And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty and two thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep: so the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.

Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the Lord thy God which he hath given thee.

And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great:

And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name Jehovah was I not known to them.

And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brethren had not many children, neither did all their family multiply, like to the children of Judah.

Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him: because that for this thing the Lord thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto.

Then thine handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall now be comfortable: for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad: therefore the Lord thy God will be with thee.

And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the Lord.

And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds.

Israel then shall dwell in safety alone: the fountain of Jacob shall be upon a land of corn and wine; also his heavens shall drop down dew.

Thou hast increased the nation, O Lord, thou hast increased the nation: thou art glorified: thou hadst removed it far unto all the ends of the earth.

Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.

Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah.

As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.

And the Lord appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham’s sake.

On the eighth day he sent the people away: and they blessed the king, and went unto their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that the Lord had done for David his servant, and for Israel his people.

And he said, O Lord God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, send me good speed this day, and shew kindness unto my master Abraham.

Thou wilt prolong the king’s life: and his years as many generations.

Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the Lord: we have blessed you out of the house of the Lord.

As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.

The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.

They saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.

When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all the host of Hadadezer,

And Azariah the chief priest of the house of Zadok answered him, and said, Since the people began to bring the offerings into the house of the Lord, we have had enough to eat, and have left plenty: for the Lord hath blessed his people; and that which is left is this great store.

But now the Lord my God hath given me rest on every side, so that there is neither adversary nor evil occurrent.

Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom.

Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable, and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and people for thy life.

To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes of raiment.

Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee?

As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.

I will also clothe her priests with salvation: and her saints shall shout aloud for joy.

But my horn shalt thou exalt like the horn of an unicorn: I shall be anointed with fresh oil.

And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and their offspring among the people: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which the Lord hath blessed.

Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation.

Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and thine heart shall fear, and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be converted unto thee, the forces of the Gentiles shall come unto thee.

My soul shall make her boast in the Lord: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.

And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him, and said unto him, The Lord is with thee, thou mighty man of valour.

And, behold, Boaz came from Beth–lehem, and said unto the reapers, The Lord be with you. And they answered him, The Lord bless thee.

The humble shall see this, and be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God.

And the Lord hath blessed my master greatly; and he is become great: and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses.

Take, I pray thee, my blessing that is brought to thee; because God hath dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough. And he urged him, and he took it.

And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee.

The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.

They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.

A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.

And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever.

And it shall be when the Lord shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, as he sware unto thee and to thy fathers, and shall give it thee,

And her mother in law said unto her, Where hast thou gleaned to day? and where wroughtest thou? blessed be he that did take knowledge of thee. And she shewed her mother in law with whom she had wrought, and said, The man’s name with whom I wrought to day is Boaz.

He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed.

Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.

And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days.

And the Lord was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.

For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.

And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold;

Israel was holiness unto the Lord, and the firstfruits of his increase: all that devour him shall offend; evil shall come upon them, saith the Lord.

And there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor any thing that they had taken to them: David recovered all.

And David went on, and grew great, and the Lord God of hosts was with him.

Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite, and Joshua the son of Nun: for they have wholly followed the Lord.

Thou shalt be blessed above all people: there shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your cattle.

And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brethren had not many children, neither did all their family multiply, like to the children of Judah.

And the Lord was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.

The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.

Then shall the earth yield her increase; and God, even our own God, shall bless us.

And Moses said unto the Lord, See, thou sayest unto me, Bring up this people: and thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt send with me. Yet thou hast said, I know thee by name, and thou hast also found grace in my sight.

But the men were very good unto us, and we were not hurt, neither missed we any thing, as long as we were conversant with them, when we were in the fields:

For the Lord will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.

And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, thy dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above;

So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom.

And Sarah my master’s wife bare a son to my master when she was old: and unto him hath he given all that he hath.

That thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the earth, which thou shalt bring of thy land that the Lord thy God giveth thee, and shalt put it in a basket, and shalt go unto the place which the Lord thy God shall choose to place his name there.

And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great:

He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.

They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.

And they took of the fruit of the land in their hands, and brought it down unto us, and brought us word again, and said, It is a good land which the Lord our God doth give us.

And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations for evermore.

Thy servant will go a little way over Jordan with the king: and why should the king recompense it me with such a reward?

And she vowed a vow, and said, O Lord of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the Lord all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.

The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come: they shall bring gold and incense; and they shall shew forth the praises of the Lord.

And Joab fell to the ground on his face, and bowed himself, and thanked the king: and Joab said, To day thy servant knoweth that I have found grace in thy sight, my lord, O king, in that the king hath fulfilled the request of his servant.

And when the people saw him, they praised their god: for they said, Our god hath delivered into our hands our enemy, and the destroyer of our country, which slew many of us.

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

O continue thy lovingkindness unto them that know thee; and thy righteousness to the upright in heart.

To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.

And it shall be when the Lord shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, as he sware unto thee and to thy fathers, and shall give it thee,

So Jotham became mighty, because he prepared his ways before the Lord his God.

All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together unto thee, the rams of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee: they shall come up with acceptance on mine altar, and I will glorify the house of my glory.

Thou art the Lord the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham;

And he hath brought us into this place, and hath given us this land, even a land that floweth with milk and honey.

The Lord will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies.

Howbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom; but will give one tribe to thy son for David my servant’s sake, and for Jerusalem’s sake which I have chosen.

Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.

Even an heritage unto Israel his servant: for his mercy endureth for ever.

And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brethren had not many children, neither did all their family multiply, like to the children of Judah.

O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.

Thou art the Lord the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham;

So let all thine enemies perish, O Lord: but let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years.

The humble shall see this, and be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God.

And her mother in law said unto her, Where hast thou gleaned to day? and where wroughtest thou? blessed be he that did take knowledge of thee. And she shewed her mother in law with whom she had wrought, and said, The man’s name with whom I wrought to day is Boaz.

And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and their offspring among the people: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which the Lord hath blessed.

The seed also of his servants shall inherit it: and they that love his name shall dwell therein.

For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.

Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

So David waxed greater and greater: for the Lord of hosts was with him.

Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:

And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children? And he said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we will not sit down till he come hither.

So David waxed greater and greater: for the Lord of hosts was with him.

When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all the host of Hadadezer,

The Lord is well pleased for his righteousness’ sake; he will magnify the law, and make it honourable.

That I will give you the rain of your land in his due season, the first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil.

Now there was long war between the house of Saul and the house of David: but David waxed stronger and stronger, and the house of Saul waxed weaker and weaker.

The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: The Lord of hosts is his name.

So Jotham became mighty, because he prepared his ways before the Lord his God.

All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together unto thee, the rams of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee: they shall come up with acceptance on mine altar, and I will glorify the house of my glory.

It is he that giveth salvation unto kings: who delivereth David his servant from the hurtful sword.

Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.

And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.

And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold;

And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name Jehovah was I not known to them.

Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.

Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?

And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.

For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.

But I have said unto you, Ye shall inherit their land, and I will give it unto you to possess it, a land that floweth with milk and honey: I am the Lord your God, which have separated you from other people.

Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!

Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit.

The Lord loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.

And all king Solomon’s drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold; none were of silver: it was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon.

And there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor any thing that they had taken to them: David recovered all.

And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones.

Wherefore when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he was afraid of him.

Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom.

For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.

The Lord make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee:

And Samuel grew, and the Lord was with him, and did let none of his words fall to the ground.

But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

And moreover the king’s servants came to bless our lord king David, saying, God make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and make his throne greater than thy throne. And the king bowed himself upon the bed.

All these things did Araunah, as a king, give unto the king. And Araunah said unto the king, The Lord thy God accept thee.

Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!

The humble shall see this, and be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God.

And he said, What meanest thou by all this drove which I met? And he said, These are to find grace in the sight of my lord.

And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of my master Abraham, who hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: I being in the way, the Lord led me to the house of my master’s brethren.

Howbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom; but will give one tribe to thy son for David my servant’s sake, and for Jerusalem’s sake which I have chosen.

But ye shall offer a sacrifice made by fire for a burnt offering unto the Lord; two young bullocks, and one ram, and seven lambs of the first year: they shall be unto you without blemish:

Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, thou hast covered all their sin. Selah.

Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he shall see it, and to him will I give the land that he hath trodden upon, and to his children, because he hath wholly followed the Lord.

The Lord bless thee, and keep thee:

Bless the Lord, O house of Israel: bless the Lord, O house of Aaron:

To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;

And the Lord gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.

To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;

For the Lord will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.

Thus saith the Lord that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen.

For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head.

And now, my daughter, fear not; I will do to thee all that thou requirest: for all the city of my people doth know that thou art a virtuous woman.

And now this blessing which thine handmaid hath brought unto my lord, let it even be given unto the young men that follow my lord.

And at that time Solomon held a feast, and all Israel with him, a great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt, before the Lord our God, seven days and seven days, even fourteen days.

And the Lord spake unto Aaron, Behold, I also have given thee the charge of mine heave offerings of all the hallowed things of the children of Israel; unto thee have I given them by reason of the anointing, and to thy sons, by an ordinance for ever.

And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him, Bow the knee: and he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt.

And Sarah my master’s wife bare a son to my master when she was old: and unto him hath he given all that he hath.

Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable, and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and people for thy life.

And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.

And Saul saw and knew that the Lord was with David, and that Michal Saul’s daughter loved him.

He shall pour the water out of his buckets, and his seed shall be in many waters, and his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted.

But in the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be holy to praise the Lord withal.

For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head.

And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God.

And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment, and gave them to Rebekah: he gave also to her brother and to her mother precious things.

And, behold, Boaz came from Beth–lehem, and said unto the reapers, The Lord be with you. And they answered him, The Lord bless thee.

And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, thy dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above;

The righteous shall be glad in the Lord, and shall trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall glory.

Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

And thou shalt rejoice in every good thing which the Lord thy God hath given unto thee, and unto thine house, thou, and the Levite, and the stranger that is among you.

These be the names of the mighty men whom David had: The Tachmonite that sat in the seat, chief among the captains; the same was Adino the Eznite: he lift up his spear against eight hundred, whom he slew at one time.

And the king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice before the Lord.

He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.

And the land be subdued before the Lord: then afterward ye shall return, and be guiltless before the Lord, and before Israel; and this land shall be your possession before the Lord.

Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance, in the place, O Lord, which thou hast made for thee to dwell in, in the Sanctuary, O Lord, which thy hands have established.

And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever.

Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thine ear unto me, and save me.

It is he that giveth salvation unto kings: who delivereth David his servant from the hurtful sword.

The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come: they shall bring gold and incense; and they shall shew forth the praises of the Lord.

To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes of raiment.

Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit.

The Lord loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.

And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun.

But thou must eat them before the Lord thy God in the place which the Lord thy God shall choose, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates: and thou shalt rejoice before the Lord thy God in all that thou puttest thine hands unto.

And he said, What meanest thou by all this drove which I met? And he said, These are to find grace in the sight of my lord.

And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich among the people shall intreat thy favour.

And he took their king’s crown from off his head, the weight whereof was a talent of gold with the precious stones: and it was set on David’s head. And he brought forth the spoil of the city in great abundance.

Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:

Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.

And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.

The righteous shall be glad in the Lord, and shall trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall glory.

For that is his covering only, it is his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious.

And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we.

And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing.

For the Lord will not forsake his people for his great name’s sake: because it hath pleased the Lord to make you his people.

(The Lord God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many more as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you!)