He went in by himself and closed the door. Then he prayed to the Lord.

So he set it before them; they ate and had some left over, just as the Lord predicted.

So Edom has remained free from Judah’s control to this very day. At that same time Libnah also rebelled.

It was handed over to the foremen who used it to repair the Lord’s temple.

Do not audit the foremen who disburse the silver, for they are honest.”

He smashed the sacred pillars to bits, cut down the Asherah pole, and filled those shrines with human bones.

Because he killed innocent people and stained Jerusalem with their blood, the Lord was unwilling to forgive them.

Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. Zeruiah’s three sons were Abshai, Joab, and Asahel.

David was in the stronghold at the time, while a Philistine garrison was in Bethlehem.

He died at a good old age, having enjoyed long life, wealth, and honor. His son Solomon succeeded him.

In those days, as King Ahasuerus sat on his royal throne in Susa the citadel,

The hungry eat up his harvest, and take it even from behind the thorns, and the thirsty swallow up their fortune.

For we were born yesterday and do not have knowledge, since our days on earth are but a shadow.

They glide by like reed boats, like an eagle that swoops down on its prey.

who would take his rod away from me so that his terror would not make me afraid.

Are God’s consolations too trivial for you; or a word spoken in gentleness to you?

My eyes have grown dim with grief; my whole frame is but a shadow.

When I hear a reproof that dishonors me, then my understanding prompts me to answer.

I will maintain my righteousness and never let it go; my conscience will not reproach me for as long as I live.

Man puts an end to the darkness; he searches the farthest recesses for the ore in the deepest darkness.