From the descendants of Naphtali: According to the records of their clans and families, all the males twenty years old or older who could serve in the army were listed by name.

and I returned to Jerusalem. Then I discovered the evil that Eliashib had done for Tobiah by supplying him with a storeroom in the courts of the temple of God.

But because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath for yourselves in the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment is revealed!

not like those who do their work only when someone is watching – as people-pleasers – but as slaves of Christ doing the will of God from the heart.

Now a man from Baal Shalisha brought some food for the prophet – twenty loaves of bread made from the firstfruits of the barley harvest, as well as fresh ears of grain. Elisha said, “Set it before the people so they may eat.”

“You and your people are right in saying, ‘War, starvation, and disease are sure to make this city fall into the hands of the king of Babylon.’ But now I, the Lord God of Israel, have something further to say about this city:

“Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel; prophesy, and say to them – to the shepherds: ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Woe to the shepherds of Israel who have been feeding themselves! Should not shepherds feed the flock?

Then Shecaniah son of Jehiel, from the descendants of Elam, addressed Ezra: “We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women from the local peoples. Nonetheless, there is still hope for Israel in this regard.

So Moses and Aaron and the leaders of the community numbered the Kohathites by their families and by clans,

The king of Jericho received this report: “Note well! Israelite men have come here tonight to spy on the land.”

This was the land assigned to the tribe of Zebulun by its clans, including these cities and their towns.

That day twenty-five thousand sword-wielding Benjaminites fell in battle, all of them capable warriors.

The sons of Jerahmeel, Hezron’s firstborn, were Ram, the firstborn, Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah.

The sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zina, Jeush, and Beriah. These were Shimei’s sons – four in all.

Let the whole earth fear the Lord! Let all who live in the world stand in awe of him!

God says, “I will bring down all the power of the wicked; the godly will be victorious.”

because they had rebelled against God’s commands, and rejected the instructions of the sovereign king.

Let all the kings of the earth give thanks to you, O Lord, when they hear the words you speak.

But the path of the righteous is like the bright morning light, growing brighter and brighter until full day.

A shoot will grow out of Jesse’s root stock, a bud will sprout from his roots.