So he took his relatives ¹  with him and pursued Jacob ²  for seven days. ³  He caught up with ⁴  him in the hill country of Gilead.

He made fifty loops on the first curtain, and he made fifty loops on the end curtain that was in the second set, with the loops opposite one another.

So Jephthah left ¹  his half-brothers ²  and lived in the land of Tob. Lawless men joined Jephthah’s gang and traveled with him. ³ 

The priest was happy. He took the ephod, the personal idols, and the carved image and joined the group. ¹ 

The fifty members of the prophetic guild went and stood opposite them at a distance, while Elijah and Elisha ¹  stood by the Jordan.

Some of the prophets ¹  said to Elisha, “Look, the place where we meet with you ²  is too cramped ³  for us.

For a remnant will leave Jerusalem; survivors will come out of Mount Zion. The intense devotion of the sovereign Lord ¹  to his people ²  will accomplish this.

Their relatives, listed in their genealogical records, numbered 956. All these men were leaders of their families. ¹ 

including Obed-Edom and sixty-eight colleagues. Obed-Edom son of Jeduthun and Hosah were gatekeepers.

The first lot went to Asaph’s son Joseph and his relatives and sons – twelve in all, ¹  the second to Gedaliah and his relatives and sons – twelve in all,

Benaiah was the leader of the thirty warriors and his division; his son was Ammizabad. ¹ 

and some of the temple servants that David and his officials had established for the work of the Levites – 220 of them. They were all designated by name.

After him the Levites worked – Rehum son of Bani and ¹  after him Hashabiah, head of half the district of Keilah, for his district.

Then the two choirs that gave thanks took their stations ¹  in the temple of God. I did also, along with half the officials with me,

At that time Israel will be the third member of the group, along with Egypt and Assyria, and will be a recipient of blessing ¹  in the earth. ² 

“For a remnant will leave Jerusalem; survivors will come out of Mount Zion. The intense devotion of the Lord who commands armies ¹  will accomplish this.

The least of you will multiply into ¹  a thousand; the smallest of you will become a large nation. When the right time comes, I the Lord will quickly do this!” ² 

So these supervisors and satraps came by collusion ¹  to the king and said ²  to him, “O King Darius, live forever!

I will leave in your midst a humble and meek group of people, ¹  and they will find safety in the Lord’s presence. ² 

“To ¹  what should I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces who call out to one another, ²