Meremoth son of Uriah, the son of Hakoz, worked on the section adjacent to them. Meshullam son of Berechiah the son of Meshezabel worked on the section next to them. And Zadok son of Baana worked on the section adjacent to them.

Even so, take heart, Zerubbabel,’ says the Lord. ‘Take heart, Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and ¹  all you citizens of the land,’ ²  says the Lord, ‘and begin to work. For I am with you,’ says the Lord who rules over all.

Get up! Help the boy up and hold him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation.”

People from every country ¹  came to Joseph in Egypt to buy grain because the famine was severe throughout the earth.

Yet Pharaoh’s heart became hard, ¹  and he did not listen to them, just as the Lord had predicted.

But the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not release the Israelites.

The Egyptians were urging ¹  the people on, in order to send them out of the land quickly, ²  for they were saying, “We are all dead!”

“‘If your brother ¹  becomes impoverished and is indebted to you, ²  you must support ³  him; he must live ⁴  with you like a foreign resident. ⁵ 

Whenever the Israelites were strong militarily, they forced the Canaanites to do hard labor, but they never totally conquered them. ¹ 

Whenever Israel was strong militarily, they forced the Canaanites to do hard labor, but they never totally conquered them.

I would go out after it, strike it down, and rescue the sheep from its mouth. If it rose up against me, I would grab it by its jaw, strike it, and kill it.

Then Jonathan son of Saul left and went to David at Horesh. He encouraged him ¹  through God.

David then grabbed his own clothes ¹  and tore them, as did all the men who were with him.

As she brought them to him to eat, he grabbed her and said to her, “Come on! Get in bed with me, ¹  my sister!”

But he refused to listen to her. ¹  He overpowered her and humiliated her by raping her. ² 

When someone approached to bow before him, Absalom ¹  would extend his hand and embrace him and kiss him.

Adonijah feared Solomon, so he got up and went and grabbed hold of the horns of the altar. ¹ 

It was handed over ¹  to the foremen who used it to repair the Lord’s temple.

When he had secured control of the kingdom, ¹  he executed the servants who had assassinated his father. ² 

including craftsmen, builders, and masons, and should buy wood and chiseled stone for the repair work. ¹