let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel that by the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, this man stands before you healthy.

They reserved the burnt offerings and the cattle for the family divisions of the people to present to the Lord, as prescribed in the scroll of Moses.

For the love of money is the root of all evils. Some people in reaching for it have strayed from the faith and stabbed themselves with many pains.

A ruler will be established from Jacob; he will destroy the remains of the city.’”

Now select for yourselves twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one per tribe.

This seemed like a good idea to Absalom and to all the leaders of Israel.

The sons of Uzziel: Micah the oldest, and Isshiah the second.

The exiles observed the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.

Many bulls surround me; powerful bulls of Bashan hem me in.

The law of their God controls their thinking; their feet do not slip.

O kingdoms of the earth, sing to God! Sing praises to the Lord, (Selah)

It includes the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Hagrites,

For the sake of David, your servant, do not reject your chosen king!

The words of King Lemuel, an oracle that his mother taught him:

Your cheeks are beautiful with ornaments; your neck is lovely with strings of jewels.

King Solomon made a sedan chair for himself of wood imported from Lebanon.

“Son of man, turn toward the Ammonites and prophesy against them.

Then he measured the porch of the gate facing inward as 10½ feet.

Now Daniel lived on until the first year of Cyrus the king.

Gilead is a city full of evildoers; its streets are stained with bloody footprints!