And today the Lord has declared you to be his special people (as he already promised you) so you may keep all his commandments.

Surely ¹  I would wear it proudly ²  on my shoulder, I would bind ³  it on me like a crown;

Hezekiah welcomed ¹  them and showed them his storehouse with its silver, gold, spices, and high-quality olive oil, as well as his whole armory and everything in his treasuries. Hezekiah showed them everything in his palace and in his whole kingdom. ² 

Now the Lord ¹  delivered ²  King Jehoiakim of Judah into his power, ³  along with some of the vessels ⁴  of the temple of God. ⁵  He brought them to the land of Babylonia ⁶  to the temple of his god ⁷  and put ⁸  the vessels in the treasury of his god.

How the people of Esau ¹  will be thoroughly plundered! ²  Their ³  hidden valuables will be ransacked! ⁴ 

For he knows no satisfaction in his appetite; ¹  he does not let anything he desires ²  escape. ³ 

Yes, your servant finds moral guidance there; ¹  those who obey them receive a rich reward. ² 

In my heart I store up ¹  your words, ²  so I might not sin against you.

I claim your rules as my permanent possession, for they give me joy. ¹ 

He stores up ¹  effective counsel ²  for the upright, ³  and is like ⁴  a shield ⁵  for those who live ⁶  with integrity, ⁷ 

Incline your ear ²  and listen to the words of the wise, and apply your heart to my instruction. ³ 

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

But see how great he must be, if ¹  Abraham the patriarch gave him a tithe ²  of his plunder.

The Lord will open for you his good treasure house, the heavens, to give you rain for the land in its season and to bless all you do; ¹  you will lend to many nations but you will not borrow from any.

“Now if the king is so inclined, ¹  let a search be conducted in the royal archives ²  there in Babylon in order to determine whether King Cyrus did in fact issue orders for this temple of God to be rebuilt in Jerusalem. Then let the king send us a decision concerning this matter.”

All who possessed precious ¹  stones donated them to the treasury of the Lord’s temple, which was under the supervision of Jehiel the Gershonite.

The rest of the needs for the temple of your God that you may have to supply, ¹  you may do so from the royal treasury.

I weighed out to them ¹  650 talents of silver, silver vessels worth 100 talents, ²  100 talents of gold,

Some of the family leaders gave to the project treasury 20,000 gold drachmas and 2,200 silver minas.

The one who finds ¹  a wife finds what is enjoyable, ²  and receives a pleasurable gift ³  from the Lord. ⁴