Know for certain that ¹  I hereby give you the authority to announce to nations and kingdoms that they will be ²  uprooted and torn down, destroyed and demolished, rebuilt and firmly planted.” ³ 

In the past I saw to it that they were uprooted and torn down, that they were destroyed and demolished. But now I will see to it that they are built up and firmly planted. ¹  I, the Lord, affirm it!” ² 

This will happen because ¹  the people of this city have aroused my anger and my wrath since the time they built it until now. ²  They have made me so angry that I am determined to remove ³  it from my sight.

When you built your chamber at the head of every street and put up your pavilion in every public square, you were not like a prostitute, because you scoffed at payment. ¹ 

What should you do then, brothers and sisters? ¹  When you come together, each one has a song, has a lesson, has a revelation, has a tongue, has an interpretation. Let all these things be done for the strengthening of the church.

From that land he went ¹  to Assyria, ²  where he built Nineveh, ³  Rehoboth-Ir, ⁴  Calah, ⁵ 

That is why those who speak in proverbs ¹  say, “Come to Heshbon, let it be built. Let the city of Sihon be established! ² 

Then Saul built an altar for the Lord; it was the first time he had built an altar for the Lord.

These men were also in charge of Solomon’s work projects; there were a total of 550 men who supervised the workers. ¹ 

It was handed over ¹  to the foremen who used it to repair the Lord’s temple.

He built up the city around it, from the terrace to the surrounding walls; ¹  Joab restored the rest of the city.

They had dedicated some of the plunder taken in battles to be used for repairs on the Lord’s temple.

He decorated the temple with precious stones; the gold he used came from Parvaim. ¹ 

Solomon rebuilt the cities that Huram ¹  had given him and settled Israelites there.

These men worked for Solomon as supervisors; there were a total of 250 of them who were in charge of the people. ¹ 

They settled down in it and built in it a temple ¹  to honor you, ²  saying,

The men of Jericho ¹  built adjacent to it, and Zaccur son of Imri built adjacent to them. ² 

So we rebuilt the wall, and the entire wall was joined together up to half its height. ¹  The people were enthusiastic in their work. ² 

If ¹  he tears down, it cannot be rebuilt; if he imprisons a person, there is no escape. ² 

They made him angry with their pagan shrines, ¹  and made him jealous with their idols.