19 The young man, who was the most honored(A) of all his father’s family, lost no time in doing what they said, because he was delighted with Jacob’s daughter.(B)

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Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. His mother had named him Jabez,[a] saying, “I gave birth to him in pain.”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 4:9 Jabez sounds like the Hebrew for pain.

12 As a result, many of them believed, as did also a number of prominent Greek women and many Greek men.(A)

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50 But the Jewish leaders incited the God-fearing women of high standing and the leading men of the city. They stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them from their region.(A)

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No longer will they call you Deserted,(A)
    or name your land Desolate.(B)
But you will be called Hephzibah,[a](C)
    and your land Beulah[b];
for the Lord will take delight(D) in you,
    and your land will be married.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 62:4 Hephzibah means my delight is in her.
  2. Isaiah 62:4 Beulah means married.

Who planned this against Tyre,
    the bestower of crowns,
whose merchants(A) are princes,
    whose traders(B) are renowned in the earth?
The Lord Almighty planned(C) it,
    to bring down(D) her pride in all her splendor
    and to humble(E) all who are renowned(F) on the earth.

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13 Therefore my people will go into exile(A)
    for lack of understanding;(B)
those of high rank(C) will die of hunger
    and the common people will be parched with thirst.(D)

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the captain of fifty(A) and the man of rank,(B)
    the counselor, skilled craftsman(C) and clever enchanter.(D)

“I will make mere youths their officials;
    children will rule over them.”(E)

People will oppress each other—
    man against man, neighbor against neighbor.(F)
The young will rise up against the old,
    the nobody against the honored.

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Naaman Healed of Leprosy

Now Naaman was commander of the army of the king of Aram.(A) He was a great man in the sight of his master and highly regarded, because through him the Lord had given victory to Aram. He was a valiant soldier, but he had leprosy.[a](B)

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 5:1 The Hebrew for leprosy was used for various diseases affecting the skin; also in verses 3, 6, 7, 11 and 27.

14 Ahimelek answered the king, “Who(A) of all your servants is as loyal as David, the king’s son-in-law, captain of your bodyguard and highly respected in your household?

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15 Then Balak sent other officials, more numerous and more distinguished than the first.

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20 The lean, ugly cows ate up the seven fat cows that came up first.

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20 So Jacob served seven years to get Rachel,(A) but they seemed like only a few days to him because of his love for her.(B)

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