I will say, ‘My dear children of Israel, keep in mind the road you took when you were carried off. Mark off in your minds the landmarks. Make a mental note of telltale signs marking the way back. Return, my dear children of Israel. Return to these cities of yours.

You are to hang it with gold hooks on four posts of acacia wood overlaid with gold, set in four silver bases.

Since they are my servants whom I brought out from the land of Egypt, they must not be sold in a slave sale.

Instead, the land you are crossing the Jordan to occupy is one of hills and valleys, a land that drinks in water from the rains,

Eglon formed alliances with the Ammonites and Amalekites. He came and defeated Israel, and they seized the City of Date Palm Trees.

O daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet as well as jewelry, who put gold jewelry on your clothes.

Now the battle was very severe that day; Abner and the men of Israel were overcome by David’s soldiers.

Now several non-Israelite peoples were left in the land after the conquest of Joshua, including the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.

From the half tribe of Manasseh there were 18,000 who had been designated by name to come and make David king.

They had dedicated some of the plunder taken in battles to be used for repairs on the Lord’s temple.

The law of the Lord is perfect and preserves one’s life. The rules set down by the Lord are reliable and impart wisdom to the inexperienced.

He is not enamored with the strength of a horse, nor is he impressed by the warrior’s strong legs.

Go up into the rocky cliffs, hide in the ground. Get away from the dreadful judgment of the Lord, from his royal splendor!

‘But I will take you out of the city. And I will hand you over to foreigners. I will execute judgments on you.

This is how they will be repaid for their arrogance, for they taunted and verbally harassed the people of the Lord who commands armies.

Who among you can prove me guilty of any sin? If I am telling you the truth, why don’t you believe me?

So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the two men who had been crucified with Jesus, first the one and then the other.

Look, the one whose desires are not upright will faint from exhaustion, but the person of integrity will live because of his faithfulness.

Ahaz gathered the items in God’s temple and removed them. He shut the doors of the Lord’s temple and erected altars on every street corner in Jerusalem.

“‘If in spite of this you do not obey me but walk in hostility against me,