toward the administration of the fullness of the times, to head up all things in Christ – the things in heaven and the things on earth.

For who is our hope or joy or crown to boast of before our Lord Jesus at his coming? Is it not of course you?

He said to the Israelites, “This is what the Lord God of Israel says, ‘I brought Israel up from Egypt and I delivered you from the power of the Egyptians and from the power of all the kingdoms that oppressed you.

Here’s how! With the sharp arrows of warriors, with arrowheads forged over the hot coals.

Then Absalom sent spies through all the tribes of Israel who said, “When you hear the sound of the horn, you may assume that Absalom rules in Hebron.”

He took one of the seedlings of the land, placed it in a cultivated plot; a shoot by abundant water, like a willow he planted it.

But you took along the tabernacle of Moloch and the star of the god Rephan, the images you made to worship, but I will deport you beyond Babylon.’

The unbeliever does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him. And he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.

As the ark of the Lord’s covenant entered the City of David, Michal, Saul’s daughter, looked out the window. When she saw King David jumping and celebrating, she despised him.

As for the Hebronites: Jeriah was the leader of the Hebronites according to the genealogical records. In the fortieth year of David’s reign, they examined the records and discovered there were highly respected men in Jazer in Gilead.

When they came to the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem, some of the family leaders offered voluntary offerings for the temple of God in order to rebuild it on its site.

When you go to war against your enemies and see chariotry and troops who outnumber you, do not be afraid of them, for the Lord your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt, is with you.

So each of his men also cut off a branch and followed Abimelech. They put the branches against the stronghold and set fire to it. All the people of the Tower of Shechem died – about a thousand men and women.

God placed the lights in the expanse of the sky to shine on the earth,

The entire lifetime of Lamech was 777 years, and then he died.

So Laban invited all the people of that place and prepared a feast.

So Jacob went on his way and the angels of God met him.

These were the sons of Esau (also known as Edom), and these were their chiefs.

The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt,

Moses said to them, “No one is to keep any of it until morning.”