Quotations

«But the dung gate repaired Malchiah the son of Rechab, the ruler of part of Bethhaccerem; he built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.»

«Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom doth not his light arise? / How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman? / Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight.»

«Be it known now unto the king, that, if this city be builded, and the walls set up again, then will they not pay toll, tribute, and custom, and so thou shalt endamage the revenue of the kings.»

«Then I brought up the princes of Judah upon the wall, and appointed two great companies of them that gave thanks, whereof one went on the right hand upon the wall toward the dung gate: / And after them went Hoshaiah, and half of the princes of Judah, / And Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam, / Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, and Jeremiah, / And certain of the priests' sons with trumpets; namely, Zechariah the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Michaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph: / And his brethren, Shemaiah, and Azarael, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethaneel, and Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God, and Ezra the scribe before them.»

«Now because we have maintenance from the king's palace, and it was not meet for us to see the king's dishonour, therefore have we sent and certified the king; / That search may be made in the book of the records of thy fathers: so shalt thou find in the book of the records, and know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful unto kings and provinces, and that they have moved sedition within the same of old time: for which cause was this city destroyed.»

«Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways? / Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off? / Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.»

«Unto the sons of Gershom were given out of the family of the half tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, and Ashtaroth with her suburbs: / And out of the tribe of Issachar; Kedesh with her suburbs, Daberath with her suburbs, / And Ramoth with her suburbs, and Anem with her suburbs: / And out of the tribe of Asher; Mashal with her suburbs, and Abdon with her suburbs, / And Hukok with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs: / And out of the tribe of Naphtali; Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, and Hammon with her suburbs, and Kirjathaim with her suburbs.»

«But the LORD said to David my father, Forasmuch as it was in thine heart to build an house for my name, thou didst well in that it was in thine heart: / Notwithstanding thou shalt not build the house; but thy son which shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house for my name.»

«His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone.»

«Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Johanan the son of Eliashib: and when he came thither, he did eat no bread, nor drink water: for he mourned because of the transgression of them that had been carried away.»