There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon and another glory of the stars, for star differs from star in glory.

For you have heard of my former way of life in Judaism, how I was savagely persecuting the church of God and trying to destroy it.

who is the down payment of our inheritance, until the redemption of God’s own possession, to the praise of his glory.

Then he is to slaughter the male lamb of the guilt offering, and the priest is to take some of the blood of the guilt offering and put it on the right earlobe of the one being cleansed, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot.

The elders of the Jews continued building and prospering, while at the same time Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo continued prophesying. They built and brought it to completion by the command of the God of Israel and by the command of Cyrus and Darius and Artaxerxes king of Persia.

Shallun son of Col-Hozeh, head of the district of Mizpah, worked on the Fountain Gate. He rebuilt it, put on its roof, and positioned its doors, its bolts, and its bars. In addition, he rebuilt the wall of the Pool of Siloam, by the royal garden, as far as the steps that go down from the City of David.

The most rewarded of women should be Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite! She should be the most rewarded of women who live in tents.

A king’s glory is the abundance of people, but the lack of subjects is the ruin of a ruler.

For like the crackling of quick-burning thorns under a cooking pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This kind of folly also is useless.

King Hezekiah of Judah sent this message to the king of Assyria, who was at Lachish, “I have violated our treaty. If you leave, I will do whatever you demand.” So the king of Assyria demanded that King Hezekiah of Judah pay three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.

The sons of Gomer were Askenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.

These were the sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran.

The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

The sons of Zebulun: Sered, Elon, and Jahleel.

The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.

The sons of Izhar were Korah, Nepheg, and Zikri.

The sons of Uzziel were Mishael, Elzaphan, and Sithri.

and one-tenth for each of the seven lambs,

and one-tenth for each of the seven lambs,

and one-tenth for each of the fourteen lambs,