You were watching as ¹  a stone was cut out, ²  but not by human hands. It struck the statue on its iron and clay feet, breaking them in pieces.

Can horses run on rocky cliffs? Can one plow the sea with oxen? ¹  Yet you have turned justice into a poisonous plant, and the fruit of righteous actions into a bitter plant. ² 

The field and the cave in it were acquired from the sons of Heth.” ¹ 

Joshua was told, “The five kings have been found hiding in the cave at Makkedah.”

Joshua said, “Open the cave’s mouth and bring the five kings ¹  out of the cave to me.”

The cliff to the north was closer to Micmash, the one to the south closer to Geba.

Man puts an end to the darkness; ¹  he searches the farthest recesses for the ore in the deepest darkness. ² 

Of coral and jasper no mention will be made; the price ¹  of wisdom is more than pearls. ² 

May their names be deleted from the scroll of the living! ¹  Do not let their names be listed with the godly! ² 

Do not be so certain you have won! ¹  Do not speak with your head held so high! ² 

‘I will give you an eternal dynasty ¹  and establish your throne throughout future generations.’” ²  (Selah)

When the storm ¹  passes through, the wicked are swept away, ²  but the righteous are an everlasting foundation. ³ 

Just as there is futility in many dreams, so also in many words. ¹  Therefore, fear God!

The Lover to His Beloved: You are a locked garden, ¹  my sister, my bride; you are an enclosed spring, a sealed-up fountain.

The two were running together, but the other disciple ran faster than Peter ¹  and reached the tomb first. ² 

Then Simon Peter, who had been following him, arrived and went right into the tomb. He saw ¹  the strips of linen cloth lying there,

But Mary stood outside the tomb weeping. As she wept, she bent down and looked into the tomb.

Then the iron, clay, bronze, silver, and gold were broken in pieces without distinction ¹  and became like chaff from the summer threshing floors that the wind carries away. Not a trace of them could be found. But the stone that struck the statue became a large mountain that filled the entire earth.

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.”

So Abraham secured the field and the cave that was in it as a burial site ¹  from the sons of Heth.