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Now Jehoshaphat had an abundance of riches and honor, and he allied himself with Ahab by marriage.

And some years later he went down to visit Ahab in Samaria, where Ahab sacrificed many sheep and cattle for him and the people with him and urged him to march up to Ramoth-gilead.

Then Jehoshaphat and his people went to carry off the plunder, and they found on the bodies an abundance of goods and valuables—more than they could carry away. They were gathering the plunder for three days because there was so much.

Whenever the chest was brought by the Levites to the king’s overseers and they saw that there was a large amount of money, the royal scribe and the officer of the high priest would come and empty the chest and carry it back to its place. They did this daily and gathered the money in abundance.

Although the Aramean army had come with only a few men, the LORD delivered into their hand a very great army. Because Judah had forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers, judgment was executed on Joash.

The accounts of the sons of Joash and the many pronouncements about him, and of the restoration of the house of God, are indeed written in the Treatise of the Book of the Kings. And his son Amaziah reigned in his place.

Jotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the house of the LORD, and he worked extensively on the wall at the hill of Ophel.

Furthermore, the burnt offerings were abundant, along with the fat of the peace offerings and the drink offerings for the burnt offerings. So the service of the house of the LORD was established.

So they established a decree to circulate a proclamation throughout Israel, from Beersheba to Dan, that the people should come to keep the Passover of the LORD, the God of Israel, in Jerusalem. For they had not observed it in great numbers as prescribed.

In the second month, a very great assembly gathered in Jerusalem to celebrate the Feast of Unleavened Bread.

For Hezekiah king of Judah contributed a thousand bulls and seven thousand sheep for the assembly, and the officials contributed a thousand bulls and ten thousand sheep for the assembly, and a great number of priests consecrated themselves.

As soon as the order went out, the Israelites generously provided the firstfruits of the grain, new wine, oil, and honey, and of all the produce of the field, and they brought in an abundance—a tithe of everything.

…and Azariah, the chief priest of the household of Zadok, answered him, “Since the people began to bring their contributions into the house of the LORD, we have had enough to eat, and there is plenty left over, because the LORD has blessed His people; this great abundance is what is left over.”

Then Hezekiah worked resolutely to rebuild all the broken sections of the wall and to raise up towers on it. He also built an outer wall and reinforced the supporting terraces of the City of David, and he produced an abundance of weapons and shields.

He made cities for himself, and he acquired herds of sheep and cattle in abundance, for God gave him very great wealth.

They captured fortified cities and fertile land and took houses full of all goods, wells already dug, vineyards, olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance. So they ate and were filled; they grew fat and delighted in Your great goodness.

Then I instructed the Levites to purify themselves and guard the gates in order to keep the Sabbath day holy. Remember me for this as well, O my God, and show me mercy according to Your abundant loving devotion.

Haman recounted to them his glorious wealth, his many sons, and all the ways the king had honored and promoted him over the other officials and servants.

For Mordecai the Jew was second only to King Xerxes, preeminent among the Jews and highly favored by his many kinsmen, seeking the good of his people and speaking peace to all his countrymen.

…fear and trembling came over me and made all my bones shudder.

“Should this stream of words go unanswered and such a speaker be vindicated?

Would He contend with me in His great power? No, He would certainly take note of me.

How you have counseled the unwise and provided fully sound insight!

I thought that age should speak, and many years should teach wisdom.

Men cry out under great oppression; they plead for relief from the arm of the mighty.

The Almighty is beyond our reach; He is exalted in power! In His justice and great righteousness He does not oppress.

But I will enter Your house by the abundance of Your loving devotion; in reverence I will bow down toward Your holy temple.

Declare them guilty, O God; let them fall by their own devices. Drive them out for their many transgressions, for they have rebelled against You.

No king is saved by his vast army; no warrior is delivered by his great strength.

A horse is a vain hope for salvation; even its great strength cannot save.

But the meek will inherit the land and delight in abundant prosperity.

They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches.

For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. When Nathan the prophet came to him after his adultery with Bathsheba. Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your loving devotion; according to Your great compassion, blot out my transgressions.

“Look at the man who did not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his wealth and strengthened himself by destruction.”

Say to God, “How awesome are Your deeds! So great is Your power that Your enemies cower before You.

But my prayer to You, O LORD, is for a time of favor. In Your abundant loving devotion, O God, answer me with Your sure salvation.

Answer me, O LORD, for Your loving devotion is good; turn to me in keeping with Your great compassion.

May the righteous flourish in his days and prosperity abound until the moon is no more.

When anxiety overwhelms me, Your consolation delights my soul.

Our fathers in Egypt did not grasp Your wonders or remember Your abundant kindness; but they rebelled by the sea, there at the Red Sea.

And He remembered His covenant with them, and relented by the abundance of His loving devotion.

Praise Him for His mighty acts; praise Him for His excellent greatness.

He dies for lack of discipline, led astray by his own great folly.

With her great persuasion she entices him; with her flattering lips she lures him.

When words are many, sin is unavoidable, but he who restrains his lips is wise.

For lack of guidance, a nation falls, but with many counselors comes deliverance.

Abundant food is in the fallow ground of the poor, but without justice it is swept away.

Where there are no oxen, the manger is empty, but an abundant harvest comes through the strength of the ox.

A large population is a king’s splendor, but a lack of subjects is a prince’s ruin.