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Isaiah 5:8
Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth! |
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1 Timothy 5:13
And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not. |
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Acts 8:3
As for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering into every house, and haling men and women committed them to prison. |
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Acts 20:20
And how I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, but have shewed you, and have taught you publickly, and from house to house, |
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Matthew 7:24-27
Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it. |
Woe unto them that join House To House, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!
And how I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, but have shewed you, and have taught you publickly, and from House To House,
And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from House To House; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.
And Abram said, Behold, To me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my House is mine heir.
But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the House To them, and shut To the door.
And they smote the men that were at the door of the House with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves To find the door.
And it came To pass, when God caused me To wander from my father's House, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness which thou shalt shew unto me; at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is my brother.
And said, Whose daughter art thou? tell me, I pray thee: is there room in thy father's House for us To lodge in?
And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of my master Abraham, who hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: I being in the way, the LORD led me To the House of my master's brethren.
And the man came into the House: and he ungirded his camels, and gave straw and provender for the camels, and water To wash his feet, and the men's feet that were with him.
But thou shalt go unto my father's House, and To my kindred, and take a wife unto my son.
Arise, go To Padanaram, To the House of Bethuel thy mother's father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother's brother.
And it came To pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister's son, that he ran To meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him To his House. And he told Laban all these things.
And Jacob journeyed To Succoth, and built him an House, and made booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.
And the young man deferred not To do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter: and he was more honourable than all the House of his father.
And Jacob said To Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me To make me To stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my House.
Then said Judah To Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow at thy father's House, till Shelah my son be grown: for he said, Lest peradventure he die also, as his brethren did. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father's House.
And it came To pass from the time that he had made him overseer in his House, and over all that he had, that the LORD blessed the Egyptian's House for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of the LORD was upon all that he had in the House, and in the field.
But he refused, and said unto his master's wife, Behold, my master wotteth not what is with me in the House, and he hath committed all that he hath To my hand;
And it came To pass about this time, that Joseph went into the House To do his business; and there was none of the men of the House there within.
That she called unto the men of her House, and spake unto them, saying, See, he hath brought in an Hebrew unto us To mock us; he came in unto me To lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice:
And he asked Pharaoh's officers that were with him in the ward of his lord's House, saying, Wherefore look ye so sadly To day?
And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said To the ruler of his House, Bring these men home, and slay, and make ready; for these men shall dine with me at noon.
And they came near To the steward of Joseph's House, and they communed with him at the door of the House,
And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the House, and bowed themselves To him To the earth.
And Judah and his brethren came To Joseph's House; for he was yet there: and they fell before him on the ground.
So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father To Pharaoh, and lord of all his House, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.
And Joseph went up To bury his father: and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his House, and all the elders of the land of Egypt,
Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take To them every man a lamb, according To the House of their fathers, a lamb for an House:
And if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbour next unto his House take it according To the number of the souls; every man according To his eating shall make your count for the lamb.
And it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time To come, saying, What is this? that thou shalt say unto him, By strength of hand the LORD brought us out from Egypt, from the House of bondage:
And Moses went up unto God, and the LORD called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say To the House of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel;
If a man shall deliver unto his neighbour money or stuff To keep, and it be stolen out of the man's House; if the thief be found, let him pay double.
If the thief be not found, then the master of the House shall be brought unto the judges, To see whether he have put his hand unto his neighbour's goods.
When ye be come into the land of Canaan, which I give To you for a possession, and I put the plague of leprosy in a House of the land of your possession;
And he that owneth the House shall come and tell the priest, saying, It seemeth To me there is as it were a plague in the House:
Then the priest shall command that they empty the House, before the priest go into it To see the plague, that all that is in the House be not made unclean: and afterward the priest shall go in To see the House:
Then the priest shall go out of the House To the door of the House, and shut up the House seven days:
And he shall cause the House To be scraped within round about, and they shall pour out the dust that they scrape off without the city into an unclean place:
And he shall take To cleanse the House two birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:
Speak unto Aaron, and To his sons, and unto all the children of Israel, and say unto them, Whatsoever he be of the House of Israel, or of the strangers in Israel, that will offer his oblation for all his vows, and for all his freewill offerings, which they will offer unto the LORD for a burnt offering;
And if it be not redeemed within the space of a full year, then the House that is in the walled city shall be established for ever To him that bought it throughout his generations: it shall not go out in the jubile.
And when a man shall sanctify his House To be holy unto the LORD, then the priest shall estimate it, whether it be good or bad: as the priest shall estimate it, so shall it stand.
And they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month, and they declared their pedigrees after their families, by the House of their fathers, according To the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls.
And the children of Reuben, Israel's eldest son, by their generations, after their families, by the House of their fathers, according To the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able To go forth To war;
Of the children of Simeon, by their generations, after their families, by the House of their fathers, those that were numbered of them, according To the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able To go forth To war;
Of the children of Gad, by their generations, after their families, by the House of their fathers, according To the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able To go forth To war;
Of the children of Judah, by their generations, after their families, by the House of their fathers, according To the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able To go forth To war;
Of the children of Issachar, by their generations, after their families, by the House of their fathers, according To the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able To go forth To war;
Of the children of Zebulun, by their generations, after their families, by the House of their fathers, according To the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able To go forth To war;
Of the children of Joseph, namely, of the children of Ephraim, by their generations, after their families, by the House of their fathers, according To the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able To go forth To war;
Of the children of Manasseh, by their generations, after their families, by the House of their fathers, according To the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able To go forth To war;
Of the children of Benjamin, by their generations, after their families, by the House of their fathers, according To the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able To go forth To war;
Of the children of Dan, by their generations, after their families, by the House of their fathers, according To the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able To go forth To war;
Of the children of Asher, by their generations, after their families, by the House of their fathers, according To the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able To go forth To war;
Of the children of Naphtali, throughout their generations, after their families, by the House of their fathers, according To the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able To go forth To war;
So were all those that were numbered of the children of Israel, by the House of their fathers, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able To go forth To war in Israel;
And the children of Israel did according To all that the LORD commanded Moses: so they pitched by their standards, and so they set forward, every one after their families, according To the House of their fathers.
And the sons of Merari by their families; Mahli, and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according To the House of their fathers.
Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of every one of them a rod according To the House of their fathers, of all their princes according To the House of their fathers twelve rods: write thou every man's name upon his rod.
And it came To pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the House of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds.
And this is thine; the heave offering of their gift, with all the wave offerings of the children of Israel: I have given them unto thee, and To thy sons and To thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: every one that is clean in thy House shall eat of it.
And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his House full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the LORD my God, To do less or more.
If Balak would give me his House full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the commandment of the LORD, To do either good or bad of mine own mind; but what the LORD saith, that will I speak?
Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, throughout their fathers' House, all that are able To go To war in Israel.
For the tribe of the children of Reuben according To the House of their fathers, and the tribe of the children of Gad according To the House of their fathers, have received their inheritance; and half the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance:
And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put To death; because he hath spoken To turn you away from the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the House of bondage, To thrust thee out of the way which the LORD thy God commanded thee To walk in. So shalt thou put the evil away from the midst of thee.
And thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die; because he hath sought To thrust thee away from the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the House of bondage.
And the officers shall speak unto the people, saying, What man is there that hath built a new House, and hath not dedicated it? let him go and return To his House, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it.
Then thou shalt bring her home To thine House; and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails;
And if thy brother be not nigh unto thee, or if thou know him not, then thou shalt bring it unto thine own House, and it shall be with thee until thy brother seek after it, and thou shalt restore it To him again.
Then they shall bring out the damsel To the door of her father's House, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die: because she hath wrought folly in Israel, To play the whore in her father's House: so shalt thou put evil away from among you.
When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come To pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his House.
And if the latter husband hate her, and write her a bill of divorcement, and giveth it in her hand, and sendeth her out of his House; or if the latter husband die, which took her To be his wife;
When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go into his House To fetch his pledge.
Then thou shalt say before the LORD thy God, I have brought away the hallowed things out of mine House, and also have given them unto the Levite, and unto the stranger, To the fatherless, and To the widow, according To all thy commandments which thou hast commanded me: I have not transgressed thy commandments, neither have I forgotten them:
And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men To spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot's House, named Rahab, and lodged there.
And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying, Bring forth the men that are come To thee, which are entered into thine House: for they be come To search out all the country.
But she had brought them up To the roof of the House, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof.
And the city shall be accursed, even it, and all that are therein, To the LORD: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the House, because she hid the messengers that we sent.
And Joshua spake unto the House of Joseph, even To Ephraim and To Manasseh, saying, Thou art a great people, and hast great power: thou shalt not have one lot only:
There failed not ought of any good thing which the LORD had spoken unto the House of Israel; all came To pass.
And if it seem evil unto you To serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my House, we will serve the LORD.
And the House of Joseph sent To descry Bethel. (Now the name of the city before was Luz.)
Howbeit Sisera fled away on his feet To the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite: for there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the House of Heber the Kenite.
And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah: and all Israel went thither a whoring after it: which thing became a snare unto Gideon, and To his House.
Neither shewed they kindness To the House of Jerubbaal, namely, Gideon, according To all the goodness which he had shewed unto Israel.
And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went To Shechem unto his mother's brethren, and communed with them, and with all the family of the House of his mother's father, saying,
Now therefore, if ye have done truly and sincerely, in that ye have made Abimelech king, and if ye have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his House, and have done unto him according To the deserving of his hands;
Moreover the children of Ammon passed over Jordan To fight also against Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the House of Ephraim; so that Israel was sore distressed.
Then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my House To meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shall surely be the LORD'S, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering.
And Jephthah came To Mizpeh unto his House, and, behold, his daughter came out To meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter.
And the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and went northward, and said unto Jephthah, Wherefore passedst thou over To fight against the children of Ammon, and didst not call us To go with thee? we will burn thine House upon thee with fire.
And it came To pass on the seventh day, that they said unto Samson's wife, Entice thy husband, that he may declare unto us the riddle, lest we burn thee and thy father's House with fire: have ye called us To take that we have? is it not so?
And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he went down To Ashkelon, and slew thirty men of them, and took their spoil, and gave change of garments unto them which expounded the riddle. And his anger was kindled, and he went up To his father's House.
But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down To Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison House.
And it came To pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called for Samson out of the prison House; and he made them sport: and they set him between the pillars.
Yet he restored the money unto his mother; and his mother took two hundred shekels of silver, and gave them To the founder, who made thereof a graven image and a molten image: and they were in the House of Micah.
And the man departed out of the city from Bethlehemjudah To sojourn where he could find a place: and he came To mount Ephraim To the House of Micah, as he journeyed.
And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their coasts, men of valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, To spy out the land, and To search it; and they said unto them, Go, search the land: who when they came To mount Ephraim, To the House of Micah, they lodged there.
And they turned thitherward, and came To the House of the young man the Levite, even unto the House of Micah, and saluted him.
And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be To us a father and a priest: is it better for thee To be a priest unto the House of one man, or that thou be a priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel?
And when they were a good way from the House of Micah, the men that were in the houses near To Micah's House were gathered together, and overtook the children of Dan.
And his concubine played the whore against him, and went away from him unto her father's House To Bethlehemjudah, and was there four whole months.
And her husband arose, and went after her, To speak friendly unto her, and To bring her again, having his servant with him, and a couple of asses: and she brought him into her father's House: and when the father of the damsel saw him, he rejoiced To meet him.
And they turned aside thither, To go in and To lodge in Gibeah: and when he went in, he sat him down in a street of the city: for there was no man that took them into his House To lodging.
And he said unto him, We are passing from Bethlehemjudah toward the side of mount Ephraim; from thence am I: and I went To Bethlehemjudah, but I am now going To the House of the LORD; and there is no man that receiveth me To House.
Now as they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain sons of Belial, beset the House round about, and beat at the door, and spake To the master of the House, the old man, saying, Bring forth the man that came into thine House, that we may know him.
And her lord rose up in the morning, and opened the doors of the House, and went out To go his way: and, behold, the woman his concubine was fallen down at the door of the House, and her hands were upon the threshold. And he said unto her, Up, and let us be going. But none answered. Then the man took her up upon an ass, and the man rose up, and gat him unto his place. And when he was come into his House, he took a knife, and laid hold on his concubine, and divided her, together with her bones, into twelve pieces, and sent her into all the coasts of Israel. And it was so, that all that saw it said, There was no such deed done nor seen from the day that the children of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt unto this day: consider of it, take advice, and speak your minds.
And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the House round about upon me by night, and thought To have slain me: and my concubine have they forced, that she is dead.
And all the people arose as one man, saying, We will not any of us go To his tent, neither will we any of us turn into his House.
And the children of Israel arose, and went up To the House of God, and asked counsel of God, and said, Which of us shall go up first To the battle against the children of Benjamin? And the LORD said, Judah shall go up first.
And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city; and they began To smite of the people, and kill, as at other times, in the highways, of which one goeth up To the House of God, and the other To Gibeah in the field, about thirty men of Israel.
And the people came To the House of God, and abode there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore;
And Naomi said unto her two daughters in law, Go, return each To her mother's House: the LORD deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the dead, and with me.
And as he did so year by year, when she went up To the House of the LORD, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat.
And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the LORD, and returned, and came To their House To Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the LORD remembered her.
And the man Elkanah, and all his House, went up To offer unto the LORD the yearly sacrifice, and his vow.
And Elkanah went To Ramah To his House. And the child did minister unto the LORD before Eli the priest.
And did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel To be my priest, To offer upon mine altar, To burn incense, To wear an ephod before me? and did I give unto the House of thy father all the offerings made by fire of the children of Israel?
And the man of thine, whom I shall not cut off from mine altar, shall be To consume thine eyes, and To grieve thine heart: and all the increase of thine House shall die in the flower of their age.
And I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do according To that which is in mine heart and in my mind: and I will build him a sure House; and he shall walk before mine anointed for ever.
And it shall come To pass, that every one that is left in thine House shall come and crouch To him for a piece of silver and a morsel of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests' offices, that I may eat a piece of bread.
And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the House of the LORD. And Samuel feared To shew Eli the vision.
And the men of Kirjathjearim came, and fetched up the ark of the LORD, and brought it into the House of Abinadab in the hill, and sanctified Eleazar his son To keep the ark of the LORD.
And it came To pass, while the ark abode in Kirjathjearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the House of Israel lamented after the LORD.
And his return was To Ramah; for there was his House; and there he judged Israel; and there he built an altar unto the LORD.
Then Saul drew near To Samuel in the gate, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, where the seer's House is.
And they arose early: and it came To pass about the spring of the day, that Samuel called Saul To the top of the House, saying, Up, that I may send thee away. And Saul arose, and they went out both of them, he and Samuel, abroad.
Then Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and laid it up before the LORD. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man To his House.
And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come up? surely To defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that the man who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father's House free in Israel.
And it came To pass on the morrow, that the evil spirit from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the House: and David played with his hand, as at other times: and there was a javelin in Saul's hand.
Saul also sent messengers unto David's House, To watch him, and To slay him in the morning: and Michal David's wife told him, saying, If thou save not thy life To night, To morrow thou shalt be slain.
Have I need of mad men, that ye have brought this fellow To play the mad man in my presence? shall this fellow come into my House?
David therefore departed thence, and escaped To the cave Adullam: and when his brethren and all his father's House heard it, they went down thither To him.
Then the king sent To call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father's House, the priests that were in Nob: and they came all of them To the king.
Did I then begin To inquire of God for him? be it far from me: let not the king impute any thing unto his servant, nor To all the House of my father: for thy servant knew nothing of all this, less or more.
And they two made a covenant before the LORD: and David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went To his House.
And Samuel died; and all the Israelites were gathered together, and lamented him, and buried him in his House at Ramah. And David arose, and went down To the wilderness of Paran. And there was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel. Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail: and she was a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance: but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was of the House of Caleb. And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep. read more And David sent out ten young men, and David said unto the young men, Get you up To Carmel, and go To Nabal, and greet him in my name: And thus shall ye say To him that liveth in prosperity, Peace be both To thee, and peace be To thine House, and peace be unto all that thou hast. And now I have heard that thou hast shearers: now thy shepherds which were with us, we hurt them not, neither was there ought missing unto them, all the while they were in Carmel. Ask thy young men, and they will shew thee. Wherefore let the young men find favour in thine eyes: for we come in a good day: give, I pray thee, whatsoever cometh To thine hand unto thy servants, and To thy son David. And when David's young men came, they spake To Nabal according To all those words in the name of David, and ceased. And Nabal answered David's servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there be many servants now a days that break away every man from his master. Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men, whom I know not whence they be? So David's young men turned their way, and went again, and came and told him all those sayings. And David said unto his men, Gird ye on every man his sword. And they girded on every man his sword; and David also girded on his sword: and there went up after David about four hundred men; and two hundred abode by the stuff. But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness To salute our master; and he railed on them. But the men were very good unto us, and we were not hurt, neither missed we any thing, as long as we were conversant with them, when we were in the fields: They were a wall unto us both by night and day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep. Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his household: for he is such a son of Belial, that a man cannot speak To him. Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and an hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses. And she said unto her servants, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she told not her husband Nabal. And it was so, as she rode on the ass, that she came down by the covert of the hill, and, behold, David and his men came down against her; and she met them. Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained unto him: and he hath requited me evil for good. So and more also do God unto the enemies of David, if I leave of all that pertain To him by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall. And when Abigail saw David, she hasted, and lighted off the ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself To the ground, And fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my lord, upon me let this iniquity be: and let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak in thine audience, and hear the words of thine handmaid. Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this man of Belial, even Nabal: for as his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him: but I thine handmaid saw not the young men of my lord, whom thou didst send. Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, seeing the LORD hath withholden thee from coming To shed blood, and from avenging thyself with thine own hand, now let thine enemies, and they that seek evil To my lord, be as Nabal. And now this blessing which thine handmaid hath brought unto my lord, let it even be given unto the young men that follow my lord. I pray thee, forgive the trespass of thine handmaid: for the LORD will certainly make my lord a sure House; because my lord fighteth the battles of the LORD, and evil hath not been found in thee all thy days. Yet a man is risen To pursue thee, and To seek thy soul: but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as out of the middle of a sling. And it shall come To pass, when the LORD shall have done To my lord according To all the good that he hath spoken concerning thee, and shall have appointed thee ruler over Israel; That this shall be no grief unto thee, nor offence of heart unto my lord, either that thou hast shed blood causeless, or that my lord hath avenged himself: but when the LORD shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember thine handmaid. And David said To Abigail, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which sent thee this day To meet me: And blessed be thy advice, and blessed be thou, which hast kept me this day from coming To shed blood, and from avenging myself with mine own hand. For in very deed, as the LORD God of Israel liveth, which hath kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come To meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall. So David received of her hand that which she had brought him, and said unto her, Go up in peace To thine House; see, I have hearkened To thy voice, and have accepted thy person. And Abigail came To Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his House, like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light. But it came To pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, and his wife had told him these things, that his heart died within him, and he became as a stone. And it came To pass about ten days after, that the LORD smote Nabal, that he died. And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the LORD, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his servant from evil: for the LORD hath returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and communed with Abigail, To take her To him To wife. And when the servants of David were come To Abigail To Carmel, they spake unto her, saying, David sent us unto thee, To take thee To him To wife. And she arose, and bowed herself on her face To the earth, and said, Behold, let thine handmaid be a servant To wash the feet of the servants of my lord. And Abigail hasted, and arose, and rode upon an ass, with five damsels of hers that went after her; and she went after the messengers of David, and became his wife. David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they were also both of them his wives. But Saul had given Michal his daughter, David's wife, To Phalti the son of Laish, which was of Gallim. show less
And thus shall ye say To him that liveth in prosperity, Peace be both To thee, and peace be To thine House, and peace be unto all that thou hast.
So David received of her hand that which she had brought him, and said unto her, Go up in peace To thine House; see, I have hearkened To thy voice, and have accepted thy person.
And Abigail came To Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his House, like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.
And they cut off his head, and stripped off his armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, To publish it in the House of their idols, and among the people.
And they put his armour in the House of Ashtaroth: and they fastened his body To the wall of Bethshan.
Ishbosheth Saul's son was forty years old when he began To reign over Israel, and reigned two years. But the House of Judah followed David.
And it came To pass, while there was war between the House of Saul and the House of David, that Abner made himself strong for the House of Saul.
Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Ishbosheth, and said, Am I a dog's head, which against Judah do shew kindness this day unto the House of Saul thy father, To his brethren, and To his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of David, that thou chargest me To day with a fault concerning this woman?
To translate the kingdom from the House of Saul, and To set up the throne of David over Israel and over Judah, from Dan even To Beersheba.
And Abner also spake in the ears of Benjamin: and Abner went also To speak in the ears of David in Hebron all that seemed good To Israel, and that seemed good To the whole House of Benjamin.
And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came about the heat of the day To the House of Ishbosheth, who lay on a bed at noon.
And David said on that day, Whosoever getteth up To the gutter, and smiteth the Jebusites, and the lame and the blind, that are hated of David's soul, he shall be chief and captain. Wherefore they said, The blind and the lame shall not come into the House.
And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers To David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they built David an House.
And he dealt among all the people, even among the whole multitude of Israel, as well To the women as men, To every one a cake of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine. So all the people departed every one To his House.
And David said unto Michal, It was before the LORD, which chose me before thy father, and before all his House, To appoint me ruler over the people of the LORD, over Israel: therefore will I play before the LORD.
And it came To pass, when the king sat in his House, and the LORD had given him rest round about from all his enemies;
Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the LORD, Shalt thou build me an House for me To dwell in?
Whereas I have not dwelt in any House since the time that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even To this day, but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle.
In all the places wherein I have walked with all the children of Israel spake I a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded To feed my people Israel, saying, Why build ye not me an House of cedar?
And as since the time that I commanded judges To be over my people Israel, and have caused thee To rest from all thine enemies. Also the LORD telleth thee that he will make thee an House.
And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord GOD; but thou hast spoken also of thy servant's House for a great while To come. And is this the manner of man, O Lord GOD?
For thou, O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, hast revealed To thy servant, saying, I will build thee an House: therefore hath thy servant found in his heart To pray this prayer unto thee.
Therefore now let it please thee To bless the House of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee: for thou, O Lord GOD, hast spoken it: and with thy blessing let the House of thy servant be blessed for ever.
Then the king called To Ziba, Saul's servant, and said unto him, I have given unto thy master's son all that pertained To Saul and To all his House.
And it came To pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's House: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful To look upon.
And David said To Uriah, Go down To thy House, and wash thy feet. And Uriah departed out of the king's House, and there followed him a mess of meat from the king.
But Uriah slept at the door of the king's House with all the servants of his lord, and went not down To his House.
And Uriah said unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in tents; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open fields; shall I then go into mine House, To eat and To drink, and To lie with my wife? as thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing.
And when David had called him, he did eat and drink before him; and he made him drunk: and at even he went out To lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but went not down To his House.
And when the mourning was past, David sent and fetched her To his House, and she became his wife, and bare him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the LORD.
Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine House; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite To be thy wife.
And the elders of his House arose, and went To him, To raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them.
Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself, and changed his apparel, and came into the House of the LORD, and worshipped: then he came To his own House; and when he required, they set bread before him, and he did eat. Then said his servants unto him, What thing is this that thou hast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child, while it was alive; but when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread. And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether GOD will be gracious To me, that the child may live? But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go To him, but he shall not return To me. read more And David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her: and she bare a son, and he called his name Solomon: and the LORD loved him. show less
Then David sent home To Tamar, saying, Go now To thy brother Amnon's House, and dress him meat.
So Tamar went To her brother Amnon's House; and he was laid down. And she took flour, and kneaded it, and made cakes in his sight, and did bake the cakes.
And the king said unto the woman, Go To thine House, and I will give charge concerning thee.
And the king said, Let him turn To his own House, and let him not see my face. So Absalom returned To his own House, and saw not the king's face.
Then Joab arose, and came To Absalom unto his House, and said unto him, Wherefore have thy servants set my field on fire?
And the king went forth, and all his household after him. And the king left ten women, which were concubines, To keep the House.
And the king said, And where is thy master's son? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he abideth at Jerusalem: for he said, To day shall the House of Israel restore me the kingdom of my father.
And when king David came To Bahurim, behold, thence came out a man of the family of the House of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera: he came forth, and cursed still as he came.
And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Go in unto thy father's concubines, which he hath left To keep the House; and all Israel shall hear that thou art abhorred of thy father: then shall the hands of all that are with thee be strong.
Nevertheless a lad saw them, and told Absalom: but they went both of them away quickly, and came To a man's House in Bahurim, which had a well in his court; whither they went down.
And when Absalom's servants came To the woman To the House, they said, Where is Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said unto them, They be gone over the brook of water. And when they had sought and could not find them, they returned To Jerusalem.
And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home To his House, To his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.
And Joab came into the House To the king, and said, Thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thy servants, which this day have saved thy life, and the lives of thy sons and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy wives, and the lives of thy concubines;
And king David sent To Zadok and To Abiathar the priests, saying, Speak unto the elders of Judah, saying, Why are ye the last To bring the king back To his House? seeing the speech of all Israel is come To the king, even To his House.
For thy servant doth know that I have sinned: therefore, behold, I am come the first this day of all the House of Joseph To go down To meet my lord the king.
For all of my father's House were but dead men before my lord the king: yet didst thou set thy servant among them that did eat at thine own table. What right therefore have I yet To cry any more unto the king?
And David came To his House at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left To keep the House, and put them in ward, and fed them, but went not in unto them. So they were shut up unto the day of their death, living in widowhood.
Although my House be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not To grow.
So king Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar. And he came and bowed himself To king Solomon: and Solomon said unto him, Go To thine House.
Now therefore, as the LORD liveth, which hath established me, and set me on the throne of David my father, and who hath made me an House, as he promised, Adonijah shall be put To death this day.
And it came To pass the third day after that I was delivered, that this woman was delivered also: and we were together; there was no stranger with us in the House, save we two in the House.
And, behold, I purpose To build an House unto the name of the LORD my God, as the LORD spake unto David my father, saying, Thy son, whom I will set upon thy throne in thy room, he shall build an House unto my name.
And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, To lay the foundation of the House.
And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders did hew them, and the stonesquarers: so they prepared timber and stones To build the House.
And it came To pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which is the second month, that he began To build the House of the LORD.
And the porch before the temple of the House, twenty cubits was the length thereof, according To the breadth of the House; and ten cubits was the breadth thereof before the House.
Concerning this House which thou art in building, if thou wilt walk in my statutes, and execute my judgments, and keep all my commandments To walk in them; then will I perform my word with thee, which I spake unto David thy father:
And the oracle he prepared in the House within, To set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD.
And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, was the House finished throughout all the parts thereof, and according To all the fashion of it. So was he seven years in building it.
And his House where he dwelt had another court within the porch, which was of the like work. Solomon made also an House for Pharaoh's daughter, whom he had taken To wife, like unto this porch.
And the pots, and the shovels, and the basons: and all these vessels, which Hiram made To king Solomon for the House of the LORD, were of bright brass.
And the bowls, and the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the censers of pure gold; and the hinges of gold, both for the doors of the inner House, the most holy place, and for the doors of the House, To wit, of the temple.
And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his place, into the oracle of the House, To the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubims.
And it came To pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the House of the LORD,
So that the priests could not stand To minister because of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the House of the LORD.
I have surely built thee an House To dwell in, a settled place for thee To abide in for ever.
Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel To build an House, that my name might be therein; but I chose David To be over my people Israel.
And it was in the heart of David my father To build an House for the name of the LORD God of Israel.
And the LORD said unto David my father, Whereas it was in thine heart To build an House unto my name, thou didst well that it was in thine heart.
If any man trespass against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him To cause him To swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this House:
When thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee, and shall turn again To thee, and confess thy name, and pray, and make supplication unto thee in this House:
Hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and do according To all that the stranger calleth To thee for: that all people of the earth may know thy name, To fear thee, as do thy people Israel; and that they may know that this House, which I have builded, is called by thy name.
If thy people go out To battle against their enemy, whithersoever thou shalt send them, and shall pray unto the LORD toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the House that I have built for thy name:
The same day did the king hallow the middle of the court that was before the House of the LORD: for there he offered burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings: because the brasen altar that was before the LORD was too little To receive the burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings.
And it came To pass, when Solomon had finished the building of the House of the LORD, and the king's House, and all Solomon's desire which he was pleased To do,
And the LORD said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this House, which thou hast built, To put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.
And at this House, which is high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and To this House?
And it came To pass at the end of twenty years, when Solomon had built the two houses, the House of the LORD, and the king's House,
And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; for To build the House of the LORD, and his own House, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.
And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pound of gold went To one shield: and the king put them in the House of the forest of Lebanon.
And they arose out of Midian, and came To Paran: and they took men with them out of Paran, and they came To Egypt, unto Pharaoh king of Egypt; which gave him an House, and appointed him victuals, and gave him land.
And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I command thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do that is right in my sight, To keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did; that I will be with thee, and build thee a sure House, as I built for David, and will give Israel unto thee.
So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: To your tents, O Israel: now see To thine own House, David. So Israel departed unto their tents.
And it came To pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was come again, that they sent and called him unto the congregation, and made him king over all Israel: there was none that followed the House of David, but the tribe of Judah only.
And when Rehoboam was come To Jerusalem, he assembled all the House of Judah, with the tribe of Benjamin, an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which were warriors, To fight against the House of Israel, To bring the kingdom again To Rehoboam the son of Solomon.
Speak unto Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and unto all the House of Judah and Benjamin, and To the remnant of the people, saying,
Thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren the children of Israel: return every man To his House; for this thing is from me. They hearkened therefore To the word of the LORD, and returned To depart, according To the word of the LORD.
If this people go up To do sacrifice in the House of the LORD at Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this people turn again unto their lord, even unto Rehoboam king of Judah, and they shall kill me, and go again To Rehoboam king of Judah.
And this thing became sin unto the House of Jeroboam, even To cut it off, and To destroy it from off the face of the earth.
And Jeroboam's wife did so, and arose, and went To Shiloh, and came To the House of Ahijah. But Ahijah could not see; for his eyes were set by reason of his age.
And rent the kingdom away from the House of David, and gave it thee: and yet thou hast not been as my servant David, who kept my commandments, and who followed me with all his heart, To do that only which was right in mine eyes;
Arise thou therefore, get thee To thine own House: and when thy feet enter into the city, the child shall die.
And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him: for he only of Jeroboam shall come To the grave, because in him there is found some good thing toward the LORD God of Israel in the House of Jeroboam.
Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of the House of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's House, and delivered them into the hand of his servants: and king Asa sent them To Benhadad, the son of Tabrimon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying,
And Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the House of Issachar, conspired against him; and Baasha smote him at Gibbethon, which belonged To the Philistines; for Nadab and all Israel laid siege To Gibbethon.
And it came To pass, when he reigned, that he smote all the House of Jeroboam; he left not To Jeroboam any that breathed, until he had destroyed him, according unto the saying of the LORD, which he spake by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite:
And also by the hand of the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came the word of the LORD against Baasha, and against his House, even for all the evil that he did in the sight of the LORD, in provoking him To anger with the work of his hands, in being like the House of Jeroboam; and because he killed him.
And it came To pass, when he began To reign, as soon as he sat on his throne, that he slew all the House of Baasha: he left him not one that pisseth against a wall, neither of his kinsfolks, nor of his friends.
Thus did Zimri destroy all the House of Baasha, according To the word of the LORD, which he spake against Baasha by Jehu the prophet,
And it came To pass, when Zimri saw that the city was taken, that he went into the palace of the king's House, and burnt the king's House over him with fire, and died,
And she went and did according To the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her House, did eat many days.
And it came To pass after these things, that the son of the woman, the mistress of the House, fell sick; and his sickness was so sore, that there was no breath left in him.
Yet I will send my servants unto thee To morrow about this time, and they shall search thine House, and the houses of thy servants; and it shall be, that whatsoever is pleasant in thine eyes, they shall put it in their hand, and take it away.
And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the House of Israel are merciful kings: let us, I pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out To the king of Israel: peradventure he will save thy life.
And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near unto my House: and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it; or, if it seem good To thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money.
And Ahab came into his House heavy and displeased because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken To him: for he had said, I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And he laid him down upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.
And will make thine House like the House of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the House of Baasha the son of Ahijah, for the provocation wherewith thou hast provoked me To anger, and made Israel To sin.
And he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the hills, as sheep that have not a shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no master: let them return every man To his House in peace.
Then he returned, and walked in the House To and fro; and went up, and stretched himself upon him: and the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes.
In this thing the LORD pardon thy servant, that when my master goeth into the House of Rimmon To worship there, and he leaneth on my hand, and I bow myself in the House of Rimmon: when I bow down myself in the House of Rimmon, the LORD pardon thy servant in this thing.
And when he came To the tower, he took them from their hand, and bestowed them in the House: and he let the men go, and they departed.
But Elisha sat in his House, and the elders sat with him; and the king sent a man from before him: but ere the messenger came To him, he said To the elders, See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent To take away mine head? look, when the messenger cometh, shut the door, and hold him fast at the door: is not the sound of his master's feet behind him?
And it came To pass at the seven years' end, that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines: and she went forth To cry unto the king for her House and for her land.
And it came To pass, as he was telling the king how he had restored a dead body To life, that, behold, the woman, whose son he had restored To life, cried To the king for her House and for her land. And Gehazi said, My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is her son, whom Elisha restored To life.
But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden House. And Jehu followed after him, and said, Smite him also in the chariot. And they did so at the going up To Gur, which is by Ibleam. And he fled To Megiddo, and died there.
And he that was over the House, and he that was over the city, the elders also, and the bringers up of the children, sent To Jehu, saying, We are thy servants, and will do all that thou shalt bid us; we will not make any king: do thou that which is good in thine eyes.
And he arose and departed, and came To Samaria. And as he was at the shearing House in the way,
And Jehu sent through all Israel: and all the worshippers of Baal came, so that there was not a man left that came not. And they came into the House of Baal; and the House of Baal was full from one end To another.
And it came To pass, as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, that Jehu said To the guard and To the captains, Go in, and slay them; let none come forth. And they smote them with the edge of the sword; and the guard and the captains cast them out, and went To the city of the House of Baal.
And the LORD said unto Jehu, Because thou hast done well in executing that which is right in mine eyes, and hast done unto the House of Ahab according To all that was in mine heart, thy children of the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel.
And the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the rulers over hundreds, with the captains and the guard, and brought them To him into the House of the LORD, and made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the House of the LORD, and shewed them the king's son.
And he took the rulers over hundreds, and the captains, and the guard, and all the people of the land; and they brought down the king from the House of the LORD, and came by the way of the gate of the guard To the king's House. And he sat on the throne of the kings.
And Jehoash said To the priests, All the money of the dedicated things that is brought into the House of the LORD, even the money of every one that passeth the account, the money that every man is set at, and all the money that cometh into any man's heart To bring into the House of the LORD,
Let the priests take it To them, every man of his acquaintance: and let them repair the breaches of the House, wheresoever any breach shall be found.
And the priests consented To receive no more money of the people, neither To repair the breaches of the House.
And they gave the money, being told, into the hands of them that did the work, that had the oversight of the House of the LORD: and they laid it out To the carpenters and builders, that wrought upon the House of the LORD,
And To masons, and hewers of stone, and To buy timber and hewed stone To repair the breaches of the House of the LORD, and for all that was laid out for the House To repair it.
And Jehoash king of Judah took all the hallowed things that Jehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own hallowed things, and all the gold that was found in the treasures of the House of the LORD, and in the king's House, and sent it To Hazael king of Syria: and he went away from Jerusalem.
And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and slew Joash in the House of Millo, which goeth down To Silla.
And he took all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were found in the House of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's House, and hostages, and returned To Samaria.
And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the House of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's House, and sent it for a present To the king of Assyria.
And it came To pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the House of the LORD.
And it came To pass, as he was worshipping in the House of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.
In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came To him, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Set thine House in order; for thou shalt die, and not live.
And he set a graven image of the grove that he had made in the House, of which the LORD said To David, and To Solomon his son, In this House, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:
And it came To pass in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, the scribe, To the House of the LORD, saying,
Go up To Hilkiah the high priest, that he may sum the silver which is brought into the House of the LORD, which the keepers of the door have gathered of the people:
And let them deliver it into the hand of the doers of the work, that have the oversight of the House of the LORD: and let them give it To the doers of the work which is in the House of the LORD, To repair the breaches of the House,
Unto carpenters, and builders, and masons, and To buy timber and hewn stone To repair the House.
And Hilkiah the high priest said unto Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the House of the LORD. And Hilkiah gave the book To Shaphan, and he read it.
And Shaphan the scribe came To the king, and brought the king word again, and said, Thy servants have gathered the money that was found in the House, and have delivered it into the hand of them that do the work, that have the oversight of the House of the LORD.
And he brought out the grove from the House of the LORD, without Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and stamped it small To powder, and cast the powder thereof upon the graves of the children of the people.
And he took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given To the sun, at the entering in of the House of the LORD, by the chamber of Nathanmelech the chamberlain, which was in the suburbs, and burned the chariots of the sun with fire.
And the pillars of brass that were in the House of the LORD, and the bases, and the brasen sea that was in the House of the LORD, did the Chaldees break in pieces, and carried the brass of them To Babylon.
And they ministered before the dwelling place of the tabernacle of the congregation with singing, until Solomon had built the House of the LORD in Jerusalem: and then they waited on their office according To their order.
And the sons of Tola; Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Jibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their father's House, To wit, of Tola: they were valiant men of might in their generations; whose number was in the days of David two and twenty thousand and six hundred.
And when he went in To his wife, she conceived, and bare a son, and he called his name Beriah, because it went evil with his House.
All these were the children of Asher, heads of their father's House, choice and mighty men of valour, chief of the princes. And the number throughout the genealogy of them that were apt To the war and To battle was twenty and six thousand men.
And their brethren, according To their generations, nine hundred and fifty and six. All these men were chief of the fathers in the House of their fathers.
And they lodged round about the House of God, because the charge was upon them, and the opening thereof every morning pertained To them.
So David brought not the ark home To himself To the city of David, but carried it aside into the House of Obededom the Gittite.
Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers To David, and timber of cedars, with masons and carpenters, To build him an House.
So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went To bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the House of Obededom with joy.
And all the people departed every man To his House: and David returned To bless his House.
Now it came To pass, as David sat in his House, that David said To Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in an House of cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the LORD remaineth under curtains.
Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not build me an House To dwell in:
For I have not dwelt in an House since the day that I brought up Israel unto this day; but have gone from tent To tent, and from one tabernacle To another.
Wheresoever I have walked with all Israel, spake I a word To any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded To feed my people, saying, Why have ye not built me an House of cedars?
And since the time that I commanded judges To be over my people Israel. Moreover I will subdue all thine enemies. Furthermore I tell thee that the LORD will build thee an House.
And yet this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God; for thou hast also spoken of thy servant's House for a great while To come, and hast regarded me according To the estate of a man of high degree, O LORD God.
Let it even be established, that thy name may be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God To Israel: and let the House of David thy servant be established before thee.
For thou, O my God, hast told thy servant that thou wilt build him an House: therefore thy servant hath found in his heart To pray before thee.
Now therefore let it please thee To bless the House of thy servant, that it may be before thee for ever: for thou blessest, O LORD, and it shall be blessed for ever.
And David said unto God, Is it not I that commanded the people To be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done evil indeed; but as for these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, O LORD my God, be on me, and on my father's House; but not on thy people, that they should be plagued.
And David commanded To gather together the strangers that were in the land of Israel; and he set masons To hew wrought stones To build the House of God.
And David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the House that is To be builded for the LORD must be exceeding magnifical, of fame and of glory throughout all countries: I will therefore now make preparation for it. So David prepared abundantly before his death.
Then he called for Solomon his son, and charged him To build an House for the LORD God of Israel.
And David said To Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind To build an House unto the name of the LORD my God:
But the word of the LORD came To me, saying, Thou hast shed blood abundantly, and hast made great wars: thou shalt not build an House unto my name, because thou hast shed much blood upon the earth in my sight.
Now set your heart and your soul To seek the LORD your God; arise therefore, and build ye the sanctuary of the LORD God, To bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and the holy vessels of God, into the House that is To be built To the name of the LORD.
Of which, twenty and four thousand were To set forward the work of the House of the LORD; and six thousand were officers and judges:
And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second: but Jeush and Beriah had not many sons; therefore they were in one reckoning, according To their father's House.
Because their office was To wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the House of the LORD, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, and the work of the service of the House of God;
And there were more chief men found of the sons of Eleazar than of the sons of Ithamar; and thus were they divided. Among the sons of Eleazar there were sixteen chief men of the House of their fathers, and eight among the sons of Ithamar according To the House of their fathers.
These were the orderings of them in their service To come into the House of the LORD, according To their manner, under Aaron their father, as the LORD God of Israel had commanded him.
All these were under the hands of their father for song in the House of the LORD, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the House of God, according To the king's order To Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman.
Among these were the divisions of the porters, even among the chief men, having wards one against another, To minister in the House of the LORD.
And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according To the House of their fathers, for every gate.
Out of the spoils won in battles did they dedicate To maintain the House of the LORD.
Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my brethren, and my people: As for me, I had in mine heart To build an House of rest for the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and for the footstool of our God, and had made ready for the building:
Howbeit the LORD God of Israel chose me before all the House of my father To be king over Israel for ever: for he hath chosen Judah To be the ruler; and of the House of Judah, the House of my father; and among the sons of my father he liked me To make me king over all Israel:
And he said unto me, Solomon thy son, he shall build my House and my courts: for I have chosen him To be my son, and I will be his father.
Take heed now; for the LORD hath chosen thee To build an House for the sanctuary: be strong, and do it.
And David said To Solomon his son, Be strong and of good courage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed: for the LORD God, even my God, will be with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until thou hast finished all the work for the service of the House of the LORD.
Now I have prepared with all my might for the House of my God the gold for things To be made of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and the brass for things of brass, the iron for things of iron, and wood for things of wood; onyx stones, and stones To be set, glistering stones, and of divers colours, and all manner of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance.
Moreover, because I have set my affection To the House of my God, I have of mine own proper good, of gold and silver, which I have given To the House of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy House,
And they with whom precious stones were found gave them To the treasure of the House of the LORD, by the hand of Jehiel the Gershonite.
O LORD our God, all this store that we have prepared To build thee an House for thine holy name cometh of thine hand, and is all thine own.
And Solomon determined To build an House for the name of the LORD, and an House for his kingdom.
And Solomon sent To Huram the king of Tyre, saying, As thou didst deal with David my father, and didst send him cedars To build him an House To dwell therein, even so deal with me.
Behold, I build an House To the name of the LORD my God, To dedicate it To him, and To burn before him sweet incense, and for the continual shewbread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts of the LORD our God. This is an ordinance for ever To Israel.
But who is able To build him an House, seeing the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain him? who am I then, that I should build him an House, save only To burn sacrifice before him?
Even To prepare me timber in abundance: for the House which I am about To build shall be wonderful great.
Huram said moreover, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, that made heaven and earth, who hath given To David the king a wise son, endued with prudence and understanding, that might build an House for the LORD, and an House for his kingdom.
Then Solomon began To build the House of the LORD at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, where the LORD appeared unto David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.
And the porch that was in the front of the House, the length of it was according To the breadth of the House, twenty cubits, and the height was an hundred and twenty: and he overlaid it within with pure gold.
And he made the most holy House, the length whereof was according To the breadth of the House, twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits: and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting To six hundred talents.
And the wings of the cherubims were twenty cubits long: one wing of the one cherub was five cubits, reaching To the wall of the House: and the other wing was likewise five cubits, reaching To the wing of the other cherub.
And one wing of the other cherub was five cubits, reaching To the wall of the House: and the other wing was five cubits also, joining To the wing of the other cherub.
And Huram made the pots, and the shovels, and the basons. And Huram finished the work that he was To make for king Solomon for the House of God;
The pots also, and the shovels, and the fleshhooks, and all their instruments, did Huram his father make To king Solomon for the House of the LORD of bright brass.
And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his place, To the oracle of the House, into the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubims:
It came even To pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, To make one sound To be heard in praising and thanking the LORD; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of musick, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: that then the House was filled with a cloud, even the House of the LORD;
So that the priests could not stand To minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the House of God.
Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the land of Egypt I chose no city among all the tribes of Israel To build an House in, that my name might be there; neither chose I any man To be a ruler over my people Israel:
Now it was in the heart of David my father To build an House for the name of the LORD God of Israel.
That thine eyes may be open upon this House day and night, upon the place whereof thou hast said that thou wouldest put thy name there; To hearken unto the prayer which thy servant prayeth toward this place.
If a man sin against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him To make him swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this House;
And if thy people Israel be put To the worse before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee; and shall return and confess thy name, and pray and make supplication before thee in this House;
Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, and do according To all that the stranger calleth To thee for; that all people of the earth may know thy name, and fear thee, as doth thy people Israel, and may know that this House which I have built is called by thy name.
If thy people go out To war against their enemies by the way that thou shalt send them, and they pray unto thee toward this city which thou hast chosen, and the House which I have built for thy name;
If they return To thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, whither they have carried them captives, and pray toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, and toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the House which I have built for thy name:
And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down, and the glory of the LORD upon the House, they bowed themselves with their faces To the ground upon the pavement, and worshipped, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.
Moreover Solomon hallowed the middle of the court that was before the House of the LORD: for there he offered burnt offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings, because the brasen altar which Solomon had made was not able To receive the burnt offerings, and the meat offerings, and the fat.
Thus Solomon finished the House of the LORD, and the king's House: and all that came into Solomon's heart To make in the House of the LORD, and in his own House, he prosperously effected.
And the LORD appeared To Solomon by night, and said unto him, I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place To myself for an House of sacrifice.
Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this House, which I have sanctified for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it To be a proverb and a byword among all nations.
And this House, which is high, shall be an astonishment To every one that passeth by it; so that he shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and unto this House?
And it came To pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the House of the LORD, and his own House,
And the king made of the algum trees terraces To the House of the LORD, and To the king's palace, and harps and psalteries for singers: and there were none such seen before in the land of Judah.
And three hundred shields made he of beaten gold: three hundred shekels of gold went To one shield. And the king put them in the House of the forest of Lebanon.
And when Rehoboam was come To Jerusalem, he gathered of the House of Judah and Benjamin an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which were warriors, To fight against Israel, that he might bring the kingdom again To Rehoboam.
Thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren: return every man To his House: for this thing is done of me. And they obeyed the words of the LORD, and returned from going against Jeroboam.
Instead of which king Rehoboam made shields of brass, and committed them To the hands of the chief of the guard, that kept the entrance of the king's House.
Then Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasures of the House of the LORD and of the king's House, and sent To Benhadad king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying,
And these are the numbers of them according To the House of their fathers: Of Judah, the captains of thousands; Adnah the chief, and with him mighty men of valour three hundred thousand.
Then he said, I did see all Israel scattered upon the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no master; let them return therefore every man To his House in peace.
And they came To Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets unto the House of the LORD.
And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, like as did the House of Ahab: for he had the daughter of Ahab To wife: and he wrought that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD.
Howbeit the LORD would not destroy the House of David, because of the covenant that he had made with David, and as he promised To give a light To him and To his sons for ever.
But hast walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and hast made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem To go a whoring, like To the whoredoms of the House of Ahab, and also hast slain thy brethren of thy father's House, which were better than thyself:
He also walked in the ways of the House of Ahab: for his mother was his counseller To do wickedly.
Wherefore he did evil in the sight of the LORD like the House of Ahab: for they were his counsellers after the death of his father To his destruction.
And the destruction of Ahaziah was of God by coming To Joram: for when he was come, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed To cut off the House of Ahab.
And it came To pass, that, when Jehu was executing judgment upon the House of Ahab, and found the princes of Judah, and the sons of the brethren of Ahaziah, that ministered To Ahaziah, he slew them.
And he sought Ahaziah: and they caught him, (for he was hid in Samaria,) and brought him To Jehu: and when they had slain him, they buried him: Because, said they, he is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the LORD with all his heart. So the House of Ahaziah had no power To keep still the kingdom.
And the Levites shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand; and whosoever else cometh into the House, he shall be put To death: but be ye with the king when he cometh in, and when he goeth out.
Moreover Jehoiada the priest delivered To the captains of hundreds spears, and bucklers, and shields, that had been king David's, which were in the House of God.
Now when Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and praising the king, she came To the people into the House of the LORD:
So they laid hands on her; and when she was come To the entering of the horse gate by the king's House, they slew her there.
Then all the people went To the House of Baal, and brake it down, and brake his altars and his images in pieces, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars.
Also Jehoiada appointed the offices of the House of the LORD by the hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had distributed in the House of the LORD, To offer the burnt offerings of the LORD, as it is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, as it was ordained by David.
And it came To pass after this, that Joash was minded To repair the House of the LORD.
And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said To them, Go out unto the cities of Judah, and gather of all Israel money To repair the House of your God from year To year, and see that ye hasten the matter. Howbeit the Levites hastened it not.
And the king and Jehoiada gave it To such as did the work of the service of the House of the LORD, and hired masons and carpenters To repair the House of the LORD, and also such as wrought iron and brass To mend the House of the LORD.
And when they had finished it, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, whereof were made vessels for the House of the LORD, even vessels To minister, and To offer withal, and spoons, and vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt offerings in the House of the LORD continually all the days of Jehoiada.
And he took all the gold and the silver, and all the vessels that were found in the House of God with Obededom, and the treasures of the king's House, the hostages also, and returned To Samaria.
Then Uzziah was wroth, and had a censer in his hand To burn incense: and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy even rose up in his forehead before the priests in the House of the LORD, from beside the incense altar.
And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, slew Maaseiah the king's son, and Azrikam the governor of the House, and Elkanah that was next To the king.
And they gathered their brethren, and sanctified themselves, and came, according To the commandment of the king, by the words of the LORD, To cleanse the House of the LORD.
And the priests went into the inner part of the House of the LORD, To cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the temple of the LORD into the court of the House of the LORD. And the Levites took it, To carry it out abroad into the brook Kidron.
Now they began on the first day of the first month To sanctify, and on the eighth day of the month came they To the porch of the LORD: so they sanctified the House of the LORD in eight days; and in the sixteenth day of the first month they made an end.
Then they went in To Hezekiah the king, and said, We have cleansed all the House of the LORD, and the altar of burnt offering, with all the vessels thereof, and the shewbread table, with all the vessels thereof.
Then Hezekiah the king rose early, and gathered the rulers of the city, and went up To the House of the LORD.
And he set the Levites in the House of the LORD with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, according To the commandment of David, and of Gad the king's seer, and Nathan the prophet: for so was the commandment of the LORD by his prophets.
And Hezekiah sent To all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also To Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come To the House of the LORD at Jerusalem, To keep the passover unto the LORD God of Israel.
And Azariah the chief priest of the House of Zadok answered him, and said, Since the people began To bring the offerings into the House of the LORD, we have had enough To eat, and have left plenty: for the LORD hath blessed his people; and that which is left is this great store.
Then Hezekiah commanded To prepare chambers in the House of the LORD; and they prepared them,
Beside their genealogy of males, from three years old and upward, even unto every one that entereth into the House of the LORD, his daily portion for their service in their charges according To their courses;
Both To the genealogy of the priests by the House of their fathers, and the Levites from twenty years old and upward, in their charges by their courses;
And in every work that he began in the service of the House of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, To seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered.
And the LORD sent an angel, which cut off all the mighty men of valour, and the leaders and captains in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face To his own land. And when he was come into the House of his god, they that came forth of his own bowels slew him there with the sword.
And he set a carved image, the idol which he had made, in the House of God, of which God had said To David and To Solomon his son, In this House, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen before all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:
Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land, and the House, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder, To repair the House of the LORD his God.
And when they came To Hilkiah the high priest, they delivered the money that was brought into the House of God, which the Levites that kept the doors had gathered of the hand of Manasseh and Ephraim, and of all the remnant of Israel, and of all Judah and Benjamin; and they returned To Jerusalem.
And they put it in the hand of the workmen that had the oversight of the House of the LORD, and they gave it To the workmen that wrought in the House of the LORD, To repair and amend the House:
And Hilkiah answered and said To Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the House of the LORD. And Hilkiah delivered the book To Shaphan.
And they have gathered together the money that was found in the House of the LORD, and have delivered it into the hand of the overseers, and To the hand of the workmen.
And he set the priests in their charges, and encouraged them To the service of the House of the LORD,
And his princes gave willingly unto the people, To the priests, and To the Levites: Hilkiah and Zechariah and Jehiel, rulers of the House of God, gave unto the priests for the passover offerings two thousand and six hundred small cattle, and three hundred oxen.
But he sent ambassadors To him, saying, What have I To do with thee, thou king of Judah? I come not against thee this day, but against the House wherewith I have war: for God commanded me To make haste: forbear thee from meddling with God, who is with me, that he destroy thee not.
Nebuchadnezzar also carried of the vessels of the House of the LORD To Babylon, and put them in his temple at Babylon.
And when the year was expired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him To Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the House of the LORD, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.
And all the vessels of the House of God, great and small, and the treasures of the House of the LORD, and the treasures of the king, and of his princes; all these he brought To Babylon.
Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth hath the LORD God of heaven given me; and he hath charged me To build him an House in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Who is there among you of all his people? The LORD his God be with him, and let him go up.
Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, The LORD God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he hath charged me To build him an House at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.
Who is there among you of all his people? his God be with him, and let him go up To Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the House of the LORD God of Israel, (he is the God,) which is in Jerusalem.
And some of the chief of the fathers, when they came To the House of the LORD which is at Jerusalem, offered freely for the House of God To set it up in his place:
Now in the second year of their coming unto the House of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the remnant of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all they that were come out of the captivity unto Jerusalem; and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, To set forward the work of the House of the LORD.
Then stood Jeshua with his sons and his brethren, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah, together, To set forward the workmen in the House of God: the sons of Henadad, with their sons and their brethren the Levites.
But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the chief of the fathers of Israel, said unto them, Ye have nothing To do with us To build an House unto our God; but we ourselves together will build unto the LORD God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia hath commanded us.
Then rose up Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and began To build the House of God which is at Jerusalem: and with them were the prophets of God helping them.
At the same time came To them Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shetharboznai, and their companions, and said thus unto them, Who hath commanded you To build this House, and To make up this wall?
Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province of Judea, To the House of the great God, which is builded with great stones, and timber is laid in the walls, and this work goeth fast on, and prospereth in their hands.
Then asked we those elders, and said unto them thus, Who commanded you To build this House, and To make up these walls?
But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon the same king Cyrus made a decree To build this House of God.
Now therefore, if it seem good To the king, let there be search made in the king's treasure House, which is there at Babylon, whether it be so, that a decree was made of Cyrus the king To build this House of God at Jerusalem, and let the king send his pleasure To us concerning this matter.
And also let the golden and silver vessels of the House of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took forth out of the temple which is at Jerusalem, and brought unto Babylon, be restored, and brought again unto the temple which is at Jerusalem, every one To his place, and place them in the House of God.
Moreover I make a decree what ye shall do To the elders of these Jews for the building of this House of God: that of the king's goods, even of the tribute beyond the river, forthwith expences be given unto these men, that they be not hindered.
And the God that hath caused his name To dwell there destroy all kings and people, that shall put To their hand To alter and To destroy this House of God which is at Jerusalem. I Darius have made a decree; let it be done with speed.
And offered at the dedication of this House of God an hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin offering for all Israel, twelve he goats, according To the number of the tribes of Israel.
And whatsoever more shall be needful for the House of thy God, which thou shalt have occasion To bestow, bestow it out of the king's treasure House.
And I sent them with commandment unto Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia, and I told them what they should say unto Iddo, and To his brethren the Nethinims, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring unto us ministers for the House of our God.
So took the priests and the Levites the weight of the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, To bring them To Jerusalem unto the House of our God.
And they delivered the king's commissions unto the king's lieutenants, and To the governors on this side the river: and they furthered the people, and the House of God.
For we were bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, To give us a reviving, To set up the House of our God, and To repair the desolations thereof, and To give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.
And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, with certain chief of the fathers, after the House of their fathers, and all of them by their names, were separated, and sat down in the first day of the tenth month To examine the matter.
And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber To make beams for the gates of the palace which appertained To the House, and for the wall of the city, and for the House that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according To the good hand of my God upon me.
After him repaired Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of the half part of Bethzur, unto the place over against the sepulchres of David, and To the pool that was made, and unto the House of the mighty.
After him repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah the son of Koz another piece, from the door of the House of Eliashib even To the end of the House of Eliashib.
And it came To pass from that time forth, that the half of my servants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the habergeons; and the rulers were behind all the House of Judah.
Also I shook my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his House, and from his labour, that performeth not this promise, even thus be he shaken out, and emptied. And all the congregation said, Amen, and praised the LORD. And the people did according To this promise.
Afterward I came unto the House of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabeel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us meet together in the House of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple: for they will come To slay thee; yea, in the night will they come To slay thee.
And I said unto them, Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun be hot; and while they stand by, let them shut the doors, and bar them: and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, every one in his watch, and every one To be over against his House.
Also we made ordinances for us, To charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel for the service of the House of our God;
For the shewbread, and for the continual meat offering, and for the continual burnt offering, of the sabbaths, of the new moons, for the set feasts, and for the holy things, and for the sin offerings To make an atonement for Israel, and for all the work of the House of our God.
And we cast the lots among the priests, the Levites, and the people, for the wood offering, To bring it into the House of our God, after the houses of our fathers, at times appointed year by year, To burn upon the altar of the LORD our God, as it is written in the law:
And To bring the firstfruits of our ground, and the firstfruits of all fruit of all trees, year by year, unto the House of the LORD:
Also the firstborn of our sons, and of our cattle, as it is written in the law, and the firstlings of our herds and of our flocks, To bring To the House of our God, unto the priests that minister in the House of our God:
And that we should bring the firstfruits of our dough, and our offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, of wine and of oil, unto the priests, To the chambers of the House of our God; and the tithes of our ground unto the Levites, that the same Levites might have the tithes in all the cities of our tillage.
And the priest the son of Aaron shall be with the Levites, when the Levites take tithes: and the Levites shall bring up the tithe of the tithes unto the House of our God, To the chambers, into the treasure House.
And I came To Jerusalem, and understood of the evil that Eliashib did for Tobiah, in preparing him a chamber in the courts of the House of God.
And the drinking was according To the law; none did compel: for so the king had appointed To all the officers of his House, that they should do according To every man's pleasure.
Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal House which belonged To king Ahasuerus.
For he sent letters into all the king's provinces, into every province according To the writing thereof, and To every people after their language, that every man should bear rule in his own House, and that it should be published according To the language of every people.
And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace, To the House of the women, unto the custody of Hege the king's chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given them:
So it came To pass, when the king's commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the palace, To the custody of Hegai, that Esther was brought also unto the king's House, To the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women.
And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him; and he speedily gave her her things for purification, with such things as belonged To her, and seven maidens, which were meet To be given her, out of the king's House: and he preferred her and her maids unto the best place of the House of the women.
And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women's House, To know how Esther did, and what should become of her.
Then thus came every maiden unto the king; whatsoever she desired was given her To go with her out of the House of the women unto the king's House.
In the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into the second House of the women, To the custody of Shaashgaz, the king's chamberlain, which kept the concubines: she came in unto the king no more, except the king delighted in her, and that she were called by name.
Then Mordecai commanded To answer Esther, Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king's House, more than all the Jews.
For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise To the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father's House shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come To the kingdom for such a time as this?
Now it came To pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king's House, over against the king's House: and the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal House, over against the gate of the House.
And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman was come into the outward court of the king's House, To speak unto the king To hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.
And Mordecai came again To the king's gate. But Haman hasted To his House mourning, and having his head covered.
Then the king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the queen and To Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I have given Esther the House of Haman, and him they have hanged upon the gallows, because he laid his hand upon the Jews.
And, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the House, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone To tell thee.
That thou shouldest take it To the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths To the House thereof?
One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the House of the LORD all the days of my life, To behold the beauty of the LORD, and To inquire in his temple.
{A Psalm and Song at the dedication of the House of David.} I will extol thee, O LORD; for thou hast lifted me up, and hast not made my foes To rejoice over me.
Bow down thine ear To me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an House of defence To save me.
When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them To the House of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday.
{To the chief Musician, Maschil, A Psalm of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come To the House of Ahimelech.} Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually.
{To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David; when Saul sent, and they watched the House To kill him.} Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me.
Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest To approach unto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy House, even of thy holy temple.
For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the House of my God, than To dwell in the tents of wickedness.
He maketh the barren woman To keep House, and To be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the LORD.
He that troubleth his own House shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant To the wise of heart.
It is better To dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide House.
It is better To dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide House.
Keep thy foot when thou goest To the House of God, and be more ready To hear, than To give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil. Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty To utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few. For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice is known by multitude of words. When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not To pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed. read more Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay. Suffer not thy mouth To cause thy flesh To sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands? For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God. show less
It is better To go To the House of mourning, than To go To the House of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it To his heart.
I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother's House, who would instruct me: I would cause thee To drink of spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate.
And it shall come To pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD'S House shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.
And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up To the mountain of the LORD, To the House of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
Woe unto them that join House To House, that lay field To field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!
And he said, Hear ye now, O House of David; Is it a small thing for you To weary men, but will ye weary my God also?
And it shall come To pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped of the House of Jacob, shall no more again stay upon him that smote them; but shall stay upon the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.
For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave To the House of Jacob.
And the people shall take them, and bring them To their place: and the House of Israel shall possess them in the land of the LORD for servants and handmaids: and they shall take them captives, whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.
And he discovered the covering of Judah, and thou didst look in that day To the armour of the House of the forest.
And I will clothe him with thy robe, and strengthen him with thy girdle, and I will commit thy government into his hand: and he shall be a father To the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and To the House of Judah.
And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a glorious throne To his father's House.
And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father's House, the offspring and the issue, all vessels of small quantity, from the vessels of cups, even To all the vessels of flagons.
The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laid waste, so that there is no House, no entering in: from the land of Chittim it is revealed To them.
And it came To pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the House of the LORD.
And it came To pass, as he was worshipping in the House of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Armenia: and Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.
The LORD was ready To save me: therefore we will sing my songs To the stringed instruments all the days of our life in the House of the LORD.
Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine House, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store until this day, shall be carried To Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the LORD.
To open the blind eyes, To bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison House.
The carpenter stretcheth out his rule; he marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according To the beauty of a man; that it may remain in the House.
Even them will I bring To my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my House of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine House shall be called an House of prayer for all people.
Is it not To deal thy bread To the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out To thy House? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the LORD, and the praises of the LORD, according To all that the LORD hath bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the House of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them according To his mercies, and according To the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.
And they shall bring all your brethren for an offering unto the LORD out of all nations upon horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and upon mules, and upon swift beasts, To my holy mountain Jerusalem, saith the LORD, as the children of Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel into the House of the LORD.
In those days the House of Judah shall walk with the House of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north To the land that I have given for an inheritance unto your fathers.
Stand in the gate of the LORD'S House, and proclaim there this word, and say, Hear the word of the LORD, all ye of Judah, that enter in at these gates To worship the LORD.
And come and stand before me in this House, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered To do all these abominations?
Therefore will I do unto this House, which is called by my name, wherein ye trust, and unto the place which I gave To you and To your fathers, as I have done To Shiloh.
For the children of Judah have done evil in my sight, saith the LORD: they have set their abominations in the House which is called by my name, To pollute it.
They are turned back To the iniquities of their forefathers, which refused To hear my words; and they went after other gods To serve them: the House of Israel and the House of Judah have broken my covenant which I made with their fathers.
What hath my beloved To do in mine House, seeing she hath wrought lewdness with many, and the holy flesh is passed from thee? when thou doest evil, then thou rejoicest.
For the LORD of hosts, that planted thee, hath pronounced evil against thee, for the evil of the House of Israel and of the House of Judah, which they have done against themselves To provoke me To anger in offering incense unto Baal.
Thus saith the LORD against all mine evil neighbours, that touch the inheritance which I have caused my people Israel To inherit; Behold, I will pluck them out of their land, and pluck out the House of Judah from among them.
For as the girdle cleaveth To the loins of a man, so have I caused To cleave unto me the whole House of Israel and the whole House of Judah, saith the LORD; that they might be unto me for a people, and for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory: but they would not hear.
For thus saith the LORD, Enter not into the House of mourning, neither go To lament nor bemoan them: for I have taken away my peace from this people, saith the LORD, even lovingkindness and mercies.
Thou shalt not also go into the House of feasting, To sit with them To eat and To drink.
Arise, and go down To the potter's House, and there I will cause thee To hear my words.
Then came Jeremiah from Tophet, whither the LORD had sent him To prophesy; and he stood in the court of the LORD'S House; and said To all the people,
And thou, Pashur, and all that dwell in thine House shall go into captivity: and thou shalt come To Babylon, and there thou shalt die, and shalt be buried there, thou, and all thy friends, To whom thou hast prophesied lies.
Thus saith the LORD; Go down To the House of the king of Judah, and speak there this word,
Thus saith the LORD; Stand in the court of the LORD'S House, and speak unto all the cities of Judah, which come To worship in the LORD'S House, all the words that I command thee To speak unto them; diminish not a word:
Then will I make this House like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse To all the nations of the earth.
Then spake Jeremiah unto all the princes and To all the people, saying, The LORD sent me To prophesy against this House and against this city all the words that ye have heard.
Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spake To all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Zion shall be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the House as the high places of a forest.
Also I spake To the priests and To all this people, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Hearken not To the words of your prophets that prophesy unto you, saying, Behold, the vessels of the LORD'S House shall now shortly be brought again from Babylon: for they prophesy a lie unto you.
But if they be prophets, and if the word of the LORD be with them, let them now make intercession To the LORD of hosts, that the vessels which are left in the House of the LORD, and in the House of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem, go not To Babylon.
And it came To pass the same year, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, and in the fifth month, that Hananiah the son of Azur the prophet, which was of Gibeon, spake unto me in the House of the LORD, in the presence of the priests and of all the people, saying, Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon. Within two full years will I bring again into this place all the vessels of the LORD'S House, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this place, and carried them To Babylon: And I will bring again To this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, with all the captives of Judah, that went into Babylon, saith the LORD: for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon. read more Then the prophet Jeremiah said unto the prophet Hananiah in the presence of the priests, and in the presence of all the people that stood in the House of the LORD, Even the prophet Jeremiah said, Amen: the LORD do so: the LORD perform thy words which thou hast prophesied, To bring again the vessels of the LORD'S House, and all that is carried away captive, from Babylon into this place. Nevertheless hear thou now this word that I speak in thine ears, and in the ears of all the people; The prophets that have been before me and before thee of old prophesied both against many countries, and against great kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of pestilence. The prophet which prophesieth of peace, when the word of the prophet shall come To pass, then shall the prophet be known, that the LORD hath truly sent him. Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from off the prophet Jeremiah's neck, and brake it. And Hananiah spake in the presence of all the people, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Even so will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon from the neck of all nations within the space of two full years. And the prophet Jeremiah went his way. Then the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the prophet, after that Hananiah the prophet had broken the yoke from off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Go and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Thou hast broken the yokes of wood; but thou shalt make for them yokes of iron. For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; I have put a yoke of iron upon the neck of all these nations, that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and they shall serve him: and I have given him the beasts of the field also. Then said the prophet Jeremiah unto Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah; The LORD hath not sent thee; but thou makest this people To trust in a lie. Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will cast thee from off the face of the earth: this year thou shalt die, because thou hast taught rebellion against the LORD. So Hananiah the prophet died the same year in the seventh month. show less
Within two full years will I bring again into this place all the vessels of the LORD'S House, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this place, and carried them To Babylon:
Even the prophet Jeremiah said, Amen: the LORD do so: the LORD perform thy words which thou hast prophesied, To bring again the vessels of the LORD'S House, and all that is carried away captive, from Babylon into this place.
But they set their abominations in the House, which is called by my name, To defile it.
The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the LORD of hosts: for the LORD is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the House of the LORD. For I will cause To return the captivity of the land, as at the first, saith the LORD.
Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will perform that good thing which I have promised unto the House of Israel and To the House of Judah.
For thus saith the LORD; David shall never want a man To sit upon the throne of the House of Israel;
And ye were now turned, and had done right in my sight, in proclaiming liberty every man To his neighbour; and ye had made a covenant before me in the House which is called by my name:
Go unto the House of the Rechabites, and speak unto them, and bring them into the House of the LORD, into one of the chambers, and give them wine To drink.
It may be that the House of Judah will hear all the evil which I purpose To do unto them; that they may return every man from his evil way; that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin.
And Baruch the son of Neriah did according To all that Jeremiah the prophet commanded him, reading in the book the words of the LORD in the LORD'S House.
Therefore hear now, I pray thee, O my lord the king: let my supplication, I pray thee, be accepted before thee; that thou cause me not To return To the House of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.
So Ebedmelech took the men with him, and went into the House of the king under the treasury, and took thence old cast clouts and old rotten rags, and let them down by cords into the dungeon To Jeremiah.
And, behold, all the women that are left in the king of Judah's House shall be brought forth To the king of Babylon's princes, and those women shall say, Thy friends have set thee on, and have prevailed against thee: thy feet are sunk in the mire, and they are turned away back.
Then thou shalt say unto them, I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me To return To Jonathan's House, To die there.
That there came certain from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even fourscore men, having their beards shaven, and their clothes rent, and having cut themselves, with offerings and incense in their hand, To bring them To the House of the LORD.
Also the pillars of brass that were in the House of the LORD, and the bases, and the brasen sea that was in the House of the LORD, the Chaldeans brake, and carried all the brass of them To Babylon.
For thou art not sent To a people of a strange speech and of an hard language, but To the House of Israel;
And I will make thy tongue cleave To the roof of thy mouth, that thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be To them a reprover: for they are a rebellious House.
Moreover take thou unto thee an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between thee and the city: and set thy face against it, and it shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it. This shall be a sign To the House of Israel.
Lie thou also upon thy left side, and lay the iniquity of the House of Israel upon it: according To the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon it thou shalt bear their iniquity.
For I have laid upon thee the years of their iniquity, according To the number of the days, three hundred and ninety days: so shalt thou bear the iniquity of the House of Israel.
And it came To pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I sat in mine House, and the elders of Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord GOD fell there upon me.
Then he brought me To the door of the gate of the LORD'S House which was toward the north; and, behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz.
Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? Is it a light thing To the House of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here? for they have filled the land with violence, and have returned To provoke me To anger: and, lo, they put the branch To their nose.
And the glory of the God of Israel was gone up from the cherub, whereupon he was, To the threshold of the House. And he called To the man clothed with linen, which had the writer's inkhorn by his side;
Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of a rebellious House, which have eyes To see, and see not; they have ears To hear, and hear not: for they are a rebellious House.
Therefore, thou son of man, prepare thee stuff for removing, and remove by day in their sight; and thou shalt remove from thy place To another place in their sight: it may be they will consider, though they be a rebellious House.
For I am the LORD: I will speak, and the word that I shall speak shall come To pass; it shall be no more prolonged: for in your days, O rebellious House, will I say the word, and will perform it, saith the Lord GOD.
Son of man, behold, they of the House of Israel say, The vision that he seeth is for many days To come, and he prophesieth of the times that are far off.
Ye have not gone up into the gaps, neither made up the hedge for the House of Israel To stand in the battle in the day of the LORD.
Therefore speak unto them, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Every man of the House of Israel that setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh To the prophet; I the LORD will answer him that cometh according To the multitude of his idols;
For every one of the House of Israel, or of the stranger that sojourneth in Israel, which separateth himself from me, and setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh To a prophet To inquire of him concerning me; I the LORD will answer him by myself:
Say now To the rebellious House, Know ye not what these things mean? tell them, Behold, the king of Babylon is come To Jerusalem, and hath taken the king thereof, and the princes thereof, and led them with him To Babylon;
And hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes To the idols of the House of Israel, neither hath defiled his neighbour's wife, neither hath come near To a menstruous woman,
That hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes To the idols of the House of Israel, hath not defiled his neighbour's wife,
Therefore I will judge you, O House of Israel, every one according To his ways, saith the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.
But the House of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they despised my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; and my sabbaths they greatly polluted: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness, To consume them.
For when ye offer your gifts, when ye make your sons To pass through the fire, ye pollute yourselves with all your idols, even unto this day: and shall I be inquired of by you, O House of Israel? As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will not be inquired of by you.
And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have wrought with you for my name's sake, not according To your wicked ways, nor according To your corrupt doings, O ye House of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.
Son of man, the House of Israel is To me become dross: all they are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are even the dross of silver.
For when they had slain their children To their idols, then they came the same day into my sanctuary To profane it; and, lo, thus have they done in the midst of mine House.
Thus saith the Lord GOD; When I shall have gathered the House of Israel from the people among whom they are scattered, and shall be sanctified in them in the sight of the heathen, then shall they dwell in their land that I have given To my servant Jacob.
And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the LORD, because they have been a staff of reed To the House of Israel.
And it shall be no more the confidence of the House of Israel, which bringeth their iniquity To remembrance, when they shall look after them: but they shall know that I am the Lord GOD.
In that day will I cause the horn of the House of Israel To bud forth, and I will give thee the opening of the mouth in the midst of them; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will yet for this be inquired of by the House of Israel, To do it for them; I will increase them with men like a flock.
And the man said unto me, Son of man, behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears, and set thine heart upon all that I shall shew thee; for To the intent that I might shew them unto thee art thou brought hither: declare all that thou seest To the House of Israel.
And he brought me To the porch of the House, and measured each post of the porch, five cubits on this side, and five cubits on that side: and the breadth of the gate was three cubits on this side, and three cubits on that side.
And there was an enlarging, and a winding about still upward To the side chambers: for the winding about of the House went still upward round about the House: therefore the breadth of the House was still upward, and so increased from the lowest chamber To the highest by the midst.
To that above the door, even unto the inner House, and without, and by all the wall round about within and without, by measure.
Thou son of man, shew the House To the House of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities: and let them measure the pattern.
And thou shalt say To the rebellious, even To the House of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; O ye House of Israel, let it suffice you of all your abominations,
In that ye have brought into my sanctuary strangers, uncircumcised in heart, and uncircumcised in flesh, To be in my sanctuary, To pollute it, even my House, when ye offer my bread, the fat and the blood, and they have broken my covenant because of all your abominations.
Yet they shall be ministers in my sanctuary, having charge at the gates of the House, and ministering To the House: they shall slay the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they shall stand before them To minister unto them.
Because they ministered unto them before their idols, and caused the House of Israel To fall into iniquity; therefore have I lifted up mine hand against them, saith the Lord GOD, and they shall bear their iniquity.
And the first of all the firstfruits of all things, and every oblation of all, of every sort of your oblations, shall be the priest's: ye shall also give unto the priest the first of your dough, that he may cause the blessing To rest in thine House.
In the land shall be his possession in Israel: and my princes shall no more oppress my people; and the rest of the land shall they give To the House of Israel according To their tribes.
And it shall be the prince's part To give burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and drink offerings, in the feasts, and in the new moons, and in the sabbaths, in all solemnities of the House of Israel: he shall prepare the sin offering, and the meat offering, and the burnt offering, and the peace offerings, To make reconciliation for the House of Israel.
And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with part of the vessels of the House of God: which he carried into the land of Shinar To the House of his god; and he brought the vessels into the treasure House of his god.
Then Daniel went To his House, and made the thing known To Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions:
And the LORD said unto him, Call his name Jezreel; for yet a little while, and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel upon the House of Jehu, and will cause To cease the kingdom of the House of Israel.
For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion To the House of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and none shall rescue him.
Set the trumpet To thy mouth. He shall come as an eagle against the House of the LORD, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law.
For thus saith the Lord GOD; The city that went out by a thousand shall leave an hundred, and that which went forth by an hundred shall leave ten, To the House of Israel.
Seek the LORD, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the House of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none To quench it in Bethel.
And a man's uncle shall take him up, and he that burneth him, To bring out the bones out of the House, and shall say unto him that is by the sides of the House, Is there yet any with thee? and he shall say, No. Then shall he say, Hold thy tongue: for we may not make mention of the name of the LORD.
Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent To Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of the House of Israel: the land is not able To bear all his words.
O thou that art named the House of Jacob, is the spirit of the LORD straitened? are these his doings? do not my words do good To him that walketh uprightly?
And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye princes of the House of Israel; Is it not for you To know judgment?
But in the last days it shall come To pass, that the mountain of the House of the LORD shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow unto it.
And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up To the mountain of the LORD, and To the House of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
Woe To him that coveteth an evil covetousness To his House, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!
Thou hast consulted shame To thy House by cutting off many people, and hast sinned against thy soul.
Go up To the mountain, and bring wood, and build the House; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the LORD.
Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came To little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the LORD of hosts. Because of mine House that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own House.
Therefore thus saith the LORD; I am returned To Jerusalem with mercies: my House shall be built in it, saith the LORD of hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem.
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If thou wilt walk in my ways, and if thou wilt keep my charge, then thou shalt also judge my House, and shalt also keep my courts, and I will give thee places To walk among these that stand by.
And he said unto me, To build it an House in the land of Shinar: and it shall be established, and set there upon her own base.
When they had sent unto the House of God Sherezer and Regemmelech, and their men, To pray before the LORD,
And To speak unto the priests which were in the House of the LORD of hosts, and To the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?
And it shall come To pass, that as ye were a curse among the heathen, O House of Judah, and House of Israel; so will I save you, and ye shall be a blessing: fear not, but let your hands be strong.
So again have I thought in these days To do well unto Jerusalem and To the House of Judah: fear ye not.
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be To the House of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts; therefore love the truth and peace.
And I will strengthen the House of Judah, and I will save the House of Joseph, and I will bring them again To place them; for I have mercy upon them: and they shall be as though I had not cast them off: for I am the LORD their God, and will hear them.
And the LORD said unto me, Cast it unto the potter: a goodly price that I was prised at of them. And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them To the potter in the House of the LORD.
In that day there shall be a fountain opened To the House of David and To the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness.
Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine House, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough To receive it.
But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth To forgive sins, (then saith he To the sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine House.
And it came To pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the House, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples.
And when he was come into the House, the blind men came To him: and Jesus saith unto them, Believe ye that I am able To do this? They said unto him, Yea, Lord.
And if the House be worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if it be not worthy, let your peace return To you.
How he entered into the House of God, and did eat the shewbread, which was not lawful for him To eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the priests?
And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought To desolation; and every city or House divided against itself shall not stand:
But know this, that if the goodman of the House had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his House To be broken up.
And he said, Go into the city To such a man, and say unto him, The Master saith, My time is at hand; I will keep the passover at thy House with my disciples.
And it came To pass, that, as Jesus sat at meat in his House, many publicans and sinners sat also together with Jesus and his disciples: for there were many, and they followed him.
How he went into the House of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and did eat the shewbread, which is not lawful To eat but for the priests, and gave also To them which were with him?
And he cometh To the House of the ruler of the synagogue, and seeth the tumult, and them that wept and wailed greatly.
And when she was come To her House, she found the devil gone out, and her daughter laid upon the bed.
And he sent him away To his House, saying, Neither go into the town, nor tell it To any in the town.
And he came To Capernaum: and being in the House he asked them, What was it that ye disputed among yourselves by the way?
And let him that is on the housetop not go down into the House, neither enter therein, To take any thing out of his House:
For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his House, and gave authority To his servants, and To every man his work, and commanded the porter To watch.
And wheresoever he shall go in, say ye To the goodman of the House, The Master saith, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples?
To a virgin espoused To a man whose name was Joseph, of the House of David; and the virgin's name was Mary.
But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power upon earth To forgive sins, (he said unto the sick of the palsy,) I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy couch, and go into thine House.
And immediately he rose up before them, and took up that whereon he lay, and departed To his own House, glorifying God.
How he went into the House of God, and did take and eat the shewbread, and gave also To them that were with him; which it is not lawful To eat but for the priests alone?
Then Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from the House, the centurion sent friends To him, saying unto him, Lord, trouble not thyself: for I am not worthy that thou shouldest enter under my roof:
And they that were sent, returning To the House, found the servant whole that had been sick.
And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he went into the Pharisee's House, and sat down To meat. And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee's House, brought an alabaster box of ointment, And stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began To wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment. Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw it, he spake within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what manner of woman this is that toucheth him: for she is a sinner. read more And Jesus answering said unto him, Simon, I have somewhat To say unto thee. And he saith, Master, say on. There was a certain creditor which had two debtors: the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty. And when they had nothing To pay, he frankly forgave them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most? Simon answered and said, I suppose that he, To whom he forgave most. And he said unto him, Thou hast rightly judged. And he turned To the woman, and said unto Simon, Seest thou this woman? I entered into thine House, thou gavest me no water for my feet: but she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head. Thou gavest me no kiss: but this woman since the time I came in hath not ceased To kiss my feet. My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment. Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but To whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little. And he said unto her, Thy sins are forgiven. And they that sat at meat with him began To say within themselves, Who is this that forgiveth sins also? And he said To the woman, Thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace. show less
And he turned To the woman, and said unto Simon, Seest thou this woman? I entered into thine House, thou gavest me no water for my feet: but she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head.
And when he went forth To land, there met him out of the city a certain man, which had devils long time, and ware no clothes, neither abode in any House, but in the tombs.
Return To thine own House, and shew how great things God hath done unto thee. And he went his way, and published throughout the whole city how great things Jesus had done unto him.
While he yet spake, there cometh one from the ruler of the synagogue's House, saying To him, Thy daughter is dead; trouble not the Master.
And when he came into the House, he suffered no man To go in, save Peter, and James, and John, and the father and the mother of the maiden.
Now it came To pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her House. And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus' feet, and heard his word. But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came To him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me To serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me. And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things: read more But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her. show less
But he, knowing their thoughts, said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought To desolation; and a House divided against a House falleth.
And this know, that if the goodman of the House had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his House To be broken through.
When once the master of the House is risen up, and hath shut To the door, and ye begin To stand without, and To knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are:
And it came To pass, as he went into the House of one of the chief Pharisees To eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him.
So that servant came, and shewed his lord these things. Then the master of the House being angry said To his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.
And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them To come in, that my House may be filled.
Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh To the House, he heard musick and dancing.
Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him To my father's House:
In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the House, let him not come down To take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back.
I tell you, this man went down To his House justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
And when Jesus came To the place, he looked up, and saw him, and said unto him, Zacchaeus, make haste, and come down; for To day I must abide at thy House.
And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come To this House, forsomuch as he also is a son of Abraham.
The Jews then which were with her in the House, and comforted her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up hastily and went out, followed her, saying, She goeth unto the grave To weep there.
As for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering into every House, and haling men and women committed them To prison.
He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose House is by the sea side: he shall tell thee what thou oughtest To do.
And they said, Cornelius the centurion, a just man, and one that feareth God, and of good report among all the nation of the Jews, was warned from God by an holy angel To send for thee into his House, and To hear words of thee.
Send therefore To Joppa, and call hither Simon, whose surname is Peter; he is lodged in the House of one Simon a tanner by the sea side: who, when he cometh, shall speak unto thee.
And he shewed us how he had seen an angel in his House, which stood and said unto him, Send men To Joppa, and call for Simon, whose surname is Peter;
And when he had considered the thing, he came To the House of Mary the mother of John, whose surname was Mark; where many were gathered together praying.
And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me To be faithful To the Lord, come into my House, and abide there. And she constrained us.
And he departed thence, and entered into a certain man's House, named Justus, one that worshipped God, whose House joined hard To the synagogue.
And how I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, but have shewed you, and have taught you publickly, and from House To House,
I beseech you, brethren, (ye know the House of Stephanas, that it is the firstfruits of Achaia, and that they have addicted themselves To the ministry of the saints,)
For in this we groan, earnestly desiring To be clothed upon with our House which is from heaven:
(For if a man know not how To rule his own House, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest To behave thyself in the House of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
And withal they learn To be idle, wandering about from House To House; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.
I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the House, give none occasion To the adversary To speak reproachfully.
But in a great House there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some To honour, and some To dishonour.
And To our beloved Apphia, and Archippus our fellowsoldier, and To the church in thy House:
Who was faithful To him that appointed him, as also Moses was faithful in all his House.
And Moses verily was faithful in all his House, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were To be spoken after;
For this is the covenant that I will make with the House of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be To them a God, and they shall be To me a people:
By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark To the saving of his House; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.
Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual House, an holy priesthood, To offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable To God by Jesus Christ.
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