Huram Abi made the pots, shovels, and bowls. He finished all the work on God’s temple he had been assigned by King Solomon.

They handed it over to the construction foremen assigned to the Lord’s temple. They in turn paid the temple workers to restore and repair it.

A Passover like this had not been observed in Israel since the days of Samuel the prophet. None of the kings of Israel had observed a Passover like the one celebrated by Josiah, the priests, the Levites, all the people of Judah and Israel who were there, and the residents of Jerusalem.

If I have found favor in the king’s sight and if the king is inclined to grant my request and perform my petition, let the king and Haman come tomorrow to the banquet that I will prepare for them. At that time I will do as the king wishes.

When the prince provides a freewill offering, a burnt offering, or peace offerings as a voluntary offering to the Lord, the gate facing east will be opened for him, and he will provide his burnt offering and his peace offerings just as he did on the Sabbath. Then he will go out, and the gate will be closed after he goes out.

Instead we will do everything we vowed we would do. We will sacrifice and pour out drink offerings to the goddess called the Queen of Heaven just as we and our ancestors, our kings, and our leaders previously did in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. For then we had plenty of food, were well-off, and had no troubles.

This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created – when the Lord God made the earth and heavens.

The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a companion for him who corresponds to him.”

So the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” And the woman replied, “The serpent tricked me, and I ate.”

But the Lord said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood is crying out to me from the ground!

This is the record of the family line of Adam. When God created humankind, he made them in the likeness of God.

The Lord regretted that he had made humankind on the earth, and he was highly offended.

At the end of forty days, Noah opened the window he had made in the ark

“Whoever sheds human blood, by other humans must his blood be shed; for in God’s image God has made humankind.”

When Noah awoke from his drunken stupor he learned what his youngest son had done to him.

This was the place where he had first built the altar, and there Abram worshiped the Lord.

that I must go down and see if they are as wicked as the outcry suggests. If not, I want to know.”

Then Abimelech asked Abraham, “What prompted you to do this thing?”

The Lord visited Sarah just as he had said he would and did for Sarah what he had promised.

Sarah said, “God has made me laugh. Everyone who hears about this will laugh with me.”