<p class="bodytext">The Philistine drew steadily closer to David to attack him, while David quickly ran toward the battle line to attack the Philistine.<n id="1" />

a wise woman called out from the city, &#8220;Listen up! Listen up! Tell Joab, &#8216;Come near so that I may speak to you.&#8217;&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">When he approached her, the woman asked, &#8220;Are you Joab?&#8221; He replied, &#8220;I am.&#8221; She said to him, &#8220;Listen to the words of your servant.&#8221; He said, &#8220;Go ahead. I&#8217;m listening.&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;Treat fairly<n id="1" /> the sons of Barzillai of Gilead and provide for their needs,<n id="2" /> because they helped me<n id="3" /> when I had to flee from your brother Absalom.p>

When the king arrived back from Damascus and<n id="1" /> saw the altar, he approached it<n id="2" /> and offered a sacrifice on it.<n id="3" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">They brought the ark of God and put it in the middle of the tent David had pitched for it. Then they offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings<n id="1" /> before God.

They reserved the burnt offerings and the cattle for the family divisions of the people to present to the <sc>Lordsc>, as prescribed in the scroll of Moses.<n id="1" />

<p class="poetry">Do not be<n id="1" /> like an unintelligent horse or mule,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">which will not obey youp> <p class="poetry">unless they are controlled by a bridle and bit.<n id="3" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">Those who accumulate houses are as good as dead,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">those who also accumulate landed property<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">until there is no land left,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">and you are the only landowners remaining within the land.<n id="4" />p>

I then had sexual relations with the prophetess; she conceived and gave birth to a son. The <sc>Lordsc> told me, &#8220;Name him Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz,

<p class="poetry">Approach me! Listen to this!p> <p class="poetry">From the very first I have not spoken in secret;p> <p class="poetry">when it happens,<n id="1" /> I am there.&#8221;p> <p class="poetry">So now, the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> has sent me, accompanied by his spirit.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">They say, &#8216;Keep to yourself!p> <p class="poetry">Don&#8217;t get near me, for I am holier than you!&#8217;p> <p class="poetry">These people are like smoke in my nostrils,p> <p class="poetry">like a fire that keeps burning all day long.p>

<p class="bodytext">So I prophesied as I was commanded. There was a sound when I prophesied &#8211; I heard<n id="1" /> a rattling, and the bones came together, bone to bone.

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;On the second day, you will offer a male goat without blemish for a sin offering. They will purify the altar just as they purified it with the bull.

On the day he enters the sanctuary, into the inner court to serve in the sanctuary, he must offer his sin offering, declares the sovereign <sc>Lordsc>.p>

<p class="poetry">They approach him, all the while plotting against him.p> <p class="poetry">Their hearts are like an oven;p> <p class="poetry">their anger smolders all night long,p> <p class="poetry">but in the morning it bursts into a flaming fire.p>

<p class="poetry">She is disobedient;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">she refuses correction.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">She does not trust the <sc>Lordsc>;p> <p class="poetry">she does not seek the advice of<n id="3" /> her God.p>

When they brought the kings out to Joshua, he<n id="1" /> summoned all the men of Israel and said to the commanders of the troops who accompanied him, &#8220;Come here<n id="2" /> and put your feet on the necks of these kings.&#8221; So they came up<n id="3" /> and put their feet on their necks.

<p class="bodytext">So Esau hated<n id="1" /> Jacob because of the blessing his father had given to his brother.<n id="2" /> Esau said privately,<n id="3" /> &#8220;The time<n id="4" /> of mourning for my father is near; then I will kill<n id="5" /> my brother Jacob!&#8221;p>

The time<n id="1" /> for Israel to die approached, so he called for his son Joseph and said to him, &#8220;If now I have found favor in your sight, put your hand under my thigh<n id="2" /> and show me kindness and faithfulness.<n id="3" /> Do not bury me in Egypt,