“‘Therefore O prostitute, hear the word of the Lord:

The word of the Lord came to me:

These were the descendants of Aaron: His son Eleazar, his son Phinehas, his son Abishua,

From Naphtali there were 1,000 officers, along with 37,000 men carrying shields and spears.

To the Lord I cried out, ¹  and he answered me from his holy hill. ²  (Selah)

He trains my hands for battle; ¹  my arms can bend even the strongest bow. ² 

I have seen ruthless evil men ¹  growing in influence, like a green tree grows in its native soil. ² 

Acknowledge God’s power, ¹  his sovereignty over Israel, and the power he reveals in the skies! ² 

Let the heavens and the earth praise him, along with the seas and everything that swims in them!

They remembered that God was their protector, ¹  and that the sovereign God was their deliverer. ² 

I will not break ¹  my covenant or go back on what I promised. ² 

They ate all the vegetation in their land, and devoured the crops of their fields. ¹ 

The leaders will not be able to run away and hide. ¹  The shepherds of the flocks will not be able to escape.

and the chambers of the court was 35 feet ¹  in width all around the temple on every side.

This Passover was observed in the eighteenth year of Josiah’s reign.

Then he measured its length as 35 feet, ¹  and its width as 35 feet, ²  before the outer sanctuary. He said to me, “This is the most holy place.”

the hangings of the courtyard, its posts and its bases, and the curtain for the gateway to the courtyard;

Barzillai replied to the king, “How many days do I have left to my life, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?

May sinners disappear ¹  from the earth, and the wicked vanish! Praise the Lord, O my soul! Praise the Lord!

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