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And this came by the word of the Lord against Juda, to remove them from before him for all the sins of Manasses which he did;

And for the innocent blood that he shed, filling Jerusalem with innocent blood: and therefore the Lord would not be appeased.

And the king of Egypt came not again any more out of his own country: for the king of Babylon had taken all that had belonged to the king of Egypt, from the river of Egypt, unto the river Euphrates.

And all the strong men, seven thousand, and the artificers, and the smiths, a thousand, all that were valiant men, and fit for war: and the king of Babylon led them captives into Babylon.

For the Lord was angry against Jerusalem and against Juda, till he cast them out from his face: and Sedecias revolted from the king of Babylon.

The ninth day of the month: and a famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.

And Jabes called upon the God of Israel, saying: If blessing thou wilt bless me, and wilt enlarge my borders, and thy hand be with me, and thou save me from being oppressed by evil. And God granted him the things he prayed for.

Maonathi begot Ophra, and Saraia begot Joab the father of the Valley of artificers: for artificers were there.

These are the potters, and they dwelt in Plantations, and Hedges, with the king for his works, and they abode there.

And they went forth to enter into Gador as far as to the east side of the valley, to seek pastures for their flocks.

Some also of the children of Simeon, five hundred men, went into mount Seir, having for their captains Phaltias and Naaria and Raphaia and Oziel the sons of Jesi:

Now the sons of Ruben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was his firstborn: but forasmuch as he defiled his father’s bed, his first birthright was given to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel, and he was not accounted for the firstborn.

And his brethren, and all his kindred, when they were numbered by their families, had for princes Jehiel, and Zacharias.

And eastward he had his habitation as far as the entrance of the desert, and the river Euphrates. For they possessed a great number of cattle in the land of Galaad.

And many fell down slain: for it was the battle of the Lord. And they dwelt in their stead till the captivity.

And the children of the half tribe of Manasses possessed the land, from the borders of Basan unto Baal, Hermon, and Sanir, and mount Hermon, for their number was great.

Their brethren also the Levites, who were appointed for all the ministry of the tabernacle of the house of the Lord.

But Aaron and his sons offered burnt offerings upon the altar of holocausts, and upon the altar of incense, for every work of the holy of holies: and to pray for Israel according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.

And these are their dwelling places by the towns and confines, to wit, of the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Caathites: for they fell to them by lot.

And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities for refuge Hebron, and Lobna, and the suburbs thereof,