The sons of Josiah: Johanan was the firstborn; Jehoiakim was born second; Zedekiah third; and Shallum fourth.

Shaharaim fathered sons in Moab after he divorced his wives Hushim and Baara.

because it ¹  did not shut the doors ²  of my mother’s womb on me, ³  nor did it hide trouble ⁴  from my eyes!

“Are you acquainted with the way ¹  the mountain goats ²  give birth? Do you watch as the wild deer give birth to their young?

I have been dependent on you since birth; ¹  from the time I came out of my mother’s womb you have been my God. ² 

When you send your life-giving breath, they are created, and you replenish the surface of the ground.

A good reputation ¹  is better ²  than precious ³  perfume; ⁴  likewise, ⁵  the day of one’s ⁶  death ⁷  is better than the day of one’s birth. ⁸ 

I will have no pity on her children, ¹  because they are children conceived in adultery. ² 

In the womb he attacked his brother; in his manly vigor he struggled ¹  with God.

and Josiah ¹  the father of Jeconiah and his brothers, at the time of the deportation to Babylon.

but did not have marital relations ¹  with her until she gave birth to a son, whom he named ²  Jesus.

“Blessed are those who hunger ¹  and thirst for righteousness, for they will be satisfied.

“Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to them.

For a person is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision something that is outward in the flesh,

for you were at one time darkness, but now you are ¹  light in the Lord. Walk as children of the light –

Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, a descendant of David; ¹  such is my gospel, ² 

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

The one who says he is in the light but still hates ¹  his fellow Christian ²  is still in the darkness.

We said to my lord, ‘We have an aged father, and there is a young boy who was born when our father was old. ¹  The boy’s ²  brother is dead. He is the only one of his mother’s sons left, ³  and his father loves him.’

Yet another battle occurred in Gath. On that occasion there was a large man ¹  who had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot, twenty-four in all! He too was a descendant of Rapha.