To Walk In God’s Law

“And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinims, and all they that had separated themselves from the people of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every one having knowledge, and having understanding; they clave to their brethren, their nobles, and …

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The Poor Are People Too

“And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.  For there were that said, ‘We, our sons, and our daughters, are many: therefore we take up corn for them, that we may eat, and live.’  Some also there were that said, ‘We have mortgaged our lands, …

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Work, Be Ready, and Watch

Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, and on the higher places, I even set the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows. And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, “Be not …

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The People and the Prophets

Then the prophets, Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied unto the Jews that were in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel, even unto them.   Then rose up Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and began to build the house of God …

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That The Word Of The LORD… Might Be Fullfilled

Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,  “Thus saith Cyrus …

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The King Encourages His People

After these things, and the establishment thereof, Sennacherib king of Assyria came, and entered into Judah, and encamped against the fenced cities, and thought to win them for himself.  And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib was come, and that he was purposed to fight against Jerusalem,  He took counsel with his princes and his mighty …

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Some of Them Came Home

And in every several city he put shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong, having Judah and Benjamin on his side.  And the priests and the Levites that were in all Israel resorted to him out of all their coasts.  For the Levites left their suburbs and their possession, and came to Judah and …

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Be Strong In Keeping The Commandments Of The LORD

Now, my son, the LORD be with thee; and prosper thou, and build the house of the LORD thy God, as He hath said of thee.  Only the LORD give thee wisdom and understanding, and give thee charge concerning Israel, that thou mayest keep the law of the LORD thy God.  Then shalt thou prosper, …

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Getting The Ark To The City Of David

And David made him houses in the city of David, and prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent.  Then David said, “None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites: for them hath the LORD chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister unto …

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