<p class="bodytext">Jashobeam son of Zabdiel was in charge of the first division, which was assigned the first month. His division consisted of 24,000 men.

<p class="bodytext">Dodai the Ahohite was in charge of the division assigned the second month; Mikloth was the next in rank.<n id="1" /> His division consisted of 24,000 men.p>

<p class="bodytext">The third army commander, assigned the third month, was Benaiah son of Jehoiada the priest. He was the leader of his division, which consisted of 24,000 men.

<p class="bodytext">The fourth, assigned the fourth month, was Asahel, brother of Joab; his son Zebadiah succeeded him.<n id="1" /> His division consisted of 24,000 men.p>

<p class="bodytext">The seventh, assigned the seventh month, was Helez the Pelonite, an Ephraimite. His division consisted of 24,000 men.p>

<p class="bodytext">The eleventh, assigned the eleventh month, was Benaiah the Pirathonite, an Ephraimite. His division consisted of 24,000 men.p>

<p class="bodytext">The twelfth, assigned the twelfth month, was Heldai the Netophathite, a descendant of Othniel. His division consisted of 24,000 men.p>

<p class="bodytext">Solomon had 4,000 stalls for his chariot horses<n id="1" /> and 12,000 horses. He kept them in assigned cities and in Jerusalem.<n id="2" />

Abijah&#8217;s power grew; he had<n id="1" /> fourteen wives and fathered twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.p>

<p class="bodytext">They slaughtered the Passover lamb on the fourteenth day of the second month. The priests and Levites were ashamed, so they consecrated themselves and brought burnt sacrifices to the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s temple.

<p class="bodytext">All these gold and silver vessels totaled 5,400.<n id="1" /> Sheshbazzar brought them all along when the captives were brought up from Babylon to Jerusalem.p>

<v id="(7:68)" /><n id="1" /> 435 camels, and 6,720 donkeys.

All of this happened on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar. They then rested on the fourteenth day and made it a day for banqueting and happiness.p>

to have them observe the fourteenth and the fifteenth day of the month of Adar each year

<p class="bodytext">After this Job lived 140 years; he saw his children and their children to the fourth generation.

<p class="poetry">The leech<n id="1" /> has two daughters:<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Give! Give!&#8221;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">There are three things that are never satisfied,p> <p class="poetry">four<n id="4" /> that never say, &#8220;Enough&#8221;<n id="5" /> &#8211;p>

<p class="poetry">There will be some left behind,p> <p class="poetry">like when an olive tree is beaten &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">two or three ripe olives remain toward the very top,p> <p class="poetry">four or five on its fruitful branches,&#8221;p> <p class="poetry">says the <sc>Lordsc> God of Israel.p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah&#8217;s reign,<n id="1" /> King Sennacherib of Assyria marched up against all the fortified cities of Judah and captured them.

Each of the pillars was about 27 feet<n id="1" /> high, about 18 feet<n id="2" /> in circumference, three inches<n id="3" /> thick, and hollow.

The appearance of the wheels and their construction<n id="1" /> was like gleaming jasper,<n id="2" /> and all four wheels looked alike. Their structure was like a wheel within a wheel.<n id="3" />