––to give it to his seed: and thou hast performed thy words; for thou art righteous.

lesserot@Nehemiah:9:9 @ And thou didst see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and their cry didst thou hear by the Red Sea;

lesserot@Nehemiah:9:10 @ And thou didst display signs and wonders on Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land: for thou knewest that they had dealt presumptuously against them; and thou didst make thyself a name, as it is this day.

lesserot@Nehemiah:9:11 @ And the sea didst thou divide before them, so that they passed through the midst of the sea on dry land; and their pursuers didst thou throw into the deeps, like a stone in mighty waters.

lesserot@Nehemiah:9:12 @ And by a pillar of cloud didst thou lead them in the day, and by a pillar of fire in the night, to give light unto them on the way whereon they should go.

lesserot@Nehemiah:9:13 @ Also on mount Sinai camest thou down, and spokest with them from heaven; and thou gavest them upright ordinances, and truthful laws, good statutes and commandments;

lesserot@Nehemiah:9:14 @ And thy holy sabbath madest thou known unto them, and commandments, statutes, and a law didst thou enjoin on them, by the hand of Moses thy servant.

lesserot@Nehemiah:9:15 @ And bread from heaven didst thou give them for their hunger, and water out of the rock broughtest thou forth for them for their thirst; and thou didst order them to go in to take possession of the land concerning which thou hadst lifted up thy hand to give it unto them.

lesserot@Nehemiah:9:16 @ And they and our fathers acted presumptuously, and hardened their neck, and hearkened not to thy commandments.

lesserot@Nehemiah:9:17 @ And they refused to obey, and remembered not thy marvelous deeds which thou hadst done with them; but they hardened their neck, and appointing a chief to return to their bondage, in their rebellion; but thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, long–suffering, and abundant in kindness, and forsookest them not.

lesserot@Nehemiah:9:18 @ Yea, although they had made for themselves a molten calf, and said, ‘This is thy god that hath brought thee up out of Egypt,’ and had practised great provocations:

lesserot@Nehemiah:9:19 @ Yet in thy abundant mercies didst thou not forsake them in the wilderness: the pillar of cloud departed not from them by day, to lead them on the way; nor the pillar of fire by night, to give them light on the way whereon they should go.

lesserot@Nehemiah:9:20 @ And thy good spirit thou gavest to make them intelligent, and thy manna thou withheldest not from their mouth, and water thou gavest them for their thirst.

lesserot@Nehemiah:9:21 @ And forty years didst thou provide for them in the wilderness; they lacked nothing; their clothes did not wear out; and their feet swelled not.

lesserot@Nehemiah:9:22 @ Thou gavest them also kingdoms and nations, which thou didst divide into various corners: and they took possession of the land of Sichon, even the land of the king of Cheshbon, and the land of ‘Og the king of Bashan.

lesserot@Nehemiah:9:23 @ And their children didst thou multiply like the stars of heaven, and then broughtest them into the land, concerning which thou hadst ordered their fathers to enter in to take possession of it.

lesserot@Nehemiah:9:24 @ And the children entered in and took possession of the land; and thou didst humble before them the inhabitants of the land, the Cana’anites, and gavest them up into their hands, with their kings, and the nations of the land, that they might do with them according to their pleasure.

lesserot@Nehemiah:9:25 @ And they captured fortified cities, and a fat soil; and they took possession of houses full of all good things, hewn–out wells, vineyards, and olive–yards, and fruit trees in abundance; and they ate, and were satisfied, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness.

lesserot@Nehemiah:9:26 @ Then became they disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their back, and they slew thy prophets who had warned them to bring them back unto thee, and they practised great provocations.

lesserot@Nehemiah:9:27 @ Thereupon thou gavest them up into the hand of their adversaries, who oppressed them: and in the time of their distress they used to cry unto thee, and thou ever heardest them from heaven; and according to thy abundant mercies thou wast wont to give them helpers, who helped them out of the hand of their adversaries.

lesserot@Nehemiah:9:28 @ But when they had rest, they did again evil before thee: wherefore thou didst leave them in the hand of their enemies, so that they had dominion over them; and when they returned, and cried unto thee, thou wast wont to hear them from heaven, and thou didst ever deliver them according to thy mercies many times.

lesserot@Nehemiah:9:29 @ And thou gavest them warning to bring them back unto thy law: yet they acted presumptuously, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, and sinned against thy ordinances, which a man is to do that he may live through them: and they rendered their shoulder rebellious, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.

lesserot@Nehemiah:9:30 @ Yet thou gavest them indulgence many years, and didst warn them through thy spirit by means of thy prophets; but they gave no ear: therefore didst thou give them up into the hand of the nations of the lands.

lesserot@Nehemiah:9:31 @ Yet in thy abundant mercies hast thou not made an entire end of them, and thou hast not forsaken them; for a gracious and merciful God art thou.

lesserot@Nehemiah:9:32 @ And now, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest the covenant and kindness, let not be esteemed as little before thee all the hardship that hath befallen us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thy people, from the days of the kings of Assyria until this day.

lesserot@Nehemiah:9:33 @ Nevertheless thou art righteous in all that is come over us; for thou hast acted truth, but we have done wickedly.

lesserot@Nehemiah:9:34 @ Also our kings, our priests, and our fathers have not executed thy law, and have not listened unto thy commandments and thy testimonies, wherewith thou didst warn them.

lesserot@Nehemiah:9:35 @ But they in their kingdom, and in thy abundant goodness which thou hadst given unto them, and in the ample and fat land which thou hadst given up before them, did indeed not serve thee, and they turned not away from their wicked deeds.

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lesserot@Nehemiah:11:1 @ And the rulers of the people dwelt at Jerusalem: and the rest of the people cast lots, to bring one of every ten to dwell in Jerusalem the holy city, and the nine parts to in the cities.

lesserot@Nehemiah:11:2 @ And the people blessed all the men, that offered themselves voluntarily to dwell at Jerusalem.

lesserot@Nehemiah:11:3 @ Now these are the chiefs of the province that dwelt in Jerusalem; but in the cities of Judah dwelt every one in his possession in their cities, Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the temple–servants, and the children of Solomon’s servants.

lesserot@Nehemiah:11:4 @ And at Jerusalem dwelt certain of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin. Of the children of Judah: ‘Athayah the son of ‘Uzziyah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amaryah, the son of Shephatyah, the son of Mahalalel, of the children of Perez:

lesserot@Nehemiah:11:5 @ And Ma’asseyah the son of Baruch, the son of Kol–chozeh, the son of Chazayah, the son of ‘Adayah, the son of Joyarib, the son of Zechariah, the son of Hashiloni;

lesserot@Nehemiah:11:6 @ All the sons of Perez that dwelt at Jerusalem were four hundred sixty and eight valiant men.

lesserot@Nehemiah:11:7 @ And these are the sons of Benjamin: Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Jo’ed, the son of Pedayah, the son of Kolayah, the son of Ma’asseyah, the son of Ithiel, the son of Jessha’yah;

lesserot@Nehemiah:11:8 @ And next to him Gabbai, Sallai; nine hundred twenty and eight.

lesserot@Nehemiah:11:9 @ And Joel the son of Zichri was overseer over them; and Judah the son of Hassenuah was second over the city.

lesserot@Nehemiah:11:10 @ Of the priests: Jedayah the son of Joyarib, Jachin:

lesserot@Nehemiah:11:11 @ Serayah the son of Chilkiyah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Merayoth, the son of Achitub, the superintendent of the house of God;

lesserot@Nehemiah:11:12 @ And their brethren who did the work of the house, eight hundred twenty and two; and ‘Adayah the son of Jerocham, the son of Pelalyah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashchur, the son of Malkiyah;

lesserot@Nehemiah:11:13 @ And his brethren, chiefs of the divisions, two hundred forty and two; and ‘Amashsai the son of ‘Azarel, the son of Achsai, the son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer;

lesserot@Nehemiah:11:14 @ And their brethren, mighty men of valor, one hundred twenty and eight; and the overseer over them was Zabdiel, the son of Haggedolim.

lesserot@Nehemiah:11:15 @ Also of the Levites: Shema’yah the son of Chasshub, the son of ‘Azrikam, the son of Chashabyah, the son of Bunni;

lesserot@Nehemiah:11:16 @ And Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chiefs of the Levites, had the oversight of the outward business of the house of God;

lesserot@Nehemiah:11:17 @ And Matthaniah the son of Micha, the son of Zabdi, the son of Assaph, the principal to begin the thanksgiving at prayer; and Bakbukyah the second among his brethren and ‘Abda the son of Shammua’, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.

lesserot@Nehemiah:11:18 @ All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred eighty and four.

lesserot@Nehemiah:11:19 @ And the gatekeepers, Akkub, Talmon and their brethren that watched at the gates, were one hundred seventy and two.

lesserot@Nehemiah:11:20 @ And the residue of Israel, of the priests, and the Levites, were in all the cities of Judah, every one in his inheritance.

lesserot@Nehemiah:11:21 @ But the temple–servants dwelt in the hill–fort; and Zicha and Gishpa were over the temple–servants.

lesserot@Nehemiah:11:22 @ And the overseer of the Levites at Jerusalem was ‘Uzzi the son of Bani, the son of Chashabyah, the son of Matthanyah, the son of Micha, one of the sons of Assaph, the singers, over the business of the house of God.

lesserot@Nehemiah:11:23 @ For the king’s command was obligatory on them; and there was a fixed rate for the singers, the requirement of every day on its day.

lesserot@Nehemiah:11:24 @ And Pethachyah the son of Meshezabel, of the children of Zerach the son of Judah, was at the king’s hand in every thing concerning the people.

lesserot@Nehemiah:11:25 @ And respecting the villages with their fields, some of the children of Judah dwelt at Kiryath–arba’ and in its villages, and at Dibon and in its villages, and at Jekabzeel and in its villages.

lesserot@Nehemiah:11:26 @ And at Jeshua’, and at Moladah, and at Beth–phelet,

lesserot@Nehemiah:11:27 @ And at Chazar–shu’al, and at Beer–sheba’ and in its villages,

lesserot@Nehemiah:11:28 @ And at Ziklag, and at Mechonah and in its villages,

lesserot@Nehemiah:11:29 @ And at ‘En–rimmon, and at Zor’ah, and at Yarmuth,

lesserot@Nehemiah:11:30 @ Zanoach, ‘Adullam, and in their villages, at Lachish and its fields, at ‘Azekah and in its villages. And they dwelt from Beer–sheba’ as far as the valley of Hinnom.

lesserot@Nehemiah:11:31 @ And the children of Benjamin, beginning from Geba’, at Michmash, and ‘Ay–ya, and Beth–el, and in their villages,

lesserot@Nehemiah:11:32 @ ‘Anathoth, Nob, ‘Ananyah,

lesserot@Nehemiah:11:33 @ Chazor, Ramah, Gittayim.

lesserot@Nehemiah:11:34 @ Chadid, Zebo’im, Neballat,

lesserot@Nehemiah:11:35 @ Lod, and Ono, the valley of the carpenters.

lesserot@Nehemiah:11:36 @ And of the Levites dwelt certain divisions in Judah, and in Benjamin.

lesserot@Nehemiah:12:1 @ And these are the priests and the Levites that came up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealthiel, and Jeshua’: Serayah, Jeremiah, ‘Ezra,

lesserot@Nehemiah:12:2 @ Amaryah, Malluch, Chattush,

lesserot@Nehemiah:12:3 @ Shechanyah, Rechum, Meremoth,

lesserot@Nehemiah:12:4 @ ‘Iddo, Ginnethoy, Abiyah,

lesserot@Nehemiah:12:5 @ Miyamin, Ma’adyah, Bilgah,

lesserot@Nehemiah:12:6 @ Shema’yah, and Joyarib, Jed’ayah,

lesserot@Nehemiah:12:7 @ Sallu, ‘Amok, Chilkiyah, Jed’ayah. These were the chiefs of the priests and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua’.

lesserot@Nehemiah:12:8 @ And the Levites: Jeshua’, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebyah, Judah, and Matthaniah, who was over the songs of thanksgiving, he and his brethren;

lesserot@Nehemiah:12:9 @ And Bakbukyah and ‘Unni, their brethren, were opposite to them in the watches.

lesserot@Nehemiah:12:10 @ And Jeshua’ begat Joyakim, and Joyakim begat Elyashib, and Elyashib begat Joyada’.

lesserot@Nehemiah:12:11 @ And Joyada’ begat Jonathan, and Jonathan begat Jaddua’.

lesserot@Nehemiah:12:12 @ And in the days of Joyakim were priests, as chiefs of the divisions: Of Serayah, Merayah; of Jeremiah, Chananyah;

lesserot@Nehemiah:12:13 @ Of ‘Ezra, Meshullam; of Amaryah, Jehochanan;

lesserot@Nehemiah:12:14 @ Of Mellchu, Jonathan; of Shebanyah, Joseph;

lesserot@Nehemiah:12:15 @ Of Charim, ‘Adna; of Merayoth, Chelkai;

lesserot@Nehemiah:12:16 @ Of ‘Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam;

lesserot@Nehemiah:12:17 @ Of Abiyah, Zichri; of Minyamin, of Mo’adyah, Piltai;

lesserot@Nehemiah:12:18 @ Of Bilgah, Shammua’; of Shem’ayah, Jehonathan;

lesserot@Nehemiah:12:19 @ And of Joyarib, Matthenai; of Jeda’yah, ‘Uzzi;

lesserot@Nehemiah:12:20 @ Of Sallai, Kallai; of ‘Amok, ‘Eber;

lesserot@Nehemiah:12:21 @ Of Chilkiyah, Chashabyah; of Jeda’yah, Nethanel.

lesserot@Nehemiah:12:22 @ Of the Levites in the days of Elyashib, Yoyada’, and Yochanan, and Jaddua’, are written down the chiefs of the divisions: also those of the priests to the reign of Darius the Persian.

lesserot@Nehemiah:12:23 @ The sons of Levi, the chiefs of the divisions were written down in the book of the chronicles, even until the days of Jochanan the son of Elyashib.

lesserot@Nehemiah:12:24 @ And the chiefs of the Levites were: Chashabyah, Sherebyah, and Jeshua’ the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren opposite to them, to praise and to give thanks, according to the command of David the man of God, section by section.

lesserot@Nehemiah:12:25 @ Matthanyah, and Bakbukyah, ‘Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, ‘Akkub, were watching gatekeepers on the watch at the thresholds of the gates.

lesserot@Nehemiah:12:26 @ These were in the days of Joyakim, the son of Jeshua’, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of ‘Ezra the priest, the expounder.

lesserot@Nehemiah:12:27 @ And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to celebrate the dedication with joy, with thanksgivings, and with singing, cymbals, psalteries, and with harps.

lesserot@Nehemiah:12:28 @ And there gathered themselves together the sons of the singers, both out of the district round about Jerusalem, and from the villages of Netophah;

lesserot@Nehemiah:12:29 @ Also from Beth–hagilgal, and out of the fields of Geba’ and Azmaveth; for the singers had built themselves villages round about Jerusalem.

lesserot@Nehemiah:12:30 @ And the priests and the Levites purified themselves, and then they purified the people, and the gates, and the wall.

lesserot@Nehemiah:12:31 @ Then brought I up the princes of Judah upon the wall, and stationed two great companies for thanksgiving, and trains to walk on the right hand upon the wall by the dung–gate;

lesserot@Nehemiah:12:32 @ And after them walked Hosha’yah, and half of the princes of Judah,

lesserot@Nehemiah:12:33 @ And ‘Azaryah, ‘Ezra, and Meshullam,

lesserot@Nehemiah:12:34 @ Judah, and Benjamin, and Shema’yah, and Jeremiah;

lesserot@Nehemiah:12:35 @ And of the sons of priests’ with trumpets, Zechariah the son of Jonathan, the son of Shema’yah, the son of Matthanyah, the son of Michayah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Assaph;

lesserot@Nehemiah:12:36 @ And his brethren, Shema’yah, and ‘Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Ma’ai, Nethanel, and Judah, Chanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God; and ‘Ezra the expounder walked before them.

lesserot@Nehemiah:12:37 @ And over the fountain–gate, and straight before them, they went up by the stairs of the city of David, at the ascent of the wall, above the house of David, even as far as the water–gate, eastward.

lesserot@Nehemiah:12:38 @ And the other company for thanksgiving that walked in the opposite direction to them,––this one did I follow, and the half of the people upon the wall, from beyond the tower of the ovens even as far as the broad wall;

lesserot@Nehemiah:12:39 @ And above the gate of Ephraim, and above the old gate, and above the fish–gate, and the tower of Chananel, and the tower of Meah, even as far as the sheep–gate; and they halted at the prison–gate.

lesserot@Nehemiah:12:40 @ So did the two companies for thanksgiving place themselves in the house of God, and I, and the half of the rulers with me.

lesserot@Nehemiah:12:41 @ And the priests, Elyakim, Ma’asseyah, Minyamin, Michayah, Elyo’enai, Zechariah, and Chananiah, with trumpets;

lesserot@Nehemiah:12:42 @ And Ma’asseyah, and Shema’yah, and El’azar, and ‘Uzzi, and Jehochanan, and Malkiyah, and ‘Elam, and ‘Ezer. And the singers sang aloud, with Yisrachyah as their overseer.

lesserot@Nehemiah:12:43 @ And they sacrificed on that day great sacrifices, and rejoiced; for God had caused them to rejoice with great joy; and also the women and the children rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even at a great distance off.

lesserot@Nehemiah:12:44 @ And there were appointed at that day certain men as superintendents over the chambers for the treasuries, for the heave–offerings, for the first–fruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions according to the law for the priests and the Levites; for Judah had joy on the priests and on the Levites that stood there,

lesserot@Nehemiah:12:45 @ And kept the charge of their God, and the charge of the purification, and as singers and gatekeepers, according to the command of David, of Solomon his son.

lesserot@Nehemiah:12:46 @ For in the days of David and Assaph of old there were chiefs of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God.

lesserot@Nehemiah:12:47 @ And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, gave the portions of the singers and the gatekeeper, what was required for every day on its day; and they sanctified things for the Levites: and the Levites sanctified for the children of Aaron.

lesserot@Nehemiah:13:1 @ On that day there was read in the book of Moses before the ears of the people; and there was found written therein, that no ‘Ammonite or Moabite should come into the congregation of God for ever;

lesserot@Nehemiah:13:2 @ Because they had not met the children of Israel with bread and with water, but had hired Bil’am against them, that he should curse them; although our God had changed the curse into a blessing.

lesserot@Nehemiah:13:3 @ And it tame to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated all the alien mixture from Israel.

lesserot@Nehemiah:13:4 @ And before this, Elyashib the priest, appointed over the chambers of the house of our God, and a near unto Tobiyah,

lesserot@Nehemiah:13:5 @ Had prepared for him a large chamber, where they had laid in former times the meat–offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes of the corn, the new wine, and the oil, which was ordained for the Levites, and the singers, and the gatekeepers, and the heave–offering of the priests.

lesserot@Nehemiah:13:6 @ But during all this I was not at Jerusalem; for in the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king of Babylon I went back unto the king, and after the lapse of some time I obtained by request of the king;

lesserot@Nehemiah:13:7 @ And I came to Jerusalem, and perceived the evil that Elyashib had done for Tobiyah, in preparing for him a chamber in the courts of the house of God.

lesserot@Nehemiah:13:8 @ And it displeased me greatly: wherefore I cast forth all the household vessels of Tobiyah away out of the chamber.

lesserot@Nehemiah:13:9 @ And I gave the order, whereupon they cleansed the chambers; and I had brought thither again the vessels of the house of God, with the meat–offering and the frankincense.

lesserot@Nehemiah:13:10 @ And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given: so that the Levites and the singers, that used to do the work, were fled every one to his field.

lesserot@Nehemiah:13:11 @ Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why hath the house of God become forsaken? And I gathered them together, and placed them on their posts.

lesserot@Nehemiah:13:12 @ And all Judah brought the tithe of the corn and the new wine and the oil unto the treasuries.

lesserot@Nehemiah:13:13 @ And I appointed receivers over the treasuries, Shelemyah the priest and Zadok the scribe, and Pedayah of the Levites; and with them acted Chanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Matthanyah; for they were accounted as faithful, and it was their duty to make a distribution among their brethren.

lesserot@Nehemiah:13:14 @ Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and wipe not out my pious deeds which I have done for the house of my God, and for those that had charge of it.

lesserot@Nehemiah:13:15 @ In those days I saw in Judah some treading wine–presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading burdens on asses, as also wine, grapes and figs, and all manner of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the sabbath day; and I warned them on the day whereon they sold provisions.

lesserot@Nehemiah:13:16 @ Also the men of Tyre dwelt therein brought fish and all kinds of wares, and sold on the sabbath unto the children of Judah and in Jerusalem.

lesserot@Nehemiah:13:17 @ Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said unto them, What evil thing is this which ye are doing, and profaning the sabbath day?

lesserot@Nehemiah:13:18 @ Did not your fathers act thus, wherefore our God brought over us all this evil, and over this city? and ye bring yet more wrath over Israel by profaning the sabbath.

lesserot@Nehemiah:13:19 @ And it came to pass, that, when the shadows were lengthened in the gates of Jerusalem before the sabbath, I gave the order, whereupon the gates were locked, and I ordered that they should not be opened till after the sabbath: and some of my young men did I place at the gates, that there should be brought in no burden on the sabbath–day.

lesserot@Nehemiah:13:20 @ But the merchants and sellers of all kinds of wares lodged outside of Jerusalem once or twice.

lesserot@Nehemiah:13:21 @ Thereupon did I warn them, and said unto them, Why do ye lodge along the wall? if ye do so again, I will lay hands on you. From that time forth they came no more on the sabbath.

lesserot@Nehemiah:13:22 @ And I ordered the Levites that they should cleanse themselves, and that they should come and keep watch at the gates, to sanctify the sabbath–day. Also this remember unto me, O my God, and shield me according to the abundance of thy kindness.

lesserot@Nehemiah:13:23 @ In those days also I saw certain Jews that had brought home wives of Ashdod, of ‘Ammon, and of Moab:

lesserot@Nehemiah:13:24 @ And their children spoke partly in the speech of Ashdod, and did not understand to speak in the Jewish language, but according to the language of one or the other people.

lesserot@Nehemiah:13:25 @ And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked out their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters for your sons, nor for yourselves.

lesserot@Nehemiah:13:26 @ Did not Solomon the king of Israel sin by these things? and although among the many nations there was never a king like him, and beloved as he was by his God, and God had placed him as king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did the alien women mislead to sin.

lesserot@Nehemiah:13:27 @ Shall we then hear it said of you, that ye do all this great evil, to trespass against our God in bringing home alien wives?

lesserot@Nehemiah:13:28 @ And one of the sons of Joyada’, the son of Elyashib the high priest, was son–in–law to Sanballat the Choronite; wherefore I chased him away from me.

lesserot@Nehemiah:13:29 @ Remember unto them, O my God, because of the defilements of the priesthood, and of the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.

lesserot@Nehemiah:13:30 @ Thus cleansed I them from all aliens, and I appointed the watches of the priests and the Levites, every one in his work;

lesserot@Nehemiah:13:31 @ And for the procuring of the wood, at fixed time, and for the first–fruits. Remember this unto me, O my God, for good.

lesserot@Esther:1:1 @ And it came to pass in the days of Achashverosh, of the same Achashverosh who reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, over a hundred and seven and twenty provinces,

lesserot@Esther:1:2 @ In those days, when this king Achashverosh was sitting on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the capital,

lesserot@Esther:1:3 @ That, in the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and his servants, the army of Persia and Media, the nobles and the princes of the provinces who were near him:

lesserot@Esther:1:4 @ When he showed the riches and the glory of his kingdom, and the brilliance the splendor of his greatness, during many days, a hundred and eighty days.

lesserot@Esther:1:5 @ And when these days were completed, the king made unto all the people that were found in Shushan the capital, unto every one, from the great even to the small, a feast of seven days, in the court of the garden of the king’s palace;

lesserot@Esther:1:6 @ white, green, and blue, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple, on rollers of silver and pillars of marble; couches of gold and silver, upon a pavement of green, and white, and yellow, and black marble.

lesserot@Esther:1:7 @ And they gave them to drink in vessels of gold,––the vessels being diverse one from the other,––and the royal wine was in abundance, according to the ability of the king.

lesserot@Esther:1:8 @ And the drinking was, according to the order, without compulsion; for so had the king enjoined on all the officers of his house, to do according to the pleasure of every man.

lesserot@Esther:1:9 @ Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women, in the royal house which belonged to king Achashverosh.

lesserot@Esther:1:10 @ On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Charbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcass, the seven chamberlains that served in the presence of king Achashverosh,

lesserot@Esther:1:11 @ To bring Vashti the queen before the king with the royal crown, to show the people and the princes her beauty; for she was handsome in appearance.

lesserot@Esther:1:12 @ But queen Vashti refused to come at the word of the king brought by the hand of the chamberlains; and the king was very wroth, and his fury burnt in him.

lesserot@Esther:1:13 @ Then said the king to the wise men, who knew the times; for so every affair of the king before all acquainted with law and state institutions;

lesserot@Esther:1:14 @ And those next unto him were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tharshish, Meress, Marsena, and Memuchan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, who could see the king’s face, who sat in the first rank in the kingdom:

lesserot@Esther:1:15 @ What should according to law be done with queen Vashti; because she had not fulfilled the order of king Achashverosh by the hand of the chamberlains?

lesserot@Esther:1:16 @ Then said Memuchan before the king and the princes, Not against the king alone hath Vashti the queen done wrong, but also against all the princes, and against all the people that are in all the provinces of king Achashverosh.

lesserot@Esther:1:17 @ For the conduct of the queen will go abroad unto all the women, so that they will despise their husbands in their eyes, when it shall be reported, King Achashverosh ordered Vashti the queen to be brought into his presence, but she came not.

lesserot@Esther:1:18 @ And even this day will the ladies of Persia and Media, who have heard of the conduct of the queen, say this unto all the princes of the king; and there will arise too much contempt and quarrel.

lesserot@Esther:1:19 @ If it please the king, let there go forth a royal order from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that no one transgress it, That Vashti come no more before king Achashverosh: and let the king give her royal dignity unto another that is better than she.

lesserot@Esther:1:20 @ And when the king’s decree which he will make shall be published throughout all his kingdom, however great it is: all the wives will show respect to their husbands, unto every one, from the great even to the small.

lesserot@Esther:1:21 @ And the speech was pleasing in the eyes of the king and of the princes; and the king did according to the speech of Memuchan.

lesserot@Esther:1:22 @ And he sent letters unto all the provinces of the king, unto every province according to its writing, and to every people according to its language, that every man should bear rule in his own house, however he may speak according to the language of his people.

lesserot@Esther:2:1 @ After these events, when the fury of king Achashverosh was appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what had been decreed concerning her.

lesserot@Esther:2:2 @ Thus said the king’s young men, his servants, Let there be sought for the king virgins handsome in appearance;

lesserot@Esther:2:3 @ And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the young virgins, handsome in appearance, unto Shushan the capital, into the house of the women, under the custody of Hege the king’s chamberlain, the keeper of the women; and let them give them their customary anointings;

lesserot@Esther:2:4 @ And let the maiden who may be pleasing in the eyes of the king become queen instead of Vashti: and the speech was pleasing in the eyes of the king, and he did so.

lesserot@Esther:2:5 @ There was a certain Jew in Shushan the capital, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Yair, the son of Shim’i, the son of Kish, a Benjamite;

lesserot@Esther:2:6 @ Who had been carried away into exile from Jerusalem with the exiles who had been exiled with Jeconyah, the king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried into exile.

lesserot@Esther:2:7 @ And he had brought up Hadassah, that is Esther, the daughter of his uncle; for she had neither father nor mother, and the maiden was beautiful in form and handsome in appearance; and when her father and mother were dead, Mordecai had taken her to himself as a daughter.

lesserot@Esther:2:8 @ And it came to pass, when the king’s order and his decree were heard, and when many maidens were brought together unto Shushan the capital, under the custody of Hegai, that Esther also was brought unto the king’s house, under the custody of Hegai, the keeper of the women.

lesserot@Esther:2:9 @ And the maiden was pleasing in his eyes, and she obtained favor before him; and he made haste to give her her anointings, with her presents, and the seven maidens, who were selected to be given her, out of the king’s house: and he preferred her and her maidens with the best things in the house of the women.

lesserot@Esther:2:10 @ Esther told nothing of her people or of her descent; for Mordecai had charged her that she should not tell.

lesserot@Esther:2:11 @ And day by day did Mordecai walk before the court of the house of women, to ascertain the well–being of Esther, and what would be done with her.

lesserot@Esther:2:12 @ And when the turn of every maiden was come to go in unto king Achashverosh, at the expiration that she had been treated according to the custom of the women, twelve months; for so were the days of their anointings accomplished, six months with the oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odors, and with other ointments of the women;

lesserot@Esther:2:13 @ And thus came the maiden unto the king; whatsoever she asked for was given her to go with her out of the house of the women as far as the house of the king.

lesserot@Esther:2:14 @ In the evening she went, and in the morning she returned unto the second house of the women, to the custody of Sha’ashgas, the king’s chamberlain, the keeper of the concubines: she used not to come again unto the king, except the king desired for her, and she was called by name.

lesserot@Esther:2:15 @ And when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abichayil, the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her to himself as a daughter, was come to go in unto the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king’s chamberlain, the keeper of the women, said: and Esther obtained grace in the eyes of all those that beheld her.

lesserot@Esther:2:16 @ And Esther was taken unto king Achashverosh, unto his royal house, in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.

lesserot@Esther:2:17 @ And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favor before him more than all the virgins; and he placed the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.

lesserot@Esther:2:18 @ And the king made a great feast unto all his princes and his servants, the feast of Esther; and he made a release of taxes to the provinces, and gave presents, according to the ability of the king.

lesserot@Esther:2:19 @ And when virgins were gathered together the second time, then was Mordecai sitting in the king’s gate.

lesserot@Esther:2:20 @ Esther had not yet told of her descent nor her people; as Mordecai had charged her; and Esther did the order of Mordecai, equally as when she was under his guardianship.

lesserot@Esther:2:21 @ In those days, while Mordecai was sitting in the king’s gate, Bigthan and Theresh, two chamberlains of the king, of those who kept the door, became wroth, and sought to lay hand on king Achashverosh.

lesserot@Esther:2:22 @ And the thing became known to Mordecai, and he told it unto Esther the queen; and Esther said it to the king in the name of Mordecai.

lesserot@Esther:2:23 @ And the thing was inquired into and found true; and they were both of them hanged on a gallows; and it was written in the book of chronicles before the king.

lesserot@Esther:3:1 @ After these events did king Achashverosh make great Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and he advanced him; and he placed his seat above that of all the princes that were with him.

lesserot@Esther:3:2 @ And all the king’s servants, that were in the king’s gate, bent the knee and prostrated themselves to Haman; for so had the king commanded concerning him; but Mordecai bent not the knee nor prostrated himself.

lesserot@Esther:3:3 @ Then said the king’s, servants, who were in the king’s gate, unto Mordecai, Why transgressest thou the king’s command?

lesserot@Esther:3:4 @ Now it came to pass, when they spoke unto him day by day, and he hearkened not unto them, that they told it to Haman, to see whether the words of Mordecai would be able to stand; for he had told them that be was a Jew.

lesserot@Esther:3:5 @ And when Haman saw that Mordecai bent not the knee, nor prostrated himself to him, Haman became full of fury.

lesserot@Esther:3:6 @ But it appeared too contemptible in his eyes to lay his hand on Mordecai alone: for they had told him of the people of Mordecai: therefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout all the kingdom of Achashverosh, the people of Mordecai.

lesserot@Esther:3:7 @ In the first month, that is the month Nissan, in the twelfth year of king Achashverosh, some one cast the Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month, to the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.

lesserot@Esther:3:8 @ Then said Haman unto king Achashverosh, There is one people scattered yet separate among the nations in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are different from those of every people; while they do not execute the laws of the king; and it is no profit for the king to tolerate them.

lesserot@Esther:3:9 @ If it be pleasing to the king, let be written to destroy them; and ten thousand talents of silver will I weigh out into the hands of those that have the charge of the business, to bring into the king’s treasuries.

lesserot@Esther:3:10 @ And the king drew his signet–ring from off his hand, and gave it unto Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the adversary of the Jews.

lesserot@Esther:3:11 @ And the king said unto Haman, The silver is given to thee, that people also, to do therewith as it seemeth good in thy eyes.

lesserot@Esther:3:12 @ Then were called the king’s scribes in the first month on the thirteenth day thereof, and there was written all just as Haman had commanded unto the king’s lieutenants, and to the governors that were over every province, and to the princes of every people, to every province according to its writing, and to every people according to its language: in the name of king Achashverosh was it written, and it was sealed with the king’s signet–ring.

lesserot@Esther:3:13 @ And the letters were sent by the runners unto all the king’s provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to exterminate all the Jews, from young to old, little ones and women, on one day, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to plunder their property as spoil.

lesserot@Esther:3:14 @ A copy of the writing, to be given out as a law in every province, was published unto all the nations, that they might be ready against that day.

lesserot@Esther:3:15 @ The runners went out with all speed with the king’s decree, and the law was given out in Shushan the capital: and the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city of Shushan was perplexed.

lesserot@Esther:4:1 @ When Mordecai ascertained all that had been done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and bitter cry;

lesserot@Esther:4:2 @ And thus he came up to the front of the king’s gate; for none dared to enter into the king’s gate clothed with sackcloth.

lesserot@Esther:4:3 @ And in each and every province, in every place whither the king’s decree and his law had reached, there was great mourning for the Jews, with fasting and weeping and wailing; and a sackcloth with ashes became the bed of the great.

lesserot@Esther:4:4 @ Then came the maidens of Esther with her chamberlains and told it her; and the queen was exceedingly terrified; and she sent garments to clothe Mordecai, and to remove his sackcloth from him, but he accepted them not.

lesserot@Esther:4:5 @ Then called Esther for Hatach, one of the king’s chamberlains, whom he had appointed to attend upon her, and gave him a charge for Mordecai to know what this was, and why this was.

lesserot@Esther:4:6 @ So Hatach went forth to Mordecai unto the street of the city, which was before the king’s gate.

lesserot@Esther:4:7 @ And Mordecai told him all that had happened unto him, and of the fixed sum of money which Haman had promised to weigh out into the treasuries of the king for the Jews, to destroy them.

lesserot@Esther:4:8 @ Also the copy of the writing of the law that had been given out in Shushan to destroy them he gave to him, to show it unto Esther, and to tell her, and to charge her that she should go in unto the king, and to make supplication unto him, and to present a request before him for her people.

lesserot@Esther:4:9 @ And Hatach came and told Esther the words of Mordecai.

lesserot@Esther:4:10 @ And Esther said unto Hatach, and gave him a charge unto Mordecai,

lesserot@Esther:4:11 @ All the king’s servants, and the people of the king’s provinces, do know, that every one, whether man or woman, who should come unto the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is but one law for him, to put him to death, except the one to whom the king should hold out the golden sceptre, for he will be suffered to live; but I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days.

lesserot@Esther:4:12 @ And they told Mordecai the words of Esther.

lesserot@Esther:4:13 @ Then said Mordecai to bring this answer back to Esther, Imagine not in thy soul to be able to escape in the king’s house out of all the Jews.

lesserot@Esther:4:14 @ For if thou do indeed maintain silence at this time, enlargement and deliverance will arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father’s house will perish: and who knoweth whether thou hast not for a time like this attained to the royal dignity?

lesserot@Esther:4:15 @ Then said Esther to bring this answer back to Mordecai,

lesserot@Esther:4:16 @ Go, assemble together all the Jews who are now present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, so that ye neither eat nor drink three days, either night or day; also I myself with my maidens will fast in like manner; and then will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law; and if I then perish, I perish.

lesserot@Esther:4:17 @ And Mordecai went about, and did in accordance with all that Esther had charged him.

lesserot@Esther:5:1 @ And it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal apparel, and placed herself in the inner court of the king’s house, opposite the king’s apartment; and the king was sitting upon his royal throne in the royal apartment, opposite to the entrance of the house.

lesserot@Esther:5:2 @ And it happened, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, that she obtained grace in his eyes; and the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre that was in his hand; and Esther drew near, and touched the top of the sceptre.

lesserot@Esther:5:3 @ Then said the king unto her, What wilt thou, queen Esther? and what is thy request? if it be equal to half of the kingdom it shall still be given thee.

lesserot@Esther:5:4 @ And Esther said, If it seem good unto the king, let the king and Haman come this day unto the banquet which I have prepared for him.

lesserot@Esther:5:5 @ Then said the king, Bring Haman quickly hither to fulfill the word of Esther: so came the king with Haman to the banquet which Esther had prepared.

lesserot@Esther:5:6 @ And the king said unto Esther at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? even if it be equal to half of the kingdom, it shall still be done.

lesserot@Esther:5:7 @ Then answered Esther, and said, My petition and my request are,

lesserot@Esther:5:8 @ If I have found grace in the eyes of the king, and if it please the king to grant my petition, and to fulfill my request, that the king may come with Haman to the banquet which I will prepare for them, and tomorrow will I do according to the word of the king.

lesserot@Esther:5:9 @ And Haman went forth on that day joyful and with a glad heart; but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king’s gate, who did not rise up, nor move out of the way for him, then was Haman filled against Mordecai with fury.

lesserot@Esther:5:10 @ Nevertheless Haman refrained himself, and went to his house: he then sent and had his friends brought in with Zeresh his wife.

lesserot@Esther:5:11 @ And Haman recounted to them the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all the things wherein the king had made him great, and how he had advanced him above the princes and the servants of the king.

lesserot@Esther:5:12 @ And Haman said, Yea, Esther the queen did not let any one come in with the king unto the banquet that she had prepared but myself: and also for tomorrow am I invited unto her with the king.

lesserot@Esther:5:13 @ Yet all this profiteth me nothing, every time that I see Mordecai the Jew sitting in the king’s gate.

lesserot@Esther:5:14 @ Then said unto him Zeresh his wife with all his friends, Let them make a gallows of fifty cubits high, and in the mourning speak unto the king that they may hang Mordecai thereon; and then go thou in with the king unto the banquet joyfully. And the thing pleased Haman; and he had the gallows made.

lesserot@Esther:6:1 @ In that night sleep fled from the king, and he ordered to bring in the book of the memorable events of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.

lesserot@Esther:6:2 @ And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Theresh, two chamberlains of the king, of those who kept the door, who had sought to lay hand on king Achashverosh.

lesserot@Esther:6:3 @ And the king said, What honor and distinction have been done to Mordecai for this? Then said the king’s young men, his servants, There hath nothing been done with him.

lesserot@Esther:6:4 @ And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman was come into the outer court of the king’s house, to say unto the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows which he had prepared for him.

lesserot@Esther:6:5 @ And the king’s young men said unto him, Behold, Haman is standing in the court. And the king said, Let him come in.

lesserot@Esther:6:6 @ So Haman came in; and the king said unto him, What shall be done with the man whom the king desireth to honor? And Haman said in his heart, To whom would the king desire to do honor more than to myself?

lesserot@Esther:6:7 @ Haman therefore said to the king, the man whom the king desireth to honor,

lesserot@Esther:6:8 @ Let them bring a royal apparel which the king hath worn, and a horse on which the king hath ridden, and let there be placed a royal crown on his head.

lesserot@Esther:6:9 @ And let the apparel and the horse be given into the hand of one of the king’s princes, of the most noble, that they may array the man whom the king desireth to honor, and let them cause him to ride on the horse through the streets of the city, and proclaim before him, Thus shall be done to the man whom the king desireth to honor.

lesserot@Esther:6:10 @ Then said the king to Haman, Make haste, take the apparel and the horse, as thou hast spoken, and do thus to Mordecai the Jew, that sitteth at the king’s gate: leave out nothing of all that thou hast spoken.

lesserot@Esther:6:11 @ And Haman then took the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and caused him to ride through the streets of the city, and proclaimed before him, Thus shall be done unto the man whom the king desireth to honor.

lesserot@Esther:6:12 @ And Mordecai thereupon returned to the king’s gate; but Haman hastened to his house, mourning, and having his head covered.

lesserot@Esther:6:13 @ And Haman related to Zeresh his wife and to all his friends all that had befallen him: then said unto him his wise men and Zeresh his wife, If Mordecai, before whom thou hast begun to fall, be of the seed of the Jews, thou wilt not prevail against him, but thou wilt surely fall before him.

lesserot@Esther:6:14 @ They were yet speaking with him, when the king’s chamberlains arrived, and they hastened to bring Haman unto the banquet which Esther had prepared.

lesserot@Esther:7:1 @ And the king came with Haman to drink with Esther the queen.

lesserot@Esther:7:2 @ And the king said unto Esther also on the second day at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition, queen Esther? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? even if it be equal to half the kingdom, it shall still be done.

lesserot@Esther:7:3 @ Then answered Esther the queen and said, If I have found grace in thy eyes, O king! and if it be pleasing unto the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request;

lesserot@Esther:7:4 @ For we have been sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain and to be exterminated; and if we had been only sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I would have remained silent; for the adversary regardeth not the damage of the king.

lesserot@Esther:7:5 @ Then spoke king Achashverosh and said unto Esther the queen, Who is this, and where is he, whose heart hath emboldened him to do so?

lesserot@Esther:7:6 @ And Esther said, An adversary, and inimical man, this wicked Haman. Then became Haman terrified before the king and the queen.

lesserot@Esther:7:7 @ And the king arose in his fury from the banquet of wine, and went into the palace–garden: and Haman remained behind to make request for his life of Esther the queen; for he saw that there was evil fully determined.

lesserot@Esther:7:8 @ And when the king returned out of the palace–garden into the apartment of the banquet of wine, Haman was fallen upon the couch whereon Esther was: then said the king. Will he even do violence to the queen before me in the house? The word had just come out of the king’s mouth, when they covered Haman’s face.

lesserot@Esther:7:9 @ Then said Charbonah, one of the chamberlains, before the king, Behold, there is also the gallows, which Haman hath had made for Mordecai, who hath spoken well for the king, standing in the house of Haman, fifty cubits high. And the king said, Hang him thereon.

lesserot@Esther:7:10 @ So they hanged Haman on the gallows which he had prepared for Mordecai, and the fury of the king was appeased.

lesserot@Esther:8:1 @ On that day did king Achashverosh give the house of Haman the adversary of the Jews unto Esther the queen: and Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was unto her.

lesserot@Esther:8:2 @ And the king took off his signet–ring which he had taken away from Haman, and gave it unto Mordecai: and Esther appointed Mordecai over the house of Haman.

lesserot@Esther:8:3 @ And Esther spoke again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and wept, and besought him to do away the evil of Haman the Agagite, and his device which he had devised against the Jews.

lesserot@Esther:8:4 @ And the king held out toward Esther the golden sceptre; and Esther arose, and stood up before the king;

lesserot@Esther:8:5 @ And she said, If it be pleasing to the king, and if I have found grace before him, and the thing seem proper before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to recall the letters, the device of Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he hath written to exterminate the Jews who are in all the provinces of the king.

lesserot@Esther:8:6 @ For how could I endure to look on the evil that is to befall my people? and how could I endure to look on the extermination of my kindred?

lesserot@Esther:8:7 @ Then said king Achashverosh unto Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, Behold, the house of Haman have I given to Esther, and him have they hanged on the gallows, because he had stretched out his hand against the Jews.

lesserot@Esther:8:8 @ But ye write yourselves concerning the Jews, as it may be good in your eyes, in the king’s name, and seal it with the king’s signet–ring; for a writing which is written in the king’s name, and sealed with the king’s signet–ring, cannot be recalled.

lesserot@Esther:8:9 @ Then were called the king’s scribes at that time in the third month, that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it was written all just as Mordecai commanded to the Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the governors and the princes of the provinces who were from India unto Ethiopia, one hundred and twenty–seven provinces, unto every province according to its writing, and unto every people according to its language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language.

lesserot@Esther:8:10 @ And he wrote in the name of king Achashverosh, and sealed it with the king’s signet–ring, and he sent letters through means of the swift messengers on horseback, and riders on mules, camels, and young dromedaries:

lesserot@Esther:8:11 @ That the king had granted to the Jews who were in every city to gather themselves together, and to stand forward for their life, to destroy, to slay, and to exterminate all the military strength of the people and province that would assault them, both little ones and women, and to plunder their property as spoil,

lesserot@Esther:8:12 @ On one day in all the provinces of king Achashverosh, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.

lesserot@Esther:8:13 @ A copy of the writing to be given out as a law in every province, was published unto all nations, and that the Jews should be ready against that day to avenge themselves on their enemies.

lesserot@Esther:8:14 @ The swift messengers that rode upon mules and camels went out, being hastened and hurried forward with the command of the king: and the law was given out at Shushan the capital.

lesserot@Esther:8:15 @ And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in a royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a cloak of fine linen and purple: and the city of Shushan was glad and joyful.

lesserot@Esther:8:16 @ For the Jews there was light, with joy and gladness, and honor.

lesserot@Esther:8:17 @ And in every province, and in every city, whithersoever the king’s command reached with his law, there were joy and gladness for the Jews, entertainments and a feast–day: and many of the people of the land became Jews; for the dread of the Jews had fallen upon them.

lesserot@Esther:9:1 @ And in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the thirteenth day thereof, when the king’s command with his law drew near to he put into execution, on the day that the enemies of the Jews had hoped to have power over them, which had been changed nevertheless, so that the Jews had power over those that hated them,

lesserot@Esther:9:2 @ The Jews assembled together in their cities, throughout all the provinces of king Achashverosh, to stretch out their hand against those that had sought their injury: and no man could keep standing before them; for the dread of them had fallen upon all the nations.

lesserot@Esther:9:3 @ And all the rulers of the provinces, and the lieutenants, and the governors, and the superintendents of the affairs of the king, elevated the Jews; because the dread of Mordecai had fallen upon them.

lesserot@Esther:9:4 @ For Mordecai was great in the king’s house, and his fame went throughout all the provinces; for the man Mordecai became greater and greater.

lesserot@Esther:9:5 @ And the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and slaughter, and extermination; and they acted with those that hated them according to their pleasure.

lesserot@Esther:9:6 @ And in Shushan the capital the Jews slew and exterminated five hundred men.

lesserot@Esther:9:7 @ And Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and Aspatha,

lesserot@Esther:9:8 @ And Poratha, and Adalya, and Aridatha,

lesserot@Esther:9:9 @ And Parmashtha, and Arissai, and Aridai, and Vayzatha,

lesserot@Esther:9:10 @ The ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the adversary of the Jews, did they slay; but to the spoil did they not stretch forth their hand.

lesserot@Esther:9:11 @ On that same day came the number of those that were slain in Shushan the capital before the king.

lesserot@Esther:9:12 @ Then said the king unto Esther the queen, In Shushan the capital have the Jews slain and exterminated five hundred men, and the ten sons of Haman: what have they done in the rest of the king’s provinces? Now what is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request farther? and it shall be done.

lesserot@Esther:9:13 @ Then said Esther, If it please the king, let it tomorrow also be granted to the Jews who are in Shushan to do according to the law of this day, and let the ten sons of Haman be hanged on the gallows.

lesserot@Esther:9:14 @ And the king ordered that it should be done so; and the law was given out at Shushan; and the ten sons of Haman were hanged.

lesserot@Esther:9:15 @ And the Jews that were in Shushan assembled together also on the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and slew at Shushan three hundred men; but to the spoil they did not stretch forth their hand.

lesserot@Esther:9:16 @ And the remaining Jews that were in the king’s provinces assembled together, and stood forward for their life, and procured rest from their enemies, and slew of those that hated them seventy and five thousand; but to the spoil did they not stretch forth their hand,

lesserot@Esther:9:17 @ On the thirteenth day of the month Adar, and they rested on the fourteenth day thereof, and made it a day of entertainment and joy.

lesserot@Esther:9:18 @ But the Jews that were at Shushan assembled together on the thirteenth day thereof, and on the fourteenth thereof, and rested on the fifteenth thereof, and made it a day of entertainment and joy.

lesserot@Esther:9:19 @ Therefore do the Jews of the villages, that dwell in the unwalled towns, make the fourteenth day of the month Adar as one of joy and entertainment, and a feast–day, and of sending portions one to another.

lesserot@Esther:9:20 @ And Mordecai wrote down these events; and he sent letters unto all the Jews that were in all the provinces of king Achashverosh, those nigh and those far away,

lesserot@Esther:9:21 @ To take it on themselves as a duty, that they should celebrate the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same in each and every year,

lesserot@Esther:9:22 @ Like those days whereon the Jews had rest from their enemies, and the month which was changed unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a feast–day: to make them days of entertainment and joy, and of sending portions one to the other, and gifts to the needy.

lesserot@Esther:9:23 @ And the Jews took upon themselves that which they had begun already to do, and that which Mordecai had written unto them.

lesserot@Esther:9:24 @ Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the adversary of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to exterminate them, and had cast the Pur, that is, the lot, to destroy them, and to exterminate them.

lesserot@Esther:9:25 @ But when came before the king, he ordered by that letter that his wicked device, which he had devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head: and they hanged him and his sons on the gallows.

lesserot@Esther:9:26 @ Therefore did they call these days Purim, after the name of Pur: therefore, because of all the words of this letter, both for that which they had experienced thereby, and for that which had occurred unto them,

lesserot@Esther:9:27 @ The Jews confirmed it as a duty, and took upon themselves, and upon their seed, and upon all such as join themselves unto them, so that no one should fail therein, that they would celebrate these two days according to their prescription, and at their appointed time, in each and every year.

lesserot@Esther:9:28 @ And these days are remembered and celebrated throughout each and every generation, every family, every province, and every city; and these days of Purim will not pass away from the midst of the Jews, nor will their memorial cease from their seed.

lesserot@Esther:9:29 @ Then wrote Esther the queen, the daughter of Abichayil, with Mordecai the Jew, with all due strength, to confirm this letter of Purim the second time.

lesserot@Esther:9:30 @ And he sent letters unto all the Jews, to the hundred and twenty–seven provinces of the kingdom of Achashverosh, word’s of peace and truth,

lesserot@Esther:9:31 @ To confirm these days of Purim in their times, just as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined on them, and as they had confirmed for themselves and for their seed, the matters of the fastings and their prayers.

lesserot@Esther:9:32 @ And the order of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim; and it was written in the book.

lesserot@Esther:10:1 @ And king Achashverosh imposed a tribute upon the land, and the isles of the sea.

lesserot@Esther:10:2 @ And all the acts of his strength and of his might, and the exposition of the greatness of Mordecai, wherewith the king made him great, behold they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia.

lesserot@Esther:10:3 @ For Mordecai the Jew was the second in rank after king Achashverosh, and great among the Jews, and acceptable to the multitude of his brethren, a promoter of good to his people, and speaking peace to all its seed.

lesserot@Job:1:1 @ There was a man in the land of ‘Uz, Job was his name; And this man was perfect and upright, and fearing God, and eschewing evil.


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