<p class="bodytext">The king asked, &#8220;What great honor<n id="1" /> was bestowed on Mordecai because of this?&#8221; The king&#8217;s attendants who served him responded, &#8220;Not a thing was done for him.&#8221;p>

Now this is what we will do to Gibeah: We will attack the city as the lot dictates.<n id="1" />

This Passover was observed in the eighteenth year of Josiah&#8217;s reign.p>

<p class="poetry">By God&#8217;s power we will conquer;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">he will trample down<n id="2" /> our enemies.p>

<p class="poetry">By God&#8217;s power we will conquer;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">he will trample down<n id="2" /> our enemies.p>

<p class="poetry">We<n id="1" /> will make for you gold ornamentsp> <p class="poetry">studded with silver.<n id="2" />p>

So we decided to build this altar, not for burnt offerings and sacrifices,

The leaders<n id="1" /> of the assembly said, &#8220;How can we find wives for those who are left?<n id="2" /> After all, the Benjaminite women have been wiped out.

<p class="bodytext">Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, &#8220;Give us your advice. What should we do?&#8221;

But in the eighteenth year of King Josiah&#8217;s reign, such a Passover of the <sc>Lordsc> was observed in Jerusalem.p>

<t /><p class="sosspeaker"><b><i>The Beloved&#8217;s Brothers:i>b>p> <p class="poetry">We have a little sister,p> <p class="poetry">and as yet she has no breasts.p> <p class="poetry">What shall we do for our sisterp> <p class="poetry">on the day when she is spoken for?<n id="1" />p>

But they just keep saying, &#8216;We do not care what you say!<n id="1" /> We will do whatever we want to do! We will continue to behave wickedly and stubbornly!&#8217;&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

Because the storm was growing worse and worse,<n id="1" /> they said to him, &#8220;What should we do to you to make<n id="2" /> the sea calm down<n id="3" /> for us?&#8221;

and all the people answered together, &#8220;All that the <sc>Lordsc> has commanded we will do!&#8221;<n id="1" /> So Moses brought the words of the people back to the <sc>Lordsc>.p>

He took the Book of the Covenant<n id="1" /> and read it aloud<n id="2" /> to the people, and they said, &#8220;We are willing to do and obey<n id="3" /> all that the <sc>Lordsc> has spoken.&#8221;

Every grain offering which is baked in the oven or<n id="1" /> made in the pan<n id="2" /> or on the griddle belongs to the priest who presented it.

Then the Gadites and the Reubenites answered, &#8220;Your servants will do what the <sc>Lordsc> has spoken.<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">They told Joshua, &#8220;We will do everything you say. We will go wherever you send us.

We must let them live so we can escape the curse attached to the oath we swore to them.&#8221;<n id="1" />

The leaders of Gilead said to Jephthah, &#8220;The <sc>Lordsc> will judge any grievance you have against us,<n id="1" /> if we do not do as you say.&#8221;<n id="2" />