Now this is the law pertaining to one who flees there in order to live,<n id="1" /> if he has accidentally killed another<n id="2" /> without hating him at the time of the accident.<n id="3" />

<p class="bodytext">Here are the details concerning the work crews<n id="1" /> King Solomon conscripted<n id="2" /> to build the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s temple, his palace, the terrace, the wall of Jerusalem,<n id="3" /> and the cities of<n id="4" /> Hazor,<n id="5" /> Megiddo,<n id="6" /> and Gezer.

The <sc>Lordsc> said, &#8216;Who will deceive King Ahab of Israel, so he will attack Ramoth Gilead and die there?&#8217; One said this and another that.

<p class="bodytext">While this one was still speaking,<n id="1" /> another messenger arrived<n id="2" /> and said, &#8220;The fire of God<n id="3" /> has fallen from heaven<n id="4" /> and has burned up the sheep and the servants &#8211; it has consumed them! And I &#8211; only I alone &#8211; escaped to tell you!&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">While this one was still speaking another messenger arrived and said, &#8220;The Chaldeans<n id="1" /> formed three bands and made a raid<n id="2" /> on the camels and carried them all away, and they killed the servants with the sword!<n id="3" /> And I &#8211; only I alone &#8211; escaped to tell you!&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">I did not restrain myself from getting whatever I wanted;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I did not deny myself anything that would bring me pleasure.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">So all my accomplishments gave me joy;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">this was my reward for all my effort.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">So in this way Jacob&#8217;s sin will be forgiven,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and this is how they will show they are finished sinning:<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">They will make all the stones of the altars<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">like crushed limestone,p> <p class="poetry">and the Asherah poles and the incense altars will no longer stand.<n id="4" />p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;And these are the measurements of the altar:<n id="1" /> Its base<n id="2" /> is 1¾ feet<n id="3" /> high,<n id="4" /> and 1¾ feet<n id="5" /> wide, and its border nine inches<n id="6" /> on its edge. This is to be the height<n id="7" /> of the altar.

&#8220;Speak to all the people and priests of the land as follows: &#8216;When you fasted and lamented in the fifth and seventh<n id="1" /> months through all these seventy years, did you truly fast for me &#8211; for me, indeed?

While Gehazi<n id="1" /> was telling the king how Elisha<n id="2" /> had brought the dead back to life, the woman whose son he had brought back to life came to ask the king for her house and field.<n id="3" /> Gehazi said, &#8220;My master, O king, this is the very woman and this is her son whom Elisha brought back to life!&#8221;