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         <div class="label">8</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Solomon&#8217;s Other Activities</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2CH.8.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">At the end of twenty years, during which Solomon built the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and his own palace, </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2CH.8.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Solomon rebuilt the villages that Hiram</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:2 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Huram, </span><span class="ft">a variant of </span><span class="fq">Hiram</span><span class="ft">; also in verse 18</span></span></span><span class="content"> had given him, and settled Israelites in them. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2CH.8.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Solomon then went to Hamath Zobah and captured it. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2CH.8.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">He also built up Tadmor in the desert and all the store cities he had built in Hamath. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2CH.8.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">He rebuilt Upper Beth Horon and Lower Beth Horon as fortified cities, with walls and with gates and bars, </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2CH.8.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">as well as Baalath and all his store cities, and all the cities for his chariots and for his horses</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:6 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">charioteers</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8212;whatever he desired to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon and throughout all the territory he ruled.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2CH.8.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2CH.8.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">There were still people left from the Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites (these people were not Israelites). </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2CH.8.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Solomon conscripted the descendants of all these people remaining in the land&#8212;whom the Israelites had not destroyed&#8212;to serve as slave labor, as it is to this day. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2CH.8.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">But Solomon did not make slaves of the Israelites for his work; they were his fighting men, commanders of his captains, and commanders of his chariots and charioteers. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2CH.8.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">They were also King Solomon&#8217;s chief officials&#8212;two hundred and fifty officials supervising the men.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2CH.8.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2CH.8.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Solomon brought Pharaoh&#8217;s daughter up from the City of David to the palace he had built for her, for he said, &#8220;My wife must not live in the palace of David king of Israel, because the places the ark of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has entered are holy.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2CH.8.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2CH.8.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">On the altar of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> that he had built in front of the portico, Solomon sacrificed burnt offerings to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2CH.8.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">according to the daily requirement for offerings commanded by Moses for the Sabbaths, the New Moons and the three annual festivals&#8212;the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the Festival of Weeks and the Festival of Tabernacles. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2CH.8.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">In keeping with the ordinance of his father David, he appointed the divisions of the priests for their duties, and the Levites to lead the praise and to assist the priests according to each day&#8217;s requirement. He also appointed the gatekeepers by divisions for the various gates, because this was what David the man of God had ordered. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2CH.8.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">They did not deviate from the king&#8217;s commands to the priests or to the Levites in any matter, including that of the treasuries.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2CH.8.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2CH.8.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">All Solomon&#8217;s work was carried out, from the day the foundation of the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> was laid until its completion. So the temple of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> was finished.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2CH.8.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2CH.8.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Then Solomon went to Ezion Geber and Elath on the coast of Edom. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2CH.8.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">And Hiram sent him ships commanded by his own men, sailors who knew the sea. These, with Solomon&#8217;s men, sailed to Ophir and brought back four hundred and fifty talents</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:18 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 17 tons or about 15 metric tons</span></span></span><span class="content"> of gold, which they delivered to King Solomon.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">10</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Greatness of Mordecai</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EST.10.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">King Xerxes imposed tribute throughout the empire, to its distant shores. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EST.10.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">And all his acts of power and might, together with a full account of the greatness of Mordecai, whom the king had promoted, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Media and Persia? </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EST.10.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Mordecai the Jew was second in rank to King Xerxes, preeminent among the Jews, and held in high esteem by his many fellow Jews, because he worked for the good of his people and spoke up for the welfare of all the Jews.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">66</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 66</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. A song. A psalm.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.66.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Shout for joy to God, all the earth!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.66.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.66.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Sing the glory of his name;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.66.2"><span class="content">make his praise glorious.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.66.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.66.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Say to God, &#8220;How awesome are your deeds!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.66.3"><span class="content">So great is your power</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.66.3"><span class="content">that your enemies cringe before you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.66.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.66.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">All the earth bows down to you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.66.4"><span class="content">they sing praise to you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.66.4"><span class="content">they sing the praises of your name.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">66:4 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew has </span><span class="fqa">Selah </span><span class="ft">(a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verses 7 and 15.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.66.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.66.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Come and see what God has done,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.66.5"><span class="content">his awesome deeds for mankind!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.66.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.66.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">He turned the sea into dry land,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.66.6"><span class="content">they passed through the waters on foot&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.66.6"><span class="content">come, let us rejoice in him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.66.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.66.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">He rules forever by his power,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.66.7"><span class="content">his eyes watch the nations&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.66.7"><span class="content">let not the rebellious rise up against him.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.66.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.66.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Praise our God, all peoples,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.66.8"><span class="content">let the sound of his praise be heard;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.66.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.66.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">he has preserved our lives</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.66.9"><span class="content">and kept our feet from slipping.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.66.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.66.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">For you, God, tested us;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.66.10"><span class="content">you refined us like silver.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.66.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.66.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">You brought us into prison</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.66.11"><span class="content">and laid burdens on our backs.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.66.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.66.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">You let people ride over our heads;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.66.12"><span class="content">we went through fire and water,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.66.12"><span class="content">but you brought us to a place of abundance.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.66.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.66.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">I will come to your temple with burnt offerings</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.66.13"><span class="content">and fulfill my vows to you&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.66.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.66.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">vows my lips promised and my mouth spoke</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.66.14"><span class="content">when I was in trouble.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.66.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.66.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">I will sacrifice fat animals to you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.66.15"><span class="content">and an offering of rams;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.66.15"><span class="content">I will offer bulls and goats.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.66.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.66.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Come and hear, all you who fear God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.66.16"><span class="content">let me tell you what he has done for me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.66.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.66.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">I cried out to him with my mouth;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.66.17"><span class="content">his praise was on my tongue.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.66.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.66.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">If I had cherished sin in my heart,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.66.18"><span class="content">the Lord would not have listened;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.66.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.66.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">but God has surely listened</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.66.19"><span class="content">and has heard my prayer.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.66.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.66.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Praise be to God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.66.20"><span class="content">who has not rejected my prayer</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.66.20"><span class="content">or withheld his love from me!</span></span></div>
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