He also made two doors out of wood from evergreens; each door had two folding leaves.

The foundation was made of large valuable stones, measuring either 15 feet or 12 feet.

Jehu son of Hanani received from the Lord this message predicting Baasha’s downfall:

but instead sought the God of his ancestors and obeyed his commands, unlike the Israelites.

Uzziel son of Harhaiah, a member of the goldsmiths’ guild, worked on the section adjacent to him. Hananiah, a member of the perfumers’ guild, worked on the section adjacent to him. They plastered the city wall of Jerusalem as far as the Broad Wall.

Do not disregard what your enemies say, or the unceasing shouts of those who defy you.

O Lord, sovereign God, hear my prayer! Listen, O God of Jacob! (Selah)

You need not fear the terrors of the night, the arrow that flies by day,

The depths of the earth are in his hand, and the mountain peaks belong to him.

The nations’ idols are made of silver and gold, they are man-made.

They will proclaim the power of your awesome acts! I will declare your great deeds!

The discerning heart seeks knowledge, but the mouth of fools feeds on folly.

Grandchildren are like a crown to the elderly, and the glory of children is their parents.

Then one of them struck the high priest’s slave, cutting off his right ear.

but by precious blood like that of an unblemished and spotless lamb, namely Christ.

He took the officers of the units of hundreds, the Carians, the royal bodyguard, and all the people of land, and together they led the king down from the Lord’s temple. They entered the royal palace through the Gate of the Royal Bodyguard, and the king sat down on the royal throne.

(8:23) The gloom will be dispelled for those who were anxious. In earlier times he humiliated the land of Zebulun, and the land of Naphtali; but now he brings honor to the way of the sea, the region beyond the Jordan, and Galilee of the nations.

Kings reign by means of me, and potentates decree righteousness;

In the presence of all these people I instructed Baruch,

After Moses the Lord’s servant died, the Lord said to Joshua son of Nun, Moses’ assistant: