So they approached the man who was in charge of Joseph’s household and spoke to him at the entrance to the house.

They said to the whole community of the Israelites, “The land we passed through to investigate is an exceedingly good land.

Then the angel of the Lord stood in a path among the vineyards, where there was a wall on either side.

Why do you frustrate the intent of the Israelites to cross over into the land which the Lord has given them?

He must eat the same share they do, despite any profits he may gain from the sale of his family’s inheritance.

So Achish gave him Ziklag on that day. (For that reason Ziklag has belonged to the kings of Judah until this very day.)

David became famous when he returned from defeating the Arameans in the Valley of Salt, he defeated 18,000 in all.

He removed the high places and the incense altars from all the cities of Judah. The kingdom had rest under his rule.

The Lord was with Jehoshaphat because he followed in his ancestor David’s footsteps at the beginning of his reign. He did not seek the Baals,

“This is what King Sennacherib of Assyria says: ‘Why are you so confident that you remain in Jerusalem while it is under siege?

In his pain Manasseh asked the Lord his God for mercy and truly humbled himself before the God of his ancestors.

In those days the aristocrats of Judah repeatedly sent letters to Tobiah, and responses from Tobiah were repeatedly coming to them.

So Queen Esther, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew wrote with full authority to confirm this second letter about Purim.

I will teach you about the power of God; What is on the Almighty’s mind I will not conceal.

Yet you have battered us, leaving us a heap of ruins overrun by wild dogs; you have covered us with darkness.

For the music director; a psalm of David. Listen to me, O God, as I offer my lament! Protect my life from the enemy’s terrifying attacks.

For God will deliver Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah, and his people will again live in them and possess Zion.

I gloat in triumph over those who tried to ambush me; I hear the defeated cries of the evil foes who attacked me.

O Lord, shelter me from the power of the wicked! Protect me from violent men, who plan to knock me over.

The wicked will be captured by his own iniquities, and he will be held by the cords of his own sin.