<p class="poetry">They mock<n id="1" /> and say evil things;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">they proudly threaten violence.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Even youngsters have scorned me;p> <p class="poetry">when I get up,<n id="1" /> they scoff at me.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">They insulted God, saying,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Is God really able to give us food<n id="2" /> in the wilderness?p>

So Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate<n id="1" /> of their city and spoke to the men of their city,

So they approached the man who was in charge of Joseph&#8217;s household and spoke to him at the entrance to the house.

<p class="bodytext">So David&#8217;s servants went and spoke all these words to Nabal in David&#8217;s name. Then they paused.

They sent for him,<n id="1" /> and Jeroboam and the whole Israelite assembly came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,

They captured the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah,<n id="1" /> where he<n id="2" /> passed sentence on him.

They sent for him<n id="1" /> and Jeroboam and all Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,

They talked about the God of Jerusalem as if he were one of the man-made gods of the nations of the earth.p>

The wise men replied to the king: [What follows is in Aramaic<n id="1" />] &#8220;O king, live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will disclose its<n id="2" /> interpretation.&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">Jacob&#8217;s sons answered Shechem and his father Hamor deceitfully when they spoke because Shechem<n id="1" /> had violated their sister Dinah.

<p class="bodytext">So the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the fee for divination in their hand. They came to Balaam and reported<n id="1" /> to him the words of Balak.

in Shiloh in the land of Canaan and said, &#8220;The <sc>Lordsc> told Moses to assign us cities in which to live along with the grazing areas for our cattle.&#8221;

They went to the land of Gilead to the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and said to them:

<p class="bodytext">The Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered the leaders<n id="1" /> of the Israelite clans:

<p class="bodytext">The entire assembly sent messengers to the Benjaminites at the cliff of Rimmon and assured them they would not be harmed.<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">When the messengers went to Gibeah (where Saul lived)<n id="1" /> and informed the people of these matters, all the people wept loudly.<n id="2" />

So Saul&#8217;s servants spoke these words privately<n id="1" /> to David. David replied, &#8220;Is becoming the king&#8217;s son-in-law something insignificant to you? I&#8217;m just a poor and lightly-esteemed man!&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">So the servants of David went to Abigail at Carmel and said to her, &#8220;David has sent us to you to bring you back to be his wife.&#8221;