Suddenly a great earthquake occurred, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken. Immediately all the doors flew open, and the bonds of all the prisoners came loose.

“You are to make a breastpiece for use in making decisions, the work of an artistic designer; you are to make it in the same fashion as the ephod; you are to make it of gold, blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twisted linen.

On the border of Manasseh’s territory were Beth-Shean and its surrounding towns, Taanach and its surrounding towns, Megiddo and its surrounding towns, and Dor and its surrounding towns. The descendants of Joseph, Israel’s son, lived here.

“‘If an ordinary individual sins by straying unintentionally when he violates one of the Lord’s commandments which must not be violated, and he pleads guilty

When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard the news, he was still in Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon and had been living ever since.

He followed God during the lifetime of Zechariah, who taught him how to honor God. As long as he followed the Lord, God caused him to succeed.

Surely your goodness and faithfulness will pursue me all my days, and I will live in the Lord’s house for the rest of my life.

By David. The Lord delivers and vindicates me! I fear no one! The Lord protects my life! I am afraid of no one!

You, O Lord God, the invincible warrior, the God of Israel, rouse yourself and punish all the nations! Have no mercy on any treacherous evildoers! (Selah)

Listen, you Israelites, to this message which the Lord is proclaiming against you! This message is for the entire clan I brought up from the land of Egypt:

who has become a priest not by a legal regulation about physical descent but by the power of an indestructible life.

This is the account of Abraham’s son Ishmael, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s servant, bore to Abraham.

and you are to make for the breastpiece two gold rings and attach the two rings to the upper two ends of the breastpiece.

and they made two gold filigree settings and two gold rings, and they attached the two rings to the upper two ends of the breastpiece.

“Not a single person of this evil generation will see the good land that I promised to give to your ancestors!

and when all the people had finished crossing, the ark of the Lord and the priests crossed as the people looked on.

The men of Israel (not counting Benjamin) had mustered four hundred thousand sword-wielding soldiers, every one an experienced warrior.

Then the men of Israel left Mizpah and chased the Philistines, striking them down all the way to an area below Beth Car.

I grind them as fine as the dust of the ground; I crush them and stomp on them like clay in the streets.

(Hiram’s fleet, which carried gold from Ophir, also brought from Ophir a very large quantity of fine timber and precious gems.