So when we could bear it no longer, we decided to stay on in Athens alone.

In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites left Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, during the month Ziv (the second month), he began building the Lord’s temple.

The primary regions of his kingdom were Babel, Erech, Akkad, and Calneh in the land of Shinar.

They also took Abram’s nephew Lot and his possessions when they left, for Lot was living in Sodom.

So the gifts were sent on ahead of him while he spent that night in the camp.

These were the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king ruled over the Israelites:

Jacob said to Joseph, “The sovereign God appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me.

Your right hand, O Lord, was majestic in power, your right hand, O Lord, shattered the enemy.

The Lord descended in the cloud and stood with him there and proclaimed the Lord by name.

Any male among the priests may eat it. It must be eaten in a holy place. It is most holy.

Furthermore, remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and so be careful to observe these statutes.

Remember that you were slaves in the land of Egypt; therefore, I am commanding you to do all this.

“Therefore, keep the terms of this covenant and obey them so that you may be successful in everything you do.

They stood in order all around the camp. The whole army ran away; they shouted as they scrambled away.

The Israelites asked the Lord (for the ark of God’s covenant was there in those days;

The Philistines assembled all their troops at Aphek, while Israel camped at the spring that is in Jezreel.

In the eighteenth year of the reign of Jeroboam son of Nebat, Abijah became king over Judah.

In the twentieth year of Jeroboam’s reign over Israel, Asa became the king of Judah.

Phinehas son of Eleazar had been their leader in earlier times, and the Lord was with him.

For David said, “The Lord God of Israel has given his people rest and has permanently settled in Jerusalem.