His daughter was Sheerah, who built Lower and Upper Beth Horon, as well as Uzzen Sheerah),

He made upper Beth Horon and lower Beth Horon fortified cities with walls and barred gates, ¹ 

He fortified these cities and placed officers in them, as well as storehouses of food, olive oil, and wine.

Jehoshaphat’s power kept increasing. He built fortresses and storage cities throughout Judah.

The singers ¹  were also assembled from the district around Jerusalem and from the settlements of the Netophathites

Her gates will mourn and lament; deprived of her people, she will sit on the ground. ¹ 

So a strong nation will extol you; the towns of ¹  powerful nations will fear you.

Before Jeremiah could turn to leave, the captain of the guard added, “Go back ¹  to Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam and grandson of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon appointed to govern ²  the towns of Judah. Go back and live with him ³  among the people. Or go wherever else you choose.” Then the captain of the guard gave Jeremiah some food and a present and let him go.

What my eyes see ¹  grieves me ²  – all the suffering of the daughters in my city. ³ 

I will destroy the cities of your land, and tear down all your fortresses.

I will uproot your images of Asherah ¹  from your midst, and destroy your idols. ² 

a day of trumpet blasts ¹  and battle cries. ²  Judgment will fall on ³  the fortified cities and the high corner towers.

The Lord who rules over all says, ‘It will someday come to pass that people – residents of many cities – will come.

Send them away so that they can go into the surrounding countryside and villages and buy something for themselves to eat.”

While a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus ¹  from one town after another, ²  he spoke to them ³  in a parable:

After they traveled through ¹  Amphipolis ²  and Apollonia, ³  they came to Thessalonica, ⁴  where there was a Jewish synagogue. ⁵ 

After he had gone through those regions ¹  and spoken many words of encouragement ²  to the believers there, ³  he came to Greece, ⁴ 

Whatever someone among the Levites might redeem – the sale of a house which is his property in a city – must revert in the jubilee, ¹  because the houses of the cities of the Levites are their property in the midst of the Israelites.

If a matter is too difficult for you to judge – bloodshed, ¹  legal claim, ²  or assault ³  – matters of controversy in your villages ⁴  – you must leave there and go up to the place the Lord your God chooses. ⁵ 

Ben Hadad ¹  said, “I will return the cities my father took from your father. You may set up markets ²  in Damascus, just as my father did in Samaria.” ³  Ahab then said, “I want to make a treaty with you before I dismiss you.” ⁴  So he made a treaty with him and then dismissed him.