if indeed ¹  you have heard of the stewardship ²  of God’s grace that was given to me for you,

that is, ¹  into ²  an inheritance imperishable, undefiled, and unfading. It is reserved in heaven for you,

Joshua defeated the whole land, including the hill country, the Negev, the lowlands, ¹  the slopes, and all their kings. He left no survivors. He annihilated everything that breathed, just as the Lord God of Israel had commanded.

The rest of the events of Jeroboam’s reign, including all his accomplishments, his military success in restoring Israelite control over Damascus and Hamath, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel. ¹ 

David said to the whole Israelite assembly, “If you so desire and the Lord our God approves, ¹  let’s spread the word ²  to our brothers who remain in all the regions of Israel, and to the priests and Levites in their cities, ³  so they may join us.

King Shishak of Egypt attacked Jerusalem and took away the treasures of the Lord’s temple and of the royal palace; he took everything, including the gold shields that Solomon had made.

They attacked Judah and swept through it. ¹  They carried off everything they found in the royal palace, ²  including his sons and wives. None of his sons was left, except for his youngest, Ahaziah.

Then he measured the length of the building facing the courtyard at the rear of the temple, with its galleries on either side as 175 feet. ¹  The interior of the outer sanctuary and the porch of the court, ² 

And sons were also born ¹  to Shem (the older brother of Japheth), ²  the father of all the sons of Eber.

He retrieved all the stolen property. ¹  He also brought back his nephew Lot and his possessions, as well as the women and the rest of ²  the people.

All the men of his household, whether born in his household or bought with money from a foreigner, were circumcised with him.

They killed Hamor and his son Shechem with the sword, took Dinah from Shechem’s house, and left.

They captured as plunder ¹  all their wealth, all their little ones, and their wives, including everything in the houses.

Do not eat it raw ¹  or boiled in water, but roast it over the fire with its head, its legs, and its entrails.

Then the one making the offering ¹  must present all its fat: the fatty tail, the fat covering the entrails,

but the rest of the bull – its hide, its flesh, and its dung – he completely burned up ¹  outside the camp just as the Lord had commanded Moses. ² 

At that time we seized all his cities and put every one of them ¹  under divine judgment, ²  including even the women and children; we left no survivors.

We put all of these under divine judgment ¹  just as we had done to King Sihon of Heshbon – every occupied city, ²  including women and children.

including all the Arabah of the Transjordan in the east to the sea of the Arabah, ¹  beneath the watershed ²  of Pisgah.)

They ate some of the produce of the land the day after the Passover, including unleavened bread and roasted grain. ¹