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Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan.
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When Bela died, Jobab the son of Zerah from Bozrah reigned in his place.
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When Jobab died, Husham from the land of the Temanites reigned in his place.
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Israel Defeats a Northern Coalition
When King Jabin of Hazor heard the news about Israel’s victories, he organized a coalition, including King Jobab of Madon, the king of Shimron, the king of Acshaph,
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Do the job the Lord your God has assigned you by following his instructions and obeying his rules, commandments, regulations, and laws as written in the law of Moses. Then you will succeed in all you do and seek to accomplish,
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A Prophet Announces the End of Jeroboam’s Dynasty
After this happened, Jeroboam still did not change his evil ways; he continued to appoint common people as priests at the high places. Anyone who wanted the job he consecrated as a priest.
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Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.
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When Bela died, Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrah, succeeded him.
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When Jobab died, Husham from the land of the Temanites succeeded him.
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By his wife Hodesh he fathered Jobab, Zibia, Mesha, Malkam,
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Ishmerai, Izliah, and Jobab were the sons of Elpaal.
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Their job was to help Aaron’s descendants in the service of the Lord’s temple. They were to take care of the courtyards, the rooms, ceremonial purification of all holy items, and other jobs related to the service of God’s temple.
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supervised the laborers and all the foremen on their various jobs. Some of the Levites were scribes, officials, and guards.
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I. The Prologue (1:1-2:13)
Job’s Good Life
There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. And that man was blameless and upright, one who feared God and turned away from evil.
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When the days of their feasting were finished, Job would send for them and sanctify them; he would get up early in the morning and offer burnt offerings according to the number of them all. For Job thought, “Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” This was Job’s customary practice.
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Satan’s Accusation of Job
Now the day came when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord—and Satan also arrived among them.
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So the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who fears God and turns away from evil.”
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Then Satan answered the Lord, “Is it for nothing that Job fears God?
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Job’s Integrity in Adversity
Now the day came when Job’s sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,
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and a messenger came to Job, saying, “The oxen were plowing and the donkeys were grazing beside them,
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Then Job got up and tore his robe. He shaved his head, and then he threw himself down with his face to the ground.
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In all this Job did not sin, nor did he charge God with moral impropriety.
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Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a pure and upright man, one who fears God and turns away from evil. And he still holds firmly to his integrity, so that you stirred me up to destroy him without reason.”
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Job’s Integrity in Suffering
So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord, and he afflicted Job with a malignant ulcer from the soles of his feet to the top of his head.
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Job took a shard of broken pottery to scrape himself with while he was sitting among the ashes.