David thought about what they said and was very afraid of King Achish of Gath.

Adoniram was supervisor of the work crews. Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the secretary.

They hauled out the sacred pillar of the temple of Baal and burned it.

Your throne, O God, is permanent. The scepter of your kingdom is a scepter of justice.

The integrity of the upright guides them, but the crookedness of the unfaithful destroys them.

The heart of her husband has confidence in her, and he has no lack of gain.

She watches over the ways of her household, and does not eat the bread of idleness.

“‘So I brought them out of the land of Egypt and led them to the wilderness.

At that time, I will destroy the military power of Israel in the valley of Jezreel.”

Now the whole crowd of people were praying outside at the hour of the incense offering.

Therefore I declare to you today that I am innocent of the blood of you all.

They allotted these previously named cities from the territory of the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.

At the commandment of the Lord they camped, and at the commandment of the Lord they traveled on; they kept the instructions of the Lord according to the commandment of the Lord, by the authority of Moses.

O children of Abraham, God’s servant, you descendants of Jacob, God’s chosen ones!

I tried to understand, examine, and comprehend the role of wisdom in the scheme of things, and to understand the stupidity of wickedness and the insanity of folly.

And these are the Levites who were numbered according to their families: from Gershon, the family of the Gershonites; of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites; from Merari, the family of the Merarites.

And from among the priests: the descendants of Hobaiah, the descendants of Hakkoz, and the descendants of Barzillai (who had taken a wife from the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by that name).

On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, the month Shebat, in Darius’ second year, the word of the Lord came to the prophet Zechariah son of Berechiah son of Iddo, as follows:

As for me, I stayed at the mountain as I did the first time, forty days and nights. The Lord listened to me that time as well and decided not to destroy you.

Their wine is snakes’ poison, the deadly venom of cobras.