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And Pethahiah the son of Meshezabel, of the children of Zerah the son of Judah, was at the king's hand in all matters concerning the people.

And for the villages, with their fields, some of the children of Judah dwelt in Kiriath-arba and the towns thereof, and in Dibon and the towns thereof, and in Jekabzeel and the villages thereof;

The children of Benjamin also dwelt from Geba onward, at Michmash and Aija, and at Beth-el and the towns thereof;

And they offered great sacrifices that day, and rejoiced; for God had made them rejoice with great joy; and the women also and the children rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off.

because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, to curse them: howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing.

There dwelt men of Tyre also therein, which brought in fish, and all manner of ware, and sold on the sabbath unto the children of Judah, and in Jerusalem.

and their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews' language, but according to the language of each people.

And letters were sent by posts into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to slay, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, even upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take the spoil of them for a prey.

And Haman recounted unto them the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all the things wherein the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.

His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she-asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the children of the east.

His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.

If thy children have sinned against him, and he have delivered them into the hand of their transgression:

He that denounceth his friends for a prey, even the eyes of his children shall fail.

My breath is strange to my wife, and my supplication to the children of my mother's womb.

Even young children despise me; if I arise, they speak against me.

His children shall seek the favour of the poor, and his hands shall give back his wealth.

They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.

Ye say, God layeth up his iniquity for his children. Let him recompense it unto himself, that he may know it.

Behold, as wild asses in the desert they go forth to their work, seeking diligently for meat; the wilderness yieldeth them food for their children.

If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword; and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.