Do this: ¹  exterminate every male, as well as every woman who has had sexual relations with a male. ²  But spare the lives of any virgins.” So they did as instructed. ³ 

So the men did as instructed. ¹  They took two cows that had calves and harnessed them to a cart; they also removed their calves to their stalls.

Samuel said to the cook, “Give me the portion of meat that I gave to you – the one I asked you to keep with you.”

He waited for seven days, the time period indicated by Samuel. ¹  But Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and the army began to abandon Saul. ² 

Then the king said to Amasa, “Call the men of Judah together for me in three days, ¹  and you be present here with them too.”

“Get up, go to Zarephath in Sidonian territory, and live there. I have already told ¹  a widow who lives there to provide for you.”

Jehu ordered the one who was in charge of the wardrobe, ¹  “Bring out robes for all the servants of Baal.” So he brought out robes for them.

He summoned his son Solomon and charged him to build a temple for the Lord God of Israel.

Prepare yourselves by your families according to your divisions, as instructed ¹  by King David of Israel and his son Solomon.

Preparations were made, ¹  and the priests stood at their posts and the Levites in their divisions as prescribed by the king.

The governor ¹  instructed them not to eat any of the sacred food until there was a priest who could consult ²  the Urim and Thummim.

The governor ¹  instructed them not to eat any of the sacred food until there was a priest who could consult ²  the Urim and Thummim.

You made known to them your holy Sabbath; you issued commandments, statutes, and law to them through ¹  Moses your servant.

Your ancestors, ¹  however, did not listen to me or pay any attention to me. They stubbornly refused ²  to pay attention or to respond to any discipline.’

Tell them that the Lord says, ¹  ‘You must obey me! You must live according to the way I have instructed you in my laws. ² 

Ebed Melech ¹  called down to Jeremiah, “Put these rags and worn-out clothes under your armpits to pad the ropes. ²  Jeremiah did as Ebed Melech instructed. ³ 

After being warned in a dream not to return to Herod, ¹  they went back by another route to their own country.

Because of the crowd, he told his disciples to have a small boat ready for him so the crowd ¹  would not press toward him.

He ¹  said to them, “Take nothing for your ²  journey – no staff, ³  no bag, ⁴  no bread, no money, and do not take an extra tunic. ⁵ 

And he summoned ten of his slaves, ¹  gave them ten minas, ²  and said to them, ‘Do business with these until I come back.’