He ruled for three years in Jerusalem. ¹  His mother was Michaiah, the daughter of Uriel from Gibeah. ²  There was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.

When ¹  the Lord heard this, he was furious. A fire broke out against Jacob, and his anger flared up ²  against Israel,

He broke down ¹  their strongholds ²  and devastated their cities. The land and everything in it was frightened at the sound of his roaring.

Then Jacob kissed Rachel and began to weep loudly. ¹ 

Gideon took a hundred men to the edge of the camp ¹  at the beginning of the middle watch, just after they had changed the guards. They blew their trumpets and broke the jars they were carrying. ² 

The king tore down the altars the kings of Judah had set up on the roof of Ahaz’s upper room, as well as the altars Manasseh had set up in the two courtyards of the Lord’s temple. He crushed them up ¹  and threw the dust in the Kidron Valley.

After this Job opened his mouth ²  and cursed ³  the day he was born. ⁴ 

you sent widows away empty-handed, and the arms ¹  of the orphans you crushed. ² 

He has taken away my strength in the middle of life; ¹  he has cut short my days.

They believed his promises; ¹  they sang praises to him.

For he shattered the bronze gates, and hacked through the iron bars. ¹ 

The father of your nation ¹  sinned; your spokesmen ²  rebelled against me.

ב (Bet) He has made my mortal skin ¹  waste away; he has broken my bones.

You saw that a stone was cut from a mountain, but not by human hands; it smashed the iron, bronze, clay, silver, and gold into pieces. The great God has made known to the king what will occur in the future. ¹  The dream is certain, and its interpretation is reliable.”

“Then I wanted to know the meaning ¹  of the fourth beast, which was different from all the others. It was very dreadful, with two rows of iron teeth and bronze claws, and it devoured, crushed, and trampled anything that was left with its feet.

After they stopped speaking, ¹  James replied, ²  “Brothers, listen to me.

At ¹  that time ²  a great disturbance ³  took place concerning the Way. ⁴ 

So there were quarrels ¹  between Abram’s herdsmen and Lot’s herdsmen. ²  (Now the Canaanites and the Perizzites were living in the land at that time.) ³ 

So they took soot from a furnace and stood before Pharaoh, Moses threw it into the air, and it caused festering boils to break out on both people and animals.

If she does not please ¹  her master, who has designated her ²  for himself, then he must let her be redeemed. ³  He has no right ⁴  to sell her to a foreign nation, because he has dealt deceitfully ⁵  with her.