When they were near the big rock that is in Gibeon, Amasa came to them. Now Joab was dressed in military attire and had a dagger in its sheath belted to his waist. When he advanced, it fell out.

“Is this not stored up with me?” says the Lord, “Is it not sealed up in my storehouses?

When Jacob heard that Shechem had violated his daughter Dinah, his sons were with the livestock in the field. So Jacob remained silent until they came in.

After they journeyed from Rephidim, they came to the Desert of Sinai, and they camped in the desert; Israel camped there in front of the mountain.

When he reached Seirah, he blew a trumpet in the Ephraimite hill country. The Israelites went down with him from the hill country, with Ehud in the lead.

Then the Benjaminites saw they were defeated. The Israelites retreated before Benjamin, because they had confidence in the men they had hid in ambush outside Gibeah.

The Philistines gathered their troops for battle. They assembled at Socoh in Judah. They camped in Ephes Dammim, between Socoh and Azekah.

She told her mistress, “If only my master were in the presence of the prophet who is in Samaria! Then he would cure him of his skin disease.”

While the battle raged throughout the day, the king stood propped up in his chariot opposite the Syrians. He died in the evening as the sun was setting.

You lead me in the path of life; I experience absolute joy in your presence; you always give me sheer delight.

But the king will rejoice in God; everyone who takes oaths in his name will boast, for the mouths of those who speak lies will be shut up.

When this sound occurred, a crowd gathered and was in confusion, because each one heard them speaking in his own language.

Pray that I may be rescued from those who are disobedient in Judea and that my ministry in Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints,

My aim is to know him, to experience the power of his resurrection, to share in his sufferings, and to be like him in his death,

So then, my brothers and sisters, dear friends whom I long to see, my joy and crown, stand in the Lord in this way, my dear friends!

Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom; the name of his city was Dinhabah.

“Three times in the year you must make a pilgrim feast to me.

At three times in the year all your males will appear before the Lord God.

You must not kindle a fire in any of your homes on the Sabbath day.”

My servant Moses is not like this; he is faithful in all my house.