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When he had finished making the burnt offering, Jehu said to the guards and officers, “Go in and kill them. Do not let anyone out.” So the guards and officers put them to the sword, threw the bodies out, and went into the inner room of the temple of Baal.

Then in the seventh year, Jehoiada sent for the commanders of hundreds, the Carites, and the guards, and had them brought into the house of the LORD. There he made a covenant with them and put them under oath. He showed them the king’s son

…a third shall be at the gate of Sur, and a third at the gate behind the guards. You are to take turns guarding the temple—

And the guards stood with weapons in hand surrounding the king by the altar and the temple, from the south side to the north side of the temple.

When Athaliah heard the noise from the guards and the people, she went out to the people in the house of the LORD.

He took with him the commanders of hundreds, the Carites, the guards, and all the people of the land, and they brought the king down from the house of the LORD and entered the royal palace by way of the Gate of the Guards. Then Joash took his seat on the royal throne,

He pulled down the altars that the kings of Judah had set up on the roof near the upper chamber of Ahaz, and the altars that Manasseh had set up in the two courtyards of the house of the LORD. The king pulverized them there and threw their dust into the Kidron Valley.

Then King Rehoboam made bronze shields in their place and committed them to the care of the captains of the guard on duty at the entrance to the royal palace.

And whenever the king entered the house of the LORD, the guards would go with him, bearing the shields, and later they would return them to the guardroom.

When Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and cheering the king, she went out to them in the house of the LORD.

At the command of the king, the couriers went throughout Israel and Judah with letters from the king and his officials, which read: “Children of Israel, return to the LORD, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, so that He may return to those of you who remain, who have escaped the grasp of the kings of Assyria.

And the couriers traveled from city to city through the land of Ephraim and Manasseh as far as Zebulun, but the people scorned and mocked them.

They roasted the Passover animals on the fire according to the regulation, and they boiled the other holy offerings in pots, kettles, and bowls and quickly brought them to all the people.

And the letters were sent by couriers to each of the royal provinces with the order to destroy, kill, and annihilate all the Jews—young and old, women and children—and to plunder their possessions on a single day, the thirteenth day of Adar, the twelfth month.

The couriers left, spurred on by the king’s command, and the edict was issued in the citadel of Susa. Then the king and Haman sat down to drink, but the city of Susa was in confusion.

Mordecai wrote in the name of King Xerxes and sealed it with the royal signet ring. He sent the documents by mounted couriers riding on swift horses bred from the royal mares.

The couriers rode out in haste on their royal horses, pressed on by the command of the king. And the edict was also issued in the citadel of Susa.

My days are swifter than a runner; they flee without seeing good.

…rushing headlong at Him with a thick, studded shield.

He breaks me with wound upon wound; He rushes me like a mighty warrior.

For in You I can charge an army, and with my God I can scale a wall.

Like a bridegroom emerging from his chamber, like a champion rejoicing to run his course,

For no fault of my own, they move swiftly to attack me. Arise to help me, and take notice.

Envoys will arrive from Egypt; Cush will stretch out her hands to God.

I run in the path of Your commandments, for You will enlarge my heart.

He sends forth His command to the earth; His word runs swiftly.

For their feet run to evil, and they are swift to shed blood.

When you walk, your steps will not be impeded; when you run, you will not stumble.

…a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that run swiftly to evil,

The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.

Take me away with you—let us hurry! May the king bring me to his chambers. We will rejoice and delight in you; we will praise your love more than wine. It is only right that they adore you.

But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.

Surely you will summon a nation you do not know, and nations who do not know you will run to you. For the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, has bestowed glory on you.”

Their feet run to evil; they are swift to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful thoughts; ruin and destruction lie in their wake.

“If you have raced with men on foot and they have worn you out, how can you compete with horses? If you stumble in a peaceful land, how will you do in the thickets of the Jordan?

I did not send these prophets, yet they have run with their message; I did not speak to them, yet they have prophesied.

Behold, one will come up like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan to the watered pasture. For in an instant I will chase Edom from her land. Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this? For who is like Me, and who can challenge Me? What shepherd can stand against Me?”

Behold, one will come up like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan to the watered pasture. For in an instant I will chase Babylon from her land. Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this? For who is like Me, and who can challenge Me? What shepherd can stand against Me?”

One courier races to meet another, and messenger follows messenger, to announce to the king of Babylon that his city has been captured from end to end.

He came toward the two-horned ram I had seen standing beside the canal and rushed at him with furious power.

Their appearance is like that of horses, and they gallop like swift steeds.

They charge like mighty men; they scale the walls like men of war. Each one marches in formation, not swerving from the course.

They storm the city; they run along the wall; they climb into houses, entering through windows like thieves.

“Do horses gallop on the cliffs? Does one plow the sea with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood—

The chariots dash through the streets; they rush around the plazas, appearing like torches, darting about like lightning.