Joel son of Zicri was the officer in charge of them, and Judah son of Hassenuah was second-in-command over the city.

“How you have helped ¹  the powerless! ²  How you have saved the person who has no strength! ³ 

To whom ¹  did you utter these words? And whose spirit has come forth from your mouth? ² 

They destroy ¹  my path; they succeed in destroying me ²  without anyone assisting ³  them.

But you, O Lord, do not remain far away! You are my source of strength! ¹  Hurry and help me! ² 

The one who is tormented ¹  by the murder ²  of another will flee to the pit; ³  let no one support him.

She extends ¹  her hand ²  to the poor, and reaches out her hand to the needy.

The captain of the royal guard took Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest who was second in rank, and the three doorkeepers. ¹ 

Then he said to me, “These are the houses for boiling, where the ministers of the temple boil the sacrifices of the people.”

So he said, “These are the two anointed ones ¹  who stand by the Lord of the whole earth.”

So too a Levite, when he came up to ¹  the place and saw him, ²  passed by on the other side.

Now ¹  this was ²  John’s ³  testimony ⁴  when the Jewish leaders ⁵  sent ⁶  priests and Levites from Jerusalem ⁷  to ask him, “Who are you?” ⁸ 

But Paul and Barnabas remained in Antioch, ¹  teaching and proclaiming (along with many others) ²  the word of the Lord. ³ 

Are they not all ministering spirits, sent out to serve those ¹  who will inherit salvation?

Jehiel, Azaziah, Nahath, Asahel, Jerimoth, Jozabad, Eliel, Ismakiah, Mahath, and Benaiah worked under the supervision of Konaniah and his brother Shimei, as directed by King Hezekiah and Azariah, the supervisor of God’s temple.

They observed the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days with joy, for the Lord had given them joy and had changed the opinion ¹  of the king of Assyria ²  toward them, so that he assisted ³  them in the work on the temple of God, the God of Israel.

But the former governors who preceded me had burdened the people and had taken food and wine from them, in addition to ¹  forty shekels of silver. Their associates were also domineering over the people. But I did not behave in this way, due to my fear of God.

Now Herod ¹  was having an angry quarrel ²  with the people of Tyre ³  and Sidon. ⁴  So they joined together ⁵  and presented themselves before him. And after convincing ⁶  Blastus, the king’s personal assistant, ⁷  to help them, ⁸  they asked for peace, ⁹  because their country’s food supply was provided by the king’s country.

¹  “When you assist ²  the Hebrew women in childbirth, observe at the delivery: ³  If it is a son, kill him, ⁴  but if it is a daughter, she may live.” ⁵ 

and with him was Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an artisan, a designer, and an embroiderer in blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine linen.