<p class="bodytext">From the Israelites&#8217; share Moses took one of every fifty people and animals and gave them to the Levites who were responsible for the care of the Lord&#8217;s tabernacle, just as the <sc>Lordsc> commanded Moses.p>

All the gold of the offering they offered up to the <sc>Lordsc> from the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds weighed 16,750 shekels.<n id="1" />

So I chose<n id="1" /> as your tribal leaders wise and well-known men, placing them over you as administrators of groups of thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens, and also as other tribal officials.

The man who has raped her must pay her father fifty shekels of silver and she must become his wife because he has violated her; he may never divorce her as long as he lives.p>

I saw among the goods we seized a nice robe from Babylon,<n id="1" /> two hundred silver pieces,<n id="2" /> and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels. I wanted them, so I took them. They are hidden in the ground right in the middle of my tent with the silver underneath.&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">But the <sc>Lordsc><n id="1" /> struck down some of the people of Beth Shemesh because they had looked into the ark of the <sc>Lordsc>; he struck down 50,070<n id="2" /> of the men. The people grieved because the <sc>Lordsc> had struck the people with a hard blow.

But the king said to Araunah, &#8220;No, I insist on buying it from you! I will not offer to the <sc>Lordsc> my God burnt sacrifices that cost me nothing.&#8221;p> <p class="bodytext">So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty pieces of silver.<n id="1" />

He named<n id="1" /> it &#8220;The Palace of the Lebanon Forest&#8221;;<n id="2" /> it was 150 feet<n id="3" /> long, 75 feet<n id="4" /> wide, and 45 feet<n id="5" /> high. It had four rows of cedar pillars and cedar beams above the pillars.

Now send out messengers<n id="1" /> and assemble all Israel before me at Mount Carmel, as well as the 450 prophets of Baal and 400 prophets of Asherah whom Jezebel supports.<n id="2" />p>

They said to him, &#8220;Look, there are fifty capable men with your servants. Let them go and look for your master, for the wind sent from the <sc>Lordsc><n id="1" /> may have carried him away and dropped him on one of the hills or in one of the valleys.&#8221; But Elisha<n id="2" /> replied, &#8220;Don&#8217;t send them out.&#8221;

Jehoahaz had no army left<n id="1" /> except for fifty horsemen, ten chariots, and 10,000 foot soldiers. The king of Syria had destroyed his troops<n id="2" /> and trampled on them like dust.<n id="3" />p>

Menahem got this silver by taxing all the wealthy men in Israel; he took fifty shekels of silver from each one of them and paid it to the king of Assyria.<n id="1" /> Then the king of Assyria left; he did not stay there in the land.p>

His officer Pekah son of Remaliah conspired against him. He and fifty Gileadites assassinated Pekahiah, as well as Argob and Arieh, in Samaria in the fortress of the royal palace.<n id="1" /> Pekah then took his place as king.p>

<p class="bodytext">Solomon took a census<n id="1" /> of all the male resident foreigners in the land of Israel, after the census his father David had taken. There were 153,600 in all.

Huram sent him ships and some of his sailors, men who were well acquainted with the sea. They sailed with Solomon&#8217;s men to Ophir,<n id="1" /> and took from there 450 talents<n id="2" /> of gold, which they brought back to King Solomon.p>

Some of the family leaders<n id="1" /> contributed to the work. The governor contributed to the treasury 1,000 gold drachmas,<n id="2" /> 50 bowls, and 530 priestly garments.

<p class="bodytext">Haman&#8217;s<n id="1" /> wife Zeresh and all his friends said to him, &#8220;Have a gallows seventy-five feet<n id="2" /> high built, and in the morning tell the king that Mordecai should be hanged on it. Then go with the king to the banquet contented.&#8221;<n id="3" />p> <p class="bodytext">It seemed like a good idea to Haman, so he had the gallows built.p>

Harbona,<n id="1" /> one of the king&#8217;s eunuchs, said, &#8220;Indeed, there is the gallows that Haman made for Mordecai, who spoke out in the king&#8217;s behalf. It stands near Haman&#8217;s home and is seventy-five feet<n id="2" /> high.&#8221;p> <p class="bodytext">The king said, &#8220;Hang him on it!&#8221;

Its alcoves, three on each side, and its jambs and porches had the same measurement as the first gate; 87½ feet<n id="1" /> long and 43¾ feet<n id="2" /> wide.

Its alcoves, its jambs, and its porches had the same dimensions as the others, and there were windows all around it and its porches; its length was 87½ feet<n id="1" /> and its width 43¾ feet.<n id="2" />