As he approached<n id="1" /> Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, &#8220;Look,<n id="2" /> I know that you are a beautiful woman.<n id="3" />

<p class="bodytext">But the <sc>Lordsc> struck Pharaoh and his household with severe diseases<n id="1" /> because of Sarai, Abram&#8217;s wife.

<p class="bodytext">So they put foremen<n id="1" /> over the Israelites<n id="2" /> to oppress<n id="3" /> them with hard labor. As a result<n id="4" /> they built Pithom and Rameses<n id="5" /> as store cities for Pharaoh.

He replied to them, &#8220;Stay<n id="1" /> here tonight, and I will bring back to you whatever word the <sc>Lordsc> may speak to me.&#8221; So the princes of Moab stayed with Balaam.

<p class="bodytext">So Balaam got up in the morning, and said to the princes of Balak, &#8220;Go to your land,<n id="1" /> for the <sc>Lordsc> has refused to permit me to go<n id="2" /> with you.&#8221;

He captured a young man from Succoth<n id="1" /> and interrogated him. The young man wrote down for him the names of Succoth&#8217;s officials and city leaders &#8211; seventy-seven men in all.<n id="2" />

He will appoint for himself leaders of thousands and leaders of fifties,<n id="1" /> as well as those who plow his ground, reap his harvest, and make his weapons of war and his chariot equipment.

<n id="1" /> Then the leaders of the Philistines would march out, and as often as they did so, David achieved more success than all of Saul&#8217;s servants. His name was held in high esteem.p>

These men were also in charge of Solomon&#8217;s work projects; there were a total of 550 men who supervised the workers.<n id="1" />

King Rehoboam made bronze shields to replace them and assigned them to the officers of the royal guard<n id="1" /> who protected the entrance to the royal palace.

Ahab asked, &#8220;By whom will this be accomplished?&#8221;<n id="1" /> He answered, &#8220;This is what the <sc>Lordsc> says, &#8216;By the servants of the district governors.&#8217;&#8221; Ahab<n id="2" /> asked, &#8220;Who will launch the attack?&#8221; He answered, &#8220;You will.&#8221;p>

The servants of the district governors led the march. When Ben Hadad sent messengers, they reported back to him, &#8220;Men are marching out of Samaria.&#8221;<n id="1" />

When the chariot commanders saw Jehoshaphat, they said, &#8220;He must be the king of Israel.&#8221; So they turned and attacked him, but Jehoshaphat cried out.

Indeed,<n id="1" /> fire came down from the sky and consumed the two captains who came before me, along with their men.<n id="2" /> So now, please have respect for my life.&#8221;

When he arrived, the officers of the army were sitting there.<n id="1" /> So he said, &#8220;I have a message for you, O officer.&#8221;<n id="2" /> Jehu asked, &#8220;For which one of us?&#8221;<n id="3" /> He replied, &#8220;For you, O officer.&#8221;

<t /><p class="bodytext">Ahab had seventy sons living in Samaria.<n id="1" /> So Jehu wrote letters and sent them to Samaria to the leading officials of Jezreel and to the guardians of Ahab&#8217;s dynasty. This is what the letters said,<n id="2" />

They divided them by lots, for there were officials of the holy place and officials designated by God among the descendants of both Eleazar and Ithamar.<n id="1" />

King Rehoboam made bronze shields to replace them and assigned them to the officers of the royal guard<n id="1" /> who protected the entrance to the royal palace.

These were their divisions by families:p> <p class="bodytext">There were a thousand officers from Judah.<n id="1" /> Adnah the commander led 300,000 skilled warriors,

Jehoram crossed over to Zair with his officers and all his chariots. The Edomites, who had surrounded him, attacked at night and defeated him and his chariot officers.<n id="1" />