The king of Arad, the Canaanite king who lived in the south of the land of Canaan, heard about the approach of the Israelites.p>

Indeed, he may live among you in any place he chooses, in whichever of your villages<n id="1" /> he prefers; you must not oppress him.p>

The length of time<n id="1" /> that David lived in the Philistine countryside was a year<n id="2" /> and four months.p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">The king settled into his palace,<n id="1" /> for the <sc>Lordsc> gave him relief<n id="2" /> from all his enemies on all sides.<n id="3" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">Solomon sat on his father David&#8217;s throne, and his royal authority<n id="1" /> was firmly solidified.p>

When they came back, Elisha<n id="1" /> was staying in Jericho. He said to them, &#8220;Didn&#8217;t I tell you, &#8216;Don&#8217;t go&#8217;?&#8221;p>

Job took a shard of broken pottery to scrape<n id="1" /> himself<n id="2" /> with while he was sitting<n id="3" /> among the ashes.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">He waits in ambush near the villages;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">in hidden places he kills the innocent.p> <p class="poetry">His eyes look for some unfortunate victim.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">God reigns<n id="1" /> over the nations!p> <p class="poetry">God sits on his holy throne!p>

<p class="poetry">May he reign<n id="1" /> forever before God!p> <p class="poetry">Decree that your loyal love and faithfulness should protect him.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Deceitful people will not live in my palace.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Liars will not be welcome in my presence.<n id="2" />p>

<t /><p class="psasuper">A song of ascents.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Those who trust in the <sc>Lordsc> are like Mount Zion;p> <p class="poetry">it cannot be upended and will endure forever.p>

<p class="poetry">At that time<n id="1" /> you will say:p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;I praise you, O <sc>Lordsc>,p> <p class="poetry">for even though you were angry with me,p> <p class="poetry">your anger subsided, and you consoled me.p>

<p class="poetry">Like lions his enemies roar victoriously over him;p> <p class="poetry">they raise their voices in triumph.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">They have laid his land waste;p> <p class="poetry">his cities have been burned down and deserted.<n id="2" />p>

So there were quarrels<n id="1" /> between Abram&#8217;s herdsmen and Lot&#8217;s herdsmen.<n id="2" /> (Now the Canaanites and the Perizzites were living in the land at that time.)<n id="3" />p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">The two angels came to Sodom in the evening while<n id="1" /> Lot was sitting in the city&#8217;s gateway.<n id="2" /> When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them and bowed down with his face toward the ground.p>

<p class="bodytext">(Now Ephron was sitting among the sons of Heth.) Ephron the Hethite<n id="1" /> replied to Abraham in the hearing<n id="2" /> of the sons of Heth &#8211; before all who entered the gate<n id="3" /> of his city &#8211;

My master made me swear an oath. He said, &#8216;You must not acquire a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I am living,

<p class="bodytext">When the boys grew up, Esau became a skilled<n id="1" /> hunter, a man of the open fields, but Jacob was an even-tempered man, living in tents.<n id="2" />

The whole time he has the infection<n id="1" /> he will be continually unclean. He must live in isolation, and his place of residence must be outside the camp.p>