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And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month in shifts: they were one month in Lebanon and two months at home; Adoniram was in charge of the labor force.
And the children of Israel, according to their number, the heads of fathers' houses, the captains of thousands and hundreds and their officers, served the king in every matter of the military divisions. These divisions came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year, each division having twenty-four thousand.
"I also withheld rain from you, When there were still three months to the harvest. I made it rain on one city, I withheld rain from another city. One part was rained upon, And where it did not rain the part withered.
"Say to all the people of the land, and to the priests: 'When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months during those seventy years, did you really fast for Me - for Me?
You have turned for me my mourning into dancing; You have put off my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness,
Thus says the LORD of hosts: "Consider and call for the mourning women, That they may come; And send for skillful wailing women, That they may come.
You shall yet plant vines on the mountains of Samaria; The planters shall plant and eat them as ordinary food.
There is hope in your future, says the LORD, That your children shall come back to their own border.
"For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul."
They shall wander from sea to sea, And from north to east; They shall run to and fro, seeking the word of the LORD, But shall not find it.
Afterward Mordecai went back to the king's gate. But Haman hurried to his house, mourning and with his head covered.
Shema begot Raham the father of Jorkoam, and Rekem begot Shammai.
Now his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying:
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
"Honor your father and mother," which is the first commandment with promise:
So BenHadad said to him, "The cities which my father took from your father I will restore; and you may set up marketplaces for yourself in Damascus, as my father did in Samaria." Then Ahab said, "I will send you away with this treaty." So he made a treaty with him and sent him away.
"Therefore be merciful, just as your Father also is merciful.
Now to our God and Father be glory forever and ever. Amen.
"Huz his firstborn, Buz his brother, Kemuel the father of Aram,