Then the king of the north<n id="1" /> will advance against the empire of the king of the south, but will withdraw to his own land.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Abraham journeyed from there to the Negev<n id="1" /> region and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he lived as a temporary resident<n id="2" /> in Gerar,

<p class="bodytext">Now<n id="1" /> Isaac came from<n id="2" /> Beer Lahai Roi,<n id="3" /> for<n id="4" /> he was living in the Negev.<n id="5" />

the Negev, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of the date palm trees, as far as Zoar.

<p class="poetry">The gates of the towns in southern Judah will be shut tight.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">No one will be able to go in or out of them.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">All Judah will be carried off into exile.p> <p class="poetry">They will be completely carried off into exile.&#8217;&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;Then the king of the south<n id="1" /> and one of his subordinates<n id="2" /> will grow strong. His subordinate<n id="3" /> will resist<n id="4" /> him and will rule a kingdom greater than his.<n id="5" />

He will rouse his strength and enthusiasm<n id="1" /> against the king of the south<n id="2" /> with a large army. The king of the south will wage war with a large and very powerful army, but he will not be able to prevail because of the plans devised against him.

The Amalekites live in the land of the Negev; the Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites live in the hill country; and the Canaanites live by the sea and along the banks<n id="1" /> of the Jordan.&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

<t /><n id="1" /><p class="bodytext">When the Canaanite king of Arad<n id="2" /> who lived in the Negev<n id="3" /> heard that Israel was approaching along the road to Atharim, he fought against Israel and took some of them prisoner.p>

<p class="bodytext">From one of them came a small horn.<n id="1" /> But it grew to be very big, toward the south and the east and toward the beautiful land.<n id="2" />

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;Then the king of the south<n id="1" /> will be enraged and will march out to fight against the king of the north, who will also muster a large army, but that army will be delivered into his hand.

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;In those times many will oppose<n id="1" /> the king of the south.<n id="2" /> Those who are violent<n id="3" /> among your own people will rise up in confirmation of<n id="4" /> the vision, but they will falter.

Then the king of the north will advance and will build siege mounds and capture a well-fortified city.<n id="1" /> The forces of the south will not prevail, not even his finest contingents.<n id="2" /> They will have no strength to prevail.

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;At the time of the end the king of the south will attack<n id="1" /> him. Then the king of the north will storm against him<n id="2" /> with chariots, horsemen, and a large armada of ships.<n id="3" /> He<n id="4" /> will invade lands, passing through them like an overflowing river.<n id="5" />

<p class="poetry">The people of the Negev<n id="1" /> will take possession<n id="2" /> of Esau&#8217;s mountain,p> <p class="poetry">and the people of the Shephelah<n id="3" /> will takep> <p class="poetry">possession<n id="4" /> of the land of<n id="5" /> the Philistines.p> <p class="poetry">They will also take possession of the territory of Ephraim and the territory of Samaria,p> <p class="poetry">and the people of Benjamin will take possession<n id="6" /> of Gilead.<n id="7" />p>

<p class="poetry">The exiles of this fortress<n id="1" /> of the people of Israelp> <p class="poetry">will take possession<n id="2" /> of what belongs top> <p class="poetry">the people of Canaan, as far as Zarephath,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">and the exiles of Jerusalem<n id="4" /> who are in Sepharad<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">will take possession of the towns of the Negev.p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">Joshua conquered the whole land,<n id="1" /> including the hill country, all the Negev, all the land of Goshen, the lowlands,<n id="2" /> the Arabah, the hill country of Israel and its lowlands,

She answered, &#8220;Please give me a special present.<n id="1" /> Since you have given me land in the Negev, now give me springs of water. So he gave her both upper and lower springs.p>

She answered, &#8220;Please give me a special present.<n id="1" /> Since you have given me land in the Negev, now give me springs of water.&#8221; So Caleb gave her both the upper and lower springs.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="bodytext">When the servant had left, David got up from beside the mound,<n id="1" /> knelt<n id="2" /> with his face to the ground, and bowed three times. Then they kissed each other and they both wept, especially David.