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He also attacked Nov, the city of the cohanim, with the sword; he put to the sword both men and women, children and babies, cattle, donkeys and sheep.

But some of the men who had gone with David were evil men, scoundrels; and they said, "They didn't go with us, so we're not giving them any of the property we've recovered. Each man can take his wife and children and leave."

but the poor man had nothing, except for one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and reared. It had grown up with him and his children; it ate from his plate, drank from his cup, lay on his chest — it was like a daughter to him.

If you do, Adonai will fulfill what he promised me when he said, ‘If your children pay attention to how they live, conducting themselves before me honestly with all their heart and being, you will never lack a man on the throne of Isra'el.'

Now therefore, Adonai , God of Isra'el, keep what you promised to your servant David, my father, when you said, ‘You will never lack a man in my presence to sit on the throne of Isra'el, if only your children are careful about what they do, so that they live in my presence, just as you have lived in my presence.'

But if you turn away from following me, you or your children, and do not observe my mitzvot and regulations which I have set before you, and go and serve other gods, worshipping them;

to say to him, "Here is the message from Ben-Hadad: ‘Your silver and gold are mine, also your wives and your best children are mine.'"

The messengers returned and said, "Here is Ben-Hadad's response: ‘I sent you a message to hand over your silver, gold, wives and children to me.

Then the king of Isra'el summoned all the leaders of the land and said, "Please take notice! Do you see how this man is trying to make trouble? First he demanded my wives, children, silver and gold; and I denied him nothing."

The wife of one of the guild prophets complained to Elisha. "Your servant my husband died," she said, "and you know that he feared Adonai . Now a creditor has come to take my two children as his slaves."

However, Adonai was unwilling to destroy Y'hudah, because of his servant David; inasmuch as he had promised to give him and his children a lamp that would burn forever.

But he did not put the children of the murderers to death, because of what is written in the scroll of the Torah of Moshe, as Adonai ordered when he said, "Fathers are not to be executed for the children, nor are children to be executed for the fathers; every person will be executed for his own sin."

the ‘Avim made Nivchaz and Tartak, and the S'farvim burned up their children in the fire as sacrifices to Adramelekh and ‘Anamelekh the gods of S'farvayim.

So these nations mixed fearing Adonai with serving their carved idols; likewise their children; and to this day, their descendants do the same as their ancestors did.

They said to him, "This is what Hizkiyahu says: ‘Today is a day of trouble, rebuke and disgrace. Children are ready to be born, but there is no strength to bring them to birth.

The sons of Nadav: Seled and Apayim. Seled died without having any children.

The sons of Yada the brother of Shamai: Yeter and Yonatan. Yeter died without having any children.

The sons of P'dayah: Z'rubavel and Shim‘i. The children of Z'rubavel: Meshulam, Hananyah and Shlomit their sister;

Shim‘i had sixteen sons and six daughters, but his brothers did not have many children, so their clans did not increase like those of Y'hudah.

So the God of Isra'el stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Ashur and the spirit of Tilgat-Piln'eser king of Ashur; and he carried them away as captives — the Re'uveni, the Gadi and the half-tribe of M'nasheh — and brought them to Halach, Havor, Hara and to the Gozan River, where they are to this day. The sons of Levi: Gershon, K'hat and M'rari. The sons of K'hat: ‘Amram, Yitz'har, Hevron and ‘Uzi'el. The children of ‘Amram: Aharon, Moshe and Miryam. The sons of Aharon: Nadav, Avihu, El‘azar and Itamar. El‘azar fathered Pinchas, Pinchas fathered Avishua, Avishua fathered Buki, Buki fathered ‘Uzi, ‘Uzi fathered Z'rachyah, Z'rachyah fathered M'rayot, M'rayot fathered Amaryah, Amaryah fathered Achituv, Achituv fathered Tzadok, Tzadok fathered Achima‘atz, Achima‘atz fathered ‘Azaryah, ‘Azaryah fathered Yochanan, and Yochanan fathered ‘Azaryah. He functioned as cohen in the house that Shlomo built in Yerushalayim. ‘Azaryah fathered Amaryah, Amaryah fathered Achituv, Achituv fathered Tzadok, Tzadok fathered Shalum, Shalum fathered Hilkiyah, Hilkiyah fathered ‘Azaryah, ‘Azaryah fathered S'rayah, S'rayah fathered Y'hotzadak, and Y'hotzadak went into captivity when Adonai carried Y'hudah and Yerushalayim away at the hands of N'vukhadnetzar.