Israel has sinned; they have violated my covenantal commandment! They have taken some of the riches; they have stolen them and deceitfully put them among their own possessions.

Ira the Jairite was David’s personal priest.

Furthermore, Solomon has assumed the royal throne.

then he looked at wisdom and assessed its value; he established it and examined it closely.

you young men and young women, you elderly, along with you children!

(A city by the name of Hamonah will also be there.) They will cleanse the land.’

He retrieved all the stolen property. He also brought back his nephew Lot and his possessions, as well as the women and the rest of the people.

She quickly lowered her jug from her shoulder and said, ‘Drink, and I’ll give your camels water too.’ So I drank, and she also gave the camels water.

I set a trap for you, Babylon; you were caught before you knew it. You fought against me. So you were found and captured.

He followed in the footsteps of the kings of Israel; he also made images of the Baals.

Then I myself will acknowledge to you that your own right hand can save you.

including all the sheep and cattle, as well as the wild animals,

The Lord works everything for its own ends – even the wicked for the day of disaster.

All of man’s labor is for nothing more than to fill his stomach – yet his appetite is never satisfied!

And I will choose some of them as priests and Levites,” says the Lord.

So I will pull your skirt up over your face and expose you to shame like a disgraced adulteress!

Armies will be suddenly swept away in defeat before him; both they and a covenant leader will be destroyed.

I will strike you brutally and destroy you because of your sin.

Again, I observed this on the earth: the race is not always won by the swiftest, the battle is not always won by the strongest; prosperity does not always belong to those who are the wisest, wealth does not always belong to those who are the most discerning, nor does success always come to those with the most knowledge – for time and chance may overcome them all.

Now Lot, who was traveling with Abram, also had flocks, herds, and tents.