He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem.

<p class="bodytext">All the direct descendants of Jacob who went to Egypt with him were sixty-six in number. (This number does not include the wives of Jacob&#8217;s sons.)<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;You are to make a special curtain<n id="1" /> of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine twisted linen; it is to be made<n id="2" /> with cherubim, the work of an artistic designer.

For the gate of the courtyard there is to be a curtain of thirty feet, of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine twined linen, the work of an embroiderer, with four posts and their four bases.

The artistically woven waistband<n id="1" /> of the ephod that is on it is to be like it, of one piece with the ephod,<n id="2" /> of gold, blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twisted linen.p>

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;You are to make a breastpiece for use in making decisions,<n id="1" /> the work of an artistic designer; you are to make it in the same fashion as the ephod; you are to make it of gold, blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twisted linen.

<p class="bodytext">Everyone who had<n id="1" /> blue, purple, or<n id="2" /> scarlet yarn, fine linen, goats&#8217; hair, ram skins dyed red, or fine leather<n id="3" /> brought them.<n id="4" />

<p class="bodytext">He made the special curtain of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine twisted linen; he made<n id="1" /> it with cherubim, the work of an artistic designer.

<t /><p class="bodytext">He made the breastpiece, the work of an artistic designer, in the same fashion as the ephod, of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet, and fine twisted linen.

All those numbered of the camp of Dan are 157,600. They will travel last, under their standards.&#8221;p>

Counting every male from a month old and upward, there were 8,600. They were responsible for the care<n id="1" /> of the sanctuary.

<p class="bodytext">So David left and crossed over to King Achish son of Maoch of Gath accompanied by his six hundred men.

<p class="bodytext">So David went, accompanied by his six hundred men. When he came to the Wadi Besor, those who were in the rear stayed there.<n id="1" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">Solomon received 666 talents<n id="1" /> of gold per year,<n id="2" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">In the twenty-sixth year of King Asa&#8217;s reign over Judah, Baasha&#8217;s son Elah became king over Israel; he ruled in Tirzah for two years.

He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem.<n id="1" /> His mother was Jerusha the daughter of Zadok.

Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem.<n id="1" /> He did not do what pleased the <sc>Lordsc> his God, in contrast to his ancestor David.<n id="2" />

<p class="bodytext">In a battle in Gath<n id="1" /> there was a large man who had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot &#8211; twenty-four in all! He too was a descendant of Rapha.

He designated<n id="1" /> 70,000 as common laborers,<n id="2" /> 80,000 as stonecutters<n id="3" /> in the hills, and 3,600 as supervisors to make sure the people completed the work.<n id="4" />p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">Solomon received 666 talents<n id="1" /> of gold per year,<n id="2" />