And benaiah the son of Jehoiada, a fighting man of Kabzeel, had done great acts; he put to death the two sons of Ariel of Moab: he went down into a hole and put a lion to death in time of snow:
These were the acts of Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, who had a great name among the thirty men of war.
Come now, go to King David and say to him, Did you not, O my lord, take an oath to me, your servant, saying, Truly Solomon your son will be king after me, seated on the seat of my kingdom? why then is Adonijah acting as king?
Give ear in heaven your living-place, acting in mercy; and give to every man whose secret heart is open to you, the reward of all his ways; for you, and you only, have knowledge of the hearts of all the children of men:
And she said to the king, The account which was given to me in my country of your acts and your wisdom was true.
Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all he did, and his wisdom, are they not recorded in the book of the acts of Solomon?
Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he made war and how he became king, are recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel.
Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and all he did, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Judah?
Now the rest of the acts of Abijam, and all he did, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Judah? And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.
Now the rest of the acts of Asa, and his power, and all he did, and the towns of which he was the builder, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Judah? But when he was old he had a disease of the feet.
Now the rest of the acts of Nadab, and all he did, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel?
Now the rest of the acts of Baasha, and what he did, and his power, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel?
Because of all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, which they did and made Israel do, moving the Lord, the God of Israel, to wrath by their foolish acts.
Now the rest of the acts of Elah, and all he did, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel?
Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and the secret design he made, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel?
Now the rest of the acts which Omri did, and his great power, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel?
Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, were seated on their seats of authority, dressed in their robes, by the doorway into Samaria; and all the prophets were acting as prophets before them.
Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all he did, and his ivory house, and all the towns of which he was the builder, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel?
Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his great power, and how he went to war, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Judah?
Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel?
Now the rest of the acts of Joram, and all he did, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Judah?
Now the rest of the acts of Jehu, and all he did, and his great power, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel?
Now the rest of the acts of Joash, and all he did, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel?
Now the rest of the acts of Jehoahaz, and all he did, and his great power, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel?
Now the rest of the acts of Joash, and all he did, and the force with which he went to war against Amaziah, king of Judah, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel?
Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash, and his power, and how he went to war with Amaziah, king of Judah, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel?
And the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Judah?
Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all he did, and his power, and how he went to war with Damascus, causing the wrath of the Lord to be turned away from Israel, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel?
Now the rest of the acts of Azariah, and all he did, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Judah?
Now the rest of the acts of Zechariah are recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel.
Now the rest of the acts of Shallum, and the secret design which he made, are recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel.
Now the rest of the acts of Menahem, and all he did, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel?
Now the rest of the acts of Pekahiah, and all he did, are recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel.
Now the rest of the acts of Pekah, and all he did, are recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel.
Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all he did, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Judah?
Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and his power, and how he made the pool and the stream, to take water into the town, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Judah?
Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and all he did, and his sins, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Judah?
Now the rest of the acts which Amon did, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Judah?
Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all he did, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Judah?
Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and all he did, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Judah?
Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, a fighting-man of Kabzeel, had done great acts; he put to death two young lions going into their secret place; and he went down into a hole and put a lion to death in time of snow.
These were the acts of Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, who had a great name among the thirty men of war.
And he put some of the Levites before the ark of the Lord as servants, to keep the acts of the Lord in memory, and to give worship and praise to the Lord, the God of Israel:
So among the last acts of David was the numbering of the sons of Levi, from twenty years old and over.
Of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur and Joseph and Nethaniah and Asharelah, sons of Asaph; under the direction of Asaph, acting as a prophet under the orders of the king;
Of Jeduthun: the six sons of Jeduthun, Gedaliah and Zeri and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah and Mattithiah; under the direction of their father Jeduthun who, acting as a prophet, with corded instruments gave praise and glory to the Lord.
Now all the acts of David, first and last, are recorded in the words of Samuel the seer, and the words of Nathan the prophet, and the words of Gad the seer;
And she said to the king, The account which was given to me in my country of your acts and your wisdom was true.
Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they not recorded in the history of Nathan the prophet, and in the words of Ahijah the prophet of Shiloh, and in the visions of Iddo the seer about Jeroboam, the son of Nebat?
Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not recorded in the words of Shemaiah the prophet and Iddo the seer? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their days.
And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways and his sayings, are recorded in the account of the prophet Iddo.
Now the acts of Asa, first and last, are recorded in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, were seated on their seats of authority, dressed in their robes, by the doorway into Samaria; and all the prophets were acting as prophets before them.
Now as for the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, they are recorded in the words of Jehu, the son of Hanani, which were put in the book of the kings of Israel.
Acting on their suggestion, he went with Jehoram, son of Ahab, king of Israel, to make war on Hazael, king of Aram, at Ramoth-gilead: and Joram was wounded by the bowmen.
Then Amaziah, king of Judah, acting on the suggestion of his servants, sent to Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us have a meeting face to face.
Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, first and last, are they not recorded in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel?
Now the rest of the acts of Uzziah, first and last, were recorded by Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz.
Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all his wars and his ways, are recorded in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.
Now the rest of his acts and all his ways, first and last, are recorded in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and the good he did, are recorded in the vision of Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, and in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his prayer to his God, and the words which the seers said to him in the name of the Lord, the God of Israel, are recorded among the acts of the kings of Israel.
Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and the good he did, in keeping with what is recorded in the law of the Lord,
And all his acts, first and last, are recorded in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.
Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim and the disgusting things he did, and all there is to be said against him, are recorded in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah; and Jehoiachin his son became king in his place.
For they have taken their daughters for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy seed has been mixed with the peoples of the lands; and in fact the captains and rulers have been the first to do this evil.
And all his acts of power and his great strength and the full story of the high place which the king gave Mordecai, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Media and Persia?
In all this Job did no sin, and did not say that God's acts were foolish.
Though my hands have done no violent acts, and my prayer is clean.
See, these are only the outskirts of his ways; and how small is that which comes to our ears about him! But the thunder of his acts of power is outside all knowledge.
For that would be a crime; it would be an act for which punishment would be measured out by the judges:
The Lord puts the upright and the sinner to the test, but he has hate in his soul for the lover of violent acts.
Give them the right reward of their acts, and of their evil doings: give them punishment for the works of their hands, let them have their full reward.
Send destruction on them, O Lord, make a division of tongues among them: for I have seen fighting and violent acts in the town.
And in fear men make public the works of God; and giving thought to his acts they get wisdom.
You will give us an answer in righteousness by great acts of power, O God of our salvation; you who are the hope of all the ends of the earth, and of the far-off lands of the sea;
I will give news of the great acts of the Lord God; my words will be of your righteousness, and of yours only.
Their thoughts are deep with evil designs; their talk from their seats of power is of cruel acts.
Keep in mind your undertaking; for the dark places of the earth are full of pride and cruel acts.
I will give thought to all your work, while my mind goes over your acts of power.
He who is the judge of the nations, will he not give men the reward of their acts, even he who gives knowledge to man?
He gave knowledge of his way to Moses, and made his acts clear to the children of Israel.
Who is able to give an account of the great acts of the Lord, or to make clear all his praise?
We are sinners like our fathers, we have done wrong, our acts are evil.
I keep in mind the early days of the past, giving thought to all your acts, even to the work of your hands.
One generation after another will give praise to your great acts, and make clear the operation of your strength.
Men will be talking of the power and fear of your acts; I will give word of your glory.
So that the sons of men may have knowledge of his acts of power, and of the great glory of his kingdom.
Give him praise for his acts of power: give him praise in the measure of his great strength.
(The wise man, hearing, will get greater learning, and the acts of the man of good sense will be wisely guided:)
Then you will have knowledge of righteousness and right acting, and upright behaviour, even of every good way.
But sinners will be cut off from the land, and those whose acts are false will be uprooted.
The bread of evil-doing is their food, the wine of violent acts their drink.
His mind is ever designing evil: he lets loose violent acts.
A false witness, breathing out untrue words, and one who lets loose violent acts among brothers.
But if he is taken in the act he will have to give back seven times as much, giving up all his property which is in his house.
Hate is a cause of violent acts, but all errors are covered up by love.
False lips are hated by the Lord, but those whose acts are true are his delight.
A man will get good from the fruit of his lips, but the desire of the false is for violent acts.
A man may be acting as if he had wealth, but have nothing; another may seem poor, but have great wealth.
Acting wisely is the way of life, guiding a man away from the underworld.
It is better to come face to face with a bear whose young ones have been taken away than with a foolish man acting foolishly.
A brother wounded is like a strong town, and violent acts are like a locked tower.
Further, without knowledge desire is not good; and he who is over-quick in acting goes out of the right way.
Most men make no secret of their kind acts: but where is a man of good faith to be seen?
Mercy and good faith keep the king safe, and the seat of his power is based on upright acts.
The purposes of the man of industry have their outcome only in wealth; but one who is over-quick in acting will only come to be in need.
By their violent acts the evil-doers will be pulled away, because they have no desire to do what is right.
The man of pride, lifted up in soul, is named high-hearted; he is acting in an outburst of pride.
The eyes of the Lord keep knowledge, but by him the acts of the false man will be overturned.
Like a dog going back to the food which he has not been able to keep down, is the foolish man doing his foolish acts over again.
Men of pride are the cause of violent acts in a town, but by wise men wrath is turned away.
Upright acts will be the price of Zion's forgiveness, and by righteousness will men be living there.
For Jerusalem has become feeble, and destruction has come on Judah, because their words and their acts are against the Lord, moving the eyes of his glory to wrath.
As for my people, their ruler is acting like a child, and those who have authority over them are women. O my people, your guides are the cause of your wandering, turning your footsteps out of the right way.
Cursed are those who make evil decisions, and the writers who make the records of their cruel acts:
And it will be after the end of seventy years, that the Lord will have mercy on Tyre, and she will go back to her trade, acting as a loose woman with all the kingdoms of the world on the face of the earth.
From the farthest part of the earth comes the sound of songs, glory to the upright. But I said, I am wasting away, wasting away, the curse is on me! The false ones go on in their false way, yes, they go on acting falsely.
O Lord, you are my God; I will give praise to you, I will give honour to your name; for you have done great acts of power; your purposes in the past have been made true and certain in effect.
For the Lord will come up as on Mount Perazim, he will be moved to wrath as in the valley of Gibeon; so that he may do his work--strange is his work; and give effect to his act--unnatural is his act.
This comes from the Lord of armies, purposing wonders, and wise in all his acts.
Cursed are those who go deep to keep their designs secret from the Lord, and whose works are in the dark, and who say, Who sees us? and who has knowledge of our acts?
Ho! you who make waste those who did not make you waste; acting falsely to those who were not false to you. When you have come to an end of wasting, you will be made waste, and after your false acts, they will do the same to you.
He whose ways are true, and whose words are upright; he who gives no thought to the profits of false acts, whose hands have not taken rewards, who will have no part in putting men to death, and whose eyes are shut against evil;
Their twisted threads will not make clothing, and their works will give them nothing for covering themselves: their works are works of sin, and violent acts are in their hands.
You will be full of camel-trains, even the young camels of midian and Ephah; all from Sheba will come, with gold and spices, giving word of the great acts of the Lord.
Violent acts will no longer be seen in your land, wasting or destruction in your limits; but your walls will be named, Salvation, and your doors Praise.
I will give news of the mercies of the Lord, and his great acts, even all the things the Lord has done for us, in his great grace to the house of Israel; even all he has done for us in his unnumbered mercies.
While you do acts of power for which we are not looking, and which have not come to the ears of men in the past.
For we have all become like an unclean person, and all our good acts are like a dirty robe: and we have all become old like a dead leaf, and our sins, like the wind, take us away.
They say, If a man puts away his wife and she goes from him and becomes another man's, will he go back to her again? will not that land have been made unclean? but though you have been acting like a loose woman with a number of lovers, will you now come back to me? says the Lord.
And the Lord said to me in the days of Josiah the king, Have you seen what Israel, turning away from me, has done? She has gone up on every high mountain and under every branching tree, acting like a loose woman there.
I have seen your disgusting acts, even your false behaviour and your cries of desire and your loose ways on the hills in the field. Unhappy are you, O Jerusalem, you have no desire to be made clean; how long will you be in turning back to me?
But your eyes and your heart are fixed only on profit for yourself, on causing the death of him who has done no wrong, and on violent and cruel acts.
See, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will give to David a true Branch, and he will be ruling as king, acting wisely, doing what is right, and judging uprightly in the land.
For a number of nations and great kings will make servants of them, even of them: and I will give them the reward of their acts, even the reward of the work of their hands.
Did Hezekiah and all Judah put him to death? did he not in the fear of the Lord make prayer for the grace of the Lord, and the Lord let himself be turned from the decision he had made against them for evil? By this act we might do great evil against ourselves.
The Lord has made you priest in place of Jehoiada the priest, to be an overseer in the house of the Lord for every man who is off his head and is acting as a prophet, to put such men in prison and in chains.
So why have you made no protest against Jeremiah of Anathoth, who is acting as a prophet to you?
Send to all those who have been taken away, saying, This is what the Lord has said about Shemaiah the Nehelamite: Because Shemaiah has been acting as a prophet to you, and I did not send him, and has made you put your faith in what is false;
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