and she said to them: “This is what the Lord God of Israel says: ‘Say this to the man who sent you to me:

They captured the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah, where he passed sentence on him.

Jehoiachin took off his prison clothes and ate daily in the king’s presence for the rest of his life.

Azel had six sons: Azrikam his firstborn, followed by Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel.

From the three he was given double honor and he became their officer, even though he was not one of them.

David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem to bring the ark of the Lord up to the place he had prepared for it.

May the Lord God of Israel be praised, in the future and forevermore. Then all the people said, “We agree! Praise the Lord!”

Then Solomon passed away and was buried in the city of his father David. His son Rehoboam replaced him as king.

Zerah the Cushite marched against them with an army of 1,000,000 men and 300 chariots. He arrived at Mareshah,

Anyone who would not seek the Lord God of Israel would be executed, whether they were young or old, male or female.

Jehoshaphat passed away and was buried with his ancestors in the City of David. His son Jehoram replaced him as king.

and she said to them: “This is what the Lord God of Israel says: ‘Say this to the man who sent you to me:

Mordecai wrote these matters down and sent letters to all the Jews who were throughout all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, both near and far,

how much more to those who live in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed like a moth?

“But now, ask the animals and they will teach you, or the birds of the sky and they will tell you.

If I smiled at them, they hardly believed it; and they did not cause the light of my face to darken.

By the brush they would gather herbs from the salt marshes, and the root of the broom tree was their food.

The clouds go round in circles, wheeling about according to his plans, to carry out all that he commands them over the face of the whole inhabited world.

Lord, lead me in your righteousness because of those who wait to ambush me, remove the obstacles in the way in which you are guiding me!

Break the arm of the wicked and evil man! Hold him accountable for his wicked deeds, which he thought you would not discover.