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And the watchmen of Saul beheld in Gabaa of Benjamin, and, behold, the army was thrown into confusion on every side.

And Gedeon sent messengers into all mount Ephraim, saying, Come down to meet Madiam, and take to yourselves the water as far as Baethera and Jordan: and every man of Ephraim cried out, and they took the water before hand unto Baethera and Jordan.

And the children of Jothor the Kenite the father-in-law of Moses went up from the city of palm-trees with the children of Judas, to the wilderness that is in the south of Juda, which is at the descent of Arad, and they dwelt with the people.

And Chaleb said, Whosoever shall take and destroy the city of Letters, and master it, to him will I give my daughter Ascha to wife.

And if the man that sacrificed said, First let the fat be burned, as it is fit, and take for thyself of all things which thy soul desires: then he would say, Nay, for thou shalt give it me now; and if not I will take it by force.

For I hoped in thee, O Lord: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.

A king is not saved by reason of a great host; and a giant shall not be delivered by the greatness of his strength.

And the Philistine advanced morning and evening, and stood up forty days.

So the nations shall fear thy name, O Lord, and all kings thy glory.

My strength is dried up, like a potsherd; and my tongue is glued to my throat; and thou hast brought me down to the dust of death.

My belly has been parched with wailing, and darkness is on my eyelids.

in every city and province wherever the ordinance was published: wherever the proclamation took place, the Jews had joy and gladness, feasting and mirth: and many of the Gentiles were circumcised, and became Jews, for fear of the Jews.

And I undertook to understand this, but it is too hard for me,

And he returned, and walked up and down in the house: and he went up, and bowed himself on the child seven times; and the child opened his eyes.

And the rest of the Jews who were in the kingdom assembled, and helped one another, and obtained rest from their enemies: for they destroyed fifteen thousand of them on the thirteenth day of Adar, but took no spoil.

Why did they sit between the sheep-folds to hear the bleating of flocks for the divisions of Ruben? there were great searchings of heart.

The Lord be judge and umpire between me and thee, the Lord look upon and judge my cause, and rescue me out of thy hand.

the king of Elath,

should it happen that the name of Jonathan be discovered by the house of David, then let the Lord seek out the enemies of David.

Thine eyes saw my unwrought substance, and all men shall be written in thy book; they shall be formed by day, though there should for a time be no one among them.

And he brought water out of the rock, and caused waters to flow down as rivers.

And they seized every one the head of his neighbour with his hand, and his sword was thrust into the side of his neighbour, and they fall down together: and the name of that place was called The portion of the treacherous ones, which is in Gabaon.

And it came to pass as the ark arrived at the city of David, that Melchol the daughter of Saul looked through the window, and saw king David dancing and playing before the Lord; and she despised him in her heart.

For what is man, that thou hast magnified him? or that thou givest heed to him?

Then Manaem smote both Thersa and all that was in it, and its borders extending beyond Thersa, because they opened not to him: and he smote it, and ripped up the women with child.

And the angel of the Lord stretched out his hand against Jerusalem to destroy it, and the Lord repented of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough now, withhold thine hand. And the angel of the Lord was by the threshing-floor of Orna the Jebusite.

A little is better to the righteous than abundant wealth of sinners.

And it was told Joshua, saying, The five kings have been found hid in the cave that is in Makeda.

for in their going up out of Egypt Israel went in the wilderness as far as the sea of Siph, and came to Cades.

The mountain of God is a rich mountain; a swelling mountain, a rich mountain.

All these could sling with stones at a hair, and not miss.

And the children of Dan set up the graven image for themselves; and Jonathan son of Gerson son of Manasse, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan till the time of the carrying away of the nation.

And Elisama, and Elidae, and Eliphalath, Samae, Jessibath, Nathan, Galamaan, Jebaar, Theesus, Eliphalat, Naged, Naphec, Janathan, Leasamys, Baalimath, Eliphaath.

All the day my shame is before me, and the confusion of my face has covered me,

Be firm, I pray thee, if thou canst endure; then thy fruit shall prosper.

And wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or bind him as a sparrow for a child?

And the king and all his house went out on foot: and the king left ten women of his concubines to keep the house.

Let those that make them become like to them, and all who trust in them.

Let them be withered upon the earth; for they have plundered the sheaves of the fatherless.

For if thou desiredst sacrifice, I would have given it: thou wilt not take pleasure in whole-burnt-offerings.

And Heli said to Samuel, Samuel, my son; and he said, Behold, here am I.

And Barac pursued after the chariots and after the army, into Arisoth of the Gentiles; and the whole army of Sisara fell by the edge of the sword, there was not one left.

They have a mouth, but they cannot speak; they have eyes, but they cannot see;

And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing Israel, for Joab spared the people.

At this time to-morrow I will send to thee a man out of the land of Benjamin, and thou shalt anoint him to be ruler over my people Israel, and he shall save my people out of the hand of the Philistines; for I have looked upon the humiliation of my people, for their cry is come unto me.

The trees of the plain shall be full of sap; even the cedars of Libanus which he has planted.

He shall not be known among his people, nor his house preserved on the earth.

And this thing is not good which thou hast done. As the Lord lives, ye are worthy of death, ye who guard your lord the king, the anointed of the Lord: and now behold, I pray you, the spear of the king, and the cruse of water: where are the articles that should be at his head?

But God shall deliver my soul from the power of Hades, when he shall receive me. Pause.

And there went up a watchman upon the tower of Jezrael, and saw the dust made by Ju as he approached; and he said, I see dust. And Joram said, Take a horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, Peace.

Thus says the whole congregation of the Lord, What is this transgression that ye have transgressed before the God of Israel, to turn away today from the Lord, in that ye have built for yourselves an altar, so that ye should be apostates from the Lord?

Thou openest thine hands, and fillest every living thing with pleasure.

For he considers iron as chaff, and brass as rotten wood.

While he was yet speaking, there came another messenger, and said to Job, Fire has fallen from heaven, and burnt up the sheep, and devoured the shepherds like wise; and I having escaped alone am come to tell thee.

When it has melted at the approach of heat, it is not known what it was.

And her husband went with her weeping behind her as far as Barakim. And Abenner said to him, Go, return; and he returned.

For it is moist under the sun, and his branch shall come forth out of his dung-heap.

And he will take your servants, and your handmaids, and your good herds and your asses, and will take the tenth of them for his works.

For the wind passes over it, and it shall not be; and it shall know its place no more.

Nevertheless, the lamp of the ungodly also shall be put out, and destruction shall come upon them, and pangs of vengeance shall seize them.

And now stand still, and see this great thing, which the Lord will do before your eyes.

But to the sinner God has said, Why dost thou declare my ordinances, and take up my covenant in thy mouth?

And Muchaeus said to the king and to the princes, Queen Astin has not wronged the king only, but also all the king's rulers and princes:

And Sampson said, With the jaw-bone of an ass I have utterly destroyed them, for with the jaw-bone of an ass I have smitten a thousand men.

I called my servant, and he hearkened not; and my mouth intreated him.

I will speak, that I may open my lips and relieve myself.

Money for a sin-offering, and money for a trespass-offering, whatever happened to be brought into the house of the Lord, went to the priests.

And Samuel said, Why askest thou me, whereas the Lord has departed from thee, and taken part with thy neighbour?

And they said, The mount of Ephraim does not please us, and the Chananite dwelling in it in Baethsan, and in its villages, and in the valley of Jezrael, has choice cavalry and iron.

There was no one left in Gai who did not pursue after Israel; and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.

And Joshua took all the hill country, and all the land of Nageb, and all the land of Gosom, and the plain country, and that toward the west, and the mountain of Israel and the low country by the mountain;

And thou shalt forget trouble, as a wave that has passed by; and thou shalt not be scared.

He has opened a pit, and dug it up, and he shall fall into the ditch which he has made.

And the king returned, and came as far as Jordan. And the men of Juda came to Galgala on their way to meet the king, to cause the king to pass over Jordan.

And the Lord raised up judges, and the Lord save them out of the hands of them that spoiled them: and yet they hearkened not to the judges,

And Abimelech reigned over Israel three years.

And men came forth to destroy out of the land of the Philistines in three companies; one company turning by the way of Gophera toward the land of Sogal,

I will clothe her priests with salvation; and her saints shall greatly exult.

And Heli said to them that stood round about him, What is the voice of this sound? And the man hasted and advanced to Heli, and said to him, I am he that is come out of the camp, and I have fled from the battle to-day: and Heli said, What is the even, my son?

Number not thyself among the multitude of sinners, but remember that wrath will not tarry long.

Therefore he cried with a loud voice, with weeping, and sighing, and a mighty cry, and rent his garments.

O Lord, look down from thine holy house, and consider us: bow down thine ear, O Lord, to hear us.

Wherefore I thine handmaid, knowing all this, am fled from their presence; and God hath sent me to work things with thee, whereat all the earth shall be astonished, and whosoever shall hear it.

Well is he that is defended through the venom thereof; who hath not drawn the yoke thereof, nor hath been bound in her bands.

And hardly do we guess aright at things that are upon earth, and with labour do we find the things that are before us: but the things that are in heaven who hath searched out?

As the Lord liveth, who hath kept me in my way that I went, my countenance hath deceived him to his destruction, and yet hath he not committed sin with me, to defile and shame me.

There is no riches above a sound body, and no joy above the joy of the heart.

A faithful friend is the medicine of life; and they that fear the Lord shall find him.

Now when Judith came in and sat down, Holofernes his heart was ravished with her, and his mind was moved, and he desired greatly her company; for he waited a time to deceive her, from the day that he had seen her.

If a man commit himself unto her, he shall inherit her; and his generation shall hold her in possession.

A sinner will overthrow the good estate of his surety:

Therefore all their works are as the sun before him, and his eyes are continually upon their ways.

Where are the princes of the heathen become, and such as ruled the beasts upon the earth;

For he provided for it that it might not fall, knowing that it was unable to help itself; for it is an image, and hath need of help:

The fool saith, I have no friends, I have no thank for all my good deeds, and they that eat my bread speak evil of me.

After I am come into mine house, I will repose myself with her: for her conversation hath no bitterness; and to live with her hath no sorrow, but mirth and joy.

He hath set fire and water before thee: stretch forth thy hand unto whether thou wilt.

Enoch pleased the Lord, and was translated, being an example of repentance to all generations.

Thus in process of time an ungodly custom grown strong was kept as a law, and graven images were worshipped by the commandments of kings.

For in his hand are both we and our words; all wisdom also, and knowledge of workmanship.