So the work on the temple of God in Jerusalem came to a halt. It remained halted until the second year of the reign of King Darius of Persia.

These were the names of Esau’s sons: Eliphaz, the son of Esau’s wife Adah, and Reuel, the son of Esau’s wife Basemath.

So Moses gave orders about them to Eleazar the priest, to Joshua son of Nun, and to the heads of the families of the Israelite tribes.

Your children will be cursed, as well as the produce of your soil, the calves of your herds, and the lambs of your flocks.

“Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel who are now prophesying. Say to the prophets who prophesy from their imagination: ‘Hear the word of the Lord!

In the fourth year that Jehoiakim son of Josiah was king of Judah, the Lord spoke to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah. (That was the same as the first year that Nebuchadnezzar was king of Babylon.)

Then the priest must take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and he must pour out the rest of its blood at the base of the altar of burnt offering.

Now the Lord delivered King Jehoiakim of Judah into his power, along with some of the vessels of the temple of God. He brought them to the land of Babylonia to the temple of his god and put the vessels in the treasury of his god.

and all the cities of King Sihon of the Amorites who ruled in Heshbon, and ended at the Ammonite border.

Beriah, and Shema. They were leaders of the families living in Aijalon and chased out the inhabitants of Gath.

The name of the second river is Gihon; it runs through the entire land of Cush.

Pairs of all creatures that have the breath of life came into the ark to Noah.

This is the service of the families of Gershonites, as they serve and carry it.

When they took roll call, they noticed none of the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead were there.

The descendants of Gad lived near them in the land of Bashan, as far as Salecah.

The son of Jonathan: Meribbaal. Meribbaal was the father of Micah.

The mighty lion perishes for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.

“Can you discover the essence of God? Can you find out the perfection of the Almighty?

I thought, ‘You are gods; all of you are sons of the Most High.’

and a fruitful land into a barren place, because of the sin of its inhabitants.