The Lord annihilated Benjamin before Israel; the Israelites struck down that day 25,100 sword-wielding Benjaminites.

This will be a confirming sign for you that will be fulfilled through your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas: in a single day they both will die!

and will bring the entire army back to you. In exchange for the life of the man you are seeking, you will get back everyone. The entire army will return unharmed.”

When he made the pillars, there were two rows of pomegranate-shaped ornaments around the latticework covering the top of each pillar.

King Baasha of Israel attacked Judah and established Ramah as a military outpost to prevent anyone from leaving or entering the land of King Asa of Judah.

They seized the Hagrites’ animals, including 50,000 camels, 250,000 sheep, and 2,000 donkeys. They also took captive 100,000 people.

When all your people Israel pray and ask for help, as they acknowledge their intense pain and spread out their hands toward this temple,

He built fortified cities throughout Judah, for the land was at rest and there was no war during those years; the Lord gave him peace.

The assembly brought a total of 70 bulls, 100 rams, and 200 lambs as burnt sacrifices to the Lord,

The builders to a man had their swords strapped to their sides while they were building. But the trumpeter remained with me.

There were 150 Jews and officials who dined with me routinely, in addition to those who came to us from the nations all around us.

And the rest of the Israelites, with the priests and the Levites, were in all the cities of Judah, each on his own property.

and the Sabeans swooped down and carried them all away, and they killed the servants with the sword! And I – only I alone – escaped to tell you!”

All of the thriving people of the earth will join the celebration and worship; all those who are descending into the grave will bow before him, including those who cannot preserve their lives.

For the Lord promotes justice, and never abandons his faithful followers. They are permanently secure, but the children of evil men are wiped out.

Their insults are painful and make me lose heart; I look for sympathy, but receive none, for comforters, but find none.

The wise man can see where he is going, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also realized that the same fate happens to them both.

When I tried to gain wisdom and to observe the activity on earth – even though it prevents anyone from sleeping day or night –

The Maidens to The Beloved: Why is your beloved better than others, O most beautiful of women? Why is your beloved better than others, that you would command us in this manner?

Like a frightened gazelle or a sheep with no shepherd, each will turn toward home, each will run to his homeland.